After a long bargaining, especially the internal games, the Chinese and Japanese representatives who had been on the front for a long time could finally sit down and discuss substantive opinions on signing the contract.

There are three factors that have led to the two sides sitting at the negotiating table that cannot be ignored.

The first is international pressure - the situation is developing very quickly. On the European battlefield, in order to capture Paris, Germany and the British and French forces launched the largest confrontation since the beginning of the European war. Germany dispatched nearly 100 troops, while Britain and France fought with 140 troops. Although they were both wide and deep, large corps were fighting, the Germans were in an offensive momentum because the German forces were relatively concentrated and elite. When facing the solid positions carefully constructed by the British and French forces, the Germans unexpectedly dispatched the secret weapon that had been resuming for a long time - the armored war chariot. Although the armored war chariots made by the German side also hoped to rely on the good characteristics of the integrated attack and defense of the chariot to tear the defense line of the position, Germany has taken a different path because the machinery and metallurgical industries are both developed than China, so it took a different path - highlighting solid defense and fierce firepower, rather than Chinese-style war chariots that are mainly light.

The chariot dispatched by Germany is known as the "mammoth". It is a behemoth with 11 people, two machine guns, and a behemoth weighing nearly 30 tons. The front armor thickness reaches 50mm. It can be ignored outside. Because there are no armor-piercing shells, although the maximum speed is only one-third of that of the Chinese-style chariot, and the failure rate is much higher, but the victory is that it is large in number and thick in skin, which puts great psychological pressure on the British and French coalition forces on the opposite side.

After the tank broke through the defense line, the assault engineers followed him rushed up and quickly tear open the gap, causing the entire position and the entire defense line to collapse.

In addition to the tanks, the Germans also dispatched more than 40 aircraft for front-line reconnaissance. Although the number of bombs dropped was not large, the lethality of the British and French coalition forces was extremely limited in the face of a large-scale distribution of British and French forces. However, the fear and frustration caused were unable to resist. Although the British and French armies also dispatched engineers to attack the armored tanks, this kind of attacking like a suicide squad was obviously not a bearable sacrifice between the two armies that claimed to be French knights and English gentlemen - war. The first time they were carried out in a way that they were not familiar with.

In the face of the three-dimensional offensive of the Germans, air-land and land-integration, Britain and France fell into a passive position after a stalemate. Although the British also dispatched their tanks, tanks, and achieved remarkable results, this kind of tank was undoubtedly discouraged compared to the German behemoth. In the only tank confrontation, the infantry saw with their own eyes: two tanks besieged a mammoth, although the mammoth was successively attacked by the tank's 37mm artillery, and finally relied on its firepower advantage to hit the two tanks one by one, forcing the British tank's hands to flee in a panic. Then, given that the two tanks were too intrusive, the Mammoth played its advantage and knocked two tanks into the trenches excavated by the infantry. Although this scene was slow, it made all the coalition infantry scared.

After about five weeks of battle, the Germans came to the city of Paris after nearly 40 casualties. The British and French armies, which had half the casualties than the Germans, relied on the time they had won in the past five weeks to continue sniping on the outskirts of Paris...

When Europe was facing a turning point, the UK had lost patience with the Japanese. Although its attitude was gentle, it firmly demanded that the Japanese stop acting in China, and the Americans also lost patience.

The second is the differences in opinions within Japan. Logically speaking, the more different the opinions are, the smaller the chances of reaching an agreement. However, Japan is a very strange nation. Before Japan's differences are fundamentally eliminated, the slightly advantaged party will first create a fait accompli in order to increase the chance of victory, which will accelerate decision-making.

The naval system led by Yamamoto no longer wants to fight this war, especially in winning capital. The navy is not willing to shed too much blood for Qingdao because of the sweetness of the German islands in the Central Pacific. Especially after the army was eaten up by a division, the navy did not want to waste limited military spending in revenge for the army - that would only squeeze the navy's military spending and would only marginalize the navy. Another factor must be mentioned is that due to the economic crisis and financial difficulties faced by Japan, the civil service system does not expect the war to continue, which gives the army that adheres to the revenge strategy additional resistance.

It is logical that Yamamoto would not ignore the army's mentality and the interests of the Changzhou faction, but after Inoue Kin turned publicly to Akito Yama Prefecture, the veteran faction during the Meiji period formed an embarrassing suppression of the current government. Although Nishihara Temple was still a staunch supporter of Yamamoto, in the face of the aggressive posture of the veterans, if they could not step down, they could only react quickly. Yamamoto saw it very clearly that the "Siemens" incident was a time bomb in the hands of China. As long as the army got this bomb, it would be enough to control itself.

It was blown to pieces. If you want to remove the bomb, the only thing you can do is to detonate - and you have to give in to the agreement.

Moreover, what made Yamamoto vaguely worried was the shift in the army's atmosphere. Due to the advantages gained by Germany in the European battlefield, he has always been quite rude to the army that joined the Allies since the war started. Although the goal of the Shandong strategy this time was to go for Germany, maybe these red deer would reach an understanding with Germany, which would in turn create adverse oppression on the overall situation. That would be really fatal!

The third one was arranged by Yamamoto himself and carried out the "cloud plan" carried out by Toyama Man and contacted Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionary parties.

After all, Yamamoto is not a good man and a woman. He has a desire to conquer mainland China. This time, his temporary retreat is not his conscience discovery, but his more forward-looking thinking than the army. However, he will never miss any opportunity that may cause trouble to China. The "cloud plan" was released under such a background.

Since he has prepared a corresponding backup plan, it is not a great act to give in at the negotiating table. Yamamoto is confident that as long as the Qiongzhou strategy is successful, it will bring him two benefits: first, the establishment of the status of the sea lord and the subordinate - if he wants to block the Qiongzhou Strait, he can only rely on the navy; second, Japan's demand for China - if China does not want Qiongzhou to become a collapse of the entire country, it must make concessions to Japan, and it is up to Japan to make a decision.

If the Sino-Japanese Agreement is signed first and then the feat of "Qiongzhou's affairs" is achieved, it will be more perfect in terms of time and process.

Therefore, based on these three reasons that are not reasons, the China-Japan Agreement has reached the moment of signing...

However, Yamamoto ignored the energy of the army, ignored the inextricable relationship between the Black Dragon Society and the Army, and even more ignored the veterans' ability to control the political situation - this is something that his political skills cannot emptiate.

Inside the army, a storm is brewing, a storm that is enough to subvert the entire existing order. The Changzhou faction will use the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers they directly control as their power to launch a surprise attack, no, launch a coup!

Those who discussed in the secret room included both veterans like Aritomo Yama Prefecture and Inoue Shin, as well as powerful factions like Katsutaro and Masatoi Tera.

"You guys, the plan has been fully arranged and is scheduled to be launched tomorrow when the Sino-Japanese Peace Agreement is signed." The head of the chief announced with confidence, "According to the plan, the grassroots officers and soldiers will be incited to be indignant and launch a 'war rebellion' tomorrow, requiring the government to change its course, and not to ignore the voice of the army and the honor of the imperial army, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to come forward and continue the war with China until victory..."

"Our minimum requirement is to reorganize the government, establish a unified cabinet across the country, and serve as the general leader of the imperial war. Our highest requirement is to change the political system and realize the unity of the imperial state, His Majesty's holy ruling, and set up the imperial dynasty in East Asia, and avoid the manipulation of imperial politics by chaebols and politicians... For purely Japan, we will fight to the death."

"Okay! It's a complete move to save the imperial political situation...Murakami, please follow the arrangements." Everyone who heard the report waved their hands and expressed their approval of the promotion of the plan...

Inside the port, outside the dock, on board the ship...

"It's Keqiang! It's Dunchu!" Sun Yat-sen shouted excitedly, waving the hat in his hand and shouted, "Stop the boat, stop the boat quickly, pick them up, pick them up!"

"What?" Hu Hanmin was also stunned. Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren figured it out at the last moment?

The sailors driving the boat ignored Sun Yat-sen's shouts. Although the boat was slowly, it was getting farther and farther away from the dock.

"Stop the boat, stop the boat quickly!" Sun Yat-sen was so angry that he stamped his feet. He was about to instruct Hu Hanmin to negotiate with the captain, but suddenly he was stunned.

Hu Hanmin whispered: "Sir, I'm afraid there is no need."

On the shore, although Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren were constantly waving to the ship, a blood-red flag had quietly risen beside them, flying in the slightly wet autumn wind...

"That is the flag of the Huaxing Association..." Sun Yat-sen's eyes were wet, and teardrops as big as beans rolled out from his eyes. Since the merger and the Xingzhong Association were merged into the Tongmeng Association, the flag of the Huaxing Association has not been fired. Now that the flag is flying again, it means that the personnel of the Huaxing Association have set a new mark.

Tongmenghui is dead!

In the bleak autumn wind of 1914, the Tongmenghui

"Woo..." The ship pulled the whistle, and the hat that Sun Yat-sen originally held tightly fell into the water, and was suddenly swallowed by the surging white foam. The hat that followed Revolution 20 was finally swallowed by the sea...
Chapter completed!