Britain and France have been quite difficult to deal with Germany, and it has been more than half a year since China signed a secret treaty with the Entente, if there are no other accidents, Britain and France will definitely urge China to declare war on the Allies, Xiao Zhenlei knows that this is inevitable, even if he does not declare war on Japan, Britain and France will leak the news of the secret alliance between China and the Entente to the Allies, and then he will be very passive on his side, maybe if he does not wait for China to make a move to the Central Powers, the Allies will already do it to China, Rather than being passive at that time, it is better to take the initiative on our own side and seize the initiative in the war in our own hands, that is, to take the initiative to declare war on the Allies, and the first thing to deal with is Japan.

Xiao Zhenlei's only fear is the Japanese naval fleet, and now the total tonnage and strength of the Japanese naval fleet have jumped to the fourth place in the world, the first is Britain, the second is Germany, and the third is the United States. With only a few capital ships in China, plus some other small-tonnage cruisers playing soy sauce, they are no match for the Japanese naval fleet at all.

Xiao Zhenlei knew that he could not defeat the Japanese naval fleet by just using Huaguo's current naval fleet to fight the Japanese naval fleet, but he had the means to deal with the Japanese naval fleet, which was also one of the reasons why he asked Wang Yaqiao to find out the specific coordinates of the Japanese fleet's assembly area and the specific time of departure to march to Australia.

The day after letting Wang Yaqiao go to investigate the Japanese fleet, when Xiao Zhenlei was working, the secretary Xiao Gao came in and reported: "Great President, British Minister Zhu Erdian asked to see (, he said that he wanted to see you anyway, you see?) ”

This day is coming sooner or later, Xiao Zhenlei guessed Zhu Erdian's intention this time after listening to Xiao Gao's words, he thought about it and waved his hand: "Go and invite him to the No. 1 reception hall!" I'll be right away."

"Yes. Great President! Xiao Gao agreed and withdrew.

Xiao Zhenlei put down the pen in his hand, picked up the cigarette case from the table, took out a cigarette, lit it and smoked. He got up and walked around his office, smoking a cigarette. In his mind, he was thinking about the direction of his next work, and he knew very well that the focus of his next work would definitely be on the war, first of all, he would go all out to fight the war against Japan, but he needed time to make arrangements, and the war against Japan had to find a good excuse, on the one hand, to show the international community that China was forced to start a war, instead of taking the initiative to attack other countries for no reason, and on the other hand, it was also to give an explanation to the domestic people. Let the people at home feel that they are occupying the righteousness, that the war against Japan is a way but not a way, and that only by fighting the people can they gain the full support of the people.

After thinking for a long time, there was a burning pain between my fingers, and when I saw that the cigarette was burned, I quickly extinguished the cigarette butt and strode outside the office.

When Xiao Zhenlei came to the No. 1 reception hall, Zhu Erdian was drinking tea, and his face seemed to be very calm, but Xiao Zhenlei could see from his eyes that he was very anxious. Apparently a little impatient.

"Mr. Minister Zhu Erdian, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!" Xiao Zhenlei smiled and stretched out his hand and walked over.

Zhu Erdian hurriedly stood up and shook hands with Xiao Zhenlei and said, "It's okay, Your Excellency the President is busy with official business. I should wait a minute! ”

Xiao Zhenlei didn't have an interface, smiled and asked Zhu Erdian to sit down, and the two sat down. Zhu Erdian couldn't wait to take out an official document and present it to him, saying: "Your Excellency, it has been more than half a year since your country signed a secret treaty with our Entente countries. The leaders of our Entente countries think that the time for China to prepare should be almost up, and that your country should fulfill the secret treaty and declare war on the Central Powers. This is the credentials of our country, please take a look at it, President! ”

Xiao Zhenlei took the British diplomatic letter and read it again, handed it to Xiao Gao to hold, and then said to Zhu Erdian: "Declaring war on the Central Powers needs a reason, to put it mildly, it needs an excuse, this takes time to prepare, please Mr. Zhu Erdian tell the leaders of your country, give me another month, and after a month, my country will immediately declare war on the Allies!" ”

Zhu Erdian, as a diplomatic veteran, of course knows the truth of this, and he also understands it very well, and he immediately said: "Okay, Your Excellency the President, I will convey to His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister of our country, and we are looking forward to Huaguo's move!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, reminded and warned: "Mr. Minister, I also hope that you will remind the king and prime minister of your country that this matter must be kept absolutely secret for the time being, except for a limited number of people who can know, it must be kept secret from others, because once this matter spreads, and the Allied side learns of our country's actions, our country will lose the opportunity, which is very unfavorable for our country to fight against the Allied Powers, if it is caused by your reasons, I will investigate this matter to the end!" ”

Zhu Erdian listened to Yan Sù and said: "Your Excellency President, please rest assured, I dare to guarantee that the Central Powers will not get any news before China declares war on the Central Powers.

"That's the best!"

After Zhu Erdian left, Xiao Zhenlei returned to the office and picked up the phone and said, "Pick up the Chief of General Staff Jiang of the General Staff!" ”

The phone was quickly connected, and Jiang Baili's voice came from inside: "President, it's me, are you going to do it?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this: "It seems that you can't wait, you guessed right, the British Minister Zhu Erdian just sent the letters of the British Prime Minister and the King, asking us to participate in the war as much as possible, I have bought a month of preparation time, are the troops ready?" ”

"It's all ready, just waiting for your order!"

After hearing this, Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, the supreme military meeting will be held at three o'clock this afternoon, and we will discuss this matter in detail, and the place will be in the presidential palace!" ”

"Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Zhenlei called the secretariat of the Supreme Military Commission and asked the secretariat to inform the members of the Supreme Military Standing Committee to come to the presidential palace at 3 o'clock this afternoon to hold a meeting.

After lunch, Xiao Zhenlei rested for a while, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, he convened a regular meeting of the staff of the president's office as usual, and listened to some news from various quarters and the analysis of the current situation by the staff.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the members of the Supreme Military Council gathered in Conference Room No. 1, and Xiao Zhenlei appeared in the conference room on time, and he greeted the members one by one.

After everyone sat down, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the days of leisure have come to an end, and now is the time for you to show your talents, and only at this time can you reflect the true value of a soldier." On the one hand, it may be that Britain and France are already struggling to resist the German army in Europe, on the other hand, it may be that Japan's threat to the Far East of Tsarist Russia is too great, and there is also a point that the Entente may also be aware that Japan may be attacking Australia or India, and they are worried that these two main raw material suppliers will be occupied by the Japanese army, and this war is inevitable for us, and the British and French sides will not be willing to drag us into the water. The ambitions of the Japanese are too great, and I am worried that the Japanese will swell too much and too quickly after the great victory over the Tsarist Russia, and it is very likely that they will lose their minds and take action against our country. That's why I've decided to take the lead in dealing with Japan, what do you think? If we were the first to do it, which step would be taken first? Should the army recapture the Liaodong Peninsula first, or defeat Korea first, or should it first attack the Japanese army that invaded the Far East of Tsarist Russia? ”

The members of the military committee began to think after listening to Xiao Zhenlei's words, weighing the pros and cons of all aspects, Air Force Commander Ma Hanlong looked at the others, and when he saw that these members were thinking, he said his thoughts: "I think it is feasible for the president to take the initiative to attack, there is a saying called 'the first to be strong, and the latter to suffer', since ancient times, in the military, the attacking side has the absolute initiative, and it can be attacked, retreated and defended, and advanced and retreated freely!" In addition, I think that we must first drive the Japanese out of our territory, first take the Liaodong Peninsula, then unite with Tsarist Russia to deal with the Japanese army in the Far East, again point the sword at Korea, and finally hit the Japanese mainland! ”

"This is Ma Hanlong's opinion and opinion, what do you think?" Xiao Zhenlei looked at the others and asked, he looked at Xu Shaozhen again and asked, "General Xu, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shaozhen saw Xiao Zhenlei call his name, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I think General Ma's opinion is feasible, but I think that if we change these steps, we should first attack the Liaodong Peninsula, then Korea, and then the Japanese army in the Far East of Tsarist Russia, so that we don't have to be attacked on both sides, and finally hit Japan itself."

Several other committee members nodded, Xu Shaozhen was a veteran soldier after all, and he still saw far away.

Xiao Zhenlei frowned and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

"Ahem!" Jiang Fangzhen coughed twice, and then Cai Ye also spoke: "I ??????."

The two of them spoke at the same time, but after reacting, they closed their mouths at the same time, Jiang Fangzhen said: "Brother Songpo, you can speak first!" ”

Cai Ye also said: "It's better to say it first, you are the chief of the General Staff!" ”

Seeing this, Jiang Baili was not modest, and said: "I think Japan's biggest threat to our country is not the Japanese army, the Japanese army cannot be compared with our country in terms of strength, soldiers' combat quality, or weaponry and firepower, the largest for our country is the Japanese navy, the Japanese navy in the Far East is invincible, Japan can be invincible if it has this navy, even if we annihilate the 150,000 Japanese troops in the Liaodong Peninsula and the Tsarist Far East, or the Korean garrison, We can also watch Japan stare across the sea, because there is a Japanese naval fleet, and our land force will not be able to land on the Japanese mainland at all, so if we want to fight Japan, we must first find a way to solve the Japanese naval fleet, otherwise the Japanese naval fleet can attack any place along the coast of our country at will after killing our navy, so that our country will not be able to defend against it! ”

"Of course, I think the strategic opinions of General Xu and General Ma just now are correct, we can first solve the problem of recapturing the Liaodong Peninsula and Korea, annihilate all the Japanese troops in the Far East of Tsarist Russia, and then find a way to deal with the Japanese Navy, or we can find a way to deal with the Japanese Navy first, and then deal with the Japanese forces in the Liaodong Peninsula, Korea and the Far East of Tsarist Russia, this is my opinion!" (To be continued......) R1292