Republic of China: I am a great warlord, many children, many blessings

Ryan said: "These are all small things, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation"

“A pleasure to work with”

Then, Ryan asked again: "General Shen, what do you think of the war in Europe? Do you think the Allies can win?"

Shen Hao said: "The Allied Powers led by Germany and the Eagle Country led by the Allied Powers are evenly matched. I can't tell who will win at the moment."

Ryan said again: "If we, the United States, also joined this war, I wonder what General Sheng's attitude would be."

Of course, the meaning of this statement is very clear. It is about whether Shen Hao should join the Allied Powers or the Central Powers. After all, the Japanese pirates are members of the Allied Powers.

Shen Hao said: "For the European war, if the United States joins that side, that side will win."

The United States has helped me so much, so I am naturally willing to move in lockstep with the United States. If the United States declares war, we will naturally declare war."

Hearing this, Ryan's eyes lit up. Shen Hao's attitude made him very satisfied.

“General Shen, I think you should be the president of Beiyang, which is more in our interests.

Of course, it is also a blessing for Beiyang."

Shen Hao laughed and shook his head, saying, "I definitely can't be president.

, my qualifications and abilities are far from enough.”

Ryan said with a half-smile: "If General Shen wants to be elected president, we in the United States will fully support him."

Shen Hao smiled and didn't talk more about this topic.

Instead, he asked, "Minister Ryan, why do you suddenly want to join the European war? This is not in the interests of the United States."

Ryan said with a serious expression: "A German U-boat sank the Lusitania, a civilian cruise ship of the United States, killing 1198 passengers and crew members, including 128 American citizens.

This incident caused a huge uproar in the U.S. stock market and the whole country was in an uproar.

President Thomas Woodrow Wilson was also very angry."

418. The United States sells you ten submarines at a low price

Ryan said again: "At the beginning of the war, Britain used a trick that had worked for them before - a naval blockade.

In November 1914, the entire North Sea was declared a war zone, any ships entering did so at their own risk, and a complete blockade of German shipping was imposed.

The British blockade was so harsh that even food was considered "war smuggling", and many neutral countries complained about it.

This also made German Emperor Wilhelm II very angry. Knowing that Britain wanted to use starvation to force him to surrender, he retaliated against Britain's blockade.

On February 1915, 2, Germany declared the waters around Britain and Ireland, including the entire English Channel, a war zone, and would destroy every enemy merchant ship, and would not be able to guarantee the safety of neutral merchant ships.

The Lusitania was a British luxury ocean liner that entered service in 1907 and had been sailing for only eight years when it was sunk.

This cruise ship is huge, with a displacement of more than 4 tons.

In order to prevent the Lusitania from being targeted, the British replaced its outer paint, removed any flags, and covered the ship's name.

Even so, the Lusitania was extremely dangerous.

Our government has been promoting the idea of ​​not letting American passengers on board, but what's even more exaggerated is that its passengers don't care at all.

As a result, tragedy occurred. 1198 people died. Among the 159 American passengers, 124 died, including 94 children and infants.

President Wilson is now also considering his strategy toward Germany.

The American media denounced this, believing it to be Germany’s blatant contempt for the United States.”

Hearing this, Shen Hao nodded.

This should be the beginning of Germany's first "unrestricted submarine warfare".

In a World War I without anti-submarine warfare, submarines were really difficult to deal with.

Shen Hao does have an anti-submarine radar in his hand, but he would not be foolish enough to take it out. He would rather Britain and France be destroyed by more German submarines.

None of these guys are good people. There is no friendship between countries, only interests.

Shen Hao comforted him: "I guess Germany will make compensation. Germany is already in trouble against Britain, France and Russia. If you, the United States, join the battle, you will not be able to resist at all."

Ryan nodded. He was still confident about this.

Although a merchant ship was sunk and more than a hundred Americans died, good words cannot persuade the damned.

The United States will definitely not go to war with Germany just because of a hundred ordinary people. This is not in their interests.

If the United States wants to gain the right to speak in the world, it must develop slowly, wait for a dog-eat-dog war in Europe, and then reap the benefits by selling arms and food supplies. This is the unanimous consciousness of the US top leaders.

Of course, unless the war situation becomes clear, it is not impossible for the United States to bet on a high chance of winning.

However, Shen Hao knew that the ultimate reason that led to the United States' entry into the war was because Germany tricked Mexico into rebelling.

The United States learned that Germany had sent a secret telegram to Mexico (the Zimmermann telegram), proposing that Mexico join the war and ally with Germany in exchange for the southern territory of the United States, which made the United States feel increasingly threatened by Germany.

In addition, the United States loaned billions of dollars to the Allies, but was also afraid that the Allies would lose the war and would have no money to pay compensation.

Therefore, Shen Hao's goal is to borrow more from the United States. Even if he has too much debt, the United States will definitely support Shen Hao at that time.

Originally Shen Hao felt embarrassed to take out such a large loan at one time, but he didn't expect that Ryan had such a big appetite and took the initiative to help Shen Hao take out a loan.

Originally, Shen Hao just wanted to buy a submarine as a token of his appreciation, but Ryan was willing to give Shen Hao 20 million US dollars to buy a submarine.

But when the chat was almost over, Ryan said again: "General Shen, it was so pleasant to chat with you. I am willing to help you increase the amount of the interest-free loan to 4 million US dollars, but all of it will be used to purchase our H submarine.

The original price of an H-type submarine is 413 million US dollars, but I can take the initiative to help you get a discount to 400 million US dollars.

Just enough to buy ten submarines."

Shen Hao: ..

I just find it outrageous. How can one promote something this way?

However, this price is indeed cheaper than the German U-boat.

Seeing that Shen Hao didn't say anything, Rui En said again: "Besides, we can also help you transport it to eastern Guangdong for free, and we will bear the cost.

We will agree to all the conditions you proposed before."

Although Shen Hao didn't understand what Rui En was talking about, this matter was beneficial to him, as he had an interest-free loan and the goods were delivered to his door.

Although he was willing in his heart, Shen Hao still asked: "Is there something wrong with this batch of submarines? Why are you in such a hurry to sell them to me?"

Ryan drew a cross on his chest and said, "Shen, I swear in the name of God that the H-type submarine is absolutely the most advanced submarine currently.

There is no problem with the Jedi.

Shen, this H-class submarine, also known as the "Holland-602", was designed by the Electric Boat Company.

It is 45.8 meters long, 4.8 meters wide, and has an underwater displacement of 474 tons.

Equipped with 2 475 hp diesel engines and 2 300 hp electric motors.

It has a surface speed of 14 knots, an underwater speed of 10.5 knots, a cruising range of 4300 kilometers, and can accommodate 25 officers and soldiers.

The weapon is four 4-inch torpedo tubes and eight torpedoes.

Its performance in all aspects is similar to that of the F-class submarine, with slight enhancements.

The majority are produced at Vickers in Canada and at shipyards in the United Kingdom, with smaller numbers being produced at our Fall River Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States.”

Hearing this, Shen Hao said: "Minister Ryan has misunderstood. How could I doubt you? It's just that you are so enthusiastic that I don't know what to do."

Ryan said: "General Shen, we Americans are very friendly to our friends. We support warriors like Yu Qingfeng who are fighting for freedom."

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Shen Hao sneered in his heart, this is really your usual style.

“It was a pleasure to work with you.”

Ryan said happily: "It's a pleasure to work with you"

The two old foxes smiled at each other, both very satisfied.

What Shen Hao didn't know was that ever since Germany started "unrestricted submarine warfare," U-boats had been frantically attacking British and neutral merchant ships in the Atlantic.

Britain suffered heavy losses and urgently needed a large number of submarines to fight back, but its own shipyards were fully booked, so it turned to the United States to purchase the "Holland 602" submarine, named H-class.

The 10 ships built by Fall River Shipyard were seized by the US government because the United States did not participate in the war and had to adhere to its neutral policy.

Therefore, this type of submarine is not easy to sell to the Allies.

However, if the submarine was not sold to the Allies, it would have to be sold once it was built. The Fall River Shipyard protested to the White House.

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It was you who took the order, and now you won't let me sell it. Who can I complain to?

Fall River Shipyard even sued the White House directly, and the White House and the Department of Defense were also having a headache finding a buyer.

At this juncture, the Wanwan battle broke out.

This made the United States turn its attention to Japan and Shen Hao, the Inspector General of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The United States, which had long been dissatisfied with Japan, simply felt that it would be better to cooperate with Shen Hao. It could sell its submarine weapons and consume Japan, killing two birds with one stone.

So Ryan, as the Chinese ambassador to China, came in person.

Shen Hao and Rui En discussed some details about the cooperation between the two parties. The two sides talked for an hour and reached a preliminary strategic partnership. Subsequent transactions will be carried out by professionals.

At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Taiwanese Army, Shiba Goro, launched a fierce attack.

This time the navy attacked from the north and the army attacked from Keelung.

This time there was no rush, but he brought the heavy artillery brigade with him, seemingly intending to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

The army relies most on artillery.

At this time, the Japanese troops were all Class A divisions and could be considered elite troops.

The number of squad members was also larger than during World War II, but Japanese infantry units during World War I were not equipped with light machine guns.

During World War I, the Japanese infantry squad consisted of 16 people, including 1 squad leader, 1 deputy squad leader and 14 infantrymen. The 14 infantrymen could be divided into two rifle groups, so that when encountering a battle, the squad leader and the deputy squad leader could each command a rifle group and fight alternately.

There are very few heavy machine guns.

It is impossible to achieve limited fire suppression with rifles and pistols alone, and we can only rely on artillery fire.

Chu Yunfei was not panicked when he heard the news.

Let Ma Feng lead 10,000 people to defend the navy led by Kato Tomosaburo in the north of Wanwan, and he led 10,000 people to fight against the army led by Shiba Goro.

419. Damn, how come they have a plane?

Standing on a military fortress on the 'Dutch City' high ground, Chu Yunfei watched the Japanese army bombarding the positions indiscriminately.

The dense artillery fire seemed to flatten the defense line to the ground.

Not only were there artillery bombardments, but there were also bombs dropped from planes from time to time, but the power was not enough to cause concern.

Chu Yunfei asked Yu Qingfeng beside him, "How long has the bombing been going on?"

"It's been almost half an hour, but the Japanese are reloading slowly."

"There are only about a thousand people on the battlefield, facing nearly 8 or 9 Japanese troops, can we succeed?"

Then, Chu Yunfei said to everyone: "Don't worry, we can definitely hold on. Facing such concentrated fire, having too many people will only do harm.

In the era of hot weapons, what matters is no longer the number of people, but the firepower suppression.

The Japanese had so few light machine guns that they were not able to suppress the attack with firepower.

When there are many people, it’s just giving people the number “080”.”

“The devastation that war brings to humanity is obvious, especially artillery.

The fragments from the explosion of the shells are extremely lethal. Even if you hide in a pit, you will be penetrated by shrapnel.

But cat ear holes, this kind of simple defensive fortification is very simple.

Let the Japanese see this power later."

Everyone also nodded.

After seeing that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness and firepower suppression were insufficient, Chu Yunfei adjusted his tactics in a timely manner.

The first sniper position, at this moment, the entire ground was riddled with countless craters caused by artillery shells.

But there were not many casualties, so it can be said that it was completely useless.

The small cave seemed a little cramped even for two soldiers, as they listened to the shelling outside gradually subside.