After Zhou Xinhua got the latest Japanese report, he didn't immediately send other secretaries to Wei Ze, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided to send it to Wei Ze himself.

The report is an assessment that the situation of the Hokkaido Army in Tokyo is getting worse and worse. After reading the report, Wei Ze asked Zhou Xinhua to sit down opposite him. The former commander of the Ezo Republic Dispatch Army, who was already mentally prepared, sat down in front of Wei Ze and heard Wei Ze's question, "Xinhua, do you think they will retreat decisively?" ”

"Sansei may choose to retreat, and Japan doesn't seem to be able to understand the essence of a big retreat." Zhou Xinhua replied immediately.

"Humph!" Weeser just smiled. Striding forward and retreating in stride, this in itself is an instruction that a great strategist like Taizu can make. This sentence is simple to say, but it is extremely difficult to implement. To move forward, you have to have a starting point. To retreat, there must be a destination for retreat. The arrival of the Hokkaido Army in Tokyo was already the greatest manifestation of the great strides and progress. If it retreats, where is the Hokkaido Army ready to overthrow?

Zhou Xinhua didn't react to Wei Ze's sneer, he continued: "I personally think that if they choose to retreat, it is very likely that they will retreat to the area of the Aizu Domain as originally planned and firmly hold the northeast. Their original plan was to hold on here, taking advantage of the location to fight the people and confront the Meiji army. ”

"Can they hold it now?" Weeser asked.

Zhou Xinhua immediately replied: "I don't know how well the Hokkaido Army operates in the north, if it can operate enough, then it will have to face a fierce battle." The Meiji Army would not let go of the Hokkaido Army easily. As far as intelligence is concerned, the Meiji government organized this counteroffensive. If the Hokkaido Army was allowed to gain a foothold in the Tohoku, the Meiji Army would still suffer a big loss. ”

Wei Ze was silent for a while, and the degree of concern Zhou Xinhua paid to Japan was enough to prove that he very much wanted to return to Japan, at least to be able to return to the army to be responsible for carrying out the operation against Japan. The big secretary is the leader's henchman, and in addition to being capable, he must also be able to stand firmly with Wei Ze. Wei Ze has watched "House of Cards" and is very touched by the use of the big secret candidates in it. This kind of character needs to be capable, but there is no need to use it for a long time. Regarding Zhou Xinhua's character and ability, Wei Ze agrees very much. Thinking of this, Wei Ze smiled: "Xinhua, do you want to go to Japan?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xinhua shook his head, "Governor, I think Hokkaido needs to accumulate experience, and there are too many flaws in their system." I don't want to command a war at the front, there is no need to command at their level. There are too many differences, and I'm worried that there are too many commands and we will accidentally leak our core technology to them. Of course, if we're going to intervene personally, I'm willing to lead the troops. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xinhua did not take the initiative to ask to lead the troops, nor did he take the initiative to leave, which really surprised Wei Ze. After weighing the problems of Japan against the problems of the big secretary, Wei Ze still felt that his big secretary was more important. No matter how many people died in the Japanese Civil War, it was only the Japanese who died. And if the situation in China is turbulent, it will be the turn of the Chinese people to be affected. Weeser did not believe that the life and death of the Japanese were more important than the Chinese.

The plan that can be considered now is that everyone needs to send other personnel to the Hokkaido Army to make suggestions, and Wei Ze handed over the selection of candidates to the Nanjing Army Academy to arrange. The Army Academy was quick enough, and on the third day they gave Weezer a list. The first place on the list is Qi Rui. Several other names Wei Ze didn't associate after reading them, and he wasn't in the mood to see them that much.

Just when Wei Ze was about to shut up, Ke Gongyu's call came in. "Dudu, I can't help it, Qi Rui's grades are good, and he was highly evaluated in the assessment in Japan a few months ago. This is a list of recommended by everyone, and I can't find any reason to refuse. And I think about it, it's not a bad thing that your Wei Rui can be valued by everyone. ”

"I know. When the children are older, no matter how worried we are, we have to let them go on their own. You don't have to say so much, it's up to you to decide. Weser said that he agreed with the reason, but his worries about his son only kept increasing. This trip to Japan is not simply to stay at the headquarters, and if you want to make effective suggestions, you will definitely go to the front line. As long as you go to the front, you can't avoid the threat of death. But how did Wei Ze say to himself, the highest chance of death in the war is the fear of death and the thought that he is not afraid of death. A person with a stable personality like Wei Rui is safe. But Weize himself knew very well that after going to the battlefield, there was no place to be truly safe.

But what Ke Gongyu said is right, Wei Rui is now in a critical period. Zhou Xinhua was promoted so quickly because he got the opportunity to make contributions. If Wei Rui can become a colonel or even a colonel, whether he is Wei Ze's son or not, he will have a place in the army. But if Qi Rui is now known to be Wei Ze's son, it may not affect Qi Rui's future, but that he will be isolated by most people or maliciously approached.

Putting this matter aside, Weeser moved on to his most important work in recent times. Rectify party affairs.

The Liberation Party has been established for a long time, but based on the current situation, Wei Ze feels that the party itself has become a four-way party. If there was no Wei Ze, the Liberation Party would be a party at most, and it would even be reduced to a township party. Without industrialization, the Liberation Party would have the characteristics of a feudal guild. Without an organization department, the Liberation Party would have lacked an entry and exit mechanism.

Now with Wees, with industrialization, and with the Organization Department, the party is more of a disciplined club. It was too far from the steel-disciplined Bolshevik party. In Wei Ze's wishful thinking, once he gets rid of the influence of his old brother, the first thing he will do is to put the Liberation Party in order. What Weeser needs at the moment is to be prepared for the hard work. According to the history that Wei Ze saw, it is impossible to imagine that most of his energy before his death was put on rectifying the Liberation Party.

Wei Ze forced himself to forget the dangers faced by his son through work, and Qi Rui couldn't think of his father's feelings. This opportunity was given to six intermediate trainers, and among the students that Qi Rui was familiar with, Li Yannian was the only one, and the other four were all students who Qi Rui nodded to. The only thing that can be determined is that these six people are all recognized as students with excellent grades and excellent performance in this issue. Because of this, they can be granted such an opportunity.

After receiving the urgent order, they understood their mission and "tried to persuade the Hokkaido Army to return to the northeastern region of Japan to conduct defensive operations." The situation of the war changed so much that the possibility of the Hokkaido Army taking advantage of the situation to capture all of Japan became very small.

In addition, the team was led by two faculty members from the Department of Political Science of the Nanjing Army Academy. Principal Ke Gongyu said: "We are the political commissar of the Liberation Army, and the political commissar does not only know how to do ideological work, and many political commissars are no worse than military commanders in battle. Let the faculty members of the Department of Politics lead the team, just to see if you can make any progress in this direction. ”