Beiyang reactionaries

"General, it will take at least three years."

"What do you mean?"

Tanaka Yoshiichi asked Ugaki Kazunari.

Ugaki Kazushige approached Tanaka Yoshiichi, and then said: "General, the improvement of weapons and equipment will bring about changes in combat effectiveness. What I want to do now is to improve the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army. I want to make our army mechanized. Troops can use mules and horses. Some elite troops should have chariots, better artillery, and more combat aircraft. But this will take time. I want to use three years for our troops to initially complete this goal .At that time, the Chinese army will not be the opponent of our imperial army at all. Our chariots will gallop in Manchuria, and our planes will fly over Beijing, the capital of the Chinese government. After three years, we can teach the arrogant Chinese people a good lesson .”

Ugaki Kazushige is very confident.

This is Ugaki Kazushige's goal.The current Imperial Army has no advantage over the Chinese Army.Therefore, Kazushige Ugaki hopes to build mechanized troops, or at least complete mule and horse troops.

Develop combat vehicles, that is, tanks and armored vehicles that appeared in the European War.It is also necessary to equip the troops with more artillery, develop better artillery, and equip more heavy artillery.Of course, after the battle with the Chinese army, Kazushige Ugaki began to attach importance to the development of aircraft.It was with his support that the Army Ministry began to form the Aviation Headquarters.Sugiyamahara, who had been advising the Japanese army to form an aviation unit, was also reused by Ugaki Kazunari.Kazushige Ugaki hopes to build a strong aviation force.

As long as these are completed, Ugaki Kazushige believes that the Japanese army can become one of the most powerful armies in the world.The Chinese Army is no match at all.Tanaka Yoshiichi looked at the confident Ugaki Kazunari and sneered: "Do you think we can surpass the Chinese government? According to our research and analysis, the Chinese government's annual military expenditure has exceeded one billion yen. Tell me, ten What is the concept of [-] million yen, and what is the scale. The military expenditure of the Chinese government has surpassed that of our army, and it may soon reach twice our military expenditure. Do you know what this means?"

Ugaki remained silent.

Because he understood what Tanaka Yoshiichi meant.Just after World War I, the Japanese Navy ambitiously proposed the "Eighty-Eight Fleet" plan.At that time, according to the plan, the "Eighty-eight Fleet" was formed, and the Japanese Navy's annual military expenditure would reach 15 million yen.However, with the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, the plan for the "Eighty-Eight Fleet" died.Therefore, the military expenditure of the Japanese Navy did not exceed [-] million yen, and it was in circles between [-] and [-] million yen.At this time, the annual expenditure of the Japanese government is only about [-] billion yen.That is to say, the military expenditure of the Japanese navy accounts for one-third of Japan's fiscal expenditure.

At present, the combined military expenditure of the Japanese army and navy is around [-] million yen.However, China's military expenditure has exceeded one billion yen, which is simply unbelievable.

Although China's military spending includes a lot.Starting from the army, the following military factories, military academies, and military research institutes, as long as the expenditures of departments linked to the army are all military expenditures.

But even so, it's still amazing.China, a country that has been bullied by Japan for half a century, now spends more on military expenditure than Japan.As the Minister of the Japanese Army, Ugaki Kazusei, what can he say.

Tanaka Yoshiichi saw that Ugaki Kazunari did not speak, so he continued: "The Chinese government has no navy, and the navy is very weak, so the navy's investment in the military expenditure is very small. So where did they spend so much military expenditure? I told Where did you spend it. They feed 150 million army troops, and their arsenal is getting bigger and bigger. Needless to say, the number of rifles and machine guns they produce every year is far more than ours. Is it developing tanks in the army? The military factories of the Chinese government cooperated with the Germans, not only producing the heavy guns of the Germans, but also began to develop tanks. There is also an aircraft force, and the Chinese government has invested a lot of money in it Their aircraft factory produces a lot of aircraft every year. The Chinese government currently has three aviation schools for training pilots."

"But what about us? Most of our military expenses are taken by the navy. How much money can our army get a year? It's less than [-] million yen. How can we use this money to fight the Chinese army. We are now developing a war Vehicle troops, develop the aviation headquarters, do you think we can defeat the Chinese army with this money? Our research and production of tank troops, aircraft manufacturing, including the production of cannons, will slowly lag behind the Chinese. Time, time is very short for the empire valuable."

Ugaki Kazusei frowned.

After thinking for a while, he said, "General, what do you mean?"

"It is now that the Chinese government is sure that our current financial situation is not good, and that our current army reorganization is not over, so it will attack us recklessly. Therefore, the Chinese government will not have much preparations, and will not make war preparations. They are just putting pressure on us again. At this time, we should press up, just like in the Jiawu Year, and dare to gather the power of the whole country to completely defeat the Chinese government and interrupt the rising momentum of the Chinese government.”

"General, your idea is unlikely to succeed. The Cabinet will not agree."

Ugaki Kazunari suddenly felt that what Tanaka Yoshiichi said was correct.

China is a big country. Although it is still very poor, the advantages of a big country can be seen from the increase in fiscal revenue.Originally, the Chinese government was under great financial pressure due to compensation and loans.

But in the past few years, Duan Xun has slowly paid off all the compensation, including many loans.After that, the customs was taken back, and now the Chinese government's fiscal revenue is increasing every year.

The growth rate of fiscal revenue far exceeds that of Japan.The growth rate of military expenditure is also very fast. Within a few years, China's military expenditure has surpassed that of Japan.

The longer the time, the better for China.Because so much money is pouring into military construction, the strength of the Chinese military will definitely be greatly enhanced.

"A bunch of stupid people. They all deserve to die."

Tanaka Yoshiichi was furious, and originally wanted to say something to Ugaki Kazusei.But he didn't say anything, and said to Ugaki: "Speed ​​up the construction of the army. I'll think about it."

"Yes."

Ugaki Kazunari knew what Tanaka Yoshiichi meant, so he left Tanaka Yoshiichi.Tanaka Yoshiichi looked at Ugaki Kazunari's back, and murmured: "For His Majesty the Emperor, for the empire, you all deserve to die."

479

"Xuehua, do you think this kind of tactics is okay?"

"Yes."

Because of the incident on the Korean Peninsula, the relationship between China and Japan became tense in an instant.Some young officers of the Japanese army originally wanted to create some friction, and then let Japan pay attention to it.Send more troops to the Korean peninsula.

But China's response took them by surprise.

Because China immediately retaliated.There are a large number of military airports in Northeast China and Shandong, and a large number of fighter jets and bombers.The Japanese troops on the Korean peninsula were bombarded indiscriminately.The Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and the situation on the Korean peninsula could not be controlled at all.

Dong Songyan's troops even wiped out Gangcun Ningci's unit.

Now Japan is in a hurry.Because since the Gangcun Neiji United was annihilated, the Japanese army has become even more stretched on the Korean Peninsula.Especially in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, the Korean Independence Army has moved around at will.

Their purpose is to reorganize the current resistance forces on the Korean peninsula.The Korean Independence Army has money and weapons, and the leaders of the Korean Independence Army were all leaders of the Korean Independence Movement.So the reorganization effect is not bad.

As long as the Korean Independence Army reorganizes a unit, it will immediately let them retreat to the banks of the Yalu River.Ge Jingen's training camp was located on the banks of the Yalu River, and these newly reorganized troops were given military training and weapon refitting.

Of course it's not just these.

The Korean Independence Army even established regime in the northern part of the Korean peninsula.

So the troubles on the Korean peninsula are getting bigger and bigger, and the Japanese army is under heavy pressure on the Korean peninsula.

How to deal with it?

Duan Xun has been waiting for a response from the Japanese government.If Japan goes to war, Duan Xun will accompany him.But Japan did not respond too strongly.Although the Japanese navy began to appear in coastal cities, it did not engage in provocative acts.

On the contrary, Japanese Foreign Minister Kijuro Koihara will personally come to Beijing to negotiate and talk about the current situation.Kijuro Kijuro's performance made Duan Xun understand that Japan has a lot of problems now.

With Japan's arrogance, in the face of such a blow, it was able to restrain itself, which shows the current difficulties of the Japanese cabinet.We can also see the attitude of the Japanese cabinet.But Duan Xun did not stay in Beijing just because the Japanese foreign minister came over.On the contrary, Duan Xun left Beijing by special train.

This is the first time Duan Xun has left Beijing since he came to Beijing in 1920.The name is to attend Sun Yat-sen's funeral, but it is also to inspect several important places.

Meet with some local leaders.

Duan Xun's departure from Beijing is no small matter.There are many people who accompanied Duan Xun to leave Beijing. It can be said that a set of administrative teams will follow Duan Xun, including the military department.

"Prime Minister, although I am not from the navy, I am familiar with aircraft. The biggest change in the emergence of aircraft is the expansion of combat radius. Before the popularity of hot weapons, warfare in the era of cold weapons was a close-to-hand combat. Although there are bows and arrows, The shooting range is limited, so the combat distance is limited, which is a real face-to-face hand-to-hand combat. Later, hot weapons became popular, but because of the limited range of rifles, the combat distance of troops was also limited, but it was already completely different from the era of cold weapons. Later, with the development of gun technology Development, as well as the emergence of artillery, has greatly increased the combat distance. Just as the ambush mode of the previous army is completely different from the ambush mode of the modern army, the ambush distance of the modern army is far longer than that of the ancient times. The reason is the difference in weapons."

Yang Xianyi sat upright and reported to Duan Xun.

Yang Xianyi currently serves as the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command.This time Duan Xun went south, he also followed Duan Xun.Seeing that Duan Xun listened to his words very seriously, Yang Xianyi continued: "The appearance of the plane has expanded the combat radius many times. Just like this time we air raided the Japanese army. Our airfields are in the northeast and Shandong, but It can strike targets one or two hundred kilometers away. I think the same should be true for the navy.”

"Inferences from one instance to another, not bad. Go ahead."

"Prime Minister, I also know a little bit about the history of the Navy's development."

Yang Xianyi is an air force general.

Because China's naval force is too weak, there is almost no development.Therefore, threats in the direction of the sea also require air force protection.Therefore, Yang Xianyi has carefully understood the development of the navy and the current combat mode.

"At present, the mainstream of the world's navy is battleships. Everyone is strengthening the protection of battleships, as well as the power of naval guns and the strike distance of naval guns. But no matter how the battleships develop, their combat radius and combat distance are limited after all. But when With aircraft, aircraft will greatly expand the combat radius of the navy. If, as the Prime Minister said, combat aircraft can be carried on warships, then the naval combat mode will change in the future. When other battleships are not close to you, Your aircraft can attack the opponent’s warship. If this continues, the battleship that is currently being vigorously developed in the world may disappear from history.”

"well."

Duan Xun looked at Yang Xianyi and nodded repeatedly.

Yang Xianyi has been committed to the development of the Chinese Air Force these years, and as a pilot, he personally led the Air Force to fight.Just like during the Sino-Japanese War in 1923, Yang Xianyi personally led the Chinese Air Force to complete the bombing of the Japanese army.Yang Xianyi can be said to have made outstanding contributions to the development of the Chinese Air Force.

Unexpectedly, he also had some research on naval operations.Duan Xun was very satisfied with Yang Xianyi, so he turned to Shen Honglie and Chen Shaokuan and said, "What do you two think of Xuehua (Yang Xianyi)?"