In the face of the advance of the vanguard army, it was not only Lao Jiang who was under pressure. Li Zongren also has a lot of pressure.

The Gui family has always had no money, otherwise it would not have been smashed by Lao Jiang with money, and it would be difficult to turn over. It was not until after the Anti-Japanese War, when the finances of the old Chiang government collapsed, that Li Zongren came to power.

But at this time, the Gui family seemed to have encountered a bigger opponent, and the vanguard army was overwhelming when it threw money, not only for the middle and upper classes like Lao Jiang.

Originally, it was still possible to watch Anhui in Dabie Mountain, but after the vanguard army attacked the vicinity, all this became empty talk. Even in his hometown of Guangxi, there are guerrillas of the vanguard army operating near the Yunkai Mountain, which is connected with Guangdong. In addition, the devils invaded North Vietnam and threatened Guangxi. Li Zongren couldn't help but retreat. At this time, Huang Shaofa also wrote a letter mentioning the matter of Dabie Mountain and the Pioneer Army.

Huang Shaofa was placed by Lao Jiang as the "chief" of Zhejiang Province. But his decree could not reach Zhejiang. In the past, it was the devils who occupied most of Zhejiang, and later there was an additional vanguard army.

At this time, the vanguard army can be said to account for nearly half of the country in Zhejiang, and they also began to fully implement relevant policies such as subsistence allowance and compulsory education last year.

Although Zhejiang is a rich land, there are still many poor people, which also makes the vanguard army gain the support of the people at the bottom. In addition, the vanguard army encouraged industry and commerce and eliminated all kinds of gold and miscellaneous taxes, which were more affordable than when the central government came to the central government, and naturally the middle and upper class people also began to gravitate towards the vanguard army.

When the devil came, the middle and upper classes took refuge in order to keep their family wealth. The Japanese themselves also specially stuffed these middle- and upper-class elites in the puppet regime, which also made many of them have the title of traitors. The vanguard army has a detailed division with Han nose, and it is resolute to suppress hardcore traitors, and those who have no bad record of "those who are forced to act as false positions" will not be treated in a radical way, which also reassures some people a lot.

No matter from which point of view, "the vanguard army has begun to gradually win the hearts of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past two years, and has slowly taken the position of the central army."

Huang Shaofa felt this very deeply. He was not the old Jiang Yan, and he was even more powerless about this situation, and he was optimistic about the change. However, the policies and methods of the vanguard army to win the hearts and minds of the people shocked him. Not to mention anything else, Guangxi has few people and many people, and the subsistence allowance policy alone can collapse the original system of Guangxi, which is operated by the Gui system. In the face of the vanguard army, the question of how to maintain its own strength is not to compete with it.

When the vanguard army recruited people against Yan Xishan, not only did the Jin army collapse, but even the Central Army and the Gui family were also unlucky.

There were already quite a few Gui soldiers in the vanguard army, and even some middle and lower-level officers. Many of them have gone out from the Xingui lineage, hoping to win better conditions for themselves, but also hoping to change their hometown. When Huang Shaofa heard Li Zongren say that the original Gui army had lost more than 20,000 people, "he realized that an irreversible general trend was coming."

The vanguard army is not aimed at the Gui family, just rubbing the edge will damage the Gui family, if it is directly aimed at the Gui family, wouldn't they have to finish the game quickly?

"Harmony is precious!" , he immediately sent a letter to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and personally went on a trip to discuss with Li Zongren all night. In the end, it was decided to give up Dabie Mountain, which was a chicken rib for them, in exchange for more friendship from the vanguard army. Of course, behind this friendship there is a little practical material support.

So, Huang Shaofa came.

"Swap the floor for equipment?" After hearing what Meng Xiang said, Fan Chong habitually frowned again.

"Then give it to them!" , Meng Xiang said disapprerovingly.

"But they ............", Fan Chong wanted to say something, but a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, "It's okay to give them to them, at least they are still fighting against the day himself." The Gui system is equipped with a lot of French equipment. North Vietnam was occupied, France was caught in the flames of the European war, and the passage to Europe was dried up by the war, so that the Gui system was temporarily short of legal equipment. The people of the Katsura family did not know how long the turmoil in Europe would last," but they knew that the vanguard army could get French equipment. For the past two years, they have been working together, and from time to time they get some weapons and ammunition from the vanguard that they seem cheap.

For the warlords in the country, the vanguard army and copycat companies have always had arms deals with them. If Meng Xiang doesn't take over this piece of cake, they will also get it from abroad.

Meng Xiang can only let the copycat company intervene forcefully and gradually squeeze the share of other foreign foreign firms. This is to ensure that the wealth looted by those warlords does not flow out of the country, and second, it can grasp the initiative in the domestic arms market, so that those foreign companies can be driven away, and at the right time to pinch the arms supply lines of those warlords.

The reason why a warlord becomes a warlord is that in addition to having people and money, he must also have a gun. The era of charging with dung forks is over, and without sophisticated weapons, you can only be reduced to a living target.

Although it will become more difficult for them to deal with once they have weapons, for the vanguard army that has begun to arm their teeth, it will still be as smooth as it is to meet them when the time comes. It is not only the weapon that determines the victory, but also the person who holds the weapon. The warlords failed after all because they could not bring hope to the people, and how many people could they buy by relying on money to buy people's hearts?

Even Yan Xishan, who did the best among them, had been incorporated into the Vanguard Army, how many threats could the others have?

"Their affairs will be dealt with later!" , Meng Xiang knew what Fan Chong was thinking at this time, and some of his plans were also revealed to Fan Chong for his help as a reference.

It is good for the vanguard army to take the opportunity to seek more benefits from the outside world, but it is a pity that China has not yet been unified at this time, otherwise it can grasp greater strength.

However, Pharmacist Tang doesn't think so. If China is soon unified by force, it does not mean the end of chaos. There was a period of repression in later generations that was also very intense. At that time, it was only a part of the people who were lurking and hiding, and more turmoil was still on the other side of the strait.

It is far easier to deal with the opponent in the open than to hide the opponent in the dark. When the time comes, if there are internal disputes and opinions, the mere related ruffles can delay the opportunity. At this time, although the vanguard army has the hat of a warlord on its head, sometimes, the warlord can do something that does not need to be too scrupulous.

Besides, the vanguard army at this time was "in the process of unification by force," and perhaps someone would drag the vanguard army back with the support of the forces behind it. In this case, it is better to boil the frog in warm water and "slowly nibble." At the moment, we need to make arrangements for this area of Dabie Mountain! In this way, we can open our mouths a little wider, and dispatch from the east, center, and west at the same time, leaving these hundreds of thousands of devils behind. Meng Xiang drew a line along the Yangtze River.

"Then the relevant plan needs to be adjusted, so that the time of the attack needs to be postponed." Fan Chong frowned.

"Don't delay too much, the problem of the concession still needs us a big victory to sound their final death knell!" Meng Xiang nodded in acquiescence.

"Oh God! These Chinese people are becoming more and more unreasonable. "Pete. Smith blushed at this time and shouted, "The shouts of the young students participating in the march and rally outside were heard in bursts. The slogans of tens of thousands of people shook the glass.

"The Empire will make these ignorant wildlings pay." He looked out the window and smoked a cigar, the smoke filling his face a little pale.

"Empire?" Wade gently blew out the match in his hand, got closer and looked at it carefully, but said disdainfully, "Do you think the imperial fleet can still drive to Tianjin?" ”

"The Imperial fleet is still entangled with the Germans in the Strait from Yingji to the Strait" The governors of the Far East will only keep their warships close to the pearl of the empire in India, and we should not expect anyone to threaten the young Chinese general. Wade let go of his hand and let the charred matchstick fall to the fluffy floor.

"Mr. Ambassador, don't you care?" Pete didn't care about his carpet getting dirty, he was more worried about his foreign firm in Tianjin, "It controls two big mines in Tangshan." But this time, the operation of recovering the lease that swept through the joint theater triggered a wave of xenophobia among the people, and it was not known whether his assets could be saved.

If it was before, he would definitely not be worried, but in the face of the vanguard army, he was not sure" Not to mention that the British Empire was tormented by war at this time.

When Europe fell into war, Meng Xiang began to reclaim the lend-lease.

When Tianjin was first occupied, the Japanese lease was withdrawn, but the concessions of other countries did not act rashly because of many concerns at that time.

Meng Xiang passed through Tianjin once, and the flags of the four countries fluttering in the concession at that time were like a thorn, pinned in Meng Xiang's heart. Although there are also three, six, nine and other generations in later generations, the first foreign adult, but after all, he did not slap the face of the country so blatantly. At that moment, he deeply realized the grievance of not being able to do it and being controlled by others.

Since then, a systematic plan for the repossession of the various concessions has been progressing step by step. And the European war is the signal for its execution.

The vanguard army first issued a circular to the countries on the issue of recovering the concessions in the joint theater on the grounds of inconvenience in management.

At this time, their actions only represented the vanguard army, and could not represent the central government of Lao Chiang. That's why it's limited to the joint theater of operations.

After decades of efforts by the central government in various periods of China, most of the concessions have been recovered in rounds of negotiations on the revision and abolition of treaties, and the rest are mainly concentrated in Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan and Guangzhou, plus Hong Kong and Macao. After the baptism of World War I, the Germans, Soviet Russia, and Austria withdrew one after another, and the Americans pushed for an open door, and soon after withdrew from the concession. The main ones are Britain, France, Japan, Italy and other countries.

At this time, in the joint theater of the vanguard army, there was only one Tianjin concession. Because the Japanese concession had already been recovered, there were four countries in it: Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium.

What the vanguard army wanted to recover at this time was the Tianjin Concession. As for other local concessions, they are not something that the vanguard can control. Not to mention anything else, just say that Shanghai and Guangzhou are still under the tusks of the Japanese themselves at this time. There are millions of people there who are hiding from the tyranny of the devils, if Meng Xiang only cares about himself under the banner of righteousness and patriotism, where will they be? When Meng Xiang was not able to help them, Meng Xiang would never act excessively.

Obviously, the British grasped this one reason, and were reluctant to negotiate with the vanguard.

France and Belgium, on the other hand, had signed a new agreement with the vanguard on the issue of the concession of Tientsin, as well as other assets in China, under the mediation of the Germans.

The current negotiation with foreigners involves not only the resumption of concessions, but also the assets of foreigners in China. When it comes to assets such as mines, factories, and real estate, this area has the most questions.

Considering that Huaxia will go out in the future, it will have to go abroad to acquire assets, and even to smoothly take over the assets of the shadow company, there is no mandatory one-size-fits-all set for foreigners in China.

If you do the first year of junior high school, others will also do the fifteenth. There are some international rules that need to be observed together, and Westerners pay attention to contracts, so even if Americans have big fists, they also need to follow certain rules. Otherwise, you can do whatever you want with a big fist, and the world will be in chaos long ago. When the warlord is in the world, even then he speaks directly with his fists.

Unless it is too much higher than others, there need to be certain rules to balance it at about the same level.

Therefore, "even if the vanguard wants to recover some foreigners' assets in China, it needs to be dealt with by legal and economic means." Of course, some non-mainstream methods can also be used.

For example, in mines and factories, workers make trouble, the people make trouble at that time, and the government demands rectification every once in a while, which may make it impossible to open. Of course, there are more secret means: "You can keep them closed at any time."

However, it is easy to leave some impressions that the investment environment is not good.

Among them, they need to be selected, and some industries that are conducive to the development of the war zone, Meng Xiang still hopes that they will stay. As long as they comply with the relevant laws of the war zone, "they will also be protected by the war zone and go on smoothly." If some unfavorable industries, especially mines and other resource extraction industries, Meng Xiang's principle is resolutely withdrawn.

However, the relevant means are relatively hidden, and they are also to provide convenience for Huaxia to occupy other people's resources in the future.

So the issue of ownership of these factories and mines "generally does not directly and violently confiscate and isolate themselves." What needs to be negotiated is the legal and related tax issues they are comfortable with. As long as they obey the laws of the Vanguard, "all problems will be solved."

Of course, a hostile country such as Japan itself "directly confiscated all assets without consultation." But other countries, which have not turned their faces so far, are not suitable for this method.

Belgium was happy, he couldn't protect himself at this time, lest others fall into the ground, so he signed the relevant agreement early. Even the assets in Huaxia have been abandoned, and they are powerless to protect them, so it is better to simply be generous and dispose of most of the assets. The vanguard also made symbolic compensation, and the value of some fixed assets was repeatedly discounted during the war.

Even so, Meng Xiang would not be stupid enough to pay for it, he preferred to pay the bill with weapons. On top of the extremely cheap processing price that has been suppressed by Gu Weijun and others, another one-fiftieth diving discount will undoubtedly make him feel more happy. At the beginning, I robbed Huaxia so much, although I couldn't take revenge openly, but I temporarily recovered a little interest through other means.

As for the principal, there is still a chance to get it back in the future. At this time, some of the high-quality assets in Belgium had been exchanged for vanguard military weapons through the Germans.

Belgium was the first country to carry out industrial grass, and their industry is very developed. The vanguard army is not only attacking some of these machines, but the most important thing is talent and technology. This part is the essence of a country.

At this time, construction was being carried out on a large scale in the joint theater, the big chimneys of the iron and steel mills and factories in various places were being erected, the railways were being extended in all directions, steel bridges were being erected on the great rivers one after another, and reinforced concrete buildings with the charm of ancient Chinese culture were also being uprooted on the ground.

There is a large labor force in the war zone, and there are also various modified machines to work together, but the only thing that is lacking is a variety of engineers.

With the outbreak of the European War, a large number of Europeans took refuge in the United States. Among them, the high-end talents are welcomed by the Americans, but the Americans do not want those middle- and low-end talents to come and compete with American workers for jobs. The difference is that the Germans are also thinking about domestic employment, and they do not pay much attention to these middle and low-end talents. However, Huaxia lacks these low-end talents to consolidate its industrial foundation.

The country was occupied, and the machinery in the factories of Belgium and other countries was temporarily unable to operate normally, and a large number of people began to lose their jobs.

As an old industrial country, the level of engineers in Belgium is not bad at all, and Belgian engineers often appear in some projects before China. Even some mechanics are much better than the migrant workers in China who have just put down their hoes.

As a result, Meng Xiang began to recruit a large number of talents to work in China. Such non-high-end talents are still very easy to recruit, as long as the price is right and away from the war, many of them are happy. They will not rob the Chinese of their jobs when they come, and they are all here to be masters for the Chinese people, just like those Jews, Czechs, and Poles.

Such a scene can often be seen in the war zone, where a high-nosed foreigner is often accompanied by several or even a dozen apprentices. It is also common to encounter several foreigners who speak different dialects arguing over the best solution for a project. In almost all major projects in the joint theater, there are foreign engineers and technicians, and the campuses of various universities are also full of foreign teachers from various countries.

At the beginning, the translation was insufficient, but the action is undoubtedly common to all human beings. There is no doubt about the intelligence of the Chinese people, and some Chinese workers do not even have a primary school education, and they have not even been able to get rid of illiteracy from the night school literacy classes organized by the vanguard army, and they have already learned the skills of foreign masters after learning the skills of foreign masters, and even some mistakes in their techniques.

Those foreigners who have withstood the impact of big industrial ideas have no idea of keeping their craft secrets as long as they get enough remuneration after signing the agreement. After all, most of them are relatively ordinary crafts in Europe, and if they don't teach hard, the vanguard army will be replaced at any time. In the wake of the war, they were also worried about losing their jobs. Fortunately, there are constructions everywhere in the joint theater, and I am not afraid that they will teach their apprentices and starve themselves to death.

They brought technology and different ideas, and they continued to blend in China, fertilizing the ideological soil of China. There is no need for Chinese people to go out to see the world, a large number of foreigners have come in to show Chinese people another world.

In the interaction with each other, due to cultural differences, it is also easy to make jokes and some disputes, and the resolution of these disputes requires the law.

The relevant agreement signed with Belgium must clearly indicate that Belgian citizens in the joint theater can be given equal national treatment, and must comply with the relevant laws and regulations of the joint theater and the central government. Because the peace talks brought forward by the vanguard army were somewhat nondescript, it was the central government that came forward, and Gu Weijun negotiated on behalf of the central government.

In this way, it makes sense for the Belgians to comply with the national regulations of the Central Government and the local regulations of the Pioneer Army.

The Belgian problem was easy to solve, and although the French surrendered, they still had some confidence and some arrogance. Although it seems that it is only a problem in Tianjin, if this opening is opened, I am afraid that the concessions in Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other places will not be maintained. It will definitely lose face and be difficult to maintain. However, how can Meng Xiang care about this, a puppet government that can't last too long, a defeated old empire still wants to play a spider in front of the vanguard army "When the deadline comes, we will directly send troops to take over, I hope you will prepare as soon as possible!" With Meng Xiang behind him, Gu Weijun's words were also a lot harder.

The Germans also banged on the side. Although they said that they would not interfere with the French colonies outside their borders, the Germans wanted to further deepen their relations with the Vanguard Army, especially the copycat companies behind them.

The copycat company also stepped forward and agreed to the Vanguard's offer to use weapons as compensation for the recovery of some assets in China.

The European war is in full swing, and weapons are more important.

Although the French wanted to set it aside, in the end they succumbed. It was only in the negotiations with the central government that there were some twists and turns, and only the provisions of the French citizens to abide by the relevant laws and regulations in the joint theater were agreed. Tianjin's concession area is a special affair.

This is also what Meng Xiang wants, after all, the concession in the south is very complicated and difficult to handle.

Only the British are still holding on, and they still want to bargain.

"They are already poor in the road ahead, and they are just trying to save face. India was in turmoil, and they couldn't hold it down, so they had to agree to some demands from the Indians. Not to mention our Huaxia. Meng Xiang said disdainfully, "Okay, let's slap them with a victory, and by the way, solve the problem of the Wuhan Concession!" ”！ ~！