Chapter 23: The Battle of the Hundred Regiments (2)

"My lord, this is the latest telegram. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Cao Ying pushed the door in and put a telegram that had just been translated on Chen Cheng's desk.

"Oh. Okay, I got it. Chen Cheng took the telegram and glanced at it, with a smile on his face. Although they made all the preparations, from organization to equipment, from officer to logistics, they all firmly suppressed the Beiyang Army.

If there is such a big advantage and it will lose, then it is really time to drag all the officers and officials up and down and shoot them.

"Ah, who's that, that's you, take this to the archive.......... Wait, um, send a copy to the sword house in the city, you know that location, right? ”

Cao Ying nodded vigorously and said loudly, "I know!" ”

"Ed," Chen Cheng looked at the little girl with a slightly red face in surprise, and said secretly in his heart: Could it be that she likes the occasional person there to be so happy? It can't be Gu Lu's guy, right? This little girl looks like she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, could he just do it for such a young girl? Wait, it seems that Chu Chu is still a few days away from turning fourteen..........

Cao Futian also received the latest battle situation, and he hurried over from the corridor and met Cao Ying, who had just retreated.

Cao Ying greeted obediently, and then called crisply: "Uncle! ”

Cao Futian nodded, and then said, "You are busy first, and when you get off work, go to me and bring some game back." After speaking, he couldn't wait to enter Chen Cheng's office and said, "Great victory, great victory!" ”

"Well, I know it's a win, so there's nothing to be excited about, right?" Chen Cheng said helplessly: "Also, put down the telegram you are holding in your hand, I have already read it here." ”

"Chief of Staff, this is a great victory!" Cao Futian had been holding back until he entered the house before he started dancing. His face was a red color, as if he had been drunk.

"The main forces of the Beiyang Army were scattered in this battle, and then as long as they pursued with victory, they could annihilate the Beiyang Army in one fell swoop......... It's at your fingertips! ”

"The world is at your fingertips?" Chen Cheng doesn't know what to say, is he a Chinese who wants to unify the world? Although he also has the ambition and desire to mix all over the world, he knows that it needs to be done slowly, and it will take a long time, leaving countless blood, tears and sweat in exchange for that result.

He laughed, interrupted Cao Futian's excited words, and said, "Those are still too far away, now should we do the things at hand first?" ”

Cao Futian didn't seem to hear the meaning of the young man's words, and he refused to leave in his office. Chen Cheng was helpless, he couldn't say anything more about such an old man. When the remnants of the Boxer were integrated, this Uncle Cao took the lead in taking refuge and handed over the army and territory.

So he put down the document in his hand and said, "Do you know why we were able to win the Beiyang Army this time?" ”

"Of course we are stronger than the Beiyang Army!" Cao Futian said without hesitation: "Then the soldiers use their lives, the head of state has a good command, and the chief of staff has a strategic plan......

"Stop, stop, stop," Chen Cheng hurriedly stopped Cao Futian's praise of virtue and said, "The first sentence you said is very reasonable, we won, that is because we are stronger than the Beiyang Army opposite." ”

"First of all, we are armed with light weapons, although the performance is about the same........... Well, in terms of light weapons, maybe some of the elite units of the Beiyang Army will be better, but our superiority in heavy weapons, especially artillery, is incomparable to that of the other side. ”

Chen Cheng shrugged, "We can now fire the cannonballs just to organize a campaign. It is also possible to pour a thousand tons of ammunition on the head of a division on the opposite side in one day. Although the Beiyang Army is well equipped and the quality of the technical arms is also very good, it is still a little unsightly in front of the artillery! ”

"Secondly, the reason why the Beiyang Army dared to provoke a war was that they had armed more than 200,000 troops in the past six months. However, his 200,000 men still have to be suppressed separately, and there are generally a little more who can be used to fight us. We've unleashed a huge force beyond the enemy's imagination! ”

"Well, I only know that we have sent a lot of troops," Cao Futian asked, "How many are there?" ”

"Ah, this was originally a military secret, but now there is no need to keep it secret." Chen Cheng said: "Anyway, with the war, this kind of information can no longer be hidden." ”

"Let me tell you, in this war, we have dispatched a total of one hundred and three infantry regiments, artillery regiments and cavalry regiments! Our pre-war battle plan was called the Battle of the Hundred Regiments. ”

"More than a hundred regiments?" Cao Futian said in surprise: "How many people are that?" ”

"Ah, I calculate, if an infantry regiment is fully equipped, there will be about 2,500 people, and the number of artillery regiments and cavalry regiments will be less, that is, 200,000 field forces."

"Add to that logistics, sanitation, and to the people and workers who are fighting on the front lines, and the total number is no less than 400,000. In this case, it can probably be called the Eighty Army. ”

"Since there is such a powerful force, it is natural that you should enter the Forbidden City!" Cao Futian never forgot the position in Beijing, "Taking advantage of this great victory, we declare our strength to the people of the world, at this time!" ”

"Oh," Chen Cheng said, "what if foreigners interfere?" ”

"Will foreigners interfere?" Cao Futian was stunned for a moment, and then said confidently: "It's not that we haven't fought with foreign devils, if they dare to come, we will beat them back!" ”

"But our navy is almost zero. If you don't count those shallow gunboats, it's zero. Chen Cheng said helplessly: "It's impossible for us to row across the ocean to fight the foreigners, right?" ”

"Then the most we can do is to repel the foreigners, just like last year." Chen Cheng spread his hands, "Besides, do you really think that is the true power of foreign devils?" Let me tell you, don't be too surprised. The Japanese next door alone could have mobilized more than a million troops in four months. ”

"This is not the 800,000 army we boast about, but the real army of millions."

"More than a million troops?" Cao Futian said in disbelief: "How is this possible? ”

"How could it be?" Chen Cheng said: "The Japanese began to reform the military system before the Meiji Restoration, and the reserve system has been improving since then. After so many years of implementation of the reserve military service system, only a million people can only be regarded as Er'er. Which of those European powers, such as Germany and Russia, can not mobilize a million troops? (To be continued.) )