Zhang Xueliang couldn't help but shuddered when he heard this, but he did not ask Tu Mengben what exactly he wanted to get. Being able to tell Zhang Xueliang that he went to Europe to get something was already an exception.

According to the current situation, only less than ten people including the Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Force Su Zongzhe, Commander-in-Chief Tu Mengben, Chairman of the Coalition Government Lin Sen and Prime Minister Yan Zhengqing know about this matter.

Now there is one more person, but Zhang Xueliang does not know everything about this plan. He only knows that the coalition government has connections with Europe. Going to Europe is more about getting something.

As for what it was and who took it from him, he had no idea and didn't want to know.

After the conversation started, the two brothers immediately started joking after the estrangement disappeared. Zhang Xueliang complained that Japan is really troublesome and there are things that need to be dealt with everywhere.

He was too lazy to take care of these government affairs and just wanted to return home as soon as possible. Tu Mengben sighed and advised Zhang Xueliang to be patient for a while. During this period, the domestic official arrangements were also very tight.

There are no longer enough students graduated from the School of Political Science and Law to be allocated, and now the coalition government is grabbing people and sending them to various universities. This incident has caused such a stir that Jia Xiaohou almost went to war with the coalition government over this matter.

The fight started.

Most of the people snatched away by the coalition government are science students. Many of them are good prospects that Jia Xiaohou values ​​​​and plan to work in research and development institutions after completing their studies.

That's good. The coalition government has cut off the talents before they have been trained. How can you not make Jia Xiaohou angry?!

Lin Sen actually has no choice but to do anything about this matter. The coalition government is too short of people. There is a shortage everywhere. Now that the coalition government has money, it is extremely short of management talents.

These management talents cannot be cultivated overnight. Knowledge, interpersonal relationships, critical incident handling, as well as the ability to control the region and development vision...etc. are all taken into consideration.

It has to be said. After all, only domestic universities have talents in this field. Every summer, most students do not go home directly. Instead, they go to the coalition government to apply for internships.

During the entire holiday, they will receive half of the salary of civil servants. And they will assist officials from all parties in the work of the national areas governed by the coalition government.

These jobs include farming, taxation, law, etc. For students, this is a good opportunity for social practice and for them to become familiar with government operations.

What this caused was that the coalition government began to compete with the research institutes for students from major colleges in order to fill the shortage of civil servants in the coalition government that had expanded too quickly.

"Brother Six, now our civil service team is extremely short in number. Even the governance plan sent to Southeast Asia has temporarily stalled. There is no way, there are too few available people. They have not been trained, and Chairman Zichao and the others are unwilling to use them.

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"So, you have to be patient for a while. At least, wait until Chairman Zichao and Prime Minister Yan solve this problem before you can think about Japan's affairs..." Tu Mengben sighed helplessly and said.

"This is actually the reason why we support Tokugawa and the others in Japan. There is no way! We have risen too fast and there are simply not enough management manpower. If we promote inexperienced people at will, something will definitely happen...

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Zhang Xueliang understands this very well. This approach of erring on the side of failure is good. After all, these newly conquered areas are not stable areas.

If the old man is not sent there, it will most likely result in a large-scale ethnic conflict. If someone is willing to provoke it again, these fertile lands may become a huge powder keg.

Therefore, the managers in these areas must be experienced in the coalition government. They must also be good at handling the relations between various ethnic groups, so as to ensure the local interests of the coalition government.

They must know who should be dealt with, who should be comforted, who should be won over, and who should be exterminated. They must know all of these.

If officials are careless in handling these matters, the consequences will be extremely serious. It may even cause the coalition government to give up its local rule. It may even affect the coalition government's entire Southeast Asian layout.

Therefore, the coalition government is extremely cautious in selecting officials to go to Southeast Asia. Of course, the treatment they give these officials is also extremely high.

Not only is the level improved, but more importantly, the performance evaluation after smooth implementation in the local area is also higher than that in the country. At the same time, the longer the tenure, the greater the promotion space when returning to the country.

Ten years of service in these areas is equivalent to fifteen or even twenty years of service in the country. This is undoubtedly a great attraction for current coalition government officials.

"I have already given them the promise Tokugawa and the others want. There won't be any problems in Japan for the time being, but you don't have to worry about Tokugawa and his sixth brother. Wang Jiuguang will help you keep an eye on them."

"As long as we calm down during this period, we will naturally send some personnel to Japan. At that time, they will take over all your work, and the army will withdraw to prepare for the European landing campaign."

After saying that, Tu Mengben stood up and sighed: "Sixth brother, actually I am more anxious than you. But it is useless to worry about these things. We have to do it step by step. Do everything at hand well, and the rest will be done."

It will naturally become stable..."

Zhang Xueliang nodded helplessly, although he really didn't want to stay in Japan. But Tu Menghu's words did make sense. Although the country has been calmed down now, there are still many variables due to various reasons.

It is completely impossible without a large army to intimidate. This kind of thing can only be settled by time. After the Japanese get used to all this and get used to the appearance of the National Defense Force as a conqueror.

The army can evacuate here. Of course, they will still retain a certain amount of troops in Japan. On the one hand, it is to prepare for the Western Pacific, and on the other hand, it is to contain the Soviet Union that may appear here.

Japan is an extremely important move played by the coalition government and the National Defense Force. Due to its geographical location, Japan is also an extremely important link in the island chain surrounding China.

From the coalition government to the top brass of the National Defense Force, everyone knows that this place must be in their hands. And it must be in their hands for a long time. Only in this way can we advance, attack, retreat, and defend with ease.

The resources in Southeast Asia cannot be given up, and this place is related to China's access to the sea from Europe and Africa. Therefore, stationing the army in Japan first and solving the problems in Southeast Asia is at the top of the list.

The two brothers then continued to have some personal conversations and talked about their future trip to Europe. Zhang Xueliang then left and left. Now it was enough for him to get the news that he could leave.

Zhang Xueliang had the idea that he could be the king and hegemon in Japan. After September 18, he knew that he was actually not suitable to be a comprehensive leader.

What he is most suitable for is leading the army to fight. Regarding politics, he always makes wrong decisions many times. He once detained Chiang Zhongzheng, but mistakenly believed that they would not deal with him and followed them back to Nanjing. The result was almost

You can't get out.

Therefore, after having this awareness, Zhang Xueliang decided not to participate in any government affairs. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the military. He only led troops to fight and ignored everything else.

Even at present, he ignores most of Japan's government affairs. Only when Wang Yajiao expressed the hope that he would intervene, he would deal with it reluctantly.

During the rest of the time, he mostly stayed at his headquarters, or went out to inspect the troops, rectify their morale and conduct training.

The Wehrmacht was digesting the land that had been swallowed up by whales, and Moscow in the Soviet Union was already losing its brains. In order to buy time, Hitler sent troops to the Soviet Union at all costs.

After Rundstedt's defeat, Hitler immediately sent 500,000 troops as support. Later, he organized another 1 million German troops to support the Soviet Union.

The Allies could not bear to show weakness. With the support of the Allies, the Soviet Union began to enter a counterattack state after gaining a firm foothold. Contrary to Lundstedt and Hitler's expectations, Trotsky's death did not dampen the morale of the Soviet Union.

On the contrary, it made the Soviet Union more tenacious. They launched attacks on the German positions day and night regardless of casualties. A large number of artillery shells and rockets bombarded the German positions.

Those Soviet fighter pilots were almost fighting like death squads. Their madness even frightened the Germans.

"If we continue to fight like this, even if we win, the gains will outweigh the losses..." Lundstedt looked at the casualty report submitted and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After the failure of the Moscow offensive, the battle lines between the two sides fell into a stalemate. After receiving comprehensive support, the Soviet Union launched a counterattack directly with the assistance of the US military.

"There have been more than 450,000 casualties. We have been able to hold on until now and the position has not collapsed. This is already the biggest miracle..." Marshal Gunter Hans von Kluge said with a wry smile.

Rundstedt, on the other hand, remained silent. The current battle situation was extremely difficult for him. After the Allied forces recovered and stood firm, they completely suppressed the German army.

Except for the certain advantages of the Air Force, the Army was basically being suppressed. Although Air Force Commander Hermann Göring did not tell them, they knew in their hearts that the losses of the Air Force were also huge.

Although the Air Force produced a large number of ace pilots on the Eastern Front, the Soviet army's kamikaze-like attacks resulted in the German army's outstanding pilots being constantly swallowed up by the sea of ​​​​people.

These damn Slavs even risked their lives to distract the German pilots, thus creating opportunities for attack by the US pilots who were cooperating with them.

This approach worked so well that the Germans simply did not dare to ignore the Soviet fighter planes chasing them. This group of lunatics had already gained some experience in air combat after winning several air battles.

If you treat the pilots lightly, it is no less than putting your life in the hands of death.

"Domestic support for us has reached its limit. The Supreme Command has stated that they are unable to provide them with more troops..." Marshal Kluge was silent for a while and said.

"We currently have less than 2.5 million troops on hand, while the Soviet Union, the United States and other allied forces have at least 5 million troops fighting us..."

Marshal Kluge did not say the next words. But Lundstedt knew in his heart that if the fight continued like this, the only result for the German army would be to be forced to surrender.

"The head of state asked us to fight for at least two years, but I don't think we can sustain it. With this casualty rate, we will have to withdraw from our current position in two months at most..."

Lundstedt couldn't help sighing after hearing this, and then said: "The head of state has approved our recruitment of troops from vassal countries, but the requirement is that we use these people with caution..."

"What we need to pay special attention to is that they may collude with the Allied forces to attack our positions. Therefore, we must be cautious about their use..."

Kluge didn't say anything but just sneered. Those who were unwilling to cooperate with Germany had long since become Allied guerrillas. Only those who were willing to cooperate would make this application.

"To be honest, the Italians have played well during this period. At least Giovanni Messe has not insulted the honor of the Roman Empire, but it is a pity that there are too few people like him..."

Kluge immediately changed the subject, and Lundstedt did not want to talk about Hitler's order.

"Giovanni Messe is indeed good. Unfortunately, the Italians seem to be having an internal dispute. They are now waiting and watching, and are unwilling to send any more troops."

Lundstedt's words made Kluge nod. The Italian Expeditionary Corps currently led by Giovanni Messe has a total of 230,000 troops.

After suffering nearly 80,000 casualties, Italy supplemented them to a certain extent. But after the war reached a stalemate, Italy began not to supplement the expeditionary force.

After Japan announced its unconditional surrender, they even reduced their supply of ammunition. If Lundstedt and others had not provided their own supplies to Italy, the expeditionary force might have run out of food.

"Where's that guy Horthy?! What I want to know is, how many people will he send to assist us?!" Klug was silent for a while and asked Lundstedt.

"This old bastard Horthy is no longer planning to send troops here on the pretext of road transportation difficulties..." Lundstedt said harshly through gritted teeth.

Admiral Horthy Miklós was truly a legend and the most unique general during World War II. Before World War I, he entered the naval academy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the fourth most powerful country in the world at the time.

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After graduation, he became a naval officer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But then, World War I broke out. This war led to the disintegration of the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire. Horthy then took advantage of the chaos and directly killed Bei.

The Hungarian Soviet Republic headed by La Kun appointed itself regent.

The general, who served as admiral in a country without any coastline, established an empire after getting rid of the Soviet government. But instead of appointing or finding a king, he made his position as regent.

During World War I, a large amount of territory was occupied due to the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This made Horthy choose to cooperate with Hitler, who had the same philosophy at the time.

Of course, Hungary also benefited from this cooperation. After the campaign to attack Czechoslovakia and Romania, Hungary, which firmly stood on the side of Germany, not only took back the territory, but also obtained all the areas where Hungarians from the two countries lived.

But as time went by, especially the defeat in the Battle of Moscow, Horthy became nervous. He began to consciously conserve his strength and tried to get Hungary out of the war.

In his opinion, Hungary has paid enough in this war and got what it wanted. If it continues, it will not be a good thing for Hungary.

"There is a reason for their retreat. The annihilation of the Hungarian 2nd Army in the Battle of Moscow had a great impact on them. Horthy must have considered the course of the war and what problems Hungary would face if we failed...

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After saying that, Lundstedt paused and said: "Now that they are negotiating, it is relatively advantageous for them. Once the war is completely unfavorable to us, their bargaining chips will be reduced..."

"Call the head of state and submit our opinions." Lundstedt was silent for a while and said: "If Hungary can no longer cooperate with us, then they should elect someone who can cooperate with us!"

At this time, a group of Indians were in a panic in Ottawa. They went to Ottawa with confidence, but their hopes of trying to contact the British were dashed.

No one from the British government came to receive them at all, and they didn't even bother to send a clerk to send them away. A group of Indians just left and stayed in Ottawa.

"A bunch of cheap slaves, are they afraid now?! Do they want to get the empire's forgiveness?! Why don't these bastards think about their faces when they helped the Japanese!"

In Parliament, a British member of Parliament curled his lips on how to deal with the Indians and said: "Do these idiots really think that catching a bastard can calm our anger?!"

"These people must be punished, and they are also involved in this matter. It is impossible to let them escape!" one MP shouted.

The British Empire has always deceived people, but how could it have been deceived so miserably? Back then, the fleet of the British Empire often deceived the natives out of their gold, and then slaughtered them.

Unexpectedly, things turned around. In the blink of an eye, the British Empire was tricked. The person who tricked them turned out to be a slave they thought could not betray them.

How can they not be so angry?!

"Your Majesty Prime Minister! I think we should call the National Defense Forces to carry out the agreed campaign. The death of these slaves will not be spared. What we need to preserve is the rule of the British Empire in India!"
Chapter completed!