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readx; Chen Zhong looked at the back of Genjiro Akashi and disappeared into the vast night. www.biquge.info He had already sensed the coming storm.

Chen Zhong also knew very well that this Akashi Genjiro was here to find him tonight, and he wanted to send a strong message to himself, and he was going to attack Chen Zhong's Hainan. Judging by Akashi's confident expression, he was ready.

This was already expected for Chen Zhong. The Qing court had long been divided over the military power of Hainan, and Akashi's activities only accelerated the rapid intensification of this contradiction.

At present, Chen Zhong's national strategic layout has basically been completed. All aspects of Hainan are also in full swing to step up preparations.

Hainan can basically supply the army's guns and ammunition by itself, but the artillery still needs to be ordered in large quantities abroad.

The war with the Qing court must have been a confrontation on the part of the army. Therefore, the current scale of the Hainan army needs to be continuously expanded.

The original Guangzhou Qigang army has now expanded to 300,000 troops, Guangxi's troops have grown to 500,000 men, and Hainan has its own 400,000 troops.

After the First Battle of Liaodong, Li Chuang's troops in the northeast increased rapidly after nearly half a year of rest. Many of the recruits were local people in Northeast China, because they saw that the Hainan army had helped them regain their homeland, and they all volunteered to join the army, and for a time, the soldiers were extremely sufficient, and Li Chuang expanded the army to 600,000 in just three or four months.

According to Chen Zhong's rough statistics, the number of troops that can be mobilized outside Hainan has reached nearly 1.7 million. It is enough to compete with the Qing court.

In addition, although the Qing court's forces were basically able to reach such a scale, their fighting was still very weak compared to Hainan. The long-term slackness can hardly be said to be combative. Moreover, there is only a small part of the new army, and the equipment of the troops is outdated.

Chen Zhong's Hainan army, on the other hand, was equipped with all new-style equipment, and was fully equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery and machine guns, and all the soldiers adopted new-style training methods.

Therefore, the current Hainan army is fully capable of coping with large-scale corps operations. In addition, Li Chuang's army in the northeast has greatly enhanced its combat effectiveness after the first war against Japan, and its commanders and fighters have accumulated a certain amount of experience in large-scale operations, and it should be the unit with the strongest combat effectiveness and the best equipment among the Hainan army.

Chen Zhong and his entourage ended their affairs in Shanghai and sailed towards Hainan with the Hainan fleet.

It is now the Spring Festival of the 32nd year of Guangxu.

Chen Zhong returned to Hainan, and Zhang Tong and Zhou Zhiguang held a grand welcome ceremony to welcome Chen Zhong and the return of the Hainan fleet.

As soon as he arrived in Hainan, before Chen Zhong returned home, he convened a military meeting of the Hainan Palace.

First of all, Zhang Tong reported to Chen Zhong on the expansion of the army in Hainan and the construction of border fortifications in Hainan.

Zhou Zhiguang was briefed on the recent situation in the two Guangxi and the development of the troops in the two places. General Xiao Yang suggested to Chen Zhong that military academies, hospitals, and military enterprises should be established in Guangxi, so as to gradually connect the economies of Guangxi and Hainan and carry out overall development, and gradually make use of Guangxi's regional resources.

According to the existing situation in Guangxi, the mining industry can be developed. In addition, vigorous efforts were made to build railways, so that troops could be quickly mobilized and military supplies could be transported in wartime, so as to prepare for the national strategy of the Hainan army advancing northward.

In addition, the development of Hainan's military industry has entered a new period. As a result of Hainan's large-scale reforms, the private economy has also developed rapidly.

Many of the world's largest enterprises have invested in Hainan, and they have set up industries, businesses, hospitals, schools, etc., and Hainan's economy has developed rapidly in the past two years. The living standards of the common people have also improved rapidly.

Chen Zhong was very satisfied with the current development of Hainan in all aspects, and after listening to General Wan Ji's report, Chen Zhong further elaborated on Hainan's upcoming national strategy.

Chen Zhong said: Due to the early struggles of the old prince and several veterans, Hainan has accumulated a lot of valuable wealth, which has laid a solid foundation for Hainan's development today.

After nearly two years of policy adjustments, Hainan has gradually developed and grown stronger at the most appropriate time.

The rapid development of Hainan is a historical inevitability, but the growth of Hainan will inevitably endanger the interests of the Qing court and, more deeply, the interests of the imperialist powers.

Therefore, our Hainan must not be complacent and complacent here for the sake of this progress, and we should be more aware of the crisis around us.

"The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind", and the growth of Hainan will inevitably attract many hostile forces.

Therefore, we must prepare in advance, once the Qing court begins to take action against our Hainan, our Hainan is now ready to fight Beijing in one fell swoop, directly overthrow the Qing court, replace it, and establish our Chinese empire, which is also the last wish of my father that has not been fulfilled.

At that time, we will overthrow the Qing court and completely drive out the imperialist powers from our homeland.

In view of the upcoming nationwide war, we in Hainan should make all preparations in advance.

Once the war began, Li Chuang would attack directly at Beijing in the northeast, while the blades of the western front would lead their army of the western route to attack Beijing from the west.

The armies of Guangxi and Guangdong marched to Beijing on the Central and Eastern Routes respectively.

The naval fleet landed from Shanghai and Lushun, and we combined the six armies to attack Beijing. It will take about one to two years to solve most of the battlefields in the country.

Now, Hainan is about to enter an active state of preparation, according to the prediction of this king, the war will basically start in three months, or even earlier.

Before leaving Liaodong, the king secretly met with the German ambassador and entrusted him with ordering 2,000 cannons and 3,000 machine guns from the German military-industrial complex.

According to the agreement between the king and them, about May and June of this year, one-third of the order volume of these equipment can be delivered.

After this equipment arrives, it will be quickly equipped to various units, and then our army in Hainan can be said to have reached the level of the most powerful army in the world.

Therefore, soldiers, cheer up and follow this king to do a great thing that changes the world and let our Huaxia win its own rightful place in the world.

This is also our unshirkable responsibility, this is the mission entrusted to us by history in Hainan, and this is the most glorious historical moment!

Soldiers of Hainan, are you ready? Use our blood, for our country, for our nation to make the most gorgeous charge.

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