When the command center received Qiu Yahui's report, it was more than four o'clock in the morning. Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun were always on the Kunming ship to pay attention to the progress of the battle situation. Now the battle on both sides of the Haihe River has basically ended, and both Japanese troops were defeated by the crossing army. At this time, they were cleaning the battlefield and clearing the results of the battle, waiting for news from Tianjin. Now that they finally learned that Tianjin City was also taken down by the crossing army, the three of them were completely relieved.

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, Tianjin has finally won it. We have completely won this Tianjin battle, and after we got ashore, we have achieved a phased victory."

Xia Bohai said: "It's not over yet? There is still the Tianjin Concession that has not been taken down. As long as the concession area is not occupied, we will not control the entire Tianjin region. Therefore, I think we should take advantage of the victory and take down the concession in one go, so as not to have too many dreams at night, and to take back the concession, which is also politically beneficial to us."

Qin Zheng said: "But now Qiu Yahui has limited troops, and the concession area is much larger than that in Tianjin City, and he also has to divide his troops to guard Tianjin City. If they want them to attack the concession, it is probably a bit embarrassing."

Xia Bohai said: "Isn't the battle here over? Are we going to draw some troops to Tianjin City? What do you think of Lao Xiao?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "We can indeed draw people here, and it should not be too difficult to take down the concession area, but after taking it down, we have to defend it and control the Tianjin City and the concession area at the same time. We have too few people now."

Xia Bohai laughed and said, "That's why we have to hurry to capture Tianjin. Only by taking Tianjin City can we recruit troops and expand our power, otherwise we can rely on the more than a thousand people of the Marine Corps to be enough. Therefore, there are difficulties now, but it will be fine if we survive these few days. No matter what, we must take down the concession first. And after taking Tianjin, we will definitely not be able to stay in Dagukou anymore. Next, we should shift our focus to Tianjin. The place in Dagukou is too much, so we can't perform. Only after we arrive in Tianjin can we show our strength."

Qin Zheng said: "In fact, our current manpower is not insufficient, but we have not fully utilized it. We have more than 6,000 people alone. If we can use it all, it will be enough to only send half of the people. However, the problem of the concession is very complicated, not just a matter of insufficient manpower, but also a matter of diplomacy. There is nothing wrong with diplomacy. A restructuring of the Boxer Rebellion was that the German Minister Decklin was beaten to death. No matter in that era, this was a diplomatic incident that was enough to cause war."

Xiao Jianjun said: "Didn't the concession be rented by foreigners? Why did it involve diplomacy?"

Qin Zheng said, "It is true that the concession is forcibly rented by foreigners. Now the existence of the concession has become a fact. In every concession, there are consulates from various countries and consulates. This is diplomatic personnel. In addition, there are a large number of foreigners in each concession, as well as factories, docks and other public facilities opened by foreigners. I don't mean not to recover the concession, but these issues must be properly handled. We cannot rely solely on military strength. We must know that in the old time and space, although our Republic was founded, we used very gentle means. We did not use force, but only used soft and hard methods, such as water and power outages, and stopped supplying food, which made foreigners unable to stay in the concession, so we had to leave the concession honestly."

Xiao Jianjun frowned and said, "This method is too time-consuming. It can only be achieved when we have an absolute advantage. But now we don't have that much time. If we want to attack the concession, we must fight quickly and resolve the battle as soon as possible."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "The concession must be taken back, but I am not that we can only use this kind of grinding method, nor that we cannot use force. However, in the process of taking back the concession, we must determine several principles, because this is not a simple military issue, and our goal is not to fight against these imperialist countries to the end. Now we have no capital to fight against them. If we really make these imperialist countries anxious, we must not be the eight countries, or Russia and Japan near China, and have all our strength to be enemies with us. With our current strength, we will only be exhausted by them. In addition, we will eventually have to deal with these imperialist countries, do business with them, develop economic and trade exchanges, so that we can develop ourselves. Now it is an era of globalization, and we cannot do anything to close the country."

Xia Bohai then said: "Old Qin, you think you need to determine those principles."

Qin Zheng said: "The first is how to deal with the consulates in the constituents. If the general diplomatic principles are based on general diplomatic principles, the embassy and consulates have diplomatic immunity. However, historical records show that the Eight-Nation Alliance plundered a large amount of property in Tianjin, and most of them were stored in the consulates of various countries. Therefore, we will not enter the consulate to search; the second is how to deal with the foreign expatriates in the constituents and their private property. In the concessions, there are factories, commercial banks, and companies opened by expatriates in various countries; the third is how to deal with the Chinese in the concessions?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "Aren't there only foreigners in the concession? Why are there still Chinese living?"

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "In the past, only foreigners lived in the concessions, but with the expansion of the concessions of various countries, foreigners also needed cheap labor to set up factories and companies in the concessions. In addition, there were compradors, middlemen, etc., which cooperated with them. Therefore, there were gradually Chinese people living in the concessions. Another way was to avoid war. Just like this Boxer Movement, because the Boxer Rebellion excluded all matters related to foreign countries, some Chinese had to hide in the concessions." After a pause, Qin Zheng said, "There are also some Chinese who helped foreigners deal with the Boxer Rebellion in this war, so it is not difficult to occupy the concessions, but how to deal with these things, if we do not formulate principles, we will face a lot of trouble after occupying the concessions."

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun also began to ponder. The two of them did not expect that dealing with the concession would contain so many troubles. No wonder in the old time and space, the ancestors had already controlled the whole country, but they had to be cautious when dealing with the concession.

After a while, Xia Bohai said: "I don't think these things can be decided by the three of us. I suggest that Director Wang and Director Xu be invited, and everyone discusses together. They are all engaged in administrative fortifications, and Director Xu is also from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so they should be able to put forward some new ideas."

Qin Zheng bowed his head and said, "Old Xia is right. Now an interim executive committee has been established. These matters should be handled in consultation under the framework of the interim executive committee."

Xia Bohai said again: "In addition, we can still send some troops to Tianjin first. On the one hand, we will strengthen the defense of Tianjin City, and on the other hand, we will prepare for the offensive world. Once we discuss the principles, we can launch an attack immediately."

Xiao Jianjun immediately said, "Okay, I'll give an order right away."

So Xia Bohai immediately contacted Dagukou and asked Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao to arrive at the Kunming ship immediately. Xiao Jianjun ordered Qin Yuhai, the commander of the Marine Corps, to lead the troops of the base camp, and a company under Luo Yue rushed to Tianjin City immediately. Qin Yuhai took over the garrisonship of Tianjin City, and was ready to wait for orders and attack the Tianjin Concession at any time.

Because Qiu Yahui's company and machine gun platoons and mortar platoons were all affiliated with Qin Yuhai's fifth battalion, naturally, they should have sent Qin Yuhai to take over Tianjin City and be responsible for attacking the Tianjin Concession in the next step.

Not long after, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao rushed to the Kunming ship on a motorboat. It turned out that the two of them didn't sleep either that night. First, the sound of shelling from the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship made people unable to sleep at all; second, the two of them dared not sleep because the troops went out to fight. What if something went wrong in Dagukou? Therefore, both of them were reading information in their rooms and they had not slept until now.

After receiving the news from Xia Bohai, the two immediately boarded the motorboat and set off. The Kunming ship was not far from Dagukou, and the two quickly arrived at the Kunming ship. The soldiers on the ship picked them up and led them to the conference room of the Kunming ship. At this time, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and Xiao Jianjun were waiting for their arrival.

After a few simple words, Han Xuan immediately got to the point. Qin Zheng first briefly explained the progress of the war to the two, and then understood the troubles encountered in attacking the Tianjin Concession, etc.

After listening to Qin Zheng, Xu Jichao said first: "Political Commissar Qin, I see the information you gave me. The Qing court should have declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, right?"

Qin Zheng bowed his head and said, "Yes, the Qing court did issue an edict to declare war. Although it did not specify which country it was targeted, and only used one 'those' to take over, it was a fact that it declared war on all foreign countries in China."

Xu Jichao smiled and said, "That's simple. According to international practice, diplomatic immunity will no longer exist after the declaration of war. Both sides should recruit embassy and consulate personnel from each other. Of course, sometimes they will only recruit embassy and consulate personnel, but the consulate will still retain it because relatively, the consulate is not important and is preparing for future negotiations. However, at this time, the belligerent countries can arrest consulate personnel, or search for consulates, or directly order it, but generally do not harm consulate personnel, just ask them to evacuate. As for the property, as long as it can be confirmed that they were plundered, they can be seized. Of course, even if we want to seize all their property."

Wang Yunpeng also said: "There is another thing, we are not from the Qing court, so we don't have to consider the various agreements reached by the Qing court and various countries, that is, we can not recognize the concession, as long as we respect the [Geneva Convention] and do not harm civilians, medical staff, etc. I think we can first arrest the consulate staff and foreign expatriates to restrict their freedom of movement, and private property can be temporarily sealed. How to deal with it depends on the situation in the future. If we negotiate with the eight countries in the future, this is also an important weight."
Chapter completed!