However, the military working group discussed and evaluated the two plans, and first rejected the first plan, because it was indeed impossible for the Shenyang Battlefield to send a single army to reinforce the Yalu River Battlefield; in addition, most people opposed the inclusion of the Korean Peninsula as the target of this war, because the East China Government had limited resources, and although there was still considerable spare strength, the Bijing War had not yet been completely over, and some resources had been set aside to deal with emergencies. Moreover, Japan has occupied the Korean Peninsula for more than 10 years, but its arrangement in Korea can be reversed to 1882, and it has already cultivated a group of leading party in Korea for more than 20 years, so it is not easy to achieve the goal of making the Korean Peninsula a target.

Second, after all, the Korean Peninsula is only a Japanese colony, not Japan's own territory, so an attack on the Korean Peninsula by the KPA may not necessarily force Japan to make concessions in negotiations and accept the terms of compensation. In the final analysis, it depends on the strength of the East China government, and if the East China government can take advantage of this war to complete the regional uprising, then there will be a chance to include the Korean Peninsula in its sphere of influence in the future.

The first plan was rejected, then the second plan became the first choice for the working group, and this plan was indeed more pragmatic, although it could not completely annihilate or severely damage the Japanese army, but as long as the Japanese army was given enough casualties, so that the Japanese army was unable to launch a new attack. And the transfer of the Marines back is certainly not a problem.

However, at this time, Minister of the Navy Shang Jinfeng put forward another suggestion, and the navy dispatched the navy to carry out artillery bombardment on important cities and ports along the Japanese coast, and when necessary, it could also carry out landing operations on the Japanese mainland, with the goal of not occupying Japan, but destroying the Japanese mainland.

Japan is an island country, and its major cities and economically developed areas are basically all located along the coast, and now that the Japanese navy has almost been completely wiped out, it can be said that the people's army navy is completely free of threat and can fight around the four islands of the Japanese mainland.

This suggestion was also endorsed by others, and this was indeed the best way for the East China Government at present, so the working group also formally determined the next step of the battle plan and submitted it to the Central Military Commission to formulate a detailed battle plan.

In addition, the US and German military observer delegations had already arrived in Qingdao, and the East China Government had already arranged for military observers from the two countries to go to the Shenyang and Yalu River battlefields to observe and observe the battlefields, because the fighting in the Far Eastern Theater was basically over at this time, so the East China Government did not consider arranging for them to go to the Far East Theater, but Oskar von Hurtier, the head of the German Military Observation Mission, proposed to the East China Government that he hoped to send a group to the Far East Theater to observe the situation.

Although the political significance of the Military Observer Mission is greater than its military significance, Germany is, after all, a country that advocates military affairs, and in this Far Eastern War, the East China Government defeated Russia and Japan with one enemy and two enemies. Most of the members of the German Observation Mission were professional soldiers, and the nature of their profession naturally made them quite interested in the war.

After listening to the East China government's briefing on the course of the war, the German observer group paid attention to the KPA's raid on Vladivostok, believing that this raid was not only a turning point in the entire war, but also a bold adventure in the battle itself. Although the war in the Far Eastern theater was basically over, the German observer group insisted on sending a team to Vladivostok, mainly to inspect the battlefield situation on the spot, so that they could have a deeper understanding of the war. The rigorous and conscientious style of the Germans was also fully reflected at this time.

As for the German observation team's insistence, the East China government did not shirk it again, after all, this is not a difficult thing, and almost every day there are ships sailing to Vladivostok, and it is not difficult to stuff a few people in. Huttier also selected eight members from the Observation Mission, led by his cousin, Colonel Erich von Ludendorff, to Vladivostok.

In fact, when they got the list of the German observation team this time, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Shang Jinfeng, Zhu Yaping and others were all surprised, because this list can be regarded as a bright star, of course, it refers to the future. For example, the head of the Observation Mission, Huttier, and his cousin Ludendorff, both of whom were famous generals in the German army in the First World War in the old time and space, the former is best known for pioneering the "Hurtier tactic" that bears his name for breaking through the trench defenses, also known as the "infiltration tactic" or "storm assault" tactic. To put it simply, it is to concentrate a small number of elite soldiers to form an assault force, and equip them with weapons that can be carried by individual soldiers and have strong firepower, to look for the enemy's weak links on the battlefield and launch a rapid attack; after breaking through the position, they will continue to attack forward without stopping, expand the results of the battle, and hand over the task of spreading to the left and right and clearing the battlefield to the ordinary soldiers behind.

In the "Spring Offensive" launched by Germany at the end of World War I, Germany used this tactic and achieved great results, but due to Germany's lack of national strength at that time, tactical success could not change the overall situation, but the "Huthier tactic" became famous because of this. During World War II, Germany's famous blitzkrieg was largely based on the "Hurtier tactics".

Of course, the "Huthier Tactic" was not actually created by Huthier alone, but was the result of the collective research of many officers of the German army, but Huthier was the most successful person who used this tactic in World War I, and his cousin Ludendorff also played an important role in the creation of this tactic.

However, although Ludendorff did not leave his mark on this tactic, his personal brilliance in the First World War was far more dazzling than that of his cousin, before the war he was only a major general, and at the end of the war he was not only promoted to general, but also held the highest position in the German military, chief of the General Staff. Although Germany ultimately ended in defeat, Ludendorff showed great military skill, organizational skills, and tactical skills in this war, and was the best army commander of World War I.

In the old time and space, the First World War was defined as a war between the old and new empires for world hegemony, so history did not have a high evaluation of all parties involved in the war, but from a purely military point of view, Huthier and Ludendorff were undoubtedly the most outstanding soldiers of that era, and their combat ideas and tactical concepts are also worthy of serious study and study by future generations.

In addition to these two people, the members of the German Military Observer Group also included Prince Heinrich, an old friend of the East China Government, who was the deputy head of the Observation Mission and the head of the Navy Department. The actual head of the naval personnel was Lemhart Scher, who had come to China for the second time, the last time he came to Qingdao as the head of the German side of the German construction of warships for the East China government, and participated in the Battle of Java, this time also Schell's main application, and was supported by the German Admiral Tirpitz. Personnel of the Navy were assigned to several cruisers to participate in the cruising of the blockade of the Tsushima Strait, while Scheer temporarily remained in Qingdao to participate in the captain's exchange class of the KPA Navy and learn about the detailed course of the Battle of Tsushima.

Compared with the starry light of the German Observer Mission, the starlight of the American Military Observer Mission was much dimmer, and apart from the Brigadier General John Joseph Pershing who led the team, there were hardly many names known to the travelers. This is mainly because the United States only entered the war at the end of World War I in the old time and space, so there were many famous generals in World War I, and the well-known generals in the United States basically appeared in World War II.

Before that, he was a military attache at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, and after the start of the Russo-Japanese War, he served as a military observer in the Russo-Japanese War, and after the Battle of Mukden, he returned to the United States to report the details of the war to President Roosevelt, which was deeply appreciated by Roosevelt, and used the power of the president to promote Pershing directly from captain to brigadier general.

However, not long after Pershing left the Far East battlefield, the tide of war was reversed, and all the information collected by Pershing was invalidated, but President Roosevelt thought that Pershing had served in Asia for a long time and had served as a military observer, so he set up a military observer mission this time, and appointed Pershing as the head of the regiment to lead the team, and then went to the Far East to observe the war and understand the attitude of the East China government, after all, President Roosevelt had sent a signal of mediation to the three warring parties.

Of course, there are also travelers who find the name from the United States Military Observer Corps, that is, the head of the Navy, Brigadier Robert D. Evans, who is famous not for participating in any battles, but for serving as the commander of the Great White Fleet organized by the United States to sail around the world in the old time and space. Other than that, there's nothing big to do.

The US military observer mission was much more low-key than the Germans, and did not make any special demands, basically following the arrangements of the East China government, because after all, the United States was mainly concerned with the political level rather than the military level.

It's just that when the military observation missions of the two countries arrived in Qingdao, the war was basically coming to an end, and there were really not many wars for them to observe.