"As for the plan for the second phase of the exercise, I want to hear the opinions of our two families!" Lu Shan asked Zhang Zhongji to convene the main leaders of the two armies in the name of the exercise director team and hold a closed-door consultation meeting.

If the 41st Army commander Sun Kuiyuan and Chief of Staff Feng Yangtian attended the meeting, there would be three senior consultants and consultants Li.

On the Dongkang side, Lu Shan, Qin Shiyu's 36th Division commander Tie Meng, and Zhang Zhongji, leader of the exercise director team.

Since it is a closed-door meeting, the content is naturally kept confidential. There are double posts and double sentries outside the conference room, and the guard is very strict!

"In the original plan, we planned to let the red and blue sides take the other side as the imaginary enemy, and conduct a live-fire confrontation within the scope we defined, occupy the opponent's stronghold or defeat the opponent as the winner, and it takes one week!"

"But now, we feel that this plan is a little empty and are going to add some content, so please ask Commander Sun, Chief Feng and Consultant Li to discuss it!" Zhang Zhongji said in an opening remark.

"What content does Deputy Commander Zhang want to add?"

"This..." Zhang Zhongji hesitated for a moment. Seeing Lu Shan nodding at him, he opened his mouth and said, "We are practicing in this exercise, besides ourselves, we must consider the enemy situation. According to our intelligence, the Japanese troops living in Longhua have not been idle these days, and have spyed on the information of our exercises from multiple parties!"

"What else does Commander Zhang say? You might as well openly!" Sun Kuiyuan said.

"We want to turn this confrontation between our two families into a confrontation between our two families against the Japanese army together!" Zhang Zhongji said.

“How to change?”

"The joint exercise between the two armies takes the Japanese army in Longhua City as the imaginary enemy!" Zhang Zhongji said.

"Attack the Longhua County!" Sun Kuiyuan and Feng Yangtian couldn't help but change their faces. This is not an exercise. This is a war!

"Yes. It is to attack Longhua County. The two of us joined forces to attack Longhua County. We will first enter the city and win!"

"This plan can avoid the huge casualties caused by our two families due to the exercises, and can also exercise the troops' practical combat capabilities!"

"Director Lu, this matter is quite serious. When the fight starts, the Japanese will not blow up the nest?" Sun Kuiyuan was very cautious and he went to Lu Shan directly.

"I know. We can pass on our intentions to the Japanese side. If they dare not respond, then follow the original plan!" Lu Shan said.

"Nanjing will not agree!"

"I'll tell you that Commander Sun doesn't have to worry about this. Even if Nanjing doesn't agree, that's nothing!" Lu Shan said.

"This is an initiative to provoke the battle, and Nanjing will not agree!"

"I want to go to war with Japan, and there is no need for Nanjing to agree. We have no words of peace with the Japanese army in the East!" Lu Shan said heavily.

"Director Lu, you are rich and powerful. Nanjing cannot control you, but I cannot. If I go against Nanjing's wishes, I will not be able to take advantage of it!" Sun Kuiyuan said.

"Don't the Japanese like to provoke wars through exercises? We also learn it, which is a reciprocity!" Qin Shiyu smiled and distributed cigarettes to everyone, "Come on, Commander Sun, try the cigarettes we produce ourselves to see if they match your taste."

"Mayor Qin is polite!" Sun Kuiyuan took it and thanked politely.

"Captain Sun, I know you really want to have a piece of land to stabilize. Chadong is too small, right?"

Sun Kuiyuan's fingers holding smoke trembled slightly. The feeling of being seen through by others was very bad, but he really didn't dare to show off his promise in the face of this mature young Lu Shan.

"Director Lu, although the Japanese army's aura has been defeated by us, its strength cannot be underestimated. With our current strength, it may not be enough to take down Rehe?" Sun Kuiyuan said.

"Captain Sun, the territory is not given by others. Instead of robbing it from his own people, why not recover it from the Japanese? At least he has gained the reputation of an anti-Japanese hero?" Lu Shan said with a smile.

"Director Lu, are you not interested in Rehe at all?"

"If you can't eat too much, Dong Kang is not going to expand his territory now, but to consolidate his current income!" Lu Shan said.

"But, if we take Rehe, how should we allocate it?"

"Now all the territory occupied by the Japanese army belongs to you, and I don't want any place!" Lu Shan said solemnly.

"Director Lu, you won't treat me as a three-year-old child, are you?" Sun Kuiyuan's eyes were filled with deep suspicion.

"Captain Sun, don't get me wrong. I said I don't want to have a territory, but I didn't say I don't want anything else, nor did I say I don't have any other conditions!" Lu Shan said.

“What conditions?”

"First, I will help you occupy Rehe. You are not allowed to sell opium, and you are not allowed to grow opium in Rehe. I want to make this kind of thing that is completely dead in Rehe!" Lu Shan said.

"If I don't sell opium, what will I eat and drink if I have tens of thousands of troops under my command?"

"Although Rehe's tax is not high, if it is properly managed, it should be able to supply the consumption of you and your subordinates!" Lu Shan said.

"As long as the taxes in Rehe are enough for my army's expenses, what's the point of I promise you this ban on smoking?" Sun Kuiyuan thought for a moment and set a prerequisite on the issue of "ban on smoking".

"Okay, the second condition is that I want to build a railway, from Tongliao to Chifeng, from Chifeng to Chengde, and then to Zhangjiakou, within the China Unicom Pass, we can build the railway together, and the operating income is distributed according to the shares occupied by the two companies. However, I have one thing: All goods in Dongkang are exempt from taxes, and you must not make any difficult detentions!" Lu Shan said.

"Build a railway?" Sun Kuiyuan muttered.

"Military captain, promise Director Lu that this is a good thing. Once the railway is built, the economy can develop. Once the economy develops, taxes will naturally increase!" Li Gaosan said hurriedly.

"Okay, this one is OK!" Sun Kuiyuan trusted Li Gaosan quite well and nodded immediately to agree!

"That's the third thing. In the future, we will start mining or start businesses in Rehe, so Commander Sun should not make any difficulties. Of course, we will pay taxes according to the rules. Commander Sun can do it if he wants to cooperate!" Lu Shan continued.

"This is easy to deal with!"

"I only have these three conditions. If we can successfully take Rehe, I can also recommend Commander Sun to Nanjing as Rehe Province!" Lu Shan said.

"Rehe Province!" Sun Kuiyuan felt aroused. It was a very glorious thing to be a descendant of his ancestors.

"Director Lu, as you said, I'll do it!" Sun Kuiyuan clenched his fist and let out a low roar.

"Okay, since Commander Sun agrees, then we will start to prepare. However, taking down Longhua is the first step. Chengde has a brigade stationed in the Japanese army. It has very strong combat power and a mountain artillery brigade. Therefore, we must be fully prepared!" Lu Shan reminded.

"I understand, I will send a telegram to my deputy commander and make him ready for everything. Please wait for my order at any time!" Sun Kuiyuan nodded. If he could take down Rehe, he would no longer be a duckweed drifting with the flow. Even if he was an enemy of the Japanese, what was there? It was not the same where he was?

Besides, if you have neighbors like Dong Kang, at least when it comes to anti-Japanese issues, they will still be trustworthy and will not cheat themselves.

If it were someone else, it would be hard to say.

"The second phase of the exercise plan should be based on the original settings, so don't change it. If you change it, it will make people uncomfortable!" Chief of Staff Feng Yangtian said.

"Chief Feng means that we are going to be confrontation on the surface, but we are playing union secretly?"

"Deputy Commander Zhang, that's what I mean!" Feng Yangtian said, "Aren't the Japanese good at frame-ups? Don't we?"

"In this way, in order to increase the strength of our two families, the troops that are rival in the first stage will also be added to the second stage of the exercise. What do you think?" Lu Shan suggested.

"I think it's OK. We have suffered a lot in the first stage. If we can get supplements, it would be the best!" Feng Yangtian was the first to agree.

"Who will serve as their respective commanders after the merger?"

"The original commander of the Red and Blue Army will be appointed as commander!"

"good!"

"The exercise plan for the stage is like this. The Red Army raided a stronghold of the Blue Army and occupied it. The Blue Army launched a counterattack and regained the stronghold. The two sides fought over this stronghold, but this was just the beginning. There were six strongholds in total, and three of the red and blue sides. The positions of the strongholds were randomly drawn. That is to say, there may be a situation where you have me and I have you. Although the Blue Side was at the beginning, the Blue Side could have a solid stronghold, thus occupying a certain defensive advantage. Moreover, the Blue Side could shrink its troops to two strongholds, which was much better than the Red Side to disperse four strongholds, so we planned to start in this form..." Zhang Zhongji explained the beginning of the plan for the second stage of the exercise.

"We use six numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to replace these six strongholds. Among them, the No. 3 stronghold is a stronghold with cement bunkers and solid fortification defense. This stronghold naturally belongs to the Blue Side, which can accommodate 500 people. The remaining five strongholds need to be randomly selected. The Blue Side can draw the remaining four strongholds first belong to the Blue Side!"

"If the base number drawn by the Blue Party happens to be surrounded by the Red Army, wouldn't that be too careless?"

"Luck is also a kind of strength, so if there is such misfortune, I suggest that the Blue Party give up this stronghold directly, concentrate all of it at the No. 3 stronghold, and then try to counterattack!" Lu Shan suggested with a smile.

"This No. 2 stronghold is less than forty miles away from Longhua County?"

"Yes, the No. 2 stronghold was built here on purpose. You see, is the location of the No. 2 stronghold located in the middle of these six strongholds, and all the strongholds have main roads to the No. 2 stronghold!" Zhang Zhongji explained, "During the exercise, we will deliberately place the main battlefield near the No. 2 stronghold. Unless the Japanese troops in Longhua City do not come out, as soon as they come out, we will get the news immediately!"

"During the exercise, one of our teams of escorts the wounded was ambushed by the Japanese army and was wiped out. Then, we used this as an excuse to raid Longhua County!"

"That's fine?"

"Is it a bit too obvious?"

"No, there are representatives of the International Military Observation Team who testified for us. This time, the Japanese will suffer a loss. Do you really think the exercise is so easy to observe?" Lu Shan smiled coldly.

Japan is not ready for war yet. At this time, do they dare to devote the whole country to fight a life-and-death battle with China.

Lu Shan felt that Japan would not do this, and the consequences of this war may not be even worse.

"What if the Japanese don't come out?"
Chapter completed!