Volume D Chapter 86 Threats
Liu Boyuan is always obedient. Although he did not fully understand Yang Rui's plan, he still wrote down Yang Rui's instructions on his handbook, and then in the next stage, he focused on introducing the infiltration of the Manchu and Qing Fresh Army. This article was first published by...
"In the northeast, the Qing Dynasty was preparing to train the fifth town of Rehe, the sixth town of Fengtian, the seventh town of Jilin, and the eighth town of Heilongjiang. There were four towns in total. However, the number of officers and the Manchu and Mongolian people was seriously insufficient. The sixth and seventh towns were established by drawing some troops from the Beiyang, and the remaining fifth and eighth towns had only one association. The proportion of Han soldiers in it exceeded 70%, and most of the officers were Han. After all, it was because it was too hard to be a soldier, and the Manchu and Mongolian nobles could not bear it. Therefore, there were other martial arts schools in the noble school. There were no Manchus to study. Even if they went to study, they were just getting a degree. Most of the people who came out were idiots.
Now, there are many soldiers from the two towns and two associations in the northeast, and we have already developed many revolutionaries. Once the mountain army is dispatched, the sixth and seventh towns surrounding them will not be able to act in advance, and it will also create chaos. And the non-commissioned officers we recruited in Tokyo are highly valued because Guangxu has been suppressing officers from the Beiyang Clan. Because they came out late, although they cannot achieve the coordination and town throne, there are still many camp throne and standard throne."
Liu Boyuan said that he took out another piece of paper everywhere, which were covered with officers of the Qingqing Army. Yang Rui took it and saw Wu Luzhen, Lan Tianwei, Zhang Shaozeng, Xu Chongzhi and others. If he went down, he would see more than 40 people, including Li Xiehe (Liejun), Sun Xinyuan (Chuanfang), Li Shucheng, Cheng Qian, Huang Fu, Yan Xishan, Zhang Fengxiang, Tang Jiyao, Zhang Qun, Peng Chengwan, Luo Peijin, Yang Zengwei, Liu Jiyan, etc. The four of these people were Wu Luzhen, Lan Tianwei, Zhang Shaozeng, and Xu Chongzhi, who were already in the throne. The youngest officials were the camp management leaders.
Looking at the rows of great figures in the future, Yang Rui calmed down and said, "How many people are completely reliable? Did you not say that the Tongmenghui also developed an organization among Tokyo non-commissioned officers last time?"
"Yes, sir. It's mainly because Song Jiaoren is in charge of this matter. Huang Xing and Sun Wen have never been in Tokyo and cannot be taken into account. The people on the list above are just revolutionary tendencies but they don't necessarily have to follow us completely. Those who have black dots behind the names are our own." Liu Boyuan said, pointing his hand.
Following his finger, Yang Rui did see some people's names with a small dot as big as a needle, so look at it like this. In addition to Xu Chongzhi, who was held by the Revival Society, Wu Luzhen and several other governors only tended to revolution rather than their own people, but most of the other officers were members of Revival.
Even so, Yang Rui was not very satisfied. He just lit the fire and burned the paper after reading the list, and then said, "We should not have too much hope for these people. What we can really rely on are the soldiers at the bottom, the shed leader, the platoon leader, and the team officer. These people have never been abroad. They can only stay in the military schools in China, and they will be bullied by the Manchus in the army. They are more angry than those non-commissioned officers. Now the new army surrounding Yanzhou is eighth (Hubei), ninth (Jiangsu), twelfth (Suzhou), tenth (Fujian Reconstruction), eleventh (Anhui), and 14th (Jiangxi). These six towns can be held civil unrest tomorrow with our order. Why can we do this? It is because we have developed our power at the grassroots level of the new army.
Of course, looking back, I don’t believe in the members of Tokyo’s non-commissioned officers, but they have never been within our system. Ideological education work cannot keep up. Whether they are revolutionizing for the revolution or revolution for the future cannot be judged. If we occupy Beijing, the nobles of the Qing Dynasty were taken away by us, and the provincial capitals of each province were also occupied by us, then they will make a righteous act no matter whether they are real or false revolutions. But what if there is a change in the plan? Beijing City is not taken down, and then our 210,000 people are scattered everywhere, and it is very likely that they will be defeated by the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, we can only rely on non-commissioned officers and soldiers such as team officials, shed leaders, platoon leaders, etc. This must be implemented to the end!"
Yang Rui became more and more excited as he spoke. The last sentence was particularly loud. Liu Boyuan stood up and said loudly, "Yes! Sir!"
"Sit down!" Yang Rui said kindly, "As soon as the General Staff's plan came out, I couldn't sleep at night. I only thought about it for a month to get you over. Yuanshi, your burden is very heavy. You have to make civil strife in the Qing Dynasty, move new troops, and explore the reactions of the great powers, especially Japan. In the end, the Qing Dynasty must follow. If you do your work well, then the things will be halfway. If your work is not done well, then the revolution will become messy. Not only will the country not be unified, but the revolution may even fail."
When Liu Boyuan heard Yang Rui say so seriously, he dared to sit down and just shouted: "Everything is for the revolution! Everything is for the Chinese! Boyuan has no regrets even if he dies!"
Yang Rui saw that he treated his worries as a warning and knew that he would have misinformed them, so he said, "Okay, sit down! All I said is my worries. The plan of the General Staff is still changing, but the final plan still depends on the information of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Especially when the Qing Dynasty approaches the mobilization of righteousness, we must figure it out and interfere with the decisions and mobilization of the Qing army."
"Sir, we have arranged people in the Military Consultation Office. The encirclement and suppression at the beginning of this year was the victory of our victory after learning the entire combat plan of the Qing Dynasty. Now the Qing Dynasty does not know where the problem lies." Liu Boyuan said.
"This year, the Qing Dynasty was just a small-scale harassment. Their energy was to prepare for war. It would be difficult for Yanzhou to fight next year." Yang Rui sighed: "I really don't know if Yizhou can share some of the pressure on Yanzhou. If it cannot, hundreds of thousands of new troops will come over by then, then the Long March will be coming."
Liu Boyuan didn't know what the Long March was, but when he thought about it carefully, he was actually just wandering around. Seeing Yang Rui worried, he said, "Sir, we have estimated that as long as Yizhou launches, even if the Qing Dynasty does not attack but only defends, it will also contain the troops of the three Qing Dynasty towns, as well as Pingxiang and other places, and several Qing Dynasty towns will also be held."
Liu Boyuan only talked about Yizhou and Pingxiang. He believed that it could contain several towns in the Qing Dynasty, but even so was not enough. Including the new army that was already in the process of combat next year and next, there would be twenty-nine towns in the Qing Dynasty. Eleven mixed associations and more than 400,000 people, which basically reached the original plan to train thirty-six towns nationwide.
When the General Staff judged that the general sensation, there would be ten to twelve new troops surrounding Yanzhou, and the patrol teams would have about 200,000 troops. Yang Rui's idea was not like this. The Qing Dynasty had already hated Zhejiang bandits to the core. In addition to guarding against Yizhou and sending two or three to suppress them, they would ignore the rest of the place. They would completely ignore all the troops they could mobilize. In this way, the Manchu and Mongolian New Army had the first, second, third, fourth, and fourth towns, Beiyang, fourth, and fourth towns, and the seventh, ninth, and 12th towns in Jiangsu, and the eighth, 18th, and the five towns in Hubei. Including Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hunan, there were a total of 18 towns, totaling 220,000 people. In this way, the patrol team would be nearly 300,000 people.
These 300,000 people are not something that the two armies of the Revival Association can deal with. Yang Rui has suggested that the General Staff add another army to Yanzhou, so that the third, fourth, and fifth, and the third armies will be 100,000, plus the 70,000 to 80,000 militias in Yizhou that have been in war. For this reason, South America will now step up the purchase of rifles, and Yanzhou will also start to reserve ammunition to prepare for the last large-scale encirclement.
After thinking about these things, Yang Rui said: "I won't talk about the Qing Dynasty Army anymore. Before you came, you said that the Qing Dynasty Military Consulting Office invited Germans as consultants. What's going on? Why did the Germans emerge again?"
"Sir, our people in the second hall of the Military Consulting Office heard news that this year's encirclement failed. Guangxu was furious and was so angry that he wanted to dismiss Zai Tao. Zai Tao had no choice but to invite foreigners. The Japanese started to invite Japanese, but the Japanese refused because the Anfeng Railway was not successful and were unwilling to send people to assist in the encirclement and suppression. In the end, Yinchang thought of a solution and said he would invite Germans. This invited Germans." Liu Boyuan said. He also learned the news before Anton boarded the ship, and he found out the matter in a few days.
"What is Yinchang's relationship with the Germans? The Germans came after they made it clear?" Yang Rui asked again.
"Yinchang's wife is a German. When he was studying military affairs in Austria in the tenth year of Guangxu, he was in the same group as the current German Emperor William II. The relationship between the two was quite good. When Li Hongzhang was building a martial arts school in Tianjin, he helped Li Hongzhang hire a group of German military officers when he didn't have enough teaching. Now he came forward to invite German consultants. The people sent by the Germans were of high level, saying that they were all from the General Staff. The leader was named Ludendorf, who was said to be very famous in Germany." Liu Boyuan said of Yinchang's life and even pronounced a name that shouldn't have appeared. This made Yang Rui's heart tremble, thinking about how this person came.
In a state of uneasiness, he only asked Liu Boyuan to go back first. The headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau will be located in Shanghai. The matter that has not been discussed can be discussed in a few days. He is not only worried about Ludendolf, but also about Germany's policy on the Revival Society. International students, submarines, and airships are all counting on the Germans. Now that they turn against each other, all of these will be over. Just like Yang Rui's worries, Leo, who understands the importance of Germany, will come in a few days.
"I guessed you would come a few days ago, but who knew you were really here." Looking at Leo, who was still serious, Yang Ruiqiang smiled. He didn't like the French, nor did he like the French Concession, but now Yang Rui lives in the French Concession.
"Yes. Yang, things are a little troublesome. This time, the German Emperor sent many outstanding people from the General Staff. "The weather in September was still extremely hot, and Leo was still wearing a green old military uniform with meticulous buttons. "I went to Beijing to talk to a few staff officers I knew. Someone secretly told me that Germany is now completely isolated in Europe. The German Emperor hopes to form an alliance with China and the United States to improve this situation. This lunatic began to go crazy again. Yang, you should have listened to me last time, and you should have killed him long ago!"
Leo said what Yang Rui didn't want to hear the most. The United States politely rejected the alliance between Germany and China last year, but he didn't know why it was mentioned by Germany now. He kept calculating the losses in his mind. International students can not be sent, and submarines should be best not to be sent, but airships must be retained. He ordered six airships before, but now five have arrived. Because of Chongzhen's plan, he added four 15-ton large airships, so that the load capacity of the entire airship army can reach 128 tons. If the Germans turn against each other, then there are only five small airships. The total load capacity is only 53 tons. The most terrifying thing is that once the Germans tell the Qing Dynasty this matter, the logistics system of the entire Fuxing Army will be completely exposed to the Qing Dynasty. It is not known whether the aircraft can attack the airship, but even if Beijing's plan is not exposed, the carrying capacity will not be enough, and many soldiers will have no weapons.
Yang Rui didn't care about Leo's sarcasm, but he had a dark face and was thinking about the consequences of being betrayed by Germany. He stood up and walked out of the door and retreated, "Wait for me to come back!" and then he went downstairs.
Consul General of Germany at Huangpu Road, Public Concession. Mr. Bry was reading the newspaper. After a while, the door was knocked. An assistant said, "Your Excellency. That Chinese is here. Are you going to see him?"
"Oh, are you here?" Buley was also surprised at all about Yang Rui's arrival. Because of the adjustment of German domestic strategy, he knew he had been back. "You asked him to wait for another half an hour and just say I'm dealing with an important matter."
"Yes. Your Excellency!" The assistant looked at the newspaper in Buley's hand and pushed it out with understanding.
Half an hour later, Yang Rui came in. He waited for Yang Rui to sit down and said without politely: "Mr. Yang, for some well-known reasons, some of our cooperation with you cannot continue. Your people at the German ** Academy were reported to the Qing government by the Qing students. According to the previous agreement between Germany and the Qing, any German military school cannot accept the acceptance of private students, so it is a pity..."
Looking at the Germans' smirk, Yang Rui said calmly: "This is the German who adheres to his reputation? Mr. Consul, do we need to cancel some other things in our cooperation? Then you are completely on the side of the Qing government?"
"Yang, as far as I am concerned, reputation is everything, but now your identity is not recognized by a civilized society. Once you continue to adhere to the agreement, Germany will be criticized by all countries, so our cooperation cannot continue. I mean all cooperation." Bley shook his head, completely looking like I was sorry.
"Mr. Bli, can't you think about how China and Germany will get along in the future if we win the final victory?" There was no begging, only questioning, but Yang Rui was silent after saying that. It seemed that there was really nothing to talk about. Yang Rui stood up after a while, picked up his hat and prepared to go out. When he waited until the door, he turned around and said, "Mr. Bli, after ending our unpleasant cooperation, if you cannot keep secrets and interfere with some normal business activities, then we will no longer fulfill certain confidentiality agreements. I think the French will also be interested in radio."
The German Army did not pay attention to radio before, but after purchasing patents, producing them with the assistance of the Revival Society, and using them for a small number of troops, they were praised by the officers, believing that it was a multiplier of the combat effectiveness of the army, allowing the commander to transmit orders to every regiment and even every company without any obstacles, so it was strictly kept confidential once it was tried. Now Yang Rui was going to sell this thing to France, and Bly's face suddenly turned red, and he shouted: "Yang, if you are a threat..."
"Mr. Bry, it's very right. This is a threat!" Yang Rui put on a high hat and interrupted the German man, "Please tell your emperor that what is suspended is only cooperation in the agreement, but if something else is involved, then the revival will definitely be like this!"
With a "bang!", the civilized stick that Buli was leaning on hit the ground heavily, and he even said loudly: "No one dares to threaten Germany like this, Yang, if you dare to sell the radio to the French, then..."
"Mr. Buley, whether this will happen depends entirely on you." Yang Rui emphasized again, "I don't like French, British, Russian, all the important technologies I only choose to trade with you. Think about it, Mr. Buley, what have you got when you cooperate with us? Radio technology, your army can play a greater role, synthetic ammonia technology, you no longer worry about the source of saltpeter being cut off, internal combustion engine fuel injection technology, allowing your submarines to be equipped with the disel engine after shrinking. Each of these things is enough to change the outcome of a war. Isn't that enough? What else do you want?!
Everyone knows that Germany is surrounded by the whole of Europe and it is facing a war. But what are the benefits of forming an alliance with the Qing government? The elite troops of the Qing government were defeated again and again by us. It is rare for them to dare to go to war with the Russians during the European War? They will only let other countries' armies go to war on their own territory and watch their citizens massacred by other countries. What is the use of such a cowardly country? Germany already has an Austro-Hungarian Empire that is extremely troublesome. Will it be necessary to add a Qing Empire that is extremely backward and about to be destroyed?"
Bli's anger was speechless by Yang Rui's words. Although he was just a diplomat, he fully understood the significance of the techniques Yang Rui said. This was actually the reason why the German Emperor did not like the Revival Society, but agreed to cooperate with him. Now the German Emperor was so stupid that he wanted to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. The minister's suggestion was that the Revival Society should be treated equally with the Qing government and did not offend it. However, the country was completely on the side of the Qing government, and even sent staff to assist the Qing government forces in the extermination of the Revival Society. If this approach was in the diplomacy of the two countries, it would definitely be an international scandal, but the Revival Society was not a warring group recognized by Germany. Therefore, Bli could say it calmly and regretfully.
Yang Rui looked at the speechless Buli, bowed slightly and left. Although the Germans finally showed a sense of guilt, it was difficult to relieve his hatred. It was normal to be sold between countries, but it was unacceptable to be swept out by the Germans like this. In all the time travel novels he read, they used high technology to play with foreigners. The foreigners in them were more stupid than the other, but it was his turn that they turned against each other when they sold out. It was simply outrageous!
Yang Rui returned to the French Concession with anger. At this time, Leo was still waiting. He looked at Yang Rui's suit and makeup and said, "Did you go to meet the German Consul?"
"Yes!" Yang Rui said angrily: "Now all cooperation will be cancelled, and all international students will be repatriated. I really regret not listening to you to kill the German Emperor!"
"Then it's too late!" As soon as he talked about assassinating the German Emperor, Leo became excited. His eyes were shining, and he wanted to take people to Germany to kill people now.
"It's not the time now, because we, the whole world, knows that sniping tactics are extremely important. As long as the German Emperor is sniped, and if we just stopped cooperation, Germany will definitely suspect that it was ours. I don't want to be hated by a country like this." Yang Rui dispelled Leo's murderous aura. He didn't want to interfere with history, and was even more afraid that Germany would discover the truth after the incident. He hurriedly changed the topic: "Okay, tell me about your friends, how will they deal with us?"
When it comes to war, Leo's attention has indeed shifted, "They know radio, airship, synthetic ammonia, and interscopic shooting. The staff that the Qing people didn't know know, this is very bad! Very bad! Fortunately, we are not facing the German team, otherwise I think we should choose to surrender. Rudendolf is the director of the Second Division of the General Staff. Although this department is only responsible for training soldiers and preparing for war, Rudendolf himself is a very outstanding staff officer. He is highly praised by General Merkel and is a harsh and cunning person. His toughness may change the depressed fighting spirit of the government army... Anyway, no matter what, Yanzhou will be very dangerous."
"Maybe it's not just Yanzhou's danger, but Yizhou will also be very dangerous!" Yang Rui said, "The base area troops have not yet established a stable foothold. Yizhou is in Shandong and is also the sphere of influence of the Germans. Once the incident is uprising, then... it's very difficult to fight anyway. We should increase the power of Yizhou, and at least send more experienced officers to Yizhou."
Chapter completed!