In the Chengxian Hall of Xinhua Palace in Beijing, the last joint meeting of the base camp and the government in 1915 had just begun.

Different from the usual imperial meetings or group leaders' meetings, Liu Qianhua, who attended as acting chief of general staff, did not sit on the throne usually set at one end of the long table, but was lined up on one side of the long table with Lieutenant Colonel Nie Wenqing, the military attache of the same base camp, Major General Su Mengxin, the chief of the intelligence department, the army chief of staff, General Gu Yingyang, and the chief of the naval staff, Senior General Yan Fu, and the empress was in the center, with an empty seat beside her.

On the opposite side of the base camp parade correspond to Marshal Yang Jung-kim, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Field Marshal Hook, Minister of National Defense and Minister of War of the National Defense Headquarters, Marshal Lim Tae-tsang, Minister of the Navy of the National Defense Headquarters, Han Lang, Minister of Finance, Ma Feng, Chairman of the Wartime Economic Committee and Minister of Munitions, and Zhang Zhigao, Chairman of the Wartime Interior Committee and Minister of the Interior.

At one end of the long table, there is a small table, and the chief cabinet secretary and the director of the military affairs bureau of the army and navy, who are the meeting officers, and three or four recorders are responsible for recording and sorting out the contents of the meeting.

At the other end of the table, there is a set of roll-up picture frames, which can be used to unfold the charts or slide projection screens that need to be used by simply pulling a specific lead rope, and a blackboard is also installed under the frame to facilitate the speaker's immediate marking.

At this moment, the picture on the atlas is a map of the Russian theater of operations, and Lieutenant General Su Sanling, chief of the Operations Division of the General Staff Headquarters, is holding a whip to point up and down.

“…… The Northern Front's siege of the Novosibirsk fortress has entered the last stage, and depending on the weather conditions, a general offensive will be launched no later than 31 December at the latest. In order to ensure that the full set of operational plans can be carried out on time, the commander-in-chief, Marshal Wang Zhi, has requested that further personnel and equipment related to the construction and maintenance of the railways be sent to you - the list has already been sent to you, and I will give the floor to His Excellency the Minister of Munitions for his opinion later. ”

Ma Feng, who was ordered, stretched out his hand to open the dozens of pages of the list book in front of him, and after a few glances, he was already full of sorrow.

"The main forces of the Central Asian Front are now assembling in Tashkent to fully prepare for the Orenburg-Samara offensive after the beginning of spring, but since part of its forces and all its heavy artillery units have been lent to the Northern Front, it will not be able to be reorganized until the completion of the Novosibirsk fortress strategy, and it is expected that it will be difficult to carry out the plan on time, and the commander, Marshal Liang Tianhe, hopes that the base camp can be replenished by February 15 with a batch of troops and equipment - the list is on page 9."

Even Hook began to frown at this point.

"As for the Caspian Front, after capturing Ashgabat, an important southern city in Turkestan adjacent to Persia, in early September, it recently seized Krasnovodsk, a port on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, across the sea from Baku, Russia's oil center, but was forced to withdraw due to the lack of surface and air support from the enemy's frequent flank and rear landing raids. As a result, the commander-in-chief, Admiral Leng Quanye, wanted the base camp to be replenished with a number of boats, aviation units, and related supplies and equipment - the list is on page 17. ”

Ma Feng quickly flipped to page 17, glanced at it, and quickly turned the next page, shrugged his shoulders, and seemed relieved.

Su Sanling cleared his throat in a precautionary manner, changed his whip, pulled down the rope, and with a "snap", a map of the Pacific Theater popped out, instantly covering the original map of the Russian theater of operations.

"In early November, with the support of aviation and submarine forces, the South-Eastern Front launched an assault aimed at cutting off the enemy's lines of communication at Lae, and by last week had sunk or severely damaged two or three enemy battleships, three to four cruisers, several destroyers, and more than a dozen transports. Our army had 1 old protective cruiser sunk by a mine, 1 submarine was missing, 3 transport ships were sunk by submarines, and 16 aircraft were lost. ”

"With the strong support of the navy, the Southeast Front gathered heavy troops in Madang, and launched a coordinated counterattack by sea and land on Lae on December 7, the enemy had no intention of fighting, and fled at night, and our army recaptured Lae on December 17, capturing more than 1,000 enemies.

"After the war, it was confirmed that more than 3,100 people were martyred or missing, except for a few officers and soldiers of the 452nd Infantry Regiment of the former Lae City defenders, who retreated into the jungle and persevered until they were rescued, and Marshal Zhang Yiye, commander of the front army, specially asked for a ...... for the regiment and other supporting units."

"At present, the front army is making full preparations for the Bougainville Island Raid, clearing the obstacles for the planned MO operation, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of the operation, it is hoped that an additional batch of army and navy forces and supplies will be added - the list is on page 21."

This time it was Yan Fu's turn to be embarrassed.

After clicking on the southeast corner of the map, the whip in Su Sanling's hand moved to the right side of the map, drawing a large circle centered on the Hawaiian Islands.

"In the East China Sea, in the past three months, the enemy has intensified its attacks on our lines of communication, and the large transport ship regiments bound for Hawaii have been given key protection and have suffered small losses, but the escort forces of the small ship regiments bound for the Marshall and Gilbert Islands have been weak and the loss rate is relatively high, which has seriously affected the construction of the defense system of the two islands. In particular, several forward strongholds in the Gilbert Islands were frequently shelled by enemy rapid formations or air strikes by air units, and from time to time they were paralyzed and difficult to function......"

"In addition, due to the redeployment of troops and the improvement of the U.S. military's ability to guard and escort convoys, the blockade of the Panama Canal has been difficult to achieve. In the past four months, the East China Sea fleet has lost four submarines, sunk less than 100,000 tons of ships, laid less than 1,000 mines, and brought aid and transportation to the Mexican peasant army to a standstill......

"In view of this, Admiral Liu Guanxiong, commander of the Frontal Fleet, requested that an additional number of naval forces and supplies be sent to maintain the plank road blockade of the Panama Canal, and that the Tuvalu Islands Attack be launched as appropriate to move forward positions in the South Pacific - the list is on page 25."

Hearing this, Yan Fu and Lin Taizeng exchanged glances.

Su Sanling raised his whip in disregard and pointed to Alaska in the upper right corner of the map.

"On the North Sea side, the Japanese reported that as early as the end of September, contact with the defenders of Kodiak Island was completely cut off, and the garrisons on the Kenai Peninsula and Unaralaca Island were also isolated. Due to the huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and our navy in the theater of operations, the Japanese army did not dare to go to the rescue, and repeatedly asked our army for help without success, and later asked for the transfer of Japanese ships from the combined fleet, but they were still refused, so they secretly ordered the army and navy units integrated into the southeast and Indian theaters to passively avoid the battle. The Counsellor's Office has sufficient evidence on this matter, and since it is a diplomatic matter, it hopes to discuss it with the government - the list of troops and supplies requested by the Japanese army is on page 2O. ”

"The last is the Indian side......"

Before the words fell, the map frame made another "snap", and the map of the Indian Ocean theater popped up.