After introducing the direction of China's naval construction, He Rui was about to raise the second question, which was the issue of the establishment of a naval liaison group between China and Japan. Ishihara Wanji was the first to say: "He Jun, can you allow us to leave first?"

Cheng Ruofan immediately felt a little unhappy, but he heard He Rui reply: "Okay."

Ishihara Wan'er stood up and bowed slightly to He Rui, "He Jun, we have too many things to prepare, so we have to leave first. I'm sorry."

Nanyun Zhongyi and others also quickly stood up, bowed to He Rui, then took the information and left quickly. Looking at the backs of the Japanese generals, Cheng Ruofan walked up to He Rui and commented unhappily, "Chairman,

The Japanese still haven’t made much progress!”

He Rui said with a smile: "Don't underestimate Japan now. At least they have enough courage to change Japan's national system. National interests have nothing to do with good or bad, it's just about the stance."

Cheng Ruofan thought about the mess in the military exchanges between China and Japan, and said helplessly: "Chairman, will there be a situation where Japan is helping, and the more it helps, the more trouble it becomes?"

He Rui felt in his heart that Cheng Ruofan's judgment may not be entirely based on bias, but the construction of the National Defense Force was based on the PLA model, especially in the integration of officers and soldiers, and the political work of equality between top and bottom was carried out very seriously. Therefore, the National Defense Force has a clear hierarchy with other countries in this era.

The army model is fundamentally different.

This advantage that transcends the times seems to He Rui to be a matter of course, but other countries actually think that the political work of the National Defense Forces is heresy. Faced with an issue that cannot be discussed, He Rui turned to ask Cheng Ruofan a different question, "The troops

How are the new draft standards going?"

Cheng Ruofan looked a little complicated. He wanted to reply that it was going very well, because it was indeed very good. Starting in 1931, the new recruitment standards began to be uniform, and only junior high school graduates were eligible to enlist. Cheng Ruofan initially felt that this standard was a bit too high.

, but did not expect that when the service time was adjusted to two years and the size of the army was reduced to 1.5 million, the requirement that only junior high school students be eligible for conscription was actually fulfilled.

But now that the work has been completed to this point, Cheng Ruofan simply put forward the suggestion of the Ministry of National Defense, "Chairman, can the recruitment standards be raised to high school students from 1937 onwards to be eligible to enlist in the army?"

He Rui was about to answer when he saw that Zhong Yifu and Hu Xiushan had come over and stood beside Cheng Ruofan, waiting to hear He Rui's answer. He Rui didn't want to answer, so he asked: "Since you have this idea, why don't you tell me

What’s the basis for you to think so?”

Of course Cheng Ruofan was ready, and he immediately talked about the current situation. After the reunification was completed in 1924, a national census was started in 1925. Since 1925, the number of newborns in China has exceeded 13 million every year, and it is still increasing. With the

With the expansion of education and the implementation of compulsory education that school-age children must attend school, newborns born in 1925 graduated from junior high school in 1940. It is estimated that the number of junior high school graduates at that time will exceed 10 million.

It is still a bit early to let 15-year-old children join the army. 18-year-old high school graduates and technical school graduates equivalent to high school diplomas, technical secondary school graduates are actually more suitable. According to demographics and the enrollment numbers of high schools and schools equivalent to high school diplomas, in 1936

The number of fresh graduates with this level should exceed 3 million in 2018. If three-year military service is restored at that time, 400,000 people will be recruited every year, which will not affect the number of troops.

A national defense force formed by young people with ordinary soldiers and high school education makes Cheng Ruofan shudder just thinking about it. The Chinese army in the future will not be the kind of army that carries a gun and is considered a soldier, but a mechanized, motorcycle

A modern, ground-air integrated army. This nascent National Defense Force requires every soldier to possess professional skills, rather than the current European and American armies that count soldiers as carrying only a rifle. Cheng Ruofan is convinced that the National Defense Force is already on the right path.

superior.

He Rui did not find fault, but just asked: "What is the progress of our car factory, truck factory, and tractor factory now? Can we produce enough equipment for so many high school students starting from 2036?"

Cheng Ruofan was stunned. This problem really stumped Cheng Ruofan. In his discussion with the General Logistics Department, comrades all felt that the government did not build large-scale arsenals, resulting in insufficient production capacity. If it is a new-style army in the future on paper, one squad will have to be provided at least.

Equipped with a personnel carrier. The 6 million new army must have 500,000 personnel carriers at least, and the others are tanks and self-propelled artillery. In order to allow such an army to reach the combat area, oil trucks and engineering vehicles

, the equipment required for various distribution points, 500,000 personnel carriers are somewhat insignificant compared to them. The current military industry production capacity cannot satisfy 300,000 troops, let alone 6 million troops.

In many Central Military Commission meetings in the past few years, He Rui has made it clear that in the future, domestic enterprises should produce large quantities of equipment for the military, and a large part of them are private enterprises. Cheng Ruofan knew that logically speaking, this

It was indeed reasonable. But Cheng Ruofan still felt uncomfortable. It was just He Rui's decision that he was unwilling to deny. At this time, he could only stop expressing his position.

He Rui knew that comrades still couldn't accept it, but he couldn't make it clear now. After all, China's current industrial development has not yet reached this level. Now the army can really give an order, and industrial enterprises can immediately equip the army with universal equipment.

Probably a bicycle.

At this time, the enthusiasm of the comrades could not be dampened. He Rui said: "Compulsory military service calls for high school students. When the situation comes, we will naturally do it. Next, everyone should prepare first. I estimate that it will not be long before you have to go

A business trip to Japan. By the way, I think the number of people in the Sino-Japanese naval liaison group can be set at 4,000."

Cheng Ruofan was shocked. If it were an army, a working group of 4,000 people would be almost two regiments in size. In an ordinary army, there are far more soldiers than officers. In an organization like the liaison group, the number of officers is much higher than that of officers.

Soldier. Even though he continued to support He Rui, Cheng Ruofan couldn't help but ask: "Chairman, Japan will be frightened by us. If it is a working group of 4,000 people, how can Japan come up with 1,000 people? They came up with 1,000 people."

, which is equivalent to taking away the Japanese Navy Headquarters!"

He Rui was not surprised at all, but instead smiled, "Ruofan, if there are not so many people, the Chinese and Japanese navies will not be able to truly unite in the next few years."

Cheng Ruofan looked at Zhong Yifu and Hu Xiushan, hoping that the two of them could persuade He Rui, but he saw that these two people were silent. Cheng Ruofan was not happy now. Everyone was silent and let Cheng Ruofan take the responsibility.

? In a moment of displeasure, Cheng Ruofan simply replied: "Chairman, I will raise this matter at the meeting!"

Just as He Rui expected, on the 10th day after returning to China, Ishihara Wanji and others sent a telegram inviting Chinese Ministry of National Defense personnel to Japan to attend a meeting. The content of the meeting was the development strategy of the Japanese navy.

In order to respond to China's frankness, the Japanese Army Ministry was working overtime to prepare. Seeing that there was only one day left to hold a meeting, the Director-General of the Japanese Ministry of Defense Tadayuki Nagumo left his office with a straight face and went straight to the Navy under the Ministry of Defense.

Headquarters. When he arrived at the headquarters, without asking the Navy Commander, Nan Yunzhong kept running to the staff office. He saw a group of generals, all of whom had dark circles under their eyes. Some generals were faced with a large amount of documents, and their heads were pounding like chickens.

Falling, then suddenly waking up, working almost numbly.

Seeing that the Navy Staff Section was so exhausted, Chuichi Nagumo immediately called out to the Chief of the Naval Staff Section, Isamu Mikami, whose eyes were already looking like pandas. He slapped his palm on the table and asked loudly: "Are you recruiting people from other departments?"

How many people are there? Are there enough people?"

Hearing this, Rear Admiral Isamu Mikami, the chief of the Naval Staff Section, perked up and quickly replied: "A lot of data involves confidentiality, and we really can't mobilize more personnel temporarily."

After saying that, Major General Isamu Mikami stood up straight and waited for the next scolding from Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi. Unexpectedly, Lieutenant General Nagumo did not get angry, but thought for a moment with a straight face before ordering: "Let these people go first

Rest. You also have a rest. There will be a meeting at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. Show me what you have prepared."

Major General Mikami Isamu felt as if he had been granted amnesty, but he was still a little worried. He asked tentatively: "Commander, will this delay your work?"

"I will be responsible for everything, just execute the order." Nagumo Chuichi replied.

Soon, the hundreds of staff members who heard the rest order staggered up and walked to the temporary dormitory. They fell on the bed in various postures and fell asleep without even taking off their military uniforms. The naval headquarters immediately changed.

Needing to be quiet, Nayun walked into the navy commander's office calmly, picked up the completed content and started reading.

As Nagumo expected, all the content to be discussed with the Chinese military has actually been completed. Now the Naval Command is working hard to complete the needs of the Ministry of Defense, and this part of the needs is related to Japan's arrangements for the next few years or even ten years.

, it can be completed in more than ten days.

After reading the work progress record, Nan Yun read the necessary development outline carefully. China's naval development left a deep impression on Nan Yun. Although the outline was very radical, it was very solid. Every progress is based on

On top of the clear process, there is extremely high operability. The difference between Japan and China is that the strategy is not clear, so it is impossible to make detailed arrangements. But Nagumo is very relaxed at this time, now that China has a clear

In terms of strategic arrangements, what Japan has to do is to use its current capabilities to undertake the part of it that it can do.

In the next two days, Nanyun had frank communication with the Chinese military in this way, and the results were greater than Nanyun imagined. Japan has a naval battleship tonnage of 500,000 tons. According to Article 1 of the London Naval Treaty,

Between 1931 and 1936, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan all gave up the right to replace capital ships in the Washington Naval Treaty. France and Italy could still replace capital ships in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.

The second article lists the battleships that need to be scrapped by the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan respectively, as well as the battleships that can be converted into practice ships.

China and Japan agreed that Japan's capital ships can be "scrapped" according to needs, that is, converted into practice ships. This kind of modification is to install the most advanced electronic equipment and other auxiliary devices on the warships, so that China and Japan can be fully familiar with them.

The application of new equipment. Japan still has unused naval tonnage and can build an 18,000-ton aircraft carrier for training by the Chinese and Japanese navies.

The transformation of these "abandoned warships" will be completed in Chinese shipyards. Japan will introduce China's segmented shipbuilding method and implement it at one of Japan's shipbuilding bases, and other shipyards will fully provide ships to China.

After talking about these, as for what He Rui proposed, it will be established immediately.

Nagumo Chuichi said calmly: "Chairman He proposed to form a Sino-Japanese naval liaison group. We in Japan are prepared to provide 1,500 personnel. I wonder if China agrees?"
Chapter completed!