Chapter 248 One yuan to save the country

It is said that the Battle of Ryukyu is still going on...!

Hu Chuyuan has identified the next target as Jinlan Bay and the French Far East Fleet stationed in Jinlan Bay. If translated directly from French, in fact, this fleet should be translated as "Chinese Fleet".

Back to Yanjing Yingtai, Hu Chuyuan was with his family first and had dinner with his two wives and the three youngest sons who were still with him for the time being.

Just played a great victory, forcing this cabinet to change its term of emergency. Hu Chuyuan was very happy. Of course, Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei were also happy. The family talked and laughed.

Sometimes when you think about it, happiness is actually so simple.

If he can let Hu Chuyuan choose by himself, he is more willing to do business at ease, live in Shanghai Garden, build China into a rich agricultural country and industrial country in his own way, and build the suitable places in his mind into a brand-new and beautiful city.

It's a pity...

Anyway, since he is in his position, he can only try to do a good job as Prime Minister. Fortunately, his family has not been greatly impacted and changed, and happiness has always been by his side.

He can quietly watch the children grow up and watch himself and his wife slowly move towards middle age and into old age.

Isn't the meaning of life here?

After finishing the main meal, the family drank some bird's nest soup and continued to sit at the table and chat.

Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei talked about interesting things these days and talked about the reaction of the people of Beijing to the victory of Jinwu Bay. Both of them seemed quite happy.

Looking at their smiles and the maturity, elegance, dignified and virtuousness of their middle age, a particularly sweet feeling gushed out of Hu Chuyuan's heart.

It's just a happy moment...!

Hu Chuyuan decided to say something. He suddenly interrupted Wu Shuzhen and said, "The day before yesterday, Wei Zhong sent me a telegram."

Wu Shuzhen was a little surprised and asked, "What's the matter with Wei Zhong?"

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter. This child wants to join the army... he wants to fight the devils!"

"Is that so...?"

Pan Limei was a little embarrassed. She looked left and right at Wu Shuzhen and seemed to be not so happy.

After all, they are the children they raised by themselves. How can they be willing to give up? But... Hu Chuyuan is the Prime Minister, and his children want to join the army. Especially at this time, they must be approved and supported.

Wu Shuzhen frowned slightly and complained, "Isn't this child... a good student at Yale University?"

Hu Chuyuan also smiled awkwardly. This matter... Alas, it's because he, a father, has no authority at home.

He knew that Hu Weizhong wanted to study at the Auckland Military Academy, and he also supported it, but Wu Shuzhen had a different idea. She asked Hu Weizhong to go to Yale University to receive a four-year basic education in the natural sciences university, and then consider studying in the military academy in the future.

In the end, Hu Weizhong chose to follow Wu Shuzhen's arrangement.

As a woman, Wu Shuzhen is elegant and charming, and always has a special temperament; as a wife, she is gentle and understanding; unfortunately, as a mother, she is a little too strong.

The advantage is that the children are very obedient and learn well. There is no daughty boy and a delicate little daughter. The disadvantage is that almost all the children's roads are arranged by Wu Shuzhen.

Seeing that Hu Chuyuan refused to speak, he clearly supported him secretly. Wu Shuzhen couldn't help but be a little unhappy and said, "If it's our own child, then forget it. Let him go when it's time to join the army. But after all, he is the child of the second master's family. If you send him to join the army, if the second master has any ideas What should I do?"

Hu Chuyuan didn't think so and said, "The second brother won't mind. Hu Yaguang of the eldest brother's family and Hu Yatang of his family are all in the Zhili Corps. Our Hu family... There are some things that can't be avoided. If you should let them join the army, you have to join the army.

Wu Shuzhen thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to join the army. You can arrange it for him. You are not allowed to go to the front line."

This...???

Hu Chuyuan was a little embarrassed, but he agreed foolishly, nodded and said, "Try to... try my best, I can't bear it."

Of course, he can't bear it, but he also hopes that Hu Weizhong will take a path of his own.

With his understanding of Hu Weizhong, the child's ultimate goal is not to become a professional soldier, but to engage in politics. He just takes another shortcut. Then, nine times out of ten, Hu Weizhong will be required to go to the front line and want to establish military achievements.

Hu Weizhong's child... Hu Chuyuan knew in his heart that the child was very similar to him. Once he had a goal, he would do it step by step. If he didn't do it, he would not stop.

A 21-year-old young man still has a long way to go in the future!

Wu Shuzhen quietly looked at Hu Chuyuan and knew her husband like a wife. She knew in her heart that Hu Chuyuan might send Hu Weizhong to the front line. It doesn't matter. She has a way to stop it.

She didn't believe it. When she called Lu Guangquan, Lu Guangquan still had the courage to send Hu Weizhong to the front line.

It's not a big deal to offend Hu Chuyuan. Hu Chuyuan is easy to talk and considerate. The prime minister can support the boat in his belly. It's different to offend her. Lu Guangquan has to weigh the importance.

Since she talked about Hu Weizhong, Wu Shuzhen remembered other things... Hu Weini met a boyfriend in Boston, and she was introduced by Fist Delano, who was Fist's nephew.

Vini is Hu Pinyuan's eldest daughter, and her mother is an Irish woman. Shortly after their divorce, Hu Pinyuan married the sister of Emperor Guangxu. Winnie and Visai's two children were raised in Hu Chuyuan's home.

It should be said that the childhood of these two children is still very sad.

After hearing the boy's name, Hu Chuyuan had a headache.

Wu Shuzhen was very happy, saying that Fister's nephew was a popular son at Harvard University, and he was determined to be an excellent politician.

She seems to have seen that her son-in-law will become a senator and governor of the United States in the future.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything. He knew very well that most of them were Wu Shuzhen and Fist Delano making decisions in it, a very thorough political marriage.

At least at this stage, Hu Chuyuan is not going to say anything.

After having dinner with his family, Hu Chuyuan returned to the office of the Senior Government Park alone and carefully read some of the new information recently submitted by the State Intelligence Agency.

After the former Minister of the Army, Katsura Taro, became the new Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he completely changed the adventure and raid strategy of Youpeng in Shanxian County and changed it to attack from North Korea. The large-scale army began to gather in the northwest of Honsh, forcing China to fight a decisive battle in North Korea and eventually occupy North Korea as the main goal.

Similarly, Taro Katsura also gave up his plan to unite with Russia to form a Far East coalition, and temporarily avoided the debate with Russia about whether the commander-in-chief of the Far East coalition was Russia or himself.

After reading the intelligence and confirming that it was impossible to launch a large-scale counterattack in the Ryukyu Islands, Hu Chuyuan called Lv Han and Lu Guangqian in his office overnight to discuss the possible surname of the surprise attack on Jinlan Bay.

His idea scared Lv Han.

After a while, Lv Han couldn't help but hesitate and said, "The difference between the two may be relatively large. Compared with Jinwu Bay, the terrain conditions of Jinlan Bay are several times more complicated, and it is difficult to surprise!"

"Hmm!"

Hu Chuyuan, who has carefully studied the topography of Jinlan Bay and the information of the garrison, nodded slightly.

He pulled out the information, opened the map, and said to Lv Han and Lu Guangzuan, "The key to the success of the attack on Jinwu Bay is that the Japanese has not yet gained a firm foothold in Jinwu Bay Port, and the overall lacks enough fortification defense. If we want to raid Jinlan Bay, we must prepare a large-scale landing battle that is much larger than the Jinwu Bay Campaign, use the army to annihirew the 30,000 French troops stationed around, and send two troops around the same time to intercept the French army and the reinforcements of the Vietnamese dynasty. The navy occupied the exit for a long-term defense and forced the French Far East Fleet to surrender before the arrival of the French main fleet.

Lu Guang Quan thought about it very carefully and observed the topography of Jinlan Bay. After a while, he said, "In fact, it is feasible. The Liangguang Corps is ready, and Yang Zongyue's Nanyang allied forces are also ready to withdraw from the Ryukyu battlefield. If we take into account the Black Flag Army and the Southwest Corps stationed in North Vietnam, we can actually Vietnam's battlefield can invest more than 100,000 troops.

Hu Chuyuan evaluated the actual feasible surname in his heart. Indeed, once the French Far East Fleet was defeated before the French declaration of war, there would be a completely different gap between the Chinese and French naval forces. China would immediately become the second largest naval group in the world, while France fell to the third place.

This is crucial.

Whether or not to declare war with France, the Southwest Corps and the Liangguang Corps will not be sent to the northern battlefield. Only by completely eliminating French forces in Southeast Asia can the two regiments transfer to the north and participate in the final battle of attacking Japan.

Therefore, China and France will definitely go to war.

It's better to start first than to wait passively.

Hu Chuyuan immediately said to Lv Han and Lu Guangqian: "Now we begin to formulate two large-scale combat plans. The first is called 'Sachete'. The goal is to make a full landing on the island of Kyushu and open the war in Japan. However, this is just a cover plan, which should be deliberately leaked. The actual secret plan is 'yellow finch', and the combat goal is to raid Jinlan Bay.

Lu Guangzheng nodded and said, "This is the best. It is necessary to mobilize at least 60,000 elite troops to raid Jinlan Bay, and there must be at least hundreds of large ships. The military's auxiliary ships are not enough. They must be requisitioned and modified from merchant ships. If the scale is too large, it will definitely be noticed by France and Japan. It can't be done without a good and suitable cover. Taking the "shymed" plan as a cover, it can not only hide the sky and the sea, but also delay the pace of the Japanese army to the north, which is conducive to the Jianghuai Corps entering North Korea and strengthening its defense in Pyongyang.

Listening to what they said, Lv Han knew that this landing war was imperative, and there was no room for the navy to retreat.

After careful consideration in his heart, he said, "Then continue to take Fuzhou, Taiwan and Manila as the main gathering places, secretly mobilize in Zhanjiang, and finally suddenly gather on Taiping Island."

Hu Chuyuan was very sure that he basically planned to do the same.

Since 1897, the Nanyang Fleet has actually mastered Taiping Island, and the Ministry of the Navy has allocated 6 million yuan every year to build large-scale seawalls around coral reefs and sandbars, and uses more than 20 cargo ships to move land from Palawan Island in the Philippines all year round.

At present, the scale of Taiping Island has been gradually expanded to 1.34 square kilometers. According to the range of coral reefs and sandbars, it can eventually reach 2.7 square kilometers. At that time, it will become an important garrison station of the Nanyang Fleet, which can be used for 10,000-ton warships to stay and replenish. In the later stage, it will be a permanent air force and submarine. Base.

The distance from Taiping Island to Jinlan Bay is about 145 nautical miles. It takes at least 15 hours for the large fleet to arrive at Jinlan Bay. How to avoid the sight of Vietnamese fishermen and French in such a long time is also a question to consider.

It is related to the fate of the country, and the three of them carefully discussed every detail.

It was late at night, and most of the problems were talked about.

Hu Chuyuan was relieved and paused. He thought of something and asked Lv Han and Lu Guangqian, "In these years, almost all the battles we must win have won. Have you ever thought about why?"

Lu Guang Quan thought for a moment and said, "I'm well prepared."

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "A good general does not fight an uncertain battle. The so-called uncertainty, in my opinion, is that he is not well prepared. You two should fully absorb the various problems exposed in the Battle of Jinwu Bay, take advantage of our current list of a large number of new weapons, and try our best to kill with one blow and seize Jinlan Bay!"

Lv Han and Lu Guang Quan both nodded and said, "Prime Minister, please rest assured. As long as we are well prepared and the French army is not very prepared, we should be able to take it down."

Hu Chuyuan continued to think for a moment and thought about another thing in his mind. He wanted Ouyang Geng to continue to carry out another task... He persuaded France not to participate in the war easily, and further said that there was no necessary stage between China and France. As long as France did not participate in the war, everything would be easy to talk about.

Yes.

History will not remember these conspiracies, but only the winners.

Next time, Hu Chuyuan held a confidential joint meeting on the "Scythe" plan. In the afternoon, he met with the main officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked Ouyang Geng to go to Europe to lobby France in person.

This plan is too important, so Ouyang Geng will stay in France for a long time and can't secretly go to Britain until the Battle of Jinlan Bay breaks out.

Three sides of the war... Military spending is a big problem!!!

Hu Chuyuan also had to urgently summon the general managers of banks and financial institutions to increase their efforts to sell treasury bonds to the whole country. Banks and financial institutions themselves also need to buy treasury bonds directly.

In order to increase sales coverage and the purchase efforts of the people, Hu Chuyuan personally prepared a new sales promotion case of national war bonds, and covered the entire sales network to various commercial banks. The minimum amount is only one yuan.

The slogan is very simple... "One yuan to save the country".

The military expenses of the Nanyang coalition forces are even more problematic. North Vietnam is developing fast and early. Sumancia and the Philippines have been reading for a long time, and the economy is relatively stable. They can still afford the shared military expenses. Sumatra and Java can't do it.

At present, there are 140,000 people in the Nanyang coalition, 90% of whom are Chinese, mainly from Súmancia, North Vietnam and the Philippines. They are well equipped and have good combat capabilities.

Hu Chuyuan calculated that the final scale of the Nanyang coalition is likely to expand to 300,000, and at least 200,000 military expenses will be spent by the central government. For this alone, there will be 170 million yuan to 200 million yuan every year.

The 3 billion yuan he expected in advance is definitely not enough. The 4 billion yuan is dangerous.

The 4 billion yuan of treasury bonds can be sold. The problem is how to repay it. Large-scale printing of banknotes will inevitably lead to inflation. Under the situation of silver and gold standard to the dead exchange rate, domestic inflation will inevitably lead to an increase in the cost of foreign trade.

So, the less the war, the better.

After this war, it will not take seven or eight years to digest the negative impact of the whole war on the domestic economy.

As a big businessman, Hu Chuyuan certainly hopes that there will be a large-scale economic crisis worldwide in three years. As the prime minister of China, he hopes that the scale of this economic crisis will be smaller, try his best to be limited to the three countries of France and Russia, and the storm will pass faster.

Contradictions!

(to be continued)