On April 11, secretary Xiao Gao knocked on the door with a file bag and walked into Xiao Zhenlei's office and reported: "President, this is all the information of the instructor at the Military Command Academy yesterday!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei, who was standing in front of the window and smoking, turned around when he heard this: "Oh? Show it to me! ”

took the file bag from the hand of the secretary Xiao Gao and couldn't wait to open it, then walked to the desk and sat down, looking seriously, Xiao Zhenlei suddenly realized after reading the instructor's file, it turned out to be him!

Surname Yang, name Jie, word Geng Guang, born in 1889 AD, a strategic military strategist during the Republic of China in history, in the eyes of foreigners in old China, he was only ranked after Jiang Fangzhen.

Now Yang Gengguang is the rank of colonel, and now in history, he is already a major general, the commander of the first column of the National Protector Army, you must know that he is only 26 years old at this time.

After reading the file, Xiao Zhenlei lit a cigarette and smoked it, the file shows that Yang Gengguang participated in the Shanghai Army and served as the regiment commander, at that time the Shanghai Army was a miscellaneous army, most of which were mainly composed of officers and soldiers of the Youth Gang and the patrol battalion, a total of five divisions, three of which were composed of the Youth Gang and the patrol battalion, and the two divisions were formed by the Zhenhua Company Escort Team, and Yang Gengguang was the head of the regiment under Li Yingshi, the position of the regiment commander was too low, and Xiao Zhenlei did not pay much attention to it, so he missed this talent. Later, Jiang Fangzhen was ordered to establish a military command academy, and urgently needed officers with both military theoretical knowledge and practical command and combat experience.

After thinking about it, Xiao Zhenlei instructed Xiao Gao: "Give the military academy a notice and let Yang Geng come over tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, President!"

An hour later. Xiao Gao came in again and reported: "Big President, the British Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary Envoy Zhu Erdian asks to see you!" ”

In order to be able to communicate and negotiate with the high-level of China in a timely manner. The British side has upgraded Zhu Erdian, who was originally only Minister Plenipotentiary, to the Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary Envoy, and this level is completely different. In a certain way, Zhu Erdian, as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy Plenipotentiary, can make any decision on Asquith's behalf.

Finally waiting for Zhu Erdian, it seems that London has made a decision, Xiao Zhenlei smiled in his heart. On the one hand, it ordered Zhu Erdian to negotiate with the Chinese state and make the greatest efforts to win the Chinese side to form a Chinese expeditionary force and send troops to Europe to confront the Central Powers, and on the other hand, it actively contacted the Tsarist side and used huge interests as a bargaining chip in exchange for the tsarist Russia to mobilize heavy troops to organize a summer offensive on the eastern front.

"Invite him to the reception hall!" Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand.

"Yes, President!"

Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a long time in the office, thinking about the strategy of waiting for a meeting with Zhu Erdian from beginning to end. After a little ticking, he snuffed out his cigarette and walked out of the office.

When he came to the reception hall, Xiao Zhenlei saw Zhu Erdian sitting on the sofa drinking tea, walked over and said with a smile: "Welcome, Mr. Zhu Erdian!" ”

Zhu Erdian slandered in his heart, you welcome me because I came to give you benefits this time, right? If I'm not here to give favors, but to find trouble, I'm afraid you won't welcome me!

Although he hated Xiao Zhenlei extremely much in his heart, he still showed joy on his face. "Thank you, Your Excellency My Honorable President, I am very honored!"

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand: "Please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you!" Zhu Erdian owed a debt and sat down.

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Mr. Zhu Erdian, I don't know if you have any news from the British side." What have the Germans been doing lately? Or is it the bombing of the British mainland as always? ”

Zhu Erdian nodded: "Yes, Your Excellency President." During this time, the German army has been sending warplanes to bomb, harass, and attack cities on the mainland of our British Empire, causing great losses to our British Empire. But the Germans also suffered a lot of losses, although the German fighters performed very well. But our young pilots of the British Empire were brave and wonderful, and they protected the airspace of the British Empire with their lives and blood. Inflicted heavy casualties on the German invaders, who shot down 56 German fighters and captured more than a dozen German pilots during this time. Now our country is mass-producing fighter planes in an unexpected area of England, and when the planes sold to us by your country arrive, I believe that at that time our number of fighters will surpass that of the German army, and then air supremacy will definitely be recaptured by our side! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled after listening to Zhu Erdian, he knew that Zhu Erdian's words had a lot of moisture, and the reason why he said this was because Zhu Erdian wanted to add some bargaining chips to himself in the next negotiations. In fact, Xiao Zhenlei has already received the news that during this time, the Luftwaffe has caused extremely heavy casualties to the British mainland, and the British have been overwhelmed, and the German Navy has begun to implement unlimited submarine warfare, so many channels to the British mainland have been cut off by German submarines, which has caused the British to obtain resources from the outside world The channel is blocked, and with the extension of time, the British will definitely not be able to withstand it.

However, one thing is not wrong, that is, the British have not lost air supremacy, at least until now, and both sides have paid heavy casualties in the struggle for air supremacy. In addition, there is also news that the German army is massing on a large scale to the west coast of France, and all kinds of signs indicate that the German army has the intention of landing on the British mainland to fight, which is too dangerous for the British, Xiao Zhenlei believes that the British must be anxious now.

Xiao Zhenlei said with a straight face: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, I don't know if your London authorities have replied to the matter we talked about last time?" ”

Zhu Erdian took a sip of tea and said: "Yes, Your Excellency, the London side has authorized me to negotiate with His Excellency the President on behalf of the British Empire, and our British Empire has agreed to withdraw from Burma, and the French government has also agreed to hand over French Indochina to your country, and our government's army in Burma, the colonial authorities, and the French army and colonial government in French Indochina will all withdraw and be taken over by your government, and our condition is that within two months, Your government must organize an expeditionary force of 300,000 to rush to Europe to fight in the war, a second group of 300,000 troops to Europe within six months, a third group of 500,000 to fight in the European Allies within a year, and if we have not achieved victory within a year, your country will organize another 1 million troops to go to Europe within the next year, and another million the year after that, until the Allies are defeated."

Why, this tone is really not small, in the first year, you have to send 1.1 million troops, thinking that the soldiers are all cabbage? Send as much as you want?

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Zhu Erdian's words and felt a little angry, this Englishman is really a lion with a big mouth, is it, human life is not valuable?

Raising his eyebrows, Xiao Zhenlei's face was a little unsightly: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, soldiers, we have a lot of Huaguo, even if we want to pull out twenty or thirty million troops, it is not a problem, but the problem is that if there are too many troops, our finances cannot support it, if we just send an expeditionary force of 300,000 people to Europe to participate in the war, then our government can solve the military expenses and ammunition supply, these are not problems, but if we want to send more troops, our government's finances will not be able to support it, If the Entente can solve the problem of military spending for our expeditionary force, I can send a million troops at a time. Of course, this is not the point, the point is that if your country and France only cede Burma and Indochina, it seems that the sincerity is not enough! ”

Zhu Erdian's face suddenly turned a little dark when he heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, and asked, "Then what does His Excellency the President mean?" Isn't ceding out Myanmar and Indochina enough? ”

"Of course it's not enough, so let's take a step back and remove East Pakistan, India and the region east of India will be ours, what do you think?"

Zhu Erdian shook his head: "Your Excellency, your country's appetite is too great, India is the most important place to obtain support from the British Empire, and our King George V is still the emperor of India, don't you think it's too much for me to cede India?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "Then what does Your Excellency mean?" If it is just to cede Burma and Indochina, it will be absolutely impossible! ”

Zhu Erdian thought for a moment and said: "Giving Burma, Indochina, and India east of Bengal to your country is the biggest concession I can make!" ”

"No, no, no!" Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Does your country still have control over Bangladesh and the Indian region east of Bangladesh and Malaysia?" As far as I know, there is a lot of national independence in those places now, and I am afraid that your country will soon lose its control over those places, and now your country should focus on dealing with the Central Powers, and stop thinking about the problems of Southeast Asia. However, ammunition, fuel and other necessary materials must be solved by you, after all, our country is too far away from Europe, and it is too difficult to replenish it. If you ask us to send more troops, you will have to pay for our part of the army in excess of fifty! ”

This condition put forward by Xiao Zhenlei happened to be the bottom line of the London authorities, and Zhu Erdian wanted to recover some losses for his side, so he hurriedly said: "Bangladesh and the Indian region east of Bengal, Burma, and Indochina can be returned to your country, but Malaysia cannot give ??????."

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, don't deceive me that I don't know the situation in Europe, as far as I know, most of the industries in England on the British mainland have been destroyed by German fighters, especially weapons factories, shipyards, military ports, civilian docks, transportation hubs and other important facilities such as railways and highways have basically been destroyed, although your country's air force has also caused some casualties to the German army, but until now the German air force still has a firm upper hand, and according to reliable intelligence, The German army is massing forces on a large scale to the west coast of France, sending a large number of strategic materials, and all kinds of signs show that Germany has the intention of landing on British soil to fight, Britain, can not afford to wait, sir, do you need me to say more? (To be continued......)