Due to the postponement of the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese regent Hirohito, the invited guests were postponed for two months, and Wang Maoru did not visit Japan until after the Chinese New Year. Therefore, Wang Maoru did not need to postpone the year-end summary meeting of the National Defense Forces, and each military region sent representatives or military commanders directly to Beijing to attend the meeting.

Beijing was also lively for a while, and even so, under the admonition of the commander of the military police, He Anding, the generals did not ostentatiously pass through the city, and everyone seemed very low-key. If a few years ago, this military conference was the Eight Hutong Meeting, but after Wang Maoru led the army, the army had a new look. Some people who have houses in Beijing have families and go home, and those who do not have homes live in the guest houses of the Wehrmacht. Wearing civilian clothes to go to the Bada Hutong is not a violation of military law, and the gendarmes also turn a blind eye, the male hormones of the soldiers are strong, and no one will really abstain, as long as there is no major incident. Officers from all over the country arrived in Beijing one after another, and the big teapots of the brothels in the Qinglou brothels in the big alleys and the Beijing gentlemen who often played in the Beijing alleys were also very sharp-eyed.

Under Wang Maoru's nomination, Wu Peifu will be awarded the first rank of marshal by leapfrogging. Wu Peifu guarded Outer Mongolia and the northwest region, expanded his territory of one million square kilometers outward, and severely cracked down on separatists internally. In addition, in the declaration of the 99 nationalities, Wang Mao ordered Wu Peifu to recover the northern part of the Tangnu-Ulianghai Sea and push the northern territory directly to Lake Baikal. It just meets the standard set by Wang Maoru, that is, only those who have recovered the land have the ability to be in charge.

Therefore, Wu Peifu also hurried back from Outer Mongolia, but heard that he was the only one who was awarded the rank of marshal. Moreover, after being directly awarded the rank of general (general), Wu Peifu said after thinking for a long time that he could not accept it unless Wang Maoru was also promoted to marshal, and took Wang Maoru's recovery of the Eastern Railway and Jiangdong 64tun as the basis.

In fact, this is also the advice of Wu Peifu's staff, originally Lao Wu was ready to accept it without going to Leng Deng, and his chief staff Bai Jianwu said: "Xiushuai accepts it like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue in the future." The commander of the National Defense Forces, General Wang, is still a general, if you are a marshal, you have the courage to accept this rank. Who is the commander of the Wehrmacht in the future? Is it Mr. Wang or Yushuai? It must be known that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and among many generals, it has long been determined that there is only one Xiu Shuai in the National Defense Army, and Yu Shuai will be squeezed out by all parties at that time. Even the Xuanwu Legion will have people who are dissatisfied. ”

Wu Peifu was quite disappointed by this, and said regretfully: "So I can't take it?" ”

Bai Jianwu smiled and said: "Yushuai's credit is here, if you want to take it, it's okay, but you can't take it alone." Chief Wang is not a marshal. It's better to be Yu Shuai, you jointly recommended General Wang to become the first marshal. In this way, you can afford to sit on the wèizhì of this marshal, and this move should not arouse the envy of the other commanders. ”

Wu Peifu thought about it, and was really unwilling to give up the opportunity to be the commander, the marshal of the national defense force was completely different from his own self-appointed marshal and the title of marshal in the Beiyang government. The Wehrmacht is extremely strict, in addition to military exploits, the most important thing must be to open up territory for the country or recover territory, if he Wu Peifu becomes a marshal, he will naturally go down in history, how can he miss it.

Wu Peifu is not a saint. In the face of a good name, how can you give up so much. Staff member Zhang Qihuang told Wu Peifu that it was best to leave this joint matter to Liu Zhe. Yushuai, you are originally a direct representative, if you co-brand, it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of concatenation, if it is contacted by Liu Zhe, it will naturally be solved.

Wu Peifu felt that Zhang Qihuang's words were reasonable, didn't he see Tang Jiyao, the commander of the Nine-Infant Legion of the 13th Army, the boss of the Yunnan family, was arranged to garrison in Shaanxi Qingning because of his secret conspiracy with his subordinates, and the power of his subordinates was also overshadowed by the chief of staff You Shuqun (the former logistics chief of the White Tiger Legion of the First Army). The Wehrmacht's punishment of people is never in person, they are all knives behind their backs, and because of the presence of the backbone Wang Maoru, the Hulun Department of the Wehrmacht (the old foundation officer of the Wehrmacht) is particularly united. In order to avoid suspicion, Wu Peifu sent Zhang Qiqi to immediately find Liu Zhe, the chief of staff, and recommended Wang Maoru to Liu Zhejian as the first marshal of the National Defense Forces.

Liu Zhe is Wang Maoru's hardcore comrade-in-arms and in-laws of his children, and after thinking about it, he touched his chin and said that this matter was feasible. After Wang Maoru became the commander, other officers dared to further improve their ranks, and now Wang Maoru is a general, and the other officers are the highest generals, and they don't know when they will be promoted. After Liu Zhe figured it out, he naturally supported Wang Maoru's promotion to marshal, and he immediately contacted Gong Xiaoqi, Ren Yuanxing, Li Pinxian, Wei Dongling, and the sick Mao Ziping, as well as Li Delin and He Rufei and other officers, hoping to support Wang Maoru's promotion to generalissimo, on the grounds that Wang Maoru recovered the Eastern Railway and Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun.

Wang Maoru learned of the wishes of his subordinates, and after thinking about it, he shook his head and refused, the recovery of Jiangdong Sixty-four Tun and the Eastern Railway was the credit of his subordinates, and he couldn't take this from himself. Jiang Fangzhen was amazed when he heard Wang Maoru's refusal to be the commander, and dared to talk about the fact that it was inappropriate to skip the rank and confer the title, and it was reasonable to confer the title on Wu Peifu with the rank of general, and then confer on him the rank of marshal in a few years, otherwise Wu Peifu would have no fighting spirit when he reached the top level.

Because Wang Maoru refused to accept the rank of marshal, naturally, Wu Peifu was embarrassed to accept the title, but Wu Peifu was extremely angry when he learned that it was Jiang Fangzhen who prevented him from the rank of marshal, which also laid the groundwork for the future conflict between Jiang and Wu.

At the time, the rank of general was also awarded to the rank of general Sa Zhenbing, deputy chief of the coast guard, Liu Guanxiong, chief of the coast guard, Lu Rongting, commander of the Phoenix Regiment, Zhang Zuolin, commander of the Phoenix Regiment, Gai Tianjiu, commander of the Ghost Car Regiment, Tang Jiyao, commander of the Nine Infant Regiment, and Chen Jiongming, commander of the Jiaolong Regiment.

In fact, judging from the awards of Sa Zhenbing, except for Wang Maoru, all the ranks of the national defense forces have a common characteristic, that is, age, among them, the youngest Chen Jiongming is 45 years old, Gai Tianjiu is 55 years old, Sa Zhenbing is 63 years old, Zhang Zuolin is 47 years old, Liu Guanxiong is 61 years old, and Lu Rongting is 63 years old. It can be said that this time the award is not based on military merit and military age, but on age, and the three veterans are actually the highest in terms of military rank to general, as for Gai Tianjiu, who is not capable of commanding the large corps to fight because of his ability, it is impossible for him to be promoted to marshal. In this list, except for Wu Peifu, who is not satisfied, everyone else is very satisfied, especially Chen Jiongming, who has become a national general from a small local warlord, isn't it majestic.

At the year-end meeting, in addition to conferring titles on veteran generals, the responsible persons of each corps also reported on the progress of the reorganization of the national defense forces, of which the four corps in the five northeastern provinces (Heiji, Liao, and Nudong) have been reorganized, and the Qilin Legion, Zhao Zengfu, the Phoenix Legion, Zhang Zuolin, and the Xuanwu Legion, Wu Peifu, have been completely reorganized, and the reorganization of the remaining legions will take another year to complete.

Since the reorganization has not yet been completed, there are now 1.13 million army personnel in the country, and another 230,000 people need to be laid off or resettled. However, Wang Maoru had already had an idea, these 230,000 people are actually the best way to go out of the Western Regions, and after the 230,000 Han soldiers enter the Western Regions, it will greatly strengthen the Han blood in the Western Regions. After these people are stationed in the Western Regions, it is believed that they will also become the most powerful Han people, and they will be allowed to be armed with guns, serving the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. The disappearance of the Han people's martial jīngshén began with the prohibition of carrying sword weapons, although the ban on carrying swords ensured everyone's safety, but it also castrated the Han people's martial jīngshén.

In addition, the total expenditure of the National Defense Force in the Republic of China for 10 years has also been calculated, and the total expenditure for the whole year is 430 million silver dollars, but the National Defense Force's own anti-smoking bureau and other departments have also made a lot of money, and the actual expenditure is only 250 million silver dollars. Of course, these 250 million silver dollars are already very large, and if it were not supported by loans from the United States and Japan, it would certainly not have been able to support it, and only the Wehrmacht would have been able to impoverish the country.

Of course, the Wehrmacht does not spend so much money, and last year the Wehrmacht's gray income was largely offset by military spending, and a very important link was the issuance of land vouchers for terra nullius and land that had not been cultivated for many years in the process of reunification. This land certificate is different from the land deed, which is the property right of only a certain piece of land, but the land certificate means that you can take this land coupon and reclaim it on the terra nullius, and then use the land coupon to exchange for the land deed. The soldiers' interest in land bills is obviously higher than that of silver dollars, after all, silver dollars can be spent, but this acre of land can be left to future generations forever, and they would rather have all land bills than RMB silver dollars.

In addition, because the Republic of China 10 years of the national defense force belongs to the year of construction, so many places have a lot of expenses, the introduction of land bonds to serve as military expenses is really a last resort, I believe that the Republic of China 11 years of financial will not be so tight, and the introduction of the concept of land bonds He Rufei is also valued by Wang Maoru.

After the meeting, Wang Maoru hosted a banquet for the officers, and arranged the itinerary for the 11th year of the Republic of China, the most important thing for the National Defense Force in the 11th year of the Republic of China is two things, the first thing is to prepare for the war against Russia in the Western Regions, and the second thing is that Wang Maoru will inspect the whole ** region, and I hope that all military regions can prepare in time. When Liu Zhe was leaving, he said to Wang Maoru: "Xiu Shuai is not handsome, everyone has no chance, and Xiu Shuai needs to be handsome quickly, the brothers are looking forward to this day." Wang Maoru smiled and sent him to the airport.