Only after the end of the cholera, after more than a year, both the Chinese Dragon and Tiger Army had eased up, and after knowing that the Chinese Dragon and Tiger Army had unified the south, the next target of the Dragon and Tiger Army would definitely be Northeast China, so he resolutely increased the number of divisions to Northeast China.

With the addition of the three divisions that were already entrenched in northeast China and the two divisions in Korea, the total strength of the army in China and Korea has reached 190,000.

Not to be outdone, Russia added another army to Northeast China, bringing the total number of Russian troops entrenched in Northeast China to a full 250,000.

It is said that the Russian army in northeast China has nearly 440,000 troops, and there are 440,000 troops, and it is not for Wang Jundao to be imprudent in dealing with them, and it is much more difficult to fight the more than 400,000 Russian troops gathered together than the 800,000 troops scattered in various parts of the south, and these more than 400,000 Russian troops are advanced in weapons and well-trained, and they are not at all comparable to the armies of the southern provinces.

Now gathered in the Yanjing area only 300,000 newly trained Dragon and Tiger Army, plus the 170,000 troops of the Third Army stationed on the front line of Shanhaiguan, the Dragon and Tiger Army is not superior in terms of strength, and most of them are newly formed armies, although they have been on the battlefield before, but such a huge war has not been experienced.

Even if only one army is left in each of the three provinces of Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi, and two armies of the Guards Corps, plus the iron-blooded cavalry army, with more than 500,000 Dragon and Tiger troops against 440,000 Russian troops, if they want to win, they will also suffer heavy losses.

This is the reason why Wang Jundao recalled all the commanders of the major corps to Yanjing, and recalled all the divisions directly under the major corps, and several major corps commanders gathered together, and then increased the strength of 120,000 troops, with more than 600,000 against more than 400,000, plus it was a local battle, pressing step by step, taking down a place, recovering a place, and the chance of winning was basically more than 70%.

Half a month ago, Wang Jundao had received news that the Russian 200,000 allied troops had left Shengjing and marched south to Jinzhou.

And just yesterday, on July 16, 1903, Wang Jundao received a telegram from Jinzhou from the agents of the Chinese Intelligence Bureau, saying that the Russian coalition forces had stationed troops on the north bank of the Daling River and confronted the Fengtian general Zengqi across the river.

Wang Jundao is very clear that Zengqi now has only 100,000 troops, although the fighting quality of the soldiers is not weaker than the Russian army, but in terms of equipment is far inferior to the Russian army, if the Russian army is ready to cross the river, it only takes half a month to completely defeat Zengqi and occupy Jinzhou.

In other words, if measures are not taken, after 20 days, the Russian coalition forces will be able to march under the Shanhai Pass.

Military Hall, Staff Headquarters, Operations Command Room, Wang Jundao looked at the huge sand table, his brows furrowed slightly, and he fell into deep thought, and Lin Zhengnan, the commander of the Guards Legion, was standing beside him.

After the campaign of attacking Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu the year before last, and the battle to unify the south last year, Lin Zhengnan has been promoted from the rank of major general to the rank of lieutenant general.

Along with him, he was promoted to lieutenant general, along with the commander of the Seven Legions.

The deputy commanders of each corps and the commanders of the five corps of the Guards Corps have all been promoted from brigadier general to major general.

The chiefs of staff of the various corps and some of the division commanders with high military merits have been promoted to brigadier generals.

Even in such a war period, even if there are many victories, it is difficult to promote the rank, and many people with military merits have not been promoted because their military merits do not meet the promotion standards.

Wang Jundao looked at the sand table where the various strategic points of the Russian army entrenched in the northeast were extremely clear, and said slowly: "650,000 against 450,000, what are the odds?" ”

At this time, there were only two people in the combat command room, Wang Jundao and Lin Zhengnan, Wang Jundao's words were of course said to Lin Zhengnan, Lin Zhengnan knew what Wang Jundao meant, that is, to invest 650,000 dragon and tiger troops in the northeast battlefield, after a slight groan, he said firmly: "This battle will be won." ”

Wang Jundao was unmoved, and slowly spit out a few words: "Tell me your opinion." ”

Lin Zhengnan said: "First, the Russian army does not concentrate all the more than 400,000 troops, they can only mobilize 300,000 troops at most to fight a decisive battle with us, and the remaining 100,000 troops must stay in various parts of the northeast, while our 600,000 troops are all field troops, all of which can be put into the battlefield.

The most important point is that the Russian army is a coalition army composed of two countries, and even if the relationship is good, it is not as good as the integrated Dragon and Tiger Army in terms of cohesion, and there is another point, that is, the weapons of the Dragon and Tiger Army are more advanced than those of the Russian army.

Third, we have North China, East China, West China, South China as the foundation, as the backing, now the railway line has been repaired from Zhengding to Taiyuan, from Zhangjiakou to Datong, from Kaifeng to Xi'an, from Tianjin to Yanzhou, from Yanzhou to Xuzhou, the huge railway line brings abundant logistics, 650,000 troops will not be short of food, ammunition, and ammunition, but Ben and Russia are far away from the homeland to fight, they have not yet completely gained a foothold in the northeast, and the local area has experienced cholera, logistics and supply are far inferior to us. In other words, we're playing at home, they're playing away.

Fourth, in terms of morale, our division is famous for recovering Chinese territory and being able to get the support of the whole people, while the Russian army is a war of aggression, and there are inevitably many people in the country who oppose it, and even many people in the Russian army are war-weary, and in various parts of the northeast, the resistance has never stopped.

Fifth, in terms of command, we have gathered the commanders of the major army corps in this battle, and we have invested a large number of outstanding officers, who have experienced a large number of wars starting from Zhonggong in Shandong, and are superior to the Russian army in terms of command level and military quality. ”

When Wang Jundao heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Hearing you say this, I think if you don't win this battle, it will be unreasonable." ”

Lin Zhengnan also smiled: "That's because there is a wise and martial leadership of the commander." ”

Wang Jundao laughed and said, "By the way, where are the commanders of each legion?" ”

Lin Zhengnan's expression was straight, and he said: "Just now, the commanders of the legions have sent reports and replies, Yue Fengxian, Xiang Zilong and Yang Poyu are about to enter the Yanjing area, Pang Wei has also entered Zhili Province, Xu Jian and Tang Jian are also about to arrive in Zhili Province, and in a few days, all the army commanders will be able to arrive in Yanjing." ”

Wang Jundao nodded, and continued: "You send a report to them in a while, let them speed up faster, and they must arrive in Yanjing within five days." ”

Lin Zhengnan responded: "Yes! ”

Wang Jundao bowed his head slightly and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about the idea of this Northeast battle." ”

Lin Zhengnan was relieved when he heard this, and said eloquently: "Since our troops occupy an absolute position, I think so, we can divide this battle into three large armies, the first way is a frontal decisive battle, that is, out of the mountain customs, and now has arrived on the north bank of the Daling River 200,000 Russian troops decisive battle, this way army, I suggest to invest 400,000 troops.

The second route army started from Chengde, Rehe Province, moved from upstream to downstream on the north bank of the Yanliao River, went around to the north of Shengjing, launched an attack on Shengjing from the north, and cooperated with the first route army to attack from the north to the north to jointly eliminate the Russian army entrenched in Shengjing, and I propose to invest 100,000 troops in this army.

The third road army is a long-range surprise attack, this road army starts from Zhangjiakou, Yanchahar Province marches to the northeast, and then goes to the east foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, directly attacking Longjiang Mansion in Heilongjiang Province, this road is a surprise soldier, the role is surprisingly victorious, can cut off the support of the Russian army, I propose to use 100,000 troops, and I propose to put the Iron Cavalry Army and the Fifth Guards Army into the Third Route Army, because the Iron Cavalry Army and the Fifth Army together have 70,000 troops, of which the cavalry is more than 60,000, and has been on the battlefield for a long time, and the combat effectiveness is strong, In particular, the iron-blooded cavalry army, in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has experienced a variety of difficult and harsh combat environments, including snow-capped mountains, grasslands, deserts, etc., the long-range operation in the northeast, conservatively estimated, at least three months, Heilongjiang Province is already winter, even if the Dragon and Tiger Army is equipped with honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stove such heating and cooking equipment, only on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than half a year the iron-blooded cavalry army of the southern horse can adapt to such a harsh environment, in this regard, even the Yanshan horse can not compare, and only the Mongolian horse can still adapt, so I propose that by that time most of the cavalry of the Fifth Army of the Guards Corps be exchanged for Mongolian horses. ”

Wang Jundao didn't expect Lin Zhengnan's thoughts to be roughly the same as his own, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Who do you think is the most suitable to lead these three armies?" (To be continued.) )