All kinds of intelligence from the front were sent back to the army base camp in Shandong.

War Secretary Bowie reviewed them as soon as possible and then issued the corresponding order.

For example, Liuqiu sent another ironclad chariot company to the main island------ twelve ironclad chariots painted with green paint drove up to the Qingdao military dock in a happy click, and then drove to the army barracks in one breath and appeared in front of Bao Wei's eyes.

Bao Wei was overjoyed, the drivers, machine gunners, and soldiers accompanying this ironclad chariot company all looked like passionate young men, all of them full of energy!

War Minister Bao Wei didn't think about it, and directly equipped them with a four-wheeled carriage baggage battalion and a light cavalry company that had just been formed, and let them go directly to the battlefield to meet the mixed 1st and 2nd independent divisions.

This will be a mobile unit with a strong attack power and a logistical role!

Grand Commander Fako looked at the rattling ironclad chariot, and at the machine gunner standing on the carriage with a hand-cranked Gatling gun, his saliva was about to come out.

If this team appeared in the Imperial Firearms Army and let the Great Song officials personally review it, it would definitely make the officials ecstatic!

Without a machine gun, you can also kill the Tatar iron rider with it.

The ironclad chariot drove past him, and he was still watching.

The back of the ironclad chariot was open, and he saw two rows of young warriors with rifles sitting upright------ no one paying attention to his nostalgic eyes.

The commander of Fa Ke made up his brain: the ironclad chariot found the enemy's iron cavalry, they strafed with machine guns from a distance, and the soldiers in the carriage could shoot from the firing port ------ even jump out of the car and directly pick the other party with bayonets!

Yes, and light cavalry----- they can hunt down outliers.

Can the Tatar cavalry run away if they lose? Dream on!

If we look at the data of the combat report alone, the achievements of the army in the Great Song Dynasty over the years will definitely confuse future generations.

They did not falsely report their results and did win more than seventy percent of the battles.

However, if the opponent loses, they can ride away and wait for the time to come back and fight again.

And as long as the Great Song army loses once, their warriors will become the dish of the opposing cavalry!

Now, all this is history------ especially with the Iron Chariot!

The head of the Great Commander of Fako began to rehearse the formation for the ironclad chariot:

"One word long snake array, two dragons out of the water array, heaven and earth three talent array, four doors to the bottom of the array, five tigers and sheep array, six Ding Liujia array, seven stars Beidou array, eight doors of the golden lock array, nine-character chain array, ten ambush arrays, ------"

Well, it's all just a thought.

His subordinates did not dare to disturb him when they saw his bewildered expression------ until his expression was sober.

"Zhending City has been occupied by my Great Song army, and the surrounding counties will soon be pacified!"

This news is really good news, the commander of Fake immediately sobered up, and the Great Song Dynasty will definitely have equipment such as ironclad chariots in the future, so do the current things well.

He immediately ordered that the Imperial Firearms Army stationed in Xuzhou City should send out four battalions of men and horses, along with a 10,000-strong army transferred from the Jinghu area, to escort the necessary baggage to Zhending Road!

Hold the fruits of the victory of the Great Song army, and at the same time establish a stable rear for the Allies.

The Great Commander of Fake now has a lot of experience in the tactics of the Federal Empire, not seeking a large-scale march, not seeking a quick attack, but seeking to move forward steadily and squeeze the other party!

War Minister Bao Wei was pleased to hear that the Great Song troops stationed in Xuzhou City had finally begun to advance northward on a large scale.

Hehe, some of the army of the Great Song Dynasty are soldiers, just don't move, if you move, there are tens of thousands of people!

He drew a circle on the military map at the location of the city of Baoding, where the two sides were to fight for the first official battle.

The staff of the War Minister Bowe reminded him several times that the Tatar bandit group seemed to be particularly tolerant, or that they were deliberately trying to lure the Imperial army north.

War Secretary Bowe nodded, and he still needs a calm reminder after a good start.

He casually drew two long red lines between Zhending City and Shandong, and pointed out a few places with a more complicated geographical environment, saying:

"Are they trying to choke off our logistical supply lines with Rangers? I think so, they always do.

Give me a calculation of the supplies that the two divisions have consumed so far------"

The staff officers quickly finished the calculations with a big abacus.

Taken together, they still have three-fifths of their food supplies and nine-tenths of their war supplies left.

That's enough for them to fight a big war.

Minister of War Bao Wei then ordered: "Didn't the receiving troops of the Song army bring a lot of extra grain and grass? Let them not think about buying the hearts of the people of the Han people in the north first, and focus on supplying us first! ”

A staff officer casually jotted down his order and turned to go to the radio room.

War Minister Bao Wei turned his eyes to Bohai Bay and stared at the entrance of the Haihe River------ such an action of the army should be able to attract the main force of the other side in this direction, right!?

Thinking of this, he smiled, if he still didn't attract the main force in this direction, Guo Beyu that guy would be mad------- if he really completely let the army occupy the capital, he might not be able to answer himself in this life.

At the same time, the Dengzhou Naval Port was busy:

Five five-masted naval warships, 15 five-masted naval transports, and countless three-masted and two-masted naval warships lined up on the pier in turn.

Thousands of sailors are constantly loading supplies on the docks, and they seem to have lost sight of who the logisticians are.

The news of the army's capture of Zhending City had reached them, and the Minister of the Navy, Guo Beyu, was also summoning a meeting of his staff officers.

The situation now does not seem to be quite the same as planned.

The two 10,000 households in the southeast of the pseudo-capital have not been transferred until now.

Intelligence sent back by the Marines two days ago showed that the garrison of the two 10,000 people was still conducting military training normally.

They were stationed in such a good location------ no matter where the Marines landed on the north bank of the Haihe River, they were stuck right on the way to Dadu.

The battle plan of the Imperial Navy would definitely not be known to the other party, not even the Great Song Dynasty------ I really didn't expect the Tatar bandits to be so careful!

Admiral Minister Guo Beyu said: "We are happy for the army to capture Zhending City, but their actions still do not put too much pressure on the other side!"

If you have any requirements for your colleagues in the Army, just say it, and we can communicate with them. ”

These remarks obviously wanted to lead to everyone's request for the army------ so the naval staff officers proposed one after another, and the scene was very enthusiastic.

The recorder was doing a quick shorthand.

At this time, a young staff officer put forward a different opinion, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

PS: Thank you for the tips from Australian Lao Wu and Lao Jiang.