Chapter 305: You go to fight Japan
When North Korea fell into the upsurge of the whole people joining the army, the whole Yue Ben was panicking, and he knew very well what Wang Lin's next goal was, and he also knew very well what kind of fate Yue Ben was about to face. And the intention of the Chinese Empire to reorganize the Korean army is very clear to him, because they also had this kind of plan when they reorganized the Korean army.
He said that the military salary he gave them at the beginning was also very low, so low that it was almost equal to nothing. But if they resist even the slightest, they will give away their own lives. On the other hand, although the Chinese have also made a significant reduction in the issue of military salaries, in comparison, the current military salaries and treatment given by the Chinese are still more than 100 times better than those given by the previous army.
Now an average Wehrmacht recruit is paid one dollar a month, and when he is promoted to the rank of private, it becomes a piece of five cents, a corporal is two dollars, a sergeant is two dollars and a half cent, a sergeant is five dollars, a sergeant is six dollars, and the others are raised by one cent. However, what is depressing is that a second lieutenant officer's monthly salary is only four yuan.
Although a recruit only has a salary of one dollar per month, don't underestimate the purchasing power of this dollar in this era. An ordinary family can't spend five cents a month, and at most three or four cents is enough. A pound of salt is only a penny, and it is only the price of a pack of cigarettes.
Although the Wehrmacht's salary may not be the highest in terms of amounts, it is definitely the highest in the world in terms of consumption level and purchasing power. Imagine in this era, in which country has a new recruit who has just enlisted in the army, and one month's military salary is enough for a family to live for a month? I'm afraid there is nothing but the Chinese Empire, right?
The newly adapted North Korean army, Wang Lin planned to use them as cannon fodder from the beginning, since they are cannon fodder, the more the better, with this cheap one, why joke about the lives of his own soldiers? Even if Wang Lin is currently only paying them a quarter of the Wehrmacht's salary, the North Koreans are still digging into their heads.
A recruit's salary may not be enough to support their family, but after a year, they will be paid enough to support their family. If he's still alive in two years, three years from now, then he'll have some savings in his hands. Who wouldn't want to do such a good thing? What's more, if you die in battle, you can still get a pension of thirty yuan, thirty yuan, what is this concept? This pension is enough to keep a family alive for five or six years, and if you save a little, it will live longer.
Although the pension of 30 yuan will only allow them to live for about five or six years, in the eyes of the North Koreans, this is already a large amount of money, enough for them to show off for a while. Don't underestimate the poor in this era, money is really hard to earn. In the pre-Qing Dynasty, one tael of silver was enough to support an ordinary family for a year.
Of course, this is only a pension for an ordinary soldier, and if it is an officer, it will be higher. Although Wang Lin also wanted to buy a life for only ten yuan, but in the end, after thinking about it, he had better forget it. If this is really done, the North Koreans in the future will scold Wang Lin to death, and they will also be scolded by other domestic judges pointing to the coffin. The most important thing is that by doing this, Wang Lin feels a little sorry for his conscience.
No matter what they were before, but at least now they are working for themselves, and people can give you their lives without mercy, so why don't you want to give some money to make up for them? In the country, the death pension of an ordinary soldier is one hundred and twenty dollars, and if he has children, the state will subsidize two cents a month for living expenses until the age of eighteen. When his parents reached the age of fifty, the state would subsidize them five cents a month until they died. But if it is the North Korean army, one person can completely handle it with only thirty yuan, and there is no worries.
Such a good thing, let alone Wang Lin, would be anyone's would do it. Under the temptation of Wang Lin's decision and the 'huge' military salary, the number of North Koreans who came to sign up for the army was even more innumerable, and the conscription site was crowded all the time, with people next to each other and feet on their feet.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the National Defense Forces in charge of recruitment were also happy to test them one by one, first by selecting from the former Korean army between the ages of 18 and 30, and then from among these people some of them with better physical fitness. As for the senior officers, the Chinese still use comfort, but in order to appease the North Koreans, starting with the battalion-level officers, the main officers are Chinese, and the deputy officers are all Koreans. Of course, those who are responsible for leading the troops to charge and fight the war naturally fall on these deputy officers, and the lives of the main officers are very valuable.
Rao was able to select the first batch of 200,000 qualified soldiers, who would undergo three months of recruit training in Korea before entering the battlefield to complete their mission. Immediately after that, there will be a second and third group of qualified soldiers who will follow in their footsteps. However, according to the current strength of the Chinese National Defense Force, there are not many opportunities to act as cannon fodder and let them rush to the front line.
If the Koreans are allowed to fight in a difficult battle, then in a few years, it is not known whether the Wehrmacht will even be able to fight a tough battle. Wang Lin didn't want to raise a group of old soldiers, the lives of the soldiers were important, but they were by no means expensive and could not go to the battlefield and charge. The so-called cannon fodder is more often used as a way to open the way on the march, or to fill up the number of people during the battle, to carry out regional sweeps, and to find out the enemy's situation for the Wehrmacht.
The new Korean Army, which was very fond of names, was given a new name by Wang Lin, who was very fond of names, and the Chinese Korean Army, with a total of 200,000 people, formed ten divisions, and there were no army-level units on them. The reunification will be under the jurisdiction of the Korean Army Command, and during the operation, it will be divided into the command of each theater of operations. It is worth mentioning that the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Korean Army is a personal entourage of the Korean king Li Xi, and his deputy is the manager sent by Wang Lin. As long as it is an army, no matter what kind of army it is, Wang Lin will not let Li Xi take it into his own hands no matter what.
The Chinese Korean Army, to put it bluntly, is just a mercenary army, they can be used during the war, and they will naturally be cut after the war, leaving only a small part to be assigned to various regions to assist the local defense forces in managing law and order issues.
200,000 soldiers of the Chinese Korean Army, wearing big red flowers in high spirits, left their hometown in the laughter of their relatives and came to the barracks in a different place, where what awaits them will be cruel training, and after that, they will experience an even more brutal war, and only those who survive can become a real elite.
The 200,000 Chinese and Korean troops, ten divisions, have set up a total of 10 large barracks in the Korean region, each barracks can accommodate 20,000 people, of course, this does not mean that 20,000 people are crammed together, but are stuffed in different small barracks in one area under the jurisdiction of the same barracks.
The North Korean problem has finally been solved, and the next thing is to blossom and bear fruit. With the rapid advance of the German army in Europe, the Chinese Empire had no time to drag on here. Before the training of the Chinese Korean army was completed, Wang Lin did not want to send them to the battlefield so hastily, although the money was small, but it could not be tossed at will, these were all taxpayers' money.
After completing the Korean War and dealing with the aftermath, Long Yuhui also returned to Wuhan to report on his work in accordance with the regulations, and will accept a new combat mission, or any instructions and orders. This is a common phenomenon in the Wehrmacht, when a war is completely over, the supreme commander has to return to the capital to report on his work, and before that, the supreme commanders of all divisions and armies also have to go to Long Yuhui to report on their work.
In the Wuhan Imperial Palace, in a small special conference room, it is closed on all sides, and everyone who enters here must be inspected by Wang Lin's ten guards who have not left him for decades. Only after passing their checks can you enter the room.
The conference room wasn't bustling, and there wasn't much important information or anything. The only disadvantage, and the advantage, is that it is completely enclosed, and it is impossible to peek inside from the outside, and it is underground, so if they are in a meeting, even if they encounter an artillery attack, they can be safe. The downside is that if someone enters with a bomb, once it is detonated, there will be zero chance of survival inside.
Wang Lin can't afford such a price, you know, who can enter this meeting is not a figure who has a head and a face and holds an important position in China? The loss of one may not be nothing, you can quickly contain it with other opposites, and give Wang Lin some time to remedy, but what about the loss of a group? The country is basically paralyzed.
In front of the conference room, there is a large world map, on which the name of each country is clearly marked, and in the middle of the conference room, there is a large sand table. Before each meeting, the top ten guards will take the first step and personally come here to set up the sand table, of course, this is to protect the lives of the people in the venue as much as possible.
Wang Lin led a group of people into this conference room, but most of them were soldiers, because this would be the first battle to decide the surname after the Chinese Empire officially joined the world war, and it would also be the first step for Wang Lin to make his voice heard to the world. The previous ones were just playing tricks, and the ones after that were the real battles.
Standing straight in front of the sand table, Wang Lin looked at the huge sand table in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction, the so-called five organs are complete, but that's it, right? Turning around and looking at the officers who came to the meeting around him were all ready, Wang Lin started today's topic.
"Everyone, please allow me to express my gratitude to you before the meeting begins, you are basically the heroes who have been around me since my debut, I, Wang Lin, am not sure about anything else, but today, I will give you a clear answer. In the future, you don't have to worry about me going to cross the river and tear down the bridge in order to take power. I can tell you with certainty that no matter how big the power in your hands is, as long as I, Wang Lin, want to take it back, there will be no time to fail, and I have many secret trump cards in my hands, including many elite troops including the Assassins.
They can all make you disappear in silence, and telling you this today is not for me to warn you of anything. But to tell you, in the future, no matter where you will go, but please remember that you must do things worthy of your conscience, as long as you can do things worthy of your conscience, of course, no matter what we do, we will always offend some people, and I do not require you to be the most perfect, but at the very least, you must be worthy of the majority of people. As long as you can do it, I, Wang Lin, can assure you that no matter if you have high achievements in the future, or you will have power in the world, I Wang Lin will not care about anything. But if one day, for your own interests, you are desperate to enforce the law, then don't blame me Wang Lin for being unkind. Before the meeting began, Wang Lin said solemnly.
The reason why Wang Lin said these things now is not because he has discovered any bad atmosphere or anything, nor is it because he has become suspicious of a certain officer or official. Rather, the empire is about to enter the pace of war, and at this time, people's reputation and status can be said to change rapidly. Maybe today they are just ordinary officers, and tomorrow they may become celebrities in the empire. The reason why Wang Lin wants to tell them this is to take a preventive shot in advance, at least so that they will not be so flamboyant after success.
Asking for the people's life, Wang Lin doesn't know if his descendants can do it, but what Wang Lin can guarantee is that in his generation, it must be done. And before he died, or after the situation stabilized, Wang Lin would start to arrange the aftermath to create a healthy development environment for future generations as much as possible. And the atmosphere of officialdom has always been the easiest place to be corrupted, and Wang Lin also knows deeply that the great purge that he has carried out before is not enough to clear up the troubles.
But at the beginning of the Second Great Purge, Wang Lin did not want them to appear, or rather, Wang Lin did not want a Second Great Purge.
Many officers nodded their heads again and again, they knew Wang Lin's character, if it had not always been for the people, the political axe would not have entered the stage of fiscal deficit at all, so that there were two currencies circulating in the country at the same time, in addition to the Xinhua currency, there were also military tickets. Even if the annual income of Hualong Group is pasted into the Ministry of Finance, it is not enough to support the country's consumption for a month. If some welfare can be reduced, the country's finances will not be in deficit at all.
"Alright, let's get down to business for today." Wang Lin paused for a moment and continued: "The Eastern Expeditionary Corps fought very well on the Korean side, and it took less than a month to completely defeat the 800,000 troops stationed in Korea, which also shows that our previous path was correct, and the new equipment we spent a huge amount of money to develop is reliable and worthy of so much money to build. Therefore, in the future war, I hope that you can explore some new paths to make our army stronger. ”
"The war in Korea has ended, and the Korean Empire has officially changed its name to the Kingdom of Korea, and our next goal is to call the homeland. In Korea, we have consumed more than 800,000 of their troops, and although we have received some assistance from the United States, it is still difficult for them to make up for the shortfall in their troops. Therefore, I decided that we should strike while the iron was hot, and the remaining 400,000 troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Corps, in addition to the 100,000 troops left in Korea, immediately entered the second stage of combat readiness. ”
"The navy has also made preparations, and one army unit can be sent to the mainland at a time, but in view of the complex situation in the interior of the country, the officers and men of the third army will have to work harder this time, and in addition to being responsible for building roads and bridges, they must also pay attention to protecting themselves. After all, it is the native land, and we are real invaders and enemies to them. We must always be on guard against it, lest we be accused of waging guerrilla warfare against us. ”
Although guerrilla warfare is not on the table, it is indeed a very headache tactic when you count it down. There are thousands of locations, there are so many people at each point, if you can fight, you can fight, if you can't fight, you run, all the time, every day, night and night, so that you are always in the stage of war readiness, and the soldiers still have to fight, how much energy can they have to take care of these things? And they are often a small number of people, which is simply unguardable. If you go to sweep, if there are fewer people, they will eat them, and if there are more people, people will run away.
"In the new landing operation plan, there will be detailed deployments. However, guerrilla warfare is indeed a headache tactic, so we must fight a quick battle this time, because it happens that there is a shortage of troops in our country, and we are fully sure that we will be able to defeat them in a short time. When you land, our spies will be secretly cooperating with you. ”
The officers carefully looked at the landing operation plan in their hands and carefully memorized every line on it in their minds. The battle is still divided into three steps, but in the eyes of many people, these three steps have a bit of a flying feeling. To sum up, it is three months, no more than four months, and the end of the war.
In the first month, that is, starting in October, from the landing, to the expansion of the landing ground and the fixed military station base, the second month, which is also the most critical time, will be to carry out an all-round attack on Yuben and rapidly advance the front. In the third month, the final stage will be reached, and the main task will be to clear out the resistance, persecute Emperor Komoto, and so on.
"Long Yuhui! No problem? Wang Lin asked rigorously.
"Nope!"
"Go and prepare, on the morning of September 30, the Navy ships will appear on time at the port of Busan, and in the early morning of October 1, I hope to see our national flag planted on the territory of Pusan!"
(To be continued)