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    "Teacher, the telegram has been translated."

    Not long after Guangtian Hongyi received the telegram, Liao Changfeng came to see Jiang Baili with the deciphered note.  He was also one of Liu Mingzhao's batch of students selected for the National Defense University. Even if he is now the commander of the Marine Corps, he still has to call Jiang Baili "teacher" when he sees him.

    After repeatedly seizing Japanese cipher machines and decoding books, Japan¡¯s radio communications are now almost one-way and transparent to the National Defense Forces. The OSS code-breaking team can use computers to translate a hundred-word telegram in a few minutes.  "Haha, some people still don't give up." Jiang Baili sneered twice after reading this. Do you really think Su De can break the sky?  If the president hadn't hoped to seize the future before Europe and the United States in order to revitalize national science and technology, a bomb would have wiped Tokyo and Moscow off the face of the earth!

    Liao Changfeng didn¡¯t know the existence of nuclear technology, so he thought he was angry and deliberately fanned the flames: ¡°Teacher, why don¡¯t you go back and talk to the president and let me land.¡±

    "Haha, I can't make the decision in this matter." Jiang Baili put away the telegram with a smile: "If you take over the islands of Sulawesi and East Timor as soon as possible, and be prepared to intervene in Japan, you will be able to share the president's worries.  I will let you know the rest of the matter when the time comes, and I will definitely give you the opportunity to show off in Tokyo."

    "Look what you said, I am over fifty, how can I still think about playing tricks."

    "Come on, don't talk nonsense with me. I have to go back to Beijing, Guangtian will trouble you." Jiang Baili packed his briefcase and went out to return to Beijing.  When he arrived at the airport, he remembered another thing and pulled Liao Changfeng to take care of him: "You need to be prepared for something. The president has decided to separate the Marine Corps from the Navy. I'm afraid he will ask you to establish a Marine Corps headquarters."

    "The Marine Corps is independent?" Liao Changfeng was shocked and his eyes were sharp: "Should we follow the example of the United States and delegate our command power to the president?" "Yes." Jiang Baili nodded.  Yang Qiu and the General Staff have considered the independence of the Marine Corps for a long time.  As China's overseas territories increase, there will definitely be many overseas missions and even involvement in some regional conflicts in the future.  However, the current constitution stipulates that the use of the three armed forces requires state authorization, so Yang Qiu wants to follow the example of the United States in separating the Marine Corps and the Special Operations Command, and then delegate the power to mobilize these two forces to the president.  This allows external crises to be dealt with quickly without the need for cumbersome congressional authorization.  For this reason, he is also considering transforming the next few Liaoning-class aircraft carriers into amphibious assault ships to avoid the trouble of the Marine Corps needing firepower support from the Navy.

    In fact, this is the model of rapid reaction forces in later countries, and of course it is also a symbol of interventionism.  But because this matter involved the redistribution of power within the army, Jiang Baili said hello to Liao Changfeng in advance.

    It was already afternoon when I returned to Beijing.  After arriving at the President's Office, he saw Yang Qiu and Song Ziqing whispering, and several senior naval officers including Bingwen and Bai Yutang next to him had grimaces on their faces.  "Hey, why is the Navy on holiday today? Hey, Bingwen, why are you looking so grim? It's not long since the year."

    "Principal, please don't be harsh on me." Bingwen had no intention of joking, but Yang Qiu laughed: "I came just in time, I just want to hear your opinions."

    "Why, Yue Peng and Chu Nan are not in Beijing?"

    "Yue Peng went to Guizhou, Zhu Peide and Qin Zhangshu went to Persia, and Liu Mingzhao also went together. He will then go to England to attend the Allied Forces Conference. Chu Nan is worried about Ural, and went to inspect the northwest with Long Yun yesterday."

    "Why is this Yue Zian going to Guizhou so well? What about Yu Lei and Xu Huansheng of the Air Force?"

    "How can they have time? It's almost May. They are busy just doing the bombing plan for Baku and the western part of the Soviet Union." Song Ziqing pulled Jiang Baili to sit next to him, picked up a thick document and stuffed it.  He said to him: "Look at this first." Jiang Baili picked up the document and looked at it, and understood why Bingwen and Bai Yutang had sad faces. It turned out that the naval project was to be abolished.

    After three years of war, the main battlefield was finally transferred to the Mediterranean and the Western Front.  The remaining tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the southeastern peninsula are just a matter of time. The Japanese troops in North Korea are larger in number, but their supplies have been cut off and they can be left to the North Korean side to fight slowly. As for Java Island and Rabaul, there are no landing plans for the time being.  So Yang Qiu finally had time to make a major adjustment to the military and domestic government affairs.  The Navy became the first target of adjustment because the Japanese Combined Fleet has lost most of its combat effectiveness and its current strength far exceeds actual needs.

    "Principal, please say something." Chen Shiying quietly tugged at the corner of his clothes, hoping that he would say a few good words for the navy.  After Jiang Baili read the plan carefully, he shook his head and said: "You guys, don't blame me for talking too much. The president has supported you a lot over the years, so it's time for you to take the initiative to help the president and the country reduce some of the burden. As for the Marines  This is prepared for the future and there is no room for negotiation!" Once these words were spoken, it was tantamount to completely destroying Hainan.As his last hope, Bingwen had no choice but to nod when he saw this: "Then let's listen to the arrangements of the president and the staff."

    Since Beiyang, the stumbling Chinese navy has gone through 60 years of ups and downs. Now it has finally made a breakthrough in the sky. It is understandable to hope that it can get closer.  What's more, this adjustment plan not only requires a significant reduction in the number of naval shipbuilding, but also involves many restrictions such as making the Marine Corps independent and canceling the Navy's long-range bomber force. Therefore, the Ministry of the Navy is not very satisfied with this.

    Yang Qiu didn't mean to blame him. The reform of the military system was the most likely to affect the distribution of interests. As for the shipbuilding plan, it must also be adjusted because the situation is different now. He must give more of his limited manufacturing capacity to the army and air force, and gradually restore people's livelihood.  To expand exports to Europe and the United States, Ma Su must be cut off quickly and tearfully.

    After everyone negotiated item by item, Yang Qiu signed the "Navy Adjustment Act of 1942" and then handed it to Song Ziqing for final review by Congress.  According to this bill, the Navy will expand from the current three fleets to four fleets and a special northern Xinjiang detachment.  The home ports of the First Fleet are located in Qingdao and Ryukyu, with the Northeast Pacific as the main combat area.  The Second Fleet¡¯s home ports are located in Zhoushan and Guam, with the Southwest Pacific as its main combat area.  The Third Fleet is based in Singapore, with the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean as its main theaters.  The new Fourth Fleet will be responsible for combat missions in the Persian Gulf, East Africa and the Red Sea, with its headquarters in Oman.  The Northern Xinjiang Special Detachment is specially designed for the future coastal defense of the Arctic Ocean. There is no clear organization yet. We will wait for future technological development to provide ships and bases that can be deployed in the north for a long time.

    The Marine Corps will officially become independent from the Navy.  All 577 H-7 bombers of the Navy must also be handed over to the Air Force within the year. In the future, the Navy will only retain some special models such as carrier-based aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft, transport aircraft and seaplanes.  This also means that the navy's operational responsibilities will be simpler and clearer.

    In addition to the organization, equipment and wartime shipbuilding plans are the items that have been adjusted the most.

    At present, the navy has a total of 32 aircraft carriers, including 2 "Beihai" class, 3 "Sichuan" class, 6 "Liaoning" class and 21 escort aircraft carriers.  adjusted.  The remaining six Liaoning-class ships will all be suspended. Among them, the four with the highest completion rate will be transformed into "Singapore" class amphibious assault ships that can carry attack aircraft, helicopters and general-purpose landing craft at the same time and handed over to the Marine Corps. The remaining two ships will be suspended.  However, the hull will not be dismantled in case of emergency.  As for the three "Zhejiang-class" aircraft carriers with a standard displacement of 50,000 tons that were started early last year, they will no longer be adjusted, and funds will continue to be allocated to complete them.  After the war ends, the two "Beihai" ships will be immediately transferred to reserve service.  All escort carriers were dismantled or sold, leaving only 14 fleet carriers.

    The battleships remain unchanged, namely 2 "Anhai" class, 4 "Beijing" class and 2 "Shandong" class. The remaining 2 "Shandong" class will be delivered this year and early next year respectively. After the war, 2 "Anhai" will be delivered.  The class was immediately decommissioned and dismantled.

    There are currently 1 "Wuhan" class heavy cruiser, 2 "Taiwan Island" class ships and 7 "Xi'an" class ships. The 3 "Xi'an" class ships with a higher completion rate will be completed.  The remaining 2 and 6 "Heilongjiang" class planned ships have been cancelled.

    There are 3 "Tumenjiang" class light cruisers, 1 "Yangtze River" class, 7 "Xiangjiang" class and 10 "Yarlung Zangbo" class. Among the remaining 8 "Yarlung Zangbo" class, only the first 3 ships have a higher completion rate.  , the last 4 and 8 "Qinghai Lake" class order ships were cancelled.

    There are currently 4 "Changfeng" class destroyers and frigates, 20 "Yongxingdao" class ships, 6 "Taishan" class ships, 71 "Qinling" class ships and 122 "Territorial Sea" class frigates.  The 11 "Qinling" class ships that have been launched will be completed and the rest will be cancelled.  It is also among the 3,700-ton standard-row "Guam" class destroyers that started construction early last year.  In addition to the 17 ships that have been launched and started construction, funds will continue to be allocated to build 13 ships. The remaining 30 order ships and "territorial sea" class frigates have all been cancelled.  After the war, the "Changfeng" class and "Wongxingdao" class will be retired immediately. 60 "Territorial Sea" class frigates will be handed over to the National Guard. The rest will be sold or dismantled, and three planned ships will be cancelled.

    There are currently 132 submarines, of which 52 are of the "Black Shark" class, which is comparable to the XXI class, and all of them will be retained.  Only 12 of the 29 ships that have been started are retained. The rest, except for 4 experimental ships and 10 ocean-going special ships, were all canceled for post-war sale or dismantling.

    Continue to allocate funds to build 15 auxiliary ships, including 2 large icebreakers, 2 submarine cable laying ships and 5 medical supply ships.  The landing ship project will not be reduced for the time being (because it is not 100% certain whether it will eventually land in Japan).  The rest of the fire support ships and other modified ships that are not on the list have also been stopped and immediately moved out of the slipway to make room for urgently needed projects such as wartime standard ships. Those already in service will be processed after the war.

    Dozens of ships that have already started construction, and more than a hundred order ships and planned ships have been cancelled, making the Navy heartbroken.  But Yang Qiu showed no mercy this time. A new generation of strategic bombers, transport aircraft, tanks and other equipment have been finalized.  There is an urgent need to expand production capacity. The wartime standard wheel and industrial product orders from Britain and the United States are of huge benefit. Private economic activities are shrinking. The civilian market urgently needs truck trailers.The production of materials such as pulling machines, as well as national construction, industrial transformation, etc., prompted him to gradually restore people's livelihood and normal economic order as soon as possible, so that the country that was already under heavy pressure after three years of war could transform early.

    After sending away Bingwen and others who looked frustrated, Jiang Baili was about to talk about Guangtian Hongyi. When he saw that Yang Qiu actually asked Miao Luo to pack his things and prepare to go out, he was surprised and said: "President, where are you going?"

    "Go to Guizhou." After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he asked: "By the way, why are you back?"

    "Here, you can see for yourself." Jiang Baili handed the deciphered telegram to Yang Qiu and said in a low voice: "It seems that Hirohito has been too comfortable during this period. I heard that the Soviet Union and Germany have changed his mind about attacking Turkey."

    "Let's talk about it on the plane. Yue Peng is still waiting for me." What surprised Jiang Baili was that Yang Qiu didn't even read the telegram when he took it. He stuffed it in his pocket and pulled him towards the airport
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