19o8 Far East Madman Chapter 182 Entering Sichuan again

The deafening roar almost covered everything. Even if you have to shout hard when you are facing each other.

This is the workshop of the Hanyang Arsenal Ammunition Branch. There are dozens of loading machines lined up in the workshop. Half of the machines are driven by humans and the other half are driven by electric power. No matter which kind of power, they are making monotonous and dry noises. If you don’t plug your ears with cotton, you will be here after staying here for a whole day. It’s basically the same as a deaf person.

Liu Qingen, the supervisor of the arsenal, stood next to an electric loader. He was commanding several workers to repair the machine. Now the Republican Army has an urgent need for ammunition. The arsenal is a person who rests the machine and works three shifts a day. The result is that the machine often strikes. Either the motor overheating and burns the coils, or the tool wears the tool and causes the scrapping of materials. As a few technical backbone in the arsenal, Liu Qingen moved his accommodation to the factory to guide workers to repair the machines nearby and ensure the logistics of the Republican Army.

This loader was burned by a motor. It was not a major fault. Just change the motor. This was not easy some time ago, but it is easy now. Since the establishment of the "Huangzhou Conspiracy" between Zhao Bei and the German Consul, the German community in Hankou has actually abolished trade discrimination. Although it is still consistent with the great powers on the surface, it has secretly begun to indulge German merchants to smuggle military supplies to the military government. The motors of Siemens in Germany were so cheap and good-for-money. Liu Qingen could finally breathe a sigh of relief. As long as Germany relaxed the embargo of materials, the source of raw materials in the arsenal would not be as embarrassing as they were a few days ago.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Qingen ate more than half of the German merchants' inventory in Hubei in one breath. He updated some of the machines, motor steam was replaced with the latest German machines. A large number of sources of ordnance resources continued to gather from all over the place to Wuhan. The sulfur alone could maintain production for several months. Especially the machine gun bullets that the Hanyang Arsenal could not make at present. The stockpiling volume was enough for the Republican Army to fight several large-scale battles.

Instructing the workers to unload the motor that was malfunctioning. Liu Qingen was about to check the wires in person. A worker hurriedly ran to him and shouted to Liu Qingen who was squatting on the ground: "Where is Liu Tou. Feng Ji?"

Feng Jizheng just returned from the United States. Feng Ru has worked in the United States for a few years. In addition, the aircraft factory is preparing for the project. Feng Ru has nothing to do all day long, so he volunteered to go to the arsenal to help. Liu Qingen asked him to be a "skill". He brought more than a dozen apprentices who have already started to imitate some simple machines to further increase the production of the arsenal. Now many machines that Germany promised to sell have not been transported back to the arsenal have to be simple. He found a way to build the machine himself. Fortunately, the technical force is ready-made. Steel is not short of some simple machines, but it is still self-made.

Qingen didn't raise her head. She raised her hand and pointed outside. She said, "In the mold workshop."

The coworker hurriedly turned around and ran to see him. A moment later, Feng Ruxing ran to Liu Qingen and squatted down and picked up a piece of cotton yarn. He wiped his greasy hands and shouted loudly: "Hey Liu is sorry. I can't build a few machines for you."

"What?" Liu,en raised his head and Feng Ru's Cantonese accent was too heavy. He didn't understand.

If you take out your notebook and write a few lines of words with a pencil, Liu Qingen then understands what he is going to say. He takes the notebook and talks with him.

"The commander-in-chief is preparing to Sichuan again. I will be transferred to Sichuan and form a flight. The Manchu and Qing dynasty faction in the west expedition." Feng Ru wrote happily.

Liu Qingen was quite surprised and asked again: "Online--I will enter the western expedition again? He doesn't care about the Japanese? Aren't your flying team going to Jiujiang to reconnaise the Japanese fleet?"

Zhao Bei's "Spring Equinox" greatly improved the work enthusiasm of factory workers. Even Liu Qingen was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several nights. He came to work overtime these days to make weapons and ammunition. Most of the people had the intention to fight to the death with Japan. The tone accumulated in his heart after the Gengzi Kingdom was released. He almost forgot about Zhao Erxun from Sichuan.

The workers forgot that Zhao Erxun was the commander-in-chief who was busy every day but did not forget Sichuan. Since the "State Massacre", the war in Sichuan has been stopped for nearly twenty days. Taking advantage of this period, the Republican Army has hoarded enough military supplies in Chongqing, which is enough to ensure the smooth progress of the Western Sichuan Battle. On the other hand, due to the Commander-in-Chief's strong anti-British and anti-Japanese stance, the United Kingdom has begun to provide military assistance to Zhao Erxun. The small British warships between the Yangtze River and the Sichuan River have been playing the role of transport ships for the past few days. A large number of British rifles and ammunition are constantly arming Zhao Erxun's troops. Moreover, the British Hankou consul frequently traveled between Sichuan and Hubei. Yuan Shikai also took a telegram to signal that the Republican Army could slow down the pace of conquest for Sichuan. All signs indicate that the British government seems to be joining Zhao to suppress the Republican Army.

Therefore, the start date of the Battle of Western Sichuan can no longer be delayed. One day, the resistance of the Republican army to advance will increase by one point.

Of course, these military decisions cannot be interrogated by the technical expert Liu Qingen. It is precisely because of this that he was surprised that the commander-in-chief suddenly made the decision to enter Sichuan again.

"The Japanese government's position has softened. Germany, the United States, France and Austria have come to mediate. The Japanese fleet has retreated to the estuary of the Yangtze River. The negotiations between China and Japan on the "Qizhou Massacre" have officially begun." Feng Ru wrote.

Liu Qingen felt even more strange. A few days later, Japan even yelled in the newspaper to launch a large number of troops to the Northeast. Why did he suddenly retreat now?

It was not just Liu Qingen's strangeness. When the foreign newspaper published in the concession released the news report that the Japanese fleet returned to the Yangtze River Estuary, almost everyone felt strange. The immutable international diplomacy made them feel at a loss.

Only Zhao Bei didn't realize it was strange. Because this was what the German consul promised him. Germany led it and joined forces with the United States and the Hungarian Empire to mediate in order to end the dispute as soon as possible. After all, the current strength of the Republican army is indeed not enough to fight against Japan. Zhao Bei knew better than anyone else and the German consul also knew that if the Republican army, with strong anti-British sentiment, killed it, it would cause damage to Germany's Far East interests. Therefore, Germany is very necessary to mediate in person. In the eyes of the Germans, the Republican army is like a jump. Although it can't bite the UK to death, it can at least make it feel uncomfortable. This is only the "jump" that cannot be easily pinched to death. If possible, the Germans still feed it stronger so that it can bite the UK more uncomfortable. Moreover, this jump cannot be used to bite it.

It can also be used to bite Yuan Shikai. However, for Yuan Shikai, if you jump too big and bite it, it will be hard to say after that.

After all, the Commander-in-Chief's anti-British performance was just a show. He also understood the reason why it was enough to stop. Germany also hoped that the anti-British Xiaotiao, who had finally found in the Far East, was killed by the Japanese wolfdog tied with a British dog. So the two sides hit it off and decided to stop in time.

Germany and Europe and the United States jointly mediate in a strong manner. The Japanese government can only obey.

This is international politics. There are all educated gentlemen on the negotiating table. But under the negotiating table, you kick me and I will give you back. You can't scream after being beaten. Otherwise, it will be a contempt for international "justice".

Japan dare not openly despise this international righteousness, because it lacks strength. Although it has defeated China and Russia, it is all actions supported by the great powers. Without the support of the great powers, it is nothing. The victory of the Japan-Russia struggle has certainly inspired the whole country, but it also aroused the vigilance of the great powers. A powerful Russia is not needed by the West. A powerful Japan is also needed by the West. For the great powers, there must be no Asian hegemony in the Far East. Whether it is Russia or Japan, as long as it challenges this bottom line, it is equivalent to embarking on the road of confrontation with the great powers. Then no one can guarantee that it will not be a Russo-Japanese War. And this time, the Western powers will not support Japan.

Japan has to truly escape from strong control until World War I. The decline of European powers after the war and Japan's war in the war made Japan truly dominate East Asian affairs.

From a historical perspective, it must be admitted that I was very lucky. Moreover, the Japanese government of this era also had a group of wise politicians. The constitutional spirit was not completely replaced by Bushido.

Xu. Only one time traveler can change all this.

Zhao Bei is confident of changing all this. He hugged Germany's thighs. The ones who came out to stop were Germany, the United States, France and Austro-Hungary. Although his actions were consistent, the points were different: Germany was a newly emerging power. Although the navy could not confront the British navy, it was also an existence that could not be ignored. And its 6th army was even more arrogant. The entire European 6th. No country dared to pat its chest and said that it could fight against Japan alone with the German 6th army. Even though France's 6th army was not as good as Germany's navy. The title of "financial empire" is not a false one. It is not only a big creditor of Japan, but also a big creditor of Russia and China. Japan-Russia's actions in China must not threaten France's Far East interests. If Japan fights with China, it will seriously threaten France's financial security in China. This is the main motivation for France to participate in this mediation.

;As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire's power in China, Germany is even more insignificant. But considering that it is a German vocal worm and its territorial ambitions for the Balkans also rely on Germany's support, it is natural to participate in this mediation. And if the mediation is successful, it can also demonstrate its style of a great power; the motivation for the United States to participate in the mediation is also very simple. That is the business order. If a large-scale war occurs between China and Japan at this time, it will seriously affect the sales of American goods and make the US economic recession worse. Then, the new US policy toward China and its commercial interests with Japan in the Northeast region determines the position of the US government. Moreover, American merchants have always been on the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. If the Sino-Japanese dispute can be mediated, it may give the Chinese a good impression. It is legitimate to host this Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway by American merchants.

The four countries jointly mediated. Japan did not give some face. So the fleet retreated and softened its position. It began to engage in marathon negotiations with the Yuan Shikai government so that things that were not on the battlefield at the negotiating table were not on the battlefield. The negotiating target was not the Republican Army. Whether it was the Japanese government or the Yuan Shikai government, they all agreed that Zhao Bei's Republican Army was a "thorn". Letting the force intervene in the negotiations would only ruin the matter.

Although the negotiation did not invite him, Zhao Bei didn't mind. Taking advantage of this difficult "peace" opportunity, he decided to resolve Sichuan as soon as possible. Zhao Er took Sichuan into his own hands. So he had the second Western Expedition.

In the first battle of Sichuan, the Republican Army had occupied Chongqing. It was intended to take Chengdu in one go. But the Japanese forced Zhao Beibu to stop the large-scale military operations in Sichuan. Only a small number of troops were sent to sweep away the stubborn forces in the resurrected areas and consolidate the existing territory. In order to prevent attacks, even the Second Division, which had planned to reinforce Sichuan, stopped advancing westward. Now the Japanese fleet has retreated. Tensions in Hubei and even the Yangtze River have eased. The Second Division has been ordered to advance westward again. It has arrived.

Sichuan portal Kuimen, more revolutionary guards also rushed to Sichuan for reinforcements. The second western expedition was on the verge of arrows. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the western expedition, and to test the performance of aircraft in this era, Zhao Bei issued a transfer order to transfer Feng Ru, the only pilot of the Republican Army, to the Western expedition troops, to form a flight team, and follow the army. As for another aviation pioneer, Mr. Xie Tai, considering that he was a theorist and flying an aircraft was not his strength, he stayed in Wuhan and continued to run for the establishment of the aircraft factory.

The retreat of the Japanese fleet was good news for the Republican Army. But at the same time, there was also a depressing news. Tangxiang, which was originally going to join the Republican Army, was not coming. Not only did he not come. The Jiangfang fleet, the strongest China strongest under his command, was not coming. Yuan Shikai's letter of commission. Tangxiang became the chief of the Navy of the Republic of China. His brother Tang Hualong also officially took office and replaced Wang Shizhen as the governor of Jiangsu.

It seems that the hat of "Governor Sichuan" that the commander-in-chief once waved was not tempting enough. The Tang brothers did not take the bait. Perhaps the bait thrown by Yuan Shikai is even more tempting. After all, Yuan Shikai represents the central power.

If the fleet doesn't come, don't come. The commander-in-chief doesn't care. After all, the navy is a noble branch. With the current financial resources of the Republican military government, it is difficult to maintain a strong 6th army while maintaining a large-scale navy. Moreover, the current strategic focus is in the southwest direction. The navy is of no use. The only regret is the new gunboats. They are overlords in the Yangtze River. If anyone wants, the commander-in-chief does not mind using the "Sea" to exchange for several gunboats.
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