Part 6 Chapter 21 Secret Envoy

Aftershock was an orthodox soldier. He was really good at shooting his sword and gun on the battlefield, and no opponent was afraid. Aftershock had seen Lenin until Zhao Xinglong sent Lenin back to the hotel where he stayed. Aftershock was still a little shocked. At this moment, aftershock was shocked. The problem he was determined to fight to solve was now solved without any effort.

As shocked, aftershock couldn't help but feel emotion in his heart, and his mind sorted out the content of Chen Congyun and Lenin's talk just now.

The Chinese government secretly supported Russian radicals in carrying out coups, paid money, guns and mercenaries, and could also use regular troops to help when necessary. After the coup was successful, the Chinese government recognized the new government in the international community and provided loans of 100 million yuan.

These benefits are exchanged for nearly one-half of Russian territory, including Siberia, and once Chinese troops send troops to Europe, they can transit from Russia.

Although the result of such a negotiation seems to be that the radicals have not yet obtained power and are still a blank check, once they are successful, the Chinese government will gain huge benefits without bloodshed. These benefits must be fought with real swords and guns of the army. It is not even a year or two for a year or two. Now, it is worth looking forward to just a small-scale move.

In fact, Chen Congyun hesitated for a long time on this issue. Chen Congyun also hesitated repeatedly about which regime to support. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Provisional Government could not challenge the Soviets. In terms of closeness and alienation, the Provisional Government was towards the Allies. After the collapse of the Tsarist regime, wouldn’t the Provisional Government still continue to fight? Chen Congyun really felt that he was not sure about such a group that he had not been called to. On the contrary, Lenin was not the case. He is still in exile now. Once he succeeded with the support of Shen Congyun, the benefits he gained were the greatest. This point is absolutely not questionable. Just look at the negotiations between Lenin and the Germans in history, it would be very clear.

When AfterZheng was still thinking about his thoughts in the study, Chen Congyun, who had been sitting opposite him and watching AfterZheng thought, smiled and threw a cigarette over and said, "You can't figure it out yet? I've just told you this matter until now. It's because it's important and I asked to keep it confidential. Don't take it to your heart!"

Chen Congyun was really wrong now, and he thought that aftershock was dissatisfied.

"Haha, you misunderstood. My subordinates are just sighing. It seems that many things can be solved without cannons, and the effect is better."

Chen Congyun also felt the impact of this incident on the aftershocks and couldn't help but smile: "That's right, but we have to see the essence of everything through phenomena. In the final analysis, the cannon is the one that plays a decisive role in this matter. If our country is not strong and our army can do these things if it is not hard. Do you think Lenin would still come to China from Europe to talk to us? To say 1,000 to 10,000, it is better for Napoleon to say that the axiom is only within the range of the cannon."

Aftershocks were moved, and he became excited. Who among soldiers who did not want to make achievements on the battlefield and glorify their ancestors? They could command thousands of troops to fight from the European powers who rode on their heads, seize food from the mouths of the powers, and make a name for themselves in history?

With this idea, Aftershock stood up excitedly and said, "Sir, please give orders, how do you fight?"

When Chen Congyun heard the words of this real person, he couldn't help laughing: "How do you make sure I will decide to join the war? What if I decide to stay neutral? You have to know that the benefits we have gained now are already quite a lot."

After hearing Chen Congyun's words, Aftershock answered without hesitation: "Since the first day I followed you, you have been instilling a belief in your subordinates that you should build China into a world-class power, no, the world-class power. In order to do this, you will never miss this world-class war. To put it bluntly, this world-class war was a war caused by the great powers' redistribution of interests. If we don't join in, how can we get a share of the pie?"

In fact, at this time, Chen Congyun was still hesitating whether to participate in the war. After all, after dealing with Russia, there were enough benefits, and whether to participate in the war has become more important. Not to mention that participating in the war is likely to face the United States, the world's largest industrial power, which Chen Congyun must consider. Now, for the aftershock, it is given to Chen Congyun a reason. Yes, if you don't participate in the war, how can you have a reason to sit on the dining table and divide the cake?

With a bang!, Chen Congyun punched the table hard, and after the teacup was shaking, he said viciously: "Well, how can we distinguish the benefits if we don't participate in the war? We not only have to participate in the war, but also have to gain the benefits."

Aftershocks were waiting for this sentence, and he stood at attention and said loudly: "I will go back now and re-produce a combat plan. I will ensure that the British and French forces will disappear into Asia within half a year. I will ensure that the Russian issue will be resolved before May next year."

Aftershocks with energy went back in a hurry. Chen Congyun smiled and picked up the phone, answered the switchboard and whispered: "Switchboard? Get me the German consulate."

"Is it Consul Nelson? I am Chen Congyun. I didn't disturb you to rest so late, right?..."

"No, absolutely not!" At this moment, German Consul Nelson suddenly seemed to be dreaming. The Chinese president called in person, and what does it mean to call at this point? Is China going to declare war on Germany? Nelson, who put down the phone, first thought about the worst. Chen Congyun asked himself to meet at the presidential residence tomorrow morning, saying that there were important things to be reported.

No matter what, Nelson was nervous and sweating all over his body after putting down the phone. After thinking about it, he decided to send a telegram to the country as soon as possible to report on this matter.

Chen Congyun was not as excited as Nelson. Once he decided, Chen Congyun would completely relax and fell asleep on the bed. Whether to fight or not these days, it has been bothering Chen Congyun's heart.

I slept until midnight before getting up. I was still washing up when I got up. The adjutant came in and reported, "Sir, the German Minister, Mr. Nelson, has been waiting outside for more than an hour. He said you invited him to come today. My subordinates wanted to call you, but he refused to let you go, saying that he would give you a good rest."

Chen Congyun laughed at the moment of hearing this, and blamed himself for not explaining clearly yesterday and not confirming an accurate time. It was estimated that Nelson didn't sleep all night, and he thought about it until the time was almost over, so he ran over.

Thinking of a phone call, the envoy did not sleep all night. Chen Congyun felt a little guilty and soon came to the reception room. After some politeness, Chen Congyun did not hide it and said to Nelson straight to the point: "The situation in Russia has been turbulent recently. Due to the long border between China and Russia, China pays close attention to Russia's political situation. The Chinese government loves peace the most, and expresses high concern for the war in Europe and feels deep regret. He hopes that both sides will sit down and resolve the dispute through negotiation in a restrained manner."

After saying such a foggy sentence, Chen Congyun sent Nelson away. On the way back, Nelson felt a breakup. It was already very strange to call the German consulate in the middle of the night. He left the person in the reception room for more than an hour just to say these unnutritious words?

How is that possible? There must be a deeper meaning here! There are hints!

First of all, Russia is in a state of turmoil, why don’t you go to find a Russian minister? What’s the matter if you call the German minister in the middle of the night? I hope that the European powers will resolve the dispute through negotiation. What have you done? Why didn’t you come out to mediate when the war was declared?

If you think about this matter a little deeper, it is obvious that you will roughly clarify the clue. Combined with the preferential policies of the Chinese government to provide Germany with loans and door-to-door delivery services, which made the British government mute and eat coptis chinensis, China is going to join the war, and 80% of them are on the side of Germany.

When he thought of this most unlikely result, Nelson was overwhelmed by great joy. Being able to tie China to a German chariot is the most urgent result that Germany needs at present. If it is really realized, wouldn’t this credit be considered to be the consul in China himself?

But there is one thing, why didn’t Chen Congyun explain it clearly? Is there any deeper meaning here? Nelson felt that his mind was a little too weak. He had to send a telegram to the country as soon as possible. It doesn’t matter if he couldn’t figure it out. It would be fine if the group of emperors in China could figure it out.

A telegram from the German ambassador to China returned to China, which immediately made William II and his high-level scholars go crazy. These politically savvy masters can understand what Chen Congyun is doing? Expressing concern for Russia's political situation means that Chen Congyun wants to take action against Russia. At this time, the only explanation is that he is vague and unclear statement is to wait for a price.

Yes, the Chinese government has always been the most wary of the existence of a huge neighbor, Russia. When there is a chance to weaken the threat from Russia, it will never be ruthless. Not to mention the grudges between China and Russia are very meaningless.

The conclusion has been concluded, so why not negotiate directly with the ambassador to China? This issue is not difficult to explain after careful consideration. It is not enough. What people want is the sincerity of the German government! What is sincerity? It means to send people with enough weight and friendship to come to negotiate.

Who should I send? The top leaders of the German government were all empty-minded. Finally, some people thought of Kerze, who once served as the chief of staff in China, was thrown into the Austro-Hungarian Empire as the leader of the senior officials after returning to China. This person had no idea about the friendship between this person and Shen Congyun. Just one Kerze was not enough. Soon, Moltke, who had served as the chief of staff of the German army, was proposed. If these two people came to negotiate, the weight and friendship were enough.

It took only two days for the German government to telegraph Nelson that it would secretly send Moltke and Kerze to secretly visit China, and asked Nelson to tell His Excellency Chen Congyun in person.

Nelson, who received the telegram, did not delay at all, immediately stood up and went to the presidential residence to ask for a meeting.

Chen Congyun met Nelson in the reception room. After learning about the news conveyed by Nelson, he said implicitly: "The Chinese government will come forward to call for a ceasefire between the two sides of the war in the near future."

Political figures with a little bit of brain know what Chen Congyun meant. What should we call for a ceasefire between the two sides? Everyone was about to lose everything and were thinking about winning this war to regain some capital. Germany won’t say it anymore. The Allies have a huge advantage in terms of region and population. Now the two sides are in a deadlock for strength. How could China just truce up if it says it?

The Chinese government came forward to mediate, which is an excuse. What is the excuse? Is it better to mediate and not give face? Well, I will join in.

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Keze was living a life like a casual person in Vienna, as if he was back to the leisurely and lost time when he opened a small shop. He never thought he was woken up by an urgent telephone in the middle of the night, packed his luggage overnight and boarded the train back to Berlin.

After a while of a scramble in the bare bus, he just got off the train and stuffed a car into the palace and went straight to meet William II.

When he figured out what was going on from His Majesty the Emperor, Keze burst into tears and said in front of William II with a very unimportant look: "When I left China, Chen personally told me in private that China would never declare war on Germany. He valued the friendship between China and Germany the most. Now Germany is in a dilemma, Chen finally extended a helping hand."

This made William II and his senior leaders completely relieved. It was a foregone conclusion, including some speculation before. China is about to join the war. As long as it is solved, Russia, a guy who is dragging his legs in the east, cut off the UK's access to strategic materials from Asia, the Allies' advantages will be gone, and victory is not an unimaginable thing.

It can be said that the day when Kerze and Moltke boarded the train overnight, the German government, which had been deeply trapped in the quagmire of long-term warfare after the war, swept away the gloom of the past.

A week later, a Chinese naval formation patrol was on a friendly visit to Sweden, a neutral country, ended its friendly visit and military exchange activities in Sweden, and returned with the affectionate friendship of the Swedish people. In fact, when the Chinese Navy sent a small fleet to visit Sweden half a month ago, Western countries felt something was wrong. The Germans have finally confirmed that the Chinese fleet was definitely not appearing in time, but was prepared for any eventuality.

After the formation flagship "Borang" cruiser left the port, Keze and Moltke, who had been hiding in the cabin, could finally come out to breathe.

After some exchanges between the two old friends, Moltke finally got a rough understanding of Chen Congyun. In Keze's mouth, Chen Congyun was described as a president with a tough temperament, easy-going attitude towards people, and extremely affectionate towards friends. The two were extremely optimistic about the prospects of this secret conversation.

Shidash was in the command cabin, and he was also excited at this moment. When he was inexplicably sent him to lead a fleet to visit the small country of Sweden, he was a little confused. The powerful Sweden has a long history, so why did he think of sending a fleet to visit Sweden? Now that the answer is there, Shidash was excited for no reason.

Are you really going to attack the Allies? The warlike blood in the bones of the soldiers is boiling!

"Report! A British fleet followed, hoping we could stop and get checked!" The first mate hurried in to report, his angry face had been twisted.

Shids's face darkened, he came out of the command cabin and raised his telescope and looked back. More than a dozen British warships were really following him.

"Call back! Tell them! This is a warship of the Chinese Navy! If they think Britain will declare war on China, then please fire them and we will continue at any time."

Major General Wilkinson, the British commander, was holding the telegram that was strongly spoken by Shidash, his face turned red and white.

"How do those bastards in the intelligence department do things? Why don't they do it in Sweden? Leave this kind of thing to our navy, don't they know what it means if they forcefully check it?"

No matter how much Wilkinson scolds, the order still needs to be executed.

"Notify the Chinese fleet and give them half an hour to consider whether to undergo inspection."

Wilkinson did not wait for China to compromise, but heard a harsh alarm sound on the sea. The main gun of the Chinese warship in the telescope was aimed at the British fleet.

"Either start a war! Or let us leave freely!" This is Sardash's reply.

What else can Wilkinson do? Order the fire? What joke? Is it fun to buckle the shit that provokes war and put it on your head? The rash guile who goes directly to the military court will do this.

"Order! Return!" Wilkinson ordered unhappyly, and the British fleet turned around and disappeared on the sea.

At this time, Keze and Moltke, who were playing chess in the cabin, could not see any panic on their faces. For them, personal life and death are just a ball, and British warships fired fire immediately is a must. Even secret talks with China can be saved, so China should not go.

"Hey! I feel sorry for the British calmness!" Little Moltke sighed, and Keze picked up a chess piece with deep feelings. He nodded and said, "General!"

This small episode that happened in the winter of 1916 made the Allies feel a crisis. The work efficiency of the intelligence department was still good, at least it obtained intelligence, and the Chinese return fleet was likely to carry German envoys. So with the scene where Wilkinson led the fleet to follow, unfortunately the British government really did not have the courage to provoke a war against China, and Wilkinson did not have the courage to provoke the consequences of the war.

Everything was left to nothing. The rest was to do was to speed up supervision of China and send additional warships to India. There was one thing that the Allies were deeply pleased with, that is, China's fleet in Indonesia had only ten total ships, and they were all small-tonnage warships, and the others were submarine troops, which was completely in line with China's near-shore defense system.

Britain has four Fearless Class warships in India, and there are more than 30 other warships. These four Fearless Class warships are the deterrent forces of the British Navy in Asia. With the strength of China's only two Fearless Class battleships, it is probably not capable of being involved in India.

If the British Navy learned that the Chinese submarine force had performed many acts code-named "Wolf Foraging" and did not know what to think. The so-called "Wolf Foraging" act is an act that often dispatches more than fifty submarines to launch attacks on large warships. In Deng Shichang's words, "Are the four fearless class very powerful? I have 100 submarines of all sizes, and cooperate with the warship operations of the national navy, can your British fleet in the Far East stop it?"

The British government's heads racked their brains to know what deals to do between China and Germany. As a result, the analysts in the intelligence department's hair turned white and couldn't figure out what the Chinese government wanted to do?

The final conclusion is to speed up intelligence work and not to overstimulate China.

A month and a half later, on New Year's Day in 1917, the fleet that Chinese visited Europe finally docked at Wusongkou, Shanghai.

Keze, who stepped onto Chinese territory again, sighed with a long sigh: "China, I'm back."

After Kze and Xiao Moltch arrived, they refused the Chinese reception staff's intention to rest for two days and asked to go north immediately. When they came to the station secretly and saw Chen Congyun's special train stopping in the heavily guarded station, Kze couldn't help but feel a little excited. The number of times he had taken this special train was really not small.

"General Moltke, if nothing unexpected happens, Shen is already waiting for you and me on the train."

"Oh? So sure?"

"How about we bet?"
Chapter completed!