Chapter 499: Guarding against arrogance

"This is the real war!" Liao Yaohui clapped his hands and sighed.

Dai Anlan next to him was silent, thoughtful in his heart.

The hall was full of people, and all eyes were full of glittering stars. As the lights lit up, the image of the tank in front of the screen running over the broken barbed wire just from the side of a huge crater had faded, and finally the projection was turned off, leaving only the screen blank.

Everyone was talking about the image they had just seen.

Meng Xiang, who was sitting in the first row, also listened attentively to what Bai Chongxi was saying on the right. To his left, Jiang Baili was talking to Yang Jie, who was a guest of the Vanguard Army, in a low voice.

In this battle of Jiangbei, the vanguard army still adopted the old method, and when the war began, the battle plan was belatedly sent to the desk of the central government. Regarding the sieve-like secrecy of information within the central government, Meng Xiang has never been at ease. Not to mention people, even the Russians were able to obtain relevant information through some channels. According to the relationship between Soviet Russia and the vanguard army at this time, who knows if they will communicate with others and put the vanguard army together?

Meng Xiang didn't dare to take such a risk, so he simply ignored it. On the surface, there is only one respect.

But at the beginning of such a big battle, how did those people in the center hold their breath? Even the foreigners sent military observers to hurry in. Why didn't they want to touch the bottom of the vanguard army?

However, before they had formed their team, they heard the information that the vanguard army had bloomed everywhere and was running thousands of miles. They could only rush over, but when they didn't think about it, they only caught up with the end of the vanguard army to clean up the remnants of the devils.

They flew directly to Xuzhou Airport to learn some details from the front-line headquarters there.

Along the way, they could see teams of military vehicles rushing to the battlefield carrying soldiers singing military songs and large piles of supplies passing them in the summer scorching dust, but that was only the work of post-war processing. The vanguard army basically finished the main battle in three days, and the rest was mainly the clean-up work.

At this time, they heard that Meng Xiang had summoned the generals to go back to hold a meeting, so they followed the front-line commander Niu Yi and others to Qidu.

Meng Xiang let the people behind him talk for a while before he stood up, walked to the stage in a few steps, and faced everyone.

"Wow!" Seeing this, the generals of the vanguard army below immediately stood up and stood straight. Even the members of the delegation hesitated a little and stood up.

"It's quite imposing!" Qiu Qingquan swept the solemn people around him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, but when he saw the respectful expressions on everyone's faces, his heart was also tight, and he stood up a little straighter.

"Everybody sit down!" Meng Xiang said with a faint smile on his face, pressing the gesture. After all, there are still people in the inspection group at this time, and they can't be as serious as a military meeting in peacetime.

"Wow!" There was another neat sound, and when the officers of the vanguard army had all sat down, there was some scattered noise behind the inspection group as they sat down.

"In this battle of Jiangbei, our army performed very well. Up and down, work together to beat the devil a falling flower! Meng Xiang's voice was not high, but it was clear. It's just a mouthful of a devil's statement, which makes some people in the observation group frown. But there are also some people who find it refreshing.

On official occasions, it is generally called the Japanese army, and only the people shout more about the Japanese or the little devils. But many people know that Meng Xiang is a devil under normal circumstances. Someone once said that such a statement is somewhat inconsistent with Meng Xiang's status at this time, which affects his image. But Meng Xiang only said one sentence: "If I want to worry about the impact, first of all, I must let more than 200,000 unjust souls in Nanjing rest in peace!" And he went all back.

"However, the boots of man's army are still stepping on the land of our China. We won't be able to celebrate the final victory until we have driven them all out to sea! After a few victories, some people began to be proud, saying that the army was the best in the world. Meng Xiang shouted in a deep voice, although his voice was not loud, but the generals of the vanguard army below were nervous.

Those specific arrangements are the affairs of middle- and lower-level officers and staff officers, while when it comes to senior generals, what is needed is strategic vision and decision-making. Although Meng Xiang is rough in military affairs, with the golden finger of history, he always has a stroke of genius in strategic deployment. This made everyone admire Meng Xiang's strategic vision.

If nothing else, let's take Meng Xiang to organize the establishment of paratroopers, amphibious combat units, and even increase the intensity of the air force and armored forces. and the application of various advanced weapons, these are all the handiwork of Meng Xiang. These may be ordinary things in later generations, but in the beginning, the use of a tactic and weapon requires a certain sense of adventure.

Even with the concentrated operation of armored forces, Guderian struggled to reverse part of the views of the Germans. The beginning of World War II was also a bit of an experimental nature. And the vanguard army has long been groping for the application of these tactics to fight. When the German chariots swept across Europe, everyone's admiration for Meng Xiang was already above their heads.

The paratrooper raid in this world was also born from Meng Xiang's hands, and although this Fan Chong and others helped the staff officers, they did not dare to take the credit. After all, Meng Xiang is the proposer and planner, and even the selection of equipment and some tactical points are considered relatively well.

In addition, in the battle with the devil, the overall arrangement of the overall situation, there is also Meng Xiang's decision-making nod.

Don't underestimate this decision, the most difficult thing in life is often to choose. Just like so much information in later generations, elementary school students can find a lot of relevant information, but it is the most difficult to find the most suitable one from it. If you choose a different path, you choose a different destiny. Sometimes, even racking brain cells can't make a final decision on a dilemma.

Thanks to the help of the golden finger of history, Meng Xiang can look at the problem from a higher perspective and see it more comprehensively, which gives everyone an impression of foresight, perseverance and decisiveness.

The choices that those generals had a headache with became one order after another in Meng Xiang's hands. Naturally, they have to admire.

Of course, history has changed a lot. When Meng Xiang made a choice, he was also under tremendous pressure on his head, and one carelessness was a matter of life and death for thousands of people. This is also the reason why he thinks about it every day. However, he is luckier than others, because of the support of the base behind him, he is almost invincible, he is more calm than others, and it is easier to make decisions in the battle of life and death.

So, someone put the hat of a military strategist on the top of Meng Xiang's head.

Meng Xiang naturally knew that he had some dyes, but in order to establish his core position in the army, under the deliberate propaganda of some clones and some people arranged by Tang Yaoshi, the glorious image of this military strategist spread more and more widely.

Meng Xiang is also a learner of the relevant military knowledge of this era, plus a lot of military information learned in later generations. When it comes to military strategic awareness, he is also world-class. A variety of advanced tactics made Jiang Baili highly praised. Compared with Lao Jiang's level, it is a lot higher, which also makes the officers and soldiers under him admire.

The successive victories against the upper side have established the glorious image of Meng Xiang's military strategy master. In front of him, under his commander-in-chief, he won another devil. Compared with the previous rout of the Central Army by the devils, the vanguard army once again annihilated hundreds of thousands of devils in the battle at this time, in the eyes of many people, it is another miracle.

Many of the people under the vanguard army have been in the Central Army, and the comparison between the two naturally shows the extraordinaryness of the vanguard army and Meng Xiang. Some people may talk about equipment, but being able to get hold of it is also a great ability. Modern warfare inherently involves equipment and logistics, not just killing the enemy on the battlefield. For the general, the handsome will naturally understand the meaning. In addition, the economic development of the joint theater far exceeded the territory of the national control zone, and Meng Xiang was not only labeled as a military strategist, but also recognized as an expert in governing the country.

Under the aura of many honors, Meng Xiang's very casual action at this time has already begun to drum up the spirit of the king.

It doesn't matter if Meng Xiang is boasted by others, anyway, he still knows how many catties he has, and he still maintains his sanity when he knows more information. But with the continuous victories of the vanguard army, some officers and men of the vanguard army began to be proud.

At home, the vanguard army is absolutely invincible.

The equipment is incomparable to others, even the guns in the hands of individuals are much better than those of other armies, not to mention the numerous machine guns and artillery. And those tanks and planes are not comparable to people. A lot of equipment is not even available in European and American countries. Of course they are proud.

The salary of the vanguard army is higher than that of other armies, and there are no deductions, and there are many benefits in the army. And the subsistence allowance at home has comforted the life of the whole family, even if they die in battle, they have a generous pension and the honor of martyrs, and there are no worries. Other armies, including those of the Central Army, rushed to join the vanguard army, and they were naturally full of pride and worthy of pride.

Every recruit of the Vanguard Army must at least be screened by the recruit training camp, and those who do not meet the requirements will not be able to enter the regular army. And in boot camps, some recruits consume more bullets than some veterans in other armies have so far. After systematic technical and tactical training, and compared to other teams that rushed to the battlefield in Lazhuangding, they had a solid heart, high morale, and natural pride.

The vanguard army and people have fought hundreds of battles, large and small, and still maintain a posture of complete victory, and the total number of Japanese troops annihilated has exceeded 600,000, which is a great achievement that cannot be compared with the army in China that is a great victory with 1,000 beheadings. They are of course proud of their sense of honor.

Not only at home, but even in the army, which has been repeatedly defeated in front of the vanguard army, many vanguard officers and soldiers look down on it. The vanguard army has surpassed them in strength, and of course it is something to be proud of.

It doesn't matter if you're proud, you should be a little arrogant if you have the ability, and it's okay if you're arrogant, but you're afraid of arrogance.

There are many such phenomena in the vanguard army.

This kind of sign has been there for a long time, and after the victory in the Central Plains, there is some universality. Thanks to the clones in the team, they are never complacent, nor arrogant, and they fulfill their duties as a soldier with due diligence, and play an exemplary role for the people around them, so that these trends are suppressed. Of course, they mainly influenced the middle and lower classes, and there were also people in the upper echelons of the vanguard army who thought like this.

At the beginning, Hu Minghe was a little empty-eyed and wanted, which made Meng Xiang put him aside and deal with him coldly for a while. Otherwise, he would not have snubbed this person, who can be regarded as a fierce general of Meng Xiang's lineage, and will not use it for a long time.

As soon as Hu Minghe was beaten down, in this war, Meng Xiang heard some arrogant words from the top again.

The British and French armies were directly despised by them because of the great defeat in Europe. Soviet Russia was also despised by them because of its poor performance in Finland. Even the Germans, because their general equipment was inferior to that of the vanguard army, were despised by some. Even if the Germans could sweep across Europe, then the vanguard would naturally be invincible in the world.

It is right to strategically despise the enemy, but it cannot be brought to all sides. In siege operations, some armies relied on the advantage of heavy firepower, and some underestimated the enemy, but in the street battles, they were sniped and ambushed by the already crazy devils in the ruins, resulting in some losses that should not have occurred.

War is not just about the number of people, but also about the equipment, just like a beauty pageant catwalk. There are too many uncertain factors that cause the strong to fall.

"Why do you think we are the best in the world? Didn't they see artillery and tanks from Europe and the United States? Didn't you see planes and warships from Europe and the United States? Even people, their navy is not something we can match. Without the support of industry, how much gold can this first have? When the industrial machinery of those European and American countries begins to operate on a large scale, there will be countless artillery and tanks out of the factory, and how much can we buy? Meng Xiang continued.

For Soviet Russia, which will be faced in the near future, the number of artillery and chariots is incomparable, and the fierceness is not weaker than others. After adapting to the way people fight, if they accidentally take the baton of the Soviet Russians, I am afraid that they will go from one extreme to the other, thus shaking the morale of the military. The people below are naturally influenced by the clones. And the arrangement of the generals above must not be careless, and it is taboo to underestimate the enemy.

It's just that the equipment of the vanguard army is indeed better than that of others. Tactics and strategy are relatively vague, and Meng Xiang has no choice but to use armament production to beat everyone.

The base is still his own secret, and he can't say it to anyone, and for those equipment, it can only be said that he bought it cheaply, and exchanged it for accumulated wealth and resources. A copycat company and a vanguard are two different things.

An army without the support of the military industry is a source of water and cannot last long, and these people understand. Of course, they also saw the weakness of the vanguard army's own military industry. Even if the credit for some of the equipment produced in the base is transferred to the vanguard army itself, the industrial capacity of Huaxia at this time is also worrying. How does the annual steel output of only 100,000 tons compare with the tens of millions of tons of steel produced by others?

In this way, what is there to be proud of?

"Of course, our military-industrial system is also constantly growing and getting stronger and stronger. It takes time, and our pride needs to be saved for later. In front of us, there are many more enemies that hinder our road to the revival of China, and it is not until we have defeated them all one by one that we are qualified to stand next to their fallen corpses and proudly raise our heads! Meng Xiang said as he raised his arms and waved vigorously.

Since the atmosphere of arrogance cannot be allowed to spread, Meng Xiang hereby arranged this meeting. One is to summarize the just-concluded Jiangbei War, and some video materials from the Jiangbei War have been screened in the hall.

In each battle, the troops of the vanguard army would follow the army cameramen, and some of the images taken were used for propaganda and for analysis and preservation as military materials. Sometimes, in order to need, Meng Xiang will also call the images obtained from the base from Xiaohua as a reference. Of course, limited to the existence of the central inspection team and the relationship between time, only a small part was screened, and some deficiencies in this campaign were displayed and analyzed.

In order to deepen everyone's impression, Meng Xiang specially projected some of the Germans' combat images taken in Europe in front of everyone.

Such a war had long been expected, and Meng Xiang was particularly well prepared. In addition to sending officers into the military observer group to observe and experience the experience, a large number of video materials were also taken. Almost every person has a cheap camera or camera produced at the Mission's base, but there are a number of other methods of filming, such as spies and agents. Some unmanned automatic photography and aerial photography are also used.

A large number of detailed information records the course of the European competition.

Just now, there was a battle between the Germans and the British and French in Dunkirk, and the sound effects of the decorations in the hall also brought people into the rumbling sound of war at once.

Seeing the roar of the king of artillery on the battlefield, as well as the arrangement of all aspects, the people of the vanguard army sighed to themselves.

"It seems that we are not doing well in some places!" Sun Liren touched his chin, recalled some arrangements in his team, and couldn't help but say secretly.

"The cooperation is not enough, and it is necessary to strengthen the multi-arm cooperation with the infantry, artillery and air force in the future!" Hu Lian was also thinking about many shortcomings in his amphibious troops at this time.

The Germans, although some of the equipment was somewhat inferior, did a better job than the vanguard. Even the military qualities shown by the British and French armies in the final release of resistance were relatively superb. However, the vanguard military air force has so many good equipment, but it has not been effectively combined and has not been used in an all-round way. Some of the playing styles still have strong traces of the First World War, and they did not play a smooth blitzkrieg like the Germans.

The perfect operation of the blitzkrieg required a good officer system, which the vanguard army could not compare with the Germans. At the heart of the German military philosophy was the combination of all military forces, especially the air force and army, into a cohesive whole, and it was this cooperation that became the basis of the blitzkrieg. Although the vanguard army occupies the advantage of communication, it lacks the lubricant of the independent adjustment of the officer system, and only relies on the rigid cooperation of the clones, which is still a little short.

This is also one of the purposes of Meng Xiang's training of people this time, otherwise he would not have sent all the elites. Several mechanized units were sent in order to have more run-in and cooperation in the war.

However, people's tactics are more rigid, and they only rely on personal foolishness and bravery, which greatly reduces Meng Xiang's attempt to hone the team. Some weapons are not used at all, and because of the geographical environment, some heavy weapons do not show up much, they are only experimental-scale, and there is a lack of atmosphere for military training.

"In the future, we need to find a chance to test the effect of heavy weapons again!" Meng Xiang thought of the battle that ended quickly, and some weapons that were too late to be unveiled, and he also secretly pondered in his heart, "There are also new weapons that we have made ourselves, and we also need to find an opportunity to practice in actual combat." ”

In this meeting, Meng Xiang is not just about beating the momentum of the enemy. When the war in the north is getting closer and closer, he also needs to give his subordinates confidence and confidence.

This time, at the end of the meeting, Xie Chengrui naturally led everyone to visit the vanguard army's ordnance exhibition.

Yu Dawei used to be the head of the Central Ordnance Industry Administration, and he is most familiar with the ordnance industry, so it stands to reason that he is the best candidate, but Xie Chengrui has long been in charge of the ordnance industry, so he has been holding this position. However, Xie Chengrui is more inclined to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and as Yu Dawei gradually returns to his heart, Meng Xiang also intends to let Yu Dawei take over.

At this time, he was already in charge of the nuclear bomb research of the Vanguard.

When Meng Xiang learned that the upgrade of the base was stumped by nuclear bomb technology and computer technology, he began to launch related research projects.

Yu Dawei is proficient in mathematics, understands military engineering, and is good at organization. Therefore, after confirming his loyalty, Meng Xiang handed over the task of organizing the research of nuclear bombs to him. At this time, he was in charge of logistics and used relevant resources to serve nuclear bomb research.

The actual strength of the logistics department of the vanguard army, which has mobilized all kinds of materials from the base, is definitely greater than that of the ordnance department, which mainly focuses on research and experiments, and this also provides a solid material foundation for China's nuclear bomb research.

A large number of elite scientists in China have also been drawn out and invested in this project.

Meng Xiang did not want to wait until the Americans untied the nuclear lid to form this deterrent with the help of the base. He prefers to keep everything in his own hands.