E: I'm sorry, something happened yesterday.

April 1o, Republic 254 (1913), Wuhan.

"Great victory, great victory, Zhoushan great victory, Diaoyu Island victory"

"Yesterday, China's Shanghai Temporary Task Force completely annihilated the Japanese Third Fleet in the waters off Zhoushan."

"In the early hours of this morning, our glorious Pacific Task Force of the People's Navy completely annihilated the Japanese Combined Fleet in the waters off the Diaoyu Islands."

Early this morning, people who went out heard the sound of newspapers selling on the streets, and the headlines were so terrifying, so unbelievable. The newspaper delivery staff of the major newspapers shouted all over the street, and they were all crazy with excitement.

Vice Admiral Sa Zhenbing, chairman of the Chinese Navy Construction Committee, got up early today to go to work at the Navy Construction Committee as usual.

"What, our navy is victorious, stop, bring me a newspaper......" He immediately called the driver to stop.

The car stopped at a newsstand, and the secretary hurriedly got out of the car and bought a copy of the main newspapers, and immediately handed it to Sa Zhenbing.

Sa Zhenbing turned out to be the chief of the navy of the Beiyang government, and after Beiyang surrendered to the CSD, he also surrendered with other Beiyang officers. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was naturally impossible for him to continue as the chief of the navy as a general, and there was no shortage of people under General Wen. However, Lao Sa is a very good person, and his reputation is also quite good, so although he has been transferred to the second line, his treatment is still very good.

He is now the chairman of the Naval Construction Committee, the vice-president of the Naval University (the president is Wang Tiezhu, the commander-in-chief of the Navy), and also serves as a senior military adviser to the Central Committee. The Naval Construction Commission is a comprehensive second-tier organization, and its main responsibilities are responsible for various construction tasks of the Navy, such as personnel training, base construction, and the assignment and coordination of ship design and manufacturing tasks.

At the same time, this department has an important task, that is, it is also responsible for the exchange and public relations between the navy and the domestic people, as well as the overseas Chinese community, and of course, to attract sponsorship. It is not surprising that the navy is different from other branches of the armed forces, and engaging in diplomacy and public relations is originally their traditional reserved project. Therefore, the position of chairman of the Navy Construction Committee has high requirements for the prestige and popularity of the person in charge, and it is very suitable for Lao Sa.

At present, the Navy Construction Committee has a naval construction fund in its hands, which is mainly actively sponsored by overseas Chinese, and the largest amount of money is sponsored by overseas Chinese in Nanyang and North America. At present, the fund has a capital of more than 50 million yuan, and is operated by a group of professionals hired from the private sector. In principle, this fund is to make up for the construction of the Navy, and it is also attributed to the Navy Construction Committee. Of course, they are not responsible for the specific operation of the funds, only how they are spent with them.

"Chairman, we won yesterday...... secretary said beamingly. He had already glanced at it a few times, and the front pages of the major newspapers were talking about it.

"Okay, I'll take a look" Sa Zhenbing chose from the pile of newspapers, picked up a special issue of "China Daily" and looked at it.

I saw that on the front page of this special issue, the bright red characters of "Great Victory in the East China Sea" occupied half of the page. Below are a few lines of bold bold letters: The officers and men of our navy fought bravely and now completely annihilated the Japanese Combined Fleet

Sa Zhenbing's eyes suddenly became sour, his hands trembled, and he immediately began to read the detailed battle report below.

"In this battle, tens of thousands of officers and men of our glorious People's Navy fought hard all night and defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet at 1 a.m. today. In this battle, a total of 1o Japanese combat ships were sunk and captured, with a total tonnage of 48. 90,000 tons. Sinking and capturing 2 Japanese auxiliary vessels, with a total tonnage of 70,000 tons. Among them, 13 battleships, 2 armored cruisers, 17 protective cruisers, and 6 destroyers were sunk. Captured Japanese battleships, armored cruisers, protective cruisers, destroyers, captured 18 Japanese auxiliary ships. Not a single ship of our army was sunk in this battle, and only more than ten ships were slightly damaged......"

"The total number of Japanese naval personnel participating in this battle is more than 376o, more than 26o are dead or missing, and more than 776 are captured by our army. Our soldiers/people died honorably, and 2 were honorably wounded...... After this battle, the Japanese Combined Fleet no longer existed."

When he saw the last sentence, "After this battle, the Japanese Combined Fleet no longer exists", he could no longer hold back the surging emotions and burst into tears

After crying for more than ten minutes, Sa Zhenbing wiped his eyes and sighed: "The shame of Jiawu, I can't imagine that I can see this day in my lifetime" Saying that, he said to the driver: "Quick, go to the Navy Headquarters, I want to congratulate Commander-in-Chief Wang and express the gratitude of a veteran"

On this day, not only Sa Zhenbing, but almost all the Chinese people lost their temper in ecstasy. Those veterans who participated in the First Sino-Japanese War, especially the naval officers, were so excited that they burst into tears and could not help themselves. According to a State Council functionary, Vice Premier Yuan Shikai wept bitterly in his office that morning after receiving the news

Presidential palace.

Yesterday, Wen Deji watched the live broadcast in front of the screen for most of the night, and waited until the final confirmation of the big victory before going back to sleep, and didn't get up until three o'clock today

As soon as he entered the office, Gu Xiaolu handed him a stack of letters.

"What is it?" asked Wen Deji curiously.

"Petition ......" Gu Xiaolu said with a smile: "Mr. Wen, many former Beiyang Navy officers have asked to join the Navy of our Republic, and some older ones say that they themselves will not move the Navy, but they can still be sons and grandsons ......"

"Why do they want to join the army? Our army has regulations, let them go to the relevant departments, and do it according to the regulations, that is, I will not interfere in this matter...... Wen Desi waved his hand and put this matter aside. "Our army doesn't come and go when it wants. Since they used to dislike the bad conditions and were unwilling to do so, now they have to follow the rules."

To tell the truth, except for a few people in the Beiyang Navy, such as Sa Zhenbing and Xie Baozhang, the morality of the remaining people is really not flattering, and they can only engage in small circles, fighting insiders and fighting outsiders, and Wen Desi doesn't look down on them at all.

Originally, these guys thought that the CSD did not have naval talents, and that they would definitely be inseparable from building a navy, so they raised their own value one by one, asked for officials and money, and dragged them to no avail. How did he know that Wen Desi didn't pay attention to their Wang Po selling melons at all, and found someone to build a brand new navy by himself, so these people were dumbfounded. As a result, now seeing the new People's Navy defeat its former opponents, these people could no longer sit still, so they hurriedly pulled down their faces and prepared to rejoin.

"By the way, Xiaolu, let the people from the Military Commission come and prepare for today's regular meeting. Wen Deji commanded.

After a while, the people of the Military Commission arrived. Since the beginning of the war, the Military Commission has met every day.

"Xin Jie, how is the situation of the 6th Army now?" asked Wen Desi.

Chief of the General Staff Xin Jie said: "Mr. Wen, there is no longer any problem on the navy's side now, and now there is only the matter of the 6th Army." At present, the 6th Army on the Taiwan side has entered Taipei this morning and is currently fighting with the defenders in the streets. The progress in the direction of Taichung and Tainan is smooth. As for the direction of Penghu, the Japanese do not have a regular army here, only a number of security forces composed of local people, and now they have all taken ......"

“...... The situation in the eastern Liaodong direction is also relatively ideal, the Qingshuihe defense line has been overcome by us, and now the Jinzhou defense line is being attacked. Under our continuous artillery bombardment and air strikes, the living forces of the Japanese defenders suffered heavy losses. According to the plan, they were waiting for news from the navy, and there was no large-scale infantry attack, but now is the time."

"Regarding the North Korean direction, when we started the war, we sent special forces to seize the bridge over the Yalu River. As soon as the bridge fell into our hands, the 3rd Division and the 1st Pei crossed the river as soon as possible and attacked Pyongyang......"

"In addition, there are guerrillas that we have organized in Taiwan, and there are anti-Japanese forces in Korea that we support, and when we attack, they also cause trouble in the rear at the same time, causing great trouble for the Japanese army. ”

After listening to Xin Jie's report, Wen Desi pondered for a while, knocked on the table and said: "The Air Force should strengthen the bombing, can the production of bombers keep up?"

Air Force Commander Meng Shu hurriedly said: "Mr. Wen, there is no problem with the output of bombers, and there is no problem with logistics materials. But we are short of people now, we have enough planes now, but no one flies them. I ask the Military Commission to immediately recruit civilian pilots and let them undergo a few months of intensive training, at least there is no problem in flying bombers......"

Wen Deji nodded: "Well, that's a problem. Later, you will come up with a plan to mobilize civilian pilots. The country's aviation clubs have been in operation for several years, and now there are more than 20,000 junior pilots, and now it is time to play their role. ”

"Besides, Meng Shu, how is your air force going on with the plan to carry out an air attack on the Japanese mainland?"

Meng Shu replied: "Mr. Wen, our bombers do not have enough range, and if they take off from Shanghai, even if they add auxiliary fuel tanks, they can only bomb Kyushu Island." If you want to bomb Tokyo, you can only use large airships, but airships are slow and are greatly affected by the climate. And the climate during this time is not very stable, which is more dangerous for airships. Our meteorologists are studying and preparing to find a suitable time to send airships to bomb. ”

"Yes," he said. However, bombers can also be dispatched, even if they can only bomb Kyushu. Smash all the places that can be blown up by me, many Japanese factories are wooden buildings, and napalm is used a lot, and they are burned hard, and they must be bled well."

"Yes, Mr. Wen"

After the meeting, Wen Desi was just about to take a break when the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, came to the door.

"Hmph, what do they want? Is it ......too late to mediate?

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