The Ryukyu Islands are located between Taiwan and Japan, about 7-800 kilometers off the eastern coast of China, but they are not part of Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Kingdom has historically been a vassal state of the Chinese dynasty, not the territory of China.

However, the location of the Ryukyu Islands is quite important to China and its sea power, and Shang Jinfeng spends a lot of time explaining the importance of the Ryukyu Islands in his explanation of the establishment of the Navy and the explanation of the future establishment of the Pacific Fleet. If the Ryukyu Islands fall into the hands of hostile forces, they will be an important fulcrum for attacking China from the sea, and they will also be a chain of islands to blockade the Chinese navy from entering the Pacific Ocean; in the old time and space, the first island chain set up by the United States to blockade China was based on the Ryukyu Islands; if the Ryukyu Islands were controlled by China, they would be a barrier along China's eastern coast, which could greatly increase the depth of China's eastern seas, improve the security factor of the eastern coastal areas, and allow China to directly face the Pacific Ocean and thus move toward the sea and the sky.

Although the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan are now in Japan's hands, it is of course impossible for Japan to blockade China due to Japan's lack of strength, but it still has a great geographical advantage when it is engaged in a struggle for sea power with China. Even if China recovers Taiwan in the future, as long as the Ryukyu Islands are still in Japan's hands, then Japan will have a certain advantage in the sea, in East China** In the event of a war with Japan, Japan can threaten China's entire eastern coastal areas as long as it arranges its next fleet in the Ryukyu Islands, and when the KPA naval fleet attacks, it can take advantage of the complex sea area of the Ryukyu Islands to evade and avoid a head-on confrontation with the KPA navy, and even lead away the main force of the KPA navy and raid the eastern coastal areas.

Of course, after East China recovers Taiwan, it can cut off the sea trade route from Japan to Europe, which is where East China's advantage lies, so the outcome of the war is unpredictable, and it only depends on who gives full play to their advantages.

However, Japan can also collude with external forces, such as Britain, France, the United States and other countries, relying on the Ryukyu Islands to carry out a naval blockade of China, the Ryukyu Islands are very important to China's sea power, so when East China recovers Taiwan, it must also recover the Ryukyu Islands, even if it is not incorporated into China, but at least it must establish a pro-China regime on the Ryukyu Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands must not fall into the hands of Japan or other hostile forces.

Of course, everyone present was aware of the importance of the Ryukyu Islands, so naturally there was no objection to such an explanation, so the final [Navy Establishment Plan] was also approved, and the next day, together with the [1907-1911 Five-Year Ship Building Plan], it was submitted to the Senate for deliberation and voting.

Of course, Huang Zhe also represented the Admiralty in the Senate to be questioned in the Senate, answering questions from members of the House of Representatives about the two plans, and then voting on them, both of which were finally passed. In fact, this is just a formality, there is nothing unreliable about the plan formulated by the navy, and the parliamentarians do not have much to do with military issues, plus Qin Zheng intends to guide the direction of the topic, of course, it is easy to pass.

And this time, another military-related issue was passed in the Senate, that is, the establishment of the National Guard was finally formalized.

In fact, the establishment of the National Guard is also an imperative thing, but it takes time to discuss and formulate the establishment of the army, the definition of the scope of responsibilities, and the attribution of the issue, so it has been delayed until now.

The final National Guard does not belong to the establishment of the People's Army, but an independent armed army, and is under the dual control of the Executive Yuan and the Military Commission, because the National Guard is an army after all, and it is of course a matter of course to be controlled by the Military Commission, but after all, the duties of the National Guard are mainly aimed at internal affairs, so they should also be under the direct command of the Executive Yuan, and do not need to be approved in the Senate.

The National Guard will be composed of the Ground Guard and the Coast Guard respectively, and its main responsibilities are threefold: First, it will be responsible for maintaining security, order, and stability in East China; second, it will crack down on crimes and terrorist acts in East China; and third, if necessary and with the approval of the Executive Yuan, it may also go abroad to fight terrorist acts or assist the People's Army in combat.

The establishment of the Ground Guard Corps is divided into squads, squads, squadrons, brigades, Brigades, to show the difference from the People's Army, brigades below the three-three system are organized, and five brigades are organized into a brigade, which is also the highest establishment of the Ground Guard Army, because the Ground Guard Army is mainly engaged in internal operations, and will not encounter large-scale enemy troops, and will be scattered in various places, even if it is a war abroad, the fight against terrorist acts does not need much scale, and if it is to assist the People's Army in combat, the Guard Corps will not appear on the front line of the battlefield, that is the duty of the People's Army, and the main responsibility of the Guard Army is to maintain law and order in the occupied areas, and of course there is no need to expand the establishment。

In addition, there are many civilian army units in Shandong and Henan, which will be the main source of the guard army in the initial period, and in the later period, like the people's army, it will mainly focus on recruitment and military service.

The establishment of the coast guard is still dominated by the fleet, but the range of activities is within 24 nautical miles of the coast, and if necessary, it can also exceed 24 nautical miles, and the main responsibilities are to combat maritime smuggling, crime, fishing protection, and piracy, among which the latter two are duplicated with the navy, the difference is that the 24 nautical mile range is demarcated. However, the Coast Guard does not have a ready-made army that can be converted, so it can only be reorganized.

Of course, due to the different responsibilities assumed, whether it is the land guard or the sea guard, the weapons and warships used should be different from the people's army, but at present, it is impossible for East China to specially design weapons for the National Guard, or use the same weapons as the People's Army, and wait for the National Guard to formally become an army, and after performing the task for a period of time, according to the needs of the task to carry out targeted design weapons.

After the navy's establishment plan was approved, Qin Zheng also began to prepare for returning to the northeast and negotiating with Russia. Moreover, during this time, Qin Zheng also formulated a plan and strategy for negotiations with Russia, and reported to Xia Bohai, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and others.

In this era, two countries were the last likely opponents to negotiate with: Russia, known for its unreasonableness, and Japan, known for its unscrupulous manipulation. However, during the negotiations in Shanghai, the Japanese negotiators were well aware of the truth that the situation was stronger than the people, not to mention that the People's Army was still transporting the Japanese to China one by one, so the Japanese did not dare to mess around, but were respectful and respectful, and pretended to be pitiful, so the Shanghai negotiations did not encounter any trouble.

But it is difficult to say whether the negotiations with Russia will be so smooth this time, after all, the threat of East China to Russia is much smaller than that of Japan, in addition to military means, East China basically has not many other ways, this time Russia can be forced to sit at the negotiating table, completely because of the customs closure action launched by East China ** makes Russia really unbearable, so in this negotiation, the military threat is still the most effective bargaining chip in East China.

Qin Zheng judged that the Russian negotiators were likely to adopt a tactic of brutality and intimidation, in an attempt to profit from it and reduce their own losses, so Qin Zheng decided to take a countermeasure of being super tough on Russia, and did not hesitate to take the initiative to let the negotiations break down, and launch another military strike like a customs closure operation, so that Russia knew that once the negotiations broke down, Russia would lose more.

Others have no objection to Qin Zheng's strategy, Bi Jing Qin Zheng knows the situation in Northeast China best, and has rich experience in diplomacy and foreign negotiations, and East China now has strong capital. Xia Bohai said that Qin Zheng was solely responsible for the talks, and that he could decide on his own the measures to be taken according to the actual situation during the talks, even if he did not hesitate to carry out another military strike. Because now that Japan's indemnity has been fully paid, and the Marine Corps is gradually withdrawing from Japan, the financial resources and strength of East China will enter a relatively sufficient period, and it is completely possible to launch several more attacks on Russia.

While everyone was talking, I saw Xia Bohai's secretary hurriedly walk into the conference room, handed Xia Bohai a folder, and said, "Several leaders, there is an urgent military information from the Northeast Theater of Operations. ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, Xia Bohai immediately took over the folder, only to see two black belts pasted on the cover, and couldn't help but be a little nervous, although it was three black belts that represented the most urgent and unfavorable situation, but two black belts were definitely not a good thing, so he hurriedly opened the folder to watch. And the other four people also saw the mark on the cover of the folder, so they were also a little nervous, could it be that something major happened in the northeast? So they all gathered around Xia Bohai and watched together.

It turned out that the Jinzhou area was attacked by bandits, and the three counties of Yixian, Guangning, and Fuxin were all broken by bandits, and the People's Army stationed in Jinzhou attacked, but was also defeated by bandits, and suffered heavy losses, so Jinzhou sent an urgent report to the theater headquarters.

After reading it, the five people were also quite shocked, you must know that Jinzhou is the gateway to the Northeast, the geographical location is very important, at the beginning of the war in East China, it was to take Huludao as the port, Jinzhou as the logistics base, and set up a logistics headquarters in Jinzhou. Moreover, Jinzhou was also a barrier to prevent the Qing army from entering the northeast, so the People's Army also deployed heavy troops in Jinzhou and repaired many fortifications.

It's just that later with the progress of the war, the People's Army captured Lushun, where both port conditions and transportation facilities are better than Jinzhou, Lushun Port is a military port, from the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division began to build, Russia took over to continue to expand, the hardware facilities are first-class, and there is a railway that can be directly connected, so Jinzhou's logistics position was gradually replaced by Lushun.