Chapter Thirty: Taking Down Guangxi's Soldiers and Launching a Counterattack

  March 3, 1921

  Early this morning, Chen Shao hastily summoned all his subordinates to the base for a meeting, including managers from various companies and high-level personnel from Longteng Group, as well as senior officials from the People's Military.

  Today, a map of GX Province was hung on the wall of the conference room. Moreover, there is also a sand table of GX Province's terrain next to the conference table.

  The current Longteng Group has expanded several times and established many subsidiaries, making it a truly large group. Qinghe Company is responsible for the production and management of all civilian goods, Steel Company manages all steel mills, Far Ocean Transportation Company is in charge of managing all transportation vehicles, including road and sea transportation. The Power Company is responsible for managing power transmission and building its own hydroelectric and thermal power plants, which is also a requirement of Chen Shao, as relying solely on magnetic energy reactors is not feasible. There is also the newly established Passenger Transport Company, which can now produce its own buses and has opened many routes. The Petroleum Company manages all oil wells and refineries, and establishes gas stations, with many merchants coming to Qinghe Village to purchase goods, and some buying trucks in Qinghe Village, making it necessary to establish gas stations. The Automobile Company is responsible for selling civilian cars, and a new model of civilian sedan has started production, mainly sold to Europe and the United States, but also having many domestic buyers, gradually establishing its own brand internationally. Road and Bridge Company...

  Military equipment does not belong to the company's management, but is uniformly managed by the Equipment Department of the Chinese People's Military, with Chen Shao himself as the minister. This is also why Chen Shao controls the weapons and equipment from flowing out. The high-level management inside are all spies, for the biochemical people, there is absolutely no problem of betrayal. This is also the reason why Chen Shao feels at ease letting spies manage the production and storage of weapons.

  After everyone arrived, Chen Shao, dressed in military attire, appeared in the conference room, nodded to everyone and said: "The meeting will now begin. Please report last month's production value." He took the report handed over by Wang Jie and looked at it.

  Steel company general manager: 'Last month's steel production reached 1.5 million tons, up 5% from January. However, the remaining reserves of Qinghe Village Iron Mine are not much, only enough for half a year of mining before depletion.'

  The general manager of the shipping company said: 'Last month, our company added four 10,000-ton cargo ships to the fleet, and now the total tonnage of the entire shipping company's fleet has reached 1 million tons. The land transportation department owns 500 large and small trucks. Last month, the company's total revenue was 2 million yuan after deducting expenses.'

  The general manager of the power company said: 'Last month we started building a hydropower station on the already selected large rivers, and it is expected to be fully completed by the end of the year. At that time, the total power generation capacity of our entire industrial zone will reach **** billion kilowatts, which can fully meet the electricity demand of a province.'

  Qinghe Company General Manager: 'Last month we produced a total of various civilian goods...'

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  When all the companies had finished speaking, Chen Shao finally spoke up: "I'm very satisfied, and I also hope that everyone will work harder for the group. Now I have one more thing to announce: starting from next month, all employees' salaries will increase by 10%. After you leave, spread the news, okay? Now all non-military personnel can leave first."

  "Yes," said the managers of nearly a dozen companies at the same time, and then they all walked out one by one.

  "Now let's hold a military meeting. Our People's Army has grown and developed, so before the meeting, I'd like to announce one thing: we will establish the Third Division of the Chinese People's Army, with Huang Bai as its commander. The reserve division will start recruiting new soldiers, this expansion will consist of three reserve divisions, and each of the three division commanders will concurrently serve as the commander of a reserve division. The total number of personnel in the three reserve divisions is set at 80,000 people. The organization of the Third Division will be the same as that of the First and Second Divisions. At the same time, the entire People's Army will undergo a three-day intensive training exercise. Three days later, all weapons and ammunition will be issued, and the air force must also inspect their planes and be ready to launch an attack at any time." Chen Shao said with a serious face.

  "Are you saying we're going to take down GX Province?" Wang Yunshan was the first to speak up.

  Chen Shao: 'Not bad, now is the time, the site is too small, development has been restricted.'

  Jiang Baili: 'What reason will that official use to occupy GX Province, so as to have a just cause for sending troops and avoid being gossiped about.'

  "The reason is that Li Zongren led his troops to attack me, and this reason alone is enough!"

  Ts'ai O: 'How can Li Tsung-jen come back and attack us? It's unreasonable!'

  "Good wine makes a man's face red, gold can stir the heart of the Tao, money can make ghosts grind grain, nothing is impossible in this world. Li Zongren has been eyeing our business for a long time and wanted to get a share of it, but I rejected him every time. I think he has been holding a grudge against me, but didn't dare to act rashly because he doesn't know our true situation. I have received reliable intelligence that Li Zongren's three regiments will set out in a few days and head straight for us."

  Kong Wenhong: 'Logically speaking, Li Zongren shouldn't be unaware of our strength. Even if he doesn't know much, he should at least have some idea. Why would he take the initiative to provoke us?'

  "It's not that he didn't know, he was very clear, so he dared to come, because the intelligence he knew was all let out by me. What Ji Si said is quite right, Li Zongren did send many spies to Huashi County, but they haven't found anything yet, and were discovered by the spies, and some even directly defected to Chen Shaojie's side, Chen Shao told them to often pass on messages to Li Zongren, but the information was all false."

  "Not bad, so this time we must make good preparations, not only to annihilate the invading enemy, but also to directly occupy the entire GX province, and also include Maoming and Zhanjiang in Guangdong into our territory. However, this is an internal war, for enemies who can be surrendered, try to surrender as much as possible. After all, those who die are still Chinese people. The General Staff will immediately draft a battle plan, and each division commander will return to reorganize the troops. Dismissed."

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  Nanning Military Governor's Office, a lieutenant colonel rushed into Li Zongren's office.

  Report.

  Come in.

  "Commander, according to reliable information from internal sources, there are now thousands of large and small factories surrounding Huashi County, with some being quite large in scale. Every day, trucks come and go incessantly. After repeated confirmation, it has been found that there is less than one division of troops stationed here, and they are all just infantrymen. The first batch of graduates from the military academy have also joined the army, but they are all young people. Cai E and Chiang Kai-shek do not have any troops under their command. Commander, your opportunity has arrived."

  "Hum! A small-time Chen Shao, still trying to do business, in the end it's all mine, Li Mouren's. Cai E, Cai E, I thought you two were here to take over my territory, but it seems you really plan to quit the military world. By then, the students at the military academy will be mine, looks like I have to thank you two for cultivating officers for me!! Haha!!!!"

  "General, can we give the order for the troops to set out now?"

  "Alright, order three regiments to disguise themselves as bandits and set out, being careful to conceal themselves along the way, then launch a surprise attack on them. By that time, we can take over the factories and military schools in the area under the pretext of suppressing bandits. I think even Cai E and Chiang Kai-shek won't say anything."

  "Yes, General, I will pass down the order."

  Wait.

  "Tell them to pay attention and don't mess up those factories for me, they'll be ours in the future, and also don't harm the factory employees, that's all, you can go now."

  Yes.

  Seeing the principal leave, Li Zongren thought to himself: Chen Shao, you think you're something, don't you? You've managed to get some real estate, and you've even got Cai E and Chiang Kai-shek building a military school with you, but you still don't put me in your eyes. And if you really have the ability, you'd be able to stay hidden there. Aren't you fond of suppressing bandits? This time I'll give you a big gift - three divisions, over 20,000 bandits, haha!

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  Chen Shao took over the intelligence handed over by Wang Jie and said after reading it: "Ask all the regimental commanders to come to a meeting."

  Yes.

  Inside the base conference room

  "Now Li Zongren's three divisions have set out, Li Zongren has a good plan, the three divisions disguised as bandits, when the time comes he will pretend to suppress bandits and get two birds with one stone, what a beautiful idea, what plan does the General Staff have?" Chen Shaoyi sneered and said.

  "Sir, the plan from the general staff is to have the 3rd Division annihilate the enemy that has come to attack us, and for the 1st and 2nd Divisions to launch a full-scale assault by battalion units. The 1st Division will be responsible for attacking Nanning, while the 2nd Division will take advantage of the opportunity to occupy several cities around us. Two regiments from the 3rd Division will then rush towards Guangdong, one regiment will follow up and assist the 1st and 2nd Divisions in taking down GX Province. The armored brigade and heavy artillery brigade will provide support to the three divisions, while the air force will serve as a supporting force. This time, the navy has no tasks." Chiang Baili stood up and said slowly.

  "Alright, let's do it this way. Also, pay attention to one thing: if we can persuade them to surrender, we should try our best to do so. If not, we'll have to make use of our firepower advantage. Everyone get ready and the troops will depart on schedule this afternoon."

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  P.S: Some characters will be allowed to disappear naturally, so as not to be too serious, everyone should not take it too seriously.