Chapter 620: The Battle of the Northeast is Approaching
Next, when it comes to the reports of all the people in agriculture, the situation is still quite gratifying, and there is no panic in the heart when there is food in hand.
What the Great Demon King is most worried about is that the time is approaching, the battle in Beijing is imminent, and the food strategy is wrong. Now, according to the data of various parties, even if the central and southeastern parts are affected by various factors, there is basically no major shortage of grain, and as long as their grain is not withdrawn, there is no big problem.
The Gyeonggi Prefecture is now looking forward to a good harvest and actual reserves. To a certain extent, mechanical forces have changed the efficiency of the water circulation system, and in the past two years, there has been a period of explosive growth of machinery, so the effective arable land in Gyeonggi has increased gratifyingly.
And relying on the continuous improvement of hybrid varieties by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the actual operation of various agricultural fertilizer industries, the first promotion of corn and potatoes in Gyeonggi, and the earliest storage and grain subsidy policies, the grain situation in Gyeonggi is now very good!
Even if it is not intensive cluster planting, the reserves are very sufficient, and at the same time, according to the calculation model of the Great Demon King, assuming that under the current situation of the fall of Beijing's intensive grain producing area, relying on the railway, the Bianjing small farmer demonstration base can also resist the material needs of the Beijing battle with its own strength. At the very least, we can hold on to the opening of the railway in the Chengdu section of the province, so that the grain from the Chengdu Plain can continue to support Gyeonggi.
This is very important data!
If their data is not very watery and close to the speculation of the Great Demon King, then this node may become a watershed in this world war!
Because the strategy of the Great Demon King will change, he will not passively shrink and wait for Xiao Hui to take the initiative to enter the army.
Now on the contrary, the autumn harvest in the occupied area is not available, Xiao Hui's army does not dare to advance casually, and within the Liao State and Goryeo, they do not have such awesome grain reserves as the Great Song Dynasty, and now they are doing their best to organize logistics, intending to supply the increasing scale of the Liao army.
According to intelligence, after Zhuo Luolan entered Lao Xiao's staff team, the strength of the Liao Imperial Tent army in the occupied area was also increasing, so they needed a larger and larger logistical supply.
Because they can't help it. The Great Song Dynasty was stabilized by the Great Demon King when fires broke out everywhere in the backyard and lost one-sixth of the country's land, and the Song Kingdom did not collapse internally, and the Great Demon King completed the reorganization of the new army in Bianjing with his unparalleled political control ability. That's the biggest variable for them!
The Liao State has intelligence: now the train with strong capacity of the Song State is traveling day and night, continuously investing more than 300,000 new troops to participate in the deployment of the Beijing front, plus the hundreds of thousands of guerrilla troops scattered in Hedong of Hebei Province earlier, and the unparalleled training and mobilization ability of the Great Demon King, Zhuo Luolan's conclusion: The Battle in the North will be a watershed in this world war, and at the peak, it is estimated that the Song army will invest more than 600,000 troops to participate.
This is the reality, and it is the price that Lao Xiao had to pay for the Great Demon King's empty city plan.
It is true that as long as the battle of Beijing is won, the Great Song Dynasty will basically be extinguished. But under the rule of the Great Demon King, to defeat the 600,000 Song army, as a person who has fought with the Great Demon King more than once, Zhuo Luolan believes that the Liao army must have at least more than 800,000 effective deployments, otherwise don't think about fighting, change the strategy and negotiate as soon as possible, maybe the end will be better.
Since the Great Demon King has the ability to complete the reorganization of the new army without anyone expecting it, and let the semi-mechanized field army of the Song State continue to drive to the north, the battle plan of the Liao State has been basically disrupted, and it can only be reinforced head-on. Xiao Hui's intention was that before the Battle of Beijing began, the effective Liao army that would be put into the northeastern battlefield of the Song State should be more than one million in size.
The East China Sea battlefield was dramatically uncertain, and after the Koreans were severely defeated, their plans to pass through Honshu Island were thwarted in the short term. Fortunately, the Koreans had no way to retreat at this point, and promised to provide material and technical support to help the Liao State explode the ship, and the Liao Navy officially ended the battle and fought hand-to-hand with the Song Navy in the Pacific Ocean.
Even if this point is not appropriate, there is no way back, and now it is in a hurry than productivity. If the Royal Navy of the Song State cannot be suppressed in the end, and the East China Sea strategy fails in an all-round way, the problem will be very serious, and the important logistics areas such as Nanjing Dao and Dadingfu will theoretically all be within the radiation range of the Song Marine Corps.
These areas are all the richest areas of Liao, and the lifeblood of the logistics line, which is already overwhelmed, is about to gather nearly one million troops to enter the occupied areas at the moment when Liao, the rear force is insufficient, and once it is formed by the Song navy, it will be a pill to deter the Bohai Sea region.
So now, the Yanyun region, which is dominated by Han people and has the best and richest working attitude, is also starting to explode production capacity everywhere, shipbuilding technology is not good, but it can barely be used, the displacement of 400 tons is still there, and the artillery can also be produced by itself, but it can also kill people if it is not powerful, it is better than the stupid Jurchens using stones as weapons.
In short, not to mention killing the Royal Navy of the Song State, but they must not be allowed to rule the Bohai Sea Defense Circle, just as the Song State on land cannot let the Liao Iron Cavalry break through the Beijing Defense Circle.
In short, when he went deep into this situation, Zhuo Luolan's assertion at that time was about to come true: this was basically an unwinnable war!
As the hegemonic Liao State, it needs to be too much to compete with the Song State for productivity muscles with the shirtless state, and the probability of losing the war is already very high.
But it's not hopeless. The East China Sea strategy is only incidental, and the decisive battle is still a large army cluster. The Liao State is a cavalry, and the war heritage of the entire nation is still there. The combat effectiveness of the new army of the Song army will not be strong in the early stage, they need to accumulate battlefield experience points, and their mentality also needs to slowly enter the state.
So as long as you don't make big mistakes and don't lose the battle of Beijing in the short term, then Liao's father still has leeway.
However, the premise is that Zhuo Luolan commands and not Xiao Hui. But this is absolutely impossible, even if Lao Xiao delegates power and Zhuo Luolan cannot have the prestige to control the warlords of various departments and the generals of the Liao army. Everyone knew that this would lead to a faster defeat of the Liao army. Because the command structure of the Liao army is too complicated, even Lao Xiao will not be able to fully control it. The formation of the Liao army is the so-called "Khitan Eight Divisions", and everyone has it.
Therefore, the current instability of the Liao army has been solved, and those ruthless people are very disgusted that Lao Xiao invited a woman from Western Xia into the decision-making level of the Great Liao Expeditionary Force, and they feel that this is a shame.
Lao Xiao is not a big demon king, Lao Xiao's control and mobilization ability over his subordinates are limited, these are the factors that Zhuo Luolan can't win. It is impossible to lose such a large-scale national war because of one factor, but these will be the fuse, and the cause is lurking.
In any case, this is the shift in strategic trends, once upon a time, everyone shouted to eat big meat together, and the discussion was "how the Song Kingdom died", because there are many ways to die.
But now that the atmosphere has changed, and only Zhuo Luolan has found that the problem discussed by the Liao Expeditionary Army, which now has absolute power, is no longer how the Song State will die, but how the Liao State can increase the probability of winning......
Hejian Mansion and Liao State Expeditionary Force camp.
When the latest information was sent to Xiao Hui and Zhuo Luolan, it reported that "Song Guo Gyeonggi Grain Dafeng".
This is not good news, Lao Xiao frowned.
And Zhuo Luolan changed his color: "At this point in the War, the strategic initiative has begun to change hands, and the Liao army needs to prepare early. Perhaps before we have completed the final preparations for marching, the Divine Crane will take the initiative to launch a general battle. ”
Lao Xiao frowned and thought about it for a long time, and muttered, "Does he really dare?" ”
"He dared. If I were him, I would do it anyway. Zhuo Luolan said.
Lao Xiao paced and said: "I still don't believe that my current 750,000 troops will lose the battle of Beijing, even if he takes the initiative to attack?" ”
Zhuo Luolan said: "I didn't say I would lose. The scale of the military array at this level is impossible to distinguish the winner from the loser in less than half a year. But we have to start preparing, and there are no good plans at this point. In fact, I believe that there is no specific tactic for the two armies to face each other on a scale of more than one million, and this is a contest of political command. ”
"It is conceivable that if it continues, in the entire northeast three roads of the Song Kingdom, spanning thousands of miles in depth, you have me, I have you, and there will be a situation where the Song Liao army is everywhere, just like a Go board, the commander is basically unable to command, you look at us surround the Song army, and in fact, the Song army surrounds us. Because everywhere there is the army, everywhere there is encirclement and counter-encirclement. ”
"There is no commander who can deduce all these models clearly, and it is difficult to design tactics in a targeted manner, because the variable human brain cannot be completed, even if it is a miracle machine. That's why you never saw him on the battlefield. I assume that after the Northeast Campaign officially begins, the Song Army's semi-mechanized corps will be between 570,000 and 630,000, and we will take the median value of 600,000. The cavalry of the Great Liao Kingdom will be between 800,000 and 850,000, and we will take the median value of 830,000. In addition, the Song State also mixed with various popular logistics teams, militia and soldiers, and these forces were concentrated on the land across forty states for deployment. ”
"The tactics of this situation have been discussed in Shen Jiyan's writings for a long time: that is, no command or limited command. This depends on the automaticity and conviction of each combat unit. The preparations I am referring to are not to attack or retreat, but to begin a rational reorganization now, to form independent combat units suitable for this situation, and to tell the commanders of the columns what the war situation is about to face in Daliao. ”
"If we continue to maintain the current arrogant mentality, we will continue to run on a blind rampage as we did in the early days of bullying the guerrillas, and the demise of a combat unit in such a super-large layered encirclement and counter-encirclement will all too easily occur. At least I think that in terms of the automatic rate of war, the Liao army is not as good as the current Song army. During this period, the Great Demon King has been cultivating Song Jun's automaticity, that is, the ability to survive and be self-reliant. ”
Zhuo Luolan was worried and excited at the same time, as a military commander, she was about to participate in this unique super-large battle in history, it was very burning, so she also poured out all her insights and learning in time, without reservation.
Lao Xiao smiled bitterly: "Don't think that only you can fight, don't think that you are the only one who reads the works of the Great Demon King. The question is, there are some things he can do and we can't, can he defeat more than a hundred tigers in Bianjing? There is a kind of you go back and let you try to do this, if Xixia doesn't split, I will lose! This is the gap, people in this world can really be angry with people compared to people. ”
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