"At present, there are 19 integrated divisions, 4 cavalry brigades, 1 tank brigade, and 10 aviation squadrons in the northeast, excluding the 6 divisions that have been transferred to fight in Guannai. There are still 13 divisions in the northeast, of which 1 division and 1 cavalry brigade are stationed in Boli, responsible for the defense of Boli, and suppress the Red Russian guerrillas around Boli. The Special Operations Brigade was also transferred to the direction of Burleigh. The other five divisions were distributed in Manchuria, Harbin, and Suifenhe areas, and were responsible for guarding the Japanese troops entering the Russian Far East. ”

"Two new divisions, the 16th Division was stationed in Changchun, responsible for the defense of the Changchun Arsenal, and the 33rd Brigade of the 17th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade were stationed in Taonan and Tongliao, responsible for deterring the Mongol princes. The 17th Brigade of the 34th Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade were stationed in Chahar, Rehe. At the same time, the 33rd Brigade of the 16th and 17th Divisions and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade can respond to the situation in Heilongjiang at any time. ”

"The remaining 5 divisions are responsible for the defense of Mukden, and the defense line is mainly in Dandong, Fengcheng, and Luda. and the potential threat of the Japanese garrison in Mukden. ”

Lan Tianwei briefly told Qin Yu about the overall deployment of the Northeast Army this year, because it involved the issue of new military spending this year, and Tian Helin, the big housekeeper, was also present.

"Heilongjiang has five divisions stationed, and recently Japan's combined fleet has appeared in the waters of Dalian, and it is still openly increasing troops in Lushun and holding brigade-level exercises. Tian Helin asked worriedly, you must know that in the Russo-Japanese War, hundreds of thousands of old Maozi were defeated by the Japanese army.

Lan Tianwei smiled dumbly, dispelled Tian Helin's worries and said, "Although it is not reliable to pin hopes on foreigners, after the Paris Peace Conference, the Japanese want to do it against the Republic of China again." The pressure in the face of the great powers will not be small. Although there are only five divisions in Fengtian on the books, the five divisions are all veteran divisions that were formed early, and their combat strength is stronger than that of Heilongjiang, and there is no need to compare the two new divisions in Jilin. In addition to the tank units that were transferred to fight in the Kannai, there were also aviation squadrons. There was also a squadron of aviation stationed on Boli's side. The remaining five squadrons were all stationed at various airfields in Mukden, and the main force of the tank brigade was also stationed in Mukden. With these powers. Once a war breaks out, the troops that have entered the customs can naturally be transferred back at any time, and Fengtian is as stable as Mount Tai. ”

"The chief of staff is right, Brother Xuguang, you will put one hundred and twenty hearts, Fengtian is our nest, if you really lose it, wouldn't these ten years of hard work be in vain?" Qin Yu smiled. Then he said, "However, it is easy to destroy and difficult to build, and it is necessary to guard against the Japanese, make a phone call from Yingkou and set up a few more minefields, and if you really fight, don't let the combined fleet get too close to Yingkou, and the construction of shore defense artillery should be properly stepped up." ”

Ding Cheng nodded. Since the navy is not large now, it is temporarily hung directly under the adjutant's office. After the Bohai Fleet is built later, it will not be too late to upgrade the naval structure.

"This year and next, the northeast will not carry out a large-scale military expansion for the time being, and the existing division-level troops will be mainly reorganized. The focus is on machine guns, submachine guns, and the emerging light machine gun. Combat anti-aircraft artillery, mortars, anti-aircraft, anti-chemical troops, as well as expanding the number of vehicles in the troops. Increase the mobility of troops. Replace quantitative expansion with quality. Qin Yu thought for a while and said, "The Japanese division and regiment system is very good, maintaining the shelf of the division and regiment, and in peacetime, a division and regiment only has more than 10,000 people, and it can be expanded to 14,000 or 5,000 people during the war, or even more." While saving military spending on a certain extent, it also retained the military structure, which was conducive to the rapid expansion of the army. ”

Regarding the construction of the army, Qin Yu has a spectrum in his heart, although the provinces are still supervising the army like the emperor in the Republic of China, in fact, the war will not be too fierce, the real trouble is to integrate the resources of the Republic of China, eliminate the problems left over from the provinces since the beginning of the Republic of China, and the financial mess, everything is easy to do with money. Taking advantage of the end of the war in Europe, there is still a period of relative peace, and it is more important to build an army with high gold content than to pursue numbers excessively. After the German war in Europe, a large number of troops were dismantled, and only a small number of land forces could be retained, but it was precisely by relying on the study of the army and the use of various new weapons that at the beginning of World War II, it relied on tanks that were not more advanced than France and the Soviet Union to attack the whole of France with a thunderous momentum, so that the Soviet Union could only choose the tactics of exchanging space for time to delay the pace of the German army's advance.

"Marshal, on this issue, the General Staff has already discussed, and the specific plan is to be divided into first-line troops, second-line troops, and third-line troops."

"The front-line troops are full divisions, all the equipment is in place, and a certain number of full divisions must be retained in the northeast to deal with the war that may arise at any time. The second-line troops are divisions with complete formations as the commander said, but the soldiers are not yet full, and the size of the troops is about 10,000 people, which can be expanded into full-strength divisions and sent to the battlefield at any time, while the third-line troops are frame divisions, with roughly 7 to 8,000 troops, which are mainly responsible for being stationed in different places, and can also complete the task of expanding into a first-line army after filling the soldiers in the reserves. ”

Lan Tianwei paused for a moment, and then said, "In the future planning, all the current 19 divisions of the Northeast Army are listed as first-line troops, newly organized divisions, and after entering the customs, some of the troops incorporated in the customs are listed as second-line divisions, and the soldiers of the troops in the customs are rebuilt, and the cadets who graduated from the Northeast Military Academy and training camps are successively filled." There is also a part of the integrated troops that are classified as third-line troops. The treatment is the same as for the second-line troops. In addition, after entering Beijing, the military academy in Guannai was comprehensively renovated, filled with instructors from the northeast, and German instructors were hired to ensure the centripetal force of the army and avoid the situation of separating feudal towns and warlords in the Republic of China in the future. ”

Qin Yu laughed when he heard this, "It seems that the General Staff Department is confident of victory, and even the plan after entering the customs has been drawn up, and the northeast of the army is also the beginning of the nationalization of the army." You can't completely dismantle the troops in the pass at once, and it's a good choice to digest them gradually. ”

"It's always right to be prepared. Not only has the plan to win the war been made, but there are also plans to fight and lose, do you want to listen to it? Lan Tianwei said jokingly.

"Just rely on the dozens of planes and dozens of tanks that Duan Hefei newly bought?" Qin Yu smiled coldly, the pilots that Duan Qirui could pull were none other than those students from Nanyuan. The intelligence agencies in the northeast have already infiltrated Nanyuan, and besides, Beijing has dozens of more planes, test flights, and training, how can such a big move be hidden from the eyes and ears of people with intentions? Northeast China is vast and sparsely populated, and it is well known that aircraft have been introduced for so many years and at least dozens of aircraft have been equipped, but the outside world does not know the specific number of air forces in Northeast China.

"Everything has to be prepared with both hands. to be prepared, this is what the marshal said. Lan Tianwei shrugged his shoulders and said, in fact, from the analysis of various aspects, the Northeast Army's entry into the customs this time did account for at least seventy percent. It is also easier for Lan Tianwei to enter the customs, even if the Northeast Army cannot control Beijing single-handedly, but only expand the Northeast model to several provinces, it is also a success.

Report. Beijing, Henan urgent! The herald outside the house reported.

Ding Cheng took the telegram and handed it to Qin Yu at the right time.

"A lot of nonsense." Qin Yu threw aside the telegram from the State Council to punish him and his generals. Then he took the telegram from Henan, and immediately laughed out loud, "Before the battle is won, this war has already won half of it." ”

"What's so happy about Dashuai?" Tian Helin asked.

"Henan, naturally, has something to do with Wu Ziyu, it should be Zhao Wei who promised the marshal. stopped Wu Peifu's troops who wanted to return north for the marshal. Sun Liechen, who hadn't spoken much for a long time, smiled and said, except for Tian and Lin, all of whom were knowledgeable soldiers, and they could judge a rough idea from just a few words.

"Yes, this Zhao Zhou is usually confused. That's what makes it a little more pleasing to my eyes. If you want to ask me for the hard money, Ding Cheng, you can go and say hello later, give Zhao Wei 500,000 yuan first, and say that you will invite the Hongwei Army to drink tea first, as long as you can block Wu Peifu south of Luoyang, after the matter is completed, another 500,000 yuan will be regarded as the hard work of the Hongwei Army. Qin Yu smiled, although he couldn't look down on the combat power of the Hongwei Army at all, but Zhao Kui was also the overseer of Henan, and with him in Henan, it was not so easy for Wu Peifu to go north. As long as Zhao Wei blocked several direct generals who came back from Hunan for him, the Northeast won half of this Fengwan battle before the beginning. According to the standards of the Guannai, the annual military expenditure of a regular division is about 1.3 million yuan, which is normal. As for how much can fall into the hands of the soldiers, that is the problem of Zhao Kui and Zhao Jie.

Previously, only the Praetorian Guard could reach the high standard of two million. In addition to the higher salaries than those in the Guannai, training, food standards, officer training, and soldiers, the welfare of officers is also second only to salaries, which also ensures the absolute loyalty of soldiers to the Northeast, and only by being loyal to this system can they get enough benefits. And the army in Kannai can't even get a full salary, let alone any benefits.

"Yes, Marshal." Ding Cheng and the others all showed joy on their faces, if this war is really won, the Northeast will really have the potential to attack the world.

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In order to win this quick war, avoid prolonging the war, give the direct family the opportunity to participate, and also to deter other local warlords in the country, although the Northeast only used less than one-third of its troops, but the deployment of auxiliary troops was unprecedented, more than 1,000 large trucks were conscripted into the army, and a large number of mules and horses, making the Northeast Army's mobility far greater than any unit in the country. The use of a large number of trucks is also the first large-scale application of mechanization in the history of the Republic of China War, even in the previous Boli War, due to the limitations of the terrain and the snow on the road, such a large scale of transport convoys were not used. Basically, it relies on people to drag horses.

IN TERMS OF HEAVY WEAPONS, IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY, THE ARMAMENT OF THE PARTICIPATING ARMIES WAS RELATIVELY NOT AS HIGH AS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL BEIYANG DIVISION, WITH ONE ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN EACH DIVISION AND THREE ARTILLERY BATTALIONS, ONE 12-GUN 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY BATTALION, AND TWO 12-GUN 75MM FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALIONS. Originally, he was suffering from not having a direct army in his hands, so Duan Qirui used Japanese loans to form four divisions, and pulled several mixed brigades. Later, the Northeast Army even won the battle against the Japanese army, and Duan Qirui, who felt threatened, quickly pulled up two divisions. 36 guns per division. COUNTING THE 9TH, 13TH, AND 15TH DIVISIONS OF THE DIVISIONS DEFENDING BEIJING, THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT IS RELATIVELY COMPLETE, PLUS SEVERAL MIXED BRIGADES, THE 75MM CALIBER ARTILLERY OF THE ANHUI ARMY PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR REACHED 380, AND EACH DIVISION OF THE PARTICIPATING ARMY HAS A MACHINE GUN BATTALION, WITH 4 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS UNDER THE JURISDICTION. The cumulative number of heavy machine guns also exceeded 200, as well as 30 aircraft and 37 tanks.

Such a huge firepower has even far exceeded the scale of the Naobong War a few years later in history. I have to say that Duan Qirui put in the effort to pull up this army, and Japan also made great efforts to prevent the Northeast Army from controlling the Beiyang regime.

In contrast, even the artillery of the Northeast Army that entered the customs was on par with the participating armies. However, there were six divisions, a cavalry brigade, and an independent heavy artillery regiment. Duan Qirui's army consisted of nine divisions and three mixed brigades. Even if the division's artillery is on par with the Northeast Army, it is not a level worse than the Northeast Army, which has more than 50 divisions in terms of heavy machine gun equipment, not to mention that the Northeast Army has been equipped with 37MM infantry flat-firing guns, submachine guns, and a large number of grenades that the Japanese army has not yet had time to fully equip at this time.

Relatively speaking, the Northeast Army going south is Qin Yuqing's descendant troops, while the 15th, 13th, and 9th divisions participating in the war are somewhat non-descendant, and in the eyes of the high-ranking generals of the Northeast Army, the opposite side is just a group of battlefield newcomers with good weapons.

With the efforts of the northeast, the two armies quickly approached, and as the distance between the two armies became more and more dangerous, the gunfire of the Liulihe opened the prelude to the great battle between the two armies.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Xing commanded the troops to attack simultaneously from Gu'an and Yongqing. The Anhui participating armies also counterattacked on the front line, relying on the positions built one step ahead, firing back with all their might, and the first artillery battle on both sides combined with more than 200 guns, which made the positions of both sides boil and turn against the sky, and the people of more than ten miles around took refuge in other places. In the past, the telegraph war between the two families of Fengwan and Anhui was fiercely scolded, but this time it was serious, and some people who were still lucky realized the determination of the two sides to fight. (To be continued......)