On June 5, in the provincial capital of Jiangning, Sun Xiangyang, the Privy Councilor of Prince Black Mountain Fort and Prime Minister of the Principality of Black Mountain Fort, and Governor Chakson signed an agreement. On behalf of the Emperor of the Empire, Governor Chakson transferred the jurisdiction of Jiangning Province to the Principality of Black Mountain Fort.
There is currently no emperor in the empire who is supported by the entire empire, and no one knows who the emperor represented by Governor Chakson is.
Jiangning people wholeheartedly support the surrender of Heishan Principality, because Heishan City was originally Jiangning Province, and the changes in the past few years are simply enviable. Just looking at the surface, all kinds of high-rise buildings have sprung up, and the internal changes are even more desirable. Moreover, the income of Heishan people is far higher than the average level of Jiangning provincial capital.
After Governor Chuckson signed the document, he left Jiangning secretly.
Sun Xiangyang, the Prime Minister of the Black Mountain Fort Principality, was originally the leader of the Sunflower Party in Beiguan, Donghai.
The Sunflower Party has some extreme Central Asian nationalist ideas, but Mr. Sun has a gentle temperament, and when Lu Ming was in Beiguan, he received his full support.
Before the establishment of the Principality of Black Mountain Castle, Lu Ming personally met with Sun Xiangyang and invited him to serve as the Prime Minister of the Principality's Cabinet.
Prime Minister Sun did manage the cabinet affairs in an orderly manner.
For example, the various preferential laws to attract Eastern Alliance investors to invest in the Northern Territory were all worked out by Prime Minister Sun, cabinet members, and various expert consultants. Lu Ming was extremely satisfied with them and only made minor changes.
In the East China Sea, the Montenegrin representative office has bought a lot of advertisements and started to promote the bright prospects of investing in the Northern Territory.
At the same time, the Principality of Montenegro also underwent a series of administrative changes.
The two prefectures of Jiangbei Wanzhou and Nanping, which originally belonged to the Heishan Special Zone, were incorporated into the Jiangning Autonomous Province.
The Heishanbao area only retains the three original cities of Heishan City, Longhe City and Jingyang City.
At the same time, the Jiangning Autonomous Province was changed to Zhili Province, which was directly governed by Prince Heishanbao.
In Anshan Province, in addition to the North Black Mountain Autonomous Region, two more regions were established.
On the Anshan battlefield, the Principality of Montenegro not only recovered the new Japanese territory, but also some of the originally independent and semi-independent provinces also changed their flags and surrendered.
Today, the new Japanese territories and the seven newly surrendered provinces are divided into the Andong Autonomous Region and the Anbei Autonomous Region.
In Haixi, excluding the six prefectures handed over to the ally Longbei Province, there is a population of about 10 million.
The Haixi region occupied by the Principality of Montenegro was divided into three territories: Xiangping Autonomous Region, Xiangbei Autonomous Region and Xiangxi Autonomous Region.
In this way, the Principality of Montenegro owned the Montenegro Castle Region, Zhili Province, Zhenjiang Autonomous Province, Northern Montenegro Autonomous Region, Andong Autonomous Region, Anbei Autonomous Region, Xiangping Autonomous Region, Xiangbei Autonomous Region, and Xiangxi Autonomous Region.
In this way, the principality has nine administrative regions, including six territories, two provinces and one district.
Each administrative region has a population of nearly 10 million, with a total population of more than 90 million, which is equivalent to the Kingdom of Japan.
However, there is a lot of work to be done and the Northern Territory is extremely poor and in urgent need of economic development.
Moreover, most regions had just returned to the principality, and it was not easy to integrate all kinds of new and old ideas, new and old forces, plus many warlords of all sizes who had changed their flags.
Except for Zhili Province, the Prince of Black Mountain Castle sent a governor as his representative to each autonomous province and dominion, who, together with the prime minister of the territory, was in charge of local civil affairs.
As for the Principality Corps, the original military system was split, reorganized and expanded, and five new divisions were formed. Of course, most of the new recruits were from the local old army or even prisoners, and a large number of backbone soldiers from the main corps were added as officers at all levels.
In this way, the Principality's Army consists of 14 main divisions, including the 1st Guards Division, 2nd Guards Division, 1st Mechanized Division, 1st Artillery Division, 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 5th Infantry Division, 6th Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division, Black Mountain Division, and 101st Airborne Division.
In addition, there are Air Service Regiment A (Palace Air Service), Air Service Regiment B (Black Sparrow Unit), as well as air force forces, a small number of navy, etc.
The main army corps reached 230,000 troops.
There are also 80,000 to 90,000 local security forces, with a total strength of more than 300,000.
Of course, if the militia forces are included, the number would be difficult to count.
Some of the main divisions have been awarded honorary titles by His Royal Highness the Prince.
For example, the 1st Guards Division has the honorary title of "Prince's Whip" and its designation can be called the Prince's Whip Guards Division.
Another example is the 2nd Infantry Division, formerly the North Montenegro Infantry Division, whose honorary title is "Red Sun". In fact, its actual meaning is "the corpses of the Japanese". His Royal Highness the Prince uses a mysterious language, and the meaning of this language is the corpses of the Japanese. The pronunciation is similar to the Central Plains language "red sun is strong", so it is abbreviated as Red Sun. The 2nd Infantry Division can be called the Red Sun Infantry Division.
The 2nd Infantry Division fought bloody battles with the Japanese in the New Japanese Territory and made great sacrifices. This honorary title is also the greatest encouragement and recognition for them.
This army, which was reorganized from the old warlord troops, obviously has its own glorious traditions and military spirit from now on. It has been tempered and is now brand new.
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After Lu Ming’s birthday party on the 18th, the secret agreement with the Japanese began to take shape.
The Japanese will transfer the management rights of Xianquan Port to the Principality of Montenegro, but it will be a free lease for a period of one hundred years.
The war reparations amounted to 100 million yuan, to be paid in three years, with 36 million to be paid annually.
Naturally, this agreement did not satisfy Lu Ming.
But relying solely on blackmail with more than a hundred bombers is already pretty good.
Threatening the Japanese to destroy their basic industrial capabilities is just a threat. In fact, it is impossible to do so by relying solely on air strikes and the power of today's bombs.
Of course, in the later stages of the negotiations, a bomber brigade was indeed dispatched to bomb several heavy industrial factories and arsenals in Japan.
As a result, Japanese talents signed the secret agreement.
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The Xiangxi Autonomous Territory is almost entirely composed of warlords of all sizes who have changed their flags. The north is a bitter and cold place with many mountain people and ethnic minorities. The west is Li Han, where the Japanese Okuyue Division is entrenched. To the west and north of Li Han is the vast Sanyuan grassland.
The Xiangxi Autonomous Region is naturally the most complicated place among the two provinces and six regions of the principality.
The Governor of Xiangxi was transferred from the original Governor Zhang of Beiheishan. Governor Zhang was indeed a brick in the arm of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he would go wherever the situation was most difficult.
Now in the study of the Governor-General of Xiangxi's official residence, Lu Ming was looking at a letter in his hand.
It was written by Shigeyoshi Kawamoto, commander of the Okuetsu Division, and the recipient of the letter was himself, the new Governor-General of Xiangxi.
Because he had met me once before, he asked me to mediate his return home.
In fact, the situation in the Kingdom of Japan has also changed a lot. Yamamoto Yu's political enemies have become more vocal.
There are also calls for former Prime Minister Ashikaga to return to office.
The lord of Okuetsudo, Kawamoto Dainobu, committed suicide, and some say he was assassinated.
In short, the Kansai Group explained to the public the reasons for its defeat in the war. The Okuetsu Division's retreat in the northern region without a fight and even its disclosure of shipping information became the main factors.
The Kawamoto family in Okuetsu Province suffered a great blow. After Kawamoto Daishin committed suicide out of fear of punishment, Okuetsu Province became a direct jurisdiction of the kingdom, with a new governor appointed by Yamamoto Takeshi.
From a certain perspective, Okuetsu-Do was also swallowed up by the Kansai Group.
Under this circumstance, the Okuetsu Division naturally became an abandoned pawn, and no one in Japan wanted them to return home.
Looking at the letter from Kawamoto Shigeyoshi, Lu Ming sighed softly in his heart.
The purpose of coming to Xiangxi Territory is not only to eliminate the influence of local warlords, but also to resolve the affairs of the northern border.
Today, Northern Xinjiang is divided into three parts: the Qi Huaide regime, the Chen Xingchang regime, and the Ma Quanyou regime.
A lot of our own military forces were deployed here, including the Beiheishanbao Mountain Division, the Eighth Infantry Division, and the Second Infantry Division, also known as the Red Sun Infantry Division, which could be said to be our old troops, and they followed us here.
There is also the Air Service Regiment B, also known as the Black Sparrow Unit, which is almost becoming his own personal guard. It is an armed force that he personally established when he was in the Bureau of Secrets, and it also followed him to Xiangxi.
That is to say, Prince of Black Mountain Castle and himself are "very close", otherwise how could he have been allowed to lead the old troops
However, in fact, construction in peacetime, shaping a society according to one's own ideas, is much more complicated and difficult than conquering the enemy.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming picked up the phone on the table.
This year is the last year of my scale transformation period. On the second day of my birthday, I heard Liuli say that I had two more puppets this time, both of which were transformed from shed scales. However, Biju and Liuli still needed some tempering. I wanted to hear about the progress.