The era of adventure and foresight is over

Beijing, Ministry of Defense. 【 I want: super fast update 】

In the meeting room of the General Staff, there was hearty laughter from time to time, no one could feel the tension and anxiety when the war first began, especially with the arrival of the Tomsk fortress, it was a foregone conclusion that nearly three million Russian troops would be surrounded in Western Siberia, and it snowed there for the first time yesterday, in which case the hope of escape for the Russian army company had disappeared.

Zhang Zuolin took the baton and pointed to the map to make a routine report for Li Mo, Tang Shaoyi and others.

"The northwest has basically stabilized at present, the 56th Infantry Division has arrived in Tomsk yesterday, and the fourth group of trucks has arrived with them, and the heavy equipment dropped by the 23rd and 24th Infantry Divisions has been transported there, and Tomsk has reported that they have let the Russian prisoners basically repair the fortress, and take advantage of the cold weather to build an ice wall about six kilometers long at the east and west ends of the fortress.

"At present, the food and materials stored in the fortress basically meet the needs of 100,000 people for wintering, and the only thing missing is fuel, but the 2nd Air Division is using all means to rush to transport, and it is expected to continue to provide 500 tons of gasoline there in ten days."

"What about those Russian prisoners of war? If there are more than 100,000 mouths, will there be a shortage of food? Rong asked interjected.

"Hehe, Lao Rong, don't worry, that clever ghost in Yongshan has ordered all Russian prisoners of war to leave the fortress and head east this morning, so there won't be a big problem with food." The corners of Long Guozhang's mouth curled as if Nagayama was a member of his navy.

"This guy, to the east on a snowy day, he can figure it out." Rong Yu was happy and motioned for Zhang Zuolin to continue to introduce.

"The first battle of Western Siberia is now basically coming to an end, except for the two Cossack cavalry divisions of the Russian army, the rest of the infantry is no longer possible, according to the current statistics, in this stage of the battle, the Northwest Army killed and captured more than a group army of about 500,000 people, and the second air division also destroyed about 30% of the Russian army's material and logistics bases, and the next harsh winter, the Russian army may be very difficult."

"If it's difficult, surrender, let's do it in the spring, and we're delaying things, right?"

"Come on, you don't talk to no one when you're dumb!" Chen Ping glared at Long Guozhang and asked, "Tell me about the gains and losses." ”

Zuo Lin nodded, pointed to the Tomsk fortress and said: "Before the war, we used the method of surprise attack and air force bombing, which did achieve the desired effect, but in the face of street battles in the city and inside the fortress, the troops still had some unnecessary casualties, most of which were due to the lack of heavy firepower, especially decisive fire support. ”

"Our army's 60mm mortars, 80mm recoilless guns and 105mm and 152mm towed howitzers are difficult to defend against fortresses, and given the large number of such problems that will be encountered in the next operation, we hope to increase the number of heavy artillery or bombers. ※※※※※I ※ I ※ ※

"I'm afraid I won't be able to get a lot of heavy artillery, and even if the armament department comes out, there will be difficulties in logistics and transportation, but bombers and attack planes can rest assured, I can deliver at least 100 bombers and 300 attack planes here before the New Year, and no more." Tang Xiao immediately said.

"In addition to heavy firepower projection, the kind of Russian heavy tanks reported by Tomsk should also be noted, and according to intelligence, Europe and the United States have recently developed heavy or super-large tank fighting vehicles, although this kind of thing is slow, and the top is very weak, easy to destroy from the air, but if there is no air force support for a while, the current 3 Cheetah may be very difficult to deal with."

As soon as Zhang Zuolin finished speaking, Li Mo also took a breath, he didn't expect that Mendeleev's perverted thing would really appear, so he immediately looked at Tang Xiao: "4 How did the Siberian Tiger tank go?" ”

"The emperor can rest assured that the first batch of twelve vehicles has completed the test, and we have recently adopted the method of finalized production, so as long as the test is completed, the first batch can be delivered immediately." Tang Xiaojin is full of spring breeze, abundant financial security, and research and development in advance have entered the harvest period, so the military even gave him a nickname, Bodhisattva!

'What is stereotyped production?' Tang Shaoyi asked curiously.

"That's right." Tang Xiao hurriedly explained, it turned out that in order to shorten the time, the equipment used which component was finalized first, and the method of pre-production, such as the current Siberian Tiger tank, the turret and cannon have passed the test in advance, and the engine has also been completed, so these parts are produced in advance, and when the chassis is finalized, you can concentrate most of the strength to manufacture the chassis, and then assemble it.

This is a wartime production method, and it is also one of the prototypes of standardization, which can greatly save and simplify the process and shorten the equipment time.

"Is there any recent movement in the United States and Europe?" Li Mo changed the subject.

"Britain's first Monarch-class battleship was launched yesterday and entered the outfitting stage, which is expected to be delivered by June next year, and in terms of land, the Entente is still continuing to increase troops on the Western Front, but because Western Siberia is surrounded, Russia must strengthen the defensive strength of the Ural Mountains, so the pressure on Germany and Austria-Hungary will be much less in the future, so that we can continue to draw troops to stabilize the Western Front, according to our estimates, at least until the end of the year, neither side has the ability to break the deadlock.

It is noteworthy that the British and French again increased their Persian garrisons and added several cruisers to the Strait of Hormuz, which, we speculate, may be a precursor to the imminent start of their assault on Mesopotamia. ”

"In this way, the Second Marine Division is going to have a hard battle again."

"Yes." Chen Ping nodded at Tang Shaoyi: "We have not been able to carry out such a long-distance landing battle at present, and Britain and France have continuously increased their naval forces in the Indian Ocean, and it is impossible to act unless they are defeated." ”

"When will that be?"

"At the end of the year." Long Guozhang smacked his lips: "If you want to fight the Indian Ocean, you must first pull out Gapo and Malacca, but now the navy's main energy is to protect the eight divisions of the army to land in Australia, and stabilize North Australia and Western Australia first, so we have to wait, and Siam has also promised that we will send at least 20,000 troops to assist, and it is initially expected that it will be started in early January." ”

Shao Yi nodded, although he didn't understand military affairs, he also knew how many supplies were needed for a campaign, which didn't mean that he could fight it, so it would take enough time.

"What about Japan and North Korea?"

"The Japanese and North Korean armies are training, and currently only four divisions are in Vietnam and Colombia, and the rest will be used as reserves for the time being, and some of them will be put into Alaska and the Aleutian Islands after the beginning of spring next year." Zhang Zuolin replied.

"Wouldn't it be too risky to attack the United States and Canada like this?"

"No, it won't." Chen Ping shook his head: "The important thing for the United States at present is to restore the navy and concentrate on ensuring both Europe and Australia, so even if the loss of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska has almost no impact on them, and the United States is far away from there, we still have supply difficulties, they are serious, so I don't estimate that too many heavy troops will be invested." ”

In the west, north, and southeast, plus Australia, as well as Colombia and Greater Kuwait, the front can be said to have been spread out across the board, looking at so many lines, not to mention civil officials such as Tang Shaoyi and Li Enfu, even Li Mo's scalp is numb.

Li Mo just wanted to ask how the U.S. Navy was doing, but the gate was suddenly knocked open, and Duan Fei rushed in in the surprise of everyone, panting and shouting: "Your Majesty, I just got the news that the 31st Fleet shelled New York, destroyed the Statue of Liberty, and also shelled Wall Street, basically destroying the Brooklyn Industrial Area!" ”

"Really!"

The news made the conference room seem to explode, although everyone had vaguely guessed that success or failure would be in the past few days, but they still couldn't believe their ears after hearing it suddenly.

However, before everyone was excited, Jiang Tianxiu, who ran in next, poured ice water on everyone: "Your Majesty, I received a telegram from the 31st fleet, they are speeding south to the Caribbean Sea, but ......." ”

"But what?"

Li Mo stood up suddenly, and a haze suddenly rose in his heart.

Jiang Tianxiu gritted his teeth, took a few deep breaths and said: "When the 31st fleet left New York Harbor, it encountered a cruise ship, but that cruise ship was actually a British attack ship, and the fleet was attacked at close range, and the emperor was ...... and injured!" ”

"What!"

"This Li Xiuyan, what the hell!" The excited Long Guozhang slapped the table and scolded angrily, even the calm Chen Ping's face changed greatly, and he rushed to Jiang Tianxiu, snatched the telegram and looked at it carefully.

The telegram was finally handed to Li Mo, and when he saw the sentence below, "I'm fine, don't risk it for me." After that, the whole person stiffened a little and slowly sat down on the chair.

The conference room that was still noisy just now suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the spread out telegram, and after a long time, Li Mo waved his hand: "Yuanshou, Shaochuan, Mr. Li and Rong Kui, you can stay." ”

When there were only four important people left in the conference room, Li Mo raised his head, and then everyone found that his face was a little pale, and he just wanted to comfort him twice, but he stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Zhen'er is right."

Li Mo's hand holding the telegram trembled slightly, and after taking a few breaths hard, he pressed it on the table: "I was indeed too risky before, and now it is not the local war of ten years ago, we are facing a war that has never been before, so I was wrong!" ”

These headless and brainless words that are almost talking to themselves may be strange to the ears of others, but the few people in front of them are very clear that Li Mo's strategy has been very risky from beginning to end, especially sending the 31st fleet into the Atlantic, which is simply gambling with the lives of thousands of soldiers, although there is an advantage in equipment, although it will get great benefits after success, but if this radical method continues, sooner or later there will be a big problem.

Although they also had worries and doubts before, they gritted their teeth and agreed to the plan out of trust in Li Mo, and the emperor's accidental injury undoubtedly told everyone that if they continued to use this kind of surprise adventure, Hua would be under the threat of a double-edged sword.

From indulging the enemy to strike first at the beginning of the war, to sending the 31st fleet into the Atlantic, to assaulting a fortress with nearly two armored regiments, although every sneak attack was successful, it was too dangerous and too difficult to win every time!

If it weren't for the lack of reconnaissance forces in the Anglo-American fleet, if it weren't for the fact that the 31 fleet had radar and speed superiority, if it weren't for the fact that Russia didn't understand the air force bombers, then all would have lost!

When technology is gradually exposed to the world, if you want to walk a tightrope, then it is not only the enemy who is hurting!

In the final analysis, the greater the war, the more conspiracy and integrity are needed!

This is a bloody price, so that Li Mo found that he understood a little too late, if it weren't for Li Zhen's accidental injury, he would have even thought about risking to increase troops in Greater Kuwait, and even launched an attack on the US mainland in advance, but this news was like a basin of cold water that made him wake up, if he continued to take risks, then he would eventually make a big mistake.

Leaning back in his chair, Li Mo seemed to have been drained of all his strength, at this time he understood that he had never been a strategist, nor was he a military strategist, and when all the things brought by the future disappeared, he had to face the unprecedented, and he did not know the future to which he was going.

"The age of adventure and foresight is over." Li Mo said something that no one could understand.

RO！ ~！