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    "Chief of Staff, I will greet the cabinet and the Ministry of National Defense. Starting next year, military spending will begin to tilt towards the navy. The navy will build warships on a large scale and train more talents. The General Staff should pay attention to coordinating the army and navy.  The relationship between them can be competitive, but they cannot form deep hatred like the Japanese army and navy!" Wang Yuze said.  This is what he fears most. The army and navy are undoubtedly the cornerstone of the empire. If the army and navy in Japan try to undermine each other, there will be big trouble.  The current specific situation is like this. There is only so much military expenditure. If the navy is to be expanded, the army's military expenditure will inevitably be compressed. And the army has millions of troops, which requires too much military expenditure.

    "Your Majesty, the Army is currently undergoing a transformation, and the military expenditures required are too much. If it is further reduced, I am afraid it will affect the progress of the transformation!" Xiong Wu said with some embarrassment.  The total military expenditure last year was only 120 million yuan, of which the army accounted for 70% and the navy only 30%.  However, due to the navy's large-scale shipbuilding, Wang Yuze had to allocate a special 100 million yuan among Japan's war reparations.  Otherwise, it will simply not be able to support the Navy's huge shipbuilding plan.

    "Let's do it! Next year's military expenditures will be divided between the army and the navy. The shortfall will be paid for by the war reparations contributed by the Japanese for the time being. However, everyone must pay attention to the fact that there is not much war reparations left!" Wang Yuze reminded.  Although the Japanese paid 200 million pounds in compensation, money was being spent everywhere, and it was really not enough!  Fortunately, there are contributions from the Japanese, otherwise it would be really difficult for the Chinese ** team to develop rapidly.  However, after this money is used up, I am afraid that I will have to live a hard life.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiong Wu said.

    Since last year, the Chinese Army has begun to change its equipment, mainly replacing rifles. The rifles used before were imitation German rifles, 7.92 mm caliber rifles. This kind of rifle has too much recoil and is not suitable for the physique of Easterners.  If used for too long, it will cause certain damage and affect the performance of soldiers.  Therefore, the War Department proposed to replace the rifle with a suitable one for the entire army.

    According to the requirements of the Ministry of War, the arsenal designed a rifle named Type 96 rifle.  The Type 96 rifle has a total length of 1276 mm, a barrel length of 797 mm, a total weight of 4 kg, a caliber of 6.5 mm, a 6.5¡Á55 mm pointed bullet ammunition, a muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second, and an effective range of 1000 meters.  The ammunition method is a five-round magazine with a built-in magazine.  This kind of rifle is very suitable for Eastern soldiers to use, because it abandons the original round-nose rifle bullets and uses new pointed-nose bullets, making it more powerful.

    At the same time, in order to improve the firepower of the infantry squad, the arsenal specially studied a light machine gun, named the Type 96 light machine gun.  The Type 96 light machine gun has a gun length of 1161 mm, a weight of 9.6 kg, a barrel length of 672 mm, a gas-guided automatic mode, a bullet muzzle velocity of 850 meters per second, a sight range of 1500 meters, and a rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute.  The ammunition is a 20-round magazine, using 6.5¡Á55 mm ammunition, which can be used with the Type 96 rifle ammunition.  The equipment of the Type 96 light machine gun will make the Chinese Army's firepower more powerful. At the same time, the unified ammunition caliber can also reduce the pressure on logistics.  I believe that when war breaks out again, the Japanese Army will be greatly shocked.

    "By the way, the 'China-class' battleship is almost completed. Does the Battleship Research Institute have any plans for the next-level battleship?" Wang Yuze asked.  In order to further strengthen the strength of the navy, the subsequent improved battleships of the "China-class" battleships must be built early in order to catch up with the war two years later.  Wang Yuze had a premonition that the Sino-Japanese War two years later would be a life-and-death war. Only one country between China and Japan would be able to survive.  During this period, countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, which cannot tolerate China's rise, are also likely to participate. This is a huge test for China.  Therefore, the navy must build more and larger warships.

    "Your Majesty, I heard Minister Zhang say that the next level of battleship is called the 'Qin-class' battleship. Compared with the 'Zhonghua-class' battleship, there is not much difference in firepower, but the speed and armor will be more powerful. Now  It is still under intense design, and it is expected that the design will not be completed until the end of the year! You have to ask Minister Zhang for the specific situation!" Xiong Wu said.

    "Yeah! I know!" Wang Yuze said.  The four twin-mounted main guns of the "China-class" battleship are already very powerful. If you want to deploy more main guns, it will affect the performance of the battleship in other aspects.  Wang Yuze also once thought about deploying a triple-mounted main gun. However, let alone China, no country in the world has developed a triple-mounted main gun.  In Wang Yuze's memory, it seems that the Austro-Hungarian Empire's "United Forces" class battleship was still the Italian battleship a few years later.?The battleship "Dante" has just begun to adopt a triple-mounted main gun. Although Wang Yuze has already made a request, the naval gun range is still continuing research. It may take several years to equip the triple-mounted main gun.  It's time.  In addition, although the 305mm caliber naval gun is powerful enough, Wang Yuze still hopes to be equipped with a larger caliber naval gun for the "Qin" level combat power. However, China's strength is still unable to reach it, so it can only continue to use 305mm  caliber naval gun.  You know, even the German Navy only used 380 mm caliber naval guns on the "Bavaria-class" battleships more than ten years later, and the British Navy only started building the "Orion-class" battleships in 1909.  343 mm caliber naval gun used.  Perhaps, because of the impact of China taking the lead in building such epoch-making battleships as the "Zhonghua-class" battleship, the development history of battleships will accelerate by a few years, but there is no doubt that the current Chinese navy still only uses mature technologies.  305 mm naval gun.

    "Do you have any other questions? If not, just stop here!" Wang Yuze said.  He has already thought about taking the time to go to the battleship design institute in Dagu, Tianjin before the end of the year to take a detailed look at the design progress of the "Qin-class" battleship, and strive to put this more powerful battleship into service as soon as possible.

    "Your Majesty, there is a call from Hawaii. Now the entire Hawaii is under our control. However, there are too few Chinese in Hawaii, only tens of thousands. And there are more than 30,000 Japanese, which will seriously affect us.  of local rule. Commodore Huang Zhiming proposed whether the Japanese could be expelled from Hawaii!" Xiong Wu said.

    "Follow what they want! Tell Queen Liliuokalani and drive away all the Japanese in Hawaii! However, you have to give a decent reason!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Yes, Your Majesty! Please leave!" Xiong Wu and Wu Tingfang then said goodbye and left.  However, they all felt a little heavy. After learning about Wang Yuze's strategic intentions, they all felt tremendous pressure.  If it wins, China will certainly be able to soar into the sky, but if it fails, China's rise may be interrupted.

    "Chief of Staff, tell me the truth, is it possible for the Emperor's strategic intentions to be realized?" After leaving the palace, Wu Tingfang grabbed Xiong Wu and asked.  He still felt that Wang Yuze's actions were too crazy.

    "Master Wu, please rest assured. As for the navy, we are very sure that we will win. As for the army, you can rest assured that even if the navy is defeated, the army will be enough to guarantee our homeland security!" Xiong Wu said with great certainty.

    "That's good, then I'll be relieved!" Wu Tingfang was completely relieved.

    Hawaii time, on the morning of the 19th, Brigadier General Huang Zhiming, commander of the Hawaii base, received a telegram from the General Staff. The content of the telegram was very simple, which was to agree with them to take action to expel the Japanese on Hawaii Island.

    "Come here, go and ask Brigadier Peng to come to me right away!" Huang Zhiming said excitedly.

    "Yes, Commander!" the guard immediately rushed to inform.  Brigadier Peng is Brigadier General Peng Jiantong, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Chinese Marine Corps. The main defense of Oahu and Kauai will be the responsibility of the 3rd Marine Brigade for the time being. In the future, a base will be specially established in Hawaii.  The defense force is responsible for the operation of ports and coastal defense facilities.  The 3rd Marine Brigade will become a dedicated offensive force.  However, Huang Zhiming's plan now requires the cooperation of the third brigade.

    Within half an hour, Brigadier General Peng Jiantong arrived at Huang Zhiming¡¯s office in Pearl Harbor.

    "Commander Huang! Peng Jiantong reports!" Peng Jiantong greeted. Although the two have the same military rank, Huang Zhiming, as the commander of the Hawaii base, has a higher status.

    "Commander Peng, please come in quickly!" Huang Zhiming quickly invited Peng Jiantong into the office.

    "I don't know if Commander Huang asked me to come. What's the matter?" Peng Jiantong asked straight to the point.

    "That's it, Brigadier Peng. The General Staff has agreed to my plan, so the third brigade's cooperation is needed!" Huang Zhiming said.

    "Oh? Well, Commander Huang, if you have any requests, just ask him!" Peng Jiantong said.  He also knew that Huang Zhiming planned to expel all the more than 30,000 Japanese in Hawaii.  He had no objection to this.  Since the General Staff has agreed, he can just carry out the order. Anyway, he has no good impression of these Japanese.  After driving away the Japanese, the Chinese were able to allocate more land for plantations and the like.

    "Okay! Brigadier Peng asked the troops of the Third Brigade to prepare for action tonight!" Huang Zhiming said excitedly.

    That night, at 1 o'clock in the morning, there was a huge explosion in Pearl Harbor, and a big hole was blown out of a Chinese Navy transport ship., and on the dock, a Japanese body was left.

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