Chapter 354: Come for you

"Long time no see, Brother Weiting!"

"I dare not, General Guo, why are you..."

Perhaps because of his return home, Yuan Shikai also had some understanding of international news. In recent years, Tangzhou has developed more and more rapidly. Resources, electricity, machinery manufacturing and other industries and commerce have developed very quickly. Changan Bank has become one of the largest banks in the United States and is dominant in the west. With the development of Tangzhou's economy, it naturally has to radiate its influence outward. The most famous of these is that more than three years ago, the Central Pacific Railway Company was not well managed due to problems among shareholders, and thus opened the curtain that the transportation in the western United States was controlled by Tangzhou. After that, Tangzhou carried out a large-scale electrification transformation of the western railway in the name of transportation upgrades, and while upgrading the railway, it was along the railway line.

They bought land to build new roads... Not to mention what benefits Tangzhou itself was, a large number of projects brought a large number of job opportunities to the west, and Tangzhou's influence in the west became increasingly huge. For this reason, the newly appointed President Benjamin Harrison was extremely worried. In the end, he forced Tangzhou's first leader, Guo Jinzhang, to remove him from his position as commander-in-chief of the Red Corps, and incorporated the Tangzhou Development and Reform Commission, which had always been led by Guo Jinzhang into the Tangzhou Legislature... As compensation, Harrison had to grant Guo Jinzhang the title of general of the Army through the National Congress. As a result, Guo Jinzhang became the highest-level general of the US Federal Army. However, Guo Jinzhang did not stop there. Harrison attacked him and he also fought back.

After being forced to remove the position of commander-in-chief of the Red Corps, Guo Jinzhang suddenly proposed to conduct a military confrontation exercise within the US Army as his own Army... This proposal put the US government in an extremely tense situation. President Harrison even was strongly questioned by members of Congress for this, because everyone thought that Guo Jinzhang's military confrontation exercise was likely to be a preview of Tangzhou's rebellion. The reason why Tangzhou had such an idea was definitely because of Harrison's excessive pressure on Guo Jinzhang. After all, in the past decade, Guo Jinzhang has never shown any hostility to the US government, at most he was just a little wary. Moreover, the other party has helped the government a lot within the scope of his own acceptance... But now Harrison still dislikes others and thinks about dealing with them at any time. Then do you think they are vegetarians? Now, the other party suddenly takes on force.

Confrontation, although it is just an exercise, who knows what the exercise will suddenly turn into? In addition to the MPs, the military generals of the government are also very worried. Because the Federal Army is far from being a rival to the Red Corps in any aspect at present. This is not the officers who underestimate themselves. It is actually a kind of fear of mechanized troops after watching the "performance" of the Red Corps in Canada. Who is not afraid of artillery that can advance at a speed of dozens of kilometers per hour? Although many people have thought of using existing means to deal with such enemies, but after thinking about it, they can only temporarily ambush or use cavalry. But the problem is that ambush can definitely wait for the enemy? As for the cavalry... please, who doesn't know that the Red Corps has always advocated the principle of firepower first? No matter how powerful the cavalry is, do you dare to face other people's machine gun array?

However, no matter what you think, the dignified national government cannot say that it is afraid of a local regime. Isn’t that just cheering Tangzhou up? In that case, I’m afraid that Guo Jinzhang would have no rebellious intentions to have such thoughts. Therefore, the US government finally agreed to this request and chose the location in Idaho, on the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountain.

Afterwards, no surprise, the Federal Army was defeated in a confrontation exercise of only more than 3,000 people in this battle. In this battle, the Red Corps had not even used their legendary mechanized artillery and completed the battle with just ordinary infantry.

Later, Guo Jinzhang depreciated the existence value of the Federal Army to the media. His vicious words made the Federal Army feel embarrassed and angry from top to bottom. But no matter how shy or angry, when facing this guy who had defeated him several times, the relevant personnel of the Federal Army had no choice but to even have the intention to meet Guo Jinzhang. Why? He is an admiral, and you have to salute him first when you see him. If Guo Jinzhang is in a good mood, he may still listen to you. He is in a bad mood and scolds you from beginning to end. Who said that he has a high military rank? However, Guo Jinzhang's purpose is not just to wipe out the face of the Federal Army and the government. After several months of scolding, Guo Jinzhang suddenly rushed to Washington and submitted a bill to Congress in his personal name: establish a Joint Chiefs of Staff!

Guo Jinzhang believes that the federal army, not only the army, but also the navy. Especially since the Civil War, as the strength of the US team has increased, joint military operations between the army and the navy have become drastically difficult. The joint operations of the army and the navy are not supported in either planning or implementation. He also gave an example. In the battle against San Diego in the Caribbean campaign, the army and the navy each had different military goals. The Navy regarded the action as a limited operation aimed at occupying the fort at the entrance of the harbor, while the Army authorized its commanders to cameras between attacking the fortress or rushing to San Diego.

Acting. As a result, because of these two orders, there was a serious disagreement between the commanders of the army and naval commanders at that time. In the end, after the army landed, it ignored the navy and penetrated into the mainland along the road from Xibo to Santiago... Although the army was lucky enough to encounter the Spaniards without resistance and easily occupied Santiago. However, Guo Jinzhang believed that it was still an extremely serious problem, an issue that was very likely to pose a huge threat to the US team at some time in the future. Therefore, it was necessary to establish a Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy, formulate a joint combat plan, and resolve conflicts between the services.

This proposal encountered huge resistance in Congress, but it resonated quite a lot among the generals of the Army and Navy. Among them, the Ode to Roosevelt, appointed by Harrison, was the most supportive.

Then, there was a marathon debate that lasted for months.

Finally, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was approved for formation. However, this meeting did not have the power to issue orders to the U.S. military. The president would issue orders to commanders through the Department of War, which could completely bypass the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The primary responsibility of this meeting was to ensure the preparation, policy, planning and training of the military personnel for the service, combat commanders and use them, and provide military advice to the U.S. President. In addition, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would also be the chief military adviser to the U.S. President. However, although there is no direct power to mobilize the military, it can serve as such an important consultant. In addition to the National Security Council, which includes the U.S. President and other non-Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Chiefs of Staff became the second key body for formulating U.S. affairs policies.

Guo Jinzhang is the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to legend, Harrison and others originally planned to exclude him from this important agency. Because the US President and the members of the National Security Council are civilian officials, and although there is also a Secretary of War, the Secretary of War is basically not subordinate to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, especially the responsibilities of the Secretary of War are more reflected in wars. Therefore, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff became the highest military chief of the American armed forces in general. Whether it is Harrison or others, they obviously do not want a yellow man to get this position. But the problem is that Guo Jinzhang won in the end.

This is a miracle.

Although he only stayed in this position for a year, this was a miracle. Most importantly, during his tenure, he carried out large-scale transformation of the US Army, formed more tightly organized regular troops, abolished militias, transformed reserves and National Guards, eliminated cavalry, formed mechanized troops, etc. In addition to the army, as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he once again promoted the naval expansion plan formulated by President Cleveland during his tenure, and directly led to the emergence of the US Navy, which is now ranked second in the world.

Afterwards, Guo Jinzhang "retired" at the age of 30!

But this made Harrison and others even more nervous. Because of rumors, Guo Jinzhang might replace Li Asheng and serve as the supreme leader of the Tangzhou government on his own. But this concern did not come true. Li Asheng ended his second term as governor at the end of 1892. After elections, this position was replaced by Xi Changshou, who once presided over the canal project in Panama, while Li Asheng replaced Bu Ping as the Speaker of the Tangzhou Assembly and the Director of the Development and Reform Commission. Guo Jinzhang's name did not appear on the list of relevant institutions in Tangzhou, and seemed to have retired.

But Yuan Shikai did not expect that he actually saw this guy again today. Although he gained a little weight, he promised that he had read it right. This guy was Guo Jinzhang.

"You want to ask me why I suddenly came to the Qing Dynasty, right?"

Guo Jinzhang looked at Yuan Shikai with a smile, but he just shook his head. The legendary Yuan Datou is a big fat man, but now he is just a little fat. Obviously, his arrangement a few years ago has changed many things to a certain extent.

"Haha, General Guo is here, and the whole province of Shandong is full of glory. That, let's not talk about anything else, I'll introduce it to you..." Yuan Shikai had a lot of things to say to Guo Jinzhang, because when he was in Tangzhou, he was the best-affiliated of the four officers. Over the years, Tangzhou's support for him was obvious to all. He believed that the relationship between the two sides was excellent, and he and Guo Jinzhang should be friends. However, considering that there was an old man standing behind him, he had to hold back all his words first and give up the old man first. However, he ignored Guo Jinzhang's temperament. As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the general open his hands and hugged Li Hongzhang with a smile:

"Hahaha, Lao Li, long time no see, are you okay with your body?"

"Slowly..." Li Hongzhang was shocked by Guo Jinzhang's enthusiasm. When he saw the other party's look of a bear hug, he was so scared that he retreated repeatedly. He smiled bitterly as he retreated: "Mr. Guo, you also know that my body is not good enough and I can't stand your trouble... I'd better avoid it."

"You old guy, just boring." Guo Jinzhang looked at the old-fashioned Li Hongzhang, shook his head and said unhappily.

"Haha, it's better to be uninterested than to suffer." Li Hongzhang smiled bitterly again. He and Guo Jinzhang had a lot of correspondence in recent years, but they had some friendship. A few years ago, when he arrived in Tangzhou, he had already seen Guo Jinzhang's enthusiasm. How could this boy have a little leader's demeanor? When he saw him the first time, he almost hugged him with a bear hug and ran away. Later, he realized that it was Guo Jinzhang's revenge for his intentional obstruction of Tangzhou immigration over the past few years. And it didn't count if he hugged him once. Guo Jinzhang later told him in person and asked him to hug him again, and he gave him two ships to Beiyang... Li Hongzhang had never seen such a person? Although he didn't sway his sleeves and left him for face, he refused. However, Guo Jinzhang did not take any more. Although he didn't hug him again, he finally gave him two ships. It made people laugh and cry.

What is unforgettable is that the two ships are actually cargo ships... What does the Beiyang Navy want the cargo ship? It doesn't take a 10,000-ton class, right? In the end, he had to secretly invite experts and technicians from Tangzhou to transform them into two cruisers at the Mawei Shipyard in Fujian. For this reason, he also paid a considerable price and had to owe Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, although the two ships were not easy to get, and even just were transformed warships, Li Hongzhang was extremely happy. Because these were the only two 10,000-ton class warships of the Beiyang Navy, which were even larger than the two treasures of the two military warships in Dingyuan and Zhenyuan. The most important thing is that Guo Jinzhang asked Tangzhou experts to transform these two ships into battle cruisers... This is the nemesis of the cruiser. And in the Far East, besides Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, where are there any battleships?

"I said Jin Zhang, you have become more and more amazing over the years. Why are you arrogant?" First, he said hello to Yuan Shikai, and then Li Hongzhang. Guo Jinzhang's actions made Liu Tongfu's face almost so slight that water drips out of water.

"Shaped? Hehe, you dare not dare to look down on your uncle Liu. It's been more than ten years, but you have the courage to go back to Tangzhou to try..." Guo Jinzhang rolled his eyes: "Brother, I'm so anxious when I waited for my wife. Why don't you tell me an explanation first?"

"That's because you have a high vision, why do you blame me?" It's okay if you don't say this, but when you talk about this, Liu Tongfu suddenly got into a sting on the spot. "M, for you, are you suffering less and suffering for you? You left your hometown alone... You guys say, are you worthy of me? You guys, you guys, lieutenant generals, major generals, governors, and speakers in front of me? I'm now a black household!"

"You're so bad! Are you embarrassed to say? How many people wanted to rush to change with you? You didn't change yourself? The tasks have not improved for several consecutive years. Who can you blame? I didn't support you, or everyone didn't support you? I tightened my belt to provide you with funds, what should you do if anyone lost?" Guo Jinzhang also turned his face, "Think about it yourself, how many people stayed in Seattle have relaxed? How many people have the task lighter than you? Li Asheng, you always wanted to compete with him for the governor, but do you know that when he first took office, it was common for people to dislike each other for days and nights; Chu Si, stayed in Alaska in the snow all year round, he didn't suffer? Zhao Dachang,

He led the soldiers to train, and he could get stuck in his house in a few times a year. When he was hitting Canada, he almost got a shrapnel off his skull. Zhou Xiaoding and Zhu Chuliu hid in a tropical rainforest full of poisonous insects and beasts with thousands of brothers. He could get poisoned and burped. Jian Wang, who led a few people to New York and was accidentally shot by someone. He was living a good life? Xi Changshou and Zhou Zhenglin stayed in Panama for nearly ten years. And Agui, from not even adding more than ten, to being able to sail around the world today, he suffered less?... Are you not convinced? Do you believe it or not, say another word, I will beat your mother so hard that she can't recognize you?"

"I……"

"What am I? You have the best prospect!" Cheng Degui walked out from behind Guo Jinzhang, staring at Liu Tongfu gloomyly, "Wife and children are warm on the kang, you have lived a good life for several years before our buddies. What else do you want? If you don't agree? If you don't agree, go back and see who is better than you?"

"I didn't say anything, I haven't seen you for so many years..." Liu Tongfu suddenly wiped his tears and his voice burst into tears: "M, you are so frustrated, aren't you frustrated? More than ten years, how many decades have you been in your life? No one has come back to see me, and Uncle Qian also got back early in the morning, an old person who is unfaithful..."

"It turns out that there are too many good days, and there is no future for him." Guo Jinzhang gently wiped the corners of his eyes, suddenly stepped forward, raised his legs and kicked, "What kind of cat pee? If you have something to do, let's talk about it. M, are you ready for the place where I live?"

"Not prepared." Liu Tongfu rolled his eyes, "I don't know you're coming. This time I'm here to see Agui."

"I'll live in your house if I'm not ready."

"Then where do I live?"

"When you are worried, you can take your wife to live there. Anyway, it's not that you haven't lived there, so just review the past and learn the new."

"Hey, I said you boy..."

"Ahem..."

The old friends who had been together for more than ten years had not met each other and wanted to see a good show, but unexpectedly they first cursed and then sneered. Li Hongzhang was unexpected, but had to come forward to stop him. After all, they were receiving the Dabai Fleet this time, and the main owner was still there.

...

"I received a telegram and heard that you guys went to Japan first. What do you want to do?"

Things got back on track. Although they were very curious about Guo Jinzhang, Liu Buchan and others still had to receive Major General Thomas first, while Li Hongzhang and Liu Tongfu accompanied Guo Jinzhang to leave Weihaiwei... These three people are all big names at present, and even Yuan Shikai was not qualified to follow them, so they could only run to get close to Cheng Degui with their curiosity about Guo Jinzhang's trip. However, it was not only him who was curious. After seeing Guo Jinzhang sitting in the sedan chair outside the port, Liu Tongfu couldn't help but bring his sedan chair over.

"Why am I? It's not for you!"

"I?"

!#
Chapter completed!