France was already in a mess, the French could not accept it all, and the left-republican Emmile Lubet was forced to step down and put Clement Fallier of the Radical Party as the new president and form a new cabinet.

This is definitely not good news for China, Clement-Falière, a very radical Eurocentric who simply does not allow the rise of the region, and who vows to change the situation and give France a big victory in Asia.

In fact, the Battle of Xialanshan also made the entire Franco-Russian Entente further realize that the Chinese Army did indeed surpass them at a stage in terms of equipment, training, and personnel quality, especially the 31st integrated division and regiment, which was the oldest in the Chinese Army.

Within the Entente, they are also researching and imitating new weapons such as mortars, light machine guns, submachine guns, and grenade launchers, hoping to equip them with their own troops as soon as possible and narrow the gap between the two sides in terms of equipment.

Time became more and more urgent, under the order of Clément-Falière, the French also began to use chemical weapons of mass destruction on the battlefield, but during this period, with the support of Britain and Germany, the Chinese side has basically ensured the prevention of chemical weapons, and established its own production lines of mustard gas, light chlorine gas and other chemical weapons in Zibo, Shanghai and Beiping, and launched a chemical counterattack against France and Russia.

At this point in the war, everything has fallen into madness, all international conventions have lost their meaning, and at present, almost all the bullets produced from various domestic arsenals have fixed cross-shaped warheads with slots, and once they hit the opponent, they will cause large-scale destruction and damage.

Even if they don't, experienced soldiers will sharpen similar notches with files, nail clippers, bayonets, and other tools themselves, increasing the probability of the bullet exploding in the opponent's body.

The domestic rifle bullet production line has been unified, and the 7.62mm caliber Berkeley bullet is fully adopted, which uses a new type of agglomerate mixed smokeless gunpowder, brass steel bottom pointed bullet, and the bullet has a built-in lead core.

In terms of the most basic bullet technology and quality, the domestic Berkeley bullets are stronger than the rifle bullet standards of the Entente countries, although China is equipped and used in the country with three different specifications of rifles, but the 7.62mm caliber Berkeley bullets are used.

The round-tipped bullets for light machine guns and submachine guns have been reduced, while the bullets for the Maxim heavy machine gun have been kept as 7.62mm Berkeley rounds to facilitate logistical refills.

In contrast, the Allied coalition forces were simply a mess in terms of the supply of equipment.

In short, China and the Entente under the control of Hu Chuyuan are completely two different concepts, and the Allied forces themselves are very clear about this, and at this moment of the war, they are no longer as arrogant as before, and they no longer have the belief that they will win.

Of course, the Allied coalition forces had not completely collapsed at this time, because they did not yet know the final killer weapon of the Chinese army, even if they had already learned from their intelligence work that the Chinese army might be making new adjustments and might have some mechanized troops.

Recently, the intelligence department has been infiltrating frantically, hoping to find relevant data and prepared intelligence.

The Entente was in chaos, and in Yanjing, Hu Chuyuan was much quieter and quieter, and he was readjusting his governing strategy, and trying to establish a new confidential secretariat, unify the work of his general letter office and general ledger office, and set up a secret bureau in the confidential secretary that was under his sole control.

This morning, he gave priority to Miss Qiu Jin entering his office for an appointment.

Soon, the legendary Miss Qiu Jin came in, calm and atmospheric, with a deep and quiet aura like a special climate, which made people feel awe-inspiring and appreciative.

As soon as she came in, Hu Chuyuan's eyes lit up.

It's really interesting!

He liked the woman in a black men's dress, very attractive, unlike any other woman he was used to.

After taking a closer look at her, Hu Chuyuan motioned for her to sit opposite him and asked her, "Why did you think of my confidential secretariat to work?" ”

Miss Qiu Jin calmly looked at Hu Chuyuan with that clear eye, not timid at all, very bold, and said: "I respect everything you have done for this country, so I want to serve you, and I believe that I have the ability." ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled silently and asked, "If I give you a new position, what kind of work do you plan to do in the political axe?" ”

Miss Qiu Jin resolutely replied: "I want to do the work that the Prime Minister's wife is currently doing, devote myself to the great cause of women's education and equal human rights, promote the spirit of the republic, and liberate China's female surname." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, I am very supportive." China has 194 million female surnames, and the population is the foundation of the country's development, and if these female surnames can make their due contribution to the country, we will inevitably become a real world power. However, if they are still like thousands of years in the past, they are only married and raised at home, with their little feet entangled, and cannot do any physical work, it is really a waste of national resources. Even if I want to stay at home with my husband and children, I hope that all Chinese women with Chinese surnames can receive a suitable modern education and work to train a new generation of young people. Of course, from a human rights perspective, my wife and I share the belief that men and women should be equal. For example, I support my wife and daughter in having their own businesses. ”

After a pause, he said: "Very good, I hope you can learn a lot in the confidential secretariat and make achievements, and I won't say much about the rest, I hope you can work hard." The opportunity is given to you, you have to seize it! ”

Miss Qiu Jin was overjoyed, she really didn't expect that the legendary man who held all the power in China was so peculiar.

He's not like any man.

No.

Miss Qiu Jin thought to herself, he was smarter than all the men she had ever seen, he ......!!

The conversation couldn't be very long, and there were more than a dozen young people who were also looking forward to being reused by Hu Chuyuan's side waiting anxiously, and Miss Qiu Jin got up and said goodbye very decently, ready to welcome her new job.

When she stood up, Hu Chuyuan said: "After you go back, draw up a personal report, explain clearly your strengths and weaknesses, your goals, what you want to do, and your specific plans." Within three days, submit it to me together with other people's reports, and I will decide on your work in the confidential secretariat on the basis of your reports. ”

Miss Qiu Jin was even more happy and immediately agreed.

The person behind Qiu Jin is Mei Xin, this is a real world friend, Mei Qian personally wrote a letter, hoping that Hu Chuyuan would arrange a suitable job for his eldest daughter.

This face must be given, if there was no Mei Qizhao back then, where would there be Hu Chuyuan today.

Besides, Hu Chuyuan almost became Mei Xin's uncle at the beginning, and the person who finally became Mei Xin's uncle was Qu Hongji.

Mei Xin is twenty-one years old, young and beautiful, and has just graduated from Stanford University.

After the merger with the University of Oakland, Stanford University has become the largest undergraduate education base in the United States, retaining the undergraduate education style of Yale University, and at the same time being the main gathering place for Asian students, especially Chinese students.

Mei Xin graduated from the Stanford School of International Relations and Journalism with a degree in modern journalism.

Hu Chuyuan talked to her for a long time, and by the way, he asked her about her parents and the current situation at Stanford University.

Let's talk about it, Hu Chuyuan feels that Mei Xin, a little girl, is very interesting, and it just so happens that Mei Qian is particularly troublesome for Hu Chuyuan to introduce her to a promising boyfriend.

After thinking about it and thinking about it, Hu Chuyuan, as an elder uncle, asked with a smile: "Mei Xin, I heard that your boyfriend also returned to China together?" ”

"What?"

Mei Xin was very shy, and said nervously: "What's the matter...... You must have listened to my father's nonsense, it's Sister Qiu Jin, she always wears men's clothes, which makes my mother think about it. ”

"Huh!"

Hu Chuyuan felt more and more interesting.

He will not interfere with the free love of young people, but Mei Xin is indeed not bad, he wants to introduce it to his eldest son Hu Weizhong, but it will not work...... That's their business, their fate, but he can still introduce it.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Then it's your father's nonsense, and your uncle is just concerned." Well...... Your task is simple, like everyone else, to submit a personal report. In addition, prepare for this, in a few days, I want to arrange for you to go to the Northeast Battlefield to report some news, and when the time comes, I will let Weizhong meet you in the Northeast. You haven't seen each other in more than ten years, right? ”

Mei Xin said curiously: "No, we met together in the American Student Self-Love Association last year, has he gone to the battlefield now?" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded cautiously and said, "Yes, he strongly requested it himself, but what about me...... To be honest, he is reluctant, but he also supports him to serve the country. Now he is arranged in the Zhili Corps, and the situation of his unit is quite special, and after you go, you have to listen to him on how to report the specific things. He knew very well what things and information needed to be kept secret. ”

Mei Xin was also very excited and serious and nodded her head again and again, and she was very happy, she knew that when she went to Uncle Hu to do things, it was not to be windy, but to rain.

His father said that Hu Mei's two families are iron-clad friends, and they have been friends for two lifetimes.

Hu Chuyuan naturally took special care of Mei Xin, some time ago, the Hawaiian royal family and Princess Kaorani happened to send someone to send a few boxes of Hawaiian coffee beans and dark chocolate, and he took them out and gave them to Mei Xin.

Mei Xin was so happy, she ran out with a large box of dark chocolate and tin coffee beans, making the other new secretaries waiting outside envious.

This...... It's good to have a relationship.

It's hard not to be envious.

For these new secretaries, Hu Chuyuan has considered them in terms of ranking.

Girls are preferred, and after Niu Shuxian also interviewed, it was the turn of Chen Sanli and Zeng Zongying, the oldest of the male secretaries and the highest reservations, the former is the person who is carefully selected and ready to replace Sun Zongyuan, and the latter is the next minister of industry and science and technology in Hu Chuyuan's mind.

Li Yuanhong, Huang Zhongying, Liang Qichao, Tang Shouqian, Liang Shiyi, Luo Chengxiang, and Cai Yuanpei came in turn, and the last one was Zhang Taiyan's turn.

At this time, Zhang Taiyan was already a very famous master of Puxue in China, who had studied with Niu Yugeng for many years, studied both Chinese and Western, and was very open-minded in his surname, pursuing national liberation and cultural liberation movements, and also serving as the editor-in-chief of the "Practice Daily" in charge of Niu Yugeng.

Because of his wide knowledge and good writing, Niu Yugeng recommended him to serve as a writer for Hu Chuyuan, responsible for helping Hu Chuyuan draft official letters and organize documents.

There is no one else to wait for, Hu Chuyuan and Zhang Taiyan talked a lot of things, I really feel that this person is very interesting, but he is a little too enthusiastic, and he is not suitable to be a writer at the moment, and he needs to be around for a period of time to really achieve great things and do great things.

Therefore, Hu Chuyuan temporarily adjusted his thinking, let Liang Qichao and Cai Yuanpei serve as his own writers, and Zhang Taiyan followed Li Shengduo to engage in economic policy work first, broaden his horizons, and sharpen his surname.

Hu Chuyuan spent a morning having basic contact with these new confidential secretaries and internal staff, and he also figured out the general surname of each person, which people still seem a little impetuous, which people are more stable, who is shrewd, who is honest, he is generally a little touched.

After letting them go back to write the report first, in the afternoon, Hu Chuyuan met with two new candidates, one was Hu Daqin, and the other was Shang Yunxiang, a disciple of Li Cunyi.

Hu Daqin is the director of the academic affairs office of Huizhou Business School, among the sons of the old housekeeper Hu Rong, he is the most stable one, and he was also sent to the United States to study by Hu Chuyuan in his early years, proficient in business courses, and he also did some small business.

Hu Chuyuan transferred him over, in fact, to deal with personal accounts, and also to supervise some of the housekeeper's work.

Shang Yunxiang has been working in the Secret Service and has received long-term secret training from the State Intelligence Administration, and now he is transferred to the Confidential Secretariat to be responsible for the work of the Secret Bureau, and he is studying at the State Intelligence Administration, and is solely responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of the Confidential Secretariat.

Considering the imminent change in his governing style, Hu Chuyuan had already begun to take precautions and set up a new confidential secretariat for himself, and in his plan, after he retired from the opposition, these newly promoted secretarial officials would be transferred to the secret office of the chairman of the ecumenical party and continue to work with him.

After a few days, the internal stability of the Confidential Secretariat gradually stabilized.

Because Duan Qirui's sudden attack interrupted the Allied coalition's plan to occupy Pyongyang, in the northeast battlefield, the Russians had to preemptively launch the final offensive before the arrival of winter, Yang Zongli organized a large-scale defense of Changchun around Changchun, and used his large number of militia and field soldiers ambushed around Harbin to constantly harass the supply lines of the Russians.

The generation gap in weapons is obvious, and the Russians, the French, and the French themselves all suffer the same loss, and this wave of large-scale offensive by the Entente countries has invested more than 600,000 Russian troops and nearly 200,000 French Far East armies.

The offensive was fought in a somewhat hasty manner, and there was a gap in weaponry itself, and the heavy equipment, especially the heavy artillery units, did not keep up, and on the northeastern battlefield, especially in Changchun, Yang Zongli's seven divisions combined were only 230,000 people, and the militia troops were more than 300,000 people, and the total artillery deployment was twice that of the Allied offensive forces.

Yang Zongli seized this period of firepower superiority, fought a counterattack with vigor, annihilated the Russian army's left wing army of nearly 70,000 people, and then withdrew to Changchun for cautious defense, and at the same time used a large number of radio networks to command those scattered small troops to engage in sabotage and small-scale disturbance in the rear of the Allied coalition forces.

(To be continued)