The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn September 9th, the Shandong-Qingdao war finally started. Japan assembled 5 naval ships, including some British warships, to attack the outskirts of Qingdao.

Germany only had 14 ships in Qingdao, and it was basically trying to compete with Japan for sea control. Therefore, Qingdao was easily blocked by Japan, and the sea supply line of the German army in Qingdao was cut off by Japan.

But controlling the sea control outside Qingdao does not mean that Qingdao has won. German forts and warships are all in the port. If Qingdao is attacked from the front, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, Japan intends to unite with the British army to launch an attack on the German army from the rear of the Qingdao German army, thereby cutting off the land supply of the Qingdao German army.

This must enter the non-combat zone designated by the Chinese central government. [

This plan was formulated very early. At that time, Jiangyu had not yet sent more troops to Shandong, and the Beiyang government had not officially designated a non-combat zone.

Based on the previous impression of China's weakness, it seems natural for Japan to formulate this plan. What's wrong with trampling on China's sovereignty?

This is not the first time.

But the situation is different now. China also defeated the Russians in the Far East, and it was still a large-scale local war.

Although the scale is not as large as the Russo-Japanese War in the past, the problem is that it is impossible for Japan to receive economic and military support from Britain like the Russo-Japanese War in the past.After all, Britain is now caught in a European war, and it is simply unable to do anything.

Therefore, if Japan now launches a war abroad, the military power it can use is completely inferior to that during the Russo-Japanese War.

And once they fight against China, although the Japanese think they can win, they also feel that they have to pay a certain price.

"According to the latest information, the Chinese are just showing off in Shandong, and their arms inventory is simply not enough to fight a war. In many troops in Shandong, the soldiers of the Chinese have less than [-] rounds of guns. And according to According to intelligence, the current Chinese government has no money at all. Their stock market suffered a serious stock market crash, and the Chinese government lost [-] million silver dollars because of the bailout. Moreover, the Chinese people are about to face the Great Depression brought about by the stock market crash. Let the Chinese people launch the war." Kamio Mitsuomi said to a group of Japanese staff officers on the landing ship.

The landing ship has been waiting at sea for three days, and the Japanese army is still debating whether to land or not.

"But don't forget that besides the central government of China, there is also a very dangerous general of China, and his defense force is what really needs to be taken seriously."

"So what, he may not dare to compete with the Great Japanese Empire." Kamio Mitsuomi still insisted on the plan to land from Longkou.

"What you said is not necessarily true, and your army has only [-] troops." Someone in the navy immediately retorted.

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In the midst of hesitation and waiting, Japan's actions were delayed again and again. In such a stalemate, the joint action between Japan and the United Kingdom has never been launched.

Japan is still inclined to cut off the plan of the Qingdao German army from the rear, and also intends to take the opportunity to attack China, but it feels that [-] troops are not enough.

At this time, China is gradually developing, which has aroused Japan's vigilance.

And Japan has always been full of aggressive ambitions towards China, so it is eager to strangle the developing China, so it began to mobilize more troops to participate in the Shandong War.

On September 9, the United Kingdom sent a note to China, requesting the Chinese government to revise the war zone, and submitted a new map of the war zone to the Beijing government.

This map includes all the areas east of Weifang into the war zone. [

Regarding the British note, the Beijing government of China did not respond, but Jiang Yu sent it to major newspapers the next day.

As soon as this news was reported, there was an uproar in all provinces across the country, the people were outraged, and the students even shouted slogans to bring down Britain.

Those railway parades suddenly turned into demonstrations against Britain and Japan, and Jiang Yu successfully diverted the attention of the Chinese people for a while.

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"Students, fellow workers, I am Jiang Yu. Please be calm. Once Japan and the United Kingdom dare to trample on China's sovereignty, the central government will definitely not sit idly by. But if you go on strike, strikes, China's social order will start from the ground up, and the outside world War is even more out of the question. Strikes and school strikes, which disrupt social order, will only hinder China’s development, and will only lead to bitter results in the end. This kind of behavior is not so-called patriotic, but detrimental to the country.”

Jiang Yu's voice was heard on the radio. At this time, China's broadcast system has gradually become popular, and broadcasts are available in many rural areas in East China.

After learning that Jiang Yu was going to give a speech on the radio, many people gathered under the radio and waited that day.

"At this time, the nation is at a critical moment. I hope that the compatriots of the whole country will work together and stick to their respective positions. Students return to school, workers return to construction sites, and factories continue to work. If there are still strikes and strikers, they will all be regarded as traitors. Severe punishment."

It was a short speech, but after Jiang Yu delivered his speech, most of the strikers dispersed, and order was quickly restored in all provinces of China.

However, the rest of the troublemakers, as Jiang Yu said, were arrested by the local police and armed police from all over the country, but the police and armed police took action the next day.

In just one day, 360 five students and 680 seven workers were arrested in all provinces across the country.

These students were quickly sent to the Northwest Agricultural Reclamation Area, where they lived a life of isolation and worry.And those workers were gradually released after being educated.

The treatment of the two is indeed different. Workers can be ignorant of the truth, but students cannot be ignorant.Students don't have to support their families, but workers do.

Of course, many Japanese spies were also arrested at the same time, and all were imprisoned in concentration camps for labor.

After some arrests, order was finally restored in all provinces across the country.

And Jiang Yu's consortium also quickly reaped the fruits of victory, and a large number of landlords and small and medium-sized capitalists went bankrupt due to the stock market crash.

Jiang Yu accumulated a total of 60 billion in cash, and at the same time used 50 billion in railway loans to acquire real estate worth nearly 80 billion.

Calculated on the basis of 50 silver dollars per mu of land, that is 16 billion mu of land.

The collected land is only about 9000 million mu, and the rest is land, houses, mines, and commercial industries in some cities.

After these industries were concentrated in his hands, Jiang Yu was not in a hurry to sell them.

It’s worthless to sell now. We have to wait for European orders to flow to China. At that time, there will be an investment boom, and the properties that are not used by the consortium can be sold to make more money.

Therefore, those industries are temporarily placed in hands. [

The acquisition of railway stocks has also entered a comprehensive stage. Suddenly, people in all provinces and cities across the country are buying railway stocks.

These people bought railway stocks at very low prices, without any bargaining, and they all bought them at a price of 50 yuan per share.

50 yuan is also money!

Many people still chose to sell their stocks, because everyone already thought that railroad stocks would become a pile of waste paper.

In the end, Jiang Yu spent nearly 8 million yuan, and bought more than 50% of the stocks of various railway companies in China Railway. After that, twelve railway companies successively declared bankruptcy due to legal repayment of loans from East China Bank.

After declaring bankruptcy, the railway company was taken over by the government for auction. At this time, all countries were doing their best, and Japan's relationship with China was tense at this time, so it was naturally impossible to buy the railway.

At this time, most of China's funds are controlled by Jiang Yu, so when the railway company is auctioned, the Jiang Yu consortium is all competitors.

In the end, the twelve railways in China were divided up by East China Bank, Northwest Bank, and China Railway Bank at a price of 12 billion yuan.

Anyone can see that these three banks must have made a lot of money buying the twelve railway companies.You must know that the construction of these railways cost at least 60 billion yuan.

In the end, the three banks only paid 12 billion yuan.

After repaying nearly 6 million yuan of loans from East China Bank, only 6 million yuan is left.

Because at this time, Jiang Yu once again controlled more than 50% of the railway holdings, so 6 million of the [-] million yuan went back to the pocket of the consortium.

Only 3 million yuan was actually allocated to the pockets of ordinary people.

But so what if you know the bank is making a lot of money?Everything is in line with the program.Because he once again controlled the absolute controlling stake before, declaring bankruptcy is just a word.

That is to say, after some operations, Jiangyu has controlled 68 kilometers of railways in China at a very low cost. Most of these railway lines are trunk lines and are very profitable.

After the auction of the railway companies, 100% of the shares of the twelve railway companies returned to Jiang Yu's hands, which created the basic conditions for the next railway bubble.

Zhou Ziyue asked the staff below to come up with a rough data after a period of statistics: "According to the latest statistics, after this harvest, the land owned by Chinese landlords has decreased by 8, and the number of small and medium-sized capitalists has decreased by 63. The degree of monopoly of the economy has taken a step closer, and it has accumulatively seized 20% of the country’s arable land, 65% of the mined mineral resources, 90% of industrial manufacturing, 80% of finance, 30% of commerce, and 12% of urban real estate.”

"Immediately carry out industrial restructuring, keep those industries with long-term holding value, and list those industries with little value first and deal with them later. At the same time, after the stock market crash, the real estate depreciation is serious. Immediately acquire valuable assets all over the country. property." Jiang Yu immediately instructed Zhou Ziyue.

"Yes, my boss." After receiving Jiang Yu's order, Zhou Ziyue immediately integrated the consortium's industries. An oligopoly consortium has firmly taken root in China.

At this time, the monopoly share of the consortium seems to be very high, but it is the same after the stock market crash. Once the economic prosperity comes, the scale of private capital will become larger and larger, and then there will be another harvest.

This is like raising sheep. When fattened, they will naturally be slaughtered. When the sheep are very thin, they will start raising.

The railway that was once again under the control of Jiang Yu was immediately brought back to life due to the capital injection of the consortium, and the construction of the railway construction sites continued as usual.

The twelve railway companies were also integrated into five railway companies.

Among these six railway companies, one is in the hands of East China Bank, one is in the hands of Northwest Bank, and three are in the hands of Railway Bank.

These banks are all banks controlled by Jiang Yu.

While seizing most of the country's railways, it also strengthened the competitiveness of various industries involved in the consortium. Basically, the monopoly position of many industries can be shaken.

The successful completion of this huge plan is obviously a great help from the British note. (to be continued)