In the ward of a hospital in Yanjing, Sa Zhenbing, who was nearly sixty years old, was lying on the bed with a pale face, while beside the bed, Liu Guanxiong and others said unevenly.

"Sa Lao, since the president is willing to come forward for us, why don't you agree?"

"yes..."

Because of those newspapers, the current procession in Yanjing will definitely stop by the Admiralty after going to the Legation. By now, because of those bad newspapers, the Navy is completely stinky.

When many people go out, they don't even dare to say that they are in the navy—————— but fortunately, whether it is the army, navy or air force, the regular uniforms are pure black, but there are differences in some decorations, and the general public obviously can't distinguish between these.

But even so, the people in the Navy still have a feeling that they can't look up in the Ministry of Defense.

This point, even the extremely thick-skinned Liu Guanxiong and others are a little unbearable.

And the main culprits for this state of affairs are the newspapers that report indiscriminately when they catch it!!

Originally, Yan Guang decided to deal with these unscrupulous media, and Liu Guanxiong and the others were still very happy, but they didn't expect that when it came, Sa Zhenbing actually came forward to stop Yan Guang. This made Liu Guanxiong and others a little puzzled, you must know that although Sa Zhenbing's body was not very good, it was also very strong, after all, Sa Zhenbing was also a naval veteran, and he had seen many winds and waves.

But because of the relationship with those unscrupulous media, Sa Zhenbing, who was nearly sixty years old, actually fell ill with anger... Until now, Sa Zhenbing is still lying on the hospital bed... However, in the face of the questions of the admirals, Sa Zhenbing just smiled bitterly.

"Aren't they telling the truth..."

However, Sa Zhenbing did not agree to the request of the generals below to ask for battle.

To be honest, Sa Zhenbing has indeed experienced a lot of wind and rain, especially the Jiawu and later Gengzi, and the pressure on Sa Zhenbing after these two events is by no means imaginable by ordinary people.

Therefore, although the unscrupulous reports in those newspapers did make Sa Zhenbing angry for a while. But it didn't take long for Sa Zhenbing to think about it, as for lying on the hospital bed now? It's just that because of the overwork for the navy in the past, there are many hidden dangers in the body, and then because of this incident, they all broke out at once.

It is precisely because of this that Sa Zhenbing will never allow the officers below to ask for battle... After the First Sino-Japanese War and Gengzi, the Chinese Navy has only just made a slight improvement in terms of equipment and personnel. At this time, how could Sa Zhenbing, as the Minister of the Navy, allow the officers below to take the little money that the Navy had accumulated with great difficulty to fight with him? And also for the sake of the battle of righteousness..."Alas..."

Looking at Sa Zhenbing's stubborn appearance, Liu Guanxiong and the others looked at each other and smiled bitterly... There is no way, if Sa Zhenbing says no, they can only listen.

After all, Sa Zhenbing is different from others, after Liu Buyun, Lin Taizeng, Deng Shichang, Ye Zuqi and others died one after another, and Qiu Baoren and others were attributed to the First Sino-Japanese War, Sa Zhenbing is already the oldest in the navy, and there are many protégés, and juniors like Liu Guanxiong can't go against Sa Zhenbing's meaning... It's just that just when Liu Guanxiong and the others had no choice, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

Standing up to fill Sa Zhenbing's cup with a cup of hot water, Liu Guanxiong glanced at it.

"Who? Come on in! ”

Hearing Liu Guanxiong's voice, a naval officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel soon walked outside.

"Report!"

"What's the matter?"

Seeing that the officer who came in was holding a document in his hand, Sa Zhenbing stood up and asked in a harmonious voice.

Seeing that it was Sa Zhenbing asking, the officer didn't dare to hide it, not to mention that this matter was originally meant to be told to Sa Zhenbing, so he cleared his throat and replied.

"According to the news from the Presidential Palace, the Jinghai ship that started construction in Fujian seems to be about to be completed, and it is estimated that it will be launched in a few days!"

"Oh?!"

Hearing this news, Sa Zhenbing was really refreshed.

Even the other generals pricked up their ears, after all, this news was definitely a rare good news when the navy was in an embarrassing situation.

"I really didn't expect to hear such good news..."

"yes, yes..."

Hearing Sa Zhenbing say this, the other admirals also hurriedly agreed.

More than 3,000 tons of Jinghai ship ... Although it is not as good as the 4,300-ton Haiqi ship in terms of displacement, the Haiqi ship is already an old ship that is more than ten years old after all, and it is already behind the times in all aspects. Although the tonnage of the latest Jinghai ship is 1,000 tons smaller than that of the Haiqi ship, it is stronger than the Haiqi ship in terms of armament and power.

In particular, the ship is also equipped with a steam turbine as a power system, and the speed of the whole ship can reach a very high speed of 30 knots. In comparison, the speed of the Jinghai ship is only 24 knots, and this is still the speed of the Jinghai ship when it was just launched, and the Jinghai ship has been lacking maintenance over the years, plus the ship is old... Up to now, it is difficult to say whether the Jinghai can maintain a speed of 20 knots.

That is to say, even if the Jinghai is only a second-class cruiser of more than 3,000 tons, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Jinghai will be the strongest in the Chinese Navy.

In particular, its latest 210mm twin naval guns, all three with a total of six 210mm naval guns, in terms of firepower, are also first-class among cruisers of the same class—————— but other countries either have 10,000-ton heavy cruisers, or have battle cruisers or battleships, or even dreadnought-class battleships, and do not need to bother with a second-class cruiser.

What's more, Sa Zhenbing is still going to use the Jinghai ship as a temporary flagship..."Flagship..."

Thinking of the plan that Yan Guang had talked to Sa Zhenbing about, Sa Zhenbing looked at the officer again.

"Apart from the Jinghai ship, what else is there from the presidential palace?"

"Message..."

When he spoke of the word, the officer seemed more excited than he had just been.

"There is also news, that is, after the launch of the Jinghai ship, the 10,000-ton first-class cruiser Chaofeng-class heavy cruiser will also enter the construction stage, and in addition to the Jinghai ship, the next two Qinghai-class destroyers will also be completed and will soon enter the launching sea trial stage..."

"Is that so..."

The Jinghai ship and two other destroyers that are about to be launched and completed, plus one destroyer that has already been launched and the Chaofeng-class heavy cruiser that is about to start... So far, for the first time, Sa Zhenbing feels that the revival of the Chinese Navy is promising..."As long as the Chaofeng class can be successfully completed, if it is not comparable to the Yuben Navy, at least it can reproduce the glory of the Beiyang Navy back then..."

Recalling the glory of the Beiyang Navy as the seventh strongest in the world, Sa Zhenbing's originally somewhat dim gaze began to become more energetic... And the naval officers in the other rooms were also excited, even Liu Guanxiong.

After all, in this era, even if I don't want to build a strong country for China, even if I don't want to be angry?

—————————— said Ben Tokyo, the headquarters of the Kuomintang.

At the gate of the headquarters, although there were two young men who looked quite extraordinary, they just looked very unmotivated.

And in the building of the Kuomintang headquarters, those Kuomintang members who came and went were also a little decadent... However, it is no wonder that although the Kuomintang has not been banned in China, it has not suffered too much trouble. It's just that when the Kuomintang is in power, it is really difficult for the Kuomintang to develop in China.

If you want to enter the upper echelons of political axes in the country, the top level is only the members of the National Assembly who do not have much power.

Moreover, some Kuomintang members of the National Assembly have also been arrested in connection with the arms and materials case. As a result, the Kuomintang's strength, which was not particularly rich in the country, was hit again.

But that doesn't matter.

Because since the Second Revolution, the Kuomintang's power in China has been very weak, and even if it is weaker, it will only make some upper echelons of the Kuomintang feel uncomfortable.

What really can't make Sun Yat-sen and others unbearable is..."The data just sent back from Nanyang and the United States, there are already more than 30 people in Nanyang [***], there are more than 50 people in the United States, and there are more than a dozen people in Hong Kong and Hong Kong, and even we have a few people in our headquarters [***]..."

In the conference room of the headquarters, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been thoroughly regarded as a confidant, was standing beside Sun Yat-sen, holding a document in his hand and narrating it to everyone present.

After listening to Chiang Kai-shek's account, whether it was Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, or some other important members of the Kuomintang, they all looked ugly.

It's no wonder that they will be like this, if it is just some domestic losses, Sun Yat-sen and others can still accept it, after all, since the Second Revolution, Sun Yat-sen and others have given up the desire to use force to win domestic power, as for peaceful evolution or something, with the development of the country is becoming more and more stable, they have gradually faded this kind of thinking... Now Sun Yat-sen and others are only hoping that the Kuomintang can occupy a relatively important position in the domestic regime, as for what else... This is also the reason why after some Kuomintang members were captured, Sun Yat-sen and others in Tokyo did not react much—————— of course, not being able to react is also one of the reasons, after all, those Kuomintang people broke the law is a matter of conclusive evidence, and it is definitely not Yan Guang who deliberately slandered them, in this case, even if Sun Yat-sen wants to say something, what is there to say?

What's more, these people are still committing the most hated crime of embezzlement, and they are still making national troubles.

It's just that... If the domestic part is only a relatively important part of the current Kuomintang, those overseas parts are of great importance to the Kuomintang.

Before the Xinhai Revolution, the Kuomintang was able to launch so many uprisings—————— although from the current point of view, it can only be regarded as trivial.

Before the Xinhai Revolution, the Kuomintang was able to launch so many anti-Qing uprisings because the Kuomintang had a large number of party members and donors overseas. It was because of the large donations from these donors that the Kuomintang, of course, was still the League at that time.

It was officially because of the donations of donors that the League was able to launch so many uprisings.

Therefore, this part of the open sea is the core interest of the Kuomintang now.

Recently, however, the Kuomintang suddenly established overseas branches of the Kuomintang in Southeast Asia, the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, Macao, and other regions.

While these Kuomintang branches are using their orthodox surnames to win over party members, they are also digging into the corners of the Kuomintang... In just one month, the KMT has lost more than 100 members, and as time passes, this number continues to increase... If the Kuomintang does not react, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Kuomintang to gain a foothold in the overseas part..."Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any solutions..."

After Chiang Kai-shek stopped talking, Sun Yat-sen, who was sitting on the throne, knocked on the table, and then addressed everyone present.

However, when Sun Yat-sen's gaze moved to the faces of these people, many people avoided Sun Yat-sen's gaze... It's not that they don't want to talk about it, it's just that even they can't do anything about the current situation.

In the end, it was still in the Kuomintang that Huang Xing, whose status was similar to that of Sun Yat-sen, spoke.

"This is also something that can't be helped, after all, the National Socialist Party has an orthodox position in the country, and Yat-sen, you know, overseas Chinese attach the most importance to this orthodoxy. When the Manchus were still alive, although the Manchu political axe [***] was incompetent, but because of this orthodox status, many overseas Chinese obeyed the Manchu political axe, Yixian, when you went to the United States, weren't there many Chinese Americans who were instructed by the Manchu Tartars to deal with you..."

Saying this, Huang Xing sighed again.

"What's more, in the recent past, although the person surnamed Yan has just taken the throne, he has already governed the country quite well, which is very different from us at the beginning. Moreover, in recent times, he has also recovered the German concession in Shandong, and the Wehrmacht under his command and himself have not fallen behind in fighting in Shandong, and China has been bullied by foreign powers for nearly a hundred years, and overseas Chinese living abroad are also regarded as second-class nations for this reason, and have been discriminated against a lot, and now this surname Yan has come out, and has done so many things, and overseas Chinese naturally stand on his side..."

Saying this, Huang Xing and the others also sighed.

Nowadays, many of the overseas Chinese are from the older generation from China, and some young people have even just gone abroad. These people still have the mind of returning to their roots, which is definitely different from some Chinese in later generations who want the Chinese to die and die extinct.

In the hearts of these Chinese, orthodoxy is the most important... After all, in China's thousands of years of history, the word orthodoxy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if these Chinese have left China, but the word orthodoxy still cannot be forgotten.

And because of this... When the Manchu political axe was still in power, even if he was a Tartar dynasty, even if he made the Chinese a second-class nation because of his weakness and incompetence, the Manchu political axe still retained an important position in the hearts of overseas Chinese... Because, he is orthodox... The same is true now, although the Kuomintang is only a newly established young regime, but because of his orthodox surname, the Kuomintang still has a very high status in the hearts of overseas Chinese, not to mention that the Kuomintang has done more than a hundred times better than the Manchu regime in the past.

Of course, if that's all there is to it.

However, because of the recovery of Jiaozhou Bay, as well as the victory of Longkou Bay and the Battle of Laiyang, the status of the newly established Guoshe Political Axe in the hearts of overseas Chinese has greatly increased, especially the victory of Longkou Bay and the Battle of Laiyang, the former shook the whole world, and the latter... Although there is no result in the Laiyang Campaign now, looking at the current situation, who dares to say that the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Force is poor?

Because of these things, the status of the Kuomintang has completely surpassed that of the Kuomintang in the hearts of the Chinese at home and abroad, and even Yan Guang, the leader of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, who often does not do his job, has greatly increased his status in the hearts of the Chinese at home and abroad because of these events... If you have to put it to a point, at least in the past 100 years, there has not been a leader as popular as Yan Guang—————— but then again, in the past 100 years, there is no ruler in China who is more popular, right?

There are no idiots in the Kuomintang Socialist Party, and even Yan Guang, the leader, is only relatively ordinary in qualifications, but because he has the experience of later generations, he can see things quite far.

Seeing that the position of the National Socialist Party is increasing both at home and abroad, at this time, if the National Socialist Party does not want to expand its overseas influence, it will be a rather unimaginable thing.

Therefore, in recent times, the National Socialist Party has sent a large number of key members on business trips.

In several countries and regions in Southeast Asia, as well as in some countries such as the United States, and some European countries, branches of the National Socialist Party were established, and by virtue of their orthodox status and increasing prestige, many local Chinese were recruited to join the National Socialist Party. Moreover, because the Kuomintang had a more political future, many Kuomintang members also jumped ship to the National Socialist Party. After all, the Kuomintang has no future, at least in the short term, and even if it continues to stay, it will at most become a parliamentarian with little power in the country... Moreover, be careful when you are a councillor.

For example, in the case of armaments and materials some time ago, those lawmakers who were dismissed were dismissed because they received money from local officials. But the money... You must know that in the former Qing Dynasty, the money given by local officials to Beijing officials was called Bing Jing and Tan Jing, and these were semi-legal in the former Qing Dynasty... If you really fall to this point, what's the point of being a councillor?

If you do a revolution, you can't do a poor revolution, right?

Of course, compared with the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang was founded for too short a time and could not compete with the Kuomintang in many respects. Especially in Nanyang and other areas, after all, the Kuomintang has been active in these places for many years and has a deep foundation.

Others, like Yu Ben, who are at war with China, have a deep ill grudge towards the Kuomintang—————— after all, the two sides are enemy countries that have not yet declared war.

Under these circumstances, although China and the Socialist Party had not yet declared war, because of these negative influences, the branches of the National Socialist Party were not very easy to operate in the Communists, so the Overseas branches of the Socialist Party were probably the weakest.

Of course, in addition to such places, there are also some places that are better to develop.

Say, the United States... Although Sun Yat-sen was once an American, this does not mean that the Kuomintang has an advantage in the United States, otherwise, Sun Yat-sen would not have needed to wash dishes when he was in the United States (one theory is that after leaving the Shanghai restaurant owned by Mei in Chicago, Sun Yat-sen went to work as a teahouse in a Chinese restaurant owned by a Chinese surnamed Lu in Dianhua City, Colorado, and it was the time of the Xinhai Revolution... Unlike Sun Yat-sen, Yan Guang spent some time in the United States in his early years.

And what is even more different from Sun Yat-sen is that Yan Guang has not only been mixed in the United States for a period of time, but also mixed quite well... In the United States, especially San Francisco, there is also a wide range of contacts.

For example, the size of Standard Oil's Rockefeller, because of the relationship between the Tampico oil field, has a very good relationship with Yanguang.

For example, the inventions developed by Yan Guang back then, most of the purchases were made by Americans... And also... When Yan Guang first arrived in the United States, the local Chinese who had helped Yan Guang in San Francisco, such as Huang Lao... Although Yan Guang has been away from the United States for many years, and has not returned to the United States for many years. However, Yan Guang has never forgotten Huang Lao and others, especially when Huang Lao gave Yan Guang a lot of money to return to China to start an industry before Yan Guang left... Over the years, although Yan Guang has never returned to the United States to see Huang Lao, the letters have continued.

At least, I always have to send a letter to Huang Lao for two or three months.

And Huang Lao, because he funded a big president back then, often took the letters sent by Yan Guang and some of the older generation in Chinatown to show off, which made those older generation of Chinese very envious... Of course, Huang Lao also has some troubled things, such as his grandson who is uncomfortable and looks at Yan Guang unpleasantly when he is in the United States... Although Huang Lao has always objected to his grandson's revolution with the Kuomintang, his grandson not only did not listen, but actually dragged many young Chinese from Chinatown to the Kuomintang.

This matter really made Huang Lao worried.

Huang Lao also thought about using his friendship with Yan Guang to let his grandson jump from the Kuomintang to the National Socialist Party. In fact, if Huang Lao really came forward, with his friendship with Yan Guang, Yan Guang would definitely not agree.

After all, just one Huang Yihua is nothing, not to mention that many Kuomintang members have jumped to the National Socialist Party in recent times, and one more is nothing... However, Huang Yihua resolutely disagreed, which really made Huang Lao angry... Although there are problems of one kind and another, because of Yan Guang's good relationship with Chinese Americans, the National Socialist Party has developed quite well in the United States. After all, Yan Guang also had the title of "King of Chinese Inventors" back then, and he could be regarded as the pride of the Chinese in the United States back then... Now that the Chinese are proud to have become the Chinese president, if these Chinese Americans don't come forward, who else will come forward?

Combined with the help of some of Yan Guang's connections in the United States, in just one month, the National Socialist Party branch in the United States has recruited more than 1,000 members. Moreover, these members are all well-known Chinese celebrities in the United States, which also makes the American branch the fastest growing branch of the National Socialist Party...

(To be continued)