First, it is an integral part of the process of industrialization. The more developed the public media, the faster the country's industrial development, the reason is very simple, because the development of industry will inevitably bring about the prosperity of commerce, and the prosperity of commerce is inseparable from the smooth flow of information, businessmen need to understand the latest business trends from newspapers and telegrams, and understand the most sought-after types of commodities in the market, so the more the industry progresses, the more developed the news and communication industry is.

As an ancient agrarian country, China's industrial process is extremely difficult, although it is difficult, but in the "four industrial development plan. Under the guidance of the four companies, through the hard work of the four companies, China's industry has indeed made great strides, light industry and heavy industry are developing rapidly, and the development speed of the news and communication industry is even faster.

Official news agencies and private newspapers constitute the main news and communication networks in China, and since the integration of the cable and wireless telegraph networks, the efficiency of communication has also become higher, and the progress of technology has made it possible for businessmen and industrialists to use advanced communication networks to spy on the latest business information, and among them, the most eye-catching is the securities exchange market;

Now, Wuhan, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin have established stock exchanges, under the supervision of relevant government agencies, these stock exchanges have created conditions for the prosperity of commerce, these securities trading institutions have affiliated newspapers, publish newspapers, specializing in reporting business news, generally speaking, publish at least one edition a day, when there is major news, additional publication at any time, so. If you want to stay up to date with the latest news, this small edition newspaper published by the stock exchange is the best choice.

Of course, the first copy of "They even grabbed the copper bowl!" In fact, the telegram was photographed in the morning, and by the afternoon, the news had already been published.

The news was accompanied by a solemn statement in the newspapers by Mr. President, who unceremoniously called the actions of the Japanese soldiers an "armed invasion" and threatened to reserve "the right to fight back."

As soon as the news came out. Lixuan quickly expanded the influence of this telegram to every corner of society, first the securities dealers learned the news, and then, ordinary businessmen learned the news, and that night. Even the coolies pulling the rickshaws learned of the Japanese border garrison's invasion of Chinese territory.

So, of course, when the stock market closed that afternoon, almost most of the stocks began to fall except for the stocks of military industry and some heavy industry enterprises, and businessmen knew that this news meant that tensions between China and Japan would further intensify, and the fear of war was realistic, and some companies that would be affected by the war were certainly not favored by speculators;

In order to maintain the normal order of the stock exchange, the local authorities had to mobilize a large number of police forces and ordered the stock exchange to close the day's business ahead of schedule, and the stock exchanges in various places closed their doors before dark.

Tianjin, Dongma Road Stock Exchange.

It is located in the east of the old county town of Tianjin, not far from the Haihe River, across the Haihe River and the Austro-Hungarian Concession and the Italian Concession on the other bank, and along the East Road all the way to the south, it is the Tianjin Japanese Concession.

A rickshaw passed by the East Road Stock Exchange, and the driver glanced at the closed gate, then picked up speed and continued to run south, while the passenger in the car also glanced at the stock exchange gate, and saw the policemen standing outside the door. He quickly retracted his head again.

The passenger on the rickshaw was not Chinese, but British, named Francis, although he was half French, but he was indeed a military attache of the British Consulate in China, who had previously spent time in Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other cities, and had just been transferred to Tianjin not long ago as a military attache of the British Consulate in Tianjin, but in fact, his task was to collect relevant intelligence about China, so he was actually a British spy.

Now Francis is dressed as a senior staff member of a foreign company, although the weather is very hot, but he still wears a top hat on his head, the bow tie on the collar is also very serious, and he only holds a folding fan in his hand, which looks like he is fanning the wind to ward off the heat, but in fact, there is a mystery in this folding fan.

The rickshaw soon approached the Japanese concession in Tianjin, and was stopped by Japanese soldiers at the intersection. After this happened, Japan strengthened the defenses of other concessions, on the one hand, to demonstrate to the central government of China, and on the other hand, to avoid any "unpleasantness" in the concessions again. , thus giving the Chinese an excuse that the Nihonbashi riot in Hankou did make the Japanese government very passive.

Francis took a passport out of his pocket and handed it to one of the Japanese sailors, who was obviously taken aback by the passport, so the rickshaw was quickly released and entered the Japanese concession in Tianjin, where it was pulled by the driver all the way to the vicinity of Haiguang Temple in the southeast corner of the concession.

Francis got out of the car, but instead of letting the driver leave, he told him to wait, and then he took the folding fan and went into a grocery store.

The shopkeeper of the grocery store was a Chinese man, but he still had a black braid on the back of his head, and when he saw Francis walk into the store, he greeted him warmly.

Francis took a casual look at the grocery store, then picked a folding fan, bought it, threw his original folding fan on the counter, and quickly turned around and left the grocery store.

After Francis left, the grocery store shopkeeper stood outside the door and looked at the piece, then walked back to the store, put away the folding fan that Francis had thrown down, and after half an hour, he put the folding fan in his sleeve, closed the door, hurried to the street, called a rickshaw, and then told the coachman to go straight to the Japanese consulate.

Entering the Japanese consulate in Tianjin, the shopkeeper handed the folding fan to a Japanese military attaché, took a few bills from his right hand, and then left the consulate in a hurry.

The Japanese military attache took the folding fan to the confidential room, unfolded the folding fan, picked up a glass bottle, and poured the potion inside; Second, sprinkle it and then bake the back of the fan with a candle, quickly. Some words appeared on the original fan, but they were all passwords, and the military attache quickly copied down the passwords, and then took out the code book for diagnosis.

Wait for the contents of the password to be revealed. The Japanese military attache hurried to the telegraph room and gave the order to the telegraph operator.

"Immediately send a telegram to the staff headquarters. Tell me: Today, seven more fully loaded military trains sailed out of Shanhaiguan, five of which were destined for Shenyang and the other two destined for Jinzhou, and the military trains bound for Jinzhou were loaded with munitions and heavy radiation, mainly large-caliber artillery shells, and the military trains bound for Shenyang were loaded with Chinese troops, including about 5,000 Revolutionary Guards and about 20,000 National Defense Force troops. The number is as follows: "

The contents of this coded telegram were very detailed, and the numbers of the troops transferred by China outside the customs were almost accurate to the division, and it was impossible to obtain such detailed information by relying only on Japan's spy network; as Japan's allies and the leader of the Entente bloc, Britain's spy network in China was also pervasive, and the result of the close cooperation between the intelligence organs of the two countries was a steady stream of telegrams sent to the Japanese General Staff Headquarters.

Although China's counterintelligence department has worked very efficiently, it is indeed impossible to crack all these foreign spy networks in such an era when the country's doors are open and the social situation is complicated. More importantly, this. Not all of the country's citizens are patriots, and some national scum also play an important role in it.

But even so, Japan could not stop the war from getting closer and closer, as a rising country. China will never be deterred by a few national scum, and China's patriots will demonstrate their determination with their actions, and this determination will by no means be blocked by a few coded telegrams from Japanese spies.

At the same time that the Japanese consulate was busy reporting relevant information to China, it was in the presidential palace in Beijing. A serious military meeting was held in the war room on the second basement floor of the Commander's Hall. The meeting was attended by all prominent figures in China's military circles, and it was President Zhao Bei who presided over the meeting.

"For now. Our army's front-line troops have all been deployed, just like, according to the battle plan, "once the war starts, the first army will carry out a strategic detour as a feint force, and after the Japanese army is fooled, the second, third, fourth, and fifth armies will be carried out in accordance with the predetermined combat plan, as the backbone of this operation, the armored forces will practice large-scale armored group operations for the first time on the battlefield, taking into account the lack of experience, the first attack will only dispatch part of the armored forces."

The Army's actions are only one component of military operations, and although the Navy is insufficient, the Navy must take the initiative to harass Japan's sea lines in the current situation. Attract the attention of the Japanese Combined Fleet and cover the actions of the Army on the Liaodong Peninsula. At the same time, as an important combat force in this campaign, the air force units will be the first to attack! The campaign, codenamed "Zhangde Exercise."

Lan Tianwei stood under the light bulb. Holding the whip, pointing to the huge military map on the wall, he emphasized several strategic points of the war against Japan again After all, it was a big war, most people were still a little nervous, Lan Tianwei's face was gloomy, as long as he glanced at his face, everyone here knew that the "blue wall" during the decisive battle in southern Henan was the year. It's back again.

After Lan Tianwei finished introducing the strategic priorities, the war room was quiet, and everyone looked at Zhao Bei.

Zhao Bei stood up and looked up at the wall clock on the wall. It was only seven o'clock in the evening, and it was still very early before the attack was launched.

"That's it, folks, now that the meeting is over, you should rush to the train station. The special train can depart at any time as fast as possible. You will arrive in Jinzhou before dawn, and by that time, perhaps Wu Luzhen has already given the order for the army to attack. You go over there and do your errands, and here, I'll do a good job here. ”

Wu Luzhen is the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in this war against Japan, and Lan Tianwei is the chief of staff, and in his staff department is the top military talents in the Chinese military circles, once the staff is moved to Jinzhou, then only Cai Crocodile and Zhang Xiaozhun are the senior military advisers around Zhao Bei.

As soon as the president gave the military order, everyone present stood up, gave a command, stood up and saluted, and then rushed out, no one looked back, they knew that it was up to them whether China could rise in World War I.

Only Cai was stunned and didn't leave, and when everyone else left, he complained a few words.

"I knew that I didn't have my share in this war, so I went to Germany to see a doctor."

Zhao Bei smiled bitterly, glanced at Cai Leng, and said, "Songpo, it is precisely because of your poor health that I deliberately kept you by my side." After this battle, I will send you to a foreign country for recuperation with public funds, of course, I am afraid that Germany will not be able to go, look at the current situation, Europe is about to fight, it is not safe to go to Germany, it is better to go to the United States, you and Huang Keqiang go together, so there is one, companion. In addition, it is not idle for you to stay in the center, and people in the Northeast are panicking. At such a time, who can guarantee that there will be no problems in the south? With you by my side as a consultant, I can also command Ruoding, in terms of strategy, you may be a little worse than me, but in terms of tactics, you are my teacher. ”

Cai Mu smiled and said, "It's just a joke, it's just a joke." Now that the state affairs are busy, where do I have time to go to a foreign country for recuperation? By the way, the Air Force, do you want to send a telegram over and ask? After all, it was the first time that such a large-scale air force had been dispatched, and I was in a panic. ”

"Rest assured. In my opinion, our Chinese Air Force is now probably enough to be proud of the world, this battle, we just want the Air Force to play a lottery first, so that the great powers can see, our Air Force will not only pull colored smoke in the sky, our Air Force is a brand-new strategic force, now, due to technological limitations, the Air Force can not really dominate the direction of the war, but in the future, we must put the Air Force construction before all branches of the military, the Navy is not good, we will make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, If we put limited funds and talents on emerging military technology, China will surely become an air force power in the future! ”

Zhao Bei is very confident in the air force, and he also believes that this war against Japan will be carried out. The Air Force will definitely achieve a good record.