Chapter 416: Tear gas
In the early morning, the sky was hazy, and people had already begun to appear on the streets, but these people were almost all gathered together, and they didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about. In addition to these people, there are few ordinary pedestrians, and it seems that these people are faintly aware of something.
By the time it was more than 6 o'clock, those people who were in threes, threes, fives, and fives had gathered into a huge group. There are even a few people shouting slogans in the crowd, and from a distance, there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the momentum is extremely huge.
"Come on, everyone! We must let the surnamed Yan see how good we are! β
"Get all together, don't get separated!"
"Over there, over there, over there is the direction of the Legation, let's go over there first!"
Although these initiators had already drawn up a plan and a route long before the action was launched, there were now as many as 20,000 or 30,000 people, and these people were neither workers nor students, let alone ordinary traders, but just some idle lazy people on weekdays, and unorganized and undisciplined were almost synonymous with them, and it was impossible to get them to follow the pre-determined route.
If it weren't for the initiators who kept order as much as possible, I'm afraid the whole team would have been in chaos a long time ago. But even so, these people are still sweating and complaining one by one, but their efforts are still fruitful.
Perhaps because it involves their own vital interests, these days were very lazy. No matter what, he is a bannerman who looks like an uncle, and this time he has shown great enthusiasm and energy, and under the guidance of some of the leading bannermen. Gradually, they made their way to the precinct of the legation.
Of course, they never thought of storming foreign legations, and in fact it was difficult to say whether they would even be able to get in. They just wanted to pass by the street next to the legation, so that the diplomats of various countries could listen to their voices and be reminded of the 'preferential treatment of the Qing Dynasty' that had been signed in their witness...
On the other hand, the diplomats of the countries in the embassy district are also a little worried, because according to the agreement they have reached with the national government. The garrisons of various countries in China have almost been withdrawn, and the garrisons that remain in Dongjiaomin Lane are almost pitiful, purely symbolic. If those people outside do rush in...
That's twenty or thirty thousand...
Thinking of this, several embassy officials who had been sent out by their respective superiors to check the situation couldn't help but look at the soldiers guarding the entrance of the alley.
At the entrance to the alley, barricades had been erected, and in front of them was a group of Wehrmacht soldiers who looked like marble statues. However, the soldiers were not armed. To be exact, they didn't have any ordnance. Some are just some batons...
After living in Beijing for so many years, the people in these embassies still know those flag people well.
Of course, if it were just like this, it would be okay, but at the moment they have twenty or thirty thousand people, and the defenders at the mouth of the alley have only one platoon of troops. And not to mention the machine gun in his hand, not even an ordinary rifle, if those flag men saw this scene and had any evil thoughts in their hearts. It was really hard for them to believe that these dozens of soldiers could hold off the twenty or thirty thousand bannermen outside.
Let alone...
It is difficult to say whether they will be willing to stop it, although the Wehrmacht at this time has made great progress compared to the Kuomintang Army and the Beiyang Army a few months ago. To this Ray? Copa and Zhu Erdian and others also knew it, but the people below didn't know it after all, and coupled with the inherent superiority of white people, it was hard for them to believe that these yellow soldiers would have any combat power to speak of...
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Standing in the alley, Paul became nervous as he saw the commotion outside getting closer.
"You stay here first, I'll go back..."Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Paul turned his head and said something to the people who came out with him, and then hurriedly walked in the direction of the legation, leaving only two people to look at each other.
In addition to Paul, the legations of several other countries were also sent out, and now they saw Paul go back, and they all returned one by one after leaving two people behind, but even then there were still many people standing at the entrance of the alley.
Walking briskly in the direction of the Legation, Paul was back at the gate of the British Legation.
Inside the door, seeing Paul coming back, several British soldiers hurriedly opened the door and let Paul in from the outside. "Sir, how's the situation going outside?"
Paul couldn't say that he hadn't looked carefully, but he knew very well that now was not the time to aggravate the chaos, so he could only comfort him. "It's okay, those Chinese are still blocking outside." Then he hurried inside, and soon Paul found Jurdian on the second floor of the legation.
"Sir..."
Seeing that Zhu Erdian was there, not knowing what he was thinking, Paul hurriedly took two steps forward.
"Sir, those bannermen are getting closer and closer to here, and I am afraid that the dozens of soldiers guarding the alley and our soldiers in the embassy alone will ......... Do you want to call the Chinese government and ask them to send more people over, otherwise..."
At this time, it was not only Jurdian on the second floor, but several other people were also sitting in their own corners, and when they heard Paul's words, they all nodded in agreement.
"Yes, those Chinese are forgotten, just these people from the embassy......... Although those bannermen only came here in the hope of getting the idea of the Empire, what if..."
Unlike them, Zhu Erdian's expression seemed to be relaxed, not at all worried about what was happening outside. However, seeing Paul's worried looks, he smiled and spoke.
"Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong...", Zhu Erdian said Zhu Erdian walked to the window and looked out of the window, faintly, he could see the countless long dragons outside.
Although he has a good personal relationship with Yuan Shikai, he is obviously more optimistic about Yan Shao than Yuan Shikaiββββββ of course. This also means that he is more vigilant against Yan Shao.
But it was precisely because of this that he was not worried at all.
In fact, as early as the day after those flag men planned to make trouble, Zhu Erdian had already received the news. No way, a tandem of twenty or thirty thousand people. After all, Zhu Erdian has lived in China for many years, and if he still doesn't know about this matter, then he will really do this position as a minister for nothing.
He still knows a little about the existence of the Secret Service, and knows very well that this is a very vicious organization, and has eyes and ears throughout China, and it is likely to be the largest intelligence agency in the Far East in terms of size.
And since he knows the Tao. Then how could Yan Shao not know the way?
At present, the action of the national government is not large, which shows that Yan Shao has already made a plan.
Moreover, the countries would reach an agreement with the national government to withdraw Chinese troops to their homeland. It is also conditional to keep only one symbolic figure in China, that is, the Chinese government must guarantee the safety of its nationals in China...
Regardless of the individual, homicide or something is excluded, but if there is a large-scale act against the nationals of various countries. Then countries have the right to redeploy their troops back to China. This can be regarded as a back door left by various countries, and Yan Shao also agreedββββββ anyway, in a year or two, the head will be broken and bloody, and it will be nothing to promise, and when they finish the war, I am afraid they will not have the energy to send additional troops to China.
What's more, with so many years, Yan Shao's first five-year plan must have been completed. In that case, what are you afraid of them doing?
However, Zhu Erdian didn't know this, so he didn't think Yan Shao would joke about it.
"Don't worry. There will be action soon..."
Close your eyes, Zhu Erdian said.
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Seeing that the team of the flag man was getting closer and closer to Dongjiaomin Lane. Not far from Dongjiaomin Lane, a group of soldiers was waiting for orders. The number of these soldiers was not very large, just over a hundred, but they were all hiding in a courtyard, and they were all standing in place, so that the outside world, not even their neighbors, found out about their existence.
"Damn it, there are a lot of people..."
Standing at the gate of the courtyard, listening to the sound that kept coming out in the distance, although Gu Chunhua didn't see it with his own eyes, he could also imagine how many flag people were making trouble outside.
However, looking back at the brothers under his hands, Gu Chunhua's heart felt a little more confident.
He had seen those bannermen, almost all of them were lazy men, and even if there were more of them, he didn't think they would be the match for the soldiers under his command.
"I'll remember everything, and I'll beat them all to death in a while, understand?"
The baton in his hand knocked on the wall, and Gu Chunhua said loudly.
And then...
"........." cold field...
The soldiers in the courtyard looked at Gu Chunhua, but none of them spoke, and a few opened their mouths, but after hesitating, they didn't say anything.
Seeing this scene, Gu Chunhua, who was already embarrassed, suddenly remembered that before coming to the courtyard, the regiment had issued an order that no one was allowed to speak at will until the action began...
No matter what army in this world has, there is an iron rule, that is, obey orders, which is even ranked in front of the defense of the homeland. In the Wehrmacht, even if there is anything else, the obedience to military discipline is very strict, and those soldiers who opened their mouths were obviously concerned about this, so they didn't say anything...
Standing in front of the door, Gu Chunhua was still embarrassed, but fortunately, at this time, the door of the courtyard was suddenly knocked, and the code was corrected, confirming that it was his own person, Gu Chunhua opened the door, and a young soldier walked in from the outside.
Although the courtyard was full of Wehrmacht soldiers at this time, this soldier seemed to be used to seeing this kind of scene, so he was not surprised, and just said to Gu Chunhua. "The order from the division headquarters says that we can start the operation..."
Nodding, Gu Chunhua looked back at his subordinates. "Alright, let's go, let's teach those rabbits a good lesson......... Damn, I actually want to get a salary without doing anything, and the taxes paid by the common people are not used to raise these rice worms, go! β
Following Gu Chunhua, more than 100 soldiers in the courtyard walked out of the door one after another with batons in hand, and in some courtyards around Dongjiaomin Lane, a large number of soldiers were also coming out of it.
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Standing in the conference room in the mansion, Yan Shao was waiting for news from the city with Fu Xiuming, Li Liang and others.
The flag man plans to go to Dongjiaomin Lane to make trouble. Attracting the attention of the great powers, and then running to the Congress, Yan Shao has long known about this matter.
In fact, two of the leaders of the banner man team were bribed by the Special Affairs Bureau. It can be said that the entire plan has been informed by the State and Social Affairs Government.
However, there was a great deal of controversy within the Nationalist government over how to deal with them.
Some people believe that the 'first five-year plan' is currently being implemented, and that the Beijing-Tianjin region, which is the most important part of many plans, must not be chaotic, so they advocate using Huairou means to deal with them.
In other words, take the initiative to negotiate with these flag people and solve the problem this time through negotiation.
For example, many unreasonable points in the 'Preferential Treatment Regulations for Cleaning Rooms' have been resolved through negotiations.
However, this point was denied by Yan Shao. Because he knows very well the virtues of those banner men, if he really talks to them, maybe they will think that he is afraid of them. Then kick your nose and face to make it even happier.
In addition, some people think that they should take action before it happens, and with the many informants who the Special Affairs Bureau has bought among the banner people, Yan Shao and they already know who the leaders are. Where are they now? It's perfectly possible to start before they make a big deal out of it.
And as long as those leaders are caught, even if these people still want to make trouble, a group of rabble will not have to worry about anything.
Another group of people thinks that they should be allowed to make a fuss first, otherwise...
The sparks have been snuffed out, but don't forget, the gunpowder is still piling up underneath.
If only the leader is arrested, these bannermen are likely to elect some other leaders. So it's better to take advantage of their trouble. Completely suppress this matter, so that they won't even have a chance to make trouble in the future.
And isn't the Secret Service already providing information? Saying that they plan to go to Dongjiaomin Lane to attract the idea of the great powers also happens to give them an excuse to suppress ββββββ protect the security of the embassies of various countries...
With this excuse, even if Yan Shao does it, it is reasonable.
In addition to these three, there are some other proposals, but Yan Shao chose the third one in the end.
Although the next battle has not yet happened, and no one dares to guarantee that he will definitely happen, Yan Shao must make the assumption that he will definitely happen.
As long as World War I broke out, the Japanese would definitely send troops to Qingdao.
Yan Shaoke was unwilling to deal with the Japanese in Shandong, and he would have to have a headache for these bannermen in the Beijing-Tianjin area. So taking advantage of the fact that the First World War had not yet broken out, he had to solve his internal hidden dangers first. Otherwise, if you have to wait for the Japanese to use this chess piece, then Yan Shaoke will be passive...
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The atmosphere in the conference room was very heavy, because no one knew about the situation on the front line, and the only means of remote communication at this time was the radio station, but the problem was that this thing was not convenient to use, and the transmission of information was somewhat delayed.
As for the phone? Although it has been more than half a year since the establishment of the National Social Government, the telephone is not very popular, at least in the area of Dongjiaomin Lane, there are only telephones in the legations of various countries, and there are no telephones in ordinary houses.
"President..." Holding a telegram in his hand, while Yan Shao and the others were quietly waiting for news, Wu Qianqiu strode in from outside. I just got the telegram, and the front has already started to move..."
It's really time to get started...
Not far from the entrance of Dongjiaomin Lane, just when some of the flag men led by them were thinking about whether to break in and make things bigger, thousands of Wehrmacht troops wearing black Type 11 uniforms suddenly surrounded them from all directions.
Seeing this scene, those flag men didn't know that they had been ambushed, but just when the leaders wanted to bury their heads and run, they found that those national defense officers and soldiers did not have guns in their hands, but only some batons.
Noticing this, Zong Gui, the flag man at the head, was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted to the flag people around him.
"Brothers, don't be afraid, those soldiers don't have guns in their hands, and there are only a few thousand people, let's fight with them!"
In addition to him, some other nobles also organized their teams, and at this time, those panicked bannermen also discovered the fact that these Wehrmacht officers and soldiers did not have weapons in their hands...
Noticing this, they were relieved.
You must know that at this time, there were 20,000 or 30,000 people, but on the other side, there were only a few thousand. Although these bannermen are very uncompetitive, in the case of such a large gap in each other's forces, their instinct to bully the weak and fear the hard quickly gained the upper hand.
"Fuck, the surname Yan bullied us, and you soldiers also came to bully us, and you really flattened our banner people..."
"It's just a few thousand people, and they dare to come up, brothers, let them know that Uncle Dao is so powerful!"
Seeing that the people on the other side were so many less than themselves, the courage of these banner men also came up, and they rolled up their sleeves to teach them a lesson.
However, what surprised them was that at this time, the Wehrmacht in front of them did not pounce, but first put on a strange mask for themselves, and then took out something similar to a grenade and threw it under their feet.
After noticing this, those flag men were immediately frightened, because in the big battle more than half a year ago, the grenade is now known to everyone, and seeing that the Wehrmacht actually used this kind of mass killing weapon, how could they not be afraid.
Especially some of the flag people led by him, it was because Yan Shao wanted to take this opportunity to carry out a bloodbath on the flag people.
Just when they thought that those 'grenades' would explode, some red smoke suddenly came out of those black rumbling things, and then before the flag men could react, they felt that their eyes were very hot and uncomfortable, and tears could not stop coming out, and they could hardly even open their eyes.
All of a sudden, the originally menacing flag man suddenly became a mess, but at this time, the soldiers of the Wehrmacht rushed up with their batons, and when the short combat came, the soldiers directly slashed the baton in their hands on the faces of the flag men in front of them who were covering their eyes.
Soon the screams and the 'popping' of batons became the main theme of the whole alley...
Not far away, several officers shouted loudly. "Beat, beat me hard, his grandmother's, he wants to eat ready-made food without doing anything? Let them taste the batons now! (To be continued......)