Lai Fu's report that the director of the military factory workshop was bribed and defected by the Manchu Qing Dynasty aroused the vigilance of Luo Jian and Shi Kefa, and after the two discussed, they carried out a vigorous cleanup and rectification in the military industrial complex and the surrounding areas.

Unexpectedly, this cleanup actually cleared out dozens of spies sent by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even found a few in the chemical factory, but a set of things in the chemical factory did not have a certain amount of professional knowledge, and I am afraid that it would be impossible to understand them all, but this has already made Luo Jian break out in a cold sweat.

However, it has only been more than ten days since Lai Fu took over the security department again, and this responsibility is really not on him.

Shi Kefa, who was still afraid, discussed with Luo Jianyi and decided to increase investment in the Ministry of Security, and when all the arrangements were made, Luo Jian received a report from Huang Degong.

The details of the previous battle of the Fourth Division in Dayangzhuang had been reported to the General Staff, and some new movements of the Qing troops had also attracted the attention of Luo Jian and the General Staff.

After carefully reading the detailed combat report of the Fourth Division, Luo Jian felt that he had been a little too optimistic before.

Luo Jian recognized Huang Degong's decision to concentrate the three divisions to fight, and the current Qing soldiers have indeed improved a lot compared to before, and if one division advances in one direction alone, the strength will be a little thinner.

Since Kong Youde discovered that civil fortifications could be used to effectively counteract the fire strikes of the Wehrmacht, the Qing troops have widely adopted this method, which has caused great trouble to the Wehrmacht's operations.

This reminded Luo Jian of the trenches everywhere in the First World War, that is, these trenches did not know how many soldiers' lives were devoured, Luo Jian really didn't expect that now the Qing soldiers would be forced out of this method.

Fortunately, the long-range strike force of the Qing troops was not enough, and the Wehrmacht could not pose a lethal threat to the Wehrmacht with guns and bows and arrows alone, but the Wehrmacht still used front-loading rifles and had to stand to load, which greatly increased the casualties.

To solve this problem, grenades are a good choice, and the Wehrmacht's shields can keep soldiers close to the trenches, and if they have grenades, they can easily win the battle.

Thinking of this method, Luo Jian immediately rushed to the military factory and asked Chen Zilong to hurry up to produce grenades, and when the equipment of the chemical plant was transformed, the new zha medicine could be produced in large quantities, and it could be used immediately.

Just breathed a sigh of relief, Luo Jian received a report from Huang Degong again, saying that Wang Qiang had taken a regiment to carry out a large-scale interspersed combat operation.

Luo Jian didn't want to interfere with the command of the front-line commander, but Wang Qiang's lone advance with only one regiment was really worrying.

"Metropolitan Governor, the Hangzhou Garrison Division arrived in Nanjing yesterday, and is now stationed at the garrison of the Seventh Division, and the equipment is also being gradually distributed." Yi Bang reported to Luo Jian.

As the commander of the first regiment of the old division, Ma Yingkui paid close attention to the training of the garrison division, and half of the more than 2,000 rifles that Shi Kefa privately gave them were used up in their training, which shows how tightly the training of the Hangzhou garrison division was grasped.

The Hangzhou garrison division, which had passed the examination, was immediately transferred to Nanjing to prepare for a change of clothing, and yesterday the whole division had already arrived in Nanjing.

"Change the clothes of the Hangzhou garrison as quickly as possible, you send someone to find Ma Yingkui, and I will explain to him in person." Luo Jian gave Yi Bang an explanation.

Yi Bangcai knew about Wang Qiang's big interspersed actions, and he knew that the Metropolitan Governor wanted Ma Yingkui to take the garrison to respond to Wang Qiang's actions, but how to act specifically, Yi Bang could generally guess Luo Jian's thoughts.

Leaving the General Staff, Luo Jian hurriedly found Shi Kefa again, and when he told Wang Qiang's actions, Shi Kefa also became nervous.

"Now that the troops have set off, we can't pull it back, and now we have to think about how to cooperate with Wang Qiang's actions." Luo Jian said.

"This Xiao Wang just doesn't worry, I'm worried that he is too bold, but I didn't expect Huang Degong to agree." Shi Kefa said with some dissatisfaction.

"Lao Huang can agree, this just shows that Xiao Wang's combat plan is reasonable, we don't know the specific situation of the front line in the rear, and we must adopt a supportive attitude towards the combat operations of the generals, we can't hold back." Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Reasonable, so what are you worried about? You came to me and asked me how can we cooperate? ”

"If the Qing soldiers want to eat a mess, I'm afraid they don't have such a good tooth, but among the hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers, it always makes people a little worried. I came to you to use Wang Qiang's operation to expand the results of the battle as much as possible, Brother Xian, let's go to the General Staff, and I will tell you my specific thoughts. ”

Luo Jian pulled Shi Kefa to the General Staff and to the large map in the war room.

"Brother Xian, come and see, I want Ma Yingkui to lead the Hangzhou garrison division to land from here and march directly to Jinan, and when they join forces with Wang Qiang, the retreat of nearly 200,000 Qing soldiers in Yizhou is also blocked, and Wang Qiang's regiment also has a supply line."

Luo Jian pointed to the approximate location of Le'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture (now Dongying, Shandong) with his baton, and said to Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa stared at the map and thought carefully, the bigger the battle, the bigger the bigger, Shandong is completely opened, the Qing troops in Henan will definitely reinforce Shandong, and the five divisions in Xuzhou alone will definitely not be able to stop hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers, if Wang Qiang's seventh division and one regiment and Ma Yingkui's garrison division are completely isolated by the Qing soldiers, can they withstand it, Shi Kefa is a little worried.

Shi Kefa was also worried about Luo Jian, but unlike Shi Kefa, Luo Jian knew that Liu Weimin's chemical plant would be renovated in a month, and the new HUO medicine would be produced in large quantities, as long as the supply line to Jinan was unblocked, there would definitely be no problem in holding Jinan.

Wang Qiang's battle plan specifically emphasized day and night, and also consumed ammunition in order not to contact the Qing soldiers, which shows that he thought very carefully, and after occupying Jinan, relying on the Jinan city wall to defend, it should not be a big problem.

"Report!"

Luo Jian and Shi Kefa looked up and saw that it was Ma Yingkui who had arrived, and the two hurriedly called him in.

Since the old division left Nanjing, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa have never seen Ma Yingkui, and when they see it today, they see Ma Yingkui a lot darker, but it looks more energetic.

"Metropolitan Governor, Governor, all the equipment of our division has arrived, and the whole division will be able to change its equipment in two days. The whole division is in a hurry to go to the front, when will we let the division go? ”

As soon as Ma Yingkui came in, he said anxiously.

"Shouqing (Ma Yingkui), there is an urgent task now, we all know that you have trained the troops well, and your division will come in handy this time." Shi Kefa stared at Ma Yingkui and said.

Hearing Shi Kefa's words, Ma Yingkui suddenly came to his senses, stood up straight, and said loudly: "Dadu Governor and Governor, please rest assured, although we are garrison divisions, we are not my old horse bragging, our division is no worse than other divisions." If there is any task, please ask the Governor and the Overseer to give instructions. ”

"Whether you can take off the guard's hat or not depends on your battle. If this battle is fought, you are the Tenth Division, if you don't fight well, you will bring me back to Hangzhou to be your garrison division. Luo Jian said unceremoniously.

"Metropolitan Governor, when did my Ma Yingkui fall off the chain? Please rest assured, we are going to set the number of these ten divisions! Ma Yingkui's black face was flushed by Luo Jian's excitement, and his voice was a little out of tune.

"Don't rush to pack the ticket first, this mission is not simple, and it won't be too late for you to guarantee when I tell you the task." Luo Jian was not in a hurry, stared at Ma Yingkui and said slowly.

Luo Jian explained his combat intentions in detail, and Ma Yingkui listened while thinking about it, and there was no excitement at the beginning.

This made Luo Jian very satisfied, a mature general must keep a clear head in the face of combat missions, if he can't do this, Luo Jian is really not at ease.

"Okay! Our division has taken over this task, but, the Metropolitan Governor, the Governor, I also have a condition..."

Ma Yingkui thought about the map for a long time, and then raised his head and said to the two.

"What conditions? Go ahead. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"We need to have enough ammunition and two thousand rifles in reserve." Ma Yingkui replied.

"You don't have to worry about this, you are basically fighting behind enemy lines, and weapons and ammunition will definitely protect you to the greatest extent." Luo Jian agreed.

"Chief of Staff, you hurry up and find the logistics department to coordinate the requisition of ships, a division needs a lot of ships, and it must be coordinated." Luo Jian turned to Yi Bangcai and ordered.

After the Northern Expedition began, the "Weiqing", "Anqing", and "Fengyang" had been on standby at the port of Jiangyin.

"It's all steamboats, we need to rush for time. Old horse, don't delay here, go back immediately to organize the troops to prepare for departure, and the staff will send someone to inform you of anything. ”

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Ma Yingkui saluted and left in a hurry.

Shi Kefa also went to the General Logistics Department, and he wanted to personally coordinate the supply of weapons, ammunition and various materials for the Hangzhou garrison.

After the three of them went separately, Luo Jian stared at the map and looked carefully, this sea maneuver was not close, it was much farther than to Japan, and when the Hangzhou garrison arrived at the landing point in Shandong, I am afraid it would take more than a week, and I don't know if Wang Qiang can hold on.

After thinking for a while, Luo Jian rushed to the military factory outside the city to find Liu Weimin, and told him what had happened, and Liu Weimin suddenly became anxious.

"This kid, it's really uneasy to do something daring, chief, what do you want me to do?" As soon as Liu Weimin heard that Wang Qiang was going to Jinan with only one group, his face suddenly changed.

"It's already set off, I can't pull it back, now you have to prepare all the ammunition you can collect, let Ma Yingkui bring it over, it is estimated that when Ma Yingkui arrives in Jinan, this kid should run out of ammunition."

"Okay, chief, I'm going to find Chen Zilong, his bullet production line should have produced a lot these days, and I'll have people load it. There are also some reserves of mortar shells, bring them all with him this time, if this kid can't fight well, I'll clean him up when he comes back. Although Liu Weimin said harshly, Luo Jian still heard a strong worry from his words.

By the afternoon of the next day, more than 200 steamships, large and small, had already stopped at the Nanjing wharf, and the wharf was already full of all kinds of supplies.

By the time the garrison had finished boarding, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, and the fleet didn't care that it was already dark, sounded the whistle, and set sail immediately.

The fleet soon arrived at Zhenjiang, and together with the three warships waiting here, it headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River overnight.