Chapter 508 can't be compared

Ripping is the most time-consuming. The pace of August was dragged by the back and forth of the central government and the coalition government of the theater.

The morning light of September penetrated the already cool morning and shone on Meng Xiang.

A pair of white and slender slender hands rested on the back of the rocking chair and shook it gently. Meng Xiang didn't care, just squinted at the clear sky.

"Mr. Zhou is here!" Before Tang Mingyue's words fell, Zhou Bai's hurried footsteps sounded on the stone road in the courtyard.

"Rotten bureaucrats!" Zhou Bai's footsteps had just become soft on the lawn, but his voice was a little more angry.

Meng Xiang got up and stepped on the soft lawn, just looking at Zhou Bai with a disgruntled face, and smiled silently.

The butt not only determines the head, but also affects the personality. After Zhou Bai was in charge of the economy of the vanguard army, his personality also changed a lot. More often than not, a person does not live for himself. More often than not, you need to take into account the feelings of the people around you and behind you. But listening to this complaint, Meng Xiang suddenly found that Zhou Bai still had the shadows of the old and angry youth.

"The members of the Central Committee refused to give in, they had forgotten where their power came from. Only the people, only the people who shout in their mouths but keep stepping under their feet, are the ones who have given them the ultimate rights. If these powers can be given to them, they can be taken from them! After Zhou Bai sat down, after some angry words, he took a sip of the milk tea sent by Tang Mingyue.

Zhou Bai's words instantly coincided with some impressions in Meng Xiang's mind, and the confusion he had just remembered his previous personality in the sky also disappeared with Meng Xiang's smile.

"They won't budge! Who wants to let the people operate the power they have in their hands? Meng Xiang said lightly.

Since the vanguard army captured Jiangbei, the scale of the joint theater has included the entire north except the northeast, plus the Jiangsu-Zhejiang base area in the south and the Lingnan base area gradually expanding on Chinese New Year's Eve. With so much territory in place, there was a proposal to establish a new government. Of course, this is not another Chinese New Year's Eve flag, but a new president will be democratically elected with the central government.

Wishes are good, but reality is always helpless.

If a force similar to Lao Chiang had made this request, perhaps under the manipulation of the background, a popular election could produce new political teams in various places. Even if you take Lao Jiang down, it doesn't matter. But the vanguard army has already caused everyone to panic.

"If it is a popular election, the winner of the Chinese New Year's Eve in the end must be the vanguard, and there will definitely not be much soup left." Will they give up? "Pharmacist Tang has long been disdainful of this kind of peace talks.

It is better to be an official for a day than a citizen for a hundred days.

Many of the vetoes of the central government had already run to the vanguard and left the area early, which was purely the infantry of the central party. So that the central government at this time unanimously united to match the vanguard army.

Originally, I thought that many of those people were the original revolutionary pioneers and should be supported, but who knew that they were also some people who were greedy for wealth and wealth. Have we forgotten the slogans they shouted when they raised the banner of democracy and freedom that day? Zhou Bai was still not angry.

"The Tao is not in agreement, and there is no conspiracy with each other! People change! Meng Xiang sighed. In his heart, he was thinking about the Pioneer Army, "In a few years, will the regime of the Vanguard Army also decay?" ”

"Running water is the only way to not rot. The most important thing is flow, that is, the smoothness of the connecting channel. Which river doesn't have access to ensure its flow? Only by smoothing from the bottom up, inexhaustibly rotating and not making it a plaything for the long-term monopoly of a small number of profit-making groups, can we ensure that the regime will not become a pool of stagnant water! At the beginning, Meng Xiang also talked to Tang Yaoshi, Zhou Bai and others about this issue, and Zhou Bai answered like this at that time.

"Easier said than done!" Pharmacist Tang sighed, "There is no sediment in that river, and after a long time, it will naturally be infarcted everywhere, making the passage unsmooth!" ”

Meng Xiang also understands that he was able to implement democratic elections at this time because the clone forces in his hands had given him the opportunity to form a dominant group, so that he was not too affected by those short-sighted people who were limited by history. At the same time, under the fairness and integrity of the clones, the advantages of democracy are expounded.

"But what if we lose the impartiality of the clones in the future?" Meng Xiang has been exploring this inexhaustibly. He didn't want to be reincarnated behind him, until a certain year and month, a new time-traveler came to perform a savior.

"The only way to do this is to vote according to the will of the people. Times have changed, and so have the needs and wishes of the people, and their voices are the most in line with the growth of the times. So there is still a certain reason for the election. The things that most of the Chinese New Year's Eve have suggested are better than the will of a few. "Maybe people now think that an election list is not as affordable as a bag of salt, but once democracy begins to take root in people's minds, it will inexhaustibly converge towards the goal that everyone wants." It is always naïve to become long-lasting, but in the end the result is the beginning. Compared with the new generation of Chinese people who bear the imprint of democracy, after they have grown up, democracy has become the trend of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and no one has stopped it. ”

"It's hard to change the style in one frame, so it's better to redraw on a blank piece of paper!" Meng Xiang looked at Zhou Bai, who was still angry, and suddenly sighed and said.

"Hibaku?" Zhou Bai hesitated slightly, in the various opinions, not only was it a mainstream plan to negotiate with the central government, there were those who advocated self-reliance, those who advocated reunification by force, and even those who advocated the constitution of the monarch and the emperor. Listening to Meng Xiang's exclamation, Zhou Bai suddenly thought that Meng Xiang was going to be self-reliant.

"In fact, it's a false name!" Meng Xiang smiled and came up with Tang Yaoshi's idea, "Those people in the center will never pierce this layer of window paper." They prefer to wear the Emperor's new clothes! Just keep the last one for them! ”

Zhou Bai smiled a little wryly, the vanguard army is the real truth this time.

Some time ago, the vanguard army once again opened its mouth to recruit troops, and this time Meng Xiang increased the number by another million.

"Three million regular troops!" At that time, Zhou Bai, who received the news, couldn't help but gasp for this number, but what made him even more dizzy was that there was an order behind him that "plus reserves, etc., a total of seven million troops".

"This financial pressure is too Chinese New Year's Eve!" Zhou Bai said bitterly. Watching Huaxia's economy begin to enter the track of rapid growth step by step, Zhou Bai still didn't want a war to drag down this still somewhat cowardly economy.

"This is a one-year task, and by June next year, the training can be done." Meng Xiang said with a smile, "The relevant military expenses are still the cost of using a special account. ”

The vanguard army had not fought for more than half a month, and the original plan to plan an attack in the south was also canceled. The weakness of the people made Meng Xiang abandon the follow-up plan, and he was afraid that he would beat them to lose their ambition to be arrogant to the outside world. It can only turn the bright chess into a dark chess, and turn the Chinese New Year's Eve-scale battle into guerrilla activities in the southern countryside and mountains, and install the entire network to control the outer periphery of the devils.

In this way, the two million Chinese New Year's Eve army was idle, and Meng Xiang took the opportunity to expand again, and at the same time expand, transferred the new establishment.

Meng Xiang cut first and then played, since he didn't expect mercy from above, he would compile it for him. It's better to adjust it yourself at the beginning.

"Who are they?" Zhao Tiedan put his hands behind his back, and his military boots stepped beside the bronzed faces covered with sweat.

"Huaxia National Defense Force!" A group of soldiers sitting in push-ups shouted hoarsely on Chinese New Year's Eve.

"What is our mission?" Zhao Tiedan's roar echoed in everyone's ears.

"Defend the family and the country!" The screams of the recruits mingled, stirring up the wind that blew through the pastures, scattering the clouds in the sky and scorching the more vicious sun.

Xia Erwa, who walked off the training ground, wiped the sweat that flowed into the corners of her eyes, and took off a curly dry leather belt that had fallen off the corners of her eyes.

"Just bask in the sun again!" Sitting in the shade of a tree next to him, Chen Daoyou grinned when he saw this, "I've never had such a poisonous sun?" ”

"We don't see more than a few days a year in the mountains!" Xia Erwa didn't want people to think he was delicate, explained.

"Sichuan or Guizhou?" Chen Daoyou asked casually.

"Sichuan!"

"Oh! Remember, drink more light salt water later! Chen Dao kindly reminded.

"Light, light salt water?" Eve Erwa didn't understand what the tool was.

"People sweat a lot, and the salt comes out, just look at these white tools on their bodies. Need to make up for it in a moment! Chen Daoyou pointed.

"How much do you know?" Xia Erwa said enviously.

Chen Daoyou smiled with satisfaction and said nothing, these are all passed down by the instructor. After the recruits enter the boot camp, each infantry team is stuffed with a few veterans in the city. With veterans to take the lead, it will be easier to improve. And Chen Daoyou is a veteran who has joined the vanguard army for more than a year. And there are study classes in the army to teach some basic knowledge, but these recruits have not yet learned the basic skills of recruits, and they have not started yet.

Xia Erwa suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Then do you know why we are called the National Defense Force again?" Wasn't the original vanguard army quite good? ”

"It's the right question, if you want to ask others, there are really few people who know!" When Chen Daoyou heard this, he couldn't help but say.

"Why, exactly?" Xia Erwa said with interest, he originally came all the way from Sichuan after hearing the name of the Pioneer Army, but he just joined the army but heard the name of the Pioneer Army change, and he didn't have much time to learn about other things when he was busy with recruit training.

"You know, our vanguard army used to be the title of a place army at most, but once it was replaced with the name of the Wehrmacht, it was naturally different. You know, the Wehrmacht is an army title that can only be given by a country, and it is a national level! Chen Daoyou pretended to be mysteriously reversing the words he heard from the battalion commander, but Xia Erwa was still a little confused.

"It's like the name and name of the Chinese New Year's Eve. The name is the title of our Vanguard Army, which is used at home, and the Wehrmacht is the official Chinese New Year's Eve name shouted outside! Chen Daoyou, who consciously explained the classic, couldn't help but be secretly satisfied, "It's still more imposing for the Chinese New Year's Eve name!" ”

Thinking of her title of second baby from Chinese New Year's Eve, Xia Erwa couldn't help but blink again and looked at Chen Daoyou with envy.

The name of the Vanguard has been changed, which is also not news.

"With the muzzle of the gun, we are proud to defend the country and the borders of the motherland!" This is one of the slogans shouted by the vanguard army.

Since the vanguard army wants to change its organization, it will inevitably fall into the hands of others. However, the vanguard army clearly put forward the title of the Wehrmacht, which is to make its attitude clear. The guiding ideology of "nationalizing the armed forces" has also won the support of the people.

The banner of the vanguard army's pilot project on the nationalization of the armed forces is also a slap in the face of the party army of the Central Army. Let them not say much. With this moral high point, both internally and externally, the rest of the adaptation will go smoothly.

Meng Xiang naturally did not worry, even if the number of people has been repeatedly expanded for Chinese New Year's Eve, but still under the supervision of the clones, plus the ordinary people who have been cultivated in the past two or three years, it is no problem to control the army. And the new establishment is undoubtedly an excuse to seal off some internal hills, and use another round of recruits to join the army to break up those low hills.

In the initial plan, the Wehrmacht adopted the formation of corps, divisions, regiments, battalions and companies.

"This time I went to lose the brigade and army, but a lot of people were transferred!" At that time, after seeing the plan for the whole army proposed by Meng Xiang, Fan Chong pointed out something.

"With advanced communication tools, it is possible to gradually eliminate the link of command transmission between superiors and subordinates. After the strategic intent of the corps has been transferred to the division and regiment level, various tactical tasks can be directly carried out by the battalion level. "Meng Xiang is not deliberately disarming and cutting the feudal domain, but these are all future experiences.

"The establishment of brigades can continue in some special formations. In addition, the establishment of the army can be granted temporarily during the battle. At this time, it is also suitable for the establishment of the army as a unit. Meng Xiang also considered that it was unrealistic for a group of people to be unable to reach the corps level, and the other army commander went to be the division commander for no reason, so he still left a little leeway.

"But this re-award, we must be cautious!" Even those who usually pay attention to miscellaneous things on Chinese New Year's Eve can't help but persuade each other.

"Well, I'll pay attention." Meng Xiang is also a dignified nod. When it comes to military rank and honor, things here are confusing. But with the change of the military system, it will naturally affect military ranks and medals and the like. Meng Xiang did not want to leave this issue until the outbreak of a large-scale war on Chinese New Year's Eve. That will only make something worse.

"There is no way to seal it, and it will be more troublesome when the time comes!" Meng Xiang sighed. At this time, there was already a Chinese New Year's Eve gang general under the vanguard army. There are also many generals and lieutenant generals, and if a war starts, with the accumulation of military merits, this military rank cannot be temporarily transferred. It is necessary to quickly cut through the mess in advance and establish a more suitable system. Squeeze in the water early to make room for later. Otherwise, it is easier to cause chaos than to liquidate it after the war.

"As long as some of the actual treatment remains the same, or even improved, there will be less trouble!" Meng Xiang said with a smile.

"Yes, compared with the Central Army and other infantry teams, the treatment of our army is already very good!" Fan Chong sighed, "As soon as the fiat currency on the Central Army's side depreciates, the treatment is even less than the direct distribution of Chinese New Year's Eve on our side!" ”

Thinking of this, Meng Xiang smiled and asked Zhou Baidao: "How are the prices in Chongqing?" ”

"I've gotten through this wave of difficulties, but it's going to be difficult in the future." Zhou Bai shook his head slightly and said, "This time, thanks to the foreign exchange support of Britain and the United States, the continued decline of the fiat currency was stabilized, and people's plans did not succeed." ”

People finally scattered the counterfeit money they had printed, and manipulated the financial market to suppress the fiat currency.

This time, the Americans, who received Lao Chiang's request for help, took action. The British helped even in times of crisis.

The Vanguard Army had close ties with the Germans, and they were worried about their activities in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, and the British were unwilling to let Chiang fall in any way. Although they were still beaten by the Germans at this time, there were still a lot of gold coins. lent Lao Jiang 10 million pounds, plus 50 million dollars from the Americans, and quickly suppressed a wave of depreciation of the fiat currency.

Although Meng Xiang hoped that Lao Jiang would be embarrassed, he didn't want the common people to suffer as well, and he also joined this financial sniper war. smashed 50 million dollars and went down, and cheated people.

"This time I earned more than 10 million US dollars, but the most Chinese New Year's Eve harvest is that the unexpected Cangsheng in the joint theater trusts our pioneer coin more. Compared with a blank piece of paper, our copper coins and silver coins are still very marketable. It's a pity that the quantity can't meet the demand, and the comprehensive popularization is limited. It seems that we will also need paper money in the future. Zhou Bai said with a smile.

"Now in a special period, wait for peace and calm, the problem of metal coins, don't worry too much, just a moment of tension, after a while to supply demand." With another depreciation of the fiat currency, the metal military tickets of the vanguard army have become a sought-after commodity in China, which has made the supply insufficient. However, with the operation of the base machinery and multiple copper mining sites, this problem will not be solved.

Meng Xiang is not planning to exchange paper money at this time, and there will be a harsher war waiting for them in the near future, and the monetary system in the rear must be connected and stable.

"It's good!" Zhou Bai sighed, "This time I went to Chongqing, but Chinese New Year's Eve opened my eyes." ”

"What's wrong?" Meng Xiang put down the teacup in his hand and asked.

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road! They only cared about drunk life and dreams, but they couldn't even see the things around them, and they really thought they were wearing the emperor's new clothes! Zhou Bai said with emotion, "Chongqing's rice market has doubled. People starve to death on the side of the road every day, as if they were in a different world! ”

Since the implementation of the subsistence allowance, although this subsistence allowance is not enough to make people have enough to eat, it will definitely not make people starve to death. Coupled with the assistance of some charitable units, there has been no such thing as starvation death in the joint theater for a long time. But Zhou Bai walked around Chongqing, and in this Chinese New Year's Eve city, which is known as the richest city in the national control area, he still found the scrawny old and weak corpses lying on the street.

"I remember that although last year's and this year's harvests were a little worse, because the weapons of the Central Army were exchanged with the copycat company and us with other items, and no food was used. It is estimated that there should not be such a shortage of food, right? Meng Xiang frowned slightly, these things are not described much in the intelligence of ordinary people, and the intelligence officers of the clones don't care about these at all.

"After the start of the European war, the price of grain in the international market went up, and some people resold grain and disrupted the market. Coupled with the impact of the depreciation of the fiat currency, many people are hoarding food, the total amount is enough, but the wealth is uneven, the rich are full of rice, and the poor are starving to death! Zhou Bai said bitterly, "Chongqing's senior officials still spend their days drinking, and high-end luxury goods sell well." At this time, people shouted the slogan 'luxury is the enemy', Hirohito took the lead in reducing meals, and the royal family took the lead in removing gold and silver ornaments. This, this, alas, cannot be compared! ”