Although the military expenditure of 50,000 new Chinese dollars was not much, it was also a lot of money at that time, enough for a brigade of more than 8,500 people to make several trips back and forth from Nanjing to Shanghai.

After receiving Sun Wen's instructions, Huang Xing looked at Sun Wen and Song Jiaoren with some incomprehension, and there was a doubt in his eyes, Wang Lin only gave the League 50,000 Xinhua yuan in development funds every year, but the money was consumed not long after it arrived, and it entered the financial deficit again in less than two months.

In addition, this inauguration ceremony also cost a lot of Xinhua dollars, and the alliance has not yet taken root in a province, it is impossible to get a penny from anywhere, and now Sun Wen can take out 50,000 new yuan in one go, which is used for military expenses to pay the forty-second army in one go, which really aroused Huang Xing's suspicions. However, Huang Xinghao is also one of the veterans of the Alliance, and at present, he is only above 10,000 people in China, under two people, no, it should be under three people, Wang Lin, Sun Wen, and Song Jiaoren.

To be able to sit in this position, in addition to having a certain ability, it is nothing more than whether this person has the qualifications to be an official, some things in the officialdom, sometimes it is better not to know too clearly, Huang Xing is this kind of person, since Sun Wen is unwilling to say anything, then he will no longer ask more, as long as there is military funds for the troops, let them move quickly, and the rest does not seem to be much about himself.

In the afternoon of the same day, 50,000 Xinhua dollars were personally handed over to Lu Qiuming, a lieutenant general of the 42nd Army, by Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren; of course, Lu Qiuming also put forward more bluntly that the military expenditure of the entire 42nd Army is not much, and if the Ministry of National Defense does not issue military expenditures, I am afraid that the more than 50,000 officers and men of the 42nd Army will be hungry in three days. However, Lu Qiuming also said on the spot that the 401st Brigade would set off immediately and would never exceed the time stipulated by the Ministry of National Defense.

For a while, Huang Xing was forced to be helpless, he didn't know how much money he had in his hand, he had just sent 50,000 military expenses, but he didn't expect Lu Qiuming to raise the issue of military spending again, but Huang Xing didn't say anything, he could only scold in his heart: "The food of the soldiers in the army is about to catch up with me, the Minister of Defense, and Lao Tzu can't even pay his salary, so he only thinks about your big fish and big meat." ’

Seeing that Huang Xing spread his hands and looked like he had no money, Song Jiaoren could only shake his head again and again, and patiently explained to Lu Qiuming: "Commander Lu, there is not much money for the central political axe now, and the country has just been established, and there are more places where money is needed, so please ask Commander Lu to take care of it more, but you can ask Commander Lu to rest assured that once the political axe has money, it will be given to the army as soon as possible, but the soldiers may have to suffer a little more during this time." ”

"Okay, but I also ask Chairman Song to solve the problem of military spending as soon as possible, the soldiers are doing manual work every day, and how can they fight when the nutrition can't keep up? This is a loss for the country. Lu Qiuming was not aggressive, Song Jiaoren came forward to mediate, although he knew that Song Jiaoren was just delaying time, but Lu Qiuming didn't care about this, not to mention that there was never a shortage of military funds in the army, although the Ministry of Defense gave it to Sun Wen, and the command of the troops was also given to Sun Wen, but every month Wang Lin will distribute the fixed military expenses to each unit, if you want to talk about starvation, I am afraid that even the group of old men in the central political axe are starving, Wang Lin will not let them starve.

After saying goodbye to Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren, Lu Qiuming looked at the 50,000 new Chinese coins that were placed behind him, and said softly to the soldiers behind him: "Seal these 50,000 yuan and hand it over to the military police to take care of." ”

According to the words, the soldiers sealed the 50,000 Xinhua coins in an orderly manner, and after seeing the 50,000 Xinhua coins taken away by the military police troops, and leaving a note, Lu Qiuming returned to the military headquarters unhurriedly, and then ordered the 40th Division to order the 401st Brigade to be pulled.

After receiving the order from the division headquarters, He Jinguang and others had just persuaded the officers and men of the whole brigade that although the troops were to obey orders as their duty, sometimes blindly being tough was not a good way, just like the current situation, if it was tough, the soldiers might listen, maybe they would rush to the front of the Central Political Axe Building desperately, and their brains would go directly into it as soon as they were hot.

If it was Wang Lin sitting inside, needless to say, even if they were allowed to go to Shanghai hungry, they would obey unconditionally, but it was not Wang Lin who was sitting here, but Sun Wen and others, whom they hated the most. The current Wehrmacht units are all reorganized from the Zhengnan Army, and one by one, the soldiers, young and vigorous, dare to do something unimaginable.

Therefore, at this time, ideological education has become the top priority, but it is a pity that there is no full-time officer in the army to be responsible for the ideological education of the soldiers, which also makes very senior generals very puzzled, although Wang Lin is still completely in control of the entire national defense force, but people with a little common sense know that the more at this time, the more can not relax the ideological education of the soldiers, while the soldiers are still extremely worshipful of Wang Lin, he should send full-time officers at this time, so that the troops are more loyal to Wang Lin.

It's just that Wang Lin's approach has made many officers disappointed, Wang Lin not only did not send full-time officers to manage the ideological education of the soldiers, but he didn't even say such a thing, which really makes people wonder, what does Wang Lin want to do?

The 401st Brigade had a smooth journey, relying on foot and a small number of trucks to pull the artillery of each regiment and the five heavy guns of the brigade headquarters, and after five days, it finally arrived in Shanghai in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of National Defense.

After arriving in Shanghai, He Jinguang first contacted Wang Pingjiu, the commander of the 40th Division, and then Wang Pingjiu contacted the army commander Lu Qiuming, and finally Lu Qiuming conveyed the news of the arrival of the troops to the Ministry of National Defense.

"Chairman, the 401st Brigade has arrived in Shanghai, and Lu Qiuming has just sent news." Huang Xing held the telegram in his hand and shouted excitedly, in his consciousness, as long as the army is willing to listen to his instructions, then everything is easy to say, and he can slowly infiltrate it in the future, turning a part of the army into a regular army led by the Alliance, an army of the Alliance that can compete with Wang Lin.

"Well, I also received news from our comrades in Shanghai, they said that the 401st Brigade arrived in Shanghai an hour ago." Sun Wen nodded, seemingly a little surprised by this news.

"It's easy for the troops to listen to us, and it seems that they really only listen to the command of the Ministry of Defense." Huang Xing put down the telegram, found a chair and sat down, looked at Sun Wen and Song Jiaoren and said.

"Don't be so optimistic, the Wehrmacht soldiers still have hatred for us at the moment, and we have been able to move our troops so smoothly not because they only obey the orders of the Ministry of Defense, nor because we have given them military money." Song Jiaoren shook his head, this matter was too smooth, many places were suspicious, he didn't dare and didn't want to believe that it was true.

"They are also China's army, I think if it really comes time to fight, we are the central political axe, and the righteousness is on our side, and even if we order them to go to war at that time, I don't think they will refuse." Huang Xing looked at Song Jiaoren and said.

"They won't refuse, but it depends on who fights with whom, if it's with the foreign [***] team, I think they will obey the orders of the Ministry of Defense, but they will listen to the Ministry of Defense on Wang Lin's side, not our Ministry of Defense." Sun Wen said with a wry smile, he felt more and more that there were many suspicious places in this matter, and everything seemed to be deliberately arranged by someone.

"At least they still listen to us on the surface, and in the eyes of the Chinese people, we are still relatively friendly with the Wehrmacht, and we also trust both sides, so it is better for us to take this opportunity to quietly infiltrate our forces into the Wehrmacht, and when the time is ripe, we will pull them over." Huang Xing opened his mouth and said, he has also thought about this matter for a long time, since the Wehrmacht is obedient when it takes military funds, at least it proves that they are still unwilling to tear their faces with the Ministry of Defense.

"No, this method is not very reliable, the Wehrmacht has always been trained by Wang Lin, and if you put your hand into the Wehrmacht, I'm afraid it will cause a strong reaction from Wang Lin, and the gains outweigh the losses!" Song Jiaoren continued to shake his head and said bitterly.

"Hey, there's only one way now!" Sun Wen looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

"How?" Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren asked together, as if they were very interested in this method.

"Train our own army, while we are still the central political axe, and the Ministry of Defense is also in our hands, we can find various reasons to expand the army, and then transfer the elite soldiers in the National Defense Force to train the troops, at present, most of the soldiers in the National Defense Force are southerners, and they are also more loyal to Wang Lin, so we will recruit people from the north and train them to be loyal to us from the beginning, the Ministry of Defense ordered the expansion of the army, I think the departments of the National Defense Force should not refuse to send elite soldiers to train new recruits." Sun Wen said with a deep face, this is also the only way to contend with Wang Lin at present, while Wang Lin has not yet made a move in the north, he will strike first.

"It's a good way, but what about military spending? If we want to form an army that can compete with Wang Lin, the little money we just got in our hands is simply not enough, and if we give a lower salary than the Wehrmacht, then they will definitely have opinions, and it is not impossible to even defect on the verge of battle. And what about weapons and equipment? It is impossible for Hualong Military Industry to supply us unconditionally and indefinitely like the Zhengnan Army before, and if we want, we can only spend a huge amount of money to buy it. Song Jiaoren frowned, he hadn't thought about this method, but there were too many difficulties in it, and he didn't know if the Wehrmacht soldiers would mix sand in it? In general, this is not an insurance solution.

Sun Wen's mind was suddenly blank, his thoughts suddenly became chaotic, and he didn't know what he should do for a while, after a long time, Sun Wen finally figured out that if he wanted to compete with Wang Lin, he had to use some means, otherwise it would be impossible to complete it by relying on his own strength.

"Order the 401st Brigade to go to the specified location in Hangzhou Bay, hand over all weapons and equipment, and return to Nanjing the same way!"

(To be continued)