With a squeak, the screeching sound of the electric doorbell at the door rang, and the iron door of the small villa located on Ma Sinan Road in Shanghai suddenly opened. A lieutenant wearing a Wehrmacht uniform copied the official words with a Fenghua accent, looked at the few people at the door, and asked suspiciously: "Sir, are you ......?" Among the several people standing at the door, the leader was a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old wearing a long robe, but the kind of temperament that came out, when the lieutenant and adjutant of the Wehrmacht saw it, he knew that it was not an ordinary person.

The person who came smiled politely, and opened his mouth in the official dialect of Hunan: "Oh, I have made an appointment with General J Shi, and I will come to visit you today." My surname is Mao, this is my business card, please pass it on. The lieutenant took the business card he handed him and looked at it, then snapped a straight stand and saluted: "It turned out that Runshuai was coming, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

The person who came was Mao Zd, who was also the chairman of the Northwest Military Committee! Now he has been awarded the rank of army general by the military council, and his status is equivalent to that of the overseer during the Beiyang period, so he is respected as Runshuai! Mao Runshuai nodded, and the lieutenant opened the iron door, made a gesture to invite him in, and invited him into the living room. Mao Zd looked at this small living room in a completely traditional Chinese style with his hands behind his back. casually asked the lieutenant adjutant, "Is J Shuai at home?" ”

The lieutenant nodded, asked him to sit down and wait, and went upstairs with his business card. It seems that he went to invite Jiang Jshi. According to the original rì arrangement, Mao Zd was going to go to the northwest with Zhou Elai after the Chūn Festival. However, Zhou Elai went to the Northeast on the first day of the new year, preparing to take his father and stepmother to Nanjing, and Chen Duxiu arranged an errand for Zhou Elai's father in the government affairs yuan. This came and went, and it was estimated that he would not be able to get off until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so Mao ZD took the time to come to Shanghai.

As for the relationship between him and Jiang Jshi, there was an exchange of letters when he led troops in the northwest, and they both regarded each other as "confidants". At that time, one of them was the Jieshuai of the Northeast, the other was Runshuai of the Northwest, and Chang Ruiqing, the Yaoshuai of the Central Plains, faintly had the meaning of a three-legged tripod. Moreover, Chang Ruiqing has Cao Wei's strength and reputation, so of course it is necessary for Runshuai and Jieshuai to contact. And now they are all in Nanjing. One is the vice chairman of the committee, and the other is about to become the chairman of the party, and the two sides have a sense of sympathy for each other.

For the future situation, between Mao Zd and Jiang J Shi. Of course, there is also an exchange of views from time to time. Both were first-rate strategists of this era. If it weren't for the late start, and the luck was not as good as Chang Ruiqing, I don't know how much trouble it would have caused! Even in the current situation, they have all found Chang Ruiqing's weakness lightly.

According to Jiang Jshi's words. Chang Ruiqing's rule is "mínzhǔ no measure, dúcái no guts", which is to want both the power of dúcái and the cloak of mínzhǔ! But the eyes of the Chinese people are bright, who can Chang Ruiqing's trick deceive? Therefore, the best means to fight against Chang Ruiqing. It's just playing the card of mínzhǔ constitutionalism! And don't engage in any tricks, just engage in mínzhǔ struggle! With Jiang Jshi's status as a hero of resistance against Russia and a successor of the father of the nation, Chang Ruiqing, who had no courage, did not dare to do anything to him.

Mao ZD also believed that it was necessary to use mínzhǔ constitutionalism to restrain Chang Ruiqing's dúcái tendencies and reverse the trend of militarization in China. Even if China cannot embark on the road of the dictatorship of the proletariat or the militarist line of aggression and expansion, the lessons of the German Empire must not be repeated in China! So Mao Runshuai and Jiang Jieshuai seem to be on the same front now. In addition to inspecting the development of the Chinese workers' movement, he came to Shanghai this time. In addition to preparing to write a "Report on the Investigation of the Shanghai Workers' Movement", he discussed with Jiang Jshi the issue of promoting China's constitutionalism!

There was a soft sound on the stairs. I saw Jiang Jshi, who was wearing a robe and a horse coat, and a thin middle-aged man walking down from above. The middle-aged man looked very worried, his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know why he was worried? I think it's also for the sake of China's constitutionalism, right?

The middle-aged man looked at Mao ZD on the stairs, and the light in his eyes flickered. It seems that the situation is very complicated. And Jiang Jshi whispered something to him, and the man quickened his pace, walked to Mao ZD and sat down, and nodded slightly: "Below is Shi Jiaxiu, the manager of Shanghai's "Declaration". I have admired the handsome name for a long time. ”

Mao Zd was slightly stunned, Shi Jiaxiu and the name of "Declaration" were like thunder. I also know that the other side is now supporting the Kuomintang. However, he and Shi Liangcai still have a bit of a holiday. This "Declaration" is naturally a bourgeois newspaper, and although it has a certain progressive tendency, it cannot get rid of its class affiliation. With regard to the Northwest Revolutionary War led by Mao Zd, the position of the "Declaration" was to criticize and oppose, especially the agrarian revolution in Ningxia and the Hexi Corridor. For the xīnjiāng socialist real yàn, which is currently very hot, it is also a long period of cynicism. When Mao ZD was in Nanjing, he even asked Shao Piaoping to order the seizure of the "Declaration", but because of Shi Liangcai, he had many friends in the Kuomintang, and finally it was over. I didn't expect to meet here today.

Mao Zd smiled faintly, Shi Liangcai is a very arrogant intellectuals who are not afraid of power, and must be dissatisfied with Chang Ruiqing's dúcái rule, and full of hope that China can realize mínzhǔ constitutionalism as soon as possible, right? He nodded and greeted: "It turned out to be Mr. Shi Liangcai, and he has admired his name for a long time." ”

Jiang Jishi also went down the stairs at this time and sat next to Shi Liangcai. These two historical rivals are so good in this time and space that they are about to bow down! Shanghai's "Declaration" admired Jiang Jshi's two anti-Russian righteous deeds to the point of no return, and the high hats of national heroes, pillars of the country, and descendants of the founding father of the nation were worn on the bald head of the old Chiang Kai-shek one after another. It's a pity that in the end, Jiang Jshi was not able to put Jiang Jshi on the throne of the first person in the Republic of China. And today, Shi Liangcai was also invited by Jiang Jshi to meet Mao ZD.

Lao Jiang pointed to Mao Zd on the opposite side and said to Shi Liangcai: "Mr. Liangcai, Brother Runzhi has already decided the next chairman of Zhongg, and the affairs of Xīnjiāng and Gansu have nothing to do with Brother Run." Moreover, Brother Runzhi is now in favor of the early realization of mínzhǔ constitutionalism in China. ”

Hearing the name of Chairman Zhongg, Shi Liangcai's eyelids jumped, and he said coldly: "Isn't Xīnjiāng's socialism really yàn?" If xīnjiāng succeeds there, what will happen to the Chinese bourgeoisie? ”

Seeing that Shi Liangcai was still a little resistant, Mao Zd smiled slightly: "If you pass through guò real yàn, it proves that socialism is a social system that is superior to capitalism and more in line with the well-being of all mankind." How will Mr. Shi choose? Is it to fight for the preservation of the old backward social system, or to join the ranks of building socialism? ”

Shi Liangcai was also stunned for a moment, just when he didn't know how to answer. Jiang Jshi, who was on the side, patted his chest and replied: "If socialism succeeds, I, Jiang, will immediately apply to join GCD." Brother Run, don't refuse my progress when the time comes! ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Liangcai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Since the heirs of the mantle of the father of the country and the former prime minister have said so, will my Shi Jiaxiu still be reluctant to give up that bit of family property?" ”

Mao ZD clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's it." If socialism succeeds. All the problems are solved. But what if it doesn't succeed for a while? Let's not engage in mínzhǔ constitutionalism? Let some careerists do what they do in the name of discipline? ”

Shi Liangcai just smiled bitterly, and he said slowly: "My "Declaration" has millions of readers, but he Chang Yaoru also has a million army!" ”

Jiang J Shi smiled coldly: "Brother Run's goal and I are to advance the mínzhǔ constitutionalism in China. It's not about competing with anyone for power. Moreover, I, Chiang Kai-shek, support Chang Yaoru's candidacy for the presidency of the country, and I am confident that I will persuade the Kuomintang to support his candidacy. To be honest, I have great admiration for Chang Yaoru's talent, and he is indispensable to the rise of China in such a short period of time. The president of our Republic of China. Naturally, he has to be. Brother Run, don't you say? ”

Mao Zd also smiled and nodded: "That's what I mean, the mínzhǔ constitutionalism is not to oppose Comrade Chang Yaoru, but to prevent our country from going down the road of dúcái** again." ”

Listening to these two singing and harmonizing, Shi Liang already understood what they meant. They don't want to be brutal, they don't want to be normal, but they want to play the trick of stabbing people with soft knives. On the surface, they praise Chang Ruiqing as president, but in fact, they are using mínzhǔ constitutionalism to limit Chang Ruiqing's power, or they are making problems for Chang Ruiqing's training! And Chang Ruiqing can't take people because others support him to be the democratically elected president, right? That's unreasonable...... Shi Liangcai thought for a while. Suddenly smiled: "This is a method, but we can't act rashly, shouldn't we set up an organization to promote mínzhǔ?" ”

Jiang Jishi smiled faintly: "Brother Liangcai doesn't say it, the younger brother will also propose it, and the younger brother is ready to initiate the establishment of a Chinese mínzhǔ promotion association." I hope that Brother Liangcai and Brother Runzhi can join in. Gather the strength of all of us to promote China's early onboarding of the path of constitutionalism. ”……

Just after the Chūn Festival in 1920, a large number of engineers under the jurisdiction of the Wehrmacht Engineer Command suddenly drove into the vicinity of Tangshan on the outskirts of Nanjing. They fenced off a large area of land as a military exclusion zone and began to level the land. Expansion of the highway, yellow sè military uniforms of soldiers. There are also thousands of workers who have turned this place into a huge construction site, and even at night, some of the construction sites are hung with bright foreign oil lamps and work night shifts, as if they are in a hurry.

This small place, famous for its hot springs, is now nothing more than barren mountains and mountains, except for a small area that is used as a temporary residence for the military council by Chang Ruiqing, and only a few dilapidated monasteries that have long since lost their incense. Now that large-scale construction has suddenly begun, and it is also the construction of the Wehrmacht engineers, it is inevitable that some speculation from the outside world will inevitably arise. The foreign diplomats stationed in Nanjing sent reports to China that the Tangshan area would be built into the central core of the Chinese National Defense Force.

In fact, the situation is similar to what they suspected. In the planning of the Military Commission, the code name of the Tangshan base is Base 101. It will be China's number one military center in the future, including the various ministries under the Military Commission, the Equipment Research Institute under the Ministry of Armaments, the Military Staff College, the Zōngyāng Army Officer School, the Aviation School, the Armored Forces School, the Artillery School, the Engineering Corps School, the Signal Corps School, and other military academies and academies will all be concentrated in a radius of several tens of square kilometers centered on Tangshan Hot Springs.

The four American-made Ford cars had their shells painted in the grass green sè commonly used by the Wehrmacht, and one of them had a three-star general's flag on the front. Rushing over the highway in Tangshan, sitting on it was Chang Ruiqing, the head of the National Defense Army. But instead of sitting in the car with the general's flag, he sat in another car without any signs. Our Standing Committee Chairman is a master who is particularly afraid of assassination, and every time he travels, he uses four identical cars. Three of the cars sat twelve experts selected from the Wehrmacht, who were the bodyguards responsible for protecting Chang Ruiqing.

Chang Ruiqing was not idle at this time, but was carefully watching the naval construction plan sent by Cheng Biguang, the chief of the navy. However, looking at his face, he still shook his head, and knew that this naval construction plan was 100% not to his liking.

“…… The operational objectives of the future Wehrmacht Navy. It should compete with the navy for the control of the sea in the North, South and Orient oceans, and ensure the security of the country's coastal defense. In order to achieve this goal, the Admiralty strongly proposed that the first phase of the naval construction program be started from the ninth year of the Republic of China.

The current phase of the naval construction plan is expected to be completed by the end of the 14th year of the Republic of China, and the total tonnage of the navy will increase from about 30,000 tons at present to 350,000 tons. In addition, it has set up three fleets, namely the South Sea, the East Ocean, and the North Ocean, which are respectively responsible for defending the maritime security of Fujian, Guangdong, the southeast, and the north.

The tonnage of the capital ship should reach seventy-five thousand tons. It is planned to combine guò with outsourced and self-built. Purchased three self-built battle cruisers with an unladen displacement of about 25,000 tons. They belong to the Sanyo Fleet. Under the capital ships, it is also necessary to build or purchase armored cruisers and protective cruisers with a total tonnage of not less than 150,000 tons, and it is planned to equip no less than 25 cruisers of various types......"

"Yaoru, are the requirements of the Navy a little too high? In fact, Cheng Yutang is just a lion's mouth. Waiting for you to bargain. If there is no spare strength to build the Sanyang Fleet at the same time, how about cutting down the Nanyang Fleet first and focusing on the construction of the Beiyang and Oriental Fleets? Or build only a fleet to take care of the security of the southeastern and northern coasts. That shouldn't be a problem, right? ”

It was Jin Yongyan, the current principal of the Zhōngyāng Military Academy, who spoke because of Li Yuanhong's relationship, and the commander-in-chief of the navy, Cheng Biguang, was his senior. This time, I probably helped the Navy to be a lobbyist. This naval construction plan was also handed over to Chang Ruiqing by him.

Chang Ruiqing closed the plan, his mouth moved slightly, revealing a wry smile: "Principal, what if I don't even plan to buy a capital ship and an armored cruiser for the navy?" ”

"None of them?" Jin Yongyan shook his head in embarrassment: "Yaoru, it won't be so difficult financially, right?" I heard Premier Chen say that this year's fiscal expenditure plan is 90,000 to 100,000! A capital ship is thirty or forty million...... Now that the war in Europe has just ended, the British and French navies have disarmament plans, if we buy them now. It should be a little cheaper, so it's better to buy a capital ship and two armored cruisers. As he spoke, he accentuated his tone: "If you don't buy one, I'm afraid that there will be a backlash from the Navy and the Kuomintang, and General Cheng can't resign......

At present, the land forces of the Wehrmacht are basically controlled by Chang Ruiqing, but the navy and air force of the Wehrmacht are the plates of the Kuomintang. The navy is the Cantonese Navy. The Air Force is the main force of overseas Chinese who have returned from the United States. There is no one in Chang Ruiqing's Baoding department who can fly a warship or a plane, and if Cheng Biguang wants to pick on his son, the navy of the national defense force will have to make a "strike" or something, and it will be difficult for him, the chairman of the committee, to step down at that time.

Chang Ruiqing frowned and said, "It's not that the navy doesn't build. But this idea cannot be a decisive battle at sea, and our navy has a weak foundation. The shipbuilding industry is even more backward, and it is impossible to play with big ships and cannons. Moreover, if we still have to maintain a continental army, the funds allocated to the navy must be very limited. ”

"What do you mean ......"

"Give priority to the development of submarines, let's learn from the Germans to break the relationship! In the event of a war with the Navy, the task of the navy is not to defend the sea frontier, but to cut off the lines of communication between the Navy's and overseas trade. As long as there is no import of overseas materials, Rì himself will not be able to last long. ”

Chang Ruiqing's naval development ideas are all derived from the historical data of later generations, and the era of large ships and giant guns represented by battleships has run out with the rapid development of aviation technology! In China, where heavy industry was just starting, there was no need to catch the last train of battleships, which was not as simple as spending money on shipbuilding and buying ships. Although the battleship is a obsolete product, it is the crystallization of the highest level of industrial technology in this era! At present, only the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Rì can afford to build it. Even the Soviet Union, which had a historically developed heavy industry, failed to build battleships! It can be seen that the technical content of the battleship is very high. With this spare money, it is better to raise the metallurgical industry and shipbuilding industry to the point where it is possible to build battleships, and it is better to invest in the fledgling aviation industry.

But can this set of reasoning convince the Cantonese Yankees of the Kuomintang in the Admiralty? As soon as he thought of this, Chang Ruiqing's eyebrows gradually twisted.