Rui Enshi originally guessed that it should be the Northeast Battlefield that won the victory, but he didn't expect it to be completely encircled and annihilated. 200,000 people, even 200,000 pigs, can't be solved in more than 50 hours.

The Americans were suspicious, and Yang Rui said again: "Maybe I'm a little optimistic, but the current situation is that the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, General Samsolov, committed suicide after being wounded at noon the day before yesterday; Lieutenant General Misichchenko, commander of the 1st Siberian Army, was also captured at noon the day before yesterday, and the 1st Army Corps either surrendered or was wiped out, and there was no longer Zài; Although the Second Army Corps did not fully lay down its arms and still wanted to resist under the command of the commander Lieutenant General Lian Nian Kamf, the corps had been surrounded in a narrow area west of the Dongqing Railway and east of the Liao River. ”

"Oh! Oh, God. Rui Enshi exclaimed in a low voice, he couldn't imagine what it would be like to annihilate more than 200,000 troops in three days, was this because the Chinese army was too strong, or the Russian army was too bad, or because it was God's will?

"Mr. Prime Minister, allow me once again to congratulate your country on such a brilliant victory. It is a miracle that the enemy can be surrounded and annihilated in such a short time. Reinsch congratulated again. As it stands, China's victory is America's victory.

"Thank you very much!" The Americans are polite, and Yang Rui has to be polite. Then he began to say about Lieutenant General Moffitt, "Another thing can also be said to be good news. Last night the cruiser fleet sailed out of the Zhoushan military port to prepare for a naval operation to break diplomatic relations with Japan, but unfortunately. Among the naval cadet officers on the flagship Zhaowa, there were revolutionaries who had been bribed by the Japanese. They attempted to assassinate Lieutenant General Moffett and Major General Cheng Biguang......"

Yang Rui talked about the navy, and then talked about misfortune. Rui Enshi's heart was lifted. In the past few years, the trade generated by the navy has reached hundreds of millions of dollars, especially the Chinese government's determination to build a large navy - although China has ordered 100 submarines from Germany, not the United States, submarines are indeed not the strong point of American shipbuilding. At the same time, it is inferred from this that since a hundred submarines can be built, how many battleships can be built? And how many cruisers will be built?

Although China bought a lot of giant equipment. Several large shipyards have been built, but the large warships are not built to be built, and compared with Japan, its military shipyards are still not able to build battleships well after building hundreds of thousands of tons of warships. China's shipbuilding industry is still very immature, and without eight to ten years of tempering, it cannot build warships of more than 10,000 tons; And with the development of today's shipbuilding technology, in eight to ten years, the Chinese are nothing more than today's Japan.

The construction of warships is derived from the actual needs of the Navy. And the actual needs of the navy come from the fleet, especially the construction of the commander of the fleet. As the deputy commander of the Chinese Navy, Moffitt will play an immeasurable role in this.

“…… Major General Cheng Biguang was unfortunately killed, and Lieutenant General Moffitt was only injured. He has now been transferred to the naval hospital in Zhoushan Military Port, and after resuscitation, his condition has stabilized, because it was a penetrating injury. After two months, the lieutenant general will be discharged from the hospital. After Yang Rui finished briefing on the situation, he looked at the stunned Rui Enshi and said apologetically: "I deeply regret this!" ”

"Mr. Prime Minister. Was this at the behest of the Japanese? Ryan Shi heard that Moffett was okay and took a long sigh of relief. He began to be very angry, and it may be understandable to assassinate enemy generals, but he could not accept the assassination of Americans.

"We can't be sure of that just yet." Yang Rui said. "These midshipmen all graduated from the Whampoa Naval Academy, which was the last batch of students before the school closed. After the assassination, two men committed suicide on the spot, and the surviving midshipman confessed that they belonged to the Chinese Revolutionary Party formed by the traitor Sun Wen. Now that Sun Wen and the backbone of the party are in Japan and receiving funding from the Japanese government, although there is no evidence, we judge that the assassination was carried out at the behest of the Japanese. ”

"Why is this happening? It's so... It's so shameless!! "Rui Enshi does not know what words to use to describe the behavior of these people, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the revolutionary party wantonly assassinated Manchu Qing dignitaries, thinking that although they could not accept it for the sake of the revolution, they could understand, but now that China and Japan are at war, as a Chinese, they helped the Japanese assassinate the naval commander, what do they think?

"Shamelessness is normal for revolutionaries, they can do anything in order to succeed." Unlike the Americans, Yang Rui seemed very calm, but he didn't know whether he was talking about Sun Wen or his former self. "The purpose of the assassins was to make China lose the war, and they thought that if China won, the revolution would be even more difficult. Moreover, because of the constant propaganda, the war between China and Japan has been distorted by them as a proxy war between Britain and the United States, and China has deliberately provoked the war as a thug of the United States. Yang Rui said the news from the Intelligence Bureau, and he wanted to laugh but couldn't think of it.

"Oh! Oh, God. Rui Enshi sighed again, "If I remember correctly, Sun Yat-sen is bent on pursuing a democratic republic. ”

"Yes! The pursuit of democracy by violence is a common practice for many people. Yang Rui also sighed, after democracy, killing the whole family is not now, it is still the case for more than a hundred years. Sun Wen is just a surgeon who does not enter the stream, and in his opinion, the problem of China's existence can be solved by changing a pair of organs, and the United States is the most advanced and powerful country, so he thinks that it is enough to use a sharp scalpel to do a disembowelment operation and replace the American system......"

"Mr. Prime Minister, if you don't use violence, it should be helpful for China to learn from the U.S. political system, right?" Seeing Yang Rui talking about the national political system, in line with his professional hobby, Rui Enshi suddenly changed a topic.

"You can learn from it, but you can't copy it." Yang Rui doesn't know how the topic turned here, this question is actually difficult to answer. "Just as people are different in temperament, character, knowledge, and ideals, so are the temperaments and traditions of nations and nations. If the behaviour and traditions of one people do not endanger other peoples, then I think the best course of action should be for them to live their lives the way they were, and to change them naturally rather than imposing them. ”

"What if, Mr. Prime Minister, their traditions are themselves ignorant or inhuman?" Ryan asked. Several contacts. He didn't have a chance to know some of Yang Rui's inner thoughts, but now he has this opportunity. He tried his best to get hold of it.

"Mr. Minister, the theory that was proven correct ten years ago. Ten years later, there is often a high probability that it will be wrong. If there is such a reversal in ten years, then there will be an even greater disruption in a hundred years, or even a thousand years. A person's life is only 100 years, but the life of a nation is thousands or even tens of thousands of years. It is not wise to change a people's inherent traditions, which have been passed down for thousands of years, with what is now considered right.

As far as human nature is concerned, in the Middle Ages human nature was not promoted, and the will of God represented a qiē, and it was not until the Renaissance that human nature was liberated under the oppression of theocracy. The utilitarian philosophy that formed the basis of the entire Western civilization began to emerge - that everyone would pursue what he considered to be the greatest happiness. Yes, it is true, but Mr. Minister, the citizens of every belligerent nation in Europe are now cheering for the war, and they cannot wait to go into the barracks, and they cannot wait to rush to the battlefield, and to take it upon themselves to be the greatest happiness to go to war, but is this really the case?

In the same country, because of the constraints of the law. People cannot take pleasure in killing and subjugating others, but when dealing with the people of other countries, the ugliness of human nature will be unreservedly revealed. This kind of thing, before the European war. It was already playing out in the colonies of Asia, Africa and Latin America, and in order to find a high-sounding reason for this ugly behavior, they invented Darwinism. Preach that human beings are in a brutal competition and fully follow the laws of survival of the fittest in nature. So the killer is no longer accused of being unkind or uncivilized, but rather because the victim is too weak. Now the colony has been looted. The same thing began to play out in Europe. Mr. Minister, is it really right to blindly emphasize human nature? ”

Yang Rui looked at Rui Enshi, who was listening intently, and suddenly asked rhetorically, but without waiting for him to answer, he said: "Even according to the philosophy of utilitarianism, everyone has the right to pursue what they think is the greatest happiness, but if someone just pursues or stays in a state of ignorance as the greatest happiness, what reason do we have to force him to be corrected?" ”

"Mr. Prime Minister, your statement is very enlightening, I don't know...... I don't know how to ...... "Rui Ensch is not a philosopher, he is just a political scholar, and what he seeks is to properly adjust the social mechanism to make everyone more happy." But when everyone's pursuit of his greatest happiness is judged to be wrong, he is speechless. Colonial examples aside, the current wars in Europe are something he cannot refute, and everyone thinks that defeating the other will lead to greater happiness, and the result will only be that the prosperity of Europe will disappear forever. But if it is really wrong to assume that everyone pursues his or her greatest happiness for the whole, then the entire Western economic system, parliamentary system, democratic system, legal system, ...... the pillars that form the foundation of Western countries may be shaken or even collapsed.

At the same time that Reinsch's forehead began to sweat, he suddenly thought of communism, and he suddenly asked: "Mr. Prime Minister, do you believe in communism?" ”

I didn't expect the Americans to ask this question, Yang Rui smiled and said: "I don't believe in communism. The difference between communism and capitalism is the question of who obtains happiness, whether it should be distributed to individuals or should it be given to all people without distinction, not whether the pursuit of happiness itself is a question of whether there is a zài problem, I do not think that unbridled admiration of human nature and satisfying desires is the only way for people to achieve happiness, poverty may be the origin of evil, but happiness is by no means the result of wealth. In fact, there is a fundamental difference between the understanding of how to achieve happiness between Eastern and Western cultures, and in the eyes of Westerners, getting more is happiness, so they blindly pursue it; In the eyes of the Orientals, it is only happiness to not be cared for more, so they just want to be liberated......"

Yang Rui, who felt that the building had been crooked for a long time, didn't want to go any further, and corrected: "Mr. Minister, there is one more thing I think should be informed to you, that is, considering the current shortage of Japanese troops in Taiwan, we will have a combat plan to land on Taiwan in the near future......

"It's a great idea indeed!" Rui Enshi also turned his senses and agreed with this, he asked: "So when will it land in Taiwan?" ”

"Now the East China Theater is collecting ships and probing ......the news of the Japanese garrison in Taiwan," Yang Rui said with a smile, "As you know, the commander of the theater has a lot of power. They have the right to complete the established combat missions according to the actual situation, so it is really difficult for me to answer that they will land at the approximate time; Another thing that doesn't know for sure is the weather. There are many storms in the summer, and if you make landfall, you will encounter a storm. That would be a disaster. I hope that the U.S. government will understand and support our occupation of Taiwan. ”

"Of course!" In Yang Rui's expectation, Rui agreed, "I support the landing of Chinese troops on Taiwan to regain lost territory, and I hope you can achieve a final victory." When I get back, I'll inform the State Department of this so that they can be prepared. However, please forgive my presumptuousness, Mr. Prime Minister, that your navy will not be able to support this battle plan effectively, if it fails......"

"Of course there will be failures, but there will also be successes. This plan is not more aimed at occupying Taiwan. Rather, it was hoping to add more chaos to the Japanese, so the government did not intend to publicize the matter until it was successful. Our ultimate goal is to restore Korea and make it a normal and free country again. Yang Rui said truthfully and falsely, deep in his heart, North Korea can take half of it, and Taiwan must be recaptured completely.

"I understand." Misled by Yang Rui, Rui Enshi thought that China's strategy was to attack the north from the south, but he did not want that one of the main purposes of the whole war was to recover Taiwan.

The meeting began at five p.m. The two men did not end their exchange until six o'clock after they had finished their official business, but after Reinsch left, the Germans came.

"Yang, have all the Russian troops surrendered?" With some disbelief. With some anticipation, Rutte asked as soon as he entered. He is an old friend of the Renaissance Society, and he can achieve greater bargaining results in a private capacity rather than an official capacity. In the afternoon, after receiving a speculative telegram from the consul in Shenyang. He immediately rushed to confirm.

"Not all." Yang Rui felt that there was no need to hide it, so he said: "There are still about 50,000 people who are still resisting. But it's only a matter of time. Their provisions will run out one day. ”

"My God!" Rutte was hard to be confident and excited at the same time. "It's a miracle! How does this do? Sue me, what is this doing? Please sue me. ”

The childlike excitement of a fifty or sixty-year-old man only made Yang Rui laugh, and he said: "Mr. Rutte, the Russian army is just a weak and sluggish giant, and it is not too difficult to defeat them. I don't think your country should take the Russian army too seriously, the real crisis is on the Western Front. ”

Rutte was thinking about whether the Russian army was really annihilated by the Ba'ath Army, and it was precisely because of the fear of Russia's huge military power that the General Staff thought about defeating France in six weeks, and then facing Russia. Now that France has not been defeated, the Russian army will be beautifully surrounded and annihilated by the revival army first, which will bring great excitement and shock to the country, but Yang Rui said that the Russian army is not a problem, and the crisis is on the Western Front.

"Why? The French on the Western Front could not stop the German offensive. Rutte asked. Since yesterday, the German army has attacked the Scorching Sun Fortress, and the combat intentions may not be known to others, but Rutte thinks that Yang Rui is clear.

"The British Expeditionary Force will be present in northwestern France, and the Fortress of the Sun will not be able to be taken in a few days without heavy artillery. By the time the Germans crossed Belgium, the French were probably ready. Yang Rui revealed some news to increase the weight of the German army, "Okay, the war in Europe is not the point, what I want to know is when the emperor of Qingdao will be able to return to our country, and I have finished what I promised." ”

Yang Rui's directness embarrassed Rutte a little, because he was too familiar to push the issue to the minister in China or Germany, he speculated: "His Majesty the Emperor is a frank person, since he has made a promise, he will definitely implement it." It's just that the prime minister and some other ministers ...... they want more. ”

Yang Rui smiled when he heard this: "What else do they want?" ”

"They want China to put some pressure on the British and French colonies in Asia, or to create some chaos. Of course, this was after the victory in the war against Japan. Rutte said.

"Liangguang and Yungui may not listen to me." Yang Rui excused himself. "You can't let the army invade India from Xinjiang or Tibet, right? I believe that it is most appropriate for your Government to honour its previous commitments. As for whether there will be any cooperation in the future, it should be returned to Qingdao first. ”

"I'll do my best to make this happen." Rutte said that he is clear about the domestic plan, Qingdao must be returned, but how to exchange for the greatest benefits while returning is the key point.

"After Qingdao is handed over, I fully agree to compensate your country after the end of the war, and even pay to buy back the Jiaoji Railway and Qingdao according to the cost. Now the war against Japan needs to have a port in the north as a support, and if Qingdao is returned very late, then the British Far East Fleet will always be nailed to the door, which is really not a good thing. Yang Rui said.

"I fully understand the reason for returning it as soon as possible, and I will do my best to promote this when I return." Rutte said. "Yang, can you provide me with a detailed report on the war against Russia? I hope to use this to convince His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Yes!" After Yang Rui said that, he took out a review edition of the China Times on the war against Russia from the table and handed it to Rutte, "There are details, pictures, and explanations on it." Although it will not take many days for the information to leak out, we still hope that the information will be made public as late as possible, and we ask your Government to do its best to keep it confidential. ”

"Okay. I'll keep it a secret. Rutte carefully folded the newspaper and took it away.

After he left, Yang Rui did not immediately return to the backyard, but sat down to meditate on the affairs of Qingdao, and based on the analysis of the intelligence collected recently, it seems that the Germans may break their promise. Historically, one of the more important reasons why Germany proposed to return Qingdao to China was that it triggered a war between China and Britain and Japan -- it was impossible to attack Qingdao without invading Chinese territory, and if both sides invaded Chinese territory, it would inevitably make China essentially join the camp of the Central Powers. Now that China has started a war with Japan, what is Germany going to do if it does not hand over Qingdao, does it want China and Britain to go to war?

Thinking of Germany's sinister intentions, Li Zilong came in and reported: "Prime Minister, the General Staff has arrived. ”

The landing operation was tonight, and Yang Rui wanted to pay attention to it in real time, so the General Staff Department transferred a communications company yesterday. According to the arrangement, Pei Shoutong sat in the Summer Palace to preside over the coordination of the landing, and Xu Jingxi came to the Yin'an Palace in person.

"Sir." Xu Jingxi, who followed behind Li Zilong, saluted solemnly.

"Sit down." Yang Rui greeted, "The weather is good over there?" ”

"Hmm. Acceptable. Xu Jingxi said: "There will be some wind and waves in the middle of the night, but it is not estimated." Don't worry, sir, it's all ready. The Japanese army's defense was very lax, and now the encirclement and suppression on Hualien's side are still continuing, and the governor of Taiwan, Sakuma Zuo Matthei, also went to the battlefield in person, intending to eliminate Taroko in one fell swoop. Even if they knew we were going to land now, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. ”

"Hmm. And what about the Japanese Navy? "Yang Rui of the Japanese Army is not worried, he is worried about the Japanese Navy.

"The Japanese Navy has been transferred north to patrol the Ryukyus area because of our cruiser fleet, and this is the news that we just received in the afternoon, and the Japanese estimate that they received the news that the Navy was going to the coast of Japan to break diplomatic relations at noon." Xu Jingxi said.

"It seems that it really grasped the weakness of the Japanese Navy." Yang Rui said approvingly. "And when does the landing start?" He asked again.

"It's already begun, sir." Xu Jingxi said. "It's good that Taipei is closer, but it's more than 260 kilometers from Kinmen on the Dog side, and although the ships are all steamships, if you want to land on Dagou at dawn, you have to set off now."

The summer days are long and the nights are short, even if the sunrise and sunset time is less than ten hours, and then taking into account the morning and dusk shadows, the time to really sail in the night is only nine hours, with the speed of the sailboat, it is not a problem at all for the Fuqing Taipei route that is only more than 130 kilometers away, but for the Kinmen Tainan route, it is a big problem, especially after starting from Kinmen, it will go around Penghu, which will increase the range.

On the turbulent freighter, Lu Wan of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Marine Division looked at the entire navigation map and was very uneasy, and the journey of more than 280 kilometers could not deviate even a bit. The only way we can ensure that we do not deviate from the course is by relying on the radio compass mounted on the roof of the ship. This is not every boat, those small boats of dozens of tons are afraid that there is nothing else to navigate except the compass and the old fishermen, what a cheat! Brigade Commander Lu Wan complained that he felt that the General Staff Department had done a terrible job of preparing for secrecy, and that nothing seemed to be enough except for ammunition and medicine. (To be continued......)