"What day is it, why is it so lively on the dock?"

"I asked just now, it turned out that our navy went to war yesterday and won a big victory, severely damaging the fleets of Russia and Japan, and these people all came to the dock to see the warships. ”

Li Songchen nodded and said, "So that's the case, we finally joined the war." ”

Sun Yuanjian said: "Yes, this is also a matter of time, now that I have joined the war, I have also ended a major event, and I will do my best to help the war in the future, and I don't have to keep it in mind." ”

Dong Jiaqi said: "Participating in the war at this time is only afraid that it will be detrimental to our work in Shanghai." At present, Shanghai is a place where the forces of various countries are concentrated, and the attitude of Britain, the United States, France, and other countries does not want us to participate in the war, and if we go to Shanghai to take up our posts at this time, the external environment will certainly not be friendly, and I am afraid that this will be a big trouble for us. ”

Li Songchen shook his head and said: "Friendship is won by our own strength, not by our overtures to the outside world, so there is no need to worry at all, as long as our army fights better on the battlefield, the more stable our position in Shanghai will be, and other countries will not dare to despise us." ”

Sun Yuanjian said: "That is, the current status of the Shanghai New Area is not won by our compromise and goodwill with foreign forces, but by the victories we fought when we first came ashore. ”

Li Songchen and his entourage came to Qingdao from Tianjin, went through the corresponding procedures, and then went to Shanghai to replace Yang Yuxin as the chief executive of the Shanghai New Area. First, Shanghai has an extremely special position in modern China, and its development prospects are of course far stronger than those of Tianjin; even though the East China Government is now only an administrative region in Shanghai, serving as a local official in Shanghai plays a very important role in his own personal development; second, although Shanghai is a chaotic mess at present, it is precisely because of this that he can show his strength in Shanghai on the contrary, and the Executive Yuan will not set high expectations for himself, as long as he can stabilize the situation in ShanghaiAfter all, Yang Yuxin has been operating in Shanghai New Area for nearly 4 years and has laid a good foundation, as long as the East China government remains strong and maintains development, it is not difficult to control Shanghai.

However, Li Songchen also put forward a request like the Executive Yuan, that is, he wanted to send several middle-level officials from Tianjin to Shanghai to work together, and the Executive Yuan had no objection to this, because Li Songchenli's request was also very reasonable, a good man also needed three gangs, no matter how strong Li Songchen's ability was, it was inevitable that he would be alone when he went to Shanghai, and because the current Shanghai New Area was a mess, Li Songchen took a few of his right-hand men to Shanghai together, which was also conducive to his rapid work in Shanghai, and the Executive Yuan also hoped that Li Songchen would stabilize the situation in Shanghai as soon as possible。

This time he came to Qingdao, Li Songchen only brought two subordinates, Sun Yuanjian was Li Songchen's office director when he was in Tianjin, responsible for handling Li Songchen's daily work, Dong Jiaqi was the director of the personnel department, and they were Li Songchen's right-hand men. However, this will not be decided until Li Songchen takes up his post in Shanghai New Area for a period of time and understands the situation of Shanghai New Area. In addition, the three of them also brought four accompanying security personnel

At 6 a.m., the East China Government officially announced its participation in the war in the form of the "New China Daily" and reported the results of the battle on both the sea and land fronts last night, and also announced that it would hold a press conference at 10 a.m. to answer questions from reporters from various countries.

Although it was released at 6 o'clock in the morning, the news of the East China government's participation in the war quickly spread in Qingdao, and the consulates and reporters of various countries in Qingdao rushed to tell each other, although all countries knew that the East China government would participate in the war, but when the East China government really entered the war, it still made the diplomats and reporters of various countries blow up, and the first batch of 30,000 copies printed out were sold out within one hour.

Those who bought it read it repeatedly, hoping to find out some hidden insiders from between the lines, while those who didn't buy it had to wait for the next batch of outsiders to go on the market.

However, after the shock, the personnel of the foreign consulates and reporters expressed doubts about the results announced on the outside number, and from 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the naval battle to 5 o'clock in the morning when the land war basically ended, that is, 12 hours, the People's Army actually won a huge victory on three fronts, and any one of these victories was already very rare, let alone achieving these three victories at the same time? When the personnel inquired about the details of the war, they were the gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and before it was time to officially go to work, almost all of them were surrounded by diplomats and reporters, demanding that someone be sent out to answer everyone's questions. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that at the press conference held at 10 o'clock, there will be a detailed explanation and answer to reporters' questions, but there is no answer at the moment.

At this time, there were still more than two hours before the press conference, and some reporters rushed to the auditorium early to ask and wait in line, but then another news came that the fleet of the People's Army Navy had returned, and had brought back many captured Japanese and Russian warships and soldiers, so everyone immediately rushed to the dock to watch.

In fact, the KPA naval fleet began to return to port at 4 a.m., and by 8 a.m., most of the warships and prisoner ships had returned to the port and anchored at various piers, but some warships were still guarding the Tsushima Strait, because two Japanese ships Shikishima and Nisshin were stranded and wanted to be rescued by rescue ships. So a large number of people flocked to Qingdao Bay.

However, the East China government did not block the wharf, but still avoided a wharf viewing area, but only arranged a lot of troops to maintain order, after all, this is a great opportunity to publicize the military exploits of the People's Army and boost the morale of the people.

Of course, this is also a deliberate arrangement of the East China government, the personnel of the Japanese and Russian armies have been taken away, and there are only a small number of caretakers on each warship, and just looking at the hull, deck, and incomplete appearance of the ship, the cracked holes, the twisted steel plates, and the broken masts, one can imagine what kind of fierce battle it has experienced. Moreover, the Andrei flag of the Russian Navy and the sunburst flag of the Japanese Navy have not been torn off, but have only been lowered, and the chrysanthemum coat of arms on the bow of the Japanese ships can clearly indicate the original identity of these warships.

Seeing these warships, the diplomats and reporters of various countries have also dispelled some of their suspicions, and some of the warship reporters are still acquainted, so at least it can be confirmed that the KPA Navy has indeed won a great victory. Diplomats hurriedly took out notepads and recorded what they saw, while reporters set up cameras to take pictures of each warship.

Of course, in addition to diplomats and journalists from various countries, there are more people in Qingdao, and the people's ideas are very simple, as long as they win the war, so they clapped and laughed on the dock one by one, pointing and pointing, and some people cheered loudly. Since the East China government took over Qingdao, the development of the economy and the improvement of the people's livelihood have indeed significantly improved the people's living standards, so they have also won the hearts of the people.

After Li Songchen and the others got off the boat, they left through the official passage and came to the lounge specially designed for officials to wait for the special city train to go to the administrative area.

At this time, there were more than a dozen people in the lounge, but there was a group of uniformed soldiers who stood out. In fact, Li Songchen's group is also quite a few people, with a total of 7 people, so it has attracted a lot of attention. Even many of the soldiers in this group came to see it.

As soon as the two sides looked at each other, Li Songchen immediately recognized them, including Shang Jinfeng, Minister of the Navy, and Gao Jun.

Li Songchen and Shang Jinfeng have known each other several times, although they do not have a deep friendship, but they know each other, and Gao Jun is also Li Songchen's subordinate, because before this war, Gao Jun has basically completely left the army and changed to work in the local area, she is mainly responsible for improving women's social status, education level, living and working environment, etc.

Only when women are fully emancipated can they obtain a large number of labor forces under the current situation of limited human resources of the East China Government, and they will inevitably occupy a large number of male labor force to serve the war under the condition that the East China Government wants to participate in the war, so social production during the war period needs a large number of women workers to be able to make up for it.

Gao Jun has worked in Tianjin for nearly 4 years, and has done a lot of work for the emancipation of women, under her efforts, the proportion of female workers in Tianjin's industrial workers has been close to 3 percent, mainly distributed in light industry and service industry, in this era, this is already a considerable achievement, because her work is done very well, so it is also very valued by the Executive Yuan, if it were not for this war, Gao Jun would have been transferred to Qingdao to work.

After the two sides met, they greeted each other, Li Songchen also congratulated Shang Jinfeng, congratulating the navy on its victory, and Shang Jinfeng also said a few words modestly, saying that there was nothing to be proud of in this victory, and everyone knew the reason.

It turned out that Shang Jinfeng's party was going to the headquarters to report on yesterday's battle situation, and also to discuss the next battle plan. In addition to Shang Jinfeng, there was also Zhang Wei, the captain of the Sanya ship, who reported on behalf of the Northern Fleet. Originally, this should have been the matter of Wang Hailong, the commander of the Northern Fleet, but now Wang Hailong was still floating at sea to deal with the two stranded Japanese warships, so he had to be done by Zhang Wei, and the two of them each selected two middle-level officers from their respective warships to go with them, and Gao Jun was one of the entourage.

Li Songchen also explained the purpose of his trip and prepared to go to Shanghai to take office.

Shang Jinfeng was one of the members of the wartime command, and of course he knew about the affairs of Shanghai, and he also knew that the Executive Yuan wanted Li Songchen to replace Yang Yuxin. said: "Shanghai is a mess now, Mayor Li has arrived in Shanghai, and the burden is not light." ”

Li Songchen smiled and said, "Actually, it's okay, I don't think it's that difficult." ”

While they were talking, the city train arrived, so everyone left the lounge and boarded the train, and hurried to the administrative district.