Originally, Wang Shuqi didn't plan to come over in person, but Cao Kun was only the commander of an army after all, and he had not been a commander for a long time, and his command of the large corps was not thorough. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Wang Sirui personally ordered Cao Kun's general, and Wang Shuqi had nothing to say, he could only hope that Cao Kun could live up to Wang Sirui's expectations and win a victory.

In order to avoid the deterioration of the situation in North Korea, Wang Shuqi specially applied to Wang Sirui for the transfer of an army from the Third Army just in case.

Wang Sirui also agreed, and transferred the 16th Army stationed in Shandong.

In fact, Wang Sirui agreed to transfer an army over, not because he felt that the strength of the Eighth Army and the Korean Army could not defeat the Japanese.

He was worried that the foreigners would intervene by force, and he was worried that the Japanese would desperately increase their troops in Korea.

The Eighth Army was able to put into the battle only three divisions at most, and even at the beginning, they could only put in two divisions, and the main force still had to be played by the Korean army.

After all, the defensive task of the Eighth Army is still very heavy, and the strength of the army is still somewhat insufficient.

In short, for various reasons, Wang Shuqi had to come over to supervise the battle in person.

He personally listened to Cao Kun's battle plan, inquired about Cao Kun's operational ideas, and finally, after confirming that it was correct, he decided to completely let go and hand over the command power to Cao Kun.

Perhaps, whether this battle is successful or lost, for Cao Kun, the purpose of training is very strong, with this battle, Cao Kun is bound to become the new commander-in-chief of the group army in the next few years.

Wang Shuqi is Wang Sirui's absolute descendant and absolute confidant.

So he knows very well what Wang Sirui's definition of the commander-in-chief of the group army is?

The commander-in-chief of the group army, that is, a general who can independently command a large-scale battle to conquer Korea, obviously meets this condition.

Of course, Cao Kun is still very young, and he still has enough time to improve himself, but the army does not have more time and capital to squander for him.

The Eighth Army, although it was Cao Kun's, was also the unit of his First Army, and once the Eighth Army suffered heavy losses, then the entire First Army, and even the entire empire, could be passive because of this.

Wang Shu got up fast and walked fast.

When it was dark, Wang Shuqi got up and went to the military headquarters of the Eighth Army, and personally ordered the engineering troops to start building pontoon bridges, and before dawn, Wang Shuqi left here.

At this time, Cao Kun stood in front of the four pontoon bridges that had only been built at night, looking at the pontoon bridge with a width of two meters and a length of 100 meters, and his heart was full of emotion.

A few years ago, if the army had encountered such a river, the only thing they could think of was to find a ferry, right?

Who would have guessed that this iron lump would be able to float when thrown into the water? And the buoyancy is not much worse than wood?

Back then, they were only a weak brigade, and they could only survive under the oppression of foreign powers.

And now, they have the ability to launch a counterattack against the great powers, although in terms of navy, they are still at an absolute disadvantage, and they are not even qualified for a war.

But at least on land, they still have self-confidence, so what can the Japanese do? What can you do if you win the First Sino-Japanese War?

Now, here I am!

"Inform Kim Yo-cheol that the Nirvana Project has officially begun." After sighing, Cao Kun instructed the staff officer beside him.

"Yes, sir." The staff officer next to Cao Kun is none other than Cai Yi, who passed the exam and entered the Staff College half a year ago.

Two months ago, Cai Yi, Jiang Fangzhen, and Zhang Xiaozhun officially graduated from the Staff College, and the majors they chose were all staff majors.

In fact, this issue of the Staff College has undergone a formal reform.

After the founding of the Chinese Empire, Wang Sirui ordered the Army Staff College, the Army Command College, the Army Baggage College, and the Artillery Academy to implement a two-year study system, in order to enable officers to have a more systematic study, rather than a crash course as before.

And because the three of them have a good foundation and are valued by the instructors of the military academy, it just so happened that the military used to pick people, and the three of them were directly selected.

Cai Ye came to the First Group Army, because he was the general that Wang Sirui fancied, so Cao Kun naturally got the moon first near the water, and Cai Ye was directly sent to the Eighth Army.

Jiang Fangzhen went to the Second Group Army, and Zhang Xiaozhen went to the Fourth Group Army, and at present, these three are only small roles, but Wang Sirui sent a secret telegram to the commander-in-chief of the three group armies, asking them to focus on cultivating these three.

When Cai Ye was in the military school, he was not attracted by the knowledge taught in the military school.

After all, they are top students of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and what is taught here is basically all learned there, and those who have not learned it do not seem to have been confirmed, and whether it is correct or not is still the same thing.

But after coming to the army, Cai Yi's concept was deeply broken.

Because, among the armies of various countries, military schools are always the most advanced, and no matter what advanced concepts there are, they are all prioritized in military schools.

But here, the army is better than the military school, and some of the ideas here are even more advanced than those in the military school.

Just like the pontoon bridge in front of him, when he was in the military academy, his instructor also talked about the pontoon bridge, but the time to build the pontoon bridge far exceeded now.

And that kind of pontoon bridge also needs a lot of boats, but now, the pontoon bridge that appeared in front of him has no ships to rely on.

That is to say, the speed of development of the army and the speed of equipment reform have far exceeded the teaching plan of military schools.

There are advantages and disadvantages to this, but for the army, the benefits are still great.

Cai handed over the order to the telegraph operator, and then personally supervised the telegraph operator to convert the order into code, which was then sent to the receiving party.

The recipient is not the North Korean army, and high-tech products such as radio stations have not yet been luxuriously equipped by the Chinese Empire for the North Korean army, and they are still in a period of secrecy.

So, in a county town outside the North Korean military camp, there is a military contact point, and this telegram is sent there, and then the officers there will contact Kim Yo-chol.

The Nirvana Plan was proposed by Wang Sirui, led by Wang Shuqi, Cao Kun and Kim Yo-chul, King Li Xi of Joseon and a group of senior military officers to formulate a complete military plan for the restoration of the Joseon Dynasty.

The plan is divided into three phases, the early stage, the middle stage, and the late stage.

The initial plan was for the Royal Army to lead the crossing of the river to open up a crossing site for the Korean army, and then the Korean army would take the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese army in Korea, thus causing panic in the Japanese army and awakening the blood of the Korean people.

According to the plan, the initial combat mission was to advance the front to the area around Pyongyang, and the medium-term plan was to advance the front to the area around Seoul.

There were two main steps in the later planning, which was a two-way choice, considering the superiority of the Japanese navy, the Chinese Empire did not have naval strength, so it seemed somewhat unlikely to drive the Japanese into the sea.

The first plan was to attack the Japanese camp at night and force the Japanese to surrender voluntarily.

The second plan was to compress the living space of the Japanese army and confront the Japanese army outside the range of the naval guns.

This is the general idea of the Nirvana plan, and in each plan, there are countless details, large and small.

For example, which unit is responsible for opening up the site for crossing the river? The order of each army's crossing of the river, the direction of attack, the task, the arrangement of logistics and supplies, and a series of miscellaneous things.

Although it only takes a few hundred words to describe the entire plan in a nutshell, what about the reality? It's a huge plan of about 100,000 words.

It poured the effort of hundreds of army staff officers, and even carried out several deductions, and they took into account all the contingencies and the response situation.

And among them, there is Cai Yi's hard work.

Because the Japanese are far away from the mainland, although they are not far from the mainland, the supply by sea is limited after all, and when they attack Korea, the main force is the Korean army, which means that they are the hosts, and there will be countless people to support them.

Geographical advantages, people, they have occupied two advantages.

And this battle, dragging on to fight a protracted war with the Japanese, is extremely disadvantageous.

Soon after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, it was a time of great internal development, and besides, there were Russians in the north, who could not devote too many resources to Korea.

Therefore, a quick victory has become the key to this battle.

Cai Yi's strategy of encirclement and annihilation made Wang Shuqi even more amazed, although Wang Sirui had already said hello, but he still didn't expect that a small intern staff officer would have this kind of insight?

In the first stage, they tried to hide their strength as much as possible, and on the premise of ensuring victory, they gave the Japanese army a feeling that they were only a little worse.

At the end of the first phase, the divisions showed exhaustion as much as possible, and then revealed to the Japanese the problem of insufficient supply of troops, and lured the Japanese into a decisive battle with them near Pyongyang, taking this opportunity to destroy the Japanese living forces as much as possible and prepare for the next two phases.

At the beginning, the Eighth Army only sent one division over, and the other two divisions did not move, until the lure plan began, and the remaining two divisions were quickly crossing the river.

Once two divisions of the Royal Army joined the battle, the defeat of the Japanese Army was essentially pronounced, and with the strength of the Japanese in Korea, they could not stop the combined onslaught of the three Royal Army divisions.

Although this plan is somewhat dangerous, once it is completed, the two steps in the middle and later stages will be completed quickly, and unless Japan continues to increase its forces in Korea, the Japanese Army, which has lost most of its main force, will completely lose Korea within a month or two, and can only cower under the protection of naval guns and dare not take the lead.

Although Li Xi also agreed with this plan, he hoped to use one Royal Army division as an ambush and devote two divisions to attack.

But there was no way, in the end, Wang Shuqi made the decision in person, and proceeded according to Cai Yi's suggestion, and Li Xi could only silently agree with this plan, no way, he had no qualifications to refute. (To be continued.) )