"Okay, I can sell you the two things you want......" Yang Xingguo replied after thinking about it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, some people may say that Yang Xingguo is stupid and sells such an important thing to others, so won't the Liaodong Army have no advantage in the future and bring about its own destruction?

In fact, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Liaodong Army, and there are thousands of officers who can see the training manual.

Under such circumstances, no matter how good the Liaodong Army's secrecy measures are, it is impossible to achieve complete secrecy.

As long as the Germans are willing to spend a little more time and money, they can still get the whole training method at their disposal.

As for the grenade, if nothing else, the Russians will use him on the battlefield at the end of this day, and Germany will still know about it then.

In that case, why don't you take advantage of the value of these two things and exchange them for something you urgently need from the Germans?

Of course, at this time, John's face was already very excited because of Yang Xingguo's affirmation, and he didn't know what Yang Xingguo was thinking at the moment.

Otherwise, this John would definitely hate Yang Xingguo to death and scold Yang Xingguo for being cunning.

Rejoicing and rejoicing, John did not forget his mission as the head of the expedition.

After thinking about it, he asked Yang Xingguo: "Commander Yang, I don't know how many such troops there are in your army......

"There are less than eight thousand people, that is, my guard brigade. Of the nearly 8,000 officers and men of the Guard Brigade, only 20 percent were recruits, and the rest of the veterans were selected from several main divisions. Not surprisingly, these veterans have killed at least one enemy on the battlefield......"

This answer seemed to John to be absolutely reasonable.

This practice of concentrating the elite into one unit was not only the Liaodong Army, but also Germany.

John, who didn't show much surprise, continued to ask: "Then how many main divisions does your army have, how is the combat effectiveness?" ”

Perhaps realizing that his question was too abrupt, John followed up and explained: "Please don't mind Commander Yang, I don't mean to spy on the military. Only when we have a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness and scale of the Liaodong Army can we assess the overall strength of the Liaodong Army. ”

Yang Xingguo nodded and replied: "My Liaodong Army still has three main divisions, a new division, and an artillery division. The ratio of new veterans to all four divisions is the same. However, the three main divisions have been formed for more than half a year, and the new division has only been formed for less than a month......"

"Then let's go to this new editor...... I would like to know whether the new training methods of your Liaodong Army will have a great effect on the recruits, and whether they can make the recruits quickly learn various tactical movements. ”

Go to the training ground. Another thing left John dumbfounded.

On the huge training ground, more than 2,000 officers and men of a regiment were conducting training in full swing as a company.

After staring at one of the companies for half an hour, John found that the various tactical moves of these people were already quite standard. It's just that because the training time is too short, they can't master and use it yet.

At first, even with Yang Xingguo's introduction, John didn't believe that these recruits had only been training for a month.

However, when John selected several new recruits from among them, and learned from them that they had just joined the Liaodong Army less than a month later, John finally believed it.

At the same time, the training methods of the Liaodong Army. John also became more eye-catching.

Of course, John also has a new understanding and assessment of the real military strength of the Liaodong Army.

However, John didn't know that the reason why these recruits grew so rapidly was that in addition to Yang Xingguo's copying of the new training methods summarized by later generations for hundreds of years, there was also a very important reason, that is, the proportion of new veterans in the new division.

A one-to-one ratio of new veterans allows each recruit to have a veteran for one-on-one training.

In this way, under the supervision and strict training of veterans. It is impossible for these recruits not to progress.

At the end of the day, John was still in a state of shock.

After hurriedly eating the dinner prepared by Yang Xingguo, John took a few people back to his room and wrote a telegram to China. Report on the results of the day.

After reading the telegram that John had written in an hour, one of his subordinates whispered: "Sir, is this writing too exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army......

"Is it exaggerated? I don't think it......," John replied with a serious face.

"Remember the offensive and defensive drill we saw this morning...... If a German infantry company were to attack a Russian company, what would be the final result? ”

"This ......" the subordinate immediately showed a hesitant expression on his face.

After thinking about it, he replied: "Our German army will definitely be able to take the positions of the Russian army and achieve victory......"

"Only, with the configuration of the firepower and the offensive of our German army. It will take at least half an hour to end the battle, and it will cost the attacking troops more than half of their losses......"

John nodded and agreed with his subordinate's answer.

But it didn't take long for John to ask again with a serious face: "If the Russian army in the defensive position is replaced by an infantry company in Germany, or if a company of the Liaodong Army launches an attack, what will be the final result......

The subordinates' faces immediately became embarrassed, and they replied with a hesitant expression: "The attacking troops of the Liaodong Army occupy our positions and destroy our ......."

"That's it......," John replied decisively.

"Do you still think that my report is composed of an exaggeration of the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army?"

Several subordinates hurriedly shook their heads in denial. But at this moment, another subordinate reminded.

"Sir, you said on the telegram that these provinces in Northeast China will eventually be controlled by the Liaodong Army, and Yang Xingguo will definitely become a veritable king of the Northeast, I don't know what the basis is. After all, the Northeast, which is still there, is still in the hands of Japan and Russia. “

"The combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army is indeed very strong, but after all, they have limited troops, and they have no combat potential. As soon as Japan and Russia concentrate on dealing with him, no matter which country it is, they can easily eliminate the Liaodong Army. ”

Hearing this, John laughed, and smiled very mysteriously.

replied to a few subordinates: "The Liaodong Army can survive in the gap between Japan and Russia, which proves that in addition to the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army, other aspects are not as simple as we imagined." ”

"As for Japan and Russia, in my opinion, neither of them can really control the Tohoku ......"

"Even if the Russo-Japanese War can be won or lost in the end, Tohoku will not belong to the winning side......"

"As for the specific reason, it involves today's international relations, and you are not qualified to know ......"

"In addition to this question, if there is no doubt in other aspects, we will send a telegram to the country according to this content......"

Several subordinates shook their heads and said there was no problem.

Finally, one of his subordinates said with a look of anticipation: "Sir, I am sure that after this telegram is sent back to China, it will definitely cause an uproar in the country and shock many people......"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, just a telegram, I would never have believed that backward China actually has more advanced and effective troop training methods than Germany, and even has new weapons that Germany is not equipped with." (To be continued.) )