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"The British Far East Fleet is gathering in Weihaiwei on the northeast coast of Shandong, China. At the same time, the German fleet gathers in Qingdao 200 miles south of Weihaiwei. The British fleet consists of the Victory (tr battleship, 4 cruisers, 8 destroyers, 3 submarines, 4 torpedo boats, 10 gunboats, 1 document transmission ship and 2 sloops. The German fleet consists of the "Shanhos" battleship rnhorst), the "Earl of Von Spee" cruiser v, the flagship), 3 frigates, 7 gunboats and 1 torpedo boat."

July 29, 3rd year of the Republic of China, Shanghai

There are unexpected storms and clouds in the sky, and there are good fortune and good fortune in the morning and evening.

This is how it is used to describe individuals and countries.

In 1912, when the Republic of China was founded, it can be said that the people were jubilant. They did not do anything else. They were just because the Han people no longer had to be slaves, but because everyone felt that the Han people were the masters of their own country and the country was republic, and the country would naturally be prosperous and strong.

But things have never been that simple.

After the founding of the Yuan Dynasty of the Republic of China, China can be said to be a fraught internal and external troubles, with north and south confrontation, and provinces insisted on using force, local "members" were divided into land and ruled, local governments and central governments were separated from each other, the Southern Party was unwilling to be in the opposition, and the second time was eager to try, and to a certain extent, the Republic of China was just a word.

While internal troubles were still unresolved, external troubles emerged again. Japan and Russia signed a secret agreement for the third time. It was nothing more than how to divide China. The great powers of various countries refused to recognize the Republic of China. The internal and external troubles made Yuan Shikai restless and worked hard for two years.

First, they put pressure on soft and hard, and used all their power to split the ** party and defeated them by themselves. Then they tried every means to solve the problems of the provinces and then sought recognition from various countries. Last year, the ** party launched a crackdown on Yuan, but in just a few months, the already unpopular "attack on Yuan". Under the attack of Yuan Shikai and all parties, the ** leader fled and died, and the Kuomintang was even disbanded due to plots. After the problem of his confidant troubles were resolved, the White Wolf Bandits were quelled at the same time.

The land of China has finally settled a little, and it seems that the country is about to get on track. The next step is naturally to quickly discover it. The surge in raw silk exports that began in the second half of the second year of the Republic of China has made the Chinese people even more motivated. It seems that the country is really going to be in chaos and then a great governance.

Just when Yuan Shikai and Chinese people were in great governance, World War I broke out on July 28. The world was in chaos. First, Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia; on August 1 and 3, Germany declared war on Russia and France one after another, and launched a large-scale attack on Belgium on August 4. On August 4, Britain declared war on Germany, and then one country after another was involved in this war.

Regarding this European-centered war, Yuan Shikai's government expressed an attitude of "strictly adhering to the ground". However, can China be neutral?

China cannot be neutral.

On August 15, the Japanese government issued an ultimatum to Germany on the pretext of the British-Japanese alliance and "ensure peace in East Asia", demanding that Germany disarm warships on the seas of China and Japan and hand over the leased land of Jiaozhou Bay to Japan unconditionally so that it can be returned to China in the future.

Germany replied: It is possible to consider returning Qingdao to China, but Japan should also return Taiwan to China.

On August 23, Japan declared war on Germany. On the same day, the German agency in China, Marsan, officially submitted a diplomatic official letter to the Chinese government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, making it clear.

"Germany is willing to return the leased land of Jiaozhou Bay to China unconditionally."

Before China and Germany could hold negotiations, the Japanese ambassador to China immediately protested to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A few hours later, the Japanese government claimed that "German Jiao Australia leased land, even if it was to be handed over to China, it must be handed over to Japan." Even without hesitation to threaten with force, facing Japan's arrogance and unreasonableness, the central government's foreign affairs could only suppress its anger, and what can it do if it was too strong to others.

"Damn yellow monkey"

In the German Embassy in China, after receiving the answer from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marsan cursed indignantly.

The reason why the country decided to return Qingdao to China on the day Japan declared war on Germany was to "avoid failure". Germany's troops in East Asia were weak, and its defensive forces in Qingdao were only 143 officers and 3,980 soldiers, including 1,300 reserves, and thousands of troops were alone to defend Jiaoao leased land that had hundreds of miles around the world. Their garrison was as weak as an eggshell.

Now that the war has just broken out, Germany cannot accept any failure, even if it was defeated in the Far East, and was defeated by the damn yellow monkeys of Japan.

Just as Marsan was indignant about Japan's arrogance and China's weakness, the office door was knocked open.

"Mr. Agent, Mr. Gu Weijun, the foreign official of Huaihai Strategic Envoy, asked for a visit."

Huaihai Strategic Envoy's Mansion? Gu Weijun?

"Your Excellency, first of all, I want to express the respect of a Chinese to Germany for your country's generosity. Your country's decision fully demonstrates the demeanor of a responsible great power... If all the great powers in the world are as generous as Germany, then I think there may be no more wars in this world."

As soon as he saw Maerchan, Gu Weijun immediately put on a high hat. In his words, there was a hint of Germany that was forced to return it to Qingdao to save Germany's face.

As a foreign official of the Huaihai Power Envoy Office, Gu Weijun is rarely responsible for foreign affairs. After returning to China two years ago, he was the president's English secretary and was "demand" by Li Zhiyuan last year. However, he rarely went to Lianyungang and stayed in the capital to be responsible for the power envoy office. In fact, it was Liuhe Company, dealing with ministers from various countries in China.

A week ago, when the Germans first expressed their willingness to return Qingdao, he had already received the instructions and sent the telegram to Lianyungang. Then, the military commander wrote him a handwritten letter. The contents of the letter really scared him, but in the end he thought about it for several days before he was convinced that this matter might be possible.

But more importantly, Gu Weijun knew what would happen if he didn't do this. With the German character, they would never hand over Jiaoao to the Japanese. If China refuses to accept Jiaoao, Japan and Germany will inevitably fight in Jiaoao. They are like two robbers who have broken into private houses, ignoring the existence of their owners and fighting for other people's property.

Even if the Germans surrendered in the next day, they lost a colony far east. China, the Chinese government not only surrendered to the power of Japan and lost the opportunity to take back Qingdao, but what the Chinese government could do was to imitate the precedent of the Japanese-Rossian War and define war zones for the two wars in their own country. China, which failed to recover Qingdao, became a burial object of this war.

Some things must be done by someone

The extremely sincere words in the letter made him understand that the strategy should be done, and Gu Shaochuan also had to do it.

"Mr. Gu, but Germany's generosity and justice have been wasted due to your country's weakness. It has to be said that China has lost the opportunity to take back Jiaoao. With the greed of the Japanese, they will never return Jiaoao to your country, just like Lushun and Dalian, and they will even occupy the entire Shandong."

Marsan said regretfully that he understood that not only China lost Jiaoao, Germany would also lose Jiaoao, and it would be lost forever. Returning Jiaoao to China is certainly the reason, but more importantly, by returning Jiaoao to China, Germany can retain the power to regain Jiaoao after the future armistice. After all, Jiaoao's owner was China, not Japan.

If Jiaoao wants to seize the Japanese things in Japan, he needs to exchange them with blood, but China is different. He only needs... an ultimatum to do it.

"Mr. Marsan, for China, this matter is an opportunity. Perhaps the central government can refuse it, but Huaihai Strategic Authority will naturally not miss this opportunity. The central government will not make up for it by the local government..."

Gu Weijun's words only surprised Ma Ersan. He looked at Gu Weijun in front of him in surprise. Huaihai Strategic Instructor wanted to cross the central government to accept Jiaoao?

"You know, what does this mean?"

Does the man in front of him and the Huaihai Rule he represented have not understood what this means?

"Anyway, Jiaoao is China's land. Germany will definitely not hand over Jiaoao to the Japanese who took advantage of the situation. Since it is China's territory, let the Chinese people bleed for China's land."

Although Gu Weijun did not mention the war, Ma Ersan already understood what he meant. When the Huaihai Strategist made the decision to accept Jiaoao, he already understood what he would face.

If it were the past, Marl would refuse this "delusion", but now, he suddenly realized what kind of benefits would be brought to Germany if he handed over Jiaoao to the Huaihai Strategic Envoy. Staying Jiaoao in Germany would only humiliate Germany's defeat, but if handed over to the Chinese, it might even lead to a war -

China may be weak and vulnerable, but the UK enjoys huge benefits in China. If the Chinese and Japanese fight for Jiao Australia, it will inevitably disrupt Britain's strategic deployment in Asia. Who knows what impact it will have on the future?

Thinking of this, although he did not get domestic approval, Ma Ersan still leaned forward slightly and showed a strong interest.

"So, Mr. Gu, do you know the conditions we have issued?"

"Although your country's public promise is unconditional return, I think there is room for negotiation on some issues, and I can answer you now. Without violating China's principles and interests, we can sign now."

Gu Weijun seemed very anxious. He knew not only him, but also Ma Ersan in front of him. What does it mean for every hour to drag mean, which means that the Japanese will have an opportunity to take advantage of.

“…China needs to promise that in the future, it should consider giving Germany additional compensation in other coastal areas of China.”

More than ten minutes after the negotiations, Marcamp made a request.

"compensate?"

Gu Weijun was stunned.

“Isn’t it unconditional?”

"Mr. Gu, you must understand that for the German imperial government, it is desirable to develop friendly relations with the Chinese government, and returning the land leased by Jiaoao is also what the German government wants. However, considering the future German Far East policy, we hope that the Chinese government can promise that when Germany makes a request in the future, China agrees to transfer a port to Germany for use."

His brows tightened, and Gu Weijun's words were filled with displeasure.

"If you propose this condition, will it be returned to Qingdao or will it be returned unconditionally?"

Before Ma Ersan could answer him, Gu Weijun continued.

"Mr. Marsan, you must understand that Huaihai has no power to agree to transfer a port to Germany in the future. We are just local governments, not central governments."

While coming out to remind the other party, Gu Weijun added.

"You should understand that now I am Huaihai and I have to take on how much of the relationship I need to take bypassing the central government to accept Jiaoao. First of all, we must not only bear the blame from the central government, but also take into account the possible attacks of the Japanese."

Rather than adding it, Gu Weijun's words at this time were more like a "reminder" to remind the other party to pay attention that returning Jiaoao was not an active act of the Germans, but a high attitude that had to be made in the face of the Japanese declaring war. In other words, Germany now has no room for bargaining.

Gu Weijun's reminder made Marsan silent. The reason why he raised the price to compensate was for the interests of Germany in the future. For Germany, Germany would never be willing to rent land in Jiaozhou to engage in any bargaining with China. To a certain extent, this is the core of Germany's Far East policy, and occupying it is such an important factor for the Germans' position along China's coast. While providing convenient facilities for establishing naval bases to Jiaozhou Bay, China's Shandong Province provides Germany with the opportunity to attack the commercial hegemony that was long-held by Britain in China.

In addition to railway plans and various commercial expansions, the occupation of Qingdao plans is an important part of Germany's world policy. Qingdao is just the northern end of its influence area, and the boundaries have not been completely determined, but you will see that it will expand southward to Shantou as much as possible, and may establish another naval base with it. Using Shantou in the south and Qingdao in the north, Germany quickly built an important position in Hankou, making it a rough Western world.

All of this is centered on Jiaoao's leased land. If Germany returns Jiaoao, it will lose its extremely important advantage in the future to implement a new aggression plan. In Hankou, the Germans have as many areas as the Russians, and the interests of the Germans are successfully competing with the British. Similarly, in Shantou, the Germans have shown obvious advantages in port negotiations, and it has been rare to see the German flag for a long time in the past. Furthermore, if Germany comes from Shantou and crosses Hankou to the Yangtze River Basin, Germany will move forward so that its influence is still strong than the areas related to Britain so far.

Therefore, from any point of view, Germany's status in China is the same. The Germans' close dependence on Qingdao in Chinese policies. Whether from a political or commercial perspective, Germany's future existence in the Far East reflects its existence in the Jiaozhou territory. Now, under pressure from Japan, it needs to return Jiaoao to China. However, as a diplomat, he cannot ignore Germany's future interests in China. The war will soon end and all crises are temporary.

But... the other party's reminder clearly told Marcan a fact that Gu Weijun in front of him could not make any concessions on this issue. And as he said, as the local Huaihai Strategic has no power to agree to let the ports be foreign. They bypassed the central government to negotiate with themselves, which means that Germany is negotiating in the same local regime, and also means that in the future, Germany will not need to abide by the treaty of returning Jiaoao at all. This treaty has no legal effect. At least for Germany, Germany has never signed any treaty of returning Jiaoao leased land with the Chinese central government.

All of this means that after the war is over, Germany can also send a fleet to China, and after appropriate deterrence, it will be legitimate and does not require any treaty guarantees from the other party.

"Um"

After thinking about being heavy for dozens of seconds, Ma Ersan first looked at Gu Weijun in front of him seriously, and then nodded a little heavy.

"Well, out of friendship between the two countries, I will not insist on China's compensation, but..."

Although he realized that for Germany, it was even better to hand over Jiaoao to the local government than to the central government, Marshen still insisted on putting forward other conditions. In his opinion, a sudden change would make the other party confused, and sometimes it was necessary to make the other party have an illusion in diplomacy.

"Germany spent nearly 100 million marks before and after operating Jiaoao, so Germany needs economic compensation."

"impossible"

Gu Weijun shook his head apart and said.

"Under the Jiaoao Lease Treaty, when the treaty expires or Germany voluntarily returns Jiaoao, China does not need to pay even a mark of compensation."

At this moment, Gu Weijun even took out the Jiaoao loan agreement and attacked the other party. Out of his intention to end the negotiations as soon as possible, he added.

“However, out of friendship between the two countries, we are willing to provide a guarantee to the German expatriates in China”

"ensure?"

What guarantees can they provide?

"A security guarantee is that in the future, no matter how the current situation evolves, even if China declares war on Germany, Longhai is willing to accept the Germans unconditionally and provide them with a job to meet their living needs. Mr. Marsan, this is the biggest concession we can make."

Resettlement, work, and management will never refuse to accept this group of Germans. After all, many of the German expatriates are technical personnel and managers needed by Longhai.

After a moment of silence, Mahjong asked back after weighing the pros and cons of his heart.

"What about the soldiers?"

"If they want, I think the Jiangsu Army doesn't mind accepting some German soldiers"...

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