Ben has been working hard to plunge China into civil war, and has tried to use drugs to break the will of the Chinese and deplete China's national strength.

All this was in preparation for the invasion of China, which was so large and populous that it was impossible to conquer the country in a hurry.

However, now everything is developing towards the opposite of the ideal state of the political axe, and the drug trafficking network was destroyed by the East China political axe.

Now the provinces of China have also been called upon by the East China political axe to unite with the outside world.

In terms of financial resources, the political axe has to admit that the financial resources of the political axe in East China have surpassed the financial resources of the political axe, and it has developed basic industries.

It is precisely because of this that the political axe is so anxious to fight a decisive battle with the political axe of East China, trying to stop China's development with military action.

He knew that if China was allowed to develop like this, he would be left far behind, and first of all, it would be far from being able to compare with China in terms of population and resources.

Under such circumstances, if China wants to expand in the future, it must first ensure its status as the number one power in Asia, and if China becomes stronger, then with China's traditional suzerainty status, any expansion behavior of China may be interfered with by China.

Moreover, China is also the target of expansion, after all, they have already conquered North Korea and can expand to the three northeastern provinces at any time.

It's just that the situation is bad right now.

Originally, the number of Shandong was expected to increase by 200,000, and the number of Shandong was raised to 800,000, while the number of the East China Army was only 600,000, although there were still many militiamen behind them.

But at this time, the Chinese provinces sent troops to Shandong, so the manpower of the East China Army would become very terrifying.

Sichuan pledged to mobilize 300,000, Yunnan pledged to mobilize 100,000, and Beiyang Zhengaxe pledged to mobilize 200,000, adding up to 600,000.

Although the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in these provinces is not very good, the East China Army has weapons and ammunition, and a group of lions led by sheep will become sheep, but a group of sheep led by lions may become fierce lions.

Even if these 600,000 people are left behind to dig trenches, it will make Yueben uncomfortable, and now the most headache for Yueben's army is trench warfare.

The trench warfare on the European battlefield was raging at this time, and the Allies launched two large-scale attacks on the German army on the Western Front this year, but both of them were resisted by the German army on the Western Front without superior numbers because of the lack of strong firepower.

It's been more than a year since I fought last year.

After more than a year, the situation in Europe is still not clear, and the only thing that is more clear is that Russia has suffered a terrible defeat, and the Russians have mobilized tens of millions of soldiers to participate in the war, but the result is still defeat after defeat.

In Shandong, too, a pattern of trench warfare was formed, and the East China Army dug a perfect trench system opposite Yueben, and its experience in trench layout was even no less than that of the warring sides in Europe.

At this time, some people had already predicted that this would be a difficult war, because China continued to send manpower to Shandong, and with the defensive ability of the trenches, it was necessary to spend a lot of effort if they wanted to break through their trenches, or to think of some unexpected tricks.

However, no one in the military or political circles thought that the war would be lost in Shandong, and in their opinion, the worst result would be a stalemate.

The U.S. political axe is happy, and now that the East China Autonomous political axe and Yueben have finally fought, and judging from the war situation in Europe, both sides have dug trenches, then the war is likely to be a long-term stalemate.

The stalemate in the war between China and China is in the interests of the United States, and the United States can occupy more markets and take more orders when China and China are fighting a big fight.

However, what the United States did not expect was that the East China Political Axe would successfully unite the other provinces of China to wage war with Yuben.

In particular, the Beiyang political axe declared war on Yueben, and the United States naturally knew that Beiyang political axe did not want to participate in the war against Yue, and at this time it was obviously forced to declare war.

The Beiyang political axe was put on the head by the severed head of the national righteousness, and naturally it was necessary to declare war on Yue.

Morrisun, who served as Yuan Shikai's political adviser, wrote in his memoir: "Today Yuan Shikai vomited blood again, his physical condition is very poor, and I think his life may be coming to an end." His emperors were disillusioned, and apparently he did not see clearly that the young man of the East China Autonomous Axe in the south was not convinced by his title of emperor, and the people of the seven southern provinces were also not convinced by his title of emperor. At the same time that the emperor's dream was shattered, his subordinates gradually separated from him, and those young Zhuang soldiers began to fall to the East China political axe. Because the East China political axe is at war with Yueben, a war related to the fate of the country. I don't think anyone who cares about the nation will no longer support him at this moment, which also makes Yuan Shikai have to declare war on Yue Ben under pressure.

Yuan Shikai did not want to participate in this war before, and when he talked to him, he always believed that the East China Political Axe would be defeated in this war, and his original plan was to compromise with him after the defeat of the East China Political Axe in order to accept his title of emperor.

It can make Yuan Shikai have to declare war on Yueben, the means of the East China political axe are indeed amazing, that young man has once again succeeded in creating a boom, a boom that can temporarily unite the country, diverting the contradictions between various forces in China with foreign wars, and even making the two sides that were still inseparable before become comrades-in-arms.

I think the situation in China is already very clear, the country has begun to recover, and the vitality that they have erupted at this time is unmatched by any other country. And I don't think China will be defeated at this time, because China does have many advantages at this time, not only in terms of human, material but also financial resources. And the young head of the autonomous government was not stupid, he knew how to win a war, and he knew how to expand his territory while maintaining his reputation.

Now I feel that after China wins this war, there will be a huge change, the current warlords in China will probably cease to exist, and the various forces will enter a reshuffle after this war, and their side by side at this time may make this change mild...... On November 8, the weather was bad. ”

…… Xia Jun did not feel any worries about the situation in Shandong in Hangzhou, especially after the provinces responded to the national war, which meant that China had temporarily united.

This will undoubtedly enhance the national cohesion of the entire country and, more importantly, boost the morale of the people.

At the same time, it is to transfer internal contradictions to external contradictions, and when this war is over, perhaps there will be much less internal fighting, and the situation of internal fighting and foreign fighting will be completely changed, because in the future it will be a period of frequent external fighting, and the country can carry out a relatively moderate change.

At this time, the collapse of the Beiyang political axe was inevitable, even if it could barely be maintained.

The war was about to break out, and Xia Jun also flew to Shandong again this time, ready to take command in person, but no one objected this time.

In order to cope with the entry of the provincial armies into Shandong, the Supreme Command held a special meeting, which mainly discussed the issue of supply.

"300,000 in Sichuan, 200,000 in Beiyang, 100,000 in Yunnan, 10,000 in Guizhou, and 3,000 in Guangxi...... Together, nearly 680,000 people will enter the Shandong battlefield. ”

"With our current financial and material resources, there is no problem in terms of materials, as much food, clothing, and medicine as we want, and there is no problem in giving military salaries and pensions according to the specifications and standards of the East China Army, but this is the ...... in terms of weapons," Liu Wenhong said with some apprehension in the report: "If we replace them with the latest equipment, it is very likely that it will have an impact on domestic stability after the war." ”

"That's a real problem!" Xia Jun nodded, there is absolutely no shortage of food and clothing, at this time, the East China political axe has a lot of material resources, and there are many grains, textiles, and leather products to be exported in large quantities, and military needs can be easily satisfied.

The problem is this weapon, many of these armies who responded to the national war came to fight soy sauce, which Xia Jun is still clear.

This time it is indeed a good thing for them to fight soy sauce in the war, anyway, they don't have much loss if they win or lose, and they can come to gild, and they can show off everywhere when the time comes: "Lao Tzu has fought the national war!" ”

"Let's treat it differently!" Xia Jun thought for a while and said, "Those troops who came to fight soy sauce just issued them with bolt-type rifles." Those who really came to fight the national war were given standard individual equipment. ”

"Headmaster, there must be at least 300,000 Type 09 rifles to equip the Sichuan Army and part of the Beiyang Army." Liu Wenhong reminded: "We only have 300,000 handfuls in stock now, and 100,000 handfuls are ordered by South American countries, and they may be shipped out in a few days." ”

Xia Jun didn't know much about the inventory of Type 09 rifles, which was completely sufficient according to the original battle plan, and as for the sale of Type 09 rifles, it was nothing.

It's a success to be able to sell the Type 09 rifle!

Because the bullets used by different countries are different, the Type 09 rifle can be sold in large quantities, which means that some countries have accepted the caliber of China's bullets, so it will be easier to do the arms business of these countries in the future.

However, not all countries can buy it, and countries like South America that are unlikely to have a war with China are not a problem.

"Then assemble 200,000 men to fight! The rest is left behind and pressed into the formation. Xia Jun decided, since the delivery is to be delivered, then don't count it, the war has to be fought, and the business cannot be lost.

Like other provinces, many of the soldiers who supported Shandong this time were temporarily conscripted, although they were full of enthusiasm, but their combat quality was not high, it was an indisputable fact, and he could not organize them to the front as cannon fodder! This is completely unnecessary bloodshed.

Even the 200,000 people who are equipped belong to the carefully invested troops, and in case of a large number of casualties, the pension will be a large sum of money.

However, these troops came from afar, and it was indeed impossible to prevent them from going to war, so it was most appropriate for some of them to go to the battlefield and be responsible for areas with low combat intensity.

(To be continued)