Chapter 442: War Comes (5)

In the eighth year of the Republic of China, on October 10, 1919, Wang Zhenyu, accompanied by Wang Longzhong, vice chairman of the National Government, drove to China Square, and then walked into the National Square, the seat of the National Congress.

Next, he will give a speech to the 378 members of the Senate and the 215 members of the Legislative Yuan at the National Square, and this speech will also be the first time that the Chinese Radio, which has just been established for half a year, will broadcast to the whole country. One of Wang Chunhua's achievements is the Zhonghua Radio Station, and she herself is also the director of the station, and substations have been set up at the county level within the jurisdiction of the national government to disseminate signals. In this technology, thanks to the attention and input of the National Socialist Party, the Chinese are leading the world. In the original time and space, the first broadcast of human history was not broadcast until November 2, 1920......

In addition to the members of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Council, important members of Nanjing's political circles, tycoons in the economic field, and even people who came from Shanghai, as well as representatives of the traditional media, intellectuals, students, and generals of the armed forces attended the meeting as observers. The main hall of 3,000 people was packed. This made Sun Wen, chairman of the National Government, who had come here to give speeches many times, very jealous, because you must know that every time he gave a speech, let alone an observer, even the parliamentarians were often absent, and he did not take himself as the chairman of the National Government seriously at all......

Wang Zhenyu walked in wearing a handsome white military uniform of the army, navy, and air force, and he was not wearing a military rank, but a golden plum blossom epaulette unique to the chairman of the Military Commission. Such a handsome military uniform is matched with Wang Zhenyu's envious youth and calm bearing of nearly thirty years old, how pleasing to the eye.

Out of respect for the founder of the entire national government system, the 3,000 participants in the audience consciously stood up to welcome Wang Zhenyu's entry.

Wang Zhenyu's pace was very steady, different from the usual nodding and greeting acquaintances, this time Wang Zhenyu didn't look at anyone, and walked directly to the podium in the center of the aisle of this British-style venue with a solemn face. What is surprising is that he didn't take any speeches, but just glanced at the councilors on both sides and started his speech:

"Greetings to all citizens, parliamentarians and gentlemen, and friends from all walks of life who care about our youth army! It is a great honor to stand on the podium of the National Assembly and communicate with you. Today is October 10, a glorious and holy day. Eight years ago today, many people with lofty ideals of the Chinese nation fired the first shot to overthrow the Manchu rule in Wuhan at the risk of being beheaded all over the country. A barbaric, backward, greedy, and selfish regime that had enslaved China for nearly 300 years was finally overthrown, and our nation was once again on the right track. Looking back at the great Xinhai Revolution, many of the participants of those years have turned into a cup of loess, and some have betrayed the revolution and stood on the side of endangering the interests of the nation, but more of them are still fighting hard for the reunification and strength of the motherland, just like those here. ”

Pause, applause......

"Now let's go back to the topic of this meeting and talk about what kind of army our youth army is. During the Xinhai Revolution, I also served as a small pipe band, or battalion officer, beside my uncle, Mr. Wang Longzhong, who is now the vice chairman of the Nationalist Government and the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army in Hubei at that time. We were incorporated under the command of Governor Li Yuanhong and Commander-in-Chief Huang Xing to participate in the counterattack against Hankow, but due to the strength of the Qing army at that time, our operation failed. In order to cover the transfer of the other brothers, the officers and soldiers of our commander's office took up the task of blocking the attack, and therefore failed to return to Hanyang. But it was on the night of that day, relying on the courage of our second battalion and the Hubei student team, that we successfully attacked the Yudaimen station, destroying the logistics and supplies of the Qing army, and on that day, our tiger banner was raised. Subsequently, we were reorganized into the 9th Brigade and ordered to be transferred to Nanjing to participate in the Northern Expedition, and then we returned to Hunan to avenge the revolutionary martyrs Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin, who were killed by Mei Xin, with the soldiers of the 1st Brigade, and completely annihilated the 5th Division of the Hunan Army in collusion with the Manchus. The next step was that Xiangxi defeated many warlords, bandits, and cult forces that undermined local development. We also participated in the Second Revolution and the War to Protect the Country, and made our own prestige in one war after another. In Europe, for the sake of the interests of the nation and the country, our youth army fought two years of arduous battles against the armies of the Central Powers, paying a huge price of 70,000 officers and soldiers killed and 110,000 wounded, and finally we won the victory in the First World War. Distinguished members of the Council, I myself have only one purpose in saying so many past events, that is, from the beginning to the end, the Youth Army has been a righteous army, a civilized army, a benevolent and righteous army, and a mighty army that has always fought only for justice and justice, and only for the nation and the country. This glorious and great, invincible army is by no means what some people with ulterior motives say, it is my Wang Zhenyu's personal personal soldier and a warlord army. They are the patron saints of the Chinese nation, they are the army of the country, the army of the nation, and the soldiers of all the people. ”

Speaking of which, the audience burst into warm applause, and the parliamentarians who have been worried about the political turmoil caused by the impeachment case can be reassured, Wang Zhenyu's attitude undoubtedly shows that at least this time the army will not use force to resolve internal contradictions.

"Now I would like to tell the distinguished MPs a few pieces of information that were sent late last night, because I think they have something to do with today's vote. The first news is that just yesterday in Shanxi, the central government in Beijing, which was run by Zhang Zuolin, the head of the warlords, launched an attack on the army of Yan Xishan, the overseer of Shanxi, under the banner of unifying the whole country by force, so to speak, a civil war has broken out. And it was none other than the warlord Zhang Zuolin and his puppet central government who kept saying that they wanted peace and not war. Suffice it to say, what is the difference between having hope for peace with such a central government and seeking the skin of a tiger? To deal with such a shameless enemy, what we can do is to hold the steel gun in our hands, and if we find that he is going to make a mistake, we will clean them up fiercely, and let them know how to be a good boy, right? ”

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and no one expected Wang Zhenyu to joke on such a serious occasion.

"The second piece of news is about Japan, a friendly neighbor that some people have in their mouths, and it was also yesterday that Japan's Minister to China, Yukichi Kohata, officially submitted a circular to Mr. Hsu Shichang, President of the Republic of China. Under the pretext of protecting the Japanese expatriate, three divisions of Japanese troops were dispatched into Shandong, and at the same time it was announced that any Chinese troops entering the Shandong area would be deemed to be in a state of war with Japan. What is this behavior? I can tell you unequivocally that this is aggression. It is difficult for me to understand the possibility of a person of normal intelligence choosing to regard the aggressor as a friend, and I cannot understand why a proposal to weaken our national defence in order to avoid provoking the aggressor can appear in our National Assembly. ”

Wang Zhenyu held up the microphone and shouted very excitedly: "China and Japan are indeed separated by a strip of water, but they are by no means friendly neighbors. Will such a country, which faces the threat of volcanoes and earthquakes every day, and is seriously short of all kinds of resources, be friendly with you, China? A China that has not even been able to achieve reunification, lacks political inclusiveness, is full of infighting, but is extremely rich in land and resources, if you don't let the Japanese bite you, then who do you let him bite? Twenty-four years ago, the Japanese dragged the whole of China into the bottomless abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society through the First Sino-Japanese War, making capable officials like Li Hongzhang become pasteurs and scapegoats. We paid a full 200,000,000,000 taels of silver, and this money became the original accumulation of Japan's strength. Nineteen years ago, it was this Japan again, acting as the vanguard of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the first to invade Beijing, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. In the end, the "Gengzi Treaty" that restricts the development of our country was tossed out. It is true that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the great enemy of national progress, but Japan is by no means a friend of China's progress, and as long as we Chinese still exist and as long as our Chinese nation does not die, we do not need them to inherit our Chinese civilization. China is still there after Yashan, and China is still alive after the death of the Ming Dynasty. As for Japan, this is a vicious wolf, and if we don't clean it up, but instead recognize the thief as a father and the enemy as a friend, how stupid would it be? I have no objection to learning from Japan, and it is inevitable to learn from Japan, but it is our youth army's unshirkable duty to defeat Japan. Therefore, I would like to issue two motions to distinguished parliamentarians that will determine the future direction of China's situation, and I would like to ask you to consider them immediately. The first proposal, in view of the fact that the central government of the Republic of China in Beijing has been reduced to the rule of the warlords and the vanguard of Japan's invasion of China, from now on, we will no longer recognize its legitimacy as the central government. I propose that the Nationalist Government formally assume the functions of the central government, lead all the people to defeat all foreign invaders and internal thieves, and win the independence and freedom of the people. The second proposal, since the Nationalist Government has assumed the functions of the central government, authorizes the Youth Army to carry out self-defense operations against foreign invading forces that invade China's territory, expel them, and annihilate them. As for Japan, which had already invaded Shandong, it would enter a state of war from this moment on, and all those who opposed or even cooperated with Japan's invasion of China were punished by formulating a strict "Regulations on the Punishment of Traitors and Internal Thieves." For the Feng army that is currently attacking, it is declared a traitor army, and those who refuse to surrender will be eliminated and will not be forgiven...... I declare here for the record that we will not allow a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society to continue to exist as long as the youth army survives. The officers and men of the army, navy, and air force of the Youth Army obeyed the order, and the survival of the nation was in this battle, killing all the Japanese and serving the country. Long live the great Chinese nation and long live the invincible youth army! ”

In the National Square, in the bases of the navy, army, and air forces, and in every county, school, and factory where the radio could be heard, the people who were listening to the radio were excited by Wang Zhenyu's shouting. After decades of humiliation and the expectation of generations, there is finally light and hope. All the people couldn't help shouting: "Long live the Chinese nation, long live the youth army!" ”

At the scene, the parliamentarians and other participants stood up one after another and gave the warmest and most lasting applause to Wang Zhenyu, who turned around and walked towards the entrance after bowing