Chapter 559 Nanyuan Meeting (I)

Beijing, Presidential Palace, Commander's Hall.

The night is dark. Most of the offices in the commander's hall are pitch black, only the telegraph room on the roof is still lit, as the key department of the central decision-making organ 'door', the telegraph room has always been on duty three shifts a day, each shift is supervised by an adjutant in the 'attendant' room, and now, the adjutant on duty in the telegraph room is Major Lu Yuguang.

Although the telegraph officers on duty can ensure sufficient rest time, but this long night, everything is quiet, this person's "spirit" is indeed not as good as the day, in order to refresh themselves, the officers and soldiers on the night shift are given extra black tea and coffee, and, when there is no work task, the books and newspapers in the reading room next to the duty room can be used by everyone to kill time.

Now, Lu Yuguang is sitting in the reading room, reclining on the sofa, with a cup of coffee on the coffee table in front of him, and holding a copy of "Infantry Tactics", which is a public version published by the German Army General Staff, in Chinese translation. Lu Yuguang is planning to apply for the Army University, and in the recent days, as long as he is free, he will hold this book to study.

Although it is said that the 'attendant' room of the presidential palace is an important 'door' for the president to cultivate high-ranking cronies, it does not mean that anyone can ascend to the sky from an adjutant in one step, and now it is no longer the same as before, the Wehrmacht troops are increasingly emphasizing this regularization and institutionalization, and it is becoming more and more difficult for middle and low-level officers to ascend to the sky in one step to become the chief officer of the troops, and if the adjutant of the 'attendant' room wants to leave the 'attendant' room as soon as possible to become the chief officer of the army, he must work hard himself, and then the president can rest assured that he will send you to command those proud soldiers.

In this way, the advanced education of the Army University has become the path that the adjutants of the 'chamberlain' must take, and this can also be regarded as gilding, if there is no such glittering gold, even if you go to the army, I am afraid that you will be a waste with high eyes.

Lu Yuguang has been in the 'attendant' room for two years, because he is safe and has no problem with loyalty, the president is still very satisfied with him, but he has never written a letter of recommendation to recommend him to the Army University for further study.

Lu Yuguang's father is the southern Yunnan town guard Lu Rongting, a veritable "king of southern Yunnan", and the Yunnan overseer Sun Wu is on an equal footing and jointly governs Yunnan, this is the "local powerful faction" in the eyes of the center, and it is the biggest interference force in the center's implementation of the central government. In the past two years, the central center has been busy cutting down the feudal domain, dealing with local powerful factions like Lu Rongting and Sun Wu.

The reason why Lu Yuguang was able to serve as an adjutant in the 'attendant' room at the beginning, to put it bluntly, he is actually a hostage held by the center here, as long as Lu Rongting does not take up a position in the center for a day, then Lu Yuguang will have to be a hostage for a day, understand this, and understand why the president is reluctant to recommend Lu Yuguang to the Army University, and the president does not want to let Lu Yuguang fly away so soon.

For his own future, but also for the future of the Lu family, Lu Yuguang wrote to Lu Rongting more than once, urging him to transfer all power to the center as soon as possible, especially the command of the army, but these sincere letters are all like mud cows into the sea without exception, Lu Rongting did not reply to the letter, but he did not mention this at all in the reply, but just let Lu Yuguang feel at ease to be an adjutant in the presidential palace. and quite proudly boasted about the current scenery of the landing family.

However, in Lu Yuguang's view, the current situation of the Lu family is dangerous, the southern Yunnan region is regarded by the French as their own forbidden territory, the reason why the French support Lu Rongting's forces is purely to prevent the central forces from penetrating into the southern Yunnan region, relying on the support of the French, Lu Rongting is a little fearless, this is very dangerous, because the world situation is changing rapidly, once France is involved in the European conflict, then the French government will definitely not be able to take care of the Far East, at that time, it may be the end of the Lu family.

Therefore, Lu Yuguang insisted that the more at such a time, the more the Lu forces must lose their sincerity to the center, as long as this way, in order to avoid the future disaster, not to mention, now the situation in the country has become clearer and clearer, local powerful figures have bowed down to the vassals, the center directly controls the whole country is driven by the general trend, but also the desire of the people, the Lu forces have no excuse and strength to stop this historical trend.

It is precisely with this in mind that although Lu Yuguang is now studying the book "Infantry Tactics", his main concern is on how to persuade his father to change his course, and he even plans to write another letter to analyze the situation in the whole country in detail and persuade his father to immediately 'hand over' the right to send troops. And to the center to take up a position, in exchange for the center's trust and understanding, only in this way, the Lu clan can guarantee their existing interests.

Although Lu Yuguang was the only one in the reading room, and it was late at night, no one would care about the military appearance, but Lu Yuguang still dressed the military uniform neatly, although the back of the shirt was soaked with sweat, but he was still wearing an armed belt, and the leather shoes on his feet were also worn in a proper manner, because he knew that Mr. President had a habit of occasionally coming to raids and checking the work attitude of his subordinates at any time, and Lu Yuguang did not want to be regarded as a negative example by the president.

Just when Lu Yuguang was pondering how to write a letter, the "ticking" sound of a wireless telegraph suddenly sounded in the originally quiet telegraph room next door, and obviously, a telegram was photographed.

Lu Yuguang hurriedly stood up and walked to the telegraph room with the copy of "Infantry Tactics", where one telegraph officer was copying the telegraph code in a hurry, and several other telegraph officers continued to practice their decoding skills as if nothing happened.

The telegram was not long, but in a few minutes, the telegram officer had copied all the codes. He checked it, and then 'handed over' the transcript of the telegram to Major Lu Yuguang.

Lu Yuguang glanced at the telegram and found that the telegram officer had not translated it, and he immediately understood that this was a special code, and only the director of the telegraph office and the president himself had the codebook, and no one else could translate it.

According to the discipline of the telegraph office, a telegram with a special code like this must be presented to the president for the first time, and now that the director of the telegraph office is not there, the decision is in the hands of the officer on duty. Lu Yuguang must immediately send the telegram to the president for review.

It is now half past four in the morning, and the president may still be asleep, Lu Yuguang hesitated, but immediately shook the phone in Mr. President's bedroom, and it was the president's wife who answered the phone.

"Mrs. Report, a special cipher telegram has just arrived, the director of the telegram room is not there, and the president needs to translate it himself." Lu Yuguang whispered.

There was a soft 'exchange' on the other end of the phone, and then the president's slightly hoarse voice came from the microphone.

"Adjutant Lu, you don't have to come over, it's almost dawn, I'll rush over." In addition, you can call the Nanyuan Air Base again and tell the base that they are ready to prepare, and I will take people over this morning to inspect it, and the military meeting in the afternoon should also be properly prepared. ”

"Yes!"

Lu Yuguang pressed down the phone, and sighed with some emotion in his heart, this president is inevitably too diligent, under the leadership of such a strongman, what is the central center that cannot be settled? Thinking of this, he decided to write a letter as soon as possible, persuading his father to betray his sincerity to the center as soon as possible, 'handing' the right to send troops, and honestly becoming a rich man, not to oppose such a "Far Eastern madman".

In accordance with the president's instructions, Lu Yuguang informed the Nanyuan Aviation Base that the president would inspect the base this morning, and then sat in the telegraph room and waited for the president's drive.

Before five o'clock, Mr. President came over with a few pieces of pastries, also in military uniforms, shiny leather shoes, and the guards on the side of the guard were all 'spirited', but there were no pastries to gnaw.

Lu Yuguang went downstairs and handed over the super-coded telegram to the president.

"Hah! It turned out to be a telegram taken by Zhang Guangyang, which startled me. I thought it was some kind of emergency military situation. This kid doesn't shoot a telegram in the morning, he doesn't shoot a telegram in the evening, and he takes a telegram at half past four in the morning, which is intended to disturb other people's dreams. ”

Zhao Bei took out the telegram codebook, personally translated the content of the telegram, and then sighed, and put down his hanging heart, many times, this president is like gambling, there are always thorns 'excited', this person with a bad heart is indeed not qualified for the president's work, like this kind of urgent telegram in the middle of the night or early in the morning He has not received it before, and it is almost a conditional anti-'shooting', but in recent times, such emergency telegrams are becoming less and less, and state affairs are indeed on the right track.

Although this telegram was sent by Zhang Guangyang through the radio station on the submarine "Seawolf No. 1," the content of the telegram was not drawn up by Zhang Guangyang, but by Lu Ping, director of the Navy Department of the Joint Staff of the Army and Navy, and the main content was to inform the central authorities that the "Otter Base" No. 1 in Nameless Bay was In addition to this, Lu Ping also urged the center to pay for the follow-up construction of the base, hoping that the construction funds can be in place as soon as possible, so as to complete the remaining projects and enable China's submarine unit to have a truly modern base as soon as possible.

Of course, Lu Yuguang has no right to know the contents of this telegram, in fact, the matter about the "otter base" in Nameless Bay is still top secret, and very few people know about it, and when making the decision, the reason why Zhao Bei insisted on naming the bay "Nameless Bay" is to reduce the possibility of leakage, even if the enemy knows that there is a secret submarine base, but the place "Nameless Bay" cannot be found on the chart.

"Alright, it's okay, leave the two telegraph officers behind, and the rest of the people can go to dinner."

Zhao Bei sat down in the telegraph room and sent a few guards to the canteen to prepare breakfast, and even Lu Yuguang was sent away, and the current telegraph room is in the hands of the president himself.

It was not until 8 o'clock in the morning that another telegram came, but it was taken by Yang Du, the governor of Jiangsu, that the content was to report to the president on the recent political situation in Jiangsu, and by the way, he mentioned the preparations for the "political training" and asked the president for instructions on the next step.

Zhao Bei immediately replied to the telegram, warning Yang Du that the matter of "discipline and administration" should not be rushed, and that it must be done slowly, the situation is now delicate, and the president has to deal with more important things, not to mention that it is far from the next presidential election, and "discipline and administration" is not the first priority at present, and Yang Du's most important thing now is the industrial development of Jiangsu, and he must find a way to turn the attention of the Southeast Financial Group to the heavy industry construction of the three eastern provinces, and only to link the interests of the Southeast Financial Group with the interests of the three eastern provinces. In the future, once a conflict breaks out between China and Japan, the Southeast Financial Group will not pull the 'legs' of the center.

After filming this telegram, it was already half past eight o'clock, and several principal officials of the joint staff of the army and navy had arrived, and Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaozhun, two "supernumerary personnel" of the general staff, had also arrived.

This was an inspection, but it was also an important military meeting, and the reason why we did not choose to hold the meeting in the Commander's Hall was because of the large number of people attending the meeting, and the conference room in the Commander's Hall could not fit it, and only the newly completed auditorium of the Nanyuan Aviation Base could accommodate so many soldiers.