Chapter 153 is more patient than that

As Fang Jianxiong expected, Churchill needed any kind of assistance. What the? Want oil from Myanmar? Give it to him! What the? Want prospecting and mining rights in Myanmar? Give it to him! In the face of war, any inefficiency is not allowed. The British House of Commons quickly approved Churchill's plan to authorize Johnson to negotiate with China.

Finally, Churchill said: Thank God that we are no longer alone!

Although it is not possible to move towards an alliance between China and the UK, the result is already very good at the moment. Especially in the current situation, diplomacy in any direction is hitting a wall, and only China has received a positive response. Even if it is conditional, it is a valuable first step for the UK.

Johnson asked to meet Fang Jianxiong again, and after a brief meeting, he began negotiations with Home Minister Yang Yongtai on how to make a deal. Soon a series of issues were agreed, and Britain exchanged oil, copper ore, natural rubber and other supplies for Chinese military supplies, and agreed to Chinese prospecting and mining in Burma, as well as the construction of a railway in the direction of Yunnan.

For the British, Burma is important, but not to the point of India. So after paying a series of rights and interests in Burma, China and Britain reached a secret agreement. It is known as the "Sino-British Secret Treaty" in history. For China, what it got was a large amount of strategic materials, which laid a solid foundation for the war reserves. For Britain, military aid was accompanied by a potential ally. As long as the interests between China and Britain are greater than those between China and Germany, China, a potential ally, may become a true alliance. Britain needed allies so much that on the eve of the defeat of the French government, Churchill proposed the establishment of a federation of the two countries that would "never break up". Why? Quite simply, Churchill needed allies.

"1000 155 caliber howitzers. 1,000 105-caliber howitzers, 2,000 75-caliber guns, 1,000 tanks, 1,000 Mustang A fighters, and 15 retired warships belonging to the Chinese Coast Guard were leased. (Including destroyers, light and heavy cruisers.) Great President. That's what the UK is asking for. Yang Yongtai, who was in charge of the negotiations, was in a good mood, nothing like this had ever happened, and the minister of the British Empire could not be polite in front of him, and there was no arrogance shown in the past.

Fang Jianxiong listened to the irrepressible joy on his face, how many years, the British finally bowed their heads in front of China. If it were not for the course of this war, the future of the country and the nation would have been determined. Fang Jianxiong couldn't be arrogant, otherwise it would really be difficult to suppress his thoughts of going south and sweeping Southeast Asia.

"The axis of Germany, Italy and Japan has been formed, and the key now is when Japan will go south. Churchill generously ceded Burma's interests in order to keep India. It's a pity that I know that he wants to use Burmese interests to seduce China. But I couldn't refuse this temptation. Fang Jianxiong's tone was somewhat regretful, and Yang Yongtai said inexplicably: "Why can't you?" ”

"Quite simply, because the conflict of interests between China, Japan, and the Soviet Union cannot be avoided, it will inevitably lead to a result in the form of war. Not to mention, there is also an American on the sidelines, ready to join this grand game. The industrial production capacity of the United States is too strong once the war machine is activated. You can't imagine the production capacity. What we can do is to let Japan and the United States split the way at sea, and then blow Japan back to the Stone Age. ”

When mentioning Japan, Fang Jianxiong's eyes were fierce and murderous.

Two Mustang fighters rolled and circled in the air, and a group of young HNA students at the airport were shouting excitedly. Fang Ping, who had an indifferent attitude, squinted at these young students as excited as he was at the beginning. After obtaining the British's secondary supercharging technology, the engine performance of this Mustang fighter has been greatly improved. In fact, in the design of the engine, the Chinese do not lag behind, and they are leading. It has successively made up for the material technology, processing technology and supercharger technology. The performance of this piston fighter can be considered a pinnacle product.

Fang Ping was a little distracted, he just got the news yesterday that HNA organized a group of volunteers to go to Britain to participate in the war. Fang Ping was eager to fight, but he knew that if he went through the normal channels, he didn't want to be selected. Think about it. I had no choice but to take a telegram to my father, using Morse code, so as not to be known by my mother. Fang Ping's Morse code was still learned from his father.

"Is Captain Fang Ping here? There is a telegram! A side three-wheeled car galloped over, and the messenger on the motorcycle shouted loudly, Fang Ping hurriedly answered, and after coming up to sign the telegram, he opened it with apprehension. Go if you want! Just four words to call back, Fang Ping was completely relieved in his heart, HNA will not deliberately set up obstacles. There are only a few people who know his identity, and these few people are silent, and no one is scared than the technical side.

A week later, Fang Pingli boarded a passenger ship bound for England. When Wu Songkou gradually disappeared from sight, Fang Ping slowly turned around. The comrades-in-arms did not seem to have much sadness, and most of them were immersed in the yearning for exotic customs. Fang Ping's affection was gradually infected by everyone and joined the conversation of his companions.

In Almaty, after 20 days of stuffy tank trains, people are almost going crazy. Fang Rui is not crazy, but he is not much better, and nothing is pleasing to the eye.

"You, hurry up! What are you doing with your head hanging down? After scolding all the time, he watched as all the men of a battalion under him got off the car, and after the line was neat, Fang Rui's feelings were a little better.

"Battalion Commander Fang, the regiment commander asked you to go." The signal corps from the regimental headquarters ran over, and Fang Rui answered and walked over.

"Liu Dayou, the head of the 135th Division, has seen General Zhang!" When Fang Ping arrived, he saw a lieutenant general standing on the platform, and the regiment commander was meeting with the deputy regiment commander and life guide. In the name of the Ministry of National Defense, the units under the Northwest Military Region were organized into the Central Asian Front Army, under which two group armies, the Fourth and Fifth Army and the garrison of the Andijan Fortress, were subordinate to Liu Mingzhao as the commander of the Front Army, and Zhang Zhizhong and Zhang Zizhong were respectively the commanders of the two group armies. Zhang Zhizhong came to take over the new troops, and the Fifth Army was stationed in Almaty, under which it was subordinate to the Eighth Mechanized Army and 13 infantry divisions. Six heavy artillery brigades. The 4th Group was stationed in Bishkek and had under the command of the 9th Mechanized Corps, 15 infantry divisions, and 10 heavy artillery brigades. Regarding Zhang Zizhong's appointment, many people do not understand, but there is no obligation to explain below. It's actually a serendipity. Fang was reviewing the list of the General Staff, and at a glance he saw that Zhang Zizhong was now the chief of staff of the cavalry army of the Andijan Fortress. As soon as his brain was hot, he was promoted to the post of deputy commander of the group army, with the rank of lieutenant general. Moreover, the Fourth Army has not yet set up a commander, and Zhang Zizhong is in charge for the time being.

The Wehrmacht did not have a heavy artillery division, mainly because the units were too large to command. The formation of the group army was built because of the actual situation in the northwest battlefield. After all, the world is like this, and it will not work without a corresponding response. For the Central Asian theater, the potential enemy is the Soviet Fourth Army and the border troops in various places, about 15 infantry divisions (8,000 men).

In terms of the balance of forces, the Chinese side undoubtedly had the upper hand, but the Soviet troops were familiar with the terrain and could well be on the defensive side in the future. Therefore, even if the strength is stronger, Liu Mingzhao also feels that it is better to have more troops.

"Your division is three days slower than the arrival time specified in the telegram, what's the matter?" Zhang Zhizhong didn't have a good face at all, the military order was like a mountain, he couldn't arrive on time and there was no force majeure, so he really had to be engaged in military law.

The head of the regiment, Liu Dayou, explained unclearly, and the others did not dare to speak. so as not to burn yourself. Seeing this, Fang Rui sighed secretly in his heart, he didn't expect to be sent to such a rotten army. These officers have been in the reserve for a long time, although they are all officers who fought in European wars, and they are obviously not the same as they used to be. Fang Rui used to be Zhang Zhizhong's subordinate, that would be in the mechanized division's infantry brigade, the division commander was Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Zhizhong didn't know Fang Rui's identity, but he could remember Fang Rui, the platoon commander who killed prisoners.

"Report! Humble Fang Rui, I've seen the teacher's seat! Fang Rui hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt, and Zhang Zhizhong glared at him when he heard it. Then he laughed and scolded: "It's you stinky boy, can you explain why?" Fang Rui straightened his chest and said in a standard upright posture: "Report, the 135th Division is the original reserve force, with two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction. An artillery regiment. The reason why it was late was because the regiments came from all directions and were delayed at the time of the assembly area. The transportation capacity is also tight along the way, and the division headquarters is still parked in Yili, so in order to report quickly, we deliberately let our regiment go first. ”

Zhang Zhizhong's face was stern again, and he stepped forward and kicked on his leg, Fang Rui remained motionless and stood straight. Zhang Zhizhong nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's okay, it's not down." It's worthy of the soldiers I led, how about it, do you want to go back to the infantry brigade? ”

Fang Rui stood up and said loudly: "I don't want to, the humble post did violate the military law at the beginning, and it is already a great luck that he was not expelled from the army." ”

Zhang Zhizhong did not insist that he knew what happened in Central Asia at that time. Because Fang Rui encountered resistance in the city, more than half of the casualties of a platoon were killed, and he found a pit where people were buried, so he shot and killed the prisoners in a hurry. This kind of thing is not uncommon on the battlefield, there is no need to take it seriously, at that time, the life chief of the mechanized division was a square gentleman who twisted his temper, and he had to be strict with military discipline, so Fang Rui was sent away.

Glancing at the infantry who were lining up, Zhang Zhizhong's brows furrowed again, and he said to Liu Dayou: "You are incompetent as a regiment commander, look at your soldiers, what kind of chaos has become." A regiment of more than 2,000 people, now only one battalion has been completed. ”

Liu Dayou was just an ordinary soldier in his early years, and after returning from Europe, he was escorted to the non-commissioned officer school for two years, and after graduation, he caught up with the country's economic development and dismantled the troops, so he was sent to the reserve and returned to his hometown as a regiment commander in the county reserve.

The reserve is characterized by a single reserve regiment, two sets of teams, and two infantry regiments can be formed at any time if necessary. Liu Dayou is a native of Gannan County, Jiangxi, and not to mention how good the reserve force is, this time the temporary expansion of the troops, the reserve force that has been absent for a long time naturally does not appear to be so strict.

"Division, you are wrong to blame the regiment commander, our regiment plus officers, there are less than 100 veterans. This time, the new editor was in a hurry under the wrong order, and he didn't even train together. Fang Rui hurriedly eased his cheeks, and Zhang Zhizhong put away his cold face and asked, "How did you come to this division?" Aren't you from Anhui? ”

Fang Rui couldn't explain this matter, he had been staying in Rehe for a good time, but suddenly received a military order to report to the 135th Division in Nanchang. Later, I learned that he was still a "released from prison" personnel on the file of the General Staff Department, and that the 135th Division was a newly formed unit lacking officers with actual combat experience.

Although this is an oolong incident, since it is a normal procedure, there is nothing wrong to find out, Fang Rui can only obediently go to office, even if Fang Jianxiong knows it, he doesn't say anything. Fang Rui didn't care about himself, anyway, he was going back to the army.

"I don't know, anyway, I received an order from the General Staff and packed up and went to work. Less than a week after taking over the troops, he was thrown on a train and pulled here. The military qualities of these soldiers are still very good, but they haven't adapted to it for a while. ”

Fang Rui's soothing cheeks worked, but Zhang Zhizhong didn't intend to let Liu Dayou go, and said sharply: "A few of you, the regiment commander will be the deputy regiment commander, and the deputy regiment commander will pick up Fang Rui's battalion commander, from now on, Fang Rui is your regiment commander, I will report the matter of military rank, and carry out the order." After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhizhong said to Fang Rui: "If I remember correctly, you are Lu Dasheng, and you have seen blood in the Central Asian battlefield, I can rest assured that you are the commander of this regiment, and I will hurry up and train the troops well, there is not much time to waste." ”

Throughout the first half of 1940, troops were constantly being transported to Central Asia and the Far East, and by comparison, the three armies under the Far Eastern Front were the largest heavy military groups in China. The total strength of the Far Eastern Front consisted of four mechanized corps and forty-five infantry divisions.

The emergence of such a large heavy military group made the Soviet Union and Japan very nervous, and they did not know who they would attack first. In addition, the terrain of the Far East is more suitable for the advance of mechanized troops, and the Soviet side paid more attention to this direction. After the end of the Soviet-Finnish war, troops with combat experience from Europe had begun to be transferred to the east.

Stalin is a character who likes to strangle crises in the cradle, so Fang Jianxiong is more patient with Stalin, and he hopes that Stalin will not be able to hold his breath and act first. Especially after Germany went west, Stalin was more comfortable to move troops east.