"Sir, you have seen that this group of people is like this. When it is advantageous, they push forward as hard as they can. When you are in power, they all lean towards you. Now you... you haven't done anything yet, they all
Hide far away..."
In Xiang Xiaoqiang's luxurious official residence, Li Guoliang is complaining to Xiang Xiaoqiang. The Fourteenth Princess invited Li Guoliang tonight, and also invited the five group army commanders who besieged Pukou with Xiang Xiaoqiang last time. During the past few months, Daming has been
The defense line of the Yangtze River in the Nanjing section has been continuously strengthened, and lessons learned from the defense line being breached in heavy fog have been increased. The density of mines on the river has been increased, and fire turrets and oil pipelines have been added on the shore to ensure that when there is another heavy fog, the river surface can be
Become a sea of fire.
At the same time, those group armies were not transferred back to their original positions, and were still stationed near Nanjing. Their commanders were all in Nanjing. But even so, after receiving the invitation from the Fourteenth Gege, three commanders still claimed to be unwell or had something to do.
Please, I didn’t come to the banquet.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that the news that the Queen might marry the Prince of Siam had spread. Many people concluded that with Her Majesty the Queen leaving Nanjing, Xiang Xiaoqiang would lose power and the entire Xiang Xiaoqiang Group would also fall apart. Many people had originally
The high-ranking officials and generals who planned to show their kindness to Xiang Xiaoqiang are all waiting and watching. Especially this morning, the news that Xiang Xiaoqiang entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and was not even allowed to enter the second gate spread quickly. More people are convinced that
I can't help but ask Xiaoqiang.
Many mature and prudent ministers agree more with their original judgment: it is not a good thing for a new star to rise too fast, and it will definitely fall quickly. The once rising star of the Ming Dynasty, Xiang Xiaoqiang, is now about to fall.
But the core members of Xiang Xiaoqiang Group all understand that the most dangerous time has passed. Zhu Yourong is now tortured by the struggle between reason and emotion. As long as a firm hand pushes her, she will definitely surrender. Zhu Yourong is not
A strong-willed person.
In particular, several people knew the reason why Zhu Yourong did not see Xiang Xiaoqiang, and they also knew that Mrs. Li, a heavyweight, had no choice but to stand with Xiang Xiaoqiang.
…
Xiang Xiaoqiang stood on the balcony, smoking a cigarette, looking down at the lawn downstairs, patted Li Guoliang on the shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Master Li, this is always the case. The icing on the cake is always the majority. Those commanders are different from you and me. You and I, we are all our own people. We trust each other, so naturally
I won't hide away at the slightest sign of trouble... But those commanders can be said to have no friendship with us... Now that people see that I may fall, it is too high to expect them to take risks and come with us... However, if I ask,
With this opportunity, we can also see clearly who is determined to be with us and who just wants to join in the fun and share some benefits..."
He threw away the cigarette butt, faced Li Guoliang, patted his arms with both hands, and said seriously:
"Master Li, after this incident I can see that you are a very trustworthy person... Come on, let's go in."
Li Guoliang was very excited. He knew that he stood unswervingly with them during the critical moment of "Xiang Party". Now his loyalty has been rewarded, and he has squeezed into the core layer of "Xiang Party".
In the small banquet hall on the second floor, two banquet tables were in full swing. Members of the "Xiang Party" were exchanging glasses of wine and talking loudly, without appearing to be in crisis at all.
At one table are Li Gensheng, Stomachache, Snail, Li Changgui and several other old guys, Song Ruhai, Wang Hexiang, Sun Jiye, as well as the newly joined 16th Army Commander Feng Lingcai tonight, and the 22nd Army Commander Wang Binggui.
The other table was smaller, and there were several female members: Qiu Qiu, Xiu Xiu, Shi Shi Ge Ge, and Zheng Yu Cong. Zheng Yu Cong heard that there was such a banquet tonight, and she happily came from the palace to join in the fun. Now she
She lives in the palace with Zhu Yourong every day. Although Zheng Yucong is very close to her cousin, her active and changeable character has long made her impatient living in the palace. If it weren't for Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zheng Yucong would have gone home to be with her father.
They reconciled. So now Zheng Yucong likes to run out and play whenever he gets a chance.
In the more than two months since Xiang Xiaoqiang left Daming, Zheng Yucong had often eaten and drank tea with Xiuxiu and Shishigege, but it was just the girls playing together. Tonight was the first time that Zheng Yucong had been together
He made a public appearance at the party gathering, officially announcing that Zheng Yucong was on Xiang Xiaoqiang's side. Zheng Yucong was a popular relative and a socialite in Ming Dynasty's upper class. The three old advisers, Li Guoliang, and the two commanders had all heard of it.
, but I have never seen her, and I don’t know what the relationship between her and Xiang Xiaoqiang is.
Today, Zheng Yucong appeared at the banquet with a smile. They were shocked. After listening to Shi Shigege's introduction, they found out that Miss Zheng was also a member of the Xiang Party. They immediately looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang with admiration. They did not expect that the power of the Xiang Group was far beyond the
My own imagination. The three old men naturally had more confidence in Xiang Xiaoqiang. Even the two commanders who had gambled their futures tonight and came to the banquet with sweat in their hands were secretly happy, feeling that they had a better chance of winning the bet.
Now in the banquet hall, there are men from the large table rushing to the small table to toast Zheng Yucong, especially those who have recently joined Xiang Xiaoqiang's group. In their opinion, apart from Xiang Xiaoqiang, the people here tonight,
Zheng Yuqing is the most worthy person to please.
Zheng Yucong originally liked to enjoy the feeling of being sought after by others, and now she is being praised to the sky by a few big men. She is so dizzy, so happy, and smiling that she almost floats to the sky.
Qiu Qiu originally had no friendship with Zheng Yucong and never got along with each other, but Qiu Qiu was very carefree and could quickly become friends with anyone. Shi Shigege and Xiu Xiu looked on with cold eyes, but Qiu Qiu joined them and got close to Zheng Yucong, laughing and joking.
I was so unhappy. Moreover, Qiu Qiu had an advantage. She was Mrs. Xiang, and none of the commanders dared to compete with her. They all calmed down as soon as she spoke and listened to her with a smile.
Zheng Yucong, who is usually very smart, became a Madah just like Qiu Qiu. The two beautiful Madahs called each other sisters through wine and became good friends like lightning. Shi Shigege and Xiu Xiu looked at each other next to them.
At one glance, they both smiled and said nothing. These two girls are both wealthy, but they both like to get along with people like Qiu Qiu. Without Qiu Qiu, these two girls may never sit down to eat together. But
Precisely because there is a carefree and honest Qiu Qiu between them, although Shi Shige Ge and Xiu Xiu will not become friends, at least they will not become enemies.
…
After the dinner, it was only around eight o'clock in the evening. Everyone went to the small living room to drink tea and chat. Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and asked Li Guoliang and the two commanders:
"How are you, three of you? How are our brothers feeling?"
They all knew that the "brothers" mentioned by Xiang Xiaoqiang refer to the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Binggui shook his head and sighed:
"To be honest with you, my subordinates, from the corps commander to the regiment commander and battalion commander, are all complaining now."
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Complaining about not having a fight?"
Wang Binggui smiled awkwardly and said:
"Complaining... Haha, it's too late to complain, the good battles have been fought by Sir Xiang's People's Guard, haha...
Everyone present laughed, and Xiang Xiaoqiang also laughed:
"What are you still complaining about?"
Feng Lingcai also smiled and said:
"I also complained that the troops were withdrawn so quickly, without any effort, and continued to fight to the north. When we were in the south, the Qinglu suppressed us and fought, and we all thought the Qinglu were powerful. Who knew that once we went to the north, the Qinglu would be like Marshmallow
Just the same, they surrendered as soon as they were beaten and captured hundreds of thousands of people in one fell swoop. If I had known this, I shouldn't have withdrawn so quickly."
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Oh? What do brothers think we should do if we don't withdraw?"
"Haha, Mr. Xiang, the morale of the brothers is high. Don't worry about it if you say it for fun. The brothers are all clamoring that they will fight all the way to the north, wipe out the Qing captives, and regain the lost territory in Jiangbei. Haha."
Fourteen Gege sat in the corner, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Her action caught Feng Lingcai's eye. Only then did Feng Ling remember that Princess Liaoyang was still sitting here, and he was here "Qinglu, Qinglu"... He was slightly nervous, his face changed a little, and he closed his mouth.
.
Xiang Xiaoqiang saw it all. He also picked up the tea cup and took a sip with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart that Fourteen Gege was indeed a problem. As he climbed up the country and expanded his power, Fourteen Gege could help him heartily.
Himself. But he only wanted to conquer the Manchu Qing Dynasty through the Northern Expedition. Although the current Manchu Qing Emperor killed Shi Shigege’s family, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was her parents’ country after all. At that time, would she still help herself?
He glanced at Shi Shi Ge Ge again. Shi Shi Ge Ge happened to be looking at him too. Their eyes met, and Shi Shi Ge Ge seemed to understand what he was thinking in an instant. She slowly lowered her head and lowered her gaze.
The ground dimmed.
"By the way," Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled again, looking at his stomachache, and changed the subject, "Ziteng, how many tanks and aircraft have our Ming Dynasty produced in the past few months? Don't let the north catch up."
My stomach hurts and I quickly smile and say:
"Sir, you are asking. In the past few months, Ming Dynasty has not recovered from the wartime economic situation, and has been producing at full capacity. I heard that this is what your Majesty meant..."
Zheng Yuqing immediately interrupted happily:
"That's right, that's what your Majesty meant... The old men in the cabinet tried many times to restore your majesty's peaceful economic status, but your majesty did not agree, which almost made them angry to death, haha... Well, not only did they support your majesty, the commander-in-chief
The Ministry also supports His Majesty. Several marshals and generals from the Maritime General Staff and the Land General Staff also come to His Majesty every two days, saying that we must not fall behind the Qing captives..."
Stomachache said a few words "Yes, yes" with a smile, then looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang and said with a smile:
"Sir, guess what our average output has been in the past few months?"
The old habit of stomachache happened again. Normally, Xiang Xiaoqiang would have glared at him and pushed him back. But today he was in a good mood and guessed with a smile:
"How many tanks are there? I remember before I left, there were more than 300 tanks in February. Can it exceed this number in the past few months? Can there be 300 tanks in a month?"
With a stomachache, he smiled from ear to ear, stretched out four fingers, gestured and said:
"The average monthly output is 425.3 vehicles! Sir, just tanks and several models combined, 1064 vehicles were produced in these two and a half months! Sir!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled, stood up, stared at his stomachache and asked:
"How many? More than a thousand?"
Several people laughed, and Xiu Xiu also laughed and said:
"Sir, Master Du is right, that is 1,064 tanks. After the armistice, we produced more tanks in three months than in the past ten years."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was so ecstatic that his heart was about to beat. He sat down slowly, took a big sip of tea, and the tea spilled out. He put down the tea cup, wiped his mouth and asked again:
"Is that true?"
I had a stomachache and said hesitantly:
"It's absolutely accurate. This is our own data. How could it be false? But... Sir, the Qinglu's tank production seems to be more."
"What?"
"Sir, it's like this. The intelligence in the north is not very complete. We have tank factories where intelligence agents are lurking, which only accounts for three-quarters of all the tank factories in Qinglu. But it is only these three-quarters of the tank factories. This section
The total number of tanks shipped from the factory at that time is basically more than ours. We estimate that the number of new tanks added by Qinglu may be several hundred more than ours."
Xiang Xiaoqiang pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said with a smile:
"It's nothing, haha, their tank industry is bigger than ours, it's normal. Their army base is too big. If they spread more than a thousand tanks on average, there won't be any waves... The key is the aircraft. We only need to ensure air superiority
In our hands, it doesn’t matter how many tanks they have... What about the aircraft? How many aircraft were produced? Don’t tell me that the Qing Dynasty also took the lead in the aircraft, right?”
My stomach ached and I felt happy again and said with a smile:
"Sir, our aircraft industry is incomparable to Qinglu's... This thing is technical work... In the past three months, our monthly output of various combat aircraft has been 492, with a total of 1,476 new aircraft. Qinglu, hehe
, it seems there are only more than 500, and at least 400 are biplanes, haha..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied. He nodded and tapped his fingers on his knees. It was like a torrent of steel plus a roaring fighter plane. The scene of a massive attack on the Qing Dynasty was right in front of him.
Within three months after the end of the war, Nanming's monthly output of various armaments reached a new peak. Among them: an average of 425 tanks; 492 combat aircraft; 266 armored personnel carriers. The most critical - military trucks, reached 3,500