Shang Jinfeng's summary is mainly in terms of logistical support, which is also the weakest link of the East China government at present, because the East China government has no foothold in Southeast Asia, this time the success of Java, a large part of the factor is the full help of a local tycoon like the Zhang family, it can be said that if there is no Zhang family, if the Zhang family is not a rich country, the people's army will be very difficult, just in the logistics support, at least to increase to more than three times.

However, Shang Jinfeng also pointed out that from another aspect, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia are indeed a force that can pull together and cooperate, because overseas Chinese have a certain number of people in Southeast Asia, and many of them are extremely rich, and their financial resources can also be guaranteed, but due to the lack of unified organization or strong government support, the general political status of overseas Chinese is not high, and on the whole, except for a few rich businessmen, most of them are oppressed, and even if they are overseas Chinese rich businessmen, they have to face the squeeze of European capital, and the situation is not much better.

The East China Government can provide military and political protection for overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and at the same time can fully absorb overseas Chinese investment to speed up its own economic development, and the two sides can almost be said to have a natural complementary relationship. Therefore, if the East China government wants to expand into Southeast Asia in the future, it must make full use of the strength of overseas Chinese, but in addition, it must also try its best to have a foothold of its own in Southeast Asia and establish military bases; after all, overseas Chinese are just ordinary civilians, and even if they are extremely rich like Zhang Zhenxun, it is impossible to provide military assistance to the East China government.

The summary of the overseas Chinese fleet also made the Central Military Commission very satisfied, because it not only accumulated experience for the East China government's future expansion into Southeast Asia, but also many of the experiences in it could be applied in the future Russo-Japanese War.

According to the experience of the old time and space, the Russo-Japanese War was a large-scale war fought on both land and sea fronts at the same time, so the combat experience of the army and navy has great reference value. Moreover, the Russo-Japanese War was fought on Chinese soil, which has certain similarities with the situation in Southeast Asia, and the civilians in the northeast region are basically Chinese, which is of course extremely beneficial to the East China government, but the disadvantage is that there is still a lack of intermediaries like Zhang Zhenxun in the northeast region, but the East China government has already begun to solve this problem, set up an office in Lushun, open a business hall, and do business in the northeast region, which is to expand the influence of the East China government in the northeast region, and to find or support agents of the East China government。

In addition, the cost of this overseas Chinese protection operation was also calculated, with a total cost of 9.76 million silver dollars, which was converted into about 6.8 million taels of silver, and more than 1.1 million pounds when converted into pounds. And this time he received a compensation of 650 pounds, which can be said to be a big profit.

In addition to deducting the cost, the army will receive the lion's share, one is 4 million pounds, and the remaining about 1.4 million pounds will be owned by the government, in fact, 1.4 million pounds is not less, and it is about 12 million yuan when converted into silver dollars, which accounts for about 1/5 of last year's fiscal revenue, which can be regarded as a huge additional wealth.

The Military Commission also distributed the reparations, the navy received 2.5 million pounds, and the army received 1.5 million pounds, although the army fought more battles in Java, but the navy was the main force to protect overseas Chinese, not only sent warships to send the army to Java, but also has been containing and threatening the British fleet, and the navy has always been the bulk of military spending, so it is reasonable for the navy to share more.

In any case, the government, the army, and the navy can be regarded as making a small fortune, which shows that the war reparations are indeed one of the most effective means to get money, and this time the East China government only received 6.5 million pounds of indemnity, which is not worth mentioning compared with the previous indemnities of the Qing court, and the Qing court compensated 60 million silver in the first opium war, which is about 20 million pounds (the exchange rate of silver against British pounds at that time was about 3The First Sino-Japanese War paid 230 million silver, or about 60 million pounds, (at that time, the exchange rate of silver to British pounds was about 4:1), and in the old time and space, the indemnity of the Xincho Treaty was as high as 430 million silver, or about 70 million pounds (the exchange rate of silver to British pounds at that time was about 6:1). Of course, these indemnities were not high in the world at that time, and in the Franco-Prussian War, France's reparations to Prussia reached a staggering 5 billion francs, or about 250 million pounds. It can be seen that there is still huge potential to be tapped in terms of war reparations.

After the summary, Luo Yue rested for two more days, and the 7-day vacation was over, and the soldiers returned to the barracks and started training again.

At this time, the five top leaders of the East China government convened a meeting and began to formally discuss the plan for the war against Japan and Russia.

In fact, the war against Japan and Russia is a strategy set by the East China Government a long time ago, and the big idea has also been set, that is, when Japan and Russia are exhausted from fighting, they will suddenly go out to participate in the war, strive to inflict heavy losses on the two countries in one fell swoop, occupy Northeast China, open up space for the further development of the East China Government, and obtain war reparations from Japan and Russia as the next development funds of the East China Government.

At the beginning of 1903, the East China government began to study and formulate a battle plan. After all, the traverser has the advantage of knowing later, knows the general trend of historical development, and the Russo-Japanese war is inevitable and irreversible, and the East China government is also aware of the weaknesses of Russia and Japan, so it is not as hesitant as Japan, and cannot make up its mind to start a war against Russia.

Originally, this meeting should have been held a long time ago, because the preliminary battle plan was roughly drawn up in early April, but the Javanese operation to protect overseas Chinese took place, and the three heavyweights of the navy all went to Java, and this was delayed for more than two months, and now Japan has already sent a request to the East China Government for military cooperation and consultations, and before that, the East China Government naturally has to come up with its own plan.

Moreover, this battle plan is not entirely limited to military aspects, but also includes logistical support, assembly, organization, and so on, and it can be said that it is quite comprehensive. The battle plan was explained by Xiao Jianjun himself, and it was equipped with a projector, and in addition to the five leaders, Shang Jinfeng and Zhu Yaping, the supreme commanders of the navy and army, also participated in the explanation, as a supplement to Xiao Jianjun's speech.

Xiao Jianjun opened his tablet and said, " Judging from the current international and Northeast Asian situation, as well as the situation between Japan and Russia, the Russo-Japanese War is certain to occur and is expected to break out in the first half of 1904, because both Japan and Russia have so far refused to make concessions in the distribution of interests in China's northeast region and the Korean Peninsula, of course, the main reason is that Russia's asking price is too high, that is, it will not give up China's northeast region, and it is still eyeing the Korean Peninsula, so the two sides can only settle it by war, and Japan has already sent us a request to negotiate military cooperation, which shows that Japan has now decided to use force, and in the middle of 1905, the Trans-Siberian Railway will be completed, which could significantly increase the transport capacity of Russia, and if Japan decided to go to war, it would have to begin in 1904, and no later than June 1904. ”

"And the course of the war should also be similar to the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space, Japan first launched a surprise attack on Port Arthur, blockaded the Russian fleet in the port, and then started from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula in two directions, landed on the Liaodong Peninsula, cut off the land connection with Arthur, and the Korean Peninsula broke through the Yalu River, and successively experienced the Battle of Arthur, the Battle of Liaoyang, and the Battle of Shahe on land. In a series of battles in the Mukden (Shenyang) War, although Japan won the war, and cooperated with the sea and land, and annihilated the Russian Far East Fleet, it also paid a heavy price, and even the casualties of the victorious side were greater than the losses of the losing side. Japan won the Battle of Tsushima at sea, completely annihilated the Russian Pacific Fleet, and invaded Sakhalin Island, finally forcing Russia to admit defeat and make peace, and finally won the Russo-Japanese War. ”

"The above is the basic process of the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space, and in this time and space, the course of the war will not deviate too much, and Bi Jing currently has only this line. In the early stage of the war between Japan and Russia, we should first stand still, sit back and watch the two sides tear apart, and the best time to intervene is set at the time of the Battle of Tsushima, because at this time the land forces of both sides have suffered heavy casualties, and the victory or defeat of the war depends on the decisive battle of the main forces of the navies of both sides, and we will dispatch all our fleets, with 5 modern warships as the core, to join the battlefield at the right time, attack the Japanese and Russian warships, and strive to completely annihilate the fleets of the two countries in one fell swoop, at least we should also inflict heavy damage on them, so that they are unable to fight again so that we can fully control the sea power, and then blockade the Tsushima Strait, cut off the sea transportation line between Japan and Korea, and completely cut off the Japanese army's replenishment. ”

"At the same time as the navy launched an attack, the army also attacked, launching landing raids in Lushun, Yingkou and other places, first gaining a foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula, and then concentrating its troops to attack and annihilate the Japanese army with all its might. After the annihilation of the Japanese army, we divided a part of our forces, deployed along the Yalu River, blocked the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, and we have cut off the Japanese army's replenishment, from then on the Japanese army has nothing to fear, so that we can concentrate all our strength to deal with the Russian army, and the Russian army is also seriously injured, we can wave our army to the north, recover the northeast, of course, at the right opportunity, but also negotiate peace with Japan and Russia. But there must be two conditions for negotiations, Japan and Russia must pay reparations, and Tohoku must recover it in its entirety. Generally speaking, as long as the course of the war does not deviate much from the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space, even if there are some small differences, as long as there are no major unexpected changes, this plan can basically be carried out. Of course, the tactical arrangements and troop dispatch of the whole body should be further formulated in detail, or adjusted and revised according to the actual situation of the battlefield at that time, and then the corresponding battle plan should be formulated. ”