Back to the Republic of China as a commander

"Currently, our army has 442 first-line combat pilots, 138 reserve pilots, 186 combat aircraft of various types, 1500 mechanics and ground crews, in addition to a ground guard regiment, a logistics transport regiment and a transport aircraft squadron. The total number of officers and soldiers in the division is 8600. In addition, according to the requirements of the General Staff, the flight time of the first-line pilots of our division is not less than 150 hours, and the reserve pilots are not less than 100 hours," Yang Xianyi continued.

Wang Zhenyu nodded: "There are still a few reserve pilots. In addition, a test flight team can be formed to understand the performance of the aircraft. In addition, a trainer squadron can be established to ensure the actual accumulation of reserve pilot training."

Yang Xianyi quickly said: "Please rest assured, this test flight team and trainer squadron will be established as soon as possible. As for the reserve pilots, our original plan was that each division should reserve pilots in accordance with the requirement that the reserves should not be less than the first line, but last year we were the first to reserve pilots. The first batch of pilots has just graduated from the aviation school, and at this rate, next month, the second batch of graduates will be in place, and the number of reserve pilots in the first division will reach 600."

Wang Zhenyu glanced at Yang Xianyi and said, "Then you, Air Force Commander, take me to see the plane."

"Yes, no problem. The geographical location of Xiangyang is relatively remote. Twenty kilometers around the base are forcibly set as no-man's land. At the same time, we moved many military factories to this place to cover the base, so security and confidentiality work has been very strict. It went well. The only bad thing is that the rainy season is too long, which affects our flight training..." Yang Xianyi, a returned overseas Chinese, chattered as he walked, probably this is the habit of Americans, and the Chinese hate that kind of thing. Chattering people, except for Wang Zhenyu, who himself is a chattering master in his later generations.

The chief of staff of the First Air Division was German Goering. At this time, the young man was still very slender. Wang Zhenyu shook hands with this handsome German boy with a little excitement, and got in the car and drove to the big airport of the First Air Division.

Airplanes of different models stood straight on the side of the runway like soldiers waiting for inspection, waiting for Wang Zhenyu to watch.

Sitting in the convertible, Wang Zhenyu couldn't help being a little excited. Once the war with Japan really started, submarines, tanks, and this plane would be the biggest guarantee for him to win the war. There would be no problem.

So Wang Zhenyu was not in a hurry to leave. Although he didn't understand the air force, he asked all the planes to fly for himself to see. . .

On July 7, Wang Yaqiao, who was in charge of intelligence against Japan, received news from at least four channels. Although Japan did not have any rumors of fighting against China, Japanese troops from at least five domestic divisions, including the Sendai Second Division, Being mobilized, plus their troops stationed in North Korea and Northeast China, at least some of the 1 standing divisions were mobilized, and all kinds of new equipment and conventional weapons and ammunition were also distributed to these mobilized combat units . . .

"It seems that the Japanese are really planning to send troops to Shandong. I'm afraid Zhang Zuolin's plot is about to succeed." Wang Zhenyu fell silent after leaving such a sentence at the enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission. This is an old rule, just like Wang Zhenyu Let the people below speak freely instead of expressing their own opinions first.He knew very well that once he set the tone, things would not be able to see the truth.

"Zhang Zongchang also sent someone to contact us, asking for payment and weapons, saying that he is planning to turn against us." Seeing that everyone was thinking, Zhou Lan knew that the matter was too involved, so she took the initiative to ask a question.

Hearing this, Yang Du chose to speak: "Commander, there is a situation. Recently, the debate on Confucianism has intensified. One group, represented by Xinxue students, criticizes Confucianism in an all-round way, saying that Confucianism is the source of disaster for the Chinese nation, and it must be completely overthrown." .”

The eyes of the generals present all turned to Yang Du immediately, why did this old boy bring up a topic that had nothing to do with this meeting.

Wang Zhenyu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Mr. Xizi, this Confucianism is just a standard, emphasizing the sage, is it against human nature? To some extent. But preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires is just the slogan of Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. It is just a branch of Confucianism. This branch of persecuting women and human personality has served the Manchu Qing well in history. This kind of rubbish Neo-Confucianism can be swept into the trash, but Wang Yangming’s Xinxue deserves our attention In this way, Mr. Xizi, if you come forward, please ask Old Master Wang to come forward and integrate Confucianism, mind, and Wang Xue. In fact, I think the way that ministers in the Ming Dynasty dared to take the truth seriously and dared to contradict the imperial power is the basis of democracy, so What is the basis of democracy? In my opinion, it is the orthodoxy that is independent of the imperial power. If a high-level government steals the orthodoxy like Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and tosses out some great ideas when nothing happens, it is the integration of the imperial power and the orthodoxy. In this way, the people of the country will lose their qualifications for independent thinking, and those who dare to think independently will be regarded as heresies, and the foundation of democracy will no longer exist. Just pick up orthodoxy in the name of Chinese studies and go out independently..."

The generals all looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why Yang Du's words could lead to Wang Zhenyu's big words.

Wang Zhenyu ignored these people, and what he said next was shocking.

"270 years ago, the Manchu Qing took advantage of the opportunity of trespassing and rebellion to successfully enter the Central Plains, and forcibly set back Chinese civilization for hundreds of years. Nearly a hundred million Han people were slaughtered by the Manchus. The prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong was just a group of boneless literati whitewashing Peaceful, and Cixi's chaotic government is also a masterpiece in history. Ning and foreign thieves are not given to domestic slaves. It has become a lesson for Chinese rulers. Finally, we soldiers expelled the Tartars and recovered China. Little Japan started again. When the Manchu Qing came to rule the Central Plains, everyone said whether we would agree or not? Would our descendants still be wearing crotch pants full of birdsong, nodding and bowing when they saw the Japanese? Do we still want our descendants to look like Do we laugh at our trash and incompetence the same way we laugh at the corruption and incompetence at the end of the Ming Dynasty?"

The blood in the hearts of the generals was suddenly ignited, "No, absolutely not!"

Wang Zhenyu nodded and continued: "For a long time, there is a problem that has troubled me. How should I tell the officers and soldiers under my command, why are you fighting? Some people say that they are fighting for me, Wang Zhenyu, so if I am Assassinated or died a natural death? Some people say that they are fighting for the wages, so what if the wages cannot be paid? Now I tell you, you go tell the brothers below that you are fighting for democracy, for the nation, for yourself and Children and grandchildren fight. What is orthodoxy? Let me tell you, it is the truth. A lie can be disguised as truth with the support of a bayonet, but it is a lie after all. You can call yourself a public servant and oppress the group you call your master, but you stop There is no awakening of the master, because he is indeed the master. The reason why the truth is the truth is not how nice he said, but because he conforms to human nature and the trend. Anyone who thinks that he can go against human nature and move against the trend will eventually be abandoned by history. Will be submerged by the tide. Our youth army will do this trend now. Since the Japanese want to fight, then we will fight for him. I believe that our youth army will win the final victory, and I believe that our Chinese nation will surely Re-stand in the east of the world and win!"

"We must win, we must win, we must win!" Wan Yaohuang, Yang Wangui and other senior generals stood up excitedly and shouted that they must win. The meeting room has not had such an exciting atmosphere for a long time.

Chen Bulei faithfully recorded this scene in his diary: On July 7, the eighth year of the Republic of China, the committee made the determination to fight against Japan. . .

But deciding to fight is one thing, how to fight is another.

The meeting quickly went back to the old way, where ideas should be brought up, complaints should be complained, discussions should be discussed, and those who should slap the table should slap the table hard. . .

The situation on the Japanese side is not much better. Carefully calculate with your fingers, leaving aside the bloodless military operations such as taking over Qingdao and sending troops to Siberia.The Japanese hadn't fought for [-] years since the Russo-Japanese War. When Prime Minister Kyohara agreed to send troops to maintain local order in Shandong, the military department was in a quarrel.

The first point of contention is the candidate for the commander of the Shandong Dispatch Army. According to Tanaka Yoshiichi, this battle is certain to be won, so it is natural to give such a chance to gain military exploits to his own people.The candidate he recommended was Lu Ugaki Kazusei, the guy who had been around the position of prime minister for decades but still failed to become prime minister.However, at this time, he was known as the father of the Japanese cavalry, and Akiyama Yoshiko, who used machine guns to defeat the Cossack cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, jumped out to fight for this position.

Speaking of this Akiyama good ancient is indeed a wonderful work in the Japanese military circles.This person has a generous and generous personality. He joined the army as a student and returned to his hometown as a teacher after he became famous. He is one of the iconic figures of the Meiji Restoration.Participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War as the Japanese army; in the Sino-Japanese War, the troops he led were killed by the Qing army in the battle of Tuchengzi, which became an excuse for the Japanese army to launch the Lushun massacre.I hate bathing very much. It is said that I only took 2 baths during the Russo-Japanese War.The military uniform has never been washed or changed, so he has lice, and he can smell a bad smell when he is close to him.When his subordinates and colleagues tried to persuade him to take a bath, he refused with the words "I don't know what will happen on the battlefield, and I can't deal with it when I take a bath" and "Do soldiers come to the battlefield all the way to take a bath?"He caught typhoid while studying abroad in France.I went completely bald because I didn't see a doctor.When participating in the Second Peace Conference of All Nations.He snorted and dozed off while others were giving speeches.Participating in Duzhu Xinliu reminded him to pay attention to his image.He replied, "I understand the content of the speech."

What's more amazing is that when Akiyama went to study in France, Army General Yamagata Youpon asked him to give gifts to senior French officers.As a result, Qiushan Haogu was so drunk that the gift was stolen by someone in the subway.

It is such a top character, and now he jumped out to fight for the commander. The reason was to see if he could get a marshal Dangdang. Tanaka Yoshiichi was very angry and funny about this, but the old general's record was too outstanding. It is impossible for normal people to resist 8000 Russian troops with 11 Japanese troops for three days. . .