The military meeting of the day was held in Sanliqiao Village, on the west bank of the middle reaches of the Dragon River, on a flat wilderness meadow.

On the afternoon of the previous day, under the arrangement of Wang Shizhen, the new director of the Office of the Anti-Japanese War, and Liu Pingyun, the new commander of the guard battalion.

The propaganda team, the regimental logistics office, the engineer brigade, the gendarmerie unit, and the regimental guard battalion leveled and repaired the area around the venue, set up a conference platform, wrote banners, propaganda slogans, and planted colorful flags.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, under the announcement of Shen Zhaoao, the meeting of all officers above the company level of the anti-Japanese army of the Lushun Military Region officially began.

In the faint sunlight of the early morning, nearly 600 naval officers sat densely on the grassland, and when they heard Shen Zhaoao's announcement, they all applauded excitedly.

Immediately, the audience became quiet.

All the officers of the Anti-Japanese Army eagerly gazed at He Changying's figure on the conference stage.

"It has been more than half a year since July of the first year of the First Wu Dynasty (the middle of August in the Western calendar), the Korean reinforcement army rushed to Pyongyang to kill the Japanese and defend the suzerainty of our China against the Lee dynasty of Korea."

He Changying stood on the 1.5-meter-high wooden conference platform and said passionately: "During the war, Renguan, Shun'anyi, Zhisongyuan, Hushan, Andong, Pulandian, and then the Jinda Brigade fought against the 2nd Army of the Japanese Army, and the 1st Army of the Japanese Army at Zhili Shanhaiguan, and we are the Japanese army in Liaodong with the momentum of the wind and clouds to flatten the various cities, we are heroic, we are invincible, we are invincible, we kill the Japanese army, we deserve the great honor of the guardians of China!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

Below and on the conference stage. A round of applause rang out.

"The main goal of our anti-Japanese army at the moment is still to go all out to fight a decisive battle with the East, but-"

He Changying raised his voice and said loudly: "We must have a clear understanding that the Oriental country is just an insignificant third-rate country on the power map of the world; If we want to truly realize the take-off and rise of our China, we should have more ambitious goals, pursuits, and ideals! ”

On the morning of the same day, He Changying proposed the name of the Anti-Japanese Army, which could no longer cover the future demands and efforts of the group, and the unit was renamed for the third time after it became an army.

As for the new name of the army, at the high-level meeting of the regiment on the night of the 18th, there were different opinions, and Chen Shijie even proposed the highly symbolic name of 'Huaxia Army'.

There are also 'Wansheng Army', 'Dragoon Army' and 'Garrison Army', or the very 'old-fashioned' 'He Zi Army' proposed by Jia Qisheng, and the 'Beiyang New Army' proposed by Xu Bangdao, all of which have been denied one by one.

In the end, He Changying adopted Shen Zhaoao's proposal in Xu Bangdao, and jokingly said a more neutral name: "Then just call it the New Army." ”

For this name, including Shen Zhaoao himself, they were all dissatisfied, and Li Bohu and Mao Chao even said that it was 'too imposing' and 'vulgar'.

However, after much deliberation, it seemed that they could not find a more suitable name.

Not the best, but it's appropriate!

In the past, the 'army aiding Korea' was based on the main appeal of the region, and it clearly explained the purpose and scope of the army's establishment, that is, to resist the Japanese and aid Korea.

After that, the war burned to Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty, and the name of the army was changed to 'Anti-Japanese Army', which directly pointed out that the object of the army's battle was Dongyang.

By now, the Anti-Japanese Army has nearly 50,000 elite land forces, the largest naval force in the Qing Dynasty and the second largest in Asia, and the army's goal is no longer just against the Japanese army.

Rather, it is necessary to look at the world, participate in the power struggle for hegemony on the three oceans and four continents, and divide the pattern of the world's spheres of influence.

The name 'Anti-Japanese Army' has a narrow goal and no longer meets the goals and demands of the army in the future.

And the name 'New Army' is not obvious, and it does not cause unnecessary trouble and taboos.

However, it is also distinguished from the 'Eight Banner Soldiers', 'Green Battalion', 'Hunan Army', 'Huai Army', 'Beiyang Army', and the general 'Lian Army', the 'old' of these names.

There are countless explanations for the future direction of the army, and there is no narrow reference to "region" or "object".

It can basically meet He Changying's purpose of changing the name of the army.

After the name 'New Army' was announced, except for some sharp-eyed officers, there was a vague sense of the unusual meaning behind the name change.

Most of the officers of the 'New Army' were confused, feeling that this name was too ordinary and not too majestic.

Moreover, many of the Qing Dynasty garbage training troops do not even have a few rifles in their hands, and they also claim to be a new type of army and a 'new army'.

He Changying did not explain the deep meaning behind the name change to the officers, but went directly to the next topic:

The establishment of the supreme authority of the Forces nouvelles, the 'Wartime Council of the Forces nouvelles', was announced.

He Changying, member of the Standing Committee of the Wartime Committee of the New Army, commander-in-chief, Xu Bangdao, deputy commander-in-chief, Jia Qisheng, Wu Weiyang, and Lin Yunyu are five people.

The members of the executive committee are: Shen Zhaoao, Chen Shijie, Mao Chao, Li Bohu, Hao Tiansheng, Li Zhenhua, Zuo Shangqing, Liu Xueren, Xu Ru, Xiong Kaiyu, Liu Mingyang, Liu Gangzhi,

Preparatory members Qu Desheng, Nie Pengcheng, Li Fengrui, Wang Shizhen, Peng Qianyan, Fang Dahai, Lv Shuncheng, Huo Guotao, Yu Zeqing, Song Fei.

The director of the office of the committee is Colonel Wang Shizhen, and the first deputy director is Major Liu Pingyun, commander of the guard battalion, who is responsible for the security, secretarial, and other matters of the five commanders.

The Wartime Committee of the New Army consists of the Military General Staff, the Logistics Bureau, the Military Judge Advocate General's Bureau, the Military Medical Bureau, the Military Science and Technology Bureau, the Military Merit Archives and Documentation Bureau, and the Veterans Administration.

Navy Command Department, War Department, Military Police Unit (under the Military Judge Advocate General's Office), Police Security Bureau (under the administration of the local military district).

Major General Shen Zhaoao, Chief of Staff, and Colonel Peng Qianyan, Deputy Commander.

Tang Shaoyi, director of the Logistics Bureau (privately declined He Changying's military rank appointment in advance), and Deputy Director Yang Chuci Major of the Bureau.

Major General Chen Shijie, Director of the Military Judge Advocate General's Bureau, and Lieutenant Colonel Li Yuanhong, First Deputy Director.

Colonel Zuo Shangqing, director of the Military Medical Bureau, and Major Yun Mengjie, deputy director of the bureau (lurking in Seoul).

Colonel Liu Xueren, director of the Military Science and Technology Bureau, and Major Luo Hongwei, deputy director of the bureau (in charge of the most difficult Anzhou radio station).

Colonel Yu Zeqing, director of the Military Merit Archives and Documentation Bureau, and Major Wei Baihua, deputy director.

Colonel Wang Shizhen, director of the Veterans Administration Bureau (concurrently), and Major Cheng Hao, deputy director of the bureau (Nanyang, Xiong Kaiyu, and Liu Gangzhi were unwilling to accept it, so He Changying had to bring it back to Lushun).

Liu Buyun, chief of the Navy Military Command Department, Ye Zugui, Qiu Baoren, Li He, and Lin Guoxiang, deputy commanders of the Navy Military Command Department, and the four deputy military commanders are responsible for the navy's internal logistics, quartermasters, construction, dockyards, grass-roots personnel, and the skills training and assessment of naval officers and soldiers.

——(Note: Several Beiyang Pipe Belts have made it clear in advance that they will not accept the appointment of the ranks of the Anti-Japanese Army, but are only responsible for integrating naval forces and continuing to fight with the Japanese Combined Fleet.) ）

Major General Wu Weiyang, Minister of the Army, Major General Lin Yunyu, First Vice Minister, Major General Hao Tiansheng, Second Vice Minister, and Major General Li Zhenhua, Third Vice Minister.

Major General Chen Shijie, commander of the military police, and Lieutenant Colonel Lu Zhaomei, deputy commander.

At present, the police and public security bureau is only for one topic, and it will be established after the integration and establishment of various military regions in the future.