After dinner, Zhang Wei and Xiao Yu'er continued to discuss the long-term plans of the empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Yu'er said: "Your Majesty, the United States is located on the North American continent, the geographical position is superior, according to the current state, it is difficult for other countries to attack the territory of the United States, can only fight a naval war with the United States, and the United States Navy is developing rapidly, and the United States has strong economic strength, if it does not cripple the United States in advance, it will definitely be the biggest enemy of the empire, and it will be able to defeat the United States in the future, and the price paid is also heavy. ”

"I'm afraid that Britain, France, Germany and Russia will have a fear of the empire, and they will no longer fight among themselves, and if they cooperate to deal with the empire, it will be impossible to steal chickens and rice."

"Your Majesty, then this situation is not impossible, and to avoid it, it is necessary to communicate well with Germany; Also, this is likely to be the case with your previous plans to occupy Australia, where the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand are themselves in the pockets of the Empire, is it necessary to occupy them now? ”

"Then you mean that the United States must be hit first?"

"Yes, it must, the greatest threat to the empire in the future will be the United States, which must be crippled in 1908; At the same time, we should do a good job of supporting Yuan Shikai and make him ready to take over the national power. ”

Zhang Wei's previous most fearful opponents were Japan and the United States, but now Japan has no possibility of making a comeback, as long as the Americans are disabled, then there will be no pressure to dominate the world in the future, so he agreed to Xiao Yuer's suggestion.

At the same time, Zhang Wei and Xiao Yu'er entered the system hall and began to synthesize officers and soldiers according to the results of the two combined.

When attacking the continental United States, the existing forces cannot be used, otherwise it will be very troublesome just a transportation problem; At that time, Zhang Wei was required to secretly arrive at the US mainland in advance, release the soldiers from the system, and these officers and soldiers who suddenly appeared on the US mainland suddenly launched an operation to occupy the US mainland.

To this end, the North American Theater Command was created within the system.

First of all, one elite-level army staff officer Feng Guohua was synthesized, and Zhang Wei appointed him as the chief of staff of the North American Theater Command, and then six special-level army staff officers were synthesized, serving as chief of staff and deputy governor of the five military regions in the southeast, northwest, and central regions respectively.

Zhang Wei, Feng Guohua, and Xiao Yu'er meant to launch an attack from five directions in the southeast, northwest, and central with absolutely superior forces, and not give the Americans time to recruit and train troops, so that the Americans could not organize an effective blockade, quickly occupy the states of the United States, and achieve the final victory.

To this end, Zhang Wei planned to set up the American Army for the North American Theater Command, equipped with 10 Praetorian Guard divisions, 100 national defense divisions, 7 heavy artillery regiments, 7 cavalry divisions, plus the headquarters and 5 military district staffs, with a total number of 1.9 million people.

In addition, the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet should be established separately.

Due to the restrictions on the number of regular soldiers after the system upgrade, the number of Zhang Wei's regular army has almost reached the system limit, and if you want to synthesize the Praetorian Guard, artillery and cavalry, you must wait for the Western Xinjiang Special Region to fully take over the power before you can have a quota for the synthetic army, and now you can only synthesize the national defense division first.

After arranging the synthesis task, Zhang Wei ordered Governor Feng Guohua to formulate a detailed battle plan against the United States, and then went out of the system with Xiao Yuer.

After leaving the system, Xiao Yu'er discussed the aid plan for Yuan Shikai again, Xiao Yu'er said: "Your Majesty, with the help of the empire, Yuan Shikai will definitely be able to take over the national power smoothly, that is, he will not expand the army, his existing strength is enough to occupy the whole country, the key work should be how to help him establish a stable regime, those old bureaucrats must not continue to use, we must help him train several officials in government affairs, finance, military, education, etc." ”

"This is not difficult, now his strongest is military talents, such as Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others have good military quality, economic Liang Shiyi, Zhou Xuexi, etc., political Xu Shichang, Zhao Bingjun, Zhou Ziqi, Yang Du, Zhang Yilu, etc., diplomatic talents such as Tang Shaoyi, Cao Rulin, etc., can be said to be full of talents, but I feel that he is most lacking in middle-level talents."

Xiao Yu'er smiled and said: "Your Majesty, these people are indeed talents, but most of them are loyal to Yuan Shikai, which is not conducive to the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, so my opinion is to support the personnel of different factions, which is conducive to the empire's control of Yuan Shikai's regime, and there is competition to make progress, such as supporting the personnel of the old system, pro-imperial factions, etc." “

"What the hell do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, I hope to increase the number of mainland officials in the Southern Xinjiang and Western Xinjiang Special Administrative Regions, and in the future, after Yuan Shikai takes power, these people can be sent to Yuan Shikai to use, for example, Zhao Erfeng can be used as the representative of the old military forces, Zhang Yintang can be used as the representative of the old bureaucratic faction, like Song Jiaoren, Zhang Taiyan and others can be trained to become representatives of the pro-imperial faction and the new thought faction, and Cai Yi, Jiang Baili and others can be trained to be the representatives of the new military forces."

Zhang Wei looked at Xiao Yu'er with puzzled eyes and said, "Won't this push the mainland to a civil war?" No, I hope that the mainland will have a stable political environment and reduce infighting. “

"Your Majesty, don't you arrange them like this, won't there be infighting? As long as the infighting is kept within a reasonable range, it is still acceptable. “

Zhang Wei thought to himself, things are indeed as Xiao Yu'er said, that is, if they don't support different factions, they will also fight with each other, as long as this kind of infighting is controlled within a reasonable range, it will be conducive to their development.

Therefore, after seeking the opinions of the General Staff Headquarters and the Government Affairs Yuan, Zhang Wei quickly made an order for personnel adjustments.

ordered Song Jiaoren to be the governor of Sichuan Province and be fully responsible for the government affairs and construction of Sichuan Province;

Zhang Taiyan served as the vice governor of Yunnan Province and was in the key training stage;

Cai Yuanpei is the Minister of Education of the Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Region, responsible for the education of the entire Southern Xinjiang Special Economic Zone.

Zhao Erfeng served as the commander of the garrison force of the Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Region, responsible for the recruitment, training, logistics, command and battle, and officer training of the garrison forces in various provinces;

He also ordered the governor of southern Xinjiang to send Cai Yi and others to Guangdong Province to assist the local government in establishing a new army and military academies after carrying out ideological education.

In addition, the former members of the Liberation Association were assigned to serve in different positions in the Western Xinjiang and Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Regions, so as to cultivate their ability to handle government affairs.

At the same time, Zhang Wei also telegraphed to the governor of southern Xinjiang that as long as he was a member of the former alliance, he could be cultivated and used; And asked Song Jiaoren and others to actively contact the members of the original Alliance, hoping that they could quit the Alliance and go to the Xia Empire to study or serve.

Lu Weimin was also adopted, and after graduating, the mainland students studying at the Military Academy of the Royal Army of the Xia Empire were given the best possible arrangements to serve in the Guangdong New Army and the 10 mixed associations trained in the Peninsula Special Administrative Region, and most of these people would become leaders of the pro-imperial faction and the New Army faction in the future.

Lu Weimin also suggested that some officers with training value should be selected from the old armies in western and southern Xinjiang to serve in the 10 mixed concord garrison armies, and these people would become representatives of pro-imperial factions and old military forces in the future. (To be continued.) )