Jagged Warlord

The impact of the First World War on various countries was different. Because the United States was far away from the battlefield and entered the war late, the war lost little, and it made war fortunes by selling arms and other commodities during the war. After the end of the war, the economic strength of the United States further increased, with 40% of the world's gold reserves, and New York became an international financial center that coexisted with London, which created conditions for the economic prosperity of the United States after the war.

Taking advantage of the golden opportunity that the European and American powers had no time to visit during the war, Japan vigorously expanded its economic and political power in China and Southeast Asia. The economy has grown significantly and its economic strength has been further strengthened. The profits obtained during the war were greatly reduced, and such favorable conditions were no longer available after the war.

China took advantage of this opportunity to achieve great development. The output value of industrial and mining industries in the total industrial and agricultural output value rose from 1914% in 29.5 to 1919% in 45.1. After the war, the United States imported a large amount of raw silk, textiles, ships and other commodities from China. Britain, France, and Germany also needed to import civilian industrial products that were scarce during the war from China. China gained a wider international market. In the second half of 1919, the monthly investment in new and expanded enterprises reached 4 million Chinese yuan. The iron and steel, electric power, chemical, machinery and other departments serving military production have made great progress. With the cheap and high-quality technical support provided by Zhenhua Group, many industrial departments have carried out technological innovations during this period. For example, the assembly line technology in It is widely used in automobile manufacturing, shipbuilding, aircraft engines, and munitions. The steel industry uses continuous rolling mills, and the efficiency is increased by 40-50 times.

The result of World War I expanded the scope of British colonies to an unprecedented scale. On the other hand, the colonial system of the British Empire began to shake and disintegrate. The impact of the October Revolution and the rapid growth of national capitalist economies in colonial and semi-colonial countries The national liberation movement in the colonies and semi-colonies flourished and dealt a heavy blow to the colonial rule of the British Empire. The British Empire, which had dominated the world for a century, began to decline. The vacillation of colonial rule was the main manifestation of the post-war decline of the British Empire.

The biggest feature of French politics is the political instability. The frequent change of government was a prominent feature of the French government between the two wars. France is a bourgeois multi-party country with a large number of political parties. Ten political parties carry out activities, and the number of political parties is numerous and changeable, which is a major feature of the French bourgeois party system. It is very difficult for a single political party to hold a majority of seats in the parliament. Therefore, successive governments have been composed of several political parties. The political party coalition system is used to exercise power. The formation of a political party coalition is generally based on the consensus on a few major issues, but there are great differences within the coalition. Once the political parties split or disagree, there will be a government crisis. The party front It will be regrouped again. Therefore, the French political arena is often full of changes, the political situation is fierce and turbulent, and the cabinet's existence is often very short. In November 1919, France held the first parliamentary election after the war. The ruling United Front split into The right-wing "Nationalist Alliance" and the left-wing "Left-wing Alliance". Since then, the left-wing alliance and the Nationalist Alliance have taken turns in power. The war caused serious losses to France. After the war, France faced a financial crisis. The economy was once in trouble. There were also attempts to reform the economy and increase property taxes, but all failed due to the opposition of the big bourgeoisie.

In short, after the end of World War I, the world was not peaceful. The impact of World War I on countries in the world was different. Britain, France, Germany and Russia suffered the most, and the United States, China and Japan benefited the most.

Li Mohan first threatened to terminate the aid to Tsarist Russia, and at the same time increased the export of materials to Britain, France and European countries, so that hawkers selling Chinese goods can be found everywhere on the streets of London and Paris, which annoyed business owners in Britain, France and other countries. Rise up and ask the government to increase China's tariffs, so that most of the poor civilians have to pay more for their daily lives. For a while, workers, farmers and small citizens flocked to the streets to protest that the government does not care about the lives of the people. To safeguard the interests of the big capitalists, various social groups composed of workers and peasants shouting the same slogans as Red Russia launched large-scale mass movements one after another.

The British newspapers exclaimed, "Should the catastrophe that happened in Russia also happen in London?"

French newspapers said: "A specter like Red Russia haunts the skies of Europe,"

When Britain and France were having headaches, in Russia, Red Russia marched forward triumphantly and launched a fierce attack on White Russia. Facing the retreat of the White Russian army, although Britain, France, the United States and other countries decided to send troops to intervene in the Russian Civil War, after all, it was too far away to quench their thirst. In the end, Britain and France made some concessions and agreed to most of the seven demands of the Chinese representative. Only in terms of leased land, Britain still occupies Hong Kong, France still occupies Guangzhou Bay, and Japan still occupies Lushun; Boundary expansion is not considered within the year.

Regarding the rights and interests of Shandong and the return of all Qingdao to China, the Japanese expressed their firm opposition. Lieutenant General Kenichi Oshima, the commander of the Japanese Qingdao Garrison, clamored: "Qingdao was snatched from the Germans with the blood of countless Japanese warriors. If you go back, you have to pay the price in blood."

This passage was originally said by Kenichi Oshima at an internal meeting of the Japanese army, but some arrogant and fanatical young men in the Japanese army spread the words, and it was immediately spread throughout China along with newspapers and radio broadcasts. The nationalism of the Chinese people Li Mohan's emotion was extremely strong, as soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

Students took to the streets to protest, workers in Japanese factories went on strike collectively, and businessmen resolutely refused to do business with the Japanese. Within seven days, the whole country was boiling.

In the Shandong Governor's Mansion, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, Huang Shaohong, Cai Tingkai, He Jian, Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Yu, Shang Zhen, Yang Xiaoou, Wu Shi and others who were transferred from Mongolia to Shandong were all eager to fight, and the original revolutionary party is now Members of the National Party, You Min and Bo Ziming, also wanted to consolidate their position by fighting against Japan. These people went to Ma Qian'an's office to petition all day long, which made Ma Qian'an very headache. A war plan against Japan was drawn up to regain Qingdao, but this is a top-secret confidential document. If these boys are not strict with their mouths and slipped their mouths, I can't afford it.

At this time, Li Mohan sent a telegram to Gu Weijun who was far away in Paris to be tough and righteous, but secretly left Beijing and came to the newly built Lianyungang Port, where there were some German naval equipment obtained by Xin Ci through secret channels.

From the end of the 19th century to the First World War, in order to compete with the British Navy, the German Imperial Navy made every effort to establish a fleet with 40 battleships, 4 super battleships, 7 cruisers, 144 destroyers and torpedo boats, A huge navy with 28 submarines. Among them, the heavy surface ships are proudly called the "Ocean Fleet" by the German Navy. They are the main force of the German Navy. This fleet sank a total of 3 British battlecruisers in the "Battle of Jutland" , 3 cruisers, and 8 destroyers. Of course, the German "Oceanic Fleet" itself lost 1 battlecruiser, 1 battleship, 4 cruisers, and 4 destroyers. After the "Battle of Jutland", although this " The "Oceanic Fleet" was completely besieged in the harbor by the Royal Navy, but it was still a large fleet with a powerful striking force until the end of the First World War.

After the end of the First World War, according to the Armistice Agreement, the German High Seas Fleet was detained. On November 1918, 11, 21 German warships sailed into Scapa Flow under the escort of the Allied Fleet. It was dismantled, the number of sailors was limited to a minimum, and the fuel carried could hardly allow the fleet to sail out of the waters around the Orkney Islands. During the voyage, the German fleet was treated insultingly, lowered all its flags, and was forced to change Hoisted the Union Jack.

The German navy was not reconciled to letting the fleet fall into the hands of the enemy, and prepared for the shipwreck in advance. All German warships received a pre-planned signal from the flagship "Emden" light cruiser. Raise the forbidden Fleet Ensign, Battle Ensign and Z signal flag, open sea valves and watertight hatches.

The battleship "Frederick the Great" sank first, and the rest of the warships also sank one after another. The last one sank was the battlecruiser "Hindenburg". Remedy, the two sides even had a small-scale exchange of fire and casualties, but the British army could not stop such a large-scale collective self-sinking operation. The most heroic self-sinking operation in naval history lasted about 6 hours. All 74 German warships were detained 52 of the 11 battleships and all 10 of the battlecruisers sank, amounting to 5% of the total tonnage of the interned fleet.

The Allied Powers were very angry at the sinking of the ship. As compensation, they designated Germany to hand over the other 8 battleships and 8 cruisers to the Allied Powers. In addition, there were also a large number of auxiliary ships designated by the Allied Powers. As a result, only 6 capital ships of the German Navy remained after the war. An old battleship.

Both Li Mohan and Xin Ci felt that it was a pity that these warships sank, but even if they did not sink, Xin Ci did not have the ability to get a warship for Li Mohan. In fact, at the Paris Peace Conference, Gu Weijun proposed that China, as the victorious country, should also The request to be allocated one or two German warships was unceremoniously rejected by Britain and France.

Therefore, what Xin Ci can do is to secretly connect the captains of several submarines, and drive the submarines to Lianyungang secretly. Along with these submarines, there are also a batch of German blueprints and technical materials, including military, industrial, technology etc.

Li Mohan met Xin Ci and these German sailors in an underground facility in the port. Li Mohan said: "Brave German soldiers, your country and our country must face powerful enemies and the humiliation they imposed on us. shackles, our cooperation has just begun, as our cooperation deepens, the world will tremble, the future belongs to us~~~”