The scorching sun in August is like a fire, Hainan is close to the equator, and the temperature is even hotter, at this time Hainan is also under the jurisdiction of the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

After nearly two years of development, Hainan Island's economy has been greatly enhanced and improved.

In particular, a water conservancy project covering the entire western part of Hainan has been initially built, thus alleviating the situation in which the western part of Hainan suffers from frequent droughts.

This year, in particular, there has been no rain in the western part of Hainan for nearly two months, but because of the existence of water conservancy projects, agriculture has continued as usual and has not been greatly disturbed.

Hainan is the most ideal area for agriculture in the area under the jurisdiction of the East China Autonomous Government, where the four seasons are like spring, and there are many schools in the plains, which can grow a variety of cash crops.

A lot of scientific research work of the Ministry of Agriculture is carried out in Hainan, planting rice in Hainan, you can plant three seasons a year, but the taste is not very good, compared with a season of rice in the northeast, Hainan also has a very delicious native rice, but the yield is not high, can not be planted three seasons.

Hainan also has some high-quality iron ore, East China Mining Company has built up the mine, but did not carry out large-scale mining, but reserved for mining, you can start full power for production, digging domestic minerals are far less cost-effective than digging minerals from other countries, like those that can not be dug less critical minerals are cost-effective in the country.

Hainan Province is also a hot tourist destination in the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Province because of its geographical advantages, and many middle-class people choose to come to Hainan to enjoy the sun and beach when they want to travel.

At this time, the population of Hainan was not too large, and the plains were dominated by Han Chinese, while the high mountains were inhabited by ethnic minorities, who got along well with the Han and enjoyed the citizenship granted by the East China Autonomous Government.

The location of the exercise was a sparsely populated natural port on the eastern coast of Hainan, and the East China Army had already dispersed the surrounding civilians to other areas before the exercise.

As far as the exercise is concerned, very few people in the East China Army know about this situation, only Xia Jun and those high-level officials know about it, and the administrative department is completely unaware of this exercise.

The three divisions participating in the exercise also imposed strict information control, and no officers and soldiers were required to leave the barracks, and the contents of letters written had to be reviewed before they could be sent out, so as not to leak military information.

At the same time, the East China Military Department did not have any documents on this exercise, everything was carried out in secret, and the three infantry divisions were also secretly transferred to the military region for reorganization two months ago.

After two months of reorganization, the three infantry divisions were initially familiar with the equipment for the landing battle, but the exercise was not carried out.

The navy, air force, and army all participated in the exercise, which was a joint exercise.

As soon as the exercise began, hundreds of mosquito bombers were dispatched, first bombing the enemy who landed on the beach, and then the naval gunboats also bombarded the beach for half an hour.

Immediately afterward, a convoy carrying three infantry divisions sailed offshore, and the infantry rushed to the beach in landing craft, along with the Type 13 Dreadnought and Suffocator 1 Flame Chariots, as well as a number of flamethrowers armed with flamethrowers.

Under the cover of bombers and gunboats, soldiers rushed to the beach one after another, and quickly destroyed the enemy fortifications on the beach under the cover of combat vehicles...... The exercise was very successful, Xia Jun watched the whole process on the warship, and then nodded with satisfaction, the focus of the landing battle is still the use of landing equipment by the soldiers, as well as the cooperation of all arms, as long as these are done well, it is almost the same.

After the exercise, the three infantry divisions will be transferred to the vicinity of Xiamen, Fujian Province for training, and the specific location of their landing in Taiwan has not yet been decided.

At present, the Military Intelligence Bureau has almost figured out the defense of several beaches in Taiwan, but there is no need to rush to choose where to land at present, and there are many options for landing in Taiwan.

…… As time passed, the book also continued to make small moves.

Originally, it was said in history that he was against Yuan Shikai as emperor, but now it has become in favor of Yuan Shikai as emperor.

After all, history has changed, and if you oppose Yuan Shikai as emperor or support Yuan Shikai as emperor, it is all to make China more turbulent.

In the original history, Yuan Shikai was the strongest force in China, so opposing Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor could also provoke a civil war in China, and now China's strongest is the East China Autonomous Political Axe, and supporting Yuan Shikai is to win over Yuan Shikai and create an atmosphere of Wu and Yue being in the same boat, so as to deal with the common enemy - the East China Political Axe.

It's just that Yuan Shikai is not so stupid, although he is happy to support him to be the emperor, but he will never dare to drag the hind legs of the East China political axe at this time.

It is okay to wait and see, but it must not be interfered with, otherwise once he loses in Shandong, then he will be spurned by the people, and there will be no possibility of sitting on the throne at that time.

Yue Ben wooed Yuan Shikai several times and wanted to reach some agreements with Yuan Shikai, but Yuan Shikai refused, which made Yue Ben Zheng Axe secretly hate, but there was nothing he could do.

Now the influence of the book in China is not as good as before, since the East China Army defeated once in Shandong, the international status of the book has declined, but before the complete loss, the status of the position has not fallen too much. The status of the East China political axe has improved, but not much.

At this time, he was once again confident, because Britain provided him with a loan of 200 million pounds. In the first month, the United States suddenly revealed to him that it was willing to lend money to them.

This made him very happy, and after coming into contact, he borrowed $300 million from the United States, and after getting these two huge loans, he purchased a lot of arms on a large scale.

At the same time, because of the money, the political axe began to send additional troops to Shandong, and the number of troops increased from 600,000 to 800,000, forming a huge advantage over the East China Army in terms of troops.

They have delivered a large amount of war materials to the Shandong battlefield, and even if the sea communication is cut off, the Shandong army will still be able to maintain its combat effectiveness.

Moreover, all these combat materials were hidden in the basement, and the planes could not bomb them, which was enough for the Shandong army to hold out for more than a year.

If poison gas can be used to inflict a large number of casualties on the East China Army, then it will not be a problem for the Yue Army to break through the trenches of the East China Army.

However, soon the gas masks produced by the East China Political Axe were sold to Europe, and the Shandong Army found that the East China Army Market opposite was wearing gas masks.

As far as the main method of breaking through the trenches was concerned, he still chose to use artillery, so he purchased many large-caliber artillery pieces from the United States, and these guns were of a large caliber and had a long firing range, far surpassing the artillery of the East China Army.

At the same time that the East China Autonomous Government was making preparations for war one after another, he was also actively preparing for war and preparing for winning the Shandong War.

In Yueben's view, this may be a relatively difficult war, because this is a trench war, but it is also a war that cannot be lost, still because this is a trench war, in their minds, even if they can't break the defense line of the East China Army, the East China Army will not be able to break their defense line.

…… As time passed, the situation in Sichuan became more and more bizarre, and the combined forces of Guizhou and Guangxi invaded Xiangxi, and soon contained the Beiyang Army in Hunan.

In Sichuan, Cao Kun did not contribute to the work, and Cai Yi was temporarily unable to attack on a large scale because of the lack of follow-up forces, and the gap in strength was very large, and it was already very good to be able to fight to this extent.

In the month of September, the two sides seemed to be facing each other, and no matter how Yuan Shikai urged, Cao Kun only symbolized the fight and retreat of the surname.

The hearts of the people in Sichuan began to fluctuate, and the hearts of the people in Hunan also began to fluctuate, but no one has jumped out to stand in line for the time being, and the style of the south and the north seems to be comparable.

But with the passage of time, people's confidence in the Beiyang political axe has slowly disappeared, and there is no reverence.

Yuan Shikai felt more and more that the situation was not good, because as soon as he became emperor, it seemed that the people's hearts were scattered, Duan Qirui said that he was sick all day long, and although some other local officials supported him to be emperor, this was not the case in the army.

It can be seen from the Sichuan war situation that many people in the army are very dissatisfied with his title of emperor.

But this did not make Yuan Shikai lose all hope, and Yuan Shikai still pinned his hopes on calming the chaos in the southwest and stabilizing the throne.

However, on October 6, the Beiyang Army in Sichuan and Hunan provinces suddenly rebelled and fell to protect [***], and upon learning of this news, Yuan Shikai was angry on the spot and vomited blood, and then fell ill.

At this time, Yuan Shikai realized how wrong the emperor's actions were, at this time he had betrayed his relatives, and the Beiyang Group had gradually escaped from his control.

In order to stabilize the situation, on October 10, Yuan Shikai announced the abolition of the imperial system, still called the president, and intended to cease war with the southwest protector.

However, Hu [***] said that Yuan Shikai must abdicate, and the 60 million yuan of Fuxing coins spent on imperial activities will be confiscated from the Yuan family's assets to offset it.

This scared Yuan Shikai a lot, and he intended to invite Duan Qirui out to support the crisis.

The contradiction between Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai was mainly caused by two reasons.

One is the model brigade led by Yuan Keding, which Qirui resolutely opposed at the agreed time period.

The other is the Baoding Military Academy, Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai are fighting, and finally triggered Jiang Baili's suicide, although the suicide was not successful, but it became the fuse for the outbreak of contradictions.

At first, Yuan Shikai hollowed out the power of Duan Qirui's Minister of War, and then someone found a bomb in Duan Qirui's office, and it was seen that it was placed by the Yuan family.

Obviously, it was Yuan Keding's hands and feet in it, Duan Qirui didn't hide, he looked like he wanted to kill, Yuan Shikai knew the news, and he still stopped Yuan Keding's behavior, after all, there is still some friendship.

After that New Year's greeting, Yuan Keding had a cold face, completely offended Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui never visited Yuan's house again.

Duan Qirui saw that Yuan Shikai wanted to invite him to come out to preside over the overall situation, Duan Qirui also had conditions, and he would not do it without real power, but all model brigades would be under the jurisdiction of the army.

This made Yuan Shikai very hesitant, just like when he coerced the Qing court to hand over real power, but the roles were reversed.

At this time, Yuan Shikai intended to resolve the tension with Duan Qirui through his goddaughter, and Duan Qirui's wife was Yuan Shikai's goddaughter.

However, Duan Qirui made a phone call directly to the presidential palace and said to Yuan Shikai: "I will always be the son-in-law of the Yuan family, but the public is the public, the private is the private, don't mix the world's affairs into the official affairs." ”

Yuan Shikai's goal was far from being achieved, and handing over real power meant that he would be at the mercy of others, so Yuan Shikai did not make a decision for a while, and the situation in Sichuan was becoming more and more unfavorable.

At this time, Yuan Shikai thought of asking for help from East China Political Axe, and he talked with Xia Jun on the phone for nearly half an hour that day, looking like he was dying.

Xia Jun was originally perfunctory, but Yuan Shikai said: "East China's administration is strong, but for the well-being of the country, Hunan has become more and more chaotic recently, and it should be governed by East China." ”

Very good!

Very good!

Xia Jun immediately patted his chest and promised that he was willing to mediate the war situation in the southwest for Beiyang.

The next day, Xia Jun sent a mediation message.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Political Axe suddenly mediated, which made many people unable to understand, but the Southwest Protector [***] did not dare to continue the war with the Beiyang Army under the condition that the East China Autonomous Political Axe came forward to mediate.

Everyone understands that at this time, the East China Army has not completely invested its strength in Shandong, and it has not yet started a battle with Yueben in Shandong, but it is easy to destroy them.

Who dares not to listen to the mediation of the political axe in East China?

Even Lu Rongting in Guangxi was frightened by the East China Army at the beginning, and a regiment of the East China Army drove them out of Guangdong, and their combat effectiveness was far from being something they could defeat.

After the mediation notice was issued, Beiyang Zhengaxe announced that it was willing to accept mediation, and then Nanxi Hu [***] also agreed to accept mediation.

The two sides sent personnel to negotiate in Hangzhou.

In this negotiation, Cai Yi personally went to Hangzhou, and Yuan Shikai sent Tang Shaoyi to Hangzhou.

The two sides each took the train to Hangzhou, and only five days later, the two sides sat down at the negotiating table in Hangzhou, and Yuan Shikai was undoubtedly going to hemorrhage in this negotiation.

The reward for the mediation of the East China Autonomous Political Axe is Hunan, and in order to appease Cai Ye and others, Yuan Shikai also has to pay the price, the negotiations went on for nearly a week, and finally Cai Ye was appointed as the overseer and governor of Sichuan, and Hunan handed over the jurisdiction of East China and the curtain came to an end.

As for Liu Shixian in Guizhou and Lu Rongting in Guangxi, they didn't get any benefits, they originally wanted Hunan, but this place has been handed over by the Beiyang political axe to the East China political axe, and they have to agree if they don't agree at this time.

In this Protectorate War, Xia Jun annexed Hunan without a single soldier and became the biggest vested interest, while Yuan Shikai was dragged down from the throne by Cai Yi.

At this time, Yuan Shikai fell ill in bed, and there was not much time to come.

As soon as Yuan Shikai died, China would enter a period of chaos, and it would be much easier for Xia Jun to annex other provinces, and he would not have to bear the infamy of starting a civil war.

It became a joke to use the emperor's luck to change the intention that the men of the Yuan family would not live to be sixty years old, but Yuan Shikai did not live to be sixty years old.

Liu Shixian and Lu Rongting were the most depressed, but they did not have their share in this negotiation to divide up interests, but they did not dare to provoke the East China political axe for the time being, so they could only swallow this evil breath alive and retaliate when the time was ripe.

A noisy war to protect the country also subsided in this way, and Yuan Shikai's imperial farce also ended in heavy losses.

After this war, the prestige of the Beiyang political axe fell sharply, while the prestige of the East China political axe rose a lot, and no one really regarded the East China political axe as a local political axe.

At the same time, the East China political axe once again annexed Hunan, and everyone could see that the East China political axe was gradually encroaching on all provinces of China at this time.

In such a situation, it seems that people's hearts are fluctuating.

At this time, the number of provinces under the jurisdiction of East China had risen to ten provinces, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, and Xinjiang.

Who knows where the next target of the East China political axe is, the most worrying thing is the railway built everywhere by the East China political axe, especially the southwest warlords, the current East China political axe railway has been built to Guangxi, Guizhou, and from Sichuan to Yunnan began to repair.

For Xia Jun, there are many problems to solve, but the southwestern warlords are nothing in his eyes, and the railway built to the south is mainly to prepare for the recovery of Vietnam.

The Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty of Vietnam were both Chinese territories, and the ancient names were Cochin and Annam.

Now Vietnam is occupied by France, which is the territory that Xia Jun will inevitably recover, and Xia Jun intends to swallow the entire Indochina Peninsula, which is also the main reason for him to train jungle special forces.

There are too many wars that need to be waged in the future, and it is necessary to prepare in advance.

But this also caused panic among the warlords in the southwest, and the warlords in Beiyang have now been separated by the intervention of the East China political axe, but there is also a hint of panic.

The provinces occupied by the East China political axe at this time are almost the same as the Beiyang political axe, geographically speaking, the East China political axe occupies almost the entire East China, and occupies Shanxi in North China, Hunan in central China, and the territory has been connected into a large area.

Not counting the frontier provinces that could not collect taxes, the East China political axe occupied most of the rich provinces, while the Beiyang political axe actually occupied very few provinces.

In provinces like Chahar, Rehe, Yuanyuan, and Kangxi, there are not many taxes to pay, and not only that, but every year the central government has to allocate some money to support these extremely poor provinces.

At this time, only the seven provinces of Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, and Gansu were left. As soon as he became the emperor, now even Hunan and Sichuan have been lost.

Of the three provinces lost by the Beiyang political axe, two provinces were occupied by the East China political axe.

One is in the name of the Sino-Chinese War, and the name of the political axe occupation in East China is to take over, and the central and local governments don't need to be so clearly divided! This made the Beiyang political axe dumb to eat Coptis chinensis, and Leng did not dare to object. Now Hunan is Yuan Shikai lost his car and handed over to the management of East China's political axe, and another province that can collect taxes is gone.

The situation finally stabilized in late October, when the autumn harvest arrived.

This year's autumn harvest is a bumper harvest everywhere, and the happiest thing about East China is the autumn harvest every year, and the autumn harvest means making a fortune, and the agriculture of the provinces under the rule of East China has initially achieved a dominant position in the world.

Under the control of the political axe, the output of most crops is within the controllable range, and the planting scale set by the political axe in East China fully considers the market, so whether it is a farming company, a landlord, or a homesteaders, there is basically no need to worry about market fluctuations.

The only thing to worry about is the yeoman farmers who grow grain, some of whom have invested their land in the farming companies and handed over the land to the farming companies for management, while others have rented out the land or sold the land and become industrial. In the mountainous and hilly areas, yeoman farmers are developing in the direction of cash crops.

Some of those landlords began to cultivate their own mechanized crops, while others developed into cash crops.

Most of those tenant farmers were converted into industrial population.

At this time, the land annexation of the provinces in East China had been preliminarily finalized, the traditional intensive cultivation was rapidly eliminated in the past two years, and agriculture began to develop in the direction of mechanization, intensification, and extensiveness.

With the improvement of agricultural technology, the degree of extensiveness will gradually decrease.

In this year's autumn harvest, 100 million mu of cotton was planted by East China's political axe, and the output has not been counted for the time being, but there are 40 million tons to say the least.

And the decisive battle of Shandong is also coming.

(To be continued)