The First Army of the Far East finally arrived outside Beijing at 16:00 on June 25th. However, according to Li Ningyu's previous instructions, they did not enter the city but were stationed outside the city. At the same time, they sent correspondents to inform the late Qing government.
Everyone in the late Qing government was shocked by the sudden arrival of the Far East Army, because it came so fast!
However, since the Far East is an ally, the Qing government will naturally not neglect it and immediately sent representatives to express condolences to the Far East soldiers who came from afar. So who should be sent?
Prince Gong was naturally the best choice, but Prince Gong was also a smart man. He also found someone to go with him. In this way, Tong Gege accompanied her mother, Prince Gong, to the northern suburbs of Beijing in the afternoon.
, the camp of the First Army of the Far East, after seeing the neatly arranged steel armored vehicles one after another, Prince Gong's eyes immediately showed extremely surprise, and even Duan Tong Gege on the side was also very surprised.
At first, the soldiers stopped some of Prince Gong's actions, but a few knowledgeable officers saw that it was Duan Tong Gege who accompanied the late Qing envoy, so they immediately went to report to Wang Hu. When they heard that Duan Tong Gege came in person
Well, Wang Hu's original plan to express his condolences to the representatives of the late Qing Dynasty failed because he did not dare to make any mistakes. Duan Tong Gege was Li Ningyu's wife, and Prince Gong was also Li Ningyu's father-in-law.
Next, Wang Hu's attitude was naturally extremely enthusiastic, but both Duan Tong Gege and Prince Gong understood the reason. They all walked politely, but before leaving at the end, Duan Tong still asked softly when Li Ningyu would be back.
Wang Hu did not answer this, but said that Li Ningyu had entered Hebei.
Wang Hu's words made Duan Tong jump for joy, because she had not seen Li Ningyu for two years, while Prince Gong on the side was sighing, thinking that his daughter really couldn't help herself, although now the Far East and the late Qing Dynasty
An alliance was formed, but the Far East would definitely collide with the late Qing Dynasty in the future, but Prince Gong had looked away from it in recent years, because he was also a man half buried in the loess, and the emperor's order was gone.
So he should be honest and be a powerful prince. At least he has Li Ningyu looking after him. Most people really don't dare to touch him at all.
Yuan Danong's Northeast Field Army is divided into three legions. The first and third legions are the farthest, so a total of 60 armored vehicles broke down on the road. The second legion is closer, but when fighting against the Russian Eleventh Army
, three vehicles were lost and are currently being repaired.
There are more than three legions in the Far East traveling all the way. Li Ningyu can also be regarded as one legion, but he is a bit like the logistics minister and the captain of the support team. But for the cause of the Far East, he feels that anything is acceptable. Regarding the landing in Vietnam
It had been planned a long time ago, so he naturally didn't have to worry about it anymore, because there was also the Far East Army Command.
It's just that the Third Army Corps commanded by Li Xihua is very likely to encounter the coalition forces coming out of Tianjin. Three infantry divisions and a special armored mobile division can deal with the 20,000 coalition forces. Li Ningyu still thinks that Li Xihua can fight very well.
However, this battle cannot be fought as imagined.
Because in the coalition forces, in addition to the Japanese, American, and French troops, there are also 4,000 German troops and 4,500 British troops. Li Ningyu cannot go to war with all countries at once, but the current relationship between Britain and the Far East belongs to the Cold War period, mainly due to the British
As a result of the Bosch War, the Far East could not continue to deteriorate its relations with Britain, and the only option left was Germany. However, he also had a German friend, the current German Minister to China Morini.
From 1883, after Li Ningyu left Beijing at the age of ten, the first person to help him was Morini, but Li Ningyu also gave Morini the status and money he wanted. From a certain perspective, the two were equivalent.
In exchange, the relationship with Tsarist Russia will inevitably break down this time, so Li Ningyu needs to find at least one powerful country as an ally.
The five empires and the French Empire have declared war on the Far East, and the Far East is also sending troops to Vietnam, so it is naturally impossible for them to become allies.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire had already declined at this time, and coupled with its relationship with Italy, it was impossible.
The relationship between Tsarist Russia and Britain was delicate, and only the conflict with Germany was easier to resolve, so Li Ningyu threw his olive branch to Germany, and Li Ningyu's middleman was Morini. Coupled with the relationship between Li Ningyu and Morini, it was almost
The main ministers from various countries knew this, and the two of them had no hesitation.
Morini's current office is in Tianjin. Early on the morning of the 25th, the Far East's intelligence team in Tianjin handed Li Ningyu's telegram to him. Morini then forwarded the telegram to Berlin, Germany.
The time has reached 17:00, and Li Ningyu is waiting for the German response in the command vehicle.
Because at this time, the Far East Army commanded by Li Xihua was already waiting for the arrival of the coalition forces somewhere on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. Therefore, if the German side did not seize the time, Li Xihua's artillery would not know who was German and who was Japanese. However,
Li Ningyu is not the only one who is worried, German Minister Morini is also worried.
Germany's intention is very simple. It is willing to ally with the Far East, but the Far East must guarantee three things. First: safeguard Germany's interests in China; second: after defeating the coalition, jointly expand territory in Africa; third:
He must declare a strategic alliance, marry Princess Louise, and become the son-in-law of William II of other countries.
When William II of Germany lived, he always practiced imperialism to show Germany's growing national power. He actively promoted famous world policies successively, which were strongly militaristic. He wanted to use colonial expansion to find a place for Germany in the sun.
Since Bismarck left, the relationship between Germany and Britain has deteriorated, which is contrary to Bismarck's policy of maintaining good relations with Britain at that time.
During the Sarajevo incident, he was shocked when he learned of the death of his friend, and even allowed Austria to use force against Serbia. William II was full of expansion ambitions, but it is difficult to say whether he launched a war.
He did hope that Germany would become stronger, but he never thought of using World War I to achieve this goal. However, between the Sarajevo incident and Germany's declaration of war on Russia, William II understood that the war was about to break out, so he tried his best to fight for peace. However, William II
Shi's efforts were too late. Finally, with the advice of his subordinates, he issued a general mobilization order.
At that time, World War I was considered to be Germany's war, and World War II was Hitler's war. In fact, Li Ningyu, who has studied military history, believes that this view is unfair, but William II must bear personal responsibility for this, because William
II vigorously advocated militarism at home and supported Germany's comprehensive military expansion, which plunged Germany into a military competition, which later became difficult to control and war was inevitable.
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