Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"It seems that we need to reassess some of the military-tactical improvements of the Southern Army." Shang Wu said. He said this after looking at a series of combat postures.

Shang Wu felt that he had seriously underestimated the ancient Chinese army's research and development of firearms tactics, which was equivalent to reaching a level of civil war between the North and the South of the United States, using large-scale explosive tactics to inflict heavy damage on the enemy's attacking forces and then launch a counterattack. This tactic becomes extremely advantageous. It works very well.

If the Republican Army were to attack, it would have been severely damaged if it had been overestimated. Shangwu felt very lucky. But at the same time, there are worries, because the learning of tactics is mutual. Since Guo Yan was able to do this, it was difficult to guarantee that the Kwantung Coalition Army would not use the same tactics against the Republican Army.

"Such a telegram has already been handed over to the General Staff. After studying it, the General Staff concluded that it was necessary to do so. Or rather. They believe that if we are in such a situation, it is necessary to solve the problem in this way. Jia Xu said.

The staff's assessment was astonishing, as they had never thought of damaging the enemy with explosives on such a large scale, but it was clear that the IRA had seriously underestimated the tactical capabilities of the opposing side.

Although the Republican Army still has a great advantage in weapons, this advantage can be compensated for by certain tactics. In the case of reducing tactical casualties, careful study will be of great benefit.

"Let them tell the troops on the front line about this tactic, I don't want to see a greater cost of casualties, this tactic is extremely cruel for us." Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu nodded. Although it is not known who came up with such a tactic, it is terrifying to do. It would have caused too many brutal casualties for them. It may not even be possible to find the body.

"However, are we still assisting Dong Zhuo's army? Their financial situation has deteriorated dramatically. Recently, there have been rumors in our banks in the Handan area that they believe that Dong Zhuo's ability to repay his debts has been completely lost, and that Hedong Bank will fall into a major bank credit crisis. Although we can think of this as an act of mutual aggression between banks, there is no denying that this is very dangerous when it happens. Jia Xu said worriedly.

Shangwu nodded in agreement with such a view, after all, this does happen.

The relationship between the Bank of Handan and the Bank of Hedong is one of competition, and the scope of Handan's lending is mainly aimed at loans to factories and enterprises, for example, they mainly lend to Luzhou. Some factories in Zezhou, the newly established Bingzhou Iron Works, also have a considerable part of the funding provided by them. It can be said that they only provide funds for production, they are deliberately controlling risks, of course, some funds are invested in the field of trade, but the risks are controlled to a large extent.

On the contrary, Hedong Bank is more crazy. They supported Dong Zhuo a lot. About half of the funds are supporting Dong Zhuo. It can be said that the distribution of funds between Hedong Bank and Handan Bank is completely different.

Hedong Bank mainly relies on foreign trade and provides corresponding loans for development. However, if there is a great passivity and bank credit risk, the impact on the bank will be very large, although Handan Bank wants to defeat the opponent at once. But this practice has seriously harmed the healthy development of the IRA's banking industry. This is extremely detrimental to the Republican Army, and it is also the last thing Shangwu wants.

"We don't care about the competition between banks, and we can't control this, but the situation is that we have to face such a situation to deal with such a thing, and in this way, we also have a greater development situation." Shang Wu said.

"If there is a serious credit crisis, it could collapse our own banking system. Even the banknote system. This is definitely a huge loss for us, and we must not see such a situation develop. Shang Wu said.

"But the scale of Dong Zhuo's loan is already very large, and we must find a way to recover it and revitalize the scale of assets at the same time. Otherwise, the whole situation will be in an extremely unfavorable state, and the Kwantung Coalition Army will defeat not only Dong Zhuo, but also us. Jia Xu said.

"We have to get that money over. At the same time, it would be better to be repaid to a greater extent. Shang Wu said.

"It seems necessary for us to send a team of bank diplomacy to deal specifically with something like this." Jia Xu suggested. Shangwu nodded in agreement.

The bigger problem is bank borrowing than the diplomatic troubles. The expansion of Hedong Bank was very strong, and they made a lot of money on the surface. The interest rate on Dong Zhuo's loans is generally higher than that of Handan, although the Handan bank is very reasonable. But the problem is that it is at risk. Handan Bank only borrows symbolically, and at the same time, they lend more funds to enterprises, which is a way of indirect participation, which is very helpful for them to control the bank's risk.

And Dong Zhuo did such a thing in order to borrow money, and the situation developed towards an uncontrollable situation. In order to solve such a thing, the IRA** must take over such a thing.

Dong Zhuo must pay back. Otherwise, the pressure on them will be very high.

In the mountainous area of Zezhou, the infantry regiments of the Fifth Infantry Division have entered the combat position, and in the past period of time, the engineering units have been extremely busy, and they have rushed to repair all kinds of roads. Widening the road to be able to run horse-drawn carriages would allow them to solve their logistical problems. But the road is in a worrying state. But that's not what they can force anymore.

Cao Ang received a new report. The report told some information about Dong Zhuojun and Guo Yan's new tactics, and Cao Ang was very shocked, because this way of fighting was very cruel, but after the shock. Rational Cao Ang believes that this tactic is very effective.

But the above makes them want to solve some of these problems.

"It seems that tactically we have to disperse our forces." Cao Ang's first reaction was like this, because the main reason for the large number of casualties was the excessive concentration of troops.

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Cao Ang knew very well that cold weapons must allow the infantry to be concentrated in large numbers and maintain a certain dense formation in order to form a greater degree of damage. Obviously, at the time of the offensive, the Kwantung coalition forces did not notice this problem at all, and they still advanced according to their own inertial thinking. They want to make their ranks more dense, because they can increase their combat effectiveness through dense personnel. This is the right idea.

But the fault lies in the difference in combat conditions. With firearms, war is rapidly transitioning into the age of firearms, although it is undeniable. But the IRA is proliferating the advantages of firearms combat. The Kwantung Coalition did not recognize such a situation at all. So, they suffered a lot of losses.

If the Republican Army were to attack, they would attack with the strength of an infantry battalion at most, and they would be spread out, and the Republican Army would launch continuous artillery attacks on the positions before. All of this could have allowed the IRA to avoid more casualties, but these are not situations that the IRA can be careful about, and they still need to properly address some practical matters.

Like, reconnaissance. The necessary fire probing. These can be done. Cao Ang thought so.

The IRA must pay attention to the role of reconnaissance, because the results of reconnaissance can effectively prevent such a situation from happening. At the same time, it must also be recognized. Reconnaissance cannot be a single situation, they also need multiple situations to occur. That's the most important thing for them.

Shuangcun Railway Station. This is a small local railway station in Hedong.

Zhang Liao led more than 300 grenadiers and other troops to get off the train here. The train is rudimentary though. But it is a little bigger than the railway station in Yanmen Pass. At the very least, there are walls. The loft looks like a train station.

The train station is busy, and many people are looking for work here, or busy transporting goods to other places. These are the things they are most willing to do.

The grenadiers all jumped off the train, and their weapons were confiscated. Even the knives for eating were confiscated. It made them very depressed.

Even more depressing was taking the train. They don't have a dedicated transport vehicle. It's that kind of passenger car. What they do is a wagon compartment. Then the train pulls directly to them, of course there is a break in the middle, but most of them come out to let out the wind, pee and so on.

The grenadiers, who had been sitting for a long time, were a little dizzy, as if they were drunk. The soldier who was not used to it lay directly on the ground. The legs are weak. The eyes are also spent. In short, they are not in a good situation.

Zhang Liao shook his head helplessly. Because he also has some discomfort, although the train transportation is good, fast, fast, and can transport a large number of soldiers and supplies. Zhang Liao didn't know how the republican army came up with such a means of transportation.

But the situation is good. But there are some caveats that many soldiers are not used to this situation, and it may take some time for them to get used to it. Then you can slowly react.

But Zhang Liao believes that this is not good for the soldiers, and he thinks that the soldiers should use more trains to transport, so as to adapt to such a situation as much as possible, so that they can have the ability to do this. It seems that taking more trains is the only way to solve it. Zhang Liao thought so.