"Chairman, this is a report sent by the Military Intelligence Agency on the Soviet Tank Army" Adjutant General Chen Cheng stood straight behind Chang Ruiqing in military uniform, and handed a stack of papers in the briefcase to Chang Ruiqing, who was eating breakfast.

Across the table sat Wang Ruonan, a cheongsam-clad woman who is now the chairman of the Iron and Blood Comrades Association and the director general of the Zuo Minzhu Youth League. The Iron and Blood Comrades Association has now been transformed into a political foundation that controls China's largest banks, the largest steel-industrial complex (China Iron and Steel and China Heavy Industries merged in early 1923) and China's largest oil company. Wang Ruonan also served as the executive director of these three large companies at the same time, so she now receives three very generous salaries by herself (the director general of the Zuo Youth League has no salary), and her income is several times more than her husband who is the chairman of the committee!

Hearing Chen Cheng's report, Wang Ruonan frowned slightly, she knew that China Heavy Industry was now cooperating with the Germans to design the tank, and the draft design was proposed by Chang Ruiqing himself. However, due to Chang Ruiqing's high requirements, the entire design work progressed slowly, and I don't know which year to be able to come up with the product.

"T18 tank?" Chang Ruiqing muttered in a low voice. "Five years earlier...... It seems that Trotsky still has some real skills! With that, he gave Wen Jiàn to his wife and continued to eat breakfast by himself.

"Isn't it just a replica of the French Renault FT17!" Wang Ruonan looked at the sketch of the Soviet tank on the text and laughed. "Yaoru, if you want, our Zhonghua Heavy Industry can also produce, and a tank army can be built next year at the latest!"

Chang Ruiqing put a fried steamed bun in his mouth. While chewing, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, don't worry...... Meals must be eaten in one bite, and tank units must also develop in a step-by-step manner. China Heavy Industries should start with trucks and diesel engines. Then we will import a tractor manufacturing plant from the United States, and as for the Stalker tank, it will be able to finalize it around 30 years. ”

Wang Ruonan hummed, frowned again, and was about to say something, when he saw Chang Ruiqing's personal female secretary Gao Xiaowen hurriedly appear at the door of the restaurant. Chang Ruiqing beckoned to her, and the little girl jumped up to Chang Ruiqing's side, leaning into his ear and whispering, "Miss Leshinskaya has arrived." Chairman Mao ZD of the Chinese G came with her, and they asked to meet you immediately. Chang Ruiqing's face changed, and he put down the tableware in his hand. smiled at Wang Ruonan and expressed his apologies, and strode out with Chen Cheng and Gao Xiaowen.

When Chang Ruiqing rushed to the door of the living room of the official residence. Mao ZD was already waiting there, and as soon as he saw Chang Ruiqing, he greeted him with a smile. He whispered, "Chairman." Lesinskaya brought the latest conditions from Moscow, and they agreed to give us Vladivostok, Taiwan, and Penghu, and also to recognize that we own the rest of the Far Eastern Coast. The condition is that we do not support Tokyo, do not sign a peace treaty with Tokyo, and do not support North Korea...... I've argued with them, and now these conditions should be their bottom line. ”

Chang Ruiqing sighed, and did not immediately enter the meeting room to meet with Lesinskaya, but asked in a low voice: "Did Hirohito, the chairman of the National Salvation Committee, sign the relevant treaty?" ”

Mao Zd smiled and said: "It is impossible to sign an open treaty now, but a secret treaty can be signed, but it is not signed by Hirohito." Instead, Katayama dived to sign. In addition......"

"What's the point?" Chang Ruiqing interrupted with a frown.

"It works, of course it works." Mao ZD said with a smile. "The chairman of the committee doesn't think that the future red sèri is really Hirohito's master, right?"

Chang Ruiqing nodded. Mao ZD went on to say: "In addition. Vladivostok, Taiwan, and Penghu can only be captured by us on our own, and they don't care what method they use. ”

"Attack on your own?" Chang Ruiqing's brows furrowed again. He looked at Mao ZD with a confident look on his face, and said, "Chairman, do you have any way?" ”

Mao Zd nodded, leaned into Chang Ruiqing's ear and whispered: "Taiwan and Penghu can be taken by uprising, and Vladivostok can be seized by means of Huahebang!" ”

"RI Huahebang?"

"That's right, if the Tokyo Provisional Zhèngfu were defeated in the civil war, Vladivostok would probably be their last stronghold, and the RI himself who retreated there would most likely support the RI Huahebang. At that time, we will form a Greater China Federation, which will be composed of the Republic of China and the Republic of China, and Vladivostok is part of the theoretical Republic of China! ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly, gave a thumbs up to Mao ZD, and said with a smile: "Not only Vladivostok, but also the mainland of Rihon, Sakhalin Island and Ryukyu are also the theoretical territories of the Republic of China, right?" ”

Mao ZD said: "For the time being, it is theoretical, and it may be practical in the future." ”

Chang Ruiqing took Mao Zd's hand and said, "It's not maybe, but it's certain!" He paused and then said, "Then let's go meet Lesinskaya." By the way, have you noticed any difference between this Polish beauty and the previous ones? ”

"Different?" Mao ZD laughed and said: "When you say it, I really think she has been a little depressed recently, I don't know what's going on?" ”

……

At the same time that between China and the Soviet Union, and even between the GCD and the National Salvation Committee, a series of open and secret battles and secret transactions were launched around the RIBEN. The people of Riben, who were destined to fall victim to these struggles and intrigues, were already extremely disappointed in the nascent Republic of China.

After all, it is very easy to make a country that is already in chaos even more chaotic, but it is too difficult to do a good job in a country with internal and external troubles. It seems that the current Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, the provisional ruler of the Republic of China, has become a chairman of the Chiang Committee......

More than half a month has passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake, but the victims of the two cities affected by the earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama still have not received much help. Two or three million RI myself, who lost a qiē in the earthquake, can only get one cold rice ball every day! With no clean drinking water and no professionals to dispose of the bodies of those who died in the disaster, the disease has spread in both cities! And there were no medical staff or medicines coming to Tokyo and Yokohama.

The newly inaugurated Provisional Zhèngfu of the Republic of China could not come up with any way to save their people, and the only thing that the people of the Republic of China got from the 9.3 Revolution was ziyou! They have the ziyou of speech, rallies, associations, protests, criticisms and sarcasm zhèngfu...... So now the rihonben of Kasumigaseki temporarily holds zhèngfu in front of the door. It's a crowd every day. The protests and slogans calling for the resignation of Saionji Zhèngfu were so loud that they were not much worse than the scenes of opposition to the Emperor on September 3.

An emergency meeting was also held inside the executive zhèngfu, and the temporary minister of the army, Tian Zhongzhong, was crying and reporting on the situation of the army with a fat face.

“…… At the moment the army is almost disintegrating. All divisions and regiments reported that their morale was low, that their soldiers had no fighting spirit, and that they would have no will to fight. The mainland dispatch force reported that the five divisions and one cavalry group under the jurisdiction of the First Army had completely lost control, and the 21st Division stationed on Huatai Island had also lost control. The troops of the above-mentioned six divisions and one cavalry group have all joined the pseudo-riben salvation ** led by the National Salvation Committee!

According to the report of the Second Army stationed in Korea, the former puppet Korean army is gathering in the vicinity of Kaesong, and may be preparing an offensive against the Second Army stationed in Korea. The Second Army may be difficult to parry...... The commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Yoshinori Shirakawa, requested the mobilization of additional reinforcements and supplies. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for the Second Army to ensure the absolute security of South Korea!

The Fourth Army of Yanpu reported that the activities of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Association had been discovered in Yanpo Castle. Some of the refugees who had fled from the occupied territories of the Far Eastern Region to Yanpo were seduced by the Governor's House and held a rally in front of the Governor's Palace of the Far Eastern Region. Request...... Ask RI Huahebang! The commander of the Fourth Army, Lieutenant General Terauchi Shouichi, asked for instructions on whether it should be suppressed?

The Taiwan Governor-General's Office and the Taiwan Army also reported that the island of Taiwan was unstable, and even RI had demonstrations and protests demanding that Taiwan break away from the rule of RI! Taiwan's inspection department also found that a political party called Taiwan GCD is active and appears to have the support of China's GCD...... The Taiwan Governor-General's Office and the Taiwan Army hope to be able to impose military law control on the island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. ”

"Tanaka-kun. Don't talk about that. Saionji Gongwang interrupted Tanaka with a wave of his hand. Let's talk about how much force can be used in the hands of the temporary zhèngfu! Hirohito and Katayama dived back to Birch Island from Moscow. There is already a civil war to be fought! ”

Hearing Xiyuan Temple say this, Tian Zhongzhong's face was full of helplessness, and he said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Xiyuan Temple, do you really want to fight a civil war?" After all, Hirohito was the emperor......"

"Bastard! The empire has already gotten it to this point for him, and now he is still colluding with GCD! What kind of emperor is he? He is simply a sinner who ruined the empire! Xiyuan Temple Gongwang seems to be very dissatisfied with Tian Zhongzhong's attitude. He gritted his teeth and said: "Whoever is the emperor in the future can do it, but Hirohito can't be it!" ”

Tian Zhonghua sighed heavily and began to report with an even more ugly face: "At present, there are the 13th Division, the 14th Division, the 19th Division, the 20th Division, the 101st Division, the 102nd Division, the 103rd Division, the 104th Division, and the 105th Division. A total of nine divisions. However, the 13th, 14th, 19th, and 20th divisions did not have much heavy equipment and their training was poor. And morale is extremely low, I am afraid it will be difficult to undertake combat missions. The equipment and training of the remaining five divisions and regiments are relatively good, but the morale is also not good......"

"Then find a way to boost morale!" Saionji Road. "The War Department can't even do this little thing, right?"

Tian Zhongzhong shook his head with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, there is no way...... Now is no better time than the presence of His Majesty the Emperor, without His Majesty, the officers and soldiers of the army do not know who they are fighting for, and they do not know whether they can enter the Yasukuni Shrine after dying in battle? Moreover, prices in the market are soaring, especially since the price of rice has tripled since the Great Kanto Earthquake! However, the salaries of officers and soldiers have not risen, the granary of the military headquarters was burned down after the earthquake, and now there are difficulties in the food supply of the troops, and the officers and soldiers can't even eat, where is the morale......" He pointed out the window and said: "There are also these guys who are marching and protesting are also disturbing the morale of the army, and now the thinking in the army is also very chaotic, many people think that our zhèngfu is betraying the country to seek glory, and from time to time some people write against the civil war and ask for a decisive battle with China!" ”

Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple snorted coldly: "Do they know that they must first settle inside when they go outside?" When Hirohito Katayama and they return from the Soviet Union, the rebels will return to the division! Has Hokkaido's defense been deployed? And does the Navy have any plans to blockade the Soya Strait? ”

"The War Department has ordered the 103rd Division and the Hokkaido Local Garrison to form the Hokkaido Garrison Army, with General Hongo Botaro as the commander."

Minister of the Navy Yuzaburo Kato also sighed bitterly when he heard this. He replied: "Your Excellency, the Yokohama oil depot was destroyed in the earthquake due to the fact that the island was controlled by the rebels...... At present, the Navy's fuel reserves are already seriously insufficient. The main force of the Combined Fleet was no longer available when it returned to Kure, but the Navy deployed a small fleet in Hokkaido and Taiwan to defend against Chinese and rebel attacks. ”

"How's the Navy's morale?" Xiyuan Temple asked.

Yuzaburo Kato shook his head: "What else?" It's the same as the fluctuating hearts of people. Your Excellency, the current situation facing the temporary zhèngfu can be said to be a difficult situation at home and abroad, and I am afraid that we cannot only find a solution from the military point of view, right? ”

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang glanced at Kato: "Kato-kun can say it directly if he has anything to say." ”

"Your Excellency, the current Riben really can't afford to endure a civil war anymore, so it's better to send an envoy to Hirohito Island to negotiate with His Majesty. Look for a solution to the problem. ”

The conference room fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone knew that if they negotiated with the National Salvation Committee on Huatai Island, it would probably mean a complete breakdown of peace talks with China. It is simply impossible to sustain the war in the present situation. It will certainly be an even more painful defeat then! The public wang of Xiyuan Temple couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he muttered for a long time before he spoke: "Gentlemen! Now RIBEN can no longer withstand any war, both internally and externally! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood that the public hope of Xiyuan Temple was ready to negotiate peace with Huatai Island. A lot want to discourage. But there is no better way out. The Duke of Xiyuan Temple paused. Continue to arrange: "On the side of Huatai Island, I will arrange Hachiro (Saionji Hachiro, the adopted son of Saionji Gongwang, who once served as Hirohito's attendant) to negotiate, but the military preparations still cannot be relaxed, Tanaka-kun, Kato-kun, get rid of you too much." His gaze turned to Takahashi Shiqing, the temporary minister of finance: "Takahashi-kun, the matter of the aftermath of the big loan must be handled quickly...... If you want to borrow money at any cost, even if you mortgage the Nagato and Mutsu, you will have to borrow more than 100 million US dollars! If there is no money. RI really can't get past this hurdle! ”

……

RI belongs to the largest port of Huatai Island, the North Huatai Port Wharf. October 5ri, 1923.

In the harbor of the port. Dozens of large and small warships and transport ships are docking in turn to unload cargo and troops. The docks were already piled up like a hill of supplies. Just when Tokyo's temporary zhèngfu was mired in internal and external troubles, gritting his teeth and wanting to use the two battleships Nagato and Mutsu to mortgage the loan, the Soviet Union's aid had been continuously sent to the island through the Guò Amur River and the Tatar Strait.

Takeda Heng, chairman of the Military Committee of the GCD and member of the Military and Political Committee of the First Front of the Salvation Committee, as well as several high-ranking officers of the Salvation Headquarters, as well as the vice chairman of the National Salvation Committee, Nosaka Sanzo, have been waiting on the dock for a long time. A bulk carrier of more than 2,000 tons has lowered the gangway, and first a team of rescue officers and soldiers with yellow sun flags on a red background came down from above, and then more than a dozen officers carrying sabers, the first one is Muto Nobuyoshi, who has just joined the RI GCD. He was probably the most outstanding army officer of this era, so he was appointed as the commander of the first front of the salvation by the National Salvation Committee and the RIG Military Committee.

Takeda Heng and Nosaka Sanzo and others also greeted them, and the two groups of people saluted and bowed to each other on the pier, and then shook hands warmly. Takeda took the hand of this comrade commander, who was more than 20 years older than him, and said with a smile: "I finally looked forward to you!" The current situation is extremely favorable to us, and the whole army of the front army is eager to fight, and they can't wait to cross the Soya Strait as soon as possible to rescue Riben from the thieves! With a slight sigh of emotion, he walked side by side towards the parked car on the dock.

Muto Nobuyoshi heard Takeda Heng's words and said lightly: "Takeda-kun, how are we going to cross the Soya Strait?" Tokyo has deployed a naval fleet there, right? Takeda smiled: "The fleet is not a problem, there is already a way to solve it." ”

"Resolved?" Muto Nobuyoshi was puzzled: "What is the solution?" ”

Takeda Heng smiled and made a gesture to count the money, and said in a low voice: "Comrade Hyakutake Harumichi of the Front Army Headquarters and Vice Admiral Hyakutake Saburo, commander of the Hokkaido Detachment of the other party, are brothers, and now they have brought gold bars to Hokkaido. ”

Muto Nobuyoshi was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Gold bars? Takeda Heng smiled: "A total of 10,000 taels of gold!" The entire Hokkaido detachment will be bought, so the Soya Strait is no longer a problem. ”

It didn't sound good to Muto. The navy of the majestic empire can actually be bought for money! Do these guys still have a sense of honor as soldiers? However, Takeda's next words made his heart sink completely.

"Comrade Commander, Yoshio Hongo, the son of General Bentaro Hongo, is your subordinate, right? Could you please ask him to take a trip to Hokkaido with a letter from Chairman Hirohito and 10,000 taels of gold? If we can buy both General Hongo and his 103rd Division, we will be able to set foot on Honshu Island soon, and the time to liberate the whole of Honto will be greatly shortened! (To be continued.) )