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Hearing what Hu Hanmin said, Luo Yaoguo immediately changed the subject: "Currently, the Trotskyite army (Wang Zhongyi) is shrinking their defense line, concentrating the main force on the west of Daxing'an Mountains and Eastern Mongolia, carrying out reorganization and political and ideological work, and avoiding any confrontation with the Red Army of the Communist Party of China. The decisive battle. The Red Army divided into two groups, one route drove out the Japanese invaders in the east of Rehe, and is now advancing towards Jilin Province. It seems that there is no resistance from the Japanese army along the way, as if entering an uninhabited territory; the other route is advancing towards the Mongolian Plateau , but this road is progressing slowly, and has been wandering in the desert area at the junction of Inner Mongolia. It is estimated that it is a feigned attack on Wang Zhongyi's troops, lest they send out the main force to grab the eastern part of Heilongjiang and Jilin. "

"...Harbin was also retaken by the Second Anti-Union Army a few days ago. The Second Anti-Union Army was unwilling to participate in the struggle between the CCP and the Trotskyites. It responded to Zhang Xueliang's declaration to occupy Harbin and maintain armed neutrality. They currently have 8 to [-] people. Some of them are local snakes in the Northeast, and the CCP will not deal with them until they defeat the Trotskyites, and will only try to win them over."

"...In addition, the CCP is ready to hand over the land in northern Shandong and eastern Zhili province to us, but they require us to recognize the achievements of the agrarian revolution there, and they cannot deprive the peasants of the land obtained during the agrarian revolution. And they also want us to Allow the CCP to operate legally on those territories."

"This is quite a problem. Their agrarian revolution is illegal, and the legal owners of those lands have the right to take back the land." Luo Yiqun frowned: "If our government doesn't interfere, the court will definitely take the land back according to law. Awarded to the original owner, as long as they can provide a legal certificate of land ownership, in addition, a large number of landlords and rich peasants were executed during the CCP’s land revolution, and many farmers also participated in it, which is also a big trouble..."

Before Luo Yiqun finished speaking, Hu Hanmin laughed and said, "Brother Yichen is too worried. The law does not go back to the past. What happened before the national government's rule is not bound by the laws promulgated by our national government. And Zhili Province It was not taken by the CCP from our national government. It was never our jurisdiction. Before the Zhili province was handed over to us, they were under the jurisdiction of the Beijing government. The government's government actions, farmers are only acting according to the government's instructions, so they should not be held legally responsible."

"Mr. Zhan, do you mean that land ownership in Zhili Province should be based on the land ownership certificate issued by the CCP, rather than the original title deed? And there are many landlords and rich peasants who died in their homes. If we don't try to appease them, I'm afraid there will be large-scale retaliation after we take over. In addition, the authority of the local gentry has completely collapsed, and we have no way to rely on the gentry to establish a local regime, and the original local regime is controlled by the CCP...we should How to manage the territory of Zhili Province?" Luo Yiqun said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"Well, this is a big problem. We need to think of a way." Hu Hanmin nodded.

The CCP is different from other warlords. Their rule penetrates into every corner of the society. Although the entire ruling group does not have much interest at the moment, it is huge!Every factory, every store, every school, and even every remote mountain village has its own political power and party branch (party committee).

However, the power of the national government was only established at the county level. The power below the county level is currently "local elections" in name, but is actually ruled by the gentry, because most of the elected mayors are local. Among the gentry and celebrities, there is absolutely no poor peasant, even a middle peasant is rare.Of course, the current gentry is unarmed, and the children of farmers have also mastered knowledge and understood some laws after compulsory education, so it is not so easy to bully.In addition, the evil vote that determines whether a gentry can be elected as the mayor is also one person, one vote. Each election will be carried out under the supervision of officials and judges in different places. Basically, people who are too bad cannot be elected...

However, this system cannot be implemented in Zhili Province at all, because the original gentry were either eliminated or fled. After returning, these escaping gentry also confronted the local poor and lower-middle peasants because of their land and family members being killed. Naturally, it is impossible to become the basis of the national government's rural rule.Of course, the village officials appointed by the CCP cannot be used. After all, the relationship between these people and the CCP is unclear, and they must be active members of the peasant movement. Official rebellion"?And the landlords and capitalists behind the Kuomintang will definitely not do it either!But if they are not used, or even persecuted these village officials of the Communist Party, it will only make them more devoted to the organization and resolutely fight against the Kuomintang to the end!In addition, there is another big trouble, that is, according to the laws promulgated by the current national government, joining the Communist Party itself is not illegal, but the public activities of the Communist Party in the south are prohibited, even if the Communist Party members who carry out "illegal activities" are caught , if there are no other crimes, the heaviest punishment is only a small fine!

This is a huge problem that the national government is currently facing. This is a ruling group that is moving towards a democratic constitutional government, and all its current achievements are based on a moderate domestic policy.The current national government and the Kuomintang are not a fascist autocratic regime, and the system of the five big bosses and the period of political training that have already been determined by Sun Yat-sen have also blocked the path of the Kuomintang to dictatorship. At present, this regime can only follow the road of constitutionalism Go step by step.Although the CCP has always been vigilant about the butcher knife that the Kuomintang is about to raise, but this butcher knife does not exist in this time and space!In a country with the rule of law and democracy, how can the government arrest and kill a citizen because he is a member of the Communist Party?Not to mention the extreme policy of "I would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go."

Therefore, the national government in this time and space is indeed not afraid of fighting an open war with the CCP, but what should we do after the war is over?How should we deal with the underground party and guerrillas who persisted in their struggle, and the tens of millions of toiling masses in the Soviet area of ​​the Communist Party of China who were allocated land and participated in the revolution of the landlord class?

Just when the people in the conference room changed the topic from the current battle situation to how to rule Zhili Province, Natalie suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, handing the telegram just received to Luo Yaoguo.

After Luo Yaoguo glanced at it, his face immediately became happy, and he handed the telegram to Hu Hanmin, and said with a smile: "The Marine Corps has captured Kaohsiung! We have already set foot on the land of Taiwan. A large group of Japanese troops deployed there is seeing After our artillery fire, we voluntarily abandoned the city and fled, and now our troops are entering Kaohsiung City under the welcome of the Taiwanese people."

"Now, as long as the main force of the combined Japanese fleet is severely damaged again, the Sino-Japanese war will be decided!" Luo Yaoguo's eyes turned cold when he said this: "We have to double the compensation for the Jiawu and Xinchou years. ! And this time they invaded the Northeast and caused us to pay for the losses!”

Chapter 0591 of the war of aggression against Japan! ([-]) To gamble or not to gamble?

"Your Excellency, the Taiwan Army urgently reports that half an hour ago, the Chinese had captured Kaohsiung, and all members of the Second Battalion of the Second Taiwan Infantry Regiment were all killed!" Shigetaro Shimoda, Chief of Staff of the United Fleet, took the telegram from the communications staff officer and read it. At a glance, the news of the fall of Kaohsiung was announced with a heavy heart.

"So fast!" Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, when he really heard the news that the Chinese Nationalist Army had captured Kaohsiung, Kato's heart still twitched, as if he had been hit hard!After seizing the port of Kaohsiung, the Kuomintang army was continuously sent to Taiwan Island. The more than 1 Taiwanese army officers and soldiers without backup could not defend for a few days. Now Taiwan is really about to be lost.

"Commander Watanabe of the Taiwan Army also reminded us that there is an army airport in Kaohsiung. Although it has been destroyed, it is expected that the Chinese people may repair it in a few days." Speaking of this, Shimada paused. Li slightly worried: "If the Chinese can use Kaohsiung's army airport... the entire Bashi Channel will be blocked by them!"

"It's okay, a few days is enough." Kato Kanji's tone returned to calm, as if nothing happened.His gaze returned to the sea chart again. It was a few days before the China Air Force blocked the Bashi Strait. The outcome of a naval battle is often decided within a few hours!So Kato is not worried about the Kaohsiung airport at all, his mind is still on the two China aircraft carriers.

He suddenly found a somewhat embarrassing question. Those two "Nagato" class battleships, which were claimed to be among the seven largest ships in the world, seemed to be really trash!When facing an aircraft carrier with a speed of more than 30 knots, the "Nagato" class with a top speed of only 26 knots is really a bit slow.Therefore, it is necessary to rely on four "Miao Gao" class ships to fight the Chinese fleet at high speed, so that the "Nagato" class can catch up.

But in this way, he faced a new problem. Now there are two most likely positions for the China Aircraft Carrier!And if his four "Miao Gao" heavy cruisers are divided into two teams, it seems that they are not enough to defeat the main force of the China Nanyang Fleet with a battlecruiser.It would be great if we could replace the two "Nagato" class ships with four "Myoko" class ships...

"Shimada-kun, where do you think the Chinese aircraft carrier will be?" Kanji Kato turned around and asked his chief of staff Shigetaro Shimada.Although the idea of ​​the "Special No. [-] Operation" was proposed by Eisuke Yamamoto, it was Shintaro Shimada and his staff who formulated the specific plan.These elites of the Japanese navy are now contemplating around the chart, exchanging opinions in a low voice from time to time.

"Your Excellency, I think that the Chinese aircraft carrier is most likely to be in two locations, the waters north of the Dongsha Islands and the waters north of the Paracel Islands." Shimoda Shintaro's analysis is exactly the same as Kato's. He held up a baton and pointed at the chart suggested:

"Bie Zhi suggested that the Second Fleet be used for the search of the waters north of the Dongsha Islands. Two 'Myoko'-class heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and two destroyers can be used to form an advance detachment. Use the cover of night to go straight to the waters near the Dongsha Islands If you find the Chinese aircraft carrier formation, you must fight with it and wait for the main force of the second fleet to arrive."

"...The First Air Fleet is advancing towards the waters near the Paracel Islands, and continues to undertake the task of luring the Chinese aircraft carrier. The First Fleet will follow up thirty nautical miles east of the First Air Fleet. In addition, the other two 'Myoko' class ships can be assigned to The First Air Fleet, if the Chinese aircraft carrier is found, the main force of the First Air Fleet can retreat to the east, and the two 'Myoko'-class ships will form a guerrilla detachment and rush to the Chinese fleet head-on!"

"The soldiers are divided into two groups?"

Kato frowned, straightened up, and walked around the chart table with his hands behind his back: "Where are we now?"

"Your Excellency, we are sailing westward at 20 knots on the ocean 20 nautical miles east of the Babuyan Islands. If we continue to sail at [-] knots, we will be able to break through the Luzon Strait in five hours. South China Sea."

"Have you been walking for almost fifty hours?" Kato raised his head and looked out the window. The sky was gradually brightening. Seagulls were dotted on the blue ocean, and the sky and water were rippling. It was a peaceful and harmonious scene. I don't know who will be the master of this sea after this war?

"Your Excellency, it is time to make a decision. The three fleets need to be reorganized, with different routes and speeds." Chief of Staff Shimada interrupted Kanji Kato's thoughts.

"Can two 'Myoko' class heavy cruisers suppress the 'Selim Sultan' battlecruiser in the artillery battle?" Kanji Kato asked rhetorically.

"The 'Myoko' class has ten 203mm caliber main guns, and two ships have 20. The 'Selim Sultan' has ten 280mm caliber main guns. Of course, it is 'Selim Sultan' in terms of firepower. The No. [-] has the advantage, but our naval officers and soldiers have been trained for longer, and their gunnery and damage control are superior to those of the Chinese. If it is a daytime battle, it is estimated that they will be evenly matched, and if it is a night battle...they should be able to win the game. "Shintaro Shimada analyzed road.

Two heavy cruisers and one battlecruiser were tied!No one dares to boast about this kind of Haikou except the Japanese.However, this estimate is not entirely unreasonable. After all, the Kuomintang Navy has not been in the army for a long time, and this "Selim Sultan" has just been leased, and the time for the entire ship's officers and soldiers to touch the battlecruiser is only a month or two. , it is impossible to exert the huge power of this battleship.

"It is already the limit for two 'Myoko' to overwhelm one 'Selim Sultan', and it is impossible to accomplish the task if you want to entangle the Chinese aircraft carrier at the same time." Kato Kanji shook his head: "It is better to Four 'Myoko'-class ships were allocated to the First Air Fleet to form a guerrilla detachment, waiting for an opportunity to raid the aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy."

"Then do you think the aircraft carrier of the Chinese people will be there..." Shimoda Shigetaro asked.

"North of the Paracel Islands, 150 to 200 nautical miles east of Hainan Island." Kato replied.

"But if the Chinese aircraft carrier is deployed north of the Dongsha Islands, we will face great losses!" Shimoda Shigetaro frowned tightly, as if thinking hard about countermeasures: "How about this, we can Let the Second Fleet assign two 'Myoko' class ships to the waters north of Dongsha, and if they miss the air, let them turn to the southwest, and the other two 'Myoko' class heavy cruisers heading westward to pinch the Chinese aircraft carrier."

"This way..." Shimada's suggestion is indeed worthy of consideration. If the main fleet of China is north of the Dongsha Islands, two heavy cruisers are certainly not enough to destroy them, but they can definitely scare them away, so that the combined fleet can retreat completely... ...Of course, it is not without some problems. After all, if you want to outflank two aircraft carriers fleeing at high speed in the vast ocean, you must rely on luck.But this desperate blow of the Japanese United Fleet was just a matter of luck!So after thinking about it, Kato decided to adopt Shimada's suggestion: "Just do it this way, and assign the four 'Myoko'-class heavy cruisers to the First Air Fleet and the Second Fleet respectively. In addition, the time to pass through the Luzon Strait should be After sunset tonight."

"Hay!"

After Shintaro Shimada left, Kanji Kato took a deep breath, and now he only hoped that there would be no unexpected improvement in the gunnery of the China Navy.

……

March [-]th, two o'clock in the afternoon.

In the South China Sea, 300 kilometers east of Hainan Island, on the "Zhongshan" aircraft carrier.

The captain, Colonel Luo Youjun, glanced at the flag of the commander of the Nanyang Fleet flying on the top of the ship island. The flag was hoisted when Zhao Zheng, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, boarded the "Zhongshan" with the fleet staff in the early hours of yesterday. , This "Zhongshan" aircraft carrier is probably the first aircraft carrier in the world to become the flagship of the fleet. This also seems to mean that after the Bohai Bay Sea War, naval aviation and aircraft carriers have become the core of the entire Chinese naval power.

Although the Japanese fleet should have not yet entered the South China Sea, the flight deck was already busy. After the two A2A-2 carrier-based reconnaissance bombers were slowly lifted onto the deck by the elevator, the air crew immediately pushed them to the stern for takeoff. At the assembly point, slowly push the prepared auxiliary fuel tank into the belly of the aircraft with a trolley and hang it up.

Standing in the fleet command center with flagship equipment on the second floor of the island, Zhao Zhengcai looked away after seeing the two reconnaissance planes take off smoothly: "Have you found anything from the submarine?"

"No." Meng Hailong shook his head: "The submarines deployed off the coast of Keelung did not find any Japanese warships. It seems that their main fleet is coming towards us. It is estimated that they will be able to break in through the Bashi Channel or the Luzon Strait this afternoon. South China Sea."

"It won't be afternoon, it should be night, because the Japanese are afraid that our submarines will find their tracks."

Zhao Zheng said affirmatively: "The Japanese navy puts a lot of emphasis on night combat, and their artillery skills are also high. I think their battleships or heavy cruisers may try to find our main decisive battle at night, and if they can't, they will act as bait to attract our aircraft carrier. "

"That's true. Their four battleships are very expensive. I wouldn't be willing to just use them as bait. But their speed is so slow, even if we find them, we won't be able to catch up."

"That's not necessarily true. The speeds of 'Nagato' and 'Mutsu' are announced by themselves. Little Japan is not very disciplined in this regard. Maybe they can run to 27 knots. Besides, their Battleships are slower, but heavy cruisers are not slow!" Zhao Zheng frowned slightly, walked to the chart, looked at it for a while, and said: "After this wave of reconnaissance planes come back, we will turn to the southwest, and we will leave Japan tonight. Devil stay away."

"Then let's go east tomorrow morning?" Meng Hailong hesitated and asked again: "Should we arrange two light patrols to keep a watch in the east, and let them go out by seaplane early tomorrow morning for reconnaissance."

"Well, that's a good idea." Zhao Zheng picked up his baton and stroked it off the northwest coast of Luzon Island, and said with a smile: "The Japanese must hide here if they want to hide. This is within the combat radius of our shore-based reconnaissance aircraft." Besides, the main force of our fleet can’t find them at the current location. Then we will send two light patrols here.” Zhao Zheng pointed to the waters about 200 nautical miles northwest of Manila, and said with a smile: “The Americans are in Subi. There is a fleet stationed in Kewan, if the Japanese find our light cruisers at night, they will not dare to open fire casually."

"The Japanese should not search south." Meng Hailong said with a smile: "They must have spies near the Zhanjiang military port. The Japanese should already know the news of our departure. This battle is to search each other's location. Japan People want to find us at night, but we want to find them during the day. As long as our fleet hides within the protective circle of shore-based aircraft during the day, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft will not pose a threat to us. Therefore, in this battle, we You only need to retreat westward at night, and return during the day should be safe."

Zhao Zheng shook his head slightly, his face a little dignified: "The only way to be safe is to hide in Zhanjiang Military Port, but if you want to do that, you will never become a world-class navy!" His eyes returned to the chart: "Actually, this battle The Japanese are not without a chance. Their ability to use surface ships is unmatched by us. If I were to command them, I would form a fast column, all of which are the fastest heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers. Then Hide the fast column behind the main fleet, use all battleships and aircraft carriers as bait to attract the firepower of our aircraft carrier, and let the fast column move westward at full speed when our planes bomb the main Japanese fleet! The Japanese 'Myoko' With a speed of more than 30 knots, if the fleets of the two sides are separated by more than 100 nautical miles, they will be able to engage in battle in three hours. By then, we will have to peel off our skins if we don’t die!”

Zhao Zheng walked to the window of the command room, looked at the neatly arranged ships on the flight deck, and said with a sneer, "The current aircraft is still too weak. If we develop for a few more years, we will wait until the carrier-based aircraft with more than 1000 horsepower come out." Naval battles are really dominated by aircraft carriers. Now the Japanese have realized this, so they will definitely catch up after this battle, but we have to turn our energy to land, after all, we are the mainland The nation, they are the sea nation! So I would rather take the risk of possible failure than destroy the Japanese aircraft carrier! Only in this way can we ensure that our leading edge will not be overtaken by the Japanese.”

……

At 6:20 p.m., the Zhanjiang Ocean Fleet Headquarters.

"Sir, the Japanese fleet has been spotted!"