Chapter 10: Before the War (3)

"I heard that Wang Shizhen on the other side is leading an army of 200,000!" Chen Cheng said: "We don't seem to have an advantage in terms of troops. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Scrap wood!"

"Well, I'm just telling the truth. You don't need to say that about me, do you? ”

"I didn't say you, I meant that the Beiyang Army is all scrap."

"Well, even if the north side is all scrap, there are 200,000 scraps. That's 200,000 pigs...... I calculated, 50,000 pigs need to be caught for three days, and the 200,000 pigs need to be caught for at least 12 days......... Well, why is it said that the other side is scrap? Wang Shizhen is okay. ”

"Han Xin said back then that even with Han Gaozu's ability, commanding 100,000 people is already the limit, and no matter how many people he brings, it is just a gift of heads."

"Han Xin also said that the more troops he leads, the better, why, don't you allow Wang Shizhen to learn from Han Xin?"

"For thousands of years, it has been a noble soldier, and those who want to learn from Han Xin don't know where to die." The girl said seriously: "Even us, we don't have the experience of commanding an army of 200,000. During last year's war, those 100,000 people were divided into three battlefields. Put 200,000 people in one direction.........."

She shook her head, "Judging from the current communication situation, it is very unrealistic. ”

"People are the dragons of the North Ocean, maybe they are men who can create miracles."

"I'm still the Black Dragon King," Lin Mengchu scoffed at the young man's statement, "If you can't do it, you can't do it, it's not that miracles can happen just by shouting slogans." Besides, the Beiyang Army has expanded so rapidly that in fact, their field combat capability has not increased, but decreased. ”

"However, we also have this problem," Chen Cheng said: "The pace of our army expansion is not slower than that of the Beiyang Army, and there is also a decline in combat effectiveness." ”

"So, it's a worse world than bad." The girl nodded and said, "It doesn't matter if we are rotten, as long as the opponent is worse." Besides, we can also use powerful firepower to directly drown the opposite side. ”

"Well, in fact, I would like to remind you that although we have a lot of ammunition reserves, we can't afford to withstand a long war."

"I've known for a long time." Lin Mengchu said dissatisfiedly: "This is the disadvantage of an agricultural country, even if you have a strategy through the sky and a hundred battles of elite soldiers, in the face of absolute strength, it is still not enough." ”

"Can only the industrial countries defeat the industrial countries? Fortunately, the Beiyang government is not an industrial country, everyone is half a pound and eight taels of each other, and we at least have the support of the people, which is much better than the other side. ”

"If you're going to say the people, you have to define the word people accurately." The girl raised her head and said, "It seems that a certain city has begun to discuss the expulsion of the poor and low-quality people from the ranks of the people." ”

“...... Let's not talk about such a sensitive issue, let's discuss the war situation. Chen Cheng said with a headache: "The chairman once taught us that we should concentrate on fighting a war of annihilation, and it is better to cut off one of our fingers than to hurt ten fingers." So the question is, Liaocheng, or Texas? ”

Lin Mengchu replied without hesitation: "Of course it's Texas!" ”

"Hmm," Chen Cheng looked at the map and asked, "Is it because the Dezhou side is far away from Tianjin, and the possibility of foreign powers interfering is small?" ”

"No," the girl looked at him, and said, "It's because the grilled chicken in Texas is famous." Liaocheng sounds like a boring place, but do the people there love to chat so much that they want to name it after the city? ”

"I decided to ignore the content of your complaint and go straight to the topic," the teenager was already immune to Chu Chu's complaint, "that is, we will take a defensive posture in the direction of Liaocheng and an offensive posture in the direction of Texas." ”

"That's probably it, how many troops can you muster?"

"Because it is considered an internal line operation, we can use the railroad we have built in the past two years to carry out internal line maneuvers. If Liaocheng is defended, five B regiments can be drawn out to strengthen the garrison and heavy artillery units behind it into Liaocheng's defensive operations. The four newly recruited cavalry regiments from the Mongol side can be drawn out, and there are four regiments of the first species........ All this is done in total, there are twenty-four infantry regiments, ten cavalry regiments, four artillery regiments, and a number of additional baggage regiments........ There are about 120,000 people in total. ”

"It seems to be a lot, although the baggage regiments and engineers added to it are not direct combat forces, but they still sound stronger than the other side." The girl nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "Why are our tactical units still regiments?" The opposite side has already begun to use the division and brigade system, alas. ”

"Although the division and brigade system can have the advantage of combining arms, the requirements for the quantity and quality of officers are too high," Chen Cheng shook his head, "We are in such a situation now, anyway, each regiment has been equipped with telegraphs, and it is up to the front-line command to play it." ”

"We have trained so many officers, will there still be a problem of officer degree?"

"Well, the leadership has been assigned to IC and scientific research, so the newly trained officers have basically zero experience, and they can play a starting role in defensive operations, and if they are used to attack, I suspect that they will break up on their own if they can't reach their destination."

"It's a tragic sight." Lin Mengchu made a helpless look, "We have to lead a group of scrap materials to fight another group of even more scrap guys." It was like that before, and it still is. When will we be able to play the effect of blitzkrieg, or a large mechanized combat wave in depth! ”

"Well, if you want to play these two effects, you must at least light up monoplanes, biplanes, tanks, tracked vehicles, tractors, self-propelled guns, radars...... Well, radar is not necessary, then there are also firing coordinators, sighting equipment,....... I did the math, and it was about the same level as the twentieth and thirties of the twentieth century in another world. ”

"And how long will it take if we go all out?"

"Develop on the territory of our current comrades-in-arms?"

"Of course, it was after the establishment of a large distance land that encompassed Shanxi, Hebei, Mongolia, and part of Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, and northeast China. If we are worried about being raided every day, then how can we develop? Just spend money and energy on how to kill the enemy and prevent it from being killed by the enemy. ”

"Oh. In that case, five years would be enough. ”

"How is this time calculated?"

"With foreign aid, train workers, build factories, and build a society adapted to the era of industrialization....... It only takes five years to get everything done. ”

"What will happen in five years?"

"It can probably produce about 5 million tons of steel per year, and it can barely play the effect of mechanized combat waves."

"Well, we're going to make peace for at least five years this time!"

“........ I'm skeptical. (To be continued.) )