Everyone looked through the report submitted by the flight research group, and the content of the report was not much, and there were not many technical terms, mainly to report the progress of the research and development of fixed-wing aircraft and the feasibility of participating in the war.

At present, the flight research team has manufactured 4 test aircraft, all of which have undergone more than 100 hours of flight tests, and have gone through more than 10 3-hour continuous flights, the longest flight time of the aircraft reached 206 hours, and the 3-hour continuous flight reached 16 times, the flight performance was basically good, no major accidents occurred, and trained 12 pilots, 16 flight students, and now there are two two-seater test aircraft are being manufactured, which is expected to take 1-2 months to complete, and also needs 2-3 months of test flight and commissioning。

The research and development of fixed-wing aircraft is so smooth, there are two main reasons: one is that the automobile engine is used, which is a completely mature and reliable product, and as long as the engine problem is solved, the aircraft problem will be solved by more than half; the second is that the technical solutions that have been proven to be mature in the old time and space, and the main research and development personnel are professionals from pilots, and a large number of unnecessary functions have been reduced, and the focus is to ensure the reliable flight performance of the aircraft.

The flight scientific research group believes that the two test planes built later have been optimized and improved to a certain extent on the basis of the first two, and their performance is completely reliable; as long as they are slightly modified, such as installing camera equipment or weapons, they can be used as reconnaissance planes on the battlefield, and it is guaranteed that there will be one or two aerial reconnaissance flights during the day every day, each time for two to three hours, and the reconnaissance distance can reach about 150 kilometers. This can greatly save the use and wear and tear of drones and helicopters, and at the same time, it is also a test of the performance of the aircraft through actual combat.

In addition, the two two-seater test planes being built by the flight research group are basically the mature technology that was successfully tested in the previous stage, but because of the use of more powerful engines, the reconnaissance range can reach up to 250 kilometers even though they are two-seater aircraft. And at a conservative reconnaissance range of 150 km, there will be about 300 kg of redundancy, which can carry at least 200 kg of *, which can be used as a bomber, or set up a machine gun on the side to transform into a fighter. Of course, now the flight research team is also developing a machine gun firing synchronous coordinator, once this technology is successfully developed, it means that the real fighter is born, but this technology is too complicated, it can not be completed in a short time, it is estimated that it will not be able to catch up with this war.

After reading the report, Xia Bohai said: "In this way, let's not discuss the participation of the flight scientific research group in the war now, and after the meeting is over, we will invite the flight scientific research team to hold a special discussion meeting." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "Okay, I will continue to report that the next operational goal of the Western Front is to capture Liaoyang, and the next operational goal of the Southern Front battlefield is mainly to respond to and cooperate with the operation of the Western Front. That is, marching along the northeast direction of the coast, crossing the Dayang River, and entering the areas around Dandong and Phoenix. ”

Now that the KPA has occupied Lushun and cut off the Japanese army's rear route by sea, the only way for the Japanese army to withdraw from the Liaodong battlefield is to cross the Yalu River and return to Japan via the Korean Peninsula. And Dandong and Phoenix are the only way to go. The goal of the southern front battlefield was to force Japan to withdraw by threatening to cut off the Japanese army's retreat, and once Japan withdrew, then the western front would be able to capture Liaoyang relatively easily.

Of course, the Central Military Commission also has a general requirement for the operation on the southern front, and does not require the People's Army to really capture the areas around Dandong and Phoenix, but to make this gesture and force the Japanese army to retreat from Liaoyang. And the real timing of the attack was on the way of the Japanese retreat, as well as in the process of crossing the Yalu River.

It was about 180 kilometers from Liaoyang to Dandong, and there was no railway, so it took 4-5 days for the army to retreat, and this was also the time when the Japanese army was at its weakest, and the KPA had enough time and place to attack the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army can withstand the attack of the People's Army halfway on the way, then when the Japanese army crosses the Yalu River, it is the best time for the People's Army.

At present, the strength of the People's Army on the southern front is about 83,000 people, and in addition to the marines in the navy, there are two battleships Yuanyang and Yueyang, of course, the strength of the troops is sufficient, but the firepower is still insufficient, and the artillery equipped by the marines is far less than that of ordinary infantry divisions, and when attacking Lushun, it mainly relies on warships to provide fire support, but now part of the battlefield will be transferred to the inland areas, so the Central Military Commission decided to send an additional armored train and two self-propelled guns to the southern front to strengthen the firepower of the southern front, which was originally also a weapon arranged for fighting on the southern front.

Lushun has good port and terminal facilities, as well as railway communication, whether it is an armored train or self-propelled guns can be very easily transported ashore and arrive at the combat site, so it can also give better play to the combat effectiveness of these two weapons, in addition to maintaining the existing warships, the navy has also sent the third cruiser squadron, the second destroyer squadron and two river fleets, on the one hand, to the battleships, The ironclad ships served as escort missions, and the other side also entered the Yalu River to fight when necessary, and they were two inland river fleets, with a total of eight warships, all of which were small ships with a displacement of 100-200 tons.

The Fifth Army, on the other hand, remained in Qingdao for the time being, serving as the general reserve, and decided to project this part of its forces to that battlefield depending on the situation on the two fronts.

After all, the Russian navy in the Far East has already existed in name only, and the Japanese navy has also suffered heavy losses, and it has no strength to confront the East China government at sea, so the People's Army Navy basically has no pressure of war, but it does not mean that the navy will be easy, and the main task of the navy in the next stage is: to strike at Japan's sea transportation lines, to put pressure on Japan, to hit the Japanese economy, to reduce Japan's war capability, and to provide bargaining chips for the next armistice talks between the two sides, so that the East China government can strive for greater interests at the negotiating tableThe second is to cut off the sea transportation from Japan to the Korean Peninsula and completely exclude Japan from the Liaodong battlefield, so that the KPA can concentrate on dealing with the Russian army, and even if Russia and Japan finally join forces to confront the East China government, as long as the sea transportation line from Japan to Korea is cut off, then the Russian-Japanese alliance will not have much substantive significance.

In fact, the KPA Navy has already done so, and after winning the Battle of Tsushima on 12 May, the KPA Navy began to implement a naval blockade plan against Japan on 14 May, and so far, it has sunk 9 Japanese merchant ships and captured 4 ships, totaling about 42,000 tons, harvested more than 2,500 tons of materials, and captured 518 Japanese sailors, which can be regarded as a good achievement.

The Navy's current top priority is to obtain a temporary anchorage point in the blockade sea area for the blockade warships to anchor for a short time to rest and make simple repairs, so that they can better blockade Japan.

The Admiralty has drawn up a plan to capture Jeju Island, and is preparing to dispatch the armored cruiser squadron, the second cruiser squadron, and the third destroyer squadron, and then transfer a regiment and four landing ships from the Marine Corps to form a task force to seize Jeju Island. In addition, the expansion of the Marine Corps must also begin immediately, and in this attack on Arthur, the Marine Corps played a considerable role and proved the value of its establishment, and considering that the Marine Corps is likely to undertake the arduous task of attacking Vladivostok in the future, it is imperative to expand it.

In fact, the Marines have already formed two reserve regiments, but this time they failed to participate in the war, but stayed in Qingdao for training, so after the capture of Jeju Island this time, the Marines will be expanded into two divisions and two reserve regiments, and after the defeat of the Japanese army in Liaodong, they will train on Jeju Island.

At present, the East China Government is building one battleship, two Qingzhou-class protective cruisers, two Dongchang-class protective cruisers, two Gaomi-class destroyers, two Haiyang-class destroyers, four inland river patrol boats, and two submarines, all of which can be launched this year.

And considering that the main battlefield will be transferred to land in the future, it is unlikely that large-scale battles or military operations will occur at sea except for the attack on Vladivostok, and in the Battle of Tsushima, the Navy also captured 4 battleships, 1 armored cruiser, 8 protective cruisers, and 9 destroyers or * boats, the main structure of these warships has no major damage, basically can be repaired in a short period of time, but because of the large number, so it can be repaired about one and a half this year, but by June next year, basically all can be repaired; and in Lushun there are 5 battleships and 1 armored cruiser, but these warships are sunk and then salvaged out of the water, and the repair is relatively difficult.

On the whole, however, if only half of the captured warships are repaired, and the number of battleships and cruisers in the navy is sufficient, then even if a new enemy, such as Britain and France, emerges to participate in the war, the navy still has five modern warships, which are completely sufficient to deal with it, and the submarines are still in the stage of testing and research and development, and they cannot take on a major task; Because the task of carrying out naval blockade in this era mainly relied on a large number of small ships to accomplish the task of naval blockade, the Central Military Commission decided to stop building battleships, cruisers, and submarines during the war, except for the ships that had already started, and only build destroyers and inland river patrol boats, while large and medium-sized warships mainly repaired captured warships.

Destroyers and inland river patrol boats have a small tonnage, simple technology, and a short construction period, so that a large amount of resources can be saved and transferred to the army, forming an optimal allocation of resources.