Chapter 536: Joint Military Exercise (1)
Qin Zheng continued: " I will give you two examples: First, how to define the landlord, the big landlord is of course easy to handle, but in this era, there are still a large number of small landlords, their fields are not very large, some of them have to cultivate a part of the land themselves, and some of the richer peasants will also hire or lease some land, then where the boundary between the landlord and the rich peasants is there, if the division is not good, it is very easy to dampen the rich peasants' enthusiasm for production, and even make the peasants dare not seek wealth; the second is how to divide the land, of course, the landless peasants are easy to do, but what about the rich peasants and the yeoman peasants, if all the land is collected and distributed equally, then the peasants who have more arable land will be treatedIt is obviously unfair for them to be peasants whose cultivated land is higher than the average, and it will even cause them dissatisfaction, and if we do not implement a one-size-fits-all approach, then how can we divide the land? Bayi Chinese Network? ? ≥≈≤.=”
Li Songchen said: "Isn't the meaning of the political commissar a division of classes?"
Qin Zheng laughed and said: "That's pretty much what it means, but we divide the class components not to engage in class struggle, but to formulate a reasonable land system." ”
Zeng Dongdao: "Okay, we will come up with a plan as soon as possible." ”
After the end of the executive committee meeting, the people from other places rushed back, while the others also worked separately, and soon the group entered a state of busy work. At this time, in accordance with the agreement negotiated in Shanghai, the Japanese drove the Zhenyuan ironclad ship to Dagukou, handed it over to the crossing group, and exchanged it for Japanese prisoners.
On the one hand, the Zhenyuan was to deliver the Zhenyuan to the crossing group, and on the other hand, to pick up the exchanged prisoners, and at the same time, to communicate with the crossing group on the matter of the two sides' plans to conduct joint military exercises at sea, so as to determine the arrangements for the military exercises. After all, the two sides have never held joint military exercises at sea before, so there are many things that need to be communicated beforehand.
In charge of communicating with the People's Army was the Japanese Navy's Major Commander and Standing Fleet Staff Officer Masayuki Akiyama, while the Japanese fleet was received by Navy Commander Shang Jinfeng and Fleet Commander Wang Hailong after participating in this joint naval military exercise.
Seeing the name Akiyama Shinyuki, Shang Jinfeng and Wang Hailong were a little excited, because this person had an important position in the history of the old Japanese Navy, and was crowned as a genius staff officer, the first strategist of the navy, and even Japan's Mahan and many other titles.
Akiyama Shinyuki was born into a low-class samurai family in Nakafucho Town, Matsuyama Castle (Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture) in Iyo Province, and entered the 17th class of the Naval Academy in Meiji 19 (1886). In Meiji 23 (189O), he graduated with the first place and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant to serve on the coastal defense ship Hiei. He also participated in the Sino-Japanese War as a navigator of the gunboat Tsukushi. In Meiji 31 (1898), the Japanese Navy selected students to study in the United States at public expense, but Akiyama Shinyuki was not selected, but he studied in the United States at his own expense. Studying at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, his tutor was Alfred Thayer Mahan, a famous "sea power" master, and at the Washington Naval University, Akiyama used the university library and the Navy Library to delve into the study of military theory. In Meiji 33 (19oo), he returned to Japan and entered the 1st Division of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Navy as a staff officer of the Standing Fleet. In the Russo-Japanese War five years later, Akiyama Shinyuki assisted Heihachiro Togo in winning the Battle of Tsushima and established his historical position in the old Japanese Navy.
Although Akiyama Shinyuki is only a junior at present, because he has the qualifications to study in the United States and has the aura of being a student of Arimahan, he is already a new star in the navy at this time, and Japan sent him to communicate with the traveler to negotiate the matter of the joint military exercise, which also shows that the Japanese side attaches great importance to this military exercise.
Shang Jinfeng and Wang Hailong, accompanied by Akiyama Mayuki, first received the Zhenyuan ship and inspected the entire ship. Although the Zhenyuan ship can only be regarded as a second-class ship in Japan, it is indeed well maintained, and compared with the several warships captured by the traverser, the state of the Zhenyuan ship can be said to be the best, which also shows that the military and navy are indeed strictly disciplined, and all naval regulations are strictly enforced. And with the ship came 2oo shells for the main guns, a total of 8oo shells for the other guns, 2oo tons of coal, and a small amount of drinking water and food.
After receiving the Zhenyuan ship, Shang Jinfeng also ordered all the Japanese prisoners to be released and let them board the Morning Maru. At this time, the captives of Britain, France, the United States, Italy and Austria have all been released, because as soon as the Shanghai negotiations are over, these five countries will pay the ransom to the traverser, and Britain, France and the United States have their own spheres of influence in China, so they can immediately send ships to pick up their prisoners. Of course, Britain, France, and the United States also left a large number of colonial soldiers, totaling more than 4,000 people, who were basically left to fend for themselves.
Only the Germans had a large number of prisoners, and after the loss of Tsingtao, Germany had no garrison in the Far East, so it could only send ships from China to pick up the soldiers back home. In addition, the prisoners have also returned to China, and now the number of prisoners who have crossed the group has dropped sharply to about 22,000, of which 18,000 are Russian prisoners.
After dealing with the matter of the Japanese prisoners, Shang Jinfeng, Wang Hailong, and Akiyama Shinyuki also started formal negotiations. Akiyama Shinyuki first informed the two of them that Vice Admiral Hachihiro Togo would be the commander of the Japanese fleet participating in the joint naval exercise, and that the battleships Fuji and Yashima, the armored cruisers Asama and Tokiwa, the protective cruisers Takasago, Kasaki, Yoshino, and Chitose, the torpedo boat destroyers Yoiyan and Tsukumo, and the transport ships Higo Maru and Toe Maru, a total of 12 ships and more than 5ooo soldiers.
At the same time, Akiyama Shinyuki suggested that the fleets of the two sides converge near Beihuangcheng Island at the mouth of Bohai Bay, because it is about 5o kilometers away from Port Arthur, and it can almost be said that the eyelids of Port Arthur are low, so the intention of the Russian army is naturally very obvious.
On the first day, the two sides held a party on Beihuangcheng Island to strengthen exchanges between the two armies, and the soldiers could also conduct some sports competitions and material performances, and in particular, it was also proposed that the two sides could play a football game, and the Japanese Navy was trained by the British, and it was the tradition of the British Navy to hold a football match, and Japan was somewhat affected, and the football match between the two sides had already been widely known, so Japan made this proposal, and the officers of both sides conducted a sand table deduction exercise for the naval exerciseThe following three days are the naval exercises, the Japanese side listed the military exercise subjects are: fleet navigation, formation changes, T-shaped formation shooting, live ammunition target shooting at sea, the most important thing is the actual combat confrontation, each side sent 3-4 warships, take turns to conduct a one-on-one single-ship competition, except for the use of live ammunition, the rest of it is the same as the actual combat, and on the fifth day the two sides have another friendship, and summarize and exchange the results of this military exercise.
Although Shang Jinfeng and Wang Hailong did not have a good impression of Japan, after reading the military exercise plan proposed by Akiyama Shinyuki, the two had to admit that the fineness and rigor of the Japanese were indeed different, because this military exercise was originally more symbolic than practical, and the crossing group actually did not take it too seriously, it was just a series of sea training. However, the Japanese side has made a detailed plan that is so detailed that it can be played in football. At least this spirit is worth emulating.
Shang Jinfeng and Wang Hailong basically had no objection to the military exercise plan drawn up by the Japanese, but they only had to deal with the final actual combat confrontation subject, plus a fleet confrontation, that is, each side sent 3-4 warships to form a small ship to conduct a real combat confrontation.
Akiyama Shinyuki naturally had no objection to this request, but when he learned that the traverser did not plan to send modern warships to participate in the naval exercise, the reason was that these warships needed maintenance and could not participate in this naval exercise, but sent a few captured warships, and Akiyama Shinyuki couldn't help but be a little disappointed. On the one hand, the Navy of the Traverser defeated the German Far East Fleet, and on the other hand, it was also because these warships were too alternative, the hull was simple to the extreme, and the ship's weapons were even less presentable, but they had achieved incomparably brilliant results, which was the reason. Naturally, it has become a target that countries want to explore.
Although Japan and the Crossing Group are now in a cooperative relationship, it is also very clear in Japan that overseas Chinese will definitely be Japan's strong opponents in the future, so we should also consciously collect information about overseas Chinese now, since it is the navy, after all, Japan is also a country founded on its navy, and it is hoped that this joint military exercise will take advantage of this joint military exercise to observe at close what is so strange about the warships of overseas Chinese, but the overseas Chinese do not plan to send these warships to participate in the exercise, which also makes Japan's hopes disappointed.
However, Akiyama Shinyuki also knows that this kind of behavior of overseas Chinese is also reasonable, just as the Japanese regard overseas Chinese as potential opponents, overseas Chinese are also guarding against Japan, and they can know it just by looking at their strength to catch Japanese spies, so in this kind of military exercise, of course, they must hide their main warships.
In fact, Japan also did not send its own real main force. Although the battleships Fuji and Yashima were members of the "66th Fleet" planned by the Japanese Navy, these two battleships were originally planned by Japan to be used against the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, but they did not catch up with the First Sino-Japanese War and ended up being brought into the "66th Fleet." In fact, the real main battleships of the "66th Fleet" are the other four battleships of the "66th Fleet," the Shikishima, the Hatsuyori, the Asahi, and the Mikasa, and the Mikasa has not yet been delivered.
Of course, Japan finally came up with two standard battleships, both with a displacement of more than 12ooo tons, and the armored cruisers Asama and Tokiwa were also close to 10,000 tons, and they were launched only five years ago. The Brandenburg is still a battleship, and its displacement of 1oo7o tons is also comparable to that of Fuji and Yashima, but the Saxony and Zhenyuan are both outdated ironclad ships, and they also brought in the defeated Beiyang Naval Division of Japan.
But Akiyama Mayuki can't say anything, so he can't let overseas Chinese stop maintaining warships. However, since the three warships of the Beiyang Naval Division had not yet arrived, the time of the military exercise was determined by the traversers, and Japan was notified three days in advance.