After consultation in East China, it was decided to send Luo Yue to Borneo to carry out the handover with Shi Pei.

In fact, at this time, East China has been getting Borneo for more than 1 year, and has already established a sound administrative system in Borneo, and local officials can completely carry out the transfer of land with Shi Pei, but this time with Shi Pei is not only the transfer of land, but also the division and cooperation of defense, and the exchange of land has already been determined.

Although Borneo is a provincial-level administrative level, and China can be ranked in the top six in terms of area in this era, second only to Inner and Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Heilongjiang, and slightly larger than Qinghai, but after all, it is an island, and as long as it is an island, it belongs to the garrison of the Marine Corps, so Luo Yue is the most suitable person to come forward and be responsible for the defense negotiations with Shi Pei.

In addition, this time Luo Yue will go to Borneo, and will also choose to determine the location of the base and training ground of the Marine Corps on the island, because the environment and geographical advantages of Borneo are suitable for the combat environment of the Marine Corps, so the Marine Corps will take Borneo as the main station and training base in the future, although it will not be stationed on Borneo on a large scale for the time being, but it can also start planning and arranging now.

However, it is not easy to determine the fleet visiting Japan, because according to the reaction of Japan's intelligence department, the Japanese people now have great objections to this warship visit, not only the visit to the fleet in East China, but also the US fleet to sail around the world, and it turned out that after the defeat in the Far East War, in addition to regarding East China as the main enemy, Japan is also dissatisfied with Britain, France, the United States, and Germany.

Japan's public opinion believes that the essence of this Far East War is that Japan fought with Russia and East China for the sake of Britain, France, the United States, and Germany, but in the war, Britain, France, the United States, and Germany did not support Japan enough, and Britain and France sent troops to participate in the war, but the United States and Germany not only did not go all out to help Japan, but on the contrary, they provided more support to East China, and they also ate both ends, which led to Japan's defeat; in the negotiations between Japan and East China, the countries did not help Japan enough, and Britain and France made peace with East China as early as possible An agreement was reached, but the United States and Germany not only did not help Japan, but persuaded Japan to accept East China's conditions in its entirety, and as a result, Japan paid a large amount of reparations.

Moreover, after the end of the war, the United States and Germany are vying to invest in the northeast region of East China, which makes Japan even more hateful, first, in Japan's view, the United States and Germany's investment in East China is of course a betrayal of Japan; second, if Japan wins this battle, the northeast region will belong to Japan, then these investments are all Japanese, which is really popular.

In fact, these public opinions are throwing the blame for Japan's defeat, but this is very in line with the mentality of the Japanese government and the opposition, after all, the Far East War was lost so badly, and there must be some reason, anyway, it can't be Japan's fault, so the only way to blame others is to blame the fault, so Japan has not stopped the development of this kind of public opinion, and even has some encouragement in secret.

On the one hand, the United States was responsible for Japan's defeat in the war, and naturally they all looked down on the United States unpleasantly; on the other hand, the "66 Fleet," which Japan had built up over the past 10 years, was completely wiped out in the Far East War, and now the United States has actually dispatched a round-the-world fleet of 17 battleships, which has filled the hearts of many Japanese with envy, jealousy, and hatred. Some people have even compared the visit of the US round-the-world fleet with the "Black Ship Founding Incident" more than 50 years ago. As for the visiting fleet to East China, the Japanese will not have a good face.

In fact, in Japan, many media have called for the cancellation of this visit, at least the visit of the East China ** fleet, and at the same time, the Japanese police have also cracked a number of conspiracy plots planned by non-governmental organizations to attack the East China ** warship during the fleet's visit.

If it weren't for the fact that Gonbei Yamamoto, who is now prime minister, is a member of the navy, he might have canceled the visit of this warship first, and even if he did not cancel the visit of the US round-the-world fleet, he would have canceled the visit of the fleet in East China, but after all, the Japanese Navy has some sense of the overall situation and world concept, and knows that this naval visit is of great importance to Japan, on the one hand, it is to further strengthen the relationship between Japan and the United States, and on the other hand, it is also to ease the relationship between Japan and East China These two points are crucial for Japan to gain a time for peaceful development and to restore its post-war vitality.

In this context, what kind of fleet will East China send to visit Japan cannot be casual, if the fleet sent is large in scale and strong in strength, it is easy to provoke Japan; and if a few warships are sent casually, it will appear to be too contemptuous of Japan, which is not conducive to the purpose of East China's participation in this visit, so it is indeed necessary to carefully and seriously consider the proportions involved.

In the end, the Military Commission determined that the fleet visiting Japan will be composed of four warships, Jinan, Tianjin, Qingzhou, and Yizhou, all of which are warships designed and built by East China's own design, two armored cruisers, and two large protective cruisers, and in the current naval ranks of the People's Army, they all belong to the first-line warships, and they have performed well in previous wars. A capital ship like a large armored cruiser, so it will not irritate Japan too much.

And the person in charge of leading the team is Rear Admiral Xia Ruichen, who is now the commander of the armored cruiser detachment, in charge of the four armored cruisers Chitu, Jueying, Jinan, and Tianjin. At the same time, in order to avoid the Nagasaki incident that occurred during the visit of the Beiyang Navy Division to Japan in 1886, this visit particularly emphasized discipline, and during the visit, except for participating in the activities organized by the Japanese side, all personnel must stay on the warship, and no one is allowed to get off the ship without the permission of the officer in charge, and violators will be severely punished.

After these two things were confirmed, the work of the past few days was over, and everyone got up and left the conference room. Qin Zheng packed up his things, also got up to leave, just out of the door of the conference room, only to see Gao Shize standing at the door, as soon as he saw him come out, he immediately greeted him, and said, "Old Qin, are you free now? I have something to look for you." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "It's okay, Lao Gao, what's the matter with you." ”

Gao Shi looked left and right and said, "Then delay your time a little and come to my office to talk, it's not convenient to talk here." ”

Qin Zheng was also a little amused, and said, "Okay, what's so mysterious." ”

The two came to Gao Shize's office, and after taking a seat, Gao Shize was busy making tea and handing cigarettes, looking very affectionate, Qin Zheng said: "Old Gao, let's not be polite, if there is anything, let's talk about it now." ”

Gao Shi nodded and said, "It's still for the sake of my daughter's business, it's still uneasy for people to be so big." ”

Qin Zheng said: "You mean Gao Jin, she is very good, she has done a good job in Jinzhou in the past two years, and she was promoted this time." And didn't she reconcile with her family last time? I heard that she came back two days ago? Why don't you feel at ease!"

Gao Shi sighed and said, "It's okay, and the last time it was thanks to your persuasion, otherwise I don't know when it will be troublesome?" ”

Qin Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lao Gao, don't say this, you have thanked you a hundred times, what is it for this time?"

Gao Shi said: "It's still that incident, the last time she fell out with her family, it was for her lifelong event, although her career has been good in the past two years, but she is almost 36 years old, and she is still single, how can you call us parents not in a hurry, and she doesn't dare to say it in front of her, and she is afraid of provoking her." ”

Qin Zheng said, "This is a problem, but what can I do to help?"

Gao Shi said: "Of course I can help, otherwise why would I look for you!" This time she came back, with her there was an officer, a division commander, named Ouyang Longxing, now his troops are stationed in Jinzhou, and when my daughter took office in Jinzhou, the two of them also worked together for a period of time, they are acquaintances, the day before yesterday he came to my house as a guest, it seems that the relationship between the two of them is not bad, and my wife and I both see that this young man is a good person, so I also inquired, he has not yet started a family, and his age is only two years younger than my daughter, so it is suitable for my daughter. ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Boss Gao! I saw him when I was in the Northeast, the person is indeed good, and he is indeed the eldest is not small, if he can really become with your daughter, it will be really good. ”

Gao Shi nodded again and again: "That's right, that's it, but this matter has to be done by someone to pull a line, we can't go to our family, at least we have to ask that young man first, if he doesn't like my daughter! You are also his old boss, and you are familiar with the Military Commission, so I can only trouble you again. ”

Qin Zheng said: "I didn't say it, I don't dare to say it if it succeeds, but I definitely have to help with this favor, I'll go to Lao Xiao tomorrow, ask about the situation first, and you just wait to listen to it." ”

Gao Shi hurriedly said: "Then thank you, thank you, don't ask you to help in vain, I have received a few new bottles of good wine there, and I will send them to you tomorrow." ”

Qin Zheng smiled: "Don't do it, of course it's easy to say that the matter is done, if it doesn't work, I don't dare to accept your wine." ”