After listening to Yinfeng's report, Yang Shuoming and Huang Yunzhi looked at each other and smiled.

"Which guest is it?" Yang Shuoming asked.

"It's General Cai Songpo Cai." Yinfeng replied.

Hearing Yinfeng's answer, Huang Yunzhi was obviously a little surprised, a trace of míhuò flashed in her eyes, and she immediately turned her head to look at Yang Shuoming, and saw the same look in Yang Shuoming's eyes.

"Tell him to wait, I'll be over right away." Yang Shuoming said to Yinfeng, Yinfeng agreed, and turned to leave.

"I thought it would be the God of Wealth." Huang Yunzhi smiled, "I didn't expect it to be General Cai." ”

"Cai Songpo is not in good health, I originally planned to visit him tomorrow, but I didn't expect him to come today." Yang Shuoming said, "Actually, we should have sat down and talked a long time ago. ”

"It's not surprising that he came at this time, we helped him a lot last time, if it weren't for our Yào arriving in time, Mrs. Cai's life would not have been saved." Huang Yunzhi thought for a while and said, "Maybe he's here to thank you." ”

Yang Shuoming nodded, he knew that his beloved wife's analysis was reasonable, but it was far from all.

Unlike Huang Yunzhi who set up a medical team to go to the front line to support Yang Shuoming, Cai Yi's two wives, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Pan, went to the front line to visit their husbands and labor troops to condole, but they were attacked by Japanese spies in a condolence activity, Mrs. Liu was wounded by bullets, the wound was infected and suppurated, and her life was in danger. Thanks to the timely arrival of Yang Shuoming's medical team, Mrs. Liu was treated using the "special effect yào", which saved her life.

For the help of the medical team sent by Yang Shuoming, Cai Ye can be said to be very impressed.

And what is even more impressive is Yang Shuoming's covert support.

Compared with the Shandong battlefield, Cai Yi's battle did not go well, and he basically lost the battle in the early stage, but fortunately, he always gritted his teeth and insisted on consuming the Japanese army, and in the later stage of the Shandong battlefield, Yang Shuoming began to try to chōu to transfer forces to support Cai Yi, he successively sent three artillery battalions (one of which was equipped with poison gas shells), three infantry battalions, an ironclad car column (tank column), a truck transport team and four aircraftAfter receiving the strong support of Yang Shuoming, Cai Ye, who had long been holding back a belly of fire, launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese army, under the full counterattack of the squadron, the Japanese army that was fierce on the surface but was already very weak in the bones was dealt a heavy blow, coupled with the plague epidemic, all the way down, so that Cai Ye successfully recovered all the lost ground, drove the Japanese army out of Fengtian, and compressed it on the line from Lushun Dalian to the Yalu River, so that Cai Ye was able to be ashamed, Achieve great fame.

Although the two have not officially met so far, in their hearts, they have already regarded each other as close friends.

Regarding Cai Yi's visit, Yang Shuoming actually expected it for a long time, but he didn't expect him to come so early.

When Yang Shuoming came to the living room, Cai Ye was at a table, carefully watching another model of a warship placed next to the model of the "Dingyuan" ship. Seeing Yang Shuoming come out, Cai Yi smiled slightly and greeted him.

"After returning to Beijing to resume my life, I should have visited Songpo, but I didn't expect Songpa to refuse to give me this opportunity to come first." Yang Shuoming stepped forward with a smile and stretched out his hand to Cai Yi.

Cai Yi smiled, stretched out his hand and shook Yang Shuoming's hand hard.

"You and I don't have to be in any order." Cai Yi looked at Yang Shuoming, who was dressed in a jīng beautiful Hanfu, and said with a smile in a slightly hoarse voice.

Yang Shuoming noticed that Cai Yi, who came to visit today, did not wear a military uniform, but a black sè suit with a coffee sè coat on the outside. Both of them noticed the difference in their attire and smiled in unison.

One shìnv stepped forward to help Cai Ye take off his coat, took the coat and Cai Yi's black sè top hat and hung it on the elegant rosewood hanger, and the other shìnv served fragrant tea.

The two beautiful NVs immediately noticed that Cai Ye was looking at them, and they gave him a quiet and lovely smile, which was both gentle and sweet, but also polite and subtle, which made Cai Ye sigh secretly.

"On the Mansion of Han, it really deserves its name." Cai Ye withdrew his gaze from the two beautiful NVs, and said to Yang Shuoming with a smile, "Such a beautiful woman is really rare." ”,

"They were all sent by Yuan Dagongzi, and it is really tyrannical to bother them to do these things here with me." Yang Shuoming looked at their departing backs and sighed, "They are all very good NV children, they should have a better home, and they shouldn't spend their time here with me." ”

Hearing Yang Shuoming's answer, Cai Yi's eyes lit up slightly, but he immediately returned to normal.

"Hanzhi seems to like boats." Cai Ye sat down and pointed to the model ship on the table, "I recognize that one is the flagship of our Beiyang Navy, 'Dingyuan', and that one seems to be a German ship." ”

The ship model mentioned by Cai Ye is a two-masted and double-chimney angle battleship, with a single main turret in the front and rear, three auxiliary turrets and two gun profiles on each side, which looks like a cruiser, but from its size and the "Dingyuan" in front of it, it proves that it is likely to be the same as the "Dingyuan", which is an ironclad ship.

Yang Shuoming couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that Cai Ye could accurately judge the German origin of the latter ship model.

"What Matsupa said was true, it was indeed a German ship." Yang Shuoming said, "But this ship has a lot to do with our Chinese Navy." ”

"Oh? Let's hear about it? Cai's face showed concentration.

"After the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, in order to reorganize the coastal defense, the Qing court had rebuilt a new type of warship in Germany, and the Germans designed a new warship with a displacement of 7,600 tons, equipped with 2mén 28 mm guns, 10 mén 15 mm speed shè guns and 8 mén 10.5 mm speed shè guns, the main armor thickness of 25 mm, and the speed of 18.5 knots." Yang Shuoming said, "This battleship is actually a miniature version of the German 'Caesar' class of former dreadnoughts, which my country named the 'Haitian' class, but unfortunately due to lack of financial resources and some political reasons, it was not built after all." ”

"I understand, this 'sea and sky' is not the other 'sea and sky', and the 7,600-ton dreadnought eventually shrank into a 4,400-ton cruiser." Cai Yi sighed and said, "If there is such a 'fearless sea and sky', my country's navy will not even have the strength to fight a war today." ”

Yang Shuoming heard the sadness and heartache in Cai Yi's words, but he knew that now was not the time to tell Cai Yi about his plan to rebuild the Chinese Navy.

"Yes, we didn't be able to drive all the pirates away this time, it's just that we are on this navy." Yang Shuoming said.

"Compared with Japan, we are not only inferior in the navy, but also far behind the army." Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Cai Ye's face became a little dark.

"What does Matsupa think is the difference between our army and Japan?" Yang Shuoming asked.

"In terms of equipment alone, my country's army is not much different from the Japanese army, like Hanzhi's Jiangxi army, and its equipment is even higher than that of the Japanese army." Cai Yi sighed and lowered his head, "What is missing is the combat quality and training of officers and soldiers. Compared with the Japanese, although the officers and men of our army also dare to fight and fight, the war tests not only morale, but also enthusiasm. ”

"Can Matsupa be specific?" Yang Shuoming heard Cai Ye talk about the shortcomings of the Chinese Army, his body tǐng forward, and his face became solemn.

"Our soldiers are usually undertrained, their marksmanship is extremely poor, they often fire more than ten shots, and they can't hit a single Japanese soldier, and the Japanese soldiers are not only extremely accurate in marksmanship, but also good at hand-to-hand combat, and our soldiers are also difficult to parry when fighting bayonets, and sometimes three or four people can't stab a Japanese soldier together." Cai Ye said a little depressedly, "I don't know if I don't fight, but after a few battles, I know how big the gap between us and Japan is." He raised his head and looked at Yang Shuoming, and said with a wry smile, "Actually, if it wasn't for the people you sent later, this battle would really be a little unbearable." ”

Listening to Cai Yi's words, Yang Shuoming was silent for a while.

Cai Yi's words reminded Yang Shuoming of the era in which he was originally located.

At that time, China was known as the "most powerful era", but in fact, after a few years of being a soldier, there were many people who only knew how to grow vegetables and feed pigs, and they didn't even have guns.

He still remembers that a friend of his, an officer who graduated from a military academy, and two other professional officers dismantled a new foreign pistol and reloaded it while giving a lecture to the troops, only to find a few more parts when the gun was loaded.

History is always like this, at different times, repeating itself repeatedly.

I don't know how Cai Ye would feel when he saw this scene if he came to the next life?

"Han sends charcoal in the snow, Cai has nothing to repay, I don't know if there will be a chance to make up for it in the future." Cai Ye said again.

"What kind of charcoal in the snow, Songpo is too polite." Yang Shuoming said with a smile, "I'm still afraid that you will say that I am inhumane and blatantly violate public international law." ”,

In order to fulfill his promise to Xu Yuanjin, Yang Shuoming developed a poison gas cannon (the poison gas agent is mustard gas), and equipped it with the troops, and tried it several times for friendly troops on the Shandong battlefield, such as Feng Guozhang used the poison gas cannon in the "Anqiu-Gaomi Campaign", which gave the Japanese army great damage and shock. Yang Shuoming had been worried that Cai would be prejudiced against his "cruelty" after sending this inhumane weapon to Cai, but now Cai's words show that he has no psychological barriers to using poison gas to fight.

"Go to his international public law, justice and justice, only within the cannon shè cheng" Cai Ye said a little viciously, "We are defending the family and the country, what public law does he care?" Could it be that they themselves use it less? ”

Seeing that Cai Yi, who was quite a Confucian general, actually gritted his teeth and launched a ruthless attack, Yang Shuoming couldn't help but be startled.

"In Chengde, if it weren't for that gas shell that knocked down the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, they wouldn't know how to be arrogant in the future." Cai Ye said, waving his fist fiercely, as if he was back on the battlefield.

"You used it when you were in Chengde?" Seeing Cai Yi's movements, Yang Shuoming asked funny.

"Of course." "Later, I used it several times, and the effect was very good. In addition, I have also summarized some specific ways to use it, and I will refer to it for more details. ”

Seeing Cai Ng's use of poison gas to fight with experience, Yang Shuoming was amused, but he couldn't help but admire Cai Ng's ability to sum up lessons and study and ponder.

"The other thing that works well is those double-cannon ironclad chariots." "This is a weapon to break through the enemy's front, and in my opinion, it is more advanced than the 'tanks' used by the British in the Battle of the Somme. ”

Listening to Cai Yi's praise, Yang Shuoming's face couldn't help but flush slightly.

Of course, he couldn't tell Cai Ye how the design of these ironclad chariots came out.

"I heard that this ironclad chariot was ordered in the United States after Han Zhi came up with it himself, is that so?" Cai Ye asked again.

"It's not my own idea, there have been foreigners who have designed similar things in the past to break through enemy trench defenses, and after I read it in the book, I was inspired by it and made some changes." Yang Shuoming replied, "Due to its complex structure and China's backward technology, it is very difficult to produce this kind of combat vehicle. ”

"It seems that Hanzhi had long anticipated that Japan would invade our country, so he took many precautionary measures in advance." Cai's eyes flashed with admiration.

"It's too short a time, and that's all we can do." Yang Shuoming sighed.

At this time, a shìnv brought a fruit plate, and Cai Ye saw this beautiful nv, as if he remembered something, and suddenly changed the topic.

"Han Zhi's material is like a god, do you have any views on the future development of our country's state and political system?"

After listening to Cai Yi's question, Yang Shuoming said in his stomach, "I know".

During his time in Los Angeles, he knew exactly what was going on in Beijing.

As a result of the successful repulsion of Japanese aggression, as the head of state of the Republic of China and the leader of the country that resisted Japan's war of aggression, Yuan Shikai's prestige reached an unprecedented peak. Many non-governmental newspapers have changed their tunes, from "not scolding Xiangcheng for a day" to "not scolding Xiangcheng for a day". In this atmosphere, the call for Yuan Shikai to be the emperor gradually rose.

As early as August 1915, the American scholar Goodnow, the constitutional adviser of Yuan Shikai Zhengfǔ, published an article entitled "The Republic and the Monarchy", in which Goodnow analyzed China's national conditions in detail and believed that China was not suitable for copying the constitutional system of Western countries, and that it was more appropriate to follow the constitutional path of "China's special sè", that is, to adopt the "monarchy". Goodnow's views have been endorsed by many people in China, and of course there are many voices of opposition.

In all fairness, Goodnow's point of view is actually very reasonable, and he is not completely talking to himself there, creating public opinion for Yuan Shikai's restoration of the emperor.

But whether it is Goodnow, Yang Du or Yuan Shikai, they all ignore the severity of the Chinese's "novelty-seeking disease".

At this time, Yang Shuoming, even if he did not have the impression given to him by later history books, he could judge from Cai Ye's questioning that Cai Ye's opinion on this matter.

Cai Yi, who wrote the famous "Military and National Chapter", would never agree with Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system.

What's more, there is also the influence of his teacher Liang Qichao.

"Whether it's an empire or a republic, it's not a top priority." Yang Shuoming said calmly, "What our country needs now is to establish a strong central government to end the current state of húnluàn, and wait until the political situation in our country is stable, the financial situation has improved, and the various systems are complete, and then we will consider implementing further changes." Such a path of development is the most suitable for China's current national conditions. As for this central government, whether it is a republic or an empire, it is nothing more than a formality. ”,

"That is to say, if there is an emperor now, Hanzhi is willing to kneel and talk to him?" Cai Ye didn't expect Yang Shuoming to answer like this, probably anxious to know Yang Shuoming's attitude, so he asked again.

"I'm not going to kneel down to anyone." Yang Shuoming looked at Cai Ye and replied categorically.

Listening to Yang Shuoming's answer, a smile appeared on Cai Yi's already tense face.

"By the way, I'll do the east at noon tomorrow, and I'll wash the dust for Hanzhi in Yunjiban, and Hanzhi must come."

Cai Ye glanced at Yang Fumei, who came in again for refreshments, ended this sensitive topic, and sent an invitation to Yang Shuoming.

When Yang Shuoming heard the words "Yunjiban", he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"If Mrs. Zun thinks it's bad, I'll change places." Cai Ye probably knew Yang Shuoming's concerns and laughed.

"No, no, no, tǐng, okay." Yang Shuoming smiled and waved his hand.

"Waiting for you tomorrow, you and I are familiar at first sight, I still have a lot of questions, I want to ask Hanzhi for advice." Cai Ye said, standing up, "It's not too early, I still have to go to the doctor." He pointed to his throat and said, "Your yào works very well, but the price is too expensive." ”

"When I inform the people of the Beijing branch, you Cai Songpo will come to the medical treatment to buy yào, all for free." Yang Shuoming said with a smile.

"That's not good, I owe you enough, if it goes on like this, it won't be able to pay it back." Cai Yi smiled and got dressed with the help of Yang Fu shìnv, took the hat they handed over and put it on.

"You don't have to pay it back." Yang Shuoming thought of Cai Yi's illness, and somehow felt a slight pain in his heart, "It doesn't matter how much you pay, as long as you can cure your illness." ”

Seeing the sadness that unconsciously appeared between Yang Shuoming's eyebrows, Cai Ye couldn't help but feel a little strange, but at this time he didn't think much about it, "Before Hanzhi comes tomorrow, it's best to explain to Mrs. Zun," he didn't forget to joke with Yang Shuoming before leaving, "Otherwise, I won't be able to go to Mén in the future." ”

"Uchiko has always respected Matsupa, and there will be no such thing." Yang Shuoming shook his head with a smile. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )