If it were a decade or two later, Wang Sirui's attempt to confuse the Japanese in this way would not work at all.

But now, the Japanese don't have much eyeliner in the Northeast region, so there is no problem with Wang Sirui's way.

After seven nights of marching, on the night of the eighth day, the vanguard of the 1st Division finally arrived outside Shengjing City, and all the munitions delivered by the Japanese were also arranged outside the city.

Immediately afterwards, the 1st Division took over the custody of this batch of munitions, and the 1st Division personally distributed the munitions to the following armies in proportion.

And even with the support of these 50,000 rifles, the nearly 95,000 troops in Wang Sirui's hands still have a gap of 18,000 rifles.

That is, out of five divisions, there is also a division with troops that have no weapons to equip.

On the other hand, the arsenal is also working overtime to produce new weapons, and according to the current progress, they need at least three months before they can complete the replenishment of the second and 20th divisions in the capital, and from the fourth month, the old troops of the second and 20th divisions can begin to reequip, and more than 10,000 rifles can be sent to Shengjing to equip those troops that are not equipped with weapons.

And this time and again, if you want to arm all the troops of the five divisions that entered Shengjing, it will take at least half a year, and Wang Sirui can't afford to wait for this time.

However, in order to ensure the safety of the capital, Wang Sirui could not transfer a large number of equipment from the 2nd and 20th Divisions.

In desperation, Wang Sirui had no choice but to temporarily cancel the previous plan and replenish the troops on the front line by adding a rifle and transferring a rifle.

According to the new method, if nothing else, in a month's time, about 7,000 rifles will be delivered to the front, and they will only need more than two months to temporarily fill the gap in the army's lack of weapons.

After entering Shengjing, the 1st and 20th Divisions were stationed near Shengjing, and the 19th and 21st Divisions were stationed in Panjin and Liaozhong respectively.

The 18th Division, which had the largest weapons gap, was ordered to be stationed in Jinzhou, and although they were at the rear of the large force, they were also the last to be supplied with weapons and equipment.

They had to wait until the troops in front were fully equipped with weapons and equipment before they could replenish them. In Wang Sirui's plan, the 18th Division was a reserve force, and they would not be sent to the battlefield in the first time after the conflict broke out.

On 14 June, 10 days after the troops of the five divisions had moved into their respective positions, General Sheng Jing Zengqi announced a new plan for military reform.

All the armies under the Shengjing General's Mansion will be reformed according to the requirements of the imperial court, and the strength of Shengjing will be doubled after the reform, which will be divided into the 38th Division of the Qing Army and the 39th Division of the Qing Garrison Army.

In the northeast region, the strength of the Han military camp is relatively small, because it is the base camp of the Manchus, so most of the troops are mainly Manchus.

And the new round of military reform naturally touched the interests of the majority of the Manchurians. Because this means that at least two-thirds of the Manchurian soldiers will lose their military status.

At the same time, the Japanese finally realized the abnormal situation in Shengjing, and their spy personnel who were in charge of supervising the mining area suddenly discovered that a large number of troops had suddenly appeared not far from the four mining areas.

And those spy personnel can even be sure that the troops stationed here are definitely not the original troops of General Shengjing's mansion, and these troops have unified clothing and weapons, which makes the Japanese can't help but think of Wang Sirui's Han army.

On the Yingkou wharf, the laborers were busy transporting pieces of iron ore rough to the freighter.

Recently, because of the arrival of a large amount of iron ore rough, these people who rely on hard work to survive have a slightly better life, although they can earn a little less money every day than before, and do a lot more work than before, but at least it can be guaranteed that they have work to do every day.

Muraguchi Bear is a 50-year-old captain who has been following freighters to various parts of the world since he was a teenager.

Finally, last year, Muraguchi Bear became the captain of this cargo ship, although the tonnage of this ship is not the largest, nor is it the most advanced, or even an old ship ten years ago, but Muraguchi Bear is still very excited to be the captain.

After watching the iron ore rough that was most scarce in the Japanese Empire being loaded onto their own cargo ships, they would personally return to Japan with these ores, and after being processed by the Yawata Iron Works, they would be transported to the arsenal for reprocessing, and finally become warships and rifles.

And with these weapons and equipment, the Japanese Empire can continue to conquer the Qing State, and the cowardly Qing people do not deserve to have such a huge amount of resources, they should belong to the Great Japanese Empire.

Muraguchi is not an idealist, but he has some connection to an idealist.

If the speed of iron ore transportation can be maintained like this, Japan will become the world's top power in ten years at most, and at that time, at the age of 60, can he come to the Qing Kingdom, buy a piece of land, and become the emperor? How about enjoying the supreme feeling?

In the command cabin, the hurried pace interrupted the fantasy of the little bear at the entrance of the village, and looking at the comer, the face of the little bear at the entrance of the village became more serious in an instant.

"Captain Muraguchi, this time your ship must carry all the ore from the docks." When the visitor saw the bear at the entrance of the village, he immediately said.

The little bear at the entrance of the village looked at the half-loaded cargo ship and the dense ore on the dock, and couldn't help but curse angrily in his heart, but he didn't dare to lose his temper with the comer.

The little bear at the entrance of the village is a person who belongs to the shipping company, and the person in front of him is a person who belongs to the military, if he offends the other party, the shipping company will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

"Kawada-kun, my ship can't hold that much ore at all, I think there should be at least 4,000 tons of ore on the dock, right? Is something happening? Muraguchi Xiaoxiong said.

His freighter has a deadweight of 4,000 tons, and it has already loaded about 2,000 tons of ore, so if all of them are loaded, it is still one thing whether this wooden cargo ship can return to Japan.

Kawada-kun nodded and said, "Our scouts have found a large number of enemy troops near the mining area, and we suspect that the other party may do something to stop us, so we must transport all the ore back to China as soon as possible." ”

"Kawada-kun, I can load up to 500 tons of ore, and if I have more, I don't dare to guarantee that this ship will be able to return to China smoothly." The little bear at the entrance of the village thought about it, and finally decided to install more.

Two days later, when Muraguchi returned to Japan, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even kept telling himself that no matter what kind of situation he encountered in the future, he would not agree to overload.

When returning to China, the cargo ship of the little bear at the entrance of the village encountered an undercurrent, and there was a strong wind on the sea, which made the overloaded cargo ship a little shaky, and it was always worried along the way, and because of the overload, the speed was also greatly affected.

On the way home, they almost capsized because of this, and during a routine inspection after unloading the ore from the ship, they almost scared the bear at the entrance of the village to death, and if he loaded an extra hundred tons of ore, then they might not be able to return.

Even if he barely returns, his cargo ship will lose the ability to continue sailing in the short term, and his ship must be repaired immediately, and it is likely to affect future loading.

In desperation, the Japanese side could only temporarily dispatch a larger cargo ship to Yingkou for rush transportation.

Although Wang Sirui did not make any statement, and the troops were only training and training, the Japanese were worried that Wang Sirui would suddenly attack.

In addition, the mining areas chosen by the Japanese were not rich ores, and the iron content of the ore shipped back to China was only about 20 to 40 percent, which was an average of 30 percent. According to the current technology, 100 tons of raw ore can only be refined into less than 20 tons of pig iron at most.

The Yawata Iron Works, which is being expanded, have not been able to digest the iron ore in a timely manner, and before that, the raw ore used by the Yawata Iron Works mainly relied on the Daye Iron Mine in Hubei.

However, Daye Iron Mine belongs to Japan, and sooner or later it will be theirs, so the Japanese attach great importance to this Shengjing Iron Mine, which may be lost at any time.

At the same time, the 3rd and 5th Divisions stationed in Korea also began to move. In addition, there was a division of Koreans, which was also mobilized by the Japanese.

The Japanese had experienced the power of the Han army, and after finding out that the Han army had a strength of nearly 100,000 people, the Japanese also began to get anxious.

While ordering the 3rd Division to temporarily stabilize the situation in Korea, the 5th Division and the DPRK Division were sent to the border area. At the same time, a main division will continue to be transferred to the DPRK to provide support, and a mixed division will be transferred to take over the third division to temporarily take charge of the situation in the DPRK.

"The Han army has recently undergone rapid expansion, so the combat effectiveness of their soldiers must be declining rapidly, and we don't know how many of these 100,000 troops are veterans and how many are new soldiers. But we have no problem sending three main divisions, as well as one Korean division, to deal with them. These are the words of Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito when he asked the Japanese emperor for instructions to increase the number of troops.

At this time, the strength of a Japanese division was about 18,000 men, and the three main divisions were 54,000 men, plus a Korean division, and the Japanese were full of confidence in dealing with the Han army, which was full of recruits.

Of course, there is another reason, because the mobilization of three divisions to fight the Han army is already the limit of the financial resources of the Japanese.

Before receiving Wang Sirui's compensation, the Japanese simply did not have the financial resources to support more troops to fight. (To be continued.) )