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It is precisely because this kind of thinking began to rise in Japan that Japan can maintain a temporary peace with China in the Northeast and Taiwan.It also allows the Chinese negotiating delegation to maintain negotiations and stay in Japan.

From the very beginning, Hua Fei did not pin his hopes on negotiations.As a soldier who has experienced the bloody storms of the underground society, he understands very well that any negotiation must be backed by strength.And even in Wang Jian's brief and detailed statement, Wang Jian also pointed out that negotiations are just a strategic fog, a tactic to paralyze the enemy when the current military means cannot be effective.Hua Fei very much agreed with this view, so when the Nanjing Central Committee was concentrating on resolving the financial crisis, he took the initiative to offer an olive branch of peace, gave up his tough stance, and induced Japan to accept a temporary ceasefire during the peace negotiations. It is for the government to take a breather, but for the purpose of accumulating strength and withdrawing its fists, waiting for the moment when the punches strike.

Since three months ago, Hua Fei began to withdraw investment from foreign markets such as the United States in a planned way, and secretly imported cash into the country. By the end of January 25, the amount of cash that Hua Fei could use directly had reached 2 million Singapore dollars, or about 1 million U.S. dollars in value.All the cash is not monitored by the central government, but is transferred from a secret account of the Pacific Bank to a very secret agency specially set up by the National Defense Forces, the Military Strategic Development Planning Office.

The Military Strategic Development and Planning Department does not have the right to mobilize the army, or even have any right to intervene in the army. It is directly led by Hua Fei, responsible for handling the tasks assigned by Hua Fei, and then returns to Hua Fei. In the name of the commander, it is issued to the army. From this point of view, the power of the strategic planning office is transcendent.

A huge sum of up to 2 million Singapore dollars has been injected into the strategic planning department, and it is still being injected. $1 million is a huge amount of money in this day and age.Hua Fei did not hesitate to give up the excess profit returns that he could obtain in the United States, and withdrawing such a huge amount of funds was also a very big determination.You must know that until 1933, the military expenditure of the entire United States was only 5 million U.S. dollars, and this does not include the inflation rate. {Data reference from Rolle Berenice: "The Design of Total Warfare"}

The injection of this cash was mainly through the strategic planning department's secret injection into major military factories to purchase various weapons and equipment.For example, a large number of new equipment such as heavy artillery, towed artillery, new practical tanks, heavy machine guns, mortars, individual weapons, ammunition, etc. of the army are secretly stored in various ways through confidentiality .

In addition, the Air Force and Navy also adopted a similar approach. Due to the injection of funds, the production speed of aircraft quietly began to accelerate. On the surface, the number of official trainer aircraft of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces increased rapidly, training and training a large number of pilots.The number of aircraft currently in service is only one-third of the number of active pilots.In the closed dock of the Naval Shipyard, those warships, submarines and other naval weapons and equipment that have been slowed down due to funding problems have re-accelerated the speed of construction imperceptibly.

All the arsenals seem to be the same as usual, but in areas where no one pays attention, many sentry posts have been secretly added, and workers are strictly restricted from going out.The entire military industrial field is loosening outside and tightening inside, and is quietly speeding up the production of military products, and fully reserves the energy for war.

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317 The Aircraft Carrier Launched

There have been as many as more than 4 million Singapore dollars.About 2 million U.S. dollars has been invested in the secret plan, so that the constraint that military expenditure has become a bottleneck for the growth of the National Defense Forces is no longer a problem.And because this is a secret fund, it has neither been passed through the government to be discussed by the joint parliament, nor even opposed by the opposition party as an obstacle, nor has it attracted extra attention and attention from the outside world.Due to the extremely strict secrecy measures and the effective cover of various smoke screens, foreign intelligence agencies lack effective investigation of this secret military expenditure.

Ingrid Harman was very dissatisfied with the huge amount of [-] million US dollars withdrawn from abroad.And for the sake of confidentiality, Harman didn't know that the money was used by Hua Fei for military investment.Coupled with several telegrams from Hua Fei urging him to return to China, Haman initially had a distrust of Hua Fei.Originating from her daughter Hua Juan, who was transferred back to China through secret funds, the first rift between Hua Fei and his wife began to appear after their marriage.

But obviously, for Hua Fei at this moment, even if he is aware of this problem, he doesn't have the time and energy to repair this rift. In the early spring of 25 years, Hua Fei began to devote his energy to a new round of military reorganization. Hua Fei obviously did not pay enough attention to the new government elections that had already begun to turmoil among the people.

Since the National Defense Forces underwent a major reorganization after the collapse of the Beiyang government, it has not been effectively reorganized.The standard system of the Army of the National Defense Forces is [-] armies plus an Overseas Chinese Independent Corps, although there has been a temporary expansion of the army in the middle.However, due to the shortage of military expenditures, most of the expanded armies were abolished as reserve forces soon after.

The current army of [-] armies is the direct line army of the original autonomous region that really has strong combat effectiveness. Whether it is the training and discipline of the army, weapons and equipment, the morale of the soldiers, and even the powerful fighting spirit formed during the growth and development of this army, It is the soul and foundation of the entire Wehrmacht.

In addition, the 29th Army reorganized from the Feng Army, the 21th Army formed by the Xingui Clan, the [-]th Army formed by Feng Yuxiang, and the [-]st Army of the Jin Army led by Yan Xishan all had certain combat effectiveness.In addition, the [-]th Army, [-]th Army, and [-]th Army reorganized from the former Beiyang Army are all troops with rich combat experience, but in terms of morale and fighting desire, they are still not at the same level as the National Defense Forces.

Limited to the agreement with the various armies at the beginning, in order to complete the national unification as soon as possible, the National Defense Forces Command tacitly allowed them to maintain a certain degree of independence for the Feng Army, Jin Army, Xingui Army, and even Feng Yuxiang's army.Although the staff officers of the headquarters have been adopting assimilation measures, due to Hua Fei's disagreement, the assimilation measures are very light. In addition, whether it is the veterans of the Feng army or Yan Xishan and the others, they attach great importance to the relative independence of the army, so Strictly speaking.The Wehrmacht has not yet formed a complete collective, so it is difficult to do whatever it takes, and it even implies a certain crisis.

In addition, after the defeat of the southern army, in order to appease the surrendered southern army and prevent them from becoming bandits, and to use their strength to clear up some bandits, Nanjing still retained the five armies of 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28. establishment.Although many direct line officers of the National Defense Forces were transferred to these five armies, they later accepted the surrender of many bandits and thieves.

Therefore, the focus of this Army reorganization is to comprehensively strengthen the overall quality of the nearly one million troops of the [-] armies. full control and dispatch.For some veterans who do not meet the requirements, a comprehensive decommissioning process will be carried out, and fresh blood will be recruited to quickly train a new batch of future main combat core forces with combat.

In addition, due to the reform and division of local administrative regions, the original practice of dividing garrison areas according to provinces will be changed.Thoroughly implement the garrison management of large military regions, and divide the country into five major military regions.Taking the northeast region and the Mongolian region as the northern military region, the elite armed forces of the eight armies are stationed.The western region, including Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan, was designated as the Western Military Region, where six armies were stationed.The southern region, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Taiwan, was designated as the Southern Military Region, where elite troops from eight armies were stationed.The Central Plains area, including Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanshan, and Shandong, was designated as the Central Plains theater, and the elite armed forces of the eight armies were stationed.Designate the Nanjing area, including Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai as the Central Military Region.The elite direct descendants of the Central Army stationed in the ten armies have thus formed the military deployment of the five major military regions across the country and formed a preliminary security strategy pattern.

Based on this calculation, at least forty army troops are needed. Even if the existing organizational reform is fully completed, the army will still need to be expanded.Of course, in the military construction schedule of the Strategic Planning Department of the National Defense Forces, a comprehensive military reorganization must be completed within three months, that is, the first half of 25, when the national election begins.The military expansion plan is divided into three steps. The first step is to expand the organizational system of one army within this year. The second step is to continue to expand the organizational system of the three armies in the next two years. Expand the organizational system of the six armies within the year.That is to say, according to the Army Expansion Plan of the Strategic Planning Office, by the end of 30, the national defense army of the entire country will have 150 armies, and the number of troops in the army will reach about [-] million, basically reaching the armed forces for maintaining national security.

Originally such a plan, at least in the first half of the year to complete a comprehensive military reorganization is simply impossible.But with sufficient secret funds injected, plus whether it is the Feng Army or the Xingui Army.Even the most conservative Jin army, in the current situation where the central government is unified and the main force of the National Defense Forces has an overall advantage, even if they want to reject the reorganization, they are helpless and powerless.

[-] million Singapore dollars, and it is still increasing, which is almost equivalent to the military expenditure of the three armed forces of the National Defense Forces for a year. It is of great significance and effect on the rapid improvement of military strength.Adequate military support, unified centralized power structure.The military regionalization is imperative, and the imbalance between the central military force and the local military force has made the entire military plan extremely smooth without causing too much stress response.

In terms of the navy, over the years, it has been pursuing a policy of immersing itself in development, building warships independently, avoiding the main force of the enemy, and expanding its strength.With the rapid improvement of China's overall industrial machinery, material chemistry and ship construction level, the first combined fleet of the entire navy has begun to take shape, which is not the same.

According to the Washington Naval Convention, the total tonnage of China's naval fleet shall not exceed 26.5 tons and have 8 capital ships, and China's aircraft carriers shall not exceed [-] tons.However, limited by China's economic level and industrial construction strength, the Admiralty at the headquarters level of the Wehrmacht finally decided to cancel the construction of the York-class battleships, and put limited financial resources on the upgrade and maintenance of the existing six main German battlecruisers.

As for China's new shipbuilding plan, not only is the speed steady and orderly, but it is also different from the world's competition to build light cruisers with a displacement of [-] tons. In the Chinese Navy's shipbuilding plan, the design of twelve light cruisers appeared The displacement is only [-] to [-] tons, and not only has no construction been started, the design has not yet been completed.After all, this is the first time that China has independently designed and built such a huge warship, so the Chinese navy has purchased several retired warships of this tonnage and displacement from various countries for reference.This kind of displacement is difficult to pose a threat to all countries, and of course it cannot attract enough attention from the navies of Britain, the United States, Japan, France and other countries.

However, the warships that Chinese shipyards have really begun to build and have successively launched into service for sea trials are the latest warships with a displacement of [-] tons.The displacement of this kind of warship is similar to the old-fashioned sea-capacity-class armored cruiser of the Chinese Navy, but its design is very similar to a relatively successful design of China's Haifeng-class destroyer. Some military newspapers even pointed out that this kind of warship has a displacement of [-] Two hundred tons, the warship officially named the Sea King-class destroyer is actually an enlarged version of the Haifeng-class destroyer, which can be regarded as a new type of cruiser.

However, regardless of whether this named Sea King-class warship should be classified as a cruiser or a destroyer, when the twelve cruisers of the [-] to [-]-ton class in the Navy's construction plan have not yet been finalized, this light-weight The Sea King-class battleship has become an important force in the surface ships of the First Fleet of the Wehrmacht Navy.

This enlarged destroyer is more comprehensive in combat missions, not only strengthening the role of the destroyer as an anti-torpedo boat, but also strengthening the role of anti-submarine and air defense.At the same time, it has certain anti-ship capabilities and the ability to coordinate attacks on the enemy's main warships.It is actually a kind of naval warfare complex. Although it is not very outstanding in all aspects, it wins in comprehensive combat methods, and the cost and maintenance are not expensive.

In addition to the Haifeng-class destroyers, the more than 1000-ton Haifeng-class and Haitian-class destroyers were the main destroyers in previous years.The production of the Haitian class has long been discontinued, and the Haifeng class is still produced in some small docks and slipways, mainly for export to some interested countries.

Those main warships of the First Fleet, such as Zhaohe, Yingrui, Feihong, etc., were withdrawn from active service in large numbers because their performance could no longer meet the needs of the navy, and became reserve warships or training ships.

The submarine force of underwater forces has always been the advantage of the Chinese navy.Although Germany, known as the king of submarines in the world, used to have a huge submarine force, but after the defeat in World War I, Germany's submarine force suffered a devastating blow.Regardless of the quantity or the quality of submarines, the submarine force of the Chinese Navy has firmly ranked among the top countries in the world, and has become the most proud combat force of the Chinese Navy.

Known as the Chinese Navy's underwater Fang Fang WIII submarine, it is not only the main force of the Chinese Navy, but also has a very famous reputation in all countries in the world.Among them, European countries prefer to use the title of wild wolf to describe the WIII submarine, which shows what kind of impression this kind of submarine gives to the navies of various countries.And as many as sixty or seventy wolf-class submarines can already form a huge wolf swarm, which can not only cover most of the seas in East Asia, but even extend their tentacles to the Indian Ocean.

However, at the beginning of the year, Huafei used private funds to secretly inject into the army, especially the focus of the injection into the navy was not the above shipbuilding plans.In May of the 25th year, all parts of the country were preparing for the election. After the negotiations between China and Japan reached a deadlock, or a deadlock, they kept a low profile in the closed dock of the New Century Shipyard in Shanghai. A huge ship in the groundwater.People who are a little familiar with naval warships will find that this giant ship is as huge as a battleship, but there is no huge main gun on the hull, but a straight flight path.Yes, this is an aircraft carrier. This is the first aircraft carrier of the Chinese National Defense Force Navy after years of waiting and anticipation!

The role of aircraft carriers will definitely have a huge impact on future naval battles. In a fleet without an aircraft carrier, it means that there is no air supremacy.The navy that has lost its air supremacy will completely become the target of attack, completely lose the initiative in combat, and can only passively become the target of the enemy's attack.

The appearance of the aircraft carrier is definitely an epoch-making product. It will completely change the history of naval warfare, completely replace the battleship in World War II, become the overlord of the sea, and usher in a new era of the navy.Although people in this era are generally unaware of this, countries still spare no effort in the development of aircraft carriers.

Hua Fei, who is familiar with the general direction of history, certainly understands the importance of aircraft carriers, and the construction technology of aircraft carriers in this era is far from as complicated as that of later generations.But at the same time, the aircraft carrier of this era is very primitive, and the accident rate of fighter jets taking off from the aircraft carrier and landing is very high.Hua Fei has been lagging behind in the development plan of the aircraft carrier. It is true that the research of comprehensive and detailed technology is one point, but the fundamental thing is to improve the escort fleet of the aircraft carrier.

Japan's aircraft carrier formation suffered huge losses in the last naval battle not only because of their lack of experience in carrier warfare, but also because they ventured close to China's aviation combat cordon, and lack of information on China's radar, and more arrogant factors. Inside.Take the lessons of others as your own experience. Therefore, the fundamental purpose of Huafei's vigorous development of Haiwang-class destroyers is to serve as escort ships for aircraft carriers.In addition, frigates have been professionally released, and most of the miniaturized anti-submarine destroyers have begun to be fully equipped. China's first aircraft carrier has only been postponed in a low-key manner.

This aircraft carrier named Eastern Giant is based on the design and construction drawings of the Derfflinger-class battlecruisers, and refers to the hulls of the Mackensen and even the York-class battleships. warship.The standard displacement of the Oriental Giant aircraft carrier is 22800 tons, and the full-load displacement is 25600 tons.The captain is 253.7 meters long, the flight deck is 33.9 meters wide, the waterline is 231 meters long and 25.8 meters wide when fully loaded and discharged, and the draft is 7.8 meters. There are 9 boilers, 4 steam turbines imported from Germany, 4 shafts, and the output power of the main engine reaches 12.5 horsepower.The maximum speed is 33.2 knots, and the endurance is 12500 nautical miles/15 knots.Armed with 4 single-barreled 127mm guns, 8 2-unit 28mm machine guns, and 36 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.There are about 90 carrier-based aircraft and 2200 design staff.

The launch of the aircraft carrier made a group of high-ranking officers of the National Defense Forces who secretly participated in the ceremony, especially the naval officers, weep with joy.Much of their happiness is not about owning an aircraft carrier, but that China's shipyards have finally built a large warship completely independently.Whether it was the Derfflinger-class or the Mackensen-class battleships in service with the Navy before, they were all German warships or unfinished ships, and Chinese shipyards completed subsequent repairs and outfitting work.But the Dongfangjun is completely a large warship designed and built by the Chinese Navy's military industry!

With this aircraft carrier, the combat capability of the navy will be improved immeasurably, and the combat radius of combat aircraft will be greatly increased. It can even cooperate with shore aircraft to attack Taiwan, and its strategic and tactical effects are extremely significant.With this aircraft carrier, the confrontational situation between the Chinese and Japanese navies will change. At least the Chinese navy will not find the Japanese navy and avoid fighting.The navy's aircraft can take the initiative to attack the enemy, and the navy fleet can take the opportunity to attack from the sea, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

However, the launch of the aircraft carrier is still some distance away from the formation of a battle, and the production of carrier-based aircraft is still in the factory.Moreover, the addition of an aircraft carrier cannot completely reverse the gap in naval strength between China and Japan immediately. Hua Fei is still very self-aware about this.But at least the launch of this aircraft carrier has qualitatively improved the strength of the Chinese navy, and Hua Fei's dream of building a powerful navy has initially taken shape.

The air force has always been the advantage of the Chinese military, but this technological advantage has gradually been caught up by Japan.Due to the lack of competitors, the Chinese Air Force is not very interested in building and maintaining a large fleet.Instead, put limited military expenditures on training a large number of new pilots and research.

Whether it is the two major aircraft manufacturers or the flight research institute, the current joint research focuses on all-metal aircraft and increasing the power of the aircraft, working towards the ultimate goal of faster, higher, and farther.However, this is a systematic project, and limited by the constraints of science and technology and material technology, it is almost impossible for the Air Force's aircraft to achieve a breakthrough leap.Therefore, while the aircraft manufacturers and research institutes are researching new models, they have not forgotten to upgrade the existing aircraft. Among them, the research on adding wireless communicators to the aircraft has achieved great results. ability is of great significance.

In this reorganization, the National Defense Forces Command not only improved the construction of the Navy's First Fleet, but also carried out systematic reforms in the construction of the Air Force.There are three pilot divisions under the Air Force Command. The first pilot division is responsible for the air defense of the central and eastern coastal areas of Nanjing, the second pilot division is responsible for the air defense of the northern region, and the third pilot division is responsible for the air defense tasks of the southern region.Because there is no air threat in the western region, the air force is temporarily not stationed.

Each pilot division has three flight regiments, each flight regiment has three flight brigades, each brigade has three squadrons, and each squadron has three detachments with a total of about 200 aircraft.Every time a mission is performed, different numbers of aircraft will be dispatched depending on the mission. Each flight group has about [-] aircraft stationed at an airport, but it is also possible to concentrate as many as [-] aircraft at a main airport according to the needs of combat missions. All of the aircraft used to carry out large-scale military missions.

These are all peacetime establishments, and the full deployment of three air divisions requires more than [-] aircraft.The current number of empty aircraft obviously cannot reach this level, and in wartime, the number and structure ratio of this aircraft may be adjusted at any time due to needs, and it is not static.

In addition, the aviation under the Navy does not belong to the Air Force, and the Marine Corps under the Navy does not belong to the Army.The Air Force also has jurisdiction over the radar regiment, airborne paratroopers, transport supplies and other arms, which do not belong to other arms.However, during the war, and even in the current training, the three armed forces have strengthened their joint awareness and pertinence.

The reorganization of the entire army has hardly encountered any major obstacles. Although Zhang Xueliang, Yan Xishan, and Li Zongren of the Xingui faction have strong influence in the direct line army, compared to Hua Fei's control over the entire army and Prestige, their little influence, is still not enough to fight against them.As a result, the entire National Defense Forces have undergone a systematic reorganization and redeployment according to the established plan.It's just that in terms of the number of troops deployed, both the quantity and quality of the troops in the Northern Military Region are obviously more focused than the plan.

After more than ten years of hard work, Hua Fei finally managed to fully control the Chinese army and firmly controlled the military power in his hands.However, for Hua Fei, this is not an end, but a means, but a prerequisite for promoting the stability and unity of the country and building a strong country.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Even though the reorganization of the National Defense Forces is very low-key, it still cannot be hidden from the cameras of the reporters who are everywhere.The reorganization of the army is still better, and more people understand him as a struggle for power within China.However, after the aircraft carrier launched by the Chinese Navy was photographed by an American reporter and published in the newspaper, there was a climax of discussions among various countries.The Japanese military, in particular, reacted extremely violently, exerting strong pressure on the government, and negotiating efforts that had just achieved weak results were completely in vain, and all negotiations came to a standstill again.

The spokesman of the Japanese government said that China has no sincerity in negotiating. While sending negotiating representatives, they continued to expand their military forces and did not give up their policy of confrontation and hostility to Japan.Japan cannot accept this at all. If China wants to reopen negotiations, it must give up its military expansion!

In response to the declaration of the Japanese government, Nanjing's response this time exceeded everyone's expectations.Nanjing did not continue to make efforts to resume the negotiations like last time, but immediately recalled the Japanese negotiating delegation and held a press conference for reporters, and what made all the reporters crazy was that Hua Fei would attend the press conference In the meeting, in response to the breakdown of the Sino-Japanese negotiations, express relevant views and accept questions from reporters.

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at a press conference.Mo Haiyu, Director-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of China, responded to current international concerns.Regarding the issue of China's newly launched aircraft carrier, Mo Haiyu said that China's development of naval power is a step for the country to independently strengthen its military power. Not only does it not violate the Washington Naval Treaty, but it is far from reaching the restrictions imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty on China.

Mo Haiyu pointed out that China is a big country. Compared with other countries in the world, China's navy is relatively backward.While some of its neighbors have several aircraft carriers, China has yet to build one.The original intention of China to build aviation is to maintain regional stability and peace, not to threaten or challenge peace.According to the Washington Naval Treaty, China can have eight main battleships, but considering the regional security situation and peaceful co-existence with neighboring countries, China gave up the construction of two main ships, and only retained the number of six main ships.This is not only China's contribution to world peace, but also the Chinese navy's resolute maintenance of the Washington Naval Treaty.

Mo Haiyu then cited a series of data, mainly to compare the gap between the Chinese and Japanese navies.Mo Haiyu pointed out that even with China's current naval development status and the power balance between China and Japan, China is still at a disadvantage.Therefore, the breakdown of this negotiation is not because China is insincere.It is not that Japan feels threatened, but that the Japanese government is simply unwilling to resolve the conflict between China and Japan peacefully.

Mo Haiyu then cited other examples and answered questions from many reporters present.But since Hua Fei is present today, the focus is unquestionable.When the reporters learned that they could ask Hua Fei questions, almost all of them raised their hands.

The first question was a British reporter. This reporter went straight to the point and asked whether the breakdown of the negotiations between China and Japan and the recall of the negotiating delegation by China indicated that China would resume its appeal for war to resolve the Northeast issue and Taiwan problem?

For such sensitive issues, the usual practice in diplomacy is to avoid the important ones and ignore the minor ones.But after Hua Fei pondered for a moment, he said solemnly, "Thank you for your question. I think everyone present must not forget the pain and memories brought about by the European War a few years ago. There was countless blood and fire. I watched countless people die in front of my eyes. Among these people were my comrades-in-arms, my relatives and friends, my compatriots and nationals, and our enemies. But no matter who died, that It is the disappearance of a life, and it is the most stupid cannibalism of our human beings."