Xuan Yuemeng didn't say her thoughts directly, she just wanted to hear everyone's opinions, President Meng is still a relatively democratic person, and her own personal decisions are too subjective.Although President Meng has a little prophet of the general trend, but at this time, the foundation of the Qing court is still quite solid, and at this time, he is really not sure what the consequences will be if he breaks openly with the Qing court, and it is still very difficult to survive with the existing strength of Danzhou, not to mention the Qing Dynasty, which is still very strong against the national strength.Moreover, the war against Yin Jiang's hegemony a few days ago also fully illustrated the weakness of the Danzhou army, this is still a small-scale war, under the superior firepower, the fight was taken by surprise, and in this way, the casualties are almost half."
If we start fighting with the Qing court in this way, first of all, our troops are not enough, and the army that can fight is not even 3,000 people, and these people are still very poor in marksmanship.Xuan Dazhi boldly threw out his own opinions.Xuan Dazhi is the highest-level moderate faction under President Meng, and Xuan Dazhi's thoughts are always the first to think about what the consequences will be.Xuan Dazhi's opinion has been approved by most people.Rob Chris, Chief of the General Staff, as well as the wounded Albert Kirchbach Army Chief Instructor, Albert Kirchbach Jr. and several other foreign instructors did not express their opinions.President Meng smiled: "Chief of General Staff Rob Cles, you talk about it, analyze it from a military point of view, haven't you been studying the domestic military situation of the Qing court for a short period of time" Chief of General Staff Rob Cles nodded and said: "Okay, I think, militarily, we don't have too much disadvantage, we can fight, the key is how to fight the main forces of the Qing court is the Huai army and the Chu army, the situation in the northwest has deteriorated, after ten years of Tongzhi, after Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied Ili, he took advantage of its military power and sent Kaurbas to Kashgar, On the 3rd day of the fifth month of the 11th year of Tongzhi, the "Treaty of Commerce" was signed with Aguba, that is, the "Russian-Argentine Treaty", in which Russia recognized Aguba as the leader of the "Zhedeshar", and Aguba agreed that Tsarist Russia would trade in southern Xinjiang, establish a dental shop, and set up a commercial attaché, etc., and the tariff on Russian goods was set at 2.5 percent.Since then, Russian commercial goods and arms have been continuously imported into southern Xinjiang.The Chu army can't be transferred for the time being, what the Qing court can mobilize is the Huai army, and it is very likely that Li Hongzhang will mobilize the army sent by Li Hongzhang to support Zuo Zongtang, there are three or four thousand people in this part, mainly for the Chu army to transport grain and grass to make a response, three or four thousand people, plus more than 5,000 people in the hands of General Sheng Jing, we have new arms, sufficient ammunition, we can fight a battle, as long as we can win at the beginning, we can win. ”President Meng smiled slightly: "The chief of the general staff is very familiar with the war in the Qing Kingdom." ”Albert Kirchbach sighed, "Rob Cles Chief of General Staff, you can't help but be too optimistic, you can win at the beginning, you can win I tell you, do we have sufficient food reserves This is what you have to consider, if it really enters the confrontation stage, the Qing court has more than three times the numerical advantage, if the grain and grass are sufficient, and the military salary is sufficient, what do you take to consume Don't forget, Danzhou's current equipment is being transported in a steady stream, Danzhou is no longer a deserted coast, it has become a gathering place for many factories, At this time, two warships of the great powers suddenly drove over, and as long as 500 people, you can be exposed to the enemy on your back. ”Albert Kirchbach's words are exactly what President Meng is worried about, if the matter between Danzhou and the Qing court alone can barely be handled, if there are really other powers involved, especially Britain, France and the United States, the three are very active in the north, and the possibility that the great powers will not intervene militarily cannot be ruled out.Xuan Yuewen spoke, although Zhao Qingluo is the leader of the government, but Xuan Yuewen is actually second only to President Meng's prestige, because Danzhou is the party that leads everything, and Xuan Yuewen's qualifications in the Huacui Association are earlier than Zhao Qingluo."
President, the risk of fighting is too great, we can't afford to gamble, if we lose once, Danzhou will be gone.I think it's better to stabilize it first, at least until the military port is completed, and the military fortress and fort of the Dandong military port are completed, and then we have to wait until next summer at the earliest. ”Xuan Yuewen stood up and expressed his opinion.Everyone talked a lot, and apart from vigorously fighting them, they basically agreed not to fight."
Fight, what are you afraid of him, we don't just think about how many people and how many people are in the opponent, if the old man is withdrawn to Beijing like this, it will have an impact on the prestige of the president, this is the Qing court is demonstrating to us that the number of the army is not superior, the training of the army is not enough, and it will be fought if it is fought in a fight, and it is the best training to go to the battlefield last time.Foreigners dare to come, fight together" Xuan Dali's voice was loud, and he was not afraid of the sky, and he wanted to poke the sky out of a big hole.Xuan Yuewen and Xuan Dazhi did not speak, Zhao Qingluo did not speak from beginning to end, President Meng knew that Zhao Qingluo did not approve of fighting, in fact, let Zhao Qingluo have full control of government affairs, which is equivalent to President Meng did not completely let go of government affairs, just want to use a free way, let the government slowly take shape, in the beginning stage, a woman in charge of a government, not only can better balance all aspects of thinking, but also let everyone see the different styles of Danzhou, this world, in addition to the British Queen, No civilized government has a woman in charge of the country, Prince Richard Harris, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, also attended the Supreme Council, Prince Richard Harris stood up and said: "President, you can't fight, the great powers will definitely intervene, once you enter a state of confrontation with the Qing court, our Danzhou and the entire Qing country will be cut off, what about the food North Korea is a vassal country of the Qing country, the North Koreans will definitely not participate, as long as we lose once, there is no way out."
The probability of winning is not even 10 percent. ”Xuan Dali said loudly: "How can we lose We have an artillery brigade to take down the two important towns of the Qing court, the problem of defense is not big Now we have stored enough food to eat for half a year, I don't believe that the Qing court dares to fight for half a year, even if he has been biting us to fight, we will simply knock down Shengjing City, simply knock down Shanhaiguan, and directly take down the capital of the Qing court" President Meng sweated, what he said vigorously just now is not bad, this time, it is becoming more and more exaggerated, just this point of strength, there is no own weapon production line, How to supply all the supplies to knock down the Shanhaiguan and knock down the Jingshi, you are the city defense is all paper paste Ah Meng The president pressed his hand and motioned for Prince Richard Harris and Xuan Dali to sit down.t1706231537: