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West, Battle of the Somme.

This decisive battle has been going on for more than a month. The two sides have repeatedly fought over the area. At one point, the Battle of the Somme had three million troops, which is also very rare in the history of Western warfare.

In early February 1918, with the withdrawal of some remnants of the Allied forces from the battlefield, the largest battle in the West finally ended in the victory of the Allies. The Allies were eventually defeated because of troop and logistical problems. The number of Allied troops captured was as high as 500,000, and the number of war dead was even greater, and there was already a clear gap in the ratio of forces on the battlefield. The world war has taken a turn.

The Allies' confidence was greatly increased by this war, and the countries finally used the last of their foundations and prepared to defeat the Allies in one fell swoop. For a time, the combat effectiveness of the Entente forces increased greatly, and all fronts switched to counteroffensives. On the other hand, the Allies not only lost the Battle of the Somme, but also captured a large number of troops, lost countless weapons and ammunition, and most importantly, the defeat of the Battle of the Somme, which finally transferred the battlefield of the world war from France to Germany. In the attack of the million-strong army, although the German army performed remarkably, the overall front was constantly retreating. In order to sustain the war, the German Kaiser had to increase taxes within Germany and strive to increase the production capacity of the military-industrial complex, all of which exacerbated the contradictions within Germany. Under these circumstances, the revolutionary forces in Germany were developing rapidly, and the undercurrents within the whole of Germany were surging, and there was always a danger of eruption.

In the face of the advancing Allied forces, the German emperor finally felt the shadow of defeat. But Wilhelm II was a proud man, and he would not give up war no matter what. He ordered the General Staff to draw up a new battle plan, to prepare to concentrate German troops, to drive the Entente troops out of Germany, and even to think of the slogans propagated for the war.

The news of the end of the Battle of the Somme spread around the world, and the reactions of countries around the world were mixed, but most of them knew that the world war was nearing its end and that the Allies could not hold out for long.

Oriental, Beijing, China.

In a few months, China's political situation has finally stabilized a lot, and the government's work has been on the right track. Taking advantage of the rare stability in the country, Feng Shaoshuai finally decided to convene a national congress to prepare for the drafting of China's first complete constitution. He knows that no matter how great a person's power is, there will always be a day when it will be lost, and only with an authoritative law can China survive for a long time. The reason why the United States was able to defeat the old empires such as Britain, France and Germany and become a world superpower is that in addition to the geographical location of the United States far from the center of world disputes, several world wars have not affected the United States itself. The second is that the United States is in a clean and clean state, and the leaders of successive administrations have devoted themselves to serving the development of the United States. And the basis of all this is the supreme constitution of the United States. Neither the president of the United States nor the plutocracy dares to underestimate this constitution of the United States.

Feng Yong knew that he could also control the troops, because the troops only needed to suppress civil strife and defend the country from foreign insults. But it is not possible to govern the country by force alone. Therefore, at a very early stage he was thinking about the question of the Constitution. Since the time of the Northeast government, it has had its own legislature, but these laws are basically temporary laws formulated according to temporary circumstances, and there is a lack of a fixed and effective template. Therefore, taking advantage of the rare time of stability, Feng Yong finally decided to start drafting the constitution.

In a very short period of time, Major Marshal Feng's order spread throughout the country, and all political parties, democrats, and representatives of all levels of society gathered in Beijing at a very fast speed. The national congress brought together more than 2,000 people and was personally presided over by Major Marshal Feng. It is based on the provisional constitution proposed by Sun Wen and the laws promulgated during the Republic of China, as well as the constitutions of major democracies in the world. China's first constitution is proceeding in an orderly manner. ..., newspapers across the country are nervously following the matter. Every day, new constitutional provisions are enacted, which then spread throughout the country as quickly as possible. It can be said that all forces in China are paying attention to this constitution. Because this will be the basic law for the government to deal with everything in the future.

For a whole month, more than 2,000 people in a group of people debated fiercely, and finally a total of 121 articles of the constitution were formulated. China's first formal and democratic constitution in the true sense of the word will be considered to have been thoroughly formulated. It was suggested that it be named Feng Yong's Constitution, but Feng Yong refused. Feng Yong named it the Constitution of the Republic of China. and use it as the basis for all laws in China.

After the conclusion of the National Convention, the Constitution was bound and then distributed to the people's courts and procuratorates at all levels throughout the country. At the same time, a legislative committee was established in Beijing and began to sort out the criminal law, civil law, and public security procedure law...... and a series of laws related to people's livelihood. The whole city of Beijing is bustling. Because of the promulgation of the new constitution, people at all levels across the country have a lot of recognition of the Beijing government.

With the resolution of legal issues, Feng Yong finally put his mind on the reorganization of the National Defense Forces. At present, the field troops of the Wehrmacht and the local security forces together have more than 2 million people. But the real combat effectiveness is only a little more than half. A force of this magnitude is considered a large number of countries in the world. But China is too big, and it is a multi-ethnic country, and the internal situation is complicated. Suppression of localities requires a large number of troops, and the purpose of foreign warfare is also required, and the requirements for troops are even greater.

Regarding this matter, Feng Yong convened a high-level meeting of the national defense force to discuss the issue of restructuring the national defense force. In the end, the headquarters of the National Defense Forces made a decision, and the total strength of the regular army of the Chinese National Defense Forces was determined to be 3 million people, divided into eight military regions.

The Northeast Military Region, headquartered in Harbin, Heilongjiang, basically retains everything from the original Northeast Military Region, and is mainly deployed on the Sino-Russian border. With a total strength of 300,000 troops, they were scattered across the vast borders of Heilongjiang and eastern Mongolia.

Shenyang Military Region. With the former Southeast Military Region as the mainstay, the troops were expanded to a total strength of 400,000 troops. Mainly deployed to defend Korea against Japanese attacks.

The Northwest Military Region, with the former Northwest Military Region as the mainstay, expanded its troops, with a total strength of 300,000 troops, mainly deployed to defend the Mongolian steppes and suppressed on the Sino-Russian border.

Lanzhou Military Region. Mainly based on the original Western Military Region. Replenish the troops, with a total strength of 600,000 troops, and deploy defenses in Xinjiang, Tibet and other vast areas to suppress local rebellions and defend the territorial integrity of the country.

South-Western Military District. It is mainly based on the former Southwest Military Region, with its headquarters in Chengdu, with a total strength of 300,000 troops, mainly deployed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other border areas.

The Southeast Military Region, with its headquarters in Nanjing, is based on the former Northern Military Region and has a total strength of 400,000 troops, and is responsible for suppressing China's southeastern maritime frontier.

The Central Plains Military Region, mainly based on the former Southeast Military Region, is headquartered in Jinan, Shandong, with a total strength of 400,000 troops. Responsible for the suppression of the Central Plains.

The Beijing Military Region, a newly established military region, is mainly responsible for defending the security of the capital, with a total strength of 300,000 Wehrmacht and 100,000 SS.

In addition, in addition to the regular army, China is also preparing to improve the reserve force and establish an armed police force and a police force.

According to the plan, two million armed police officers and a sufficient number of police forces will be established throughout the country. Pull the regular army out of the quagmire of maintaining local order.

The news of this military plan of the Wehrmacht headquarters soon leaked out. Japan was the first to be shaken. Since the Sino-Japanese War, Japan has devoted a great deal of energy to the situation in China, especially the deployment and size of the Wehrmacht. This time, they sacrificed a spy who had managed to break into China's top echelons, and finally obtained this useful information.

Three million regular army and two million armed police force, that is, five million troops, is a heavy pressure on Japan. In particular, in the three northeastern provinces, the National Defense Forces have set up two large military regions, and the total strength of the national defense forces has reached a terrifying 800,000 troops. If it was before the Sino-Japanese War, even if a million Chinese troops were stationed in the northeast, it would not be in the eyes of the Japanese at all. But in the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Army had already proved their combat effectiveness with their great results. The Japanese and Korean Army, which flaunted its military might, was directly scrapped by the Chinese Army. It's been almost a year now. The Japanese have successively changed the commanders of the Korean army, and the total strength of the Korean army has expanded to more than 200,000 people, but it is difficult to return to the pre-war level of morale and equipment and training, and according to the observation of the Japanese army, the size of the Japanese Korean army is still not much different from that of the Chinese army on the other side of the Yalu River. Japan always wanted to spy on the strength of the Southeast Military District, but it was unsuccessful several times. On the contrary, the Southeast Military Region frequently knew about the disputes, and used attacks on Korea to suppress the Japanese Navy, four times or three times, and no matter how good the Japanese Army soldiers were, they had no morale in shame. …,

Now that Japan has received China's accurate deployment of troops in the northeast, it has been much more relaxed for a while. The so-called unknown is the most terrifying. Now that the strength of the Chinese army is known, Japan can also calmly arrange. The Japanese Minister of War reported to the Emperor and the Ministry of War that the Korean Army be expanded to 350,000 men. Although the Japanese army suffered a miserable defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, this only made the Japanese high-level jealous of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, but they always disagreed that the Chinese army was superior to the Imperial Japanese Army. After determining that China's Shenyang Military Region had only 400,000 men, they expanded it to 350,000, using the gap of 50,000 to preserve the self-esteem of the Japanese Army.

The emperor accepted the offer. The military department took the opportunity to propose a large-scale training of troops to counter the possible threat from China. This time, Yama Prefecture Youtomo, an old boy who had been silent, took advantage of the intelligence of China's large-scale military expansion to come out, jumped up and down to encourage Japan to expand its army, and vigorously propagated the idea of militarism, defining China as the biggest stumbling block to the Japanese Empire's hegemony in the world. The emperor did not immediately reply to the military department's proposal. Instead, I promised to think about it. The stakes are high, and at no time will an arms race bring good results. Compared with a unified China, Japan has always seemed a little lacking in confidence.

It wasn't until a piece of news came that the emperor made up his mind to expand the army!

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