Chapter 771, formally announced

On December 19, at the Xichaofang Grand Hall, which was renovated in the Nanjing Presidential Palace, Tang Shaoyi and Gu Weijun, on behalf of the Nanjing government, formally signed the "Treaty on the Transfer of Sovereignty" and the "Taiwan Aftermath Matters" on behalf of the Nanjing government, the "Taiwan Sovereignty Treaty" and the "Taiwan Aftermath Matters" stipulate that from January 12, 1915, the government of the Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Qingdao, but Germany will still retain the right to station troops for 20 years in the reserved area.

Once this incident was reported, the whole country caused a sensation, which greatly applauded and cheered for the Nanjing government to break the precedent of China's unequal treaty in the past century. Major majors in China have maintained continuous front-page headlines and published this news, and also serialized the current affairs page, explaining in detail the negotiation details between the Nanjing government and Germany, which promptly elevated Wu Shaoting's positive image to a new level.

In addition, the previous demonstrations at the gate of the Presidential Palace made more people realize that Wu Shaoting is a unique leader in modern China and the only savior of China's self-improvement. For this unprecedentedly significant Sino-German diplomatic case, even the American Time magazine made a cover report. The photo of Wu Shaoting in the dress of the Grand Consul stood in the center, revealing his youthful, heroic, upright and upright side.

Since then, the cover silhouettes of Time magazine have become popular in many girls' middle schools, and countless young girls regard Wu Shaoting as an idol. Although those progressive young people are jealous of Wu Shaoting's attracting girls of the same age, they have to admire this Chinese savior-like figure. An unprecedented craze for the head of state quickly swept across China.

After hearing the news, the *** Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi immediately went to the British Embassy to meet Juerdian. He asked the British government to prevent the transfer of sovereignty in Qingdao, otherwise ***'s situation would appear more passive, and he also used the interests of the Allies to make further threats.

Zhu Erdian has been silently paying attention to the progress of Sino-German negotiations during this period. In fact, he had known that Germany would use Qingdao's sovereignty to exchange for China's support. Although all this has exceeded his previous expectations, since he talked with Wu Shaoting, he also realized that Qingdao is actually not that important.

Faced with Yuyuki Hamaguchi's request, Juerci deliberately made a surprise attitude, claiming that he had never heard of this, and that Germany would give up Qingdao? After pretending to understand the details, he said to Yuyuki Hamaguchi: "I admit that this is a major negligence, but the problem is that the sovereignty return agreement signed by China and Germany, and it is obviously useless to stop it now. But this is not important. As long as Germany still has troops stationed in Qingdao, we have an excuse to send troops."

At the same time, he also told Hamaguchi Yuyuki that the support and diplomatic support that Britain had promised to give to *** was absolutely unwavering. The key to the problem now is not the issue of Qingdao in China and Germany, but whether the domestic cabinet is determined to fight a war.

Yuyu Hamaguchi received Juerdian's promise. Although he also vaguely felt that Juerdian was too contemptuous of the Sino-German Qingdao issue, as long as the diplomatic support and assistance plan remained unchanged, his purpose today would be achieved. Although he was a civilian politician, he also had the idea of ​​a great power and power. After several wars, China, the former great power, no longer exists, and there is no need for too many legitimate reasons to face a weak country.

He quickly sent Jurden's promise back to the country and urged the country to make a decision as soon as possible.

Three days later, Liang Qichao held a cabinet meeting, and Wu Shaoting and Minister of Defense Cai E both attended the meeting.

The content of the meeting was about China-Japan's response to the conflict between China and Japan. In recent days, the ministers of the cabinet have carefully observed the changes in the domestic and international situations. Domestic public opinion was very happy about the revocation of Qingdao's sovereignty, which shows that the decision was correct. Although there is no obvious opinion on the international situation due to the escalation of the current European war, the United States, as a neutral country, appreciates the actions of the Nanjing government and has also published positive reports in domestic American newspapers.

Bourgeois politicians all know that although the Qingdao issue is full of crisis, it is also a considerable amount of political capital. If *** dares to start a war and China wins this battle, it will be a happy situation. Even if China loses, these politicians will receive sympathy from the people and give them national integrity.

Cai E made a military analysis at the meeting and read out the current comparison of troops between China and Japan. *** Since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the national military force has only 21 divisions, including the Guards Division, with a non-war force of 200,000 troops, and it can be expanded to 400,000 to 500,000 during wartime. The seven armies directly under the Nanjing government, in addition to the unorganized Northern First Army, have a permanent military force of more than 500,000. In addition to the elite National Defense Forces and the republic guards, the troops that can quickly be invested in combat are expected to be more than 700,000.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, within the area of ​​the Qingdao battlefield, the Japanese army can invest no more than two divisions. The latest information shows that the Japanese Navy plans to invest in the Second Fleet to participate in the Qingdao Naval Battle. With the support of mainland transportation and national economic logistics, China has enough troops to invest 100,000 troops from seven reorganized divisions to cope with the enemy.

These data seem to be able to deal with this battle, but what cabinet ministers are still worried about is the threat from Taiwan and the three northeastern provinces. Once the war expands, *** may launch a full-scale war. How should we deal with it at that time?

Cai E laughed loudly, implying that these politicians did not understand military knowledge. He said: "Under current national strength, if the troops of a fleet and two divisions are invested in Qingdao, they will have almost no extra funds and materials to open up a second battlefield. In contrast, although our China's industrial level is backward, its national base is sufficient, and it can handle combat on more than three battlefields at the same time."

After a pause, he added: "Besides, the Southern Sea Defense Line, which was supervised by Deputy Minister Tang and the First Southern Army, has been in operation for more than two months and is expected to be completed before spring. By then, the southern barrier will be stable. Even if the navy is powerful, in the words of the famous British naval general Nelson, using naval guns to hit the sea defense cannons is a fool's job, and we are fully confident to consolidate the ***."

After hearing Cai E's words, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Except for a few people with ulterior motives who were worried that Wu Shaoting's military power would be increased by launching another war, everyone thought that it could be decided. Faced with the enthusiastic support of domestic public opinion and the fanatical admiration of Wu Shaoting, coupled with the practical problems of Qingdao's sovereignty, even if they were still worried about the spread of military power, they could do nothing.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Shaoting and the cabinet jointly signed the Ministry of National Defense preparation order and passed a 10 million Qingdao military budget proposal. The matter was officially made public through a press conference at the Presidential Office, saying that the Chinese team was ready to deal with any foreign invasions, and reminded international ambitious people to make careful decisions.

The next morning, Wu Shaoting went to the Ministry of National Defense's "Hunting" war room and launched several military plans that had been under construction. The first was to establish the Lianyungang Joint Military Base, with the garrisons including Sun Benmao's 10th Elite Division, an air craft squadron, two flight squadrons, and a naval, army and air military supply base. The second was to establish the Linyi Logistics Command and the Third Aircraft Base; the third was to establish the Weifang military base and transfer the First Division of the National Defense Force to station it. At the same time, the military base also includes the largest air force port in China at present; the fourth was to lay military transportation lines connecting Jinan, Weifang, Linyi and Lianyungang.

The military base can be completed in as soon as one month, and the infrastructure facilities were explained two months ago. Except for the more complicated air force ports in Weifang, it is not troublesome. As for the fastest way to transport the road is to renovate the road, and the railway can only use some sections of the Jiaoji Railway. It takes a long time to set up places without railways and also requires a lot of investment. I am afraid that it will not be completed before the war in Qingdao begins.
Chapter completed!