Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun is crying poor.

Pingzang needs the army, but without money, nothing can be done.Duan Xun hopes to use Shanghai, the most developed city in China, to recruit a sum of money.Shanghai is currently the most developed city in China, and all the richest people in the country are concentrated in Shanghai.

Shanghai is really rich.

A small Shanghai, the financial income of a year exceeds that of the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

"Boss Kang, what about the third point?"

"As for the third point, this is what our general begged everyone. Behind the Tibet issue is the British handwriting. The reason why the Tibetan army made trouble is the British instigation. The British hope that Tibet will be independent from China, so that the British will Tibet can be brought under their rule. Then using Tibet, they can extend their hands into Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places. At that time, our northwest and southwest regions of China will be unstable. Our general sent troops this time, although it is for the country To fight against the British will inevitably offend the United Kingdom. To put it bluntly, since the Opium War, the Chinese government has never dared to provoke the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is the world's hegemon and the world leader. Not to mention our generals, it is President Feng (Feng Guozhang) and Prime Minister Duan (Duan Qirui) can't afford to offend the United Kingdom. But this matter is related to national sovereignty, national territory, and China's future destiny. Therefore, our generals would rather offend the United Kingdom than send troops, and we must strike hard The arrogance of these rebels. Our general said that as a soldier, if you can’t defend your home and country, it is a shame for a soldier. Even after sending troops this time, we will be held accountable by the government for offending the British, and our general will go home to farm. I will never regret it, and I will never cancel my decision to go to Tibet to suppress the rebellion."

"General Duan, you are so brave."

"it is good."

All the people present applauded.

Duan Xun is not bad as a general, this is what everyone thinks.At least in this matter, Duan Xun's choice is very bold.

Kang Xinru was very satisfied when she saw everyone's appearance.Continued: "But our general is weak after all. Even if we try our best, we may not be able to take advantage of Britain. Therefore, our general begs everyone to use the pen in his hand to call on the people of the whole country and call on everyone to put pressure on Britain. As a soldier, it is our general's duty to attack the enemy on the battlefield. However, in order to keep Tibet, I also hope that you can attack the enemy in public opinion and help our general in military operations. Only by doing this two-pronged approach can we truly solve Tibet question."

"As it should."

Chen Bulei stood up and said: "The British are deceiving people too much. Since the Opium War, the British have been rampant on our land in China, and they can do whatever they want. We should show them some color. I don't like General Duan's war in Hunan, so I have often scolded him in the newspapers. But now General Duan wants to solve the Tibet issue. Scholar, so I can only use my pen to support General Duan."

"Yes. General Duan dares to fight for the country, and we are not cowards."

"Boss Kang, we understand what you mean. Don't worry, we will definitely support General Duan in public opinion."

Kang Xinru was in a good mood, she immediately stood up, cupped her fists and bowed: "Thank you, on behalf of our general, I would like to thank everyone for your support."

170 Japanese Attitude

Public opinion is surging.

Duan Xun is like this.

There is no war yet, not even troops.Regardless of whether it is Li Bingzhi's No.13 mixed brigade or Lu Chao's independent brigade, the whole army is now preparing for war, mainly to prepare for entering Tibet.Troops are dispatched, and they can't be dispatched just by giving an order. There are many things that need to be prepared.While preparing supplies, they waited for Duan Xun's order.

But Duan Xun has stirred up public opinion.

Guardian War?

North-South peace talks?

what is this.At this time, Duan Xun's side is the center of Chinese public opinion. Everyone's eyes are on the southwest, all in Sichuan, and all in Sichuan and Tibet.Duan Xun has become the most concerned person in China at present.

As Duan Xun's spokesman, Bai Jianwu of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Tibet Frontier Supervision Office frequently made public appearances in front of the media.The atmosphere of the war is getting more and more dignified.

A sum of money went into Duan Xun's side.

Duan Xun raised funds in Sichuan and also raised funds across the country.In addition to crying to everyone for money, Duan Xun also issued Pingzang government bonds, taking advantage of this opportunity to make more money.It may seem a bit "dirty" to use this opportunity to get money here and there.

But Duan Xun had no choice.

Duan Xun is really short of money now, and he is not short of money in general.Originally, there was a truce in Hunan, but Duan Xun thought he could breathe a sigh of relief.But now there are troubles in Tibet, and they need a lot of money.

For Qian Duanxun is shameless.

"Mr. Tsuruta, long time no see."

When Duan Xun was preparing for the battle, Tatsuya Tsuruta, who had cooperated with Duan Xun, found Duan Xun again.Tsuruta Tatsuya is now full of spring breeze.The cooperation agreement reached with Duan Xun last time brought huge profits to the Japanese side.And with Duan Xun and Tsuruta Tatsuya reaching several agreements, Japanese influence began to seep into Sichuan.

Sichuan is the most important province in the Southwest, and it is also the province with the best economy in the Southwest.

The benefits to Japan of reaching out to Sichuan are obvious.Because Tsuruta Tatsuya completed the cooperation with Duan Xun, his status in Japan has also risen several levels.Of course, Duan Xun is also wary of Japan, so it is only an economic cooperation, and Japan does not get a lot of rights and interests in other aspects.

So Japan has been waiting for an opportunity.

Finally had another chance, and Tsuruta found Duan Xun.

"General Duan, I'm here today to show the attitude of our Japanese government. Japan and China are separated by a strip of water, and we have been friends for thousands of years. We have always supported China, and we will not allow anyone to affect China's national integrity."

Tsuruta Tatsuya expressed his attitude to Duan Xun solemnly.

Although it didn't say anything specific, it pointed directly at the current Tibet issue.In fact, Japan has always been an ally of Britain in Asia before, not even an ally, but an agent trained by the British.

However, with the growth of Japan's strength, Japan is no longer willing to be the "dog" of the British, and Japan hopes to get rid of Britain.Especially now some people in Japan are starting to say that Asia should be Asia for Asians.To put it bluntly, Asia should be the Asia of the Japanese.

Therefore, Japan took advantage of the opportunity of World War I to continuously expand its power in China.Needless to say, the Northeast and Shandong regions, they are now even thinking about inland provinces like Sichuan and provinces along the Yangtze River.

"Thank you for the support from the Japanese government."

Tsuruta Tatsu can also act, and Duan Xun also knows how to act.Anyway, none of us are fools, we all know who is talking nonsense and who is lying.And the two people don't expect the two sides to trust each other's words, as long as the two parties have common interests.

With common enemies and common interests, there is a basis for cooperation.

"General Duan, if General Duan has any difficulties, our Japanese government will be obliged to do so."

"Military spending, arms."

Duan Xun spoke very briefly.

What I lack most now is money and weapons.Although the current Sichuan Arsenal can produce more than 3 rifles for Duan Xun every year, the loss of Duan Xun's troops this year is also staggering.Moreover, the growth rate of Duan Xun's troops in the past two years has also been very fast, which cannot be guaranteed by the Sichuan Arsenal at all.

Duan Xun's troops are still short of ammunition.

Moreover, in terms of the quality and power of the arms, the weapons produced by the Sichuan Arsenal are much worse than the Japanese rifles.Tsuruta Tatsuya was not angry at Duan Xun's words, but very happy.

As long as Duan Xun needs it.

Military spending?arms?

Japan is eager to sell more arms to China.In the past two years, 90.00% of China's arms trade has been Japanese weapons.In other words, 90.00% of the weapons and ammunition purchased by China's major warlords from abroad in the past two years will be purchased from Japan.

Japan is the biggest beneficiary.

Duan Qirui's Anhui Faction and Zhang Zuolin's Feng Faction are both closely related to Japan, so a large amount of funds flowed into Japan to buy weapons from Japan to expand the army.Don't look at the fact that the direct line is dependent on the British and American countries, but the British have been caught in the First World War in the past two years, and there is no way to sell them arms.Therefore, even Feng Guozhang and the others spent a lot of money to buy weapons from Japan.

Japan doesn't care.

For money, he will sell arms.At the beginning of this year, Feng Guozhang and the others spent 4000 million to buy weapons from Japan.It's a pity that these weapons were directly robbed by Zhang Zuolin and Xu Shuzheng in cooperation.Using this weapon, Zhang Zuolin expanded his army, and his strength became stronger and stronger.It can even be said that Zhang Zuolin's first great expansion of strength was due to this batch of weapons that should have belonged to Feng Guozhang's direct lineage.

This is true for the Northern Army, and even more so for the Southern Army.

Regardless of whether it is Sun Yat-sen or Lu Rongting, most of the weapons used are purchased from Japan.

So Tsuruta Tatsuya smiled and said: "General Duan, we are friends. If a friend is in trouble, we will definitely help you. General Duan, you can tell me the number. As a friend, I will definitely satisfy General Duan."