"Brother Zhang is kind, and he really doesn't drink the wine."

In the end, only Nie Li drank with Zhang Dacang and others, and the officers under him did not drink a drop of wine, and it was this meal that let Nie Li know that there were a large number of people in the three provinces.

It's really drinkable.

Stationed in the camp outside Fengtian City, Nie Li was only briefly reorganized here for a few days, which could be regarded as rest.

At the same time, Nie Li also asked Zhang Dacang a lot of news about the war.

Zhang Dacang's mansion, Nie Li was drinking tea with Zhang Dacang.

Nie Li listened to Zhang Cannon's views on both the footbasin chicken and the cat.

Zhang Dacang sighed: "Brother Nie, I, the overseer of Fengtianxing Province, is said to be the overseer of a province, but in fact? Not at all. ”

"In the entire Mukden, the only one I can control is the main city of Mukden City, and the rest are basically within the influence of foreigners."

"In the past, when the two sides were not fighting, the panda's soldiers controlled the rest of the region, there were many artillery, and there were many people, so we couldn't beat it, plus the court was cowardly at that time, and I, the overseer, did nothing."

Nie Li listened quietly: "Brother Zhang, then you didn't think about taking the rest of the territory?" ”

Zhang Dacang smiled bitterly: "I am Fengtian, and the total number of main troops is less than 30,000, but do you know how many people the cats and bears and foot basin chickens have put on this land in the three provinces now?" ”

Nie Li picked up the teacup and asked silently, "How many people?" ”

"After Tsar Nicholas II attacked the ice-free port of Arthur at the foot basin chicken, there were at least 370,000 people gathered on the front line."

"A while ago, I heard that the Bear Second Pacific Fleet commanded by Rozhdestvensky set off from the Baltic Sea, bypassed most of the world, and was also heading east."

"Now, Lushun, Dalian has become a meat grinder, I see that Fengtian City is not far away, I heard that the little devil is preparing to raid Lushun, negotiate with the government, let us give up Fengtian, they are going to fight a general battle with the bear in Fengtian!"

Zhang Dacang introduced with a wry smile.

The Overseers have no one to do this, and they can't make their own turf.

How tragic.

Nie Li asked curiously, "What about the footbasin chicken?" How many people are there? ”

Zhang Cannon said: "The foot basin chicken concentrated the strength of the five armies, under the unified command of Marshal Dashanyan, with a total strength of 270,000 people, 1,082 artillery pieces, and about 200 machine guns. ”

Nie Li was silent.

Indeed, it is not easy to open the cannon.

The combined strength of the two sides now exceeds 600,000.

And how many people are there in Zhang Dacang?

No wonder he is so pessimistic.

"What does the government say? What did Speaker Yuan say? ”

Zhang Dacang shook his head: "It is said that the government is also in trouble, Lao Yuan's troops are only more than 100,000 people, if other overseers can support, some of this battle will be fought, and maybe they can take advantage of the chaos to recover part of the three provinces, but you also know the domestic situation, each has its own affairs, this kind of thankless work, no one is willing to do it." ”

Nie Li compared the strength of the two sides.

The total strength of the footbasin chicken reached 270,000 men, 1,082 artillery pieces, and about 200 machine guns.

The total number of pandas and bears reached an army of 370,000 people. The army was organized into three armies with 1,266 artillery pieces and 56 machine guns.

In this way, the gap between the two sides is not very large.

It is destined to be an abnormal tug-of-war.

So how can you get into the fire?

More than 1,000 guns, the threat is not great, to put it bluntly, the caliber and power of these guns are far from their own self-propelled guns.

Although I have less, I can't stand myself and can increase it at any time.

The artillery is also sufficient, and it can be expanded at any time.

At this point, I have a bit of capital.

Caliber is everything, and there is some truth to this truth.

In terms of machine guns, there are 200 light and heavy machine guns in the footbasin chicken, with an average of 270,000 people, that is, more than 1,000 people have one machine gun, so the threat is almost equal to zero.

According to Nie Li's establishment, more than a thousand people have one machine gun, which is simply a joke.

There is only one machine gun in a regiment, and it is troublesome.

How many machine guns can Nie Li pull out in a regiment?

A machine gun like Makqin, in Nie Li's troops, can basically be regarded as a fire unit at the company and platoon level.

In this way, there is nothing terrible about the footbasin chicken, the only thing is that there are many people.

Nie Li only has more than 10,000 people in total, but sometimes wars are not won by more people.

In battles below the size of the wing, Nie Li had an absolute advantage.

What's more, Nie Li's troops were also equipped with grenadiers and melon grenades.

Thinking of the grenadier, Nie Li couldn't help but laugh out loud, this thing is typically a weapon that bullies the weak and fears the hard.

It is considered a weapon between a "small mortar" and a "grenade launcher fired on the ground".

This thing should be a weapon invented by the foot basin chicken later, and this thing is invincible in the eastern battlefield. It's useless to fight with a beautiful country.

However, Nie Li is an improved model, and the range is much farther than the 200 meters invented by the original foot basin chicken in 22, and can reach 500 meters.

Portable and can be launched behind obstacles, it is very concealed.

The grenadiers are carried by special ammunition bags, one of which can carry eight grenades, and a two-person grenadier group of 16.

If you are in a hurry, you can also improve it, and throw it directly with a melon grenade, and you can still launch it.

In Nie Li's troops, each platoon-level unit of Nie Li would be equipped with a grenadier group, three to five grenadiers, and a machine gun team (with two light machine guns), as well as several infantry squads.

What's more, is it now?

Hearing Zhang Dacang say this, Nie Li has a spectrum in his heart, as long as he doesn't have a large-scale battle with the other party, his more than 10,000 people will be invincible.

"The two sides are fighting for the ice-free port first, and it is said that the footbasin chicken side is attacked by Nogi Noshinori of the First Army, and no less than 20,000 people have died, and the cat and bear side is not feeling well now."

Zhang Dacang continued.

After listening to this, Nie Li smiled: "Okay, Brother Zhang, I probably understand the situation, in this way, I plan to leave for the direction of the ice-free port after resting for two days, and see if I can get some benefits, do you want to go?" ”

Zhang Dacang shook his head: "I'd better forget it, it's not as big as Brother Nie's family, just this bit of family background, I think I'd better listen to the arrangements of the government first, and see whether we should withdraw or defend it!" ”

Nie Li nodded: "Okay, then I'll go and prepare." ”

Since Zhang Dacang missed this opportunity, Nie Li would not say anything more.

I just hope he won't regret it later.

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