Ouyang Yun said that there was a reason for the above remarks - even though Japan had invaded nearly half of the country. Even the capital has been captured, and there are still people at the top decision-making level of the Chinese government who have the intention of surrendering without a fight, and do not want to take the initiative to resist foreign aggression, but instead pin their hopes on the Western powers to make peace. On the one hand, the front-line soldiers fought bloodily for every inch of the country, fighting with the Japanese invaders in blood, and on the other hand, the decision-making level in the rear was under the mediation of the envoys of the Western powers, and they were at odds with the Japanese.

In the year when Ouyang Yun had just crossed over, when he encountered this kind of thing, Ouyang Yun would definitely regard these people as traitors and suppress them with iron blood. And after several years of experience, especially after coming to Guangdong, he also knew that the national government behaved so weakly, and the human factor was on the one hand, and at the same time, it was indeed impossible to shirk the goodwill of "foreign friends" -- the existence of this strange phenomenon has a history -- since the Japanese captured the three northeastern provinces, the national government began to invite foreign forces to help make peace, ignoring the loss of a large area of national land, ignoring the dire life of the people in the occupied areas, and actually wanting to truce with the Japanese. Some people even whimsically believe that as long as the European and American powers are willing to help sincerely, it is possible to recover the lost territories without bloodshed.

The reason why the Nationalist Government harbored such illusions had something to do with the fact that in 1908 the US Congress passed President Roosevelt's consultation on the return of Gengzi's indemnity. The advisory paper somewhat whitewashes the image of the Americans, offsetting the impact of their past misdeeds in China. In addition, during World War I, China became the victorious country because of the declaration of war on Germany, and received the courtesy of the Western powers. Therefore, many people are lucky, thinking that the "strong and **" Western powers will sincerely help China.

Ouyang Yun was very helpless and angry about the existence of this trend of thought in China, but he had no choice. Although he once declared in the newspapers that a robber is a robber and can never be a good person. However, there were few responders, and many were shocked by the apparent strength of the Japanese, and China at this time seemed so fragile.

China's current weakness has been slowly accumulated since the Qing Empire closed itself off from the rest of the country. Even the success of the revolution and the warlords were all over the place, which to a certain extent limited the development of productive forces and science and technology. However, the richest Yangtze River Delta, the three northeastern provinces with the richest resources, and Beijing and Tianjin, which have the strongest cultural background, have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. In the eyes of many people, without external assistance, China would not be able to compete with Japan at present. Therefore, in their eyes, the mediation of European and American countries is particularly important. And if the European and American countries themselves are not guaranteed, it will be a great blow to the morale of the domestic people.

Jiang Guangnai was well aware of the stakes, and after listening to Ouyang Yun's words, his brows were deeply furrowed, and his face was worried. He twisted his right thumb and index finger together, and after a while asked, "How is Hainan doing?" Already on the right track? ”

Ouyang Yun nodded lightly. With the entry of the Cadet Army into Hainan, if the Japanese want to attack Minyue again, in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy, they must take Hainan first. Hainan has a sparse population, a large number of ethnic groups, and a withered livelihood, so the amount of power it can provide is limited, but fortunately, the social relations are relatively simple, and in this way, it is conducive to the development of the army and the army. He said: "Don't worry about Hainan, the big defense system has been established, just wait for the oil field and iron ore to complete the construction and officially put into production, our hard days will come to an end." Our air force now has the capability to fight the Japanese army, and our navy is also under intense construction, so as long as we can hold out for two years, it will be a completely different situation. Elder Jiang, the most critical thing now is the Taiwan side. My strategic thinking on Taiwan is that instead of letting the Japanese use Taiwan as a springboard to take the initiative to attack us, we should first let Taiwan cause chaos. As long as Taiwan is in chaos, our side will have more buffer time! Elder Jiang, time is too important for us. It can be said that with every additional day, the strength of our army will be slightly improved. ”

Ouyang Yun's words are not boasting, with the completion of the modern industrial system in Fujian, Yueqiong, especially Yueqiong, as he said, every day the machine runs, it will produce a lot of more products, and even one more chariot, even a warship, and a warplane.

Jiang Guangnai nodded, and he said, "You're right. Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative. Leave it to me over there, but if you rely on mobilizing local forces alone, the effect will be limited. However, it seems to be quite difficult to transport troops over. ”

"Don't worry about transporting troops, as long as the Taiwan side is ready, I can send a regiment over at any time. Jiang Lao, our navy has not stopped building, hehe, this matter is finalized. ”

"Okay, I'll report back to you as soon as I make progress."

When Ouyang Yun came to Fujian, there were three important things, one was for the big traitor Wang Jingwei, the second was for Taiwan, and the third was to inspect the morale of the people in Fujian.

Historically, the Japanese army captured the southeast this year, thus threatening the inland from three fronts. Although some time ago, because the Combined Fleet suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army once reined in the ground offensive, and even the newly formed South China Front Army was shelved, but Ouyang Yun, who was familiar with the process of the Anti-Japanese War, did not think that he could really force the little devil to give up the South China strategy with a shock and a flap of his wings, and successfully revise the course of the Anti-Japanese War.

Fujian is different from Guangdong, because the latter is the birthplace of the National Revolutionary Government, and after many years of operation by Chen Jitang, the foundation is thick, the people are open, whether it is personal or local power, and it is very tolerant of new things. Therefore, with the help of the former Cantonese military and political team, the student army almost did not take much trouble to stabilize the situation. And as the cadet army won several battles and played a majestic style, it completely restrained the people's hearts and stabilized the morale of the people. In comparison, the situation in Fujian is much more complicated - since the 19th Route Army was absorbed by Lao Jiang, because the central government and the intervention of several major forces in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi have become very complicated, and later although they have been suppressed with an iron fist and oppressed other forces to make concessions, as a region where traditional ideas and concepts occupy the mainstream, Ouyang Yun has no confidence to assert that the advanced governance concepts of the Xuebing Army can really be accepted by the people at the bottom. As the clouds of the war over the Qionghai Sea are getting thicker and thicker, whether the Fujian people are stable and whether they can stand firmly behind the military government has become a practical issue that must be solved.

Regarding Ouyang Yun's intention to personally go to the countryside to inspect the implementation of the land policy, Bai Tassel was very unimpressed, the little girl was straightforward, she said: "This kind of thing should be done by Mr. Jiang, you are the commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army, and there are major events in Guangzhou that you have to worry about, how can you still have the leisure to take care of these trivial matters?" ”

"Trivia?" Ouyang Yun disagreed with her opinion, "Tassel, do you know what the biggest thing in the world is?" Eat and get dressed! It is also called people's livelihood. Have you ever thought about it, no matter if our weapons are advanced and our soldiers are brave, if we can't eat enough, can this battle still be fought? Who can keep us fed? It's not the merchants, it's not the officials who sit in the government, it's the names that make up the majority of the population. Usually let you read more books, read more books, what do you do? As soon as I have time, I will watch those messy TV series, hey, I should have let you continue to be your big star if I knew this. ”

In the three places of Fujian, Yue and Qiong, Guangdong has a high penetration rate of TV because of its thick foundation, and in Guangzhou, it has reached the level that almost one out of every five households has a TV. When there are more TVs, the demand for TV programs is higher, and TV dramas come into being.

It's good that he didn't say this, as soon as he mentioned the word "big star", Bai Tassel remembered one thing and said: "If you don't mention me, I forgot it, how can Sister Lianyun reply?" ”

Gu Lianyun sent back a telegram some time ago, inviting Bai Tassel to tour the United States at the request of the local Chinese community and some American governments. Bai Tassel actually rarely sings now, she is now more enthusiastic about training the women's army, and wants to take this pure female army to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, so as to be the Mulan of the new era. However, once Ouyang Yun has a new plagiarized work, she is still the preferred lead singer. In the past two years, she has continued to release many records, which have been operated by Gu Lianyun and have also been released in the United States. The fame of the white tassel is growing, and now even many white Americans are in love with the husky and chic singing voice of this little oriental woman.

"Do you want to go?"

"Yes, but if only you could come with me."

"I don't have time for you. Since you want to go, you can go, anyway, now that Hawaii is on a plane to New York, the travel time is much saved. If it's okay, get ready to leave when you get back. ”

Bai Tassel looked at him, confirmed that he didn't mean the slightest reluctance, couldn't help but be a little unhappy, and asked, "Do you really want me to leave?" ”

Ouyang Yun couldn't cry or laugh, and asked rhetorically: "So you don't want to go?" ”

"I'll go!" The white tassel shouted loudly, and then walked to the side alone and sulked.

Ouyang Yun shook his head and ignored her, as the domestic and international situation has become more and more tense recently, he really doesn't have much energy to spend on his children's personal affairs.

Ouyang Yun's trip had the meaning of a private interview with Weifu, with a total of less than 20 people in the group, and the banner was the "People's Livelihood Affairs Investigation Team" of Guangzhou Daily. They visited dozens of villages, nearly 100 cooperatives, and hundreds of households for three days, and witnessed with their own eyes the strong vitality of the new-type rural cooperatives and heard with their own ears the actions of many local grassroots governments.

After nearly two years of construction, Dongshan has now become one of several major military bases of the Navy of the Scholar Army, and at present, the warships using the Dongshan Military Port as a supply port account for more than two-thirds of the total number of ships in the Navy.

The original supreme commander of Dongshan was Liu Zheliang, and with Liu Zheliang being transferred back to Guangzhou, the naval headquarters moved here, and the military and political leaders here actually became the commander of the navy. After Chen Ce became the commander of the Navy of the Xuebing Army, because he did not stay in Dongshan, but had been presiding over the construction of military ports, warships, and submarines in Hainan, the highest commander here was Deputy Commander Chen Zekai.

When Ouyang Yun arrived at Dongshan, it happened that a torpedo boat had just been completed at the Dongshan Dafu Shipyard, and Chen Zekai was about to go to the shipyard to preside over the launching ceremony of the new boat, but when he heard that the commander-in-chief had arrived, he was overjoyed and took a cadre from the naval headquarters to welcome him out of the dock. When he saw Ouyang Yun, he saluted and said, "Commander-in-chief, it's such a coincidence that you came, a torpedo boat has just been completed at the Dafu Shipyard, and it happens that you will preside over the launching ceremony." ”

Ouyang Yun greeted everyone, and said with a smile: "That's really a coincidence, it's better to come early, it's okay, I'll see the majesty of our 'Ming-class torpedo boat'." ”

Aiming to dominate the seas, Japan has attached great importance to naval construction since the Meiji Restoration, and after several hundred years of development, the current navy is one of the largest in the world. When the Cadet Army had just been stationed in Guangdong, Ouyang Yun did not dare to think about the aircraft carrier at all, he took into account the actual situation of the Cadet Army, and thought that if he wanted to confront the Japanese at sea, it would be an egg hitting a stone, so he took a unique path and decided to vigorously develop a torpedo boat that was light, fast, and had great lethality. The "Ming-class torpedo boat" was born under such strategic thinking.

The original firing parameters of the "Ming-class torpedo boat" were 36.6 meters long, 6.1 meters wide, and 1.9 meters draft, and the bow was equipped with two 560 mm torpedo tubes and two 27 mm cannons, and the stern was equipped with one torpedo tube, in addition, it was also equipped with six anti-aircraft machine guns. Power is provided by two 2,100 kW V-shaped 12-cylinder diesel engines. The most advanced thing about the "Ming-class torpedo boat" is that it is equipped with a small radar that covers a distance of up to 150 kilometers.

Ouyang Yun's original naval strategic thinking was to use the wolf pack tactic to submerge the quality with quantity. However, with the signing of agreements with the U.S. government and the Zionist Organization, and the promise of three aircraft carriers at one time, his confidence increased, and his naval strategy changed. In this way, the status of the "Ming class" is not the same, its own protection ability is taken into account, and with the thickening of the armor and the improvement of the weapon system, the size of the new "Ming class" has increased to 42 meters X 6.5 meters X 2.1 meters, and the power has become two 2800 kW diesel engines.

The arrival of Commander-in-Chief Ouyang Yun made the managers and workers of the Dafu Shipyard very excited, and everyone had just finished wearing red and green for the "Jinan" torpedo boat, standing on both sides of the dock at this time, looking at the vigorous posture of the "Jinan", thinking that the products cast by their hard work could actually attract the attention of the commander-in-chief, and the pride in their hearts was self-evident. Everyone eagerly watched Ouyang Yun walk towards the "Jinan", applauding and cheering vigorously one by one, as if they had just won a big victory.