Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The British Minister Zhu Erdian is an old problem. Since the Revolution of [-], he has been hostile to the National Government. Except when the National Government sent an expeditionary force to help them fight the Germans, Zhu Erdian has always pursued diplomatic ideas. Support Japan to suppress China, in history, China suffered from Japanese aggression. Apart from its own ruler’s failure to live up to its own extremely decadent and backward social system, the biggest factor was the dog-raising policy that had been pursued since the time of Zhu Erdian. When the British suddenly discovered that the Japanese were not It was a dog again, but they regretted it only when they were raised as wolf-eating wolves.

Relying on the British to run the navy, Wang Zhenyu shook his head involuntarily. History has proved mercilessly that the Germans and Americans are definitely more reliable than the British when it comes to the navy.

Yang Yongtai's vision of international strategy is much stronger than that of Yang Du, an expert in the imperial mind, and his speech was very constructive: "Marshal, I think that your plan should be divided into two points. To gain profits in the civil war, this requires us to increase investment in the construction of the frontier; the second is to defeat Japan to obtain national unification, which requires us to have enough military power to achieve this goal. And the premise to achieve all this is to have money That is to say, the real key is that we must seize the time to complete political and economic reforms in the seventh and eighth years of the Republic of China, so as to lay a foundation for military and diplomatic struggles. As for the specific methods, I have Some immature ideas, on the one hand, we must continue to paralyze Britain and France, so that they do not support Japan; We must take this opportunity to build a grassroots democratic regime at the county level... I personally think that the method of sending work teams to lead reforms in the past may not be effective. Guiding through education does not work, so the most effective way is to induce economically. They, through a series of methods such as attracting labor to the city, finally completed the rural reform and promoted the progress of the whole society. In addition, the intensity of industrialization should be further strengthened. Although I don’t understand military affairs, I can definitely defeat Japan by aligning with Europe. I firmly believe that ..."

While Wang Zhenyu was discussing how to better inherit the legacy of Tsarist Russia, in Europe, the First World War had come to an end.What is certain is that, because of the butterfly effect, even if a large-scale influenza does not break out, this war will soon be over.Due to the extraordinary performance of the expeditionary forces of China and the United States, the German army, which had been fighting against Britain and France, finally couldn't support it. Among them, the German army reached more than 1917.The front line has even entered the Ruhr Industrial Zone and the vicinity of Bavaria in Germany. This is a huge blow to Germany. What is more serious is that the German crown prince has also become a prisoner of the Allied Forces. This is indeed a morale realization. One ebb and flow.

After the New Year in 1918, the Second German Reich found itself unable to launch a new counterattack.The Allied Powers have formulated a full-line attack plan with 240 million people, and the war has come to an end.At this time, different ideas began to appear. The British thought about how to restore the world order as soon as possible and repair the huge wounds caused by the war; the French thought about how to hold a military parade in Berlin to celebrate the great victory of the Third Republic. What people think about is how to get their proper place in the future world order after they side with Britain and France, the victors. . .In short, each has its own ideas.

In fact, at the end of November 1917 after the fiasco in 1917, Wilhelm II of Germany was already seeking peace. He appointed Prince Baden as the new Prime Minister of the Reich, and started peace negotiations through the United States and the Allied Powers. The asking price was too high, and William II was unable to make up his mind to stop the war.

By February 1918, 2, William II had lost the possibility of changing everything, and the German Kiel sailor uprising broke out, eight months earlier than in history.However, unlike the history of these sailors who refused to send warships out to fight the British, this time they refused to be reorganized into an army to die. William II searched for troops for the last hammer of the regional Allied Powers of 14 million, which eventually triggered a revolution. .

Regarding the performance of the German Navy in World War I, historians of later generations have summed it up very thoroughly, that is, after wasting a lot of money, it attacked once in 1916. As a result, Germany lost control of the sea, and then it was in the port. Basking in the sun until the uprising completely defeats Germany, mother, are you sure these grandsons are the German navy?No matter how you look at it, it looks like the performance of the Chinese men's football team. Bah, sorry, they can't represent China. At best, they are the Chinese non-fan football association men's football team.

The situation of the German revolution developed much faster than expected. On February 2, the uprising sailors and workers disarmed the reactionary officers and occupied important strongholds such as the railway station.The soldiers who had been ordered to suppress them also switched to the side of the rebels.By the evening of the 14th, all of Kiel was in the hands of the newly formed soviets.The Kiir uprising shook the ruling authorities.Max, Scheidemann and others signed an appeal asking sailors not to start a civil war.At the same time, the MP Noske, a Social Democrat, was sent to Kiel to restore order.Noske later admitted that he had gone to Kiel to use his connections with the Navy to defuse events.However, he "no longer encountered strikers but 14 rebels".Seeing that it was impossible to prevent the uprising, Noske agreed to part of the demands of the sailors and promised to improve the supply, thus gaining the trust of the sailors and being elected chairman of the Kiel Navy Soviet.The Kiel Uprising became the start of the German Revolution.The uprising wave spread rapidly from north to south.Cities such as Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich successively achieved revolutionary victories.The monarchs and princes of various states were driven from their thrones.By February 3, only Berlin remained in the hands of the reactionary government among the great cities.

Faced with the chaos, the Prince of Baden decisively appointed Ebert as Chancellor of the German government.And Albert also immediately proposed the abdication of the Kaiser, ending the war and welcoming the crown prince back to the throne, and changing the state system to a constitutional monarchy.However, this was opposed by the Spartacus regiment headed by Liebknecht. In fact, the extremely tolerant Germans have reached the point of extreme disgust for the rule of the Junker nobles.With the revolutionary situation flourishing, the Central Council of the USPD decided on 2 February to hold an armed uprising the next day. On the morning of the 18th, the call for uprising was distributed to various factories.Hundreds of thousands of workers flocked to the center of Berlin under red flags.Liebknecht led the people to seize the palace.William Peak led an attack on the municipal building.The Independent Social Democrat Eichhorn led the occupation of the police station.Meeting little resistance, the insurgents took control of Berlin by noon.

The streets of Berlin, Germany, are full of chaos. From time to time, cars full of uprising soldiers pass by on the road, but they don't know where they are going to catch whom!A young oriental face who looked only 20 years old consciously or unconsciously gathered up the collar of his windbreaker, and then walked quickly across the street to his residence.

This young man is Yu Dawei, born in 1897 in Changsha, Hunan, and grew up in Hunan. His father's ancestral home is from Zhejiang, and his mother is Zeng Guofan's granddaughter.This is a typical son of an official. He is currently a Chinese student studying at the University of Berlin in Germany, studying chemistry and military engineering.Since China declared war on Germany, the life of the Chinese in Germany has not been easy, but fortunately William II is different from the great devil Hitler of later generations. He did not order the abuse and expulsion of the Chinese. After all, his greatest enemy is strictly speaking. In fact, he is still his cousin, so Germany during World War I basically abided by the tradition of aristocratic warfare.

Yu Dawei has been in Germany for four years, and he is about to graduate and return to China. However, the Overseas Student Department of the Youth League of the International Student Association he belongs to has given him a secret mission to accompany and receive Wang Chonghui, the deputy director of the National Government's European Diplomatic Office.

Here is a digression. Yu Dawei, who is originally from Changsha, Hunan Province, was one of the last batch of students studying in Germany funded by the Hunan-Guangxi local government and the National Socialist Party before the outbreak of the European War. At that time, he honorably joined the National Socialist Party Youth League .

Coincidentally, Wang Chonghui, who he was going to receive this time, was his teacher when he was in China, and he believed that the task this time should be completed very well.

Wang Chonghui (1881-1958) was named Liangchou.People from Dongguan, Guangdong.Famous jurists, politicians, and diplomats during the Republic of China.As a jurist, he has written "Constitutional Review", "Constitutional Danger", "Comparative Constitution" and so on.He was the first person to translate the German Civil Code into English, and his translation was recognized as the best English translation until the 70s, and was used as a textbook in many American universities.As a politician, before 1949 in the Chinese political arena, no matter who was in power, he always held a high official position.He is a representative of the scholar bureaucrats of the national government.Proficient in Japanese, German, and English, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Acting Prime Minister, and Prime Minister of the Nationalist Government.

In history, Wang Chonghui should have served in the Beiyang government. For this reason, he was ridiculed many times in his later career, but now with Wang Zhenyu, a big butterfly, this stain does not exist.Wang Chonghui has been serving in the national government. He originally planned to be promoted to the governor of a province, but it was stranded because of the assassination incident. Then, under the test of Wang Zhenyu, he was sent to Europe to serve as Gu Weijun's deputy.As soon as the German Revolution broke out, he was sent by Gu Weijun to sneak into Berlin to establish contact with local Chinese students and find out the situation.

"Dawei, the purpose of the teacher's visit this time is very clear. It is to find out about the domestic situation in Germany, as well as data including some key technologies and equipment. These things are blind to us diplomats, so You need to do a preliminary investigation, and then wait for domestic experts to be in place, and our country will benefit from this war to promote its rise." Wang Chonghui said to Yu Dawei straight to the point.

Yu Dawei felt a bit of pressure and excitement. Now all fools know that the Germans will definitely lose this war, and if China can obtain much-needed equipment and technology from Germany, it will definitely be beneficial to its own development. Now It is an honor to think that I have the opportunity to participate in such an important matter.The young Yu Dawei nodded hard to his teacher, and then began to talk about the situation he had. . .