Chapter 261

The treatment of Germans in China has not changed at all, although I still feel a little confused. Doesn’t this mean I won’t go to Germany? It’s better to earn more money in China and make some contributions to the country in the future. I don’t know what other Germans think.

, Claude had this idea. Of course, he is not the big boss. The big bosses are all in Germany. As a representative, his task is to keep these properties for the boss. There are many people like Claude. As representatives of German enterprises, they

The purpose of staying in China is generally similar.

Li Weige and Claude walked around the factory with Fang Jianxiong. Claude was making introductions along the way. When Fang Jianxiong was leaving, Claude suddenly asked: "Fang, why are you not optimistic about Germany?"

Can you win the war?"

Fang Jianxiong didn't seem to have a good answer to this question at the moment. He stopped and pondered for a moment before saying: "Maybe it's because of the ocean. This is an era that belongs to the ocean. Whoever owns the ocean has an advantage."

This answer seems to be deceptive. The real answer is that Fang Jianxiong knows history and knows that no matter how hard Germany jumps, it will be difficult for Germany to win in the world wars of this era. Germany's geographical environment is too harsh! Moreover, during the two world wars, Germany

We haven't found the right allies yet. What should I say? God is probably playing a trick on Germany.

After leaving Qijiang, Fang Jianxiong had just returned to Chongqing when telegrams from Beijing came again. It was still a matter of increasing troops in Europe, and France seemed quite urgent. In fact, France at this time was not at an unsustainable level, and the strength of the French army was

It was still quite sufficient. However, the British and French forces on the offensive side suffered again on the battlefield of the Somme.

In a new round of attacks launched in late May, the stubborn Joffre once again paid a heavy price. With the German army's solid fortifications and equipment advantages, the French army only managed to survive a week of high-intensity attacks.

Advancing five hundred meters. That is

Even with such a 500-meter defense line, the Germans had no intention of giving it to the French. In the early morning of the 26th, the Germans launched a night attack and conducted large-scale night operations in the form of a small team assault. This trick was learned from the Chinese

I came here and learned very well.

The German attack caught the British and French forces by surprise. All the positions they had worked so hard to win were recaptured by the Germans. The coalition suffered 100,000 casualties in more than a week of fighting. The British army was better off. Some of the French troops

The soldiers refused to fight again. Xiafei had to order a suspension of the attack and adopt a rotation system. In contrast, at the beginning of the month, the Chinese teamed up with the Second Army

He launched a counterattack with brilliant results. Although Verdun was not recaptured, the German attack was completely contained, and the crisis in Paris was temporarily lifted. It was against this background that the French government began to increase its dissatisfaction with Joffre, and at the same time

The foreign affairs department is required to take all measures to allow the Chinese to increase the number of the expeditionary force. If possible, it is best to have one million.

It is not impossible to send one million troops to France. The question is whether it is appropriate to do so. Obviously, it is a very stupid thing to really follow the requirements of the French. Even in such a huge China,

In peacetime, we must maintain a strength of 80 to 1 million troops.

Fang Jianxiong called back to Beijing again: Let’s discuss again! Anyway, it is the French who are anxious, and Fang Jianxiong is not anxious at all. In fact, Fang Jianxiong has a relatively mature idea in his heart, which is to recruit new soldiers and conduct training for more than half a year. In this way, in 2017,

In the middle of the first half of the year, two more people were sent to France

Ten infantry divisions composed entirely of new recruits. The advantage of doing this is that domestic stability and security can be guaranteed. The disadvantage is that they are all new recruits. On such a cruel battlefield as the European War, the casualties will inevitably be huge. But let Fang Jianxiong take advantage of the domestic capabilities

Don't even think about sending all the troops fighting in Europe to Europe.

Sometimes as a national leader, you just have to be cruel. Even though he knew that many people would die, Fang Jianxiong still preferred this plan. Anyway, the remaining troops in the country can fight if they can be used. Fang Jianxiong is not an infantry division.

Move. Not only will it not move, but it will speed up the construction of technical units.

Assume. This is the reason why Fang Jianxiong asked the artillery and other technical units to go to France in advance. It is not just as simple as picking up equipment. More than half of the recruits started training on the ship to France. Cheng Zhixuan, the commander of the artillery, drove the recruits to death.

Practice here. Otherwise, why can't something happen along the way?

The remaining artillery units will join new recruits to continue training. There are currently thirty heavy artillery regiments in the country, and their equipment is the German 105 heavy artillery and 150 heavy artillery imitated by Wuhu. The new 155 heavy artillery has been officially put into production. These imitation cannons are best used for training.

, the gun barrels are scrapped and recycled. They are all made of good steel.

The key now is that the output of special steel in Wuhu is only 50,000 tons per year. Hanyang uses electric furnaces to smelt scrap steel, and the products are also special steel. The disadvantage is that the scrap steel has to be imported from the United States. In any case, at this stage, Hanyang’s annual

The production of 80,000 tons of special steel has exceeded the output of Wuhu. However, Fang Jianxiong feels that this electric furnace steelmaking is not worth promoting. It is very simple. China does not lack iron ore, at least not now. Importing scrap steel from the United States also requires

Money.

Because of the telegram from Beijing, Fang Jianxiong canceled his plan to go to Chengdu and turned back to Wuhan. Halfway through, a telegram came from Wuhan, saying that American Minister Ryans and French Minister Conde had both arrived in Wuhan.

The phenomenon of being begged by foreign ministers was rare in the past. Since Fang Jianxiong's debut, he has never been willing to lose face to foreigners, and he has also lost many practical benefits. Of course, this is an appearance. Anyone who knows the inside story understands that Marshal Fang

When it comes to dealing with foreigners, it seems tough, but in fact, what matters is interests. It seems unbelievable to many people to talk about interests in everything with foreigners.

Fang Jianxiong's style of doing things gradually affects the people around him. What is good at the top is followed by the trend at the bottom. Fang Jianxiong likes a pragmatic work style, and the people below have to put on a show even if they are pretending. This is a big transfer of power.

In this era, the old dynasty was overthrown, and the new Republic of China naturally had many more positions.

Although the provinces now have so-called parliamentary politics, under the new fiscal system, local governments have limited financial power. The tax revenue of each province must first be handed over to the Ministry of Finance, and then uniformly distributed by the Ministry of Finance. Those who are unwilling to implement this policy

, are now being swept away to gather dust in the corner, or are being invited to tea by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

It is precisely because of the control of financial and military power that Fang Jianxiong, the military boss who seems not to be in the government system, is actually the head of the country. The foreign devils have long seen this clearly, so if they want to speed up their affairs with China

Regarding the progress, just ask Fang Jianxiong for a word.

The Wuchang pier was quiet, a long whistle sounded, and the training ship Jingqing docked slowly. The pier was heavily guarded, and local officials were waiting here. When Fang Jianxiong got off the ship, he unexpectedly saw Zhan Tianyou among the crowd.

Stepping forward, he stretched out his hand and said, "Elder Juan, why are you here?"

Zhan Tianyou said with a hint of sadness: "The Americans are undertaking the construction of the Guangdong-Hankong Railway. If I don't come and watch, I won't feel at ease."

Zhan Tianyou put countless efforts into the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. Because the country had no money, it could only give the railway to the Americans to repair, and the operating rights for twenty years were also given away. Fang Jianxiong stretched out his hand to support Zhan Tianyou's arm, and everyone gave in.

He said, the two of them walked slowly in front, and Fang Jianxiong comforted him in a low voice: "My dear, transportation construction is the focus of national construction in the next twenty years. You are a national treasure, and with you in the Ministry of Transportation, everyone can rest assured. I think.

Don't worry about building the railway on the front line. Just help look after the overall situation. There are many young people working on the front line."

One sentence made Zhan Tianyou happy. What came out of Fang Jianxiong's mouth was absolutely true. "Fuguo, can you connect the Guangdong-Han and Beijing-Han roads?" Zhan Tianyou suddenly asked, and Fang Jianxiong was stunned.

, then smiled and said: "Yes, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge will start construction in 2019 at the latest. What I mean is to use the Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge to start construction next year to cultivate a group of domestic talents and learn from the advanced technology and experience of foreigners."

Zhan Tianyou said: "There are a lot of bridges missing over the Yangtze River. Now they are all solved by ferries, which is not a long-term solution."

Fang Jianxiong nodded and said: "Take your time. From now on, there will be ten or eight bridges built on the Yangtze River."

As soon as they arrived at the place where they were staying, two foreign ministers came to visit. In fact, it was Raines who arrived first, and then Kant. The person in charge of the reception today was Alice, and Raines happened to know the daughter of this famous financier.

I was very happy and quickly said hello: "Hi, Alice, I didn't expect to see you here."

Alice smiled politely and said: "Mr. Minister, it's nice to meet you. I'm Fang's secretary now. Do you need any help?" After hearing this, Kant looked disdainful, but he was thinking in his heart, the United States

You are so shameless, you actually thought of sending a beautiful woman as a gift. Damn it, why didn’t I think of this? After I go back, I will find a stunning beauty from China and arrange an opportunity for her to get to know this Chinese person.

The European War gradually highlighted the importance of China, and Kant went to great lengths to win over China. It was naturally not difficult to find a woman to get close to Fang Jianxiong. French women are naturally much stronger than American women.

Kant was very confident about this.

Thinking of this, Kant smiled and looked at Alice. Unexpectedly, this girl didn't give any face to her. She was still smiling when she greeted Riels just now. At this moment, her smile suddenly disappeared and she said: "Mr. Kant, what's the matter with you?"

?”

Damn Yankees, so despicable. After cursing in his heart, Kant smiled and said: "On orders from the French government, I came to see Marshal Fang to talk about aiding the construction of an oil refinery and an optical equipment factory."

This time it was Reigns's turn to change his face. The French guy was indeed here for this matter. Of course Kant said this on purpose. He also had the source of the intelligence and knew that Fang Jianxiong was quite annoyed because of the Americans' lack of cooperation.

Alice didn't even have a polite smile, and nodded with a straight face, as if Kant owed her a lot of money. With her slim waist and hips raised, this girl walked into the back room. Reigns smiled proudly, and China and France were trying to win over each other.

In the footsteps of the Chinese, the Americans are obviously ahead. Although the Chinese warlord has recently shown the intention to turn to Britain and France, Ryans is not worried at all. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better updated.
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