The Chinese Navy completely eliminated the maritime threat on the southern front within a month. The Chinese Army was also not idle on the northern front. After successfully solving the threat from the Russian left wing, the Chinese Army has actually opened the door to the Russian Army.

The defense line. Its troops can either go south to the core area of ​​Nerchinsk Fortress or go west to launch an attack in the direction of Chita. As for whether to go west or south, there are different opinions within the Chinese Army. And directly

It affects the next strategy.

First of all, the armored generals represented by Peng Yi and others hope that the next phase of the attack will focus on Chita. After all, it will be the last material distribution center for the Russians. It is also the last transfer station for the Siberian Railway to the front line. As long as Chita is captured

, the railway transportation of the Russian army on the entire front line will be cut off. It is only a matter of time before the Russian army collapses without foreign aid. When attacking Chita, both sides are fighting in the field. Without fortifications, the Chinese Army will occupy

Considerable advantage.

As for the attack on the Nerchinsk fortress group, they considered it an absolutely thankless move. Even General Nie Shicheng admitted that it would definitely be quite challenging to take several weeks to dismantle the defense lines that the Russians had carefully laid out for several years.

tasks. Each of them

The fortifications have a complete barbed wire trench system to match them, as well as complete living and combat facilities. These fortifications also contain heavy artillery of various calibers from 8 inches to 10 inches, protected by reinforced concrete shells.

, these fortifications are difficult to destroy.

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 defense line until Nerchinsk is captured and the situation becomes closed. At that time, whether it is to continue the siege or to negotiate peace,

The Chinese Army will take the initiative. As Cai E and others said: "To attack Chita, all we need is gasoline. To attack Nerchinsk, we need blood."

Some generals, led by Ma Yukun, believed that Peng Yi's idea was a bit too idealistic. First of all, Ma Yukun admitted that the defense of the Nerchinsk fortress area was much higher than that in the direction of Chita. But at the same time, Ma Yukun also pointed out that attacking Chita was not necessarily as good as attacking Nerbu.

The Chu Fortress is easier. It is not advisable to judge the difficulty of the attack simply by relying on its defensive power, because the attack power of attacking the two fortresses is also not proportional.

"We prepared for four years to capture the Nerchinsk Fortress. We transported a large number of 8-inch, 10-inch and even 12-inch naval guns and improved them into train guns. They were equipped with special reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectiles.

It has an absolute advantage in terms of range and power. In the past four years, we have marked every fire point of each opponent, and we can destroy them as soon as the opportunity comes."

"And what about Chita? I admit that Chita doesn't have that many fortresses and heavy artillery. But at the same time, I also see two points. The only forces we can use for offense are armored troops and accompanying supporting artillery. They don't even have a 6-inch long body

Not even artillery. Large caliber artillery.

It is a disaster to transport such a long distance. The 8-inch short gun must be broken into two parts before it can be transported. Although the opponent lacks heavy artillery, it has a large stockpile of 75mm rapid-fire guns, which is definitely a nightmare for the armored forces.

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"We don't even need to consider the opponent's defense strength. In the absence of railways and tank transport vehicles, it is a question whether these tanks that travel solely on their own can reach the battlefield within the scheduled time. After all, our current starting position is far away from the Red Army.

The tower is too far away." Ma Yukun and others analyzed the two battlefields.

Faced with this problem, Ma Yukun and others then proposed an alternative plan. That is to temporarily abandon the attack on the core area of ​​the Nerchinsk Fortress. Instead, attack the Russian right wing and defeat it before making a decision. After all, the Russian army

The right wing still has more than 100,000 field troops. This heavy army group 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 easier to deploy heavy artillery were reconfigured to help the offensive

Troops gain firepower advantage.

This plan seems to be the most feasible plan. The Russian field troops are mainly distributed on the right wing. In addition, there are some mobile troops on the communication lines. Then the remaining fortress garrison troops are except for a small amount in Chita.

They are all concentrated on the Nerchinsk front. According to China's current military distribution, it can launch an attack on the right wing, but the specific location is not

You need to consider it carefully. Unlike the left-wing Russian army, the right-wing Russian army is very closely connected with the fortress system. If the edge positions are broken through in the same way as the left-wing attack was originally done, most of the Russian army can still achieve the goal of staying even if they cannot resist.

The passage below leads back to the fortress. Once the contraction is completed, it will be a more troublesome siege.

This plan was then sent to Xu Jie's desk. But for some reason, Xu Jie didn't seem to be very interested in this plan. He just made a comment at the end of the plan - try to kill or capture the Russian army's effective forces.

Xu Jie already knew exactly what the frontline commanders were thinking.

They planned to force the Russian government to accept the reality of defeat through siege. In this way, they would save effort and achieve the goal of victory. From a strategic point of view, this approach is very appropriate. But the key point is that Xu Jie's

There are some differences between the strategic purpose and the ideas of Nie Shicheng and others.

Xu Jie's vision is not limited to this war. What he needs is for the Russian Army to save as much blood as possible in this war! If the Chinese Navy has completely eliminated the Russian Navy's threat to China through a series of battles, then

, then it will probably take a long time for the Chinese Army to complete this mission. This battle is just a phased victory.

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 to its north after the outbreak of World War 1. This war will not only require

Try to kill and injure the Russian army's effective forces as much as possible and make the Russians more afraid of the Chinese Army! In order to prepare for future plans.

Of course, in order to achieve this goal, the Chinese Republic needs to pay a certain price. For this strategic purpose, the top brass of the Chinese Army must re-formulate a plan that can kill a large number of opponents while minimizing war casualties. After research, it was found that the Chinese Army

at next level

Three tasks must be completed in this section. The first aspect is to block the Russian transportation lines. The second aspect is to destroy the Second and Third Siberian Corps and other small units on the Russian right wing. The third aspect is to destroy the Russian army's right wing.

After completing the first two tasks, start the attack! Destroy the Nerchinsk fortress group!

In the process of re-formulating the combat plan, the Chinese Army suddenly discovered that the Russian army was also learning war after experiencing the disastrous defeat of the left wing. Some of the measures were still very effective in the eyes of the Chinese Army. The first point was to strengthen the Russian army

The strength of the mobile corps was increased. Although the overall strength of the troops was certain, the Russian army could not mobilize more

The troops entered the front line, but this did not prevent Kuropatkin from drawing elite infantry from various subordinate units to form elite troops to cooperate with the chariot troops and cavalry. In addition to the relatively high quality of the personnel, they also carried a large number of forced troops.

Artillery and light artillery. This greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Russian mobile corps.

Its main mission has also become mobile combat and blocking gaps. After encountering the Chinese armored forces, the first thing they did was not to immediately open up the battle formation and fight to the death. Instead, they chose to enter the defense after conducting relevant reconnaissance after contact. Only after

They will continue to attack only when their troops and weapons are superior. In the probing battles between the two sides and the guerrilla battles near the communication lines, the Chinese armored forces discovered that the opponent did not collapse in one place like before. Combat strength

Much stronger than before.

This change is not only reflected in field battles. In positional battles, these fast mobile troops equipped with small artillery also have a more obvious containment effect on the Chinese Army. In several limited attacks, the Chinese Army can easily break through the opponent.

defensive positions, but after the opponent's mobile troops are in place, this breakthrough will be contained. Some areas may even be driven out again.

"I think we need to disperse the opponent's forces to a greater extent, especially letting their elite mobile corps break away from the protection of the defense line and engage us in the wilderness. A separate mobile corps is not terrible. They can only defend.

We can fight armored forces only when we have a strong situation and have a numerical advantage. As long as we have enough supplies, we can launch a campaign aimed at cutting off the railway line and then force the opponent to fight on our preset battlefield."

"Combat anti-artillery positions are dead. Without strong enough armored forces as a counterattack force, pure defensive positions are actually not terrible. They do not have a sufficient number of long-barreled 75mm guns to accompany them, so the long-range anti-artillery firepower is quite fragile. We don't even use it.

This problem can be solved by using heavy artillery. We don't need artillery above 105mm to gain artillery advantage." After his own opinion was rejected, Peng Yi put forward a new opinion, advocating the use of the corps' mobility advantage in wilderness movement battles.

Resolve the battle.

For the new suggestion put forward by Peng Yi, the top brass of the Chinese Army still expressed support. It is in line with the entire strategy to drive the Russian troops out of the defense line as much as possible. Once all the mobile troops are withdrawn, the rest will be divided into defense lines.

the fortresses and trenches at the head and tail of the weak Russian army,

The difficulty of attacking fortresses plummets. And compared to attacking fortresses, the demand for heavy artillery and ammunition is much lower than the demand for fuel. So from this perspective, attacks launched by both sides can optimize the allocation of resources, and multiple attacks face more troops and supplies.

It is even more deadly for the stretched Russian army!

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