Beiyang 1917

[Text] Chapter 180 Seventh, give me a reassurance

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Japan's "Kantong Prefecture" garrison has 1 division, 6 railway protection brigades, and the Korean division's exercises along the Kanto Prefecture and South Manchuria Railways. As usual, they plan to invite Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin to send troops to participate. This guy is terrified. The second time I was stunned because I didn't dare to agree without authorization, but I immediately sent a telegram asking for instructions to the Ministry of War.Read novels please keep in mind

In exchange for this move, Xu Shuzheng called back and scolded the Fengtian Warlord. When is this time, Little Riben dares to conduct exercises in your territory, and you still want to participate together?The Ministry of Army strictly ordered the headquarters of the Fengtian Governor to remain on alert and listen to Zhong Yang's further dispatch arrangements!

Immediately afterwards, under the instruction of Wang Geng, Chinese Foreign Minister Xia Yiting quickly summoned the Japanese Minister to China Lin Quanzhu, and on behalf of the Chinese Government, he formally notified that the Shenyang section was in a sensitive area. The Chinese Government asked Japan to suspend the Any military operations in this area are to avoid misunderstandings by the Chinese and Japanese troops!

At the same time, the Air Force of the participating army mobilized 2 SE5 fighter squadrons and 2 DH4 reconnaissance bomber squadrons to Rehe Chengde Airport to provide close air support for ground military operations in the three northeastern provinces when necessary.

Japan held back its anger but really didn't dare to spread it indiscriminately. At this moment, there are three reorganization divisions participating in the war in the three eastern provinces.The sixth division of the participating army in Rehe is also eyeing, and the Zhili Nanyuan is Wang Geng's first division. Although the quality of individual soldiers of the Chinese participating army is much worse than that of the veterans of the Japanese division, they cannot stand up to their strong firepower. And the training is also considered good. At this moment, China and Japan are still hanging out in the Allied Powers under the leadership of the bosses of the United States and Britain. It is not the time to turn their faces, and they are not prepared for it!

The troops in the Guandong Prefecture have the confidence to deal with the 27th and 28th divisions of Fengtian Governor Zhang Zuolin. They are not sure about even one reorganized division of the participating army. No matter how new the recruits are, there are only three It's been half a year, and I heard that tens of millions of bullets were used for training. The m1 Garand semi-automatic gun is the most enjoyable for recruits to use. If a conflict really breaks out, you must ask the domestic division for tactical guidance in advance!

As a result, Zhang Zuolin placed two divisions along the South-Manchuria Railway to monitor the Japanese army's road guards. The six Japanese railway guards brigades obediently did not dare to come out of the barracks to provoke. The formation of aircraft and four aircraft seems to be parading in the armed air, which makes the officers and soldiers of the 27th and 28th Divisions of the Fengtian Beiyang Army who have not yet had the opportunity to reorganize envious and proud. This is our Chinese aviation team supporting Fengtian buddies!

As a result, the Japanese Kanto Prefecture Division pinched their noses and carried out a camping training hastily in the Kanto Prefecture of the Liaodong Peninsula before returning to camp. Japan’s sensitivity has its own reasons. If China really abolished it as the Soviet Russian government said All unequal treaties between China and Russia, and the recovery of all Chinese territories occupied by Tsarist Russia.

那这关东州的地位就便的尴尬起来，这关东州是ri本在1905年获胜后从沙俄手里抢来的，而沙俄则依据《中俄旅大租地条约》1898-3-27签订、《续订旅大租地条约》1898年5月7ri签订获得。

The main contents of these two treaties are: 1.Lushun, Dalian and its nearby water surfaces are leased to Russia for a period of 25 years.At the end of the period, it can be "negotiated and extended", and Russia enjoys full power to govern the local area and dispatch all land and water troops in the leased land, and the Qing government has no right to garrison troops; 2.A section of "gap" (almost including the entire Liaodong Peninsula) was set aside to the north of the rented land, and the squadrons were not allowed to enter without the permission of the Russian side. 3.China agreed with Russia to build a branch line from the Middle East Railway to Lushun and Dalian. "This branch road passes through places, and (China) will not give the benefits of the railway to other countries."

In the second year after the signing of the treaty, Tsarist Russia renamed the Lvda leased land and the Liaodong Peninsula together as Kantung Province, and implemented a colonial rule of military and political integration. <The rights and interests of the section to Dalian were ceded to Japan, Japan renamed this section of the railway to the South Manchuria Railway, and Kanto Province was renamed to Kanto Prefecture.

Now that the governments of China and the Soviet Union and Russia have announced the abolition of all unequal treaties between Imperial Russia and China, will the Lend-Lease Treaty of Luda be considered abolished?What if?Is Kanto Prefecture also to be taken back by the Chinese government? It is not unreasonable for Japan to be upset!

Nima, the planes of the Chinese army flying buzzing on the South Manchuria Railway all day long, aren't they afraid of wasting gasoline? The Japanese Air Force said that the planes imported from France are limited to fuel shortages during training. Usually, even the training takes time to complete the subject landing as soon as possible. The Chinese don't take fuel as money?

With the Renqiu Oilfield and two refineries with an annual output of 50 tons, the Chinese are now the first to improve the flight level and capabilities of the air force as soon as possible. As for fuel, it is not within the scope of consideration at all. We have oil!

The Japanese worry about their worries, worry about their troubles, but at the moment they are really not mentally prepared to turn against China, and the Chinese seem to be ahead of others in everything since Wang Geng and the army joined the war.

By the end of December 1917, Soviet Russia was still arguing about the election of the Constituent Assembly. After the withdrawal of the Middle East Road came to an end before the end of the year, after discussions with the Prime Minister and Xu Shuzheng, the five foreign ministries negotiated and supervised Wang Geng. Specially met with the envoys of the United States, Britain, France and Japan.

The Tsarist Russian envoy did not attend because of the pending overthrow of Kerensky's provisional government. At the moment, the Russian envoy was packing his luggage at the embassy, ​​while worrying about the fields of those wealthy relatives and friends in the country all day long. Have the houses, cattle and horses been confiscated by the township Soviet?

The content of Wang Geng's meeting with the envoys of the four countries was very simple. 1918 was imminent. What would happen to Russia?The first batch of military aid procurement contracts between China and the United States has been fulfilled, but the arms and equipment are far from enough. China is seeking a second batch of US aid loans and is preparing to train 10 more reorganized divisions!

This requires the strong support of the U.S. government. Of course, Wang Geng highly affirmed the role played by the Japanese contractors in the construction of the Beijing-Suizhou Railway's Xuanhua mining area and the road network pipeline construction of the Renqiu Oilfield.

What followed was that Wang Geng asked Japan for an additional loan of 1 million yuan, otherwise there would be no follow-up funds after the railway was repaired to Baotou and Erlian, and Wang Geng wanted to complete the three railways starting from Baotou in 1918. The branch line, as well as the main line from Erlian to Kulun, add up to at least 2000 kilometers of railway engineering.

As for collateral?Wang Geng curled his lips disapprovingly and said, can't Renqiu Oilfield's crude oil output of 20000 barrels per day not give Minister Lin enough confidence?The third oil well is expected to be completed by the end of January. By then, the oil production of Renqiu Oilfield will reach at least 1 barrels per day!

Borrowing is not a problem, but Bank of Japan also wants to increase its capital and share to become a shareholder of PetroChina! Japan obviously covets Renqiu Oilfield and wants a piece of it!

"Minister Lin, Sino-American Petroleum Corporation will formally issue public shares and list on the stock exchange next year, so becoming a shareholder is not a problem at all, but the loan to Ri is an inter-state loan, which is not the same thing as Sino-American Petroleum Corporation, so don't confuse it Talk!" Wang Geng pushed over lightly.

Companies such as China Iron & Steel, Zhonghua Fudao Automobile, and Sino-American Petroleum established this year will choose the opportunity to go public next year, but obviously the time is not yet ripe. The construction of the Xuanhua Mining Area of ​​China Iron & Steel is in full swing. The iron ore would not be put into production until the end of January 1918, and the coking plant and iron and steel plant would not be put into operation until February. However, the six production lines of Xuanhua Arsenal had already been assembled and debugged.

It's just that Han Yeping's domestically produced gun barrel steel and gun steel are insufficient, and the smokeless gunpowder raw materials of the supporting gunpowder branch of the arsenal are still mainly imported.It is estimated that the Xuanhua Arsenal will have to wait until the end of the first quarter of next year at the earliest to form a full range of production capacity.

As for mortars and grenades, when purchasing the second batch of British aircraft, Wang Geng had already purchased five sample guns of 50, 70, 100, 120, and 150 calibers, and 5000 rounds of mortar shells of each type. Five thousand samples of the oval grenade were also procured.

Wang Geng met with the envoys of the four countries for year-end consultations. In addition to seeking a new round of loans, the second was to discuss future changes in the situation in Russia and the Allies' response. Obviously, the Soviet-Russian "Land Decree" and the subsequent ones have deeply worried the four countries of the United States, Britain, Japan, and France!

Wang Geng reassured the envoys of the four countries nonchalantly, saying:

"China understands the concerns of the allies caused by the declarations and statements of China and Russia. China promises to undertake its obligations in the camp of the Allied Powers as always. There is no doubt that the investment and interests of various countries in China are guaranteed! There is no need for everyone to worry!"