The Battle of the Ryukyus is still going on......!

Hu Chuyuan had already identified the next target as Cam Ranh Bay and the French Far East Fleet stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, which, if translated literally from French, should in fact be translated as "Chinese Fleet."

Back in Yanjing Yingtai, Hu Chuyuan was with his family first, and had dinner with his two wives and the three young sons who were still with him for the time being.

Just after a big victory, Hu Chuyuan was very happy, Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei were of course also happy, and the family talked and laughed.

Sometimes when you think about it, happiness is actually so simple.

If Hu Chuyuan could choose for himself, he would prefer to do business with peace of mind, live in the garden of Shanghai, and build China into a rich agricultural and industrial country in his own way, and build the suitable places in his mind into new and beautiful cities.

Pity.......

In any case, since he is in his position, he can only work hard to do a good job as prime minister, but fortunately, his family has not been affected and changed too much, and happiness has always been by his side.

He can quietly watch the children grow up, and watch himself and his wife slowly move towards middle age and old age.

Isn't that the meaning of life?

After eating the main meal, the family drank some bird's nest soup and continued to sit at the table and chat.

Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei talked about the interesting things these days, and talked about the reaction of the people of Jingshi to the victory in Jinwu Bay, and both of them seemed quite happy.

Looking at their smiling faces, watching them enter middle age with maturity and elegance, dignified and virtuous, Hu Chuyuan felt a particularly sweet feeling in his heart.

Just at this moment of joy......!

Hu Chuyuan decided to say something, but he suddenly interrupted Wu Shuzhen's words and said, "The day before yesterday, Weizhong sent me a telegram. ”

Wu Shuzhen was a little surprised and asked, "Is there anything going on in Weizhong?" ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing, this kid wants to join the army...... I want to fight devils! ”

"So......?"

Pan Limei was a little embarrassed, and looked at Wu Shuzhen left and right, as if she was not so happy.

After all, it was a child raised by them, how could they be willing to do it, but ...... Hu Chuyuan is the prime minister, and his children want to join the army, especially at this time, they should be approved and supported.

Wu Shuzhen frowned slightly and complained: "This kid ...... Didn't you study well at Yale University? ”

Hu Chuyuan also smiled embarrassedly, this thing is ...... Alas, blame him, the father for having no authority at home.

He knew that Hu Weizhong wanted to study at the Oakland Military Academy, and he supported it, but Wu Shuzhen had a different idea, she wanted Hu Weizhong to go to Yale University to receive a four-year basic education in natural sciences, and then consider studying at the Military Academy in the future.

In the end, Hu Weizhong still chose to follow Wu Shuzhen's arrangement.

As a woman, Wu Shuzhen is elegant, charming, and always has a special temperament; As a wife, she is gentle and understanding; It's a pity that as a mother, she is a little too strong.

The advantage is that the children are very obedient and learn well, there is no gentleman and squeamish little daughter, and the disadvantage is that the children's roads are almost arranged by Wu Shuzhen.

Seeing that Hu Chuyuan refused to speak, and it was obvious that he was secretly supporting, Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but be a little unhappy, so she said: "If it's our own child, then forget it, let him go if he should join the army, but after all, he is a child of the second master's family, you send him to join the army, if the second master has any ideas, then what should I do?" ”

Hu Chuyuan disagreed, and said: "The second brother won't mind, Hu Yaguang of the eldest brother's family and Hu Yatang of his family are not all in the Zhili Corps." Let's Hu family...... There are some things that cannot be hidden, and if they should be allowed to join the army, then they must join the army. ”

Wu Shuzhen thought for a while and said, "It's okay to join the army, you can arrange it for him, and you are not allowed to go to the front line." ”

This one......???

Hu Chuyuan was a little embarrassed in his heart, but he still agreed in a daze, nodded his head, and said, "Try your best...... As much as I can, I can't bear it. ”

Of course he was reluctant, but he also hoped that Hu Weizhong would find a path of his own.

With his understanding of Hu Weizhong, this kid's ultimate goal is really not to become a professional soldier, but to engage in politics, just to take another shortcut, then, Hu Weizhong's ten ** will ask to go to the front line and want to establish military merits.

Hu Weizhong, this kid...... Hu Chuyuan knew in his heart that this kid was very similar to him, once he had a goal, he would do it step by step, and he would not give up if he didn't do it.

Young people who are only 21 years old still have a long way to go in the future!

Wu Shuzhen looked at Hu Chuyuan quietly, knowing that a husband is like a wife, she knew in her heart that Hu Chuyuan might really send Hu Weizhong to the front line, it didn't matter, she had a way to stop it.

She didn't believe it, and when she called Lu Guangquan, Lu Guangquan still had the courage to send Hu Weizhong to the front line.

Offending Hu Chuyuan is not a big deal, Hu Chuyuan is easy to talk to, can be considerate of people, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, it is different to offend her, Lu Guangquan has to weigh the severity.

Now that Hu Weizhong is mentioned, Wu Shuzhen remembers something else...... Hovini met a boyfriend in Boston, and was introduced by Pfister-Delano who was Pfister's nephew.

Winnie is Hu Pinyuan's eldest daughter, her mother is an Irish woman, soon after the two divorced, Hu Pinyuan married the sister of Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, and the two children of Winnie and Weisai were raised at Hu Chuyuan's house.

It should be said that the childhood of these two children is still very embarrassing.

After hearing the boy's name, Hu Chuyuan had a little headache.

Wu Shuzhen was quite happy, saying that Pfister's nephew was a son of the limelight at Harvard University, very showy, and determined to become an excellent politician.

She seems to have seen that her son-in-law will become a senator and a governor of the United States in the future.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything, he knew very well that most of this was Wu Shuzhen and Pfister-Delano making decisions in it, a very thorough political marriage.

At least at this stage in front of him, Hu Chuyuan didn't plan to say anything.

After having dinner with his family, Hu Chuyuan returned to the office of the Senior Administration Garden alone and carefully read some of the new information recently submitted by the State Intelligence Administration.

After former War Minister Katsura Taro became the new prime minister, he completely changed the adventurous raid strategy of Aritomo Yamagu, and instead attacked from Korea, and began to build up a large army in the northwestern part of Honshu, with the main goal of forcing the Chinese side to fight a decisive battle in Korea and eventually occupy Korea.

Similarly, Katsura Taro also abandoned his plan to unite with Tsarist Russia to form a coalition in the Far East, and temporarily avoided arguing with Russia about whether the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces in the Far East was Russian or himself.

After reading the information and confirming that it was impossible to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the Ryukyu Islands after reading the information, Hu Chuyuan called Lu Han and Lu Guangquan to his office overnight to discuss the possible surname of the surprise attack on Cam Ranh Bay.

His idea frightened Lu Han.

After a while, Lu Han couldn't help but say with some hesitation: "The difference between the two may be relatively large, compared to Jinwu Bay, the terrain conditions of Jinlan Bay are several times more complicated, and it is difficult to surprise attack!" ”

"Hmm!"

Hu Chuyuan, who had carefully studied the terrain of Cam Ranh Bay and the information of the garrison, nodded slightly.

He pulled out the information, opened the map, and said to Lu Han and Lu Guangquan: "The key to the success of the storming of Jinwu Bay is that it has not yet gained a firm foothold in Jinwu Bay Port, and there is a lack of sufficient fortifications and defenses as a whole. If we were to make a surprise attack on Cam Ranh Bay, we would have to prepare for a major battle that would be much larger than the Battle of Cam Ng Bay, using the army to annihilate the 30,000 French troops stationed in the surrounding area, and at the same time sending two forces around the perimeter to intercept the reinforcements of the French army and the Vietnamese dynasty. The navy held the exit for a long time, forcing the French Far East Fleet to surrender before the arrival of the main French fleet. ”

Lu Guangquan thought about it very seriously, observed the terrain of Cam Ranh Bay, and said after a while: "In fact, it is feasible, the Liangguang Corps is ready, and Yang Zongyue's Nanyang Coalition Army is also preparing to withdraw from the Ryukyu battlefield, if you count the Black Flag Army and the Southwest Corps stationed in North Vietnam, we can actually invest more than 100,000 troops in the Vietnam battlefield at present." ”

Hu Chuyuan mentally assessed the practical viable surname, indeed, once the French Far East Fleet was defeated before France declared war, there would be a very different gap between the Chinese and French naval forces, and China would immediately become the second largest naval group in the world, while France would fall to third place.

This is crucial.

Regardless of whether war was to be declared on France or not, neither the Southwest Corps nor the Liangguang Corps would be sent to the northern battlefield, and only by completely clearing the French forces in Southeast Asia could these two corps be transferred north to participate in the final campaign to attack the homeland.

Therefore, China and France will definitely go to war.

Instead of passively waiting, it is better to strike first.

Hu Chuyuan immediately said to Lu Han and Lu Guangquan: "Now we will start to formulate two large-scale battle plans, the first is called 'sickle', the goal is to fully land on the island of Kyushu and start the war on the mainland. However, this is only a cover plan, which must be deliberately leaked out, and the actual secret plan is 'Yellow Sparrow', and the combat goal is to raid Cam Ranh Bay. ”

Lu Guangquan nodded and said, "This is the best, to raid Cam Ranh Bay, at least more than 60,000 elite troops must be mobilized, then at least hundreds of large ships must be required, and the military's auxiliary ships are not enough, they must be requisitioned and modified from merchant ships." The scale is too large, and it will definitely be perceived by France and Yueben, and it will not work without a good and suitable cover. Using the 'sickle' plan as a cover can not only conceal the sky and cross the sea, but also delay the pace of the Chinese army's northward advance, which will be conducive to the Jianghuai Corps' entry into the DPRK and intensifying its defense in Pyongyang. ”

Hearing them say this, Lu Han knew that this landing battle was already imperative, and there was no room for the navy to retreat.

After carefully weighing it in his heart, he said: "Then continue to use Fuzhou, Taiwan, and Manila as the main assembly areas, secretly mobilize in Zhanjiang, and finally suddenly assemble on Taiping Island." ”

Hu Chuyuan hummed with certainty, he basically planned to do so.

Since 1897, the Nanyang Fleet has actually mastered Taiping Island, and the Admiralty has allocated 6 million Qing Yuan a year to build a large-scale seawall around coral reefs and sandbars around the perimeter, and has used more than 20 freighters to move soil and land from Palawan Island in the Philippines all year round.

At present, the scale of Taiping Island has gradually expanded to 1.34 square kilometers, and according to the extent of coral reefs and sandbanks, it can eventually reach 2.7 square kilometers, and will become an important garrison station of the Nanyang Fleet, which can be used for 10,000-ton warships to stay and replenish, and will be a permanent air force and submarine base in the later stage.

The distance between Taiping Island and Cam Ranh Bay is about 145 nautical miles, and it takes at least 15 hours for the Grand Fleet to arrive at Cam Ranh Bay from the time it is assembled.

The fate of the country is at stake, and the three of them are very careful to discuss every detail.

It was late at night that most of the issues were discussed.

Hu Chuyuan breathed a sigh of relief and paused, he thought of something, so he asked Lu Han and Lu Guangquan: "Over the years, we have won almost all the battles that we have to win, have you ever thought about why?" ”

Lu Guangquan thought for a moment and said, "Be well prepared." ”

Hu Chuyuan bowed his head slightly, and said: "Good generals don't fight uncertain battles, the so-called uncertainties, in my opinion, are not fully prepared." The two of you must fully absorb the various problems exposed by the Battle of Jinwu Bay, take advantage of the large number of new weapons we currently have in our ranks, and try our best to kill with one blow and capture Cam Ranh Bay! ”

Lu Han and Lu Guangquan both nodded and said, "Prime Minister, please rest assured, as long as we are fully prepared and the French army does not have much preparation, it should be possible to take it." ”

Hu Chuyuan continued to think for a moment, and thought of another thing in his heart, he wanted Ouyang Geng to continue to perform another task...... persuaded France not to enter the war easily, and further stated that China and France did not have to go to war, as long as France did not enter the war, everything was easy to talk about.

Yes.

History will not remember these conspiracies, only the victors.

The next day, Hu Chuyuan convened a confidential joint meeting on the "sickle" plan, met with principal officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the afternoon, and asked Ouyang Geng to personally go to Europe to lobby France.

This plan was too important, so Ouyang Geng would stay in France for a long time, and he would not be able to secretly go to England until the Battle of Cam Ranh Bay broke out.

War on three sides...... Military spending is a big problem!!

Hu Chuyuan also had to urgently summon the general managers of various banks and financial institutions on the issue of selling treasury bonds, and asked them to intensify their efforts to sell treasury bonds to the entire country, and the banks and financial institutions themselves should also directly purchase treasury bonds.

In order to increase the sales coverage and the people's purchasing efforts, Hu Chuyuan personally prepared a new sales propaganda plan for the national war bonds, and spread the entire sales network to all commercial banks, with the minimum amount of only one clear yuan.

The slogan is simple...... "One Yuan to Save the Country".

The military spending of the Nanyang coalition army is even more problematic, North Vietnam is developing fast and early, Sumancia and the Philippines have been studying for a long time, the economy is relatively stable, and they can still bear the shared military spending, but Sumatra and Java are not good.

At present, there are 140,000 people in the Nanyang coalition army, 90% of whom are Chinese, mainly from Sumancia, North Vietnam and the Philippines.

Hu Chuyuan calculated that the final size of the Nanyang Coalition Army is likely to expand to 300,000, and at least 200,000 military expenses will have to be spent by the central government, and for this alone, there will be an annual expenditure of 170 million to 200 million yuan.

The 3 billion Qingyuan he estimated in advance is definitely not enough, and 4 billion Qingyuan is dangerous.

The question of 4 billion yuan of treasury bonds can be sold, and the question is how to repay them, because large-scale printing of money will inevitably lead to inflation, and under the condition that the silver standard and the gold standard are exchanged against each other, domestic inflation will inevitably lead to an increase in the cost of foreign trade.

So, there is such a thing as a war...... The less, the better.

After this war is fought, it will not be possible to absorb the negative impact of the entire war on the domestic economy without seven or eight years.

As a big businessman, Hu Chuyuan certainly hopes that there will be a large-scale economic crisis on a global scale in three years, and as China's prime minister, he hopes that the scale of this economic crisis will be smaller, and he will try his best to confine himself to France and Russia, and the storm will pass a little faster.

What about the contradictions!

(To be continued)