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Volume 2: Three Pillars Chapter 4: Initial Decision on the Navy

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    "Zhang Anle's move is cruel. As soon as the compulsory military system is implemented, none of the troops in our hands will be ours." Li Zongren put down the document of the "Million Army" plan that came from Beijing and said dissatisfiedly.

    "That's not necessarily the case. No matter what the military system is, there must be someone to lead the army. Although the soldiers are no longer tenured for life, the officers are still tenured. As long as we have the officers, the army is still in our hands."  Zhuge Bai Chongxi said disapprovingly.

    "Although I say that, I don't think it is that simple. We are not his direct troops who started out with him. He is somewhat wary of us, just because he is afraid that he has some tricks waiting for us." Li Zongren didn't believe Zhang Anle.  He will treat them all equally, and he always feels that this "Million Army" plan is actually a conspiracy against them.

    "You are worrying too much. He has no direct descendants. Zhang Anle went to the Northeast in the 11th year of the Republic of China. It is now the 15th year of the Republic of China. The earliest troops that followed him were only four years old. Even if they are direct descendants, so what. Zhang Anle is a  Tuanfa made his fortune, and he only had a few people under his command. There are still a few so-called direct descendants. Didn¡¯t they all join him later? More than half of the military commanders of the earliest 16 divisions of his Northwest Army surrendered later.  He won't go too far. Otherwise, he won't get much benefit if everyone breaks up." Bai Chongxi thought for a while and replied.

    "I hope so." Li Zongren still felt uneasy.

    There are many people who have the same idea as Li Zongren, but there is no way, the situation is stronger than the people.  Besides, there is nothing wrong with this plan, so they can only agree to it.

    Zhang Anle expected that the million-strong army would receive approval from all over the country.  He is not afraid of any little tricks from the people below.  The current situation in China is that the central government is stronger than the local governments.  The small princes from various places, such as Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, Yuan Zuming, Sun Chuanfang and others, are now much weaker than before.  Except for Zhang Xueliang, who still dominates the four provinces outside Guanhai, the others can only look at their own three-acre land.

    Putting aside his personal relationship with Zhang Anle, Zhang Xueliang does not dare to turn against the central government in the face of Japan's eagerness.  He also counted on Zhang Anle to be his solid backing, and he fully supported this plan.  After everyone below agreed, the plan for "Millions of Heroes" was finalized.

    Now the territory in the Northeast has been recovered, in accordance with the prior agreement with Zhang Xueliang.  The central government only wants Vladivostok, and the rest belongs to Zhang Xueliang.  This time, based on the principle of once and for all, Zhang Anle instructed the delegation not to leave any areas in the Northeast undiscussed.  At the insistence of the Chinese representatives, it turned out that the area to be discussed in the Nerchinsk Treaty was the part of the Outer Xing'an Mountains eastward to the sea.  Both sides agreed to use the Udy River as the boundary.  Hebei belonged to the Soviet Union and Henan belonged to China.

    The recovered area was bounded by Heilongjiang, and the east of the river was called Binhai Province. The provincial capital was located in Khabarovsk. Zhang Xueliang recommended Yu Xuezhong to serve as the governor and commander of the security headquarters.  Jiangxi was called Hung Yen Province, and the provincial capital was located in Hai Lan Pao. Wan Fulin, who wanted to be the governor, got his wish this time.

    Although Wan Fulin was a little dissatisfied with his territory, he was still a provincial governor, and he happily took office.  Yu Xuezhong knew his status in the Fengtian clique, and now Zhang Xueliang appointed himself as the governor of Fengtian Province.  The governor of Jilin Province is Zhang Zuoxiang, the governor of Heilongjiang Province Wu Junsheng, and the governor of Rehe Province Tang Yulin.  These people's qualifications and status in the army are higher than mine.  It was Zhang Xueliang who promoted him to the position of provincial governor, so he naturally had no dissatisfaction.

    On October 19, 1926, the State Council issued a telegram.  The newly recovered territory was bounded by Heilongjiang, with the coastal province to the east of Heilongjiang and Khabarovsk as the provincial capital.  To the west of Heilongjiang is Hung Yen Province, with Hai Lan Pao as the provincial capital. The two provinces are under the jurisdiction of the Northeast District.  Vladivostok is a central municipality.

    Zhang Anle already has his mind set on the candidate for the mayor of Vladivostok.  Vladivostok existed as a military port city in his plan.  The main value of its existence is to serve the North Sea Fleet, so the mayor of Vladivostok is concurrently served by the Commander of the North Sea Fleet.

    The North Sea Fleet is the original Bohai Fleet. After recovering Vladivostok, Zhang Anle believed that there was no need for a fleet in the Bohai Sea area.  Qingdao has a Yellow Sea Fleet, which can fully assume the responsibility of defending the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.  So Zhang Anle renamed the Bohai Fleet to the North Sea Fleet and moved to Vladivostok. The commander of the Bohai Fleet, Wen Shude, naturally became the mayor of Vladivostok.

    After confirming the commander and base of the Bohai Fleet, he began to finalize the commanders and personnel of the other three fleets.  After consulting the naval commanders Yang Shuzhuang and Wen Shude, he appointed Chen Jiliang as commander of the Yellow Sea Fleet.

    The Yellow Sea Fleet is stationed in Qingdao because it has a very good foundation and the mayor of Qingdao is Zhang Anle¡¯s confidant.  He failed to serve as mayor of Qingdao.  He is also the only one among the four fleet commanders who has not served as the chief administrator of the naval station, but as a newly-reigned general, he has no complaints.  ableHe was very satisfied to be entrusted with such an important task by Zhang Anle.

    The commander of the East China Sea Fleet was Chen Shaokuan. Chen Shaokuan learned that Zhang Anle wanted to use Shanghai as a naval base.  He sent a telegram to Zhang Anle, saying that Shanghai was not suitable as a naval base and suggested that the naval base be located in Zhoushan.  Zhoushan is a natural port and is very suitable as a naval base. Besides, Shanghai is too eye-catching and it is not as hidden as Zhoushan.  After Zhang Anle and Sun Chuanfang discussed, Sun Chuanfang agreed to locate the naval base in Zhoushan.  So Zhang Anle unified Zhoushan and its nearby islands into one Zhoushan City, and Chen Shaokuan became the mayor of Zhoushan City.  Now he is busy building a military port, naval base and various ancillary facilities in Zhoushan.

    The South China Sea Fleet is still just a shelf, with only 6 warships.  After Chen Ce was appointed commander of the South China Sea Navy Fleet, Zhang Anle agreed to use Hainan Island as the base of the South China Sea Fleet.  Hainan Island was renamed Hainan City, and Chen Ce also served as the mayor of Hainan City.  He is now also busy selecting sites for the military port in Hainan and looking for the needed talents through various connections. He is very busy.

    Zhang Anle then discovered that the three commanders of the four fleets of the navy were named Chen. No wonder the navy of the Republic of China was destined to sink into Jiangyin in history.  But that's history. The current navy is vastly different from the navy in history, and its final fate will be vastly different.

    After finishing the navy affairs, the next step is to further improve the national defense system.  Now there are security headquarters in each province, but there is no corresponding organization between the provinces and the central government.  Zhang Anle had instituted a large-region system before, but with the reunification of the country, the large-region system had ceased to exist in name only.  The Northeast is still the same as before, but some district government officials in the Northwest continue to maintain it, while the other districts have long since ceased to exist.

    Zhang Anle could not make up his mind for a moment whether to continue to implement the large-region system, divide it into several small military regions, or continue to maintain the status quo.  He discussed this issue with Timoshinge, who said that he didn't know what to do and that the commander-in-chief had the final say.  Yang Du was unwilling to get involved in this matter on the grounds that he was not familiar with military affairs.

    In the end, Zhang Anle decided to just go ahead and maintain the status quo.  The Northeast District exists as long as it exists, and Zhang Xueliang plays his own role in the Northeast.  The Northwest District continues to implement the unfinished three-year plan, and it is not appropriate to unify the Northwest with the whole country for planning.

    Zhang Anle proposed the establishment of a reserve and local militia system, which also received support from everyone, especially the small princes in various places.  For them, there are loopholes for the reserve forces and local militia to take advantage of, and Zhang Anle also understands this situation very well.  If these people want to raise soldiers, let them do so. After the tax system is re-established in the future, we will see where they can get the money to raise soldiers.

    October has passed by in a busy way, but as soon as November entered, something unexpected happened.  .

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