Franklin thought for a while and said:
"The Chinese Expeditionary Force in my vision has the Goshawk Kingdom responsible for air control and logistical support. The force consists of China's Central Army and the Eighth Route Army. Chu Xiong serves as the commander. We only need to send a staff group led by the chief of staff to assist in the command. The total strength is about 200,000."
After hearing this, George asked in surprise:
"The Eighth Route Army and Chu Xiong? Did I hear you correctly? They are far away in the Taihang Mountains, more than two thousand kilometers away from the Emerald Kingdom. Is this realistic?
Besides, it was okay to let Chu Xiong command the Eighth Route Army, but he would not agree to let him command the Central Military Commission. He had always regarded the army as his own private property, and he would not be at ease if he was given command by anyone. "
Franklin waved his hand and said:
“The expeditionary force must be composed of China’s best generals and soldiers, Chu Xiong’s independent division, a division from Zhao Sihu’s 78th Group Army, a division from the 93rd Group Army, and at least three elite armies from the Central Army;
The distance was too far, so they were transported to Spring City by transport plane, and people were sent to negotiate with Yanzhou. One plane of equipment and supplies was exchanged for one plane of soldiers, and an additional 100 million eagle yuan was provided!
In addition, it is noted that this price includes the two divisions of the 78th Group Army and the 93rd Group Army, which can be said to be more concealed;
In order to persuade Zhong Zai to agree to this plan, we can support him with the equipment of 5 divisions or 300 million eagle dollars in aid. The negotiation speed must be fast and must be finalized as soon as possible. By the time the Japanese invade the Emerald Kingdom, it will be too late.
Tell Zhongcai that once the Burma Highway is cut off, China will still suffer the loss, and he will make the right choice..."
In the middle of Shu, the official residence of Zhongcai
You can hear Zhongcai's roaring sound coming from far away. Fortunately, there are enough security guards around so that ordinary people can't get close.
"Damn it, what right do these foreign devils have to interfere in China's government affairs?
They said I have to form an expeditionary force? The Eighth Route Army will also participate. Commander Chu Xiong, is he planning to engage in a hedging trick?
I want 200,000 elites for hundreds of millions of eagle dollars. He is sitting in a wheelchair and dreaming! "
"Cough! Cough!"
Mr. Bray began to cough, and Zhongcai said directly:
"We are all our own people here, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
Bray then stood up and said:
"I believe that it would be most beneficial to the government to remove the tiger Chuxiong from the Taihang Mountains."
Zhongcai and Bray have known each other for many years, and they already have a tacit understanding between them. He quickly tasted something from the middle, and then motioned to Mr. Bray to continue.
Seeing that Zhongcai's interest was aroused, Bray felt refreshed and continued:
"It is rumored that both Zhao Sihu and Luo Weimin were controlled by Chu Xiong. Now the two generals Zhao and Luo have become group army commanders. Even if they are really involved with the Eighth Route Army, Chu Xiong played a very important role in it.
Deploying the troops of Chu Xiong and Zhao and Luo can not only weaken the 78th Group Army and the 93rd Group Army, but also separate Chu Xiong from Zhao and Luo. Without Chu Xiong to suppress them, who in the Eighth Route Army can suppress them? "
Zhong Cai finally tasted the taste and took over Mr. Bray's words and said:
"These troops went to the Jade Kingdom. After several fierce battles, winning or losing will be consumed. If they win, the government will have face in front of their allies and can continue to ask them for money and equipment. If they lose, they can use the Japanese to get rid of Chu Xiong. depleting their elite troops;
wonderful! Wonderful!
Jingzhi went to talk to them and said that I didn't agree with this plan. Chu Xiong was not qualified to command such a huge army. The government would send a suitable commander. Chu Xiong could only serve as the former enemy's chief of staff. "
After Zhong decided a general direction, the rest was just a matter of wrangling. In order to protect the southwest rear area and the final blood transfusion artery, he agreed in principle to the major matter of sending an expeditionary force abroad to fight, not to mention that there were still people paying for it. He has never had much resistance to Ying Yuan and equipment.
Due to the urgent military situation, there was no room for too much wrangling between the two countries and the three parties. Yanzhou quickly agreed to the plan proposed by Yingjiang. Once the general direction was set, implementation began, and time waited for no one.
Under the mediation of Yingjiang, the three parties finally reached a consensus, and the order was quickly issued to the independent division.
The Eighth Route Army did not compromise on executing orders from the headquarters. After receiving the order, the independent division began to prepare for dispatching troops.
"Comrades, according to the plan agreed upon by the three parties, the independent division will dispatch 6,000 backbones, and the 78th Group Army and the 93rd Group Army will each dispatch 8,000 troops. After being airlifted to Yunnan Province, Zhongcai will supplement each division with 10,000 strong men;
These 30,000 strong men are all security groups drawn from the southwestern provinces. This should also be Zhong Cai's idea, to mix sand into our army, and also to reduce the pressure on air transportation.
For the 6,000 backbones of the independent division, my plan is to draw one battalion from each regiment, and 1,000 political backbones from the teaching team. Since the seed cuts give us an additional 10,000 Sichuan Army and Yunnan Army, these are good for mountain warfare. Miao, we can't go easy on him and let him beat a dog with meat buns and digest as much as he wants!
What they said was that after leaving the country, the weapons and equipment would be replenished by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, but I couldn’t trust them, so I brought all the standard equipment of each army;
All the troops going abroad to fight will be equipped with the latest Mulan cannons and Wei Shencannons produced by the military factory. I will also inform Lao Zhao and Lao Luo. If you have these guys on the battlefield, you will be confident..."
It’s not that Chu Xiong doesn’t trust Yingjiang, he just doesn’t trust those arrogant and selfish John Bulls. In another dimension, the expeditionary force just trusted them too much. As a result, they went out to get the equipment with bare hands, but were tricked by John Bull, and missed the opportunity to capture the bronze. Gu's best time gave the Japanese time to react.
Chu Xiong, who has learned from the past, will not make the same mistake. As long as he opens up the situation and establishes a firm foothold, there are so many Chinese people in Lanyang that there is no need to worry about wasting equipment.
The transport plane was sent directly from the Gadelan base in John Bull, the third brother country. A heavy transport plane can carry about half a battalion of people and equipment;
The independent division needs about 20 aircraft. Together with the 78th Group Army and the 93rd Group Army, Yingjiang dispatched a total of 100 transport aircraft and 150 fighter jets for escort.
In order to facilitate transportation, all the troops rushed to Quyuan City in advance to assemble. The 78th Group Army mobilized the masses a week in advance to build a field airport. Fortunately, aircraft in this era did not have high requirements for airports;
The New 6th Division of the 78th Group Army repaired it in just five days with the help of thousands of people.
The 78th Group Army deployed Li Chenxi Brigade of the New 5th Division and Gao Dezhu Brigade of the New 6th Division, with Yan Haoyu as the division commander;
The 93rd Group Army deployed Zhang Yu's new 9th Division.
The Tigers Special Forces mobilized the 1st and 4th Squadrons, while the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons stayed behind.
Military district-level leaders Wang Junjie and Zhao Sihu stayed behind, while Chu Xiong brought along Chief of Staff Zhong Guoliang and Director of the Political Department Huang An.
Other departments mobilized elite troops, especially the artillery and communications corps, which were personally led by Liu Zhe and Zhao Pan'er, taking away at least half of their key personnel. The arsenal also mobilized some experts, led by Wei Zhenyu himself.
After establishing a foothold, Chu Xiong plans to establish a systematic military industrial base in the Jade Kingdom. If he needs anything, he can directly ask Yingjiang for it. He has a very huge plan in mind, and the purpose is to create a more friendly surrounding environment for China;
In another time and space, Huaxia was surrounded by a bunch of rotten people, almost geographically surrounded by Yingjiang. This was something Chu Xiong didn't want to see. Now that he was here, he wouldn't allow it, at least to ensure that Haitang remained the same!
"Chief of Staff, the planes are coming, there are so many of them, like a flock of birds!"
"Yan Haoyu, you have some potential, you are going abroad, don't lose your brother, we will all have these in the future!"
