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It was midsummer, the sun was baking the Zhili Plain like a furnace, and the heat in Beijing was especially unbearable.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which has been in charge of Beijing for a while, also went to the Fragrant Hills in the west of Beijing to escape the summer heat in the past two days, and once again lived in the Shuangqing Villa hidden in the lush greenery.

Tensions in the north seem to have settled somewhat during this time.After the Northeast Army, the Jin Army, the Al-Shabaab and the Mongolian Seventh Route Army publicly formed an alliance, the CCP temporarily gave up its attempt to put pressure on Yan Xishan.Instead, the main energy has been devoted to the land reform of Zhili and Chahar, the reorganization of the Third Army, the construction of the Baotou heavy industry base, and the takeover of the two major cities of Beijing and Tianjin.

"Prime Minister, Mr. Zhang Naiqi has arrived." Zhao Shiyan walked into the conference room where the meeting was being held at some point, and whispered something in Zhou Enlai's ear.Now that Zhou Enlai has personally assumed the post of Prime Minister, the top leaders of the CCP call him Prime Minister.In addition, he also served as the chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and the third and fourth army general political commissars, two of the most important positions in the Communist Party.In this time and space, the CCP entered Beijing almost without any problems. Naturally, there was no Zunyi Conference and no Long March to establish Mao Zedong's lofty prestige.Zhou Enlai, like in history, became the soul of the CCP during this period.

Zhou Enlai nodded: "Let him come in, we have something to ask him, a financial expert."

After a while, Zhang Naiqi, who was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, hurried in under the guidance of Zhao Shiyan.

"Naiqi, please sit down, please sit down." Zhou Enlai enthusiastically waved to Zhang Naiqi, beckoning him to sit beside him.The conference room of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is not as formally arranged as the KMT.There are simply a few wicker chairs and coffee tables placed against the wall.

"Prime Minister, I... I didn't do my job well, so I'm sorry everyone." Zhang Naiqi walked to Zhou Enlai's side, but did not take a seat, but apologized solemnly.

Zhou Enlai waved his hand with a wry smile: "You are not to blame for this matter. If you want to blame it, you can blame it...the right wing of the Kuomintang is reactionary." He originally wanted to blame the Kuomintang for not keeping its credibility, but it was wrong when he thought about it again. Now the Beijing government does not recognize Wuhan at all. The legal status of the Kuomintang Central Committee and the National Government... Under such circumstances, of course they are unwilling to perform the original contract. If they want to perform it, the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee should perform it, right?The current situation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party seems to be a bit over, and we should find a way to communicate.

Zhang Naiqi sighed, and sat down on the empty rattan chair beside Zhou Enlai.This seat has always been occupied by Mao Zedong, but Mao Zedong was not in Shuangqing Villa these two days, but went to various places in Zhili to inspect rural work.Until now, Mao Zedong has not changed his view that the hope and key of the Chinese revolution lies in the countryside. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will make contact with the countryside and land reform work.

Zhou Enlai picked up his teacup and took a sip of water, then asked, "Naiqi, where is the main difficulty of Northern Shaanxi Energy?"

Zhang Naiqi smiled wryly: "There are two main problems. One is that the West-Yan Railway cannot be opened to traffic, and the coal cannot be transported out; the other is that the KMT... the Armament Department controlled by the right wing refuses to purchase the oil extracted from the Yan'an oil mine. We Now I have no choice but to find a way to refine oil with local methods, and then sell it to the logistics department of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of your party. But the price is very low, and there is always a loss. Of course, this is not to blame for the comrades in the logistics department, but our oil is not up to standard. It will damage the machine."

"Oh." Zhou Enlai glanced at Zhang Naiqi, who was sweating profusely, and rolled his eyes, as if thinking of something: "The West Extension Railway has been repaired, hasn't it?"

"Yes, but the train is not allowed." Zhang Naiqi replied calmly.Well, it is obvious that the right wing of the Kuomintang is retaliating against the CCP and the left wing of the Kuomintang.

When the members of the Politburo in the conference room heard this, they talked a lot, and they all condemned the right wing of the Kuomintang.But what if it is condemned?They can't even hear it.

Zhou Enlai chuckled, waved his hand indifferently, and the room immediately became quiet again.Zhou Enlai smiled: "Naiqi, this matter is easy to handle. They can intercept the West Extension Railway, and we can also intercept the Beijing-Han Railway. Yan Xishan's coal will be sold there to the south. But you We have to make a trip to Lushan Mountain and negotiate with them about resuming the opening of the West Extension and Beijing-Han Railways. After all, it is not convenient for us to come forward now."

"This way..." Zhang Naiqi's eyes flashed, and he understood Zhou Enlai's meaning. Zhou Enlai wanted to use this matter to connect Shanbei Energy Company with Nanbian and act as a bridge between the north and the south.

"Naiqi, there is one more question I would like to ask." Zhou Enlai frowned slightly, and his face became solemn: "Now the national capitalists in Beijing and Tianjin are fleeing south one after another, especially in Tianjin... the largest city in northern China. The industrial and commercial cities are in depression. Tell me, what are those national capitalists worried about? Our party has repeatedly promised through the major newspapers in the north that we will absolutely unite the national capitalists."

Zhang Naiqi smiled bitterly: "The investment environment in the north has not been as good as that in the south these years, and capital has been showing signs of fleeing south, which is not entirely related to your party. And... the risk of investment should be linked to the income in theory. The risks they take in... Beijing and Tianjin are far greater than those in the south, but the returns... are not as good as in the south. So...these national capitalists..."

Zhou Enlai's eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and his face sank.After hearing Zhang Naiqi's explanation, Zhou Enlai already knew that it was impossible to temporarily preserve the capitalist system in the north... Because of the existence of the south, most capitalists would no longer stay in the Tianjin-Beijing area.After all, there is only the risk of decapitation, not the profit of decapitation.It seems that the CCP should start the socialist transformation in the north ahead of schedule, and only use the superiority of the socialist system to greatly liberate the productive forces.

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Wuhan, KMT military intelligence bureau building.

"Sit down, there are two people who are enlisted in the third phase of the Changzhou Island Naval Academy. The suspicion is very high. One is named Qiao Guanhua, and the other is named Hu Dingxin."

The speaker was Dai Li, chief of the counterintelligence division of the newly established Military Intelligence Bureau.The information about the CCP’s recruitment of secret agents among the freshmen of Peking University to lurk in the military schools in the South has now become the most important “project” of the Counterintelligence Division under his leadership.The backgrounds of the students enlisted in the 17th and 18th years of the Republic of China in the Central Military Academy and the Naval Military Academy were all checked out.Finally, two "child prodigies" from Yancheng County, Jiangsu Province were locked.One was named Qiao Guanhua and the other was named Hu Dingxin.Both of them are well-known child prodigies in Yancheng, and many local people know that they were admitted to Peking University!In that era, being admitted to Peking University was no less than being successful in the previous dynasty. Naturally, there was a lot of celebration at home, and it was a glorious time.

Wu Ziliang sat behind his desk, reached out to take the report from Dai Li, and slowly flipped through it.In recent years, the Military Intelligence Bureau has developed well in intelligence work on the north and Japan.Moreover, spies were also arranged to apply for the Communist Party's military academy in an attempt to infiltrate the Communist Party.However, the KMT's internal anti-espionage work has always been a weakness. The KMT's composition is too complicated, with too many veterans and ministers.No one is willing to move, and many people are obviously half-hearted... To be honest, he really couldn't wish for the leftists of the Kuomintang to leave collectively.As soon as they left, the KMT's leaking sieve suddenly became much tighter. These leftist bigwigs were much more difficult to deal with than the students from the two sea schools in front of us!The CCP and Deng Yanda really miscalculated this time.

Dai Li took a step forward, with a flash of excitement on his face: "Ju Zuo, shall we arrest them immediately? Maybe we can dig out the CCP's underground party organization in Guangdong from them."

Wu Ziliang frowned and shook his head slightly.Right now, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have not officially started a war, and both sides are very sensible to control the struggle within the scope of bloodless.Even if the CCP’s underground party organization in Guangdong was dug out, it would only be exchanged with the KMT agents arrested in the north, and it would not have much effect.And now...the Kuomintang has more "hostages" than the Communist Party, so it is not in a hurry to arrest people.

"Yunong, the value of these two people should not be limited to this. The CCP obviously wants to take a long time to catch big fish. And... can we just use a plan?" Wu Ziliang raised his eyebrows, as if thinking of something.

Dai Li nodded, and said in a low voice: "Ju Zuo means that we try to monitor the two of them first, and let them be Jiang Gan when necessary?"

Wu Ziliang nodded noncommittally: "Go and make arrangements, all you need is monitoring, don't startle the snake."

"I understand." Dai Li snapped to attention, gave Wu Ziliang a military salute respectfully, then turned and left.

Seeing Dai Li's leaving back, Wu Ziliang's corners slightly hooked, revealing a smug smile.He is the core figure around Luo Yaoguo, so he naturally knows that Luo Yaoguo has bad intentions towards the Soviet Union.These two chess pieces should be used at that time, right?

Chapter 0472 Great Depression ([-])

Northeast Lushun, Kwantung Army Command.

Lieutenant General Okamura Chotaro, commander of the Kwantung Army, stood in front of a huge map in his study.Daisaku Kawamoto, Seishiro Itagaki, and Wanji Ishihara of the Kwantung Army Staff Department stood behind him, their faces full of anger.

"I implore your Excellency to support our emergency combat plan and immediately launch an incident to seize Manchuria!"

Daisaku Kawamoto took a step forward, raised all his dantian spirit and loudly proposed to Lieutenant General Okamura Chotaro.

"Your Excellency, Commander! There is no need to hesitate any longer. The Northeast China Army has already begun to transfer materials to Harbin. If their transfer is completed, it will be several times more difficult for the empire to seize Manchuria!" Seishiro Itagaki echoed loudly.

"Your Excellency, please ignore those cowards in the country. Now is the best time for us to do it. It is not advisable to wait for the civil war between the Chinese Kuomintang and the Communist Party to break out. It will only miss the opportunity!" Ishihara Waner also exhausted The power of life roared.

Okamura Chotaro, however, remained motionless like a stone sculpture made of clay, as if he didn't hear the roar of the three people behind him.The cold eyes just stared at Harbin on the map, where the new logistics supplies of the Northeast Army will be stored.Right now, the weapons and ammunition in the arsenal of the three northeastern provinces and the deposits in the official bank of the three northeastern provinces are being transported northward bit by bit by truck.The reason why trucks were used was that the Nanman Railway controlled by the Japanese refused to transport weapons and ammunition for the Northeast Army.However, in this relocation of the old camp of the Northeast Army, Japan seems to be able to do only this!

Because after Mao Zedong of the CCP became the president, the Kuomintang has kept its tail between the CCP.And what is even more unexpected is that the Kuomintang is weak internally, but it holds high the banner of "anti-Japanese and anti-Russian" externally.Every now and then, there was a power switch, shouting to beware of Japanese and Soviet aggression.All factions in the country should abandon their prejudices and jointly defend against foreign enemies, and expressed their willingness to help the Northeast Army to fight against Japan, the Youth Army, and the Mongolian Seventh Route Army to fight against Russia!And it really sent aircraft and cannons to the Northeast Army... For a while, the politicians and military leaders in Japan were really taken aback.Last year, the Japanese army dealt a severe blow to the National Revolutionary Army, and they are still trying their best to lick their wounds, so they don't want to fight again right away.Therefore, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters hastily issued instructions to the Kwantung Army not to take incidents, and abruptly stopped the operation to seize the Northeast.

Of course, the Japanese Kwantung Army did not obey the orders of the above. In theory, they were directly under the emperor's control, and they could completely ignore the orders of the military department and provoke incidents.Moreover, they are troops stationed on the front line, so it is not impossible to find an excuse.For example, blowing up a small section of railway, creating an incident in the Japanese colony, etc., can use force in the name of "protecting the road" or "protecting overseas Chinese".It is said that the 9.18 incident in history did not receive domestic orders, but acted without authorization.This is also the plan currently proposed by Daisaku Kawamoto, Seishiro Itagaki and Wanji Ishihara.However, the commander, Okamura Changtaro, was hesitant when the matter came to an end, and he was hesitant to give the order to attack.

After several adjutants sprayed their saliva, Okamura Chief Taro turned around slowly, glanced at Ishihara and smiled, and said calmly: "Ishihara-san, do you think the Imperial Army can defeat the Chinese Nationalist Army now?"

Ishihara smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly: "Your Excellency, but we don't need to directly fight the Kuomintang army now. Our opponent is only the weak Northeast Army."

Okamura Changtaro slapped Ishihara hard: "Who said that as long as the Kuomintang and the Communist Party do not go to war for a day, the empire cannot act rashly? Are the Kuomintang and the Communist Party going to war now? Why did you forget what you said at the time?" Woolen cloth?"

Ishihara Waner lowered his head deeply, and said hello: "Your Excellency, although the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Communist Party are not at war, the mutual hostility between them is already obvious. The Nationalist Party will never dare to safely and boldly pass troops from the Communist Party's territory , the Communist Party will not allow it either. So..."

"Bage!" Okamura Changtaro shouted angrily again, and gave Ishihara a hard look: "The Chinese Nationalist Army doesn't need to send the army to Manchuria at all, they can send the air force directly. In the battle last year, the Empire, The biggest lesson is that the construction of aviation is neglected. And now only one year has passed, and the new fighter jets of the empire are still not equipped with troops. Therefore, once the war starts, the air supremacy will still be controlled by the Chinese army. Don’t you understand this at all? The empire... is not ready yet! As the commander of the Kwantung Army, I want to capture Manchuria more than you. But thinking about it doesn’t mean you can do it!”

Ishihara smiled wryly and lowered his head. He also knew that initiating an incident now is almost a gamble on the country's fortune. If Japan fails, Japan will be expelled from China, and there will be no chance to come back in the future.And China is very likely to be unified by the Kuomintang holding high the anti-Japanese banner because of this...just as a staff officer of the Kwantung Army, he is obliged to jump out and persuade Commander Okamura Chotaro to take irresponsible and risky actions. The rules of the game inside.

After teaching Ishihara Waner a lesson, Okamura Changtaro turned his attention to the burly Colonel Kawamoto Daisaku again: "Kawamoto-kun, you are good at strategy and you are also a hand at China, so please tell me, what else do you have now?" A way to provoke a civil war in China?"

Daisaku Kawamoto frowned, as if he had been thinking hard: "Your Excellency, after the death of Sun Yat-sen, the division of China has obviously intensified. Moreover, the CCP has successfully occupied Beijing and the Zhili Plain. It should be sooner or later. However, it is indeed unexpected that the Kuomintang can endure until now. I estimate that the Kuomintang is likely to take into account the empire's invasion from the sea and destroy their southeast economic center, so they dare not move the main force from the The coastal provinces are transferred away. If...their two battleships and two aircraft carriers are launched into service, perhaps the Northern Expedition will be possible."

Taro Okamura gave a long sigh: "At that time, the Kuomintang army in China will probably have more than 21 divisions, right? Their overall combat system can almost be established, and there will be 2000 million bayonets by then... If The Kuomintang won’t do anything for the time being, so is it possible for the Communist Party to do it?”

Dazuo Kawamoto was startled, and thought for a while: "The Chinese Communist Party has just expanded its power, and it should not continue to expand its power in a short period of time. Because the Northern Youth Army, Jin Army, Northeast Army and Mongolia Seventh Route Army have formed Without the Quartet Alliance, there should be no war.”

"That's not necessarily the case." Ishihara Wan'er suddenly interjected. He took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "This so-called four-party alliance is actually not difficult to break, as long as the empire and the Soviet Union join forces. The Kwantung Army is responsible for containing the Northeast. Army, the Imperial Navy deterred the southeast coast of China to contain the main force of the Kuomintang army, and the Soviet Union was responsible for containing the youth army and the Mongolian Seventh Route Army. Yan Xishan in Shanxi seemed isolated, and the CCP should not miss this opportunity, and the Kuomintang may also be defeated by aiding Jin Go to war with the CCP."

Ishihara Waner's plan sounds good, but it is a bit complicated to operate, and there are too many aspects involved, but there is no other way right now.Okamura Chotaro pondered for a moment, then sighed: "Then let's work hard in this direction."

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With a slight sound, Luo Yaoguo pushed away the two documents in front of him.

Of these two documents, one is the design scheme of the Me-2 biplane fighter designed by Willy Messerschmidt, the chief engineer of China-Germany Aircraft Corporation.One was the design proposal of the Yan-1 monoplane fighter submitted by a young engineer named Zhang Yu from the Aeronautical Research Institute.

Although these two aircraft design proposals belong to the names of the two of them, they were also submitted by the Sino-German company and the Aeronautical Research Institute respectively.But in fact, it is the product of the joint efforts of the aircraft research and development institutions of the two parties. I don't know how many outstanding engineers from Germany and China participated in the design work.In fact, this program is not a competitive relationship, but a complementary one.Messerschmitt's Me-2 is improved on the basis of Me-1. The design is conservative and practical, and it uses relatively mature technology.However, the engineer named Zhang Yu proposed a rather "avant-garde" aircraft design. This is an advanced cantilever low-wing monoplane, using an all-aluminum monocoque fuselage and a retractable The landing gear has smooth lines and short wings.

此外值得一提的是，这两款飞机的发动机都将采用BMW公司在普惠R-1340黄蜂式发动机的基础上，开发出来的BMW-129星型发动机。这款发动机的起飞输出马力680匹；最大输出马力600匹；海平面巡航输出马力500匹。罗耀国前世的记忆里面不记得BMW公司有129型，到是隐约记得有一款著名的BMW-132型，也是在黄蜂发动机的基础上开发设计的，各项性能指标倒是和这款BMW-129型非常接近。看起来这个129型没准就是早产的132型了。如果132型早产了，那BMW-801型和802型会不会早产呢？

It seems that the breeze blown by the wings of a butterfly has already begun to change the history of Europe.

Sitting under him are Messerschmidt and Zhang Yu, who signed the two design proposals.Messerschmidt and Luo Yaoguo are old acquaintances, but this is the first time seeing Zhang Yu.This aircraft designer has a refined appearance, fair skin, high forehead, a raised nose, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.Like Wang Zhu, the dean of the Institute of Aeronautics, he graduated from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is only 27 years old this year. He just returned to China last year. He also worked for Boeing for a period of time before.And this Yan-1 is Zhang Yu's first work. From the perspective of this era, this aircraft does not look like a fighter jet, but looks like a competition aircraft participating in the Cleveland Aviation Festival.But it was what Luo Yaoguo wanted.