The special train that Xiao Mubai took was not very fast along the way, and when he officially arrived in Fangcheng, it was already the afternoon of April 2. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On this day, many high-ranking party, government, and military figures of the autonomous government in Guangxi went to the railway station in Fangcheng to pick up the train. Among them, the government is headed by Zhang Baocheng, secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Party Committee, and Hu Jingyi, governor of Guangxi Province, while the military is headed by Lan Tianwei, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and Huang Zhongying, commander of the South China Sea Fleet. Regarding the arrival of Xiao Mubai and other high-level officials, although they did not deliberately publicize it, they also did not deliberately keep a low profile for this purpose.

After getting off the train, Xiao Mubai did not stay at the railway station for long after seeing Huang Zhongying, Zhang Baocheng, Hu Jingyi and others, but under the escort of the guards, he quickly boarded the car and went straight to the naval guest house in Fangcheng Military Port prepared for him by Huang Zhongying and others.

By the time Xiao Mubai had almost rested in the guest house, recovered his energy, attended the dinner party welcoming him, and met with the celebrities and gentry in Guangxi, the time was almost past nine o'clock in the evening. However, at this time, Xiao Mubai was not in a hurry to rest, but asked people to call the commander of the Navy Qu Tongfeng, the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, Lan Tianwei and others to his residence.

"When I was going to come to Fangcheng before, Commander Qu told me that your navy is ready. Now that I'm here, I'll naturally take the time to go down to the army to see with my own eyes, and when the time comes, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people! Xiao Mubai's words were obviously said to Huang Zhongying.

Coming to Fangcheng to participate in the commissioning ceremony of the new navy warship can only be regarded as superficial work for Xiao Mubai, and his real purpose is nothing more than to conduct a practical and in-depth investigation of this branch of the military that he has not been to since its establishment through the method of visiting the grassroots level this time, especially in this aspect of the ideological dynamics of the officers and men of the unit. No matter which branch of the military is in the people's army, it is absolutely not an empty talk to always build an ideological foundation for officers and men to listen to the party and follow the party, and to ensure the party's absolute leadership over the army. Of course, Xiao Mubai did not mean that he wanted to go down in person to have face-to-face communication with the officers and soldiers, in fact, he did not have so much spare time now, and the final result was nothing more than to send a few trustworthy staff members around him.

Huang Zhongying naturally understood the hints and warnings implied in Xiao Mubai's voice, and did not dare to be vague at the moment, and responded cheerfully: "Chairman, rest assured, the work of our navy will definitely not disappoint you!" ”

"On my way to Guangxi, after arriving in Chengdu, Song Jiaoren, acting chairman of the Kuomintang Party, proposed to our party the idea of uniting with each other and forming a cabinet together. After Xiao Mubai nodded, he changed the topic and said: "The Kuomintang is an insider in the internal war, an outsider in the foreign war, the struggle within the party is life-and-death, and the struggle outside the party is helpless, so it is really not the best object for cooperation." Moreover, this is not in line with the political system that our party has always advocated. I feel that the system that we have in place today is more suitable for our country."

Seeing that everyone present nodded in agreement, Xiao Mubai then said: "Now the domestic situation seems to be calm, but in fact, there has already been an undercurrent. Although the Kuomintang won the parliamentary election, it seems that there is no one for a while, but Yuan Shikai will definitely not give up power, and the two sides will make trouble in the end, and it is bound to be another situation of tearing their faces. ”

"That's exactly what the Chairman said. Now the Kuomintang seems to be huge, but it has no power in its hands, no money in its hands, and it can't unite with each other internally, and it wants to enter the central government and control the power, it's really... Speaking of the Kuomintang, Lan Tianwei began to shake her head constantly.

Qu Tongfeng said: "Commander Ji Hao is right, after all, this world relies on strength to speak. In fact, the only people who can really determine China's final direction are us and Beiyang. ”

"The Beiyang Group is rotten and incompetent, and will only rule dictatorship internally, and only know how to grovel externally, and the future of the country naturally cannot be counted on them." This was said by Huang Zhongying. Now as a high-ranking officer of the People's Army, he naturally knows how much the Communist Party has invested in the navy, and this matter must be put on Beiyang, and I don't know if it will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. You know, how can a country without coastal defense straighten its waist in the face of the strong ships and cannons of the great powers?

After hearing this, Xiao Mubai nodded and said: "Therefore, the Military Committee will hold an enlarged meeting next month, and the topic of discussion is to formulate relevant combat plans and deploy the war to unify the whole country." When the time comes, you will all participate. ”

"Unify the nation?" Several people were bright-eyed, and Lan Tianwei's heart was even faintly excited.

Actually, it's not strange. Compared with the Beiyang Army, which has been in the army for many years and has generally been senior officers, the generals of the People's Army are basically very young, generally in their twenties and early thirties. is like Lan Tianwei, who is only in his thirties now, and such a person is naturally not as old as he is when he encounters trouble. Since the victory in the war in Burma, the Communist Progressive Party (CPC) has become the only hope for China's strength in the hearts of these young officers with faith and ideals. For them, it is what they have been looking forward to for a long time to eliminate the Beiyang clique, a feudal remnant government, unify the whole country, and let the Communist Progressive Party govern and build a new China.

Xiao Mubai looked at everyone's reactions one by one, and when he was satisfied, he said quietly: "For the war to unify the whole country, the army and air force are basically ready. Although the Navy may not be able to use the Navy in this war, I hope that when it can be used, the Navy will not drop the chain. ”

There are advantages to being young in the youth of army generals, but there are also disadvantages to it, they are not experienced enough, and they are easy to be impulsive when encountering problems. For example, at this time, if you meet a young man from the army, you would have patted your chest and made one guarantee after another, but for the older admirals Qu Tongfeng and Huang Zhongying, they naturally thought more in their hearts. The two of them raised their heads after a moment of silence, only to see Qu Tongfeng's expression gradually solemn and said: "It is naturally excellent to be able to unify the whole country as soon as possible." Beiyang's current strength, in fact, is not to worry about, in terms of military strength and equipment, as well as financial and logistical supplies, we have already dumped them more than one street. It can't be defeated, but the real trouble is the powers, especially the British and the Japanese, and the British are better to say something, because of the lessons of Burma, they won't say anything for a while, but the Japanese..."

"Commander Wei Qing is right! I have studied in Japan for many years, and I have had a lot of dealings with Japanese people during the Xinhai years, so I know how much Japan has interests in China. In the northeast region, the 'Manchurian Railway', which frantically grabbed the rights and interests of our country, and Han Yeping, who fed Hachiman Steel, and so on, all kinds of institutions, to name a few. Lan Tianwei also frowned when she heard this, and said slowly: "Japan lacks domestic resources, and even food is difficult to meet domestic needs, especially after the Russo-Japanese War, because of the huge debts, the national life is even more difficult. If it weren't for the ingenuity and recklessness of our country to survive, the country might have begun to turmoil long ago. Our party has always hated the Japanese, and naturally it will not let them easily seize the rights and interests of our country after coming to power, and this is obviously not what the Japanese want to see. When the time comes, opposition is inevitable. ”

Qu Tongfeng glanced at the dark night outside the window, and then said: "The Japanese army after the Russo-Japanese War has shrunk very much, and although it has recovered some vitality in the past two years, it is still inferior in terms of equipment and other aspects compared with the army of our people's army. Now it is impossible for them to defeat us on land as they did in the first year. What we are really worried about is the navy, and although our navy is now equipped with a large number of new warships, the military quality of the officers and men of the fleet cannot be compared with that of the battle-hardened Japanese navy. If war breaks out at that time, perhaps all we can barely do is to be able to contain part of the role of the Japanese navy. ”

Seeing Qu Tongfeng and Huang Zhongying, who looked quite annoyed, Xiao Mubai nodded slowly. In fact, he has been worrying about this problem for the past few days, although in the parallel world, Japan did not directly send troops to intervene in the civil war in China at the beginning of the Republic of China, but now everything has changed in this time and space, because of his unexpected arrival to lead the strong rise of the Communist Party, and the familiar events and characters have long been changed beyond recognition. He was well aware of Japan's early China policy, and he knew very well how much Japan would be afraid of a strong China. He is not afraid of the army, he believes in his army, but the navy is indeed a ** annoyance, this is not a quick service, it takes time to temper! It is estimated that when Japan puts on its own powerful naval lineup at sea, even the United States does not dare to intervene easily!

So, what should you do against the powerful Japanese Navy? Is it just this little naval power in the hands now? Naturally not, Xiao Mubai felt that it was necessary for the naval aviation to speed up the equipment plan for torpedo bombers.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mubai encouraged the two of them: "Actually, I think that as long as we can play a role in restraining some of the Japanese Navy, this will be a great progress for our Navy." In the former Qing Dynasty, the Japanese must have been too lazy to look at us. According to our current development plan, we believe that in the near future, our navy will eventually have the strength to confront the Japanese navy. ”

"We believe it too!" The three of them said in unison

"When you go back, you should also go and meet Chief of General Staff Chiang and Minister Yan of the General Armament Department, and tell them all about the situation here, lest they come to you again to ask!"

At the end of the conversation, Xiao Mubai nodded after some more instructions and watched them leave.