An H-1 Thunderbird medium bomber was parked at a field airfield in Taipei, which was urgently repaired.

Lan Tianwei got off the plane with some soft feet, and as soon as he got off the plane, he saw Li Huangshan, who was dressed in a lieutenant general's uniform, with a young staff officer from the group army headquarters greeting him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Report to the commander, colonel staff officer Lan Tianwei was ordered to come to report." ”

Li Huangshan also saluted: "Welcome." But Staff Officer Blue, you're a little late, Keelung has already been taken, and we have completely recovered Taiwan. ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Lan Tianwei's eyes, but he quickly smiled: "The war is not over yet, the Korean Peninsula and the Ryukyus have not yet been recovered, so the humble position should not be useless." ”

Li Huangshan laughed and said, "Well said. The recovery of the Ryukyus is within our battle plan, go, go to the headquarters. ”

After winning the battle and recovering Taiwan, the morale of the entire Second Army was high.

As the earliest revolutionary soldier, he had a very strong sense of mission to rejuvenate China and resist foreign humiliation. Originally, after being captured and released in Sichuan, his will was a little depressed, but the Nanjing political axe declared war on the interests of the country, so he rushed to Nanjing without hesitation and asked to join the battle.

As soon as he entered the headquarters, a staff officer took a telegram and made an urgent report: "Report to the commander, the command department has called, and the direct department of Beiyang has sent a telegram to support the anti-Japanese system, indicating that the direct line of the anti-Japanese department is willing to take over the reorganization and jointly resist foreign humiliation." Cao Kun was powered into the wilderness. ”

Li Huangshan smiled and said to Lan Tianwei: "The direct line of Beiyang can also be regarded as knowing the current affairs, the War of Resistance is the trend of the times, and victory is an unshakable fact. ”

Lan Tianwei said with a smile: "The people who fought and died in the civil war are their own compatriots, so it's okay to work together with the outside world." As a soldier, he can die on the battlefield against foreign humiliation, and he can die well. ”

Li Huangshan smiled: "That's a good point. The president just doesn't want a large-scale civil war, otherwise the coalition army can still exist today? I think that the direct line has fallen, and the Bong line will not last long, and then there will be a safe passage to attack the Korean Peninsula from the land, and Xiao Yueben will not be able to jump for a few days. ”

Lan Tianwei said with a smile: "It has been developing for a long time, and I am afraid that it will not fall so quickly all of a sudden, and I am worried that they will ask the great powers to mediate, so that my country's strategy cannot be fully completed, after all, the great powers do not want to see our country dominate in the Far East." ”

Li Huangshan took a deep look at Lan Tianwei and said, "Yes, insightful." However, we are soldiers, and we are only responsible for fighting, and the central authorities will come forward to solve other matters, and the more ruthless and better we fight, the more confident the central authorities, the major powers, and the small ones will be in the negotiations. ”

"Yes, Commander!" Lan Tianwei instantly had a great affection for Li Huangshan's pure military style. Then he followed Li Huangshan to the center of the headquarters, and saw a huge sand table there, which was actually the sand table of the Ryukyu Islands and the Mariana Islands, and was immediately taken aback and said, "The Mariana Islands? Commander, are we going to take this place? ”

Li Huangshan glanced at it and said, "Of course." Don't you think it's in the way of blocking the way of our Navy to the Pacific? ”

Lan Tianwei didn't know what to say for a while, but he felt very recognized for Li Huangshan's domineering, but he was not comfortable for the time being.

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The direct power of the Beiyang system announced the disintegration of the Beiyang Yanjing political axe, and China only existed in the Nanjing political axe, which was not recognized by the world for the time being, shocking China and foreign countries.

China's great changes have triggered diplomatic chaos in East Asia among the great powers, and for a time, the embassies of various countries in China have called for domestic information.

"Due to the war, the direct departments have temporarily undergone a limited reorganization, and in order to ensure smooth command, the officers of the various departments have been temporarily retained. However, after the war, judging by the performance of the officers in the troops, there will certainly be some unqualified officers who need to be retired, and the troops will also be comprehensively reorganized."

After the two naval ambush battles, China has established its superiority at sea, and it can be said that half of the war has been won, and the next [***] team will focus on attacking the Korean Peninsula and completely driving Yuben out of the mainland, so that even if it has the support of the great powers, there is no springboard for marching to the mainland.

Tang Shaoyi also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, President." ”

Li Bufan said: "Don't call me president, it's temporary." Make the best use of people's talents and recruit only the quantity, so as to maximize the strength of the country. Mr. Tang is a senior diplomat, and we are still in the process of forming the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so I hope that Mr. Tang can stay and temporarily take up the post of foreign minister, and I think that the diplomats of the major powers will visit intensively. ”

Tang Shaoyi nodded and said, "This is understandable. However, the old man is already old, and he is afraid that he will not be able to use it. He naturally wouldn't believe that Li Bufan didn't want to sit in the position of president, otherwise what would the various factions in Beiyang still fight? Isn't that for this seat? But in fact, Li Bufan is really not ready to be president, and the temporary appointment is also a last resort to officially declare war.

Li Bufan laughed and said: "If you are too modest, it will become hypocrisy." If you can't, who can? Besides, how do you know if you can't do it if you haven't tried it? ”

Tang Shaoyi said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from the president, the Nanjing Central Committee was newly established, and if you want to obtain the recognition of the great powers, I am afraid that the first thing that the major powers will talk about with the central center is some of the previous treaty interests, which is really, really hey." He sighed deeply and helplessly.

Li Bufan nodded and smiled: "Very helpless, very angry." I can understand. When you became foreign minister, you told them that the central leadership did not have the energy to discuss this issue until the end of the war, and that the status quo would be maintained for the time being. You don't have to pay attention to the rest, they don't have to have diplomatic relations, and the threat of war is also ignored. ”

Tang Shaoyi frowned and said, "But what if the great powers really send troops to threaten?" ”

Li Bufan said coldly: "They don't dare." ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly: "Since they don't directly send troops, if the great powers come to the aid of our country, it will also be a great disadvantage to our country's current war." ”

Li Bufan said with a smile: "Don't worry, I am a dead dog, I will cripple them immediately, even if the powers want to, they can't pull it." Hahaha"

Tang Shaoyi's heart was full of doubts, he couldn't understand why Li Bufan had so much self-confidence, although he had suffered heavy losses, but the world war allowed him to earn huge wealth, with huge wealth, he could quickly recover his vitality, and the loss of the navy could be made by importing warships or by himself. However, he also clearly felt Li Bufan's self-confidence and momentum, and vaguely judged that Li Bufan might take advantage of the momentum of defeating Yuben and abolish the unequal treaty in one fell swoop.

Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but be fascinated, if these unequal treaties were abolished in his hands, then he might be immortal, and his heart couldn't help but be hot.

Tang Shaoyi thought about it for a while, and finally decided to accept the appointment of the interim foreign minister and preside over the preparation for the establishment of the Nanjing Political Axe Foreign Ministry. Sure enough, because he was a veteran diplomat, the political axes of various countries sent representatives to Tang Shaoyi to probe the tone of the Nanjing political axe.

But Tang Shaoyi's answer is simply a prevarication, where can diplomats from various countries not hear it? There was an outcry.

"If you are not a country that has diplomatic relations with China, the protest will be ineffective."

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At about 11:50 a.m. on September 1, 1923, it was nearly noon, and most families in the Kanto region were preparing lunch. Suddenly, there was a terrible roar from the ground, and then the earth shook violently, and in an instant the house collapsed, and many people were stoned to death in the house before they could react. The fire on which the rice was cooked overturned caused ...... the wooden house to catch fire.

The strong earthquake caused a fire, the Tokyo Bay oil depot ruptured, and more than 100,000 tons of fuel leaked and caused a fire. However, the most terrible thing is that during this period, the army was being frantically expanded, and countless strategic materials were gathered at the wharf, and in order to ensure the transportation of materials, a large number of materials had begun to be gradually loaded onto ships, and the fire ignited the leaked oil, and the entire Tokyo Bay became a sea of fire, countless ships were burned, countless strategic materials were killed, and hundreds of thousands of reserve officers and soldiers who had been assembled and reorganized suffered heavy casualties.

The fire was out of control by the wind, the violent explosion, and the crazy tsunami made this earthquake, which was already extremely tragic in history, even more tragic, especially the hundreds of thousands of reservists and veterans who had returned from the army were destroyed by the destruction of the surname, and the strategic materials stored in the reserve can be said to have been destroyed, and caused unprecedented losses to the transport ships

The terrifying Great Kanto Earthquake was like a thunderbolt that destroyed the surname, breaking the backbone of the book. Most of Tokyo was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the military industry suffered heavy losses, but the economic losses exceeded $30 billion, as well as countless strategic materials, and more than 160,000 of the hundreds of thousands of reserve troops died on the spot, and more than 100,000 were injured to varying degrees. No veterans, no weapons, how to deal with the onslaught of the [***] team? Weapons can be bought, but soldiers don't become elite soldiers with weapons.

The whole world was stunned by the destruction of the surname. There is no doubt that such a blow would be extremely fatal to Yuben, who is currently engaged in a war with China, and the war has caused Yuben to lose the main force of the navy, and the army has suffered heavy casualties. However, this disaster also destroyed almost all the strategic materials in the reserve, as well as a large number of reserve troops, which made the company not have enough force to stop the war that was already at a disadvantage, not to mention the earthquake that destroyed the largest industrial and economic center in the city.

The whole world understands that the book is finished, and the book is no longer able to win this war. No, it should be said that the company has lost the ability to fight, and after the earthquake and the defeat in this war, there is no doubt that it will lose its position as the hegemon of East Asia and be replaced by China.

Emperor Taisho had to personally intervene to comfort the affected people, and millions of victims mourned all over the country.

The huge disaster made the acting prime minister of the book Yasuya Uchida, Yama Prefecture Aritomo, Togo Heihachiro, Saionji Gongwang and other bigwigs full of despair, if the military defeat is temporary, they are still confident that they will continue to win this war with the accumulation of decades, but now they have completely and completely despaired, how to fight without soldiers and materials? Industry has been destroyed, countless victims are mourning, what to fight?

"Heaven is dead, I say this empire" The old Yama Prefecture Youpeng saw the tragic situation of the destruction of his surname after the disaster in Tokyo, and fell down in despair on the spot with a mouthful of blood

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