Chapter 679: New Plans
Everyone drank a few glasses of wine, and Xu Lang saw that Ye Sunquan and Luo Shi had been looking at him, as if they had something to say. Xu Lang knew that they wanted to ask Ye Zhan about the situation, but he couldn't interject.
Xu Lang raised his glass to the two people: "Old Ye, Mrs. Ye, Ye Zhan is still in Beijing, but the battle in Beijing has been over, he should come back soon, I think he will be home in more than a month." â
"Uncle Ye, Mrs. Ye, you don't know yet." Gao Chen, who was sitting next to Xu Lang, said, "Chief Ye may be promoted to brigadier general when he comes back." â
"Yes." Ye Sunquan was happy, "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your support." â
"It's not for me to carry it." Xu Lang said with a smile, "This is all Ye Zhan's own efforts, and we will soon have the youngest general in Yulin Bay." â
"Gao Chen, then you won't go up one liter again?" Ye Yan, who was beside Liu Guannan, asked, "You have been a major for a long time." â
Gao Chen was a little embarrassed to guard Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing: "Big brother, it depends on what the elders mean, but I am very satisfied if I can follow the two chiefs, it doesn't matter if I am promoted or not." â
Cheng Yiyi, who was on the table next to her, listened to the conversation between Ye Yan and Gao Chen, and unconsciously glanced at Ye Jie opposite, but saw Ye Jie lowering her head and constantly glancing at Gao Chen's table.
"Come on, let's leave them alone." Cheng Yiyi greeted with a cup, "Let's drink too." â
Li Lin and Leng Yujun also sat at this table, Li Lin smiled at Cheng Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, Xu Lang is back, this time it should be easier to go home." â
"I'm more tired." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, "It's better not to come back, it's like a big child all day long, I don't care about anything at home, it's all Zhiruo who is in charge, so I almost grab toys with his son." â
Cheng Yiyi's words caused a burst of laughter from the people at the table, and Leng Yujun turned his head to Xu Lang's table and asked, "Uncle Xu, why didn't Brother Junzhe come back, is he still in Beijing?" â
"yes, he's not done yet." Xu Lang said, "He should come back with your brother Ye Zhan." â
Speaking of Xiao Junzhe, Xu Lang suddenly remembered something: "Tianbing, Beiming said in the letter to me that Junzhe has changed in Beijing, and said that Junzhe means that he will not be in our General Staff after he comes back, and he wants to go down to the company to lead the troops." I'll say hello to you first, you just have a good idea. â
None of the people present knew what happened to Xiao Junzhe in Beijing, and Leng Tianbing asked: "Why doesn't he want to work in the General Staff Department, why does he suddenly want to go to the company?" â
Xu Lang took out a cigarette and slammed it on the table a few times, and said slowly: "He killed someone." â
The hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Xu Lang in surprise: "He killed someone?" Jun-cheol killed someone? â
Xu Lang smiled: "Who hasn't killed anyone on the battlefield, can it be called a war if you don't kill people?" â
"I said Brother Xu, can you tell me everything." Sun Tianhao shouted dissatisfiedly, "Good guy, scare me so much." â
Xu Lang's mood was a little dull again: "But Junzhe really killed someone, Beiming's letter said that he strangled a North Korean with his own hands." Beiming asked us to pay attention to Junzhe's emotions after he came back, no matter what, this incident still had a great impact on him. â
"Okay, we'll take care of it." Shi Xianyang said, "Today is to wash the dust for you, don't talk about these unpleasant things, let's let go of the amount and get drunk." â
Xu Lang and Gao Chen officially returned to work in the General Staff Headquarters, and everything returned to normal. Leng Tianbing put the reorganization plan of the First Army and the Second Army that had been sorted out in the past few days in front of Xu Lang: "This is what Zheng Jiang asked me to make." Except for the armies of Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang in the north, I still reorganized the two armies according to the original plan. The First Army has 32,000 troops and the Second Army has 18,000 troops, a total of 50,000 troops, and the Vietnamese issue will be completely resolved next year. â
Xu Lang opened the plan and looked at it twice: "TechnoAlpin, there should be no problem in solving Vietnam according to this plan, but what to do after defeating Vietnam, have you thought about it?" â
Leng Tianbing sat down opposite Xu Lang: "I've been thinking about this for the past few days. South Vietnam is now controlled by Nguyen Youyi, but Nguyen Phuc Lan has never been found, which means that South Vietnam has never had a king. And I think we can't abolish Zheng Jie after the defeat of North Vietnam, and we have to use his power. You have also said that a divided Vietnam is more beneficial to us than a united Vietnam. â
Xu Lang didn't understand Leng Tianbing's words too much: "You mean to continue to maintain the division of Vietnam?" It's okay to say that North Vietnam, but it's not a matter that South Vietnam has never had a king, so why don't you support Nguyen Youyi as the king of South Vietnam? â
"No, you misunderstood me." Leng Tianbing explained, "I mean that Vietnam can be formally unified, but in essence it is divided between the north and the south. We still support Trung Jie's rule of North Vietnam, but at the same time, South Vietnam wants to establish an autonomous region. As for the king of the whole of Vietnam, he can still use the current Le VĂŞ Wai Qi. â
Leng Tianbing paused when he said this: "Xu Lang, I have an idea. Didn't we always want to transform the Ming Dynasty into a model of constitutional monarchy and inter-provincial autonomy? But we don't know if this model is suitable for this era, whether it is suitable for the thinking of Oriental people. â
Xu Lang understood: "So you want to do a pilot in Vietnam." We have imposed this model on Vietnam, just as the United States imposed democracy on Japan after World War II. If it worked in Vietnam, it should work in the Ming Dynasty. â
"It is said that you Xu Lang is smart, and you really understand it as soon as you say it." Leng Tianbing said with a smile, "We don't have to worry so much about piloting in Vietnam, and some places can be forced by force." â
"Okay, that's it." Xu Lang was a little excited, "I'll do this plan myself." Let the facts speak for themselves, and see if the Easterners are really suitable for the Western system. â
Zheng Jiang took the reorganization plan reported by the General Staff to Zhang Guodong: "Chairman Zhang, the plan from the General Staff has been reported, you can take a look first." â
Zhang Guodong took the plan and read it carefully: "There is nothing wrong with this plan, but how to solve the problem of military resources?" â
Zheng Jiang turned out another document: "Chairman Zhang, according to the news brought back by Xu Lang, the number of people in the First Army who retreated to Yulin Bay is about 17,000, and Xu Tianbin recruited more than 4,000 recruits some time ago. In addition, we can also bring back tens of thousands of rogue prisoners of war from Xi'an, and there are more than 10,000 people suitable for serving as soldiers, and these people together are almost enough for the needs of the First Army. â
Zhang Guodong asked again: "Will these rogue prisoners of war join the army as soon as they come back, will there be any problems?" â
"No, Chairman Zhang. Leng Tianbing told me that after the young men and women of these prisoners of war returned, they would set up prisoner of war camps, and all of them would be sent to mines and collective farms in various places, and then they would be screened and conscripted one by one after the Chinese New Year. There are still many things to prepare for the attack on Vietnam, and the General Staff Department estimates that it will be March or April next year at the earliest, so there will be no delay. â
"And what about the Second Army of Vietnam?" Zhang Guodong asked again.
"The Second Army is under the sole responsibility of Li Fuqiang. Now that the Second Army of Vietnam has almost 10,000 people, let Li Fuqiang increase his conscription, and in addition, he can also select some of these rogue prisoners of war to supplement the Second Army, and we are not very relieved to leave them all in Yulin Bay. â
Zhang Guodong thought for a while and didn't say anything else: "Zheng Jiang, if it's okay, come with me to Wang Jian's place, there are some things we have to discuss together." â
"Chairman Zhang, you wait first." Zheng Jiang shouted to Zhang Guodong and took out another document, "This is my own opinion, do you have any opinions on the list of officers of the two armies and departments?" â
"You've even figured this out." Zhang Guodong took the list and looked at it.
The First Army was led by Han Wantao and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Lin Zhaolong and He Chaoyong were transferred back from Vietnam to serve as division commanders of three divisions with Xu Tianbin, and at the same time were promoted to the rank of major general. Zhao Qi, Ye Zhan and Andreas were transferred to the Second Army in Vietnam as brigade commanders and promoted to brigadier general.
The rest of the people have also adjusted. Zeng Guangxian was promoted to lieutenant general, Wang Zhaoxing and Xu Lang were promoted to major generals, Zhang Hai, Leng Tianbing, Zhao Dequan and Liu Jun of Singapore were promoted to brigadier generals.
Zhang Guodong said with a smile after reading it: "Zheng Jiang, what a big stroke, how many generals have been promoted this time." â
"There's no way around it." Zheng Jiang also smiled, "We have more and more troops now, Ye Zhan and Andreas are both generals, so we have to balance it." â
Zhang Guodong picked up a pencil and circled the list a few times: "He Chaoyong and Lin Zhaolong have been in Vietnam and know the situation in Vietnam better. Ye Zhan and Andreas haven't come back yet, and it wouldn't be good if they went directly to Vietnam as soon as they came back. They don't want to be transferred, these two people directly served as division commanders of the First Army, and all of them were promoted to major generals. â
Zheng Jiang was a little surprised: "Chairman Zhang, isn't it a bit inappropriate for the two of them to go directly from colonel to major general?" â
"There's nothing inappropriate, didn't Xu Tianbin also be promoted directly from colonel to major general?"
"But." Zheng Jiang thought about it and changed his words, "The cavalry division suffered quite a lot of casualties in Beijing this time, and some people in the military have some arguments about Andreas, if we directly promote him to major general now, I'm afraid there will be a problem." Besides, Chairman Zhang, according to our regulations, the promotion of generals must be approved by the General Assembly, and it will cross two levels at once, and I am worried that the General Assembly will veto it. â
"Well, I forgot about the Crossing Convention." Zhang Guodong said with a smile, "Then it's up to your Military Commission to make an idea, I'll just say one opinion, Lin Zhaolong and Ye Zhan don't need to be reversed, this will be good for our Vietnam operation next year." â
"I see, Chairman Zhang." Zheng Jiang packed up all the documents.
When the two of them arrived at the committee to find Wang Jian, they found that the committee was holding an enlarged meeting, and all the committee members, including Gu Yunkun, Liang Chengdong and almost all the bureau chiefs, attended the meeting, even Xia Yang, who is now a brigadier general of the Yulin Army.
"Hey, they're all busy." Zhang Guodong pushed open the door of the conference room, "You guys have a meeting first, and Chairman Zheng and I will wait outside for a while." â
"No, no, two chairmen." Wang Jian beckoned, "I just have something to ask you two, you can also participate in this meeting, anyway, it's all about Yulin Bay, let's get ideas together." â
Zhang Guodong and Zheng Jiang were no longer polite and found a place to sit down. The first thing Wang Jian asked Zheng Jiang for instructions was to ask Xia Yang to quit the army and return to work in the committee. In response to the influx of prisoners of war into Yulin Bay and the original homeless people who had nothing to do after the completion of the ring road, the committee decided to set up a resettlement team, and Wang Jian meant to make Xia Yang the leader of the group.
"We don't have a problem." Zheng Jiang said, "As long as Lao Xia is willing to return to the committee, he can withdraw from the army at any time." â
"Thank you very much." Wang Jian smiled, "It's better for Lao Xia to come back." â
Wei Yang reintroduced the content of the meeting to Zhang Guodong and Zheng Jiang. At present, the total population of Yulin Bay is 220,000, the total population of Hainan Island is about 550,000, and the number of displaced people who have not yet been resettled is about 30,000. According to Xia Yang's statement, by next summer, Xi'an will send back about 70,000 or 80,000 people, adding up to about 100,000 people in Yulin Bay, and the entire committee feels tremendous pressure.
Gu Yunkun, director of the Bureau of Mines, submitted a map of the distribution of minerals on Hainan Island to the committee. Although Hainan Island is still rich in mineral resources, some of them are not yet needed, such as oil and natural gas. Guyunkun roughly marked more than a dozen mineral resources, most of which are metal ores. Gu Yunkun means don't think about the problem of consumption first, organize manpower to mine first, and then talk about it later. In the past, there was no one to mine, but now that there are people, the production should be expanded, and it will be used one day in the future.
Liang Chengdong also submitted a plan to build several more collective farms throughout Hainan Island, modeled on the model of the Xinjiang Construction Corps in later generations. Yulin Bay is still not self-sufficient in grain, and a large amount of grain needs to be purchased from Vietnam. Liang Chengdong feared that if a war with Vietnam began, the import of grain would be cut off. Building a few more farms can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, solving both the food problem and the employment problem, anyway, Hainan Island now has wasteland.
In addition, Luan Xu also expressed his own opinion. Although the ring road has been completed, the roads throughout the island have not changed at all, and they are almost exactly the same as they were ten years ago. Although Yulin Bay now controls the whole of Hainan, the real control is still in the county seat of each prefecture and county, and it still has not been able to extend its tentacles to the countryside below the county seat. Therefore, Luan Xu suggested continuing to build roads, so that every village can truly connect the road and truly control Hainan Island.
After listening to Wei Yang's introduction, Zhang Guodong looked around with a smile: "You guys, there are a lot of ways to put forward it." Wouldn't it be easy to solve the employment problem by following these methods, and why would your committee still have so much pressure? â
"Chairman Zhang, we don't have money when it comes to money." Cheng Yiyi, the president of the bank, said, "Any of the suggestions they put forward will also cost a lot of finance, and our finances will not be able to bear it." â
"Haven't we been doing well lately?" Zheng Jiang asked, "I heard that the tax collection is good, and the trade has also improved greatly, so why is there a shortage of money?" â
"Chairman Zheng, it's not because of your military's problems." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, "You have to reorganize the two armies, and the navy also has new requirements." By the end of the year, I will at least set aside 500,000 yuan for you in military expenses, and there will be no money for anything else. â
Zheng Jiang stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.
"Chairman Wang." Zhang Guodong asked, "Then do you have a final plan now?" â
"We just talked about it." Wang Jian replied, "In addition to military expenses and necessary expenses, the money left for the committee is more than 300,000 yuan. We want to find two mineral developments and build two collective farms at the same time, but this will not accommodate many people, not even the current 30,000 people, let alone the 80,000 that will come soon. So I would also like to ask you how much your military can relocate, and whether you can expand the army a little more. â
"It's hard." Zhang Guodong shook his head, "Yiyi also said just now that the reorganization of these two armies will cost 500,000 military expenses, and if they are expanded, how can there be such money." But you don't have to worry, our military will go back to discuss it and see if we can send a group of people to Vietnam. â
The meeting ended quickly, and the committee eventually came up with a provisional resolution. Nothing else, build two mines and farms first, and resettle as many as you can, which is better than doing nothing. As for the rest, let's talk about it when we have a cross-over conference.
Ye Yan had just come home from work when he was called to the innermost courtyard by Roche. The Ye family is now the courtyard of Wujin, Ye Yan, Ye Zhan and Ye Li each live in a small courtyard, Ye Sunquan and Luo Shi live in the innermost courtyard with Ye Jie and Ye Bing, and the rest of the maids live in the outermost courtyard, and the entire Ye family is almost 30 people.
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