“The President’s Notice:

... The government of the Republic of China hopes for peace, respects public law, and protects the lives and property of our people. At first, it was not better than Germany to make the German government repent, fearing public indignation, and changing its strategy. In fact, what our government prays for and cannot bear to encounter those who are regarded as public enemies, it has been broken up. It took May months. The submarine attack was not just Germany. Even if the Austrian country with the same policy as Germany, it has never changed its degree. It has violated the public law and hurt our people's deep hearts of mercy. In fact, it has despaired and loved that since 10:00 on August 29, the third year of the Republic of China, Austria declared its position of war against Germany. All the treaties, contracts, agreements and other international clauses concluded by our country and Germany and Austria. International agreements belong to China and Germany. All relations between China and Austria will be abolished in accordance with international public law and practices.

Our government of the Republic of China still abides by the terms of the Hague Peace Conference Treaty and other international agreements on civilized actions during wartime, and dare not overstep the purpose of declaring war, care about stopping the disaster of war and promoting peace. All our people should describe this idea. When the country becomes calm, the wounds have not returned, and encounter misfortunes. With this problem, the President is concerned about people's livelihood. He cannot be unavoidable. He will never be a move to survive. He will never be a prudent in the public law. He cannot lose his international status. He cannot self-remain the peace and happiness of friendly countries in the world. He cannot self-resolve the people of the whole country. He will work hard to temper and perform hardships and chastity. He will be prosperous for the Republic of China. He will stand in an international group and share the benefits. He will also inform Tonger. He will know this.

August 29, 3rd year of the Republic of China”

A group of white Europeans with high noses and blue eyes wandered around the former royal garden of Nanyuan, Beijing. The time for meals was to come. The delicious food and drink were served. After the meal, some of them sat around and played bridge, and many went to play tennis. There were artistic performances and entertainment at night...

All of this seems so comfortable that it even makes people feel leisurely and vacationing. But they are not on vacation at all. They are prisoners of war from Germany and Austria, living in prisoners' shelters in China.

In four years, World War I broke out in Europe. The war between the two sides were the Allies group dominated by Britain, France and Russia and the Allies group dominated by Germany, Austro-Hungary Empire, and China declared neutrality on the first day of the war in the Far East, the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. After the outbreak of the "Jiao-Australia Incident" between China and Japan, in order to avoid declaring war with Japan, and to attract the attention of the British, French and American powers to the Chinese situation, the Chinese government joined the Allies on August 29 to declare war on Germany and Austria.

As a enemy country, Germany and Austria, soldiers in China became prisoners of war. More than a thousand German and Austrian prisoners were admitted to seven prisoners shelters located in Beijing, Nanjing and the northeast. Although China and Germany and Austria were in wartime, the courtesy of German and Austrian prisoners of war in China was imaginable, which caused dissatisfaction among some British and French journalists. In their opinion, German and Austrian prisoners of war in prisoners were like being in a paradise and on vacation in China.

However, the Chinese government still treats prisoners of war from Germany and Austria well. Some of the officers and soldiers even accept the secret hire of the China National Team to help the China National Team train the "army" in the Nanyuan Military Camp, which is separated from the Nanyuan Prisoner-of-war Camp. This group of troops completely uses American loans to train the China National Team.

Unlike in the past, this Central Army was completely composed of "captured" German officers, and the non-commissioned officers were trained in Nanyuan. The officer teaching regiment and the sergeant teaching team were trained in Nanyuan. The officer teaching regiment was mainly drawn from outstanding graduates from Baoding Military Academy and other military academies across the country and junior officers of the Central Division. After the training, they were assigned to the dispatched troops as junior officers. The training they received was combat skills, tactics, and the cooperation and coordination of different soldiers during wartime. The sergeant teaching regiment was trained by the central divisions. After six months of training, they were dispatched to the dispatched troops to serve as sergeants. Now, the sergeant teaching regiment was trained in Nanyuan. There were 18 battalions, with a total of about 10,000 people.

In the view of Yuan Shikai and others, this training, whether it is in scale or effectiveness, is by no means comparable to the training of small stations in history and the training of the army in the late Qing Dynasty. The most important thing is the training provided by the 537 Germans provided by the "Prison War Camp" and the first in the world. No one would doubt this. The German officers and soldiers captured in China, even ordinary soldiers, were veterans who served for many years before the war. What they brought was the most standard army training method in Germany before the war.

"I have to admit that the learning and intelligence shown by these Chinese people are far from the imagination of me and my friends. Mary, you must know that this kind of training is secret and not known to the outside world. Therefore, the Chinese government cannot recruit translators with great fanfare. For this reason, the Chinese Army Department has held several foreign language conversation training classes to learn German, but it has not received the expected results. However, over time, the trainees can also use pidgin-style foreign languages, plus gestures, and barely exchange ideas.

At the beginning of training, because the translators were not suitable for use, we as instructors only used illustrations and demonstrations in class. The trainees took notes on their own and implemented them for two weeks and achieved very good results. What surprised us instructors was that although we could not speak Chinese, we did not translate and we used examples to demonstrate. They imitated the facts and proved that they were amazing imitators in the world, so they learned very quickly.

Because it was on vacation today, William Fon Blauke once again lay in his room, writing a letter that he could never send to his wife. This is actually a diary, because the content cannot be sent. This is because the agreement was signed with the Chinese, and the Chinese government provided them with kindness and double rewards. In return, in addition to helping the Chinese train the army, he could never mention the "profession" he was engaged in in the letter. Well, now they are professional prisoners of war, and they just need to tell their family in the letter that their lives are very comfortable and comfortable, just like vacation.

But in private, like everyone else, William Von Brock would also mention the interesting things he encountered when he was training in the "diary" he wrote to his wife.

"What is most surprising is that the skills of Chinese soldiers using machine guns are particularly praised. In my personal opinion, they have reached a breathtaking point. All of this fully demonstrates the specific manifestation of the intelligence and diligence of this nation, and the training of Chinese people is not inferior to anyone in their studies, and the training of other subjects has also progressed. Because each division is unwilling to send their gunners, the artillery trainees have not been transported for a long time, so all the soldiers currently undergoing artillery training in Nanyuan have been changed from infantry, but under the guidance of the instructor Captain Rurkas, the original infantry learned the cannon and the operation of mountain cannons within a week. Captain Rurkas is a soldier who has become very popular with the ** people. However, in the past two months, he has also been trained by Chinese soldiers.

I was impressed by my intelligence. Anyone has to admit that the Chinese people are indeed very smart. Although we can't speak Chinese and have no translation, we use examples to demonstrate. They imitate facts and prove that they are amazing imitators in the world. Therefore, they learn very quickly. Among the students I led, the Chinese Radio Transmission and Receiver Journal students who originally knew nothing about German, after 7 weeks of training, 90% of them can achieve the ability to copy 5 German words per minute. In the United States, there are usually only about 108 students, and after 13 weeks of training, they can meet such standards. This is really an amazing thing. In my opinion, if they have modernized and standard training, Chinese soldiers will undoubtedly replace German soldiers and become the best soldiers in the world..."

As he wrote this, William Von Brock had a smile on his face. He was proud that he could train such a group of smart soldiers.

"Dear, who can imagine that as prisoners of war, we can witness the birth of an army power here? Moreover, these soldiers are trained by us, these prisoners of war."

Just as he put down his pen and was immersed in this unprecedented personal pride, the knock on the door interrupted his thoughts and then a European in a suit walked in.

"Mr. De...Bruce"

The one who walked into the house was Major Derek, who was the German naval major. Before China notified that the war would be declared on Germany, he left the embassy as Bruce. He changed from a German naval major to an American businessman. He had been engaged in intelligence operations in China. Although this was a prisoner of war camp, under the practice of the Chinese turning a blind eye, the prisoner of war camp was actually another "intelligence center" besides the Longhai affiliated area.

"Have you heard it? My friend"

As soon as I entered the house, Derek seemed extremely excited

"What?"

"The Chinese won"

"Oh, this is not a big deal. Even if they can't win now, they will still win the war in half a year. If China can train one million troops, the Japanese will not be their opponent at all."

"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about the navy, they defeated the Japanese navy."

"What? What did you say?"

William Von Brock looked at Derek in surprise, did the Chinese defeat the Japanese Navy?

"Yes, they sank the Japanese Navy's warship with planes. Since yesterday, the Japanese Navy has ceased to exist. The news has not been made public yet. I remember, aren't you and you friends? He is a pilot, right? Didn't he accept the employment of the Jiangsu Army now? Can you help me contact him?"

Derek said anxiously what he wanted

"What? You mean, you mean..."

"My friend, you know, if we can get Chinese planes, then we might be able to win this war"

"airplane"

In the British Embassy more than ten kilometers away, John Henrys spits a word when facing the minister's question

"The Admiralty of London hopes to make a request to transfer aircraft and torpedo technology to China during the process of intervening in peace talks between China and Japan. The Admiralty is willing to pay a technology transfer fee of 2 million pounds."

As a military officer in the navy stationed in China, John received a secret telegram from the Admiralty Department in London. The content of the telegram was very simple, and he tried his best to get the aircraft technology used by the Chinese in the attack. At the same time, he had to do his best to prevent the Germans from obtaining aircraft or aircraft technology.

"Major Henris, you should know that the right to decide whether to transfer technology is in the hands of Chinese people. To be precise, it is impossible for Chinese companies to force companies to transfer technology to other countries, no matter what country it is."

In answering Henris's brows, according to London's instructions, the UK has intervened in the Sino-Japanese conflict with high profile. Ambassador to Japan Gray has had many contacts with Japanese senior officials. Now Yuan Shikai has announced his conditions. The five conditions proposed by the Chinese are very realistic. Even when he met with the ministers of France, the United States and Russia in private, the three ministers all thought that Yuan Shikai was too "careful". If he had a little more courage, he could get more things at the negotiating table.

But Yuan Shikai's prudence when putting forward the conditions made Zhu Erdian quite agree. For today's China, the most important thing is not to get what you get through an "unnecessary" war, but to end the war quickly and thus get more through another war. This is exactly what Yuan Shikai is smart. He knows more than any Chinese what is giving and what is getting.

Even if Japan has lost a fleet now, it does not mean that China can completely win the war. If the lion speaks loudly, it will arouse a strong backlash from Japan. The full-scale war that will occur at that time may not necessarily be the Chinese people who can win. Therefore, the safest way for China is to become a real Allied country as soon as possible to participate in the war. Because only in this way can we improve our international status so that Japan can balance Japan's attempt to balance China. To be precise, it is to use the overall strength of the Allied country to check and balance Japan's attempt toward China.

"So, the Admiral hopes that the Minister can use this as an additional condition for rectifying the loan of China's military industry in the condition of asking President Yuan Shikai to invite China to send an army to assist in the operation."

Henris smiled and made a "suggestion" that the Admiralty seemed to be in the telegram to him.

"Is this the will of the Admiralty in London?"

Suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Juerdian asked calmly, in fact, Mo Lixun proposed to him, and he just gave the whole plan to London a month ago, and London did not give any reply at the beginning. It was not until the Chinese sank the Japanese fleet that the London Foreign Ministry hurriedly sent a telegram, they believed that it was acceptable to accept a certain number of Chinese teams, but unlike his initial proposal to transfer the Chinese army to Europe, London named the Jiangsu Army.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Erdian is concerned about the issue of sending troops. He is familiar with the inside story of Chinese politics, of course he knows that in this conflict, the Jiangsu Army, which fully demonstrates its strength, is not a good thing for the Chinese central government. In fact, it is a threat for both Yuan Shikai and the central government.

Perhaps Yuan Shikai didn't mind sending the Jiangsu Army to the European battlefield like a meat grinder to consume their strength, but Yuan Shikai also hoped to join the party and reorganize his army. The name of the Jiangsu Army in London will undoubtedly shatter his dream and may even lead to the rapid expansion of the Jiangsu Army's strength.

This situation will not only lead to Yuan Shikai's opposition, but Jiangsu, as the sending army, will also oppose it. The expansion of strength is only possible, but the fact that the death of a large number of soldiers is ironic. In Zhu Erdian's speculation, the Huaihai Strategic Envoy will use the Jiangsu Provincial Parliament and use the weapon of "democracy" to oppose the dispatch of the Jiangsu Army to Europe.

But now the London Admiralty Department hopes to take advantage of a war situation that will be strongly opposed by the Chinese central and local governments to try to gain more benefits from a local warlord, and even exchange them for their "trump card". There is almost no possibility of this.

"Your Majesty, this is in the interests of the British. If the UK can obtain such an aircraft, the power of the Royal Navy will be strengthened. To prevent the Germans from obtaining the aircraft, it will avoid the consequences of the Royal Navy from encountering the Japanese Navy. Therefore, the Navy hopes that you can carefully consider this condition."

If time could come in urgent need, the Ministry of Navy would not bypass the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and directly make this suggestion to the Minister to China. The Ministry of Navy took too long to confirm the results of the war and confirm that the Chinese Army used weapons. Finally, when the Ministry of Navy made a decision, the Minister to China and the Ambassador to Japan, who received instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had begun to carry out their diplomatic activities in China and Japan.

"Indeed, this is indeed in the interests of the UK to some extent, but we must consider one factor, that is, will this arouse opposition from the Chinese, especially forcing the Chinese government to put pressure on private companies, and will it lead to other policies influencing the UK. As an envoy to China, I can make demands from the Chinese, but using this as a bargaining chip is an extremely unwise choice."

Although he did not directly object, Juerdian just stood on the grounds of the diplomat and rejected Henris' request, and explained that

"Major Henris, you must see one thing. Now because of this war, in Asia, for the long-term interests, we must change our attitude. Only in this way can we maintain the interests of the entire UK."

"But, Lord Minister, if the Germans had obtained such an aircraft, it would mean a disaster for the Royal Navy."

disaster

Juerdian's brows slightly locked. He knew that Henris was saying the truth, but he also knew that many countries now want to exert the greatest influence in China at this time. Too many conditions will only force this country into the arms of other countries.

"Disasters, disasters can be stopped by other means."
Chapter completed!