Years of the Republic of China 1913

It was already half an hour later when Fang Zida arrived, he quickly opened the door and entered, only to see Song Jiaoren and Liao Zhongkai talking about something, seeing Fang Zida coming, Song Jiaoren beckoned him to sit down with a smile on his face.

Before Fang Zida could sit down, Song Jiaoren told him that he and Liao Zhongkai had just been elected as party directors by the kmt council meeting, and extended his hand to congratulate Fang Zida.

Holding Song Jiaoren's hand, Fang Zida had a strange expression on his face. He suddenly elected himself as the director of KMT, which was somewhat unexpected. He thought that Song Jiaoren called him here to discuss financial or military preparations. Who would have thought that they would hear such news as soon as they met.

KMT director, this is a very high position within KMT, there are only seven directors in the whole party, if you add the original Huang Xing and Sun Wen, KMT has the highest number of directors since its establishment, which is nine. These nine directors are jokingly called the Nine Elders in the party. Except for Song Jiaoren, the chairman, the rest of the directors can be said to be less than one person and more than ten thousand, which is equivalent to the highest position in the party.

"This...isn't appropriate?" Fang Zida hesitated, glanced at Liao Zhongkai who was at the side, and said: "Brother Zhongkai was elected as a director for granted, but I was not even a member of the board of directors, and suddenly became a director , I am afraid it will be criticized."

As soon as the words fell, Song Jiaoren and Liao Zhongkai laughed at the same time.

"Brother Zhongkai, Zhang Ming's words are exactly the same as what you just said. Why, did you discuss it?"

"Brother Dunchu was joking. In fact, what Zhang Ming said was what I wanted to say. It's just that I think Cheng Ming is more suitable than me to be the director. Why do you force me to do this?" Liao Zhongkai smiled wryly and shook his head, Fang Zida Slightly stunned aside, he couldn't help but smile immediately.

"Okay. You don't have to push and push. This matter has already been settled. Both comrades are elites in the party and deserve the position of director." Song Jiaoren waved his hand to stop them from rejecting each other again. Then they talked about the work arrangement of the two of them after they served as directors.

According to Song Jiaoren's arrangement, Fang Zida was mainly responsible for the financial and organizational work within the party, while Liao Zhongkai was responsible for the logistics and secretariat work.Such an arrangement.It can be said that it is just right, Fang Zida is a good hand in finance, and he has already started to organize statistical work, so the arrangement is justified now.As for Liao Zhongkai in charge of logistics and the secretariat.Whether it is Song Jiaoren or others, they all believe that with Liao Zhongkai's ability and character, he will definitely do well.

Of course, KMT is not the KMT of later generations, and the country is not the party state of Bald Jiang in history. The KMT led by Song Jiaoren is no matter in terms of structure or style.They are all similar to the political parties in Western countries, so there is no such thing as the later party directing the gun. KMT does not have a clear position in charge of the military, but since Fang Zida is in charge of the party organization, with Fang Zida's current rights in the army, it can be said that he is in charge of the military in a disguised form.This is also one of the intentions of Song Jiaoren's arrangement.

Now that such an arrangement has been made, Fang Zida and Liao Zhongkai no longer refuse.Immediately agreed.

"When can all the military observation teams in Europe return to China?" After talking about the party work, Song Jiaoren asked about other matters.

Calculate the time slightly.Fang Zida said: "It is estimated that it will take about a month. The military observation team will leave on the third day after the order is issued, but the journey is far away. For the sake of safety, I will tell the Allies to transfer to a neutral country in Northern Europe before returning to the country by boat, so the itinerary time It will take a little longer. But the Allies, that is, Tsarist Russia, will hurry up, and according to the schedule, they should be back in mid-September."

"That is to say, all the personnel will have to wait until the end of September or the beginning of October?" Song Jiaoren asked.

"Yes, about this time."

Nodding his head, Song Jiaoren rested his right hand on the armrest of the sofa, tapped lightly with two fingers a few times, and turned to look at Liao Zhongkai: "Brother Zhongkai, what's going on in Japan?"

"Sun Wen is still the same. Without Brother Charlie's financial sponsorship, his revolutionary party will soon be unable to support him. These days, he is looking for help everywhere. As for Ri Ben Zheng Fu... there are not many movements on the surface, but I heard that the Japanese navy and army will have a drill in Fukuoka in October, and Emperor Taisho will also be there."

"Isn't the current Japanese cabinet changing in October?" Song Jiaoren asked.

"Yes, but the exact time has not yet been determined."

"In your opinion, which one will be earlier, Japan's new cabinet or military exercises?"

"It's... hard to say..." Liao Zhongkai thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It stands to reason that the Okuma cabinet should be changed after the exercise, but Ri himself has never played his cards according to the rules, and this exercise is for Dashanyan's army. Leading, although Shigenobu Okuma is the prime minister, he does not have much influence in the military, not to mention that according to the news, it is confirmed that Emperor Taisho of Japan will be there at that time, so it is possible whether who is ahead or who is behind."

"Do you hear clearly?" Song Jiaoren turned his head to look at Fang Zida and asked with a stern expression.

Of course Fang Zida understood what Song Jiaoren meant when he asked this question, and he had been paying close attention to the movements in Japan recently, and Fang Zida knew exactly what Liao Zhongkai said.

"I will urge the European Military Observer Group to return to China as soon as possible, but I am afraid that time is very tight." Fang Zida said this, paused slightly, and then said: "Brother Dunchu, what is going on with Zheng Fu regarding the early declaration of war? considerate?"

"There are still many differences..." Song Jiaoren frowned and sighed softly: "The Ministry of National Defense means to delay as much as possible. After all, the reorganization of our National Defense Forces has not been fully completed, and the General Staff Department My opinion is similar to yours. Since a war may break out, we should declare war first to gain political and military initiative. But after discussing with the president privately, we decided to be on the safe side. Ri himself is a wolf with ambition, so it’s not easy to deal with it. How much can you do? It’s always good to be prepared.”

Nodding silently, as the prime minister of the government, Fang Zida of course knows the great pressure on Song Jiaoren.Once war is declared, he, the prime minister, must bear the responsibility in case of defeat. Now that the Republic of China has a responsible cabinet system, it is normal for Song Jiaoren to be more cautious.Of course, for Song Jiaoren, he has never had a good impression of Japan as a country. Song Jiaoren had fought against Japan for land disputes. This is also his suggestion to support Fang Zida after judging the situation. A neutral country at war joins the decision of the Allies to declare war on the Allies.But regarding the current situation, Song Jiaoren still has some doubts in his mind. Since the Opium War in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China has been defeated again and again in foreign wars, cutting land and paying compensation, losing power and humiliating the country.He, Song Jiaoren, absolutely does not want China to suffer such a failure again.

"It's safer to prepare with one hand and delay with the other." Liao Zhongkai, one of the very few people in the government who knew about this plan, took the initiative to come up with an idea.

"I have also thought about this method, but once the troops are mobilized on a large scale, Japan will inevitably be vigilant, and the Japanese navy is powerful, and it can attack our coastal defenses in the southeast at any time across the sea. Just defense is too passive, and I can't take care of it. Tail!" Song Jiaoren shook his head, the National Defense Force is now no less than the Japanese Army in terms of scale and equipment, and even has a much larger number, but whether it is training or command, Song Jiaoren is still the same as the Japanese Army. I don't have a clue in my heart, and Japan has a powerful navy that China can't match.Although the General Staff judged that Japan's most likely attack direction is the northeast, after all, this is only a judgment. In case the troops are mobilized to the northeast, once Japan changes its mind and launches an attack from the south, what should I do?

Song Jiaoren is a politician, not a military strategist, and his military knowledge only comes from the following opinions.But he is very clear about the consequences of making changes once a decision is made, which is also his concern.

When Song Jiaoren said this, Liao Zhongkai was speechless immediately, and sat aside thinking hard.He is not very good at military affairs, so he can only turn his attention to Fang Zida. After all, among the three people present, only Fang Zida has directly led soldiers and fought in battles.

Seeing Liao Zhongkai looking at him urgently, Fang Zida couldn't help but smile wryly.I don't know how many catties or taels I have?He has indeed led soldiers and fought a few battles, but Fang Zida knows how to fight this battle. Today's opponent is not a mob of revolutionaries, let alone a patrol battalion with no fighting power. It's not uncommon to see it, and against such a crazy opponent, can he succeed with his three-legged ability?

Just as he was about to decline, he suggested that military matters should be left to military experts.But before he was ready to speak, a thought suddenly crossed his mind. After thinking about it, Fang Zida hesitated and said: "Back then, Jin's wild boar skin fought against the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army was mighty with hundreds of thousands. The tactics tried to fight the decisive battle with the Hou Jin. But the Hou Jin army avoided the edge, and the wild boar skin even put forward the military point of view of "you can come a few ways, I will only go all the way". The Ming army was defeated. From this battle, the strength of the Ming army was greatly damaged, and the Qing army entered the customs decades later, and the Ming Dynasty perished.”

"Shang Ming, do you want to say...?" Liao Zhongkai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked eagerly.

Fang Zida smiled and suggested: "The General Staff decided that if the Japanese army would choose the Northeast for war, it took several factors into consideration. I won't talk about these. I will only talk about the Guandong Prefecture in Liaodong. Brother Dunchu and Zhongkai, The two of you are far more aware of the Japanese temperament than I am, if the Kanto Prefecture is suddenly attacked, how will the Japanese respond?"

"Good idea!" Liao Zhongkai said excitedly as soon as he slapped his thigh: "Ri himself is used to taking advantage and will never suffer a loss. If Kanto Prefecture is attacked, there is even a possibility of losing it. With Japan's temperament, it will definitely increase troops in Kanto." State, but not the rest.” (To be continued..)

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