Haraki became hesitant. According to his original idea, he should lead a peace cabinet, including improving the living standards of the people, withdrawing troops from Russia's Siberia, and carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction in Japan, such as building national railways, and finding new ways out for Japan's heavy industrial goods after the end of the European War.

But Tanaka Yoshiichi is doing this now. It is fake to say that his grand goal is unshakable. Shandong in China is different from the deserted Russian Siberia. It has a vast market, cheap and sufficient labor, and abundant agricultural products. It is one of the two excellent colonies that best meet the development needs of the Great Japanese Empire in this era, and the other is Manchuria.

Needless to say, Manchuria is, according to the changes in the national conditions of China, the imperial government established the Kanto Army Command there in advance to replace the original Kanto Prefecture Governor's Office. In Shandong, due to time, there are not many imperial troops stationed at present. Even during the Battle of Xuzhou the previous year, Japan did not send more troops to Qingdao. Fortunately, the army in South China chose to advance westward and did not continue the northern expedition after defeating the Fengtian army. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. This matter also became the focus of debate in the military headquarters for more than a year. The army repeatedly emphasized that the military strength of South China is far superior to that of North China, and sufficient imperial army must be invested. To ensure the interests of the Great Japanese Empire in Shandong, the navy disdained this. Their view is very simple. The coastline of China is so long. As long as the Empire increases its investment in the navy, the Empire will always be able to suppress the other end. More importantly, so far, the South China Navy has only four cruisers and not even a battleship. Such an opponent is really not as good as the Navy of the Great Japanese Empire. As for the concerns of the Army, they don’t take it seriously at all, because in their eyes, the Army is composed of a group of idiots who shout every day to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, which is different from the elites of the Navy.

However, Tanaka Yoshiichi in front of Harashi Kei obviously did not belong to the idiot of the army, but was a genius. Since the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, this person has been a tiger that cannot be ignored in Japanese politics. In 1907, Tanaka was ordered to pilot the reform of military education and served as the third corps commander of the First Division. During the reform, it introduced new educational policies such as respecting personality, united in the corporal institution, and coordination of officers and soldiers, and supplemented the single educational method of corporal punishment and commanding knife training, which expanded its influence in the army. At this time, he was already impressive. In addition, Tanaka was from Changzhou, "whether he is close or not, he is from his hometown", so he was promoted to the part in charge of combat.

After Tanaka Yoshiki came to one, he wrote an opinion book called "Miscellaneous Thoughts", which consisted of the national strategy, military strategy, and the organization and system of the army. Through General Otaro Gentaro, he handed it to Marshal Aritomoto Yama Prefecture. When Yama Prefecture saw it, he said to Emperor Meiji, "You can just make an imperial defense policy and take a look." He pulled Colonel Biao of the Navy's Finance Department to formulate a plan, stipulating that the army would need 25 divisions in normal times and 50 divisions in wartime, and the Navy would build the 88th Fleet. In 1909, Tanaka was promoted to the head of the military section, the commander of the Second Brigade, and the head of the Army Provincial Military Affairs Bureau. He presided over the revision and formulation of the "Internal Affairs of the Force", "Infantry Practice" and "Brainforced Soldiers "The Army Education Order", "The Army Supplementary Order", his actions during his tenure proved his strength. In November 1910, the Imperial Army Military Association, which he had always advocated, was established. The association organized reserve soldiers who had finished their active service, which could not only reduce the national military maintenance costs, but also widely spread the national will to the people (the reserves were later included). The association only targeted the army at the beginning of its establishment, and began to join the navy since 1914, so that the organization finally improved. In August 1915, as the mastermind behind the scenes, Major General Tanaka Yoshiichi planned the infamous 21 articles to Yuan Shikai, which was later strongly opposed by the Chinese people and failed.

In the operation of the Temple Cabinet sending troops to Siberia, Tanaka was also planning and guiding the situation in front of him.

In addition to his power among the local soldiers and his influence in the army, Tanaka himself is also a good player in making money. During the operation of Kei Hara's election as Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Yoichi Tanaka took out 3 million yen of activity funds. You should know that Tanaka is just a general of the army and is not well-fed. He can give so much money to be admired. Later, Kei Hara learned that in the operation of sending troops to Siberia, Yoichi Tanaka used his power to pay a total of 24 million yen of the army secret fee, of which about 3.4 million was given to the Cabinet of the Desaka. According to the addition and subtraction of primary school mathematics, Yoichi Tanaka may have 20 million yen.

Another thing that Harashiki cannot ignore Tanaka, that is, the good personal relationship between him and Zhang Zuolin, the actual leader of the Chinese central government, the ruler of Manchuria. Tanaka had a deep relationship with Zhang Zuolin. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the horse thief Zhang Zuolin was captured by the Japanese army on charges of Russian spy and was about to be shot. Army staff member Tanaka Yoshii asked Major General Fukushima Anmasa to rescue Zhang Zuolin from the gun. More than ten years later, the horse thief Zhang Zuolin became the king of Northeast China, and Tanaka also became the Japanese mainland prime minister. In last year's Chinese civil war, it was Tanaka who stood up and strongly supported Zhang Zuolin that led to Zhang Zuolin, who received huge Japanese aid, successfully entering Beijing and occupying the North China Plain. In this regard, Tanaka said that "Zhang Zuolin is like my younger brother", so this time he sent troops to Shandong, Tanaka was naturally the first to stand up.

Haraki sighed and said, "Kun Tanaka, if we send troops in Shandong to fight a war with Nanchina, how much can the empire benefit? Don't end up getting cheaper your Chinese brother, wasting the blood of His Majesty the Emperor's loyal warrior."

Tanaka Yoshiichi pretended to be inaudible to the sarcasm contained in Prime Minister Kei's words, but continued to sell his war plan: ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The empire must repel the army of Southern China in Shandong. This is the most basic thing. If it can defeat Southern China, it will be even better. China will fall into unprecedented chaos again. At this time, Zhang Zuolin will inevitably compete for the more prosperous Southern China, and we can legitimately rent the entire Manchuria. At that time, with the Russian Far East coastal area we currently control, the continental area of ​​the empire will be expanded by more than three million square kilometers. This is the most important step in creating the empire's foundation for eternity,."

Seeing that Haraki was still hesitating, Tanaka suddenly stood up and knelt on the tatami and bent down and kowtowed: "I know that the Prime Minister wants to compensate the people for the difficulties they have endured in the past, but Prime Minister, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is in front of you. Compared with the foundation of the Japanese Empire forever, the people will make more contributions, and what is the sacrifice of the imperial soldiers? Please make sure to make a decision."

Hearing this, Yuan Jing couldn't help but stand up, and looked at the small scenery in the courtyard with his hands behind his back without saying a word.

On July 1, Wang Zhenyu's last stop of inspection, the 101th Air Force Base of the Youth Army, which is the code name of the original Expeditionary Force training base. However, the base has now moved to Xiangyang and has expanded more than ten times. Currently, the 101st Airborne Division and the 1st Air Force Flight Division, which are currently affiliated to the Air Force Department, are being organized and trained here. Strictly speaking, the lack of airborne technology is used. Currently, only the 1st Flight Division is working in this base. The 580 outstanding pilots trained in the past three years and 40 flight instructors from Germany who have participated in actual combat are carrying out this intense combat preparation work.

Lieutenant General Yang Xianyi, Minister and Commander of the Air Force, is reporting to Wang Zhenyu about the preparations for the Air Force: ",,,, Since the commander issued a comprehensive air force construction order in the sixth year of the Republic of China, we have first completed the construction of fifteen large military airports including Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Xi'an. At the same time, there are twenty-two second-level airports and thirty-three third-level airports to ensure the smooth transition of the Air Force combat aircraft. Our current fighter is the Chinese Shenlong fighter, code-named K1."

Wang Zhenyu nodded and said, "What is the situation of the aircraft and how is the combat performance."
Chapter completed!