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"Marshal Xu, there is an old saying in our Tang Dynasty, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish!" Commander Xue's voice trembled a little because he was unsure.

Xu Le seemed to have guessed what he meant: "Commander Xue, we don't need to play dumb. Just tell us what you think!"

Seeing that Xu Le did not look embarrassed, Commander Xue became bolder: "Marshal Xu, the Japs today have at least doubled their total strength and weaponry compared to two years ago! And our Tang army, even if we were facing the Japs from two years ago, would have no chance of winning with five against one!"

"Yeah, who would have thought! The Japanese could defeat the United States in Pearl Harbor and Midway Island, allowing Japan to plunder countless resources."

Fang Yue also sighed heavily. Fortunately, his own commander rose up at the critical moment. With the Xu family army, the Tang Dynasty was able to be saved!

Commander Xue continued, "I agree with what Commander Fang said just now. The Japanese will definitely become more rampant in the future. South China is not so bad. The terrain there is no different from Yunnan Province. It is difficult for the Japanese to break through there. But Central China is easier to fight. If the Japanese launch an attack next time, I am afraid that my Tang army will not be able to resist!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the automatic rifles carried by Xu Da and others, and felt genuine envy in his heart.

"The Marshal's troops are limited in strength. It is impossible to divide them up for a long time, which will also affect unified command! So I suggest that your army can draft a Lend-Lease Act. Not only our Tang army, but also foreign allies can request supplies and other assistance from your army according to the act!"

Xu Le was slightly surprised and said, "You mean, you want me to make a Lend-Lease Act like the United States, to provide aid to countries in need for free or for a fee?"

"Yes, in return, your army can propose to obtain the right to lease the army and navy bases on the territory of the supported country, and a series of convenient measures!"

Xu Le was stunned. He had never really thought about enacting the Lend-Lease Act.

In order to complete the task, he thought of two ways to gain territory.

The first is like the initial treaty with England: I will help you fight, and then you give me the territory. This requires both parties to be willing, and the troops must be dispersed to implement various combat plans!

The second method is to tear up the treaty. If you don't give it to me, I will use my own strength to fight back. Although it is simple and violent, it is untenable. After all, it is someone else's territory. If whoever fights back gets it, it will be his. The world will probably fall into chaos!

Unless Xu’s army wants to become fascists!

It is obvious that Xu Le will not do that, as that would be even more untenable. Even if he gains the territory, he will not be recognized by the people of the world, and he will probably be squeezed out by all countries in the future.

Suddenly, Xu Le thought of something and looked at Commander Xue coldly and said, "Commander Xue, Commander Jiang told you to say this to me, right?"

At present, Xu's army is going abroad to fight, ostensibly because it is entrusted by Commander Jiang, but in fact, Commander Jiang knows in his heart that Xu's army wants to go out and carve up their own territory.

However, no more than five people in the National Guard Army government knew about this. Commander Xue was indeed a great general, but Xu Le believed that the other party was definitely not among those five.

But just now when Commander Xue mentioned the leased territory, there was something wrong in his eyes, and it was obvious that he knew about it.

"Haha, Marshal Xu is smart. Commander Jiang really asked me to pass on this matter. However, I already knew some clues about it!"

Well, Xu Le admitted that with the current overseas style of Xu’s army, it is likely that senior generals and senior government officials at home have seen through his intentions.

Moreover, the fact that the treaty was signed with Churchill and then tore up shortly afterwards must have been leaked.

Anyone with a brain would think, if Xu's army did not have independent ideas, why would they establish territories abroad?

"Thank you Commander Xue for your reminder. I need to think about it!"

Commander Jiang's image in Xu Le's mind has changed a little. He originally thought that it would be more troublesome to be independent, but based on the current situation and Commander Xue's attitude, it seems that the top domestic officials do not object to him doing so.

In fact, Xu Le calculated wrongly, because the Xu family army was not independent within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. At most, it would recruit some Tang people to join the army, which would not affect Commander Jiang's position.

Whatever the reason, at least the Lend-Lease thing could be tried.

The most important thing is that since the signing of the bill in March 41, the United States did provide a lot of assistance to the Allied Forces, including the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, the National Guard would not care so much about the Burma Road and send an expeditionary force to open up the road.

However, since the beginning of this year, the aid provided by the United States has been decreasing. So far, its aid to the Soviet Union has been completely cut off, and only a very small amount of aid is provided to England and France.

Without the support of a large amount of resources, it was so difficult for the Soviet Union to defend itself against the German army that the Soviet Union’s own military-industrial system was unable to mass-produce equipment due to the lack of various materials!

England and France were fortunate enough to have hidden themselves on the English Isle. With the English Channel separating them, it was difficult for the German army to break through.

But judging from Wei Li’s visit, the situation in England is also very difficult!

Therefore, the current situation of the Allied Forces can be said to be very difficult. Once Xu's army gets the Lend-Lease Act, it will definitely be welcomed by all countries!

“Yeah, it works!”

Xu Le immediately made up his mind that he would do what America had failed to do and dominate the world in a fair and square manner!

The next morning, Xu Le hurriedly informed Wei Li and returned to the Meidongshan headquarters in Jin Province together.

Together with Jiang Feng, Bai Shiyi and Wang Yuqi, the five of them had a detailed discussion on the Lend-Lease Act.

As for why the temporary commander-in-chief of the Air Force Xu Tian and the temporary commander-in-chief of the Navy Ren Woxing were not called.

Because these two people are system soldiers, they will unconditionally support all of Xu Le's decisions.

Three days later, the entire First Army arrived in western Hunan and western Hubei, and cleared out the areas that had been occupied by the Japanese. Central China slowly returned to peace, with the two sides separated by 150 kilometers and 110 kilometers west of Wuhan and Changsha respectively.

The Lend-Lease Bill proposed by Xu Le and others was also finalized, and detailed measures were formulated!

Wei Li is responsible for all matters related to the Lend-Lease Act, including but not limited to discussing the amount of aid and leased land.

Regarding Zhu Xiaoping, Xu Le originally wanted to train him as a senior commander, and then he spent a lot of effort to promote him to the General Staff Office as an exception.

But later it was discovered that although Zhu Xiaoping tried his best to learn, he could only serve as a division-level commander at best because he did not have the talent.

Xu Le has no shortage of officers at the division level, and many of them can be promoted.

However, after the battles in western Yunnan and Myanmar, Zhu Xiaoping, as the chief logistics commander, arranged everything clearly. There was never a shortage of rations at the front line, and all kinds of materials and equipment that needed to be transported were delivered on time.

Therefore, with the proposal of everyone and Zhu Xiaoping's own consent, Zhu Xiaoping withdrew from the General Staff and took up the post of Minister of Logistics.

The four positions of Chief of General Staff, Director of the Political Department, Minister of Logistics, and Minister of Armed Forces should be at the vice-national level and carry the rank of general.

However, for some considerations, Xu Le temporarily set the rank of lieutenant general for both the chief and deputy chief positions of these positions.

In the Lend-Lease Act, the Logistics Department cooperated with Wei Li in negotiations with various countries.

The bill specifically emphasizes several points:

First, the Act does not apply to England.

Second, give priority to aiding the Soviet Union and provide the greatest possible help.

Third, bullets and artillery shells can be given away for free to a certain extent, but the main equipment must be sold at arms transaction prices.

Fourth, the equipment of the navy, army and air force are all included in the lease project, but the Xu family’s army’s current standard equipment will not be provided to foreign countries.

For example, the rifle is a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, the machine gun is a Type 67 general-purpose machine gun, and the anti-aircraft machine gun is a Type 56 quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun.

The tank is a Type 62 light tank, but it will be produced in limited quantities.

The artillery is the Type 54 122mm howitzer, and the Soviet Union can obtain the Type 60 122mm cannon separately.

Etc. In short, the purpose is to reduce the weapons organization of Xu's army and reduce its firepower and performance.

For this purpose, a special inland military supply station for foreign aid was set up, the birthplace of Xu’s army, the Acropolis!

As for the sea transportation material transfer station, it has not been set up yet because Xu Jiajun does not have his own port.

Just when the aid bill was drafted and ready to be released to the world, the official order from the Soviet Union arrived!