Beiyang reactionaries

"Hongfu, think about it, that's England. You and I have both studied in the United States, and you should know the power of the United States better than anyone else. You can know the power of the United States by looking at the many cars on the street and the electricity used in every household. Their industrial strength. With their industrial strength, they can easily produce large-scale weapons and build more warships. I heard that the United States participated in the European War this year and sent millions of troops to Europe Think about it, the United States can easily mobilize millions of troops, arm millions of troops, and transport them to Europe. What a powerful force this is.”

Zhou Ren spoke very worriedly.

Sighing: "Although I have never been to the UK, the world hegemony these years is the UK, and the world order is formulated by the UK. In other words, the UK should be stronger than the US. Although the UK is deeply involved in the European war, as long as they end the European What will General Duan do then? I don’t believe that General Duan can withstand the British army. And even if the British don’t want to fight, it’s just a scare. Duan Qirui and the others will be punished if they can’t stand it What about General Duan?"

Although Zhou Ren has never met Duan Xun, his impression of Duan Xun is not bad.

Zhou Ren went to study in the United States as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1910, and attended Cornell University.Five years later, he received a master's degree from Cornell University. He refused to accept the advice of his advisor to continue his doctoral studies and returned to his motherland.

Zhou Ren is a technician.

In the early years, he did not participate in the activities of the revolutionary party, and he had no prejudice against Duan Xun, who was born in the Beiyang Army.On the contrary, Zhou Ren has been in Jiangsu and Zhejiang since he returned to China, but he has also heard rumors that Duan Xun's troops have very good military discipline.

After Zhou Ren returned to China, he spent most of his time in Nanjing.

He knows better than anyone else the virtues of the army in this era.Especially Nanjing, regardless of whether it was during the Revolution of [-] or the Second Revolution, was a victim of war.The troops fought back and forth in Nanjing, and a bunch of troops with extremely poor military discipline looted wantonly in Nanjing.

In the year of [-], there were many troops in Nanjing.Speaking of which, most of them are the revolutionary army, but the poor discipline of the army is outrageous.

Of course the most hateful one is Zhang Xun.

During the second revolution, after Zhang Xun broke through Nanjing, he allowed his troops to plunder wantonly in Nanjing.Therefore, after hearing that the military discipline of Duan Xun's troops is very good, Zhou Ren still has a very good impression of Duan Xun.

Later, after my classmate Ren Hongjun entered Sichuan, he sent a telegram to himself, hoping that he would be the chief engineer of the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant.There is a lot of praise for Duan Xun, which means that Duan Xun is very determined to promote industry.

This made Zhou Ren have a better impression of Duan Xun.

After Duan Xun went to Tibet to fight the rebellion, Zhou Ren felt better and better about Duan Xun, and he came to Japan very willingly to take a closer look at the blast furnace equipment that was about to be shipped to China.

very serious.

Zhou Ren's goal when he returned to China was to build a steel factory for China.It's just that he failed to join the Hanyeping Company, and this time the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant didn't want to let it go.

But after hearing that Duan Xun had bombarded the British warship, he was very worried.

Really very worried.

After finally meeting a general who is willing to support industrialization, what should I do if something happens because of this incident.Zhou Ren has carefully looked at these blast furnace equipment in Japan. Although they are not as good as those in the United States, they are sufficient for China.As long as it is shipped to Sichuan, a large steel plant can be established.If there is something wrong with Duan Xun at this time, then all of them will be blind.

"Brother Zi Jing (Zhou Ren), what are we thinking about?"

Yang Xingfo smiled.

Then he said: "Do you know? China hasn't had such a general who dared to say 'no' to the British for many years. After I heard the news, I didn't know how excited I was. Our great China is because of the lack of such a general. Only a bloody general will fall to this point. Our country needs such soldiers, such generals. I have more confidence in General Duan now. Only such generals can lead China to become an industrial power."

"Hongfu (Yang Xingfo), I also admire General Duan's courage. But is that British?"

Zhou Ren frowned.

Zhou Ren was not angry that Duan Xun was bombarding the British warships, but worried that Duan Xun would be hit by the British if he was so tough.

"Brother Zijing, don't worry."

Yang Xingfo patted Zhou Ren, and then said: "Although you have been back to China for a long time, your understanding of General Duan is definitely not as good as mine. I have carefully read the history of General Duan's fortune. People. Nothing will happen. Let’s do our job well and set up the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant as soon as possible.”

"hope so."

Zhou Ren was still very worried.

That's England.

The United States is already so powerful, Zhou Ren shudders when he thinks about how powerful the United Kingdom will be.But Yang Xingfo didn't have so many ideas.If Duan Xun can survive this time, then Yang Xingfo is willing to work for such a general wholeheartedly.If they can't make it through, it's Duan Xun's fate, and the two of them can't change it.

What the two of them can do now is to complete the inspection of these equipment as soon as possible, and then transport them to Sichuan.

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"General, Qamdo telegram."

pressure.

There is pressure when this kind of thing happens, even the pressure that hits the face, Duan Xun can feel this pressure no matter what he does.

Duan Xun didn't dare to sleep at all these days, he was always thinking about how to solve this matter.It is impossible to completely fall out with the United Kingdom. Not to mention the strong strength of the United Kingdom, the number of British businessmen in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou is not a small number.

Although Duan Xun has been getting closer and closer to Japan in the past two years, there are still a large number of foreign firms in Sichuan, 80.00% of which are British foreign firms.Duan Xun is pointing at them for the export of many goods.

They were worried that Duan Xun would cut off the supply channel, but in fact, Duan Xun was worried about cutting off the sales channel.After not finding a new sales channel, Duan Xun really can't completely fall out with these British foreign firms.Because without them, the exit channel of many things is broken.It is not easy to preserve many local products in Sichuan. If they cannot be sold within a short period of time, there will be a lot of damage to the backlog.

Not to mention this aspect, just the name of Britain is enough to worry Duan Xun.

It is a lie to be unafraid of Britain.

Don't say that the current Duan Xun is just a small local warlord. Even if the current Duan Xun has entered Beijing, he is very afraid of Britain.Because the United Kingdom has become the world's hegemon for hundreds of years, it is not because of good luck, but because it really has strength and influence.

So Duan Xun has been thinking about how to solve this matter.

Anyway, this time it achieved a great purpose.Duan Xun has become a national hero known to the people all over the country. The People's Party is waving the flag for Duan Xun at this time, and it is developing very fast among students across the country.

Now a large number of students are willing to come to the Southwest to support Duan Xun.There are even many students who are even very willing to join Duan Xun's army.

This is Duan Xun's profit this time.

Of course, the bigger benefit is that the People's Party and the army on Duan Xun's side have more unity, and their loyalty to Duan Xun has risen to a higher level.At this point in the matter, Duan Xun didn't want to continue to make trouble, and must end this matter in a decent way.

So Duan Xun discussed with Yang Wei, Yang Yongtai, and his staff Lu Zuofu, Bai Jianwu, and Zhang Sike every day.

"read."

"Tibet's No.13 Dalai Lama sent people to contact our Ministry, hoping to end the current situation and negotiate."

"it is good."

Duan Xun let out a long breath.

There are two reasons for the current confrontation with the United Kingdom.One is because of Tibet, and the other is because of the Wanxian Incident.It is a good thing for Duan Xun to solve one by one. It is good for Duan Xun to solve the Tibet issue first.

Especially if the Dalai Lama of Tibet personally sent people to contact Duan Xun's department, then things would be even better.If Britain can be left aside and negotiated with Tibet alone, the blow to Britain will be even greater.

"Using the Tibet issue to put pressure on the British."

Yang Wei also let out a long sigh of relief.

Immediately suggested to Duan Xun, saying: "What Tibet has always wanted is self-government, and we don't want us to interfere too much in Tibet's internal affairs. In this case, we can give them self-government, anyway, we can't intervene at the moment. But we can only Economic autonomy for Tibet, no diplomatic autonomy."

Duan Xun nodded.

In the second year of the Republic of China, Yin Changheng's Sichuan army and Cai E's Yunnan army also fought a battle with the Tibetan army.At that time, the British wanted to make a statement about inner Tibet and outer Tibet. Inner Tibet refers to the Tibetan areas in Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, which can be directly administered by the central government.Outer Tibet refers to Tibet and the Xikang area (now Southwest Sichuan and Northwest Yunnan), and Britain demands autonomy for Outer Tibet.