"At the beginning of the establishment of the Northeast Frontier Army, it was to seize the right of way in the Middle East, and countless soldiers fought bloodily to recapture the Middle East Road from the Russians, opening a new chapter in the economic development of the three eastern provinces. Quelling Zhang Xun's rebellion, recovering Outer Mongolia, sending troops to the Far East, and beating Red Russia, it can be said that the tranquility of northern China was all bought with the lives of soldiers.

Annihilating the Japanese invaders, recovering the Manchurian Railway, raising the prestige of Korea, Luda, Weihaiwei, Jiaozhou Bay, a series of once lost lands, separated sons and daughters, once again returned to the embrace of China. Abolishing concessions, recovering customs, and thwarting maritime threats, every progress made by China has been achieved in the midst of blood and fire.

Looking back at history, although the border guards were only established for seven years, they have already made great achievements, which are enough to stand out for eternity. China is a peace-loving country, and it is the enemy who has imposed humiliation on us, and we have to defend our dignity with iron and blood.

Every step of China's development is full of difficulties and huge obstacles, and the country's security is inseparable from the protection of strong armed forces. Starting today, the border guards will be formally reorganized into the national defense forces, and the officers and men of the three armed forces must always be ready to sacrifice and dedicate themselves; the territory of 10,000 miles is the property left to us by our ancestors for 5,000 years, and no Chinese is willing to be a descendant of the unscrupulous.

We must bear in mind the mission on our shoulders and the well-being of hundreds of millions of compatriots, set stricter requirements, train hard, and strive to become an iron-blooded army capable of fighting and winning wars, so that the country and the nation can rest assured. ”

Zhang Tinglan made this solemn speech in the face of the generals gathered under him, and the National Defense Force was officially established, followed by a ceremony to confer the title.

Originally, Jiang Baili also proposed to give Zhang Tinglan the title and become the marshal of the three armies, but Zhang Tinglan refused, he was a person who had the heart to become the president. Once he was put up with the rank of marshal, he would really turn China into a military dictatorship, and it would especially leave a bad example for future generations.

In addition, Zhang Tinglan single-handedly built the border guards, and has huge control over the army, so he doesn't have to add a military rank. At the same time, Zhang Tinglan considered that the country has not yet been reunified, and there may be many wars in the future, so rashly awarding too high a military rank will also cause a dilemma where there is no reward and no promotion.

So this time the highest rank was general, and a total of four people got this position. Yang Yuting, Jiang Baili, Sun Anhu and Qin Wei.

Yang Yuting and Jiang Baili are both important senior staff members of Zhang Tinglan, and they can be called left and right hands, and it is natural to award the general. And Sun Anhu and Qin Wei followed Zhang Zuoxiang in their early years. The qualifications are very old, and they are loyal. Promotions are also inevitable. No one else has anything to say.

The next level is the rank of lieutenant general, led by Jiang Dengxuan, including Li Jinglin, Zhang Henian, Wan Fulin, and Ding Chao. Zhang Henian, Ma Zhanshan, Wu Kaijie, etc., a total of 23 people. Among them are Feng Yuxiang, Sun Chuanfang, and other non-Feng personnel.

In addition, there are 64 major generals, including Zhou Zijian, Rong Zhen, Huang Xiansheng, Hou Lang, Wang Yizhe and others, basically all the main generals of the Feng army have been promoted. The grievances caused by the reorganization have all disappeared.

This is the first official title conferred by Fengjun, according to the past, this is the founding father, from the dragon hero, is to enter the Lingyan Pavilion and be admired and worshiped by future generations.

Another very interesting trait of the Chinese is that after reaching a certain status, they must strive for historical positioning, even if they cannot be named in history, they cannot leave a stench for thousands of years. Therefore, when the new military uniform is changed and the gold star is hung on the shoulder, the whole venue becomes a sea of joy.

Most of these generals are not very old, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, compare the stars on their shoulders, and they are all competing in secret.

Zhang Tinglan waited for everyone to be relaxed, and then said with a smile: "This award is only for the army, and the Navy and Air Force will still award titles in the future." However, I would like to remind you that the award of the title does not mean that you will sit back and relax, and you must cheer me up and train the troops well. Here I can also tell you, don't think that the generals are over, there are four-star generals and five-star marshals above, as long as you can make contributions to the country, the country will not treat you badly! ”

As soon as these people heard the word marshal, their eyes lit up, if they did this step as soldiers, this life would be worth it, and everyone was full of energy.

Jiang Baili on the side also smiled: "The vice president specially arranged a theatrical performance for everyone, and all the people who came were famous and famous, and it cost a lot of money to invite these people, everyone should enjoy it!" ”

At this time, the form of entertainment is no worse than that of later generations, and the arrangements are all famous artists, including Mei Lanfang's Peking Opera Shilang Visiting Mother, Yu Shuyan's empty city plan, and Liu Baoquan, the originator of the Beijing Rhyme Drum......

It's all lively jokes, and these actors are also very hard-working. Just kidding, there are these military leaders sitting below, if they are unhappy, they won't smash the scene!

Of course, these people are also too worried, all of the people who came out of Fengjun have strict military discipline, and Zhang Tinglan is personally in charge, they can only sit honestly like primary school students, whether they understand it or not, they all endure it.

After all, Zhang Tinglan has experienced the kind of audio-visual bombardment in later generations, and although these things have a mellow charm, they are still a little repulsed, so they sat for a while and took the initiative to get up and leave.

As soon as Zhang Tinglan came out, several leaders in charge of military intelligence were waiting there, and they all looked at Zhang Tinglan with some horror, as if they had seen a demon, dumbfounded.

"Do you want me to see some stinky faces?"

"It's not." Chang Yinhuai hurriedly said: "Vice President, something happened in Japan, something big, something big, don't you know?" ”

Zhang Tinglan glanced at him: "You don't tell me how I know." ”

Chang Yinhuai sneered: "I thought you could figure it out!" ”

"Don't play dumb riddles with me, speak quickly, or I'll take off your black gauze hats."

Liu Shaoqing hurriedly said: "Vice President, you can be merciful, in the area of Tokyo, Japan, at about 11 o'clock today, that is, when our award ceremony just began, there was a huge earthquake, killing and injuring thousands of people, Tokyo, Yokohama, all of them were reduced to nothing, and it is conservatively estimated that 50,000 or 60,000 people will die." If the affected ones are at least a million or more, the loss of wealth is even more difficult to calculate! ”

Liu Shaoqing is not right at all, Japan has indeed suffered an unprecedented natural disaster, the Kanto region spans the central and eastern part of Japan's main island of Honshu in the east, with a total area of 30,000 square kilometers, and Japan's important industrial area -- the Keihin Industrial Zone -- is located in the Kanto region. Since the Meiji Restoration, the best of Japan has been concentrated here: cities, factories, and schools. The concentration of scientific research institutes represents the degree of modernization in Japan.

On Saturday, September 1, 23, the Yokohama-Tokyo area is bustling with people. Businessmen and office workers are still busy in the office building. Housewives started cooking on fires, and many people crowded into the station. Get ready to go on vacation. Little did he know that a catastrophe had just struck.

At 11:58 a.m., there was a sudden rattling sound in the Kanto Plain, and the earth shook up and down, followed by a tight shaking. The earth, which had always been quiet and calm, was restless at this time: swaying from side to side, shaking up and down, undulating, as if people were in a small boat on the sea at the crest of the peaks and valleys. Unable to stand, unable to move, only at the mercy of the earth, which had lost its former stability.

People were thrown into the air by the trembling earth, either dead or wounded. No dead or injured people tried to escape from the crumbling houses. As a result, the falling bricks and stones smashed his head and bleed, and the 8.1 magnitude earthquake unleashed all the destructive power contained in the ground.

The houses in Tokyo collapsed one by one, and the fire on the stove ignited all the houses, and the Japanese used to use wooden houses, and these houses became the easiest things to burn, and soon the city was filled with fires, and those who were lucky enough to escape the earthquake were engulfed by the fire.

In fact, the Japanese don't have a long memory, the earthquake has already suffered a loss, and the result is still wooden houses, but by the time of World War II, the Americans dropped countless incendiary bombs, so that Tokyo could enjoy the feeling of ice and fire.

Although it is not clear how much damage Japan has suffered based on provisional intelligence, one thing is certain: the Japanese have suffered an unprecedented blow. The area where the earthquake occurred was the Tokyo metropolitan area, which has the highest concentration of industry and population in Japan.

It is conservatively estimated that the direct economic loss is also in the billions, which is an astronomical amount that is difficult to calculate if it is regarded as a loss of talent. In addition to the fear of the earthquake disaster, what frightened them even more was Zhang Tinglan's various arrangements.

For example, they know a little bit about the withdrawal of capital from Japan, the withdrawal of talent, and the covert attack on the yen, precisely because the more they know, the more they are afraid. Being able to penetrate the dynamics of politics is acceptable, but being able to perceive the changes in heaven and earth is inevitably too nonsense, is it too nonsense, is the person in front of him a demon, he already knew in advance that there would be an earthquake in Japan?

Zhang Tinglan was also afraid that they would be cranky, so he waved his hand, and then said: "I don't worry about Japan, because Emperor Taisho is in poor health and a little brainless, I judge that he may die." And the successor Hirohito is an ambitious guy, and there must be a conflict between the old ministers and the political instability, so we have to make a little preparation. It's just that I didn't expect that God would lose his temper with the Japanese, which shows how angry and resentful this country is. ”

After hearing Zhang Tinglan's explanation, they could barely accept it, after all, this was based on the judgment of the political situation, if even the natural disaster was grasped by Zhang Tinglan, it would be too terrible.

"After the catastrophe, there will be chaos, and all the shadows that were arranged before can be moved. If the Japanese can incite the rebellion of their immediate army, we can also do the same and make the Japanese fever pay a more painful price. ”

When several people heard this, they hurriedly went to make arrangements, but Zhang Tinglan couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and he really had the urge to look up to the sky. At this time, China's situation was not good, the country was not completely unified, and it offended a large number of powers. What Zhang Tinglan is most worried about is that Britain and the United States and other countries are standing behind Japan. Arming this island nation and causing trouble for China.

However, the earthquake caused great damage to Japan's vitality, although the earthquake disaster will accelerate Japan's rightward turn and make the island nation more aggressive. But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and she always has to recover a trace of vitality before she can invade outward.

Moreover, at this time, China's strength was far beyond the original time and space, and the Japanese did not have five years of recovery preparations, so they did not want to start a war with China. But five years later, even Zhang Tinglan could not accurately predict how far China would develop.

But one thing is certain, that is, Japan, and even other powers, have forever lost the ability to strangle China and block China's industrialization process. In other words, China's industrialization process has become irreversible.

China, which has such a huge size, is enough to reverse the entire shijie pattern after completing industrialization one point. The existential crisis that Zhang Tinglan had been worried about for a long time had finally been resolved, and of course he was overjoyed.

As a friendly neighbor, Japan has such a big trouble, and the Chinese government must of course be concerned, so at the first time, President Li Yuanhong and Premier Tang Shaoyi both sent telegrams of condolences. In addition, various donation activities have been organized by the Chinese non-governmental organizations.

Of course, these are all face-saving efforts, but Zhang Tinglan hid in the back house, hugged Qiao Lanyun, and calculated how much money she could get this time.

"Don't move!"

Qiao Lanyun pressed Zhang Tinglan's big hand that was groping wildly, and the other hand was still quickly discounting. Zhang Tinglan leaned over, and his chin rested on the fragrant shoulder.

"Wife, hurry up and calculate, are we going to get rich?"

"Well, this time we mainly made profits by shorting the yen and bonds, and it is conservatively estimated that we can get a profit of 200 million yuan." Qiao Lanyun couldn't help but marvel while calculating, and she didn't know if it was because of Zhang Tinglan's big hands, or if she was frightened by this number.

zuihou Qiao Lanyun finally figured out the calculation results: "Clumsy words, after deducting all kinds of losses, zuihou has at least 1500 million in our hands, this is not a small amount of money, how are you going to use it?" ”

"How to use the money is a trivial matter, let's discuss how to use the bed!"

Zhang Tinglan protected Qiao Lanyun and carried her to the soft big bed......

"It's really unexpected, there was an earthquake of this magnitude in Japan, and God is really helping us." Jiang Baili couldn't help but say: "However, after the earthquake, Japan's political situation will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes, and the politicians of the island countries will definitely seek expansion to change their poor geopolitical environment." ”

Zhang Tinglan also smiled: "Brother Baili is right, I estimate that there is not much time left for us, in about five years, once Japan comes out of the shadow of the earthquake, it will definitely embark on the road of foreign expansion." Therefore, these five years are the time for us to prepare for war, and as long as we are well prepared for war, we can effectively curb the ambitions of the Japanese. ”

"That's right, I don't know if there is any jihua in the humble words?"

"Of course, I am ready to invest 100 million yuan in Wuhan to build an industrial center in Central China, and if everything goes well, in five years, our industrial output will be twice that of Japan." (To be continued......)