Minister Ai Liguo and Xiao Letian parted ways, one south and one went north, looking at the master with great admiration on the deck, this negotiation was really wonderful, and the resourcefulness and dexterity shown by the master were really hard to imagine. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the face of the old British fox, instead of firing directly, he used two so-called fictional stories to pry open the psychological defense, and substituted the opponent into his own rhythm step by step, and finally won a big victory.

Jae-chun hopes that he also has such a good eloquence, and in the future, he will be able to fight the Confucianism in the court, which feels really cool.

But why did the master after boarding the ship not have the slightest joy, but instead got into the cabin with a tired face? Zaichun wanted to go in to visit the master, but before he could take a step, he saw Wang Huaiyuan and Sakamoto Ryoma hurriedly walk in, and then slammed the hatch shut.

"Forget it, let's wait for supper and talk to the master in detail......" Jae-chun didn't dare to disturb the meeting in the cabin, and turned around and went back to his cabin.

The Zhiyuan pierced the waves and began to move north along the coastline of the Jiaodong Peninsula, and just beyond the sight of the east, one cargo ship after another was riding the wind and waves all the way north, crossing the Tsushima Strait towards the Sea of Japan.

Countless cargo ships were loaded with weapons and equipment provided by the Chinese to the Far East Volunteers, while military cargo ships from the United States farther south were unloading, and some ships even went north without even unloading their goods.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of money were withdrawn from Jiangnan and poured into the Ryukyus like a river of gold, and the arms trade from Europe was now cut off, and Prussia had sent the last ship of planned arms to the Chinese last month, and they had to use all the remaining resources to prepare for war.

The British also tightened their inspection of Chinese supplies, and it was impossible to try to procure arms from other European countries. Fortunately, the U.S. Pacific shipping lanes are still safe, and although Americans are used to taking advantage of the fire to rob and raise prices, there is no way to do it.

The money raised from Jiangnan finally came in handy, and the greedy American merchants were shocked by the wealth of the East, and almost all the arms traders on the West Coast joined in this once-in-a-lifetime feast of fortune.

Money has become munitions, and supplies have become life-burning war fuel in the Far Eastern theater, and the decisive battle in Vladivostok is getting closer and closer.

"What's the weather like in Vladivostok now?" asked Xiao Letian.

"It's still cold, but the snow in Xiangyang has already shown signs of melting, and the ice on the river is not so solid......

"Jiangnan is already green, but the white mountains and black waters are still frozen, and it's also April, why is there such a big gap!" Xiao Lotian rubbed his temples, "Will this have an impact on the war?"

Wang Huaiyuan smiled: "Prime Minister is wrong, the current weather is not only not affected, but is favorable to us! Because once the snowfall that has lasted for a winter all melts and the rivers are opened, the entire Far East will become muddy, which is very unfavorable to the movement of our army!"

Xiao Lotian nodded, "Very good, how is the comparison of the forces of the two sides now?"

"Throughout the winter, the Russian commander Tiyachenko was shrinking his forces, and at present, the Vladivostok fortress has a total of 3,000 regular Russian troops, more than 7,000 Outer Mongolian and other servant troops, and a total of 10,000 ...... army."

"In addition, in terms of the navy, the 12 Vladivostok defense fleets have a total of more than 2,300 sailors, and once the Russian warships that escaped from Amami Oshima converge, the naval strength can reach more than 3,000, and that's all......"

Sakamoto Ryoma looked at the intelligence and smiled, "On the contrary, Lord Long's side is much more optimistic, after a winter of continuous army expansion, now General Xiang has four integrated divisions in his hands, of which the first division led by Chu Zhao and the second division led by Lu Ying are basically built with Chinese officers as the skeleton!"

"The 3rd and 4th Divisions led by Shimazu Tairo and Suzuki Tai are composed of Japanese samurai as the management framework, and the 40,000-strong army has begun to take shape......"

Xiao Letian frowned, "This is the general ordered by Master Long, are the four of them okay?"

Wang Huaiyuan smiled, "If it is required according to the standards of our Chinese people, the four of them will definitely be almost ...... After all, Hyotaro and Noheita didn't have the commander of the mixed division...... But there is the Far East, not the Chinese, and with the quality of the local soldiers, our officers are enough!"

Wang Huaiyuan did not brag, the cultivation of Chinese officers is the absolute first in Asia, and even in Europe. Shimazu Dairo and Suzuki Tai are in the Fuso samurai officer group, and their reputation is far inferior to that of Nohei Tai and Hyotaro, and their positions in the Chinese are not high.

However, if such a second-line officer is put in the Qing Dynasty or Fusang, he is definitely a proper corps commander.

There are also Chu Zhao and Lu Ying, both of whom were middle-level officers who grew up with Luo Huo, and were one of the members of the Mountain Temple Musket Team back then, and their ability to be human beings was much worse than Luo Huo's.

But if they are thrown into the Xishan camp or the new army of the Royal Forest, they will definitely be treated as the number one by virtue of their ability. Needless to say, let's talk about the assignment on this picture.

In order to draw military maps, these mid-ranking officers had already begun to study the rudimentary calculus, which was unimaginably high in Europe.

"Forty thousand against thirteen thousand,......" Xiao Letian carefully calculated, "On the surface, we do have an advantage, but the quality of the soldiers is different!"

"The Russian soldiers who can be stationed in Vladivostok are all carefully selected from the veterans, including the servant army of Northern Mongolia, which are even more fierce and barbaric, and the Manchurian Eight Banners can only use friendly means to form an alliance with them, which should not be underestimated!"

"By the way, what about the reinforcements sent from Central Asia? Which Russian cavalry have intelligence?"

Wang Huaiyuan's expression became embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, the CIA's current intelligence network in Outer Mongolia is still very sparse, and after Lake Baikal, it is our blind spot, we really don't know anything, and our subordinates are incompetent......"

"No, no, no, you don't have to blame yourself, that land is indeed too far away from the Central Plains, and you are not an immortal...... In any case, the Russian reinforcements must be hurrying over, and our campaign in Vladivostok must be accelerated!"

"Eat the garrison in Vladivostok as fast as possible, and then order Long Ye to wave his army to the north and garrison troops south of Heilongjiang...... When the time comes, we will be able to face the Russian reinforcements across the river!"

"The weather is getting warmer and warmer, as long as the ice on the Heilongjiang River breaks, then the Russian reinforcements who lack ships will not think of crossing the river, and we can fight this war into a protracted war if we hold the Heilongjiang defense line......

"Hehe, the north of Heilongjiang is sparsely populated, I see where they go to get supplies! When the time comes, they will starve to death......