Tang Juwu, the newly promoted deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters, reported to Jiang Li, which is why Tibetan Yi complained to Jiang Li just now. Originally, the amount of this year's army expansion was budgeted, but now 11,000 anti-Japanese volunteers have been added, and they will also be withdrawn to the northwest one after another, because the population in the northwest is relatively small, and recruiting troops locally will reduce the most basic labor force. Although Jiang Li got a lot of money, it cost a lot of money to invest in various industrial factories, and the finances of the northwest have always been overloaded.

In fact, according to the progress of Jiang Li's construction and military expansion, this year, including the field of military cooperation with the German side, Shao Lizi's budget is more than 80 million US dollars more than that of Tibetan Yi, partly because of subsidies from Huaqian Pharmaceutical Company, and most of them are mortgages from existing assets. And Jiang Li bet on the silver bill that the Americans will enact next year. Even if there is no such thing in this era, the money that has been accumulated in silver will be released later, and then the account will be repaid, it will only be a loss of two or three million US dollars, and the plate in the northwest at this time is not a fatal problem. After all, the most important Huaqian Group has begun to get on the right track. Most of the self-built industrial factories in the northwest this year and next year will also be rewarded.

"The Japanese army has basically wiped out the resistance forces in the northeast, and it has only been a few years to integrate the resources of the northeast, so it seems that we have to hurry up and prepare for war." Feng Zhanhai looked at Jiang Lidao, "Li Du and Ma Zhanshan's goal is too big, and it is impossible for them to return to Heilongjiang from the Su Realm. The Soviet Union would not have directly fought the Japanese over such issues. How is the commander going to answer them? ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Tang seemed to see it. Tell me, how to arrange Li Du and Ma Zhanshan to make them better? Jiang Li saw Tang Juwu's eyes flashing and smiled.

"Didn't the commander already make arrangements, he has already transferred 1 mixed brigade and 2 cavalry brigades to prepare to pass through the Yumen Pass, ready to enter Xinjiang at any time." Tang Juwuyi said, "1 mixed brigade and 2 cavalry brigades are enough to crush the existing local forces in Xinjiang, if there is a coalition army of Li Du and Ma Zhanshan who entered from the Soviet Union." It is believed that the time to pacify Xinjiang will be greatly shortened, but Xinjiang is a little farther away, the area is large, the population is small, and the products are not abundant. Even if it is occupied, I am afraid it will be difficult to contribute too many resources to the northwest for a while. ”

"Resources are all surveyed, don't look at the current we have a Yanchang oil mine, Yumen oil mine is also under exploration and construction, once the scale of oil is used, it is still not enough to consume. Our relationship with the 17th Route Army is not bad, and the road out of the east is blocked. Going south to Sichuan is also mostly hindered by the terrain, and now I can get the territory in my hand, where can I still be disgusted with this. Jiang Li shook his head and sighed, there are gains and losses, compared to the east, the energy required to develop the west is several times the cost. The only good thing is that it will not be affected by the battle with the Japanese in the east after it is built.

"The commander is right, now the war is fought with resources, and no matter how poor Xinjiang's resources are, if they are used well, they can afford to raise two or three divisions. If those local forces are ruined, the banditry will be untamable, but it will drag us back, and this plus and one subtraction, the number of troops we can use to fight the Japanese army is equivalent to a direct loss of a few divisions. Tang Juwu nodded and said in agreement.

"That's right. Xinjiang seems to be remote, but it is a buffer in the northwest of the Republic of China, and the military affairs of Lanzhou will be arranged by your staff department, and I will go to Xinjiang in person. Jiang Li stroked his palm and smiled.

"The commander is now the Dinghai Divine Needle in the northwest, and he can't be easily dispatched, although Xinjiang is important, but with Li Guofei and Li Du, Ma Zhanshan is enough, and the commander doesn't need to be dispatched in person." Feng Zhanhai and Tang Juwu exclaimed at the same time.

"I have to go to the west to see, since I entered Lanzhou, I haven't moved in this area, and if I don't go out for a walk, my body is about to rust, it's too comfortable and uncomfortable, and I don't need to go to the front line, what do you worry about." Jiang Li waved his hand when he heard this, of course, there are some things that are inconvenient to disclose to the outside world when he goes to Xinjiang, such as clearing up local forces in Xinjiang, but there is no need to kill some of them, such as remnants like Ma Bufang. If he has the ability to stir up trouble in Central Asia, it is also his ability.

"That's fine, the commander has to go early and return early, otherwise the commander here in Lanzhou will not be able to leave for a long time." Feng Zhanhai hesitated for a while and then said. Jiang Li's trip to Xinjiang is not without benefits, to a certain extent, it shows the attitude of the 15th Route Army towards Xinjiang, that is, Ma Bufang saw that the 15th Route Army was so resolute to enter Xinjiang without fighting.

"Your point of view is not right, the future of the Northwest should not revolve around a certain person, even if one day I have an accident, the Northwest must continue to operate steadily, if this group cannot run because of the departure of a certain person, then this group is better to dissolve as soon as possible, so as to save the country and the people in the future." Jiang Li shook his head and said disapprovingly.

"After the strong men brought back to the northwest by Commander Wang, then you will let the people from the recruit training camp be selected again, and all the people who cooperate will enter the training camp to reform, as for those volunteers, they can't be mixed, everyone can be accepted, there have been stains before, and the 15th Route Army can still tolerate it, if it was full of evil deeds before. Well, just make up a pioneer regiment in the army, a pioneer battalion or something, and send them to the most dangerous place first in the next foreign operation, so that they can be consumed. Jiang Li thought for a moment and said.

"The commander is right, in order to expand the ranks of the anti-Japanese army, some volunteers did everything possible to win over the anti-Japanese forces, although the strength of the expansion was relatively rapid for a while, but the composition of the team was too mixed, under the strong pressure of the Japanese army, there may not be a problem for a while, once the pressure of the Japanese army is a little less, the inferior nature of these people will be exposed, the internal struggle for power and profit, discipline is not strict enough, many people have also done the scourge of burning, killing, adultery, and adultery before, and committed no less crimes than the Japanese. These people must be cleared out of the ranks in time, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the 15th Route Army in the future. Tang Juwu nodded in agreement, in contrast, if you directly do something to these people or drive these people out of the 15th Route Army, it will inevitably give outsiders a view of unloading the mill and killing donkeys, and these people with bad deeds can be arranged into the death camp and sent to the most dangerous battlefield, and it is estimated that it will only be a matter of one or two battles when they are all gone. Usually the 15th Route Army faced the Japanese army when it was most dangerous, and the Japanese army would not have any hands left, and if those people escaped from the battle and retreated, it would only be a matter of one sentence to enforce military discipline. But this is also in the future, and for the time being, I have to spend some food to support them. (To be continued.) )