In the General Staff Headquarters, Cai E and Jiang Baili looked at the military map together. War is a catalyst. This sentence is nothing wrong. Many things must be improved through war, technology, weapons, and even methods of combat.

The arrival of Yang Yuanzhao has made the Northwest have a land war level far beyond the world, and has improved the use of trenches, the use of light and heavy machine guns, the combination of various artillery and mortars. These land warfares that developed in the late stage of World War I and even after World War I made the Northwest's land warfare very strong, but in naval warfare, especially in landing operations related to the army, the Northwest was almost blank.

Yang Yuanzhao also had a choice to regard some of the war examples in later generations as idiots and let the army conduct research, but the Northwest had never participated in any landing and naval battles. Even the head of the military academy Jiang Baili had no such shadow in his heart. The progress was very slow. The only thing he had aware of was the bombing of the air force. This thing was similar, whether on land or on sea.

This Qingdao battle, easily defeating the Japanese Combined Fleet and some elite army, was a huge victory in the Northwest. Putting aside these, some insights into landing operations have gained a lot. Many army generals, including Jiang Baili, also saw some landing knowledge and issues that had never been considered before. During landing operations, once the army was transported by ships, it was fragile. Maybe a few submarines could send several divisions of troops into the sea.

During the marching, the army will suffer huge damage after being attacked, but compared with the losses at sea, it is simply a slight witch. The sea is vast. With the improvement of strength, humans invented ships that can cross the oceans, marching and fighting. The great geographical discovery has become a milestone in the history of the world.

But the sea is a natural gap after all. When the ship carrying personnel is damaged in some way, the whole ship will be in danger and almost annihilated. Without manipulating the sea power, the rash transportation is simply suicide. It is this understanding that has made Jiang Baili gain a lot. This time, the staff members have a topic that has nothing to do with the Qingdao Battle, which is about crossing the sea and landing operations. How to choose the right method to cross a certain width of the strait or ocean under various circumstances has become the key to their research.

This team of only 30 people is the elite trained by Jiang Baili. They have all received rigorous training. They stand out from many students and are the students that Jiang Baili values ​​the most. Because of their ability, they have been valued by the commanders of major legions. As long as they complete the necessary training and internships, they can undertake a regiment-level or even brigade-level position, and they can stand from current graduates to the ranks of senior officers in one fell swoop.

However, they all refused. Except for the professors and students in the Northwest Military Academy, they carried out some new tactics under the braking of Jiang Baili, and this time they happened to be even more involved. Follow this research.

Yang Yuanzhao also attaches great importance to landing operations and army naval operations, because it is possible to use it immediately. Declare war on Japan. If it is on Qingdao and dragging most of Japan's power, the northwest can start in two aspects to expand its influence. On the one hand, it is the first to be in the Northeast, the South Manchuria region and the Russian-controlled area, to regain the country and expand the influence of the Northwest. On the other hand, Taiwan, a place that has been left for 20 years and has been bullied by the Japanese, is also one of the most important goals.

Northwest was planning a few years ago. It was very optimistic at that time. It was collected enough ships to cross the Taiwan Strait and launch an attack. In Yang Yuanzhao's opinion, such a combat plan was simply a joke. Crossing the sea is so easy. What if there is a naval attack, the question raised was explained by Jiang Baili and others with reasonable losses. As long as there are enough landing ships and landing on a large number of infantry, some necessary losses are acceptable.

At that time, Yang Yuanzhao felt that there was something wrong with this, but he could not explain it clearly. Now, the facts have proved that if there is not enough maritime power, forcing the strait is a kind of gambling and death. If you do not consider it seriously, when Taiwan is liberated, the width of dozens of nautical miles of the Taiwan Strait is a nightmare for any army, and the loss is far greater than they imagined.

The 30 staff members were still making future combat plans, and Cai E and others had to focus on Qingdao itself. This battle was a battle that was related to the future fate of the Northwest. Compared with the battle against Russia a few years ago, they had more cards. The battle against Russia was a sudden encounter. From the magical weapon in the northwest, it solved Mongolia's independence and Russian interference, which only took a few days. At that time, there were only a few divisions of troops, which was too few compared to Russia.

Now, not only the northwest has 1.93 million regular troops, 7 armies, but also nearly one million reserves, production and construction corps, railway construction corps, and even the agricultural reclamation corps, all rely on the military system, and even the busiest among them. On average, each member has 14 days of regular militarization training every year. As long as the game requires, they can be adapted into second-tier or quasi-front troops in a short time. Compared with other countries, it is much better to directly recruit ordinary people. The three troops combined, at the tens of millions, occupy almost half of the entire northwest population.

In addition to manpower and army, there are aircraft that will not be mobilized temporarily if necessary. In addition to these killer cards, there are airships. The northwest airships have basically been eliminated. However, for this stop, they were even urgently mobilized. This part was used to produce airship troops for Germany. This part was temporarily formed, with only 24 giant-class airships, which will become an important force in the fight against the Japanese Navy, all of which are 30 tons of load and are large aviation bombs with a capacity of more than 500 pounds.

However, for fixed targets on land, airships and aiming devices can achieve extremely high hit rate. However, the warships can move and move targets, and particularly irregularly avoid movement, the hit rate will be greatly reduced. In the northwest plan, they are ready to wait for the Japanese Navy to escort the landing troops to land and launch an attack. At that time, in order to ensure safety, the warships will be relatively concentrated and will not drive to the fastest speed. Only when the airships suddenly attack will it have an effect.

Unfortunately, such an opportunity is the same as a turret, only once. After this time, the other party will not approach easily, and it will not be easy to deal with it.

If there is no Taiwan strategy, the Northwest might choose to attack. After all, among these half of the warships, the last combat power of Japan, two equipped cords, are the latest warships. It poses too great a threat to the future battle to liberate Taiwan. If you really follow the method prepared by Jiang Baili before, these two equipped cords can kill a large number of landing fleets. The Northwest cannot bear the losses of such unnecessary bloody battles for the time being. If they cannot be solved, under some circumstances, Yang Yuanzhao would rather choose to attack when the warships of Qingdao Shipyard are fully in service and have enough sea control power. This attack on Taiwan may have to be delayed for a year, or even a year and a half later.

If half of the Japanese navy were spared and waiting for a better opportunity, these navies would never dare to approach the shore. When they sent the Japanese divisions, they would stay away, without much danger, because they did not dare to venture into the nearshore with the emergence of shore defense cannons before.

In the command room, Cai E and Jiang Baili were still nervously discussing how to determine the next defense plan, because there are many cards in their hands and many choices. To a large extent, the minimization of losses and increased results were considered by Cai E and others.

The three legions arrived in Shandong together, which was established. As early as when they learned that Japan had mobilized, they had already sent the order to the northwest. They would come as fast as possible, so they were not worried. For the two commanders and the numerous staff officers, the most important thing was to allocate their positions reasonably, reduce internal friction between each other, and increase combat effectiveness.

The Northwest not only investigated the situation in Shandong very early, but spread across Shandong. The team doing the final publicity and efforts also became the collector of their new data. The perfect intelligence became the basis for their judgment. First, the war zone, after careful consideration, was divided into two, one was the new city closest to Tianjin, where the key troops must be sent to guard it.

If Japan wants to move quickly, the railway will inevitably consider it, because it is a railway built within the border line, which has been spent on a lot of effort in the northwest, and it is easy to destroy it. It is easy to destroy it, but it will be difficult to rebuild it. These railway nodes are the key. Because of sovereignty and historical issues, these cities have the right to garrison troops in the northwest. They can increase the right to garrison troops to a certain extent and use the city's defense to attack Japan.

In addition, it is also necessary to consider that Japan directly landed in the Bohai Bay near Shandong. This is probably an almost inevitable choice for Japan without obtaining railway transportation. The degree of support for Japan by Britain and France can also be seen from this. Will they continue to send merchant ships or even frigates to support Japan to cross the Bohai Bay and land on the Shandong Peninsula? This is a question, but when the Japanese frontline is not in good condition, this is an inevitable choice for Britain and France.

The two plans have been basically established and are considered a major direction. Next, more work needs to be done. The staff members began to work intensively and would determine how many soldiers were in each time period, every city and every region. Not only did they prepare first-hand plans, but they also had second, third and fourth. Improving pre-war preparations is the basis for invincible battle in the Northwest. These are slowly taking shape with the efforts of the staff members. (To be continued.)
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