"Then we will start the plan to expand the number of six infantry divisions, expand the size of the aviation arms to 400 aircraft, and reorganize the tank training brigade into tank battalions, each battalion will have 18 tanks. In addition, I bought dozens of tanks from abroad to form six tank battalions. Qin Yu decided.

Originally, it was planned to sit in the Kanto region and expand its territory step by step to the Guannai, but with the rapid expansion of the strength of the Northeast, it was a little inappropriate to plan it according to the original plan. Speeding up the pace of reunification of the Republic of China is beneficial and harmless to the Republic of China, and the Northeast at this time has also begun to have this strength.

"The increase in aircraft to 400 aircraft, with the production capacity of several major aircraft factories in Mukden, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve in the short term." Ding Cheng reminded.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have money, you are afraid that you will not be able to buy equipment, Europe, the United States can buy a lot of equipment, before the European aircraft factories had to produce thousands of planes a year, so many people, now there are fewer orders from the war, those people always have to support their families, as long as the northeast can afford the price, and is not afraid of not being able to recruit enough manpower, it is not difficult to increase the production capacity caused by the flight mechanism." Once the war ended, weapons manufacturing machinery was the least scarce, and the Flying Eagle Company produced thousands of planes a year for the United States. Now the production line is almost at a standstill, and it doesn't cost much to dismantle some of them.

"The strength of the big commander is so great, if you can't wipe out the hostile situation around Beijing in one go, it's really unreasonable." Lan Tianwei and Ding Cheng are full of confidence, if according to the equipment proposed by Qin Yu at this time

With the amount of equipment of 400 aircraft, it is really necessary to fight with Japan, and Qin Yu is confident that he will bulldoze Japan's defense in Dalian. With a total of more than 100 tanks in 6 tank battalions, such a large tank group is absolutely invincible in East Asia.

"It's still a bit early to settle this in one fell swoop, and there are still certain variables in the matter of entering Beijing." Qin Yu said so. That's basically the same way in my mind. The soldiers participating in the war were all Japanese weapons, and Japanese instructors were also hired, and at this time, when the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese people was high, the soldiers of the participating army were first cut off invisibly. "It was a foregone conclusion that the Japanese would send troops to the Russian Far East, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that the Japanese were by no means simply going out to interfere with the Russian Revolution. It's not just Russia that threatens. Speaking of Kannai again, the Japanese snatched Qingdao from Germany, and now the Republic of China, as the victorious country, should recover Qingdao, but the Japanese will never spit out the fat of the product. New hatred and old hatred are added together, there must be a war between China and Japan, of course, in this war, the main pillar must also be the Northeast Army. ”

"The focus of the Japanese was on the Combined Fleet. The cost of a dreadnought is as high as one or two hundred million. And that's not even counting the usual maintenance, consumption. Although the overall strength of the Northeast is inferior to that of Japan, when it comes to ground forces, they are not necessarily inferior to the Japanese, and even thanks to the efforts of the commanders, they have begun to faintly surpass the Japanese in terms of technology and arms in the past two years. If there is a war, on the premise of paying some price. The Republic of China still has a chance to win. Lan Tianwei analyzed excitedly, especially after the completion of this army expansion. The strength of the Northeast Army will once again reach a new level. The standing army will exceed 300,000 in one fell swoop, and as far as the army is concerned, its technical equipment is considered to be the top in Asia. Once this arms procurement is successfully completed, the armament of the Northeast Army will be enough to support a large-scale national war, thinking of this, Mo Tianwei can't help but be inexplicably excited. Unconsciously, the Northeast Army will soon have the strength to shake the Japanese Army.

"Ding Cheng is responsible for the purchase of ordnance, and the expansion of the army will be handed over to you, Brother Ji Hao. By the end of next year at the latest, the army must be fully trained. Qin Yu said.

"Shuai, this time I'm going to Europe. But the army uses Panthers and Jaguar tanks, and I am not responsible for purchasing tanks. Ding Cheng asked.

"You don't have to worry about tanks, just do a good job of ordering in Europe." Qin Yu nodded.

"Marshal, now that the European war has ended, Duan Qirui is still training the participating army in the central government, and his direct family has endured the existence of the participating army for a long time, Dashuai, see if you put a little pressure on the central government to let Duan Qirui stop organizing and training the participating army." Ding Cheng suggested, "The previous Xiyuan loan pushed Duan Qirui to the cusp, and now Duan Qirui is not dead, he still borrowed a large amount of money from the Japanese, and he still trains troops after the war, and he has lost his morality, Feng Guozhang also hopes that Duan Qirui can dismiss some of the participating troops that have been formed, but Feng Guozhang is now in decline, and he can't shake Duan Qirui's measures." ”

"It's a way, it's just that Duan Qirui has already suffered a loss of no troops when Zhang Xun was restored, and there is no direct military intervention, Duan Qirui will not give up his plan to train troops." Qin Yu smiled, "But you're right, no matter what, put some pressure on Duan Qirui first, and let him know that it's not so easy to train a soldier." Later, you will go back and say hello to the telegraph room, and send a public telegram about the army that has joined the war. ”

"Yes, Marshal."

Jingle bells

A crisp bell rang, and Qin Yu picked up the phone and raised it to his ear, "Hey, what's the matter?" ”

"Dashuai, Don Jack has something important to look for you, and the person has arrived." Wang Yuhai's voice rang on the phone.

"Let him come." Qin Yu was slightly stunned, and then said, Tang Jack's name is a little strange, and after a while, a white man in a Tang costume walked in with deputy gold-rimmed eyes, and said hello to Ding Cheng and Lan Tianwei, although they didn't meet much, but for the adjutant general, the chief of the general staff, Tang Jack was not unfamiliar.

"Director Tang, what's the matter with coming to me in such a hurry?" Tang Jack's original name was Jack, in 1910 when the plague outbreak in Taonan came to the Northeast, and then he has been staying in Taonan, only a few years before he was transferred to Fengtian City, living in Fengtian Province for nearly ten years, the original Jack has been accustomed to life here, in a medical base in the Northeast to establish a set of medical system that began to gradually scale is Jack is very proud. Of the few young American physicians who came to Taonan with Jack, three of them returned abroad. Several others have occupied extremely important positions in the medical field of Mukden. And Jack has fulfilled the position of director of the Department of Health. It seems to the outside world that it is almost inconceivable to hire an American to hold a high position, which is not a fictitious position, but a real high-ranking official who is in charge of the development of the medical system in the three northeastern provinces.

During his life in Mukden Province, Tang Jack married a female nurse from Taonan. Now there are three children, and they can be regarded as completely rooted in Mukden. For these white people, Qin Yu usually has a lot of respect.

"Dashuai, it is indeed a matter of urgency, Europe has broken out a huge epidemic at this time, the epidemic is spreading to the world, and now the number of people infected with the epidemic in Europe has exceeded hundreds of thousands, and the epidemic has changed from the original mild symptoms to a vicious disease that can kill people at any time." Tang Jack said with a solemn expression, "Until now." There is no very effective treatment for this disease. The epidemic has a tendency to develop more and more severely. ”

"It's another plague, how many people have died in Europe now?" Qin Yu frowned, at the beginning of the Northeast plague, the hearts of the whole country were shaking, and the Qing government could come to seal the customs, but for foreigners, at this time, the Republic of China did not have the ability to block people from letting them in. At that time, a plague had devastated the entire Tohoku, and there were not even a few pedestrians on the streets in broad daylight. If it happens again, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the economy of Northeast China.

"To avoid causing panic. European countries have taken a cover-up attitude towards madness, but according to conservative estimates, the number of people infected with the epidemic has reached at least one million at this time, and the number of deaths has already exceeded 10,000. According to my friends in Shanghai and Beijing, the same epidemic has occurred in both places. And the epidemic spreads fastest among young and middle-aged people. Don Jack reminded.

"No wonder after the war ended. The value of pharmaceutical exports in Northeast China has not declined, but has soared, and it turns out that this epidemic is at fault. Qin Yu patted his head, but fortunately, this epidemic is not a must-die, and the mortality rate is not too high. After experiencing the bubonic plague that was certain to die, the Northeast's psychological resistance to the plague was much stronger than that of Westerners. Of course, Qin Yu will not do nothing because the people's psychological capacity is strong, "Director Tang, in this case, the matter of resisting the epidemic will be entrusted to you, and it is necessary to stop the spread of the epidemic in the Northeast." ”

For other places, Qin Yu can't do anything, but in the northeast, the medical system has established a certain foundation, and it is no longer as almost defenseless against the epidemic as before.

"Dashuai rest assured, this is the responsibility of all medical staff in the Northeast." Tang Jack nodded and came over to find Qin Yu, in addition to reminding him, he also greeted Qin Yu, the budget of the Department of Health may increase at any time due to the epidemic. "By the way, Marshal, the American consul in Mukden came to me the day before yesterday and told me about persuading you to take out a loan from the United States."

"When the Northeast was in trouble, I reached out to the United States to ask for a loan, but it was rejected. Now that the Northeast has survived the most difficult period, there is no hurry in the matter of loans. I do not reject the United States, but as the military and political chief of Northeast China, I must consider the interests of tens of millions of people in Northeast China, and if cooperation with the United States is in the interests of Northeast China, I will give priority to them. Qin Yu replied, although Tang Jack has settled in Mukden for nearly ten years at this time and has taken root in Mukden, his white skin is not something that can be changed the day after tomorrow, and it is reasonable for the American consul to think of other ways after he hit a wall here.

"This kind of thing is all up to the commander, I grew up in the United States, if I don't say a word, I feel a little unhappy." Tang Jack shrugged his shoulders frankly and said, in his opinion, the United States is a big family, with deep roots, even if it is cooperation, it doesn't matter if the Northeast takes advantage of it.

"I can understand what Director Tang meant, in fact, I personally appreciate the concept of freedom and democracy in the United States, and the Northeast will gradually embark on this path in the future. In terms of general policy, the Tohoku and the United States share the same philosophy. No matter what, Qin Yu also said something that relieved Tang Jack. (To be continued......)