Chapter 516 To the West!

On July 28, 1914, Yanjing.

The conference room of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense was full of people, and the smell of smoke even forced the conscripts to turn off the air conditioner and push open the window for ventilation.

Except for the emperor, almost all other senior officials from Xinhua came here. When the military and the political axe officers chatted softly, they never forgot to look up at the clock on the wall.

12 o'clock, Vienna should be 5 o'clock in the morning, three hours before the 48-hour ultimatum of Austria-Hungary. Just as everyone was waiting anxiously, a scene similar to this scene appeared in many countries, and the whole world held its breath and waited for Serbia's reply.

Is it surrender? It's still war!

For everyone, this is still a fog, but for Li Mo, who did not attend the meeting, this is an answer that has long been recorded in history. When Ambassador Gisle speculated about the content, "Some of you asked us to accept... As for the rest of the requirements, we hope that you, as Austria, will The loyalty and knighthood of the army. At the time of this sentence, everything has been fixed.

Few people will understand why Xinhua pays so much attention to this war in Europe and goes all out for it, but only in this era will you understand that this war is related to the continued strength of Britain, the rise of the United States, or the birth of another superpower!

No matter which one, it did not fully accept Li Mo's attack instead of defense. The positive deep blue idea began to seep into the bone marrow. The new Chinese are willing to see, because the road that represents Xinhua's future will be more difficult to take!

This is not a poor military force, nor is it militarism. This is a special idea of this era. Ma Han's theory of sea power tore up the disguise of the great powers and tells the world a truth. Talking with bullets and cannons will always be more stable than the negotiation table.

Looking at the big map, Long Guozhang smoked a cigar with an anxious face. He was not concerned about whether Europe would fight, but whether Spee would be hooked!

Because he and his Far East fleet were the key to the war, the emperor took the risk and limited him to Xinhua's plan at the cost of sending 10,000 troops to West Africa.

Looking at Long Guozhang, who looked like a fire at home, Chen Ping smiled, turned his head and looked at Tang Shaoyi and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think of the troop increase plan?"

Tang Shaoyi didn't say anything first, but looked at Rong Kui. After getting the latter's nod, she said, "We have discussed it. If we want the country to increase the number of troops without entering a state of emergency, it is better to have a reason, similar to border conflicts and preparing for Russian invasion, so that we can quickly recruit 15 Division, a total of 300,000 reserve soldiers.

"That's not easy." The most impatient Long Guozhang shouted, "Zhao Long, don't be idle. Send a telegram to the north, let them cross the Yenisei River to catch a few Russian hairs, and force them to tell reporters that Russia is preparing an invasion plan, and it will be over."

"Get out of here." Zhao Longxu kicked and laughed and scolded, "Does your navy often do this? Why are you so experienced?

Long Guozhang's words made the conference room relaxed in an end. This naval veteran ruffian really made Tang Shaoyi and other civil servants laugh and cry. But then again, although it was indeed a little shameless to do so, the so-called excuse in the world was not premeditation? Just like the recent assassination, under the intentional or unintentional promotion of Germany, Britain, France and other countries, didn't it gradually fall into the abyss? Ten thousand steps back, if Russia wins, the threat to Xinhua will certainly be countless times greater. Coupled with Britain, France, the United States and other countries, the Eurasian War may be incited.

Of course, this is everyone's guess. After all, they don't know that Lenin will revolution like Emperor Li. From the current point of view, the rule of the tsar is still relatively stable. A stable and powerful neighbor is never allowed to exist in geopolitics.

Everyone's laughter is not over yet. Jiang Tianxiu, who had just returned from Greater Kuwait and returned to the post of staff, knocked on the door and said excitedly, "Report, the destroyer Qin Qiong sent a telegram. Thirty minutes ago, the German Far East Fleet Charnhorst, Gneisenau, Emden and Nuremberg left Sasebo. In addition, the Aimei Island Monitoring Station detected frequent radio contacts, and it is estimated that Spee is contacting the four cruisers scattered in other places.

"The route?" Long Guozhang pinched a cigarette butt, and his anxiety overflowed with words.

"to the west!"

"That's great." Hearing this, Duan Qirui and Xue Muhua gave a high-five to celebrate. Although they don't know much about the navy, they always know the direction, which means that Spee is really going to enter the Western Pacific Ocean, and even the Indian Ocean next to it will suffer bad luck!

"National Constitution, your Admiralty will monitor Shi Pei's actions without interruption from now on, and can provide him with all support without exposing us!"

"All support?" Zhao Long was stunned and asked, "Chief of Staff, don't Germany contain it?"

"It's not that you can't contain it, but that you can't contain it now!" Tang Shaoyi took the words, and her eyes lit up in the smoke: "If we want to win the final victory, we can't live without allies!" Even if we put up Britain and France, we won't ask for help, so the emperor said that Germany was our only choice, so no matter how arrogant Germany was before, there was any conflict, at least now we must fully support it!"

"Since we are ready to fight, we must give Germany a signal now. As long as Spee is in his hand and be careful not to be caught by the British, then the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean will not be safe for a day!" Duan Qirui said.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it." Just as Long Guozhang was about to leave with a smile, Zhang Zuolin had rushed into the conference room head-on and only said three words.

"It's war!" -

Sitting in the German General Staff Command, Wang Shizhen couldn't help but be surprised by Germany's mobilization ability. As soon as Russia announced the national mobilization, Germany had begun to send more troops to the border, and the travel speed of the train was calculated in minutes.

Every senior officer knows what he wants to do, while junior officers quickly organizes soldiers everywhere. The phone rings one after another, and the radio waves shuttle over the country all the time.

Shouting and hovering over every city, all the closely guarded military warehouses were opened, and hundreds of thousands of rifles and bullets were distributed to the soldiers!

All the shouts are only one sentence.

"to the west!"

This is war!

A huge war that ordinary people can't imagine!

A war that determines the country, the nation and the future!

To the west! Germany must go west without interruption. Only by opening the western line can Germany have the hope of winning!

Looking at the busy but not chaotic German General Staff at this moment, he couldn't help sighing that if it hadn't been for the emperor's clear combing, if it hadn't been for his eyes that surpassed everything in the world, if he hadn't invented the construction corps to pioneer with millions of hard work, maybe Xinhua would not be able to participate at all. .

Sitting here, he even had the impulse to throw himself in.

However, reason still suppressed him. Germany is not Xinhua. Although this country has a strong military ability, its ambition is not small. The danger brought by its growth will not be less than that of Britain and the United States. Therefore, it is still the best way for the emperor to let the Europeans solve Europe by themselves and let every inch of land here be stained with blood.

So Wang Shizhen sat quietly. With the help of the translator assigned to him, he listened to the German [***] officials constantly issuing orders, but he did not interrupt, but it did not mean that no one paid attention to the Deputy Chief of Staff from the Far East.

When Spee's telegram arrived in Berlin, not only the officers of the German General Staff, but also Wilhelm II couldn't help but be moved. 500,000 Chinese troops went north, which meant that the pressure on the Eastern Front would be greatly reduced.

Although this is not a participation in the war, it clearly sends a signal that Xinhua is on the side of Germany!

So William II specially approved that Wang Shizhen could act as an observer to follow the German General Staff. As for the more than 30 young officers from Xinhua brought by Wang Shizhen, he was also promised to follow the army and serve as military observers.

In front of the sand table not far away, senior German generals were discussing the details, and all their focus was focused on the fortress in front of them.

Although Germany and Belgium have very developed railways, the four railway lines to Belgium are all concentrated in this place. It is not so simple to let 1.2 million troops complete the roundabout. As long as Germany delays for two more days in the territory, the French army can quickly establish a line of defense. Layers of ambush were set to resist the footsteps of the German army.

Wang Shizhen has always believed that when it comes to war, these white Europeans do have long guns and cannons, and the quality and skills of the soldiers are very good, but compared with the ancestors who have fought in the land war for thousands of years, they are not enough.

Although the Shirifen plan, which the emperor specially took care of before departure, seemed to avoid the French defense line, he always thought that it was not so simple. Unless Germany had an armored division that was still in strict secrecy like Xinhua, it would not be possible to complete it by infantry alone, because it was a fortress with 400 machine guns. Like a mountain in front of him, and the Belgians' vow not to surrender will make the German army stand in the way here.

Whether it is troops or equipment, it is impossible for Belgium to block more than a million troops, but as long as they block it for a few days, the French [***] team can quickly block the defense line on the border between France and Belgium. If layers of blocking are adopted, it will not be a problem for several months.

As long as the first flood is blocked, the French Plain behind can continue to send troops, so that Germany's power will be completely contained.

To change this situation, there is only a large-scale and rapid assault force, but Little Maourke didn't even listen to the emperor's kind warning not to reduce the number of right-wing troops. Will he push the tanks sold to him to the front line?

Thinking of this, Wang Shizhen raised his head. It happened that little Maoqi was also looking at him. At the moment when the four eyes met in the air, the latter seemed to have made up his mind.

"Let the Fifth Cavalry Regiment set out immediately!"

"to the west!"

(to be continued)