The city of Nanjing was welcoming and seeing off the enemy. People in Beijing were panicked. Yuan Shikai suddenly fell into bed and announced his withdrawal shocked the whole country. In less than a few hours, Beiyang and Nanjing issued national electricity at the same time. In the face of this major incident, even the Sino-Japanese fire exchange in the East Camp was a bit scary.

It was the next morning when John Moen arrived in Nanjing, but he was told that Yang Qiu had gone north to Wuchang to get married. Although he wanted to catch up and show off immediately, perhaps in order to show his gentlemanly demeanor, he did not immediately interfere with his wedding. Instead, he started negotiations with Tang Shaoyi on how to ensure that the British interests in China are not infringed, continue to pay Xin Chou compensation, and fulfill various pre-clearance debts.

It’s not that Yang Qiu didn’t want to explain these issues to the UK, especially the tariffs! It can be said that it was a sharp sting in his heart. The low tariffs of 5% per year in the southeast and North China made the industry unable to develop at all. Based on the tariffs of 25% international industrial protection, this alone will completely suppress the country’s industrial pressure, and the country will lose at least 100 million in revenue each year.

But he had no choice but to have insufficient chips in his hands at present, so he could only let Tang Shaoyi drag it and use the freezing method to deal with it first. If he should pay, he would continue to pay, and if he should not pay, he would try to recover as much as possible. Apart from this, there is no solution for the time being. However, Traun heard that this trip was to get married, so he boarded the gunboat with great interest.

His purpose was very simple, which was to encourage Yang Qiu to go to war with Japan, and said that Germany was willing to provide a list of preferential weapons. On the one hand, the United States was holding loans, saying that it should be peaceful and not fight, and that it should not destroy the market that the United States had worked hard to open. On the other hand, Germany asked Yang Qiu to be more strict with Japan for its own interests, and it would be best to break out a full-scale war in the Far East and involve Russia.

None of them are good people!

When Zhang Wenjing sighed when he saw Yang Qiu and returned to Wuchang together, he smiled: "The Vice President seems to have something to worry about?"

After becoming vice president, the civil servants around him changed their titles, and the army also added the title of commander-in-chief in front of the commander. Yang Qiu glared at him: "Don't you know my thoughts?"

From a small staff officer to a minister of finance, the pressure on Zhang Wenjing's shoulders is unimaginable to anyone. Outsiders envy his rocket-like speed and secretly scold Yang Qiu for abusing his personal use, but they can't see how much effort he has spent to do this job well. As a veteran of Yang Qiu's family, he knew his thoughts best and said: "Virtues have their own interests. One wants the market and the other wants to disrupt the situation. It is not a good thing in the long run, but we still have to try our best to seize this loan at present."

Yang Qiu agreed with his opinion that $100 million is too important to him. Chemicals in Pingxiang, Xiangtan and Chongqing must be started. The preliminary survey and drilling work of Yanchang Oilfield and Hanjiang Oilfield have been started with imported drilling equipment from the United States. Once positioned and exploited, the oil smelter must also be started. The railway from Zhengzhou to Baoji and the branch line extended to Yulin must also be started as soon as possible, otherwise the preliminary oil industry will not be built with livestock power.

Chongqing Steel Factory already has equipment such as Krupp carburized steel armor and nickel alloy steel sintering furnaces, but it also requires manganese and molybdenum alloy equipment and tungsten alloy equipment to become a real special steel base. In the future, Dangtu Steel Factory will mainly target civilians, rail steel, I-shaped steel, cold-rolled steel plates and steel bars, extruders, and forging machines. However, the seamless steel pipe extruder must be bought back as soon as possible.

Guizhou Shuicheng has abundant coal and steel resources and is not short of water resources. It can be used as the third chemical and steel base. In addition, according to his ideas, the manufacturing bureaus of Jinling, Dagu, Mawei and Guangdong should be merged into all the manufacturing bureaus of domestic provinces, including Jinling, Dagu, Mawei and Guangdong, and relocated to the hinterland of the Central Plains to form the third large industrial group like Hubei and Chongqing. Dagu and Mawei should be aimed at more professional shipbuilding and large metal processing fields.

But all these require money.

How to balance the different requirements of Germany and the United States? Thinking of this, I turned my head and asked, "How much did you spend on your military budget last time?"

"At that time, 40 million was prepared. Later, in Henan, Ni Sichong got some, totaling 70 million. If it were added to Guangzhou, it would probably be about 100 million. At present, about 15 million has been spent, and the rest is still in my hands."

Yang Qiu waved his hand and said, "Since Traun is thinking, he might as well take the opportunity to stock up. If there is any change between us and Japan, there will be no countermeasures. I asked Liu Qingen and others. Currently, they are mainly engaged in 105mm caliber. Even if the 150mm production exceeds the output, they will not be able to increase. So you might as well purchase some of Germany's latest Slf13 150mm heavy artillery, and also purchase some supporting tractors and ammunition. After returning to Wuchang, you go to him and ask him to give you the detailed size of the 105mm howitzer barrel under development, and also purchase a batch from Germany. Our own speed is not enough to meet the consumption of the war. The rest are also urgently needed trucks and armored vehicles. Liu Qingen told me last time that Skoda is willing to sell two armored trains, so you can go and tent. Remember, all the equipment purchased must be in place before the end of this year."

Although Zhang Wenjing felt a little painful, he also knew that the money would definitely not be saved. Such a large order was enough to make Germany feel that he was really preparing for the war against Japan, and even if he started a war with Japan, the army would also need a large amount of heavy equipment.

Yang Qiu roughly calculated that according to the US currency value in 1914, 2 armored trains and about 8 battalions of slf13-150mm howitzers could be purchased for US$20 million. Compared with the large number of 210 heavy artillery of the Japanese Army, the range and power of the Slf13 are not small, but suppressing the same Meiji Type 38 howitzer, which is more than enough, can be deployed at the Yellow River and Wusongkou, and can even bring certain containment to the Japanese Navy.

However, he also knew very well that the conventional army and navy battles were far from being a match for Japan, so the most hope was that Feng Ru and the others could make a breakthrough. Last time they asked them to focus on the all-nickel steel water-cooled V-shaped eight-cylinder "Ispano. Xiza" engine. If the detailed drawings are imitated, it should be a success in more than a year, right? As long as the engine achieves a breakthrough, the body structure composed of wooden boards, glue and steel wire is not difficult at all.

Thinking of Japan's threat, he had the urge to let the warships go directly to Chongqing. However, after thinking about it, he still endured it and promised that Miao Luo had only a few days left to solve his major life events first.

After the disbandment of the capital's status in the southwest, the Wuchang government departments became much deserted, but the city's development speed did not slow down. After getting off the ship, you can see factories and facilities under construction everywhere, especially in Hanyang, where several more chimneys were added. Song Ziqing had already gone to Henan to urge the Beiyang First Army to put down their weapons as soon as possible, so only Xiao Anguo came to welcome him. With the national unification approaching, he, the commander of the National Guard, will also shoulder the responsibility of national internal affairs.

Zhang Wenjing pulled Traun to talk about the matter of actively preparing for the purchase of arms. Traun was looking forward to a war between China and Japan. Germany also wanted to disrupt the water in the Far East, so he quickly reached an arms procurement intention agreement worth 40 million (about 20 million US dollars). In addition to purchasing two armored locomotives (including six cars) from Skoda, it also includes 8 battalions of Slh13 howitzers and supporting ammunition and towing tractors, 250 L30, 250 L45 105mm gun barrels and other contracts, and is limited to all delivery 14 years ago.

Traun sent the contract back to Germany immediately, and three days later, Germany made a formal reply to sell the arms.

Just when Yang Qiu quickly announced the arrangements for Yuan Shikai's first battle between Shigeye and Dongying, the news that Yasuo Oshima was completely wiped out by the light cavalry regiment during the day shocked Japan. Even after receiving the telegram, Yuzuo Uehara could not believe that this was true. He thought Yasuo Oshima could guard at least four to five days, and then he could mobilize one or two corps from South Manchuria and even North Korea to support, so that the estuary of the Yellow River could be quickly consolidated.

But now it failed in one day, and it was completely wiped out! The support troops suddenly lost their support targets. What's even more annoying is that at this time, Yuan Shikai of Beiyang suddenly announced his withdrawal and released the Jinpu Railway. The news is that at least three brigades of the National Defense Force are supporting Shandong, and one of the infantry brigades has arrived in Jinan and is advancing towards Dongying.

The three brigades are the National Defense Forces and one standard division, which is equivalent to a semi-standing division in Japan. In other words, if you want to continue to fight, you must invest at least one division into the Jiaodong Peninsula.

As a tycoon of the Army Department, he knew his strength very well. After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Army had a total of 17 permanent divisions, but the problem was that after the war, except for the Guard Division, the 1st to 6th Divisions were currently all skeletons. Taking the 16th Division stationed in North Korea as an example, the total number was less than 7,000 people, which is quite good. The remaining were militias. Even the seven main forces are currently reduced to two regiments, that is, about two brigades of the National Defense Forces.

On the other hand, after the Beiyang constraints, the National Defense Forces can quickly invest at least 2-3 divisions into Shandong. They have been fighting for wars over the years and the troops are fully organized. Although the Chinese team cannot compare with Japan in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, they also need at least one complete division.

Transport one division at a time to enter the Jiaodong battlefield?

Uehara Yuki was unable to make up this idea, so he immediately drove to Yuto's residence in Yama Prefecture, hoping to get some instructions.

Yutoto Yama Prefecture had just finished practicing kendo. After hearing Yasuo Oshima's purpose, he handed the wooden sword to his servants, took the towel and teacup and asked slowly: "Where is the Navy? Why didn't he support Yasuo Oshima? Could it be that with the support of 70% of the military expenditure every year, there was no deployment of a nearby cruiser?"

No matter how stupid Uehara Yuzusaki was, he could hear the meaning of this sentence. Yutoto Yama Prefecture obviously wanted to use this matter to teach those guys of the Navy a lesson, and immediately nodded: "Don't worry, Master, I know what to do!"

"Then go and do it. The Jiaodong Peninsula is not the main battlefield. Our allies don't want to start a war yet. The core is still Manchuria!" Yuto Yama Prefecture slowly turned his head and looked at the beautiful Tokyo Bay in the distance and said lightly: "I remember the Army Department proposed to add two divisions of 19 and 20 in North Korea? Just do it."

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