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After the meeting, Guan Xuqing left Feng Xianghua, Xu Shichang and other senior military generals behind, and said lightly: "Tell me, Yuan Shikai has already raised the flag, how did you prepare?"

"Your Majesty Shengming, some time ago, we followed your will and secretly moved the southern province's troops to Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong in secret. At present, more than 50 troops have been assembled there, as well as the armored corps and the air force. The reconnaissance and bombing formations, everything is ready, just wait for your order, and go south to counter the rebellion." Feng Xianghua paused and said: "In Yichen's view, Yuan Shikai is just bluffing, and most of the Singaporean army is Fan Xuecheng. He killed Fan Xuecheng and took them over by force. The morale of the army will not be very stable, and no one is willing to work for him. There are also the troops of Malaysia and Indonesia that Yuan Shikai conspired to usurp, so if this battle is won, It doesn't take us many bullets to capture and kill Yuan Shikai, the leader of the rebellion."

Liu Buchan also said: "Yes, I also obeyed the emperor's will and ordered the Nanyang Fleet to go south in advance and stand by on the islands of the South China Sea. The Hainan Fleet has also assembled. According to the news from the Ministry of the Navy, Yuan Ni's subordinates are in charge of the Singapore Fleet. As well as the two fleets stationed in Malaysia and Indonesia, there are about thirteen main battleships, and there are about thirty cruisers, gunboats, torpedo boats, etc. that can participate in combat. We are naturally familiar with the tactical arrangements of these warships. It's not a problem to beat them."

"Your Majesty, give the order." Xu Shichang, Chief of the Army General Staff, Wu Peifu, Chief of the Army Equipment Division, Lin Jianzhang, Chief of the Navy General Staff, and others all impatiently waited for the emperor's order.

Guan Xuqing turned his attention to Zhao Bingjun: "Is the military intelligence network ready?"

Zhao Bingjun said respectfully: "The entire military network in Asia has been prepared. Following the emperor's will, we will keep an eye on the changes of officials from all over the world. In particular, we have made a list of officials who had close ties to Yuan Shikai. People will carry out key monitoring, and if there is any change, they will be arrested immediately and wait for the emperor to fall."

"Okay! I will take advantage of Yuan Ni's rebellion to clean up the officialdom of the empire. Over the years, the empire has been busy with the aid plan to the east. I believe that there are many officials who have complaints like Yuan Shikai. These people will be wiped out!" Guan Xuqing's eyes suddenly became extraordinarily bright, and people still remember that the last time the emperor showed such gaze was during the World War five years ago, every time the empire faced a major decision, His eyes will glow brightly, which shows that the arrogance and self-confidence in his heart have risen again. "This war is different from the past. Our enemies are all soldiers of the Chinese Empire, but they were deceived or coerced by Yuan Shikai and joined the ranks of the rebels. Therefore, when fighting, we must attack the city and attack the heart. Above all, you must be merciless to those obstinate diehards and eliminate all evil. In addition, when you formulate your combat plan, try to keep the war away from the residential areas of the people as much as possible, and try to avoid casualties of innocent civilians. The combat plan of the Admiralty should also take into account The flexible use of wolf pack tactics. In short, this war must give full play to the power of the empire's high-end weapons, and take quick, decisive and powerful blitzkrieg strikes against the enemy. uniform."

"twitter!"

Guan Xuqing said to Feng Xianghua again: "The specific commander...Xianghua, if you propose a candidate, I will listen to it."

"Yes." Feng Xianghua knew that the emperor would ask, and he had already thought about it in his heart, so he said: "Your majesty, I think the navy can appoint Lu Rongting. This person commanded effectively in the Hong Kong campaign and completed the occupation of Hong Kong cleanly. For the sake of safety, should I send him to fight again this time?"

"Well, this person does have extraordinary commanding skills. I hope he won't disappoint me this time, so let's imitate him."

"Cha." Feng Xianghua, Liu Buchan, and Lin Jianzhang received the order together.

Feng Xianghua paused for a moment, and then began to play: "However, the main battlefield of this war is still in the army, and the selection of army commanders must be treated with caution. After research by the military department, we believe that we should send troops from Guangdong and Yunnan and Guizhou at the same time. Going south, forming a pincer offensive against the rebels, since two armies were dispatched separately, I wonder if there can be two commanders for this land war, and the overall combat plan should be subject to the arrangement of the Ministry of War."

"Who do you think of?"

"I boldly recommend two young men, one is Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the No.17 Army stationed in Shaanxi, and the other is Cai E, the commander of the No.11 Army stationed in Yunnan and Guizhou."

Guan Xuqing immediately became interested and said: "Xianghua, you recommended it well. The empire wants to boldly use young generals and let them receive training in the war so that they can become talents as soon as possible. Tell me about the situation of these two people, I will listen to you." on."

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 473 Building Las Vegas

Feng Xianghua saw that the emperor recognized his thoughts very much, so he was naturally happy, and said, "Let me tell you about Feng Yuxiang first. Feng Yuxiang grew up in Baoding, Zhili. When he was young, his family was poor. He joined the fifth battalion of Baoding as a soldier, and later changed to the Wuwei Youjun, served as post commander, team officer, and management belt. Because of his military exploits in the Sino-British Burma War, he was appointed as the commander of the 7th Brigade of the 14th Division of the Army. He led his troops in Mandalay, Yangon and other places Cut off the remnants of the British army. In September of this year, he served as the commander of the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Army. When Wu Guang rebelled in the Northwest, Feng Yuxiang advocated suppressing the rebellion, and his heart was devoted to the imperial court. For this reason, he was appointed by the Ministry of the Army as the commander of the 16th Division of the Army. During the Sino-Russian War, he led his troops to provide backup for Zhang Yu’s Central Army. After the war, he was appointed as the commander of the Army’s No.11 Army. Although he is young, he is sincerely for the country, and he is very strict in supervising the soldiers under him. He is well-known among the common people in Shaanxi. Bing has become a pillar of guarding the Northwest Territories."

Guan Xuqing nodded in satisfaction: "Well, the empire needs such talents. And what about Cai E? Tell me about his situation."

"Zha. Speaking of this Cai E, it's even more amazing, and it can even be described as a legend..." Feng Xianghua dared not to play tricks in front of the emperor. Since he said that this person is extraordinary, there must be a special reason.

"Oh?" Guan Xuqing smiled: "Xianghua, I'm sure you can't miss the person you like. Tell me what's unusual about this person."

"Cai E was born in a poor tailor family in Baoqing, Hunan. At the age of 6, with the help of a local celebrity, he was admitted to a private school for free. At the age of 12, he passed the examination as a scholar. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Changsha Current Affairs School, where he was taught Chinese by the head teacher of the school. Liang Qichao's appreciation, and established a deep teacher-student friendship..."

"Oh? So this person has a relationship with Zhuo Ru." Guan Xuqing looked at the cabinet premier Liang Qichao and said.

Liang Qichao smiled and said: "The performance of the emperor is just an old story. There is a teacher-student friendship, but later they gradually lost contact. As Master Feng said, this person really has many advantages. "

Feng Xianghua went on to say: "At this time, China was in troubled times. The mountains and rivers were broken, and the national power was weak. The western powers looked down on the eagles, and the national crisis was unprecedentedly serious. Cai E, like many passionate young people, sought to save the country with urgency. The way to save the people. He once said: "Blood to save the people is my life's work. Thousands of years of liver and gallbladder have grown up, and poured out my patriotic ambitions. Cai E went to Japan and entered the Army Chengcheng School. From then on, he began his military career of saving the country and officially changed his name. After returning to China, he published an article titled "Military and Nationalist Articles" in "Xinmin Congbao", in which he asserted that if military nationalism is not popularized by [-] million people today, China will really die. He also believes that if you want to build a military nation, you must first mold the soul of the country.”

"Well said! A man should have this ambition." Guan Xuqing couldn't help but praised.

"The emperor's lesson. Later, Cai E was successively employed as the supervisor of the Jiangxi Military School, the assistant of the Hunan Coach Office, the general staff officer and chief coach of the Guangxi New Army, the director of the Guangxi Surveying and Mapping School, and the general office of the Army Primary School. This man is young and handsome. , wearing high boots, with a command knife on his waist, whips and leaps horses every day, majestic, commanding military training. He explained brilliantly, skilled in skills, and strict in requirements. He was admired by officers and soldiers and praised as "Lu Bu among men, red rabbit among horses Soon after, Li Jingxi, governor of Yunnan, recommended him to the Ministry of the Army to take up a military post in Yunnan. After taking over the new post, he often wrote books at his desk. When discussing the selection of generals, Cai E advocated Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyigong as generals Dao, the idea of ​​​​taking conscience and blood as the premise', he believes that 'the key to running an army is to be strict in rewards and punishments', and for an army with a relaxed morale and discipline, it is better to be strict than to be lenient. "Thunderbolt means". Regarding combat guidance, he neither fully affirmed Zeng and Hu's thought of "mainly defending but not attacking", nor was he influenced by the thought of "extremely advocated attacking" by Western military experts at that time, but based on the Chinese army, military expenditure He put forward a strategic idea to lure the enemy in depth due to his military theory and experience, and was recommended by the Yunnan government and the military, and Cai E was publicly recommended as the commander of the Yunnan garrison. After Cai E took office, he actively updated personnel, Abolishing bad governance, rectifying finances, and reducing the army have made Yunnan's military affairs a vibrant scene."

"This man is truly a rare general."

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. After Yuan Shikai issued the rebellion announcement, Cai E was extremely angry. He immediately issued an announcement in his own name, wanting to stand against Yuan against the trend, and determined to use force to fight for the personality of [-] million people. The most amazing thing What is remarkable is that before he received the order from the Ministry of the Army, he also initially drew up a strategic idea for countering the rebellion. This was a bold strategic idea that was in line with the objective reality at the time, and he sent a telegram to the Ministry of the Army. On the other hand, Cai E and There are two Yuan Shikai, one is elegant and elegant, the other is strong and powerful; This time, the commander of Yuan, the story between these two powerful men is absolutely wonderful and worth pondering."

Guan Xuqing said decisively: "Okay! I have decided to send this Cai E to fight against Yuan Shikai. I want to see how two powerful and irreconcilable men can play a wonderful story for me!"

"According to the order."

Wu Peifu took two steps forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am not speaking ill of Cai E. This young man is very interesting. On the one hand, he has the ambition to serve the country, and on the other hand, he is also romantic. The story between Cai E and Xiao Fengxian is believed to be true." Everyone in Beijing knows it, and some theaters even turned this incident into a repertoire, which won the welcome of the people. Although Cai E is young and handsome, he has a successful career, and Xiao Fengxian was only in the Eight Great Alleys. But the most amazing thing about Cai E is that he can never waver in such a woman."

"Really? I find this Cai E more and more interesting. I have been in the palace for many years, and I have never heard of such a thing."

Feng Xianghua gave Wu Peifu a hard look, implying what he was doing in the hall.Wu Peifu smacked his tongue, not daring to speak any more.

In the United States on the other side of the ocean, Qiao Zhiyong's Qiao Group is in a strong position in the American business world. After obtaining the gold mining license in Idaho, they took the train all the way to Nevada. At the astonishingly low price of one hundred dollars per acre, he bought a desolate area called "Grassland".When Qiao Zhiyong and his group came here, Yan Weifan, Ma Gongfu, Ma Xun, Gao Yu and others were all dumbfounded.

"Boss, is this the golden land you have repeatedly said about?" Several people even asked Qiao Zhiyong in tears.

Qiao Zhiyong didn't take it seriously, "Don't worry, within a few years, we can turn this place into the most prosperous city in the world!"

"It is located in the valley area surrounded by desolate deserts and semi-deserts in Nevada, with a total area of ​​about 293.6 square kilometers, surrounded by high mountains ranging from 1000 meters to 3000 meters. The climate here has four distinct seasons. Summer is a typical desert. Climate, the temperature at noon is often as high as about 38 degrees, while the temperature at night is relatively cool. There are often thunderstorms and the temperature is above average. The winter is generally mild and suitable, with an average daytime temperature of about 15 degrees. Although there are occasional There are very high temperatures, but spring and summer are still the most pleasant seasons. But here is rarely hit by severe weather, and it is one of the areas with the lowest relative humidity in the United States." The guide patiently helped the top Chinese businessman introduce.

"Bah! We are so stupid that we would invest money in this place where birds don't lay eggs!" Gao Yu scolded and looked around, all of which were endless deserts or Gobi, occasionally a few railways and roads passed by here , but not a single car was seen for half a day.

"Yes. In the middle of the 19th century, an army lieutenant who visited the 'Grassland' once thought in despair that no one would set foot in this desert from now on, but a hundred years have turned the barrenness of the past into a prosperous scene today. .Christianity calls human beings lost lambs, while Christ is the shepherd who redeems the world. On the fertile pasture land of the "grazing land", what grazes are people's endless desires, but who is it that comes to take care of these lambs? What about it?" the guide said pessimistically.

"What's the name of this place? There's no sign on the map, and the grassland doesn't look like the name of a future city." Gao Yu asked while wiping off his sweat.

"Las Vegas." Qiao Zhiyong said in bad English.

Next, Qiao Zhiyong began to conduct detailed negotiations with the Nevada state government. The state had been worrying about this piece of "pasture land" that no one cares about. The state government is naturally extremely happy to build a city.

In Qiao Zhiyong's proposal, the most famous gambling city in the world will be built here, so the government is asked to pass a bill, once the city is built, the gambling industry will be managed uniformly in the form of law.In the urban design plan, the Gaming Management Bureau and the State Reserve Bank branch are located in the center of the city, and the unlimited regulations of the future city allowed by the Gambling Act will make hundreds of thousands of casinos in the United States move quickly. to here.

The other is the construction of infrastructure. There will be a number of railways and highways to transport tourists here, and 8 large-scale transportation transfer stations will be built here, which will also be the foundation for the development of the gambling industry in Las Vegas.

Of course, this amount of investment is an astronomical figure, but Qiao Zhiyong once calculated an account with the emperor's patience and enlightenment. The opening of the casino in the future will most directly bring huge popularity. The average passenger flow exceeds 10, most of which are attracted by the casino, and the daily passenger flow is 10.Clothing, food, housing, transportation, eating, drinking and entertainment have also driven the development of other service industries here. Hotels, hotels, housing, transportation, shops and even old courtyards have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.At least more than 10 people were transferred to the new city to serve these casinos and gamblers. Of course, it also attracted a large number of new immigrants to look for opportunities in the ever-changing new city.This kind of investment is even longer and larger than the benefits of war.

Uprising: World War II Chapter 474 Exploiting Hollywood

Next, Qiao Zhiyong encouraged the state government to introduce a free trade bill, deciding that the future "grassland" would be a free trade zone free of tax and open to the whole city.

As the only duty-free free trade zone in the southwest, Las Vegas will quickly attract a large number of ship owners and freight companies to come here for entrepot trade and product processing, and establish a large number of processing enterprises, coupled with the rapid development of fishery and ports. The development of trade, a large number of processing enterprises and some large enterprises invested by the government will also bring a large number of people to the new city.

According to calculations and statistics, after the city is completed, the average daily population will reach 30. According to this figure, the population here will become the fifth largest city in the United States in less than a year, surpassing the old center City Philadelphia.However, the reason for calculating the average daily population is because more than half of the 30 population are migrants, and most of them are gamblers. Gamblers, of the remaining nearly [-] people, more than [-] are new immigrants who only have the right of abode, and ship owners, cargo owners, and merchants traveling to and from the new city.

However, the development method of the new city is driven by the population, whether it is the permanent population or not.Whether it is new immigrants who only have the right of residence, including gamblers, as long as there are people, there will be demand, which is the driving force for urban development.

Qiao Zhiyong had already prepared the urban planning drawings. Of course, this was drafted and designed by Chinese urban planning experts under the instruction of Guan Xuqing. Of course, the Americans would not know this.It was reviewed by the state of Nevada and passed with few changes.The Americans have made very clear calculations. The "Grassland" was originally a piece of wasteland. Now someone is investing in the construction of a city, and building such a large-scale entertainment and tourism city will inject a huge sum of money into Nevada. Once completed, it will not only drive the growth of the state economy, but also bring a large number of job opportunities to Nevada, which is a very cost-effective deal for the state government.

Qiao Zhiyong, his team and the planning experts of the state government came to the planned land of "Grassland", and said to the people around him while comparing the drawings: "Because the time for building the city is too tight, this is a wasteland. The foundation is very weak, so it is impossible to build too many high-rise buildings in the new city in a short period of time, and buildings of various styles with about three to five floors and a large area are the early features of the new city.”

Qiao Zhiyong gestured with his hands, everyone, please look: "This direction will be the main road of the new city, the Golden Avenue, and the city hall and major entertainment and casino projects will be built around this avenue. You can imagine that there will be three or five floors here in the future. Tall, decorated with brilliant golden walls, covering a wide area, magnificent buildings are distributed on both sides of the avenue, and the signboards of the buildings that appear most are such and such entertainment city, such and such hotel, and such and such theater.

The Golden Avenue will gather almost all the high-end casinos in the new city. These casinos are somewhat different from the previous casinos. Their most notable feature is that they can provide one-stop services for eating, drinking, entertainment, basic necessities, housing and transportation.Therefore, the construction of supporting industries in the new city should also be carried out at the same time.Other small and medium-sized casinos are distributed in the south of the city, where there is a port, which can quickly gather high connections.However, the taxes paid by these casinos may not be as high as one-third of the high-end casinos, but the development of the city mainly depends on these low-end and mid-range casinos.The high-end casinos themselves may make a lot of money, because they are all rich and wealthy businessmen who spend a lot of money, and the income is naturally amazing, but this part of the gamblers is only a small number, and there are only dozens of high-end casinos. Unlike the middle and low-end casinos, there are thousands of ordinary The casino has at least 10 visitors per day.Although these gamblers are not rich.But no matter what, how many people can feed the new city with the basic necessities of [-] people?The purpose of building casinos in new towns is to attract people. "

"The available land in Las Vegas is limited, so we should build as few low-rise buildings as possible in the future. Based on the land conditions of the new city, the city hall should focus on guiding the construction of high-rise buildings. High-rise buildings can save urban space and shorten the time for public facilities and municipal management. Network development cycle, thereby reducing municipal expenditures and speeding up urban construction." Qiao Zhiyong told the planning experts of the state government.

A group of American planning experts paused at Qiao Zhiyong's words. If low-rise buildings are used in the future, the utilization rate will be low.It will also cause a shortage of land resources.Housing prices have risen absurdly. Besides, it is impossible to build houses on all these lands. Parks and natural parks will definitely be needed. If all buildings are reinforced concrete buildings, the living environment of residents will be too poor.If it is too boring, the attractiveness of the city will naturally be greatly reduced.

After completing the planning plan for Las Vegas, Qiao Zhiyong retained three young people, Ma Gongfu, Ma Xun, and Gao Yu, to assist the state government in the early infrastructure construction planning of the new city.Of course, the construction funds for the new city of Las Vegas are very large. After repeated consultations with the state government, Qiao Zhiyong finally decided to contribute 30.00% to the Nevada state government and 70.00% to the Joe Group. More importantly, the two parties signed a According to the agreement, after the completion of the new city, the funds for municipal public management will be borne by the state government, and the future taxes and fees of the new city will be divided according to the proportion of the investment amount of both parties.

According to Yan Weifan's words, "Now that the chickens have been bought, the only thing left is to collect the eggs."

After everything was ready, Qiao Zhiyong didn't stop, took Yan Weifan and a large group of staff from the Qiao Group, boarded the train going south, and rushed straight to the famous American city, Los Angeles.