Chapter 1265: Lan Fang Mercenaries
After a heated discussion, it was obvious that Moltke Jr. was ready for everything, both theoretically and in terms of timeliness, and in the end, Moltke Jr. persuaded the two parties, including the somewhat vacillating Nicholas, that Germany finally decided to ask Lan Fang for help and ask Lan Fang to join the European war situation and take responsibility.
When the news came, the entire staff was a little excited, although China has actually risen, and put its hand deep into the European war, but Europe, for hundreds of years, has been the center of the world, since the Renaissance, the whole world is dominated in Europe, to be able to access the world war, is definitely the best choice, most of them think that this is an excellent opportunity, is conducive to establishing a good image of China.
Like the United States, China now has great strength, but in the whole world, there is no position to match the strength, for no other reason, the status of any country is in the midst of countless wars, and it is finally established that there is no third way to go, and in this way, it is a good choice to intervene in the European war.
For this, Yang Yuanzhao does not agree, the European war belongs to Europe, and the Asians' rash intervention is not very good, even if they are victorious, except for the ethereal reputation, they will not get anything else, and if they want to do it, they will be like the United States, when both sides are exhausted and there is no way to continue, they will intervene in the war, not now, the war between the two sides is in full swing, rashly intervening in the war, leaving countless casualties, but there are no actual examples.
Let's take an analogy. The Allies, with the support of China, won the war. Eventually, Germany was also generous, taking part of the French territory. For example, Corsica was given to China, what is the use, an enclave not far away, if European countries make it bad, it can make you look good in minutes, and there is not much difference between getting it and not getting it.
This is different from the Middle East, where there is a huge amount of oil. It represents a large number of interests, and secondly, the countries in the Middle East are all small countries, and they do not have the strength to decide their own destiny at all, Europe is a country that has completed industrialization, and China does not suppress much even if it is suppressed, and it is really time for war to come, and China can fly thousands of miles to fight with the other side, which is unreasonable.
What Yang Yuanzhao said makes sense, except that it is not beneficial. Thousands of miles away, those who are not familiar with the place are also prone to problems, in case Germany orders them to die. With the tragedy of the war in Europe, it is not tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people can stop it. At least millions, if not millions, of casualties. Even if China has a big business, it is impossible to devote itself to such an endless bloody meat mill.
Yang Yuanzhao unified the views of the high-level between the entire northwest. Do not directly send Lanfang regular army, but the situation in which Germany is in is a difficult situation to choose, Italy's performance in this war, can definitely be called a failure, really the same as pasta, simply can not resist the edge of the Entente, once the loss is large, with Italy's urine, it will definitely surrender unilaterally with the Entente, a large country in the middle of the Mediterranean, join the camp of the Entente, this is not a matter of one plus one, the Entente has an important node in the south, which can be attacked and defendedThis cannot be ignored.
After several discussions, a compromise was finally chosen. That is, it is possible to send non-military personnel to join the army of the Allies, and China and Lanfang will be responsible for carrying out the necessary language, basic military training and nutrition, etc., to ensure that they are qualified soldiers, and these people are equivalent to the treatment of Lanfang's regular army, meritorious service, salary, and even after retirement, and then, Germany comes to recruit soldiers, and under the premise of voluntary mutual benefit, they join the German army sequence and are under their unified command.
It seems that the high-sounding plan, but it contains a different kind of thought, the current Lanfang, more than 36 million people, of which 20 million are Chinese, and 16 million aborigines, due to the relationship of killing, many of the natives are young and middle-aged, the elderly and children, and even women, can not withstand the sinister conditions, these people in the eyes of Lanfang and China, is an unstable factor, at least half of them can be conscripted, the flesh mill in Europe, as long as most of it is cleaned up, for the future of Southeast Asia, it is simply a solid cornerstone.
This is a good solution, and even now, Lanfang can provide 1.5 million people for Germany to choose from. To put it bluntly, under the premise that the natives in the whole Southeast Asia are suppressed, being a soldier has become the only way out, the Lanfang National Defense Force, there can not be many places, only 1.42 million so far, but in the whole of Southeast Asia, the total number of natives is as high as 16 or 7 million, this is still the result of a large amount of consumption, dilution, recruitment, and even neat relocation, under the premise of taking into account the future influence, it is really impossible to do too much, then recruitment has become the only way out, and the northwest is increasing the intensity of elimination, In fact, every native soldier of the Lanfang Defense Army who is being selected is good.
The plan put forward by Germany was vetoed by China, and the German side was more or less unhappy, but then, as if it was a little prevaricating, it launched a plan for native soldiers, which made the German side very speechless, is this the attitude towards allies, the strength of the colonial army, how could they not know that the reason why Germany was able to completely suppress Britain and France on the European continent was because of the correct tactics, which annihilated a large number of British and French elite troops in the early stage, and greatly reduced the quality of their soldiers. But on the other hand, after a large number of losses, they partly used the relationship with the colonial army, which was very problematic in strength and communication ability because of various differences.
Although there is some displeasure, but at this moment, Germany needs these cannon fodder, as long as it is not the same as Italy, it is acceptable, 500,000 will not be 1 million, 1 million will not be 1.5 million, the Chinese are not, there are 1.5 million now, there will be more in the future, it is a big deal to use human life, even a 2:1, or even 3:1 exchange, it is enough for the Entente to stop in the Albis Mountains.
At present, the personnel are in Lanfang, and Lanfang and Germany are close allies. The two sides also have diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level, with the German military attaché in Lanfang. After personally observing the level of these soldiers, the native army left 800,000 in the Middle East. There were more than 600,000 left, and about 4 million in the reserves, and this part of the personnel was urgently mobilized for an intensive training, and what was finally shown in front of the German military attaché was a good result. It is not as good as the native soldiers of Germany, but it is not much different from that of Britain and France, as long as there is a little training, it is supplemented with enough officers and low-level non-commissioned officers. You can pull up 1 million troops.
The most important thing is that the long-term contact with Germany, the dispatch of a large number of students to the German side, and the recruitment of a large number of technicians from the German side, the whole of China has a great advantage in German translation, even in Lanfang, there are a lot, when the language barrier has not completely passed, this part of the soldiers will learn about 100 daily words and phrases. Barely enough to communicate, and then there is the translation, and after all these are in place, it is time to send troops.
Military attaché with a detailed report. After talking about Lan Fang's preparations in detail, the Germans were relieved, it turned out that Lan Fang and China were not shirking. Instead, he found a suitable alternative and really got Lan Fangjun to Germany. I really can't help it, sometimes. The guest army can't handle it properly, at most it's coordination, and once the thick line problem is coordinated, it's a big problem.
Now, there are qualified soldiers at the bottom, and they have mastered considerable military skills, even a little stronger than the new army that has just enlisted in Germany, which is the biggest key, although Germany is now lacking non-commissioned officers, but there are millions of people in front of them, and the proportion of additional officers is several thousand, these can still be drawn out, and they are not elite troops, as long as they are qualified troops, it is good to resist on this side of the Albis Mountains, and then talk about passing the current hurdle first.
In the European war to this extent, even if Germany is very small losses, but the brutal European war, also caused Germany close to 2 million casualties, only more than 60 million people in Germany, in the absence of overseas colonies, 6 million people is the limit of mobilization capacity, in the near limit of the pull, only to have the assault on part of the Russian troops, at this juncture, Italy has an accident, he has almost no choice, will be so difficult for the Entente to land in Italy, the strategy of Russia has begun, At this time, it is absolutely inappropriate and not easy to open up the battlefield on the southern front, and now if there are 1 million troops, even if it takes two or three months to train and form, it needs to be supplemented with low-level officers and non-commissioned officers, but for Germany, there is more at hand to use, the best thing is that this is still the first batch, obviously, next, as long as the performance is enough, according to Lan Fang, there will be at least 3 million.
Seeing such bold words, Germany understands in his heart, this is also Lanfang's way to reduce instability, just like the Germans did in Belgium and France before, reduce the local population and increase the intensity of control, this is to occupy this land. Germany is not a saint, they occupy a lot of territory, you know, in this era, Germany has nearly 700,000 square kilometers of land, later Germany, only more than 400,000, after the defeat of World War I, returned to the Lorraine region of France, as well as East Prussia, this land ceded from Poland, they have no habit of opening up the territory at all, Germany is Prussia unified many principalities of Germany, and finally established, which is the mainstream of the world.
In the 21st century, under the premise that the world has formed a fixed pattern, there are few large-scale changes in national territory and the like, but this is the beginning of the 20th century, and there is a naked law of the jungle between countries, under such a law, it is normal to occupy territory, Poland does not exist in this era, it has long been divided, and now Belgium and northern France, which are controlled by Germany, as long as Germany can win this war, it is normal not to return it and include him in the territory of Germany.
Among the countries of the world, that is, the former world hegemon Britain, did not allocate land to the mainland, the reason is very simple, Britain is an island country, it is more difficult to occupy any territory in Europe, simply do not occupy it, as for the rest of the world, it is also dominated by colonies. Because France had a feud with Germany, was blocked by Germany, and was surrounded by big powers, there was no way to expand, and Germany completed the gradual expansion from the Duchy of Prussia to the German Empire and became the largest country in Europe.
Know what the Chinese want to do, for the Germans, there is no guilt, they need cannon fodder, the Chinese need to deal with it without a trace, just like the previous export labor, they will not go to the official how many people die, as long as the annual fee is given, reduce the density of personnel, can greatly enhance their control over the land, and even immigration or something is much easier, as long as there are 20 years, when the Germans cover these newly occupied territories, who else can take here.
The two sides reached an agreement on this issue, one side lacks soldiers, the other side has soldiers, and the German Wehrmacht is also joined, which belongs to German management, and even the salary problem is solved by Lan Fang, Germany only needs to use equipment, and there are some problems as expected but not much, and even Germany has begun to consider, if Italy really can't withstand it, join the Entente, they may get benefits, Italy's northern territory is still good, and even Italy's territory is also a good place rich in grain, Especially in terms of population, Italy is not as good as Germany, but there are still tens of millions of people, although Italy is enough to be a soldier, but it is very high to be used as a worker, and the agreement between the northwest and Germany, regardless of the efficiency of people, is calculated according to the head, taking a person 40 dollars a year to calculate, which is hundreds of millions.
Germany, which ate the sweetness on France and Belgium, almost saw the enemy's territory, and the first thing that came to mind was not the land, but how many people could be captured here, how good it was to capture, and threw these populations to China in a slip of smoke, without thinking about the problem of feeding them, obtaining independent income every year, land and factories, or relying on Chinese to produce, at most replacing some machines, which is equivalent to the interests of both sides, carefully calculated, even higher than the original country, such an efficient method, How can it not be promoted, up to now, in the European war, Germany is still strong, and even under the premise of Lanfang sending troops, the establishment of 1.5 million troops is almost unhesitatingly taken out, what does this mean, Germany still has spare strength.
In this way, the interests between the two were unified, and there were some strange Lanfang native mercenaries in the entire history of war, and in this way, the mercenary army was established and fought on the stage of war in Europe. (To be continued.) )
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