Not only ground staff, but many people within the National Defense Forces mistakenly believe that Yan Guang's target of declaring war was the Germans. No wonder they thought so. After all, seeing that the British and Germans were about to go to war, the Germans could not set foot in the Far East for a long time. For the Chinese, it can be said that there is no better time to recover Jiaozhou Bay than now.

For the sake of the country and the nation, this is usually the kind of officers and soldiers with ideals and ambitions who will talk about it. Ordinary officers and soldiers will only talk about President Yan, who exempts their family's agricultural tax and also gives them 0 yuan of maritime salary every month.

Not mentioning the monthly salary of 0 yuan, just the things Yan Guang had done, many officers and soldiers in the National Defense Forces were willing to work hard for him.

As for the Germans? Although it is rumored that the German army is the best in the world, I heard that there are only a few thousand German troops in Qingdao fortress, while Shandong is currently gathered with nearly 100,000 National Welfare Forces. Moreover, the National Welfare Forces are not inferior to the German army in terms of equipment, and even have many advantages. Compared with the two, what are they afraid of?

In addition to the National Defense Forces, the people who misunderstood this matter were also ordinary people, members of parliament who were idle and had nothing to do, ordinary government officials, celebrities and... Japan

The people of the people have support and opposition. The main objection is to worry about what if they are defeated? Could it be that they have to cede land and pay compensation? It would be fine if they cede land. Anyway, the final cede land may not be their own land, but if the compensation is... the 4.5 billion taels of Gengzi have not been paid yet.

Although the current president is kind and exempted from agricultural taxes, likin and many other miscellaneous taxes, if he is defeated again, he may have to return some of the agricultural taxes and miscellaneous taxes?

Those members of the Congress, ordinary government officials and some celebrities are also worried. They are not worried that the National Defense Force will be defeated. As the upper class of society, they still know a little bit about the current situation. There are only a few thousand German teams in Qingdao fortress, while the National Defense Force has nearly 100,000. If necessary, they can mobilize another 100,000 in Zhili and Nanjing. In this case, it is difficult to lose.

So what they are worried about is that if they offend the Germans, what if the Germans come back to settle the accounts after the fall? Thousands of Germans are indeed not afraid of, but what if the Germans send large troops in the future?

At that time, I'm afraid it will be even worse than Gengzi?

Compared with the former two, the Japanese are not very worried.

Of course, they had known about the National Defense Forces assembled six infantry divisions and even a large amount of ammunition in Shandong. After all, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, not to mention that the Japanese still have a large number of spies in China?

However, out of a long-standing contempt for the Chinese team, the Japanese were not worried at all, and even were very happy with the Chinese team's assembly.

Because according to the Japanese's prediction, even though the Chinese team has gathered nearly 100,000 on the Shandong Peninsula, it is not easy to capture the Qingdao Fortress.

Tirpitz once exclaimed: "It takes a whole army of troops to capture these fortresses!"

It is natural to ask who Tirpitz is, and it doesn’t matter how much a military force is. In fact, after the Japanese inspected the Qingdao Fortress, they also came to a conclusion similar to Tirpitz.

No matter what the Japanese think, they think that the German team of one army is stronger than the Central Team of two armies. In other words, whether the Central Team can take the Qingdao Fortress and the thousands of German troops inside, even if he can take the lead, it will take a huge price and a long time.

During this time, Japan can naturally carry out its own combat preparations in an orderly manner.

When the Chinese and Germans fight to the death, they will stand up and enjoy the benefits of fishermen... By then, the exhausted Chinese and Germans will definitely not be opponents of the Japanese.

Of course, there is a possibility that the Chinese and Germans will not have conflicts, but so what? At worst, let’s go into battle myself.

It is impossible for the Chinese to take down Qingdao Fortress from the Germans without spending a single soldier?

Since the war against Yuan, Sichuan Arsenal has once again resumed its all-weather working system.

Driven by the Sichuan Arsenal, Hanyang Arsenal also implemented the all-weather working system for the first time.

All employees in the two arsenals implement a three-shift system, each working for 8 hours, people rest, and machines cannot rest, especially in terms of weapons and ammunition.

Yan Guang strives to make all-round dressings for the remaining Beiyang Army and the former Qingxin Army in the last month before the outbreak of the European War. In this way, even if the Japanese really fight with him, Yan Guang will have the capital to fight to the end. On July 13, Sichuan Arsenal and Hanyang Arsenal not only provided equipment for the Beiyang Army and the former Qingxin Army in the Defense Forces sequence, but also changed clothes for Zhang Zuolin's troops and Feng Delin's troops in the Northeast.

While allocating a large amount of ammunition to Shandong, Yan Guang also mobilized three divisions of troops to the northeast through the Beijing-Feng Railway to prevent the outbreak of Shandong wars. Although this possibility is very small, under the pressure of the National Defense Forces in Shandong, it is difficult for the Japanese to draw enough troops to make any moves in the Northeast and other places. After all, the Japanese only have eighteen standing divisions, but they must not be guarded. On July 5, after changing clothes to all the troops with slightly combat power, the Sichuan Arsenal and Hanyang Arsenal began to change clothes to the miscellaneous troops in the Defense Forces sequence.

At the same time... "Buzz..."

After a low roar, three

The Iriya Murometz bomber landed in a field airport outside Weifang City.

After letting go of his hands covering his ears, the ground crew, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, and the crew members who had just gotten off the bomber, sent the three Iriya and Murometz bombers into a simple hangar (hangar).

On the side of this simple hangar are thirty simple hangars. Including the last three Iria and Murometz bombers that have just landed, an entire bomber brigade has been deployed in the field airport in Weifang, with a total of 63 Iria and Murometz bombers... These 63 Iria and Murometz bombers are the result of Yan Guang's efforts since the beginning of the war against Yuan.

As a cost, it goes without saying that the funds spent are spent. Among the more than 600 150-horsepower "Sunlight" engines purchased by Yan Guang, more than 200 were used, while the remaining more than 300 were used as backup engines.

However, after using the 150-horsepower "Sunlight" engine, the domestically produced Iriya Murometz bomber is much better in performance than the basic model purchased from Russia, especially in terms of bomb load.

The basic Iriya Murometz bomber has a bomb load of only 400 kilograms, and after removing the machine gun, it only reaches 50 kilograms. The Iriya Murometz bomber equipped with the "Sunshine" engine has a bomb load of 52 kilograms under normal conditions. After removing the machine gun on the machine, it is easy to reach 65 kilograms.

At the same time, in addition to the field airport in Weifang, the National Defense Forces also built a slightly smaller airport in the outskirts of Laiyang. Although the scale is slightly smaller, if Laiyang is used as a base, the Iriya Murometz bomber group is enough to cover most of the Shandong Peninsula, which naturally includes the Jiaozhou Bay waters... As a killer weapon, the Iriya Murometz bomber is equipped with incendiary bombs, and there are 50-jin-class air bombs that are specifically used to deal with the Japanese Navy... After the Shandong Peninsula was preparing for war, both the Chinese and Japanese were easy to say, but there was a group of people that Yan Guang had to face.

"German officers and engineers serving in the National Wehrmacht..."

It can be said that the current achievements of the National Defense Forces are inseparable from the efforts of these Germans.

Needless to say, the equipment imported from Germany is growing, even though the Kuomintang-Social Party is getting richer, it still needs the help of Germans in some major projects.

Such as the localization of the "Sunlight" engine and the development of the new aviation air engine, the production of the 11 submarines in Sichuan, the production of Daimler trucks, the development of 356mm large-caliber naval guns, and the design of the 20,000-ton battlecruiser and 30,000-ton battleships in Sichuan Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

In these projects, the Germans existed as backbone.

As for those domestic engineers? Of course, their progress is very fast, but they are a little immature compared to German engineers... So Yan Guang can be perfunctory to members of parliament, government officials, and even military generals, but he cannot do this to them.

Just like now, looking at Sunil in front of him, the German who was the first to follow him, Yan Guang could only smile bitterly.

"Sunil, we have known each other for so many years, don't you believe me yet..."

However, Sunil smiled bitterly.

"Mr. President, it's not that I don't believe you. It's really that the actions of the National Defense Forces are so worrying." Sunil looked at Yan Guang. "Since 00, I have lived in China for 4 years. In the past 4 years, I have regarded China as my second motherland. I really don't want a war between China and Germany."

Hearing this, Yan Guang smiled bitterly.

To be honest, Yan Guang really has a good impression of Germany.

However, if the European war could break out ten years later and Yan Guang could do his best to develop for ten years, perhaps he would still stand on the side of the Germans. But China now does not have this strength and is not qualified.

If Yan Guang really brought China to Germany, not to mention anything else, the Allies only needed to let Japan, which had never done much effort in history, take action.

When Britain, France, Russia and other countries, and the United States that later joined, calmly cleaned up Germany, they could deal with China. At that time, they only need to look at the fate of the Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire in history, and imagine that China's fate would definitely be worse than that of the Boxer... Therefore, Yan Guang could not bring China to the allies with China. Not only that, in order to gain huge war benefits in the future, Yan Guang also needs to stand on the opposite side of Germany.

However, these cannot be said to Sunil and the others, because if Yan Guang said so, these Germans would definitely leave him. After all, they cannot help the enemies of their motherland improve their strength. By then, those important projects ongoing will probably be stopped.

So looking at Sunil, Yan Guang could only lie.

"Believe me, Sunil, the deployment of the National Defense Force in Shandong is definitely not aimed at the German army."

"That's it?"

Sunil said in some confusion.

"Japanese."

This is the half-true and half-false answer prepared by Yan Guang.

Just as Yan Guang said, the deployment of the National Defense Force on the Shandong Peninsula is definitely not aimed at the Germans, but after the war in Shandong is over... As for Sunil opposite him, he did not suspect that Yan Guang was lying to him, because many signs prove that as long as a war broke out in Europe, Japan would definitely attack the Germans in Qingdao.

So if the National Defense Forces were just guarding against the Japanese in Shandong, it would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Sunil nodded.

"Well, Mr. President, what did you think about the Japanese?"

"What else can I think about it? It's just that soldiers come to block the generals, and water comes to cover the earth..."

Of course, Yan Guang had detailed arrangements, such as the agreement with the Germans, etc., but these cannot be said to Sunil.

A few hours later, Yan Guang finally comforted Sunil.

When Sunil left Yan Guang's office, Yan Guang also breathed a sigh of relief.

At least now, at least when those projects have not been completed and Chinese engineers are unable to make a pillar, these Germans must not make trouble.

However, when the project is completed and Chinese engineers start... and according to Yan Guang's plan, China will participate in the war in 195, and China will almost complete the establishment of 10 divisions. And... Europe will also be in full swing, right?

Even if the Germans under their jurisdiction want to go back, they may not be able to go back. By then, their destiny will not be controlled by themselves? Therefore, it is enough to deal with this period of time first.

"But it's really strange that the Sarajevo incident really happened like in history. I remember that my arrival seemed to have changed a lot of things, right?"

Thinking of this, Yan Guang leaned on the seat.

After coming to this era, many things changed, in order to prevent the Sarajevo incident from breaking out, Yan Guang had actually thought of letting the people from the Military Intelligence Bureau go to Europe to do some business.

At least, we must kill the 23 crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and then blame the Serbs.

It’s just that a yellow man went to Europe was too conspicuous, even if he contacted Serbian civil organizations and provided some support.

If there are really people who are interested in following this line to investigate, it is hard to say that they will not cause any trouble. So in the end, Yan Guang gave up the idea of ​​sending the Military Intelligence Bureau to Europe for business, and then left the fate to wait for news from Europe. Fortunately, whether the European war occurred or not, it would not harm Yan Guang.

On July 20, in Europe, the quarrel between the Allies and the Allies was becoming increasingly fierce, and it seemed that the possibility of taking action was getting bigger and bigger. Many European observers were lamenting that when the war began, the end of the golden age of Europe... However, these had little to do with Yan Guang, because at this time, Yan Guang had just arrived in Fujian on a warship under the escort of the newly established Beiyang Navy.

Yan Guang came to Fujian not for anything else, but for attending the launch ceremony of the first ship of the "Qinghai class" destroyer, the "Qinghai class" destroyer.

"But I didn't expect that Wei Han and the others would be so fast?"

When he was stepping down the warship, Yan Guang greeted Sun Daoren, who had already changed from a governor, and said to Yue Chang.

Yue Chang just smiled and said nothing about this.

In June, Yan Guang once visited Fujian. At that time, Wei Han and Chen Zhaoqiang told Yan Guang that the first "Qinghai class" ship, the "Qinghai Ship", would not be launched until at least August. However, the progress of the "Qinghai Ship" was much faster than expected, and it was completed at least ten days earlier.

When Chen Zhaoqiang, director of Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, learned about Yan Guang through telegram, Yan Guang himself was stunned.

However, after being stunned, Yan Guang was only happy, and when he received the telegram, he had decided to leave for Fujian to watch the launch ceremony of the destroyer.

The preparations for Shandong have been almost completed. The rest only needs to wait for the allies and the Allies to go to war. The National Defense Forces in Shandong can take over Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao Fortress from the German army.

"President, I have already prepared a banquet in the mansion, don't you know?"

However, when he heard Sun Daoren's invitation, Yan Guang just shook his head and said.

"Brother Tui'an, the situation has been a little nervous recently. After watching the launch ceremony of the new ship, I will go back to Beijing, so I'll be exempted from the banquet..."

Although he was called by Yan Guang, who was more than thirty years younger than him, Sun Daoren did not dare to show any displeasure on his face. After hearing Yan Guang's words, he just nodded.

"I understand the humble position."
To be continued...