After arranging the affairs of Zhili, Xu Jie rushed back to the Northeast non-stop, and now the final battle plan of the Northeast Armed Guards has been released, just waiting for him to do the final review.

Under the high-level planning of the Northeast Armed Guard Army and some other armies willing to resist the Russians, a defensive plan relying on the defense line of the Yalu River and a harassment plan to send troops from the west side of the battle line to threaten the Russian logistics supply line basically took shape after two months of planning.

The first is the defense plan. To be clear, the Russians did not have many troops in the northeast, and there were not many locations that could be used as starting points, because the Russians were only in a few cities in the Far East, and the underdeveloped lines of communication could only support tens of thousands of Russian troops to obtain supplies from the nearest places. So the Russian offensive cannot be a flat push, Russia does not have so many troops, and there are no supplies that can support so many troops!

Therefore, the Northeast Armed Guard Army and friendly forces chose to focus on the defense of key areas, vacate a large number of non-key areas, build fortifications in areas where the other side may cross the river, and cooperate with the previously established fortresses to form support points one by one, and arrange a large number of troops with average combat power and lack of mobility to act as garrison troops in the fortress system. Of course, the reserve of armaments and materials must be prepared in advance.

The characters of these fortress garrisons are to delay and kill the enemy, after all, the other side has not many entry points to choose from, and in the face of these fortifications, the Russians can only choose to bite hard. Of course, there will certainly be a small number of Russian troops that can penetrate through some gaps, but in the absence of security guarantees on the flanks, the Russian army will definitely be limited in the depth and size of the breakthrough. In general, the role of these forts and garrisons was to control the main lines of communication and passes. Prevent the breakthrough of the opponent's heavy army group.

Elite troops, on the other hand, with strong combat power and a certain degree of mobility, are deployed behind the first line of defense. Their task was to attack the Russian troops that had infiltrated from the front line, as well as to support the garrisons at the front. And take the initiative to launch a counterattack when the time is right. And all this is just a first-hand preparation, behind the second line of defense, Xu Jie also preset several pockets to deal with the possible breakthrough of the Russian heavy army group.

In addition to the frontal fort defense units and the second line of mobile defense units. There is also an elite cavalry unit deployed in the Mohe generation. It is located in the northernmost part of the Qing Kingdom. They are far from the battle line. On the edge of the frontal battlefield between the two sides. Here, Xu Jie arranged a cavalry unit, and this cavalry unit led by Ma Yukun accounted for almost half of the cavalry of the Northeast Wuwei Army. They are armed with a large number of automatic weapons and light artillery. And there is a special logistics unit to provide supplies. It can be said that the Tianjin Wuwei Army provided all the conveniences that could be provided.

Their mission was to cross the river from the direction of the Mohe River and launch an attack on the Russian supply lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was being extended to the Far East, and their mission was to trap the Russian troops in the frontal battlefield. At the same time, after reaching the point of suppressing the opponent's supply. They will be attacking the right flank from the west to the Russian rear from the right with a beautiful left hook. Completely crushed the backbone of the Russian Far Eastern Army.

The whole campaign is divided into three phases, the first stage is the defensive attrition stage, the fortress garrison and the second-line field troops will be consumed and delayed by the Russian offensive with the cooperation of the fortification system, and Ma Yukun's cavalry troops will harass the Russian logistics line. The second stage will be a counterattack by the field troops, with the cooperation of the garrison of the fortress, to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the Russian troops that have crossed the river. The third stage will be an active attack on the Vladivostok base of the Russian Far East Fleet, of course, this is the highest goal, and it remains to be seen whether the Northeast Armed Guard will still have enough ability to complete this strategy. However, it is certain that Xu Jie's troops will cross the border to launch an attack on the Russian mainland.

Battles on the battlefield indicate a part of the war, in order to create favorable conditions for one's own side as much as possible. At the same time, Xu Jie hit the idea on the Japanese. Soon after, a telegram signed by Xu Jie was sent to the desk of Japanese Prime Minister Katsu Haizhou, the content of which was very simple: Japan should choose from Russia as agreed in advance. In order to show Beiyang's support for Japan, after Japan took substantial military action against Russia. The Beiyang Fleet will enter the vicinity of Tokyo Bay as agreed. And to launch an attack on the home port of the Russian Far Eastern Fleet, Muroran Port! And in return, Japan needed to provide various facilities for the Beiyang Fleet. At the end of the day, Xu Jie deliberately added that after the Beiyang Fleet entered the preset position, the materials provided by Beiyang for Japan and the supplies provided by the British to the Japanese Navy would be delivered together.

The contents of this secret letter were something that the Japanese government headed by Katsu Haizhou could not refuse. for they know the word. This is the only chance that Japan can defeat Russia, and the mighty Far Eastern Fleet will have the North Ocean in charge of pinning down, in their opinion. Under the threat of the Beiyang Fleet, the Russian Far East Fleet was not only unable to launch an attack on Japan's sea transportation lines, but could not even guarantee its own transportation lines, and the Japanese Navy was confident that it would completely cut off the Russian army's transportation in the Sea of Japan. (Note, it is the Japanese Navy that is confident.) As for what the Russians and Beiyang think, then not necessarily)

Although the timetable of each party is different, all parties know that the time has come! It is impossible for Beiyang's preparations in the northeast to be completely concealed from the Russians. While Beiyang was actively preparing for war, the situation in Hokkaido, which had been transferred from the mainland to Hokkaido to suppress the local uprising, had eased a little, and preparations were made to return to the mainland to participate in the offensive against the Northeast. At this time, the Russian Far East Fleet had already begun to lay out, and Essen's fleet had already set sail, but a telegram received not long ago claimed that his fleet had been watched as soon as it left the country, and in this case, Essen suggested delaying the entry time, at least until the movement of the Northern Fleet was determined.

And just when the main force of the Russian Far East Fleet was preparing to meet the attack of the Beiyang Fleet, and the Essen Fleet was looking for an opportunity to break through again at any time, the Sea of Japan Detachment of the Russian Far East Fleet, which was responsible for cruising in the Sea of Japan, was very comfortable. Since the last time the Prince scared off the Japanese fleet, the Japanese have not appeared in the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, not to mention battleships, not even Japanese camouflage reconnaissance ships that usually fly foreign flags! This made the Russians very proud. After all, the Japanese fleet could not be put on the table, and it was completely wiped out by the Beiyang Fleet in its heyday, and the current Japanese fleet did not dare to touch the Russians even if he had ten dares. The Russians are very confident in this. Or rather, the Russians thought that the Japanese would be silent until the Northern Fleet and the Russian Far Eastern Fleet were divided. But since this kind of thing can happen even in this world, it is normal for something to happen that goes beyond common sense!

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