Chapter 752: The Uses of Cannon Fodder
After the surrender of Germany, a lot of troubles left by the war are not over, and the next question is how to deal with Germany, which needs to be decided by many countries, after all, Germany is the most important country of the Central Powers, although Austria-Hungary was the first to provoke the war, but Germany is the middle force of the Central Powers in this war.
How to deal with Germany is the most important thing for the Entente at present, and this matter needs to be discussed by the heads of state in person, so when and where should a summit meeting be held to discuss and deal with the German question? Again, this becomes a difficult thing to solve.
The French proposed to convene a summit meeting in Paris, France, but other countries refused because they believed that Paris had just been taken over from the Germans and that it did not meet the specifications of the conference in terms of environment and safety.
The British proposed that the summit be held in London, and the other countries objected, believing that London had been bombed by Luftwaffe bombers and had not yet been restored, and that London's current economic situation was not in good shape and did not meet the specifications of the conference.
The Americans proposed that the summit be held in New York, but other countries did not agree, believing that the United States would have a home field advantage in New York and would have too much influence on the course of the meeting.
In the end, the Chinese side proposed to set up the venue of the summit in Switzerland, which was a neutral country in this world war, was not damaged by the war, and was good in terms of environment and security, so it should be able to be used as the venue for the summit.
On this day, Song Shijie came to Xiao Zhenlei to report the results of the consultation with various countries: "President, after this period of consultation, all countries have agreed to set the venue of the meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, and the time is set for July 10!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "No." Are you going to attend this summit? ”
Song Shijie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "President, how can I have time now, I can't leave, the post-war economy needs to maintain continued steady development, a large number of soldiers need to arrange work after returning to China and retirement, and they need to raise retirement subsidies, and there are still many administrative personnel in northern and western Xinjiang who need to be selected and then sent to take up ?????? post."
Xiao Zhenlei said helplessly: "Okay then." I'll go to the meeting, and you stay in the country to preside over the overall situation! ”
"Yes, President!"
After Song Shijie left, Jiang Fangzhen came over, and Xiao Zhenlei got up and greeted him: "Sit down!" ”
The two sat down on the sofa, and Jiang Fangzhen said: "President, the main reason why I came here this time is to report to you on the situation in Europe, and there are three main things: First, at present, two divisions of our army have entered Berlin and the surrounding areas. The German Provisional Government is leaving 100,000 troops in accordance with our requirements, and the German Navy has unexpectedly sunk most of the warships, and we have left them with a few warships, and the Air Force has also left them a hundred fighters and the corresponding pilots and ground crews, and all the other soldiers have been dismissed, and the surplus air force fighters have all been mothballed! ”
After listening to this, Xiao Zhenlei immediately instructed: "Send a telegram to Cai Guodong, before the decision of the meeting of heads of state comes out." No one is allowed to touch a single plant or tree in Germany, and the French have always coveted the Ruhr industrial area of the Germans. Be sure to watch out for the French's movements and don't let them get their way! ”
"Understood!" Jiang Baili agreed, and hurriedly wrote it down in his notebook with a pen.
Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette, waited for Jiang Baili to write it down, and asked, "What about the second thing?" ”
"The second thing is that the Seventh Army already controls Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and other regions. After the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in addition to the current Kingdom of Austria, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Dalmatia, the Kingdom of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bohemia, the Republic of Silesia, the Republic of Moravia, the Kingdom of Galicia and other countries were established in other regions. ”
Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and thought, and nodded after a few seconds: "It's time to withdraw the expeditionary force." The army is away all the year round, and the annual military expenditure is a huge expenditure. In this way, first withdraw the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army Corps, and let Wang Shizhen's Balkan Army also disband and return to China! Leave the Seventh and Eighth Legions! ”
Jiang Baili asked: "What about the more than 400,000 Japanese troops of the Ninth Army and the 300,000 troops of the Tenth Army of Southeast States?" ”
Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and shook his head and said: "These two legions should not be withdrawn for the time being, maybe they can still be used, the fifth and sixth legions have been fighting outside for a long time, transfer them back, and leave the seventh and eighth legions, in addition, the air force will leave three hundred fighters, the navy will leave the expeditionary second fleet, and all the others will be withdrawn one after another!" ”
Jiang Baili didn't understand what Xiao Zhenlei meant, it stands to reason that now that the war is over, leaving only one legion in Europe is enough to deal with any situation, and the others can be withdrawn, but why did Xiao Zhenlei leave the ninth and tenth legions? Don't??????
"What does the Great President mean," he asked??????? ”
Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and sighed: "Although the war in Europe is over, Russia is not calm, I am worried that Kolchak will not be able to stop the attack of the Soviet Russian army, and in the end, we will have to wipe our butts!" ”
Jiang Baili nodded when he heard this: "I don't rule out this possibility, the hearts of the people of Tsarist Russia are scattered, Kolchak wants to use the signboard of Tsarist Russia to deal with Soviet Russia, I'm afraid it will not be easy, if we want to come forward to wipe his ass, we are afraid that we can't do it if we want to!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and asked, "Do you know why I left behind the more than 400,000 Japanese soldiers and more than 300,000 soldiers from the southeastern countries?" ”
Jiang Baili said strangely: "Isn't it to wipe Kolchak's buttocks?" ”
Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "It's true to wipe your ass, since the establishment of Soviet Russia, the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau has sent information related to the Soviet Russian army many times, and the brainwashed Soviet Russians are not fatal when they start a war, a Ulla shouted, everyone rushed forward without their lives, there are too many cannon fodder on the Soviet and Russian side, and we can't help but find cannon fodder to block bullets and shells, so the Ninth and Tenth Legions are the cannon fodder I found!" ”
"So that's the case, yes, we're looking for some cannon fodder" Jiang Baili nodded and continued: "The third thing is that all the weapons and equipment, ammunition, and war materials we got from the German army have been sold to small European countries and several South American countries, and we have also sold our eliminated rifles, artillery, and old fighters to these small countries, plus some scrapped rifles, pistols, artillery, tanks, and chariots have all been sold to them, a total of 2.8 billion Chinese dollars have been sold, and there are 1.8 billion yuan in cash, and there are 1 billion on credit!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei smiled when he heard this: "This time, those small European countries can be regarded as picking up a foreign fall!" ”
Jiang Fangzhen asked, "What is the use of this money??????? ”
Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said: "Let's put it into the account of the military science and technology research project, most of this money should be invested in military science and technology research, and we can only lead step by step as long as we maintain our advantages in science and technology and technology!" ”
"Okay!"
At this time, the small European countries were sending people to constantly carry weapons, ammunition and war materials from the Chinese army's military quartermaster warehouses, and these weapons, equipment, ammunition, and war materials were all left behind after the German army withdrew, and the Chinese army sold them all to the small European countries, not only German goods, but also the old goods and rags that the Chinese army itself had eliminated, all of which were sold to the small European countries in one go.
After the surrender of the German army, there were still many weapons, ammunition and war materials in Germany, half of which were German goods, and half of which were captured by the German army in the past, Britain, France and the United States, and now all these things were taken over by the Chinese army, and then the Chinese army sold them to arms dealers all over the world, and in Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna, there are arms dealers from all over the world.
In the past, most of the international market was filled with British arms, but as soon as the Chinese army engaged in this, the whole of Europe became a wholesale and sales market for Wanguo brand weapons.
For example, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania all have hundreds of thousands of troops, and their armies are well-armed and have sufficient ammunition, and they even have tanks, armored vehicles and warplanes bought from the Chinese army, and Poland, a small country that has just been established, has 200 warplanes.
In the Dalmatian Kingdom, Croatia, and Algeria on the Mediterranean coast, there were warships captured by the Chinese army from Germany, and the Chinese army sold several warships captured from Germany to them.
The Russian Provisional Government of Romania and Kolchak also bought several Austro-Hungarian warships from the Chinese army, and in order to contain the power of Britain and France in Europe, the Chinese army also sold 500 fighters to the Kingdom of Austria, which had been in service in Europe, and now that the war is over, these first-generation fighters that have actually been eliminated by the Chinese army were sold to small European countries, which not only strengthened their strength and played a role in containing Britain and France, but also allowed the Chinese army to deal with these burdens smoothly. These old first-generation fighters are also driven back to the warehouse to be sealed and rusted or directly destroyed, and now they can be sold for a sum of money, and these funds can be invested in new research and development projects.
In a short period of two months, the Chinese Expeditionary Force only left behind the necessary materials and equipment, sold all the captured, obsolete goods, and rags, and some troops that had received orders began to return one after another. (To be continued......)