Shandong Zhaoyuan!

The headquarters was busy, and the scouts and reconnaissance planes were constantly sending back information, which was being analyzed and processed.

Cai Yi, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, and Jiang Baili also rushed to Zhaoyuan, and Xia Jun personally greeted him outside the headquarters.

"The chairman of the committee is really heroic, when I was your age, I was still messing around in the countryside, hey, I don't mention it in the past." Cao Kun held Xia Jun's hand with both hands and said with emotion, while admiring Xia Jun's youth, he did not directly say that Xia Jun was young.

Few people will say that Xia Jun is young in person, because Xia Jun has a special status, and this kind of praise may sometimes turn into doubt, and Wu Peifu has already explained the details of these meetings to Cao Kun.

"General Cao is well aware of the country's righteousness, and he is really overjoyed to be able to lead the whole army to help Shandong." Xia Jun said to Cao Kun with a smile.

He naturally knows what kind of goods Cao Kun is, and if he wants to say something that understands the righteousness, it is not so much that he will stand in line, but rather that Wu Peifu has some skills. Wu Peifu can be said to be the soul of Cao Kun, and the two sides complement each other.

When shaking hands with Cai Yi, Xia Jun and Cai Yi both nodded, and Xia Jun said: "General Cai Yi can raise the power of Sichuan to go to the national war this time, which is really an example for the people. ”

"If we talk about the example of the people, who in our country can be better than the chairman of the committee, I can't do what I can, and I dare not praise it." Cai Ye hurriedly shook his head and said, although it was a scene, it was also a mantra in his heart. When the army landed in Shandong, only the East China Army faced the battle, who can compare with this kind of courage and courage? And also defeated the army in Shandong, who can compare with such ability?

When shaking hands with Feng Yuxiang, Xia Jun said meaningfully: "General Feng is a new soldier in the Beiyang Army, and it is the new atmosphere of Beiyang. ”

Feng Yuxiang looked at the head of the East China Army, who was younger than himself, and hurriedly said: "The chairman of the committee is too famous. ”

He never imagined that he could be so highly praised by Xia Jun, although this young man was only twenty-five years old, he was the most powerful person in China and the person with the most stable foundation.

If nothing else, Feng Yuxiang expected that Xia Jun would become the supreme head of state, Yuan Shikai had no prestige after the imperial turmoil, and he had completely lost the ability to control the political axe of East China.

Wu Peifu shook hands with Xia Jun at the end, Wu Peifu looked very humble in front of Xia Jun, Xia Jun said to him with a smile: "Mr. has insight into the overall situation, he is really a great talent of the country, and he also understands the righteousness. ”

"No, it is Penglai in his hometown, and now he is ravaging Shandong, if he doesn't come, what face does he have compared to Penglai's father." Wu Peifu replied.

After everyone finished talking about the scene, they entered the headquarters. As soon as they entered the headquarters, they were shocked by what they saw.

Radio stations are neatly placed in the command center, female soldiers are busy communicating with the front line by voice, command groups are busy commanding various armies, and at present, the main logistics team is dispatching and commanding, and the air force is commanding the air force.

There are more than 300 people in the entire command headquarters, and each of these people is busy, either commanding or researching something, and basically no idlers see it.

"Now that you're all here, let's discuss the battle plan together!" Xia Jun said to them that these people also had positions at this time.

Xia Jun served as the commander of the National Army, Cai Yi and Cao Kun served as the deputy commanders of the National Army, Wu Peifu was the commander of the Beiyang National Army, Feng Yuxiang was the division commander, and Jiang Baili was the deputy chief of staff of the National Army.

Although the titles are relatively large, most of them are just names, and Xia Jun is not stingy with these titles.

"The situation is urgent, and we should make a plan early." Cai Yi nodded in agreement, and the others had no opinion, so Xia Jun didn't entertain him, and directly convened a staff meeting.

"Let's first report on the recent developments of the army!" Holding meetings is what Xia Jun does most often, he never drags out time in meetings, and every time he goes straight to the point.

Liu Wenhong got up and said: "At three o'clock in the morning yesterday, the scouts who infiltrated the rear of the Yue army discovered that a large number of Yue troops were moving to the front line of the Huangshui River, and the reconnaissance planes have also discovered some abnormalities in the past few days. Judging from the movements of the army in the past few days, it seems that it is gathering troops, and it is very likely that it is about to launch a frontal attack. ”

"I think that the army killed more than 100,000 people in the last attack, and this time it shouldn't be repeated!" Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang Bolan speculated.

Chen Xuanyu shook his head and said, "If the army only defends, this war will definitely be meaningless to them." Since he insisted on fighting this war, the only means was to attack, so that they could win the war, there was no other way, and he had been preparing for this war for nearly a year. ”

"First of all, it is certain that the army has a large number of artillery, and most of it is heavy artillery. There were obviously a lot of these guns, and if they were to attack, they would first bombard a section of our trench with dense firepower, and then devote a large number of troops to break through. ”

Just as the staff officers were deducing, Xia Jun said: "This can't be done, we can't wait for Yuben to attack first and then fight back, which will increase our casualties." ”

The trench war is a war of attrition, and the Yue army obviously has a strong fire cover at this time, if it is preemptively attacked, although it can defend the trench, but the East China Army will also have to pay a certain amount of casualties.

Although the trench is strong, if the artillery fire is dense to a certain extent, it can still be destroyed, but it is only destroyed one by one.

"We're going to strike first." Xia Jun waved his hand and said, "As for the armistice agreement, everyone can use it as waste paper." ”

Anyway, the indemnity has already been paid, and this armistice agreement is about to expire, so there is nothing to void in advance, and the most important thing at this time is to implement countermeasures against the possible offensive of the Japanese army.

"Yes." Everyone responded, and Chen Xuanyu continued: "Chairman of the committee, now that the three armies have been prepared, they can immediately carry out the original battle plan against the Yue army. ”

"However, I suggest that some adjustments be made to the offensive point, and according to the reconnaissance situation, the offensive point of the Yue army may be from the area of the Huangshui River, that is, it may attack to the south or to the east, while our defense line in the east is weaker. No matter which direction the army attacks, their heavy artillery will definitely be concentrated in this area, and when the army attacks, we will first send bombers to strike at their heavy artillery, and then we can send an airborne regiment to behead the heavy artillery regiment of the army. ”

"And then?" Xia Jun asked.

"Then we bombed the trenches with artillery and tactical bombers, and covered Army Group A to break through with powerful firepower. At this time, most of the offensive forces of the army should be gathered here, and we can use artillery, aircraft, and chariots as the sharp edge to face the body of the army, and then defeat it without any suspense, and then intersperse it in depth, Group Army A is responsible for opening the way, and Army Group B follows closely, and then form a situation of division and encirclement of a part of the army, which can be determined according to the development of the battle situation, and then annihilate the encircled army. ”

Looking at the deduction on the sand table, Xia Jun thought about the feasible surnames.

"If Army A and Army B are transferred, what will happen to this section of the defense line that Army Group B is responsible for?" Cai Ye looked at the deduction changes on the sand table and asked Chen Xuanyu.

Cai Ye didn't understand these deployments very well, he didn't have much concept of things like the Air Force and combat vehicles, and although he had seen airplanes, he had a little so-called. But I really don't understand what a tank is.

"The defense line of Army Group B can be defended by the national war armies of the provinces and the militia units of East China, and if the army is likely to attack here, it can be transferred here by Army C or Army D, and the national war armies of the provinces can be transferred to other defense lines that are not in a fighting situation." Chen Xuanyu replied.

It can be seen from this operational deployment that the East China Army does not mean to use the troops of other provinces as cannon fodder, and it appears to be full of confidence.

"If everything develops according to this trajectory, then we can first eliminate the heavy artillery group of the Japanese army, which is also our biggest threat at present, then it will be much easier to fight next, and then we can carry out this war very calmly, with our powerful trench assault ability, we will continue to divide and annihilate a small part of the army. When the number of annihilated armies reaches a certain level, then we can draw out the trenches of Army Group C and Army D without any worries and join the sequence of encircling and annihilating the army, and the defensive line formed by the trenches will be completely defended by the second-line troops. Chen Xuanyu continued to deduce.

"What if the army's attack is not on the front line of the Huangshui River?" Liu Wenhong said worriedly: "With the arrogance of the Yue army, they may not believe that they will lose their control over the sea." They may choose to attack from the coast, as they can be supported by the artillery of their navy. ”

"If the Yue army is attacking from the coast, then we will break through from the front line of the Huangshui River as usual, and then wait for an opportunity to find an opportunity to end up the heavy artillery group of the Yue army." Chen Xuanyu thought for a while and said, "This requires the development of multiple sets of response plans. ”

After listening to this plan, Xia Jun nodded and said: "This plan is feasible, and the army is indeed mobilizing a large number of troops to the front line of the Huangshui River now, and the variables may not be too big." ”

"Then how do we arrange our exhibitors?" Cao Kun asked at this time, this is the issue they are most concerned about, not that they are afraid that the troops will be fought out, and they went to Shandong to respond to the national war, according to Wu Peifu's meaning, they have to be ruthless and earnestly fight this national war. If you are cowardly and do not fight, then you will leave a bad impression in the eyes of East China's political axe.

Xia Jun watched the deduction process of the sand table and said to them: "You can follow behind Army A or Army B. However, I think it is best to follow behind Army B, because after all, the armies are not yet familiar with the new weapons, so we should first fight a few low-intensity battles in the rear, so that the officers and men can familiarize themselves with the weapons and tactics, and then consider high-intensity combat missions, otherwise the casualties will be relatively large. ”

"Follow the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief." Everyone got up one after another and said that this was a good start to cooperation.

(To be continued)