Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng had no objection to the battle plan formulated by Xiao Jianjun, because the basic tactics had been set a long time ago, and now they were only refined and supplemented, and among the three, Xiao Jianjun originally preferred to study tactics, and after more than half a year of fighting, Xiao Jianjun had accumulated a lot of actual combat experience, so the battle plan he formulated now was completely reassuring. Bayi Chinese Network ≈≠=.=8=1≥Z≠≥.≈C≤O≥M≈

The main discussion of the three is the number of troops, because according to Xiao Jianjun's plan, 4 regiments will be put into the front line of Shanhaiguan, and 2-3 regiments are needed to garrison Beijing, Tianjin and Qingdao also need a regiment to garrison, and a regiment should also be considered for emergency, so this requires 8-1o combat regiments, which is also much more than the original army plan, and with the repair of salvage warships, the navy also needs to expand the army, after all, there are still a large number of warships waiting to be repaired, and the navy is different from the 6th army, and a qualified navy crew needs much more training time than the 6th army。

Xia Bohai believes that the 6th Army should be expanded to 12 regiments, with a combat strength of 35,000-40,000, and the navy should also be expanded according to the warships to be repaired, because from the perspective of the Russian army's southward advance, history has changed due to the intervention of the traverser, so it is no longer possible to use the history of the old time and space as the basis for the decision-making of the traversal group, in order to deal with unexpected events similar to the southward advance of the Russian army, it is necessary to leave a certain amount of leeway, and the next goal of the traversal group is to fully occupy Shandong, which also requires sufficient troops to carry out; in addition, after the capture of Beijing, the traverser has obtained a huge amount of wealth, and the problem of money has been basically solved, so that the biggest obstacle to the expansion of the army does not exist.

Regarding Xia Bohai's plan to expand the army, Xiao Jianjun naturally raised his hands in favor, the more troops, the better, but Qin Zheng thought about it a little more, and said: "Even if we can financially afford the cost of expanding the army, with the population base of the area we currently control, can we support us to expand the army to 12 regiments?" We must know that the Sixth Army has expanded, and the navy will also be expanded, and the combat units will be expanded, and the support and auxiliary forces will also be increased, so that the size of the army will reach 70,000 to 80,000, and our current population in the areas controlled by Tianjin and Shandong is less than 1oo,000. ”

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "Old Qin, you haven't counted Beijing yet, isn't Beijing also under our control now? Moreover, the population in Beijing, even if there is not 1oo, there are 8o, plus the population around Beijing, so the scale of the people under our control is at least 2oo0,000, and from this base, recruiting 70,000 or 80,000 troops is not too high." ”

Qin Zheng said: "But our original plan was only to temporarily occupy Beijing, and sooner or later we will return Beijing to the Qing court, our real target is Shandong, so difficult that you want to correct this plan." ”

Xia Bohai shook his head and said: "Of course not, our current strength, if we want to occupy Beijing for a long time, it is completely looking for death, this has not changed, but people can't be too rigid, before returning Beijing to the Chunting, it is ours, so of course we can recruit troops in Beijing, and the focus of our military expansion in the next stage will be in the Beijing area." First, there is a sufficient population base in the Beijing area; second, we have just recovered the Beijing area from the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the living conditions of the residents are certainly not as high as there, and this is a great opportunity for us to recruit troops in Beijing; and in addition, the scale of the Beijing area is too large and a large number of troops are needed to garrison it, and recruiting troops in Beijing can train new soldiers on the one hand and use them to strengthen Beijing's defense on the other, and this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. ”

Qin Zheng said: "But what will we do after we return Beijing to the Qing court? These newly recruited soldiers are all from Beijing, and their families are all in Beijing, after we evacuate Beijing, will they go with us? They will go with us, what will happen to their families? Have you thought about these questions? ”

Xia Bohai said: "First of all, we should strengthen political and ideological education for recruits, improve their ideological understanding, and we should also have confidence in our ability to transform our thinking, when we evacuate Beijing, we will mobilize them to evacuate with us, of course, their families can be taken away, and live in Tianjin and Shandong, of course, if there are people who really do not want to follow us, we are also strong, but I believe that most people will still go with us." In addition, after defeating the Russian army, our next goal is to immediately expand in Shandong, expand our territory and population base, so that even if Beijing loses a certain number of soldiers, it can still be replenished on the Shandong side. ”

Qin Zheng thought about it seriously, and also thought that Xia Bohai was reasonable, because he had just returned from Beijing, of course he knew the situation in Beijing, and now the population in Beijing is at least more than one million, due to the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Beijing's economy has plummeted, so the living conditions of the vast majority of residents are now very poor, and they can only avoid forcibly maintaining food and clothing, once the People's Army recruits troops in Beijing, it can indeed recruit most of the soldiers in a short time, as long as it can solve the problem when the People's Army withdraws, and can take away most of the soldiers, then recruiting troops in Beijing is indeed a good way。 It seems that on the issue of conscription, Xia Bohai has indeed seriously considered it.

However, at this time, Xiao Jianjun was a little worried, and said: "What if the remaining soldiers turn around and join the Qing court's army and teach the Qing army our military secrets and training methods? Sooner or later, we and the Qing court will be hostile, isn't this to enhance the enemy's strength?"

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, we won't stay in Beijing for too long, according to my estimates, it will be half a year at most, during this time, how much can we know about our military secrets, and the Qing court is already a rotten government, even if you learn some training tactics, it's useless." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: " I'm not talking about the general Qing army, but an army like Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army, although the Qing court has rotted to the roots, but to be honest, the Beiyang New Army is still good, Yuan Datou's character is not bad, but he does have a set in governing the army, in this era, the Beiyang New Army is indeed a good army, relatively less contaminated with the bad style of the old army, if Yuan Datou learns our training methods, it can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang New Army, and we will be enemies of the Qing court in the future, the Beiyang New Army will definitely be our main opponent。 ”

Xia Bohai shook his head and said, " There is no secret in our training methods, Lao Yuan's way of training the Beiyang New Army is mainly to learn from Germany, which can be regarded as one of the most advanced training methods in this era, but our biggest advantage is not the training method, but our political education, which is impossible to learn whether it is the Qing court or Lao Yuan, the Qing court estimates that regardless of it, and the Beiyang New Army is basically Lao Yuan's private army, Lao Yuan can only use the feudal set of loyalty and righteousness to control the army, and our political education is not at the same level at all。 ”

Qin Zheng said again: "Okay, even if the problem of the source of troops can be solved, how can the weapons of the new army be solved? The weapons we have captured are only enough to assemble 6-7 regiments, and now the production capacity of the Qingdao Arsenal is also limited, is it difficult for the new army to use spears and knives?"

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "This point depends on Lao Qin's ability." ”

Qin Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "What does this matter to me?"

Xia Bohai said: "Li Sanjie has reported back from Shanghai that Zhang Zhidong has officially invited us, hoping that we can send important personnel to visit Wuchang and negotiate with him face-to-face related matters, including the purchase of weapons, and on our side, the only person who can do this is Lao Qin, so although this trip to Wuchang needs to take some risks, you can only run it yourself." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said: "The risk is nothing, if you are afraid of the risk of doing things, then you don't have to do anything, I am willing to make a trip, but I don't dare to guarantee that Zhang Zhidong will definitely sell us weapons." ”

Xia Bohai said: "This matter, let's do our best, we just try our best to fight, if we really can't talk about it, don't be exempt, let the Qingdao Arsenal produce slowly, as long as you get the people together first, and after the weapons are produced, you can immediately form combat effectiveness." ”

Qin Zheng is indeed the most suitable candidate to visit Wuchang in the Crossing Group, because he is one of the top leaders of the Crossing Group, which shows that the Crossing Group attaches great importance to this visit to Wuchang and Zhang Zhidong, and Qin Zheng is familiar with history and has a considerable understanding of Zhang Zhidong, so he is very sure that he will go to Wuchang and say that Zhang Zhidong will sell weapons to the Crossing Group.

However, there is indeed a considerable risk in visiting Hubei, mainly because the crossing group basically has no influence on Hubei, and there is no ability to restrain Zhang Zhidong, which is very different from the last Shanghai negotiations, because the object of the Shanghai negotiations is the consuls of various countries in Shanghai, and there are also consulates of various countries in Tianjin, in a sense, it is equivalent to the crossing group has a large number of hostages in its hands, and Shanghai is a coastal city, once Shanghai is unfavorable to the negotiators of the crossing group, the crossing group can dispatch the navy to carry out armed intimidation of Shanghai within 24 hours, and can also take off helicopters from warshipsto conduct raid operations and rescue negotiators. And these conditions are not available for Wuchang, it can be said that once Zhang Zhidong turns his face and suppresses Qin Zheng, even if the crossing group immediately sends special forces to rescue, it will take at least 72 hours.

However, Qin Zheng didn't pay much attention to these risks, first from the historical data, although Zhang Zhidong was a high-minded person and a little stupid, he was still a righteous and bright person, and now the crossing group is already a force to be reckoned with in China, and has established a considerable reputation, if Zhang Zhidong and the crossing group turn their faces, in a short period of time, the crossing group will indeed not be able to form any threat to Zhang Zhidong, but in the long run, Zhang Zhidong has set up a strong enemy for himself, this is indeed not a clear decision, with Zhang Zhidong's shrewdness, he will never do such a thing

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