The devils are fighting on the third front, and the Central Army also needs supplies for the third-line operation, and Zhengzhou has also dragged down a large number of elite troops of the Central Army. Wuhan and Guangzhou were tight, and Lao Jiang had to be rescheduled.

"Lao Jiang has made a lot of money this time, and he actually gave me the commander of the Third Army." Meng Xiang heard the letter of appointment given to him by Lao Jiang, and said to Tang Yaoshi with a smile.

"The position of chairman of Shandong is still Shen Honglie's, which also makes you a stumbling block. Without land, there is no money. Relying on the current scale of the SAR, the number of troops raised is also limited. And you see that none of the people you are in charge of are good to talk to. Now they're all coming to you for pay. Pharmacist Tang said with a smile.

At this time, according to the development of the vanguard army, it is the same whether it is given or not. Lao Jiang also saw through it at this time, and still threw over the hat of the commander of the Third Army to restrain the vanguard army. In any case, within the establishment sequence of the vanguard army or the Central Army, no matter how much the red flag with five yellow stars flutters, the banner of the vanguard army headquarters is still hung with the blue sky and white flag.

Yu Xuezhong was transferred away and went to the Fifth Army. Took the 51st Army with them. Cao Fulin's 55th Army was also transferred to Wuhan for defense.

But because of the blockade of the Devil Division, there are still quite a few troops around the vanguard army.

Lao Jiang was also worried that the vanguard army would annex these teams, so the impoverished Sichuan army was transferred, and Shi Yousan, the wall-head grass, was also ordered to be transferred to Zhengzhou.

Only Lao Pang and Lao Zhang were left, and this pair of enemies supervised each other and were included in the Third Army. Although Pang Bingxun hung a sign of the Third Army, there were only two dissatisfied regiments left under his hands, and the local recruitment of soldiers was not able to replenish the source of soldiers at all because of the comparison of the vanguard army. This time, he took the initiative to be included in the vanguard army.

Liao Lei of the 21st Group Army of the Gui Department also stayed, and Lao Jiang was not afraid that the people of the Gui Department would be swallowed, but hoped that the vanguard army would have some conflicts with the Gui Department. At that time, the 21st Group Army was shrinking in Shandong, and it also had the intention of picking fruits, and at this time, Meng Xiang woke up to see how the two armies coordinated.

Although Sun Tongxuan of the 12th Army also received an order, he said that he was ill and did not move. As soon as the Vanguard Army implemented the subsistence allowance, his army was hit the hardest, and many locally recruited soldiers either fled to the Vanguard Army or had no intention of fighting. Hearing that he was going to be transferred, the people below united to ask for his life. This made Sun Tongxuan have to call herself sick and stopped.

Although the 57th Army, which was also shrunk in the Tancheng area, was subordinate to the 24th Group Army, Gu Zhutong was also the commander of the Third Theater, and he had long been unable to take care of the team of the former Northeast Army. However, it is also not under the jurisdiction of the Third Army.

"Now there are still many places in Shandong in the hands of devils, and there is not much territory to be the chairman of Shandong." Meng Xiang didn't care much about these false names anymore. The vanguard army has now expanded to 200,000, and with or without establishment, these soldiers are enough for him to arrange. He is not interested in the miscellaneous armies that have been annexed for the time being. At this time, it is to digest the 200,000 troops, and strive to make those recruits grow into qualified veterans, and those old oilers are more disciplined under the leadership of the clones.

Now the equipment of these 200,000 troops alone has to keep the base busy with production.

Fortunately, Meng Xiang found that the base had one more function.

After Meng Xiang established a political party, there was a list of friendly troops in the base, and the Central Army also became a friendly army. What intrigued Meng Xiang was that there was an additional item in the friendly list to support friendly forces. With this sub-item, the base can increase production and produce more individual equipment to support friendly forces.

Originally, the base was limited by 20,000 people, and could only provide a share of 20,000 people a year. But with this menu to support friendly forces, the base can suddenly increase its production capacity to 100,000. This is equivalent to the next level of supply. That's enough for 200,000 people at once. There is still a redundancy, and there is no longer a need for Meng Xiang to make up for the damage.

With friendly support, there is also a surplus of nutritious meals. The production capacity of the base has been expanded to the maximum, and a second-level logistics support center can produce 3,000 nutritious meals a day.

With the nutritious meals for 100,000 people, the number of meals has expanded to 300,000 at once, which can be regarded as a part of the students' lunches at once.

Unfortunately, friendly support is only available for the time being, with equipment and food for individual soldiers, and the rest has not yet been activated. But these two things have solved Meng Xiang's big problem.

I no longer worry about the equipment of the 200,000 troops, but it takes time to produce, and there are all kinds of guns and ammunition.

With the increase in the number of troops, all the somi is used, and the pressure on logistics is too great. According to the speed of production, it is impossible to keep up. Every big battle requires a period of accumulation of ammo before Suomi can play to his heart's content. As a last resort, the recruit Danzi just joined the team, and he still used Mauser at first.

Originally, Meng Xiang also planned to use Garand, but at this time, the ammunition in the vanguard army was already a little messy. In this regard, Wang Geng, who is in charge of logistics management, put forward several opinions.

The army's logistics are mainly in charge of Yang Er, involving a lot of secrets of the base, and this can't be faked to others, but every time the army goes to eat, drink, Lazar and foreign exchanges with the locals, this Yang Er is not good at it, and Wang Geng's arrival just fills this vacancy.

Meng Xiang was also exploring the most suitable weapon standards for the vanguard army at this time. With his upgrade, the ban on World War II weapons was almost completely lifted. Except for the fact that he was a little disappointed not to see nuclear weapons, all other weapons could be produced.

However, with the expansion of the vanguard army, the problem of logistical support has become more and more serious.

The weapons used by the vanguard army are mainly three kinds of weapons: German, American, and Soviet. The caliber is not uniform, which brings great trouble to logistics. During this period of time, the vanguard army was already adjusting and reforming. It was this large-scale adjustment and redressing that kept the base busy.

Rifles, although the STG44 assault rifle has appeared, but only half the price of the discount, is still not as cost-effective as Suomi at only one-sixteenth of the cost. Considering the price factor, Meng Xiang still kept the cheap Suomi. The STG44 assault rifle was only partially reequipped in the security regiment.

The security regiment generally does not leave the base, but is not afraid of the complexity of logistics.

Garand was still only equipped with Rat One's Reading Force Master and Wei Hanchao's Reading Brigade to relieve their logistical pressure. As for the Mauser 98K, it was mainly used by recruits and snipers.

The pistols are mainly concentrated on the heads of the powerful Browning and Luger, and can also be used with Suomy's ammo.

For the machine guns in the various armies, except for the Reading Division and the Reading Brigade, which are equipped with a large number of Czech machine guns, the other machine guns have been replaced with MG-42 machine guns, and the original MG-34 is mainly concentrated in armored vehicles and pillbox fortifications. For this reason, the machine guns on the Soviet Russian tanks were specially dismantled and replaced with MG-34. Because the MG-34 is the same as the MG-42 bullet, so that the ammunition between the armored vehicle and the infantry is unified, and this piece alone relieves a lot of logistical pressure.

Because of the MG-42, the team tactics developed also revolved around the machine gun. This also compensated for the lack of vitality of the Suomi submachine gun at a distance of 200 meters. Combined with the Mauser sparter and the Mauser of the recruits, it is enough to strangle the enemy on the battlefield.

As for the heavy machine gun, Meng Xiang is still unified as the Browning M2HB large-caliber heavy machine gun. This, like the twin M2 anti-aircraft machine guns in the air defense team, also relieves some logistical pressure.

The small mortar Meng Xiang replaced the German-made Type 36 50mm mortar with the Italian MOD35 45mm one.

The biggest advantage of the 45mm mortar of the MOD 35 type is its high rate of fire, with a sustained maximum rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute, which is unmatched even in later generations. Later generations called it the best small-caliber mortar of World War II, with a magazine for loading propellants, which was convenient and quick, and had a very ingenious design. However, it also brought a more complex structure, which increased the difficulty of production, but this had no impact on the base.

Although it is impossible to use a high speed of 25 rounds, it is also much faster than other mortars. With this high rate of fire, it was possible to effectively suppress the offensive of the infantry. Especially at the front of the position, 400-500 meters, where the enemy infantry has not yet deployed, the shooting of the M35 can make it impossible for the enemy infantry to form a battle group. It also made up for the lack of the Suomi submachine gun at this distance. This mortar can be made by two people, weighing only 15.4 kilograms, with a very humanized chest pad, which makes this classic.

Meng Xiang, who was a military novice, didn't know it before, but later learned that in the Spanish Civil War, both sides were using this, and the reaction was good. After testing, it is indeed very useful, in an emergency, the mortar shell can even be used as a grenade, so Meng Xiang directly assigned it to the platoon.

As for the 36 Type 50 mortars that were replaced, they were assigned to mountain brigades and reading divisions, which needed more precision and ammunition logistics.

For large and medium-caliber mortars, Meng Xiang still chose the German-made 80 mm caliber and the Soviet Russian 120 mm. Both of these weapons are inexpensive and good-looking.

Artillery, or the use of Germany, World War I artillery is cheap and affordable, and it is enough to deal with himself, limited to the base production capacity is also limited, and it is necessary to occupy the tank factory, so it is basically not replaced. What is needed now is quantity, when thousands of cannons are placed in front of the devils, even if the goods during the First World War are still made the devils shy away.