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Shi Xiaolou didn't even care that Yang Qiu was still in front of him, snatched the briefing in Lu Zhengxiang's hand and rushed to the map to compare it carefully, and Li Liejun also squeezed to his side to study it.

Whether it is the time of the fighter, the breakthrough position or the rapid interspersion of the breakthrough night, it shows Yue Peng's superb command skills, especially at the last moment, when he learned that Mang Ran's hasty attack caused the German army not only not to be contained, but to threaten Su Xiaohu's cluster, he decisively used fast fighting tactics to encircle the German army when the main force of the German army was not stable and he was also heavily equipped, which caught the German army off guard and saved the whole battle at the same time! While the two secretly praised, they also understood that after this battle, the general who had been by his side since Yang Qiu was born, would undoubtedly surpass Cai Yi, who commanded the Qingdao Campaign, and become the number one general in the National Defense Army.

The fight was beautiful and the victory was simple, but the casualty figures made the two extremely resentful, especially when Yue Peng had already reminded Mang Ran to stop attacking and save his strength, it was really foolish for the latter to continue to force the attack! If it weren't for his stupidity, when the Western Front Expeditionary Force surrounded the German First Army in the triangle, it would have allowed the French 10th Army to move towards Pulong, and then plunged north along the gap in the Avila Valley.

Carrying out a surprise attack with twice the strength of the German army will be absolutely unstoppable, and there may even be a situation in which the weak line behind the flank is fully broken through before the troops turn around, leading to a rapid collapse. In that case, when the 14 encirclement divisions complete the task, they will fight the French 10th Army. The 4th Army of the French Army at Meronvillier together formed a powerful breakthrough fist of up to 50 divisions, which could not only sweep Sedan and Ilson to completely cut off the German Western Front into two battlefields, but even sweep Cambrai and Maubges to the west, advancing the front to the Franco-Belgian border in one fell swoop!

"Idiot! Fool, this Manran must be court-merified! ”

Stupid, really stupid! Shi Xiaolou did not hide his resentment towards Nivelle and Mangran, if it weren't for the two of them forcibly asking the French army to attack the rock-like Siegfried Line for selfishness, the Entente could already imagine ending the war before the end of the year! Even more infuriating. Half of the casualties of the expeditionary force should be recorded on the heads of two people, because if the heavy equipment was all available at that time, the 4th Army would have a total of 10 heavy artillery brigades. In terms of firepower, it completely exceeded the German army by twice as much, and with the situation that the German army was in the field at that time without perfect defense, it was completely possible to complete the annihilation battle with very few casualties.

Although Ng Dinh Fong is a key member of the Kuomintang. But in the end, it was a veteran diplomat, seeing that Shi Xiaolou and Li Liejun both had expressions of hatred that they couldn't strangle Mang Ran to death directly, they said with a smile: "Don't think about sending it to a military tribunal, we can get angry, but people always want face in France, I estimate that at most it will be a dismissal, but Nivelle estimates that he will have to bear all the charges and retire in advance." ”

Lu Zhengxiang also said: "Minister Wu is right, the French army on the Western Front died 200,000 in this battle!" According to the 1 to 2 casualty ratio, there are at least 400,000 wounded. In just one month, 600,000 new troops were lost, and the numerical superiority that originally overwhelmed Germany was not obvious. So these two people will definitely be ousted from power, but France also has to take care of its own face, so it is unlikely that they will be publicly court-martialed. ”

"Actually, that's a good thing."

When the four of them were discussing how to deal with Nivelle and Mangran in France, Yang Qiu took the coffee from Lei Meng's hand and walked over, probably because the three slaps were still there. Li Liejun subconsciously avoided half a step to give up his position. Puzzled, he asked, "Why does the commander-in-chief say this?" That's the lives of tens of thousands of brothers. ”

Hearing Li Liejun's stiff tone, Wu Tingfang secretly glanced at him in a hurry. You must know that now the KMT has this lone seedling left in the military, and if Yang Qiu is provoked to the end again, the KMT's only remaining influence in the national defense force will be gone. On the contrary, Yang Qiu didn't mind, glanced at Li Liejun and said, "Sacrificing tens of thousands of people today is much better than annihilating the entire army in the future." ”

Annihilated? How can it be!

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this. Li Liejun also frowned secretly, looked at the map again, and after a while, Shi Xiaolou understood first and said, "I understand what the commander-in-chief means!" He circled his finger around the salient of Reims-Artigny-Meronvilière, and continued: "We won this battle, but only tactically, but strategically because the French were unable to continue the offensive but did not break the stalemate, and also created a large salient that was very vulnerable to being flanked!" If I guess correctly, Britain and France will ask us to continue to increase our troops on the Western Front at any cost, so it is very likely that our expeditionary force will be required to garrison this salient! Although the Germans appeared to be threatened by the salient, they were able to redeploy new lines along the Aisne River with a period of adjustment. They are currently focusing on the Eastern Front, hoping to take advantage of the chaos in Russia to solve the Eastern Front first to free up troops, if the Russian army cannot support it, then they can transfer at least 80 divisions and about 1.5 million troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, and at that time the first thing to be eliminated is probably this salient! ”

"That's a good point." Yang Qiu glanced at Shi Xiaolou approvingly, after several years of his words and deeds, the vision of this group of officers finally broadened a lot, and said: "Originally, if Mangran did not make a mistake, the Western Front would advance at least to the Yilsund-Sedang line, and the German Lorraine and the Western Front would be cut off, and the German army would have to invest at least 50 divisions to hold it, but now Hindenburg only needs to gather 20 divisions at most to stabilize its position." The French army consumed too much in this war, and it was completely impossible to fight again, and internal anti-war and riots would definitely break out, so it was inevitable that the United States would enter the war! ”

"What does this have to do with the entry of the United States into the war?" Lu Zhengxiang asked curiously.

Yang Qiu smiled slightly and raised three fingers: "First, the United States is currently the largest creditor of the Entente, and the total loan amount has exceeded 10 billion US dollars. Think about it, what would happen to the United States if it lost 10 billion dollars in one go? ”

Not to mention this assumption, not to mention diplomats like Lu Zhengxiang and Wu Tingfang who understand economics, even Shi Xiaolou and Li Liejun trembled. Lei Meng even interjected again: "I estimate that it will take ten years for the United States to sell pants to earn it back." ”

"Haha."

Lei Meng's gag dispelled the slightly solemn atmosphere, and Yang Qiu also glared at him and smiled: "Yes, our Lei Da battalion commander has also opened up." Lei Meng scratched his head and hid to the side to enjoy himself, and Lu Zhengxiang also smiled: "It's not rough, if the United States loses tens of billions in one go, Wall Street will collapse first." The Wilson government will also fall immediately, so it would be better to send troops to fight. ”

Yang Qiu nodded: "This is one of them, and the other is because of our existence!" After this battle, Britain and France will see what we are capable of. If I'm not mistaken. There must have been voices calling for more troops, and the same French must have been to inspire people by trumpeting this victory in order to cover up the mistakes of Nivelle and Mangin. So on the contrary, it has helped us to expand our influence, so that the voices that call for us to continue to increase our troops must be louder. Wilson must also know in his heart that if Britain and France are allowed to invite us out, then the United States will be excluded from the distribution of benefits after the war, and it will still be an economic dwarf after the war, which is the most unacceptable to the United States.

Third. Since the Spanish-American War, the voice of the international interventionists led by Roosevelt has gradually become stronger, and the long-term policy of isolation has actually ceased to exist after the capture of Luzon, and they have long hoped to gain greater international status by participating in the war, so that the United States will become a world power on a par with Britain and France in one fell swoop. Wilson held it down for a while, but he couldn't hold it down for a lifetime. Not to mention that he himself must face pressure from the Jewish oligarchs on Wall Street. So I expect that the United States will enter the war very likely within this month, and once the American army is exhausted and loses the battle, the French army will definitely not be willing to fight hard! Their procrastination will give the Germans a chance to breathe, so we must not garrison this salient! ”

After some explanation, the four of them understood why Yang Qiu said that this was a good opportunity. The French army is in decline. The combat mission on the Western Front will definitely be more on the British army and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, but in the case that it is impossible to completely reverse the situation of the war on the Western Front, when the German army relaxes its breath, the two will be easily taken care of by the German army! If they were smarter, Yue Peng and Cai Ye could have bitten Nivelle and Mangran to kill tens of thousands of expeditionary forces, and in the end, in order to ensure that their own face did not expand their influence, the French high command would accept the "heavy losses" of the Chinese expeditionary force and retreat to rest. The conditions for increasing the ration ended, and the salient was handed over to the French army to garrison.

After figuring out this truth, a thought suddenly flashed in Li Liejun's head, and he subconsciously asked: "What if the United States does not declare war and Britain and France want us to increase our troops?" ”

"Increase! If the United States doesn't fight, I'll add another 1.5 million! Yang Qiu was categorical, but after finishing speaking, he lowered his speed of speech, and slowly looked like he was waiting for the price to sell: "But we are too poor, there are many people, but the weapons and equipment are insufficient, and the funds are also seriously insufficient, so it is difficult." ”

The four of them turned their heads one after another with strange expressions, and Lei Da Hob finally couldn't help but rush out of the carriage and hide outside and pumped straight away. Lu Zhengxiang also smiled, Britain and France only got more than 10 billion loans from the United States in total, and in order to exchange for the 600,000 expeditionary forces of the Republic of China, they paid nearly a quarter of the compensation, if they add another 1.5 million troops, will they go bankrupt directly? It's impossible to get such a large amount of money, and in the end, I'm afraid that the only thing left is to cede the interests of the colony, but this is absolutely impossible for the Republic of China to get!

Yang Qiu ignored the strange-looking people, and his eyes gradually moved north to the vast Russia. In fact, he knows best that with the international status of the Republic of China at this moment, even if a beautiful encirclement and annihilation war is fought, it is impossible to obtain any land and other colonial compensation from the Western Front, you must know that the United States sent 4 million troops in the parallel world, but failed to obtain such compensation, until the beginning of World War II, after the fat man was cried by the German submarine, he took out a few islands for a bunch of tattered destroyers, which shows how much Britain and France value the interests of the colony! Therefore, for the Republic of China, it is most realistic to exchange superior human resources for the capital, technology and industrial equipment needed for national development, after all, under the surface prosperity, the rotten late Qing pants have not been completely thrown away.

On the other hand, Britain and France will never accept you to enjoy the benefits of the colonies if they ask for money and goods, and if they open their mouths, they may turn to Japan in distress. To put it more thoroughly, if Japan does not send troops in the end, then Britain and France will be directly in a bad position, unless the United States is willing to accept the price of becoming a German vassal in the next ten years, it will have to fight to the death.

That's what he is. If you can't get it, you will never open your mouth, because it will give the other person a chance to be wary of themselves. On the contrary, it is necessary to put on an insatiable face on what can be obtained, so as to provide cover for the ultimate strategic goal! So what is the ultimate goal?

Russia! Russia! Or Russia!

No matter how lively the fighting on the Western Front is, no matter how many people die, even if the expeditionary force loses most of it, it is just to earn money for the country and fight for face. The fierce war is just a tool used by politicians to push the "Made in China" brand to the world's richest market by means of military and alliances. In fact, this is the same as the United States using the United States to send troops to promote camel cigarettes, Zhibao lighters, Coca-Cola and other products to the world and eventually become a world famous brand. After opening up the situation this time and shoehorning dozens of light industrial products into military supplies and entering Europe, as long as the state supports it, I believe that a number of good enterprises will soon be born. As for the arms trade, which will be worth tens of billions of dollars in the next two decades, this is a big fat meat. It will also occupy a place because of the victory of the expeditionary force and the actual combat effectiveness. I don't dare to say that we can defeat super companies like Krupp and Snyder, at least Erlikong and Bofors must divide their markets, and wait for the technology to come up. The basic industry is improving, and if you can't do these few based on data machines, it is really better to crash and pull down.

Now that the goal of the Western Front has been achieved, there is no point in fighting for it, and it is time to turn over the real goal hidden under the table, which is the northern behemoth that has plagued China for hundreds of years! Disintegration, attrition, and destruction of the strong neighbor in the north are basic national policies that must never be shaken.

As a visionary ahead of his time, he knew very well what great changes would take place on the Eastern Front in a few months, and how violent the world situation would be! How much panic will Britain and France have even had when the United States, which has just entered the war! But they can't reach it, which gives them a great opportunity! In the simplest words. It is to exchange the money and external status of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front for their lives in exchange for the strength to expand and infiltrate northward.

As for the land issue, which has been criticized and still not understood by many people in the country, as long as it can drag Russia down and prolong its civil strife. If they can't quickly get through the period of national turmoil, then the lost territory from Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan to Ili in Xinjiang will sooner or later be their own, and Vladivostok to Boli and even the whole of Eastern Siberia will have to be taken! Of course, these must be plotted slowly and slowly, and we cannot be impatient or irritable, the matter of swallowing an elephant is always a small probability, and war is always a comprehensive confrontation of upright national strength. After all, the revival of Soviet Russia is based on 5 million tons of steel, and if it has such a large output according to the traditional method, Soviet Russia has already entered a recovery period.

Of course, now is also the time to gradually unravel the mystery to the people around you, especially these generals, after all, time is running out. So he put down his coffee and beckoned to a second lieutenant who was always sitting like a wooden man. Everyone knows that there are several guards around Yang Qiu who need to be paid attention to, including this expressionless second lieutenant who is said to be from the Security Bureau who doesn't even know his name, not because of how good he is, but because of the confidential briefcase in his hand that will not leave all year round, and there is a secret briefcase with explosives in it.

Even Li Liejun was deeply attracted, secretly wondering what was in this stuffed briefcase, which was several times larger than usual. Yang Qiu opened the bag and pulled out a document from it, and the second lieutenant quickly closed it and pulled a thin thread to his wrist. The cover of the document is printed with the words "Sunrise", and under the font there is also a vermilion seal of the top secret words of the General Staff! When the four of them saw it, their hearts couldn't help beating a few times.

Yang Qiu handed the sunrise plan document to Shi Xiaolou: "Go to the front carriage with Minister Wu and Ambassador Lu to take a good look, and give it to me to remember after reading it!" Except for the four of you, this is not allowed to be passed on! ”

Four people? Li Liejun thought that Yang Qiu had made a mistake, because this kind of red-seal top-secret document was absolutely invisible to him at his level, but just as he was about to speak, the latter had already picked up the coffee again: "Don't think about it!" Zhu Shou, the commander of the 124th Mixed Division, has been temporarily transferred to the southwest due to poor health, and will send your appointment to the general meeting later. Do a good job, a soldier is a soldier before he takes off his uniform! "Li Liejun didn't expect that he had just been promoted from battalion commander to regiment commander, and then from regiment commander to division commander! I also felt a trace of gratitude to Yang Qiu in my heart, and saluted heavily.

In fact, with Li Liejun's ability, it is still enough to be a division commander, but if he doesn't pull it out and train this person, it will be wasted, although the political views are different, but Yang Qiu will not ruin this good military talent. Of course, this also depends on how far he can go, and if he is not willing to be a real soldier, then he will not show mercy.

Wu Tingfang was even more happy for Li Liejun, and the Kuomintang was finally going to have an active division commander. However, he also knew in his heart that there would be gains and losses, and after Li Liejun was promoted to division commander, he would be regarded as one of the front-line officers of the National Defense Forces, so some of the current officials of the Kuomintang would definitely be removed in order to maintain the long-term weak policy of the Kuomintang towards the other two parties. In fact, he knows very well who will be taken away, but after so many years of hard work, he is still a little reluctant, and he can't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that after returning to China, it is time to take the initiative to resign and return to his hometown to retire, and leave the opportunity to the younger generations.

After the four of them went to the front of the closed carriage to read the documents, Yang Qiu returned to his desk and picked up the pen, although Yue Peng's first war established the status of the Republic of China in the Entente, from now on any country that wants to enter China will have to weigh three points, and the external environment will be better. But in his position, he understands very well that with the study of the national defense forces by various countries, the competition will become more fierce in the future. Moreover, there are many problems exposed in this battle, although with his personal guidance, the tactics and use of armored forces are limited by conditions and other factors, and the generals of the Wehrmacht are also in the groping stage, but the curtain of burning money for the transformation of the armies of various countries will definitely come ahead of schedule.

Even if there is no century-old industrial heritage, the Wehrmacht must not lag behind, and the "Sunrise" plan for Russia is about to be launched, so he must start preparing in advance, so he picked up a pen and wrote the Wehrmacht transformation plan.

First of all, the swelling navy needs to be pressed, the Continental Army and the Navy, which are always contradictory, and the current Republic of China does not have the capability of a large navy at all, and there is no clear operational goal, not to mention, even if it is forcibly launched, it will arouse the worries of Britain and the United States, and it should continue to maintain a fleet that is slightly smaller than Japan's tonnage, but surpasses Japan in aircraft carriers and other new equipment, and focuses on cultivating and reserving talents. However, because of the large number of debts, the construction of cruisers and destroyers could not be stopped, and the old ships had to be replaced with new ones one by one to save money.

It is urgent for the air force to change to the air force, and part of the money saved by the navy should be allocated to the air force, and large bombers can be replaced before the engine is upgraded, but the front-line support attack aircraft must be brought up, and Haidongqing will not be able to meet the needs of the next ten years of operations, so the pre-research of upgrading and upgrading should be accelerated.

For a long time in the future, the Republic of China will still be a continental army country, so Yang Qiu decided to develop two new armored chassis, including a 15-ton light tank based on the No. 3 tank, a 15-ton infantry fighting vehicle after the enlarged T2 armored vehicle, a 15-ton infantry transport vehicle, a 15-ton self-propelled gun, etc., as well as half-track vehicles, military trucks, 25-ton and 35-ton chassis all need to be pre-developed in advance. Mechanization is the foundation of future warfare, and it must not be lost at the starting line, even if it is small in quantity and scale, it must be developed first.

There is also the issue of caliber, the Wehrmacht started with German aid at the beginning, and the German standards were used, but with the help of the Entente to arm 35 divisions and a large number of Entente-standard weapons, standardization became more and more important, so he set the basic caliber of the Wehrmacht's future weapons, including 7.62, 9, 12.7, 16.8 (M1912 shotguns), 25, 40, 70, 80, 85, 105, 120, 155, 210, 305, 406 mm and other guns and artillery calibers, In the future, these standards will have to be applied to any design, with the exception of special models.

In addition to the future plans of standards and armor construction, how to make good use of the bright coat of the world's strongest alliance to build a strong deterrent force is also urgent to consider, so after he finished writing, he immediately asked Lei Meng to send a telegram to the country, and it is necessary to take advantage of the recent domestic weapons to be in the limelight, sell patents and sell money, and at the same time ask the Entente to help a batch of arms of the same type on the grounds of insufficient manufacturing, if it can succeed, it will not cost a penny to get a few fist troops.

When he finished writing this, Shi Xiaolou and the others had already walked out in shock.

Yang Qiu took the document, put down his pen and said: "Whether the north of the country can guarantee stability for at least five years, and whether the border troubles for hundreds of years can be solved, it depends on you!" ”…… (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )