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The humming cicadas seem to be there is no time to stop. The conference room of the Juren Hall in Zhongnanhai was full of bigwigs from the "Central Committee" and advisers from "friendly countries" to their own countries. A few pots of ice cubes were placed in the corner of the house, but they still couldn't reduce the scorching heat of Yanjing City in July. The well-dressed men sat there, waving fans and drinking herbal tea, but no one was willing to speak.

Naturally, the matter of the Northeast Frontier Army will be discussed at today's meeting, and this "elite" division of the Northeast Army is now affecting the nerves of the entire Feng Department and the "friendly countries." The army is the lifeblood of the old Zhang family, and Zhang Zuolin is unwilling to let go at any time. And it seems that Sakanishi, the adviser of this book, also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to form a new army to control this army. Therefore, a proposal was made to assign military advisers to the battalion.

As soon as Rihachiro Sakanishi's words came out, the room full of people immediately became dumb, and no one dared to support it, and no one was willing to be the first to jump out and offend the old Zhang family.

Zhang Zuolin sat firmly on the chair in the middle of the conference table, tightly twisted his eyebrows, and glanced at his ministers with a pair of sharp little eyes, also without saying a word. The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and neither side spoke, so it was a stalemate.

Seeing this scene, Sakanishi Rihachiro's heart sank, and this Feng system usually has a "pro-faction" gathering. But as soon as Zhang Zuolin's bottom line was touched, these "pro-Yue factions" immediately appeared as prototypes, and it turned out that their master would always be Zhang Laoshuai, not the book. The old handsome man only needed one look, and these people were like rats seeing cats, and they didn't dare to come out. The only one who didn't seem to be very scared was Guo Songling, who had never been very friendly with Yuben. Thinking about it, it was really a failure to support the Feng Department for so many years, and he didn't even receive a caring minion.

After being silent for a moment, someone finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and began to speak: "Yu Shuai, according to the humble position, our Fengjun's current training is indeed a little lax. In the past, it is not a problem to fight those weak soldiers in the country. But this time it was going to fight against the Soviet Union, and if I didn't practice well, I was afraid that I would suffer a big loss at that time. The advice of this Sakasai advisor is considered to be ...... Think about it. Otherwise, this consultant will be assigned to the group, what do you think? ”

The general of the Fengjun army who spoke was about forty years old, and he was neatly dressed, and even the wind and discipline buckles were tightly tied. After saying this, he bowed to Zhang Zuolin and sat down with a smug expression.

The whole room looked at him, but only Rihachiro Sakanishi, the advisor of the company, narrowed his eyes and pretended to close his eyes to recuperate, without raising his head. Zhang Zuolin glanced at him, nodded slightly, and said: "Xiqia is polite, our army has been a little lax in the past two years, and we don't have the momentum to fight Shanhaiguan, so it's time to rectify it." Let's talk about it, what kind of rectification method is going to be? ”

It turned out that the person who spoke was Aixin Jueluo. Xiqia, Zhang Xueliang's good teacher, Zhang Zuolin's good subordinate, and Puyi's loyal minister. Now he is the commander of the 15th Brigade of the Feng Army, and has just been nominated as the chief of staff of the Northeast Frontier Army, and has become a hot big man in the Feng Army in one fell swoop.

Hearing Zhang Zuolin's question, Xiqia stood up respectfully and replied loudly: "Hui Yushuai, I think that the first thing to do is to pay real soldiers to rectify the border guards. The defense army here is going to fight hard with the old man of Soviet Russia, but there can't be a lot of vacancies. And this military salary must also be paid in full, this is the silver to buy lives, we can't use the ticket to fool things, we have to pay a lot of money. With these two items, the next thing will be easy to do, let's ask this consultant to guide, and train well for a few months according to the training method of the imperial army, and you will be able to train into an elite army. ”

The reason couldn't be simpler, pay the actual soldiers, and then train according to the method of the person, presumably there is no worse than that. But in fact, the problem is not small, and now the troops in the Feng army do not have a vacancy of one or two percent? If there is no vacancy, what will the governors at all levels eat? Moreover, this military salary has always been issued with tickets, if this army takes the ocean, what will other people think? Don't suffer from widowhood but unevenness!

Zhang Zuolin frowned slightly, glanced at Xiqia again, and said in his heart that this Xiqia is sincere! Every sentence is a good word from the heart, and it is really undeserved that I was jealous of others just now. It's just that...... The country's finances are also too difficult, and it is only a little more than 100 million a year. You can't let an army's military pay cost more than one-tenth, right?

"Father, I think Teacher Xiqia's method is right." Zhang Xueliang leaned over to his father beside him, and said softly: "Other troops can be saved, but this army can't be saved, we will be national heroes if we fight this battle, and the name of righteousness is ours." If you lose...... I'm afraid the general trend is dangerous. ”

Zhang Xueliang's meaning couldn't be clearer, he wanted to give special treatment to the border guards and bribe them to work hard for the old Zhang family. No matter what, we must fight this battle well, so that the Zhang family father and son can become national heroes and take the name of righteousness. At that time, whether it was the Kuomintang in the south or the GCD in the west, it would be difficult for them to bite the Feng system for a while, so as to win an opportunity for their father and son to consolidate their rule.

Zhang Zuolin sighed softly: "Okay, let's grit our teeth and save a little from somewhere else." This Northeast Frontier Army is a real soldier...... Actual salary, four silver and six bills! The military advisers of the friendly countries were assigned to the regiment, and each regiment had two people, and the training standards were according to the script. In addition, how should this weaponry and defense plan be obtained? Little Liuzi, do you have any ideas? ”

Four silver and six money, of course, this is not a real salary, but it is much superior to other armies. At present, it is not easy to do this with the financial resources of the Feng army. Compared with the financial difficulties of the Feng army, their supply of weapons and ammunition is quite acceptable. The Fengtian Arsenal is the largest arsenal in China in history, and the output of weapons and ammunition is very amazing, and it also ranks second in China after the Ishii Arsenal in this time and space. Therefore, there is not much problem with the extent to which weapons and equipment should be equipped, and there are only 10 brigades and 36,000 men in horizontal and vertical directions, and the Mukden Arsenal can always supply them.

Zhang Xueliang took out the draft that had already been prepared and read it aloud: "The Northeast Frontier Army will be equipped with ten border brigades and a fortress artillery battalion. The border brigade is composed of two infantry regiments and an artillery battalion, as well as one company of processing troops, baggage troops, and cavalry. The artillery battalion will be armed with eight 75mm mountain guns. The fortress artillery battalion was to be equipped with eight Meiji 45-year 150mm heavy cannons each with the help of the Momoto.

According to the plan, the Northeast Frontier Army has 10 strategic points to be defended, including Manzhouli, Hailar, Heihe, Luobei, Suibin, Tongjiang, Dongning, Suifenhe, Hulin, and Jixi. And the construction of the Sanjiang port fortification in Tongjiang to counter the Soviet river fleet. The rest of the strategic points are also built with strong permanent fortifications."

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In the middle of the night, Luo Yaoguo was still walking slowly on the deck of the Princess Mary. In his hand, he held the draft of the telegram that had just been translated, which was a top-secret telegram sent by Zeng Qi from Yanjing overnight. The above content is about the Northeast Frontier Army and the Northeast Border Defense Program.

It seems that in this time and space, Feng is concerned about the upcoming conflict in the Middle East, and not only began to form a border guard army a few months in advance, but also paid real soldiers and trained them strictly. He also chose to build strong fortifications on important grounds, and even the fortress guns that he had not thought of were ready to be purchased. It seems that everything is really prepared.

Glancing at the dark night sky in the northeast, Luo Yaoguo muttered to himself: "This time, the Zhang family's father and son can't really be national heroes." The history of this plane is getting more and more interesting now, and I really look forward to the war on the Middle Road. ”