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Bei Shoutong was unable to convince Li Liezu, so in the end he had to convince Yang Rui himself. Therefore, Li Liezu was ordered to go to Beijing immediately that night - everything was complicated, so Yang Rui could only let him come to Beijing in person, but this was official business, not removal from his post.

On the day when Li Liezu received the order, he took the train transporting supplies from Fuyu to the south. When he arrived in Chenyang the next day, he saw a huge airship landing above the railway affiliated area. The white and black boats were clearly marked with the dragon and tiger beast mark representing the government. He suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the Prime Minister's airship. Just when he thought Yang Ruiren arrived in Chenyang, he heard someone say it was the "Supreme Emperor" and the "Prime Minister's family is here." He asked the adjutant to ask in detail and found out that it was Zhu Fangxu, Cheng Wuming, and the Prime Minister's only son, who came to Chenyang.

Li Liezu was a little stunned when he heard this news. He understood that the current situation of the war was not like a passerby who thought that these people were coming to condolences. If they were to condolences, what did the Prime Minister’s wife and son come to Chenyang? This was to live and die with Chenyang. Li Liezu was suddenly trembling by his thoughts. He began to be at a loss. When the adjutant repeatedly told him that he was leaving the train station, he suddenly said, "Let's go back."

It is not easy for soldiers to fight, it is not easy for front-line officers, and it is not easy for generals, and it is even more difficult for the Prime Ministers who live in the Prime Minister's Office in Beijing. They are fighting for the country, so why can't they understand each other? This is what Li Liezu thought. Thinking of this, he did not leave the train station at all, but found a train heading north and got on the train directly.

Li Liezu did this, making it impossible for the people who came to pick him up. His itinerary was originally arranged, and he flew back to Beijing directly by airship from Beijing, and he didn't want him to go back north.

When the visitor reported the situation to Qi Qingyuan, he just smiled, "It seems that our acting commander, the acting commander, has figured it out."

He laughed, but the Chief of Staff Huang Fujin next to him sighed: "He finally figured it out! Just figure it out, just figure it out."

Two Chinese were gurgling, Colonel Max Hoffman, an observer of the German General Staff, was a little confused. He looked at the two who were obviously relieved and said, "Generals, is there any good news on the front line?"

Colonel Max Hoffmann is an old friend of the Revival Army. As early as the Russo-Japanese War, he was an observer of the Japanese side's army. This time, when China and Russia started war, he came to the Northeast as a Russian expert to understand all aspects of the Russian army after the reform and rectification. After China and Russia declared war, the relationship between China and Germany was relatively complicated. He did not come to Chenyang as a military observer of the German General Staff, but as an adviser of the Revival Army. In addition to him, there were Lieutenant Colonel Von Toftav, the Russian observer during the last Russo-Japanese War, and Colonel Philip Von Westmes, an observer sent by the Orson General Staff.

"The good news on the front line is that the Russians have arrived, and we are ready to introduce them to Chenyang." Huang Fujin is also fluent in German. "The army lacks guns and ammunition. We can only exchange distance for ammunition. As long as the Guanzhong and Tonghua Arsenal produce enough rifles and ammunition, the army will turn to a counterattack."

Several foreigners came from the gates to know the ammunition of the Fuxing Army. From the perspective of a country, China lacks rifles but not ammunition. But from the perspective of the Northeast Military Region, both rifles and ammunition are short. The artillery in the Gaizhou defense line in the south has already required restrictions on the use of artillery shells. Fortunately, there are no shortages of mortars, grenade launchers, and grenades, otherwise they can only fight hand-to-hand.

"General Huang, your troops should actually enter the counterattack in advance, especially against the Russians. If they do not annihilate them when there are not many Russian troops now, then more and more Russian troops will be. Ten years ago, the Japanese defeated them like this. If the war was delayed until the third year, it would be too late to wait for the Russian troops in the west to arrive." Colonel Hoffman, who knew Russia best, said seriously, and he still remembered the last Russo-Japanese War.

Hoffman may have kindly reminded him, but in Qi Qingyuan's view it was a disaster. Because of his level, the General Staff attached a sentence "Waiting for the European Dramatic Changes" when he gave him the order. Although there were only six words, he was as smart as he fully understood the meaning of the General Staff. Now that he has eliminated 200,000 Russian troops, the angered and angry Tsar would send 400,000 or even one million Russian troops, which is unbearable for China at the moment. The Russian army has continued to win some small victories, making the Tsar feel that these 200,000 people are enough to deal with China, which is the most favorable situation for the Northeast War Zone. As for the "European Dramatic Changes", Qi Qingyuan dared not think about it. He only hoped that the Russian army would have only 200,000, and he could wait for the final counterattack time.

"Mr. Hoffman, if two million and five million 75mm shells could fall from the sky, I could counterattack immediately." Qi Qingyuan quipped at the Germans. "After we started the war, we prepared 1,000 shells for each gun, but now, it has been exhausted in less than three months. Although the military factories in the pass were produced day and night, they cannot be transported. I remember that during the Franco-Prussian War more than 40 years ago, each rifle carried 200 bullets per rifle, but in the six months of war, each rifle consumed an average of fifty-six bullets. In the Russo-Japanese War, 200 bullets were only enough for one battle, but now, even if each rifle had 1,000 bullets, and no restricted shooting, the bullets would be exhausted within a few weeks.

This is still bullets, and the number of shells is even more amazing. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian army consumed an average of 730 shells per gun. We also followed this standard, that is, each gun had a reserve of 1,000 shells, but even if this standard was saved, the reserves would bottom out after four months. If I didn’t try to save, I would think that the 1,000 shells would be exhausted in one and a half months of war. Overall, the more advanced the weapons, the larger the ammunition consumed. Although we have considered this, we still considered it less."

The data mentioned by Qi Qingyuan, Hoffman and others carefully planned it. For some reason, the Fuxing Army seemed to know more about the Russian army than he did.

"Why didn't we consider building a second railway in Chengde before the war?" Lieutenant Colonel Toftav said, "In this way, shells from Hubei and Shanxi can be transported."

"But how do we know that Japanese submarines will attack Huludao on New Year's Eve?" Qi Qingyuan patted his head and lied with embarrassment. In fact, it was just a soldier like Hoffman who didn't know the range of Chinese submarines. The senior executives of the German General Staff knew that Krupp was selling the range of submarines. Even if Huludao was destroyed, the submarines at Zhoushan base could still enter the Bohai Sea.

"What a cunning Japanese," said Colonel Hoffman. "General Qi, can we go and see the steel chariots now? I heard that there is already a chariot division in the northeast."

"Of course." Qi Qingyuan smiled, "Captain Huang will go with you in the afternoon. The armored division is currently in Changchun. If the Russians break through the Songhua River route, they will fight back. But I think this is impossible. The Russians have not yet learned to deal with trench warfare. You can go to the Songhua River front first to take a look. The Russians are much weaker than they thought."

Qi Qingyuan has been chatting and laughing, disdaining the Russian army, and his ease easily infected Hoffman and others. Before a few people paid attention to the Russian army, they had carefully studied the Japanese attack. The mountains in Liaodong made the flanking attacks that the Japanese army was best at ineffective, and the attacking troops were unable to cross those impassable mountains. Even if they passed, they were only a small group of troops, but they did not have much effect on breaking through the entire defense line, and when interspersed, these troops were likely to be scared away by landmines and elusive snipers.

Everything that Northeast saw made people believe in a sentence: that is, choosing defense in the current war is the most advantageous, especially the defense line after the opponent builds trenches and arranges barbed wire machine guns is even more solid. There are only two ways to break through. One is to use elite infantry teams to attack with infantry and artillery coordination, and the other is to use combat vehicles to let those iron guys line up in dense queues to drive towards the trenches. After knowing that Germany's oil production is 121,000 tons and Austro-Hungary oil production is 1.100,000 tons [Modern part of the history of world military logistics.p187], Yang Rui began to try his best to recommend tanks to the Germans. However, in the shortcomings, this weapon Revival Army was no longer useful.

Colonel Hoffman was extremely satisfied with the opening up of everything to him without reservation. He felt that China was actually Germany's quasi-ally allies. If China could attack Russia from the east in the war between Germany and Austria, then Germany's confidence in winning would be doubled. He thought this way, Prince Heinrich, who had just arrived in Beijing, also thought so. However, unlike the last time he came to Beijing, this time the Chinese were extremely cold to him. He asked to see Yang Rui several times but was rejected, and then asked to see William Leo, the chief of the General Staff of the General Staff of the Revival Army, was also rejected. During the days he was waiting, there was even news that Yang Rui was very dissatisfied with William Leo, the Chief of the General Staff of the General Staff of William Leo, and he wanted to replace him several times, but because of his former friendship, he kept his position.

Supporting Russia's expansion to the east again is what the pro-British prime minister Holvig advocated. Of course, General Staff Moltke was happy to see it. The preparations for the German Army have been completed, and the expansion of the Kiel Canal that the Navy has been criticized for has also been completed. Taking advantage of the Russian army's declaration of war with China, this is the best time to start war.

The soldiers wanted to take the opportunity to start a war, but in the view of Prime Minister Holvig, China and Russia should be allowed to have a full-scale feud. Just as after the last Russo-Japanese War, the weak Russian army could no longer fight within a few years. Germany, which had a few years of buffering, could improve relations with Britain. In order to eliminate British hostility, he also proposed to hand over the German naval fleet to the British naval jurisdiction.

Holvig's proposal was crazy. As soon as he said it, he was opposed by the military and other ministers. His Majesty the Emperor did not agree with this. Prince Heinrich instantly felt that the prime minister should be replaced. Perhaps the shipbuilding competition caused the enemy to get into evil between Britain and Germany, but before the shipbuilding, the relationship between Britain and Germany was not very good. After the rise of Germany, the United States and other countries, the benefits of the British in the world market began to decline. They were originally rich and began to become poor. The remarks that "there are no German British people who can live better" were accepted by many British people. This is the deep reason why Britain is hostile to Germany; and the navy is just an inducement.

Therefore, unlike those pro-British compromise factions, the prince did not think that transferring the war that originally happened in Europe to the East could solve all problems. This was just a delay. To truly solve the problem of Germany's "surrounded" problem, France must be resolved through war; China restrained Russia in the east, Germany quickly defeated France, and finally forced Russia to admit defeat. This was the best choice for the empire. With this idea, Prince Heinrich came to the Far East again. He believed that this time China would no longer refuse to form an alliance with China, and did not want to see Yang Rui.

The news that Prince Heinrich was not received by the Chinese Prime Minister reached the ears of the ministers of various countries. The American Minister Rui Bingen breathed a sigh of relief, while the British Minister Jurden only said that it was a pity that if China and Germany formed an alliance, France would declare war on China and send troops to China to kill this unfavorable factor in the Far East. However, it seems that Yang Jingcheng is not crazy yet and has not been desperate to be an enemy of the civilized world.

"I said that the Chinese will not form an alliance with Germany, especially this time. The Germans have betrayed China, and Yang Jingcheng will only annoy Germany rather than making good friends." In the British Embassy, ​​French Minister Kant said happily that he would be sad for any country to get along with Germany, and he would be happy for any country to get along with Germany. After hearing Heinrich's repeated requests to see Yang Rui was rejected, he was sincerely happy.

"Maybe this is just the Chinese strategy." Juerdian was still not at ease with the East. "If France, Russia and Germany went to war, China suddenly attacked Russia again. Then..."

Jurden encouraged himself to start a war against China for not once or twice. Kant said disrespectfully: "I have received the guarantee from the Chinese and their chief of staff will also be replaced within three months. I think this is enough. Sir. The real threat is still in Europe or Germany. In addition, if we do not stop the war between China and Russia, then it will take no time for China to change its strategy and form an alliance with Germany. This is what we are most worried about."

The Chinese guarantee that Kant mentioned was something that Zhu Erdian had never heard of. He said happily: "Is this what Yang Jingcheng guaranteed to you?"

"Of course." Kant knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said, but what does it matter. "The Chinese never wanted to form an alliance with Germany. When Heinrich came to China last year, the Germans proposed to form an alliance, but Yang Jingcheng politely refused. They just negotiated military trade, not military coordination. This time Germany's support for Russia to send troops to the Far East has made Sino-German relations irreversible."

"These are also what Yang Jingcheng told you?" Zhu Erdian's heart was clear, afraid of missing every word Kant said.

"Of course." The nerd Kant nodded again. He had no idea that Juerdian wanted to draw more information about Sino-German diplomatic relations from him. "Although Yang Jingcheng is a madman in my opinion, his promise is still very trustworthy. I believe what he said is true. In reality, the same is true. China and Germany are too far apart. If they form an alliance, they will only be defeated by us. Can the Far East and Europe be fought from the Far East? I don't believe it!"

"Maybe it is really the case." Zhu Erdian refused to comment, "But from the standpoint of the civilized world, China has always been a threat, and this threat is huge. Do you see the soldiers in the military camp outside the city? Although there is a lack of weapons, China has never lacked soldiers. They can send their troops to the front line with twenty divisions and twenty divisions. We don't know how many reserve divisions there are in China, but I think that must be astronomical."

"So we must isolate him, so that he will not form an alliance with Germany or an alliance with the United States." Kant said. "Either of these two countries will completely arm China. What we have to do is to make the United States stand on our side, and Germany will do its best to destroy him." Kant said of the United States, looked at Juerdian and said again: "Maybe, we should give up some of the interests to the United States."

Although France has a sphere of influence in China, it is in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Vietnam. Americans can't come here. The one who really wants to give up the benefits is Britain. But can Britain give up? After he said that, Juerdian was silent for a long time. He did not deny or affirm Kant's suggestion, but insisted: "I think the most important thing is to destroy Yang Jingcheng's government. No matter what Europe is like, he is always a threat."

"I always believe that once war is declared on China, he will definitely form an alliance with Germany if there is no choice." Kant insisted: "And, France does not have much force in the Far East, nor does it have an excuse to start a war. So what if it is occupied the south? China's military production is not in the south at all, but in the area north of the Yangtze River. His reserve soldiers also come from Northern China. The war will not cause substantial harm to China in a short period of time."

"When did the excuse of starting a war become a problem of war?" Zhu Erdian smiled disdainfully, "Even if war cannot threaten Beijing for a short period of time, if the entire civilized world declares war on China, then China's morale will be depressed..."

"If Britain declares war, then France will follow." Kant interrupted Jurden impolitely. Although he was not so smart, he knew about Britain's plans. As an ally of Japan, Britain did not declare war on China, but instead provoked Russia and France to declare war on China. This was a trick.

His rebuttal only made Jurden stunned, but Kant didn't want to offend Britain. After saying that, he said, "The Japanese are about to land in Zhili. Perhaps, it doesn't take a few months to Beijing, and none of us will declare war."

"Maybe." Zhu Erdian said with some regret. Unlike Europe who can form an anti-German alliance, because Britain has too many interests in China and cannot stay out of it. With the original conflicts in Europe, he cannot successfully form an anti-China alliance in the Far East. Now he can only hope for the Russians and the Japanese, but can the Japanese really attack Beijing?

Zhu Erdian's problem is also the problem of General Kuroki Weizhen, the commander of the newly formed Zhili Expeditionary Army of Japan. It has been fighting against China for five months, but the army is still blocked by the Chinese people in Liaodong and the areas south of the Liaodong Peninsula. The bombardment of heavy artillery and boundless decisive charges cannot shake the positions of the Chinese army at all.

The master of gun swordsmanship, Tori Yamada, was defeated by a battalion commander of the Chinese army. His last words did not attract the attention of the base camp, but when the Chinese army was short of ammunition and began to fight with its own large-scale hand-to-hand combat with its own side, the level of hand-to-hand combat training between the two armies was obvious. The three-person stinging group of the Chinese army seemed to be a nightmare. On the battlefield, they could quickly kill the lonely and uncooperative imperial soldiers, and as the opponent continued to win, the morale of their morale became higher and higher. The morale of their side was getting weaker and weaker, and some soldiers were unwilling to attack by hand. An army that advocated Bushido was actually afraid of hand-to-hand combat. This was simply a tragedy of the Imperial Army. To defeat China quickly, you must completely defeat China. You can only land on the Zhili Plain and occupy Beijing.

The Dalian Port has been expanded several times, and the huge fleet even extended to dozens of kilometers outside the port. The dense fleet is crowded with locusts. The black smoke from countless chimneys has covered the sun, and the whole sky looks dark. Looking at such a spectacular scene, Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii sighed: "If I were a Chinese, I would surrender when I saw this fleet."

"Haha..." Everyone loved to hear Major General Fujii's words, so everyone laughed after saying them.

"If the navy can successfully arrive in Tianjin and defeat the Chinese artillery as soon as possible, then we can successfully threaten Zhili." Although Lieutenant General Fukushima An Zheng, the Governor of Kanto Prefecture and former Director of the Second Department of the Army Staff, used three "smooth" in a row, his words were harsh. Although there was no definite news, this former intelligence general always believed that landing in Zhili was a conspiracy of the Chinese and tried his best to oppose the landing.

"Fukushima-kun, do you think the Chinese people have been waiting for us in Zhili?" Kuroki said. Unlike the base camp, he still attaches more importance to Fukushima An's opinions.

"Yes, yours. I think the Chinese army has been waiting for us in Zhili." Feeling the surprised gaze of others, Fukushima Anmasa explained: "Yang is not a reckless person no matter how you look at it. He seems to be able to see through the entire world situation. Every move is on the node. Even Britain is powerless to do anything about him. Will it be so simple for him to declare war on us on Luguo this time? Also, the navy's raid on Huludao, this seems to be too smooth. After the raid, Huludao lost its combat capability. How is this possible? The blocking battle against Navy Lushun was carried out several times without success..."

Seeing that the landing was about to begin, Lieutenant General Fukushima had to make the last persuasion, but it was still fruitless. Not to mention the staff members who watched coldly, even Kuroki Weizhen also began to object: "Fukushima, it has been more than five months, and Liaodong has not made any progress. If you want to fight Fengtian or Jinzhou, the casualties will definitely be ten times higher than Erling Mountain Highlands. And at this time, the Yang family will not surrender. The imperial military expenditure and the imperial soldiers will be exhausted. Do you want the Empire to be defeated?"

"Your Excellency, this is a war without victory or defeat. The Yang family cannot attack Tokyo, and it is difficult for us to invade Beijing. What the empire needs to do is to negotiate with China immediately!" Fukushima Anmasa said excitedly. "China is no longer Qing, they have united..."

"You will see China surrender because we will occupy Beijing." Kuroki Weizhen interrupted, and then stopped looking at him, and only ordered Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii to say: "Notify the Navy and set off!" (A good activity of falling pies from the sky, a cool phone is waiting for you to get it! Follow~ Click/Chinese website official account (Add friends on WeChat - add official account - enter ddxiaoshuo) and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize. Now follow the ddxiaoshuo WeChat official account immediately!) (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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