After Yan Shao sent three infantry divisions and almost 60,000 new troops to Europe, Britain and the United States became more and more satisfied with the attitude of the Nationalist government.

In particular, some of the heads of these countries, in their opinion, perhaps this emerging power would pose a certain threat to their colonies in the Far East, but at least for the time being, they were still very enthusiastic about the cause of the Entente―――――― at least much better than Japan, another country that had been hiding from the sidelines and watching the play.

Therefore, for China's request to get a financial support to ease domestic pressure, both Britain, France and the United States tend to agree―――――― of course, this time it will not be Britain and France who will take this money, after all, the war has been fought so far, Britain and France are basically about to be hollowed out, so only the United States itself can get this money.

This is also normal, who said that the United States has now become a member of the Entente, and is no longer just a neutral country selling arms as in the past.

As for the United States, after making a lot of money in this war, the United States is richer than ever, and American lawmakers also feel that it seems worthwhile to arm China to reduce their own casualties...

So after a series of negotiations, the U.S. government finally decided to provide financial support to China of almost 20 million pounds on a temporary basis.

Of course, this money will definitely have to be repaid, but considering that there is no interest and the cycle is very long, it ......... In fact, it is no different from giving it for nothing.

In the meeting hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after signing an agreement with the U.S. Minister. Gu Weijun took the agreement in his hand.

"Gu, I hope that after getting this money, your country will be able to make more contributions to the Entente..." American Minister William said seriously.

William is also one of many supporters of this loan.

The longer he lived in China, the clearer William's understanding of China's power became. In his opinion, there is no better deal in this world to arm another country with his own country's money to help him fight a war...

And the army of the Chinese, after being proved by the Somme and Verdun, has no doubt. It is also worthy of such a loan.

"Of course...", he also shook it back hard, and Gu Weijun said with a smile on his face. Rest assured, Mr. Minister. My Government will, as in the past, support the cause of the Entente Powers......... The President has also ordered that if the evil Confederate camp cannot be defeated, the expeditionary force will never return home..."

"If so. That's really great..."William said to Gu Weijun.

"Of course...", Gu Weijun shook the agreement in his hand. Then he said to William. "Alright, Mr. Minister, now I'm going back to tell the President the news that he's gone, and I'll take my leave here..."

"Gu, don't forget tonight's banquet..."Seeing that Gu Weijun was leaving, William hurriedly said in the back.

"Don't worry..."Gu Weijun smiled. I will never forget it, but Mr. Minister, you must always give me some time to prepare. Isn't it..."

Hearing Gu Weijun say this, William also laughed.

Wait until Gu Weijun leaves the venue. When he got in the car and went to the presidential palace, Gu Weijun, who had been suppressed for a long time, couldn't hold back anymore and smashed the car door with his hand excitedly. "These damn foreigners have finally been fooled..."

Gu Weijun will be like this because, as the foreign minister, Gu Weijun is very clear about Yan Shao's plan, and at the same time, he also knows that Yan Shao intends to support the Russian Communist Party to come to power, and use this as a reason to refuse to send troops to Europe, and at the same time send troops to the Xing'an Mountains to regain all the hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of lost land lost in the former Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop...

Yan Shao stationed nearly 300,000 troops in the Northeast, and Gu Weijun was also one of the insiders about this matter. At the same time, as a high-level government, Gu Weijun is also very aware of Russia's current chaos and weakness in the Far East, in his opinion, there are nearly 300,000 tigers stationed in the northeast, and it is almost easy to recapture the Outer Khing'an Mountains!

Of course, Gu Weijun didn't know Yan Shao's plans for Siberia, but he was extremely supportive of Yan Shao's plan. After all, the reconquest was nothing more important to him, and he did not feel that his country should shed blood for the European and American powers.

Now that 20 million pounds have been swindled from the hands of the Americans, what could be more joyful...

The only thing that makes Gu Weijun a little regretful is that the money has to be repaid in the end...

"Xiao Wang, let's drive, go to the presidential palace, and we'll tell the president the news..."

"Yes!"

Although Xiao Wang was a little surprised by Gu Weijun's crazy actions in the back, he still nodded hurriedly.

As Gu Weijun's driver, Xiao Wang is naturally his close person, but he has seen Gu Weijun a lot over the years, but he has never seen him so excited as he is now.

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"Of course, these Yankees can't make a loss-making deal..."In the office, listening to Gu Weijun's words, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile.

At the same time, looking at Gu Weijun's regretful appearance, Yan Shao also smiled and comforted on the side. "Okay, don't regret it, it's already a great achievement to get so much money, 20 million pounds, enough for our military expenses in the Outer Khing'an Mountains..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile.

20 million pounds, although this is a far cry from Yan Shao's current family property, is almost equivalent to one-sixth or one-seventh of the annual financial income of the national government.

As Yan Shao said, such a sum of money is at least enough to support military operations in the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

"By the way..."As if remembering something, Yan Shao hurriedly grabbed the phone on the table, and then said into the microphone. Minister Fu, the agreement has been signed, and those actions can be stopped..."

In order to convince Britain and the United States that Yan Shao really planned to send troops to Europe, Yan Shao made a lot of moves on his side. Now that the agreement has been signed, these actions are just like what Yan Shao said, so naturally they can stop.

Meanwhile. On the other side of the microphone, listening to Yan Shao's words, Fu Xiuming also said with a happy face. "Yes, I'll give the order!"

After Yan Shao hung up the phone, Gu Weijun, who had been standing aside, asked softly. "By the way, President, what's going on in Europe? Is there any news from Deputy Director Luo? ”

For this matter. Gu Weijun is also extremely concerned, after all, this is related to a piece of lost land that has been lost for many years.

"I just got the news back some time ago..."Standing up from his seat, Yan Shao paced back and forth in the office. The current situation in Russia seems to be very bad. Now the prestige of the Russian Provisional Government has been greatly reduced because of Luo Wenying, and on the contrary, the position of the Russian Communist Party has been greatly improved. In addition, Russia still insisted on entering the war. The Russian people are also very dissatisfied, and if nothing else, I believe that it will not be long before what we expect will happen..."

Hearing Yan Shao's answer, Gu Weijun also became happy.

"It would be great if that were the case..."

Immediately afterwards, Yan Shao had a greeting with Gu Weijun, and then Gu Weijun invited him to the banquet as the American minister, and he needed to prepare as a reason to leave.

After Gu Weijun left, Yan Shao made a phone call to Liang Shiyi and asked him to implement the 20 million pounds as much as possible. lest the Yankees perceive something and create some obstacles for him. To live is to force him to send troops to Europe―――――― now he is only interested in annexing Siberia, as for going to Europe to shed blood for the British and American powers or something, or whoever likes to do it, anyway, he will never do such a stupid thing...

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The news of the signing of the new agreement soon spread around the world through various channels.

The reaction of the allies to this news was not very large, after all, there was the news that millions of troops were sent there, and there was really nothing to react to, not to mention that the allies were also a little too busy to take care of themselves.

Germany aside, there are strikes everywhere in the country, such as Austria-Hungary and Turkey, and the domestic economy is about to be dragged down because of this war...

In addition, Britain and the United States have provided much support to China in the past, and although this time 20 million pounds in one go came in one go, which is still a special addition, but in their opinion, there is nothing to pay attention to.

As for the Entente, there was a lot of joy at the news, believing that it represented unity within the Entente, and that with China's new million-strong expeditionary force, it would certainly speed up the collapse of the Allied camp...

Of course, in the camp of the Entente, not every country seemed happy, at least there were some countries......... And not very happy.

Let's say, Japan...

Seeing that China was in full swing over there, and that it was constantly gaining support from the Entente countries, Japan was full of jealousy.

After the Battle of Shandong, although the Japanese had already begun to restore the army, the loss of more than 100,000 troops was also remedied, as well as the sunken capital ships.

After the commissioning of two Kongo-class battlecruisers and two Fuso-class super-dreadnoughts, the Japanese Navy was already stronger than before the Shandong station. Compared with the Chinese Navy, there is obviously a gap between them.

However, because Japan had not been involved in the war, Japan gradually became less important from a more important role in the Entente camp.

Especially after the war became more and more intense, a large number of orders poured into China, and as for Japan...

Although Japan's industrial capacity is also relatively strong, but its contribution in this war is really insignificant, compared with it, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's achievements in Europe can be called a great achievement, and it is also a very famous one among many armies in Europe.

Even later, even the Americans.

When importing cotton textiles to supplement the domestic market, they have always given priority to importing Chinese goods, and then chose to import Japanese goods.

It can be said that in the whole war, Japan did not gain much benefit except for gaining some islands in the Pacific Ocean―――――― of course, even so, Japan's development speed in the last two years is much stronger than the original, but compared with China...

Just look at how prosperous China has been in the past few years. Japan can't restrain its jealousy, and even in the newspapers in Japan, when it comes to China, it's a lot of sour water.

Some Japanese newspapers have argued that China has become a traitor to people of color. became a lackey of the white man, etc...

This kind of remark has been recognized by many people in Japan, but people of insight in Japan know very well that if they don't have the opportunity, they will never mind becoming a lackey of white people...

In fact, after China's gradual rise, Britain and the United States and other countries did not think of supporting Japan. And have already begun to do so.

It's just that...

Japan's performance in this war is really a little too bad, even if Britain wants to support Japan against China, just look at their appearance. It's also a lack of motivation.

What's more, Britain suffered a lot of losses in this war, and now it owes the United States more than a billion pounds, even if it wants to support, it doesn't have so much spare money.

As for France. The interests in the Far East are not as great as those in the UK. Even Britain is not very motivated, and France is naturally less motivated.

What's more, in Verdun, the Chinese Expeditionary Force saved the entire campaign, and Cai Ye was regarded as a 'hero of Verdun', plus Yan Shao became famous in Marseille back then, and one of his wives was French, and there was a father-in-law who served in the French Army (he was very depressed because of his father-in-law's identity. Bertrand has always been in the safe rear and has little chance of going to the front). The French have a natural affinity for Yan Shao.

In addition, now China is fighting for the survival of France, on the other hand, Japan, but it is watching from the back of the Pacific Ocean, which is more important than the other, even the French can see clearly, which also leads to the fact that although some people in the upper echelons of France believe that China should be contained, there are still a considerable number of people who feel that there is no need for this at all, and doing so is revenge.

And because of this war, the French are extremely close to China, and containment or something, it will run aground...

As for the United States...

In fact, Wilson really wanted to support Japan, and he did, but the isolationism in the United States was too strict. If it weren't for the fact that Britain and France owe a lot of money to the United States this time, plus a cruise ship in front was sunk by a German submarine, killing many people, and there was a telegram in the back, which threatened the security of the United States, I am afraid that the United States would not have entered the war at all―――――― in fact, among the many reasons for participating in the war, I am afraid that the factor of money is the heaviest, after all, Britain and France owe the United States too much money...

As a result, although Japan was also involved in the war, and did participate in some wars (pursuing the German fleet in the Pacific, destroying German garrisons in the Pacific, etc.), the benefits were barely reaped...

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Sitting in the courtyard, looking at the cherry blossoms gradually falling, Yama County Youpeng and Xiyuan Temple Gongwang were relatively speechless.

Although the two were once political enemies, they were a little disheartened in the face of the shape of Japan today. Although both of them know very well that after stepping out of this courtyard, for the sake of their own political interests, the two will still become enemies, but now, the estrangement between the two seems to have disappeared...

“……… I don't really understand, is that Yan Shao really willing to fight for Britain and the United States..."Enjoying the falling cherry blossoms, after taking a small sip of sake, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said with some doubts...

"Who knows, but I can't help but admit that this young man did make a good move..."Speaking of this, Youpeng in Shan County couldn't help but sigh.

When Britain and France invited Japan, Japan did not support sending troops, but because the losses in the Battle of Shandong were too heavy, coupled with the Chinese factor, the result was that neither the army nor the navy were willing to go to Europe to fight for the whites...

And when Japan had healed the wounds and had almost recovered its strength, China was involved.

The Army, which was already very hostile to China, became even more reluctant to go to Europe, because if they went to Europe, it would be equivalent to fighting side by side with China, which the Japanese Army was absolutely unwilling to accept...

As for the Navy ...

After the Battle of Shandong, they took great care of the precious ships in their hands...

Even the Japanese ridiculed China for sending hundreds of thousands of troops, but only got two "wastelands" in Iraq and Kuwait, and the Japanese even thought that it was really not worth it and a very stupid act for China to contribute so much to Britain and France, but only got these two places.

Later, Britain and France became resentful of Japan, and then shifted their work to the United States...

When watching China flourish in Europe and cause prosperity in the country, the Japanese felt a little jealous. The United States entered the war, and then China also announced a million more troops...

Britain and France had always hated Japan's posture of watching from the sidelines, but now they are not worried about the problem of troops, and now Japan has completely lost the opportunity to play...

Today's Japan is on the verge of being completely marginalized...

If there is no chance, it is almost inevitable that Japan will degenerate into a second-rate country―――――― although Japan is not necessarily much better than a second-rate country...

It's just that in the face of Japan's current predicament, Yama County Youpeng and Xiyuan Temple Gongwang are deeply puzzled, because they think that Yan Shao should not be willing to die for the British and American powers, but they can't guess Yan Shao's true purpose...

It was only later in the October Revolution that they ... (To be continued......)