"Ten-Year Naval Construction Plan" Begins to Be Implemented
Only a handful of people at the top level of this plan, which consists of aircraft carriers, submarines, main battleships, and auxiliary ships, know all its core contents.
But in April, a so-called "Chinese Navy Five-Year Construction Plan" quietly circulated.
In this "Five-Year Naval Construction Plan", it is said that the Chinese Navy will have six to eight battleships and more than six armored cruisers within five years through purchase and self-construction.
The plan also includes cruisers, large destroyers, large minesweepers, large gunboats, as well as small destroyers, small gunboats, supply ships, hospital ships, small mineboats, etc., for a total of 81 ships.
The most eye-catching one is the "super battleship" plan proposed by the Chinese. In this plan, the Chinese expect to design and build two super battleships in five years, but the specific plan is kept strictly confidential.
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Some Chinese naval generals who had no access to or even knew the existence of the "Ten-Year Naval Construction Plan" felt somewhat strange after receiving the "Five-Year Naval Construction Plan".
Although the President had previously purchased battleships including the USS President, it was obvious that he was not too enthusiastic about battleships. Why did his attitude suddenly change so significantly that he even proposed a plan for a "super battleship" in the blink of an eye?
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Soon, news came out that it was the Chinese Navy Chiefs Cheng Biguang and Chen Shaokuan who jointly persuaded the President to approve this huge construction plan.
The Chinese Navy is extremely excited about this.
In the eyes of most people, once the "super battleship" plan is implemented and proceeds smoothly, the dream of a powerful Chinese navy is not so far away.
Some are happy and some are sad
While the Chinese navy was rejoicing, Japan suddenly became nervous
Japan implemented the "Eight-Eight Fleet Plan" earlier than China. The Japanese Navy Minister first proposed that it be composed of eight battleships and eight armored cruisers, which would be the main battleship within eight years. However, its budget has never been approved.
By World War I, this naval expansion plan changed to consist of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers.
However, given that its huge budget would place a serious burden on Japan's finances, this plan has never been approved.
When China's "five-year naval construction plan" spread, the Japanese government immediately ordered the Japanese intelligence agencies in China to obtain all the core contents of the Chinese naval construction plan at all costs.
Especially this "super battleship" manufacturing plan
At this time, Japan has regarded the Republic of China, led by President Wang Hengyue, as its biggest opponent, which it must contain and seek opportunities to defeat no matter what.
This action fell on Japan's ace spy Rihachiro Banishi.
This is another "King of Spies" in Japan after Nobujun Aoki, and the Japanese side has placed high hopes on it. And his assistant helped Puyi escape from Beijing, and Kenji Hara, a native of Tianjin,
After accepting the mission, Rihachiro Banishi immediately took action.
Rihachiro Banishi has too many connections in China.
The Beiyang government started with Yuan Shikai, passed through Li Yuanhong, Feng Guozhang, Xu Shichang, and Li Yuanhong came to power for the second time.
Then to Cao Kun, Duan Qirui, seven presidents successively, Banxi Rihachiro either publicly served as an adviser, or hid behind the scenes to plot, but he was always appreciated by those in power and was reused. Therefore, Japan calls Rihachiro Banishi ""
The tumbler who has risen and fallen for seven generations.”
Rihachiro Banishi mobilized all the forces he could mobilize, and tried every possible means to get among the top officials of the Chinese government, and the Japanese espionage organizations in China also began to increase their actions immediately.
After half a month of hard work, a complete "Five-Year Construction Plan for the Chinese Navy" finally fell into the hands of Rihachiro Banishi. When Kenji Tsuchifhara was summoned urgently, he discovered that this "King of Spies" had
The face was serious and tense.
"Serious, the problem is very serious." Banishi Rihachiro said in a serious tone: "Once the Chinese naval construction is successfully implemented, the threat to the Japanese Empire will be too great."
Tsuchiféihara Kenji was surprised.
Rihachiro Banishi pushed this plan in front of Kenji Toféihara: "Look, what a huge and terrible plan, sometimes the 'super battleship' manufacturing plan. If it is done by the Chinese, then the Chinese Navy will become
Asia’s Maritime Overlord”
Kenji Toféihara watched carefully, becoming more and more frightened.
After reading the last page, serious worry appeared on his face: "It's terrible. The Chinese want to start an arms race in Asia. Their plan is perfect and huge, and the empire will be suppressed by the China Navy."
"The seriousness of the problem does not end here." Banishi Rihachiro tapped the plan with his hand: "The Chinese naval plan has been approved, but our naval plan has been rejected several times in succession. There is still a debate in the country about what should be done.
When they put limited funds into domestic construction and naval construction, the Chinese have already started a revitalization plan."
"Those stupid politicians in the country" Kenji Toféihara also seemed very dissatisfied: "They only think about it from a political perspective, but never care about other places. Do they have to wait for the Chinese warships to arrive in Tokyo?"
Can you wake up?"
Banishi Rihachiro was silent for a while: "Tsuchiféihara-kun, immediately send this plan back to the country, and emphasize the urgency of this matter."
"Hai"
The worry on Rihachiro Banishi's face became more serious.
Since the Chinese President Wang Hengyue came to power, the pace of China's military construction has obviously accelerated. And Banxi Rihachiro can clearly judge that Wang Hengyue has only one ultimate goal:
Japan
It took Japan such a long time to finally surpass China, and the Japanese Navy spent so much effort to defeat the original behemoth: It has only been a few years since the Beiyang Fleet, should China be allowed to suppress Japan again?
No, such a thing must not happen
We must get more information about the Chinese navy so that the country can pay enough attention to it.
Otherwise, once China overturns it, Japan may never be able to defeat and occupy the entire China...
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"Heng Shuai, our "Five-Year Naval Construction Plan" has fallen into the hands of the Japanese."
"Okay" an excited look flashed across Wang Hengyue's face: "The plan to 'leak' out is only the first step. To make the Japanese completely believe it, we need to make the play more realistic. To make the Japanese spies get closer
Our shipyards want them to see with their own eyes that we are building super battleships."
"This plan is not easy to implement." Yu Lei smiled bitterly: "It also needs to invest a lot of money and be very careful to make the Japanese completely fall into our trap."
Wang Hengyue stood up and smiled lightly: "Scholar, do you also have something difficult to handle?"
"It's not difficult, just consider the difficulties fully." Yu Lei said calmly.
The terms "Hengshuai" and "Xiucai" have never changed between the two, no matter what changes have taken place in their status.
Wang Hengyue trusted Yu Lei. Apart from being greedy for money and vicious, this down-and-out scholar was completely loyal to him. Especially, the greater his power, the more Yu Lei's loyalty he received.
When this plan was carried out, Wang Hengyue initially thought of Dai Li and asked Yu Lei to be responsible for the "Kolchak Gold" investigation, but after thinking about it he quickly rejected his idea.
Faced with so much gold, there is no guarantee that Yu Lei will not be tempted. Will he kill him or not? But Dai Li is different. In his eyes, money is the least important.
As for the actions of the Japanese, Yu Lei was undoubtedly more skillful. Dai Li was still a bit younger after all.
Dai Li is a genius, but this genius still needs a process of cultivation.
Wang Hengyue thought for a moment: "Xiucai, this plan is top secret. Only you and I know the core content. It must be implemented completely and thoroughly to eliminate all suspicions of the Japanese and allow them to completely
believe"
"I will." Yu Lei said calmly.
Wang Hengyue smiled and suddenly said: "I am about to visit the United States. I originally wanted to take you with me, but there are too many things at home, so it is better for you to stay at home."
"Yes." Yu Lei just said "yes".
Wang Hengyue felt a little guilty, but he did not express this guilt: "Logically speaking, you only have one sister. You are in China and Yu Yun is in the United States. You should be allowed to meet, but it doesn't work. The country has been reunified."
Soon, we made so many plans one after another..."
"I understand." Yu Lei still seemed calm: "When our plan is fully implemented, I believe Xiaoyun and I will be able to meet each other."
Wang Hengyue smiled approvingly: "It's good that you understand this. Your status and power are getting bigger and bigger now. You can decide the life and death of a group of people with just one sentence. You have also made a lot of money. I can ignore these things."
Yes, but don’t go too far. I heard that you made a fortune this time when you eradicated gangs in Nanjing. Is this the case?"
"Yes." Yu Lei didn't hide it at all: "But what I took were those people's ill-gotten gains, and those people deserved it."
Wang Hengyue originally wanted to say something, but suddenly felt that it was not necessary to treat a smart person like Yu Lei:
"I won't take care of these things for you, but as I said in the past, you must leave yourself some escape routes in everything. If there are no retreats, they will all be your enemies, and things will be difficult to handle."
"I understand, I know what to do."
"Go ahead and roll out the plan as soon as possible."