With Fangnan's heavy investment, the military intelligence department of the People's Army has developed rapidly.

Initially, the agents of the MI were all sought out from the army, and due to the short period of establishment of the MIU, the internal members of the MI are now sought from the army, but the MI has also begun to train special agents.

In addition to internal members, the military intelligence department also has external members, mainly ordinary people who have been bribed with money or other means, local ruffians and hooligans, Ming soldiers, officers, Ming court officials, and so on.

In a short period of time, the scope of activities of the agents of the Military Intelligence Service has rapidly spread from the surrounding areas of Guangdong to the entire southern region, and some people have even accepted missions to the north.

Regarding the arrival of Mei Yousong, the new commander of the Ming army, in Xinfeng County, the Ming army did not hide, and the military intelligence department easily obtained information, and also obtained some information on the movement of the Ming army, such as the movement of the northern border army and the Ming army in various parts of the north, as well as the conscription of young people in various parts of the south to form a new army.

When the information was sent to the high-ranking members of the People's Army, everyone was surprised by the magnanimity of the Ming court, and at least 150,000 Ming troops were gathered on three sides of Guangdong, and another 200,000 Ming troops were being transferred to this side, and the strength of the Ming army would exceed 350,000 by then.

However, the total strength of the People's Army will not exceed 300,000, and there will be more than 200,000 troops in coastal defense and garrison areas, and more than 200,000 troops will be assigned to the three group armies of the army.

When a new battle breaks out between the People's Army and the Ming Army, the gap between the strength of the two armies will be relatively large, and this will definitely be a huge test for the People's Army.

Zhou Lei proposed that the People's Army could appropriately launch an offensive against the Ming Army, and before the arrival of a new batch of Ming troops, the strength of the Ming Army would be consumed, and when the next round of fighting broke out, the pressure on the People's Army would be less.

Regarding Zhou Lei's proposal, Fang Nan only agreed with half of it.

In the past two rounds of fighting, the People's Army has already frightened the Ming army, and the Ming army on three sides of Guangdong will hardly have a small force acting alone, and if it wants to act, thousands of people will act together, and they will immediately retreat in case of accidents.

If the People's Army launched a large-scale attack, the Ming Army, which had already been frightened, would most likely hide in the city and defend the city, and would hardly fight with the People's Army in the field.

However, the People's Army still has to continue to consume the strength of the Ming army, so the People's Army can send small forces to infiltrate the past and launch an attack on the Ming army, mainly sending firearms troops and cavalry troops, retreating after a wave, and then changing to another place, so as to consume the strength of the Ming army.

If the Ming army is annoyed by the attack of a small group of troops of the People's Army, and sends a large force to encircle and suppress it, then the People's Army can find an opportunity to gather troops to fight with the Ming army, but this may be relatively small, the Ming army has been monitoring the movements of the People's Army, and the small group of people's troops can move, and the actions of the large army will definitely be noticed.

In view of the movement of the Ming army, Fang Nan guessed that the third round of fighting between the People's Army and the Ming Army was estimated to not break out until August, and from the end of the second round of fighting, the People's Army would have at least four months to develop itself.

The KPA can do a lot in four months, first of all, the strength of the troops can be increased to the current limit, and the recruits have been trained for several months, and their combat effectiveness will definitely surpass that of the recruits who have only been trained for one month.

Then there were the first troops and grenadiers, and in the second round of battles, especially Wang Shengrong's army, the first troops and grenadiers suffered heavy losses, and after a few months, Wang Shengrong's first troops and grenadiers were not only able to recover to their previous size but also to expand.

The most important thing is the firearms unit, the number of artillery battalions will continue to increase, but the lethality effect of artillery on the battlefield is not as good as tiger head guns and grenades, and more importantly, the infantry battalion.

The People's Army has the Hutouzhai Arsenal, the Yongan County Arsenal, and the Foshan Arsenal, and the output of tiger head guns exceeded 700 in March, and it is expected that the output of tiger head guns will exceed 800 in April.

With the use of hydraulic machine tools in the Foshan Arsenal, the production of tiger head guns may reach 1,000 in May.

Taking Foshan was of great significance to the People's Army, Foshan was the most important smelting center of the Ming Dynasty, with a large number of craftsmen, and Foshan built guns and artillery equipment for the Ming army all over the country.

Foshan is controlled by the People's Army, the craftsmen are still there, through a series of measures, the People's Army let the craftsmen work for themselves, with the establishment of the Foshan Arsenal, the People's Army's tiger head gun production has increased greatly, and now there are continuous hydraulic machine tools to join, the tiger head gun production will be further improved.

It is no longer difficult to produce 10,000 Tiger Head Guns a year, and in the four months from April to July, the three arsenals are expected to produce 4,000 Tiger Head Guns, which can add four infantry regiments to the firearms unit.

Four infantry regiments fought alone, worthy of 40,000 Ming troops, and four infantry regiments with other troops could withstand 100,000 or more Ming troops.

After the third round of fighting between the People's Army and the Ming Army, four infantry regiments joined, the strength of the People's Army increased by a cut, and even if it could not defeat the Ming Army, it was able to repel the Ming Army.

As long as the KPA can successfully repel the Ming army in the third round of battle with the Ming army, and after that, as the KPA is equipped with more tiger head guns, the strength will increase faster.

Even Hu Zhuang said that as long as he was given 100,000 people and 10,000 tiger head guns, he would be able to fight from Guangdong to the capital.

It can be said that the tiger head gun has always been the most important weapon of the People's Army to defeat the Ming army.

"The future of the People's Army depends on this battle!"

Fang Nan understands this truth, Zhou Lei, Hu Zhuang and other high-level people of the People's Army understand this truth, as long as the Ming army is repelled in the third round of battle between the People's Army and the Ming army, and the losses of the People's Army are not serious, the goal of the People's Army to overthrow the Ming court will definitely be achieved!

After determining the battle plan for the Ming army, Fang Nan ordered the three army groups of the army to send small troops to attack the Ming army only part of the order, and Fang Nan also asked the group armies to be careful of the grenades that the Ming army might be equipped with.

Fang Nan has not yet received the news that the Ming army has built and equipped the grenade, but the degree of manufacture of the grenade is too simple, and the Ming court can also make it, this simple grenade is relatively easy to mute, and no one can be sure whether the Ming army will get the grenade with mute fire.

Therefore, this matter must be guarded against, if you do not take precautions, once the war starts, the People's Army and the Ming Army throw grenades at each other, both sides will suffer heavy casualties, and the blow to the People's Army will be even greater, after all, the population under the Ming Court is ten times that of the population under the People's Army, and the Ming Court can also have more troops.

A People's Army soldier only kills one Ming soldier, which is a very difficult thing for the People's Army to accept.

Fortunately, as long as more firearms units join, the effect of grenades will decrease a little by shooting at a long distance to kill and injure the enemy, and the more tiger head guns that the KPA is equipped with, the less effective the grenades equipped by the Ming army will be.