In April 1896, in a spacious utility room with an area of more than 300 square meters on the basement floor of the Admiralty, the "Naval Combat Research Center" was officially established. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

While the officers of the Admiralty were working hard to write a detailed plan for the construction of the Navy, they held numerous meetings with representatives of other industrial sectors. The purpose of these meetings is to clarify the functions of the Navy, to develop a joint defense plan between the Navy and the Army, and to develop a defense plan for the open sea for the Navy. In this spacious "utility room", the young young officers had heated discussions again and again around one issue.

Almost since the establishment of the center, there was only one central issue they discussed - the defeat of Russia!

How to defeat the Russian Navy, this is a question discussed by the young officers, they do not think about any diplomatic issues, what economic problems, there is only one question to consider - defeat the Russian Navy!

Through the half-window at the top of the wall, you can clearly see that the sky is getting darker, and only the lamp is on in the dimly lit room. Han Che and Su Yueyang sat face to face, speaking of identity, perhaps there is a big disparity between the two, as a "reward" for completing the round-the-world voyage, as the first real navigator, a month ago, Han Che had just been promoted to naval colonel, and as his classmate, Su Yueyang, who was also a teacher and student, had already been awarded the rank of rear admiral, and even obtained the temporary rank of vice admiral because of his position as a fleet instructor. It can be described as a spring breeze. But in front of old classmates. Su Yueyang did not show any smugness.

"Plains. Today's conversation I have with you is not to be told to the outside world, and it is also absolutely secret within the fleet, that is, this matter can only be known to you and me. ”

Han Che's words were not loud, and his expression was a little serious. At this time, there are only two of them left in this Ruoda Combat Research Center, and the two of them have reached a consensus on a problem, and now, the reason why I specially emphasize it. It is based on the need for confidentiality.

Modest and energetic, he sat upright and looked at the major general in front of him with his eagle-like eyes. The air inside is particularly tense.

"After returning to China, I had a private conversation with my teacher."

Han Che paused when he said this, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case casually, handed one to Su Yueyang, and lit one himself. Su Yueyang was not surprised that Han Che would go to talk to the teacher privately, perhaps, this is the benefit of being a student.

"Although the future is not hopeless, the future of China and Russia can be described as a crisis lurking in the future. There is a good chance that war cannot be avoided. ”

Although Han Che wanted to speak in a relaxed tone, he was always intermittent. And Su Yueyang listened intently. He had already guessed the other party's topic.

"That's what I said, but it doesn't have to be an immediate fight. However, judging from the current situation, this possibility is not small, because now we and the Russians are like two carriages that are about to collide head-on! ”

Nodding deeply, Su Yueyang took a puff of his cigarette.

"When I met the teacher last time, he said with a smile that we have made fundamental concessions on the issue of railways, but that concession has only alleviated the immediate crisis, the crisis of war is actually inevitable, and peace may be said to be hopeless, so the navy must be prepared for war, and now the expansion of the army and navy, and even the expansion of industry, are all centered on this."

Han Che frowned and listened, when he came back from abroad, he only learned about the navy's preparation plan, and he didn't know that the industry was also preparing for war, no wonder, after all, for the outside world, this is a secret. But for Su Yueyang, who is a member of the Council of Naval Officers, this is not a secret, in fact, the industrial expansion plan needs to be subordinated to military needs.

"It can be said that almost from the day the establishment of the Governor's Office of the three eastern provinces, we need to face the pressure from Russia, railways, factories and mines, and immigrants, are based on the consideration of preparing for war, if everything goes well, after the completion of the four-year plan, the Northeast and North Korea will have more than 3,500 kilometers of railways, as of December last year, the Northeast Railway has reached 3,400 kilometers, in fact, the construction of railways has exceeded the plan in an all-round way, has become a foregone conclusion, although the rails, Locomotives and critical signal control systems are partly imported, but they are largely domestically produced, and the machinery industry has doubled dramatically in the past four years......"

Recalling the content of the meeting at the beginning of the year, Su Yueyang's face showed some rare smiles, maybe the Northeast still has such and such shortcomings, but after four years of efforts, especially with the efforts of the Heavy Industry Development Company, the Northeast has initially completed the construction of basic industry.

"Now the total industrial output value of Northeast China has reached the seventh place in the world. In addition, at present, the Northeast is better than the United States and Germany in terms of industrial concentration, and even better than the United Kingdom, our coal center is the three major mines of Fuxin, Fushun and Pyongyang, our steel is Incheon and Benxi, our machinery manufacturing industry is Shenyang, Changchun, and the shipbuilding industry is Incheon and Dalian. Moreover, the orders of the national defense and railway industries have been placed one after another, so that the heavy industry has made great progress, and in the key fields of metallurgy, coal, engineering, and iron and steel, it has shown a posture of catching up with the most powerful Western powers, and at the same time, it has also provided a broad opportunity for the improvement of the level of science and technology. However, the fiscal revenue has exceeded 250 million yuan, and this year the revenue is expected to exceed 300 million yuan, and the expenditure will reach an astonishing 450 million yuan. ”

The military expenditure in the northeast has exceeded that of many major powers, but because there are too many "historical debts", the seemingly huge military expenditure cannot have a multiplier effect, just like the construction of the navy's Nanyang base and the reconstruction and expansion of the Zhenwan base, which will swallow up tens of millions of yuan every year. There are also reserves for the production of weapons and ammunition for the army and navy, which are extremely large expenditures.

However, despite this, Su Yueyang's words still shocked Han Che. Although he knew that the preparation plan was not limited to the navy, he did not expect that it would be so extensive. It even includes the deployment of the "Zhuangding Regiment" of nearly one million people. It is also in the Army's preparation plan. In short, the entire Northeast is now not only preparing for war, but in fact, every department in the Northeast, even the most inconspicuous agricultural sector, is also preparing for war -- building a number of grain reserves in the front-loading areas. for wartime needs. Of course, there is also the medical department, the settlement clinic, which will also be used as a wartime medical point.

"This is the real general battle!"

Thinking about it like this, Han Che thought that many years ago, in the Tongwen Pavilion of the Beijing Division, the teacher had mentioned that fresh term - total war.

"Modern warfare is a war of the whole nation, and the number of people involved in the war has expanded from the army to the entire population...... The basis of the total war is the spiritual unity of the nation...... Militarization of the national economy. In peacetime, the economy should be wartime, and a large amount of important materials such as grain, clothing, and fuel should be stored in peacetime, and the issuing banks should be placed under the power of the central government, so as to strive for self-sufficiency in war materials and expand the armaments industry. Get ready for a long war! ”

Yes!

Thinking about the overall battle point put forward by the teacher, Han Che could naturally imagine it. In fact, the Northeast has been preparing for war, and even the awakening of the national spirit is only a part of the war.

Because, in this world, no one has ever used "overall" to describe the war, and once the Northeast is thrown into the war, it is bound to win the war with all its strength and at any cost, and in this world, no country can do this, at least not yet.

"However, those things are not for us to consider, at the commander's combat meeting, the teacher will deploy everything, what we need to be put forward at the meeting, we need the cooperation of the industrial department, the industrial department will fully cooperate, we need the cooperation of the army, and the army will also send a coordination team to discuss with us, like you said, what we need to think about is the decisive battle between the fleets."

Then Su Yueyang paused slightly, looked at Han Che and said:

"Recently, Chief Li talked to me privately about his intentions,...... I happened to talk to you about this matter today. ”

Su Yueyang paused for a while and said in an emphatic tone:

"Chief Li also fully considered the issue of the event of a war in the future. He was the commander of the fleet, and he had to think about how to direct the operation at that time. He believed that because of the relationship between the Russian fleet and the three places, after the outbreak of war, the forces of the Pacific Fleet would hold on and wait for reinforcements. He instructed the staff officers of the fleet to study how to break this situation. ”

The "Chief Li" in Su Yueyang's mouth was naturally the fleet commander "Li Weizhong", and then he added:

"Of course, this is not an official order, just a secret study of combat issues, but, I see, you have already thought of going ahead of Chief Li here."

It was true that they thought of Chief Li in front of him, and what they wanted was to defeat the Pacific Fleet, while Han Che was thinking about defeating the Russian Navy, so it was natural for them to make a judgment.

Han Chezuo listened with bated breath, waiting for Su Yueyang to finish his work. However, he leaned back in his chair and smoked vigorously, and did not speak for most of the day. By this time, it was completely dark.

"Genyou!" Su Yueyang suddenly shouted.

"Hmm!"

"What do you think?"

“……”

"That is to say, once a fight breaks out, according to the historical operational plan, the Pacific Fleet will be defeated in a phased manner, and then wait for the Russian reinforcements to attack and adopt a blocking war. Do you think that a quick victory in a war can be decided by a quick victory? ”

Han Che shook his head vigorously.

"The mode of warfare has changed, I think it will definitely not work just by waiting, if the Russians did not occupy Japan, then, we are ninety percent sure that before the arrival of the Russian reinforcement fleet, we will occupy Vladivostok with the army and force Russia to have a decisive battle with our fleet, but now, the headquarters of the Russian fleet is in Yokosuka, and on the Japanese archipelago, there are dozens of ports at their disposal, so to speak, if the Russians are determined to hold on, then before the arrival of the reinforcement fleet, even if it is one of our ports, An attack on a port will not determine the outcome of a war. It seems that now, for the Russian Navy, holding on is the safest way, and they will definitely do it, but we can't do anything except press step by step. ”

"Hmm!"

Su Yueyang leaned over and said:

"Commander Li and I both think like this, there is no way, use the army's gnawing port by port, not to mention anything else, just Vladivostok and the four major town guards, it's enough for a headache, if it's too late, in case the Russian reinforcement fleet comes......"

"Reinforcements will definitely come!"

Han Che nodded seriously and said.

"If we can't solve the main forces of the Pacific Fleet, then when the time comes, the reinforcement of the fleet may come from many directions......"

After a slight pause, Han Che looked at Su Yueyang and said.

"Therefore, the military command department formulated the concentration of troops to fight on the southern front...... It's just a joke. ”

Dusting off the ashes of his cigarette, Han Che said.

"Oh!"

Su Yueyang, who was surprised, looked at Han Che and asked rhetorically.

"Why is that?"

"Because here, here, here......"

Pointing his finger at several harbors on the east coast of Japan, Han Che finally changed his voice again.

"Even if Japan's military ports are all bordered by the Pacific Ocean, why take the risk of crossing Malacca, crossing the South China Sea, and even the Taiwan Strait, the people who made the plan simply didn't use their brains! They didn't take into account it at all, the environment is already different, naturally, the direction of the Russians will be different, it's too dangerous from here, it's safe from the Pacific Ocean, the Pacific Ocean is so wide, whether it's taking the southern line or the northern line, as long as there are enough coal carriers, you don't need to think about interception, Pingyuan, you are also a navy, if you were asked to command the fleet, where would you choose? Is it the dangerous South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, or the Pacific Ocean, where there is almost no possibility of interception! ”

Truly!

As soon as the fleet enters the Pacific Ocean, the vast Pacific Ocean will be the best cover for the Russian mainland reinforcement fleet, and this will undoubtedly be a nightmare for the Northeast Navy, because there are too many routes in the Pacific Ocean for the Russians to choose from, and once the target is missed, the Northeast Navy will have to face a nightmare -- the Russian Pacific Fleet, which has greatly increased in strength, will gain all-round superiority in the balance of forces.

Who will be able to stop the Russians by then? And how can the Navy win the decisive battle of the fleet? Thus laying the foundation for victory in the entire war?

"Yuanyou, since you said so, there must be some way, there must be more than that!" (To be continued.) )