Beiyang reactionaries

Very surprised.

Ma Kelei has not seen Duan Xun since the relationship between China and Britain was not good.

"President Duan, please."

"Sir, I have seen your application for negotiation."

"Prime Minister Duan, I think that some problems in this period of Sino-British relations are caused by the lack of communication between our two sides. Of course, there are also some mistakes on my part, but I think it is mainly some misunderstandings. Therefore, I hope that our two sides can put down some misunderstandings , talk about some problems frankly, and solve the problems between us."

The attitude of Mack class is already very low.

you could put it that way.

Since the Opium War, among those who came to China as plenipotentiaries, it was the first time that Ma Kelei had such a low profile.In other words, Ma Kelei is by far the least influential among Chinese envoys.Therefore, Ma Kelei felt a little humiliated in his heart, after all, he represented the "Empire on which the sun never sets".

But now I have to bow my head.

Damn Germans.

If it weren't for the heavy losses in the European War a few years ago, how could Britain's strength and influence in the Far East have been greatly reduced.The British Parliament is currently considering whether to build a new military base in Singapore.

Especially large naval bases.

However, Congress has been arguing a lot and has not been able to pass it.Because of the European War, the British economy is currently in a downturn.It costs too much money to build a large naval military base in Singapore.

There is too much opposition in the UK.

It can be seen how much Britain's current strength in the Far East has been reduced.

"It should be discussed."

Duan Xun nodded.

Duan Xun never thought of breaking up with Britain completely, to the point of fighting each other.Because the United Kingdom is the world's hegemon after all and has a huge influence in the world.

Not to mention anything else, the current world currency is still the pound sterling.With so much loss in the European War, the British pound is still the most trustworthy currency, which shows the strength of the United Kingdom.

In many ways, Duan Xun still needs to cooperate with the UK very much.

Duan Xun's biggest enemy has always been Japan.

why?

Because the interests of the two parties have the greatest conflict, and there are even too many irreconcilable contradictions, a war is most likely to break out.In comparison, Britain no longer has the strength to fight a big war in the Far East.In this case, it is a good way to cooperate with the UK.

"Prime Minister Duan, about customs..."

"Sir, you can discuss specific issues with our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General Administration of Customs, and the Ministry of Commerce. I will not discuss specific issues."

Duan Xun interrupted Ma Kelei.

Although Duan Xun is the prime minister of the cabinet, it is impossible to know everything.Therefore, Duan Xun will never participate in specific negotiations.For negotiations, Duan Xun has always established a bottom line, leaving the rest to the negotiators.

Let them give full play to their professional ability.

If Duan Xun negotiates in person, the result will not be better, and it may even be a joke.

"What does Premier Duan mean?"

"Sir, I met with Sir today to clarify my position."

"Please."

"Sir, when I started my military school, it happened to be the time when the Sino-Japanese War broke out. I also experienced the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, so when I was in the military school, our instructors told us. Those of us who study military, the future will be What we have done is to create a powerful army and wash away the shame of modern China. Things like the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-] cannot happen again, let alone things like the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupying the capital of our country.”

When Duan Xun said this suddenly, Ma Kelei's face was serious.

Yes.

Duan Xun is a soldier.He made his fortune in Sichuan and got to where he is now.In the early years, Duan Xun's troops bombarded British warships and shot and killed French opium merchants. Everyone believed that it was because of the support of Japan.

Instigated by Japan.

It was not until this war with Japan that everyone suddenly realized.

Duan Xun is an extreme nationalist, not the warlords of the past.Britain doesn't like such nationalists very much.

Because he will affect the interests of Britain.

More importantly, Duan Xun is not a nationalist who only knows how to shout slogans.Duan Xun is a prime minister who has basically unified China with an army of one million.

This is a powerful nationalist.

This can't help but keep the great powers from paying attention.

However, Duan Xun didn't care about Ma Kelei's expression at all, and continued: "That's why I studied military affairs for this purpose. I want to build a strong army, and I will not allow any country to bully our country. China is a big country with 10 million people. The military academies in China now have thousands of regular graduates every year, thousands of officers who receive short-term officer training every year, and tens of thousands of people every year. New barracks receive training. Even our country currently implements a kind of local army training, and there are 300 to [-] million people who receive the simplest military preparatory training every year. My goal is that within the next five years, at least ten million people across the country have received the most basic training. In this way, if there is anything in our country, I can mobilize millions of troops in a short period of time. Even if necessary, I can mobilize tens of millions of troops.”

Ma Kelei looked at Duan Xun as if he was looking at a lunatic.

Yes.

madman.

In Ma Kelei's eyes, Duan Xun is a lunatic.

1000 million troops.

When the European War was so fierce, no country could mobilize tens of millions of troops, at most it could mobilize millions of troops.But thinking about it carefully, Duan Xun is really not crazy.

why?

How many people are there in the whole of Europe.

At that time, the combined populations of Britain, France, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Russia were not as large as China's.China's population was 20 million according to statistics [-] years ago. No one knows whether the population has increased or decreased in recent years.

So the statistics from 20 years ago have been used.

However, although there have been some wars in the past 20 years, there has not been a truly large-scale war, nor has there been a disaster with a large loss of population, or a large plague.

The population should be growing.

With such a population, mobilizing tens of millions of troops is really nothing to talk about.It can even be said that in terms of population ratio, it is easier for China to mobilize tens of millions of troops than Britain to mobilize one million troops.

China has such capabilities.As long as China's weapons and logistics can keep up, let alone 1000 million troops, even 2000 million troops can be mobilized.

What power is this.

In an instant, Markle understood something.