However, the results were better than the Central Military Commission had expected, and as soon as the news of the armored units recruiting personnel was announced, the original armored troops rushed to sign up, surpassing the armored troops by 90 percent, which the Central Military Commission did not expect at all.

It turned out that among the armies that crossed over, the armored corps was the most undesirable group, because there were no armored corps in this era, so there was no suitable place for the armored corps in the army. Of course, there is no suitable position, and it can be transformed, transferred to other arms, or even simply retired and started their own business, which is also a way out, but the armored troops that have crossed have always been retained as a trump card in East China, and the vast majority of armored troops are not willing to leave the army, Bi Jing is only in the army, which is what they are best at.

Although the Military Commission also takes into account the promotion of the armored troops, and gives each armored unit the title of a staff officer, so that they have the opportunity to brush up on their achievements, but the armored troops should be retained as a whole, and even if the armored troops have the title of staff officers, they cannot be sent with the combat troops, and they can only stay in the staff headquarters in the rear in order to fight at any time, so there are not many merits that can be brushed.

Now 8 percent of the armored corps is only lieutenant colonel, which is already the lowest rank among the crossing soldiers, generally only the technical soldiers are now only lieutenant colonel, and it is even more rare for the armored corps to be promoted to brigadier general, or the armored corps like Ouyang Longxing is a transformed armored soldier, and the other crossing soldiers who are fighting on the front line have all been promoted to colonels, more than 4 percent have been promoted to brigadier generals, and even a small number of them have been promoted to major generals or lieutenant generals.

However, in the armored corps, there are not many people in transition, no more than 20 people in total, most of them are still sticking to it, one is the responsibility, the armored force is one of the trump cards of the People's Army, and someone needs to stick to this position; It has also always attached importance to the research and development of armored vehicles, which began before the Far East War, which also made the vast majority of armored soldiers see hope, so they are willing to stick to it, after all, most of the armored soldiers still hope to do their old jobs in this era.

And now the opportunity has finally come, East China has developed tanks and auxiliary vehicles, and officially established the armored motorized troops, and several years of perseverance have finally come to fruition, so the armored soldiers naturally signed up to participate, even if it is only an ordinary car crew member, after all, everyone knows that once the armored motorized unit is established, the prospects are bright and unlimited.

This result naturally makes the Military Commission happy, but this also brings a small trouble, that is, the number of armored soldiers who signed up exceeds the original quota, although a part of the car group can be changed to a 3 + 1 composition model, by three crossing armored soldiers with 1 local soldier, but this change, it will squeeze out the quota of local soldiers, reduce the training personnel, after all, the crossing armored troops will go to the position of commander in the future, and the grassroots soldiers still rely on local soldiers, so the Military Commission finally decided that the members of the auxiliary car group will be 2+Mode 2 is changed to 2+3 mode, adding a crew member, and 2 crossing armored soldiers with 3 native soldiers, so that there are still enough training personnel.

After the personnel problem is solved, the next thing is training, East China has rich combat experience in armored motorized troops, but all these experiences are either theoretical, or the combat experience of armored motorized troops in the context of high informatization and high intelligence in later generations, and armored motorized troops are very different from the combat mode of this era, not to mention, the driving technology of these tanks and armored vehicles is much more complex than that of later tanks and armored vehicles, and in addition to command communication vehicles, other tanks, None of the auxiliary armoured vehicles have communication equipment, so communication in war can only be done by flare guns or flags, which of course requires the necessary training.

In fact, after the first batch of tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles are prepared for the troops, the relevant training has already begun, but after the armored motorized units are formally formed, some joint training will be organized to train the coordination between tanks, tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles, tanks and infantry, etc., and this will take at least 2-3 months.

Finally, there are tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles. Although tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles can strengthen the mobility of the troops, but the transportation of these vehicles is a very troublesome thing, because it is now the main body of East China and the Northeast region is not connected by land, must first take the sea route, even if the railway has been directly connected from Port Arthur to Chifeng, but to transport all vehicles and equipment to Chifeng, it will take at least 15-20 days, which is not counting the transportation of maintenance equipment and tools in the later stage.

As a result of these factors, the launch of the war against Mongolia could only be postponed from the beginning of 1908 to the end of April and early May 1908, and the Military Commission approved the plan.

Of course, during this time, a lot of corresponding preparations can be done, such as topographic surveys, and even field surveys of the marching routes, surveys of the situation in Kulen, and so on.

In addition, there are many things that can be done at the diplomatic level, first of all, just after the New Year, East China ** lodged a solemn protest to Russia, accusing Russia of violating the provisions of the [Harbin Treaty Agreement] signed by the two sides, supporting Mongolian separatist forces, and demanding that Russia immediately stop its wrong behavior, otherwise East China ** will take necessary countermeasures, and all the consequences arising therefrom will be borne by Russia.

In the face of East China's accusations, Russia will certainly not admit it, and argues that there are only commercial contacts between Russia and Mongolia, but no political relations, and there is no support for Mongolian separatist forces.

Russia's attitude has long been expected in East China, because it is impossible to admit this kind of thing if it changes to that country, not to mention that East China is still in a strong position, and Russia is the weak side, so East China is not much entangled with Russia, and immediately announced that a military exercise will be held in the border area of the two sides, and this military exercise will dispatch two armies with a total of more than 100,000 troops, as well as two armored trains to participate, and remind Russia not to miscalculate.

Now Russia is also nervous, because the military exercise of 100,000 troops can be said to be quite large-scale, and there are two armored trains to participate, after the war in the Far East, the reputation of armored trains is generally regarded as one of the important factors in East China's victory on land, so there is also a saying that the combat effectiveness of an armored train can be worth a division. Military exercises of this scale, once turned into a surprise attack on Russia, are not uncommon in European wars.

Although there are now more than 200,000 Russian troops stationed in the Far East, they are extremely widely distributed and difficult to concentrate, and more importantly, the assembly and materials of the Far East garrison are not enough to support a war with a scale of 100,000 personnel.

Although the social situation in Russia has basically stabilized and the economy has begun to recover, this is mainly due to the funds provided by Britain and France, but Britain and France also have strict restrictions on the funds provided to Russia, which are only allowed to be used to improve people's livelihood and restore the economy, and cannot be used for military purposes in the Far East. Therefore, the rifles and supplies that Russia supported to Mongolia could not be procured domestically, and could only be transferred from the Far East garrison, which was already short of supplies, which made matters worse.

In fact, it is not true to say that Russia did not expect such a violent reaction from East China, because after Russia decided to support Mongolia, many Russian ministers opposed it, and bluntly said that this would inevitably cause a strong reaction from East China, but Tsar Nicholas II ignored these warnings, but with a trace of luck, he thought or imagined that East China ** would endure this time.

Although many Russian ministers understand that this kind of wishful luck is simply impossible, because judging from the performance of the war in the Far East, East China has always been very tough in matters related to territorial interests, and it has even been a little unreasonable. In fact, this is also a helpless move by East China, or intentionally, Russia and Japan, which have ambitions for Chinese territory, are known for being arrogant and unreasonable, and the other is known for messing around, and they all have to look at one inch at a time, and even want to think about it, and there is no habit of receiving it when it is good, so it is useless to reason with these two countries, only to show tougher, more arrogant, and more unreasonable than them, and not to give an inch, so as to shock them. But the decision of the tsar was beyond doubt.

Of course, after the news of the military exercises held in East China was announced, there was also a radical hardliner in Russia clamoring to fight another war with East China, to avenge the shame of the defeat in the Far East War, and to take advantage of this war to regain the lost territory in the Far East and plant the Andrei flag again on the land of conquering the East.

The Tsar was also a little tempted, after all, the defeat in the Far East War was a great shame that the Romantsev dynasty had never had since its establishment, and if he could not avenge the shame in his lifetime, he would become the most incompetent of the tsars of all generations, which was a result that Nicholas II did not want to see in any case. If we lose again, I am afraid that the entire Far East will not be able to defend itself.