On June 1, all the Japanese and Japanese left behind in Korea were captured and imprisoned, including the 20th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Korea, which had been besieged in northeastern Korea, numbering about 37,000 people. The war in Korea also subsided, and Yang Shiqi presided over the restoration of the DPRK and the formation of a cabinet in the DPRK.

"President, Chief of General Staff Chiang is here!" Secretary Xiao Gao reported to Xiao Zhenlei.

"Let him in!" Xiao Zhenlei put down the pen and got up to pour tea next to the coffee table, and when Jiang Baili came in, Xiao Zhenlei also poured the tea.

"Great President!" Jiang Baili stood up and saluted a military salute.

Xiao Zhenlei raised his head and beckoned: "Baili, please take a seat!" ”

"President Xie!"

"Come, tea!"

Jiang Baili hurriedly said: "President, you're welcome, I'm here to report to you this time on the progress of the formation of the Second Route Army of the Expeditionary Force!" ”

"Oh? So tell me, what is the progress now? Xiao Zhenlei said, put down the teacup and looked at Jiang Baili.

Jiang Baili immediately began to report: "At present, we have been recruiting the second batch of expeditionary force soldiers in Southeast Asian countries and North Korea for more than a month, and the time for recruiting in Korea is the shortest, but so far, the number of troops in Korea is no less than that of other southeastern countries, as of yesterday, we have recruited 80,000 soldiers in Vietnam, 60,000 in Cambodia, 70,000 in Laos, 30,000 in Bhutan, 35,000 in Nepal, and 70,000 in East Bengal. Seventy thousand have been conscripted in West Bengal, 70,000 in Burma, 40,000 in Southeast Tien Province, and 30,000 in West Tien Nam Province, and we have arranged for vehicles and ships to send these conscripted soldiers to the north one after another. They were going to have a special training camp for a month, and they were supposed to train for a longer period of time. But there was no time to do it, and the summer offensive that the Tsarist side decided to launch would also begin before July at the latest. So we don't have much time left."

Xiao Zhenlei lit a cigarette and smoked it, he frowned and said, "The recruitment of soldiers in other places is okay, but why is the recruitment of soldiers in East Tiannan Province (located in the Malaysian part of Borneo) and West Tiannan Province (Malay Peninsula) so poor?" Not even half? ”

Jiang Baili said helplessly: "The people in those two places are basically Malays and Indonesians, and they are more disgusted with our conscription, and there are many local objections!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and waved his hand: "Hmph, the people in that place have been lazy since ancient times, when the British ruled, why were they honest, even if they were slaughtered." They don't dare to say anything? How did they dare to stand up against us when it came to us? Do they think we're bullies? In my opinion, we are not ruthless enough, and give Lao Tzu an order, since the conscription is not good, then from now on to force the strong Ding, if there is resistance, we will resolutely suppress it, and do not give them a little ruthlessness. They don't know how to write the words they are afraid of! ”

Jiang Baili hesitated: "Will this cause a bad impact in the world, and if it is known by those old masters in China, it will inevitably be criticized again!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said, "It's okay, if they want to approve it, let them approve it." We ourselves are not without mouthpieces, let our mouthpieces go to war of words with them, you go and ask the British and the French. Which Western country did not colonize with mass murder? Are they allowed to kill, and we are not allowed to kill? Lao Tzu also killed him. What can they do with Lao Tzu? As long as we don't take this kind of thing too seriously, people will only pay lip service to it. The clamor subsided in a few days, it's not a big deal, besides, our own news media is not for dry food, and it's not impossible to do the thing of putting powder on the face, what the British and French can do, we can do it, and it will not be worse than them, at this time, it was decided that before June 10, all the prescribed military quotas in Southeast Asia must be completed, and whoever can't do it, I will find trouble with whom! ”

Seeing this, Jiang Baili knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion, and he was not ambiguous at the moment, and promised: "Yes!" In addition, we have captured about 49,000 people in Korea, including more than 18,000 in the 20th Division, and more than 20,000 strong men. ”

According to the original agreement between Xiao Zhenlei and the British, China sent 500,000 troops into the European theater, and the military expenses required for these troops were borne by the Chinese army itself, but if the Entente countries needed the Chinese side to send troops again, the military expenses of the other armies in addition to weapons would be borne by the Allied countries.

Xiao Zhenlei listened to it and agreed: "I think it's okay, the establishment of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army will not move, and the remaining 18,000 strong men will be organized into a division according to the previous establishment, and the name will be named wherever there are more people among them, such as the Osaka Division or the Kyushu Division, etc.!" Is two divisions a little too little? Can tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners be drawn from road construction teams from all over the country? ”

Jiang Baili hurriedly took out a small notebook to write down this matter, and after listening to Xiao Zhenlei's later words, he said: "President, I mention a Jianyì, since those Japanese prisoners have been captured to build roads, it is better to let them continue to build roads, we can find another way if we want to capture Japanese troops again, I think it is not a matter of a day or two for a million troops to be transported to the battlefield on the Western Front of Tsarist Russia, it is better for us to take advantage of this time to capture Vladivostok and the surrounding areas, and capture all the Japanese troops there, according to the intelligence we have, The Japanese army has about four divisions in Vladivostok and the surrounding area, and about 100,000 Russian prisoners, as long as we blockade the surrounding area for a certain period of time, the Japanese can only surrender if they don't want to starve to death! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smoked after hearing this, and thought for two minutes before speaking: "Okay, this problem of Vladivostok will have to be solved sooner or later, it is a fortress, if we let the Japanese store enough supplies in it, if we want to take it, we will have to sacrifice more soldiers and spend more time, if we blockade it from now on, we can save some time in the future, so let's do it!" In addition, how do you plan to solve the problem of weapons for these million soldiers recruited from all over the Southeast Peninsula and North Korea? ”

For this matter, Jiang Baili obviously had already thought about it, he said: "The troops in the southeast peninsula, they have always used the weapons of Britain and France, when we took over, those weapons were also taken over by us, at that time the British and French were withdrawn in a hurry, and there were still many weapons that were too late to be transported away, and we picked them up, judging from the number reported from all over the country, it should be able to meet the needs, if there is loss in the battle in the future, we will find Britain, France, Russia and other countries to solve it, as for the Korean and Japanese soldiers, I thought about it for a while, As for the unified use of Tsarist weapons, Tsarist Russia can fully meet our needs in terms of rifles, and this is up to our General Staff to negotiate with the Tsarist side, and now that we have taken over Western Siberia, we can use some local factories and technicians to produce Tsarist Russian weapons and ammunition for our use, which should be able to meet our needs! ”

"Okay, that's it!"

"President, what instructions do you have regarding the establishment of this second expeditionary force and the selection of commanders at all levels?"

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After the report, Jiang Baili came out of Xiao Zhenlei's office, and when he came to the hall on the first floor, he saw Zhang Xiaozhun getting up from a sofa and walking over, "Baili, how is the situation?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen pointed to the sofa in the hall and said, "Let's go, let's sit down first!" ”

The two came to the sofa and sat down, Jiang Fangzhen said: "I just listened to the president's tone, but there is no gain, the president is silent about the candidates for commanders at all levels of the second batch of expeditionary forces, I don't know if I haven't thought about it yet, or I don't want to say it now." Yun Nong, in fact, in my opinion, you don't have to worry so much about this, in fact, you and I both know that this second batch of expeditionary soldiers are recruited from all over the Southeast Peninsula and Korea, and there are some Japanese prisoners, and the military discipline is very poor, and the combat effectiveness of these people is really not flattering, although the number of soldiers is huge, but the combat effectiveness is not in vain, I think you still dispelled this thought, so as not to ruin your reputation! ”

Zhang Xiaozhun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Baili, what reputation do you think I have now?" I have only fought a few battles in the Northern Expedition, and I don't care about the combat effectiveness and soldiers of this expeditionary force, if I can be the commander of an army group, as long as they can fully carry out my orders, I believe that with my talent I will not lose to those Western generals. This is a rare opportunity, and I am afraid that if I miss this opportunity, I will never have the opportunity to go to war again in my life, which is a great sorrow and walking for a person like me! ”

Jiang Baili listened to Zhang Xiaozhun's words, was silent, and sighed for a long time: "Yunnong, in fact, the greatest happiness of my generation of soldiers is to look forward to no war, and hope that the country will never need us, only in this way can it be shown that the people are happy, the country is peaceful, once the country needs us, it means that the war is going to break out, and the people's peace is that their lives are going to be disrupted!" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun shook his head and said: "Baili, I think differently from you, war cannot be eliminated, where there are interests, there is war, this is an eternal truth!" We must not be afraid of war, we soldiers, the country and our people must always keep the alarm bell ringing and be prepared for danger in times of peace; if we do not do this, we will be caught off guard once war comes! (To be continued......)