Chapter 237 China begins to prepare for war

Never deny that capitalists, especially financial capitalists, are the most evil people in the world.

It includes Hu Chuyuan.

The five brothers gathered together to discuss secretly, and cashed out all the parts of the industries that could be cashed out. Everyone's capital began to shrink, and the remaining capital concentrated on treasury bonds, supporting the national war while reasonably avoiding risks.

The capital of the Hu family, except for the assets of Hu Chuyuan in the five major series of Taikoo, rich countries in the Americas, rich countries in Asia, BASF and CITIC, are almost all concentrated in Fukang Company, which holds a large number of company stocks in the stock markets of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. As long as these assets can be successfully cashed out, at least they can It is enough to increase the holding of 400 million yuan of treasury bonds in China.

After reaching an agreed plan within the family, Hu Chuyuan, according to the original plan, asked the Prime Minister's Office to agree to the French demand for compensation, and sent Foreign Minister Ouyang Geng to Moscow to mediate. In addition, he sent the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister's Office, Sun Zongyuan, and the Chief Foreign Minister Su Ruizhao, to Tokyo to carry out the "China and Japan" Negotiation of the Ping Trade Treaty.

Hu Chuyuan's series of diplomatic actions made the situation in the Far East suddenly warm up on the surface. The French political axe no longer mentioned the possible surname of military action against China, but took the opportunity to negotiate the new China-France Trade Regulations with China in an attempt to adjust bilateral tariffs on items with large trade changes between China and France.

With this kind of diplomatic activity, the international stock market has swept away the gloom of the possible outbreak of the Far East War, and the stocks of the four major Taikoo companies and many shareholding companies are rapidly premiums.

During this period, Hu Chuyuan quickly withdrew from the market and reduced his average shareholding in the Taikoo system to 11%, with the exception of BHP Oil Mining Company.

In the U.S. market, because Andrew Carnegie has decided to withdraw from the capital market and officially retire, Hu Chuyuan and JP Morgan jointly established the American Steel Company, and he cashed 530 million US dollars from the US capital market through JP Morgan.

Since then, Hu Chuyuan has successfully cashed out the two giant industries of steel and railway in the U.S. market. A large number of stocks he has long held in the U.S. stock market have also been sold, many of which were held in the early days of 1882.

Taking advantage of the gentleman's agreement with JP Morgan, Hu Chuyuan asked George Westinghouse to establish an international GM group in the United States, integrating Westinghouse Electric, Thomson Electric, Auckland Arsenal, Colt Firearms and a number of automobile, engine and ship manufacturers to form General Electric, General Motors and General Motors. There are five subsidiaries of Machinery, General Dynamics and General Shipping.

Except for General Electric, which occupies an absolute monopoly position in the U.S. electrical industry, the total share of the other four subsidiaries is not much, but this is just the beginning.

International GM Group, like Wanqi Group, is a holding subgroup of the American Wells Fargo Investment Bank Company. It is a member of the American Wells Fargo Consortium and has begun to enter the European market to prepare for the bottom of the European economy in the future.

In the domestic market, Fukang Company has also begun to withdraw its capital on a large scale. Its capital is concentrated on the acquisition of treasury bonds. Under the Asian rich flag, it officially established four major industrial groups, namely, Jiangnan, Fuguo, Hyundai and Great Wall. With the four major groups as the core, it began to comprehensively expand the scale of military industrial production capacity.

In terms of continuous domestic investment, Fuzhou Modern Group invests in Shanshan, Xinjiang Province, while Tianjin Great Wall Group invests in Jinyang, Shanxi Province. Asia's rich countries no longer open new companies and projects separately.

Economy determines politics, and politics determines war.

This is a sentence that will never go out of date.

In Japan, the operation of the big chaebol did not stop. In November 1900, the Asian rich country consortium was ready, and Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and other Japanese consortiums were also ready.

Everyone believes that the final victory must belong to themselves.

You say that this is not so much a war between China and the Ally, as a war between China and Japan, or rather a war between the Asian rich countries consortium and the four major consortia, or a war between China's industry and the Allied industry.

... The winter in Harbin comes very fast. The cold autumn is just a moment, and the sky has snowed heavily.

After all, Yang Zong Li is Yang Zong Li. Unlike ordinary people's vision, not long after he arrived in the northeast, he was sure that once Russia officially declared war on the northeast, he would first attack Harbin.

He didn't believe that Japan would land from North Korea, attack all the way up, and then enter the northeast through Dandong... If Japan really did this, he could only say that the friends of Shanxian, who claimed to be the father of the army, were really in vain.

Therefore, he established a new command place in Harbin very early. The Zhili Corps was arranged in Shengjing and Changchun, the Qingxu Corps was arranged in Harbin, and the Northeast Corps was disbanded on the spot and transformed into more than 30 local columns, scattered in the mountainous areas of Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces.

Yang Zong Li has never seen such a beautiful snow in his life. There are goose-like snowflakes flying all over the sky, falling colorfully. At a glance, the whole small city is submerged by heavy snow, and it is vastly white.

Looking into the distance from the Yongxing Tower of Pizhao Temple, even the world of hundreds of miles around it seems to be covered with snow.

What a beautiful northern country!

Yang Zongli was particularly excited and sighed in his heart. Last night, the State Administration of Intelligence sent him the latest intelligence information. He had a hunch that Ben and Russia were indeed likely to send troops before the complete lockdown, but he was strangely excited.

In the past two decades of military career, he has commanded countless wars, but it is the first time he has commanded such a large-scale battle.

He doesn't think China will defeat.

Compared with the past, and even with Russia, the domestic military technology is completely ahead of an era. Before the war began, more than 100 radio devices were sent to Harbin.

In Fushun County, the 10th Division of Zhili Corps is focusing on the equipment training of the Mechanized Corps, with more than 60 cannon armored vehicles, more than 30 self-propelled gun trucks and more than 100 trucks, intensively training drivers and workers.

In Shengjing (Shenyang), maintenance training courses are set up on the spot around Anshan Iron and Steel Factory and Machinery General Factory.

In addition, all divisions have replaced the M10 Browning rifle, which was finalized in 1897. It once equipped the Philippine Reading Force on a small scale for equipment experiments. In 1898, it made a new improvement and was finally finalized as the M10 Browning rifle.

The new rifle and the Lee-Enfield rifle have a similar surname in the gun mechanism, but the style is simple and practical, and it also absorbs some advantages of the Mauser G98 rifle. Normally, it has a bolt capacity of ten bullets. The rifle surname can be generally comparable to the Lee-Enfield rifle. The advantage is that the parts and components have a higher general surname. It is less difficult to manufacture and more suitable for mass production.

Three kinds of howitzers of 152mm, 105mm and 75mm caliber, new light and heavy machine guns, mines, grenade launchers, barrel squad mortars, and off-road vehicles all began to appear in Zhili and Qingxu Corps.

Among other things, mines alone have six specifications and models, as well as more advanced remote detonation mines, which are more suitable for ambush warfare.

In order to prevent the use of chemical weapons by Japan and Russia, all divisions were also equipped with anti-virus uniforms to carry out chemical weapons prevention education. The mustard gas shells temporarily introduced from the United Kingdom also quietly appeared in the ammunition storage warehouse.

At this time, Yang Zong Li's biggest feeling is that there are too many new weapons. He and commanders at all levels must quickly absorb them and make good use of them. To this end, he has held many meetings in a row and secretly held military exercises in mountainous areas to help commanders at all levels explore the experience of the use of new weapons.

Under the surface of tranquility, the war is imminent, and Yang Zong Li is ready.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger. Yang Zong Li is still used to standing on the Yongxing Tower, looking at the distance with high-power binoculars to check the situation of the nearby camps.

In the past few months, he has explored the terrain of the northeast through several main railway corridors in the northeast. As the instructor Lu Guangchun said, a good commander must keep the terrain firmly in mind.

Every terrain in the northeast is clearly imprinted in his mind.

Therefore, he also knows very well which places are absolutely incapable, which places can be fought for procrastination and defense, and which places should be absolutely defended.

There is no doubt that Harbin is definitely not a place to die.

Except for the last supply center, Shenyang, he intends to give up and fight with the Russian University.

This is also the bottom line given to him by Hu Chuyuan. The whole northeast can be a battlefield, lure the enemy to go deep, enlarge the opponent's supply line and defense range, fight fast and maneuver, constantly fight siege and annihilation, and destroy the opponent's main force.

It's getting late, and the snow clouds in the sky are more gloomy. I don't know how long it will take.

Yang Zong Li has some understanding of the snow in the northeast.

When he was about to leave the Yongxing Tower, several guards rushed up from under the tower and informed him that Zhang Zhidong, the governor of the three eastern provinces, had arrived.

Oh?

Yang Zongli raised his eyebrows curiously and walked down from the top floor of the tower.

In the general headquarters of the backyard of Pizhao Temple, he soon saw Zhang Zhidong, who was asking the vice general Shang Dequan. He was wearing the official uniform of a first-class member of the court, wearing two-eyed flowers, with long white braids, and a long beard with a long beard, which was quite fairy-like.

At this time, Zhang Zhidong was already a 63-year-old man, but after all, he was a Zhili person. He still looked very tall and strong, straight, not old-fashioned, and his face was also very ruddy.

It was so cold that it was about to become ice. Yang Zongli quickly stepped forward and saluteed Zhang Zhidong, "I've met the governor!"

"Oh...!"

This is not the first time they have met.

Zhang Zhidong is still not used to the etiquette of the new army, especially the military etiquette that Yang Zongli insisted on. He didn't say anything, but said, "It's cold. Let's talk about it later!"

Yang Zongli immediately invited Zhang Zhidong into the big room of the headquarters. There was a warm kang in it. When he entered the room, he felt warm and warm.

Zhang Zhidong is also used to it now. When he entered the house, he sat down on the kang and said to Yang Zongli, who sat down beside him, "Yang Dujun, I try my best to receive the line report. Russia is very dissatisfied with the draft of the treaty listed in our country. I'm afraid that it will send troops from Manchuria. I don't know if Yang Dujun has a corresponding strategy?"

"This thing...!"

Yang Zong crossed his legs, thought for a moment, and gave himself a cigarette to smoke. After a while, he replied to Zhang Zhidong, "I don't think Russia will send troops from Manchuria. Even if they send troops, it doesn't make much sense. Their Far East Railway is repaired from east to west, the western line has been repaired to Kamemsk, and the eastern line has been repaired to Boli... Personally, I feel that Russia may suddenly attack from Mudanula's mansion, and the western line is just a cover-up.

"Oh?"

Zhang Zhidong did not say anything for a moment. To be precise, he was invited by Hu Chuyuan to the three eastern provinces. The goal was to assist the three major regiments of the new army to win the war.

Please come and supervise the war in the northeast. He had no objection. The result was only auxiliary, not supervising the war. The real power of supervising and commanding troops was concentrated on Yang Zong Li, who had never heard of it before, which made him very dissatisfied.

Zhang Zhidong, who is good at worldly wisdom, has never been deliberately revealed.

After a pause, Zhang Zhidong and Yang Zong Li asked, "In the eyes of the governor, how many troops can Russia send?"

Yang Zong said, "It's hard to say. As long as there are strong men and rifles, even Japan can transfer millions of troops. According to the calculations of the General Administration of Intelligence, Japan currently has at least 1.2 million rifles. If the mainland retains 200,000 troops, at least one million troops can be sent to the northeast."

Listening to this, Zhang Zhidong's face couldn't help but look cold and said, "Isn't that twice as much as our new army?"

Yang Zongli said, "Don't worry about it. The quality of soldiers squeezed out purely by such a squeeze is not enough, especially in this level of war. As long as you give me three years, I dare not say that I can at least train 1.8 million troops in the Northeast.

"Is that so?"

Zhang Zhidong was silent for a moment and then asked, "In the opinion of the governor, when will Russia send troops?"

Yang Zong said, "It should be in the near future!"

Zhang Zhidong couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked, "It's not possible. It's winter now. In another month, the northeast will be cold and the earth will be frozen, and it will be difficult to supply. Isn't it a big taboo for soldiers to send troops at this time?"

Yang Zong Li said, "Now we can't talk about what a soldier's taboo is. I think that Russia and it may send troops during this period. After entering the freezing period, they can repair on the spot, attracting the main force of our army to concentrate in the areas of Jiamusi and Mudanura. When the spring of next year, they will suddenly carry out annihilation operations... If they send troops at this time, there is only one plan and You can have a last name."

Zhang Zhidong had to nod and agree, saying, "Yang Dujun is really good at using troops, and I am quite gratified."

After a pause, he said, "Yang Dujun, if the thief really imagines this, we can plan to ambush the soldiers secretly, wait for work at ease, and completely annihirate the enemy of the thieves. This will certainly protect our northeastern land, and we can defeat it, so that the thieves dare not be rampant again."

Yang Zong Li smiled silently and said, "This is not bad, but we have to wait until that time. Lord Zhongtang can only make decisions on the spot. How to fight depends on the equipment, personnel quality and quantity of the opponent. If the opponent has too many troops, we still have to focus on the defense and not rush to counterattack for the time being.

Zhang Zhidong nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: "The secret stationed in Fushun area, most of the equipment used is unheard of in this middle hall, and there are many powerful things. One thing can withstand tens of thousands of strong enemies...!"

Yang Zong Li couldn't help interrupting his words and said with a smile, "Lord Zhongtang, I have been marching and fighting for 20 years. In fact, I haven't seen those things. Whether they are useful or not and how to use them. We are still exploring. Don't have high hopes for the time being. Weapons are all double-edged swords. If you use them well, they hurt others. If you use them well, they hurt yourself!"

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhidong said, "The governor is indeed a person who has experienced a hundred battles. In this way, I was relieved."

Yang Zong Li smiled silently in his heart.

How can Zhang Zhidong and these people really understand the essence of modern warfare? After talking for a long time, there was nothing to say. After talking for a long time, we talked about the problem of fur.

Gap.

Yang Zong Li quietly thought to himself that this is the gap between Zhang Zhidong and Hu Chuyuan.

For this upcoming war, Zhang Zhidong was deeply uneasy. He hoped to seek a victory as soon as possible, and then it was good and ended. He did not see the disadvantages and advantages of both sides clearly.

Hu Chuyuan is different. Hu Chuyuan knows very well where China's advantages are. He formulates the whole big strategy around the advantages, follows the big strategy to formulate every small plan and local plan in details, and does practical things for the real victory step by step.

The gap is too big.

This time, Zhang Zhidong came to test the depth of Yang Zong Li. The two discussed all night. He wanted to ask Yang Zong Li about the specific response, but Yang Zong Li did not say it clearly. He just hoped that everything in Zhang Zhidong would be discussed in the long run.

The next day, Zhang Zhidong visited the area of Harbin and Acheng, confirming that Yang Zong Li's ability to train soldiers was really a little extraordinary. The morale of the whole army was high, the military discipline was strict, and he was well trained, so he was really relieved and returned to Shenyang.

When he left, Yang Zongli sent a telegram to Hu Chuyuan and Li Kaiye, who was far away in Xinjiang Province, through the Army General Staff, asking about the areas where it was really possible to start a war.

China is a major international trading country. Its annual exports account for the third place in the world, and the total imports account for the fifth place in the world. A war with China will inevitably affect the economy of the whole world.

At the same time, the United States is the largest exporter to China, the United Kingdom is the largest investor in dialogue, and Germany is the country with the most in-depth military cooperation with China.

There is no suitable reason to rashly provoke a war with China, and it is bound to face huge world political and military pressure.

There is no doubt about this.

After Hu Chuyuan's comeback, the Ally has actually lost the appropriate excuse to launch a war of aggression against China. At present, only Russia, the so-called Yeerqiang Khan's sovereignty issue may be provoked.

If the Allied Countries want to go to war, the first battlefield must be in Xinjiang.

In this regard, Hu Chuyuan and the Army Department of the Prime Minister's Office are very clear about this, and the real main force is concentrated in Xinjiang Province.

With the final deadlock in the negotiations between China and Russia on the Yeerqiang Khanate and the Northeast Railway, Russia's ambition to carry out a military strike on China has also been exposed, and the war may really start.

All wars are Pandora's Box. If you don't open them, you will never know what kind of disasters and pain are hidden in them. All the data and speculations on paper are not the key to the victory or defeat of the war.

Because...

Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.

(to be continued)