Red Alert 1895

Chapter 539: All Quiet in Shandong (Part 1)

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Outside Jinan City, Wang Guorui personally led the most elite guards to surround Jinan City. Although Jinan City looks very large, its military strength is very weak. If Wang Guorui wants to attack, even though there are only more than 20,000 guards, Jinan City can be broken through. The Guards Division is not only composed of non-commissioned officers, but also the Red Police soldiers account for a full third, and the other third is also composed of veterans from natural persons. The Guards Division can be said to have taken out the island of Taiwan. Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of a unit composed of middle and low-level non-commissioned officers. And all the officers in the Guards Division can be assigned one level, which is enough to show their status.

The artillery of the Guards Division is also the most powerful. Other infantry divisions are only equipped with an artillery regiment, but the Guards Division is equipped with an artillery brigade. There are not only artillery brigades, but even the newly organized Guards Division of the tank force also has a reinforced battalion. As for other technical arms, they are also the most elite technical arms, and their strength can be imagined. And with such a powerful force, encircling a city of Jinan that doesn't have too many elite protections is basically killing chickens with a bull's knife, which seems a bit wasteful. However, facing the province of Shandong, Wang Guorui had to pay attention to it.

In Jinan City, many common people and officials are also jumping around, obviously not knowing what to do. Faced with Taiwan's "friendly army" that suddenly surrounded the capital of Shandong, Shandong officials, civilians and soldiers were at a loss. So everyone also expects Yuan Shikai, the governor of Shandong, to come up with a solution.

"Lord governor, what should we do?" A master immediately asked.

Yuan Shikai looked at the guard outside and was also silent. I have been training for several years, but my new Beiyang army has not had much effect at all, obviously not as good as the soldiers of the guards in front of me. This can also be seen from the temperament, his new army is obviously no match for these soldiers. But Yuan Shikai felt how unfair it was. Wang Guorui, a remote county town, was an ordinary county magistrate who was born as a donated official, and he could get the support of a force, and this force was obviously very pro-China. As for the fact that Wang Guorui was supported by someone behind him, this is already an open secret among high-level officials all over the world. But the only thing everyone can know is that this force is extremely pro-China. Maybe there are many Chinese in this international force. But everyone also knows that the members of this force come from various countries. So far, only Natasha and Tanya that have been exposed are from the United States and Russia, and there are even some soldiers under Wang Guorui. They are all made up of Chinese people. This is enough to show that there are not a few Chinese in this organization, so it is normal for this organization to be pro-Chinese.

Yuan Shikai felt a little unfair, because if he could get the support of this force, wouldn't he be able to do better than Wang Guorui? Yuan Shikai thought that his ability was stronger than Wang Guorui's, and he was better than Wang Guorui in every aspect. But why can't people support themselves? So Yuan Shikai was envious and jealous towards Wang Guorui! However, now Yuan Shikai also knows that this is of no use. The important thing is to overcome the immediate crisis.

"What are they asking for?" Yuan Shikai asked.

Someone immediately replied: "Master Yuan, they ask you, as the governor of Shandong Province in the Qing Dynasty, to order you to withdraw from the Southeast Mutual Protection, and send the new army and the Taiwan army to Tianjin to serve the king."

After Yuan Shikai heard this, he immediately showed a wry smile, this Taiwan is really cruel enough. Actually the first one is a ruthless move. Directly ask Yuan Shikai to withdraw from the southeast mutual protection plan, and then send troops to serve the king with the Taiwan army to fight against foreign invaders. Once the Southeast Mutual Insurance Plan is withdrawn, the possibility of Shandong's neutrality will be completely gone, and they will be tied to Taiwan and forced to fight together. As for sending your own new army to fight against the foreigners, let alone whether you can defeat the foreigners, even if you defeat the foreigners, this army will not belong to you. Once the new army under him cooperates with Taiwan's army and develops feelings, and Wang Guorui spends high salaries and various official positions to win him over, how many of his soldiers are willing to stay under him. Not to seek higher treatment?

At this time, the benefits of Wang Guorui not choosing to establish his own country are highlighted, and he can completely accept the surrender of a large number of mainland troops. And those mainland troops had no psychological pressure to betray the Qing court. Anyway, we are all Chinese, why should we beat them to death. Why can't we choose to cooperate? As long as you choose to cooperate, you can join the Taiwan army and make a living with the Taiwan army. Officers and soldiers in the Taiwanese army have higher salaries, and officers have more prospects, so everyone is willing to work with Taiwan, since we are all in the same country anyway. No treason!

However, this is not good news for Yuan Shikai. Once your new army becomes someone else's, isn't it just for someone else to make a wedding dress? Yuan Shikai has always hoped to use his new army as his political capital to gain benefits, but now he is being eaten casually, and his future may come to an end here. So Yuan Shikai felt very sad in his heart, and expressed his helplessness.

"Master Yuan, news came from the defense line of the Yellow River that the three generals Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang have given up the line of defense, and the Taiwanese army is already crossing the Yellow River. Generals Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang jointly sent a telegram saying that they were captured by Taiwan's It was easy for the troops to sneak attack and capture them alive, so they had to order to get out of the line of defense. Moreover, none of the soldiers under their command had any intention of continuing to fight, and they didn't want the Chinese to fight the Chinese. I hope Master Yuan, you don't blame them!"

Yuan Shikai sighed and said, "I can't protect myself here, so how can I blame them?"

"Gong Bao, we don't have any troops here now. Our troops have all been sent to the Yellow River defense line. We are all green battalions here. These green battalion soldiers are useless. I'm afraid most of them will run away from the enemy's artillery. So, now that Taiwan's army is approaching the city, what should we do?" Xu Shichang asked.

"Brother Ju, let's hear Wang Guorui's other conditions." Yuan Shikai said.

"Master Yuan, our Lord Wang said that in addition to withdrawing from Southeast Mutual Insurance, Shandong will also accept our Taiwan's administrative supervision. In the future, all government agencies in Shandong will accept our Taiwan's supervision and guidance when they issue administrative orders. Taiwan will send supervisors at all levels of government in Shandong to supervise and guide various administrative affairs in Shandong, and help the Shandong government to establish a new government organization model according to our Taiwan model, and abandon the old and stale government organization model. In the future , Shandong will enter a new era with the help of Taiwan."

"Hahahaha..." Yuan Shikai laughed loudly and said, "The new era is Wang Guorui's new era, right?"

This so-called administrative supervision is clearly here to evade the Shandong government. If supervisory officers are set up at all levels of government in Shandong, it means that all kinds of rights in Shandong will enter the hands of Taiwan. What is the difference between this and humiliating the country by losing power, but the people who lose power are not facing foreigners, but people in their own country. In short, the original officials in Shandong will lose a large part of their rights. Those supervisors are the emperors sent by Taiwan. All government affairs in Shandong must be under their control, otherwise Wang Guorui will not let them go.

This Taiwan clearly wants to eat Shandong, and it still eats it in one bite, regardless of what it looks like. At that time, Yuan Shikai lost his military power, and he also lost the power to command Shandong. Then it became clear that Yuan Shikai would be Wang Guorui's courtier. If Wang Guorui is willing to make him an official at that time, then he can continue to be an official. But if Wang Guorui finds him unhappy, he can clean him up at any time and go home to sell sweet potatoes immediately. As a hero of the whole life, how could Yuan Shikai be able to entrust his wealth and life on one person's joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys?

"Gong Bao, shall we agree?" Xu Shichang asked.

"Our Master Wang said ~lightnovelpub.net~ Now we are supporting Tianjin, the time is urgent, we can only give you 24 hours to think about it. If you don't think clearly within 24 hours, then we Taiwan's army is about to attack the city. When the time comes, people will be devastated, although it is not what we want to see in Taiwan. Therefore, I hope you can make the right choice to avoid the suffering of the people."

Yuan Shikai immediately asked: "Why do you attack the city?"

"Suppress the rebellion! We suppressed the rebellion for the Qing court. When the court was in danger, you not only didn't want to support it, but even signed a mutual protection treaty with foreign countries. , to counter the rebellion!"

In Yuan Shikai's heart, it was like ten thousand grass mud horses passing by. If there is anyone in China who is the biggest traitor, there is no other person except Wang Guorui. But now Wang Guorui actually wants to suppress the rebellion for the Manchu Qing, how ironic this is! But sometimes it was like this, there was nothing wrong with committing a crime, as long as Wang Guorui was willing, he could always find countless reasons.

So excuses are actually not very important. What is important is that people will attack, and they are not soft persimmons. Once they attack, Jinan may not be able to defend at all, and Shandong will be lost to Wang Guorui at that time. Therefore, Wang Guorui is now an alliance under the city, and he will sign if he does not sign. People are powerful, so what else can you do? (To be continued.)