The Eagle's Nest underground headquarters is still under construction, and the drainage pipes and ventilation systems have not yet been fully installed, so it looks humid and stuffy, Lin Haijiang, who was wearing shorts and vests, looked at Hu Weimin, who was sweating profusely in a suit and leather shoes, and smiled slightly: "Look at your urgency, stabilize your mind!" I am going to tell you something extremely important. ”

As soon as Lin Haijiang spoke, the guards beside him immediately emptied the personnel in the headquarters and guarded several passages.

Lin Haijiang stroked the globe full of circles that made Hu Weimin's heart tremble and said: "Our ally Prussia will have a small-scale war at the European engine field in a few months at most, to prepare for the reunification of their country, as allies, we must take the lead in attacking the French occupation and occupation army in Indochina after the Prussians are ready, give the French a blow of total annihilation, attract the attention of the French, and then the Prussians will take the opportunity to attack behind the French!" ”

Lin Haijiang tapped the globe with his finger, Hu Weimin was a little surprised, and brought the honorific with him: "Your Excellency, honorable Führer, who else in the empire knows about this strategic deployment?" ”

Lin Haijiang said solemnly to Hu Weimin: "At present, except for me, only you know!" ”

For a while, Hu Weimin's blood was boiling, and he was not easy to get excited at this moment, but at this moment he had an urge to swear to die as a confidant and want to take out his heart to show Lin Haijiang!

Lin Haijiang stroked the rough concrete and said to Hu Weimin: "My Archon! We are really, very short on time, as soon as Prussia makes a move in Europe, we will also immediately carry out a general mobilization, I expect to use the newly formed Zhang Zheng 1st Mountain Infantry Corps to cooperate with the local garrison troops to enter Guangxi, and deploy at the junction of Resources, Longsheng, Quanzhou and Hunan to prevent the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forces from flowing back to its birthplace Guangxi, and set up mobile troops in Xing'an to support it, and deploy the 1st Army Infantry Corps under the command of Gao Qi in Lechang, Renhua, Nanxiong and other places for deployment, and plan to recruit troops in various places, the formation of the second and third army corps of the army infantry in Hainan at the same time, so your burden is heavy. ”

Lin Haijiang paused and said: "The Second Military Factory of the Empire and the production plant specializing in the production of mortars of various calibers will also set up a branch factory in Hainan, and the scale of the branch factory is expected to exceed about five times that of the main factory. ”

"What?" Hu Weimin thought that he hadn't heard clearly, Lin Haijiang's First Mountain Infantry Corps and the First Army Infantry Corps had just been formed, although they were said to be fully equipped, but most of the recruits were still training in the training camp at the moment, and the front ones had not yet been completed, so they were in a hurry to form the second and third army corps of the army? And one formation is two? The Second Military Factory of the Empire and the production plant specializing in the production of mortars of various calibers should also set up a branch in Hainan? Does the head of state want to build Hainan into a huge military base?

Hu Weimin thought of Indonesia's current southeastern provinces, imperial fortresses, and even Taiwan and Okinawa, where the rate of immigration is growing rapidly, but Hainan has even experienced negative growth due to labor exports.

With regard to the establishment of the newly formed corps in Hainan, Hu Weimin carefully calculated that the two corps, together with the support personnel, would exceed 150,000 people, and the number of people eating and chewing every day would be an astronomical amount, which would make the already tight transportation capacity even worse, and it would be extremely uneconomical from both an economic and political point of view.

Hu Weimin hesitated for a moment and said to Lin Haijiang: "Your Excellency, I don't know if you have considered whether we can slow down the formation of a new legion, because the empire's finances have just entered the cycle of good surnames, if the excessive use of military force, it is likely that the empire's finances that have just been put on track will face serious deterioration again, even if a new legion is to be formed, I also suggest training in the inland such as Guangzhou, which does not occupy valuable maritime capacity, and the cost of the same approach will be greatly reduced." ”

Lin Haijiang nodded, Hu Weimin's suggestion had indeed been seriously considered before, but the formation of a new legion was a military secret, and Lin Haijiang hoped that this army would become a sharp sword hidden in the dark, inadvertently delivering a fatal blow to the enemy.

Hu Weimin saw Lin Haijiang's firm expression, and knew that it was useless for him to say more, so he said: "Your Excellency, you are clear, I can be said to be a layman in military affairs, especially your kind of thinking called the surname of jumping, I can't keep up at all, since you have made a decision, we will do the execution of our subordinates." ”

Lin Haijiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "I just like the fact that you know the scale of advance and retreat very well, you never seem to be excessive?" Does it seem just right every time? Any tips? ”

Hu Weimin smiled and said: "The secret is actually very simple, that is, I follow the head of state to fight the world, this official will only get bigger and bigger, and the biggest shortcoming of me is that I like to be an official, don't give me money, even if my life is poor, as long as I have the right I will be satisfied, I am a natural tired life, and I can't enjoy Qingfu!" ”

Lin Haijiang glanced at Hu Weimin and said, "Speaking better than singing, and still poor?" It's like I've mistreated you, do you want me to have the Intelligence Department investigate you? Now you give me an example, the official with the power in his hands is so poor that he can't open the pot at home? ”

Hu Weimin smiled and said, "I'm not a metaphor!" The Führer is like a father and son to us! ”

Lin Haijiang, who was numb, suddenly said before leaving: "We must ensure the supply of logistics, the reason why I no longer set up a second-level supply department during the training period of the new corps is that I am afraid that some of them will intercept the money from the mouths of the officers and soldiers without accounts, this money is not a small amount, but it is more related to the morale of the troops and the system of the officers and soldiers. There is a big greed, a small buckle, even if it is stipulated that more than five taels of silver will be shot directly, there will still be individual cases, in the matter of corruption [***] The first thing I hate the most is to compete with the people for profit, and the second is to drink the blood of the soldiers, now no one dares to do anything about the military salary, so someone has the idea of food expenses, and there is a great tendency to follow one after another, so before I complete the cleanup of the system of the army, the logistics support of the new army will be handed over to you, no matter who it is, don't be merciful! ”

Hu Weimin was provoked by Lin Haijiang's anger when he spoke, Lin Haijiang could be ruthless and ruthless, but he Hu Weimin couldn't, so Hu Weimin could only find the person he trusted the most to handle this matter.

Lin Haijiang left Hainan and went straight to Guangzhou, now Liangguang is still a province of Liangguang, Lin Haijiang did not forcibly implement the braids, but encouraged people to carry out a new life and health campaign, and at the same time collect braids at a high price, Lin Haijiang's method of collecting braids is inspired by the novels he has read in his previous life.

The effect cannot be said to be no, but the flexibility of the Chinese's heart and eye to make money greatly exceeded Lin Haijiang's expectations, and within a few days, different braid-cutting parties appeared in various parts of Guangzhou, braid-cutting meetings, many people were forcibly robbed of braids, some Manchu die-hard unkempt crying and wiping tears made Lin Haijiang still creepy, with experience will there be progress, Lin Haijiang arrived in Guangzhou this time, directly implemented the household registration system, although it is necessary to invest a large amount of money, manpower, and material resources to carry out the census, However, for the overall comprehensive public security of the society is an all-round progress and improvement, Lin Haijiang suspended the action of collecting braids, and prepared to wait for the implementation of the household registration system, each person will carry the household registration certificate to sell their own braids, and completely stifle the braid-cutting party, such gangs that disrupt social order.

Lin Haijiang's method soon proved to be very effective, and the Xi surname that the Chinese are accustomed to scattering sand is also undoubtedly revealed in these gangs, and without money, they naturally cannot win over people, and the braided party, the braided gang, these gangs such as the middle of the sky quickly disappeared within dozens of days.

The first thing Lin Haijiang did after arriving in Guangzhou was to summon Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng to the temporary head of state's official residence and give them specific tasks for the next stage.

Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng were very excited that Lin Haijiang could come to cheer them at the most critical time of the army's training, because although the entire Chinese Empire was still relatively smooth in speech, and the opinions of all sides could be summarized by the General Staff in a timely manner and submitted to the Führer, in the end, it was Lin Haijiang who made all the initial decisions.

Therefore, the relationship between relatives and relatives within the empire depends on the personal relationship with the Führer, so Lin Haijiang's inspection is a very faceless thing for Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng.

After inspecting the troops' regular training, Lin Haijiang convened an enlarged meeting of the commanders of the garrison units of the two provinces and the captains of the garrison units of the city of Reading, at which Lin Haijiang first affirmed the recent work of the first-class combat unit corps and the garrison units, and then Lin Haijiang briefed them on the main tasks for the near future, made every effort to consolidate the defense of the two provinces and the provinces, trained the troops, and organized joint live-fire exercises.

Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng are different from the officers of these provincial defense forces, they are very clear and understanding of the deployment of the above, especially Lin Haijiang's every move, they know that the main purpose of such an arrangement to strengthen the internal census and eliminate bandits, and strengthen public security is that the empire is very likely to have a big operation outside the country in the near future, but under this arrangement, it is obvious that this big operation has lost the share of the two so-called empires tied for the first army.

Gao Qi and Zhang Zhengzhi did not urgently ask for battle, because they paid a clear understanding of the real combat effectiveness and training level of their troops, and it takes a process to transform an ordinary person into a qualified soldier, and now the recruit training has only been more than two months, and the recruits have not yet touched weapons, except for the squad leader, deputy squad leader and all the officers, 80% of the two regiments are composed of recruits.

Everyone knows very well that if the number of recruits in a unit exceeds 60%, then this force will be regarded as a second-rate reserve, absolutely unable to take on the main attack or the main point of defense, and the only use is to disperse and replenish.

Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng's army recruits exceeded the maximum limit of 60%, which is an extremely dangerous ratio, and in the Imperial Army's definition, recruits are members of combat units with no combat experience, while civilian soldiers generally only enjoy military rank treatment but do not wear military ranks.

The current Chinese Empire has a complete military rank system summarized by Lin Haijiang from later generations, and the list of honors and medals on the left chest announced a year ago is the latest honor, old people like Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng can get the third-class glory and the second-class founding medal, and the rest of the medals will be obtained in battle, and the conditions for awarding medals are extremely harsh, so Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng are very worried that they will not be able to get the battle to the end, and their chests are extremely embarrassing.

Lin Haijiang did not reveal all the near-term imperial plans to Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng, he needed the two of them to defend Liangguang for himself in peace, while all the elite troops of the Marine Corps were training in the jungle and other adaptation to the surname.

Lin Haijiang can be described as non-stop, for him now, the time is too short, just the final finalization and mass production of the Dai's 1 light machine gun has already made him very troubled.

On April 4, 1860, as a special day, the American Civil War broke out vigorously, and three of Lin Haijiang's capital ships and two training ships of the Naval Military Academy all participated in the escort of munitions ships.

For the outbreak of the American Civil War, the first point that Lin Haijiang thought of was how to sell more arms to Uncle Sam, so that they could still have fun at home, although Lin Haijiang had secretly set up a research laboratory in the Imperial Fortress to study poison gas, but the progress was not great, and it was difficult to hope for large-scale profit sales in the American Civil War.

The American Civil War broke out earlier than in history, and it can be said that Lin Haijiang did gloat and was happy for a while, but it had only been two months, and Lin Haijiang couldn't laugh.

On June 5, 1860, Lin Haijiang, who had been busy inspecting the Hainan Imperial Shipyard in the morning, received a cipher letter from the Prussian side, and two months earlier, Prussia had declared war on Denmark and Austria one after another, which was a new model of war for the whole world.

On the Prussian side, the actual commander of the war was the Chief of the General Staff, General Moltke. In accordance with the operational plan drawn up by his leadership, he used advanced railway transportation lines to carry out strategic transportation and advanced telegraph means to carry out unified command, thus overcoming the difficulties brought about by long-distance maneuvering and external operations, and in a very short period of time, he gathered more than 250,000 troops and 1,800 artillery pieces in the border area of Saxony and Austria, so that he could complete the assembly and deployment on a frontal area with a width of about 420 kilometers.

Under the cover of powerful artillery fire, the newly equipped Prussian army adopted Lin Haijiang's adventurous tactical theory, and the barrage advanced slowly, destroying the backward command system of the Austrian army with overwhelming dense artillery fire, which led to the general rout of the Austrian army.

It was hard for Lin Haijiang to believe that the Prussian army had amassed such a large number of artillery pieces in such a short period of time? More than double the historical 800 doors, Lin Haijiang is also aware of the important role that rail transportation and long-distance telegraphy will play in the coming decades.

The battle between Prussia and Denmark is very ordinary in Lin Haijiang's view, it can be said that the two players are not at the same level at all, it is an unequal contest, and the Danes who used old concepts and thinking to deal with Prussia were hit head-on, this fiasco made the Danes unforgettable, and in Lin Haijiang's view, the Danish army was not as good as their fairy tale level.

However, the battle between Prussia and Austria made Lin Haijiang see a bright spot, the Prussian staff headquarters played a huge role, and all the examples and tactics that had just appeared in the American war were cited by the Prussians.

Moreover, from a political point of view, Prussia had been planning for a long time, was well prepared, and was almost impeccable, and the new Prussian king, Wilhelm I, and Prime Minister Bismarck had made all the preparations for the implementation of an iron-blooded policy, placing the cause of the unification of Germany in the first place in their political measures, carrying out planned military reforms under firm political leadership, and making adequate preparations for war, thus laying the ideological foundation and completing the material preparations for winning the war.

One thing that deserves Lin Haijiang's special attention is that the successful diplomatic activities planned by Bismarck not only won over Italy, a military ally, and forced Austria into a two-front predicament, so that Austria desperately sought a decisive battle, and at the same time co-opted France, a neutral, and at the same time created trouble for the enemy's diplomacy on the European continent, so that Vienna, which had always been called the center of European political activities, suddenly lost its dominant position in the past. Austria, a powerful Central European power, the bastion of the Holy Alliance after the Napoleonic Wars, suddenly became an isolated and aging empire, losing its former majesty. Therefore, the defeat of Austria in the war seems to be an inevitable logic and law in the development of history.

Lin Haijiang did not want to become a lesson for others to learn from, since Prussia had completed the most important war against Austria, which was more than six years earlier than in history, Lin Haijiang never dared to underestimate the widespread impact of the butterfly effect, but now it seems that he still underestimated the butterfly effect.

If you give yourself another six years, you will already be able to complete the war of China's reunification, and when it is divided into three at home, and the European powers have more to intervene to get involved, they will launch a large-scale war abroad? Is it crazy? Lin Haijiang couldn't answer these questions, the conditions given by Prussia made him unable to refuse, the rise of the nation could not be peaceful, it required a lot of blood and life as the foundation, and the blood of it had enemies and also its own.

Although Prussia has not yet transmitted the information, Lin Haijiang knows that Prussia, which won quickly with absolute superiority in strategy and tactics in the Austro-Prussian War, did not consume a large amount of materials and combat power as in history, so Lin Haijiang judged that Prussia would soon enter the implementation of the next strategy.

Then the corresponding Chinese Empire should enter the general mobilization of war, and do its best to fight the rabbit with lions, which is the leading strategy of Lin Haijiang's operation, and launch a devastating offensive with lightning speed, shock the enemy, deter the enemy, and let those potential hostile forces who are ready to move weigh well before taking action.

(To be continued)