In Yamagata Prefecture, in the division headquarters of the Kumamoto Sixth Division, the guards stood outside and did not dare to laugh at the atmosphere, the bayonets on the golden hook rifles reflected the sunlight, the leather boots were also polished, and the buttons of the military uniforms were meticulously tied. The Kumamoto Division was originally known for its strict military discipline, not to mention that the current division commander is Lieutenant General Akashi Motojiro, who is famous in Yumoto. In the Army, even the elders of Shan County respect him for three points, and Prime Minister Terau Masashi speaks politely in front of him, who else dares to have the slightest disrespect for him?

Yamagata Prefecture, where the Kumamoto Division was stationed, was famous for its hot springs, but none of the three people in this room had ever bathed.

Genjiro Akashi was in the headquarters, humming an Osaka song, wearing a stinking kimono that had not been washed for many years, and running around the room with a wooden model airplane, and a "whining" sound like a seagull chirping from his mouth. There were also two men in the room, one with shabby clothes and unkempt hair, holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and his mouth was chanting. Another man in his fifties who nibbled on a persimmon with frost, a specialty of Yamagata Prefecture, had two delicate French-style beards, a straight military uniform with medals hanging from his chest, and eyes as sharp as those of a falcon. His appearance is extremely unusual among himself, with snow-white skin and a high nose, and at first glance he looks like a Westerner. Although his military uniform was crisp, it also exuded a foul smell, and he didn't know how long it had been unwashed.

After a while, the man holding the Buddha bead in his hand suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Akashi-kun, you are right, the era of giant ships and cannons is over!" ”

Akashi Genjiro ran around the house for two more laps before he reluctantly put down the airplane model and sat down with a smile: "Akiyama-kun, I knew you would have a way." ”

The man holding the Buddhist beads in his hand was none other than Masayuki Akiyama, the number one genius of the Navy and the proud protégé of Rear Admiral Mahan, the father of the U.S. Navy.

At the time of the Russo-Russian War, it was Akashi Genjiro and Akiyama Shinyuki who worked closely together to send the Russian Far East Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to the depths of the ocean in one fell swoop. Akashi Motojiro used a large amount of money to instigate Lenin, Trotsky and others in exile in Switzerland and the Russian Socialists, planted a large number of saboteurs on the Baltic Fleet from the port of Tallinn, and the Russian [***] ship attacked the British trawler in the North Sea, almost causing Britain and Russia to go to war, which is the masterpiece of Akashi Motojiro. Akiyama Shinyuki famously made his work by blocking Port Arthur, which was defended by the Russian army, by blocking the Russian-fortified port with a sunken ship, and repeatedly winding and attacking the Russian fleet in the narrow Tsushima Strait, and capturing the commander of the Russian Navy.

Looks like a Westerner nibbling on a persimmon is Akiyama Shinyuki's own brother, Army Lieutenant General Akiyama Yoshiko, he is the number one genius among the generals of the army, and now serves as the commander of the Guards Division. The Guards Division is no different from the ordinary Honko Division, and it is considered the Emperor's own soldiers, and even if they violate military discipline or lose a battle, the commander has no right to punish them. When Nogi Noshinori fought in the Southwest War, the wing flags were taken away by the rebels, and he became the first wing captain in history to be robbed of the wing flag.

Akiyama is an authentic cavalry genius, and he is undoubtedly the father of the cavalry from the selection and breeding of horses to the training. And his talent is definitely not limited to this, he is the first in the army to realize the importance of machine guns. In the Russo-Russian War, during the Battle of Mukden, as the brigade commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, he defeated the Russian elite Cossack cavalry three times his own in one fell swoop with the traditional tactics of sabre to sabre, creating a miracle in the history of human warfare and breaking the myth that the Russian Cossacks were undefeated in a head-to-head confrontation. In the first battle of Heigoutai, he used 8,000 cavalry against 110,000 Cossacks. After disrupting the array of the Russian [***] team and demoralizing the Cossacks, the cavalry launched a charge and taught the Cossacks a good lesson with their sabers. The Russian Cossacks, who had been rampant in Europe for hundreds of years and were once the envy of Napoleon, were simply branded as a historical term by Akiyama Yoshiko. He also won a turning point in the Russo-Russian War. Akiyama Yoshiko's use of cavalry has almost reached the pinnacle, he sent cavalry deep behind enemy lines, and fought 1,200 kilometers, burning Russian baggage, cutting off Russian communications, and destroying Russian communications, causing the Russian army to be restless.

Akiyama Yoshiko is known as the greatest hero who brought Akimoto out of the greatest crisis of the Russian War, Akiyama Shinyuki is the number one hero of the naval battle, and Akashi Genjiro is known as the greatest hero of the entire war.

It is almost unimaginable that the top geniuses of the navy, army, and espionage gather in the small prefecture of Yamagatata, and it must be an earth-shattering event that can make the three of them sit together and study. However, the three guys who never took a bath sat in a room, and the smell was a little stronger than Wang Zhihe's sauce garden.

Fortunately, all three of them got used to it, and they were happy to eat it.

Akiyama Yoshiko rubbed his big nose, sneezed twice, and said with glowing eyes: "If you can load a machine gun on an airplane and use it to reconnoitre, disrupt communications, and block enemy reinforcements, the effect will far exceed that of cavalry, but what kind of plane can fly that far?" You know, in a large-scale battle, it is common for cavalry to go deep behind enemy lines for hundreds of kilometers, can an aircraft fly hundreds of kilometers? ”

Akashi Genjiro said categorically: "Yes! ”

Akiyama Yokoko's eyes widened and said, "Oh? Then the empire really needs to be equipped with a large number of planes! Is it made in the UK or in the US? ”

Akashi Genjiro smiled bitterly: "It was produced by the people of Shina!" ”

Akiyama exclaimed, "Impossible! It is impossible for China to have such a developed new technology! ”

Akashi Motojiro spread his hands: "I also hope that it is impossible, but this is the truth, and the truth is often so cruel." ”

Akiyama Shinzhi twisted the Buddha beads in his hand: "Please don't despise China, when I went to Jiujiang to visit my teacher, Major General Ma Han, I saw that China was building a bicycle out of manganese steel, oh my God!" Such an expensive manganese steel, they actually used it to make bicycles! ”

Special alloy smelting, this is the top secret of the top secret, said that I am looking all over the world and no country is willing to transfer technology to the world, until now, the armor of the combined fleet, the same thickness of the protective capacity is only seventy percent of the European and American powers, the armor-piercing bullet is still filled with cement mortar solid training bullets, if it were not for the lack of armor-piercing bullet technology, the book would not have used extremely unstable Shimose gunpowder.

The joke that a typhoon can blow away the mast and bow of a warship and almost destroy an entire fleet can only happen in the world's naval powers.

As a top figure in intelligence work, Akashi Genjiro knows far more about China than others, and he said leisurely: "The cement production line exported by the people of China has monopolized the European and American markets, and the steel mills that the people of China cooperate with the United States produce special steel at unimaginably low prices. The manganese steel bicycle produced in China is only exported at a price of less than 15 silver dollars, which is only one-third of the Imperial and German goods, and the quality is far better than that of the Imperial and Western products. The pace of finance, tax revenue, and industrial development in South China has reached alarming proportions??? Ladies and gentlemen, is it terrible? I think it's scary! ”

Akiyama Yoshiko gasped and exclaimed, "If the branch is unified, then wouldn't it be even more terrifying?" With more than twenty-five times the land of the empire, more than six times the population, and countless times the resources of the empire, oh my! Is there still room for the Empire? ”

Genjiro Akashi smiled bitterly: "The truth is so cruel, but this is a challenge that the empire must face!" In this war between the empire and China, the empire suffered heavy losses, and the anger of the people could not be contained, if the rise of China could not be stopped, then the empire would become a stepping stone for China to regain its domination of Asia. ”

Akiyama Shinyuki twisted the Buddha beads, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and said: "I have already felt the call of the gods, and the gods will protect the empire and defeat the people of China again!" ”

Akashi Genjiro didn't dare to listen to his words anymore, and during the Russian War, Akiyama Shinyuki had peritonitis, and he always refused to be treated, and he didn't ask God to worship Buddha. It is said that he has been exhausted by the high-intensity work and excessive mental pressure during the Russo-Russian War.

Akiyama didn't think his brother was crazy, he smiled and said: "That's right, the strength of the enemies of the empire in every war far exceeds that of the empire, but it is always us who wins!" ”

Akashi Motojiro said angrily: "So, have you figured out how to use planes against warships?" Don't think that the warships of all countries will use Shimose gunpowder, and the ammunition of warships of all countries is not so easy to explode! What weapons are you going to use to attack the enemy's battleships? Torpedo? ”

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled: "Torpedoes are definitely the direction of the future, but not yet!" With that, he picked up the model airplane, opened the cabin cover, and stuffed a rag into it: "What if you stuff explosives into the plane?" Weld the nacelle, and then ram the enemy ship? ”

Akiyama Yoshiko and Akashi Genjiro were stunned for a moment, and then said in unison: "Good way!" ”

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In the battle of Dagukou, both sides claimed victory, but the sneak attack on Tokyo Bay made the victory announced by the political axe of Yuben seem particularly funny.

The gongs and drums in Anqing City were noisy, and the students and people of the school took to the streets to celebrate, excited about the Jianghuai Army's military exploits. The victory of a small war is enough to make the Chinese happier than the New Year. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country's strength has declined, and China really needs some exciting news.

The news is all evil, and the gossip news such as the total annihilation of the military fleet and the death of Prince Yumoto emerge one after another, and the common people prefer to believe that China has won an unprecedented victory. All localities celebrated, the common people painted their faces and rowed dry boats and danced dragon lanterns to celebrate, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Fengtian, Mongolia and other areas controlled by the Jianghuai Army, the celebrations were even more enthusiastic. The military might of the Jianghuai army ordered warlords all over the country to honestly send people to Anqing to bow down to Chai Dongliang, especially the warlords in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces, and even sent their sons to Anqing to study, in fact, they sent their sons as hostages to show their loyalty.

After Wu Peifu and Cao Kun fell out, they simply sent the remaining troops back to Yanjing and took refuge in the Jianghuai army. After Cao Kun found out, not only did he not get angry, but asked his own son Cao Shiyue to escort Wu Peifu's family to Anqing, and also sent a large amount of property. At the same time, let Cao Shiyue bring Chai Dongliang a handwritten letter and praised him well, the content was numb, which made Chai Dongliang goosebumps fall all over the ground.

Everyone in Beiyang knew that Yuan Shikai wanted to hand over the country to Chai Dongliang, and since then he has changed his master. Moreover, this powerful master soldier is strong and strong, and even Xiao Yueben was beaten by him with a blue nose and swollen face, but it is not so easy for Yuan Shikai to deal with.

After the Beiyang generals were unwilling, they secretly communicated with Anqing, thinking that the telegram was not clear, and a large number of messengers flocked to the road, running between Yanjing and Anqing with generous gifts.

Seeing that the country was about to change hands, the congressmen living in Anqing went to the Military Advisory Office to lobby and demand that Chai Dongliang quickly take over the post of president.

Chai Dongliang is not famous, and Gu Weijun deliberately hinted that if a new constitution cannot be formulated, the parliamentary system stipulated in the "Temple of Heaven Constitution" cannot be changed to a presidential system, and the president is given enough power, Chai Dongliang would rather accompany his wife at home than go to Yanjing to be an angry president.

This stabbed the members of Congress in the lungs, if according to the kind of presidential system engaged in by Yuan Shikai, the Congress will become an ornament, and how can the interests of the congressmen be guaranteed?

On the one hand, the parliamentarians are worried that if Chai Dongliang does not take over as president for a long time, they will not be able to return to Yanjing to be members of Congress. But he was afraid that Chai Dongliang's power would be too great, and in case he was like Yuan Shikai, he would turn his face and kick them away. Neither dared to agree to reformulate the constitution, nor dared to explicitly reject Gu Weijun's suggestion, the eight hundred Arhats were really in a dilemma.

In the Anqing Military Advisory Office, Chai Dongliang personally presided over the summary meeting, including Lu Kai and Lin Hu, two army commanders, and Navy commander Tang Xiangming and deputy commander Cheng Biguang also attended the meeting.

Tang Xiangming and Cheng Biguang no longer dared to underestimate the might of the air force, and suggested one or two of the old Haichen, Hairong, and Haixin cruisers to be transformed into seaplane carriers, and together with the "Phoenix" seaplane carrier, which had just been completed, they would form a powerful naval aviation force.

Several army commanders insisted on bringing the 2nd Air Force Regiment and the 3rd Air Force Regiment under their jurisdiction. In the battle of Dagukou, the air force fully demonstrated its threat to the ground forces, and with the early warning of the reconnaissance planes, the safety of the ground forces on its own side was also greatly guaranteed.

Chai Dongliang was noncommittal, just glanced at Lu Kai a few times, Lu Kai smiled knowingly, everyone was puzzled, Chai Dongliang smiled: "Two years ago, I promised that once a regular air force was formed, Lu Kai would be appointed as the first commander of the air force??? Now, I have formally appointed Lu Kai as the commander of the Jianghuai Air Force, responsible for the formation of an air force unit that reads power, and is organized into two flight divisions, each division has three flying regiments, each regiment has 30 fighters, and the pilots are recruited by the air force itself. ”

Lu Kai couldn't close his mouth with a smile, there are flying clubs in the Jianghuai area, and the flying enthusiasts in it can easily hook their fingers, and they will participate in the Air Force happily. After all, being able to fly a fighter plane is much more enjoyable than playing with those high-end toys that fly at an altitude of no more than 300 meters and a flight distance of no more than 50 kilometers in the flying club.

Chai Dongliang said with a straight face: "Lu Kai, you listen to me, two pilots, I ask you to complete the formation and training within half a year, to reach the level that you can participate in the war at any time, and at the same time, within one year, train me two thousand pilots who can skillfully fly fighters!" Can it be done? ”

Lu Kai grinned: "Two thousand? Governor, flying a fighter plane is not one of those toys in a flying club, this is not a joke, I don't know how many planes I have to fall during training, that's precious! ”

Chai Dongliang glared: "It's not a question for you to consider, you just say, can or can't, if you can't, don't occupy the pit and don't." ”

Lu Kai said: "Yes!" ”

Chai Dongliang showed a satisfied expression: "Okay, what I promised you back then has been done, if you embarrass Lao Tzu, be careful that I clean you up!" ”

Lu Kai smiled: "Don't worry, as long as you can provide enough fighters, I can train enough pilots!" ”

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Rear Admiral Tillman, commander of the British Far East Fleet, looked at the intelligence from China and Yuben with contempt, threw it aside, then picked up a cup of Martell, and said with a disdainful smile: "Only Chinese and Yue himself will build those useless wastes, and the key to determining the naval battle is only the battleships and those skilled sailors??? Plane? It's okay to be a toy for my son! ”

The British military counsellor in Singapore said with a stern expression: "Your Excellency, the Chinese did use aircraft to sink a battleship, this is a very true thing, I hope you will carefully consider my suggestion, and you will write to the Minister of the Navy to explain the situation here in detail." ”

Rear Admiral Tillman patted him on the shoulder: "My sweet little Henry, I really hope that you can become a good officer in the navy, when you have blown the sea breeze for two years, you will not think like this!" In this world, the only country that can be sunk by an aircraft is the ??? Ridiculous Shimose gunpowder! ”

Tillman looked at the British battleship anchored in the port of Singapore, and said with an arrogant smile: "The only one that can sink the battleship is another battleship." ”

(To be continued)