Part 6 Chapter 20 Guests

"Hurry up, why are you doing so high your butt? And you, haven't eaten? You are weak!"

A group of students in front of him were sitting push-ups. The vicious instructor was holding a leather whip in his hand. Seeing which movement was irregular, he would just whip up, without any politeness.

Before he knew it, Chen Liyao had been studying in the Central Army Academy for half a year. His military academy career made Chen Liyao look much stronger, and his skin turned from white to brown. After finishing two hundred push-ups, Chen Liyao stood up first, saluted the instructor Ling Zheng and stood next to him.

In the office building far away, Chen Congyun, holding the telescope, smiled a little, and gently put down the telescope and said to the principal behind him: "Haha, the training of the students is doing well."

"Sir, have you summoned all teachers and students in the school to gather in the conference hall?"

Chen Congyun shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just come and take a look today."

Chen Liyao didn't know that his father had quietly come to the military academy for the past six months, more times than in previous years, because Chen Congyun asked for confidentiality every time he came, and he would roughly go away and leave.

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Europe was already in the quagmire of World War I. In the spring of 1915, as the German and Austrian coalition forces turned to attack the Russian army, trying to force the Russian army to surrender, and then turn back to deal with Britain and France. The battle on the Eastern Front lasted for 8 months, and the Russian army lost as much as 1.7 million and retreated to the front line of the Bay of Riga and the Denest River. During the same period, the British and French coalition forces launched two battles of Shambany and Aduwa on the Western Front. Due to backward tactics and lack of strong firepower cover, the attack was frustrated and the losses were heavy.

During the Western Front in 1915, British and French killed and French soldiers and 610,000 German soldiers were killed and injured. The cruelty of the world war was first revealed to the world. In May 1915, Italy betrayed his faith and joined the Allies to fight. Italy, which had always had a poor tradition of military quality, let the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the leader who was defeated by the Russian army, wiped out 300,000 Italian troops in one breath. Italy, which suffered a crushing defeat, also dragged down the strength of the 40 divisions of the Austro-English army. In September of the same year, Bulgaria joined the allies, and the war was getting bigger and bigger.

China has been paying attention to the process of the war, and at the same time, it sold military supplies to both sides, making a big profit. The busiest thing this year was the military supplies industry across the country, and the large number of orders were all real money.

Chen Congyun sighed that the feng shui was changing, and 1915 was over, and the war in Europe continued, and the two sides were already showing signs of fatigue.

"What? Russians want to borrow money? Don't borrow it!" Chen Congyun refused very simply. He could lend money to anyone, but he would not lend it to Russia. Russia suffered huge losses from both sides of the war, his family was weak, and he was already in a short position now.

At this time, lending money to the Russians is not stupid, what is that? Chen Congyun hopes that the Russian government will collapse quickly.

In the spring of 1916, the German army once again shifted its center of gravity, and the main force moved to the Western Front, trying to defeat Britain and France again, forcing France to surrender. The Battle of Verdun, known as the "Verdun Meat Grinder", broke out. The fierce battle lasted for 7 months, with 300,000 casualties and failed to complete the plan to occupy Verdun. In early July, Britain and France launched the Battle of Somme, and a famous scene in history appeared on July 1. The British army attacked on the left wing, lined up in a neat and dense formation, beating the war drum, and advanced forward, and encountered a devastating blow from the German automatic weapon dominated by Maxim. On that day, the British army suffered 60,000 casualties, and the Maxim machine gun became famous since then.

The Battle of Somme was the first time that tanks appeared on the battlefield. It was the largest battle in World War I. There were about 1.34 million casualties on both sides. Although the British and French coalition failed to break through the German defense line, it effectively restrained the German attack on Verdun and further weakened the German army's strength.

In the spring of the same year, the Russian army mobilized three fronts, and about 2 million troops launched an attack on Germany and Austria. As a result, both sides lost 1 million. This year, Romania joined the Allies to fight. As a result, for oil, the German and Austrian coalition forces joined forces to deal with Romania first and Bucharest fell.

The winter of 1916 finally came. A passenger ship with the Chinese Golden Dragon flag was quietly docked in Shanghai on an important guest. Zhao Xinglong, the spy chief of the Military Affairs Bureau who had been waiting at the dock, walked forward with a smile and picked up the guest wearing a hat, windbreaker and sunglasses onto the car. That night, he boarded a special train heading north.

"General Zhao, thank your government very much for its help. Tsarist Russia has been fighting for years, causing the people to live in misery. At present, Russia is carrying out an unprecedented strike, with the total number of people exceeding one million. The time for the Russian revolution is ripe." Lenin, who took off his hat and exposed his bald forehead, was giving a passionate speech to Zhao Xinglong.

"Yes, Mr. Lenin. According to our intelligence, a revolution aimed at overthrowing the tsar's corrupt rule is brewing. The revolution will probably be in March next year."

The train was speeding north in the dark, and two fat and thin figures were reflected on the window.

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"In the Far East, Russia cannot even raise its troops, and the Sino-Russian border is actually no longer defended. As long as the master gives the order, the iron stream of my 800,000 troops will roll up and be sure to destroy Russia within half a year."

Aftershocks, which were urgently summoned by Shen Congyun, looked at the huge sand table, and their eyes were like hungry wolves. Over the past two years, Europeans have been fighting fiercely, and they are jealous of a soldier.

"Don't say too much. It's not difficult to force a Russia to surrender. What about Britain? What about France? And there's another United States that has been watching the show?" Shen Congyun asked with a smile, and Aftershock sneered disapprovingly: "The two sides of the war are exhausted at the moment. As for the Americans, wasn't their President Wilson won the campaign by promising not to join the war? Even if the Americans join the Allies, we can still join the United States."

Shen Congyun couldn't help but smile and said, "It's just a little simpler to have ambition. Although the United States cannot show too strong military strength, in terms of comprehensive strength, with the strength of the world's largest industrial power, once the war machine is launched, its potential will be unpredictable. Although US President Wilson said he would not participate in the war, I am sure that for nothing else, just for the amount of British and French government bonds in the US market, the Americans will join the war. But now the United States thinks that the time is not yet ripe."

Shen Congyun's words did not cause too much thought. He simply thought about it and said with a smile: "The US Army is only a few hundred thousand, and it is still across the Atlantic Ocean. I think as long as China takes the lead, the Americans will not dare to join the Allies at the risk of a war with China."

Chen Congyun smiled again and asked, "What if the Americans really join the Allies after China joins the Allies?"

Aftershocks were obviously prepared, and took out a document from the bag and put it on the table and said: "This is a combat plan formulated by the General Staff based on the current situation. Its core is divided into two parts, one is the Northwest Front and the other is the Ocean Front. Once the war begins, our army will use the naval base in Madavia, and the naval forces will be divided into two groups, one by one to dispatch large-scale submarine troops to block the British navy from India. The other, with the cooperation of naval warships, seized Singapore within one month and blocked the Strait of Malacca. Without Indian supplies, the British would break an arm. After our army occupied Malacca, we asked the German navy to attack, drag the main force of the British navy, and the navy would The absolute superior force went to India, eliminated the British Far East Fleet and then landed on the Marines. At the same time, I stationed 100,000 troops on the Sino-Indian border quickly passed Pakistan to enter India and seize New Delhi. In less than half a year, India can get it. In the northwest, my 500,000 troops could be sent to Russia without waiting for the national mobilization to begin, and I can immediately send troops to Russia. With the current Russian state, I cannot confront our army at all. It is expected that Moscow will be approaching within two months and force Russia to surrender. Once Russia surrenders, I have completed the 2 million troops of total mobilization, and within half a year, I can use Russia's ready-made railway line to transport 500,000 troops to Germany. At this time, the Americans want to participate in the war, and it is probably too late."

Although such a plan is different from what Shen Congyun thought, it is not far from that. However, Chen Congyun is still worried. What if the Americans know that China has joined the war and plunge in without hesitation? That would be terrible. Even if China wins, it probably won't be much cheaper.

"There is another problem. The General Staff must pay attention to it. Although our neighbor in the east has been pretending to be grandchildren over the years, once we have the opportunity, we will definitely jump out and make trouble. What I am worried about is that once the United States joins the war, Japan will definitely turn to the Allies. Only in this way can Japan have a chance to turn around in Asia. Therefore, we must be cautious this time." Chen Congyun still couldn't make his final decision, even though everything was ready. The existence of the United States, the world's number one industrial power, has too much influence on the entire world pattern.

After the knock on the door, as Chen Congyun ordered him to come in, the adjutant leaned in and whispered: "Sir, Director Zhao Xinglong is here, waiting in the reception room."
Chapter completed!