After the end of the military meeting, the military immediately took action, and the 18th, 25th, 29th, and ** in the northwest region received orders one after another, and air defense units were quickly formed among the various armies, and the armored division of another division was also formed in the shortest possible time, and the corresponding logistics and maintenance units also urgently followed. However, the specific itinerary for the departure of the army has not yet been determined, Xiao Zhenlei then discussed many times with Jiang Baili, Cai Yi and others, and negotiated with Britain and Tsarist Russia, and decided to move the first expeditionary force from the northwest region directly to the west into the Kazakhstan region of Tsarist Russia, and then move down from Kazakhstan to the southwest, passing through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and other regions along the way, although these areas are still governed by the Tsarist side. However, the Russian revolutionaries had secretly sold these areas to China, but in order not to cause contradictions within the Entente and affect the war against the Central Powers, the Chinese side did not wait to control these areas, and anyway, Tsarist Russia did not deploy many troops in these areas, and when Tsarist Russia was overthrown by the Russian revolutionaries, the Chinese side occupied these places.

Zhu Erdian rushed over soon after being called by Xiao Zhenlei, "President, I heard that you have something to tell me about the expeditionary force?" ”

"Yes, please be seated!" Xiao Zhenlei pointed to the sofa next to him.

"Thank you, President!" Zhu Erdian was not polite and sat down.

Xiao Zhenlei motioned to Zhu Erdian to smoke, Zhu Erdian picked up a cigar, Xiao Zhenlei also took a cigar, and the two lit the cloud and spit out the fog.

"Mr. Jurdian, our first expeditionary force is ready. You can go at any time, but it's a matter of whether you want to go by sea or by land. We can't make a final decision yet! ”

Zhu Erdian asked cooperatively, "Oh? Why? ”

Xiao Zhenlei spit out a puff of smoke: "If you go by sea and land, it is indeed much faster in time." If you think about it, the first batch of expeditionary forces to solve the problem is the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and many areas of this country are deserts, so the first batch of 300,000 troops of my expeditionary force must be an army with experience in desert life, this is not difficult, we have several armies in the western region just living around the desert, but now our railways in the western region have not been built, and it will take at least half a month for the troops to move south from the northwest region to the coastal zone to assemble, and 300,000 people will be transported. At least thousands of freighters of more than 3,000 tons are needed, and our country's shipping industry is not as good as your country's, and it is impossible to solve so many ships in a short time, so we want to do without taking the land route? After our research, it is indeed feasible to go overroad! ”

"Look!" Xiao Zhenlei got up and walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "From the northwest region of our country, our expeditionary force can go out of the border pass into Kazakhstan in Tsarist Russia, and then go down to the southwest here, passing through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and other regions. Finally, when we enter Iran, the army will certainly be slow on foot, but it will be much faster if horses and mules are used to pull the wagons, and many of our soldiers from the northwest will ride horses. But our country could not muster so many horses and mules for a while, nor did we have so many wagons, and we could only mobilize a small part. For the rest of the rest, I hope that your country and the Tsarist side will be able to help us solve it, as far as we know. Tsarist Russia has a large number of livestock in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, do you want to negotiate with the Tsarist side? Let them gather us 200,000 horses? Camels are also available, and we have prepared 1,000 taels of truckloads to transport food and living supplies, but along the way, we must let Tsarist Russia prepare oil, and in terms of ammunition, you must also do your best to transport it from India to Iran, if your country can coordinate with the Tsarist side and solve these things, I believe that with our army's suzhì, we can reach the border area between Iran and Ottoman Turkey in a month at most, and we can launch an attack on Ottoman Turkey after a week's rest! ”

Xiao Zhenlei's words made Zhu Erdian moved, his task now is to urge the Chinese side to send troops as much as possible, and let the Chinese expeditionary force attack Ottoman Turkey as quickly as possible, so as to attract the attention of the Germans, so that Germany will transfer troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, and now Xiao Zhenlei proposed this plan, this plan seems to require Britain to spend a sum of money to buy a large number of horses, but if this money can be used to let China attack the Ottomans as quickly as possible, it is completely worth it, and look at the map and find, The distance from the northwest region of China to the Middle East does not seem to be very far, at least it is much closer than taking the sea route.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Erdian agreed: "Okay, the batch of horses and harness that your army needs, we promised the empire to agree, this is up to us to negotiate with the Tsarist Russian side, they are also members of the Entente, if it is beneficial to the war situation, they should also do their part, the money to buy horses and harness is from our British Empire and Tsarist Russia, if we can raise 200,000 horses, we will negotiate with the Tsarist Russian side, mark along the way, and reserve oil and forage in many places to facilitate the supply of your army." , so how long will it take for your expeditionary force to reach the Middle East? ”

Xiao Zhenlei stretched out a finger: "The army rests for seven hours a day, solves physiological problems in two hours, marches in fifteen hours, and arrives within a month!" ”

The intensity of this march was already very large, and the soldiers barely had a little personal time, so Zhu Erdian immediately stretched out his hand: "Then, deal!" ”

"Deal!"

Xiao Zhenlei knows that maybe this kind of marching intensity is almost torture for the armies of other countries, but for the armies of Huaguo, it is commonplace, and now the troops of Huaguo get up at five o'clock in the morning to start training, and there is no rest time until the lights go out before ten o'clock in the evening, of course, the middle three meals can be properly rested, and this kind of training intensity is unbearable for the armies of other countries.

Xiao Zhenlei asked again: "Then Mr. Zhu Erdian, how long will it take for you to prepare the horses, forage and oil that our expeditionary force needs along the way?" If you can solve the food problem, then our army does not need to carry too much grain and grass on the march, so that the march speed will be faster! ”

Zhu Erdian was lit up when he heard this, and thought to himself, yes, even horses, forage and oil can be prepared, why not also prepare some food supply points along the way? He immediately said: "Yes, but you also have to carry some of it yourself, so as not to have a situation and your army cannot replenish food in time, and then there will be trouble if something goes wrong." In addition, I need a week for the Russian side to prepare along the way, and from now on, your expeditionary force can set off, and when your expeditionary force enters the Russian army, it will be able to obtain horses, forage, oil, and food! ”

Xiao Zhenlei warned: "Sir, I want to remind you that this first batch has 300,000 troops, 300,000 people, not 30 people, if you can't get supplies in time along the way, what will happen to the soldiers and horses without material replenishment, then only God knows, I'm afraid that my president's orders will be useless!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei's words made Zhu Erdian imagine after listening to it, in the case of not getting timely supplies, I am afraid that the 300,000 troops will be ruined wherever they pass, and people will be able to do anything when they are extremely hungry, even if the army with strict military discipline is the same, if you don't eat, it doesn't matter what military discipline you have or not, grab it first.

Thinking of the scene of rivers of blood, corpses of Tsarist Russia everywhere, and devastation, Zhu Erdian couldn't help but shudder, and he hurriedly promised; "Rest assured, the president, we will definitely solve the logistical problem, and we will definitely not let this kind of thing slow down the march of the army!"

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "It's good that you can understand, then I will give the General Staff an order for them to give the army an order to go out, if something happens, you will be fully responsible!" ”

Zhu Erdian said solemnly: "Understood! ”

The first to receive the order to set off was the 1st Armored Division, which had just been formed, and the large armies behind followed one after another, and the armored division first walked out of a road in front, and after having a road, the large army behind was very good at marching.

The 300,000 troops of the expeditionary force were organized into a group army, with four corps, namely the 18th, 25th, 29th, and **, and the commander was Wu Shiyou; in addition, there will be 300 fighters of the air force to carry out air strikes and cooperate with the unified operation, and there will also be two real aircraft carriers, two battleships, two battle cruisers, four cruisers, six destroyers, eight submarines, ten torpedo ships, two oil tankers, and three supply ships to cooperate in the operation.

After all, it was in its own country, and it was familiar with roads, mountains, and rivers, and it did not need to take detours to reach the destination, but problems arose after going out of the national border, first of all, the failure rate of the armored division began to increase due to the long march, so that the logistics troops of the armored division had to speed up the maintenance process, and then because they were not familiar with the road, they took many detours.

Three days after the entire army crossed the border, Wu Shiyou ordered the army to stop and rest for a day, and he immediately sent someone to contact the Russian side, asking the local government to send a guide to lead the army, and make signs along the way so that the army could identify the direction.

In this regard, both sides did not think about it, but the problem was not big, the Tsarist side quickly solved this problem, the telegram was filmed all the way, and the Tsarist governments at all levels along the way solved the problem of the direction of the road, and in the process of marching, the troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force also received a large number of horses, harnesses, forage and oil at various supply points, which greatly improved the marching speed of the expeditionary force. (To be continued......)