Chapter 430 Ideas of the Great Powers
Yuan Shikai, who has a keen sense of military aura, did not completely believe that such an order was a bit taboo. Yuan Shikai was no longer the original governor of Zhili and the master of the Zhongtang. He was just an old man who was idle at home. He did not send it with a telegram and took Yuan Shikai's instructions through his staff.\\
After reading the order, Zhao Guoxian and Zhang Yongcheng were slightly surprised. He did not expect that Yuan Shikai would issue such an order, but after thinking about it, it seemed that only by doing this could he deal with the opponent. The opponent's firepower was too strong and the comprehensive attack would definitely not be good. However, for them, such a tentative attack, the casualties may not be too great, and the number of times accumulated, especially in the face of the opponent's strong guns and ammunition, the overall casualties would be very terrible and even unbearable.
"Okay, this casualty is still acceptable. It's better than being a one-time trauma. I urged the Army Department to send the supplementary troops here." Zhao Guoxian said.
Replenishing soldiers, the Beiyang New Army ensures a certain number of root causes. Although supplementary soldiers are much worse than veterans, such a mortal attack, supplementary soldiers are always much stronger than veterans.
Perhaps because of Yuan Shikai's order, the Army Department did not push back this time. After waiting for a while, he replied, adding about 20,000 troops, and would come with reinforcements.
20,000 people, if you dig out the previous losses, the fifth and sixth towns can be recovered, and there is even a little surplus. These should be the necessary losses for the attack.
Dongjiaomin Lane, Embassy District, and ministers from all countries gathered together to analyze this war report and the current form of China. The British was Zhu Erdian. Japanese Minister Ijiyuan Yanji, Russian Minister Dunsowitz, American Minister Han Cimin, German Minister Mumo, gathered together to insist on attending the Zhu Erdian meeting.
This is a meeting against the entire great powers, representing the strongest will of the countries in China. The focus is on this Beiyang Army's dispatch of troops. Among this time, Britain and Japan are the focus. They both supported the Qing court and the Beiyang Army's a lot of supplies, and attached great importance to the situation of this battle.
The basic battle reports were received. They were concerned about the battle reports obtained by Zhu Erdian from special channels. Zhu Erdian and Yuan Shikai had a very good personal relationship. The battle reports sent to Xiangcheng were also relieved. The military officers stationed in China summarized the further battle reports of the Beiyang Army and sent them to the ministers. The losses of the Beiyang Army were real, and a town was basically crippled. This was definitely beyond everyone's expectations. Baotou's strength was too strong.
Japanese Minister Hikoto Ijiyuan said with some disdain: "It's really a waste. The attack with several times the strength has no effect. If we attacked the Japanese imperial army, we can break the opponent's defense at will."
German Minister Mummer did not speak, he was very strange. The entire Baotou new army was basically German equipment. However, whether it was German arsenals or foreign companies, there was no such order. Most of these weapons were authorized to be produced by China. However, in the eyes of the Germans, the Chinese could not produce real high-end weapons at all. You must know that the entire China is just a few small blast furnaces, with an annual steel production of probably no more than 50,000 tons, not to mention the huge consumption of a country. This is China's sorrow, completely lagging behind this era.
Compared with the doubts on firearms, Mumo had a good impression of Baotou. Baotou's things are really good, with cheap prices and good quality. Especially light industrial products, which greatly enriched the German daily necessities market, as well as tungsten and the sulfonamide, which is called the universal elixir. He was very satisfied with that habi. In China, he had the fastest relationship with Baotou. However, this time, it seems that Japan and the UK are preparing to take action together. I am afraid that Baotou will not end up in a good way. I don't know what will happen in the future.
The British Minister Zhu Erdian looked gloomy. He did not expect that the two towns of the Beiyang Army did not break through the defense of Baotou. Not to mention attacking Baotou, even Zhangjiakou did not. This disappointed him more or less. He knew the situation of the Qing Dynasty now. It was very good that the six towns in Beiyang would have to be used. It was a huge expense. It was just relying on the current Qing Dynasty to support the current situation.
"What do you think now? Our UK has always advocated the stability of the regime, but now there are more unstable factors."
Zhu Erdian's attitude was clear, and first fell on the Japanese. Ijiyuan Hiroki shrank a little. Because of the emergence of Baotou, Japan's current economic situation was very bad. Of course, they dared not put this matter on the British and avoided the important things, so they put it on Baotou. Japan was the most active targeting Baotou, but Baotou was in the inland China, not on the coast, and Japanese warships did not work. The army would not do it. Not only did the labor army go on an expedition, but the investment was huge. As for paying, the previous 500,000 yuan was made between the teeth. The British people understood the meaning of it very well, just let them take the money, how could they take it out?
Zhu Erdian looked at Hiroki Ijiyuan, and his face immediately became cold. He understood the Japanese mentality very well. The Japanese were just a dog of Britain. Without the support of Britain, Japan would not even want to win the Sino-Japanese War. It should be when he supported it. But it was like this. The little Japanese had such shallow eyes, suppressing the anger in his heart, and his eyes turned to Russia.
Dunsowitz was stunned. Russia's sphere of influence has always been in the Northeast, and he cared the most about the Northeast. Then there was Mongolia. Compared with Baotou, which was separated by Mongolia, the logistics supply was not convenient. Russia had just defeated the Russo-Japanese War. The situation in the Far East was still recovering slowly and could not invest much force. The key was the attitude of the Tsar.
Zhu Erdian sighed, and neither Japan nor Russia responded, which made him slightly disappointed. He had known the ideas of various countries for a long time. The only thing that could be moved was Japan, Russia, France, Germany and the United States. They each had their own demands and could not support it. Baotou is really a strange place with inconvenient transportation and is located in the mainland. Logically speaking, there is no advantage in any of them, but it has developed so well. At the beginning, it developed slowly and inconspicuously. After entering the fast lane, it has developed more and more rapidly. Now it is
A force that no country can ignore is that Britain alone has suffered hundreds of millions of losses in the textile industry in one year, not to mention the export of other machinery and light industrial products. British companies have not suffered as strong as Japan's attacks because of the large number of colonies. However, they slapped hard in the face of the world's most powerful country. What does this mean? The British Empire will use their power to let the countries in the world look at it. The number one power is still Britain.
"Okay, this ** army has developed its strength. It cannot achieve our goals by relying solely on the corrupt Qing Dynasty. They need our help." Zhu Erdian pointed out directly and said.
"How to help!" Ijiyuan Yoshiki asked, but he was thinking about how much he should say if Zhu Erdian directly mentioned the amount of support. The Japanese government did not have much money due to losses, but can the British offend? What kind of data can it be?
"It's February now, and it's 1911. I'm going to pay Guan Yu in advance."
When several other ministers were shocked, Guan Yu had always been in control of the hands of the countries. Of course, it was dominated by the British. After all, in this so-called Qing Dynasty, their customs office was all British. Compared with their own officials, the British were relatively honest and could still collect money. Especially in 1910, with the surge in China's exports, most of which were contributed by Baotou. Baotou and other merchants who purchased Baotou machinery and equipment. Most of the products they produced were exported through British and American channels, so they needed to pay taxes to the customs.
The huge increase in income has also caused Guan Yu's number to soar. Guan Yu to put it bluntly, after the tariffs were mortgaged, after repaying the external compensation, the remaining part was about a few million taels each year. Now, with the surge in exports in 1910, it has reached an astonishing 12 million taels. Japan and Russia are all trying to make his decisions, and even Britain is very jealous. Unexpectedly, Zhu Erdian will put his ideas on him.
"Minister Zhu Erdian, don't think about it anymore." The Japanese Minister said anxiously: "Don't talk to the Qing Dynasty so much, one or two million taels will be sent!"
"Mr. Yanji, do you think there is any way to support this Qing State now? This Baotou is obvious. At least the strength of a town, not an ordinary town, but a strengthened town with more than 20,000 fully armed people. If the Beiyang Army wants to gain the upper hand, it must be dispatched at least half, at least 4-5 towns. If it really drags on, this Qing State will no longer exist. Do you still want to go back to Guanyu?"
Zhu Erdian's words were almost final. The customs led by Britain were agreed by Japan and Russia. Although France hesitated for a while, it still stood with Britain. Even if Germany and the United States had different opinions, they could change what could they do and finally passed a unified resolution.
Soon, he went to the Qing court and informed the Qing court of this result that 6 million yuan could be paid, of which about 2 million yuan was allocated directly, and the remaining ones could be collected and supplied with military supplies and arms. They would be paid to the Beiyang Army in physical form to help the Beiyang Army fight against the rebellion.
Of course, before that, he had to obtain the consent of a person. Zhu Erdian was in China for many years and was very familiar with many things in China. The current Qing court's decrees could not be issued by Zhili. The one who truly manipulated China's most powerful armed forces was someone else. If he did not convince him, any resolution would not be recognized. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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