After listening to the judgment of Chief of Staff Rong Zhen, Zhang Xueliang's slightly pale face quickly flashed with panic because he had been smoking opium for a long time. However, as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, he still hid this panic at the first time.

At the Chief of Staff Rong Zhen, who had a serious expression in front of him, he asked tentatively: "Chief of Staff, then we should... compromise with the Japanese and agree to increase their troops in Shenyang City..."

Seeing Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xueliang's continuous performance after hearing the Japanese, a long sigh of helplessness slowly came out of Rong Zhen's mouth. He spoke to Zhang Xueliang with a kind look on his face and reminded him: "Commander-in-Chief, I have no good idea of ​​what to do. But, what I want to remind Commander-in-Chief is that the Japanese want to plan the wolf ambitions of my three northeastern provinces, we must never ignore it..."

Seeing that the foundation handed over to him by his father was defeated little by little, Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xueliang felt very uncomfortable. Sometimes, he even thought about drawing all the elite troops of the Northeast Army and fighting a good battle with the Japanese army operating in the Northeast and driving them out of the three northeastern provinces in one fell swoop.

However, when you think of the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and the hundreds of thousands of elite Japanese Kanto Army soldiers who could invade the three northeastern provinces at any time when they look across the river from the Northeastern army, the little fighting spirit that just aroused in Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xueliang instantly disappeared.

Zhang Xueliang, who has a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, the Japanese nationality, the degree of Japanese industrial and sufficient logistics supplies..., is very clear that the Northeast Army in his hands seems to be powerful. However, compared with the Japanese army, except for a few elite infantry brigades and the remaining troops have almost no ability to fight.

Zhang Xueliang is sure that once the two armies fight, the Northeast Army without any support will definitely not be the opponent of the Kwantung Army. More importantly, after the Northeast Army is defeated, the position of commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, which is not very stable, will definitely be replaced by others. At the same time, the entire three northeastern provinces will no longer have their own place to settle down.

Therefore, since Zhang Xueliang took over as commander-in-chief, every time he talked about Japanese, Zhang Xueliang's face would show a trace of fear from the bottom of his heart. Facing the helpless look of Chief of Staff Rong Zhen looking at him, a hint of irritability quickly rose from Zhang Xueliang's heart. He waved his hand impatiently to Chief of Staff Rong Zhen and spoke.

"What can we do if we know the Japanese ambitions? With combat effectiveness, we are no match for the Japanese Kwantung Army at all. Now we can't bear it. Can we directly annoy the Japanese government and trigger the Japanese Kwantung Army's retaliatory military action against our Northeast Army? You must know that the roots of our Northeast Army are in the Northeast. In any case, we cannot lose the Northeast. Now we are for a while, just to develop stronger in our Northeast Army. When our Northeast Army has the ability to fight the Japanese one day, I, Zhang Xueliang, will definitely not tolerate the Japanese being so arrogant in our three northeastern provinces."

Commander-in-chief Zhang Xueliang surrendered, and the final result was no surprise. It ended with the victory of the Japanese.

In the name of protecting overseas Chinese, the total Japanese army was hoarded outside the city of Chenyang. It was strengthened from one infantry brigade to two infantry brigades. The regular Japanese army with two infantry brigades. In addition, in the city of Chenyang, two thousand Japanese expatriates who could be armed at any time. The Japanese army's military force in Shenyang directly exceeded one infantry brigade.

As for the Northeast Army stationed in Chenyang City, there is only one main brigade. In addition, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two troops, it can be imagined that once a war breaks out between China and Japan, Chenyang City, as the headquarters of the Northeast Army General Headquarters, will definitely change hands as soon as possible.

The first operation of the Kwantung Army's intelligence department was successfully completed. In the next few months, the Japanese government once again used means to protect overseas Chinese, roads, mines and other means to adjust 5,000 field troops from the Kwantung Army, and entered the three northeastern provinces in the name of local garrisons, monitoring the every move of the Northeastern Army at any time, and for them to fully occupy the three northeastern provinces.

At this moment, after half a year of training, the Ninth Army finally welcomed Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili and others to review the training results of the entire army.

The first unit inspected by Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, undoubtedly, was a naval fleet that occupied an increasingly heavy proportion of the Ninth Army and embodies the dream of a strong country.

Shandong Qingdao Naval Base, subordinates of the Navy Fleet, the First Squadron, the Second Squadron, the Submarine Team, the Speedboat Team, the First HNA Division... Thousands of officers and soldiers, like sculptures, stood in front of the rostrum without moving, waiting for Li Guosheng to review.

Since the victory of the Naval Fleet of the Ninth Army's Naval Fleet against Japan was announced to the public half a year ago, the naval fleet, which was making a name for itself in front of the Chinese people, immediately threw out the news that the naval fleet would recruit naval officers and soldiers from all over the country and expand its naval strength...

A naval fleet that even the Japanese Navy could defeat was directly transformed into the future of the Chinese Navy under the deliberate propaganda of the Ninth Army. Therefore, among the 400 million compatriots, all young people who dream of a naval power, and even active naval officers and soldiers, left their hometowns and came to the Qingdao Naval Base, Shandong.

The final result was no surprise. In just one month, there were more than 8,000 new recruits who volunteered to participate in the naval fleet under the Ninth Army. Among these 8,000 new soldiers, 30% of the former Chinese naval officers and soldiers who had experience in naval battles accounted for 30,000, and a total of 2,500.

Therefore, in addition to sending thousands of new recruits to the Naval School and the training ground, the total strength of the Navy fleet, due to the joining of these veterans, quickly expanded from the original 1,500 to the current 4,000.

According to the conventional rules, after an hour of review and encouragement was conducted on all the naval officers and soldiers present, Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng and Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, surrounded by Navy Commander Sun Haijun, entered Qingdao Military Port to gain a more intuitive understanding of the naval fleet.

After passing through the dock, behind the military port complexes that were dozens of meters high. Two light cruisers docked at the dock and had a displacement of 10,000 tons, their huge hulls suddenly appeared in the field of view of the two.

Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the two bigwigs, Navy Commander Sun Haijun quickly stood up and said, "Report to the General Office, participate in the seat. The two light cruisers in front of us are the flagships of two squadrons under our Navy fleet. According to the commander-in-chief's advice, the orders were respectively the "Yangtze River" and the "Yellow River"..."

"The origin of the two light cruisers is all from the United States. They belong to the same type of naval ship. Generally, the displacement of the ship is 11,500 tons, and the displacement under full load is 14,500 tons. The entire cruiser is equipped with four triple 152mm caliber main naval guns, six double 120mm caliber secondary naval guns, ten four-component 40mm air defense machine guns, and 24 double 20mm air defense machine guns..."

Although Li Guosheng had already known the various performance and firepower of this cruiser, after seeing the real thing, he couldn't help but feel excited. After carefully looking at the giant ship with a height of more than 20 meters in front of him, he asked Sun Haijun: "Commander Sun, what kind of class can our cruiser face the Japanese Navy in terms of performance..."

"This..." Seeing Li Guosheng and Jiang Baili looking at him at the same time, Sun Haijun immediately fell into deep thought.

You know, this is not a simple question. Because your own answer is directly related to the fleet's future combat goals and the use of the Navy fleet by the General Command.

After five minutes of thinking and analysis, Sun Haijun said: "The seat is the seat, because these two cruisers are the new cruisers designed and produced by the US Navy. Therefore, in terms of speed, firepower, and even armor protection, they are far superior to the same level cruisers of the Japanese Navy."

"So. After my careful analysis and comparison, I think that our light cruiser can completely fight against the light battleships equipped by the Japanese army..."

Li Guosheng was quite convinced of what the real naval officer said. He asked Sun Haijun with anticipation: "Tell me your reasons..."

"Yes, the chief rank..." Sun Haijun replied.

"According to information, the main gun caliber of the Japanese heavy cruiser is 203 mm and the secondary gun caliber is 150 mm, which is far more than our light cruiser. However, in terms of the frequency of naval gun shooting, our light cruiser is almost twice that of the Japanese heavy cruiser. Therefore, during the battle, we can use the number of shells to make up for the caliber of the shells..."

"This is one, and the second is the thickness of the protective armor of the cruiser. Because our cruiser comes from the US Navy, coupled with the use of a large amount of special steel, the armor protection capability is 15 times that of the Japanese heavy cruiser..."

"To compare the speed of the two ships: we use a boiler that burns heavy oil, while Japanese naval ships use a boiler that burns coal. Therefore, in terms of speed, we are about five knots faster than Japanese heavy cruisers. We can dominate the rhythm of the entire naval battle through the speed and control the initiative in the naval battle battlefield."

After analyzing it, even the Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, who was not very proficient in the navy, showed a strong look of joy. Because the navy became stronger, China's distance from a strong country was further shortened.

Two light cruisers and six destroyers with displacement of more than 3,000 tons have created the Ninth Army's naval surface fleet.

As the second squadron successfully returned to China, the number of submarines owned by the entire submarine brigade increased directly to an unprecedented 24. With a sufficient number of submarine brigades, it can use the "wolf pack" tactics that the German Navy is best at in the deep sea to attack all enemy fleets that invade Chinese territorial waters.

The two naval squadrons and submarine brigades are undoubtedly the main fleets to defend China's territorial waters. As for China's long coastline security, the offshore speedboat brigade will be completed...

After uninterrupted expansion, the Navy's speedboat brigade has expanded from two or three squadrons to six, including one offshore gunboat squadron, three speedboat squadrons and two torpedo boat squadrons, with a total of 72 small tonnage ships with a total tonnage ranging from fifty to five hundred.

With half a year of development, the naval aviation that has just risen is definitely the only unit within the naval organization that can be regarded as leading the world.

Supported by the strong support of Shandong Foreign Trade Company, advanced aircraft manufacturing talents and production technologies from countries around the world are like floods, constantly pouring into the Laiyuan Military Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Ninth Group Army.

With Li Guosheng's understanding of the performance and related components of the most powerful fighter aircraft in World War II, the ones that were completely ahead of this era for ten years: the Wildcat fighter, the Stuka dive bomber, and the TBF torpedo attack aircraft. It had been developed by the Military Industry Group half a year ago.

Since these fighter jets debuted in the world for the first time, their naming rights have undoubtedly come to Li Guosheng's hands. After the three fighter jets were completely finalized, they were named "Wild Cat" fighter by Li Guosheng, "Death" dive bomber and "Seagull" torpedo attack aircraft.

The current naval aviation has been equipped with a regiment of "wildcats" fighter jets, a regiment of "Death" dive bombers, and a regiment of "Seagull" torpedo attack aircraft...

It is certain that with the cooperation of these more than 100 fighter jets owned by HNA, with the cooperation of the naval surface fleet and underwater fleet, the naval fleet commanded by Sun Haijun is fully capable of destroying any enemy aircraft carrier fleet that dares to invade China's offshore.

As the navy grows, Li Guosheng wants to take over the three northeastern provinces in one fell swoop through the upcoming September 18th Incident and start a full-scale war with the Japanese Kwantung Army, and become more and more confident. Of course, it will take a long way to go if the naval fleet is truly powerful enough to bear the Japanese joint fleet.

In the small conference room of the naval base, Li Guosheng was in a good mood and asked Sun Haijun bluntly: "Commander Sun, if China wants to become a world power, I won't say much about the importance of the navy. I hope the naval fleet will not let down the Ninth Army and the love of the people of the whole country... How about it? Have you encountered any problems on the road to the development of the navy? Just ask, if you can solve it, I will help you solve it immediately. If it cannot be solved, I will try my best to help you solve it. In a word, the development of the naval fleet must not stagnate..."

Sun Haijun, who had been promoted to the rank of major general, knew very well Li Guosheng's temper. Facing the eyes of the two bosses looking at him, he quickly spoke: "The chief, the chief, the chief, there is really a big problem that needs the help of the two bosses to solve..."

Seeing Li Guosheng and Jiang Baili with a smile on their faces, Sun Haijun continued to speak embarrassedly: "General, I know that our Ninth Army has invested a lot of funds for the development of the navy. However, there is no way, the navy is a money-burning armed force. If you want to develop and grow, you must continue to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. Now, I have to be shameless and ask the two bosses for naval equipment..."

Sun Haijun, who was afraid that Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng would reject him, followed closely and continued to speak: "Two bosses, you also know that when we recruited new recruits, our navy trained nearly 6,000 naval officers and soldiers through naval academies. Now, some of the six thousand new recruits have met the requirements for boarding the ship. However, there is no fleet available for the entire naval fleet to provide these officers and soldiers. Therefore, for the development and growth of the navy, and for these new recruits to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. I hope the General Command can add several more ships to the naval fleet..."

Li Guosheng nodded without comment, as if he agreed with Sun Haijun's statement. Then, he asked with interest: "Well... tell me what you think, what kind of ships do you want to add..."

After a brief hesitation, Sun Haijun mustered up his courage and spoke: "Two light battleships, two cruisers..."

After thinking about it, he continued to speak firmly: "Once these four ships can join my naval fleet, I can assure the two bosses that the combat effectiveness of the two sub-squadrons under the navy will be more than doubled..."

A wry smile quickly appeared on Li Guosheng's face. He spoke to Sun Haijun, who looked expectant in front of him, "Okay, Sun Haijun, he has a big appetite. As soon as he opened his mouth, he had two battleships and two cruisers... Here, I can tell you the truth, there are no cruisers, and even less battleships..."

Seeing the helpless expression that quickly showed on Sun Haijun's face, Li Guosheng's words turned and said, "However, I can consider replenishing four destroyers for you temporarily... I don't know if you remember the shipyard we formed half a year ago. According to the requirements of the General Command, the first batch of four destroyers produced and built by the shipyard can be launched and handed over to the navy within one month at the latest..."

Compared with battleships and cruisers, although the four destroyers are not comparable, it is better to have them than not. Commander Sun's face was immediately covered by a trace of excitement and asked back.

Li Guosheng responded: "Of course, you think I will lie to you..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng seemed to have thought of something. He continued to speak to Sun Haijun: "Commander Sun, I don't know if you remember the future development direction of the navy that I discussed with you..."

Sun Haijun's eyes lit up and he said, "Master, you mean to develop an aircraft carrier..."

"Yes, it's an aircraft carrier..." Li Guosheng affirmed.

"Although I am not from a naval family, I can tell you with certainty that the future naval army will definitely be the world of aircraft carriers. However, these naval powers led by Britain did not realize the important emerging of aircraft carriers in naval battles. If we want to surpass these naval powers, we must find ways to take shortcuts. Training ship-based pilots in advance and conduct research on aircraft carrier operations is a shortcut to developing a strong navy."
Chapter completed!