Chapter 463: Lao Jiang's helplessness

Huaxia's capital and talents are numbered for a period of time, and since there are more vanguard troops, Lao Jiang's side will naturally be less.

Chiang's central government lacked funds, and the more taxes were looted, the more people ran to the territory of the vanguard army. The tax incentives and financial support on the territory of the vanguard army were already very attractive, and after the territory of the vanguard army became more stable at this time, people naturally chose to go to the joint theater. Moreover, there is a better consumer market in the joint theater.

People with subsistence allowances are more willing to spend money, which has led to a significant increase in consumption and stimulated the economy to a higher level.

But this big cake, Lao Jiang and others got very little. The vanguard army does things according to the rules, there are clones and the supervision of the people, they can't do anything to the bureaucracy. This is also where the central government is dissatisfied with the Vanguard Army.

The Japanese watched the economy of the vanguard army boom, but they were depressed and couldn't intervene, and they also hated the vanguard army to the core.

But they also ran into a wall in front of the army of the powerful vanguard army.

It was only after the Japanese hit a wall in front of the vanguard that they began to analyze future developments.

They also touched a nose in front of Soviet Russia, and their hopes for going north were already thin. What's more, there is a vanguard army behind him that needs to be solved. So the plan to go north has been shelved. What they need to do is to do their best to maintain the puppet Manchurians and the Korean Peninsula. These alone are not enough, they need to open up new resources.

The Japanese army, having been wiped out by the vanguard army of nearly 400,000, was already badly damaged, and it would take some time to recover. Under the suppression of the vanguard army, the Japanese, who analyzed the strength of the vanguard army, finally chose to give up, and mainly defended the territory of the occupied area of China, waiting for the opportunity to turn around in the future.

But seeing the outbreak of the European war, if you want to take advantage of the opportunity, you can only start from the top of the navy.

At this time, almost everyone would have thought that the Anglo-French alliance was the strongest in the world, and that the Germans, if they were to fight, would at best be able to maintain the stalemate of the First World War. And when the Japanese domestic economy forced them to find a way out, although the Japanese aimed at Nanyang, they still had to be careful when they were frustrated in China.

That's why I chose to test it in Guangxi first, so as to lay the ground for future actions.

"The Japanese attacked Guangxi?" When Meng Xiang heard the news, his heart was also moved. He didn't know if the Kunlun Pass victory would happen, but he was sure that the devil had begun to test Nanyang.

The Japanese of this era were more in need of oil and rubber. Under the squeeze of the vanguards, their markets were smaller, and there were fewer resources and hard currencies such as gold, silver, and foreign exchange, while their expenses increased.

It's not just the attrition of supporting huge armies in China, the umbrella is constantly seducing them to increase the cost of the navy.

From the very beginning, Meng Xiang took the approach of beating the Japanese army hard, trying not to detract from the strength of the Japanese navy. But the Japanese Navy had to come over, and after being beaten by the Vanguard, in the shadow of the shore artillery and giant artillery, and the Pioneer Army did not stimulate them too much, the Japanese Navy was temporarily much more stable. Wait for the accumulation of aircraft carriers and battleships, and wait for a better chance to retaliate.

But Meng Xiang believed that Japan's greed would eventually lead them to choose to target Southeast Asia when Britain and France were defeated by the Germans and declined. Even if the Japanese didn't make this move, Meng Xiang didn't mind helping them. So he instructed the umbrella company to call the Japanese for sponsorship. Of course, the Japanese should not pay a penny less for this sponsorship.

The Nagato-class battleships sold by the umbrella are no longer bought. Not to mention that they already had several, but the ineffectiveness of the vanguard made them give up buying again. The umbrellas were bought one after another in advance, making it difficult for them to get rid of one. However, they gritted their teeth and continued to buy ships, but this time they targeted aircraft carriers.

Meng Xiang pondered for a long time about the Japanese buying an aircraft carrier, and finally agreed.

If nothing else, by June and July, Britain and France will be locked in a bitter war. By that time, a series of operations could be arranged, and the Japanese would not have time to target the vanguard army.

"A giant aircraft carrier with a full load of more than 70,000 tons, do you want it?" The sound of the umbrella of the 60's is very seductive, and the Shinano thrown out makes it difficult for the Japanese to choose. The Shinano's parameters were too tangled with them, especially the poor number of carrier-based aircraft. At this time, the popular aircraft carrier strategy of the Japanese was to defend by attacking, but later suffered a big loss at the hands of the Americans, so they strengthened their protection, and products such as Taiho and Shinano appeared.

"Yes!" In the end, the Japanese gritted their teeth and decided to ask for this 200 million yen supercarrier. The price is not cheap at all, but the Japanese need its deterrent power. They have low self-esteem and always want to use big to cover up. So the giant aircraft carrier made them tempted, and in the end, Hirohito directly asked for it.

Because the Yamato-class of the copycat company began to sell out, the Japanese Yamato plan has canceled the latter plan and only kept two. Naturally, the Shinano was gone. The construction cost of the Shinano plus some funds can be used directly in this regard. The Japanese robbed a lot of property from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they just happened to vomit it out.

"Hey, hey!" Thinking that the fastest sinking aircraft carrier in history would eventually fall on the heads of the Japanese, Meng Xiang still snickered for a long time.

However, the Japanese are not stupid, the aircraft carrier formation in World War II is generally composed of two aircraft carriers, because the Shinano carried too few aircraft, they decided to pair it with two attack aircraft carriers, and this was also purchased with an umbrella. Because the umbrella said that they have a Xianghe-class aircraft carrier.

At this time, the Japanese did not care where the news of the umbrella came from. The leak of the news of the Yamato-class battleships and the Nagato-class battleships has made them clean up over and over again. Considering that the Shozuru-class aircraft carrier is about the same period as the Yamato-class battleship, it is normal for it to leak out. What they need is to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

To be honest, the Xianghe-class aircraft carrier is still good, Meng Xiang didn't plan to sell it to the Japanese, so he recommended a stupid big guy like the Shinano. But after all, it was necessary to let the Japanese play with the big knife for a while, so I still supplemented the strength of the Japanese and gave the information of the Xianghe-class aircraft carrier, because the price was only more than 90 million yen, so the Japanese bought two in one go. If there is no more, it will take two years. And these three ships will be delivered in half a year.

The Japanese just take a fancy to the advantage of short time, and the price is not very high, so they are so happy.

Speaking of price, Meng Xiang is also a little resentful. The Shinano was completed in 44 years, and the cost was only one-sixth of the price after the base was upgraded. If it weren't for the sake of pit the Japanese once, Meng Xiang would not have sold this. As for the cost of the Shozuru aircraft carrier, the Japanese production also had 84.49 million yen. The umbrella sold for more than 90 million is not too high. However, this is a real payment of money, and it cannot yet support domestic production. Therefore, Meng Xiang didn't dare to open his mouth, and the discount of one-tenth of the base property was enough to earn back the original.

Rao is like this, this deal of almost 400 million yuan is enough for the Japanese economy to be tight. The total national budget of the Japanese in 34 years was only 2.2 billion yen, and the naval budget of that year was only 490 million yen. You know, that year, the Japanese gave a lot of support to the navy.

They need more wealth, and the wealth accumulated for centuries in Southeast Asia shines there. Of course, they did not abandon the wealth of China.

This time the Japanese offensive in China, the direction of Wuhan was just a tentative move, the troops of the Central Army have been paying attention to the defense here, and the Japanese did not have many opportunities. The main target of the Japanese troops under the command of Okamura Ninji was Nanchang, and after conquering Nanchang, the rich areas along the Yangtze River could be stabilized and the next step could be carried out. It can not only plunder the tungsten mines in Jiangxi, but also use the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to threaten the Central Army and the Vanguard Army.

The Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, which can lead to Zhuzhou, Hunan in the west, threatens the rear of the Central Army; In the east, Yingtan, Quzhou, and Jinhua can be passed, and all the way to Hangzhou, and the guerrilla columns of the vanguard army can be strangled from Hangzhou and Nanchang. At this time, their base has rapidly developed to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway. Shunroku Hata is already thinking about how to eliminate this big problem. This time to attack Nanchang, there was also the intention of using the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to lock them up.

The Japanese army had already reached the area of De'an and Yongxiu, and attacked Nanchang at this time, and the three divisions soon attacked the city of Nanchang.

"Mother, Xipi! Niang Xipi! Lao Jiang was speechless. Little Japan was beaten by the vanguard, but he came to bully him. Could it be that he is really a soft persimmon, and everyone wants to pinch it?

Thinking of his patience with the vanguard army, he scolded a few more fiercely over and over again.

Xi'an and other places were annexed by Meng Xiang, and even erected a sign to recruit troops in the local area, absorbing more than 40,000 central troops at once. This made Lao Jiang not dare to take drastic actions, after all, they were backed by the vanguard army. It can't be compared to weapons, it can't be compared to the number of troops, and it can't be compared to money, if he tears his face, Lao Jiang may not even be able to protect himself.

On the 7th, the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the vanguard army parachuted into Hanzhong, making Lao Jiang really feel threatened.

Whether it was parachuting into Chongqing for a decapitation operation, or pushing the army from Hanzhong into Sichuan, Lao Jiang felt that the unsafe elements around him were getting stronger and stronger. That's why he swallowed his anger, just condemned it, and maintained the face of the central government. And the vanguard army did not directly step on his face, and still maintained a certain maintenance of the country and the central government, which was one of the reasons why he finally endured.

This is not a chance to turn the other cheek, you can only wait for a better opportunity in the future.

For the vanguard army, Lao Jiang is also secretly envious. They have gone from a small militia group to an unrivaled giant at this time, and they can't do without the support of people behind them. And if he gets this support, he can lead Huaxia to a more brilliant future.

In fact, Lao Jiang also wants to make a difference, and everyone who sits at the head of the country has a deeper idea of serving the country. After all, they are characters who will leave a name in history in the future, and being the head of a pack of sheep is not the same feeling as being the head of a pack of wolves. But the limitations of the times made Lao Jiang powerless to change anything in the end.

But when he reached the top, there was no way out, and what he was involved in was the rise and fall of many families, and it was not that he could retreat if he wanted to. Moreover, the temptation of power also made him unwilling to give up.

In the face of Meng Xiang's threat, he took a temporary approach to avoid it, and he was looking for supporters behind the vanguard army at this time, intending to use more favorable terms to win him over. On the one hand, whether it was the Japanese or someone else, he needed the other enemies of the vanguard to jump out and fire at the vanguard first.

But to his disappointment, almost everyone was silent, watching his moves. With the vanguard army in the north north of the Huai River, it is already qualified to establish state power. It was a king-to-king battle, and everyone else fell.

Han Fuyu was the first to fall, but his men became one of the cornerstones of the vanguard army. The vanguard army that has fully received Han Fuyu's strength is even more terrifying, and that Meng Ribai is no longer the major general he personally awarded when he captured Han Fuyu.

Yan Xishan, who was like a rich man, had already been included in the vanguard army, and he was very nourishing as the vice chairman of the joint theater. Although he has no territory, he has a lot more power in his hands, and ranks among the nine giants in the vanguard army.

The Northwest Army, which he dismantled, was almost all incorporated into the vanguard army. Even the bones and soup were swallowed, and even Feng Yuxiang wanted to mix some things into it, but he had nowhere to start. Lao Jiang knew that Feng Yuxiang would not be reconciled, but Feng Yuxiang didn't have a lot of money in his hands, who would follow the poor bastard?

The Northeast Army, which he also had to disintegrate with great effort, was also absorbed by the Vanguard Army.

After Zhang Xueliang was detained, the Northeast Army was reorganized into 6 armies.

The 67th Army was already dismantled after the Battle of Songhu, leaving only one 108th Division, which was incorporated into the 25th Army. It's basically already under his control.

The 57th Army had long been swallowed up by the Vanguard. At this time, it has become a tiger army in the hands of the vanguard army. That army commander Huang Baitao used to be just an inconspicuous small division commander, but at this time, the people sent by Lao Jiang to buy him returned several times in vain.

The 2nd Cavalry Army of He Zhuguo also defected to the Vanguard Army early, although the Vanguard Army did not have much of a cavalry plan to fight, but He Zhuguo was also not moved by Lao Jiang's purchase.

In the past few days, he had heard that Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army in the Lianghuai area and Wan Fulin's 53rd Army in the Tongbai Mountain area had also defected to the vanguard army. The ability of the vanguard army, which had occupied most of the north, to fight back to the northeast was more reliable than that of Lao Chiang. This made Lao Jiang a little wary of the 49th Army fighting in Nanchang.

Zhang Xueliang was still by his side, and he was still thinking about whether to release Zhang Xueliang and win over the army. But he never grasped Zhang Xueliang's attitude, so he was still hesitating.

Others don't have to count on it, and the army of the three horses was scattered. The combined strength of the three is less than 10,000 people. It's just wandering in the Qinghai wasteland, and I can't even enter a county seat. After winter, I'm afraid there won't be many people left. If you lose your wealth, how can you raise soldiers? Sanma had been a robber a few times, but in the strafing of the plane, except for the thousands of corpses left behind, he didn't grab a few hairs.

The vanguard army's bandit suppression team cooperated from the air and the ground, and with the difficulty of supply, they were afraid that even this winter would be difficult.

As for Sheng Shicai, who fled to Soviet Russia with a bare ass, he didn't jump much, I really think Soviet Russia is good? In the face of Soviet Russia, Lao Chiang was in line with the vanguard army, although he also wanted to use the strength of Soviet Russia to deal with the vanguard army, but at the Central Committee, he still passed the decision to urge the Soviet Russians to evacuate. Under the pressure of the tanks and planes of the vanguard, Soviet Russia had to withdraw its men on the bright side. But there are still a lot of tails left, and even some are directly as minorities, ready to make some chaos.

But according to Lao Jiang's judgment, with the increase in the number of those construction corps that have entered the northwest one after another, Sheng Shicai has no chance to make a comeback.

As for the small warlords and various community organizations in Henan, Lao Jiang heard that most of them had been directly swept away by the army of the vanguard army. The subsistence allowance is really a good thing, and if you go down with one move, the people will all obey. But behind this is a lot of money, food, and land to maintain.

Although Lao Jiang can also do this with the resources at hand, if he does this, where will he have the spare money to supply and divide it more with his own interest gangs? What other generals are willing to follow their allegiance?

Lao Jiang felt depressed when he thought of this, his best trick of throwing money had failed when he encountered the richer master of the vanguard army. The vanguard army can throw more money down to the satisfaction of both the top and bottom. And he can only take care of one head, there is no doubt that he must choose the top.

And who can stop this trick? Can the Red Party and the Gui faction? Lao Jiang had already given a negative answer in his heart.

He couldn't help laughing in his heart, but he was afraid that at this time, Li Zongren and the others were no less anxious about facing the vanguard army than him.

The infiltration of the Red Party, which he had always been unable to deal with, was also met with the indifference of the people at this time, after all, ready-made food was the most realistic. Although people who have experienced war and chaos do not know what doctrine is, they know best how to make choices.

Although Li Zongren was silent at this time and did not openly denounce the vanguard army, he was also having a headache in his heart about how to keep his one-third of an acre. The Gui family, which has always been poor, how can it keep out the subsistence allowance? At this time, the Japanese were still running to make trouble, just to get arms support from the vanguard army, maybe Lao Li would be silent?

Lao Jiang was dizzy when he thought of the weapons and equipment of the vanguard army, how much money would it take to equip such a million troops?

In the face of such a monster, how can he fight? What do you want to use?

Lao Jiang thought about it and let out a long sigh again. RO！ ~！