In the middle of the night of August 20, 1908, Wu Peifu, the Minister of Defense of the Chinese Empire, did not return to his home in Beijing, but remained in the Ministry of National Defense, paying attention to the situation of the war on the Russian front.

At this time, a staff officer sent Wu Peifu a telegram from the front line of Omsk City, and after Wu Peifu read it, his face suddenly showed a happy look, and Omsk City was finally taken.

Wu Peifu immediately used the phone of the Ministry of Defense to call the Forbidden City and report the good news to Emperor Lin Daxin.

In the dormitory in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Lin Daxin had not yet rested, holding in his hand the plans of the Military Intelligence Bureau to expand the armaments of various countries after the outbreak of war between China and Russia, and began to consider the impact of these on the Chinese Empire.

The expansion of the military power of Britain and France is likely to be involved in the Sino-Russian war, after all, Russia is an ally of their allies, and the love-hate between Britain and France and the Chinese Empire is really a lot, enough to write a long epic novel!

The situation between China and Japan has changed beyond recognition because of Lin Daxin's birth, and the situation between the two sides in the original historical track has changed beyond recognition.

As for the expansion of the military strength of the Allied Powers, it is obvious that they will wait for the Chinese Empire and the Entente to pick up the bargain after both the Chinese Empire and the Entente are defeated, and the contradictions between the Allied and the Entente Powers are needless to say, and there is no friendship between the Chinese Empire, the last war between Lin Daxin and the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the three countries of Germany, Italy and Austria of the Allied Powers. But it wasn't light.

The United States began to build super dreadnought battleships on a large scale, and it had an unstable heart, and in recent years, the United States has expanded the strength of its naval and land forces. The purpose of targeting the Chinese Empire is becoming more and more obvious, and according to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, the top level of the United States has the intention of competing with the Chinese Empire for the Pacific Ocean.

Lin Daxin put the thick stack of information sent by Li Kun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, on the table on the side, and then shook his head, the Chinese Empire, under his leadership, can now be said to be the most powerful military country in the world. However, the enemies of the Chinese Empire are almost all over the world, and all the countries in the world that are considered to be powerful countries have more or less hatred with the Chinese Empire. It's also a very fascinating thing.

Lin Daxin didn't want to make enemies all over the world, but the Qing Dynasty was bullied enough by the world's powers, and the unequal treaties of land and reparations were pressed on this ancient country, and Lin Daxin wanted to make this ancient country rise again. There will inevitably be contradictions with the great powers. If the great powers are not beaten to death, where will there be any way out for China.

However, even the great powers are full of hostility to the Chinese Empire, and even unite against the Chinese Empire, Lin Daxin is actually fearless, he has a crossing ring, and he can get the strongest and beneficial support in the future time and space, especially the technology of the future time and space, which makes the Chinese Empire in many aspects. Far ahead of the great powers, and even more so militarily.

Now the war broke out in various countries because of China and Russia. They have their own actions, it seems that the Chinese Empire should also do something, and the tiger is not threatening, you still think it is a sick cat.

When Lin Daxin was thinking about how the Chinese Empire should expand its armaments, he received a message from the guards, and Wu Peifu, Minister of National Defense, had just called that the Russian city of Omsk had finally been completely captured by the Ninth Field Army after three days of arduous street fighting.

Lin Daxin's eyes lit up when he heard that the city of Omsk was taken down, Omsk City is an important town of the Trans-Siberian Railway leading to the Russian Ural Mountains, as long as the city of Omsk is conquered, the Russian army will immediately destroy the railway to the west of Omsk City, and the army of the Chinese Empire can also follow the destroyed railway, all the way unimpeded to the city of Chelyabinsk near the Ural Mountains, all the way are plains, the Russian army wants to stop the footsteps of the Chinese Empire, and even a steep terrain can not be found, Coupled with the Chinese Empire's strong firepower superiority, it was even more difficult.

If the city of Chelyabinsk is also conquered by the troops of the Chinese Empire, then the army of the Chinese Empire can cross the Ural Mountains and enter the European regions of Russia, and the mountains of the Ural Mountains behind the city of Chelyabinsk are the most suitable for the army to pass through.

However, although the city of Omsk has been conquered, there are still hundreds of thousands of Russian troops outside the city, and the intelligence of the military intelligence bureau shows that Russia has also mobilized more than 400,000 troops on the border line.

Lin Daxin turned to look at the military map hanging on the wall, thoughtfully raised his right hand and touched his chin, and then ordered the guards to call the Ministry of Defense and ask Wu Peifu to enter the palace immediately.

Not long after, Wu Peifu rushed to the Forbidden City, and Lin Daxin met his confidant minister in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Lin Daxin said to Wu Peifu: "Ziyu, I summoned you into the palace so late, because I wanted to discuss something with you. ”

Wu Peifu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, could it be the matter of Omsk City?" ”

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "Omsk City has now been conquered, but there are still hundreds of thousands of Russian troops outside the city, and hundreds of thousands of Russian troops are rushing to Omsk City, does the Ministry of Defense have any plans for these million Russian troops?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Our Ministry of Defense considers that the 14th Army and the 15th Army of the Russian army outside Omsk are units that Russia has just formed and their combat effectiveness is not strong, and the more than 400,000 troops supported by the Russian army are troops that have been defeated from the border line, and their combat effectiveness must have dropped a lot, so the Ministry of Defense hopes to annihilate Russia's million living forces here as much as possible in Omsk City." ”

Lin Daxin said: "I also hope to destroy more of the Russian army's living forces here in Omsk City, but the Russians know that Omsk City is occupied by our army, and they are still honestly waiting for us to annihilate them?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "I sent a telegram to Yu Lichen, the commander of the Ninth Field Army, ordering the Ninth Field Army to create the illusion that the city of Omsk is still fighting, to attract the Russian army outside the city to continue to attack the defensive line established by the Ninth Field Army, and to let the Russians continue to transfer more than 400,000 defeated troops to the city of Omsk. ”

Lin Daxin asked, "Omsk City, where are the troops of our Chinese Empire. If you want to annihilate the million-strong Russian army, is there enough troops? ”

Wu Peifu hesitated for a moment and said: "At present, in addition to the Ninth Field Army, there is also one division of the Tenth Field Army in Omsk City. As well as the 2 divisions of the Ansi Provincial Garrison, it may be difficult to annihilate a million Russian troops, but there are still troops of the 3rd Guards Army and the Andong Provincial Garrison in Novosibirsk City, even if the railway is seriously damaged by the Russian army, you can quickly march along the railway line to the city of Omsk, with these troops. Although the strength of the army is still more than half of the million-strong Russian army, with the combat effectiveness of our Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, we are still sure to defeat the million-strong Russian army. However, if you want to completely annihilate millions of Russian troops, it is very difficult. ”

Lin Daxin continued to ask: "It's been several days since the war started, and haven't the other troops fallen into the Russian battlefield yet?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "The Third Field Army and the Fourth Field Army have been ordered by the Ministry of National Defense. The use of railways is heading to the Russian battlefield. However, the two field armies combined had 300,000 troops and a lot of heavy equipment, and it would take some time to join the Russian battlefield by relying solely on railway transportation. ”

Lin Daxin nodded, he was still very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, which was the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in Omsk City. Together, they could only gather less than 500,000 troops to fight against the million-strong Russian army. There is no suspense about victory, and the absolute air superiority and artillery superiority of the Chinese Empire are not decorations.

After asking about the situation in Omsk City, Lin Daxin continued: "Ziyu, the Military Intelligence Bureau has recently collected information on the expansion of armaments by various countries, do you know it? ”

Wu Peifu nodded and said: "The Military Intelligence Bureau has informed the Ministry of Defense of the information on the military expansion of various countries, Your Majesty, the military expansion of these countries at this time is obviously aimed at our Chinese Empire, and we cannot help but guard against it, especially Britain, France and Japan, these three countries are likely to take advantage of the war between our country and Russia to launch a war against our country." ”

Wu Peifu, as the Minister of National Defense, in the face of the crazy expansion of various countries, of course hopes that the Chinese Empire will also start the corresponding expansion plan, but Lin Daxin has just approved the expansion of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire to expand 10 field armies and 2 Guards Army, and the funds required to form these 12 main armies are already very huge, after all, the heavy weapons of the main army are very large, and it takes a lot of money to equip them. Wu Peifu is also embarrassed to mention the matter of military expansion again, and can only hope that Lin Daxin can pay enough attention to the military expansion of various countries.

However, since Lin Daxin came to various countries to expand the army in advance, he already had his own plan in mind.

Lin Daxin said: "I think that this time the military expansion of various countries is so lively, and our Chinese Empire can't just watch the excitement from the sidelines, I have decided to respond to the military expansion plans of various countries to further expand the military strength of our Chinese Empire." ”

When Wu Peifu heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, our Imperial Chinese Imperial Army has just begun to expand 10 field armies and 2 guard armies, and then expand the army on this basis, there is no problem with the finances of the empire, right?" ”

Lin Daxin said affirmatively: "The problem of money, I have to figure out a way, this time I am ready to carry out an appropriate expansion of the empire's navy, land and air forces." ”

After Lin Daxin's words were finished, Wu Peifu understood that the emperor was preparing to pay out of his own pocket for the expansion of the imperial army!

Lin Daxin's wealth, said to be rich and rival the country, are a bit light, the general country, the wealth of the whole country combined, not necessarily as much as Lin Daxin's wealth alone, the Chinese Empire's army can have such a scale, have such combat effectiveness, in fact, and Lin Daxin invested a huge amount of money in the Chinese Imperial Army, now Lin Daxin wants to use his own money to expand the Chinese Empire's navy, land and air forces, the funds required for the expansion of the army, there is no problem at all.

Wu Peifu then no longer bothered about funds, but asked directly: "Your Majesty, what are your thoughts about the re-expansion of our Chinese Empire?" ”

Lin Daxin touched his chin and said: "As for the army, since the army expansion plan has been formulated a while ago, we will still complete the original army expansion plan, and I am ready to add 3 more guards, so that after the army expansion, the number of guards can reach 8, Ziyu, what do you think?" Are there any problems with the source of troops? ”

Wu Peifu immediately said affirmatively: "The minister completely agrees to expand the 3 more guards, so that the armored strength of our Royal Army of the Chinese Empire will be even stronger, and the emperor should not worry about the source of troops, with the reserves of our Chinese Empire, not to mention the expansion of 3 more guards, even if it is to expand by 30, there is no problem at all." ”

Each Guards of the Chinese Empire has 1 armored division and 3 infantry divisions, of which the armored division has 180 heavy Black Panther tanks, 360 light Black Wolf tanks and 360 Z2 armored vehicles, which is the main force of the armored forces of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire. The expansion of the Guards Army is a large-scale expansion of the armored forces, which makes the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire more mobile.

The emperor himself paid for the expansion of the army, and he was ready to expand the 3 more guards at once, with a strength of more than 500,000 troops.

Lin Daxin nodded and said: "Then it's decided, the army will expand by 3 more guards!" In addition, although the Air Force is much ahead of the air forces of other countries in the world, the number of Air Force fighters, I think it is still not enough, the improved Yellow Bird fighter and the Blue Eagle bomber, in the future, will still be at the world's leading level, so I think that the improved Yellow Bird fighter, our Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire should have at least 2,000 units, the improved Blue Eagle bomber, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire must have at least 1,500 units, in addition to the number of Owl transport planes should also be greatly increasedAt present, the Airborne Forces only have 1 division, which is too small, and I think that the Airborne Forces can be expanded to 1 corps. ”

Wu Peifu still nodded without an opinion, "Your Majesty, what about the navy?" There are quite a few dreadnought battleships that have been expanded by the navies of various countries! ”

Lin Daxin smiled and said: "The more dreadnoughts they build, the happier I become, they build dreadnoughts, and our Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire secretly builds aircraft carriers, and as soon as the aircraft carriers are born, I can expect that their expressions will be very exciting." I also have a new idea for the navy. (To be continued......)