Chapter 92: Win without a fight

After the banquet, many people remembered Zeng Yiyang's passionate words at the banquet, as if dragging them back to the majestic songs during the founding of the Huangpu Army in Guangzhou...

"We are all Chinese and have common ideals. Although there was an unpleasant experience between the two parties, everything was over. We are all revolutionaries, with common ideals and goals, to seek national prosperity and strength, in the face of any difficulties. Use the blood in our hearts to trample the thorns in front of us; the determination to die to defend the determination of our revolutionaries; and use firm belief to shine on the way forward..."

The title of General Peace - Zeng Yiyang, was known in Nanjing.

The next day, Zeng Yiyang got up at 6 o'clock in the morning while yawning. The military habit he developed over the years has always prevented him from enjoying the lazy feeling of being lazy.

It’s all because I slept too late yesterday. After Vice Chairman Zhou witnessed Zeng Yiyang’s eloquent performance, he immediately became interested. To put it bluntly, Zeng Yiyang has already met the basic qualities of a diplomat. If cultivated, his future achievements will definitely be limitless.

Agile thinking, speeches that avoid the important and the calmness of the situation made Vice Chairman Zhou suddenly feel that Zeng Yiyang was a material for politics. He talked with Zeng Yiyang overnight, and was determined to develop him to the newly established Yangtze River Bureau and argue with the Kuomintang in the future. But when he thought about Zeng Yiyang's military achievements, he immediately laughed at himself. Talent is rare, but more importantly, omnipotent is even rare. Compared with political negligence, military is its guarantee. Only by doing its best to employ people is the best way to employ people.

Moreover, even if Vice Chairman Zhou wants someone, President Zhu will not be able to pass the hurdle.

Zeng Yiyang has not led his troops for a long time, and his achievements are obvious to all.

"Yiyang, this time you even call you General Peace in the Kuomintang's party newspaper. It would be a big loss if you don't participate in the peace talks." Vice Chairman Zhou glanced at Zeng Yiyang sadly.

Zeng Yiyang held a fried dough stick in one hand and kept putting it in his mouth, while he said in a speechless manner: "Uncle Zhou, don't praise me. I performed well yesterday. Besides, General Sickett, the General Consultant of Germany Affairs, also intends to help me and keep giving me a high hat. I want to keep a low profile.

"By the way, do you know General Hans von Sickett?" Vice Chairman Zhou felt strange. It was a common sense to say that a German helps a Chinese.

"I don't know, but I know Major General Joseph who escorted him to China, and he was also an official who was selected to study at the German University for further study this time." Zeng Yiyang was eating the fragrant fried dough sticks, but he was thinking about this fried dough stick that would never be sold in later generations. He definitely did not add soap powder, and only had yeast processed with natural materials. It didn't look good, but it tasted safe and tasted very good.

Zeng Yiyang suddenly remembered that Joseph was still a very important person, so he needed to explain it, so he told some of his experiences in Germany: "I went from Moscow to Germany two years ago at the invitation of Joseph. Then at an accidental gathering, I met Rudolph Hitler, the leader of the Workers' Party who had just had a little status in German politics. And Krupp's only heir, Alfred Krupp and Joseph, are also friends, both of them are the most followers of Hitler's heavyweight. When the Second and Third Fronts first entered Shaanxi last year, Alfred took a great risk to send a batch of arms to Weinan, otherwise we would not have enough weapons and equipment to fight against Yan Xishan's 100,000 troops."

Vice Chairman Zhou nodded silently, and his heart was indeed full of troubles. Zeng Yiyang's luck was really good. He followed his father Zeng asked to go to the Soviet Union and received Lenin's reception, and later he was valued by Stalin.

When I returned to China, I took the opportunity to Germany, but I met the current German Prime Minister, formed friendship, and became friends with the heir of Germany's largest arms dealer.

As usual, Zeng Yiyang started a walk after morning and evening. He lived at the foot of Tangshan Mountain. Although it was late autumn, the autumn in the south of the Yangtze River still retained a hint of blue, which obviously had a different style from the autumn in the north. He wanted to meet his old friend who lived not far away. This time he went to Germany, and many places needed Joseph's help.

Zeng Yiyang suddenly thought that Joseph was now seen by many people as a hot commodity, and everyone wanted to flock to the German Wehrmacht to learn tactics. For officers, most battle lines can be learned from military academies.

Most of the officers who were preparing to go to Germany for further study this time were officers from the first four periods of Huangpu, and they have been leading troops for nearly ten years. Many of them have entered the CSKA further study class, and it is not necessary to go to the military academy.

On the contrary, being able to enter the essence of the German Army, the National Wehrmacht, and close contact with German training is what they most desire. Especially the six honorary regiments in the National Wehrmacht are their targets.

Just like the principal of Baoding Military Academy, Chiang Baili, when he was studying in Germany, he was able to enter the company commander of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Forces led by Hindenburg, which suddenly broadened his horizons.

Not long ago, under the order of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Baili went to Japan to inspect the combat power of the Japanese army. In addition to despising, he also despised.

How could the Japanese army compare to the German Wehrmacht?

The backward training almost imitated the German army, and what was even more speechless was that the Japanese "improved" the training of the German army. The improvement was enough to make the German instructor vomit blood after seeing it.

Can such a force attract Jiang Baili's attention?

Obviously it is impossible. After Jiang Baili returned to China this time, he began to prepare for the defense of the entire Republic of China, especially the defense of East China. But many of his ideas were only stuck in his mind, and many of them could only be implemented after obtaining the approval of the senior management.

Especially, did Chiang Kai-shek nod?

To put it bluntly, the National Government is now just staying between several southern provinces. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei are their main controlled areas. In addition to Henan in the north, there are only six provinces in total. There are also three provinces that are not fully controlled by Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou. Even half of the country's territory cannot be held in hand. Except for the first five provinces, which are major grain-producing provinces and economic provinces, the other provinces are not valued by Chiang Kai-shek's National Government.

The defense of East China was regarded as the first-class state affairs by the National Government.

Although Jiang Baili's "On National Defense" was published in 1937, I believe that some manuscripts of this book have been formed. It is very likely that they have been put on the head of Chiang Kai-shek's case and have become an important reference for his research strategy.

Through the guard's investigation, Zeng Yiyang successfully found a small villa arranged separately for Joseph.

From a distance, I saw Joseph standing neatly in front of the steps, and there was a general next to me, Jiang Baili, whom I met at the banquet yesterday.

The appearance of this legendary figure of the Republic of China made Zeng Yiyang feel energetic. He knew that Jiang Baili's talent was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek. The literary Jiang Baili had a literary style that was side by side with the literary celebrity Liang Qichao, and his military achievements made him even more advanced in strategic awareness.

It is also one of the few non-director figures in the National Government who can influence Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

"Yiyang, I am really so happy. I was about to visit you when you came. There is a Chinese saying, "What's the point..." Joseph wanted to say the saying before he even said the Shandong dialect. It was obvious that some bull's heads were wrong.

However, Zeng Yiyang obviously understood and said with a smile: "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After the bear hugged him, Zeng Yiyang bowed slightly to Jiang Baili beside Joseph and said respectfully: "Mr. Jiang's students are everywhere in the world. It is Zeng Yiyang's honor to be able to listen to Mr. Jiang's teachings today."

"No matter how hard a principal of a military academy works, he may not be famous all over the world. Maybe you are hearing about Jiang's madness because of my 'shocking case', and then you hear about Jiang's character!" Jiang Baili was not surprised to tease himself.

"Sir, I'm joking."

When Jiang Baili entered Baoding Military Academy and became the principal, Baoding Military Academy had already begun to decline.

It was not until that day that Jiang Baili could no longer bear it. Seeing the glorious military academy of the past, it gradually became a goal for various forces in Beiyang to compete for. What's even more annoying is that although all factions are determined to compete for military academy students, they all showed an image of an iron rooster who was unlucky. In anger, he pulled out his gun and committed suicide, which made the people of the whole country know this military academy principal who was just thirty years old.

He shot himself in the left chest and did not die. Jiang Baili miraculously survived. He fell in love with Sato Yato, a Japanese woman who was caring for him during her recovery. The latter eventually became Baili's second wife and changed her name to Jiang Zuomei.

He is a very proud person. Yesterday, Zeng Yiyang said a lot of bad words from the old and his son at the banquet. Jiang Baili naturally attributed himself to the old and his son's clan and had quite complaints about Zeng Yiyang. But for Joseph's sake, he reluctantly went out to welcome Zeng Yiyang.

"General Zeng led his troops to a great murderous aura, and Nanjing is even more like a dragon's pond. Why should I get to this muddy water?" After sitting down, Jiang Baili was the first to speak, but there was some meaning of persuasion in his words.

In his opinion, many of Zeng Yiyang's statements originated from the fact that many evil people were causing trouble, and killing prisoners on the battlefield was also one of them. However, the country needs soldiers like Zeng Yiyang, and needs to lead troops to defend the country, and also love talents. However, it is more obscure. If the grudges in his heart are not eliminated, it is just a matter of pointing out.

"Mr. Jiang once studied in Japan and must know the spirit of Bushido in the Japanese army. Most Japanese losers asked for a quick death, and some wanted to take a custody before they died. In this case, Zeng must consider the lives of the soldiers. It is also a helpless move without leaving any living on the battlefield." Zeng Yiyang said with a wry smile.

"What? Yiyang, how could you kill the injured prisoner of war? This is..." Joseph's eyes widened and looked at Zeng Yiyang in disbelief. In his eyes, although Zeng Yiyang was a little radical, he was still a gentleman with good tutoring.

"You don't know, I brought an army of 30,000. As soon as I entered North China, the Japanese army taught my troops a lesson." Zeng Yiyang recalled the unknown small village outside the ancient north city, and his eyes were a little wet.

"Outside Gubei City, more than one hundred people, whether they were 80 years old or infants in cradles, died under the butcher knife of the Sixth Division less than a week after the Japanese army entered Gubei. Later, our army won a great victory. When cleaning the battlefield, dozens of soldiers were killed by the Japanese army when they were first aiding the Japanese army's injuries. Some were the Japanese army's injuries and the grenades on their waists, and some were the bayonets they secretly touched out. They were assassinated by unexpected attacks..."

Zeng Yiyang paused, controlled his emotions, and said, "I had no choice but to kill the battlefield injuries. Moreover, Zeng had already swore that the troops I led would not need a Japanese prisoner in the future."

"This..." Jiang Baili was silent. He had lived in Japan for many years, and his current wife was also a Japanese. He understood that the Japanese army had a strong sense of glory for death in battle and shined his whole family in order to enter the shrine.

But fighting to the death is a bit ridiculous.

In addition, the Japanese army massacred the unarmed poor, and what Zeng Yiyang did later did not seem to be too much.

Joseph remembered some of the ideas about strategic defense that Jiang Baili told him, and many of them were very fresh, so he said to Zeng Yiyang: "General Jiang has been writing a book on national defense recently, and there is an illusory enemy, the Japanese army. He pointed out that once the war breaks out, it will be a protracted war. This makes me feel a little difficult to understand."

"Oh?" Zeng Yiyang looked at Jiang Baili's appearance that he was not related to his own business. He couldn't help but think that even if he had the opposite of me, he wouldn't be so calm! But he finally heard some gratifying news. In Jiang Baili's "On National Defense", the most important thing is not how to defend against the invasion of the enemy country.

Instead, it pointed out incisively that the idea of ​​long-term war changes the contrast between the power of both sides by exchanging space for time.

Although, until the end of the book, it did not say that that country would definitely win. But visionary strategists would definitely find that if the Japanese army, which lacked resources, consumed less in China than plundered in China, then the balance of victory would tilt towards China little by little.

"We can defeat the Japanese army, but we cannot attack its homeland." Zeng Yiyang came from later generations. At that time, Japan made enemies everywhere. If all its national strength was used to deal with China, the eight-year war of resistance might have disappeared.

"Did you give those reasons to determine that China will win and the Japanese army will lose?" When Jiang Baili heard that Zeng Yiyang had the same idea as him, he immediately became energetic.

Perhaps it was his pessimistic idea that he had come into contact with many pessimistic senior officials who believed that China would lose in the battle between China and Japan. Suddenly, an alien emerged and he was urged to ask for advice.

"Japan is an island country." Zeng Yiyang said with a smile.

"What's next?"

"No more." Zeng Yiyang could still laugh, but Jiang Baili was almost speechless. What kind of argument is this? Is Britain still an island country? But Britain has a colony of 40 million square kilometers, which is comparable to Africa and Europe.

Literary people also have a temper, and Jiang Baili has also been with the army, and his temper is not good, so he will get angry after saying that.

"Yiyang, don't keep it in hiding. I know you must have unique ideas. General Jiang, you can also calm down. He is this temper and likes to be mysterious." Joseph did not expect that he was a good man in Germany, but in China, he still has this fate.

"For the same island country, Britain has the foundation that it has accumulated, and 40 million colonies can provide him with any kind of resources and support a huge navy. But Japan does not, and Japan's naval construction, in the world, is second only to Britain's total tonnage of its main naval warships. This alone requires only 80 million people, and a country that has just entered the great powers consumes all its wealth." What Zeng Yiyang said is just a fact, and several people are doing this.

"Not enough." Jiang Baili said stubbornly.

"China is a vast area of ​​thousands of miles and has abundant resources. But it lacks the necessary resources for ship fuel, oil. In Asia and the Pacific, the oil that has been explored is only held in the hands of four countries. The United States, Mexico, the Netherlands belong to India (Indonesia) and the United Kingdom. Just imagine, an ambitious country, even the lifeline of the navy that protects its locality is in the hands of others. Can he feel at ease? But the above four countries with oil resources actually have only two camps, one is the United States and the other is the United Kingdom."

Ship fuel has given up on inconvenient storage and is efficient in underground coal, and heavy oil is generally used as its fuel.

What Zeng Yiyang said may be new to Jiang Baili, but not new to Joseph. Germany and Japan have the same dilemma. The local area does not produce oil, but it needs to develop a navy, and a large amount of oil must be needed.

Although Jiang Baili was born in the army, the navy also had some involvement. After all, his years of career as a senior Beiyang staff member has exposed him to some naval situations.

That's right, Japan, which has been clamoring that it is the second most powerful country in the world's naval power, must not tolerate that their ship fuel actually needs to be imported.

Once China is invaded, small naval ships may be able to shuttle through the Yangtze River Basin, while huge battleships can only cruise along the coast. In addition to being able to threaten China's coastal ports, they can only serve as escort formations for their fleets.

But after Japan's full mobilization, three million troops would be expected to fight for the world if they could not even fight China's coastal areas. The strategic intention they have been planning was to threaten the Soviet Union and compete with the United States for the Pacific hegemony.

"Relying on Japan's existing industrial foundation and Northeastern industry, it will only take a year to support a full-scale war. As long as China withstands this year, we can choose to establish a regime in the southwest to spend time with Japan. The southwest has high mountains and high roads, and Japan cannot replenish supplies at all. There is nowhere to talk about destroying China. Then Japan will go from a full-scale attack to a key attack, and the war will be dragged into a stalemate stage."

Zeng Yiyang's words made Jiang Baili's eyes lit up, and gradually changed his attitude towards Zeng Yiyang. He sighed in his heart that perhaps only people like Zeng Yiyang can be called the pride of heaven.

Zeng Yiyang cleared his throat and continued, "The last is the counterattack stage. After consuming most of the Japanese elite troops, the military and civilians of our army continued to become stronger in the war, starting a battle behind enemy lines, ramming the stability of the Japanese-occupied area, leaving him exhausted. In the end, two equally weak opponents appeared. The final test was the endurance of a nation. China has been in the past five thousand years. Does the gentleman still have no confidence in his own nation?"

Seeing a rare smile appearing on Jiang Baili's face, Zeng Yiyang also smiled and said, "This is still the least ideal result."
Chapter completed!