Chapter 734: Tough diplomacy against Japan

Wu Shaoting continued: "General Feng, you are the leader of Beiyang now. You need to set an example by example before the central government can gather local military power step by step. Is General Feng worried about his status or the safety of the central government? Since the north and the south are sincerely discussing peace, we must naturally have a sincere attitude. I, Wu Shaoting, will never go back on my promise to General Feng. At present, I, just hope that General Feng can put the interests of Greater China first."

Feng Guozhang hesitated for a moment. The current momentum of the Beiyang Gong Party relies on the several military commanders in the northern provinces. Since military power is real power, he may not have understood this principle. But now Wu Shaoting has made this public. If he does not agree, why would he still have to negotiate peace? He gritted his teeth and now he can only put his hope on the marriage.

"Okay, I will do my best to set an example and support Wu Zhizheng to complete the reorganization of the three armies." He said.

"Shaoting is very grateful for the righteousness of the Old General Feng. Please rest assured that the seats of the Old General Feng's lineage will be retained in these three armies." Wu Shaoting smiled with satisfaction.

"Haha, everything is up to Wu Zhizheng." Although Feng Guozhang said this, he felt relieved. It seemed that Wu Shaoting, a young man, still knew the worldly style. His heart gradually became clearer. Anyway, Feng Wu and his family would naturally have to jointly ensure the stability of their power and status in the future.

After obtaining Feng Guozhang's approval, Wu Shaoting immediately asked the Ministry of National Defense to start the reorganization of the three armies. At the same time, he also invited Feng Guozhang and Xu Shichang, two Beiyang Su Laos, to contact the governors and garrison generals of Shandong and Zhili provinces to persuade them to promote the plan of military reorganization as soon as possible. Of course, Wu Shaoting did not summarize all military affairs in the three provinces in the Kinki Railway Group Army sequence, but would draw elite troops from various places to form, but would still retain the local armed forces.

According to Wu Shaoting's idea, the troops incorporated into the numbered army sequence are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defense, and other local armed forces will be transformed into guards, that is, the "Republic Guard" organization preset before. Once the real power of the central government gradually becomes stable, he will further interfere with the nature of the Republican Guard and demote this force to a reserve force, that is, the National Guard similar to the United States.

Although the Kinki Railway Group Army has only recently begun military reorganization operations, fortunately, the "Comprehensive Reorganization Plan" drafted by Wu Shaoting as a blueprint, and the Ministry of National Defense will not be too troublesome after taking over this reorganization task. It only needs to prioritize the number of the Sixth Division and the number of local troops in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and other places to be implemented one by one, and other establishment work will be handed over to the Sixth Division Headquarters to implement it one by one.

According to the "Comprehensive Affairs Reorganization Plan" and the revision of military numbers in various provinces under the leadership of Tang Jiyao, the three Fujian divisions and two Beiyang Army adapted divisions under the Sixth Division will obtain three numbers of the Republic's Elite Division, which are tentatively designated as the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Divisions. The two Army divisions in Jiangsu, the former Central Ninth Division and the Songhu garrison will be reorganized into the 12th and 13th Divisions of the Republic's Elite Division. The three divisions in Shandong and two mixed brigades will be reorganized into three guard divisions.

The Kinki Railway Group Army is fully organized into five elite divisions of the Republic (Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth), a strategic artillery brigade (one heavy artillery regiment, one conventional artillery regiment, one artillery logistics regiment), an air combat mixed brigade (one airboat squadron, one flight squadron, and one ground crew regiment), two guard divisions acting as reserves (one branch in Zhejiang and Shandong), a communications regiment, a railway logistics regiment, and a cavalry mixed regiment.

The total force of the entire organization is 98,000, which is the largest military organization in the Republic of China.

After negotiation, Wu Shaoting temporarily appointed Xu Chongzhi as the acting commander-in-chief and commander of the ninth elite division, and Cao Kun as the chief of the general staff and commander of the twelfth elite division. In addition, the commander of the tenth elite division is Sun Benmao and deputy commander Han Fuju; the commander of the eleventh elite division Zang Wenzhi, deputy commander Chen Jiongguang, and chief of staff of the division headquarters Sun Daoren; the commander of the thirteenth elite division Chen Guangyuan and deputy commander Zhou Yinren.

After the order from the Ministry of National Defense was issued, Xu Chongzhi began to reorganize the matter today, and sent representatives to Jiangsu at the same time, and the two provinces of Shandong coordinated and coordinated. Shandong Governor Jin Yunpeng did not realize the impact of the establishment of the Kinki Railway Group Army on him. Instead, he believed that this was his opportunity to infiltrate the new capital. In addition, Feng Guozhang, Xu Shichang and others actively instigated him, so he naturally cooperated diligently.

Although the Kinki Railway Army is currently the priority reorganization force, Wu Shaoting's previous decision to establish the First Southern Army and the First Southern Army must also start preparing. He knew that the northern forces were complex, so he only started from the south and appointed Chen Jiongming as the acting commander-in-chief of the First Southern Army. From the date of receiving the order, he went south to form the headquarters immediately.

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Just as both the north and the south were busy preparing for the central government's capital to Nanjing, after Tang Shaoyi's efforts, he finally reached an agreement with the members of the previous five-nation banking group. The new central government did not have to bear the previous debts, but in the future, the national debt of the Republic of China must be borrowed from the five-nation banking group first. Wu Shaoting did not object to this clause. After the end of World War I, the five-nation banking group would collapse due to conflicts of interest. When World War I was in progress, the five-nation banking group had no extra capital to make loans, so this agreement could be said to be a piece of paper.

Embassies of various countries also began to consider the issue of moving south to Nanjing. Although all countries have deep-rooted forces in Tianjin, Nanjing is not too far from Shanghai, which is negligible. However, for Wu Shaoting, the young Chinese leader, the ministers of various countries still felt a little difficult to deal with. Wu Shaoting's national character and national sovereignty awareness were obviously much stronger than Yuan Shikai, and he was already a glimpse of the attitude of the bank group of the five countries.

In addition, Wu Shaoting always made the ministers and gentlemen feel that they lack enthusiasm when targeting the diplomatic stance of Britain, France, Russia and Japan. The only thing that is thankful is that Wu Shaoting will inherit the national name of the Republic of China and recognize the existing interests of various countries in China before. The ministers of various countries can only just pass by, and the most urgent task is to stabilize the order in the Far East.

However, the Japanese ambassador still missed the "Twenty-One" agreement. As for Japan, if he reached this Sino-Japanese Treaty, he would definitely become the most successful diplomat in the history of the Great Japanese Empire. After waiting for the anti-Japanese voice in China to gradually weaken, he once again asked Matsumoto to go to Wuzhou to meet Wu Shaoting.

Wu Shaoting had no intention of playing hide-and-seek with the Japanese anymore. He did not even meet Matsumoto Kokusa. He simply ordered Gu Weijun to reprimand Matsumoto Kokusa.

The Japanese could have made three helps before. Now the debts of the five-country bank group have been cancelled, and the unilateral loan can be negotiated with the United States. As for the final support of Wu Shaoting's stable dominance in China, it is even more ridiculous. With Wu Shaoting's current reputation and strength, he can be said to be the best candidate for the official president. Even if he needs recognition from foreign countries, it doesn't matter if he lacks only Japan. He has no bargaining chips in his hands, and he dares to propose such a humble agreement. Is the Japanese thinking that the Chinese are brainless or does Japan have brainless?

Before Matsumoto Kokuha had given the new conditions, Gu Weijun threw the agreement directly on the ground and blasted Matsumoto Kokuha out without hesitation. Matsumoto Kokuha was aggrieved, annoyed and angry. Now Japan came to bring the newly drafted agreement, not only re-issued greater conditions, but also made great concessions in the content of the agreement, but unexpectedly he was treated like this as soon as he met. After leaving the Union Hall, Matsumoto Kokuha had to report the matter to the embassy as soon as possible.

Gu Weijun came to Wu Shaoting's office and explained what happened just now.

Wu Shaoting nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good. From now on, we don't need to give the Japanese a good look."

Gu Weijun said: "But I think Japan must have offered new conditions, otherwise they wouldn't be stupid enough to come and talk to us again, unless the Japanese really don't take us seriously."

Wu Shaoting sneered: "What other conditions can I agree to sign such an agreement? No matter what, China's diplomatic attitude towards Japan must turn from weak to strong. Tomorrow you arrange a press conference to make the content of the Japanese agreement public. I want the whole world to see Japan's face clearly. First, it won over the Beiyang government, and now it blackmailed our government. Even if the great powers still want to shelter Japan, it will be difficult."

Gu Weijun's eyes lit up and laughed: "This is really a wonderful game. Britain and Russia were already annoyed enough before, but because the Beiyang government failed to reach this agreement in the end, Britain and Russia had to turn a blind eye. We should see how Japan should explain this time, not only to the Western powers, but also to our country."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "That's right. In addition, I just received a telegram from Beijing that Minister Lai Yinshi was already on his way south. He should have arrived in Wuzhou the day after tomorrow. You can estimate how I and him should talk to you."
Chapter completed!