※ Core Commander's Hall, basement, west conference room only one military meeting was held here, presided over by the Republic of China President Zhao Bei, the senior officers attending the meeting were mostly officers of the 6th Army, and there was only one naval officer, Lu Ping.

Now, the chief of staff of the Joint Staff of the 6 Navy was standing in front of a military map hanging on the wall, holding a whip in his hand, and a bright incandescent lamp hanging directly above his head, which reflected several red and blue markings on the map very eye-catchingly.

"So far, the first division of the national defense force, stubborn, four divisions have arrived at the assembly area, the first division of the national defense force is continuing to exit the customs in the sixth, is expected to arrive at the assembly area within two days, once the old 6th division arrives in Jinzhou, the first army of the national defense army is officially formed, in view of the fact that "the southern independent division and the mountain division can not rush to the northeast in a short time, the first army's combat sequence is adjusted, and the independent cavalry division is transferred from Inner Mongolia to the northeast. It was also temporarily incorporated into the First Army sequence.

The troops of the First Army will be stationed in Niuzhuang and Haicheng as strategic outposts, guarding the Japanese operations in the large leased areas of the brigade, covering Shenyang, and responsible for cutting off the communication of the South Manchurian Railway after the outbreak of the war, delaying the movement of the Japanese army.

Yesterday, the 6 th Army Headquarters was separated from the Second Army's operational sequence, and after the General Staff deliberated on it, it made some minor changes. The sequence of the Second Army is hereby announced: the 1st Division, the 1st Division, the 1st Division, the 1st Brigade of the 6th Combat Corps of the Navy, the Special Operations Brigade of the National Defense Force, and the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Northwest Frontier Cavalry. These divisions are considered the backbone of the Second Army.

At present, these are basically the troops that can be used immediately by the center, and the garrisons of other provinces have also received orders from the 6th Army Headquarters. Already yesterday entered combat readiness mobilization, according to the calculations of the General Staff, if all goes well. Then in five days, the 6 Army Department could mobilize thirty-five regular divisions, of which ten were Division A and twenty-five. In addition, the Revolutionary Guards, which have not yet completed their regularization and reorganization, can also be mobilized immediately, but due to transportation problems, if these troops want to be fully mobilized to the northeast region, the most optimistic estimate is that it will take about 15 to 20 days. However, in view of the actions of the Japanese Navy, it is basically impossible to mobilize the troops of the Wehrmacht in the southeast coastal area, and in order to prevent the Japanese army from carrying out the 6th Army in the southeastern coastal area, the General Staff has formally recommended that the 6th Army Headquarters form the 3rd Army and the 1st Western Army in the southeast direction to deal with the sudden incident, and urge the Admiralty to formulate a corresponding plan to respond to the actions of the 6th Army; in view of the current situation of our Navy, the main work of the Admiralty should be to cover the mobility of the 6th Army; secondly, once a Sino-Japanese war breaks out, the further actions of the Navy will be decided according to the scale of the war. If necessary, submarines will be used to carry out naval engagements in Japan's coastal waters and ports. Harassing Japan's coastal shipping routes through measures such as sea ambushes and port mines, and exercising psychological deterrence against Japanese citizens.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of military transportation, yesterday the Central Committee issued diplomatic notes to various countries through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announcing the implementation of military control over the railways throughout the country. In addition to Japan and Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Belgium, and other countries have agreed to hand over the railways under their control to our side. The people support the central decision-making, and the total number of young intellectuals who have enthusiastically signed up to join the army in various localities has exceeded 50,000.

In the event of an attack by the Japanese army on our garrison, the President will, in accordance with the powers conferred by the Constitution, declare a state of war throughout the country and issue a general mobilization order, in accordance with the provisions of the Military Service Law. The 6 Army Department will immediately begin to expand the army, all officers on active duty will end their vacations, and veterans who have retired but are still in reserve will also re-enlist, serving in their hometowns, according to conservative estimates. If there are enough weapons and ammunition, in two months, the 6 Army headquarters can form another fifty infantry divisions, and the Revolutionary Guards can be expanded to at least one million people. ”

Lan Tianrui made a generous statement above, but Duan Qirui sulked at the bottom, and for nothing else, he pressed the "6 Navy Joint Staff" on his head.

If you look at the word "staff officer", this organ seems to be only for senior officers to give advice, such as strategy, logistics, such as formulating operational plans, Duan Qirui also thought so at the beginning, but the actual situation is very different from General Duan's imagination, and the 6 Navy Joint Staff Department does not take the chief and deputy commanders of the 6th Military Department and the Navy Department in its eyes at all. This body is only under the orders of the great president of the Republic of China. only obeyed Zhao Bei's orders, so since the formation of the 6th Navy Joint Staff Office, Duan Qirui has not had a smooth time.

But it doesn't work if it's not smooth, now the Commander's Hall is the highest power in this country, and the Commander's Hall is above the Presidential Palace. The 6 Navy Joint Staff is also above the 6 Army Department and the Navy Department, and this abnormal phenomenon can be described in one sentence, that is, everything is transferred by the will of the general play.

Everything is transferred by the will to always play, which is very helpful to improve the efficiency of government work, but it is "unfair" to senior officers like Duan Qirui The current Duan Qirui feels like the senators and representatives in the Congress. However, Duan Qirui, the chief of the 6th Military Department, gave an order, and if it were not signed by the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff of the 6th Navy Joint Staff, it would not be effective at all, and no one would pay attention to it, and this is Duan Qirui's current embarrassing situation.

Duan Qirui's personality is fierce, if this was put in the past, he would definitely immediately throw off his hands, but not now, he still has the burden of Beiyang on his shoulders, at this time, if he does not do it, it can only be cheaper President Zhao, because this president is now planning to take advantage of the opportunity of Sino-Japanese tension to cut off those miscellaneous forces, if Duan Qirui withdraws at such a time, then, Beiyang's relics, brewing, and wounded infantry divisions are even fish on the chopping board, and they can only be slaughtered. Although Duan Qirui didn't want to pick on the son, the other party deceived people too much, and even said, "All the injured divisions have been transferred out of the pass, what is the intention of the center's move, it is indeed worth pondering." You must know that the station of the Tie Infantry Division is Xuzhou. It is far away from the northeast, but the center insists on letting the gang division stationed in Shandong not be transferred, and the generals who are willing to seek near and far, and the wounded division is transferred to the northeast. Well, this is "borrowing a knife to kill".

In the past two years. Zhao Bei has been busy cutting mountains in the army, using various means to gradually establish the leadership of the united front and the political propaganda commissar over the army. But there is no right, Qiao" hurt the master, because he and Duan Qirui have a "gentleman's agreement."

According to the gentleman's agreement between Duan Qirui and Zhao Bei at the beginning, if the center wants to be transferred, the flute will "hurt the teacher." Duan Qirui's consent must be taken, if Duan Qirui does not agree. Then the small center will not mobilize these two divisions. But this time. Zhao Bei still played the "patriotic card." "Who dares to oppose the center's transfer of troops to the northeast. That is a traitor, and everyone will be punished, so this time, the west and the old division will be transferred out of Shanhaiguan. Although Duan Qirui was very reluctant in his heart, he chose to remain silent in the face of the country's righteousness. After all, he is a, Chinese.

As a high-ranking officer from Beiyang, Duan Qirui was very dissatisfied with Zhao Bei's constant provoking of Japan. In his opinion, although this Mr. President is not a madman, he is certainly a highly adventurous political opportunist, and for certain purposes, this Mr. President is not at all worried that his adventurous move will lead to war, and let's take the current "Northeast Asian crisis" as an example, the Japanese Government has only abolished the "Kanto Prefecture" and has not yet turned the Luda leased land into a colonial. At least the Japanese government didn't say it, but this Mr. President insisted on ordering the mouthpiece to create public opinion and incite the people's anti-Japanese sentiment in order to achieve his "ulterior" purpose. From the south to the north, anti-Japanese rallies and demonstrations of young people can be seen all over the country, and the situation is almost exactly the same as that of the "Xinzhou Incident" of that year, and the momentum is even greater than that of jaw-dropping.

As a counter-attack. Public opinion is also being created in Japan, and the radicals in both countries are gearing up and eager to try their guns, and this situation is very worrying.

Although the Japanese Government's approach is indeed very excessive, compared with the actions of the Russian Government in Outer Mongolia, Japan is indeed a bit "at a loss" due to the frenzied attack of the "Far East madmen"; Japan and Russia are both encroaching on China's territorial sovereignty, but in the stance of dealing with these two countries, Zhao Bei has completely achieved "double standards" and pretended to be inblind to Russia's encroachment in Outer Mongolia. It is also forbidden for subordinates to pay deep attention to this and use mouthpieces to confuse the public, while on the other hand. Regarding the Japanese government's encroachment action in the northeast, Zhao Bei saw it once and again, and did not save face for the Japanese at all.

Therefore, in the view of Duan Qirui and other "moderates", the main reason for Japan's fuss on the issue of the lease of the land in Luda and retaliation against China for supporting the anti-Japanese movement in Korea is of course. But taking this opportunity to vent the anger that has accumulated in the heart for more than two years is not necessarily a secondary reason.

"This guy. How long is it going to be tossed? The Japanese are so easy to deal with?.

Duan Qirui gathered his mind and looked at Zhao Bei, who was sitting in front of him, and saw that the other party was looking at the military map on the wall expressionlessly, and he really couldn't guess what the great president of the Republic of China planned to do, if he really wanted to start a war with Japan, why didn't he issue a national mobilization order for a long time? If you don't want to go to war with Japan, why do you want to send so many troops to the Northeast? Light one. "Cut the domain and cut the mountain. The explanation seems to pale a little.

At this time, Lan Tianwei was already exquisite, and returned to the conference table and sat down. Then it's time for free speech.

Duan Qirui was the first to stand up and said his opinion word by word.

"Chief of Staff Lan just said it very well, I have nothing to add, but there is one thing I must remind you, this war costs money, and now the center is busy completing the "four industrial exhibition plans" The central finance is very tight, if there is no war, the central finance can support it, if there is a war, may I ask, what are your clever plans to raise military spending? After supporting military spending, what will the center use to support industrial construction? In addition, the National Assembly cannot fail to explain something, after all, our country is a republic. The president certainly has the power to deploy troops, but the power to declare war rests with Congress. It's written in the Constitution. ”

The subtext of Duan Qirui's words could not be clearer, as the commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, he opposed the current war against Japan.