Part 6 Chapter 19

"This letter is a coincidence, God helps Huang Zhong to work hard..." Chen Congyun, who hummed a small tune, was in a bad mood. He came out of the car and looked back at the two little geishas in kimonos coming out of the car behind. Thinking about the face of Okuma Shigeshino who was shocked to hear the Sarajevo assassination between the banquet, and then begging for the deathly to give these two geishas to Chen Congyun as gifts. Chen Congyun could not help but feel an indescribable pleasure.

The results of the negotiations between China and Japan have actually been doomed, and what Chen Congyun is worried about has not happened. Perhaps some details have changed, but what Chen Congyun hopes for has happened has happened. Is this considered another suspicion of the time traveler's golden finger?

The once arrogant Japan in history probably won’t appear again. Chen Congyun has no atomic bomb, so if there is one, he will throw two of them to Japan, so that this nation who can remember to kill and eat will have a memory.

Many people do not understand why Chen Congyun had to force Japan to the dead end, and had no room for Japan to turn over. Chen Congyun could not explain this issue clearly to everyone. In the history of Chen Congyun, Japan, a small country, gave too many difficult pains to heal the Chinese nation. Chen Congyun could not forget it, and could not bear the toughness and domineering approach of the Japanese government on territorial issues such as the Diaoyu Islands in his previous life.

"One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. In East Asia, it is enough to have a strong China." Chen Congyun explained to the negotiators of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In short, the more harsh the negotiation conditions set out, the happier Chen Congyun is. Who made this era an era of the strong prey on the weak? Since there is a chance, if you don't kill this wolf cub, what else can you do?

Because of the emergence of Chen Congyun, the shock brought to China by Japan during the Sino-Japanese War was not as huge as that in real history. During the real history of World War I, Japan focused more on economic aggression against China. Now the balance of power between China and Japan has completely declined. Although Japan has completed the industrial transformation, without the existence of the Chinese market, the industrial products produced by Japan, such as grey cloth, do not have enough living space. Chen Congyun even thought of a TV series "The Great Dyeing Factory" I had watched before. The Chen Liuzi in it may have a completely different mentality now, and he no longer lamented that "the individual is too strong and the country is too weak."

Thinking of Chen Liuzi, Chen Congyun had the idea of ​​visiting this great man in history. Unfortunately, with his current identity, it seems difficult to have this opportunity to make such a friend equally.

Chen Congyun has set the strategy of negotiations between China and Japan as a "drag" word, so don't rush to talk slowly. You must drag it to Europe to fight before you can talk. Don't do anything else at that time. As long as you put the powerful fleet to Incheon and Ryukyu bases, you can scare the Japanese to death.

Chen Congyun, who returned to the study, changed into casual clothes, had no intention of paying attention to the two "gifts" for the time being, and told Liu Ting to arrange it. Chen Congyun, who was sitting on the chair, always felt that there was something else to forget to do. He leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and thought about it, and suddenly slapped his head and said, "I remembered it."

Chen Congyun quickly picked up the phone. This old-fashioned hand-cranked phone is now the most advanced thing. After answering the phone call from the Chief of Staff, Chen Congyun smiled and said, "After Shock, you can arrange something, and instruct the East China Sea Fleet to send patrol boats to intercept Japanese fishing boats on the sea starting tomorrow. Reason? What other reasons are needed? Just make up one of them? What? Robbers' logic? I just want to be a robber? What's wrong? Don't talk nonsense, don't bother with diplomatic protests. I just don't plan to have a good time for the Japanese."

History has proved eloquently that protesting such things must have sufficient strength as the background to produce results, otherwise you can only masturbate like Ah Q, saying "My son beats me" and talking about masturbation.

What? Worrying to cause a war between China and Japan? Chen Congyun was eager to do so, and he was worried that there was no excuse to hit the Japanese government. After the Sino-Japanese negotiations were delayed for a month, it finally officially began. Why did it only start at this time? The reason is very simple. On this day, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Salvia. The last straw for the Japanese was also lost. Fools knew that war between European powers was inevitable, not to mention that the Japanese were not stupid, but they became elites.

"The destiny of the Great Japanese Empire has been destined to be hopeless since Shen Congyun's army appeared on the battlefield in the Northeast. The biggest mistake I made was that I thought that Shen Congyun would, like other local officials in China, would not care about the life and death of Li Hongzhang and the entire Beiyang interests, nor would they join the Sino-Japanese War for the benefit of Beiyang. If Japan lost the bet in the Sino-Japanese War in the Sino-Japanese War, there would never be a chance to turn over again."

The above words are the last words left by former Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito when he was critically ill. This politician who once made a clear statement in history left before closing his eyes in the best hospital in Tokyo. A few years later, what Hirofumi Ito said was once again verified.

"Baga! Where is our navy? Why didn't we come out to kill these Chinese warships?" On a fishing boat, a Japanese fisherman roared angrily, but he could only shout and scold a few times. In front of the Chinese naval destroyer cannon, the only option was to go back obediently.

A relatively polite voice was made from the speakers of the destroyers on the sea: "Be careful, be careful, there will be a military performance here, and all Japanese fishing boats are not allowed to operate within 500 kilometers of sea areas."

Acting? Why are there Chinese fishing boats fishing nearby? Why can’t we do it?

Don't agree? You can't leave! But yesterday, the three fishing boats were sunk by the rapid-fire cannons of the destroyer. This is the price of not being convinced. Where is the Japanese Navy? It's here, but it's transferred back by the order of the Navy.

"At this difficult time, the navy should endure humiliation and wait for the changes in the future world." Hope can only be placed in the future, and I can only think about it this way.

In the future, what will the future world pattern without World War II look like? Who can understand what the prophet Chen Congyun doesn’t know?

"Don't you take such a bully?" Liu Ting couldn't help laughing when she took the newspaper to Chen Congyun. Chen Congyun was not aware of doing things that hurt the world. She just curled her lips slightly and smiled disdainfully: "I gave this order. I just don't let Japanese fishing boats catch fish anymore. What's wrong? What can I do to me?"

"Are you afraid of condemnation from international public opinion?"

"Condemnation? The Japanese do not sign the naval tonnage negotiation contract. I am waiting for them even more excessively? Condemnation? If it is useful, what else does this country need to do the law? What else does the police do? What else does the country need the army? If there is no strength, if you are beaten, you can only be a grandson. This is the iron rule since ancient times." Chen Congyun said with confidence and even seemed a little proud.

The conversation between the old couple was interrupted by the adjutant who came to knock on the door.

"Sir, General Zhao, the Military Commander, asked for a meeting."

"Let him come in." Chen Congyun said and looked back. Liu Ting stood up and went out tactfully.

Zhao Xinglong, who was fat, looked light and could not hold back the smile on his face. When he came in, he hurriedly said to Chen Congyun: "Fight, fight. Germany declared war on Russia."

Although he had known the result a long time ago, Chen Congyun still smiled happily and said, "Haha, it's so good."

Liu Ting, who had just walked out of the door, listened carefully and almost fell down when she slipped. Who are these people? Others are so happy in war.

Zhao Xinglong came not just for the message, but for the cooperation with Comrade Lenin, a new situation has emerged.

"That Nikolaevich, the bald Lenin you mentioned, has recently put forward new requirements. This time it is a bit too much. If something happens in the future, I hope we will provide at least 30,000 mercenaries and equipment. What a big tone. Do you think you will reject him? You will also rebel against him." Zhao Xinglong was obviously angry at Comrade Lenin's request. You are still arrogant when you pay for money and people.

Chen Congyun had no intention of being angry at all, but smiled even brighter, patted Zhao Xinglong on the shoulder and said, "This is a good thing, why should you be angry? As long as you can write down the benefits in black and white, and then sign them, you can write everything. No, right? We who do business must pay attention to the fairness of the transaction, isn't it just 30,000 mercenaries? Is my request not high, just give me three million square kilometers of land, and this matter will be done."

"How many? Three million square kilometers?" Zhao Xinglong's mouth couldn't close.

"It's less? Then add a little, five million. Don't say that, three million is a little less. It's really a deal with three million square kilometers, and it's really a big loss." Chen Congyun smacked his lips a little dissatisfied. Zhao Xinglong was already very rude and went to the floor. The stimulation was too great and he couldn't bear it.

"I understand, my subordinates understand." Zhao Xinglong got up from the floor and rubbed his temples hard.

"Look at your promising prospects! Let me tell you! Don't be ruthless when you have the opportunity to be a robber. I just want to be a robber leader and turn Russia into a simple European country. I'll give you a vaccination first, and the future good show will be later. Maybe I'll join forces with Germany and then scrape him. As for now, the conditions are out, and it's also true if I don't agree. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude in the future."

Chen Congyun's words made Zhao Xinglong feel extremely ashamed, thinking that this is the one who does big things. Look at him, his ruthlessness, his realm!

Zhao Xinglong really didn't understand Chen Congyun's true thoughts. After helping Lenin casually, Germany in history obtained one-third of the Russian territory, and they were all good places. Now Shen Congyun has paid and provided people and equipment. How can he be worthy of himself if he doesn't make enough money? If he is unhappy at that time, he might even want to create a Russian puppet government. Of course, this possibility is very small and a bit unrealistic. Besides, what changes will happen in the future world pattern? Whether it is necessary to be a ground buffer zone between China and Europe is still an unknown number.

"Do you know? Europe has started war, Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and several countries have started fighting." At the class reunion after the graduation ceremony, a classmate said something unrestrained, and Chen Liyao couldn't help but feel bitter in his mouth.

"What's wrong with Americans? Isn't it a war between the Allies and the Allies?" Chen Congyun felt a little whispered in his heart, but he didn't mean to talk to the children of "rich and powerful".

Chen Liyao did not have a real experience with war. He just remembered that during the Sino-Russian War a few years ago, his father was busy all day long, often all night at night, and people were obviously thin. Regarding war, Chen Liyao also asked his mother that Zi Yu's explanation for war was that "war is the product of irreconcilable conflicts of interest between countries." It is obvious that this answer was a bit profound for Chen Liyao at that time.

This time in Europe, Chen Liyao's most direct feeling was that his father was very happy. In recent days, he had appeared in the backyard continuously. The whole family had a few meals together, which was unimaginable before. In Chen Liyao's eyes, the father was a very easy-going person who had no father's airs. In order to get to know his father further, Chen Liyao once asked his mother a lot about his father. Zi Yu tried his best to tell his son what he knew as much as possible.

"New China was fought, and it was fought by your father leading a group of patriots." This is a general conclusion given by Zi Yu. This conclusion made Chen Liyao develop a yearning for war, a yearning for making achievements on the battlefield.

"The newspaper has been published a long time ago, but unfortunately China will not participate in the war this time."

"Forget it, even if you participate in the war, you will have nothing to do. Your mother will never let you go to war."

"Yes, my mother said that even if it was a war, some soldiers would go to die."

This a bit harsh sentence made Chen Liyao feel disgusted. He raised his eyes and looked at it. He spoke as Li Zhenghe, the one who was entangled in Tang Jing that day. Chen Liyao felt embarrassed to be with him, and walked slowly towards the secluded place, not wanting to listen to the nonsense of these playboys.

"Chen Liyao, why don't you take photos with everyone?"

Tang Jing, who was still in dispersed, actually came to the door. Chen Liyao's mind was numb and he had no way to deal with this girl. Tang Jing was a famous little pepper in the class. Perhaps because when she was a child, she was not as conservative as ordinary girls. When Chen Liyao saw her coming, she wanted to slip away, so as not to become the target of public criticism. As a result, Tang Jing grabbed Chen Liyao's arm with both hands and said, "Stop, why do you run away when you see me?"

"Miss, you are a girl, okay?" Chen Liyao felt a little defeated.

"Tell me, I'll let you go, what school you plan to apply for."

"Okay, I surrender, I'm going to take the Central Army Academy."

Tang Jing and Chen Liyao pulled each other, but they still attracted the attention of other classmates. The Li Zhenghe was the first to come over and said to the two of them a little showing off: "I plan to go to the Central Army Academy, and my father has helped me contact the quota for internal recruitment, and I don't even need the exam. Chen Liyao, do you want me to help?"

"Thank you, don't bother your father." When Chen Liyao waved his hand to refuse, Tang Jing looked at Li Zhenghe with disdain and said, "What's the skill of relying on his father? Humph!"

"Hey, Tang Jing, listen to me,..."

"Chen Liyao, stop, don't run away."

Li Zhenghe stopped halfway. It turned out that Chen Liyao slipped away quietly when Li Zhenghe appeared. The sharp-eyed Tang Jing noticed it immediately. Chen Liyao quickly accelerated his pace. He didn't know that Tang Jing ran after him and chased him. The opposing side held Chen Liyao's arm.

"My young lady, it's very ugly." Chen Liyao tried hard to get rid of it, but Tang Jing hugged her tightly, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the classmates.

"Ho hoho ho, girls are chasing boys!"

"Just chase after, what's wrong?"

When Chen Liyao met such a person, he had no choice but to honestly let Tang Jing hold his arm and speed up his walking towards a remote place.

"Li Zhenghe, you have no hope. Tang Jing has paid for it. You should save some effort."

Chen Liyao didn't hear this, nor did he see Li Zhenghe's face turned a little blue.

The path on the campus was very quiet. Chen Liyao finally got rid of Tang Jing's entanglement and turned around and said to Tang Jing: "My lady, please don't do this in the future. Is this going to be seen by the old masters? How great is this?"

The sun shone through the leaves and fell on Tang Jing's delicate and delicate face. The delicate nose bridge shone with a ray of light under the sunlight. A pair of big eyes stared at Chen Liyao's face a little unrestrainedly, and his small lips were slightly opened and closed.

"I don't care. I like you, I always like you, and if I like you, I will say it."

Such confession was spoken from a beautiful girl, and Shen Liyao couldn't help but feel heartbroken. However, Chen Liyao still remembered his father saying: "There is no love for no reason in this world, and no hatred for no reason."

"What do you like me?" Chen Liyao suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked with a trembling corner of his mouth.

"Well, I'll think about it." Tang Jing narrowed her eyes and stuffed a pink finger to her mouth. Chen Liyao wanted to pounce on her and chew on her delicate little mouth twice.

"When you study well, you are always in the top three in the school. You are enthusiastic and easy-going to others. And that's the biggest difference between you and other students. You look mature, unlike others who are all little kids."

Chen Liyao sweated wildly and couldn't help but smile: "Maturity? How old am I? I am mature? Can this be a reason?"

Tang Jing said seriously: "Chen Liyao, you may not have noticed that you seem more stable than other classmates. I feel safe with you. So, I decided to be my boyfriend. You are not allowed to say no, otherwise, hum."

"Otherwise, what?" Chen Liyao looked at his face that was slightly shy and looked more charming, and couldn't help but reach out and grab Tang Jing's little hand.

"Otherwise I'll bite you." Tang Jing hesitated for a while, suddenly tiptoed, put his mouth on his face, and quickly kissed Shen Liyao on the cheek. Before Chen Liyao could come to his senses, Tang Jing turned his head and ran away.

"Gee!" The laughter sounded like a string of silver bells. When I looked back, I shouted at Chen Liyao who was still dazed on the spot: "Idiot, why haven't I come to chase me yet?"

"The German army invaded the neutral country Luxembourg, obviously for the railway network. So what will the German army take next?"

In the General Staff’s combat room, the huge map was filled with flags representing the movements of both sides of the war. Aftershocks standing in front of the map quietly looked at the map, as if they wanted to judge the next move of the German army.

"Haha, based on the current actions of the German army, the greatest possibility of the German army is invading Belgium. We visited Belgium when we visited Europe. The biggest obstacle before the German army is the Liege Fortress. According to my opinion, the German army cannot take it down without leaving behind tens of thousands of casualties." Duan Qirui is now promoted to the Deputy Chief of Staff, and his judgment on the situation in Europe is basically correct.

"Yesterday, Chen Yiyang and Yang Zhi jointly submitted a prediction of the European war situation. They believed that neither the Allies nor the Allies planned to engage in a protracted war. From this point of view, their opinion was that the starting point of the strategic thinking of both sides was wrong. The direction of the First World War could only evolve into a protracted war as the president had foreseen long ago." Aftershock continued with a smile, Chen Congyun listened on the side, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. Under his painstaking training, the strategic vision of the new generation of generals for the world war has been initially formed.

"The Formation of Liege was designed by General Henry Brialmont, an outstanding military engineer, and took about twenty-five years before it was completed in 1913. It was made of reinforced concrete equipped with armored turrets, shaped like flat triangles, and had four hundred weapons, ranging from machine guns to eight-inch cannons. The structure itself was designed to withstand the bombardment of shells of this size. Every corner of the triangle was equipped with smaller ones. The turret of the rapid-fire cannon with caliber. Each turret is surrounded by thirty feet deep dry deep grooves; plus a strong light searchlight to prevent surprise attacks at night. These lights and heavy cannons can be lowered below the ground, where underground tunnels connect the entire system. All the cannons look down at the four railways from Germany. Which department is responsible for this information? So sketchy?" Duan Qirui muttered a little dissatisfied, and Chen Congyun couldn't help but smile.

"You are content. We don't plan to attack Belgium, and the intelligence department cannot take a lot of energy to take risks to do this information."

"What I think now is, if the German army was slow to fight last week in Belgium, how likely is there to be a quick battle? According to our information, the German General Staff's previous judgment was that he would not make any stops in Belgium. Haha, I miss General Kerze a little now. I heard that after returning to Germany, he once suggested to the General Staff that he should be prepared for a protracted war, but he was not taken seriously. Last month, he called and said that he was transferred to the Austrian army as an adviser." Aftershock couldn't help but sigh, as if he remembered the time he worked with Kerze back then.

Everyone's eyes finally fell on Chen Congyun, as if they had been used to Chen Congyun's conclusions being correct, as if everyone could not get used to it.

Chen Congyun's eyes swept around everyone. In addition to the senior officials of the General Staff, many other staff members were all great men in history. Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang... These were all the masters captured by Chen Congyun directly from the military academy.

"Haha, what do I do? You can continue to analyze it. I'll go find Tang Shaoyi and be prepared to make all the money for war." Chen Congyun said and walked out with a smile, leaving behind a group of people who were staring at him.

The course of the war did not change much with the emergence of this variable in China. In particular, the Liege Fortress became the only highlight of Belgium in World War I.

The German commander Von Emich still believed that the Belgians would surrender without a fight, and sent an envoy to take the flag of truce to demand Liège surrender; otherwise, he claimed that the city would be subjected to air strikes. Le Mans of the Belgian army refused according to the king's order. Within a few hours, German cannons raided the east turret and the city itself, but only some concrete was cut off. The next day, the Zeppelin spacecraft driven by an internal combustion engine that took off from nearby Cologne flew over the air, and thirteen bombs were lost and nine civilians killed. In this way, the scope of the war began to expand. The German army repeatedly rushed over like a tide. The front, especially against the Fleron Fort and the Evne Battery in the east, was repelled by the combined fire of artillery and machine guns, and the bodies in front of the turret were piled up to waist-high. All bridges on the Meuse River, south and north of Liège, were destroyed, and the troops attempting to cross the Meuse River with a pontoon bridge were fired by artillery fire. Only one German assault could be considered partially successful. When the commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade was killed, his troops met General Erich Rudendolph, the deputy chief of staff of the Second Army, and he immediately took command. The next night, Rudendolph led his troops through Fleron and Evne The gap between the two entered Liege. But the fort was still in the hands of the Belgians; Liege had been invaded, but was far from conquered. The continuous artillery and infantry assault on the fort was ineffective until August 10, when Von Emmech captured the first fort. Within twenty-four hours, the second fort fell. The Germans then brought a cannon, which would turn the fort into rubble and shock the world. By then, the thirteen and a half inches of naval cannons in the UK were the largest among these. But the ordnance workers of Krupp designed a sixteen and a half inches (four-twenty millimeters). ) siege howitzers can shoot a ton of shells nine miles away. Each armor-piercing shell has a timed tube, which will only explode after the target is penetrated. This howitzer is a giant cannon, nicknamed "Big Belta", and is named after the ammunition maker's wife, Belta von Krupp. (In subsequent wars, an astonishing giant cannon appeared.) On August 16, eleven of the twelve turrets were surrendered after being bombarded continuously. Later that day, the Longsen Fort, where the Le Mans command was located, was directly hit and destroyed, and he himself was knocked out.
To be continued...