Huaguo, Presidential Palace.

Xiao Gao, the secretary of the president, walked into Xiao Zhenlei's office with a telegram and reported: "President, there is news from France, Britain, France and the United States have launched an all-out attack on the German army, from south to north, Britain, France and the United States have dispatched a total of more than three million troops, and another one million as a general reserve, and there are still a large number of troop carriers sailing towards France on the sea from the United States and Britain to the west coast of France, and it is estimated that there are nearly 500,000 follow-up troops, which is already all the current strength of Britain and the United States!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei put down his pen and said: "Britain, France and the United States are ready to make a desperate gamble, it seems that we still have to fight, only by fighting, we can fight for our interests, in order to get what we want, if we don't fight, we will be used as guns by Britain, France and the United States, leading the nose, we have always been modest and cautious, in international affairs, modesty and prudence is a stupid performance, only by doing everything possible to fight, in order to obtain the benefits we deserve." By the way, what's the current state of the war? ”

Xiao Gao: "Because the north is close to the German mainland, so the German army has more troops deployed in the north and has a strong defensive force, while the south of France is far away from the German mainland, and the German army has relatively weak troops, at present, Britain, France and the United States have changed the direction of the attack, they are adjusting the deployment of offensive forces, and the center of gravity of the attack is shifting to the south, and the German army has shrunk the defensive circle and defensive strength in order to strengthen the defensive force, and the German army has abandoned some places in the south, and the defense line has shrunk to the north. The fighting was fierce everywhere, and the German army, as the defending side, suffered heavy losses in manpower because all the defensive lines were attacked, and within three days of the start of the battle. The Germans lost a total of 130,000 troops in various places, and the British, French, and American armies as the attacking side suffered even greater losses. The loss of troops amounted to 300,000, and the two sides fought to the death in the combat area. Most of the German defense lines were deployed in the rivers and mountains, and they took advantage of the natural conditions to cause great difficulties to the attacking British, French and American attacks, and the corpses of British, French and American soldiers were floating everywhere on the rivers, and many rivers were stained red with the blood of the soldiers' corpses, and the battle was very bad! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and squinted his eyes in thought. After a long time, he instructed Xiao Gao: "Give Cai Guodong a secret order to slow down the speed and intensity of our attack, or directly use low morale as an excuse for the army to stop the attack, so that the German army can deal with the attack of Britain, France and the United States with peace of mind."

"Yes. Great President! ”

Cai Guodong, who received the secret order, immediately ordered all the armies to slow down the offensive intensity, so far, the Balkan Army has invaded the Croatian region, the Ninth Army Corps, the Fifth and Sixth Army Corps have occupied the entire territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the remaining territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still part of the Croatian region, Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, because the Czech and Slovak regions are in the western Carpathian Mountains, separated by the Carpathian Mountains, the Chinese army has not been able to cross the mountains to fight over.

After the Chinese army slowed down its offensive, the pressure on Austria-Hungary was greatly reduced. Believing that the intensity of the Chinese army's attack had reached its limit, and that its attack power would continue to decline in the future, Austria-Hungary believed that it should be able to resist the attack of the Chinese army with its own strength, and when the time was ripe, it could launch a counterattack to drive the Chinese army away. As everyone knows, this was deliberately done by the Chinese army, with the purpose of letting Britain, France, the United States and the German army fight on the Western Front.

So Austria-Hungary informed Germany that there was no need to send troops. The Austro-Hungarian Emperor even personally sent a telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm II that the Chinese offensive had weakened. The attack power has dropped rapidly, and it seems that the attack momentum has reached the limit. Austria-Hungary had the ability to resist the Chinese army, and it also had the ability to drive the Chinese army away.

After receiving the telegram from the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II considered the relationship between the two countries and was inconvenient to seize the initiative of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so he replied to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor's request not to send troops into the Austro-Hungarian Empire to resist the Chinese army.

As time passed, the British, French, and American armies and the German army fought a tragic battle to the death in France, and the casualties on both sides became larger and larger, and in just one month, the number of casualties on both sides was more than 10,000 per day, and Britain, France, and the United States lost a total of nearly 600,000 people, while the German army also lost nearly 300,000, and this casualty figure is too terrifying.

The battle has reached this point, as the number of casualties on both sides continues to rise rapidly, the two sides have played a deep hatred, from top to bottom are full of hatred for each other, as long as you look at the face, you are life and death, and the two sides torture and kill prisoners from time to time.

However, at this time, the attention of the Chinese side is no longer on the European battlefield, but on the domestic battlefield, and even many people around the world have shifted their attention to China, because the preparations for the general election of China have already begun.

This is the first general election since the establishment of the new government of China, which is held every five years, and the new government was established in December 1913, less than five months before the full five years, and all preparations for the general election must be completed and the election must be completed within these five months.

On this day, the presidential secretary reported to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, the work of the general election has been officially launched, and Mr. Liang Qichao has already presided over the meeting in the left house ??????."

Xiao Zhenlei put down his pen and said: "I know, you go and inform me that tomorrow the high-level executive meeting of the Predator Party will be held, and the time will be set at nine o'clock in the morning!" ”

"Yes, President!"

Soon, Yang Du, the chief staff member of the staff group, knocked on the door and came in, "President! ”

Xiao Zhenlei looked up and said with a smile: "It's Mr. Yang, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Yang Du came over and said: "President, in my opinion, why bother with any election? Now is a critical period, once there is any accident in the election, then we have finally created through hard work to create a good situation will fall apart, now the president can completely cancel this election on the grounds of extraordinary times, special affairs, or directly abolish the presidential election system, the president for life, I think this is all the people in the country willing, in this situation, except for the president, anyone else to serve as president will not be accepted by the people! ”

Xiao Zhenlei stood up with a smile and led Yang Du to the side to sit down, and said with a smile: "I understand what Huizi means, and I understand it." But you have to understand that once the system is established, it cannot be abandoned lightly or jumped over under any pretext, unless the system has been proven to be unsuitable for the times, but this is obviously not the case now, so the system still has to be complied with, as long as the people are willing, I think I can serve the people all my life and lead them to a happy and good life all my life, but the system of presidential elections cannot be abolished, nor can it be jumped over for any reason, which will not only find an excuse for other parties to oppose it, And it will make us relax our vigilance, the bottom line can not be broken, once the bottom line is broken, it will be difficult to close this opening, you and other gentlemen can rest assured, I will go all out to participate in the next presidential race, on this issue, I will not be humble, what you have to do now is to help me win this election and be able to re-elect! ”

Although Yang Du did not achieve the purpose of coming this time, he was still relieved to see Xiao Zhenlei's attitude, so he said: "Since the president is so confident, then we will definitely fully support the president and clear all obstacles for the president to be re-elected."

As soon as Yang Du was about to turn around and leave, Xiao Zhenlei stopped him: "Wait, Mr. Yang, I have a request, from now on, until the end of the election, no matter whether I can be re-elected or not, we must not carry out black-box operations, we cannot do illegal acts, and we cannot use extreme measures, this is the principle and the bottom line!" I don't want to be a sinner in history, our country needs a stable and harmonious political situation, only a stable, united, and harmonious political situation, the country's political, military and economic development can be achieved, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, you should understand that social chaos actually starts from the top, as long as the upper level is not chaotic, the lower level will not be rotten, as long as the authority of the system is maintained, no matter what the circumstances, the system will be thoroughly maintained and implemented, Even if there is a problem at the top, the bottom will not be messed up. Of course, since we do not engage in black-box manipulation, do not take extreme measures against political opponents, and do not allow other parties to break through the bottom line, the necessary precautions still need to be done. ”

Yang Du immediately bowed down and said: "Thank you for the trust of the president, Du will live up to the president's trust!" ”

The National Assembly is composed of more than a dozen parties, of which the three parties that account for the number of members are the Predators, the Kuomintang, and the Constitutionalists, and the Predators are the parties with the largest number of deputies in the National Assembly. Therefore, only these three parties are eligible to participate in the presidential election, and according to reliable information, Sun Van of the Kuomintang Party and Le Yuanhong of the Constitutionalism have both confirmed their participation in the presidential election.

In fact, many people understand that the presidential race is actually a formality, and in the past two years, the Predator Party has accounted for more than 60% of the total seats in Congress, and even if all the other parties unite, they will not be able to turn the situation around. On many major national issues, the Predator has consulted with other parties in the political alliance.

However, the number of seats in the National Assembly is not fixed for each party, and elections are held every two years for both local and central parties, so every two years, the number of seats in the National Assembly changes somewhat regardless of which party.

If the Predator's number of seats in parliament falls below 50 percent, it risks losing its ability to govern, because the other parties can unite to elect the leader of one party as president and then form a coalition government. (To be continued......)