Although the Taiwei Mansion had already reported the details of the military establishment to the Prime Minister's Office, Weng Wenhao had not looked closely at those complicated and vast documents since he took office for a month. He was a man of letters after all, and since he was a man of letters, he hated military affairs and war, and advocated democracy and peace, so he had no idea how many iron lumps an armored regiment had.

At this time, at the entrance of the Shanhaiguan Expressway, the staff of the toll station in the dark were listening to the sound in the distance and were stupid - the sound getting closer and closer showed that there was obviously a train heading here, but where did the train come from the highway? The sound of steel grinding and the roar of the engine, only waiting for the front car to drive under the street lamp, everyone can see that it is a wolf chariot - since the beginning of the Shenwu five-year military parade, although it has undergone several major changes, the Chinese people almost all know the wolf chariot and the chariot that is smaller than the wolf.

'The Northeast Army has entered the customs! The first Wolf appeared, followed by the second Wolf under the streetlights, followed by the third, the fourth, ....... Seeing so many chariots, everyone's first reaction was that something might have happened in the pass. In addition, what makes people feel weird is that the black lights are blind, these chariots are all not turned on, and the drivers of the stumped army are all practicing cat's eyes?

"Girl, pull up the crossbar. Hurry up! Seeing that the female staff at the toll booth was still stupid, the first wolf turret hatch clanged, and an officer shouted with a radio broadcast. It was only after this shout that everyone was relieved, but the 'girl' reacted too late, and the chariot had to make a sudden brake in front of the crossbar, and the officer who shouted immediately looked at the female toll collector in the large glass window.

Just when everyone thought that this person was going to be angry, this person grinned and said, "It's really him...... Water Spirit! Girl, do you have a mother-in-law? If you don't want to marry me, I'll give you a good life for the rest of your life......"

The words shouted by the officer on the chariot made the female toll collector blush. Helplessly, she glared at him in protest, but this normal behavior unexpectedly made Qiu Ba even more excited. He shouted as if he had won the lottery: "Oh my god! She looked! She looked! Haha......"

The officer was so stupid, which made everyone who was worried about the Northeast Army's entry into the customs cover their mouths and snickered. It's really a soldier for three years. Sow race sable. Although the status of the soldiers of this dynasty is extremely high, these Qiu Ba still can't change the ****.

The people at the toll booth were laughing, and the colleagues who poked out their heads in the chariot behind were also laughing, and every chariot had to slow down when it drove to the toll booth, the driver from the driver's window, the radioman from the radio window, and the commander, gunner, and loader from the turret cover, all poked their heads out to see the 'water spirit girl' in the company commander's mouth. Fortunately, there were nineteen tanks, and once the tanks passed, nothing could be heard except the roar of the engines.

But that was a few minutes enough to cheer up the men and women who worked overtime at night. They were all talking about what had just happened, and a few female staff members teased the female toll collector who was courted in public with envy. Everyone knows that the outside of the gate is richer than the inside of the gate, plus the person is an officer, although he didn't see the grade clearly, but no matter how he said it, he is also an official of the imperial court, for them, female staff who graduated from technical secondary schools, marrying an officer is always better than marrying a classmate who graduated from a secondary school, or someone introduced by the family.

A dry woman giggles, but the train roars again. Everyone couldn't help but look in the direction where the chariot had just gone, thinking that the officer had come back to ask for a kiss. The other side of the toll booth. A black shadow appeared again in the direction from which the chariot had come, and a long line of chariots drove into the toll booth. Funny things happened: at another entrance, a certain woman who wanted to do the same thing was scolded immediately after a military warrior braked: "What are you doing! We are on official duty, and the crossbar is pulled up! ”

"Roar what!" I saw my driver yelling at a girl at a toll booth. Colonel Song had to reprimand. Originally, he was still recuperating with his eyes closed, but this time the General Staff ordered the armored regiment to enter the customs, but he did not say anything. Just say to bring more trucks.

The trucks themselves have them. According to the latest establishment of armored divisions, the degree of synthesis of armored forces has reached the regiment. That is, the armored regiment consists of a tank battalion, a self-propelled artillery battalion, and a motorized infantry battalion. In addition, the reconnaissance company, air defense company, boat and bridge company, oil company, communications platoon, and service platoon are coordinated and organized. The advantage of this is that the troops can be divided and combined like building blocks, and the factors limited by the terrain during the attack are minimized; Moreover. As soon as the wartime expansion is carried out, these regiment commanders can be immediately promoted to division commanders - one armored division has four armored regiments, and ten armored divisions are forty armored regiments, which is equivalent to forty armored divisions.

Compared to the nineteen tanks of the reconnaissance company in front, there were forty-five tanks in the past this time. Because the self-propelled artillery battalion did not fight, the drivers in the battalion drove all military five-ton vehicles, and the same was true for the motorized infantry battalion; in addition to the 100 trucks it already had, it borrowed 100 trucks from other regiments, so it took 10 minutes for 45 combat vehicles and more than 400 large and small vehicles to pass. As soon as these vehicles passed, the female toll collector who was scolded for Dong Shi's performance scolded her, causing the toll booth to be full of laughter.

The armored regiment hurriedly marched towards the capital, and the crowd of conspirators in Weng Wenhao's mansion also went home to sleep, and the students who had been making trouble in the triangle square in front of the General Staff Department for a day were finally sleepy. After eating the high-end supper delivered by the 'well-wishers' for free, they all sat on the ground and rested on people. Only the General Staff Headquarters is still busy—the junior staff officers and their staff are sorting out the data files for tomorrow's loading on trucks, while the senior staff officers are continuing to refine the plan for landing on the United States.

Only Xu Jingxi, Guo Bi, and Huang Zongwei were idle, and they briefly chatted about the entire war plan against the United States while drinking tea. At this time, Lieutenant General Huang Zongwei, head of the War Department, denied some of Zhou Sixu's views, the most obvious of which was oil consumption.

“…… The landing of American combat forces requires at least 1,100 to 12 million troops, a total of 600 divisions. Based on the average daily consumption of 400 tons of materials by armored divisions and infantry divisions, 240,000 tons of materials are needed every day, not including materials for building fortifications and air force materials. Based on a conservative calculation of 300,000 supplies per day, 9 million tons per month will be needed.

There are three routes in the Pacific, and for insurance purposes, you can only take the middle or south route, and you can take the northern route in summer. On average, the number of coastal ports to Los Angeles is basically about 6,500 nautical miles, and the speed of 11 knots arrives at the port in 25 days, and the round trip cannot be delayed at all, that is, 50 days. That's it. If every ship were not delayed, sunk, or ......damaged, there would be no wind or waves at sea. Everything is safe and sound, and it will cost 1,500 10,000-ton standard ships. But this is not possible. Anything can happen on the battlefield, especially at sea, and we must at least double this amount before we can have a basic certainty, that is, 30 million tons of merchant ships is the minimum requirement for landing.

It is definitely not possible for Kotei to ask merchant ships to burn coal, we are not sailing directly to the west coast of the United States along the Pacific islands but relying on supply bases, where is there a coal station to refuel coal? According to coal consumption, the 10,000 tons of coal it carried will be almost burned in the United States. This can only be to burn oil, preferably diesel. Two thousand five hundred horsepower is twelve tons of diesel a day. It's only 600 tons back and forth, and this can be transported.

But here the problem arises again: if a ship runs six round trips a year, it will cost 3,600 tons of oil, and the army will need 3,000 ships, the navy will need 1,000 ships, and other ships, and 4,500 ships will need more than 16 million tons of oil a year. There are so many merchant ships alone, and the navy has high-speed supply ships that accompany the fleet maneuvers in addition to combat formations. I see, 200,000 tons of oil per month is undercounted. The fuel consumption alone is 300,000 tons. 300,000 tons per month for a combat formation, 3.6 million tons a year; Five formations are built every year, that is, 18 million tons, and in three years it will be 54 million tons.

Navy 54 million tons. What about the Army? Half of the 900 tons of supplies per month are oil, which is also 50 million tons. The Air Force has not yet added it, and the country has not added it yet. That's all, no matter how you save. The military needs of more than 100 million tons of oil. We now produce only 45 million tons of oil, which is 30 million tons in Iraq, Persia and Venezuela. That's only 75 million tons. Soviet Russia exports more than 20 million tons a year, the Dutch East Indies 8 million, and Mexico 8 million, and we don't know if we can use the oil for our own use, which adds up to only about 110 million tons.

The only thing that can be counted on is oil reserves. Counting the new storage this year, it is about 210 million tons. If all the vehicles in the country are stopped and all the oil is saved for military use, we will be able to last about four years, and we will run out of gas in the fifth year. ”

With the construction of the mechanized army, material supply is becoming more and more important to the army, and other Huang Zongwei is not worried, he is worried about the lack of material supply. After raising the issue of insufficient fuel, he said: "The previous plan was to fight with the navy and the army as a supplement, but now the army wants to fight, and the steel is definitely not enough." 30 million merchant ships cost more than 21 million tons of steel; 600 divisions, each division has 2,000 trucks with a self-weight of 3.5 tons, which is another 4.2 million tons of steel;

There are also containers that are a large number, 3,000 ships, 500 containers per ship, and here are 3 million tons of steel, and the containers are definitely not only used on ships, the troops will definitely intercept a large number of containers for their own use, plus damaged, stranded, at least 6 million tons of steel; Finally, there are the shells, which are smaller than the previous ones, and one million tons per year should be enough. These calculations are spread evenly over the years, and the Army alone consumes more than 12 million tons of steel per year. ”

After talking about oil and steel, Huang Zongwei mentioned another thorny issue, "There is no war yet, if the war starts after the mediation of the League of Nations next year, it will be about three years before landing on us." There is no problem in increasing steel production in the past three years, and the oil depends on whether Mr. can use his golden finger to click on it again and find an oil field with an output as big as Daqing. I'm also worried about the ports and railroads on the U.S. side. I remember that a big port like San Francisco only imported and exported five or six million short tons a year. We have 300,000 tons a day, and 108 million tons a year.

And then there's the railroad in the United States, which of course happens after landing and gaining a foothold. Although the performance of the railroads in the United States is good, and even generally better than that of the domestic ones - the freight cars carry as much as 49 tons, and the first-class railroads account for more than 95 percent, but they are still too few. In order to save fuel, we will definitely build a large railway ......"

Huang Zongwei spoke for nearly half an hour, and all the words were actually two more words, that is, supplies! Material! Material!! The landing in the United States will double the consumption of all military supplies, the most obvious being oil and steel.

When he finished drinking tea, Xu Jingxi said with a smile: "There is indeed less steel, and the annual steel output must reach at least 60 million tons or more, which is equivalent to tripling the current output." Oil should not be a big problem, Shandong Yingkou was trying to explore last year, I heard that oil has been produced. The scale is estimated to be a large oil field with an annual output of more than 40 million. If the Northeast increases production by a part, it will be counted as the North Garden. There should be 100 million tons of oil in the country alone.

Landing is the big problem. The Americans must be on the lookout, and it is estimated that eighty percent of the nation's forces will be massed on the west coast. That's probably more than four million people or more. With so many troops, it is not enough to land at only one port, it should be to land several similar points at the same time to form a plane, otherwise there will be too many troops to open up, and if there are few, they will not be able to stand.

If you look at it this way, there are only three landing sites, one is San Francisco, two is Los Angeles, and the other is Portland and Seattle. Further north, Canada is a small port. Hundreds of thousands of people can get on it, but millions of people can't do it at all, and port facilities and railways can't do it. That's why Mexico is important. Xu Jingxi is also repeatedly thinking about the choice of landing site, although there are tens of millions of troops, they are blind if they can't go ashore. But there are only three landing sites, and the Americans will definitely defend them to the death, and the east coast and the Caribbean coast do not mean that they cannot land, but those sea areas cannot block the enemy's submarines and aircraft carriers.

And the climate in the North Atlantic is unfamiliar to the navy, and the Eurasian Canal is a big problem - even if it can support the passage of 300,000 tons of cargo per day. But oil still has to be shipped from the East Coast. Because the oil fields are mainly concentrated in the east, the production of personnel and materials is basically in the east. Finally, the attitude of Soviet Russia is also very important, after all, the canal passes through his land, what if the canal collapses at a critical point? So the East Coast of the United States can only be used as a diversion. The landing is to be completely abandoned......

Huang Zongwei thought about supplies, and Xu Jingxi thought about landing. If these two problems are solved, there will be no more problems in the war. At this time, the following specific plans have not yet been submitted. But how to fight the three of them in the battle, but they have a plan in their hearts. To be honest, landing in the United States was a very far-fetched plan. There are enough materials and funds, but only manpower is enough. But Zhou Si's plan was obviously approved by Mr. It is even likely that it was requested by Mr., so several people had to plan in this direction, and when the plan was made and all the calculations were completed, if it really didn't work, then the General Staff would tell the truth. Ultimately, it is Mr. who makes the decision, and they are only responsible for planning and execution.

The lights of the General Staff Headquarters turned white in the east, and at this time the sleeping thousand-year-old city had long since woken up, and those who were afraid of sleeping for a night's sleep would have forgotten everything that happened yesterday if it were not for the bloody headlines in the newspapers. Six Lives – The front-page articles in the newspapers were intensely written, the photographs were extremely vague, and most importantly, most of the newspapers focused their narratives on the shooting of the guards, and the fact that they did not mention why the shooting was only a passing one, let alone where the shooting was fired.

Only Imperial Japan and Suncheon Times were in a moderate mood, focusing on the fact that the students were arrested because they threw explosives into them; The guards opened fire because the students rushed into the military cordoned off despite the warning shots. The newspaper tells the truth, but what it means is to blame the students for being instructed to deliberately create conflicts in order to cause bloodshed. The editorial on the front page of the Imperial Daily even said: It is really shameful to drag students into political struggles and use the blood of students to achieve political goals!

Everyone in the Imperial Daily knew that it was extremely reactionary, but this time they dared to slander the student movement and the progressive youth in such a way, which made the students who had squatted in the triangle square all night again as restless as poultry grabbing food. A student with a combed hair quickly seized the high platform of Professor Wen's lecture yesterday, and he began to wave his hand and agitate with his hair messed up and his eyes hanging on: "Students, the blood of the martyrs has not yet dried. The maker's dog is barking. We can't let them go! We must not let them go......"

"Students, burn the Imperial Daily!" Someone below grabbed a copy of the Reich Daily and tore it to shreds in public. This immediately aroused the echo of the students present. "Yes, burn the Reich Daily! Burned the Imperial Daily! ”

The young man said he would do it, as soon as he shouted here, he took a step there, and a few Yan college students who were hiding and commanding here couldn't stop it, and the clever one immediately ran to Yan University to report the news.

According to last night's arrangement, the students marching in the capital have been arranged today. The first is the Inspector's House. At 8 a.m., the Court of Prosecutors will vote on the proposal to withdraw from the East Asia Alliance. Because most of the delegates don't want to fight, even if there are still key elements of the Revival Society who vote against it, they can persuade everyone to vote in favor with 'war is imminent, and the country and country are safe to withdraw from the alliance', and it is estimated that the proposal can be passed, but what if it is not passed? Therefore, it is necessary to send a large number of students to the Inspectorate to shout and cheer, so that these representatives can see the 'public opinion'.

The second is the General Staff. After the bloody case, Xu Jingxi did not resign as everyone judged. This cheeky is already thick to the house. He even sent his own soldiers to protect him, so he should have caused a few more bloody cases. so that his reputation may be ruined. Takeo's reputation, that's what the newspaper says is good. As long as the scholars all over the country say that Xu Jingxi is not good and that the soldiers of the Fuxing Society are brutal, then this criticism will be decided. This is true of public opinion, and even more so in history books.

"What?! Went to burn the Imperial Daily again? Why don't you stop them! In the Yan Dabei Building, Hu Shi, the commander-in-chief behind the scenes, was furious. Burning the Imperial Daily is not a petition for a demonstration, it is a criminal case. "Quick! Call quickly and have the patrol officer stop them. ”

Hu Shi was so anxious that Lu Zhiwei, who was so angry after reading the Imperial Daily that he didn't eat breakfast, said: "Shouldn't the Imperial Daily be burned?" It's long overdue!! Look! Look! Lu Zhiwei held a copy of the Imperial Daily and waved it, "Look how they slander the martyrs!" This vicious newspaper should be burned even if it is a capital crime! ”

"Zhiwei!" Hu Shi looked at the arrogant and unreasonable Lu Zhiwei and almost vomited blood. He pointed to Lu Zhiwei and wanted to scold, but finally endured it. But when he came to the phone with a wheelchair and shook the handle and began to dial 110, Lu Zhiwei, who came over, smiled: "Don't bother with this thought, the patrol police department will not send the police today." ”

Lu Zhiwei said so, but Hu Shi, who was connected over there, stretched out his hand to ask him to shut up, but no one listened to the phone all the time, he called three times, and finally had to ask Lu Zhiwei: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"What's going on?" Lu Zhiwei couldn't help laughing when he looked at him so anxiously, "Have you forgotten?" Didn't you say that last night? For the sake of convenience. Whatever happened today, the patrol police station will not send the police. ”

Lu Zhiwei said this, Hu Shi thought about it, but he still asked sharply: "If you don't go to the police, it's only for students to protest those places, but why don't you answer the police call?" ”

"What if you call the police, the General Staff and the Inspectorate?" Lu Zhiwei looked at Hu Shi in such a happy mood. "Therefore, it is better for the patrol police department not to answer the police at all, so as not to be blamed afterwards."

"That's ....... That's ...... It's illegal. Hu Shi finally felt that something was wrong.

"That's why I said it's better to take over the capital now." Lu Zhiwei said. "After the matter is done at this point, Fuxing will come to power sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be found out, and if we don't do it, then they will do it in the future."

Lu Zhiwei said so, Hu Shi just shook his head and stubbornly pushed the wheelchair out of the principal's office. He was going to go to the front door to stop the students who were burning the newspaper. But he was still a step late, and the others hadn't gone out the front door yet. The smoke in the alley of Wudao Temple rose again, but this time it was different from the last time.

"What do you want to do! What do you want to do! Don't mess around....... We are students...... "The dozen or so students who rushed to the newspaper office to pour oil on the fire were stopped by a group of men in coats and armed with rifles in the alley of Tangzi. Because it has already been explained. Patrol students are not afraid, but the other party happens to be not a patrol officer.

"What kind of mess, you want to run after setting the fire?! It's all there, grab it and send it to the yamen! A leading lame man said in a loud voice. When everyone rushed over to arrest people, he scolded very resentfully: "Mom, I let you run away last time, and I dare to come this time, believe that I won't break your legs!" ”

"What are you doing? What do you do? Twenty or thirty blue coats blocked the alley to catch the students, and the other students who were a step slower immediately shouted when they saw this, and they obviously didn't figure out what was going on.

"Damn, there's another gang of newspaper burners?!" The lame man turned his head and saw the kerosene drums carried by the students, and immediately understood what these people were here for, he picked up his rifle and smashed it, "I'll kill you conscienceless ones!" I'll kill you newspaper burners! ”

"Hit someone! Hit someone! The lame man looked like a mad tiger, and the students who could only shout slogans could resist, and within two strokes the front row were beaten to the ground, and the kerosene barrels also fell to the ground, and the kerosene was scattered all over the ground. And those who wanted to run but were blocked by more and more students at the entrance of the alley, and there was no way to retreat, so they had to kneel and beg for mercy.

"Tie them all up, and turn them over to Du Kill for wine and drink." Seeing that the students behind him didn't carry kerosene drums, and the lame man accepted it when he saw it, he took a gun behind him and pointed a gun at those students whose faces were pale and trembling, and he shouted: "****** get out of this alley!" See you next time, hit once! Get lost! (To be continued.) )