Pursing his lips that were a little dry, Jiang Baili looked at Yan Shao and sighed slightly in his heart.

"Now..."Leaning slightly towards the back of the chair, Jiang Baili frowned.

In fact, he prefers to wait until the beginning of next spring to do so, and yes, because of this conflict, the national government has indeed paid a lot of price. Among them, the entire Dandong was reduced to rubble, and tens of thousands of casualties were saddled on the national government.

But can't the government afford these burdens? If it was before the establishment of the national government or at the beginning of its establishment, it may really be a little unbearable. But now...

You must know that the countries that have benefited the most in the European war this time are the United States and the other is China, and now China has grown to a point that is jaw-dropping. The losses of this war are great, but China can afford them.

Another point is that as winter comes, it will be hard to fight, but again, the frequency of fighting will decrease. By that time, even if it was a few more months, the actual losses were not necessarily greater than before.

On the other hand, if it is done after the arrival of spring, please take advantage of the danger of the winter climate, Jiang Baili is confident that he can solve the Japanese lightly―――――― Jiang Baili has always looked down on the Japanese Army, yes, the Japanese Army has grown a lot in the past two years, and it is no longer as in the past, simply attaching importance to bushido, and attaching importance to weapons and equipment has increased, but in terms of flexibility in weapons and equipment and tactics. There is still a big gap between the Japanese and the Wehrmacht.

This is especially true in the former, as long as there is no danger of winter weather, Jiang Baili really does not think that the Wehrmacht will be defeated by the Japanese.

And if you start it after spring comes. Then the casualties of the Wehrmacht can definitely be reduced a lot, even the attrition of the battle.

But...

After all, this country is Yan Shao's decision, and since Yan Shao has already decided, Jiang Baili can't affect Yan Shao. What's more, after so many years, Jiang Baili is also very clear about Yan Shao's character.

That's right, Yan Shao does have a lot of flaws in his personality, such as being lustful. For example, greed for money, such as indecision, such as difficulty in choosing, etc. But he also has a lot of advantages. The first is vision, Yan Shao's vision has always been very good, and he can even see many things that Jiang Baili and Cai Ye can't see, and China can follow the development to the present. Yan Shao's vision is really indispensable.

And then there is the fact that Yan Shao is not a person who can't listen to Jian. If Jian yì was really right, Yan Shao would generally accept it, even at the risk of being slapped in the face.

But just after Jiang Baili put forward his opinion, Yan Shao rejected it after just a little consideration, which is enough to prove that Yan Shao has decided to do it within this year.

In the case of not being able to influence Yan Shao's decision, Jiang Baili, the deputy chief of general staff, has a much simpler task, which is to find ways to help Yan Shao win the victory...

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Although Yan Shao did not listen to Jiang Baili's opinion. But Jiang Baili didn't say anything more after sighing slightly. I was just thinking about how to effectively reduce the casualties of the troops.

As for whether this battle can be won? This Jiang Baili really didn't worry.

That's right, if you fight in winter, it is indeed advantageous to defend and not to attack, Yan Shao's history, the Germans were pitted by the cold winter of Russia, although the winter in North Korea may not be colder than that of Russia, but it is definitely not the kind of warm, but in fact?

Although Jiang Baili did not know the history of the Germans who were later severely pitted, he was not at all worried, because North Korea was on China's doorstep. This means that apart from the cold winter, they don't have anything to worry about at all.

No, there's still a little bit of that.

"Since you plan to do it now, then it is best to start preparations now, first of all, the troops in Beijing and Shandong, you can start to assemble, and the troops of the Vladivostok Military District, where the location is very close to North Korea, or even bordering at all, I think you can send an order to get ready there, and if necessary, you can go directly south from the north to join the war..." In addition, in Europe, there are very good bombers and other equipment, can you also get some to the northeast? ”

He had known the power of bombers for a long time, but he didn't expect a large number of bombers to be able to exert such great power. Jiang Baili was also amazed after knowing what happened to the Seventh Cavalry Division, and now he naturally hopes to be able to draw more of these weapons.

That's right, this battle will definitely not be commanded by him, after all, the nominal commander is Feng Guozhang now, but this does not affect Jiang Baili's hope that China can win,

"Of course it's no problem..."Yan Shao smiled. Even if you don't say this, I'll prepare, and I'm going to equip these bombers with some special gadgets..."Speaking of this, Yan Shao's smile looked a little weird, and even made people feel a little chilled.

However, Jiang Baili did not have the slightest impact, after all, he had walked several times in the sea of corpses and blood, if he was frightened by this kind of Cheng Dù's smile, then he would have lived up to his own reputation as a famous general.

Having said that, Jiang Baili still asked. "I wonder what the president intends to equip?" Jiang Baili would ask this, on the one hand, because of curiosity, and on the other hand, because of worry.

After all, the malice in Yan Shao's smile just now could be clearly felt by him.

If it's just an ordinary thing, forget it, but Jiang Baili is really worried that Yan Shao will throw chemical weapons on the battlefield―――――― there is no purer government in this world, at least Yan Shao's Guoshe government is definitely not a pure government.

Chemical weapons, bacteriological weapons, blah blah blah. In fact, in China, there have always been real yàn, and some are even living people, but public opinion and the public have never known about it. It's not surprising, though. After all, these venues are all in the Great Gobi in the northwest, and there are troops around to guard them, so it is really difficult for the public to know.

In addition, the experiments on the living people were usually obtained from prisoners of war who fought in Russia or against Japan, which naturally increased the secrecy of the process.

Of course, these Jiang Baili are not clear. Those who know are a few people, including Yan Shao, after all, this kind of thing is easily disgusted by those upright soldiers.

However, this does not affect Jiang Baili and the others to know that there are these things, after all, he is also one of the highest-ranking soldiers in the National Defense Force...

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Although Jiang Baili was a little worried in his heart. But Yan Shao did say with a smile. "This is a secret, you will naturally know it when the time comes..."Saying that, Yan Shao smiled and didn't talk about this, but it just made Jiang Baili extremely worried.

However, Jiang Baili guessed wrong about this matter, because Yan Shaozhi was the secret weapon. It's not a chemical weapon or a bacteriological weapon at all. It's another equally dangerous weapon...

Cruelty, to be exact...

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Knowing that it was impossible to learn anything from Yan Shao, Jiang Baili shook his head and didn't say anything more, but at this time, Yan Shao walked to Jiang Baili's side and asked.

"Speaking of which, how many troops do you think would be more appropriate?"

Increasing troops is naturally simple, even if it is necessary to increase the number of troops by 10 million, it is no problem, but at the moment, this kind of petty fight. Obviously, there is no need for such a large number of troops.

Therefore, how much more troops will be added. It has become a topic worth exploring.

And among the soldiers in Beijing right now, it is obvious that Yan Shao trusts Jiang Baili the most.

"It's up to you, the president," Jiang Baili continued. If you just want to teach the Japanese a lesson and give us the upper hand in the next negotiations, then a casual increase in troops seems to be enough, but if you are going to take advantage of this opportunity to grab the hands of North Korea as well, then the additional number of troops that will need to be increased is not a small amount..."

"North Korea" Yan Shao smiled. "I don't have such a big appetite, so I'd better teach the Japanese a lesson..."

Yan Shao is really interested in North Korea, after all, from a certain point of view, North Korea is the last subject state of China. The recapture of North Korea is of great significance, and from another point of view, North Korea's strategic position is also very important, after all, no matter who gets North Korea, it has the ability to threaten China's industry in Northeast China―――――― today's China, the most important area for industrial development is Northeast China, where there are a large number of iron ore resources, coal resources and oil resources, and there is really no place in China that is more suitable for the development of industry than Northeast China.

Because of this, the Northeast has become one of the regions with the most investment in the country.

Especially considering that the land there is unusually fertile, I don't know how many people relocate to the Northeast every year. If North Korea can be captured, then the security of the northeast will undoubtedly be greatly guaranteed, and there will also be an additional barrier.

However, even if Yan Shao had this ability, he had to take into account the following strong considerations.

After all, China has only just acquired a large amount of territory, and its rule over these lands is not yet very stable, and if it does it at this time, it will easily attract the vigilance of the foreign powers. The domination and digestion of these lands is also detrimental, and Yan Shao is not willing to attract the hostility of the great powers too early, at least at this stage...

So...

At the moment, the most realistic thing is obviously to teach Japan a lesson...

As for the rest, let's wait for China to gain a firm foothold in the Middle East and other places, and by that time not to mention North Korea, even other places in Southeast Asia Yan Shao will not let go.

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"Since it's just a lesson to the Japanese, it's simple..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, Jiang Baili smiled. As long as ten divisions are added to the northeast, it will basically be enough, well, in addition, the Vladivostok Military District should pay more attention to cooperation..."

The 10 infantry divisions, according to the standard configuration of the Wehrmacht, basically have more than 100,000 or even 200,000 troops. These, together with the Wehrmacht now in the Northeast, are basically enough to teach the Japanese a lesson.

As for taking North Korea. It is basically impossible not to increase the number of troops by 500,000.

After all, the Japanese rule in Korea is already relatively solid, and they want to shake the Japanese rule there. It is absolutely impossible to have fewer troops.

What's more, the terrain in the north of Korea is suitable for defense, not for attack, and the Japanese have already rebuilt some defensive lines in the north of Korea, and it is impossible to be as careless as before, and be attacked by the Chinese.

In addition, Korea is very close to Japan, and Japan can increase its troops in large numbers at will.

And so it goes. Not to mention 500,000, even if you add 200,000 troops, it may not be enough...

After talking about that. Yan Shao and Jiang Baili talked about many things, basically all of which were related to the establishment of the army and the military operations in North Korea, and Yan Shao and Jiang Baili talked about these things in the room for almost more than five hours, and waited until more than five hours later. It's already getting dark. Jiang Baili said goodbye to Yan Shao.

However, just as Jiang Baili got up from his seat and was about to leave here to go back to work, Yan Shao suddenly stopped him behind him.

"That's right...", Yan Shao patted his head. There is one more thing I would like to inform you, that is, regarding the matter of military ranks, I have already decided, and when the matter of the Japanese is resolved this time, I will add the rank of marshal to the existing rank..."

Speaking of which. Yan Shao continued to smile. "After all, it is always a little awkward for a general to command a general. So I think it's better to change it..."

Yan Shao was talking about the matter of group army groups, the current national defense force, brigade level troops, usually commanded by brigadier generals, then the division level, it is a major general, and the army level above is generally a lieutenant general, and the corps is commanded by a general.

In the past, China's entire army was only 670,000, and a regiment of more than 100,000 people could basically be responsible for the battlefield in one direction.

As for the larger-scale ones? That was not what China's national strength could allow at that time, and even if it was really forced to recruit troops to meet the needs of troops, the recruitment was just pure cannon fodder.

But now it is different, firstly, the shape of war has changed, and it is definitely not impossible to invest more than a million troops in a war, and secondly, the national government can already support an army of up to one million in a certain direction.

At the same time, the opponents of the Kuomintang government have also become more difficult, such as Soviet Russia, which has more than 4 million troops, which is a difficult opponent. If you want to hold the current territory, it is obviously impossible to rely on the original legion of more than 100,000 people.

As a result, the size of the army was expanded, and an additional army group was added to the original maximum corps.

The problem is that in the past, China's largest establishment was the corps, and the commander was the general, but now a group of armies has emerged, and a group of armies can command multiple corps, so what should be the commander of this army group?

In the past, there was no marshal in China, so the general could only command the general, so they were very awkward with each other. Therefore, within the army, the call for the addition of marshals has always been not small.

And this time, Yan Shao planned to solve the problem of the Japanese after solving it.

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After saying this, looking at Jiang Baili, Yan Shao continued. "Although the candidate for the marshal has not yet been determined, the army can basically be selected, that is, you, Songpa and Minister Feng..."

Originally, Yan Shao also planned to bring Fu Xiuming up, after all, he was an old subordinate who had followed him for many years, but Fu Xiuming had no record of success in addition to his qualifications.

Choose a marshal, isn't this a child's play?

The reason why Yan Shao chose the marshal was, on the one hand, to solve the embarrassing situation of the general commanding the general, and the other reason was to facilitate the command of future operations. After all, commanding an army group can basically be said to be able to dominate a direction, and this direction is definitely not a military region, but a certain general direction, such as operations against a certain country, etc...

Such a person, such a person must be cautious, because the person selected can almost be said to be the top of the more than 2 million national defense army, and if the person is not selected carefully, it may even attract the dissatisfaction of the military.

At the beginning, Yan Shao chose Wu Qianqiu to be the commander of the corps, and if he was chosen, he was chosen, after all, no matter how big the corps commander is, there are many in the country, but what about the marshal?

In addition to the support of the people, the cornerstone of Yan Shao's rule is also the support of the army, which Yan Shao never dared to forget, so naturally he did not dare to joke about this matter...

By the way, the three marshals of the army are Cai Yi, Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang, and these three people are also the three most famous people in the national defense army at present. As for the navy, it is Sa Zhenbing ―――――― the army that have been chosen, so it is impossible for the navy not to choose alone, right?

It would be nice to say that the navy is still as vain as it used to be, but now the navy has a certain size, and can even be ranked among the top few in the world, so it is impossible to ignore the navy.

At present, within the Navy, the only person qualified to be a marshal is obviously Sa Zhenbing, who is the Minister of the Navy.

Except for Sa Zhenbing, Yan Shao really couldn't think of anyone else who could do the position of marshal. (To be continued......)