Chapter 357 Shandong issue

While the economy has developed, it has cultivated a generation that is confused and at a loss about the future. It is a failure of cultural heritage and education.

A country is truly prosperous and strong, while becoming rich, it can also enter cultural infiltration and even cultural invasion into other countries. Without a cultural concept to support the operation of wealth, the wealth accumulated in the future will not last long and will soon become a bubble or flow into other countries.

True prosperity is to make the people reasonably rich and fall in love with this land. People from other countries are also full of yearning for the cultural system of this land. Instead of making other countries look down on them, even their own people have to find a way to escape.

The Northeast Army is just a powerful tool to protect the safety of the people and the inheritance of national culture, rather than using the Northeast Army to protect a certain group. Let the traditional Chinese and new ideas introduced from the West burst into unparalleled vitality. Longquan Sword, National Art, Lantern Festival, and countless others are within the scope of Ye Chong's protection.

"The Northeast is the most democratic and free place I have ever seen in your country. In ten years, it can save thousands of people from their trembling and shocking lives, and give them the rights that legal citizens should have. The people of the Northeast are the most open to your country. This sense of independence will lead the entire Republic of China. Ye Xunyue will make your achievements be recorded in history." Mi Daolle, who is aware of the modern Northeast, sighed.

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The factory building of Fengtian Arsenal has been almost built. Compared with the groundbreaking construction a few years ago, the current appearance is as good as the No. 1 Arsenal in Northeast China.

On the test raking field, the four machine guns that were obviously larger than the 799 water-cooled Maxim were placed straight there, and the bullets on the links were terrifyingly large.

"Be good, this Bai Langning (Browning) air defense machine gun is really big." Sun Liechen sighed, "If such a big bullet hits a person, it will be cut wherever it hits. If it hits the torso, it will be saved, so it will be saved."

"The large-caliber machine gun introduced by the arsenal was used to form an air defense battalion. Now the role of aircraft in war is becoming more and more important. If there is no air defense method, once the enemy is bombed, the casualties of soldiers will undoubtedly be very heavy." Jiang Fangzhen pinched the thick barrel and felt the coldness and inexplicable shock. "If this thing hits the weak point of the armor of the Kulun tank, it will be enough to cause certain damage to the Kulun tank."

In addition to the four large-caliber machine guns on the ground, there are two modified military trucks next to them. Ordinary machine gun bullets hit the armor on them have no effect at all. Two 12.7mm Bailangning machine guns are also equipped on it.

"It's better, it's easy to move. It can be used as an air defense and a charger in times of crisis." Sun Liechen smiled, "If it were ten years earlier, a few such cars would have come, the Northeast Army would really not be able to stop it."

"The only disadvantage is that the armor is too thin, that is, the mortar can't be shot, and the machine gunners above have no protective measures, so they can easily become targets of the enemy." Jiang Fangzhen said with a genuine look of a torch.

"Now these two cars are prototypes made by the arsenal. After the soldiers of the army are tried, their opinions will be fed back to the arsenal and will be appropriately improved." Gong Cheng, a technician next to them, explained, "In addition, the arsenal has begun to try to equip the vehicles behind them with metal protective shields. However, after installing the protective shield, the space for machine guns to move will be much smaller, and the shooting will be affected. We need to consider how to install it."

"In addition to this 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun, are there any other air defense weapons introduced?" Sun Liechen asked.

"I also purchased the production drawings and licenses of the 20mm cannon of the Erliton machine. However, the arsenal has not yet fully understood the technology of the Erliton machine gun. It will take some time to mass-produce it. There are several types of Erliton machine guns. The Northeast has introduced the L-type with a slightly slower firing rate, which is still a certain gap in firing rate with the cannons of the great powers."

Jiang Fangzhen saw through Gong Cheng's thoughts at a glance and said, "There are some areas that need to be developed by themselves and cannot always rely on outsourced technology. Moreover, there are too many weapons to develop in the Northeast to be able to take into account all aspects. Test the shooting and take a look."

Several groups of machine gunners began to work hard, and then the roaring machine gun sounded throughout the test site.

Jiang Fangzhen, Sun Liechen and others took the telescope, and through the telescope, they could see that the huge stones more than a thousand meters away were splashed by gravel. The sound of the tumbling can still be clearly heard from such a distance.

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"I oppose that China is a regional power with a sea territorial border of more than ten thousand miles. As one of the victorious countries, China should have its own navy." Just as the Northeast was fully committed to construction, the Washington Conference was also held. Shi Zhaoji, who was then the ambassador to the United States of the Republic of China, refuted the unreasonable demands of the Japanese at the meeting.

"It is not unacceptable to have your own navy, but as an evil weapon, it is immoral to hide under the water to attack sneakily, nor is it a samurai way of combat. China must demolish all submarines, otherwise there will always be safety hazards in the waters of East Asia." Japanese representative Kitsawara said excitedly, "In the battle of Europe, the Allies suffered heavy losses because of German submarines. Thousands of warships and merchant ships were sunk in the sea. Such a tragedy must not be repeated in East Asia. Last year, our merchant ships in Tokyo Bay were shamelessly attacked by submarines, and dozens of them were sunk."

Although Japan and Northeast relations are currently in the honeymoon period, it does not mean that all issues can be reached. The intrigue between the two sides is bound to be indispensable.

Representatives from Britain, the United States and other countries were immediately talking about it, and it was obvious that they still remember the losses they suffered on the German U-type submarine.

"First of all, our country's submarines exist as defensive weapons. I would like to ask, which country took the lead in sinking our merchant ships outside Huludao? Is it not your country's joint fleet that appears in the Huludao waters? Since your country has taken the lead in attacking innocent merchant ships, what qualifications are there to blame our country?" Gu Weijun, one of the representatives, also stood up. Not to mention anything else, the performance of the Northeast submarine force, sinking tens of thousands of tons of large Japanese warships, and the total number of various ships has greatly boosted the morale of the naval soldiers of the Republic of China since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

Not to mention the achievements of the Northeast submarine force, Xu Shichang is now the president of the Republic of China. Basically, diplomatic envoys represent the voices of Xu Shichang and Ye Chong to a greater or lesser extent.

"Our submarines not only did not endanger peace at the East Asian sea, but on the contrary, they were also the messengers of peace. It was precisely because our submarines sank Japan's merchant ships that the Japanese had to sign an agreement with our country to not attack merchant ships." Gu Weijun continued, "It is precisely because of the deterrence of our submarines that the merchant ships along the coast can travel freely. Our country can promise not to attack the merchant ships and passenger ships of the warring parties first. However, when surface ships cannot develop for the time being, there must be a submarine force that can deter the enemy and ensure its own safety."

After some consultations, representatives of Britain, the United States, Italy, France and other countries all agreed with Gu Weijun's statement. In addition to the fact that the Japanese joint fleet was too strong in East Asia, there was also a private exchange of interests. Ye Chong had already agreed to these powers to obtain Ye Chong's concession in the newly occupied area without publicly declaring that the area east of North Lake (External Lake Baikal) belonged to China.

"It is also necessary to raise the point that as a victorious country, our country has the right to regain all special powers in Japan in Shandong." As soon as Gu Weijun sat down, Shi Zhaoji got up again and pursued the tunnel with the victory, "including the return of Qingdao, Jiaoji Railway, and the withdrawal of Japan's withdrawal in Shandong."

"No, our country spent hundreds of millions of yen to defeat the German troops in the Far East, relieved the German troops in the Far East, and made great contributions to the war. Your country has no effort and should not completely take away the fruits of victory. This is unfair." Kittohara Kittoro said like a cat who was stepped on his tail.

"My country has not invited your country to join the war in Shandong. The war adheres to the principle of voluntary action. During the European War, British and American teams such as Britain and the United States also entered France to help resist the German army. Now that the war is over, there is no situation where Britain and the United States teams such as Britain and the United States are not leaving in France, or asking for compensation from France." Shi Zhaoji said, "Your country should not seize illegality in Shandong under the guise of a big war and harm our interests. This is contrary to the spirit of the Allied Powers."

"Your ** team must withdraw from Shandong and return Jiaoji Road and Qingdao unconditionally, as well as illegally occupied Shandong minerals. The situation in northern my country is now very good, and it has the power and ability to exercise all sovereignty in Shandong."

Originally, Japan's general expansion of its power in China during the European War had already caused dissatisfaction among the Western powers. However, at that time, there was no time to look east. In addition, the Beiyang incompetence during Duan Qirui's rule was incompetent, so he could only reach a compromise with Japan in some aspects. Now without the constraints of Germany, it is obviously impossible for the Japanese to do whatever they want in East Asia as before.

Britain, the United States and other countries basically tend to agree with the requests of the Republic of China representatives. The situation at the negotiating table was once unfavorable to the Japanese. Gigiro Tohara, seeing the situation was not good, raised the issue of Shandong again the next day in order to delay time.

The direct Xiao Yaonan had successfully seized the power of Hubei. Although it was quite unhappy that the Northeast had been stabbed in Hunan on the issue, Wu Peifu turned his attention to Henan again. Under his nose, there was a Henan governor Zhao Ti, who was wandering outside the direct forces. Wu Peifu, who was gradually becoming fuller, once again started to think about Henan. He secretly instructed the commander of Henan's first mixed brigade, and the brigade leader Cheng Shen rebelled against Zhao.

It is naturally impossible to pull Zhao Ti off the horse without Ye Chong's approval. Given that Zhao Ti was indeed not doing well in Henan, coupled with the benefits of Jiaoji Road, the once tense central finance would undoubtedly relieve a lot. Ye Chong also intends to strengthen the authority of the central government at this time, so he reached a compromise with Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and the Zhili people served as the governor of Henan, but provided to immigrants of no less than 100,000 people in the Northeast every year. And under the order of Xu Shichang, he joined forces with major generals of the Zhili and Fengtian factions and strongly expressed his intention to take back the telegrams from Jiaoji Road and Qingdao.

The toughness of the Republic of China this time was somewhat beyond the expectations of the Western powers. The Japanese were also shocked for a while. After some bargaining, the Japanese finally agreed to return Jiaoji Road and the minerals occupied by the German army, and only set up concessions in Jinan, Qingdao and other places to withdraw the Qingdao garrison.

The negotiation is a tug-of-war process. The diplomatic game has not yet ended. At this time, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, who had already incorporated most of Zhao Ti's army, also had the intention to retreat, so the diplomatic negotiations were enough to stop. Although they had not achieved their full achievements, they were still a rare victory in the history of diplomatic affairs in the Republic of China.

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