Chapter 16 Plans are not as fast as change

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At a time when Chen Cheng was still unhurriedly expanding the number of non-commissioned officers and officers, preparing to build an elite unit with 140% officer degree. Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong all came with the news that the enemy troops on the opposite side had begun to assemble and began to hoard war readiness materials on the front line.

Not only that, after the Battle of Shahe, the Russians did not dare to send troops to rescue the Lushun fortress, which was being attacked incessantly, but instead pulled out a large number of reserves, carried out a surprise attack on Song Biao's troops entrenched in western Liaoning, and robbed more than 6,000 tons of materials that were hoarded there and ready to be sold to the Russians.

A large part of these looted materials are all kinds of ammunition. Chen Cheng's wishful thinking was that he could sell to the Russians at the beginning. When the troops are dispatched next year, if they can't sell out, they will be taken out to fight the Russians, and they will not be wasted.

"It's really a good time," the smile on Chen Cheng's face was already showing signs of being unable to hang up, and he threw the urgent telegram sent by Cao Degui, the king of Shandong, on the table, "Calling us when we started mobilizing, this is not to say that you can seize the opportunity if you are lucky." ”

"You're saying we're a traitor?" Lin Mengchu asked, "Why can't it be the enemy's intelligence work that is doing a good job?" ”

"It's certain that the enemy's intelligence work is doing well," Chen Cheng said, "maybe our recent outbreak of steel production frightened some people, or maybe they made preparations for a long time and broke out at this time." It is also possible that the internal pressure in the south is too great, so great that it will blow itself up if it does not vent to the outside world. ”

"Having said so much, it's no different from not talking about it," Lin Mengchu's eyes showed a hint of anger, and said: "Those people in the south haven't come over yet, we can ignore it, but what about the Russians robbing us?" ”

"Reasonable, not humble or silent....... I mean send troops back. ”

"Don't declare war on the Russians?" The girl said with some dissatisfaction: "They have killed many of us. ”

"However, we also killed a lot of Russians in the direction of Mongolia," Chen Cheng said, "The Russians can't hold on..... Wait a minute. Well, you say, could there be a connection between what happened in the south and northeast? ”

"Nonsense, even if they are not connected, but when they act together, they have in fact formed a joint posture." Lin Mengchu sneered: "Didn't Sun Wen hug the Russian's thigh in the end?" Now it's just a continuation of their KNT style. ”

"But it doesn't make sense, the Russians simply don't have the ability to reach into the South China Sea now....... Could it be French? Chen Cheng looked at the map for a while, "Even if the French are not the mastermind, they are definitely not making trouble in it." ”

"Hey, I said," Lin Mengchu raised his voice, "Who do you care who is behind it?" If there is a raging enemy, we will defeat them all! ”

“..... That's right! Chen Cheng pondered for a while, and said: "Anyway, there is also a general mobilization, now it is just a few months early, the previous plans are all invalid, and there is a lot of money to be lost, so let's start mobilizing now!" ”

"That's it!" Lin Mengchu said with satisfaction: "The south has always been restless, we have long known that they will fight, and now it is just a surprise to us with troops in winter..... No, we weren't attacked by them at all, and their plans had already been detected by us. ”

"Hmm, maybe it's just here to scare us?" Chen Cheng arrived again: "It's almost November, and the time that can be used for war is only one or two months, and then it will snow." Although the northern part of China is not as cold as the Siberian winter, it is also very influential for military operations. ”

"Could that be the case? Maybe the enemy thought that we could fight within a month, so we knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and sent troops from Hubei to Henan, which was enough to push the line to the Yellow River in one month. ”

"Can't you? In any case, we also have more than 10,000 regular troops in Henan, plus various militia forces, a total of 30,000 or 40,000 people, plus the superiority in equipment and the reinforcements that can be transferred from Hebei at any time, even if the enemy army has 100,000 people, it may not be able to defeat us. ”

"Speaking of Henan, I think of one thing," Lin Mengchu said: "How to raise the bridge connecting Henan and Hebei." It's been almost half a year, so it's time to fix it, right? ”

"Not yet, next month...... Well, is it because the bridge is almost repaired? Forget it, I don't bother to care what the enemy thinks. Since they want war, then we give them war. ”

"However, we are also planning to start a war after the Chinese New Year, and now the enemy is just fighting first. You," the girl shook her head, "but this last sentence is still very good, and we can say it in the newspapers and on the radio." Since they want war, then we give them war. ”

"Very well, then issue a general mobilization order in the name of the General Staff and the War Department....."

There was a sudden knocking sound outside the door, and Chen Cheng stopped talking. A moment later, a young girl walked in and handed over an urgent message.

Chen Cheng took it and looked at it, and then frowned tightly.

"What's wrong?" Lin Mengchu asked, "What's the bad news again?" The surrounding enemies are basically gearing up, and they won't break anymore. Unless.... The Asian fleet of the British sailed over? ”

"What do you want?" Chen Cheng smiled dumbly, "The British don't have so much energy to do other things now, you better don't think about it, see for yourself." ”

After taking the information and taking a look, Lin Mengchu said in surprise: "Li Hongzhang suddenly fell ill and is now critically ill?" ”

"Yes," Chen Cheng sighed and said, "He is also very old, and he will have such a day sooner or later, but he didn't expect to be seriously ill at this juncture." ”

"He has lived for several more years, and he has been the president of China for one term, and he should die without regrets."

"It's a pity, I still think that after seizing the Northeast next year, he will be able to sign a new treaty with Japan." Chen Cheng said: "It seems that most of the time it is impossible. ”

"If Li Hongzhang dies, will it be Zhang Zhidong's turn to take over the position of president?"

"Procedurally, yes."

"Zhang Zhidong seems to be quite ambitious, probably not like Li Hongzhang to be an honest rubber stamp."

"What then? Chu Chu, you don't want to be the president yourself, do you? I think..... That's not good, you're only sixteen years old now, and you're not an adult yet! ”

“...... Why don't you go and be president? ”