These government procurements often serve as a weather vane. The next step is the political tendency of the Republic of China government! Since the European War, the United States has made a lot of money through the war, but this does not mean that China is no longer important. The current world leaders are the United Kingdom and the United States.

The purpose of attracting China is not only to check and balance Japan, but also has deep-seated national strategic considerations.

Let's put it this way, American funds were very important to the Republic of China, but as the expeditionary force gained momentum in Europe and became known as the savior of Paris, everything changed.

China is economically backward, technologically backward, and everything else is backward. But this is a country with a large population. As long as there is sufficient military equipment, the Chinese people's performance on the battlefield is not bad at all. In this time and space, the British and French coalition forces suffered military defeats in France.

The failure was even more disastrous. Under such a premise, the French government asked China to increase the size of the expeditionary force at all costs in order to win the war. The British government was a little better, but France failed and it would be difficult for Britain to sustain itself. Under such a premise,

, China’s military low status was highlighted.

Currently, the British and French ministers are having urgent consultations with China on the issue of adding thirty to fifty infantry divisions to the expeditionary force. At this time, Fang Jianxiong, the iconic figure of the Chinese Army, went to the south for inspection. From the perspective of the United States, this was originally a

A good thing, this means that the Chinese are probably not very interested in increasing their troops. However, as the trend of government procurement in the Republic of China has changed, it has become difficult to predict the direction in which the relationship between China and the United States will develop.

Raines urgently reported the news to the country. President Wilson, who was seeking re-election, was very sensitive to the news. He immediately asked Raines to find out in the shortest time possible why the Chinese government had such a change in attitude.

Reigns received the telegram and immediately launched an investigation. Soon he found out that the change was caused by two seemingly unimportant things. The first thing was the petrochemical refinery jointly owned by Mobil and China.

The progress of the project is too slow. The second thing is that China asked the United States to provide optical technology transfer, and then turned to requesting a joint venture to build an optical instrument factory, which was rejected by the U.S. capital. If it is normal business and trade, this is nothing.

Big deal. But what's terrible is that these two cooperation requirements are the cooperation projects that Fang Jianxiong, chairman of the Military Commission of the Republic of China government, is most concerned about.

It is said that Fang Jianxiong was furious after being rejected one after another! When the news came out, it directly led to the above actions of the bureaucrats in the Republic of China government. It is said that the Chinese government is official-oriented, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Worse news is yet to come. Reigns learned from Mobil's Chinese company that the government is making adjustments to its procurement plan for the second half of the year and is in contact with the British side to negotiate for oil purchases in the second half of the year.

In fact, Fang Jianxiong had a misunderstanding. He believed that the current American Mobil Company was still an oil giant, so he took more drastic measures to show his toughness. Little did he know that in 1911, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Rockefeller's Standard Oil

The company acted cruelly. In May 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that Standard Oil was dissolved and was split into thirty-eight small companies. The so-called Mobil in China is actually not the former Mobil, but the Chinese think

The Americans have no intention of changing the brand. To be precise, the company currently cooperating with China is the American oil company ExxonMobil.

In fact, it is not difficult at all to obtain petrochemical cooperation opportunities from the United States during this period. But Fang Jianxiong did not know that the petrochemical industry is too important to China's future development, so Fang Dashuai became furious.

Riels felt that Fang Jianxiong was making a fuss out of a molehill, but he did not dare to neglect this incident at all. He immediately reported the US government's own investigation results as soon as possible. The US government also found it incomprehensible. Exxon would not cooperate and just find another company.

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Whether they understand it or not, the U.S. government does not dare to have a scornful attitude during this sensitive period. After all, China has now sent troops to Europe, and it does not need to rely solely on the United States. What is certain is that as long as the Chinese government agrees to send one million troops,

They can get everything they want from Britain and France.

President Wilson, who is always paying attention to the progress of the European war, is naturally very clear about the recent trends in the French battlefield. The Battle of the Somme has reached a rest period, and both warring parties are taking a breather and preparing for a bigger fight. Judging from the early results, Somme

The Battle of the Mue River was undoubtedly not successful. The Germans held the line of defense and at the same time caused a large number of casualties to the British and French troops.

On the contrary, at the beginning of May, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, with the cooperation of the French Second Army, launched a fierce counterattack against the German army. And successfully recaptured Lavove, Saint-Meneourde and other places. At the same time, the Russian

The German army launched a new round of offensive on the eastern front. The German army, fighting on two fronts, was forced to retreat backwards, relying on the Verdun Fortress to withstand the fierce attack of the Chinese and French allied forces.

In the same attack, the attack effect of the Chinese Army was much stronger than that of the French army. In just half a month, the German army was forced to retreat to Verdun. It can be said to be a brilliant victory. Because of this, the French government

It is more urgent to hope that China will increase its troops and at the same time hope to strengthen military cooperation with China. Only blind people cannot see that the Chinese Communist Party often has more methods when dealing with the solid defense of the German army. According to U.S. intelligence in France

It shows that the Chinese ** team has many methods to deal with trench warfare, which are also very effective.

Wilson was re-elected on the slogan of staying away from war. Later, the excuse for the United States to enter the war was stupidly invented by the Germans themselves. Although reluctantly, the United States finally entered the war.

President Wilson must curb the possibility of China's large-scale troop surge. The United States, which has never given up its fight for world dominance, will not easily give up China, a hard-to-obtain market and potential ally.

Isn't it just a petrochemical refinery? Give it to him! What is more important than being re-elected? The most important thing is not to let opponents seize this problem and launch attacks. It can be said that during this sensitive period, Wilson was very careful.

Reigns quickly received the latest instructions from the US government, and then took a train south to Wuhan, not to mention chasing Marshal Fang.

The first stop of Fang Jianxiong's Sichuan trip was naturally Chongqing. When he sent troops to Chongqing, he cut Chongqing and Sichuan to a certain extent, and this cut is still preserved today. Chongqing is in a rather special position in Sichuan. In fact, Chongqing is in a special position in Sichuan.

After taking control of the power of the Republic of China, Fang Jianxiong consciously strengthened this cut.

When the Jingqing docked at Chaotianmen Pier, it was raining heavily in Chongqing. Fang Jianxiong stood on the deck, with Yang Yongtai holding an umbrella next to him. Qi Erzhu went home directly from Wuhan, and now the strongest bodyguard around him is Shangguan Xue.

Naturally, it was not suitable for a woman to stand next to Fu Shuai at this time, so she was replaced by Yang Yongtai.

Fang Jianxiong had a thoughtful expression at this time. Yang Yongtai could see it clearly. He glanced at the crowd waiting in the rain on the pier and whispered: "Fushuai, why bother with such a heavy rain?"

Fang Jianxiong sighed slightly and said: "The world is like this, so don't worry about him. By the way, Chang Qing, there is something I will explain to you later. This time I came to Chongqing, the safety problem of the Yangtze River waterway was highlighted. Dangerous shoals like Yanlidui,

Must be cleared."

Yang Yongtai agreed and said: "I remember." But he was muttering in his heart that Fu Shuai's thinking was very jumpy and elusive. I thought he was dissatisfied with the crowd greeting him at the pier, but unexpectedly he was thinking about the Yangtze River Waterway. Look.

After coming here, you have to be more careful when speaking in front of Fu Shuai. Yang Yongtai has always been conceited and has high ambitions. But when he comes to Fang Jianxiong, he always feels that his ideas cannot keep up with Fu Shuai's tone. Fang Jianxiong often talks about things at this time.

The topic changed to a topic thousands of miles away in one second, which made Yang Yongtai feel unfathomable. In addition, Marshal Fang's legendary experience made Yang Yongtai, who was much older, afraid to show off in front of Fang Jianxiong.

Waiting on the dock are all Sichuan's military and political dignitaries, headed by the provincial governor Hu Jingyi and the commander of the Chengdu Military Region Zhang Shaozeng. The military strength of the Chengdu Military Region is relatively weak compared to other military regions. It has jurisdiction over the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, with a total of nine garrisons.

Type B divisions. Among them are one division from Guizhou, two divisions from Yunnan, and six divisions from Sichuan. How to control the army in Sichuan, Fang Jianxiong’s method is to switch defenses. After the troops in Yunnan were reorganized, they went to Hunan, and the three divisions from Hunan went to Yunnan and

Guizhou and Sichuan originally had five divisions, all of which were transferred out of Sichuan, and six divisions were transferred from Hubei, Anhui, and Guangxi for defense replacement.

After completing the defense change, the expeditionary force sent troops to Europe. For a while, Fang Jianxiong could no longer care about Sichuan. Now that it was over, he set foot in Sichuan. The purpose was naturally to strengthen his control over Sichuan. How to strengthen his control over Sichuan, Fang Jianxiong had a thought in his mind.

The general spectrum is that the first is the control of the army, which is basically completed. The second is to separate the eastern part of Sichuan, headed by Chongqing, as a separate administrative region. And Xikang must also be separated as a separate administrative region, so that

Once the scope of Sichuan Province's jurisdiction was greatly reduced, I believe that Hu Jingyi, a simpleton, can feel the meaning. In general, Hu Jingyi, who gave up the army, is still very cooperative. However, this person has a criminal record.

Fang Jianxiong was really worried. However, Fang Jianxiong admired Yin Changheng, especially since he once led his troops to suppress the rebellion and stabilized western Sichuan.

There is another very annoying issue that Fang Jianxiong has never touched, and that is Tibet. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and since the Republic of China, Britain has been seeking to control the country. As of now, the problem of Tibet is already very serious.

Fang Jianxiong's purpose in coming to Sichuan this time is to take advantage of the European War to solve the problem of Tibet once and for all. After the problem here is solved, the next step is the problem of Mongolia. Of course, in terms of timing, solving the problem of Mongolia

There is a better time.

After Fang Jianxiong actually came to power, these issues have not been touched, just waiting for the most suitable opportunity. There is no good thing in imperialism, and Fang Jianxiong knows this very well. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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