Chapter 136: Before the War (I)

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On August 1, Zhang Wei received the system score for July, which is not much different from last month, that is, the colonial points continue to increase, with more than 13 million points per month, which makes Zhang Wei feel very happy to spend, and there is no need to shrink back like at the beginning.

This month's high-level meeting was held on August 5.

At the meeting, Zheng Daoyou first summarized last month's work:

710,000 immigrants from the Qing Dynasty, and the number of people from the Qing Dynasty will remain between 650,000 and 750,000 per month in the future; The number of spontaneous immigrants from other regions to the kingdom of Lan Phong last month was 46,000, mainly from Vietnam, the Philippines, Hawaii and other places, and some were students who went abroad.

The new palace gatehouse and main hall, conference rooms, study rooms, bedrooms, guest rooms, supporting facilities and royal gardens are under construction, which can be completed in mid-November and will not affect the use of the National Day military parade; Shengli Avenue and National Square have been leveled and completed, and now the construction of drainage facilities is underway, and the ground hardening treatment will be carried out when the drainage treatment is good, and it will be completed on time in mid-November;

The machinery and equipment purchased from Germany are now arriving one after another, and the number of workers is insufficient, especially in the enterprises of national capital;

The development momentum of the private shipbuilding industry is good, and the domestic steel supply is insufficient, so we should speed up the construction of iron and steel companies, and in addition, we should export a batch of steel products to ensure domestic production needs.

Lu Sifu of the Ministry of Finance reported that the $200 million in US aid had arrived, and the funds for the purchase of battleships by France had been received; It will take five days for Japanese funds to arrive, German ones around August 20, and American and British funds until early September.

Lu Weimin suggested that either the National Day military parade should be properly held, or the island of Taiwan should be attacked, and only one of the two could be chosen, or the military parade should be held and the island of Taiwan should be attacked in December, in which case the war would probably go on for a winter, and the battleships and battlecruisers would have been sold to Britain and the United States, and if they were delivered, it would affect the war against Japan; If the war is launched after receiving funds from the United States and Britain, there will only be more than two months, and the war will not end at all, and there will be no way to hold a military parade; In addition, before the war with Japan, it is necessary to clean up the natives, at least the natives on the island of Java, and to ensure the stability of the rear.

Li Minmin reported that the Japanese high-level and the alliance were very close, as if they were plotting something, but did not find out the specific content; Japan sent people to Tsarist Russia to repair relations, and it would be very troublesome for Japan and Tsarist Russia to join forces.

Li Zhaoshui reported that now that all the battleships and battlecruisers have been sold, the strength to protect the kingdom's maritime frontiers is seriously insufficient, and it is very vulnerable to devastating blows, especially now that economic construction is being carried out in the coastal areas, and the situation is very dangerous.

After everyone finished reporting, Zhang Wei pondered for a while in the notebook, began to express his opinion, and then asked everyone to discuss it again.

Zhang Wei said that there are now 200 million US dollars in paper money, and 20 million US dollars will be allocated to the Zhi Gong Party in the United States to develop business and expand the security company.

Zhang Wei's opinion is that the best opportunity to strike at Japan should not be wasted just because the military parade was held, and now that they are unprepared, no one in the world would have thought that we would attack Japan at this time, and the military parade will continue to be held, and the chief of the general staff of the army and Premier Zheng will be responsible for continuing to make preparations, and they will come back to participate in the parade when the time comes. If Japan is not attacked, it will always be difficult to develop the economy and refine management, and after the war against Japan, the kingdom will be able to stabilize for a year and a half, and then it will be able to straighten out domestic affairs.

There is no need to worry about protecting the maritime frontier for the time being, and the four British and American battle cruisers will not be handed over until the beginning of September, and before that, the four battle cruisers will be enough to protect the security of the maritime frontier; After the handover here, a war against Japan will be launched, and it will not be long before there will be a naval war against Japan, and at that time, the world will know the strength of our navy, and it will not dare to attack our kingdom's maritime frontier casually; For safety, I would leave the Navy with 20 more destroyers, 20 torpedo boats and 2 submarine squads.

It was enough to move the 2nd Division from Sumatra to Shangjing, and to station 3 divisions on Sumatra.

All the old and weak natives on the island of Java were relocated to the Southwestern Dominion, and the young and strong were either assigned to work at various construction sites or to work on militia farms in various towns and villages.

After the meeting on the specific battle plan, Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui, the two chiefs of the General Staff, and Minister Li Minmin and I will make a summary again, and this time it will be Deputy Chief of the General Staff Li who will accompany me to Taiwan. Wu Fanggang and Zhao Xiaolong, the two vice governors of the Dispatch Islands Military Region, served as the governor of Taiwan Province and the governor of Lelang (the governor of the Korean Peninsula) respectively, and the island of Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands were regarded as one of our provinces, and the Korean Peninsula was our colony. Naval bases were established in Pusan on the Korean Peninsula, Naha in the Ryukyu Islands, and Keelung, Taiwan.

Zhang Wei rushed to the waters around Taiwan in early September, and after receiving funds from Britain and the United States, I will immediately launch an attack on Taiwan.

After the meeting, Zhang Wei convened a special military meeting.

Li Minmin first introduced the situation of the Japanese army.

The governor of Taiwan is the general of the Sakuma Zuo Matthew Army, this person is ruthless, has suppressed the uprisings of the Taiwanese people many times, and his hands are stained with the blood of the Taiwanese people, and he must not let go when the time comes; At present, Taiwan has more than 8,000 troops stationed in the 16th Division, the Japanese Taiwan Military Brigade and the police, with a total strength of 25,000 troops, of which most of the members of the Japanese Taiwan Military Brigade and the police are Taiwanese, and only the officers are Japanese.

The Governor General of Taiwan is the one who has absolute power in the executive, military, and legislative powers.

The commander of the Korean Army is General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, who is in charge of the military and political power of Korea, and now the 8th, 9th, and 13th divisions of the Korean army stationed in Japan, plus the police and military police, have a total strength of 50,000 troops.

Hirobumi Ito was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief, in charge of Korean diplomacy and in command of the activities of Japanese officials in Korea.

In the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, there were the Japanese 5th Division, in addition to the railway garrison, Lushun heavy artillery team, military police, police, veterans and other armed personnel 25,000 people.

At present, Japan has a total of 16 divisions and regiments, and in addition to the heavy casualties during the Russo-Japanese War, there are now 5 divisions and regiments stationed in 3 places, which already accounts for one-third of the number of officers and men of the Japanese army.

Zhang Wei asked why North Korea has more troops than Northeast China and Taiwan.

Li explained that Japan has completely occupied Taiwan, and legally speaking, Taiwan is Japan's territory, and there are too many traitors in Taiwan, and traitors help the Japanese suppress the rebels and maintain local stability, so there are very few Japanese troops needed, and they are all traitors working on their behalf; The Qing Dynasty has few troops in the northeast, and there is no combat effectiveness, the Japanese army is mainly to protect the railway and guard against Tsarist Russia, although there is a "Portsmouth Peace Treaty" with Tsarist Russia, the Japanese are always not at ease, so they have recently sent people to Tsarist Russia, hoping to coexist peacefully and divide the Qing Dynasty; As for Korea, now Japan is only the suzerainty of Korea, and Korea still has its own army, although its combat effectiveness is not strong, but it is still necessary to be prepared, besides, the resistance of the Koreans is also one after another, and the few troops stationed there cannot be suppressed.

Zhang Wei's plan was to occupy the southern part of Taiwan first, compress the Japanese army in the north in Taipei, induce the Japanese army to send a navy and land force to reinforce Taiwan, and then ambush the Japanese fleet at sea, annihilate the Japanese reinforcements and naval fleet, and then let the navy blockade Japan, and finally slowly clean up the army on the Korean Peninsula and the northeast; Before attacking Taiwan, a submarine formation was sent to blockade Port Arthur to prevent the Japanese army in Northeast China from escaping from the sea.

Zhang Wei said that Li Zhaoshui was in charge of commanding the war, and the specific war plan was still up to the chief of the army general staff and Li Zhaoshui to come up with the final plan; now there are already 20 divisions of infantry, five regiments of cavalry with a total of 5,000 troops, and five battleships, five battle cruisers, 50 submarines, 50 destroyers, and 50 torpedo boats.