Even though Japan has invaded nearly half of the country and even the capital has been captured, there are still people at the top decision-making level of the Chinese government who want to win without a fight and do not want to actively resist foreign aggression. Instead, they place their hopes on the West. The great powers' peace talks, which in Ouyang Yun's view were simply unreasonable behavior, had a market for it, and even such a bizarre scene occurred. On the one hand, the soldiers on the front line fought bloody battles to fight the Japanese invaders for every inch of territory. In Liuhongye, on the other hand, the decision-makers at the rear, through the mediation of envoys from the Western powers, flirted with the Japanese.
In the year when Ouyang Yun had just time traveled, if he encountered such a thing, Ouyang Yun would definitely regard these people as traitors and suppress them with iron blood. After several years of experience, especially after coming to Guangdong, he I also know that the government has behaved so weakly because of human factors. At the same time, it is also true that the goodwill of "foreign friends" cannot be evaded.
The existence of this weird phenomenon has a history,
Since the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces, the national government has begun to invite foreign forces to help negotiate peace. It ignores the loss of a large area of land and the people in the occupied areas living in dire straits. It actually wants to have a truce with the Japanese. Some people are even fanciful. Some people believe that as long as the powerful European and American countries are willing to help sincerely, it will be possible to recover the lost territories without any bloodshed.
The reason why the Nationalist government held such illusions was partly related to the 1908 U.S. Congress’s approval of President Roosevelt’s consultation on returning the Boxer Indemnity. This consultation whitewashed the image of the Americans to a certain extent and offset their past crimes in China. The influence of misdeeds, coupled with the fact that China became the victor in World War I because it declared war on Germany, received courtesy from the Western powers, and many countries even followed the example of the United States. The United States successively gave up the subsequent Boxer Indemnity and even refunded part of it. Therefore, it is not Few people are lucky enough to think that the "strong and democratic" Western powers will sincerely help China.
Ouyang Yun was helpless and angry about the existence of this kind of thought in the country, but he had no choice. Although he once declared in the newspaper that robbers are robbers and can never become good people, there were only a few people who responded and many of them were killed by the Japanese. I was shocked by the apparent strength, but at this time, China seemed so fragile.
China's current weakness has been slowly accumulated since the Qing Empire closed the country to the outside world. Even after the democratic revolution succeeded and warlords filled the land, this has restricted the development of productivity and science and technology to a certain extent. However, the most fertile Yangtze River Delta area is still The three northeastern provinces with the richest resources and Beijing and Tianjin, which have the strongest humanistic background, have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. In the eyes of many people, China cannot compete with Japan at present without external assistance. Therefore, in their From this point of view, the mediation of European and American countries is particularly important. If the European and American countries cannot protect themselves, it will have a huge impact on the morale of the domestic people.
Jiang Guangnai was well aware of the stakes. After hearing Ouyang Yun's words, he frowned deeply with a worried look on his face. He twirled his right thumb and index finger and asked after a while: "How's it going over there in Hainan?" , are you on the right track already?”
Ouyang Yun nodded lightly. As the Xuebing Army entered Hainan, if the Japanese wanted to conquer Fujian and Vietnam, in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, they must first capture Hainan. Hainan has a sparse population, many ethnic groups, and poor people's livelihood. They can The power provided is limited, but fortunately the social relations are relatively simple. In this way, it will be conducive to the performance of the Xuebing Army. He said: "Don't worry about Hainan. A large defense system has been established. It's just waiting for the oil fields and iron ore." Once the construction is completed and officially put into production, our hard days will be over. Our air force now has the ability to fight the Japanese army, and the navy is also under intensive construction. As long as we can persist for two years, it will be completely different by then. The situation, Mr. Jiang, the most critical thing now is Taiwan. My Taiwan strategic thinking is that instead of letting the Japanese use Taiwan as a springboard to attack us, we should let Taiwan be in chaos first. As long as Taiwan is in chaos, our side will We can have more buffer time, Mr. Jiang, time is so important to us, it can be said that with every extra day, the strength of our army will be slightly improved."
Ouyang Yun's words are not bragging. With the establishment of modern industrial systems in Fujian, Yue, and Qiong, especially in Guangdong and Qiong, as he said, every extra day the machines run will produce a lot more products, and even more products will be produced. A tank, even a warship, a fighter plane,
Jiang Guangnai nodded and said: "You are right. Rather than being passively beaten, it is better to take the initiative. Leave it to me in Taiwan. However, the effectiveness of mobilizing local forces alone will be limited. However, if you want to send troops there, It seems quite difficult.”
"Don't worry about transporting troops. As long as Taiwan is ready, I can send a regiment there at any time. Mr. Jiang, our navy has not stopped building. Haha, this matter is settled."
"Okay, I will report to you as soon as there is any progress."
Ouyang Yun came to Fujian for three important things. One was for the great traitor Wang Jingwei, the second was for Taiwan, and the third was to examine the morale of the people in Fujian.
Historically, the Japanese army captured the southeast this year, thereby threatening the inland with a three-pronged attack. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy losses to the combined fleet some time ago, the Japanese army once curbed its ground offensive, and even the newly formed South China Front Army was shelved. However, the familiar Ouyang Yun, who was in the process of the Anti-Japanese War, did not think that he could really shake his body and flap his wings to force the little devil to give up the strategy of South China and instead successfully modify the process of the Anti-Japanese War.
Fujian is different from Guangdong. The latter is the birthplace of the National Revolutionary Government and has been managed by Chen Jitang for many years. It has a solid foundation and open folk customs. Both individuals and local forces are very tolerant of new things. Therefore, under the former Guangdong military and political team With the help of the Xuebing Army, it took almost no effort to stabilize the situation. As the Xuebing Army won several battles and gained prestige, it completely calmed the people's hearts and stabilized their morale. Compared with Generally speaking, the situation in Fujian is much more complicated. Since the Nineteenth Route Army was incorporated by Chiang Kai-shek, the situation in Fujian has become very complicated due to the intervention of the central government and the intervention of several major forces in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi. Although it was later carried out He suppressed with an iron fist and forced other forces to make concessions. However, as an area where traditional ideas dominate the mainstream, Ouyang Yun was not confident that the advanced governance concepts of the Xuebing Army could really be accepted by the people at the bottom. With the war over Qionghai, The clouds are getting thicker and thicker. Whether the Fujian people are stable and can stand firmly behind the military government has become a real problem that must be solved.
Bai Liusu disagreed with Ouyang Yun's personal visit to the countryside to inspect the implementation of land policies. The little girl was outspoken. She said: "Mr. Jiang should do this kind of thing. You are the commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army. There are big things happening in Guangzhou." Let you worry about it, how can you still have time to care about these trivial matters?"
"Trivial matters." Ouyang Yun disagreed with her point of view, "Lisu, do you know what is the biggest thing in the world? Food and clothing, also called people's livelihood, have you ever thought about it, no matter how advanced our weapons are, the soldiers We are all brave. If we can't have a full stomach, can this war still be fought? Who can make us full? It's not the businessmen, nor the officials sitting in the government offices, but the people who make up the majority of the population, who usually let us have a full stomach. You read more books, read more books, what have you been doing, watching those messy TV series whenever you have time, hey, if I had known this, I should have allowed you to continue to be your big star."
Among the three places of Fujian, Yue, and Qiong, Guangdong has a high TV penetration rate due to its strong foundation. In Guangzhou, it has reached the level where almost one in every five households has a TV. The more TVs there are, the higher the demand for TV programs. , TV series came into being,
It's okay if he didn't say this. When the word "big star" was mentioned, Bai Liusu thought of something and said, "You didn't mention me until you forgot. How can Sister Lianyun reply?"
Gu Lianyun sent back a telegram some time ago, inviting Bai Liusu to go on tour in the United States at the request of the local Chinese community and some American governments. Bai Liusu actually rarely sings now. She is now more interested in training the Detachment of Women. She only wants to She wants to lead this all-female army to the battlefield to perform meritorious service, so that she can become the Hua Mulan of the new era. However, once Ouyang Yun has a new plagiarized work, she will still be her first choice as the lead singer. In the past two years, she has continued to release many records. These Thanks to Gu Lianyun's operation, the records have been sold in the United States. Bai Liusu's reputation is growing. Now even many white Americans have fallen in love with the husky and unique singing voice of this little oriental girl.
"Do you want to go?"
"I think so, but it would be nice if you could go with me."
"I don't have time to accompany you. If you want to go, just go. Anyway, there are flights from Hawaii to New York now, which saves a lot of travel time. If nothing happens, prepare to leave when you get back."
Bai Liusu looked at him and made sure that he didn't mean to force him at all. He couldn't help but feel a little unhappy and asked, "Do you really want me to leave?"
Ouyang Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked: "So you don't want to go."
"I'll go." Bai Liusu shouted loudly, then walked to the side alone and became sulky.
Ouyang Yun shook his head and ignored her. As the domestic and international situation has become increasingly tense recently, he really doesn't have much energy to spend on his children's personal relationship.
Ouyang Yun's trip was akin to a private visit. There were less than twenty people in the group, and they were under the banner of Guangzhou Daily's "People's Livelihood Affairs Investigation Team." They specifically chose relatively remote places to visit, and visited dozens of places for three days. Villages, nearly a hundred cooperatives and hundreds of households witnessed the strong vitality of new rural cooperatives and heard what many local grassroots governments had done. Only then did they feel relieved and transferred to Dongshan County to prepare. From there, take a naval ship to Hainan,
After nearly two years of construction, Dongshan has now become one of the major military bases of the Xuebing Army and the Navy. Currently, the warships using Dongshan Military Port as a supply port account for more than two-thirds of the total navy's ships.
The original highest officer of Dongshan was Liu Zheliang, but as Liu Zheliang was transferred back to Guangzhou, the naval headquarters moved here, and the military and political leader here actually became the navy commander. After Chen Ce became the navy commander of the academy army, because of his He did not stay in Dongshan, but has been presiding over the construction of military ports, warships, and submarines in Hainan. Therefore, the highest officer here is Deputy Commander Chen Zekai.
When Ouyang Yun rushed to Dongshan, a torpedo boat had just been completed at Dongshan Dafu Shipyard. Chen Zekai was about to go to the shipyard to preside over the launching ceremony of the new boat. When he heard that the Commander-in-Chief had arrived, he was overjoyed and led a group of people from the Naval Command to greet him. When he saw Ouyang Yun at the dock, he saluted and said, "Commander-in-Chief, what a coincidence that you are here. A torpedo boat has just been completed at Dafu Shipyard, and it is up to you to preside over the entering ceremony."
Ouyang Yun greeted everyone and smiled when he heard the words: "It's better to come early than to be lucky. It's okay, I just want to see the majesty of our Ming-class torpedo boat."
Out of its ambition to dominate the ocean, Japan has attached great importance to naval construction since the Meiji Restoration. After hundreds of years of development, the current navy is one of the largest in the world. When the Xuebing Army first settled in Guangdong, Ouyang Yun did not Dare to think about aircraft carriers, he took into account the actual situation of the Xuebing Army and believed that if he wanted to fight the Japanese at sea, it would be hard to fight against the odds. Therefore, he took a unique approach and decided to vigorously develop torpedo boats that were light, fast and highly lethal. "Ming Ming Class torpedo boat" was born under such strategic thinking.
The original shooting parameters of the "Ming-class torpedo boat" are 36.6 meters in length, 6.1 meters in width, and 1.9 meters in draft. The bow is equipped with two 560 mm torpedo tubes and two 27 mm caliber cannons, and the stern is equipped with a torpedo launcher. In addition, the transom is equipped with six anti-aircraft machine guns, and the power is provided by two 2100-kilowatt V-type 12-cylinder diesel engines. The most advanced thing about the "Ming-class torpedo boat" is that it is equipped with a machine gun that covers a distance of 100 Fifty kilometers of small radar,
Ouyang Yun's original naval strategic thinking was to use quantity to overwhelm quality and use wolf pack tactics. However, after signing an agreement with the US government and the Zionist Organization, and obtaining the commitment of three aircraft carriers at once, his confidence increased. The naval battle strategy also changed accordingly. As a result, the status of the "Ming-class" was also different. Its own protective capabilities were taken into consideration. With the thickening of the armor and the improvement of the weapon system, the new "Ming-class" The size was increased to 42 meters x 6.5 meters x 2.1 meters, and the power became two 2800 kilowatt diesel engines.
The arrival of Commander-in-Chief Ouyang Yun made the managers and workers of Dafu Shipyard very excited. They had just finished dressing up the torpedo boat "Jinan" in red and green. At this time, they were standing on both sides of the dock, looking at the strong body of "Jinan". The pride in his heart is self-evident when he thinks that the product he worked so hard to forge can actually attract the attention of the Commander-in-Chief. Everyone eagerly watched Ouyang Yun walk towards the "Jinan", and they all clapped and cheered vigorously, which seemed like Just won a big victory,