After returning from the desert, Zhang Shusheng was in a very good mood, and successively summoned the minister of the environment and the minister of agriculture, as well as a number of senior scientists in agronomy and botany, to demand that the environment be protected and the incurable diseases of the environment in various places should be treated, and at the same time, the investment in agricultural plant research should be further increased, and the income of farmers engaged in planting would be increased.

At the forum, Zhang Shusheng also specifically called for the comprehensive management of the two major rivers, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

On the fifth day after returning to Beijing, a national conference on the military industry was held in Hanjing, and Zhang Shusheng, who rarely attended the various conferences, personally attended and made an important speech, giving extremely high praise to the military production that was in full swing in China during the war period, and demanded that attention be paid to production, care for workers, increase output, and reduce costs.

The time soon entered April, and the annual Qingming Festival came again. In order to facilitate the commemoration of the martyrs of China and the martyrs who contributed and even sacrificed for the rise of the Chinese nation, the Republic ordered that the commemoration of the Han Soul be combined with the annual Qingming Festival, and that the important members of the Supreme Power Committee of the Republic should take the lead in paying homage to the martyrs' shrine and paying tribute to the martyrs.

Early in the morning, He Ning and Lu Yunyan put on a black and solemn women's uniform, and waited for Zhang Shusheng to put on a straight military uniform, this military uniform without any military rank is what Zhang Shusheng has to wear every time there is a major event, it has no military rank, but it has always been the standard military uniform of the active national defense force, and it is not customized, it is sewn by the daughter-in-law of the Sun family.

Located outside the city of Hanjing, the Martyrs' Shrine on the edge of the Yangtze River has long been crowded.

This martyr's shrine, built in 1934, is by far the highest standard and the most extensive memorial park of the Chinese nation.

The Martyrs' Shrine covers a huge area and is built on the back of the water, the mountain is by the water, the scenery is excellent, the main peak is the Han Ridge, and the foot of the Han Ridge is the Yangtze River water that is rushing for eternity.

In order to keep the Martyrs' Shrine as long as possible, the entire park uses a large number of hard rocks including marble, and some key places are also cured with special materials, coupled with the special design at the beginning, under the maintenance of the park management committee, even if there is an earthquake, the Martyrs' Shrine will not be affected much.

The memorial service is held at 10 a.m., but from 6 a.m., a steady stream of Hankyung citizens and invitees who have been approved to pay the memorial service line up for security checks.

Three hours later, 100,000 solemn people had gathered in the entire Martyrs' Shrine Square, and in order to keep the entire Martyrs' Shrine safe and tidy, the mourners did not carry anything, only a fiery heart.

At 9:35 a.m., the combat units and air defense combat units of the Guards on the periphery of the Martyrs' Shrine entered the highest level of alert, the most advanced tanks, anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns could fire at any time, the ground radar and the horizon to the sea were turned on at full power, the third wave of air defense aircraft was lifted into the air, and the air alert range was extended to the sea.

At 9:50 a.m., the motorcade of the Supreme Council of Powers arrived at the Martyrs' Shrine.

When Zhang Shusheng and others walked up to the main altar, the square resounded with earth-shattering applause, and every worship activity of the Martyrs' Shrine in these years, the Supreme Power Committee was personally led by Zhang Shusheng, the chairman of the committee, plus a number of important members of the republic attended together.

In order not to disturb the rest of the martyrs, Zhang Shusheng specially stipulated that no one should make a loud noise in the Martyrs' Shrine, no matter how high the official position is and how powerful it is, there is no distinction between high and low status when entering the Martyrs' Shrine, only the identity of the representative. Zhang Shusheng represents the Supreme Power Council.

"The flag-raising ceremony starts now! Raise the national flag and sing the national anthem! ”

The process of the memorial ceremony is very simple, when the soldiers of the national flag team carried the golden dragon flag to the flag-raising platform, the thick salute sounded, due to the addition of several nationalities, the sound of 61 salutes roared over the Yangtze River, when the national flag was slowly raised, Zhang Shusheng and the 100,000 people present sang the national anthem of the republic together.

Subsequently, Zhang Shusheng made a speech on behalf of the Supreme Power Council.

"Comrades! Compatriots,

Winter goes to spring, and today is the annual Qingming Festival.

China is a country of etiquette, and the Qingming Festival has always been a traditional festival for us to pay tribute to our ancestors and the loyal souls of China.

Today is the twelfth time that we are here to pay tribute to our martyrs and those martyrs who have made contributions and sacrifices for the strength and prosperity of the Chinese nation.

Over the past 13 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Republic of China has made many major achievements in economic, military, cultural, educational, and people's livelihood...... We must also not forget those martyrs who have made great contributions to the Chinese nation, from the Yan and Huang period, along the way, our nation has gone through ups and downs to achieve today's achievements...... Although the war is still going on, on behalf of the Supreme Council of Power, I would like to assure you that the state will not neglect economic construction and will persistently promote educational reform, develop science and culture, reform society, and increase the welfare of the people.

Starting from this year, China will formally implement the two major policies of the trial measures for the pension system and the trial measures for the social medical insurance system. Combined with the power of the political axe and the non-governmental sector, we will strive to complete the promotion of the two new systems of benefiting the people after the free education system during the seventh ~ eighth five-year plan period...... Recently, many newspapers and periodicals have been very concerned about our country's attitude towards the issue of World War II, which actually represents the people's desire to understand the war.

At present, the Allies are gathering together with the Soviet Union to encircle our country with nearly 10 million heavy troops. Although our territory has not yet been attacked on a large scale for the time being, the provinces of Southeast Asia and the Far East, and even our provinces of Beihai and Huoquzhi, are constantly facing millions of enemy attacks.

War is no longer a period in which the victory or defeat of both sides can be decided by sitting down and talking, and it will certainly be a long-term battle, but as the head of the Republic and the chairman of the Supreme Power Committee, I am here to assure all the media present today, the 100,000 compatriots present, and the Chinese people around the world that we will definitely guarantee the security of the homeland, the security of the people, and the continued strength of the Chinese nation.

The war against the Allies will continue, we will launch a new offensive and achieve a great victory, thus striking at the arrogance of the enemy, for any enemy, we have only one voice, kill! ”

After Zhang Shusheng finished speaking, the small military parade began.

Five marching phalanxes from the Guards Regiment marched through the Martyrs' Shrine Square in full gear and armed with steel guns with bayonets, the only small and medium-sized military parade held annually in the Republic.

In the 13 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Republic has held a total of two military parades, due to various reasons, on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Shusheng ordered the cancellation of the military parade, but decided to put the third national military parade on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, that is, in June 1948.

The whole celebration ended after two hours, and Zhang Shusheng immediately returned to Hanjing Mountain.

Although it was only two hours long, Zhang Shusheng's speech at the Qingming Festival memorial service quickly spread throughout the country, especially some high-ranking military and political leaders found out from this speech that the base camp will further expand the scale of the war, and will launch a large-scale campaign aimed at changing the pattern of the regional battlefield in the near future.

With regard to the state's formal implementation of the public pension insurance system and the medical reimbursement system, the two major policies for the benefit of the country and the people, the whole country suddenly burst into jubilation, especially the people of insight and the military and political leaders, who once again affirmed that this political axe is for the people, and after the implementation of the two major policies, the problems of people's livelihood will be further improved.

"Chairman of the Committee, your speech at the Martyrs' Shrine today is very encouraging." In the Führer's office, Zhou Guolai said to Zhang Shusheng excitedly. "I really didn't expect the chairman to finally make up his mind to implement these two systems in wartime, and it took a lot of courage. However, I believe that no matter how great the difficulties are, we will certainly do a good job in these two policies that benefit the country and the people. ”

As soon as Zhang Shusheng returned to the base camp, Zhou Guolai, Premier of the Government Council, Jiang Baili, Chief of General Staff, and Su Yuren, Minister of Operations, came.

"Difficult! The affairs of the country, no matter how big or small, are difficult. Back then, to implement free education, including student room and board, all profits of the entire Shusheng company had always been handed over according to the scale of eight to ninety. At the most difficult time, the expenditures of the entire military and political organs in the southwest had to be reduced to survive.

However, in the past 30 years, we have basically solved the problem of food and clothing in the country, and have done a good job of achieving free education for all. ”

Zhang Shusheng said with emotion, hundreds of millions of people in China, a free education problem can make the country spend 30 years to do a good job, for the next pension system and medical reimbursement system, although some mature individual + society + country system approach has been adopted, but if you want to initially see the results, I am afraid that there will be no ten or twenty years.

"Chairman, by military action you are referring to in the Far East?" Jiang Baili asked.

"yes. Now the situation cannot be opened on the Southeast Asian side, large-scale troop operations cannot be carried out, and neither our mechanized superiority nor air superiority can have a decisive impact on the war.

And in the Soviet direction, if we launch a general offensive on the hinterland of the USSR too soon, it will inevitably reduce the pressure on the Germans, and now the strength of the European corps is already very strong, and a premature solution to the Soviet problem is definitely not good for us.

Only the Far East, which threatens the security of our Far Eastern territories and the North-East at all times, has the conditions for large-scale mechanization and air deployment. Now that the Allies have suffered a heavy blow on the Mainland, and the entire Far East is becoming more and more dependent on the American mainland, once a large-scale campaign begins, the continued combat capability of the Allied forces is bound to decline rapidly.

It's time to concentrate powerful forces and solve the problems of the Far East in one fell swoop. ”

Zhang Shusheng resolutely said that the new offensive he mentioned was to launch a general offensive in the Far East -- the Iron Hoof Plan, to solve the Far East problem in one fell swoop, to extricate China from being constrained everywhere, and to play a greater role in World War II.

(To be continued)