Chapter 270: Difficulties

In the compound of the Yuebei Autonomous Government in Heyang County, it has been very busy these days, because Xue Ru suddenly agreed to expand outward, which is an exciting thing. At present, the government of northern Vietnam has completed the establishment of an organizational structure and a leading body, but only four counties and one port are still small county towns.

Because the surrounding areas are all under the control of the French, these officials in northern Vietnam are of course not satisfied, and what Zhang Donglin implements is completely the same as that of the United States, where the small government does big things, and the basic affairs are delegated to the various regions to solve by themselves, which means that each county has a certain degree of autonomy. There are only two things that are not, military and diplomatic, as long as they do not violate the temporary law, and the others can be legislated on their own.

This is the same as the states of the United States have the corresponding legislative power, and the self-government is completely in charge of the general direction. There are not many institutions, and there are few people, so it seems to be very busy when there are many things. Zhang Donglin also set up his subordinate organs at the bureau level according to Xue Ru's opinion, so the autonomous government only has five bureaus of industry, agriculture, transportation, finance and taxation, and science and technology, and some specific matters are in charge of each bureau, and the subordinate departments are further refined, so that everyone has a lot of workload.

Xue Ru's office is much more relaxed, only Zhang Donglin and Deputy District Mayor Hu are limited, Speaker of the Parliament Li Yaya and President of the House of Commons Ruan Tongwen are also personnel issues. Xue Ru's stall is bigger, and if the personnel are not enough to expand outward, how can there be time for training now. Besides, the land of the four counties plus a seaport, the money collected is also limited, and a large number of goods go to Haiphong Port, not Xialonggang, if there is no income from Hu Wansong on Longde Road, Zhang Donglin will not be able to sustain it at all.

Li Yaya said: "Miss, the House of Lords has studied and passed a bill, we can issue our own currency and build our own economic system, so that we will have a source of finance and taxation." ”

Xue Ru didn't understand finance, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Donglin said: "I think it is okay, at present, our regional economy is relatively scattered, the money used is Chinese silver yuan, as well as francs, as well as US dollars, as well as some Vietnamese, Thai currencies, very chaotic, there is no standard at all, the issuance of currency by the Finance Bureau can unify and stabilize the economy, the proportion of exchange can be formulated, and the economy can be stabilized to a large extent." ”

Xue Ru generally doesn't interfere in local government affairs, because she doesn't understand it, just like this kind of financial knowledge, she doesn't have it. When I heard that the currency was so messy, I remembered that Qin Shi Huang unified weights and measures, unified writing, and unified currency, which was a merit for the ages, and it seemed that the unified currency could indeed stabilize the economy, so I nodded in agreement with this proposal. Since it is called the Vietnamese Autonomous Government, it is called the Vietnamese currency, which can also be referred to as the Vietnamese currency.

After the matter was settled, Xue Ru no longer cared about this, and the reports that came back every day were both good and bad, and the only thing that made Xue Ru happy was Ma Biao, whose Qinzhou guerrilla force had grown to more than 400 people, and attacked the Japanese airfield twice, making them unusable for more than ten days. The establishment of a base area in the 100,000 mountains is opening up the passage between the mountains and Liangshan and Zhennanguan.

Ma Biao and they were guerrillas and bandits, cleaning up several bandit dens around the 100,000 mountains, and after going down the mountain, they cleaned up some traitors in the Qinzhou defense line, of course, they didn't forget the money that Ouyang Sari confessed, and the snow fox was short of money.

The special operations guerrillas turned into bandits, and Ma Biao was another Hu Wansong, who, under the banner of avenging the squadron leader, swept through the ten miles and eight towns around Qinzhou. The 21st Army of the Devils had a headache for this guerrilla force that suddenly appeared, they were not numerous, well-equipped, and had strong combat effectiveness, and a small number of troops were sent to death, and if there were more, they would hide in the 100,000 mountains and the imperial army to hide and seek, and if they didn't pay attention, they would bite them.

The commander of the Qinzhou garrison was stunned, but he had no choice but to ask the commander to transfer back two brigades in the independent mixed brigade for the encirclement and suppression of the special combat guerrillas.

There was no movement on the Chinese side, and the battlefields were still the same, with the Japanese attacking the Nationalist defense. After Kunlun Pass fell into the hands of the Fifth Army again, the Japanese army also stopped the offensive and transferred the 18th Division and the Guards Mixed Brigade to defend the direction of Longzhou.

The command of the Fourth Theater was handed over to Zhang Fakui, and the New Ninth Army was still resting in the De'an area, and there was no action, and I heard that it would be transferred to North China to fight.

Xue Ru had no instructions for this, the New Ninth Army was an anti-Japanese force, Liu Yuanshan and they were proficient in their own tactics, as long as they didn't fight hard with the devils, there was no problem at all, and it was not a big problem if they weren't there, and instructed them to obey the order to carry out the combat mission.

Just when Xue Ru was spending his energy on the development of northern Vietnam and constantly expanding the Snow Fox Army, the Japanese side was also stepping up its actions. Vietnam was a place that Japan had to occupy, from where it could attack Thailand, Burma, and India, as well as Singapore and Malaysia to the south to assist in the war against the Philippines.

Another point is that the occupation of Vietnam can cut off China's external routes, and if it occupies Burma again, it can blockade China and fulfill Japan's long-cherished wish to seize the hegemony of Asia.

The cabinet did not want to occupy it by force, after all, it was a French colony, and sending troops to Vietnam would be a war with France. The Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary thought that it was not possible and could put pressure on France, and through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, summoned the French ambassador to Japan, Andri, to make Japan's request.

Andriy was at a loss at this time, he had just received a report from China that the German army had attacked northern France, the Maginot Line had not worked, and the German army had occupied the Sedang area at this time, cutting off the British and French troops, and before he could study it, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the Japanese Prime Minister to summon him.

Andriy doesn't have to ask why, those Japanese ambitions are written on their faces, and Vietnam is where they salivate. As soon as Germany invaded France, what did Japan summon itself for? Andriy certainly knows that. The instructions given at home were to try to avoid war with Japan and to ensure that Vietnam was not occupied by the Japanese.

Andriy wiped the sweat from his head, he really couldn't handle it in the face of Japanese pressure. Cadol too, China can't do anything to him, simply close the border, do the Chinese still dare to fight? Large quantities of supplies were transported from Haiphong to Liangshan, and then through Longzhou to Dean, which made the Japanese military angry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to put pressure on France. "Your Excellency, it is not the business of the French government, Governor Cadol has overseas autonomy, these are his personal actions, and we are powerless to stop them," Andriy said. “

Mitsumasa Yonechi did not agree to a war against Britain and the United States, believing that Japan did not have the strength to confront Western countries, but at this time, the government cabinet and the army staff headquarters, as well as the people of the whole country, especially the emperor, could not agree not to fight. He, the new prime minister, is a member of the navy, and he is just going south to conquer Southeast Asia, otherwise how can he form a cabinet by himself. The cabinet agreed that he could only exert pressure on Andriy by order of the emperor. Smiled coldly: "Why didn't France remove the governor?" ”

Andriy was also a little angry: "Prime Minister Mine, that's a French affair, and you don't need the Japanese to ask, right?" ”

In fact, Mitsumasa Minai did not agree to form an alliance with Germany and Italy, and did not want to go to war with Britain, France, and the United States, not because he loved peace, but because he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat others. But he was also arrogant from the bottom of his bones, and he didn't look down on the French at all, so he said: "That's really your French business, but now a large number of strategic materials have entered China, and it has become a matter for the Japanese Empire, so if necessary, we will send troops to recapture Vietnam and block the border." ”

Andri, who is also an old politician and diplomat, has seen a lot of this kind of intimidation, and said indifferently: "Vietnam is a French territory, can I think that Japan is going to declare war on France?" ”

Mitsumasa Yonechi was stunned for a moment, Japan declared war on France, Britain and France were allies, Japan, Germany and Italy were allies, that was not a declaration of war on Western countries? Shaking his head and denying: "No, Japan will not start a war, in order to peacefully build the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, it will not use force unless it has to, the French government is supporting China's war of resistance, and Japan will take measures if necessary." ”

The conversation did not lead to any results, and Andriy did not understand what was going on in Vietnam, and it seemed that in order to pacify Japan, he had to take a step back or remove Cadol from his post and replace him with a governor. While Andriy was reporting home, the Germans attacked at a devastating pace.

While the Japanese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Masayuki Tani, was negotiating with Andriy on how to solve the problem of northern Vietnam, the German army in Europe inflicted heavy losses on the French army. On June 15, the Netherlands surrendered, and on the 20th, the Germans advanced to the Golf Strait, at which time the British and French forces were on the run.

There is another person who is also concerned about the Ouyang battlefield with Japan, that is Xue Ru, she guards the radio these days, and at the same time orders Wei Ming to collect all the information of the German army on the Ouyang battlefield and report it to Xue Ru immediately. No one knows what Miss cares about there, there are tens of thousands of miles in between, and it doesn't matter to China who wins or loses.

On May 27, when Xue Ru saw the report of the retreat of the British and French forces at Dunkirk in Wei Ming's report, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Hitler was so good, he brought them all in, and World War II really began. There will be a time when France will surrender, and then Vietnam will be mine.

Xue Ru shouted outside the door: "Minghua, inform Ouyang to come here, as well as Qiao Han and Zhao Dele." ”

Xiao Minghua agreed and notified a few people by phone. Because Ouyang Sa Ri arrived in Ha Long Port, Qiao Han and Zhao Dele arrived first. Seeing that Xue Ru was looking at the map, Qiao Han asked, "Is there anything wrong with Miss?" ”

Xue Ru asked, "What is the current situation of the Snow Fox Army?" ”

Qiao Han said: "I don't know the situation of the regiment directly under it, the Heyang Garrison Command has five security brigades of more than 5,000 people, and the Snow Fox Army is organized into two divisions and four brigades, but considering the issue of officer command, it is two divisions under the jurisdiction of six regiments, and the four-four establishment is adopted, so the total strength is more than 18,000 people, and they are stationed in various places at this time." ”

Xue Ru nodded: "How's the equipment?" ”

Qiao Han shook his head: "It's not good, because there are too few weapons purchased to equip the troops on a large scale, and now they can't get the weapons and equipment from the national government, so the combat effectiveness of the two divisions is average, and the ammunition is seriously insufficient." ”

Xue Ru can't help but admit this, it turns out that the Snow Fox Corps has a national government after all, so no matter how difficult it is, there are still general equipment, but now this new Snow Fox is not so well treated, everything has to start from scratch.

There are channels for purchasing, but Xue Ru doesn't have that money, as soon as she ordered the expansion to the surrounding north, she was hindered by the population, no one can not develop the economy, how to buy weapons and ammunition without money.

It's not a big deal to imagine that you have a piece of land and make money with your own ability, but now Xue Ru understands that it's easy to think about anything, but it's really too difficult to do. It's been more than half a year and almost a year, Zhang Donglin and they are just mining a coal mine and building a small thermal power station, but they are only electrified in Ha Duong and Ha Long Port, and other places are still candles and oil lamps, what can they do without electricity?

Any epoch-making product is a condensation of hard work and high technology, and it is not something that Xue Ru can make if he wants to. Although many businesses in the United States, Britain, and France are interested in these things, it takes time to make them, and there is also production and manufacturing. Xue Ru had no choice, so he could only start with small civilian commodities, but the speed was too slow to support large armies.

The Franco-British coalition retreated from Dunkirk, then France then surrendered, the Vietnamese Governor's Office could no longer control itself, Japan might also send troops to occupy here, and the Snow Fox Army should be ready for war. But there was a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, and Xue Ru asked, "What does the New Ninth Army say?" ”

Qiao Han said: "Liu Yuanshan called back and asked Hu Wansong to escort a batch of ammunition to Heyang, but it hasn't arrived yet, and I'm worried that it's too late." ”

Xue Ru didn't dare to say, because she didn't remember this period of history accurately, the devil attacked Burma at the beginning of 42, and it was only June 40, but she knew that Japan sent troops to occupy Vietnam, but she didn't remember which day and month, everyone was worried that they were afraid that they would not be well prepared, and once the Japanese army landed, the Snow Fox Army would have no chance to fight back.

Xue Ru said: "Inform Hu Wansong that other supplies will be postponed to ensure that weapons and ammunition enter Heyang and gain time, Qiao Han sent a small force to occupy both sides of the railway from Laojie to Anpei, and informed Zhang Donglin to send someone to take over local government affairs and restore the Laojie to Kunming railway." ”

Qiao Han was taken aback: "Miss, the Japanese will know about it, and they will also block the sea, and there is no point in us occupying the railway." ”

Xue Ru didn't know what to say, so he thought about it and said: "I can't hide it, Japan will soon send troops to North Vietnam, and we will definitely fight, so that Snow Fox's control of North Vietnam will also be exposed, and now I can only come openly and find a way to control the harbor." ”

Qiao Han also knew that once Japan sent troops, it would inevitably expose the fact that Snow Fox was in North Vietnam, and the Japanese army would be able to blockade the sea port. But why did the young lady say it was okay? His trust in Xue Ru made him agree. Send Zhao Dele away, and let them seize the time to establish a garrison brigade in the new area for the maintenance and protection of the place, and the Snow Fox Army does not participate in the protection of the place.

Ouyang Sari arrived: "Miss, do you have any good ideas, I have been waiting for a long time." ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Order your people to gather, especially your naval brigade, no one is missing, we have operations, including the air force, this time it depends on how you do?" ”

Ouyang Sari smiled in surprise and said, "Miss bought a plane and a warship?" ”

Xue Ru didn't say anything, but said, "Order your Air Force Group, Navy Group, and Army Brigade to go to Haiphong Port to stand by, and I will arrive later." ”

Ouyang Sari didn't know what the reason was, but Xue Ru knew. Xiao Yong informed Xue Ru that the French government had replaced Cadol, dismissed him from his post and transferred him back to China, and the French governor in Vietnam had been replaced by General Ducco. This was an old aristocrat, a professional soldier, and because the French army was not fighting well in North Vietnam, Bardon was also dismissed from his post, and the entire army was commanded by Duco. Now that Cadol is gone, Xue Ru's plan has of course begun.