Chapter 1001 Talent Reserve
"Sichuan Army? Is it the Sichuan Army that captured Bangkok and annihilated two small Japanese regiments in a row?" Sun Jun asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's that Sichuan Army Corps." At this time, Zhu Guangya walked over from a distance, looked at Sun Jun and Zhuang Yue, and said with a smile.

"Lao Fang, there's a letter for you!" Then he handed him a letter.

"My letter?" Sun Jun was a little confused. He had just received a letter from home not long ago, so it was impossible for there to be more letters.

"Lao Shi, Shisong sent this to you." Zhu Guangya
"Lao Shi? He's still alive?" Sun Jun was very surprised. Among so many classmates, he had the closest relationship with Shi Song. He was very disappointed when he saw that Shi Song disappeared after leaving a letter, but he didn't expect that he was still alive.

"Yes, not only is he still alive, he also went to the Sichuan Army Corps and became the commander of a radar corps. This kid has fulfilled his dream!" Zhu Guangya said with a smile.

"How did you know?" Sun Jun was a little wary, seeing that the envelope had not been opened.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Guangya said unhappily, "You are allowed to have a good relationship with Lao Shi? I also received a letter from him."

"This is the letter he mailed to me. He hoped that I would go to the Sichuan Army. He said that it would be the blueprint for the future and that there was an extreme lack of high-level intellectuals, especially physics talents like us."

Sun Jun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the letter. He then opened the envelope and read it quickly, his face looking a little gloomy.

"Lao Fang, did Lao Shi also ask you to go there? Let's go together. As far as I know, in addition to us, many classmates and teachers are also invited." Zhu Guangya said in a low voice.

Lin Hao really tried every possible way to win over these students.

He was very dissatisfied with the student army plan proposed by Baldy. What was needed now was for students to acquire knowledge rather than join the army.

Especially for college students, taking up guns to join the army and fight, they may not be much better than some privates. Bullets have no eyes, and a stray bullet on the battlefield may kill these students, which means that more than ten years of training has been wasted.

War also has its costs. The students of Yunnan University are the most outstanding group of people among hundreds of millions of people. Let them go to war? Be cannon fodder? That is such a waste.

The whole of China has accumulated for decades, but only how many students are there?

If one hundred thousand people were withdrawn at once, even if many of them were primary and high school students, they would only be the elites of this era and the seeds for changing the future. If the loss were too great, it would damage the foundation of the country.

The key point is that the bald guy has used these elites as cannon fodder more than once, which is a waste of resources.

Therefore, when Lin Hao learned about the plan of 100,000 young people and 100,000 troops, he immediately instructed his subordinates to write letters to his classmates and teachers, and also asked Tang Ji and others on the other side of the strait to find a way to get a group of students.

Lin Hao recruited them to either be teachers, do research, continue their studies, or study abroad.

Even if they were allowed to join the army, they would only be high-level soldiers, such as radar soldiers? Or pilots, etc.

"But~!" Sun Jun was still a little hesitant. He was applying to study abroad. He always felt that he had not learned enough and he wanted to wait until he learned more.

"I know what you're thinking. Old Shi told me in a letter that I can also study abroad in the Sichuan Army, and it's at public expense."

"Not only that, there are also various subsidies. If you go there, you will get a one-time resettlement fee of 100 yuan, and there are also various generous benefits!" Zhu Guangya said excitedly.

Due to the war, the funding of Yunnan-Western United University has become less and less in recent years, and many students’ lunch has become eight-treasure rice pudding.

If you think that eight treasures are a combination of eight different grains, you are wrong. The so-called eight treasure rice is red brown rice mixed with sand, sawdust, and even a few grains of rat droppings. Many people have had enough of it.

The canteen’s regular dishes are boiled kidney beans in salt water and purple-gray konjac tofu, which are mushy and tasteless.

"Let me think about it again!" Sun Jun still hadn't made up his mind.

Zhu Guangya did not force it, and looked at Zhuang Yue beside him and asked:

"Student Zhuang Yue, you are studying at a normal school, and the Sichuan Army is recruiting teachers~!"

"Well, I've signed up a long time ago and will be leaving in three days!" Zhuang Yue said with a smile, "I think I've learned enough and can definitely teach those students!"

Sun Jun walked towards the dormitory silently. At this time, his roommates in the whole building were discussing this matter.

"I want to study abroad, but there are too few public funding places. There are only one or two places per grade. I have no hope at all. The people from the Sichuan Army said that as long as we meet the requirements, we can study abroad at our own expense. I want to learn more advanced knowledge!"

Sun Jun also knew the person who was speaking. His name was Liu Yongkuan. He was also studying in the Physics Department. He had excellent grades, but since there were too few government-funded places, it was difficult for him to study abroad.

"I want to go there too. I heard they are recruiting pilots. I think I can give it a try!"

"They are recruiting navy troops there. They are said to have dozens of warships. I want to go and take a look."

"Yes, they also said that if we are not satisfied, they can send us back."

Lin Hao just wanted to say, you are too naive, as long as you go there, you still want to come back? No matter what means are used, you must be kept there.

As for learning advanced knowledge, Lin Hao felt that no one had more advanced knowledge than him. If it really didn't work, he would bring those foreign professors to Myanmar and teach them one-on-one.

But right now, he needs to fool all these people.

"Yes, let's go over there and take a look. Just treat it as a trip. It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. It's a good opportunity to see how things are going over there!"

"Yes, that's right."

"Isn't there a good time over there?"

"The Sichuan Army said they sent people to protect us!"

"Let's go and take a look!"

"Okay, let's go together~!"

When Sun Jun heard this, he was also moved. If it was true, he could indeed consider staying there.

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On the other side, Lin Hao called Meng's father over. In addition to serving as the principal, he is also specifically responsible for education.

This stubborn old man now seemed to have a second spring, with a smile on his face all day long. Except when he was annoyed by Meng, he was polite to everyone else.

Maybe this stubborn old man is still angry with his son. After all, having a gun pointed at his head by his eldest son is a very filial act.

"Grandpa, how is the school going now? We will have more and more immigrants in the future, and more and more children of school age. We need to pay more attention to this aspect!" Lin Hao said with a smile as he looked at Meng's father.

"We have a school, but we are short of teachers!" said Father Meng worriedly.

There is no shortage of textbooks, as they are all top-notch textbooks obtained by Lin Hao. There is no shortage of schools either, so Kang Huojian’s engineering corps was directly asked to send a team of people to build a house, which was completed very quickly. The only thing lacking now is teachers.

"Grandpa, do you know some teachers? Even private school teachers will do. Letting them provide enlightenment education is better than being illiterate!" Lin Hao reminded.

With a population of 400 million these days, the total number of teachers and students may not even be 200,000 or 300,000, so basically every one of them is a treasure.

"Listen, listen carefully, reading is so important. All the books you read have gone to waste~!" After hearing what Lin Hao said, Meng's father turned around and scolded Meng Fanle.

Meng rolled his eyes in annoyance and pretended not to hear.

At this time, due to the increase in immigration, the number of Chinese under the rule of the Sichuan Army exceeded 500,000, and tens of thousands of people crossed the Nujiang River every day.

Lin Hao still underestimated the number of children in this era. It was normal for a family to have three or five children, and some even had more.

Many people even used their connections to send their children who they could not afford to raise to the Sichuan Army. The welfare of the Sichuan Army was so good that education before high school was free, and not only that, three meals a day were provided.

This is what Lin Hao discovered after investigation. At that time, few families could afford the luxury of having breakfast, so Lin Hao simply decided to provide three meals a day, accommodation for all students, and classes were all scheduled except for one day of rest a week.

It is precisely because of such generous benefits that many families are reluctant to let their children starve to death, so they simply send them to the Sichuan Army. It doesn’t matter whether they learn knowledge or not, at least they can have enough food to eat.

So much so that Milong complained to him more than once that the expenses on education were too high and were enough to support another brigade.

However, Lin Hao directly refused. He knew the importance of education. His future plan for a combined brigade and whether he could handle various advanced equipment depended on these students. Besides, he was not short of that little bit of money, so he could still afford this amount of student funds.

"I do know some people. I have already written a letter asking them to come over~!" Father Meng was very concerned about education. Without waiting for Lin Hao to take the initiative to give instructions, he wrote a letter to ask people to cross the river.

"Mr. Meng really cares about education. The Sichuan Army is blessed. I just received intelligence that a group of students will soon cross the river from the other side. Many of them are professional normal school students. I will hand them over to Mr. Meng!"

"I still say the same thing, tell me what you need and I will find a way to get it for you!" Lin Hao assured again and again.

"Yes, General!" Father Meng stood up and said excitedly.

At this time, the communications staff came in and reported nervously:

"General, Annan and Cambodia in the east have formed a coalition and are about to attack our border!"

Originally, Lin Hao wanted to wait a while before taking action against Cambodia and Annan, but he didn't expect that they would come to him on their own initiative.

"You're quite brave!" Lin Hao sneered.

"I was just wondering what excuse to use to attack them, but they just couldn't wait to come to me."

He had always coveted Annan's Xiangkhuang Plateau, where there were iron ore, copper ore, lead, zinc, antimony and other minerals, as well as more abundant potash mines, which were all necessary raw materials for industrialization.

Moreover, with more and more immigrants, more land is needed. Now that they are taking the initiative to provoke, Lin Hao will naturally not give up this opportunity.

"General, there must be other forces behind this!" Meng Fanle said after thinking for a while.

"Do I need to guess? Who else could be around here? Apart from Xiao Ri, there's only that half-crippled chicken!" Lin Hao said nonchalantly.

"A half-mutilated chicken?" Meng Fan didn't react for a moment and looked at Lin Hao.

"France, the proud Gallic rooster, has now become a half-crippled chicken?" Lin Hao explained with a pout.

Meng Fanle was stunned when he heard this. After muttering a few words, he found that it was quite smooth.

"In my opinion, it's most likely France!" Lin Hao looked at the map, shook his head and sneered.

"Why?" Meng Fanle asked in confusion: "Why can't it be a normal life? After all, they are the overlords of this area~!"

Hearing this, Lin Hao turned around and explained:
"Does this need to be explained? We are facing the US military's relentless pressure right now, and we have no time to spare. Besides, there are no other resources produced here except food."

"More importantly, now that we are such a powerful enemy, it is impossible for them to allocate a large number of troops to deal with us!"

"I guess they're hoping we won't cause them any trouble now!"

Now, it was Meng Fan's turn to open his mouth wide. He never thought that one day the Sichuan Army would be able to play this role.

"What about us?" Meng asked in annoyance.

"Send a telegram to Ma Dazhi. Now it's the turn of his First Brigade to perform." Lin Hao said in a deep voice.

"Yes, military seat!"

Lin Hao felt that there was no need for any tactics. With the current combat effectiveness of his subordinates, he could just push forward all the way.

Cambodia is only a small place the size of a palm. If the war is fast, it will take three to five days. Even if the war is slow, it will take at most half a month.

The only trouble is Annan. After all, there is a French army corps there, with nearly 20,000 people. If you include the indigenous army of Annan, there are about 50,000 to 60,000 people in total.

However, Lin Hao was not too worried. Although there were 50,000 to 60,000 people, there were too many places they needed to defend, especially Cambodia and Annan. Many places were still in rebellion. To put it bluntly, this war would ultimately be fought with the natives.

Fortunately, although Pharah is useless, he has experienced a big battle and still understands some tactics.

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After receiving the telegram, Ma Dazhi immediately began to mobilize troops on a large scale and headed towards the border.

Sure enough, a few hours later, the French army responded quickly and immediately reinforced the border.

Ever since the Sichuan Army took over most of Siam and deployed its troops on the border, they have been on guard against the Sichuan Army's attacks.

The French army, having experienced the test of World War I, was very knowledgeable about defense and had arranged large and small fortifications on the defense line.

Having experienced the era of giant cannons in World War I, the French chickens naturally understood that the depth in front and behind should be expanded. They even drew on the experience of tank combat in World War I and World War II and expanded the depth very wide.

This made the Sichuan Army's assault tactics ineffective, and the French army was not native to Siam, and their weapons and combat skills were not comparable to those of the Siamese army.

Even at night, the French army's defense of outposts and fortifications was very strict.

Especially after the defense distance was widened, the French machine gun positions had considerable lethality.

"This French army has some tactics!" Ma Dazhi said, shaking his head after reading the intelligence in his hand.

"Yes, but their biggest shortcoming is insufficient manpower!" Doubing, who has been promoted to the commander of the first regiment of the first brigade, sighed.

Among so many old brothers in the Sichuan Army, Doubing's promotion was the slowest, but he was also the youngest commander. He is only 18 years old and has unlimited potential in the future.

The French army on the opposite side also knew that their troops were not enough to defend comprehensively, so they adopted a focused defense approach and controlled key points.

Troops were also deployed on other lines of defense, but they were only used to convey messages. Even if the Sichuan Army Corps made a breakthrough, it would be difficult to quickly break through in depth.

As long as they hold the depth, the French army can mobilize superior forces to destroy their assault units. There is indeed nothing wrong with this tactical arrangement.

The question is, does the French chicken now have enough manpower and morale to hold the line?

"Pocket formation~!" Ma Dazhi sighed, then sneered: "Aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death?"

"Doubing, your regiment will be the main attacker this time, so you must boost morale!"

"I will assign all the artillery of the brigade to you. Don't let me down!"

"Yes, Brigade Commander!" Doubing also knew that the biggest problem with his position as the regiment leader was that he was too young and had not received much education, so many people were not convinced.

But he is not without any advantages. After all, he has won several battles and is an old subordinate of Lin Hao. The most important thing is that he is loyal to Lin Hao.

Just for this last point, Lin Hao naturally couldn't treat him too badly.

(End of this chapter)