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    Hara Kei became hesitant. According to his original idea, he should lead a peace cabinet, including improving the living standards of the people, withdrawing troops from Russia's Siberia, and carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction in Japan.  For example, building railways across the country while finding new outlets for Japanese heavy industrial goods after the end of the European War.  But now that Tanaka Yiichi is doing something like this, it would be false to say that his grand goal remains unwavering. China's Shandong is different from the desolate Russian Siberia. It has a vast market, cheap and abundant labor, and rich agricultural products.  One of the two excellent colonies in this era that best meets the development needs of the Japanese Empire, the other is Manchuria.  Needless to say, Manchuria, according to the changes in China's national conditions, the imperial government established the Kwantung Army Headquarters there in advance to replace the original Kwantung Prefecture Governor's Office. In Shandong, due to time constraints, there are currently not many imperial troops stationed there.  Even during the Battle of Xuzhou the year before last, Japan did not send more troops to Qingdao. Fortunately, after defeating Fengjun, the army of Southern China chose to march westward instead of continuing the Northern Expedition. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous. This happened a year later.  It has been the focus of debate among the military for a long time. The army repeatedly emphasized that the military strength of South China far exceeds that of North China and that sufficient imperial troops must be invested to ensure the interests of the Japanese Empire in Shandong. However, the navy dismissed this.  Their point of view is very simple. China's coastline is so long. As long as the empire increases its investment in the navy, the empire will always be able to overwhelm China. What's more important is that so far, the South China Navy only has four cruisers.  There is not even a battleship. Such an opponent is really not as good as the Imperial Japanese Navy. As for the army's worries, they don't take it seriously at all, because in their eyes, the army is just a bunch of people who shout every day to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.  Made up of idiots, they are different from the elites of the navy.  However, the Tanaka Giichi in front of Hara Kei obviously does not belong to the army's idiots, but to the category of geniuses. Since the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, this man has been a tiger that cannot be ignored in Japanese politics. In 1907, Tanaka was ordered to trial the military education reform.  Captain of the Third Regiment of the First Division. During the reform, new education policies such as respecting individuality, uniting as a family, and coordination between officers and soldiers were introduced. He also supplemented the single education method with corporal punishment and command knife drills, which expanded his influence in the army. At this time, he was already  It made people look at him with admiration. In addition, Tanaka was from Changshu, "Kiss or not, he is from his hometown", so he was promoted to the Ministry of Operations.  As soon as Tanaka Yi arrived at the First Department, he wrote a letter of opinion called "Miscellaneous Thoughts", which discussed everything from national strategy and military strategy to the organization and system of the army. It was passed to Marshal Aritomo Yamagata through General Kodama Gentaro.  After going there, Yamagata saw that, um, not bad. After reporting it to Emperor Meiji, he came back and said to Tanaka, "Just come up with an imperial defense policy." He then took the Navy's Finance Ministry Colonel Pyo and formulated it together.  This plan stipulated that the Army should have 25 divisions in peacetime and 50 divisions in wartime, and the Navy should build the 88th Fleet. In 1909, Tanaka was promoted to Chief of the Military Section, Commander of the Second Brigade, and Director of Military Affairs of the Army Province. He presided over the revision here.  He formulated the "Army Internal Affairs Book", "Infantry Drill Code", "Purchase Force Drill Code", "Army Education Order", and "Army Supplementary Order". His actions during his tenure proved his strength. In November 1910, he had been advocating the  The Imperial Soldiers' Association was established, which organized reservists who had completed their active service. It could not only reduce the maintenance cost of the national army, but also spread the country's will to the people (later the reserve service was also included).  At the beginning of its establishment, the association only targeted the army. From 1914, the navy was also added to the organization, which finally improved the organization. In August 1915, as the mastermind behind the scenes, Major General Tanaka Yiichi, the deputy chief of staff, planned to propose to Yuan Shikai  The infamous Twenty-One Measures were later met with strong opposition from the Chinese people and failed.  And when the temple cabinet sent troops to Siberia, it was Tanaka who was in front of him who planned and directed it.  In addition to his power among local soldiers and his influence in the army, Tanaka himself is also a good money-maker. When Hara Kei was elected Prime Minister this time, Tanaka Giichi spent 3 million yen in activity funds.  You must know that Tanaka is just a general in the army, and his salary is not generous. It is surprising to be able to spend so much money. Later, Hara Kei learned that during the operation to send troops to Siberia, Tanaka Yiichi used his authority to spend a total of 2,400  Of the 10,000 yen in Army secret fees, about 3.4 million was given to the Terauchi Cabinet. So based on elementary school mathematics addition and subtraction, Tanaka Giichi probably had 20 million yen in his hands.  There is another point that Hara Kei cannot ignore about Tanaka, and that is his good personal relationship with Zhang Zuolin, the actual leader of the current Chinese central government and the ruler of Manchuria. Tanaka has a close relationship with Zhang Zuolin. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904  , the horse thief Zhang Zuolin was captured by the Japanese army on charges of Russian espionage, and when he was about to be shot, Army Staff Officer Tanaka Yoshiichi asked Major General Yasumasa Fukushima for orders to have Zhang Zuolin shot at gunpoint.After being rescued, more than ten years later, the horse thief Zhang Zuolin became the Northeast King of China, and Tanaka also became the Prime Minister of Japan. In the Chinese Civil War last year, it was Tanaka who came forward to strongly support Zhang Zuolin, which enabled him to receive huge aid from Japan.  Zhang Zuolin successfully entered Beijing and occupied the North China Plain. Regarding this, Tanaka said that "Zhang Zuolin is like my younger brother", so this time when he sent troops to Shandong, Tanaka was naturally the first to stand up.  Hara Jing sighed and said: "Tanaka-kun, if we send troops to Shandong to fight a war with Southern China, how much will the empire gain? Don't end up taking advantage of your Chinese brother and wasting the blood of His Majesty the Emperor's loyal warriors.  " Tanaka Giichi pretended not to hear the sarcasm contained in Prime Minister Hara Kei's words, but continued to sell his war plan: ",,, in any case, it will be very detrimental to the empire to complete the substantial unification of China. Once China  When it becomes stronger, the empire will lose its sources of raw materials and markets, and it will have a strong competitor in Asia. So no matter what, we have to find a way to unify China, but to achieve this goal, we can only rely on assassinations and assassinations.  Bribery is obviously no longer possible. The empire must defeat the Southern China army in Shandong. This is still the most basic. If it can defeat Southern China, it will be even better. China will once again fall into unprecedented chaos. At this time, Zhang Zuolin  We will inevitably compete for the richer southern China territory, and we can legitimately lease the entire Manchuria. By then, plus the Russian Far Eastern coastal area we currently control, the empire's continental area will be expanded by more than three million square meters.  Kilometers, this is the most important step in creating an empire that will last forever." Seeing Yuan Jing still hesitating, Tanaka suddenly stood up, knelt on the tatami and kowtowed: "I know that the Prime Minister wants to compensate the people for what they have endured in the past.  It¡¯s difficult, but Prime Minister, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is before you. Compared with the eternal foundation of the Japanese Empire, it doesn¡¯t matter if the citizens contribute more and the imperial soldiers sacrifice more. Please make a decision.¡±  , Yuan Jing couldn't help but stood up, looked at the small scenery in the courtyard without saying a word, with his hands behind his back.  On July 1, the last stop of Wang Zhenyu's inspection was the Youth Army Air Force Base 101, which was the code name of the original expeditionary force training base. However, this base has now been moved to Xiangyang and has expanded more than ten times. It is currently affiliated to the Air Force Ministry.  The 101st Airborne Division and the Air Force's 1st Flying Division are being formed and trained here. Strictly speaking, they lack airborne technology. Currently, only the 1st Flying Division is working at this base. 580 outstanding pilots and pilots have been trained in the past three years.  40 flight instructors from Germany who have participated in actual combat work together to carry out this intense combat preparation work.  Lieutenant General Yang Xianyi, Minister and Commander of the Air Force, was reporting to Wang Zhenyu on the Air Force¡¯s war preparations: ¡°,,,, since the commander-in-chief issued an order for comprehensive air force construction in the sixth year of the Republic of China, we have first completed Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Guangzhou  , Xi'an and other fifteen large-scale military airports, as well as 22 secondary airports and 33 tertiary airports, to ensure the smooth transition of Air Force combat aircraft, and our current fighter aircraft is the Chinese Shenlong type  Fighter, codenamed K1. "Wang Zhenyu nodded and said: "What is the condition of the aircraft and its combat performance?" Yang Xianyi quickly took the folder from the adjutant and opened it and said seriously: "Our aircraft are classified into A reconnaissance and B according to the German standards.  There are four categories of fighter aircraft: bombing, assault, and combat. Specifically, our current aircraft are jointly developed by the four major American airlines. They are new products that combine the performance and technology of current European fighter aircraft. The flight range is all within 400 meters.  The altitude is about 20 meters to 8,000 meters, the speed is currently 260 kilometers per hour, and the engine horsepower ranges from 160 horsepower to 360 horsepower. Currently, I am the commander of our first flight division. Group A is the reconnaissance group.  , equipped with thirty-six Shenlong A1 reconnaissance aircraft and 72 pilots, all of which are biplanes. Currently, 5mm steel plates and automatic cameras have been installed. In addition, machine guns are installed at the bottom, so that they have a certain degree of protection.  Group B is the bombing group, equipped with forty Fire Dragon B1 monoplane bombers and 200 pilots. It is based on the British Handley Petty V/1500, with a total weight of about 13,600 kilograms and a maximum bomb load of 3,400 kilograms;  Our Fire Dragon B1 type has been improved on this basis. It has five members, an engine of 360 horsepower, a total weight of 18 tons, and a maximum bomb load of 6 tons. In addition, our aerial bombs have been changed from hand-thrown to hand-controlled.  The power of these aerial bombs has also been improved. According to your request, Wuhan Military Industry has developed an aerial artillery shell that is more suitable for bombing. After repeated tests, it has been proven that the probability of explosion after landing reaches 95%, and the power is also equivalent.  For mortar shells, our bombers are currently envisioned to be used to bomb enemy baggage troops and artillery in future battles. Group C is an assault group, equipped with fifty Water Dragon C1 biplane attack aircraft and 50 pilots.  People, this prototype is a J-class Junkers fighter that participated in Germany, mainly for the ground troops of our army.?During the attack, these aircraft can be deployed to use the three airborne submachine guns equipped on the belly to repeatedly fire at enemy ground positions and fire points. The D Group is a fighter group equipped with sixty Jiaolong D1 monoplane fighters and pilots.  120 people, mainly used for air combat and security and defense tasks.  "
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