Chapter 24 Section 2 Delay

After receiving the Japanese ultimatum to force China to accept the "21", Yuan Shikai convened several meetings one after another, but nothing came out of the meeting. why? This is because, as early as when the Japanese landed in Shandong and robbed the German concession, Yuan Shikai convened a heavyweight meeting.At the beginning of the meeting, Yuan Shikai first asked Duan Qirui, Chief of the Army: Chief Duan, if war breaks out, I would like to know what actions the Chinese army can take. Duan Qirui stood up and replied: If the president ordered, the troops can resist and try to prevent the Japanese army from penetrating into the interior of Shandong.However, due to insufficient weapons and ammunition, combat will be very difficult.

Yuan Shikai: I am asking you how long the Chinese army can resist. Duan Qirui: Forty-eight hours. Yuan Shikai: After forty-eight hours? Duan Qirui: Follow the instructions of the President. The meaning of listening to the president's instructions is that Yuan Shikai trained at a small station, and at the end of the training, he would not be able to withstand the Japanese attack for two days, and he would undoubtedly lose.So this Yuan Shikai, how did he train soldiers, how did the more he practiced, the worse he became?I think back then when the Beiyang navy died in the Yellow Sea, they still had a few shots with the Japanese bang bang bang. How did it end up being that one crab is not as good as one crab?

This really cannot be blamed on Yuan Shikai. If it is to be blamed, the Japanese have achieved a complete transformation, fully Westernized, and entered the stage of rapid growth of industrialization.As for China, it has always insisted on dying and not moving its nest in the farming era. Farming is right. There are so many people in China, what do you eat if you don’t farm?However, the economic development driven by farming operations cannot be compared with Japan's industrialization development.For example, a farmer is definitely no match for a samurai, and a herbivore can't beat a carnivore. Let alone Yuan Shikai, whoever is in his position will have only one ending: dumbfounded.

It’s okay to be dumbfounded, the Japanese require you to meet all the conditions immediately, otherwise you will meet with soldiers.And the reason why the Japanese are so fierce is because they have seen that you Chinese herbivores are useless in nature, and if you don't bully, you won't bully. Yuan Shikai stomped, sighed, gritted his teeth, shook his head, and asked Foreign Minister Sun Baoqi: Xiao Sun, you are the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Regarding this matter, do you have any countermeasures? who?I?Sun Baoqi shook his head and then shook his head, President, you don't need me for this matter, it's useless to look for me.

Well, Yuan Shikai took the case out. Since your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unable to resolve this matter, there is nothing you can do about it.The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Baoqi, was removed from his post, and the candidate for the Minister was to be determined. The meeting was adjourned. Yuan Shikai withdrew, and everyone looked at the unlucky Sun Baoqi, and suddenly called out "Hello, clever plan, the president has a unique skill, and this move is probably beyond the imagination of the Japanese." What kind of trick is this? This is because the "Twenty-One" proposed by the Japanese must be officially answered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Japan.But now that there is no minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the answer, of course, is to push it as long as it can, to delay it as long as it can, and it will be as long as it is delayed.