Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

It was not Bai Zhizhan who went to find Wang Kaiyuan, but Bai Zhizhan who he came to find.

If anything, the two haven't seen each other for a long time.

In fact, Bai Zhizhan has always been respectful of Wang Kaiyuan, and feels that it is not so easy to get along with Wang Kaiyuan who is engaged in intelligence work.

Don't talk about Wang Kaiyuan, even Zheng Jiangming and Bai Zhizhan have similar feelings.

In addition, the original trip to the caves also made Bai Zhizhan feel that he couldn't get too close to Wang Kaiyuan.

Not to mention anything else, Wang Kaiyuan is serving the eldest prince.

Although after the constitutional reform, the political structure of the empire has already undergone earth-shaking changes, and the imperial family has become the symbol of the highest power of the empire and no longer directly participates in the administrative management of the country, but in just a few decades, the appeal of the imperial family is still very strong.

In times of war, this is even more so.

If nothing else, at least all Imperial soldiers are loyal to the Imperial Family, to the Emperor!

For the internal struggle of the royal family, a royal family like Bai Zhizhan who is not even as good as his relatives will naturally hide as far as he can.

In order to facilitate the conversation, the two went to the restaurant to ask for a private room and ordered a few side dishes with wine.

Bai Zhizhan came prepared, and Wang Kaiyuan was no exception.

Wang Kaiyuan also understands the White Stop War, and respects the White War very much.

In his words, among the army and navy of the empire, the generals he sincerely admired could be counted with the fingers of two hands, and Bai Zhizhan was definitely one of them, and he was among the top three. As for the other two in the top three, they must be Lian Xusheng and Li Yunxiang.

Besides, the White War is still an imperial horse.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere relaxed a little, and Bai Zhizhan raised the issue he was most concerned about.

Is there really a plan to send troops to the southwest and eastward to attack Austria?

What surprised Bai Zhi's sense of strategy was that Wang Kaiyuan did not evade him at all, nor did he talk about him left and right, and directly gave a clear answer.

Be!

When he came to Puzhou, he also followed up on the army's plan to attack Aozhou.

To put it simply, Puzhou is not only home to the largest shipyard in the empire, the Puzhou Naval Shipyard, but also a dozen smaller shipyards.

In addition, several large cities adjacent to Puzhou have ports and shipyards.

With Puzhou as the center, within a radius of 500 kilometers, a small half of the empire's shipbuilding enterprises gathered, and the shipbuilding volume reached 40% of the empire.

Wang Kaiyuan's task is actually to investigate the shipyard's extreme production capacity.

In his words, it is whether enough ships can be built within a year to ensure a smooth launch of the combat operation against Austria.

To march into the southwest and the east, the current ships are enough.

In addition, there are vital combat materiel.

The Nanjiang Delta region, centered on Puzhou, not only has the largest shipbuilding industry system in the empire, but also is the industrial center of the empire, with the most complete industrial system in the whole empire. Starting from Puzhou, going up the Nanjiang River, there are two inland industrial bases in Wuzhou and Yuzhou.

In the Nanjiang Delta and the Nanjiang Industrial Belt, almost all weapons and equipment can be built and all combat materials can be produced.

So far, the output of main battle equipment such as tanks and airplanes in the Nam Giang area accounts for 30 percent, while the output of ammunition materials is close to 40 percent.

Crucially, the lower reaches of the Nanjiang River were also one of the most important grain-producing areas in the empire, with a large number of light industries.

If nothing else, about one-third of the canned fruit produced by the empire came from food factories in the lower reaches of the Nanjiang River.

All in all, if we really want to launch a campaign to advance into the southwestern and eastern seas and attack Austria, we must bring into play the productive forces in the Nam Giang area.

For this, a more comprehensive mobilization for war is needed.

Of course, it is not only the lower reaches of the Nanjiang that need to be mobilized.

In the Guangdong-River Delta, the Liaohe Delta, and the Qilu Peninsula and other areas where industry and agriculture are concentrated, there are intelligence officers like Wang Kaiyuan who are secretly conducting investigations in preparation for the upcoming mobilization.

Wang Kaiyuan made it very clear that Xue Yuanzheng had already approved in principle that the war mobilization should enter the second stage.

As soon as it is activated, all factories and industries that can have an impact on industry, such as mining, food processing and transportation, etc., will have to be regulated.

Fortunately, Xue Yuanzheng has not yet made a decision.

The key is actually in the hands of intelligence officers like Wang Kaiyuan.

In Wang Kaiyuan's words, his visit to Puzhou is to find out, and only after finding out the basic situation of the empire will Shoufu make a decision.

"What's going on?" Bai Zhizhan is also very direct, and it was Wang Kaiyuan himself who mentioned coming to Puzhou to find out.

"You can say good or bad. Whether it's good or bad depends on where you're standing. ”

Bai Zhizhan rolled his eyes, but he knew that Wang Kaiyuan was such a virtue, and he had to show off when he had the opportunity.

"It's not clear about the rest of the world, but it's on my side, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem at the moment. Basically, the factories I went to still had more than 20% room to expand production. After the second phase of mobilization, it was possible to increase production capacity by 30 per cent without expanding the impact. ”

"There's so much room for improvement?"

"If you just consider entering the southwest and Guia, plus attacking Austria, it should be enough."

Bai Zhizhan's brows jumped a few times, and he heard another layer of meaning in Wang Kaiyuan's words.

"If we sweep the Southwest and Guia Ocean, we can force the Nuland Federation to surrender if we capture Austria, no matter how difficult it is, we must overcome and overcome." This sentence was obviously said in reverse, and Wang Kaiyuan sighed and then said: "It's a pity that with the current situation, this is simply impossible." If you want me to say, it's actually counterproductive. If we send troops to the southwest and look east, we may prolong the war for a few more years. ”

Bai Zhizhan only nodded and didn't say much.

In fact, Wang Kaiyuan can think so, and he has breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that Wang Kaiyuan is likely to be testing him.

Don't forget, Wang Kaiyuan is the person of the great prince, and it may also be a saint. If so, he should support the advance into the Guia and the attack on Austria.

The point is that the capture of Austria is one of the key conditions for forcing the Nuland Federation to admit defeat and end the war early.

If Wang Kaiyuan is doing things for the saint, it cannot be ruled out that he is tempting by this matter.

"General Bai, I also know why you are looking for me and what you are worried about. Although we are not all the way, we are pursuing the same goal. I'll be in Puzhou for a while, and you can come to me at any time. It's just that I think you should take a more long-term view. Wang Kaiyuan smiled and said: "To put it mildly, if you are not good at things outside the battlefield, don't do too much useless work." Win battles on the front line, expand your victory and advantage, that's what you can do! ”

"I won't stay in Puzhou for long."

After saying this, Bai Zhizhan sighed secretly.

Of course he understood what Wang Kaiyuan meant when he said these words, but he also knew that whether he could go to the front line in time was not something he could decide.

It's just that Wang Kaiyuan really didn't say anything wrong.

The battlefield that belongs to the White Stop War is the vast ocean, the position that belongs to him is the flagship of the fleet, and the battle that belongs to him is the front line filled with gunpowder.

This set in China is really not what he is good at.