"How is it, what do you think the Poles are fighting?"

Yang Chao first asked Wu Peifu and others to evaluate this war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Speed!"

Wu Peifu said with a lot of understanding.

The Poles did not give the Soviet troops time to rest and recuperate, and they made a deep impression on him by their constant advances.

"Speed, but also with the corresponding weapons and equipment, what do you think of the effect of using tank clusters to assault forward?"

Yang Chao is good and seductive.

The Poles did know how to advance quickly, and the brave Polish cavalry showed the courage of their Napoleonic guards, defeating the Cossacks again and again, and constantly advancing ahead, but by the time of World War II, they were still like this, and they could only watch the German tanks continue to advance and advance.

Wu Peifu nodded, thoughtfully, the application of tanks or the first country to use tanks in the war, the British studied more deeply, Fuller summarized his use of armored troops in World War I, and wrote military works such as "Armored Warfare".

This work became the theoretical basis for the later German blitzkrieg, but unfortunately his country, Britain, did not pay attention to it, and the British did not believe that the war could be won by an armored breakthrough alone.

"Then what do you think of the Russian fight?"

Wu Peifu shook his head: "It's unbelievable that they were defeated like that." It felt that this army was too inexperienced to cope with the complexity of warfare. ”

Of course, it is impossible to cope with it, a group of workers, the vast majority of whom have no systematic military theoretical support, and their organizational ability is far from being good, and there is still a gap between them and the real regular army in other respects, except for their morale.

"Do you think it's necessary for us to continue to garrison two million troops in Western Siberia?"

Yang Chao asked again.

Wu Peifu said: "One million is enough. ”

Yang Chao nodded: "Western Siberia maintains an army of one million, and Xinjiang must also maintain at least 500,000 troops." But we now have an army of six million, which is too big to be disarmed. ”

Wu Peifu has no opinion, he has already formulated a complete army recovery plan with Cai Yi, but because the situation has not stabilized, he has never dared to rashly disarm.

And Yang Chao did not ask them to disarm, but Yang Chao's consideration was not the situation, but economic factors, this is six million people, six million young and strong labor, Yang Chao knows the post-war economic crisis, how can it be disarmed immediately.

Now disarmament, not only because the Soviet army suffered defeat, but also because of economic problems, as the economy came out of the crisis, there began to be a shortage of labor in Layue, and wages increased. With the strong support of the government, the minimum wage in various places is beginning to move closer to one or two per day, because the Miqing government's 10 billion yuan plan is still continuing.

Rising wages have become a general trend under the impetus of the government, which has led to an increase in the prices of various commodities, a substantial increase in profits, and an increase in investment.

That's why Yang Chao chose disarmament at this time, believing that the economy could accommodate the debilitating soldiers and provide them with job opportunities.

Yang Chao plans to reduce the size of the armed forces to 2 million and complete disarmament in three years, starting next year, with 1 million troops to be dismantled in the first year, 2 million in the second year, and another 1 million in the third year, for a total of 4 million men.

Disarmament is a very important issue, and the formation of an army is not a problem, but the most troublesome thing is dismantling. Even the dismantling of the militia after the defeat of the British by the Americans caused a mutiny, not to mention China, a country with a long history of military ruffians and troublemakers.

That's why Wu Peifu prepared a detailed plan, which was prepared with Cai Yi, but when it is implemented now, Cai Yi is no longer the chief of the General Staff.

For this reason, Yang Chao specially asked Mi Qing to invite back Cai Ye, who was already idle at home, Cai Ye knew that the stakes were important, and he did not lose his temper, so he returned to the army and served as the commander-in-chief of disarmament.

While the army was being dismantled, Yang Chao also made other preparations.

The Great Parade!

Groups of troops returned from the front line, gave them the last batch of brand-new military uniforms, let them walk through the streets of Beijing in good spirits, organized female students from all over Beijing to give them flowers along the way, let them enjoy high honors, and let the common people see the military appearance of these battle-hardened soldiers, and improve the people's decadent concept that good men should not be soldiers.

The newspapers made a big splash, repeatedly reporting on a series of achievements made by the Chinese National Defense Forces in recent years, praising the contributions made by the soldiers to the country, and announcing the route that the army would take, so that the people could go to see off the soldiers in an organized manner.

One by one, the troops marched with their heads held high in orderly steps, and they walked through the streets of Beijing, lined with a few special "people" in addition to the welcoming female students and the large number of onlookers.

Countless cameras and video cameras are set up on the airships in the sky and on the eaves on both sides of the street, recording their appearance and becoming precious information.

One by one, the army entered the city from the Desheng Gate and Anding Gate in the north, assembled in front of the Bell and Drum Tower, and then went straight to the south, crossing the Forbidden City and the Forbidden City, on both sides of Tiananmen Square, they saw a few special "people", which can be regarded as their predecessors, those people are Yue Fei and other famous generals of the Song Dynasty unearthed from the Hangzhou Imperial Palace.

All the soldiers knew the news of Yue Fei's excavation, and their officers told them in detail that Grandpa Yue welcomed them this time, so when they passed by, there was no surprise, but they all saluted Yue Fei in unison.

Four white jade generals wearing gold armor lined up on both sides of Tiananmen Square, facing the marching troops, holding swords in their hands, their eyes were deep, and their crystal eyes seemed to have penetrated thousands of years, looking eagerly at their juniors who had dedicated themselves to the country.

One by one, the soldiers passed through Yue Fei's queue, went south through Tiananmen Square, then crossed Zhengyang Gate, and finally went out of Beijing City from Yongding Gate, and then continued to march to Fengtai Camp, after resting, they will set off again, they will set off from Beijing, send to all parts of the country, some take Jinpu Road, Jinghan Road, from south to north, some from east to west, to Henan, to Shaanxi, to Sichuan.

Which way to go depends on where they are soldiers.

The first batch of troops to be dismantled were soldiers who supported the recovery, and they were first reorganized according to their hometowns, with soldiers from Sichuan forming an army, soldiers from Yunnan forming an army, and so on.

Then they will enter the customs from the northeast, starting from Beijing, going to Henan and Shaanxi in Sichuan, and then entering Chengdu through the Baocheng Railway. Yunnan's is on the Chengdu-Kunming Railway to Kunming. The soldiers in Guangdong took the Beijing-Guangzhou line, and the Guangxi did the Guangnan railway to Nanning.

In every provincial capital along the way, they have a military parade to be inspected by the locals until they return to their hometowns.

This retirement march was also the first time that the Chinese people received a baptism, and the overwhelming propaganda in the newspapers finally loosened the concept that had been circulated for thousands of years, and began to have a sense of trust in the country's soldiers. (To be continued.) )