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This is an extremely luxurious room, with wisps of fragrant smoke rising from a quaint three-legged bulging incense burner, the floor is covered with thick and soft plush carpet, which is soft and silent when stepped on.A gramophone was babbling what appeared to be a film of a Cantonese opera.

Xu Chongzhi, who looked rotten, was lazily nestling on a soft sofa donated by Mussolini, holding an equally lazy Persian cat in his arms.He sat in a dark place, so that people couldn't see his tired face clearly. Under the dim light, only the green cat's eyes glowed mysteriously and strangely.

Sitting opposite him was Luo Yiqun, who was also leaning on a large single sofa. Behind him, a European woman in her twenties with brown hair and a cute baby face was giving him Massaging shoulders.This is Luo Yiqun Xinna's concubine named Fanny Zebestein.I don't know if it was influenced by Luo Yaoguo, but the corrupt bureaucrats of the Kuomintang are very fond of European beauties, especially during this period when Hitler is driving tens of thousands of German Jews to China, and some of them have good posture The beauties in the world can't resist the lure of corrupt bureaucrats to become mistresses, and this Miss Fanny seems to be one of them.

"I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that you, Luo Yichen, the gentleman, would like this! It seems that your nephew really led me to the wrong. Hehehe..."

"What's the point of this? My fair lady is so good!"

After all, Luo Yiqun is a person from the old times, and his life is naturally very corrupt. There are no less wives and concubines in the family than his nephew Luo Yaoguo!I have long liked an exotic European beauty like Natalie, but I have never had a chance to find one for myself, but this time it is really thanks to Hitler.

Xu Chongzhi continued: "That's true, now that you, Luo Yichen, are doing the vice chairman job, you should enjoy it... Speaking of which, my brother Chiang Kai-shek is really worthless, since I married Miss Song San, Hehe, he is no longer predestined for romance, and can only concentrate on doing great things. However, his talent is really difficult to take on, and his ambition is too big, which is really worrying! There will be nothing wrong with the formation of the National Defense Force this time. Question?"

Luo Yiqun chuckled and waved his hands: "What's the problem? The four of us have already reached an agreement. What else can he do other than submit obediently? If he doesn't do anything bad, the future Minister of Defense will always have something to do." That's right, he's the steward of millions of troops, which is not bad. Otherwise, the Minister of Defense can only trouble you as a brother, hehehe..."

Xu Chongzhi smiled and said: "Minister of National Defense? Hehe, I am not so stupid as Xu Chongzhi. Isn't it a good time now? In life, one should not only know how to do big things, but also know how to do big things. Enjoy... Otherwise, what's the point of living? On this point, I admire Luo Fuwen very much. Enjoyment and doing great things are both compatible. Even in the office of the Military Commission, there is a beautiful woman to accompany you. What to say She is beautiful, among the women I have ever seen, Natalie is still the most beautiful, what a blessing!"

Luo Yiqun frowned slightly. Xu Chongzhi's words sounded like he had no ambitions, but in fact he was unwilling to participate in the new round of power struggle within the Kuomintang around the formation of the national defense force.Now that Chiang Kai-shek wants to resist, it is unrealistic to use force. The National Revolutionary Army is no longer the kind of warlord army that can run amok!The only possibility is to threaten to resign.After all, there are not many candidates who can replace Chiang Kai-shek in military power.This Xu Chongzhi is considered the most suitable, and the remaining He Yingqin and Zhu Peide are from Chiang Kai-shek's lineage, and they will definitely not do it.An Sihua, Bai Chongxi, and Li Zongren were willing to do it, but Hu Hanmin would not agree, because that would be handing over the entire national defense force to Luo Yaoguo... and it is not yet possible to use a civilian defense minister.

Chapter 0671 National Defense Forces ([-]) Banquet

At the reception, guests gathered.

Inside Beilu, a dinner party is in progress.The luxurious banquet hall is naturally divided into several areas by different groups of people.The military and political officials of the Kuomintang occupied the center of the banquet hall. They talked and laughed loudly among themselves as if no one was around.

The representatives of the major chaebols are mainly concentrated on the right side, where there are many large sofas, and the wives of Luo Yaoguo are sitting there, surrounded by a group of rich businessmen with big bellies, all of them are full of flattering smiles , recommending various investment projects that are sure to make money without losing money.

On the other side is a large group of young generals of the Kuomintang Army, including elites from the Ministry of the Army and the General Staff, as well as middle and senior military officers who have rushed to Wuhan from various troops. They are basically classmates who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. They are also relatively familiar with each other, so they naturally gathered together and talked in low voices. Judging from the topics they talked about, it was obvious that they all revolved around the formation of the National Defense Force and the expansion of armaments.

These two things have the greatest impact on them, so it's no wonder they pay the most attention.

Some of the guests brought their wives, some brought their adjutants or secretaries together, and the host of today's banquet, Luo Yaoguo, was dressed in a neat marshal's dress, walking around the banquet hall with a glass of wine, stopping to chat with people from time to time, Toasted a glass of wine, but he was obviously a little distracted, always looking at the door subconsciously.

Today is December 1932, 12, and this reception is naturally held in the name of Christmas.However, the real purpose was to ease the somewhat tense relationship with Chiang Kai-shek and try to get him to support the formation of the National Defense Forces. However, the Chiang Kai-shek couple who lived next door to Beilu did not show up for a long time!A bad feeling could not help but appear in Luo Yaoguo's heart.

After all, Luo Yaoguo's soul comes from a future that has achieved democratic constitutionalism. He knows that radical reforms will often backfire, so his actions have always been gradual.For example, the land reform started with compulsory education and the confiscation of landlords’ armed forces. It took nearly eight years to slowly advance to the establishment of local grassroots regimes, and it would take a few more years to finally achieve land to the tiller.Similarly, the process of realizing the nationalization of the military is also very slow. For those with vested interests in control of the military, he also hopes to find common ground through compromise.If Chiang Kai-shek can support the formation of the National Defense Forces, he can even support Chiang Kai-shek as the president of the Republic of China after the war. Of course, it is the kind of democratically elected president who is firmly controlled by the parliament and the constitution!As for other interests, as long as Luo Yaoguo can do it, they can also be discussed.

"Mrs. Kong, not long ago our Republic Aircraft Company and China Commercial Bank jointly bought a large piece of land in Heilongjiang. We originally planned to invest in the construction of a military horse farm there, but who knows, the engineers from IG Farben are actually there now. Oil discovered!

Moreover, according to estimates by German engineers, the oil reserves there are still quite large, and it is definitely the largest oil field in East Asia at present!I wonder if Mrs. Kong is interested in cooperating with us in development? "

After participating in the operation of the Republic Aircraft Company, Lu Xiaobei seemed to have a little bit of business acumen, and now he actually held Song Ailing's hand and talked to her about business.The oil field she was talking about was naturally the legendary Daqing Oil Field!In this time and space, Luo Yaoguo took advantage of his position and circled some of them in the name of investing in the construction of a military horse farm!But such a large piece of oil and water, he will not eat alone. The Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, the Nanyang Consortium, the Guangdong Consortium, and the Kong-Song Consortium, which has just taken shape, should all be able to share in the huge profits.

Song Ailing nodded noncommittally, but did not speak.Although the discovery of the huge oil field in Heilongjiang in the northeast is still a secret, Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi have known about it for a long time, but the land has already been circled by Luo Yaoguo and a large number of big bosses from Nanyang, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang early in the morning!Among them are the enterprises of Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi's family... This kind of thing is obvious at first glance!But facing the background of the other party, even Song Ailing could only drooling from the sidelines.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Luo Xiaobei personally invited her to participate in the oil field development today!But at this sensitive period, she dared not nod easily.Everyone knows that behind this must represent a huge political deal!

Seeing Song Ailing's calmness, Xiaobei was a little impatient, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, her eyes swept over the gorgeously dressed ladies around her, and finally fell on the girl in red. Natalie in the floor-to-ceiling dress.

Natalie immediately understood, and smiled at Song Ailing: "Madam Kong, the reserves of the Heilongjiang Oilfield are astonishing, and the scale of investment is also astonishing. Basically, large financial groups across the country will participate. Why don't Madam Kong's Qixing Company also invest a few dollars?" One million... To be honest, we need to develop oil fields, build oil refineries, and lay oil pipelines. Without a capital of [-] to [-] million, we really can't do it. Madam Kong, why don't you invest a little as a favor for us? Bar."

"Help?" Song Ailing hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Cheng Chengcheng, since that's the case, then I will do my younger sisters a favor. How about our seven-star company investing 500 million yuan?"

Just as the three women raised their goblets to toast the happy business cooperation, there were sparse applause near the door.The three turned their heads and saw that it was Chiang Kai-shek who came in, with Song Meiling and a young man in his twenties.

Chiang Kai-shek was also wearing his marshal's dress, and his mustache was neatly trimmed.Song Meiling was still dressed in a dignified yet gorgeous cheongsam, with an elegant gait and a slight smile on her face. Although her beauty was not ranked high in this banquet hall, her temperament was still one of the best.And that young man was wearing a white naval officer's uniform, and the military rank displayed on the brochure was a lieutenant of the navy, and he was also very heroic. He immediately attracted the attention of many unmarried female guests.

"He is Jiang Jingguo?" Luo Yaoguo muttered in a low voice, and hurriedly greeted him with his uncle Luo Yiqun full of honor.

"Mr. Jie, Mrs. Jiang, welcome! You are very welcome!" Luo Yaoguo first respectfully saluted Lao Jiang, and then offered his hands, which can be said to be enough face.

"Brother Fuwen, you and I should have been walking around a lot, but my brother is busy with work and doesn't have time to come to my Meilu, so I have to pay a visit."

Chiang Kai-shek also gave him face, forced a smile on his serious face, shook hands with him, and introduced Jiang Jingguo who was beside him to Luo Yaoguo: "Brother Fuwen, this is Xiaoer Jingguo, have you seen him before?" Yes, just graduated from the Naval Academy and assigned as a communications officer on the Zhongshan ship."

"Jiang Jingguo is a lowly post, I have met the assistant commander." Jiang Jingguo stood at attention and gave Luo Yaoguo a military salute.

Luo Yaoguo was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly stood at attention and returned a standard military salute, as if he and Xiao Jiang were equals: "Good! You are young and promising. With such young talents in the navy, it will be difficult not to dominate Nanyang in the future. !” He thought for a while, turned around halfway, and smiled at Chiang Kai-shek: “Mr. Jie, I have an unsolicited invitation.”

"Oh? Brother Fuwen, but it's okay." Chiang Kai-shek nodded and smiled.

"Can you let your son come to the Military Commission and serve as my younger brother's adjutant in the navy?"

Chiang Kai-shek was taken aback when he heard the words, Luo Yaoguo was the rank of marshal, his adjutant should be a school officer anyway, how could he let Jiang Jingguo with the rank of lieutenant be in charge?Moreover, this Luo Yaoguo offered to let Jiang Jingguo work beside him. Could it be that he wanted to show his favor to him by promoting his son out of the ordinary?

While Chiang Kai-shek was hesitating, Jiang Jingguo smiled and said: "Assistant Commander, I think that the place where naval soldiers can really show their talents is on the sea! Therefore, I want to continue to stay in the Nanyang Fleet, please do not be surprised by the Assistant Commander."

Chiang Kai-shek's brows tightened, and there was a trace of helplessness in his eyes. To be honest, his son was a bit "rebellious", and he was not good at handling things. How could he refuse Luo Yaoguo on the spot without giving Luo Yaoguo face?

Luo Yaoguo blinked at Jiang Jingguo indifferently, and said with a smile: "Okay, young people have ambitions everywhere, so shouldn't they just stay in the office all the time. Well, let's do it well!" He nodded at Jiang Jingguo, So he took Chiang Kai-shek to the small meeting room on the second floor.And Song Meiling was drawn into their circle by Lu Xiaobei and Song Ailing to discuss business.Natalie quietly followed Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo upstairs.And Jiang Jingguo also quickly met several naval officers who came to Wuhan on business, and discussed anecdotes in the navy.

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In the small living room, there was already a table of delicacies, all of which were so crispy that they could be eaten without teeth, all for taking care of Lao Jiang, a "toothless" tiger.Chiang Kai-shek, Luo Yaoguo, Luo Yiqun, and Yang Yongtai sat down separately.Natalie got a red clay stove from nowhere and started heating rice wine for a few people.Seeing this bob-boobed girl in an evening gown deftly fiddling with the earthen pot containing daughter's red and the small copper pot used to warm wine, several people couldn't help but smile.

This woman was initially sent by Trotsky to Luo Yaoguo as a Soviet Russian pornographic spy. Unexpectedly, nine years passed in the blink of an eye!The great changes that have taken place in this land of China in the past nine years, it is also emotional to think about it now, and the Trotsky who sent Natalie to China has now been murdered by Wang Zhongyi, a lawless warlord!

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo also sighed softly, shook his head and said, "I really have to thank Trotsky for being able to be together with Natalie, but I didn't expect that this revolutionary prophet of Soviet Russia would still not escape my brother-in-law. It’s so tricky! Speaking of which, the warlord system is really bloody... If it weren’t for the great foresight of the first Prime Minister and the profound understanding of righteousness, our Kuomintang army would embark on the road of nationalization. Speaking of the basis of our current achievements It is the nationalization of the military, and the time has come to finally complete the national army."

Chiang Kai-shek's expression became serious at once, and he said: "It is good to nationalize the army, but you have to meet those courageous national leaders to maximize the power of this army... If those corrupt and incompetent politicians control The army, Brother Fuwen's grand strategy may not be realized, right?"

At this time, Natalie had already warmed up the old wine, filled the wine glasses of several people with the jug, and then floated out like a gust of wind, guarding the door of the living room.

Luo Yaoguo looked at the expressionless Chiang Kai-shek, nodded his head slightly, and said slowly: "Hu Zhangong's ability is indeed not good, he is the kind of leader who can neither achieve great things nor ruin great things... But after all, he is the current leader of the Kuomintang. The only acceptable leader is very important to maintain the stability of our country. As for the future world war... there is no stable and unified situation in the country, and it is impossible to achieve any great results? After all, the premise of fighting against foreign countries is still to Anne! Now we form a national army is an important part of Anne. Moreover, this national army is not only targeting the National Revolutionary Army. The Youth Army, Wang Zhongyi’s coalition army, Liu Wenhui in Tibet, and even the CCP’s border guards are all there. its column."

"The CCP!?" Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "I'm afraid they won't submit so easily? How do you plan to force them?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Why do we have to force it? We don't need to pay attention to Baotou at all. We just cleared out the youth army, the alliance army, and Liu Wenhui's team. Those who should be dismissed should be dismissed, and those who should be reused... Then all the troops except the CCP’s border guards can be formed into the National Defense Force of the Republic of China! In fact, for them, joining the National Defense Force now is not the worst, and it would be really bad if they waited until 1938 to participate again!”

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and soon understood Luo Yaoguo's meaning. The establishment of a national army must be supported by the people of the whole country, but the CCP's border guards refused to participate. What is the image of this in the eyes of the people of the whole country?Moreover, after the formation of the National Defense Forces, the size of the army must be expanded, because the future world war requires China to have at least 500 million or more troops!At that time, in China, it will be 500 million to 20.At that time, if the CCP wants to join the national army, it will be a handful of the 520 million National Defense Forces. After the war, the army will be disarmed... If the CCP does not participate, but will use their 20 troops to defend the Soviet Union, hehe... Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong would not do such a stupid thing.Their 20 riflemen are insignificant in the face of at least 1000 million elite troops armed to the teeth in the three countries of China, Germany and Poland!

"As for the personnel affairs of the national defense force, does the assistant commander have any plans?" Yang Yongtai who was on the side saw that the scene was a little cold, so he smiled slightly and asked a key question.

Luo Yaoguo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course Mr. Jie is the Minister of National Defense, and his post is the Chief of Staff of the National Defense Force... As for the other positions below, they can always be arranged. After all, the National Defense Force will be greatly expanded after its establishment. Now it is far away from the world. There are only six years left in the Great War. We can’t fight a world war with only 70 troops... My idea is to have at least 500 million troops, and expand to 1000 million troops if necessary! Anyway, our country has a lot of people , 1000 million people going to serve in the army will have negligible impact on the economy.”

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes rolled, and he had already figured it out. At least 500 million troops, I'm afraid there will be hundreds of troops and two to three hundred divisions, right?How many army commanders and division commanders do you need?The officers below are very happy now!This Luo Yaoguo has packaged the expansion and nationalization of the national defense force, can he still object?Even if it is opposed, who can listen?

"Expanding to 500 million, this military expenditure is probably an astronomical figure..." Yang Yongtai shook his head slightly, and counted with his fingers: "At present, our annual military expenditure is 70 million French currency, and we support 500 troops. If we want to expand to 40 million, the military expenditure will be at least [-] billion! Moreover, we have to deal with a large amount of ammunition consumption and pensions for casualties, and this expenditure will probably be even more..."

Luo Yiqun smiled when he heard the words, and waved his hand indifferently: "Money is not a problem. I have figured it out after being the Chief Executive for these years. Money...is just a symbol! The key is resources, land, labor, and society. Stability, the government has power, and there must be appropriate policies and basic heavy industries, so that the more money is spent! For example, we are now investing heavily in heavy industries and infrastructure in order to prepare for the war. These investments can stimulate national production, and production will go up. The government's finances also increased at the same time. After these investment projects are completed, a world war can be used to digest production capacity... After the world war is won, new territories, resources, and markets can be used to drive further economic growth ...According to the estimates of the Executive Yuan, in the 22nd year of the Republic of China, that is, next year, excluding the six northern provinces of the Communist Party of China, China's gross national product will exceed 300 billion French currency! And the government tax revenue can reach more than 35 billion. By the 27th year of the Republic of China, The gross national product will be at least 500 billion French currency, and the government tax revenue should be around 70 billion! There is no problem maintaining a 500 million army.”

"70 billion!" Hearing this number, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help exclaiming.To be honest, no one in China except Luo Yaoguo could think of such a large amount of money.In fact, for a country like China, which has no shortage of markets, no shortage of resources, and no particular lack of foreign exchange funds (silver dollars and silver are actually hard currencies), only a strong government can protect the domestic market, unify the currency, and promote the system. Tariffs and trade policies for the inflow of foreign capital, it is not too difficult to develop heavy industry.In history, didn’t the CCP build up more than 500 million tons of steel production capacity within a few years after seizing power?Although they had assistance from the Soviet Union at that time, the Kuomintang China in this time and space also obtained the technology and capital needed for development through measures such as attracting foreign capital and Nanyang capital, and Sino-German technical cooperation. Now it can finally save for the Second World War. It's a bit of a gamble.

Chapter 0672 National Defense Forces ([-]) Spy Shadow

At this time, in the banquet hall of Beilu, Jiang Jingguo also happened to meet two acquaintances, who were also two "child prodigies" from the third phase of the Changzhou Island Sea School, Lieutenant Hu Dingxin and Lieutenant Qiao Guanhua.It was the two little communist fighters who were personally arranged by Zhou Enlai to go to the Naval Academy on Changzhou Island four years ago. They finally graduated from the Naval Academy with honors last year!And after a short period of service on the ship, they have now got two jobs that look promising-naval attache.Among them, Lieutenant Hu Dingxin was appointed as the Naval Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of China in the Russian Empire.Lieutenant Qiao Guanhua served as the naval attache of the Embassy of the Republic of China in Japan.In a few days, the two of them will take up separate duties.

By the way, the so-called Russian Empire now only has two territories, Vladivostok and Kamadan, and there are not many troops, all thanks to Wang Zhongyi's 10,000+ Chinese Trotskyist troops and the two landed before the Vladivostok port was frozen in November The Japanese army divisions are maintaining the Shedanka line of defense.However, the hoisting of the Tsarist Russian tricolor flag over Vladivostok still brought extreme shock and embarrassment to Moscow.The situation in the Far East, which had finally been reversed because of Trotsky's assassination, took a sharp turn for the worse again!The trouble is not limited to this, because the regime in Vladivostok is now theoretically a central government, so it can also represent Russia internationally, and it has also received support from countries including China, Germany, Poland, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. admit!What made Stalin jump even more was that Empress Anastasia also sent invitations to China, Germany, Poland, Japan, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and other powers, asking them to send troops to intervene in the Russian (Soviet Union) civil war!To help the Romanov dynasty suppress the rebellion and save the Russian peoples enslaved by the Bolsheviks!The Japanese Army and Wang Zhongyi's Chinese Army are now called the "Intervention Army".

In addition, Belarusians from all over the world have also gathered in Harbin in Northeast China during this time, and they are undergoing training and are ready to enter the territory of the Soviet Union in the name of the Russian army at any time!And the hundreds of thousands of Soviet Trotskyist Red Army left by Trotsky seem to have accepted Her Majesty the Queen now... who told me that those people were originally political prisoners, and most of the political prisoners in the Soviet labor camps in this era were against Roman An uncle of a Russian farmer whom the Novov dynasty favored.The Russian Revolution was just the opposite of the Chinese Revolution. The Bolsheviks brought only misery to those peasants, while the Russian reactionary Socialist Revolutionary Party and the Tsar treated those peasants well.