Chapter 757: The Allied High Command is established
Another role of the League of Nations was to confront Soviet Russia, which had also formed an international coalition before that. The League of Nations, founded by the Entente, began to play a role after more than forty countries signed the Covenant, and the formation of the Allied forces was one of its products.
At the end of July and the beginning of August, the armies of various countries began to advance to the borders of eastern Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Galicia, and other countries.
After settling down, Cai Yi and others, who had already arrived in Warsaw, Poland, immediately began to set up the Allied High Command, first of all, the location of the Allied High Command, which was located on the western outskirts of Warsaw, surrounded by a regiment of troops responsible for security, and all martial law within a radius of five kilometers was prohibited, prohibiting any unrelated personnel from approaching.
After the site selection was completed, while the guard troops were deploying defense and vigilance, he asked his accompanying staff officers to inform the commanders of the armies sent by various countries to rush to the headquarters of the Allied forces within three days for a meeting, and at the same time he contacted the German side, asking the other party to put the first military expenses into the newly established Allied accounts, and at the same time he sent people to contact the world's major banks for loans.
Of course, the major banks in China have strongly supported Cai Ye and given long-term low-interest loans, and in order not to be talked about, Cai Ye has also made some loans from several banks such as Britain and the United States, so as to block the mouths of Britain and the United States and other countries.
Cai Ye was very busy, and there was one of the most important things in the establishment of the Allied Command, that is, to place orders to the military industrial enterprises of various countries, and the consumption of more than 2 million weapons and equipment, ammunition and other combat materials was absolutely amazing.
He called Li Delin, the head of logistics and munitions he had appointed, and said to Li Delin: "Now the affairs of the Allied High Command have been almost done, and the troops of the Allied countries will arrive in a month at most, so your main task now is to prepare weapons, equipment, ammunition, and other war materials." There is no hurry in terms of weapons for the time being, and the armies of various countries will definitely carry weapons and equipment when they come, but ammunition and other combat materials will definitely not be lacking! β
Li Delin hurriedly said: "Yes, general, I understand, but do you have any other instructions in this regard?" β
Cai Yi thought for a moment and said, "But anything that can be bought in our country." Try to give half of the order to our domestic military enterprises, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, so as not to go back to be gossiped by others in the future, but we must let the factories and enterprises that receive the order be responsible for delivery, they can not deliver, you can find a private shipping company, send the goods to the port of Ozad on the Black Sea coast, we set up a transshipment warehouse at the Ozad wharf, and stationed heavy troops around to protect the safety of the baggage. So. It is also a support for the private shipping industry, but they can't say how much they want in terms of price, they must bargain and keep the price to the lowest! That's the first point."
"Okay, I've got it!" Li Delin agreed, and recorded it in his notebook.
Cai Ye said: "For some materials such as grain, try to buy them from Europe, and the distance is close. It's easy to ship, and if you can take care of some small countries, you can take care of some small countries. In this way, we can also get their support, and they will not be disrupted when our other military supplies come and pass through their territory, and the weapons and ammunition used by our own army must be purchased from our country, and the weapons and ammunition needed by other countries will be purchased from the military industrial enterprises of European countries, after all, weapons and ammunition have different caliber specifications and are ordered from their own countries. The quality must be better, I want to emphasize the price, who gives the low price to buy whom, after the freight arrives to check the quality, the quality is qualified, the number is no problem to pay. If there is a problem with the quality and the number is wrong, it will be returned without paying, and if the delivery period is exceeded, it will not be paid! β
Li Delin thought for a while and said to Cai Yi: "General, I understand what you mean, you don't think it's better to do this, in order not to let the logistics problem drag the Allied troops behind, it is necessary to ensure that ammunition, equipment and other combat materials can be used at any time, we do not place orders with any military industrial enterprises, but send a telegram to all countries in the world, we have set up arms purchase stations in several cities, if countries are interested in selling arms, they can transport military materials to the purchase stations in the cities we designate, As long as the quality and specifications meet our requirements, no matter how much the quantity is, we want as much as we want, and purchase it according to the international market price, so that we can not only avoid the trouble and risk of long-distance transportation, but also have enough logistical materials to be transported to the front line at any time, just like the purchase point set up by the grain and cotton company in our hometown in the city, after the farmers harvest the harvest, they will send the surplus grain and cotton to the city purchase station to sell, the reason is the same, we can save a lot of trouble."
Cai Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he slapped the table and said with a smile: "Okay, good, this method is good, we just need to receive the goods, and we will give money if the quality is qualified, and we will not give money if we are not qualified, as much as they send, we will want as much as they want, as long as it is a military material that can be used, we want it!" β
Speaking of this, Cai Ye paused, pondered for two seconds and then said: "But we have to accept everything that is not transported by anyone, in order to ensure safety, the military material merchants of various countries must be filed with us, and we must send a fixed sales person to meet with us, we must establish a file of these people to prevent someone from making trouble, and our Allied High Command must also establish a special counter-espionage department to deal with the pervasive Soviet and Russian spies."
Li Delin hurriedly agreed: "Okay, I will handle it according to your instructions!" β
According to the structure of the Allied Command formulated by the staff officers brought by Cai Jie, the command system under Cai Ye should be divided into three parts, the first is the Army Operations Command Office, the second is the Air Force Command Office, and the third is the Navy Command Office.
Of course, it is impossible for all of these departments to be headed by Chinese military officers and departmental staff, which is why Cai Ye notified the main military generals of the armed forces of various countries to come to the meeting, and he needed the armed forces of various countries to send deputy commanders to enrich the various departments of the high command, and at the same time facilitate contact with the armed forces of various countries.
Within three days of the establishment of the Allied High Command, all departments had been set up, and all kinds of materials such as communications equipment and vehicles had been gathered, but now these departments and institutions were still just empty shelves, and most of them lacked the necessary office staff, and even more so, the chief officers.
Three days later, the generals of the armies of various countries rushed to Warsaw, and Cai immediately convened a military meeting.
Cai Ye said at the military meeting: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces has been established, in order to facilitate contact with you and the troops under your command and issue military orders in a timely manner, the Command needs you to send your deputies to the Command to take up some positions, and at the same time to protect your respective interests, I don't know what you think?" β
British General Hague said: "Yes, I agree! β
"I agree!" The French general PΓ©tain also raised his hand and shouted.
After the British and French generals agreed, the American and other generals also agreed to send their deputies to the Allied High Command to take up a position, and to be responsible for liaison and communication with their own troops.
At this time, the British general Haig asked: "Marshal, now our 200,000 troops are coming, and they are already in Germany, I don't know where our army is stationed?" The weapons and equipment brought by our army and a small amount of ammunition, as well as food and other living materials, if we want to fight with the Russians, we still need a large amount of ammunition and other combat materials, I don't know how to solve the logistical aspect? β
Cai Yi nodded and said: "The two questions raised by General Haig are very important, let me first talk about the problem of logistics supply, the logistics supply is uniformly supplied by the Allied High Command, and the armies of various countries will send troops to the location designated by the Command to escort them back, the northern supply points are temporarily set in Riga and Kaunas, and the southern supply points are temporarily located in Lublin, Lviv and Odessa, now I will talk about the garrison locations of the armies of various countries, the British 200,000 troops are stationed in eastern Poland, and the French 200,000 are deployed in western Ukraine, The United States has 200,000 troops stationed in eastern Lithuania, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, and Italy 250,000 troops stationed in eastern Latvia, and the four Chinese Army Corps and Romanian 50,000 troops stationed in southwestern and southern Ukraine. The warships sent by the navies of various countries are divided into two parts, one part is deployed in the Black Sea, which is only a small part, and most of them are deployed in the Barents Sea, of which the fleets of China, Romania, and Italy are deployed in the Black Sea, and the fleets of the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands are deployed in the Barents Sea. β
Cai Ye continued: "Everyone, your deputy must arrive at the Allied Command within three days to take up his post and actively do a good job of contacting and communicating with your army, your army will send an army to the location designated by the General Headquarters to receive ammunition and combat materials after arriving at the station, which requires a voucher, every certain time, the Allied Command will issue logistics materials to the armies to receive vouchers, and your army can take the voucher to receive combat materials, here I also want to remind you that now the Allied Command has been established, Your command has been under the Allied High Command, you must absolutely obey the command of the Allied High Command, if you do not obey the military order, there will be a gendarmerie unit to invite you to tea, serious cases may not only drink tea, I hope you must pay attention! (To be continued......)