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    April 1914, Qingdao.

    For diplomats from Britain, France and other countries stationed in China, this month is undoubtedly the most difficult. The completely different performances of the two most important countries in the Far East make them deeply troubled.

    First of all, the Siemens incident triggered a strong earthquake in the Japanese political arena. The army and navy completely broke up, causing people to panic. The bribery incident not only plunged the Japanese Navy into the abyss, but also brought Okuma Shigenobu, who obviously had an army background, to the forefront.  On the contrary, the political arena of the Republic of China was extremely calm. The big bosses of the Democratic Party were running away. Beiyang also stopped after losing its military power. Yang Qiu's proposal to establish four municipalities was passed in Congress without even bubbling up.  What is surprising is that the new mayor of Beijing was won by Yan Xishan, a newcomer from the National Socialist Party who turned to Yang Qiu midway. Duan Qirui, the original stayer in Beijing, was appointed deputy commander of the National Guard after the Beiyang forces gradually collapsed.

    The Three Heroes of Beiyang, Wang Shizhen, could not escape, Duan Qirui was transferred to the second-line National Guard, and Feng Guozhang was appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the army. All of them lost real power. Li Chun and others were also arranged to be promoted to lieutenant general and then retire directly.  The family received a pension, but the new Beiyang elites such as Chen Huan and Xu Shuzheng gradually integrated into the backbone of the National Defense Forces. Wu Peifu, after accepting more than half a year of military service and understanding the differences between the National Defense Forces and Beiyang, officially became the commander of the 6th Infantry Division of the Northwest Army.  Li Liejun, whose prestige was wiped out by three slaps in Nanchang, also graduated with him and embarked on a lonely journey to Tangnu Ulianghai.

    A series of new policies and personnel matters that would have aroused countless speculations and daydreams in the past are now ignored by no one at all. The attention of diplomats is all attracted by the Sino-German joint military exercises being held along the Jiaoji Railway. In order to train officers and soldiers,  The Chinese side of the exercise was jointly commanded by Zhang Xiaozhun, Qin Zhangshu and Zhen Meng, with Cai E serving as the overall commander of the exercise. All four battalions participating in the exercise were from different units.  Since this is a public exercise, neither Germany nor China refuses observers from third countries to join, but these observers with their own purposes are not focused on the soldiers fighting each other.

    Yang Qiu actually cared too much about the results of the exercise. Compared with the elite German Army, the Wehrmacht still had various shortcomings, so even if it lost, it was no big deal. Instead, he became very interested in the Qingdao Fortress and the German Qingdao Shipyard. He visited it almost every day  Tour of the fortress and shipyard.

    The Huiqian Cape Fort of Qingdao Fortress is the most critical barrier guarding the estuary of Jiaozhou Bay. The fort was built in 1902 and is entirely made of reinforced concrete imported from Germany. The outer wall of the fortress is one meter thick. The Sanduao Fort under construction is  Copy it here.

    Two 240mm Krupp cannons and three German-made 150mm shore guns were deployed on the fort. What makes people sigh is that these two 240mm heavy cannons are actually Qing Dynasty captured by Germany during the Gengzi attack on the Dagukou fort in Tianjin.  Military equipment, in fact, the total of 6 210 and 240 heavy artillery in the entire Qingdao Fortress Group came from the Qing army.

    Standing on the top and looking down, you have a panoramic view of the entire Jiaozhou Bay. The most important central fortress in the distance is also clearly visible. About 50 cannons and hundreds of Maxim machine guns are deployed in the entire fortress group. In order to defend against imaginary enemies, the hillside in front of the fortress  All the big trees were cut down, and obstacles and trenches similar to terraces were dug out deliberately. Three barbed wire fences were pulled up to form a tight defensive position.

    Cai E patted the cement wall meaningfully. He didn't know if he was talking to Yang Qiu or to himself. He sighed: "Germany is indeed the best fortification expert. If I come to fightit won't be five years."  We can¡¯t take it down with more than a thousand casualties.¡±

    Yang Qiu had thought about taking over this fortress before, but after seeing the complete fortress in person, he realized how tightly defended it was. In the parallel world, the British and Japanese had fleets and several times the army's strength, and finally forced Germany to defeat them.  The people surrendered because they ran out of ammunition and food, lacked heavy artillery at sea to contain them, and the army was not equipped with super-heavy artillery. With only 150mm howitzers and infantry, the losses would be huge.

    The casualties are not the most serious. What is serious is that once major damage occurs, the Japanese wolf will pounce on it without hesitation.  Now it seems that it is impossible to regain Qingdao peacefully before the war. In the parallel world, before the Battle of Qingdao broke out, William II was forced to send a telegram to allow Waldeck to abandon Qingdao, but this stubborn old German man felt that surrendering without firing a shot was  It was a shame. In the end, he just ordered the resistance and delayed it for three months.

    ??How about these stupid Germans selling the Qingdao Fortress and the Pacific Islands to themselves?

    Yang Qiu put aside his random thoughts and smacked his lips after looking at a fixed machine gun bunker: "It's a perfect defense, but it's a pity" He glanced at the Mauser 98 on the back of the German soldier and shook his head: "Individual firepower  too weak."

    In the past few days, Traun had not paid attention to Yang Qiu except for eating and sleeping. When he heard him say that individual soldiers had weak firepower, he thought he was referring to the lack of light machine guns similar to those used by the Chinese National Defense Forces. He smiled and said: "Although light machine guns move quickly,  The firepower is still too weak, so our team prefers Maxim.?¡±

    In less than three months, the sound of gunshots will spread from the Balkans to the world. At this time, it is also time to come up with something to secretly strengthen Germany and make Europe bleed more. So Yang Qiu did not answer and went to Lei Da to cut his flesh.  After beckoning, the latter quickly brought twenty soldiers from the guard company.  But these soldiers just showed up, and even Shi Pei was in a daze, because the guns they carried were very special, as if they were made up of several iron pipes, with a long magazine inserted horizontally next to the iron pipe.

    ¡°Is there a shooting range?¡±

    Curious about what he was going to do, Traun and others immediately took everyone to the shooting range on the east side of the Maultic Central Fortress. After the guard company set up a dense wooden target by themselves, Traun could no longer bear it.  Stopped: "Yang, what on earth are you going to do?"

    "My dear Minister, you will know in a moment." Yang Qiu kept it secret mysteriously. After Lei Meng reported the preparations, many German officers were already standing around. In their surprised eyes,  , twenty soldiers from the guard company suddenly launched into action.

    After the old guard company was expanded into the Central Guard Division, the new guard company became a full-time military force dedicated to protecting Yang Qiu and central officials. These soldiers were all trained by later training methods, and their tactical movements were very fast and standard. Even  The German officers looked at it and nodded repeatedly. When they either crawled or climbed about 50 meters to the target, a series of gunshots like fried beans suddenly rang out.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT? ? In order to enhance the effect, these specially brought Sten submachine guns have also been modified. The most important ones are to increase the weight and modify the rifling, so the hit accuracy is better than the ordinary Sten.  Shooting, dodging, and changing magazines, each soldier finished five magazines and a hundred rounds of ammunition in just ten minutes!  By the time the soldiers put away their guns, the direction of the target was already in chaos.

    Not to mention Traun, even Spee and the German Governor of Qingdao Waldeck were shocked by such fierce firepower. They could not imagine what it would be like if they faced an attack by an army all equipped with such guns.  A terrible end.

    In fact, submachine guns have many, many weaknesses, but in an era when no one knew about this type of firearm, when a gun carried by a man suddenly appeared in front of him and could fire a large number of bullets in a short period of time, the shock was very, very great, so  The German officers rushed over almost immediately and asked if they could try it themselves.

    Yang Qiu did not stop the German officer from testing the fire, but instead asked the soldiers of the guard company to give serious guidance. Of course, there was no need to tell the detailed parameters about the range. In fact, even without these parameters, many German officers could see this at a glance.  The value of the gun, not to mention that it is light to carry by an individual soldier, is very valuable in areas that require intensive firepower such as cities, trenches or woods. The only drawback they feel at present is that the ammunition consumption is high.

    "This is a light individual machine gun that I personally designed. I call it a submachine gun." Yang Qiu continued to fool Traun, whose eyes were shining, and deliberately sighed: "This is a very excellent gun. I have asked the factory to manufacture it.  20,000 troops were prepared to replace the troops, but it is a pity"

    Traun, who was considering whether to buy the patent like before, heard that he had quietly manufactured 30,000 submachine guns, and his eyes twitched a few times. The 20,000 troops preparing such guns  .The strength of the Wehrmacht must be reassessed immediately, so his ears immediately pricked up.

    When Yang Qiu saw this, he smiled secretly in his heart, but his face looked bitter: "Due to the high consumption of ammunition, my generals told me that it is impossible to fully equip them, so I am preparing to sell a batch of them."

    Traun heard it. This guy had been working for a long time just to sell submachine guns. However, this kind of gun was of great significance. The weak logistics of the Wehrmacht could not afford it, but Germany could still support it. He immediately asked: "I don't know if this kind of submachine gun is needed."  How much does one cost?"

    "100 dollars."

    As soon as Yang Qiu shouted out the price, Cai E behind him started to frown. As the deputy chief of staff, he could know a lot more things. The cost of this submachine gun that didn't even have a name was only 20 yuan, and he brought back two 20-round pieces.  Except for the imported spring, the empty magazine can be made by even the simplest machinery factory. Commander Yang actually raised the price tenfold as soon as he opened his mouth!

    Even Traun frowned when he heard the price. Upon seeing this, Yang Qiu added: "Together with all the manufacturing technology."

    Traun is not stupid, but he is still quite interested in these guns. After all, the snorkels, mortars, grenades and new 75mm field guns and other technologies purchased from him have made Germany  The benefits were huge, far exceeding the actual value, but one could not ignore the money. He immediately expressed his willingness to buy all the submachine guns and production technology if the price could be reduced to US$1 million.

    "1.5 million US dollars." Yang Qiu gritted his teeth in pain.

     

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