The Republic of Heroes

"Mu Leng called, Captain Li has arrived in Mu Leng safely, and will come to Vladivostok with Mr. Zhang soon!"

The secretary came in such a hurry to inform Wu Xiaoliang of the news, so he naturally knew the relationship between him and Li Zhenqing. In the past few days, Wu Xiaoliang has expressed great concern for Li Zhenqing's whereabouts and safety. Any news about Li Zhenqing, no matter when and where, must be reported to him immediately.

Wu Xiaoliang was overjoyed. After the situation in Vladivostok stabilized, he specially dispatched a regiment to go north into Jilin to look for Li Zhenqing's trace. Now that he heard the news that he arrived in Jilin safely, he couldn't help feeling a big stone in his heart.

Tsukada Gong felt that the name Li Zhenqing was very familiar, but he was a little confused for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Zhen Dongyang?" He said it out of his voice, and then, he immediately realized his gaffe, and secretly blamed himself, why did he lose his usual composure and act so irritable?In fact, he has been defeated repeatedly before, and now he is waiting for a crime. Under heavy pressure, his mood is inevitably impetuous. There is also a more important reason, that he is defeated by the young general in front of him every time. The strong aura of being proud of the Chinese people has been completely lost.

"Oh? You've also heard of Zhen Dongyang's name? It seems that Brother Li's name is not small, and he has registered with you, the intelligence leader!" Wu Xiaoliang didn't feel at all that Tsukada Gong knew about Zhen Dongyang and Li Zhenqing. strangeness.In the past two years, Li Zhenqing has been well-known among the Japanese in the Suifenhe area, otherwise it would be impossible for him to be given the nickname Zhendongyang.It's just that what everyone doesn't know is that Li Zhenqing's cleansing of the Japanese in the Suifenhe area inadvertently destroyed the intelligence network established by the Japanese here.

Before the series of events in Vladivostok, Tsukada had only received an order to study the feasibility of killing Zhen Dongyang.However, after the failure of the first Vladivostok landing battle and the failure of the second Vladivostok landing battle, the intelligence department led and controlled by Tsukada Gong was completely exposed here and destroyed by the local police department because it provided information for the Japanese army. .

Thinking of this, Tsukata Gong's heart sank to the bottom of the valley again. There are so many high-ranking officers in the Suidong Army who are hostile to the empire. Let alone the future development of the empire in Siberia will be hindered, even the immediate negotiation is very difficult. What should I do?

Attacks and unfavorable incidents followed one after another, and Tsukada Gong's confidence had been seriously overdrawn. He even secretly hated his own weakness in his heart, and kept cheering. The warriors of the empire will not be knocked down by difficulties!

"Your Excellency, General, Tsukada has been familiar with Zhen Dongyang for a long time, and I will definitely ask him a lot of advice when I have the opportunity. But at this moment, I still hope that Your Excellency General can relax the conditions a little bit, so that I can have an explanation when I go back!"

"What I said just now is the bottom line, and none of them can be crossed. Under this principle, we can talk!" Fang Qidao is obviously not very good at playing the bad guy, and his stance has become almost unprincipled and tough

Wu Xiaoliang smoothed things over, "How about this, the warship can't be returned to you, but it can be compensated at a discounted price, and the depreciation fee is calculated separately! This way you can also have an account for the country."

Tsukada Gong didn't take it seriously. As far as he knew, the Suidong Army and Vladivostok were very poor. If he could spend a lot of money to get the Hanoi number, he would take the Chinese surname.But this is also a way, because he also knows how unrealistic it is for the Chinese to easily give up the fat they got, but he is more inclined to pay for the Hanoi to be redeemed by the empire.Just about to make a suggestion, but when the words came to my lips, it was on my mind, why not make a fuss about the price, and when they realized that the warships were expensive, they might find a breakthrough here.

"But I don't know how much you can discount, General?"

Wu Xiaoliang smiled and stretched out a finger.

Tsukada's heart skipped a beat, and he was furious. A battleship empire cost nearly 100 million yuan and took several years to build. The Chinese wanted to discount the price for [-] million yuan. Isn't this a joke?

"100 million?" Even Fang Qidao felt that the discount was ridiculously low, and even himself was sad, let alone the Japanese.

Unexpectedly, Wu Xiaoliang shook his head and corrected each word word by word: "It's not 100 million, it's 1000 million!"

"What?" Fang Qidao was taken aback. Did Weizhong really want to give the Japanese a discount?So much money is enough to form an elite army division.

Tsukada Gong's first reaction was that the price was reasonable, but then he felt that the discount was too low.In fact, he also knew in his heart that no matter how much money he had, the Admiralty would not be reconciled, and this lost face could only be regained through war.However, judging from the current domestic situation, it is really inappropriate to launch a war that will destroy the country. The actions of the navy are no better than that of the army.

In the end, I changed my mind again, no, didn't I want these Chinese people to retreat in the face of difficulties, and then accept the Japanese side's proposal to redeem the warship with money?Well, give him a plus.

"Your Excellency, the cost of the Hanoi is close to 5000 million Chinese yuan. This ship has only been built for five years, and even if it is half of the price, it will cost 1000 million yuan! Your offer of [-] million yuan is too little, and the Ministry of the Navy will not accept it. The cabinet will not accept it either!"

Tsukada Gongshi opened his mouth and asked for a sky-high price.Wu Xiaoliang sneered in his heart, even throwing all 5000 million into the sea to feed the fish would not be cheap for Little Japan.

"That's nothing to talk about. Suidong can't pay such a large amount of money. Mr. Tsukada let your Admiralty and Cabinet get it back by themselves, but it's hard to guarantee that what they get will be a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron." .”

Tsukada Gong felt bitter for a while, how can there be such a negotiation, isn't it just playing tricks?But the initiative is in other people's hands, and I can't turn my back on him, so I had to laugh along with him and talk about my plan with a shy face.

"It's better to let the empire pay the ransom, so you get a lot of money for nothing, why not do it?"

"Well, if it's 5000 million, our Suidong Army may consider one or two." Fang Qidao was really tempted. Such a large sum of money plays a decisive role in Suidong, and in his opinion, it is far stronger. For that useless super iron lump.

Tsukada Gong couldn't laugh or cry, the 5000 million was used to scare them by himself, but he was self-defeating. In fact, his idea was very good. Ten percent of the middle class's money was used to expand the army, and ten percent of the weapons and ammunition Buying from Japan, the money will eventually go back to the pockets of the empire, but the cabinet will never agree to take out 5000 million at once.