Nanjing, Tangshan.

After being elected as the premier of the Great China Federation, Tangshan became the gathering place of the central organs of the federation, and the prime minister's office, various cabinet ministries, as well as the two houses of political participation and legislation were all moved from Nanjing to Tangshan, and only Duan Qirui's presidential palace was located in the original presidential palace of the national government in Nanjing. Moreover, the original habit of going to Shanghai for weekends by members of various ministries of the central government has also quietly changed after Chang Ruiqing became premier, and this democratically elected cabinet premier is a typical example of diligent in government affairs, even on Sundays when all departments are on holiday, the prime minister's office is still open as usual, and from time to time he will call all ministers to the prime minister's office for meetings. For example, today, November 7, 1925, Vice Premier Zhang Junmao, Director of the State Planning Commission Yan Xishan, Minister of Heavy Industry Kong Xiangxi, Minister of Armaments Jiang Baili and four others received a telephone call from Chen Cheng, secretary general of the Prime Minister's Office, early in the morning, and immediately rushed over. As soon as the four of them walked into the prime minister's office, they saw that Zhang Guotao had already arrived there one step earlier, and handed a thick stack of Wen Jiàn to Chang Ruiqing.

"Mr. Junmai, Mr. Baichuan, Mr. Yongzhi, Mr. Baili, you are all here, sit down." After Chang Ruiqing beckoned the three of them to sit down, he looked at Wen Jiàn to himself.

The three ministerial-level cadres of the federal government are all guessing, I am afraid that they came here early this morning because of this stack of papers, right? I don't know what it is, but looking at the people present, I can probably guess that the content of the article must be related to the construction of heavy industry.

"Kaiyin, what's it?" After waiting for a long time and not seeing Chang Ruiqing finish reading the article, Zhang Junmai couldn't help but ask Zhang Guotao in a low voice.

"Report of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR on the work of the economy for 1924. It's a classified version, not something that is made public in Pravda. Zhang Guotao replied triumphantly. Although this information was given by Katayama, chairman of Japan's GCD, the credit must always be credited to him, the director of intelligence. According to the report. The first five-year plan of the Soviet Union is now more than half of the time, the task is more than half completed, and the more than 1,000 factories to be built in the plan have all started, of which 20% have been completed, and the remaining 80% can be completed within three years! These projects are mainly concentrated in heavy industries such as machinery manufacturing, military industry, iron and steel, automobiles, tractors, petroleum and petrochemicals, in addition to precision manufacturing and chemical industry, which are also developing rapidly with the help of East German and American technicians.

According to the USSR State Economic Planning Committee's own prospects, wait until their first five-year plan was fully completed. The total value of industrial output in the USSR will be 1.4 times higher than before the war, and heavy industry will increase by 150%! 200% increase in power generation! The total industrial output will be close to that of France, making it the fourth largest industrial country in the world.

The Soviets also noted in the report. After the end of the Persian War, the blockade of the Soviet Union by the imperialist countries was over. The Soviet Union will have easier access to advanced industrial technology and equipment, so in the Second Five-Year Plan, the Soviet Union's industrial construction will be even more successful. It was expected to be by 1935. The USSR will become the second largest industrial country in the world after the United States! ”

"Second only to the United States!" Zhang Junmai gasped.

He has been a vice premier of the Government Council since the time when Chen Duxiu was prime minister, and he is actually in charge of the country's economic work, and he is still so. Therefore, if you know the development of China's economy, especially heavy industry, you can also calculate what China's total industrial production value was in 1935, and you can also know what the concept of the world's second largest industrial country is.

And he originally thought that China's industrial growth rate was already the highest in the world, but he did not expect that the Soviet Union would still achieve an industrial growth rate no less than China's when it was almost blocked by the whole world! And now. The imperialist blockade of the USSR has been broken in the coming years. The heavy industry of the red empire is afraid that China will be left far behind!

Zhang Guotao smiled bitterly and continued: "We have also received information that in the future, there will also be a division of labor between the Soviet Union and Japan's army construction, and the Soviet Union will focus on building the world's strongest army, especially cavalry and armored troops, in addition to the development of the naval submarine force. Japan, on the other hand, will focus on developing its navy and strive to build the world's most powerful naval fleet in two four-year plans. ”

Well, the Soviet Union in the northwest has the strongest army in the world, and Japan in the east is preparing to build the world's strongest navy.

However, Chang Ruiqing didn't show any worried expression on his face, and glanced at everyone when he closed the sentence: "That's the thing, Kaiyin has already told everyone, we have two strong rivals, the Soviet Union and Japan." But we still have a lot of friends, Germany, England, France and Italy are all friends, so don't worry too much. As for inviting you here today, I want to discuss with you the issue of the Second Five-Year Plan. The First Five-Year Plan will come to an end next year, and we have made great achievements, although the number of factories built is not as large as in the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union is walking on one leg, and only the state invests. We have hundreds of factories invested by the state, thousands of factories (most of which are small factories) invested by the private sector, and foreign investment of more than $100 million per year. Therefore, our industrial growth rate is also very fast, starting from the Second Five-Year Plan, we should further accelerate it, and strive to surpass Britain and France by 1935 and become the fourth industrialized power in the world after the United States, the Soviet Union, and Germany. In this way, we don't need to be afraid of the Soviet Union, whose strength is pinned down, and as for Japan's world's strongest navy, we don't need to be afraid, because our army is far superior to Japan's, and their navy can't go ashore. ”

"Japan's goal in building the world's largest navy is to go south, right?" Yan Xishan graduated from a Japanese non-commissioned officer and still had some military experience, so he touched his nonsense and said: "Why didn't Trotsky let Japan focus on developing the army, and then the Japanese and Soviet Union would deal with us first?" ”

"Because we also have a small naval development plan," Chang Ruiqing said with a smile: "Three 27,000-ton aircraft carriers, six 25,000-ton capital ships, hundreds of submarines and hundreds of naval combat aircraft." Without the protection of a sizable navy, the Japanese Army could not even do without the mainland. So Trotsky simply ordered Japan to develop its navy so that it could be used in the future to liberate the people of Australia and the Americas! ”

This half-joking sentence came out. The atmosphere at the scene suddenly relaxed a lot. Jiang Baili smiled and asked, "Chairman of the Committee, what projects should we focus on in the Second Five-Year Plan?" If you want to maintain the Continental Army and the Navy, I am afraid that the military spending will be insufficient, right? ”

"Rest assured, money will never be an issue before the world war." Chang Ruiqing still looks like he is in the chest, "But there is no need to develop a large navy and a large army at the same time, the scale of the navy is like this." Three aircraft carriers plus six capital ships...... The Second Five-Year Plan will focus on machinery, tractors, trucks, special alloys, and the aviation industry. In particular, the two projects of the expansion of the Central No. 1 Aircraft Factory and the Volkswagen Tractor Company will be the top priorities of the armament industry in the Second Five-Year Plan. ”

"Mr. Baichuan. Mr. Yongzhi, the First Five-Year Plan is subject to the shortage of engineering and technical personnel and skilled workers, and the pace of development is slow, but now this bottleneck no longer exists. Therefore, the pace of heavy industry and infrastructure construction in the Second Five-Year Plan can be accelerated. Construction funds can also be raised in many ways......"

"Mr. Junmai, starting from the Second Five-Year Plan, we should increase our efforts to attract foreign investment, not only to attract foreign direct investment, but also to find ways to attract foreign indirect investment, such as issuing stocks, bonds or syndicated loans to foreign investors. However, the bonds should be issued as long-term as possible, and the term of the syndicated loan should be as long as possible, with the shortest not less than 10 years. And also. The Central Bank was instructed to complete the sale of all silver stocks by October 1929. All silver in stock is converted into gold or US dollars. By the way, all arrears of barter trade should be settled in material by October 1929 as far as possible......"

The October 1929 in Chang Ruiqing's mouth is, of course, the day when the famous "Great Depression" began in history, and it is also the thing he is most worried about at the moment. Because he does not know how much of an adverse impact this historical catastrophe of the capitalist world will have on China, which has already embarked on the fast track of capitalist development? And all he can do now is to take precautions and minimize the losses that China will suffer in this crisis. As for the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob the United States to get a vote, Chang Ruiqing didn't dare to imagine it at all, because the history of this world has completely changed, who knows when the Yankees' financial crisis will happen?

Perhaps, it can happen a few years later, and have a direct intimate contact with the Second World War, which started earlier.

……

At this time, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, was shrouded in a drizzling rain, and on a slightly wet street in Asakusa Town, an unmarked car was quietly parked there, and suddenly, two figures quietly walked out of the side door of a mansion with the Takeda family brand on the side of the street, and got directly into the car.

"Let's go." As soon as Takeda Heng's ass sat on the chair, he spoke.

A middle-aged man in a Japanese Red Army uniform asked from the driver's seat, "Sir, madam, where are you going?" ”

Takeda Hiroshi said: "Go to the Red Army Club in Miyakesaka." As he spoke, he smiled at a kimono beauty beside him: "Cai, a batch of fabrics woven by Nishijin from the Red Army Club, as well as French cosmetics, have arrived, go see if you like anything, okay?" ”

"Hello, thank you, husband." Aya Takeda (Nobuyoshi Muto's daughter) bowed slightly to her husband, a happy smile on her face. Unlike the daughters of peasant families who were sold to Nanyang during this period, the wife of the General Political Commissar of the Japanese Red Army has always lived in heaven! The Red Army club she was going to was not something that a casual Red Army soldier could walk into. In fact, it is a complex of the most exclusive stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues in the whole of Japan, and only Japanese GCD or Japanese Red Army cadres at or above the ministerial level are qualified to go there to consume goods or services that money cannot buy.

The motor rumbled, and the black sedan sped forward, its wheels running over puddles in the street, and water splashing on a few pedestrians with umbrellas, but no one dared to show the slightest displeasure. On the corner of the street, several "security guards" in yellow uniforms and blue hats were talking in a whisper, and soon one of them ran to a post office on the side of the street to call his superiors to report, while the other two got on their bicycles and followed Takeda's car far behind. They were all people who were directly subordinate to Katayama's Central Security Bureau, and were specifically responsible for monitoring high-ranking Party and Red Army cadres living in Asakusa Town.

"Why do these people keep staring at us? Isn't Fujun the General Political Commissar of the Red Army? Can't you give an order to them to stop staring? ”

Takeda Heng smiled slightly, and a chill appeared in his eyes: "Let them stare at it." They won't be able to keep an eye on it for long anyway. ”

The car stopped in Miyazaka, and a light rain was still falling in the air, and Takeda got out of the car and walked with his wife, Asai, holding an umbrella, to a building with a sign of the Red Army Club.

This Red Army Club was renovated from the original Japanese Army Officers' Club, next to the former Army Ministry building and the current Labor and Defense Committee Building. It was a place for the consumption and entertainment of the Japanese G and the senior cadres of the Japanese Red Army in Tokyo, and there were not too many such people in Tokyo, so the club seemed deserted at this time. Walking into the specialty shop on the first floor of the club building, you can only see a few beautifully dressed women selecting goods in front of a dazzling array of containers.

Takeda Heng held his wife's jade hand. Walking around the store casually, he smiled at his wife and said, "There are really a lot of good things, Ah Cai." You choose slowly, shall I go to the third floor and sit down first? "The third floor of the club was a venue for geisha performances, and after the victory of the Japanese Revolution, the ancient profession of geisha was largely outlawed. Only in this special place dedicated to the service of high-ranking cadres of the Japanese and Japanese Red Army. There are also geisha performances and services. And the geisha in this Red Army club in Miyake Saka are, of course, the best of the best.

"Hay." Japanese women in this era are extremely obedient to their husbands, even Muto Aya Muto, who was born in the general's door, is no exception, although she doesn't want her husband to have an affair with other women, but she doesn't dare to show it on the surface.

……

There was a soft bang, and the two paper doors closed together. Takeda stood with his hands in his hands, squinting at the Chinese-style room, with a round mahogany table in the middle. There is also a large space around it for all kinds of delicate ornaments. The round table is extremely wide. It was enough to sit a dozen people, but at this time, only Yasuo Yasuda was sitting.

Yasuo Yasuda is a regular at this club, and he claims to dedicate his whole life and energy to the cause of human liberation, so he is nearly thirty years old and has not yet started a family, but he has a leg with all the geisha here. Now seeing Takeda come in, two cold lights bloomed in those somewhat gloomy eyes, looking directly at Takeda Heng's face, and after a while, he spoke:

"Takeda-kun, do you have any high opinions about coming here today?"

Takeda Heng did not immediately say his intentions, but carefully observed the other party's expression, Trotsky's handwritten letter Yasuda must have read it, but did not show that he was ready to take refuge in himself, but quietly went to the appointment, it seems that it is not easy to find out the attitude of this spy leader.

Takeda sat down on the other side of the mahogany round table. Looking at Yasuda on the other side, he smiled and said, "Yasuda-kun, have you ever read Comrade Trotsky's letter?" ”

"I've already seen it." Yasuo Yasuda sighed, looking at Takeda Heng's grim face, he couldn't help but shake his head, "Isn't Takeda-kun still dissatisfied with today's status?" Chairman Katayama can't wait for me...... And...... And don't you know Japan's current situation, can it be the vanguard of the world revolution? ”

In fact, Yasuda had already received instructions from Nanjing to side with Takeda and gain his trust in order to continue to control the Japanese NKVD, so Yasuda was trying to capture the old people, on the one hand, to whet Takeda's appetite, and on the other hand, to show the NKVD's basic code of conduct of "non-interference in intra-party struggles."

Takeda Heng laughed and responded: "This world is the vanguard of the revolution, and the Japanese GCD is really decided, otherwise why can we get the support of the army and the people?" ”

These words made the situation of Hi-g clear, and Yasuo Yasuda sighed softly, showing a dilemma.

"If we don't take this lead, the people and the military will lose hope of turning the fortunes of the country around, but how can Japan's current national strength support the world's strongest navy? This is something that even the British Empire cannot hold. Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Takeda with a calm gaze, and said in a low voice: "Takeda-kun, is it possible for Japan to get on the Chinese ship?" ”

Takeda was stunned, with a shocked expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Yasuda-kun, what do you mean by this?" ”

"The Soviet GCD is the GCD, and the Chinese GCD is also the GCD......" Yasuda paused, his eyebrows tightly twisted, as if he was fighting fiercely in his heart, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "This is what Chairman Katayama meant!" ”

Takeda stood up and looked at Yasuda coldly, his face was cloudy, and after a while, he said, "Yasuda-kun, what else do you know?" ”

Yasuo Yasuda frowned and said, "Chairman Katayama ordered me to make secret contacts with the CKVD through the relationship of the NKVD, and now I have taken the line of Chang Ruiqing, and Chang Ruiqing also wrote a handwritten letter to Chairman Katayama......"

A grim look flashed in Takeda's eyes, and he said lightly, "Yasuda-kun, then what are you going to do?" For negotiations, or against negotiations? (To be continued.) )