Chapter 808: The Great War Begins (End)

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"Zi'an and Baili are here, sit down."

After listening to Zhuo Fan's thoughts, Yue Peng first arranged for him to live in Beijing first, and then dragged Jiang Fangzhen to the presidential palace. As soon as the two entered the door, they heard bursts of laughter from the study, and after entering, they found that Yang Qiu, Murong Han, Bei Zuyi and Chen Guofu didn't know what they were talking about, and they looked happy while chatting.

"The president is in a good mood today, is it okay to negotiate in Congress? Haoyu, you haven't seen you for a long time, how can you be free today? Is your wife's leg better? As soon as Jiang Fangzhen sat down, his mouth kept asking.

As we all know, Yang Qiu has several cadres in his hands. Wang Zhengting is in charge of the overall situation, Song Ziqing is in charge of national defense, Yue Peng is the pillar of the army, Gu Weijun is slick, Chen Guofu is unparalleled in party affairs, Bei Zuyi is the country's money bag, and Murong Han is known for his sternness and hardness.

It is precisely because of this character that Yang Qiu appointed him as Minister of Justice after becoming president, and sorted out the national judicial work together with Huang Yuansheng, an independent ** official. This is an extremely difficult task, because it has only been more than 20 years since compulsory education has been popularized, and it is very difficult to establish the authority of the law when the relationship between clans and land has not been completely severed. However, he rose to the challenge and led by example, and with the National Security Bureau being merged into the Ministry of Justice, he was even given the nickname of "King Muyan". Although it is not good, his prestige among the people is second only to Yang Qiu and Yue Peng, because in the ten years since he became minister of justice, he has cracked down on crime and established the authority of the law, which has significantly reduced major vicious crimes such as guns, drugs, abduction, smuggling, corruption, and ** in the country.

But because he did more and did a good job, he took little care of the family, and as a result, his wife was in a car accident a year ago and left both feet paralyzed. So Murong Han has always felt ashamed of his wife, and in addition to work, he has spent most of his time at home with his wife in the past year. Thinking of this, the smile on his face faded a little: "I have regained consciousness last month. I don't know when I'll be able to stand up. ”

Yang Qiu also felt a little ashamed of this good assistant, and persuaded him: "Haoyu, if you have time to take her out for a walk, it is not conducive to recovery when she is always at home." Since there is consciousness, there is still hope. ”

Murong Han nodded and didn't speak, Yue Peng knew that he was under pressure, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "That's right." Haoyu, what were you talking about? Laughing so happily, are you waiting for the president to leave you for dinner? Coincidentally. Baili and I are free tonight. ”

"Fuck off, eat your cafeteria."

"Yes, if the president doesn't keep me, then I can only go to Baili's house to eat."

"Huh."

Everyone knows that Mrs. Yue went back to her hometown to visit relatives. The eldest son is in the army, and the two daughters are married. Although there are guards at home, there have been a lot of things recently, and he is also troublesome about cooking, so he simply eats and lives in the army.

A few jokes made Murong Han forget his troubles for a while, and said with a smile: "Our chief of staff is quite pitiful. Otherwise, guess what we were talking about just now, guess right, I'll eat you until Mrs. Yue comes back. How is it? ”

"Okay, don't go back." Yue Peng deliberately took out a cigarette and sniffed it a few times, and said with a smile: "Is it the British money that has arrived?" Or did the matter with Polish experts and uranium mines get done? ”

"Chief of Staff, you didn't guess this time." Pei Zuyi smiled beside him: "The German payment has indeed arrived." The British side will not be able to deliver the planes until next month. Katzmarz and others in Poland have promised to work for our country for six years, but have asked for support when the time is right to support them in recruiting soldiers from among the Polish exiles to form a repetition. Mr. Rozoki, an expert in intelligence cryptography, had already gone to the Karakum listening post in the northwest with the intelligence agency. After reading the intelligence bureau's cryptanalysis of the Soviet army, he said that he would be able to make a preliminary breakthrough in a week at most. Belgium's 1,200-ton uranium ore has passed through the Suez Canal, and the Congolese side has sent a telegram saying that they will be guaranteed to return to China after seven days at the latest. ”

"Neither? That's hard to guess. Could it be that Wang Zhaoming that Baili just said agreed to them? ”

"Nope. They're still biting the Constitution. Chen Guofu shook his head again.

Although the KMT top brass did not openly oppose the war, there was a fierce uproar below. To put it bluntly, it is not that they are not aware of the international situation, but they want to take this opportunity to expand their influence. At the same time, they are also worried that once the wartime bill with full presidential powers is implemented, it will cause Yang Qiu and the National Society to lean towards dictatorship, after all, Yang Qiu has only been separated from dictatorship by a piece of paper for so many years. There will still be scruples in peacetime, but after entering the wartime bill, the power of the president will become unlimited! They have been pressed for decades and finally got a little better, so it's no wonder if they don't worry.

Therefore, the Kuomintang has been holding on to the ballot box and refusing to implement the wartime bill. Although the National Society has 70% of the seats, the bill must be passed by 90 percent of the votes of the National Assembly. At present, these two conditions are not ripe, and there are indeed many people in China who resist the war and feel that they should reap the benefits, so the atmosphere seems to be incompatible.

"Why are they still dead-headed?" Jiang Fangzhen interrupted the guessing game and looked at Chen Guofu, dissatisfied with the procrastination of the Congress: "Guofu, what the hell are you doing?" We have so many votes that we can't force it through? ”

After being the Minister of Justice for a long time, Murong Han saw that the problem had matured a lot, and said for Chen Guofu: "Brother Baili, you can't blame Guofu for this matter. It is true that there are many people in China who have not turned the corner, and even many people in our interior do not think that Europe and the United States should fight first, and then reap the benefits? Moreover, according to the Constitution, unless war enters the country, it will be difficult to extract 30 percent of the votes controlled by the Kuomintang. ”

"So if Stalin holds his breath and doesn't do anything in the northwest, we can only watch stupidly?"

"Yes, that's what the Constitution says! No amount of external warfare you fight can justify the introduction of the President's Plenipotentiary Wartime Act. As long as it is not transferred to the president's full power for a day, the Congress has the right to review military spending, war readiness, material operation, etc., which means that they can manage every penny of your military spending! ”

The Constitution is the supreme law, and everyone here has participated in the revision and formulation of the Constitution of the Republic of China to a greater or lesser extent. But none of them could have imagined that one day the constitution that laid the foundation for modern China, with its checks on power and balance, would make itself disgraced. Jiang Fangzhen also couldn't cry or laugh, and said with a wry smile: "Sit and reap the profits? It's really whimsical, when people go through a bloody battle, what kind of army will we meet?! I'd rather fight with recruits and recruits. I don't want to use recruits to fight millions of veterans who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood! ”

Yang Qiu very much agreed with Jiang Fangzhen's words, in fact, many people didn't understand this. The simplest example, the Soviet army 42 years ago and the Soviet army 42 years later in the parallel world are completely two forces. Veterans of the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Stalingrad are really not afraid of any air raids and bombings. The current Wehrmacht has not received much brutal training, and if they want to reap the benefits, when they come out, they don't know how many times they will have to invest in casualties to win.

Yue Peng also agreed, but he was not as excited as Jiang Fangzhen. The reason why the constitution stipulates this is to prevent people from using external wars to carry out dictatorship in disguise. So it can't be said that there is something wrong. After all, there are often regional conflicts in peacetime, so we can't always say that we want to exercise full presidential power on a slightly larger scale, right? In that case, it will be the country and the people who will be hurt.

"It's not impossible." Seeing that the two of them were frowning, Murong Han continued: "In addition to the highest-level emergency bill of the president in wartime, the constitution is the highest level. There is also a temporary 100-day wartime bill, which can also be used as long as the war outside the country reaches a certain scale and is likely to threaten the national border. ”

"What's the use of a hundred days? Will we be able to fight to Moscow in a hundred days? ”

"Look at you like that, I don't think you should stay in Beijing, you should go to the northwest to command a division." Seeing that Jiang Fangzhen was more and more discouraged, Yang Qiu smiled and glanced at Chen Guofu. The latter took out a piece and handed it to him: "Look at this, Yan Baohang just sent it." ”

Jiang Fangzhen opened the piece and just looked at it twice, and the discouragement on his face instantly turned into a flush of excitement. Seeing this, Yue Peng hurriedly grabbed it, and after reading it, he also stood up. It seems that I still don't believe it. Pointing and asking loudly, "President, is this true?" ”

"This offensive battle plan was planned by Tetsuyama Nagata and Kenji Dohihara, and it was intended to provoke an all-out war between us and the Soviet Union. According to reliable intelligence, Stalin got his hands three days ago! Yang Qiu nodded. Explain. It turned out that shortly after the signing of the secret treaty between China and Japan. The intelligence department received information that some high-ranking officers and staff officers of the Nagata faction were working out a large-scale offensive plan. At that time, everyone thought that this was a Japanese attack on the Philippines and China, and Yan Baohang once thought that it would be difficult to get this kind of top-secret plan, but he didn't expect that the secrecy level of this offensive plan was very low, and it was placed on his desk by the dragon's tooth within a few days.

After reading it, he realized that this offensive plan was actually a simulation of China's attack on the Soviet Union. The above soldiers, routes, etc. are extremely detailed, and all of them are in line with the military thinking of the Chinese people, and many places also quote the sentences of the ancient military books. It should be said that, apart from the fact that the performance of the weapons can only be speculated on, there are already 60 percent of the plans for an all-out offensive drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters. In the end, in order to fit the Chinese tradition, it also put on the name of "Han style".

Yan Baohang didn't take it seriously at first, until he remembered that Yang Qiu had been worried about how to break through the shackles of power and worry about the implementation of the wartime national emergency bill with full presidential powers, and then he thought of how to use this fake plan.

Yue Peng also thought that as long as he was transferred and deployed according to this fake plan, and deliberately leaked it to Soviet spies, Moscow would definitely think that the Wehrmacht was going to attack. The Battle of Ahvaz has made the Soviet army understand that if the Wehrmacht has enough time to prepare and plan, then it will be difficult for the Soviet army, which is weak in technology, to resist, so Stalin and the commander-in-chief of the Kazakh Front, Kulik, must strike before the deployment is completed!

No wonder he and Jiang Fangzhen both laughed, and the latter was even more happy to clap his hands: "It's called, someone sent a pillow when you are sleepy." Look here, it's really like that. This Nagata Tetsuyama and Tsuchihara are really talents, and they must have a good chat next time they are caught. ”

"Don't rejoice too soon." Although Yang Qiu was happy, he was also a little worried. This is because 60 percent of this fake "Han style" plan is close to the plan drawn up by the General Staff Department to advance into reality, which shows how thoroughly Japan has studied the thinking, psychology, and chemistry of the Chinese people, as well as the combat methods and tactics of the officers of the older generation. If the Soviet army adjusts according to its own deduction, it is really very likely to contain the offensive.

Of course, Jiang Fangzhen knew this, but remembered Zhuo Fan's idea, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the president, someone wants to go with us, and they are also going to use Lake Balkhash as a chapter." ”

"Oh?" Yang Qiu sighed lightly. In fact, he, Yue Peng and others had long seen that Lake Balkhash was the biggest flaw in the Kazakh battlefield, and they also came up with a corresponding plan, but they didn't expect others to see it.

Speaking of his proud protΓ©gΓ©, Jiang Fangzhen was overjoyed, smoking a cigarette and telling Zhuo Fan's thoughts. smiled: "This kid is good, he wants to go with us." However, he was more daring, and we had conceived that a large pontoon bridge would be erected on the Saremsek Peninsula after parachuting. It was better for him to send two armored divisions directly with naval landing craft. ”

Hearing the end, not only Murong Han and the others were moved, but even Yang Qiu praised them. In particular, the use of naval landing craft to stage a landing battle at the inner lake was something that he and no one expected. Yue Peng was also very happy and said movingly: "Judging from his idea, it is indeed more hidden than simply erecting a pontoon bridge. The landing craft could hide in the Ili River and then enter the lake during the attack. The commander of the Kazakh Front of the Soviet Army was Kulik, a man of typical artilleryism who always believed that armored forces could not be used in the mountains. So in the mountains opposite Lake Balkhash, there are mainly infantry divisions and heavy artillery regiments, and there are only three or four BT7 light tank regiments. If we only use airborne troops, firstly, the lack of heavy fire support will be easily suppressed by Soviet tanks and artillery, and secondly, the casualties will be greater. But with armored forces, it is different, they can cooperate with the airborne forces to quickly deploy, so as not to escape the Soviet troops. ”

Yang Qiu nodded, Balkhash Lake is 500 kilometers long and has an average width of 40 kilometers, so if the airborne method is used alone, it will be difficult for the airborne troops to block the encirclement and suppression of Soviet artillery and mountain infantry. Moreover, the opposite side of the lake shore is mountainous hills, and it is difficult for bombers to deal with the covert fire of this terrain, which is why Kulik dared to put only a few divisions along the 500-kilometer-wide Lake Balkhash. But this barrier, which seemed insurmountable to everyone, became the Ardennes Forest of the Wehrmacht because of the whimsy of a little lieutenant colonel!

If the Panzer Division could quickly cross the lake, it would definitely be much more than the Soviets expected. Even if Kulik learns the news and sends troops back to help, it will be more than 200 kilometers from East Kazakhstan and Zhambyl Oblast at both ends to Balkhash, and as long as the air force is slightly blocked, it will be able to delay for two to three days. Three days is enough for an all-motorized mechanized army to cross the Great Lake!

"Before coming out, we have asked Liu Mingzhao to lead the staff to deduce according to his method, and Xu Shuzheng also went to Chen Shaokuan to ask for a landing craft." Jiang Fangzhen was very satisfied with this idea, and even Bei Zuyi and Murong Han, who did not understand military affairs, felt that Neihu's use of naval tactics could indeed surprise people. Seeing that Yang Qiu was very satisfied, Yue Peng thought about it and asked: "President, this Zhuo Fan is good, do you think he will be transferred to the General Staff to stay and observe?" ”

Yang Qiu refused: "It may not be a good thing to pull out the seedlings to help them grow, so let him exercise at the grassroots level for a while longer." In my opinion, after Liu Mingzhao and the others felt that it was feasible, they would let him go to the First Army in southern Chu as a staff officer, and be fully responsible for the landing. ”

The First Army is one of the best all-motorized ace armies in the whole army, with the 1st Armored Division, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 18th, 33rd, and 48th Motorized Infantry Divisions under its jurisdiction. Letting Zhuo Fan go to such a unit can not only train him, but also allow him and the First Army to quickly penetrate Karaganda after landing.

Jiang Fangzhen also felt that it was too early, and felt that Yang Qiu's method was good: "The president is right, Liu Mingzhao and Long Yun have both been training at the grassroots level for many years before they show their ability, and it is now in the period of the Great War, so it is better to let him train in the First Army for a year or two." I do think that the names of the combat plans and plans should be finalized as soon as possible and distributed to the troops. ”

"Name? It's called Talas. ”