There are not only cattle and sheep needed for military rations on the grassland, but also a lot of fur minerals. If nothing else, in order to ensure the safety of Baotou Steel, the grassland in the north also needs to be controlled. Not to mention, Meng Xiang still wants to go further. Take back what you have lost, and take back what you have to double the interest.

In the future, people's sense of national consciousness will be stronger, and it will be difficult to trade and change the interests of the country. It was really a fierce battle for every inch of land, not to mention the behemoth of Soviet Russia.

Although Huaxia is still a little weaker now, it is more difficult to return the large land that was occupied in the future than to ascend to the sky. Even if it became stronger, it could not withstand the haze of nuclear clouds. Unless you go out of the earth and find other planets suitable for human habitation, you will break the eggshell without any scruples.

At this time, the vanguard army still had the upper hand against the Yue himself who was in China. But if you tear your face with Soviet Russia again, according to the level of the vanguard army at this time, in the face of pressure from both sides, there are some problems with self-preservation. Meng Xiang had no doubt that if the vanguard army performed eye-catchingly, it would be possible for the Soviet Union to do so. When two wolves fight for a sheep, they naturally don't want that sheep to become a lion all of a sudden.

Even if the vanguard army develops for another year or two, Meng enjoys the certainty of defeating both, but the price paid is also painful. And then there was the interference of other powers.

Time is a difficult problem in front of Meng Xiang.

By this time, the Germans had already begun to show their swords. Not long after history, they were going to war against Soviet Russia. At that time, if the vanguard army followed them to deal with Soviet Russia, it would inevitably attract the opposition of Britain and France and the Americans who found an excuse to enter the war. If it doesn't make a good fuss, it will directly put Huaxia on the side of the Allies. When it does not get the greatest benefits and does not lay a good foundation, it is not appropriate for Huaxia to choose a side in advance.

Maybe Meng Xiang has a bias towards the Germans in his heart, but in this kind of world war, China's foundation is too weak to withstand such a big war. It would be unwise to be hostile to the Americans, who have wielded a huge state apparatus, in the next five years. Even if Meng Xiang has a base in hand, the economy is enough to drag down Huaxia.

If Lao Jiang's economy hadn't collapsed, he wouldn't have collapsed so quickly. When the war consumes the little accumulation of China, the people may also throw up the vanguard army.

This question has been pondered many times in Meng Xiang's mind, and if he wants to attack Soviet Russia, he must do so before the Germans deal with Soviet Russia.

If Meng Xiang only recovered the lost territory of more than 2 million square miles, he could go to war whenever he wanted, and he could continue to fight if he had an excuse. Mediation by others is mediation, and they can't intervene too much. But Meng Xiang's ambition is not only that, the whole of Siberia is one of the gardens that Meng Xiang has already booked.

In Siberia in the north, there are large tracts of land that remain uncultivated. As the climate warms in the future, more land can be cleared for farming. In later generations, Chinese farmers ran to plant greenhouses, and they were constantly evicted.

There are large areas of forest there that have not yet been cut down, and later generations of Huaxia cut down fast-growing forests for sanitary chopsticks, and cut down the last primeval forest in order to plant more fast-growing forests. There are large areas of forest that serve as the basis of the forest and can be exploited in a controlled manner. Forests go far beyond wood, and the biological systems within forests are even more valuable assets.

There are various metal mines there that have not yet been excavated. Not to mention other resources, the gold and diamond mines of Siberia alone supported the treasury of Soviet Russia for many years. Not to mention those industrial raw materials. It can be said that the mines of Siberia supported the later Soviet Russian Empire. Why did the later generations of Soviet Russia dare to die with the Americans, because his resources basically do not need to beg people, and he is really rich in resources. The main credit for this is Siberia. Without Siberia, Soviet Russia could only be regarded as a first-class power, but it would never be able to climb to the pinnacle of a superpower.

There is oil and gas that can be exploited for decades and has not yet been discovered. Siberia, which occupies the vast majority of Russia's oil and gas sources, is simply the industrial blood bank of Soviet Russia, constantly strengthening the strong nerves of the Red Empire.

In comparison, there is only one long-undeveloped Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as a garden in later Chinese generations, which is particularly barren.

In this life, Meng Xiang wanted to build a super garden for Huaxia, so that Huaxia in the future could really be like a giant dragon, meandering from the North Pole to the South Pole, meandering on the earth.

Southeast Asia and Australia in the south have been included in the blueprint by Meng Xiang, and Siberia in the north is naturally unwilling to let go.

Even if there is only a small amount of development in Siberia now, it already has the potential to be fat, and it is not only Meng Xiang who is tempted, but which one of the countries such as the United States is not tempted? No matter which country it is, it will not let China occupy it and sit back and watch China grow. The mere issue of race and faith is enough to make those Western countries remain wary.

The collision of civilizations is the real life and death, which is far more cruel than the struggle of interests between countries. A few decades of peace are too short in the history of mankind, and a moment of peace cannot represent a hundred years of peace.

Therefore, if Huaxia waited until the Germans made a move, it would be passive. There is no reason for the United States and Britain to make trouble at all, and they prefer the more powerful first-class power Soviet Russia to contain the Germans, rather than relying on China, which is still a third-rate country in their eyes, to fight in Europe from a distance.

If before the time, if the Germans wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob it, it was his business, and Huaxia could have shirked it. As long as it is not explicitly to declare war, it will not cause too much trouble to Huaxia.

Even if they challenge Soviet Russia first, they will not stupidly attract firepower to the Germans, and they have to wait until the Germans are ready to attack Soviet Russia, and strike a little earlier, which can not only win the initiative, but also reduce the damage to a low place.

According to the original historical trend, it will take more than a year and a half. But this is already very tense, after all, Meng Xiang still needs to be arranged for a long time.

China and Soviet Russia have a long border, and the area of war is not limited to one region, and the north, northwest, and northeast may all ignite the flames of war. In the Northeast, Meng Xiang has not moved, just thinking that keeping his hand in the future can facilitate him to take advantage of the fire to rob and contain part of the forces of Soviet Russia. But the north and northwest need Meng Xiang to resist.

Meng Xiang didn't mind resisting first, just following behind as a horse boy would not win the biggest cake. Internationally, if you want to earn the respect of others, you need to show your fists.

However, before that, Meng Xiang still needs to swing out a few fists in the country to eliminate the henchmen of those warlords.

If it is carried out with Soviet Russia, the long border between China and Soviet Russia needs to be controlled first and logistical support provided.

Chahar can control most of it, and Suiyuan can control it all, and what needs to be solved is just a puppet of King De who is supported by himself.

At this time, the administrative area of Ningxia was much larger than that of later generations, including part of Inner Mongolia in later generations. Ningxia, Gansu, and Qinghai need to solve the problem of the three horses first.

At this time, Xinjiang Province needed to deal with the threat of Soviet Russia from the north and the west at the same time, and naturally it also needed to be solved first. In order to ensure his rule, Sheng Shicai will take refuge in whoever is strong, and at this time he is very close to Soviet Russia. Although for the sake of his rule, it will not be long before he turns his face. But in such an unstable state, Meng Xiang didn't dare to put it behind his back rashly.

When it's time to punch, punch out, and clean up what should be cleaned up. These have to be cleaned up together.

However, the most important thing to clean up at the moment is Taiyuan, which has been besieged for more than a month.

"What's going on over there in Taiyuan?" Meng Xiang counted the time and asked Fan Chongdao.

"It's dragged on long enough, I think we should do it." Fan Chong said.

Taiyuan has dragged on for a long time, mainly because public opinion is too passive. As for the defensive preparations of the devils, in the face of the firepower of the more well-prepared vanguard army, these are useless. Such a long preparation time is more beneficial to the vanguard army. In the drills of various street battles, the siege troops have become proficient.

"Well, Yan Xishan only thinks about picking up ready-made ones, where is there such a good one?" Meng Xiang smiled.

Since Yan Xishan was determined to recapture Taiyuan City, he has been increasing his troops here one after another, and there have been 40,000 people stationed in the west of Taiyuan one after another. At this time, except for a few small counties around Linfen and in Luliang Mountain, Lao Yan had no other territory. Taiyuan City is extremely important to him. For this operation, he specially sent Yang Aiyuan, a descendant.

Yang Aiyuan is regarded as the descendant of Yan Xishan's lineage, as his military deputy, in the Central Plains War, when Yan Xishan was the most suffering, Lao Jiang's 900,000 oceans did not make Yang Aiyuan moved.

For him, Yan Xishan was still very relieved. At this time, he served as the deputy commander of the second theater of operations, a title that could also suppress the vanguard army.

But the vanguard army over there didn't care about him at first, but they didn't attack Taiyuan again.

Seeing that the city was in sight, Yang Aiyuan organized manpower to carry out a tentative attack on Taiyuan City. As a result, there were many dead and wounded. The 109th Division was already determined to die, and the opponent was defeated by his former subordinates, so it was extremely hard to fight, and it was impossible to see that it was an army composed of reserves all along. If it weren't for the fact that the Jin army was familiar with the defense of Taiyuan City and withdrew in time, I am afraid that the losses would have been even greater.

After striking a wall with the defending man, they retreated, just waiting for the vanguard's action.

"It's not okay to stay like this, Taiyuan needs to solve it as soon as possible. Those Jin troops shouldn't have much peace of mind, right? Meng Xiang smiled and glanced at Pharmacist Tang.

At the beginning, in order to deal with the miscellaneous army, Tang Pharmacist offered a strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle. Local people are allowed to have children who are soldiers in other places, and they can directly transfer to the vanguard army, and military families can also directly enjoy the preferential treatment of the vanguard army. This treatment alone makes the people's eyes hot, and the subsistence allowance for military families can be fed without worry.

The families of military martyrs have long enjoyed high-level subsistence allowances, but because the conditions for enlistment in the vanguard army are very strict, those soldiers still need to be re-screened. After all, the vanguard army needs to be controlled, and it is impossible to pack everything in. But Pharmacist Tang's proposal this time was to let go of this opening, so as to dissipate the opponent's strength first. As for those soldiers who are arranged, one is to be rebuilt, and those who are not qualified can also be used as logistical service troops.

Meng Xiang was having a headache at the beginning when the vanguard army absorbed the stability of the Northwest Army, and he didn't let go of this opening. The Pioneer Army has only been created from scratch for two years, and if everyone is crammed in, once the Vanguard Army cannot control it, the harm will be even greater. So I didn't accept this suggestion for the time being.

But over time, the vanguard army gradually digested the strength of other miscellaneous armies and stabilized the situation. Meng Xiang had the energy to reabsorb the new recruits. The first big dish at this time was the Jin army.

Thinking of Tang Yaoshi's proposal, Meng Xiang's mind suddenly flashed the shadow of the Construction Corps, the northwest is sparsely populated, and the people are not necessarily willing to go, and the role of the army is even more obvious at this time. To build there, you don't need elite soldiers, you need a lot of them. Use a large number of people to deter the unscrupulous intentions of some lawbreakers, and also use a large number of people to build the frontier.

Since ancient times, the construction corps has existed, and the frontiers need such labor force in the tuntian, military service, and labor service, but there are problems of good treatment and dignity.

As the footsteps of the vanguard army began to move to the northwest, the concept of the construction corps was proposed by Meng Xiang, but it was not a construction army to the outside world, but a serious vanguard army. It's just that with the expansion of the size of the vanguard army, it is impossible to be all elite. Some elite troops began to slowly distinguish between ordinary troops. With the name of an ordinary army, there is nothing wrong with carrying out the task of building Tuntian, and the people of the country are accustomed to this way of working and soldiering.

With the means of resettling them, the establishment of the vanguard army will be greatly expanded.

In the Central Plains War, the vanguard army wiped out the 9th and 16th divisions, plus several wings of the 5th, 13th, and 106th divisions. This time, it was not only Lao Chiang's intentions, but everyone else united to resist the expansion of the vanguard army. If this expansion continues, the vanguard army will be more threatening than the central army, and will others still be alive?

Although there is no formal compilation, it does not prevent Meng Xiang from making a few provisional compilations. Although it is a temporary establishment, as long as it belongs to the vanguard army, there are all the benefits that it should have. It's just that those who build corps can save a lot of money in terms of military weapons and avoid the pressure of expansion. But it seems that there are only 100,000 people left in the Jin army, right?

So, Meng Xiang decisively launched this plan.

Now the vanguard army has controlled the vast majority of Shanxi's territory, and after more than a month of infiltration control, the people have begun to favor the vanguard army. Especially with the development of the subsistence allowance and the distribution of the first subsistence allowance relief grain, the lower-class people who have tasted the sweetness have long forgotten Yan Xishan, the emperor of the soil. And the vast majority of the children of the Jin army still came out of the lower classes.

After hearing about the benefits of the martyrs' families, the people of those children in the Jin army began to call relatives and friends, which made the Jin army whose homes were in the area controlled by the vanguard army begin to waver, and many people simply left their stalls and went home.

"We have recruited more than 34,000 soldiers from the former Jin Army." Niu Yi said. He has always been in charge of recruiting and training new recruits.

"Just to the west of Taiyuan, nearly 10,000 people have voted." Fan Chong smiled, "The others are also panicking. ”

There was indeed a lot of panic there.

"Li Erhei, are you leaving?" Gu Mazi lowered his voice and shouted to a sturdy young man who was staring blankly into the distance.

Li Erhei hesitated for a moment on his face and did not answer.

An impatient expression appeared on Gu Mazi's face.

"Third Brother Gu, is that vanguard really willing to send such a large sum of money to our family?" Li Erhei also saw Gu Mazi's expression, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and asking again. If Meng Xiang hears it, Meng Xiang will definitely sigh. His propaganda is still not in place, and he has not made it home.

In fact, you can't blame Meng Xiang's propaganda, the news in that era was very closed. It's not a large-scale infiltration campaign, and it's hard to be effective. However, even if many things are not actively promoted, gossip will fly all over the sky, and some things about the vanguard army have long been spread. But there is a lot of news, but everyone doesn't know whether it's true or not. Even in some places, it has already begun to be implemented. But even the earliest parts of Shandong have only been implemented for a year. A large area of post-occupation has just begun. Even those on the territory of the vanguard army were uneasy in their hearts, lest they would no longer have them after a period of trial.

The vanguard army rose too fast, so fast that many people were unsure. Meng Xiang did not sacrifice the magic weapon of repeated brainwashing, so many people did not believe in the measures of the vanguard army at all. In troubled times, it is easy to believe that pie in the sky is short-lived. But as long as there is other hope, the Chinese people are generally unwilling to take risks.

"Hmph, what's the matter, are you still reluctant to be the leader of your squad?" Gu Mazi snorted. Li Erhei was just promoted to squad leader because of his outstanding combat. finally had a long and majestic style, so I was a little nostalgic, and naturally there was more hesitation.

"When you become a squad leader, don't you want to charge into the pile of dead bodies? Do you think that if you hang a long one, the bullet won't bite you? Gu Mazi sneered, "If you die, you will still have a whole corpse when you are good, and when you are not good, you will be like the old Liu Tou who went to attack Taiyuan City, and only one leg will be recovered." Let me tell you, after the death of the pioneer army, it can still be buried in a grand manner. Eight-horse carts, those generals died back then and did not have this treatment. Don't tell me if you can't find the body, you haven't heard that in order to find the body of a soldier, the vanguard army used the corpse of two devil generals to exchange it back. How much are the heads of two generals worth? People don't blink just to get back the corpse of an ordinary soldier. That's really a rookie who has only been in the army for more than a month. has no background, it doesn't matter if the rural baby can reach the heads of the two little devil generals. If you let us, this life will be worth it. Gee! Alas! ”

Li Erhei's face was also a little red, but it was not obvious on his dark face, but he still asked again: "Third brother, is the salary of the vanguard army really high?" ”

As a squad leader, he has three more oceans in a month. It is also a big subsidy for the family.

"You, you, if you hadn't saved my life on the battlefield, we would be from the same village, and I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you. Do you think your salary is too high? The salary of a soldier in the vanguard army is higher than that of our platoon commander. Gu Mazi said disdainfully, what he said was almost the same, although not every soldier in the vanguard army has a high salary, but except for new soldiers, the salaries of other ordinary soldiers are still far higher than those of other armies, plus various other treatments, it is certain that the treatment is better than that of the platoon commander.

"You're dead, your father, who are your younger brothers and sisters going to feed? Just the little money you save? You don't drink, you don't eat meat, you don't smoke, you save a little money to marry an ugly daughter-in-law, but you want to subsidize your family, dreaming, right? At present, the price of this grain is rising vigorously, and this money is not enough for your family to eat and drink for a year. Besides, if you're going to die here, what can the boss give you? It's nice to be able to give your family some money. I don't know how much is left. But you know what? As long as the vanguard army is dead, it can continue to receive military pay for 20 years. Twenty years! If you have a baby, you can lead your grandson to kowtow on your grave. Not to mention, people still have subsistence allowances. Do you know what is Dibao? Gu Mazi's fingers were almost on the tip of Li Erhei's nose.

"Yes!" Li Erhei lowered his head and said.

"I know you're still hesitating? When you get to the territory of the vanguard, even if you don't do anything, you can't starve to death. What else are you worried about? Gu Mazi roared in a low voice, if it weren't for the news from his cousin's house who was a buddy in Beiping to say this, he wouldn't believe it. However, he believed his cousin's words, and at this time he was full of longing for the territory of the vanguard army.

"If you don't go, I'll go by myself? Now that the barracks are getting stricter and stricter, if it weren't for the opportunity to patrol the camp, I might not have been able to get out. Gu Mazi said impatiently.

"Good! I'm going too! Li Erhei thought of his parents and siblings at home, and couldn't help gritting his teeth.

"It's all gone, how can this battle be fought?" In the headquarters of the Jin army camp in the west of Taiyuan City, Yang Aiyuan slapped the table and shouted. Sun Chu next to him was silent.

"I took out 40,000 people from the commander, and now there are not even 25,000 people, except for the more than 2,000 people who fell under the city of Taiyuan, everyone else has run away! They all ran to the vanguard. If it weren't for the machine guns set up at the barracks door, I'm afraid these would have run out of steam! The vanguard army also deceived people too much! Yang Aiyuan's anger has not been extinguished.

Sun Chu next to him also felt breathless. At first, some people sent oral messages and letters to the soldiers in the army, but he didn't care, even when some words about the vanguard were circulated in the army, he didn't pay much attention to it, who knew that after ten days of hard work, the people ran almost a third. It's just a shame.