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"Hehe, Brother Xie Jizhi." Fang Zida smiled and nodded. But he had a bad heart. Zhang Jian has always been incompatible with Ziji, so why is he so easy to talk to today?

Before Fang Zida could figure it out, Minister of Defense Duan Zhigui spoke: "Zheng Ming and Ji Zhi's words are good words, and I empathize with it as Minister of National Defense. Since the founding of the Republic of China, our Chinese soldiers have been much stronger than the Qing Dynasty that year. Especially in recent years, the reorganization of the National Defense Forces has made the army's combat effectiveness rapidly improve. This is an irrefutable fact. Otherwise, the little guys would not have stopped so easily and signed a ceasefire agreement with us with a slight face."

As Duan Zhigui finished speaking, everyone laughed. Speaking of the Sino-Japanese armistice, this is the first battle in foreign wars since the founding of the Republic of China. Although this battle was decided, the Japanese forced the Japanese to sign the armistice agreement and it was extremely exciting for the Chinese people. This is also the victory of the National Defense Forces after the reorganization. As a Chinese, especially a member of the cabinet, who is not proud of this?

After the laughter subsided, Duan Zhigui said again: "But then again, I am a leader of the army. Is this army elite? Is it possible to fight? Is it not only the command ability of the generals, but more importantly the quality of the soldiers. Although our country's defense force can conquer and fight, don't forget the iron-clad soldiers! If you don't advance, you will retreat. Ruguoméiyou's solid reserve force will decline within three to five years. So I think it's better to implement this reserve system as soon as possible..."

As he said that Fang Zida seemed to be speaking, Duan Zhigui quickly smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about Zhengming. In fact, I am also qingchu. This matter is not urgent, and it will be counterproductive if it is urgent. However, in my opinion, can we implement the reserve system first in some areas? For example, these economically developed difāngs in coastal areas, so that the retired and laid-off soldiers will not put too much pressure on difāngs. Moreover, the constitutional foundation for these areas is much better than that inland provinces. Let's take the point to lead the whole, gradually promote it, and strive to implement it nationwide for ten years. How about?"

"Okay! Xiangyan said so much!" Zhang Jian immediately applauded and said something more: "In this way, we can adjust and sever all the troops in these difāng, so that the two are not wrong and conflicting with each other, and they are all resolved. It's amazing! It's amazing!"

As the Chief of Staff, Wang Shizhen nodded slightly, thinking Duan Zhigui's plan sounded feasible. Later, Zhang Zongxiang, Cai Yuanpei and others also agreed.

At this point, Fang Zida suddenly realized that after a long time, they planned to cut off Ziji's troops under the guise of promoting reserve. First, the people below threw out a proposal to promote reserve, and then Zhang Jian took the lead and led Fang Zida's words. Then, they turned around to the reasons why Fang Zida opposed and cleverly turned this into this.

These people are really easy to plot! Fang Zida squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Jian, Duan Zhigui, Zhang Zongxiang, Cai Yuanpei and Wang Shizhen, thinking about who is the main and who is the second.

Especially although Wang Shizhen expressed his support for Duan Zhigui, his attitude showed his recognition of Duan Zhigui's proposal. This accident made Fang Zida feel shocked. Duan Zhigui shimeshihou pulled Wang Shizhen over? Could it be that Duan Qirui, who was hidden behind the scenes, could not take action? However, Wang Shizhen's always character and style should not be like this.

Fang Zida was not convenient to object directly. Bijing's suggestion was based on the question he had just raised. Ruguo Fang Zida's rebuttal was probably slapping Ziji in the face. In a hurry, he quickly winked at Cao Rulin sitting opposite him, and Cao Rulin was also very clever and immediately mingbáied Fang Zida's meaning.

"Everyone, Cao thought it was good to implement the reserves in part, and this plan was feasible. However, the garrisons in the coastal areas are newly trained troops in recent years. Is it a pity to cut the ruguo? It would be better to start with other difāng first."

"Where are other difāng? Where? Shaanxi? Northeast? Or southwest?" Duan Zhigui shook his head and said, "Not to mention that these areas have to station a large number of troops to maintain stability, and from the local economic foundation, it is impossible to bear the reduction of multiple military troops at once. Once forced to implement it, something may happen. Didn't Zheng Ming say it before? Because of this, I finally feel that it is still a coastal area, especially Shandong and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, which are the most selected."

"But the European War is still the same. Our Chinese expeditionary force to Europe is in a state of war. We will send more reinforcements at any time. The defense force parts compiled by Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces are all being planned to be dispatched. In this way, we should implement the reserve and layoff plans with them as our goal, Cao thought it was too inappropriate."

"Haha, General Cao is the Chief of Foreign Affairs. Although he is proficient in diplomacy, he does not understand military affairs. That's right, in the original Ministry of National Defense plan, most of the troops of these four provinces were reserve forces to Europe, but I'm afraid General Cao is not yet qingchu. Just a few days ago, the Ministry of National Defense received a report on the battle situation of the European Expeditionary Force. After joint analysis by the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff, it decided to suspend the dispatch of the Expeditionary Force. With the current strength and scale of the Expeditionary Force, it is enough to deal with European wars. Even if the battle situation changes in the future, it is not too late to prepare at Shihou."

After hearing Duan Zhigui say this, Cao Rulin's face looked a little ugly, and he stood up and scolded, "Why don't Cao, I, what Xiangyan said? Why didn't the Ministry of National Defense file with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"

"According to the process, it only takes three days to register. Today happens to be the third day. Did Brother Runtian just say this?" Duan Zhigui replied with a smile.

Cao Rulin was slightly stunned, feeling uncomfortable in his stomach. Unexpectedly, Duan Zhigui was playing a rogue with Ziji and talking about the rules of the shime process. He was so angry that he immediately asked: "It's not too late to learn from Kasumi Island Road Shime before? Isn't this a joke? The war is changing rapidly, so where is it so careless? Don't you, the Minister of Defense?"

"Mingbái, it's because of mingbái that Duan said so." Duan Zhigui narrowed his eyes and asked, "Brother Runtian said that the war has changed rapidly, but have you ever thought about méiyou? How far is Europe from our country? How many shijiān should our country send troops? 2 months! It will take 2 months from departure to final assembly to the best success!" Duan Zhigui stretched out his two fingers and shook his eyes: "In the past February, even if there is any war in Shime, it has become an old thing. Moreover, this war is a war between the Westerners. Our country only needs to fulfill some obligations. Can we still fill all our defense forces as cannon fodder?"

"What you said...!" Cao Rulin's face turned pale and he was about to refute. Song Jiaoren, who had not spoken at this time, spoke.

"Okay! Sit down."
Chapter completed!