"Isn't that a bit too much?" Wang Shizhen looked at Wang Sirui with some concern, and Duan Qirui on the side also had the same idea, which was indeed a bit too much.

With regard to the exercise, they dispatched a total of three regiments and more than 12,000 troops to conduct the exercise.

And they were facing enemies that did not exist, and these enemies were replaced by Wang Sirui with small flags of different colors, although they were well aware that in addition to the great difference between the artillery and their real strength, the number of troops and heavy machine guns invested between the two sides was equal.

But at some point, Mr. Wang will favor enemies who don't exist.

For example, on the first day, in less than half a day, Wang Sirui judged the four battalions of the first regiment of the exercise to be wiped out.

Yes, the remaining forces of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 4th Regiment only outlived the men in front for a few hours.

And now, the originally planned seven-day exercise, only took one day and one night, and the army on his side was completely annihilated by Wang Sirui.

In other words, the seven-day exercise was actually planned in only one day and one night, and more than 12,000 people on his side were wiped out, while more than 12,000 people on the opposite side only lost more than 4,000 people.

"Is it excessive?" Wang Sirui asked rhetorically, and then sighed: "If I don't want to try my best to abuse them today, then one day in the future, it will be the enemy who will abuse them on the battlefield." Rather than let them die on the battlefield, it is better to be wiped out a hundred times in my plan, and at least next time they will be stronger than they are now. We don't have time! ”

Running out of time? What he said made Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui stunned and a little confused.

"Commander, I don't know what you're talking about......?" Wang Shizhen asked.

With the news coming from the Americans, Wang Shizhen has become more and more busy recently, and even the military academy is no longer able to take care of it.

Although he didn't have much to talk about, another important reason was that they didn't have time. The Americans have already loaded the first batch of equipment out of the ship 20 days ago, and it is expected to land at the port of Tianjin in the near future.

So Wang Shizhen has to go to the industrial park next.

On the other hand, as the news that the capital was controlled by Wang Sirui gradually spread, there was also a faint uneasiness on the side of the powers.

Under the manipulation of the Americans, Wang Sirui used a big lie to temporarily deceive the foreigners, and the price of deceiving the foreigners is that the liquidation of the Gengzi indemnity must be started as soon as possible, and the first batch of indemnity must be paid within three months.

If it was just that, it would be enough, and what Wang Sirui didn't expect the most was that Song Bu, who was sent to the Northeast to operate, came with a message.

The Japanese on the Korean side were already showing signs of massing, and it was also known through the Americans that the Japanese seemed to have reinforced another division to Korea.

This is definitely not a normal change of troops, and at the same time that Wang Sirui was worried, the special envoy of the Japanese Plenipotentiary Chin sent Komura Shoutaro to the capital and secretly sent a message to Wang Sirui.

Komura Shotaro's greetings, coupled with Japan's unusual troop movements in Korea, made Wang Sirui suspicious of the motives of the Japanese.

"Our actions have not caused the agitation of some people in the country, but on the contrary, the Japanese will not be able to sit still, if there is no accident, we will fight with the Japanese in the northeast next, but I dare not guarantee that this battle will start, but we must be fully prepared." Wang Sirui said in a low voice.

After Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui heard Wang Sirui's words, their faces immediately became a little gloomy.

Wang Sirui has already said very clearly, perhaps because the Japanese judged that Wang Sirui did not have too many troops to take care of the northeast region after learning the news that Wang Sirui had taken control of the imperial court, so he was ready to move again.

Japan is a small country, and there are almost no resources on the mainland, so if Japan wants to develop, it must expand outward, and after occupying Korea, the resources there are not enough to satisfy the Japanese, so they once again started to think about the Northeast.

Now the Han army has a total of three divisions, as well as a recruit replenishment division and an artillery division.

The latter two divisions are basically negligible, and the recruit supplement division has only been established for more than two months, and even the most basic recruit training has not yet been completed, and now it does not have the ability to go to the battlefield at all.

And Wang Sirui still needs to continue to maintain control of the capital, so he can only draw one from the middle of the first or second division, and the third division can draw out at most one brigade, that is, they can only draw about 27,000 troops to the northeast to fight the Japanese.

It was almost impossible for about 27,000 troops to go to the northeast thousands of miles away to fight the Japanese army, and even the supplies could not be accurately delivered to the troops.

Moreover, no one dares to guarantee now that those generals in the northeast will not oppose their troops entering the northeast, in case these people stab them in the back at that time, then Wang Sirui's 27,000 people will be tantamount to being lost.

"Army commander, it is not appropriate to start a war with Japan at this time, our army cannot send more troops to the northeast region for the time being, and there is no guarantee that General Shengjing Chongshan (1) will support our army in fighting against the Japanese army. Once the army enters the northeast, it means that the lone army goes deeper, and even faces the danger of being cut off from the back road. At this time, our army should temporarily ease the contradictions with the Japanese army, concentrate on strengthening its own armament, and one day, wave its troops north.

The immediate task is to seek the help of the Americans, hoping that the Americans will pressure Japan to abandon this idea. Wang Shizhen analyzed.

Immediately afterwards, Duan Qirui also said: "What the Japanese need is nothing more than steel, and the purpose of occupying the three eastern provinces is the steel there, so we might as well make a deal with the Japanese, sell their raw ore at a low price, and hold the Japanese for a few years for the time being." ”

"In any case, now we have to make preparations with both hands, the recruits will step up their live-fire training, let Huafu transfer a brigade to the vicinity of Texas to prepare, and everything will be decided after I meet the Japanese." Wang Sirui finally decided to wait until he met Komura Shoutaro before making a decision.

Although on the surface, Wang Sirui is indeed the most powerful warlord in China, but in fact, now is also the time when Wang Sirui is the weakest.

The Han army controlled the capital, and the capital of Nuoda must ensure that there are enough troops to garrison, but the most lacking thing for the Han army at the moment is the troops, there are not enough troops, let alone go to the northeast to fight with the Japanese, it is a little difficult for him to attack Tianjin.

But fortunately, because Wang Sirui has controlled the entire central court, it is not difficult for Wang Sirui to be in Tianjin.

Moreover, Wang Sirui also intends to order a new governor of Zhili to take office in these two days, not to be able to control the entire Zhili region, but only to control Tianjin.

Tianjin is too important to Wang Sirui, and losing Tianjin is equivalent to losing the foundation of Wang Sirui's foothold.

Although there are still many ports in Shandong that can land, after all, they are a little too far away from the capital, and with the current road conditions, some large equipment cannot be transported to the capital at all.

"The results of the artillery this time are also very average, if it is only at this level, then our artillery will have no meaning of existence. After returning home, we should communicate with the infantry, and try to eliminate the problem of coordination between the two forces as soon as possible, so as to make plans for the future. Wang Sirui immediately put forward new requirements for Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the artillery.

In fact, not only artillery, but also the problems shown by the army are far greater than those of artillery, so this time both need to be summarized and studied, and then the problems that leaked out of the problem should be solved as soon as possible.

Duan Qirui grinned slightly, not that he was a little dissatisfied with Wang Sirui's words, but that he was a little helpless about the current situation.

And all of Duan Qirui's reactions were also seen by Wang Sirui, and then, Wang Sirui continued: "In the near future, I will propose to the great powers to buy a batch of artillery, and the artillery side must also be prepared for both. ”

"Yes, Commander, I will definitely train those boys fiercely, and I will never drop the chain in a pinch." As soon as Duan Qirui heard that Wang Sirui was going to buy artillery, the depression in his heart instantly subsided, and was replaced by excitement on his face.

In fact, Duan Qirui can't be blamed for this, he said that he was an artillery division, and it sounds like this name is very awesome, but in fact? The entire artillery division only has forty-one guns, and all of them are seven or five caliber guns, this time Duan Qirui left eleven guns in Shandong and brought thirty guns to the capital.

Coupled with the scattered artillery pieces captured by the Han army before, Duan Qirui's hands can only mobilize thirty-seven artillery pieces temporarily, who has ever seen an artillery division with only thirty-seven guns?

And Duan Qirui also knows very well that artillery is not a rifle, and it is not something that you can buy if you want to.

It is precisely because he knows the reason for this very well that he has always buried this depression in his heart, and he can only train those soldiers fiercely on weekdays, so he should make a plan for a better future that does not exist.

The Han army easily reached a consensus within the army, on the one hand, to see the attitude of the Japanese, and on the other hand, to actively reorganize the armament and make plans for both.

On the same day, after returning to the barracks, all the units took the division as a unit and called all the officers above the regimental level to the division headquarters for a meeting to sum up the problems that had been leaked out of the situation.

The meeting lasted until late at night, and on the other hand, more than 100 staff officers who had withdrawn from various units also held a whole night meeting under the leadership of Wang Shizhen, and at the meeting, they explained and corrected the problems exposed this time one by one.

Of course, these methods were all directly said by Wang Sirui after seeing the results, and Wang Shizhen recorded Wang Sirui's methods and conveyed them to his staff officers through this meeting.

(1. General Sheng Jing Chongshan was reappointed as General Suiyuancheng on February 15, 01, and General Sheng Jing was succeeded by Ningxia General Zengqi, but considering that the royal family had been controlled during this time period in the book, the external personnel changes were temporarily put on hold.) (To be continued.) )