In the following period, due to the lack of conclusive evidence and suspects, the turmoil caused by the Lucheng incident calmed down after the Japanese Kwantung Army issued a notice in a secret that it was an accidental food poisoning incident. But Kenji Dohihara's investigation in the shadows is not over, he and Seishiro Itagaki are just trying to instigate a bigger action, and the energy invested is a little insufficient.

After the turmoil, Mu Han became more cautious, and in order to facilitate his movements, he began a life of a prodigal son. Since then, he has appeared in the slightly famous geisha and famous places in the city.

History has not changed because of the fluttering of Mu Han's little butterfly. Fast forward to 1930. In order to compete for the right to speak in the central government, the largest warlord melee in the modern history of country Z broke out as scheduled. In December last year, Zhang Shaomari could not withstand Chairman Chiang's various tricks, changed his banner in the northeast, nominally submitted to the Nationalist Government, and thus nominally achieved the reunification of the whole country." However, the apparent unity soon broke down. After the completion of the Northern Expedition, most of the Kuomintang left political branches in various places, and local warlords controlled the military, personnel, administrative, and financial powers, and the central government had no control over related affairs. Due to the expansion of the power of local warlords and the conflict with the central government, it was similar to the division of feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty. Chairman Jiang Da had little influence on the provinces, not only could not intervene in the localities, but could only settle disputes through negotiation and mediation; Even the budget must be paid to the independent local armies that are not under orders.

In February 1930, Yan Laoxi'er sent a telegram to Jiang Guangtou, asking for a joint resignation and the reorganization of the enlarged meeting of the Kuomintang led by Wang Wei to show fairness, but Chiang refused. In March, Chiang convened the Third Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Central Committee in Nanjing, and expelled Wang Wei from the party. On March 15, 57 generals of the former Second, Third and Fourth Armies listed Jiang Guangtou's six crimes and elected Yan Laoxier as commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force of the Republic of China, and Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Shaomarshal as deputy commanders. On April 1, Yan Laoxi'er, Feng Shuai and Li Ren announced their inauguration in Taiyuan, Tongguan and Guiping respectively, but Zhang Shaoshuai did not express his position. On April 5, Nanjing ordered Yan Laoxi'er to be arrested.

So Yan, Li, and Feng formed an anti-Chiang coalition army, with Li Zongren's Gui army as the first front army, and sent troops from Guangxi to Hunan to attack Wuhan; Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was the Second Front Army, which attacked Xuzhou from Henan through Longhai and Pinghan Road, and joined forces with the Gui Department in Wuhan; Yan Lao Xi'er's Jin army was the Third Front Army, which cooperated with the Northwest Army from Shandong to take Xuzhou and attack Nanjing through the Jinpu Road; In addition, Shi Yousan was the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army, attacking Gunzhou and Jining with the main force, and one part coordinated with the Jin Army to attack Jinan; In addition, the Northeast Army was proposed to be the Fifth Front Army, and He Jian of Hunan and Liu Wenhui of Sichuan were appointed as the Sixth Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Front Army, and Fan Zhongxiu was later appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Front Army. In mid-May, the fighting began. The battlefield can be divided into two aspects: the main battlefield in the north is in Henan, and the secondary battlefield is in Shandong, which are carried out along the three railways of Pinghan Road, Longhai Road and Jinpu Road; The southern battlefield was mainly carried out in the areas of Yuezhou and Changsha in Hunan, along the Xiangjiang River. At the beginning of the war, the Central Army, which was small in number and lacked heavy equipment, took the initiative to launch an offensive on the Longhai Railway. And in Mamuji in eastern Henan, there was a fierce battle with the 12th Army of Wan Xuancai, which had deployed strong and tightly fortified positions. Reinforcements from the Northwest Army were successively put into reinforcements to reinforce the 12th Army of the Guide front, and Jiang Zhongzheng ordered Liu Zhi to lead the 1st Division, the 3rd Division, the 1st Division, and the 11th Division to attack in three directions.

When the war entered a stalemate, all sides tried to win over the Feng Northeast Army, which was watching the fire from the other side, and Chairman Chiang used various means, including the promise of high-ranking officials and the surrender of territory in North China, as well as the financial and military expenses for sending troops to North China to meet the needs (successively remitting 5 million yuan for sending troops and raising another 10 million yuan in public bonds to fund the Northeast finance) to win the support of Zhang Shaoshuai. On September 18, Zhang Shaoshuai sent a telegram in support of Chiang, announcing the cessation of the civil war, and two days later led tens of thousands of people of the Northeast Army into Shanhaiguan and attacked Longdu. With the support of the Fengzhi Northeast Army, the victory or defeat of the Central Plains was decided, and there was almost no obstacle for the Central Army to attack the north. In October, the Central Army captured Tongguan, Shaanxi and other places, surrounded the remnants of Shanxi with heavy troops, and defeated the generals. On November 4, Yan Laoxi'er and Feng Yuxiang went to the field by power. The anti-Chiang alliance collapsed. Yan Lao Xi'er left Jincheng, and the Northwest Army was taken over by the young marshal. At this point, the Central Plains War ended.

The war spread to Zhizhi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and other provinces, and all sides invested more than 1.3 million troops, resulting in more than 300,000 casualties among officers and men. After the Northeast Army sent troops into the customs to take over the territory of North China of the Northwest Military System, it caused the emptiness of the defense outside the Shanhaiguan Pass, which also indirectly became one of the reasons why the Northeast fell to the Japanese Kwantung Army in the 918 Incident in the future.

Mu Han silently pondered the history of the past two years, "918" seemed to be a curse, which made the already dire land of China experience greater trauma. In the Central Plains War, Zhang Shaoshuai changed banners in the northeast in 918 and occupied Gyeonggi and most of North China, but the Japanese occupied Zhang Shaoshuai's lair after 918 and launched a full-scale invasion of China on this basis, which in a sense cannot but be said to be a great irony of Zhang Shaoshuai. Now, now that I am in the midst of it, I must not allow more tragedies to happen.

One day, after Mu Han finished his work in the General Staff, he came to Yuanxianglou and got drunk again. In the middle of the night, a figure flashed out of the Yuanxiang Building like light smoke.

In the dark room of Lushun Huaxing Trading Company, all the core members of the Seven Old Figures Wolong Mountain were present. After three long and two short secret sounds, Mu Han flew in.

"Dad, Uncle Chen, uncles, brothers, ......." reunion after five years, endless words, endless bitterness, and longing for relatives hugging together. The catharsis of emotion, tears accompanied by smiles reflected on everyone's faces. It took a long time for everyone to calm down.

"Dad, uncles and brothers, it's been five years, Uncle Chen and I started the layout five years ago, and now I'm finally back, I want to know about our family background so that I can make the next arrangement. I wonder what you think? Mu Han wiped his tears with his hand and said slowly.

Everyone glanced at each other, smiled slightly, and their eyes fell on the face of the military advisor Chen Qi.

Chen Qi cleared his throat, "Okay, everyone here is a family member, and some things should be thorough, some brothers in the province still think I am selfish!" In fact, these are mainly Han'er's plans, and I just implement them. Chen Qi looked at Mu Han and said consciously.

"According to the training plan and arrangement left by Han'er, we have more than 10,000 peripheral forces at our disposal, distributed in various parts of the four northeastern provinces, mainly composed of a few friends and bandits from our old brother when he was in the Boxer Rebellion, and they received our weapons funding and training command. Our direct force totals more than 5,000 people, divided into three levels; The core elite force of 300 people, mainly composed of our family relatives and apprentices, according to Han'er's requirements, in addition to being proficient in our various martial arts and various firearms and weapons, also focused on field survival, lurking, sniping, infiltration, reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, blasting, driving, communications, makeup, foreign Chinese and other training, now Guan Yue and his son Guan Xingzhao are mainly responsible, by Ma Teng (Ma Zhongxing's son), Xiao He (Xiao Chaohe's son), Qiao Yunlong (Qiao Fei's son), Zhao Zhengfeng (Zhao Chengyin's son), Zhou Shun (Zhou Da's son) each led a team. The regular force of more than 4,000 people, composed of children of poor peasant families and bandits who have justice in their hearts, the training standard is one-third of the ordinary training of the core elite force, and Zhou Da, Xiao Chaohe, Qiao Fei, and Zhao Chengyin are each responsible for a regiment, which is stationed in Fengning, Duolun, Zunhua, and Pingquan. I am responsible for more than 500 logistical and medical personnel, and the standard of combat strength is equivalent to that of regular forces, and training in driving and medical rescue has been particularly strengthened. There are more than 100 intelligence network forces, led by Huang Weishan, mainly ......" Chen Qi said that his nose was sour, and he stopped, and everyone bowed their heads and said nothing.

"How did my Uncle Huang die? I received a battle report from the Japanese army headquarters that he was killed in Lao Tieshan, what happened? Mu Han's eyes were cold, and his face sank like water.

Time froze for a moment, and Han Yun took over, "Let me tell you, now I'm in charge of intelligence work." After Han Xing was arrested, Han'er, you risked being exposed to come to the rescue. After you left, Brother Huang immediately sent Xing'er and his teachers and classmates to Lao Tieshan, our outer force in the city. That night, one of Xing'er's classmates had a home that was local to Lao Tieshan, so he went home to recuperate. In order not to leak the news, the Weishan brothers asked their brother Lao Tieshan, the head of the family, Wang Lao Pimple, to personally send Xing'er and his teacher to Chengde overnight. The Weishan brothers stayed in Lao Tieshan as leather traders to preside over the cottage. The next day, Han Xing's classmates went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and were found by traitors who had informed the Japanese army and were arrested. Who thought that Wang Lao's daughter Wang Xia and Han Xing's classmate were good friends, Wang Xia learned that Xiang Hao was arrested, so she went to save her alone, but was caught on the spot by a Japanese officer with extremely high martial arts. In order to capture the remaining people, the Japanese army was about to insult Wang Xia on the spot, and the brothers of Lao Tieshan were red-eyed, and there was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides. The Weishan brothers were guilty of Wang Lao's pimple, so they took action, and he killed many Japanese soldiers by himself, and even the Japanese officer with high martial arts was not an opponent. But the Japanese officer who was not raised by man took Wang Xia as a hostage to blackmail the Weishan brothers, and when the Weishan brothers were stunned, they were shot coldly by the traitors behind them...... In this way, Lao Tieshan's power was almost wiped out, and only a dozen people escaped. ”

"Ahh Mu Han spurted out a mouthful of blood, and everyone panicked. After a few breaths, Mu Han wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, "I'm fine, Uncle Chen, you continued." Mu Han said coldly.

Chen Qi sighed, and then continued: "Brother Han is now taking over the intelligence forces, mainly distributed in Fengtian, Jincheng, Hucheng, and Longdu. At the same time, emphasis was placed on the development of the north-western regions and the regions bordering the USSR. These intelligence forces are selected from among the unsuccessful candidates in the core elite force competition, and then they are given special training in intelligence, reconnaissance, counter-investigation, and telecommunications. Chen Qi paused.

"In terms of the military science and technology system, Han'er is divided into two parts, domestic and foreign, according to your plan. There are 15 arms factories in China, which can produce 1,000 improved Mauser 98 semi-automatic rifles, 100 improved MG34 machine guns, 50 imitation Japanese light and heavy machine guns, and 50 artillery pieces of various types. 100,000 rounds of bullets, 10,000 shells, 1 ton of explosives. In terms of vehicle production, due to the lack of sufficient technicians and workers, as well as raw materials and accessories, especially because there are no self-produced engines, and in order to prevent leakage, only 5 trucks, 2 tanks, and 2 armored combat vehicles can be assembled and produced per month. In terms of air power, also due to the lack of airports and self-produced engines, aircraft production is only in the stage of producing spare parts inventory, and once the airport is completed, 2 aircraft can be assembled per month. In terms of medicine, it can produce all kinds of tourniquets, sulfonamides and other Western medicines, due to the lack of leading talents proficient in Western medicine, there is no large scale of production, and 10 tons of traditional Chinese medicine for trauma are reserved and processed. In foreign countries, according to your arrangement, we took advantage of the world economic crisis and the market depression in various countries to acquire and control 2 steel companies, 2 machinery manufacturing companies, 1 ocean shipping company and 1 arms manufacturing company in the United States, and adopted various means to recruit and employ more than 30,000 overseas Chinese industrial workers and more than 200 engineers, and registered 2 technology companies in the United States to launch the Dragon Nest Plan, specializing in the research and development of the aerospace electronics industry, and currently applying for 20 patents. Due to the need for confidentiality, it has not been translated into actual results, but it can be quickly converted as long as it is needed. Chen Qi said this in one breath, felt a little dry mouth, picked up a cup of tea, and moistened his throat.

"Uncle Chen, how much total assets do we have now, and how much liquidity do we have?" Mu Han thought about it carefully and asked softly.

"Han'er, according to the information you left before going abroad, after a few discussions with our elder brother, in addition to the antiques with collectible value, all the other realizations totaled 10 million oceans, and in the past five years, through the investment operation of the stock market, futures market, and money market, plus the investment in fixed assets to achieve profits, now our total assets can reach 2 billion US dollars, and the liquidity is 500 million US dollars."

Mu Han was not surprised to hear this, when he went abroad five years ago, he accurately told Chen Qi about the world's social and economic situation and development trend in the next five years, so that he could plan in advance. This is also the first plan made after the cognitive fusion of two generations of elite souls. Before he really belonged to his own territory, Mu Han could only lay out these dark chess pieces first. But the others all widened their eyes as if they were listening to a book from heaven, and although each of them was engaged in a part of the work, the sum up of all the fields still shocked everyone.

"Wow, son Han, I really convince you, you have been out for five years, and you have actually made such a big career, Uncle Zhang is really convinced of you, according to the highest military salary standard in China, we can at least afford to raise 100,000 elite soldiers. Taking advantage of the front, the big men from all over the country are grabbing territory, so let's just pull the flag and start something now. The straight-eyed Zhang Hu opened his mouth, and the words in his heart shouted out directly.

Mu Han smiled slightly, seeing that other people had similar eyes. "Hehe, uncles, I can understand that you have such thoughts, but have you thought about it, although the warlords of all walks of life are now in a mess, but it will not be long before the country will be unified, and then there will be a local force in the country that is free from the center, and it will not become the target of public criticism? Besides, there are still Japanese people around us? ”

"Han'er, you're saying that this scuffle will end soon? So who is the winner in the end? Now the two sides are at a stalemate! Now in charge of intelligence, Han Yun asked with some surprise.

"Our Northeast Zhang Shaoshuai is now sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, what if he joins the party?" Mu Han did not answer directly, but brought the "ball" back.

"Which side will Young Marshal Zhang join?" Chen Qi also asked in unison with everyone.

"War is only a continuation of politics, economy, and interests, and sometimes the outcome of the post-war does not depend entirely on the real military strength of both sides. Sometimes other means are more effective than fighting a real war. Mu Han did not answer directly, but pretended to say something incoherent.