Marshal Chang Ruiqing, who was wearing a dark green uniform, sat on the sofa in the officer's room with his back to the door, holding Erlang's legs, and was asking Huang Baopei, secretary of the Nanyang Bureau, some questions about the work in Nanyang. Shi Jianfei and Feng Yundong came, and he didn't pay attention at all. However, Huang Baopei, who was facing the door, saw the two of them, so he took the initiative to say to Chang Ruiqing: "Bench, you still have guests here, do you want to talk about it another day?" ”

Chang Ruiqing turned his head to look in the direction of the door, and beckoned to a little girl in civilian clothes standing on the side. "Go and prepare two coffees." Then he said to Shi Jianfei and Feng Yundong: "You can sit casually, I still have some things to discuss with Secretary Huang, and you can listen to it, but you are not allowed to go outside to talk about it, you know?" ”

The two officers glanced at each other and said in unison, "The rank department understands." Then they each found a chair and sat down. At this time, the little girl had already brought two cups of coffee, put one in front of each of them, and then quietly walked to the side and waited for Chang Ruiqing's call again.

Chang Ruiqing and Huang Baopei's conversation continued, all about the nonviolent non-cooperation struggle in French Indochina.

“…… At present, the aim of the Socialist Party of Viet Nam's non-violent non-cooperation movement is autonomy. At a mass rally of the Socialist Party last month, Nguyen Pata declared: 'Autonomy within the empire if possible, and independence from the empire if necessary.' At the call of Nguyen Ai Nguyen, Phan Pei Zhu and others, the Vietnamese people are currently engaged in a large-scale strike, school boycott and market boycott, and a large number of Vietnamese working in the French colonial authorities have responded to the call and left their posts. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Baopei's eyebrows frowned slightly, as if he had something embarrassing to say.

"What's wrong? Phytophytically, what can't you say? Chang Ruiqing asked with a smile.

"The main problem is the Chinese, and according to the arrangements made by our Party's Nanyang Bureau and the Kuomintang Overseas Department, the overseas Chinese and Chinese in French Indochina basically did not take part in the non-violent struggle, but adopted the policy of cooperating with the colonial authorities. As a result, their relationship with the local indigenous people is more distant. Moreover, now the Socialist Party of Vietnam is also asking the Chinese and overseas Chinese to participate in the struggle. Chairman, do you think we're going to ......?"

"Ignore them." Chang Ruiqing took a sip of coffee. "It was the struggle of the Vietnamese. It's not our struggle, and there's no reason for the Chinese to participate. ”

"But recently, Vikingsky, the representative of GC International, secretly appeared in Tokyo (Hanoi), and it is said that he also met secretly with Nguyen Aiguo."

Chang Ruiqing gently turned the coffee cup in his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Do you know what they talked about?" ”

"I don't know. But I'm worried that GC International will have some kind of conspiracy against us...... Benching. Why don't we cancel our plan to stop at Saigon and go straight to Siam. ”

Chang Ruiqing drank coffee, his thick eyebrows gradually frowned, and he looked at Huang Baopei with squinted eyes. "The itinerary remains the same. You let our people sue Sù Nguyen Aiguo, they can accept the money from GC International, but they can't point the spearhead of the struggle at the Chinese. Otherwise, I would have taken the lives of all of them, and I would have paid the heaviest price for ordinary Annanes! As for that Vikingsky...... Finding someone to kill him can be regarded as a warning to the Vietnamese! ”

"Got it!" Huang Baopei's words have been finished. He stood up and prepared to take his leave. Chang Ruiqing asked him to stay, and then began to ask questions to the two naval and air force officers.

"What do you two most want from the Germans right now? Colonel Shi of the Air Force will speak first. ”

Shi Jianfei brought a Wen Jiàn bag with him, and when he heard Chang Ruiqing's question, he opened the Wen Jiàn bag and took out a stack of Wen Jiàn inside and handed it to Chang Ruiqing. "This is a plan for cooperation between the First Aircraft Factory and Germany, please take a look at it."

"Oh, that's what the Air Force wants?"

"No, what the Air Force wants most is a date for the start of war."

"At war? What do you mean......"

"World War II, that's what we want to know most about right now."

"Why?"

"Because aviation technology is advancing extremely fast. In about three or four years, a new generation of products will be released. So going to war in 10 years and going to war in 15 years will mean a huge difference for the Air Force, and the preparations will be completely different. ”

"So do you want to fight sooner or later?"

Shi Jianfei's peasant had a wry smile on his face, and he said, "Fight later." It is quite possible that aviation will become a decisive force on the battlefield, but this is not good news for our country, which has a weak industrial base! Because when any kind of emerging industry moves from the primary stage to the middle and advanced stage, the competition is the financial strength and the overall industrial technology level. In fact, in the past two years, there have been more and more industrial categories involved in aircraft manufacturing...... Another 10 to 15 years. If you want to get ahead in the aviation industry, you need to have a high level in almost all industrial categories. It's not an aircraft factory and some good engineers who can solve the problem. ”

"Overall industrial strength...... There is no shortcut, what a dilemma! ”

"Nope. It's not like that, there are still some shortcuts, if we can determine the approximate time of the start of the war, we can launch products according to this time, so that we can have a relatively advanced air force in the early stage of the war, and the value of industrial design is here. ”

"Well, it's good, it's a talent." Chang Ruiqing nodded with a smile, and said in his heart: "In this era, China still has some very good aviation engineers (which is very surprising), but unfortunately China in history has not been able to make good use of them for various reasons." He then asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"It's a little." Shi Jianfei said. "At present, among all the main parts of the aircraft, the manufacturing is the most difficult, and the fastest progress is the aircraft engine, considering the actual situation of China's industry, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have advanced aircraft engines in the future...... If we want to get a fighter with better performance, we can only start by reducing the weight of the fuselage, so we should find a way to get a thin and strong fuselage and wing materials. ”

"Is it aluminum? The Germans should be able to help us. Chang Ruiqing thought to himself, this is going to take the route of Japan's zero war, right?

"You can't use aluminum alloy completely, you also have to consider plywood and even textiles, and I'm worried that once the war is protracted, my country's aluminum production may not be able to keep up."

"Oh, I see." Chang Ruiqing thought about it and said. "What do you mean we should first determine the approximate time of the war, and at the same time cooperate with Germany to develop aviation engines, aluminum alloys, and plywood, right?"

"There is also pilot training to keep up, and the cost of training pilots is very high."

"Okay. I know it all. Chang Ruiqing saw that Shi Jianfei had nothing to say, and turned his gaze to Feng Yundong again. Smiled and asked, "What about the navy?" What does the Navy want? ”

"Enemy! The Navy now does not know who to fight with, Anglo-French? Japan? Or the USSR? Feng Yundong said thoughtfully. If there was a war with the Soviet Union, the navy would be of little use, and if there was to be a war with Britain and France, it would have to unite with Japan. If you want to fight Japan...... I think only submarine forces can play a role. Surface ships are not very valuable. ”

"Yiyuki, huh?" Chang Ruiqing took a sip of coffee and thought for a moment. "I can't answer your question right now, because the future is uncertain. Now I don't know who the enemy will be. He sighed softly and said with a wry smile, "If only I had a crystal ball that could predict the future, but unfortunately I don't, so I don't know where the future enemy is?" I don't know when the war will break out? By whom? Yizhi, what do you think about submarines? The Germans had a certain base in this. The Italians are not weak in this regard either, and I think we can develop submarines with them. You are the commander of the submarine forces, what kind of submarine do you want? ”

"Medium, ocean-going." Feng Yundong replied. "The main role of submarines is to break the war, and the main fleet of the sneak attack and ambush of the opponent can only do it occasionally, and it is unlikely to win the war by this tactic, so the development of China's submarines should still focus on breaking the war."

"Okay, that's all for today." Chang Ruiqing smiled with satisfaction, seemingly very satisfied with today's meeting. He said to the two officers: "When you go back, you will each write a report." Write out your views on the development of the Air Force and Navy and give it to Adjutant General Zheng. ”

Shi Jianfei and Feng Yundong stood up and saluted, and then left the officer's room with Huang Baopei. Chang Ruiqing also stood up and walked towards his bedroom. The little girl who had been standing in the officer's room, Sun Yuexun, followed him quietly with a slight frown......

……

Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. It was once the home of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for more than 260 years. After the Meiji Restoration, Emperor Meiji moved the capital of Japan from Kyoto on the shores of Lake Biwa in the middle of Honshu Island to Edo, and turned the Tokugawa family's castle into his own imperial palace.

And now. The nominal owner of this imperial palace, Kahito, who was later known as the "Taisho Emperor" by later historians, was completely unable to manage government affairs because of his brain-dead problems. The power of the emperor has actually fallen to the 20-year-old crown prince Hirohito. That is, in the hands of Emperor Showa, the last emperor of the future.

But now, the future Emperor Showa did not know the miserable life he was about to face, and he was sitting in a Japanese-style room in the palace, looking at the infamous "Tanaka Sonata" over and over again with an expression of excitement that could not be concealed.

Opposite him, kneeling sat an old man in his seventies and eighties, dressed in a crisp naval uniform, who was Hirohito's teacher, the president of the Tonomiya Imperial Academy, and the admiral Count Heihachiro Togo. The old earl was now babbling something to his good student.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... The strategy proposed in Prime Minister Tanaka's recital is to gamble on the fate of the empire! It's not a gamble, it's a gamble several times in a row! As long as you lose one bet, the Great Japanese Empire is over! Therefore, Your Highness must think twice before acting, and cannot act completely according to Tanaka's strategy, and His Highness's decision will have a bearing on the future of our Great Japanese Empire......"

Hirohito put down the music in his hand and listened carefully to what his teacher said for a while, then he showed an impatient expression, he waved his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Teacher, I know what you said, Tanaka Qing's music is indeed imperfect, but the general direction is still right." What an empire should seek is the leadership of the world, just like the British Empire! Isn't Britain also an island nation? The area of the mainland is not as large as that of the empire, and the population of the territory is not as large as that of the empire, so it has not led the world for hundreds of years? What Britain can do, the empire can do too! ”

Listening to the words of the future Mingjun, the old man complained to himself in his heart, uh, Prince Hirohito is the son of Amaterasu, or the grandson of the wise and martial Meiji Emperor, like this...... God. Of course, it can't be stupid, and now that my brain is so confused, it must be that I, the president of the East Palace Imperial Academy, have not fulfilled my responsibility to teach, and I am really ashamed of the emperors of the past dynasties!

"Your Highness, the shape of the world is very different from that of Britain when it rose in Europe...... "The old man decided to give Hirohito, the god, a good talk about the international shape. However, the future Emperor Xià interrupted in a calm voice: "Teacher, I know this. Therefore, the Imperial Kingdom could not act exactly according to Tanaka's arrangement. ”

"Your Highness is wise." The old man breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, he is a son of God, and he is still wise.

"It's right to deal with Britain first, the British Empire is already in the waning world, and it doesn't deserve to have such a large colony! The Great Japanese Empire should take Britain and become the master of the South Seas! ”

"Hey!" The old man nodded. This is Japan's current national policy, and he has no objection to it.

"But it would be inappropriate to fight the United States after fighting Britain."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The old man nodded vigorously, it seems that it is really Mingjun! The eternal foundation of the Great Japanese Empire is expected.

"After the capture of the South Seas. The Reich should unite with the Soviet Union to go to war with China! Hirohito said loudly. China now wants to unite with Germany, and this is a great matter! Because Germany has become a weak country after losing the European War...... Now that the Soviet Union has occupied East Prussia, which belongs to Germany, and Germany has only declared no war, this is the expression of weakness! It is said that German Defense Minister Adolf. Hitler was also preparing to build a Hitler line on the German border with Poland, which showed that they were ready to give up on retaking East Prussia! China's fight with the Soviet Union in order to unite with such a weak Germany gave the Reich a good opportunity to unite with the Soviet Union to inflict a heavy blow on China! The Empire must seize this opportunity, because there can only be one leader in Asia in the future, and that is the Great Japanese Empire! ”

Heihachiro Togo opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak for a long time, and finally squeezed out a few words with difficulty.

"The USSR was a GCIST state. They are against the emperor and the immortals, and His Highness must not believe them! ”

Hirohito waved his hand indifferently: "Of course we can't trust Red Russia!" We just want to take advantage of Red Russia! I have studied the doctrines of the Red Russians, who claim to be universal truths, and who also refer to any doctrine that is slightly different from what they advocate as heresy, and the doctrine of the Chinese GCD is heresy in their opinion. It is a heresy that must be eradicated once and for all! This is the same as the sectarian strife in Christendom back then, for the Pope, the Orthodox Church is no less of a threat than the Muslims, so it is entirely possible to destroy the Soviet Union! ”

Heihachiro Togo just sat stiff. Silent. And the inside of the room. The air slowly tightened. When he was speechless, the attendant outside suddenly walked in. Pinching his throat, he whispered in a Kyoto accent: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the ambassador of Red Russia to the Imperial Kingdom has asked to see His Highness, and is ready to officially submit an invitation to His Highness to visit Wèn." ”

Hirohito slowly stood up, his expression excited, and it was clear that he had made up his mind to visit the Soviet Union.

He walked to the door of the Japanese room, then turned around and said to Togo Heihachiro: "Teacher, there is still an undecided number of qiē, and what I just said is just a possibility...... I don't want a third person to know what I think. ”

Heihachiro Togo slowly knelt down and let out a soft hi, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, very tightly.

……

South China Sea, heavy cruiser Haitian.

The morning sun had just risen in the far east, drawing a white of a fish's belly in the gray sky in the distance. Chang Ruiqing is still sleeping in his cabin, last night was the first time he enjoyed a certain Lori, the girl was very well-behaved and obedient, and served our revolutionaries very well, and the two of them tossed for most of the night before they hugged each other and fell asleep. However, Sun Yuexun, who has become a little lover from a little Lori, was already dressed at this time, sitting at a desk in the cabin, personally using a code book to translate a secret telegram that had just been received - this was sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau to the Haitian, using a single set of passwords, and there was only one code book on the entire Haitian, which was personally controlled by Sun Yuexun!

The secret telegram was only half translated, and there was no blood on Sun Yuexun's sweet face, and the whole person seemed to be trembling slightly! Because Ren Yijiang reported some details of a huge conspiracy to Chang Ruiqing in this secret telegram, and this conspiracy was aimed at the Japanese imperial family! The Soviet secret services and the GC International had already colluded with the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Katayama, and they were ready to develop secret organizations in Japan to lead Japan to attack Britain, the United States and even China, and turn the Japanese military and civilians into cannon fodder for the Soviet Union's world revolutionary policy, and after Japan suffered a great deal of war suffering, they also planned to follow the example of the Russian revolutionaries in the later stages of World War I, incite the Japanese officers and soldiers who were dissatisfied with the status quo and the Japanese people to rise up in rebellion, overthrow the Japanese wartime government, and then hijack the emperor. Using the name and prestige of the emperor to carry out the Soviet revolution in Japan, and finally to completely eliminate the imperial family that had ruled Japan for more than 1,000 years, and turn Japan into a socialist country like the Soviet Union......