If there is no fighting for a long time, the army will become lax.

Especially those grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers, those who have experienced war and those who have not experienced war are completely two different people.

Li Xiao wanted to see more of what war was like, so Sun Zhijie's men became a hodgepodge.

The 3rd and 4th Divisions, which had not been in battle for a long time, sent the most troops, with each division sending out a regiment.

The first division was the most capable, but only two battalions were produced.

The Second Division in Fujian is good at tropical mountain warfare, and this time it also sent out a battalion.

The General Staff Headquarters, which was born out of the Ministry of War, mobilized three tractor brigades to transport supplies to the troops.

The armored force has two armored infantry battalions. Their mission is not to participate in the battle, but to protect the transportation team.

Sun Zhijie had a lot to do to unite these troops who usually did not belong to each other and had never even met before.

The cautious Sun Zhijie decided to conduct a joint drill before going abroad to fight. At least he would let each unit know his role in this team.

Other wars have started, and I still don’t know what I’m going to do.

Sun Zhijie postponed her departure abroad, and Li Xiao agreed.

The Chechens can't escape, so there's no harm in waiting.

Li Xiao could afford to wait, but Vatutin in Uralsk couldn't.

He holds two of Russia's most elite Guards infantry divisions in his hands!

This time he defeated many competitors to get the position of commander.

If this battle is fought successfully, he will immediately become the military's most popular figure after Kutuzov.

After all, the Russians have lost too many battles over the years.

Now that there is a general who can win battles, he will definitely become a hero that people look up to.

Russia is now completely learning from the Ming Dynasty, and even the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty has been copied.

In fact, Russia originally had its own military merit system, but they were all empty titles such as knighthood.

There are not many bonuses and physical rewards.

There is no place like Daming where the cleaning is affordable and not frivolous at all.

In addition to giving land to the house, they also gave Bai Huahua silver coins.

As for the title, there is no title in the Ming Dynasty now.

Those guys who originally had titles are not doing very well now.

The court seems to have forgotten that there is such a thing as a title. There are many hereditary titles. When the old man dies, his son eagerly waits to inherit them.

However, the imperial court did not issue official documents to prove his legal inheritance rights.

As for titles and salaries, the court forgot to issue them, and those guys didn't dare to ask for them.

After all, the throne was the largest hereditary title in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that even the emperor of the Zhu family has disappeared, who dares to mention his title?

Now in the Ming Dynasty, even the vassal kings have no source of tax revenue!

The vassal princes united for the first time and made a concerted effort.

If they had suffered such a setback in the past, they would have been doomed.

Because the emperor dislikes the contact between vassals the most!

In the past, vassal princes were trapped in their fiefdoms. Whenever they wanted to leave the city, a group of people would follow them. Every incident of the vassal prince leaving the city, whether he was defecating or farting, was recorded and reported to the emperor for inspection.

But now there is no such problem at all. If the feudal princes are willing, it is not impossible to take a walk in the capital and pay homage to their ancestors at Fengxian Hall.

However, you have to bear the cost yourself.

Even if the vassal princes are willing to spend money to live in the palace, it is not a big problem. After all, the palace is still the property of the Zhu family.

As a descendant of the Zhu family, there is no problem in moving in for a while.

The imperial court's reply to the princes was very simple: If you don't need money, you can earn it yourself.

Anyway, from now on you, the descendants of the Zhu family, need to be responsible for your own profits and losses to support yourselves. The imperial court will no longer give the feudal princes a salary of one silver coin.

However, in contrast, the imperial court also relaxed restrictions on the descendants of the Zhu family.

Except for the fact that the vassal king himself cannot go abroad, the descendants of the Zhu family can travel around the world without any obstacles as long as they complete the necessary procedures.

The son of the King of Chu, relying on the wealth accumulated by the Chu King's Palace for many years, contracted several oil fields in Arabia.

Now extremely rich, he has become an oil tycoon in the new era.

Russia is also now implementing de-nobility. Anyway, Russia will do what Ming Dynasty did.

Those nobles who lost their land in the war are now as miserable as dogs.

Ordinary people regard the title as a joke.

Especially in Central Asia, the land newly occupied by the empire, the old farmers working in the fields are likely to be nobles with previous titles.

Nowadays, Russians believe more in white silver coins and large tracts of fertile land.

Military merit is the easiest and fastest way for ordinary people to obtain these things.

Soldiers are all eager for war, because only by fighting can their value be maximized and they can get everything they want!

"Vatutin, we'd better wait for the Ming Dynasty's army. Otherwise, if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, our logistics supplies may go wrong.

By then, we will be trapped in the ice and snow. Without the Chechens coming to fight, we will freeze to death and starve to death!"

Deputy Commander Tumenov firmly opposed Vatutin's idea of ​​setting aside the Ming Dynasty to attack.

In his opinion, it is best to let the Ming people take the lead in jointly sending troops this time!

“Tumenov! Can’t we fight without the Ming people?

What we are facing are not the Israelis who are armed to the teeth, nor the Prussians who are good at fighting!

They are just a bunch of bugs in the Caucasus Mountains!

Could it be that we, the warriors of the Imperial Guard, are still afraid of them?

Boys, tell the deputy commander, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Don't be afraid!"

A group of staff officers raised their fists and shouted.

"Tumenov, look at the enthusiasm of the boys. Forget it! Since you don't think we should attack, then you can stay with a regiment and be responsible for the logistics of the entire army.

By the way, wait for the arrival of Ming allies.

If they still come!

We will set off early tomorrow morning to go to Grozny and kill ourselves."

"Commander!"

"Stop talking, this is an order." Vatutin's tone left no room for doubt.

"Yes!" Seeing that Vatutin was already very unhappy, Tumenov had no choice but to agree.

After all! He is the commander.

"Deputy Commander, do you want to send a telegram to Moscow?" Konstantinovitch, his confidant, asked cautiously.

"Forget it! Even if you send it to Moscow, the result will be the same.

No one in Moscow takes the Chechens seriously at all, just like Vatutin said. They think the Chechens are nothing more than bugs in the Caucasus Mountains.

As long as you stretch out two fingers and squeeze like this, those bed bugs will be squeezed to death.

But none of them had been to the Caucasus before, and they didn't know how cruel the Caucasus Mountains were.

People who can survive here will be easy to deal with?

Okay, Konstantinovich, since we have to manage the later stage, then cheer up and set off tomorrow.

No matter what, I have to give the boys something good to eat today!

Perhaps, this is the last hot meal some of them will eat." Tumenov's words were a little depressing.

Konstantinovich looked at his backer very strangely. What made Tumenov, who was good at fighting, become like this?

"Go! Get some delicious food for the boys." Tumenov walked back to his tent with a sad look on his face.

A tent in winter is not much different from nothing.

Moreover, the Russians did not know how to make a kang, so they could only get a cast-iron stove supported by the Ming Dynasty in the tent.

A large shovelful of coal was thrown into the furnace, and orange flames burned brightly inside.

After a while, the water in the iron kettle boiled. White steam curled up, making it itch on the face.
To be continued...