The Huaxia Navy completely solved the maritime threat on the southern front in a month's time. The Chinese Army was also not idle on the Northern Front. After successfully solving the threat of the Russian army's left flank, the Chinese Army has actually knocked on the defense line of the Russian Army. Its troops can either move south and directly attack the core of the Nebuchu fortress, or they can move west to attack in the direction of Chita. As for whether to go west or south, there were different opinions within the Chinese Army. And directly influenced the strategy for the next step.

First of all, the generals of the armored forces represented by Peng Yi and others hope that the next stage of the attack will focus on Chita, after all, it will be the last material distribution center for the Russians. It was the last transit point of the Trans-Siberian Railway to the front. As long as Chita is taken, the rail transport of the Russian army on the entire front line will be cut off. The collapse of the Russian army, deprived of foreign aid, is only a matter of time. And when attacking Chita, both sides were in the field. In the absence of fortifications, the Chinese Army will have a considerable advantage.

As for the attack on the Nebuchu fortress group, it seemed to them to be an absolutely laborious and thankless move, and even General Nie Shicheng admitted that it was definitely a rather challenging task to dismantle the defensive line that the Russians had carefully laid out for several years in a matter of weeks. Each of these fortifications had a complete system of barbed wire trenches to match, as well as complete living and combat facilities. In these fortifications were also hidden heavy guns of various calibers from 8 to 10 inches, which were difficult to destroy under the protection of reinforced concrete shells.

Therefore, Peng Yi and others believe that in order to avoid excessive casualties and material losses, armored forces should be used to continue to break through the Russian army's defense line. Until the occupation of Nebuchu formed a trend of closing the door and beating the dogs. When the time comes, whether it is to continue the siege or peace talks, the Huaxia Army will gain the initiative. As Cai and others said, "All we need to attack Chita is gasoline." And the blood we need to attack Nebuchu. ”

Some of the generals led by Ma Yukun thought that Peng Yi's ideas were a little too idealistic. First of all, Ma Yukun admitted that the defense of the Nebuchu fortress area was much higher than that of Chita. But at the same time, Ma Yukun also pointed out that attacking Chita is not necessarily easier than attacking the fortress of Nebuchu. It is not advisable to judge the difficulty of an attack based solely on defensive power. This is because the amount of attack power of attacking two important places is also not proportional.

"We have been preparing for the capture of the Nebuchu fortress for four years, and we have transported a large number of 8-inch, 10-inch and even 12-inch naval guns and improved them into train guns. They are armed with specialized reinforced concrete armor-piercing shells, which have an absolute advantage in range and power. In the past four years, we have marked every firing point of each opponent, and we can destroy it whenever the time comes. ”

"And what about Chita? I admit that Chita did not have so many fortresses and heavy artillery. But at the same time, I also see two things, the only force we can use for the offensive is the armored troops and the accompanying supporting artillery. They don't even have a 6-inch long-barreled gun. It would be a disaster for large-caliber artillery to be transported over such a long distance. The 8-inch cannon also had to be split into two parts before it could be transported. ALTHOUGH THE OTHER SIDE LACKS HEAVY ARTILLERY, IT HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF 75MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS STOCKPILED THERE, WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FOR ARMORED TROOPS. ”

"We don't even have to think about the opponent's defense. In the absence of railways and tank transporters, it is questionable whether these tanks, which are marching on their own, will be able to reach the battlefield within the scheduled time, since our starting position is too far from Chita. Ma Yukun and others analyzed the two battlefields.

Faced with this problem, Ma Yukun and others then proposed an alternative. That is to temporarily abandon the attack on the core area of the Nebuchu fortress. Turn to attack the right flank of the Russian army, and then make a decision after defeating it, after all, the right flank of the Russian army is still more than 100,000 field troops. This heavy army cluster is definitely a big trouble for the Chinese Army. In order to cooperate with this plan, Ma Yukun and others also made an artillery adjustment plan. Some of the more easily deployable heavy guns were reconfigured to help the attacking forces gain a firepower advantage.

This plan seemed to be the most feasible one, and the Russian field forces were mainly distributed on the right flank. In addition to this, there are part of the mobile forces on the lines of communication. Then the rest of the fortress garrison, with the exception of a small number in Chita, the rest were concentrated on the Nebuchu front. According to Huaxia's current military strength, it is possible to launch an attack on the right flank, but it is necessary to carefully consider the specific position. Unlike the Russian army on the left flank. The Russian army on the right flank was very closely connected with the fortress system. If the breakthrough of its marginal positions was carried out in the same way as it had attacked the left flank, most of the Russian army would not be able to resist it. It is also possible to return to the fortress by implementing the passage left behind. Once the contraction is completed, it will be a more troublesome siege.

The plan was then sent to Xu Jie's desk. But for some reason, Xu Jie doesn't seem to have much interest in this plan. He just commented on one sentence after the most scheming plan - try to kill, injure or capture the vitality of the Russian army. Xu Jie already knew very well what the commanders on the front line were thinking. They intended to force the Russian government to accept the reality of defeat through the siege. In this way, it not only saves effort but also achieves the goal of victory. From the point of view of strategic purposes alone, such an approach is appropriate. But the key point is that there are some discrepancies between Xu Jie's strategic purpose and the ideas of Nie Shicheng and others.

Xu Jie's vision is not limited to this war, what he needs is to let the Russian Army keep as much blood as possible in this war! If it is said that the Huaxia Navy has completely removed the threat of the Russian Navy to China through a series of battles, then it will probably take a long time for the Huaxia Army to complete this mission. This campaign is only a phased victory, and if China wants to bring Siberia under its control in the future, it must let the Russian military system bleed as much as possible, and then completely solve the threat from its own north after the outbreak of World War 1. This battle not only not only kills and injures the Russian army as much as possible, but also makes the Russians even more afraid of the Chinese Army! In order to prepare for future planning.

Of course, in order to achieve this goal, the Huaxia Republic needs to pay a certain price. For this strategic purpose, the top brass of the Chinese Army had to reformulate a plan that could kill and injure a large number of opponents while minimizing war casualties. After research, it was found that the Chinese Army must complete three tasks in the next stage, the first is to block the Russian army's transportation lines, and the second is to destroy the Siberian Second and Third Army Corps and other small units on the right flank of the Russian army. The third is to start tackling the first two tasks after completing them! Destroy the Nebuchu Fortress Group!

In the process of reformulating the operational plan, the Huaxia Army suddenly discovered that the Russian army was also learning about war after experiencing the fiasco of the left flank, and some of these measures were still very effective in the eyes of the Huaxia Army. First of all, the first point is that the Russian army has strengthened the strength of the mobile corps. Although the overall strength is certain, the Russian army cannot draw more troops into the front line, but this does not prevent Kuropatkin from drawing elite infantry from various subordinate units to form elite troops to cooperate with chariot troops and cavalry. In addition to the relatively high quality of personnel, they also carried a large number of mortars and light artillery. This has greatly strengthened the combat effectiveness of the Russian army's mobile corps.

Its main tasks also became maneuvering operations and plugging gaps. After encountering the Huaxia armored forces, the first thing they did was not to immediately open the formation and fight to the death, but to choose to enter the defense after conducting relevant reconnaissance after contact, and only when they had an advantage in strength and weapons would they continue to attack. During the tentative engagements between the two sides, as well as in guerrilla battles near the lines of communication, the Chinese armored forces found that the opposing side was not as crushed as it had been. The combat effectiveness is much stronger than the original.

This change is not only reflected in field warfare. In positional warfare, the deterrent effect of these rapid mobile units equipped with small artillery on the Chinese Army is also quite obvious. In several limited attacks, the Huaxia Army could easily break through the opponent's defensive positions, but after the opponent's mobile forces were in place, this breakthrough would be contained. Even parts of the area will be evicted again.

"I think we need to disperse the opposing forces to a greater extent, especially with their elite mobile corps out of the protection of the defensive line and engage us in the wilderness. A separate divided mobile corps is not terrible. They can also engage armored forces only if they are on the defensive and have numerical superiority. As long as there are enough supplies, we can launch a campaign aimed at cutting off the railway line. Then force the opponent to engage them on our preset battlefield. ”

"The battle defense artillery positions are dead, there is no strong enough armored force as a counterattack force, and a simple defensive position is actually not terrible. THEY DO NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF LONG-BARRELED 75MM GUNS TO ACCOMPANY THEM, SO THE LONG-RANGE COUNTER-BATTERY FIREPOWER IS QUITE VULNERABLE, WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT EVEN USING HEAVY ARTILLERY, WE DO NOT NEED GUNS ABOVE 105MM TO GAIN AN ARTILLERY ADVANTAGE. After his own opinion was rejected, Peng Yi put forward a new one, advocating the mobilization of the corps' mobile advantage to settle the battle in the wilderness movement engagement.

Regarding Peng Yi's new proposal, the top level of the Huaxia Army still expressed support. It is in line with the whole strategy to drive the Russian army out of the defense line as much as possible, once all the mobile troops are withdrawn, then all that remains are the fortresses and trenches at the head and tail of the weak Russian troops divided into defense lines, and the difficulty of attacking the fortifications plummets. And the need for heavy artillery and ammunition is much lower than the need for fuel relative to fortifications. So from this point of view, the offensive launched on both sides can optimize the allocation of resources, and the multiple attack surface is more lethal for the Russian army, which is stretched thin in troops and materials!

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