West, Battle of the Somme.

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

At the beginning of February of the Old 10 years, with the withdrawal of some remnants of the Allied army from the battlefield, the largest battle in the West finally ended in the victory of the Entente. 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 confidence of the Entente was greatly increased by this war, and the countries finally used the last of their foundations to prepare for the defeat of the Central Powers. - At the time, the combat effectiveness of the Entente forces increased greatly, and all fronts switched to a counteroffensive. On the other hand, the Allied side not only lost the Battle of the Somme, but also suffered a large number of prisoners, countless losses in 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, which exacerbated the contradictions within Germany. Under these circumstances, the grass forces in Germany are developing rapidly, and the undercurrent is surging throughout Germany, and there is 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 all over the world, and the countries of the world did not react, but most of them knew that the world war was nearing its end, and the Allies could not hold out for long.

In the East, in the north of China

In a few months, China's political situation has finally stabilized completely, and the work of zhèng fǔ has also been on the right track.

Taking advantage of the rare stability in the whole country, Feng Shaoshuai finally decided to convene a national congress to prepare for the drafting of China's first complete constitution. He knew that no matter how great an individual's power was, there would always be a lost day, and only when there was an authoritative law could China survive in stability and 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 governed by the Qing Dynasty, and all the successive leaders have devoted themselves to serving the development of the United States. And the foundation of 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 zhèng fǔ, there has been its own legislature, but these laws are basically temporary laws formulated according to temporary situations, 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, Marshal Feng's order spread throughout the country, and representatives of all political parties, people, and all levels of society gathered 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 covenant law proposed by Sun Wen and the laws promulgated during the Republic of China, as well as the constitutions of the world's major countries. China's first constitution is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Newspapers across the country are nervously following the incident. 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 basis for the future zhèng fǔ to deal with – cut things**.

In the whole month, more than 2,000 people debated fiercely, and finally a total of 120 articles of the constitution were formulated. China's constitution in the true sense of the word is completely completed. 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 of China's laws.

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 Běi Jīng and began to organize criminal law, civil law, and public order litigation...... and so on – a list of laws related to people's livelihood. The whole city of Běi Jīng – a piece of liveliness. Because of the promulgation of the new constitution, people at all levels across the country have recognized a lot of běi jīngzhèng fǔ.

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 there really are 20 battles only — half more — points. In this way, the troops of the inkstone are considered to be many 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.

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

The Northeast Military Region, headquartered in Harbin, Heilongjiang, basically retains 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. It is mainly deployed to defend North Korea against attacks by Rì himself.

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. Supplementary troops, with a total strength of 600,000 troops, were deployed in vast areas such as Xīn Jiāng and Xī Zàng 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 Běi Jīng Military Region, a newly established military district, was mainly used to defend the security of the capital, with a total strength of 300,000 Wehrmacht and 100,000 SS.

In addition, in addition to the Zhengyan troops, China is also preparing to improve the reserve forces, forming the Wu Jǐng troops and the Jǐng Cha troops.

According to the plan, two million Wu Jǐng and a sufficient number of Jǐng Cha troops will be set up throughout the country. Pull the Zhengyan army out of the quagmire of maintaining local order.

The news of this military plan of the Wehrmacht headquarters soon leaked out. The first to be shaken was Rìmoto. Since the Sino-Chinese War, Rìben has spent a great deal of time focusing on 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 Zhengyan Army, two million Wu Jǐng troops, this is five million troops, which is a heavy pressure on Rì Ben. Especially in the three northeastern provinces, the National Defense Forces have set up two large military regions, and the total strength has reached a terrifying 800,000 troops. If it was before the Sino-Chinese War, even if the million-strong squadron was stationed in the northeast, it would not be in the eyes of Rì himself at all. But in the Sino-Chinese War, the Chinese Army has already proved their combat effectiveness with their great results. The brilliantly powerful Korean Army was directly defeated by the Chinese Army. Up to now, the commander of the North Korean Army has changed several times in a row, and the total strength of the North 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 training, and according to the observation of the North Korean Army, the size of the North Korean Army and the Central Army on the other side of the Yalu River have always wanted to spy on the strength of the Southeast Military Region, but they have not succeeded several times. On the contrary, the Southeast Military Region frequently knew about the dispute, and used attacks on North Korea to suppress the army, four times and three times, and no matter how good the soldiers of the army, they had no morale in shame.

Now that Rì has received China's accurate deployment of troops in the northeast, time has been much calmer. The so-called unknown is the most terrifying. Now that he knew the strength of the squadron, the Minister of War reported to the Emperor and the Ministry of War that the Korean army be expanded to 350,000 men. Although the battle between China and the army was defeated very badly, this only made the high-level of the squadron jealous of the combat effectiveness of the squadron, but they always disagreed that the squadron was better than the big army. After determining that China's Shenyang Military Region had only 400,000 men, they expanded it to 350,000, using a gap of 50,000 to preserve the self-esteem of the army.

The emperor accepted the offer. The military department took the opportunity to propose that the Great Inkstone be organized and trained to counter the possible threat from China. Youpeng, an old boy who had been silent in Shanxian County, came out this time with the help of the information of China's great inkstone expansion army, jumped up and down to encourage the expansion of the army, and vigorously propagated the idea of militarism, defining China as the biggest stumbling block to the 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 the unification of China, Gu Ben always seems to be a little lacking in confidence.

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

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