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"General, the rise of this country is based on American capital and German technology. If one day the United States withdraws capital and Germany no longer provides technology, their prosperity and strength may be a castle built on the desert!"

MacArthur smiled noncommittally: "What task did the person in the White House give you? Is it to maintain or destroy world peace?"

"The president was very interested in what happened in Wuhan in May."

"I've already written a very detailed report." MacArthur frowned and said, "It's just the most common power struggle in a dictatorship. The less powerful party wants to bring the situation back through drastic means, but It didn’t work out, and now the political situation has completely stabilized. Considering that the Chinese Marshal is only 37 years old and in very good health... we may not have the chance to see the day when he steps down.”

"What the president wants to know is Chiang Kai-shek, who has failed. Will he have a chance to make a comeback?"

"A comeback? I don't think there is such a possibility." MacArthur shook his head. "If he is still alive, it means that he has no chance, otherwise Marshal Luo will kill him."

"But the President doesn't think so. If such a huge empire is completely controlled by a dictator, the consequences will be very dire!" Stilwell paused, "General, I want to meet with Chiang Kai-shek before he goes overseas. On the other side, discuss the possibility of the United States providing him with support."

MacArthur nodded and didn't speak any more, just quietly watching this bustling metropolis.In fact, he prefers to let the United States maintain its friendship with Luo Yaoguo instead of supporting his rival.Because it is too difficult for this person to regain power, and it is of little value to cooperate with him.And if you want to contain China from within... then Chiang Kai-shek is not a good choice, because he does not really belong to his army.The powerful Chinese National Defense Force was almost built by Luo Yaoguo, and now it is under his firm control. What chance would Chiang Kai-shek have without an army?

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At this time, in the north of Hankou City, a series of slums are located, and the intertwined and complicated alleys make the roads here look like a maze.Although the government has funded the improvement of the drainage system in the slums, the smell here is still very unpleasant. The smell of donkey and horse manure on the street and the smell from various food stalls at the street crossing are mixed together, floating in the air.Although China in this era is rising rapidly, it doesn't have much power to rectify the slums... In fact, there is no way to rectify them!Who made this Luo Yaoguo not have a powerful city management army in his previous life memory?I have never heard of such a thing as forced eviction.And such a maze-like slum, where fish and dragons are mixed, is naturally the place where various secret groups in the capital Wuhan are active.Including the Paoge from Lianghu, the Hongmen Triad from Guangdong, the Green Gang that infiltrated from the southeast, the underground party organization of the CCP, the secret agencies of the Revolutionary Revolution, and various secret agencies of the Kuomintang, all basically set up secret bases here.Among them, the secret stronghold of the Secret Service of the Ministry of National Defense is located in a messy residential area.

This is a very small yard, and the owner of the yard is an old man surnamed Gu from Shanghai.It is said that the old man was an old servant of a Kuomintang bureaucrat who came to Wuhan to be an official. When he was old, he was placed here by his master, and several strong nephews lived with him.The family seldom shows up in front of neighbors, and they have a sense of mystery.And this small courtyard has always been deserted, with few visitors.

Today, however, in this small courtyard, many young people came one after another, all in twos and threes. While the neighbors around were not paying attention, they sneaked in through the back door of the small courtyard. There were already seventeen or eighteen people, and there were two other people walking back and forth in the alley, as if watching the wind.Although these young people were wearing casual clothes, they could still see a little bit of military temperament from their demeanor.However, in this era of great expansion of the National Defense Forces, it is not surprising that these young people with military temperament appear in Wuhan.Nowadays, even young people who have nothing to do with the army are deliberately imitating the appearance and posture of soldiers.

The doors and windows of the house in the small courtyard were tightly closed at this moment, and everyone was sitting around two large tables.The curtains in the room were all drawn, the light was dim, and the atmosphere was a little gloomy.I don't know who it is, and took the lead after sighing: "In this situation, it is the general trend to disband the Secrecy Bureau. Those of us... will soon go our separate ways."

Another helpless voice immediately picked up: "The big deal is to go to the army to lead the troops. We are all officers of the National Defense Forces. Now that the National Defense Forces have expanded so much, is there really no room for us?"

"Where to stand? Hehe, if we were admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy back then, there would always be a place in the National Defense Forces. But we don't have that ability. It is Jie Gong and Li Lao who think highly of us that we have the rank of lieutenant and colonel! Now Seeing that the Secrecy Bureau is about to disappear, what else can we do? Just wait to go home and eat old rice."

"Shen Shuyi is right." A man in his 30s, well-dressed and wearing a pair of pince-nez glasses, glanced at the tall young man who just spoke, nodded with a smile, and said, "We people Jiegong and Lilao gave him his position. Without them, there would be no future! Now that Jiegong has been framed by a villain, he has lost power, and Lilao is about to step down. Comrades, in this situation, we What should I do?"

"Humph! This time Jiegong was framed by two uncles and nephews surnamed Luo!" A thick, black-faced man slammed the table, jumped up, and shouted: "I think it's better to come here and find someone who doesn't do anything. This opportunity gave Luo's family a chance!"

"Chen Cang, won't you calm down?" That Shen Shuyi tapped the table lightly with his fingers, looked up at the dark-faced man, and sneered bitterly: "If it didn't happen this time, maybe there is still a chance , now the entire East Lake District has been cordoned off by members of the teaching corps of the Whampoa Military Academy, and even the latest No. [-] tanks have been driven onto the streets... As for Luo Fuwen, I don’t know how many guards are around him. The assassination is off the table Bring it up again."

"Then what should we do? Shall we just do nothing and just watch Jiegong suffer?" Chen Cang gritted his teeth and asked.

"Mr. Gu." Shen Shuyi looked at the well-dressed man solemnly, and said with a smile, "Does Mr. Li and Mr. Xu have any orders?"

"Li Lao means that we should unite and organize! No matter what big business we want to do in the future, a strong organization is indispensable." The man surnamed Gu was Gu Jianzhong, the deputy director of the Department of National Defense Secrecy Bureau. Xu Enzeng's confidant is also the convener of today's meeting.

"Yes! We need to organize to fight them!"

"We like-minded comrades should form a secret group and use the flesh and blood of our young people to realize the ideal of the father of the country and the prime minister! Or should our group be called the Youth League of the Three People's Principles? Do you agree?"

Seeing a room full of small spies all with bright eyes and passionate conversation, they seemed to be ready to die for Chiang Kai-shek.Gu Jianzhong nodded in satisfaction, coughed lightly, and the room fell silent immediately, and all eyes gathered at once.

"Comrades, it is inappropriate for our organization to be called the Youth League of the Three People's Principles, at least not for now, or it will definitely be incorporated by the Youth Department of the Kuomintang. Jie Gong is now the overseas minister of the Kuomintang, and all overseas activities of the party are under the supervision of the Kuomintang. He is under the jurisdiction of the old man." Speaking of this, Gu Jianzhong glanced at the spies with piercing eyes, and said: "Our organization is called the Nanyang Youth League! It will be under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Department of the Kuomintang. For a while, our main scope of activities will be Nanyang! We want to establish our own organizations in various parts of Nanyang, win over the gang organizations there, make friends with the overseas Chinese giants there, secretly accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and recover the Nanyang territories for the country!"

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The Security Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense is an intelligence agency firmly controlled by Chiang Kai-shek. The director of the Security Bureau is Chen Lifu, one of Chiang's confidantes, and he is called Li Lao by those secret agents.He was also the main participant in this attempted coup d'etat. The 500 dead men provided by Deng Yanda will be brought into Wuhan by his Secret Service agents, and they will also be provided with hiding places, weapons and ammunition.In case the matter is revealed, he will be responsible for the aftermath... Although the matter has failed, there is nothing wrong with the project in charge of the Bureau of Secrecy.So far, the Military Intelligence Agency and the Central Bureau of Investigation have not even touched the shadow of the 500 dead soldiers.And the newly established secret organization, the Nanyang Youth League, is the last secret mission of the Secrecy Bureau that is about to come to an end - to transfer the most loyal and capable spies in the Secrecy Bureau to the Nanyang Youth League.After completing this task, the order to disband the Security Bureau signed by Defense Minister He Yingqin was finally sent to Chen Lifu.

"Lifu, Luo Fuwen has already issued an order to dismiss the Bureau of Secrecy. He Jingzhi is doing me a favor by delaying it until now. By the way, how are the 500 people doing? Don't let Luo Fuwen find them... Now he There is no evidence, and Deng Yanda's confession alone will not convince the public to knock me down! After all, don't you have as many testimonies as you want?"

In a corner of Meilu, Chiang Kai-shek, who was ready to go abroad, was sitting face to face with Chen Lifu, who was visiting. Two cups of tea that were almost stagnant were placed in front of them. It was obvious that today's conversation had been going on for a long time.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Jie, Luo Fuwen is no longer able to find them. Even if he finds them, it's just a pile of dead bones, which can't prove anything!"

"That's good! Lifu, this matter is well done! Who are they, have you figured it out yet?"

Chen Lifu frowned, paused for a while, and then said sternly: "They are the Communist Party! Jiegong, this incident was provoked by the Communist Party. This Deng Yanda is indeed a dog of the Communist Party. Do you want us to reveal this inside story?" Disclose it to Luo Fuwen?"

"No need." Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and smiled bitterly. "The sooner this matter passes, the better...don't make any more incidents. How is the Nanyang Youth Association doing? How many people have joined?"

"More than 100 people have joined in now, and it is estimated that there will be thousands more. Jiegong, do we really want to give up the country to Luo Fuwen and go to Nanyang to create another situation?" Chen Lifu sighed, his The eyes are heavy and sad. "With our strength, no matter how we develop, it is impossible to win Nanyang. In the end, we will have to rely on the National Defense Forces to take action. If Nanyang is still Luo Fuwen's territory, what's the point for us?"

"Then do you think it is possible for China to merge Nanyang into the mainland?" Chiang Kai-shek looked at Chen Lifu somewhat excitedly with his sharp eagle eyes. "Lifu, let me tell you, China does not have the power to turn every piece of land that has been conquered into Chinese territory! That is unrealistic, and it cannot be governed. Moreover, it does not conform to the current general trend of national liberation and national independence in the world. ...So we cannot do this! The only possible way is to set up a large number of satellite countries in the Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula under the banner of national liberation, and at most annex the most essential parts of them. And these future Who will be the leaders of the independent Nanyang countries?"

"Will the leaders of overseas Chinese in Nanyang be appointed?" Chen Lifu thought for a while, and then said: "The party affairs in Nanyang have always been controlled by the Guangdong faction. I'm afraid it will not be so easy for us to get people in?"

"The Cantonese have controlled Nanyang's party affairs for so many years, but apart from fundraising, have they made any achievements? Have they mentioned establishing a colonial country ruled by Chinese in Nanyang? Those Nanyang overseas Chinese leaders can count on the Cantonese faction to support them to do King of a country?

Moreover, their Cantonese faction is not monolithic, and the relationship between the Cantonese faction that controls Nanyang party affairs and the uncle and nephew of the Luo family is not very close.Let me explain to you again, Li Renchao, the veteran of the Cantonese Department, has decided to cooperate with me. His Cantonese First Division has a lot of power in Nanyang.We happen to use them to develop our own men.

Lifu, the Bureau of Secrecy is gone now. From now on you will be in charge of leading the Nanyang Youth League. You have to remember for me that the slogan of our Nanyang Youth League is to build a country led by Chinese in Nanyang!Expel the European colonists and turn Nanyang into our Chinese Nanyang!Moreover, we will also establish local Kuomintang parties in various regions of Nanyang, and the real power of these parties must also be in the hands of our people.

If possible, we will also unite all the gangs, chambers of commerce, and native political parties in the Nanyang region under the banner of the Nanyang Youth League.As long as we grasp all these forces before Luo Fuwen, Luo Fuwen can only hold his nose to recognize it. "

"Subordinates understand, but our current strength is still too weak..."

"It doesn't matter." Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand, "The strength of the Nanyang Youth League is small, but there is the whole of China behind you!" At this point, Lao Jiang stood up, took a few steps in the room, and walked to the window. Standing face to face, looking at the heavily guarded Bei Lu opposite. "Luo Fuwen has conflicts with me, but he will never be ambiguous when it comes to safeguarding the interests of the country and the nation! As long as you can stir things up and set the fire ablaze, I will have a way to get the National Defense Forces to send troops!"

"Jiegong, where should we move first?"

"Siam!" Chiang Kai-shek sneered: "Siam is the richest country on the Indochina Peninsula, and it is also an independent country. However, in recent years, Siam's political situation has been turbulent and coups have been frequent. The Chinese merchants will suffer a disaster!"

Chapter 0714 Stalin Assault ([-]) Begins

In the remaining days of the 25th year of the Republic of China, Luo Yaoguo was intensively reorganizing the country, expanding the army, developing military production, stockpiling war materials, and doing all the work necessary for a world war.At the same time, at the end of the year, the first batch of expeditionary forces were dispatched, including Lieutenant General Hu Lian, who graduated from the fourth phase of Whampoa, as the commander of the Eighth Armored Division; Division Commander's Aviation Seventh Division.

The former is an armored division of the latest standard of the Chinese National Defense Forces, with a two-regiment armored brigade, a motorized infantry brigade and a five-battalion motorized artillery regiment.The total force is about 2 people; there are about 380 tanks, two-thirds of which are 20-ton No. 30 tanks, and the other third are 300-ton No. 150 tanks; there are also nearly 111 armored vehicles of various types ; There are about 240 guns and self-propelled guns (vehicles); thousands of vehicles of various kinds.The latter is a newly formed bomber aviation division, with two bomber aviation regiments and an escort combat aviation regiment, and a reconnaissance brigade.There are a total of 3 bombers of the He-220 series and [-] fighter/reconnaissance aircraft of the F[-] series.At the same time, there was also the headquarters of the advance army of the expeditionary army. The commander of the advance army was General Wei Lihuang from Chiang Kai-shek's line, the deputy commander was Lieutenant General Du Yuming, and the chief of staff was Major General Liao Yaoxiang.

And Japan, which has been extremely quiet in the international arena recently, is also walking their own path this year.The domestic political atmosphere became more and more conservative. Although the political power was still firmly controlled by the ruling faction allied with the navy, the emperor's position in domestic political life was becoming more and more important.Japan's economy finally began to show a growth trend this year, but the increased taxation was spent on the army, navy and military expenses faster.In the end, Yongtian Tieshan did not lay off many troops, and the establishment of [-] standing divisions was completely preserved.And the navy has become a money-burning machine!The Japanese Navy, which has seven large aircraft carriers (including under construction) and three light aircraft carriers (including under construction), is already the country with the largest number and tonnage of aircraft carriers in the world.

While building aircraft carriers one after another, Japan is also actively seeking the most advanced aviation technology.After some hard work, they still obtained some not too backward technologies from the United States, Britain and Germany.A new monoplane fighter developed by Nakajima Corporation of Japan was finally developed at the end of this year and was named Type 97.This fighter has a 610-horsepower nine-cylinder radial engine with a maximum speed of 460km/h.Although this kind of aircraft cannot be compared with the BF-108 jointly designed by China and Germany, which has already started test flight, it is still a good aircraft.

Japan is also preparing as much as possible for the Battle of the Soviet Union.Although special envoys with various names are running between Tokyo and Moscow like a revolving lantern, although the Imperial Road faction in Japan is still trying their best to sell the plan to unite the Soviet Union and oppose China.However, the ruling faction that controlled the Japanese political situation still insisted on the original line and did not dare to get too close to the Soviet Union.At this time, the war in the Far East has gradually eased, and the Soviet Red Army finally retreated to the Amur River defense line to hold on, and handed over the entire land south of the Amur River to China, Japan, and Russia... and surrounding this area For the final ownership of the land, China and Japan have also started a series of open and secret struggles!For a while, the situation in East Asia began to become a little confusing again.

Meanwhile, the situation in Europe is changing rapidly.At the end of the year, Adolf Hitler's clutches finally reached Czechoslovakia.Similar to the historical excuse, Hitler proposed the territorial claim of the Sudetenland area to the Czech Republic!Britain, France and other countries are continuing to implement their appeasement policy, betraying the interests of Czechoslovakia in exchange for Hitler continuing to implement his anti-Soviet war plan... But what they never imagined was that Hitler at this time, but to Moscow An envoy has been secretly dispatched!

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Ribbentrop stood in the suite of the National Hotel in the center of Moscow, looking out the window at the red five-pointed star on the top of the Kremlin. It was barely fastened.He put on his coat, sat in the heavy brown leather armchair, put his long legs on the upholstered ottoman, and lit a cigarette to calm himself.He and the former German ambassador to the Soviet Union, von Schulenburg, arrived in Moscow secretly by plane on December 1936, 12.As soon as he arrived in Moscow, he was arranged to live in the best suite in the National Hotel, waiting for the reception of Soviet leader Stalin.

In fact, the secret diplomacy between the Soviet Union and Germany had already begun for a long time. First, Stalin dispatched special envoys to Berlin and proposed one tempting peace plan after another.Including partitioning Poland and the three Baltic countries, signing the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact", and the Soviet Union paying all the compensation required to be paid according to the "Brest Treaty" and so on.However, Hitler's interest was not too high. It was not until the recent completion of the annexation of Czechoslovakia that he sent a special envoy to Moscow for the first time-this is the "Ribbentrop Mission".Before Ribbentrop left Berlin, Hitler personally told him: "Ribbentrop, you can verbally promise that Germany will not provide any assistance to Poland when Poland is attacked by the Soviet Union! But you can't agree Sign any treaty with the Soviet Union, including the partition of Poland and the "Non-Aggression Pact!" After saying these words, he sneered and said: "I believe that as long as the Soviet Union gets our verbal commitment, it will attack Poland! Because Stalin had no choice."

Did Stalin really have no choice?Ribbentrop thought carefully in his heart.The Soviet Union is undoubtedly a behemoth with terrifying war potential, but now it is surrounded by China, Poland, Germany, and Japan. The four countries can use tens of millions of troops to attack!According to the reconnaissance of the intelligence department, the upper limit of the Soviet Union's troops is only 600 million to 700 million, and there is a clear gap between their weapons and equipment and that of Germany and China.What makes Stalin even more desperate is that there is also a Romanov dynasty on the German side that can represent the Russian nation!In other words, this war is not a life-and-death struggle between the German nation and the Russian nation, but only a struggle between the Romanov dynasty and the Bolsheviks!Therefore, Stalin could not use the vastness of Russia to perform the trick of exchanging space for time, delaying the war until winter, and allowing Russia's cold climate to defeat the invaders... because the invaders can also stop and rest in winter, and by the way, "recover" Armed with more White Russian troops on the occupied Russian land.

Based on the above reasons, the analysis results of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht believe that there are two possible strategies of the Soviet Union.One is to make a desperate attack on Poland!Take advantage of the feud between Pold and defeat Poland first... Although this will not win the war, it can still reduce the number of enemies.The second is to cede parts of East Siberia, the Far East, and Central Asia in exchange for China's withdrawal from the war, so that they can concentrate their forces on the western front and fight Germany and Poland.But Ribbentrop knew that Marshal Luo Yaoguo, who is currently in power in China, is extremely disgusted with the Soviet Union!There is absolutely no possibility of any compromise.Similarly, Moscow did not believe in China. They should already know that China was the initiator of this anti-Soviet alliance, so Stalin would rather throw an olive branch to Japan than send someone to Wuhan once!Forming such a tacit understanding with Germany, concentrating forces to defeat Poland first, seems to be the only feasible option.The head of state's strategic vision is indeed unparalleled.

"Mr. Ribbentrop, the Kremlin just called, and the banquet has already started at 11 am. Now the car sent by the Kremlin has arrived downstairs at the National Hotel."

At this time, the secretary's voice suddenly came from outside the door.Ribbentrop looked at his watch, got up from the armchair, and straightened his clothes.There was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, it was only 10:[-] in the morning, and the Kremlin's car had already arrived downstairs at the hotel. It seemed that Stalin was a little anxious!

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The weather in the North Atlantic was particularly bad in the past few days at the end of 1936. Wave after wave of huge waves kept rushing towards this huge fleet flying the flag of the Republic of China Navy.This is probably the first time in history that a Chinese naval fleet has appeared in this sea area to perform combat missions, right?But this North Atlantic has unceremoniously given the advance army of the Chinese Expeditionary Army who has just left the calm Mediterranean Sea a disarm!Light gray clouds weighed low.The four newly launched 15000-ton transport ships in the middle of the fleet were all shaken by the bumps, and sometimes the waves buried the bows of the ships.This transport fleet is struggling to maintain its formation, and the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy are also sticking to their posts in this bad weather, trying hard to adapt to everything in the North Atlantic.