Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 83 Deceiving the World

Berlin, Germany.

"These days, the Chinese have suddenly purchased a large number of machines for the production of guns, and Krupp, Mauser, Rheinmetall, Augsburg, and Nuremberg have all received large orders for weapons. The Chinese seem to be doing everything possible to expand their Armed forces." German Minister of Industry Gesauer looked at Bismedau, Chancellor of the German Empire.

Bismarck stood quietly in front of the window, he was used to admiring Berlin from this angle. "It's a good thing for us, isn't it? How big is China and how many people do they have, do you know? If the Chinese buy weapons from Germany in the process of building up their military power, what will Germany's heavy industry develop into?" You should tell the earl to let them ensure the quality of the weapons as much as possible, which will help them win the order."

Gesor said: "But the appetite of the Chinese is too great. The weapons and ammunition they want are enough to equip four field divisions. Are they going to fight with someone again?"

"Recently, the British launched an offensive in Myanmar, and China and the Russians also had conflicts. They may be dealing with the threat of the two countries." Foreign Minister Gomez said.

Bismarck smiled slightly and said, "This requires detailed information from the intelligence department. Whether it is Britain or Russia, it is in our interests."

The pace of the war became more and more urgent. The British Expeditionary Force had begun to suppress the rebels in Burma. Some chieftains in the northern mountains and the Shan State Plateau had begun to surrender to the British.This forced Guan Xuqing to greatly speed up the pace of armament expansion, which was almost blatant in the end.In addition to ordering a large amount of arms in the United States, various arsenals in Germany are also working overtime to catch up with Chinese orders. They even pushed some of the orders to countries with better relations, such as Austria.

In Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places near the Sino-Russian border, there are often "military exercises" jointly staged by China and Russia, which are used to confuse the world.It is also to make the United Kingdom more at ease in attacking Myanmar, and to let China change the name of importing weapons from all over the world.

Just in this "military exercise", there are still a large number of arms transactions.Today, the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty captured a Russian convoy. In fact, what they transported was the Mosen carbine sold to the Qing Dynasty.After transporting it back, the Russian army intercepted the Qing's grain transport team, and what was transported was actually silver for buying arms.

Because of the recent support from the United States and even the sale of weapons to China at low prices, the new army is basically equipped with American weapons, and all of them use Li Yi guns with extremely low recoil.A large number of chartered cargo ships unloaded their cargo in Dalian, Tianjin, Yantai, Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other ports.

China is ordering weapons on a large scale around the world, and hoarding steel has aroused the vigilance of the British.British Minister Owen once came forward to inquire about Li Hongzhang's attempt to expand.However, Li Hongzhang shirked it with the new army, which needed a lot of weapons to expand national defense. At this time, Xinjiang and Mongolia's battle reports were sent back every now and then. The British probably thought that China's target was Russia. For this reason, Owen enthusiastically offered to To help China purchase a batch of British arms, Li Hongzhang went ahead and ordered a batch of Maxim heavy machine guns in the UK. The Qing Dynasty, the ancestor of this automatic weapon, could not produce it.As for the British Henry-Martini rifle, although its performance is good, the price is too expensive, and Li Hongzhang still keeps it at a distance. Moreover, Shandong Machinery Bureau and Sichuan Machinery Bureau have been able to mass-produce this rifle, and its performance is not inferior to the British model.

When Li Hongzhang reported these to Guan Xuqing, Guan Xuqing laughed happily.When the British find the Qing army on the battlefield in Burma against them with the Maxim heavy machine gun they made, I don’t know how it will feel.

"Hongzhang, hurry up to generate electricity and use all available resources to quickly transport the munitions unloaded from the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other places to Yunnan. Let the major gun bureaus speed up the production of grenades, and must reach the front line before the war begins The 25 soldiers averaged 10, and each person increased by 2 every day after the war started.”

"Hey, Your Majesty. After the new army is fully equipped, will it be partly transferred to the north? The defense of Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Northeast China is really in a vacuum. After all, the alliance with Russia is only temporary! Will all the 40 new troops hit Yunnan? Too much?"

"All the new army is on standby in Yunnan, ready to fight in Burma as a reserve team. The Qing Dynasty cannot afford to delay the war for a long time. I want the new army to enter Burma from Yunnan, and Zuo Zongtang's Southwest Army to enter Burma from Vietnam." Guan Xuqing Said his long-awaited plan.

"Your Majesty, the border between China and Burma is surrounded by lofty mountains. The new army entering Burma from the mountains may not be able to carry heavy weapons."

"You don't have to worry about this, it has already been resolved. It's just that I can't see the mortars equipped by the new army with my own eyes. I believe Zongtang has already seen them in Yunnan." Guan Xuqing said slowly.

Li Hongzhang listened in a cloud of fog, not knowing what to do.I saw Guan Xuqing continue to say: "Hongzhang, you draw up an order for me to let Ding Shichang and Yan Fushuai "long victorious", "unbeaten", "ride the wind", "break the waves", "weiyuan", "zhenyuan", " "Triumph", "Juyin", "Nanji", "Nanxiang", "Yangfan" and all 28 gunboats of the Nanyang Navy assembled in the Nansha Islands in southern Vietnam, ready to attack Singapore at any time."

"twitter."

The concealment of this war is very high, Daqing almost perfectly concealed his strategic intentions.Also, who would have thought that China and Russia, which have been in constant conflict on the border for more than a year, would suddenly join hands and even conclude a military alliance treaty.In fact, after October, the conflict on the border between the two countries turned into an "exercise". Military newspapers sent a letter to the capital, only saying how much was seized and how much was lost, but no casualties were seen.

Although the Burmese people's anti-British sentiment was high, they could not resist the attack of the empire on which the sun never sets.After resisting for four months, they have gradually lost their ability to resist, and many ethnic armed forces have surrendered to Britain.Seeing that the Anglo-Burmese War was coming to an end, the Qing Dynasty finally took action at this time.

The four months that the Burmese people worked hard to resist became the precious time for the Qing Dynasty to complete the equipment and train 40 new troops.This time was bought back with the blood of the Burmese people, Guan Xuqing said to himself, and also to the people who died in Burma, this blood debt will definitely be recovered for you.

Just when British Minister Owen was still happily delivering the last batch of Maxim heavy machine guns ordered by the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang formed five troops in Vietnam with 25 Southwest Army, which had crossed Vietnam and quietly entered Myanmar. .At the same time, Feng Zicai took the lead in crossing the Sino-Myanmar border from Ruili, Yunnan, with 5 troops from his headquarters as the new army's advance troops.The Southwest Fleet of the Daqingshui Division assembled in the Nansha Islands also quietly approached Singapore.

A pre-war preparation that deceived the whole world will now be revealed to the world.After tonight, the Qing Dynasty will officially declare war on Britain, and Russia will also launch attacks on Turkey, Afghanistan and other British-controlled colonies in accordance with the covenant, and start war on Britain.

The war is about to start.

(End of this chapter)