Respectfully

After receiving Ned's telegram from Europe, Li Jinyan remained silent for a long time.

He only remembers Britain, France, Germany, Russia and other countries that were in a group in Europe, plus anti-bone Italy, and Bulgaria that turned to the Allies halfway, completely ignoring the issue of the other European countries' standing in the First World War, and also forgot the battlefield of the First World War Not only in Europe, but also in African colonies.

Ned wrote in the telegram that although Portugal and Germany have not officially declared war, according to the news in the newspapers, there have been several frictions between the armies of the two countries in Southwest Africa, and there are even sporadic exchanges of fire. With strength, you can fight completely.

Africa is not Europe. Even if the German Army is number one in Europe, it cannot break through the shortage of personnel and logistical supplies.Against an enemy several times his size, no matter how hard he fights, he will be exhausted sooner or later.

Relying on Great Britain's strong maritime power and vast colonies, countries such as Britain and France can continuously transport weapons and ammunition to arm the local aborigines, commanded by the colonial army, which is a force that cannot be ignored.

After Europe, Africa soon fell into the flames of war.

"Africa, Germany, Portugal..."

After being annoyed, Li Jinyan gradually calmed down.

He is not a god, nor is he a history or war historian. It is not easy to remember the classic battles in Europe during World War I and the major powers standing in line. It is strange that he can remember what is going on in Africa.

Ned's identity as a Portuguese businessman was a good cover before, but after Germany and Portugal exchanged fire in Africa, it was not a good idea for him to stay in the German-occupied areas.

He must be allowed to leave for Switzerland as soon as possible.

Switzerland is estimated to be blessed by the god of luck. As a neutral country, Belgium has become an arena for the Allies and the Entente to fight. However, Switzerland was still able to remain neutral in two consecutive world wars.

Maybe it has to do with location?Or perhaps its permanent neutrality in the military?

Li Jinyan looked at the map hanging on the wall, puzzled.

I don't understand, Li Jinyan simply doesn't think about it. Anyway, he remembers the two world wars, and Switzerland was not affected. Ned is neither a soldier nor a politician. His external identity is just a businessman. He can do business. In this case, it should not be a problem for him to enter Switzerland?

After all, Germany wouldn't be so boring as to care about the fate of a businessman who didn't have much influence on the war, would it?

Li Jinyan thought about it, and sent a telegram to Ned in Europe that day, asking him to leave for Switzerland as soon as possible. Germany and Portugal would officially declare war at some point, and he could not stay in Belgium.

Second Sister Xu also received a telegram from Li Jinyan. Although Li Jinyan called her before and told her that they planned to leave Belgium for Switzerland, the specific departure time was still decided by Ned and Second Sister Xu. This time, Li Jinyan wrote directly in the telegram Ming, must leave before the end of November.

"The war won't end in a short time, so don't worry about losing too much if you leave Belgium."

After reading the telegram, Second Sister Xu lit the telegram on the fire. Since Young Master Yan said so, she must follow suit.

As for Ned, if his mind is not clear, she doesn't mind "knocking" him out.

In fact, Ned is more regretful than Li Jinyan and Second Sister Xu imagined, perhaps because he witnessed the murder in Shanghai before. Ned is extremely sensitive to things that could threaten him. After Li Jinyan sent a telegram, he didn't need Second Sister Xu to speak. Already started packing.

"Honey, we're leaving tomorrow."

Second Sister Xu stood at the door and watched Ned keep stuffing things into the suitcase. This would save her the trouble of persuading him.As for my dear, anyway, the two of them are husband and wife, so he can call him whatever he wants.

The next day, a Portuguese business house in Brussels, Belgium put up a sign that it was closed.

The Belgians who came to the business store early to buy food and other things looked inside through the glass on the window and found that there were still a lot of goods on the shelves in the store.

Because he left in such a hurry, Ned didn't have time to deal with these products. Fortunately, the largest order had been delivered four days ago, otherwise Ned would never have left so happily.

In the next few days, the door of this business was tightly closed, and those who came to buy things could only return disappointed again and again. Until the following year, Germany officially declared war on Portugal, and the German army announced that the Portuguese business would be confiscated. The door was reopened.

Cans and cigarettes were stripped from the shelves, as were other supplies.As the British naval blockade became more and more severe, the Germans could get less and less supplies from sea trade.

At that time, the food and medicine that China transported to East Prussia through the Trans-Siberian Railway in Tsarist Russia became an important lifeline for Germany. It is for this reason that Germany deployed a lot of troops in East Prussia, which greatly restrained Tsarist Russia. The army forced Tsarist Russia to dare not start a war with China easily.

Kaiser Wilhelm II was a war madman. From the day when Germany was unified, the Germans spent nearly 40 years researching ways to win the war on two fronts. When the war broke out, the Kaiser was toasting.Nicholas II's character was a bit cowardly. He was reluctantly pushed into the European chariot by the State Duma. He really didn't want to fight the Chinese people when he was beaten up by the Germans.

Nicholas II looked down on Huaxia, but it didn't mean that he couldn't see the situation in front of him.

What's more, the materials that China transported to East Prussia through the Trans-Siberian Railway also gave the Russians a lot of benefits.A portion of food and medicine would be intercepted and sent to the Russian army.

Huaxia doesn't care about this part of the loss, or Li Jinyan doesn't care, but for Russian soldiers, these are life-saving things.For this reason, even if Tsar Nicholas II had the support of his ministers, he could not order to tear up the previous agreement with China and take back China's right to use the Trans-Siberian Railway.If he really issued this order, the Russians would probably be the first to rise up against him!

The Russian soldiers on the battlefield don’t think about how much help these supplies will bring to their enemies when they are transported to East Prussia. They only know that some of these supplies will belong to them. , They are different, without weapons, they use their chests to withstand enemy bullets and bayonets, but if there is no food, they may not even be able to hold their chests up.

Every time the soldiers escorted by Huaxia will give several boxes of high-strength liquor to the Russians who receive the goods, how many boxes, not how many bottles!

These liquors are much better than those low-quality vodkas.In the eyes of Russian soldiers, these Chinese people are surprisingly generous.In their eyes, China, which is poor and backward, now makes their eyes turn red with envy.

Gradually, they became less strict on the trains bound for East Prussia, and each time the proportional collection of supplies was based on the quantity provided by the Huaxia people. In doing so, they could get a few boxes of vodka that were more delicious than inferior vodka. Liquor and a dozen boxes of canned meat exported to Europe.If you are lucky, you can also get a few bags of beautiful sweets and fried noodles in hot water.

These things were divided up by the low-level officers and soldiers guarding the station. All the Russian soldiers stationed at the station spoke in unison and swore to God that they would not let this matter out. Neither wine nor a box of canned food could be found.

In this way, China shipped more and more materials to East Prussia. Occasionally, a lot of machines were brought back from East Prussia, and sometimes some Europeans were brought back. The Russians along the railway all turned a blind eye to these.

The resistance organizations in Irkutsk also took benefits from the Chinese army, food, medicine, rifles and bullets, all of which were used to supplement their losses when they fought against the Tsarist Russian army.

It is worth mentioning that most of the Russian-made rifles exchanged for Kirov and others were obtained from the German army in East Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian army in Southern Galicia.It was their loot and is now heavily traded for tins, cigarettes and sweets.

All kinds of candies made by Li Jinyan's food factory, as well as milk tea drinks with high calories, are very popular with these European soldiers. The Huaxia soldier who escorted the train can also speak a few simple Germans, and chat with the European soldiers who are handing over. In other words, after knowing their needs, next time, these supplies will increase by a part.

While counting the goods and paying for the goods, the Chinese soldiers will also take out the jug they carry with them, and invite the German soldiers to drink a few sips. This is not a cheap product sold to the Russians. People who love wine will fall in love with this taste.

Seeing Germans or Austrians blushing from choking, the soldiers would laugh.

Discipline is important, but to see the embarrassment of these foreigners, even if you are fined to run laps when you go back, it is worth the fare.

Of course, it would be even better if Shangfeng could show mercy and punish them to go to the front line.Only by fighting in battle can one make meritorious service, and only by making meritorious service can one be promoted to the military rank and get higher military pay and bonuses.The story that the third division that attacked Pyongyang annihilated two Japanese brigades has spread, and those recruits who followed the old Beiyang Brai's naval academy are now walking with wind.

Although the job of escorting is not easy, these soldiers still want to go to the battlefield, beat the Japanese, the Koreans, and the old men.Even these Europeans in front of them can still be beaten!

Don't look at everyone, hello, hello, hello, everyone, on the surface, everyone knows what's going on.

Benefit!

Everything is just for profit!

Once the interests of each other are no longer linked, it is nothing new to tear one's face.Moreover, the concessions in China, the consular jurisdiction of foreigners in China, and all kinds of things that have stabbed knives in the hearts of Chinese people all mean that this "harmony" between them is only temporary. To be truly powerful, all these things that shouldn't exist in the country must be cleared away!

It is absolutely impossible to rely on reasoning alone.

The only thing you can rely on is your fist!Bullets, bayonets and cannons!

In the successive foreign battles, the ideology of Huaxia soldiers has completely changed. No matter who the enemy is, no matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, as long as it is for their own country and the people of this country, they will pull the bolt. Raise the bayonet!

The place where soldiers die is the battlefield, and the place where they live should be the battlefield!

"The country has been humiliated for a hundred years. In this troubled world, it is a disgrace for a soldier or general to die without a foreign war in his life!"

This sentence came from the mouth of Marshal Lou, and now it has become one of the school mottos of all military schools in the six northern provinces.It is a sentence firmly engraved in the minds of all the officers and soldiers in the six northern provinces.

The officers' whistle blew, the signal for the return journey.

Soldiers in brown uniforms and cotton coats jumped onto the train one by one, some of them smiled and waved to the European soldiers on the platform, saying goodbye to each other in the awkward language they had learned not long ago.This scene was recorded in a photo taken by a German war correspondent. Unfortunately, this photo has never been published. Found this photo in the relics.

Some foreign historians in later generations concluded from this that China was neutral on the surface at that time, but in fact it had already secretly communicated with Germany.After that, they stood on the opposite side of Germany. It is very likely that the early interests were divided unevenly, and the covenant was torn up halfway, so that later generations could not find more favorable written evidence.

"The Chinese have deceived the whole world, and they have deceived us for half a century! They formed an alliance with Germany, but gained huge benefits at the Paris Peace Conference!"

Some people even labeled Lou Shengfeng, the president of Huaxia at the time, as sinister and cunning, and Lou Xiao became a representative of dictatorial warlords in this population. , thinking that the series of actions of Lou Shengfeng and Lou Xiao at that time, especially the several large-scale foreign wars, were completely militaristic, using the state machine to satisfy their belligerent selfish desires, and damaging the image of China as a great country!As a result, China in later generations often encountered some embarrassing problems when dealing with international affairs. For example, the Russians always clamored to take back Siberia, while the Americans believed that the reason why their country’s economy would last for a long time In the downturn, Huaxia must take great responsibility!

As for Japan and South Korea... Well, it's worth not mentioning these two bad countries that are clamoring and protesting all day long.

On the contrary, there are more people crazily worshiping Lou Xiao.

His appearance, character, military strategy, and even his achievements in the future are talked about by many people.

When Lou Xiao is mentioned, Li Jinyan's name always comes up. There are more mysteries about him than Lou Xiao. Many people say that the reason why Lou Xiao can achieve such a great achievement.Li Jinyan contributed a lot, and in other populations, Li Jinyan became an accomplice of the iron-blooded butcher.

Li Jinyan didn't know about such an evaluation at this time, and even if he knew, he would probably laugh it off.

accomplice?

He just takes it as a compliment and an honor.

On November [-], Nieder and Xu Erjie sent a telegram to Li Jinyan in Switzerland, and Nieder's firm reopened in Switzerland.Many businessmen from the Allied and Allied countries came here admiringly, and signed several big orders for steel helmets and canned food. The Swiss government also welcomed Ned. After all, the more business he makes, the more taxes he pays to the local government. many.

On November [-], most of the ships of the Japanese Second Fleet returned to Japan from Korea.The second battleship, the main force in the fleet, the two cruisers Shufang and Okishima were silent in the Yellow Sea, and the power system of Iwami was damaged, so they had to rely on towing to return.Only Tango and Mijima were unscathed, but after experiencing the previous "mine shock", the Japanese sailors on the two cruisers no longer dared to underestimate China's coastal defense forces.

At this time, Huaxia did not have giant ship cannons, but they could still give the Japanese fleet a "good look".

On November 26, von Spee, Commander-in-Chief of the German Far East Fleet, who defeated British Rear Admiral Sir Craddock off the coast of Chile and gave John Bull a resounding slap, was ordered to return to Germany.

Five days later, Spee is about to encounter his greatest opponent in life, British Admiral Doverton Stondy, who will die in the sea together with his two sons and more than 2000 fleet officers and soldiers. Tong Shen this century-old tradition.

Just as Spee and Stondi were exchanging fire at sea, a major event happened in China.

The Chinese sailors in foreign shipping companies such as Shanghai Jardine and Taigu held a general strike.

In another historical time and space, the strike took place in October, and only three shipping companies were involved. The strike took place in November. In addition to the shipping companies, some factories and firms set up by foreigners in Shanghai were affected. .

The British Minister Zhu Erdian and the French Minister Kant wrote to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs one after another, demanding that the Chinese government must take measures against this incident.

Zhan Changqing unexpectedly did not play Tai Chi with Zhu Erdian this time, but made it clear that the Huaxia government will immediately start to find out the cause and process of the strike, and make an appropriate solution.

After the French Minister Kant received the guarantee from the Chinese government, he put his heart back to his stomach for the time being. The war situation in Europe is unfavorable, and the French do not want to cause bigger problems in China.However, Zhu Erdian heard something unusual in Zhan Changqing's words. For some reason, he always felt that this matter would not end easily.

After Song Zhou received the telegram from the capital, he immediately called Song Wu. The father and son looked at the contents of the telegram with smiles on their faces.

"Awu, this matter must be done well."

"Father, don't worry." Song Wu stood straight in front of Song Zhou, his face lost a little shrewdness, replaced by a touch of calmness in control of the situation, "Since the matter is provoked, there is no reason to let it go."

"kindness."

Lou Xiao and Li Jinyan are not the only ones who see that China can benefit from the European war. Song Wu also believes that when Europe is united, the strength of Britain, France and other countries in China will be weakened. The longer the European war lasts, the more they will was weakened even more.As long as the means are appropriate, even if the concessions in the south cannot be completely recovered, it is not impossible to exchange other conditions, such as the abolition of consular jurisdiction.

On the land of China, such a country within a country, a law within a law, should not continue to exist!

Song Wu acted ruthlessly without any scruples, and the methods he used were completely different from Lou Xiao's. It was precisely this difference and ruthlessness that made these unsuspecting foreigners suffer a great loss.

"Judging from the current situation, as long as there are no accidents, the war in Europe will not end in a short time." Song Wu smiled, "Father, we can do a lot."

The actions of the Song family and his son in Shanghai can be hidden from foreigners, but they cannot be hidden from the governors of the provinces who deal with them all the year round.

"Song Zhou, old boy." Long Yiting, the governor of Yunnan, and Liu Fuxian, the governor of Sichuan, have been fighting each other for half their lives, but now they can "peacefully" sit on a wine table and knead peanuts. A year ago, it was impossible imagination.

"This matter is probably his son's idea." Liu Fuxian drank the wine in his glass, picked up a chopsticks and put it in his mouth, "Now we are all building roads and setting up factories, except for the little tiger from Lou's family. It means that the father and son can still free their hands to toss."

"Little tiger?" Long Yiting and Liu Fuxian are both over 50 years old, and Lou Xiao is indeed a junior in front of them, "However, Lou Shengfeng is really lucky. Back then, I joked that his family made up a Seven Fairies , As a result, the family has seven fairies, and there is no shortage of sons, one is worth four of my father! Marrying a daughter-in-law, even though she can't have children, is a rake for money. This is another old man, really, tsk!"

Liu Fuxian put down his chopsticks and moved closer, "Foreigners are fiercely fighting in Europe, and Song Zhouxuan has a good eye for fighting at this time. Brother Yi Ting, we are not as good as the President upstairs. Son can fight. But the rest..."

"You mean?"

"There are also a lot of eyesores in our territory. The Japanese have been taken away, as well as the British, French, and Americans. Those who are doing business seriously, we don't move. It's not doing business seriously. They are messing around in private. , why don't we take advantage of this shareholder style and do something?"

Long Yiting raised his wine glass to his mouth, and when he heard Liu Fuxian's words, he rolled his eyes and smiled.