Part 5 Chapter 58 Offensive Strategy

The advantage of the Russian army's active retreat was that as the supply line was shortened, the supply problem was alleviated to a certain extent. The disadvantage was that the country's reputation had received a serious blow. Chinese newspapers took the opportunity to make a big fuss about the Russian army's retreat. Austria, which had a feud with Russia, would naturally not miss this opportunity. The newspaper reported the news of the Russian army's defeat and retreat. Nicholas II, who had always been desperate for face, was furious and angrily criticized Alexeyev's incompetence in front of a group of officials in the command. Fortunately, Alexeyev's foundation was very solid, and someone in the court helped him speak, and there was no real defeat in the war, so he was not taken down.

Even though he has saved his position, Alexeyev is still quite a headache, and life is definitely not easy to go in a dilemma. As for the current situation, if you attack forward and have insufficient supplies to start a tough war, there will naturally be no good result. If you retreat, international public opinion will not be able to bear it. The old empire Russia, which was defeated by an opponent who was still slaughtered more than ten years ago, is unreasonable.

Strategically speaking, the military potential of the Russian army is far stronger than that of China. The wisest way for the Russian army is actually to fight a protracted war. Not to mention anything else, after three or five years, China was unable to support this war for a long time due to its relatively naive national industry. Not without anyone in the Russian Command, it was seen that the key to this problem, and it also wrote to Nicholas II that the enemy should not be underestimated. Unfortunately, most of the top leaders of the Russian army believe that losing to the Chinese army is an unacceptable shame. Nicholas II also thinks so. The more important problem is that Lushun, the only frozen port in the Far East, is in danger, out of a state of insecurity. Russians with strong desire for territory cannot be tolerated that they will lose Lushun until they are irreversible.

In the face of strong political pressure, Alexeyev had to strictly order logistics, speed up the repair of railways, hoard materials, and strive to complete all preparations for launching a full-line attack in early August. As for domestic pressure, Alexeyev could only grit his teeth. Now, it is a trivial matter to be scolded a few times. If he is really defeated, he can only go to Siberia to herd cattle.

This move gave Aftersho and the others a headache. The Russian army took the initiative to retreat and put on a strategic defense. Is it really necessary to fight a protracted war? It turned out to be a protracted war, which was contrary to the strategy formulated by the General Staff at the time. After feeling the seriousness of the matter, Aftershock called Beijing and asked to go in person to meet Shen Congyun and Keze, and talk about the idea of ​​a large-scale strategic offensive next.

The request for Aftershock to go to Beijing was approved by Shen Congyun on the same day. The three core members of the Northern Military Region were left with Liu Yongfu in charge. Wan Shusheng and Aftershock boarded the train overnight and rushed to Beijing. Before leaving, the three core members held a small meeting and agreed that no matter what the decision of the President and the General Staff were, it was very necessary to launch a large-scale harassment against the Russian army before this.

This decision was quickly implemented. The scope of the Chinese army's harassment operations based on squads was quickly expanded to the entire front line. The Russian army had never had a good day to eat or sleep well. The number of cold guns and cold cannons on the front line reached a point of collapse. Especially the stalker cannon, this thing was so sinister attacks. Three or five people were in groups, finding a place to hide, and a few shots were drawn, and then ran away after firing. Although the Russian artillery also retaliated wildly, it had little effect. Considering the ammunition reserve issue for the future full-scale attack, Alexeyev strictly ordered the artillery not to counterattack, and the front-line soldiers adopted the tactic of digging deep trenches, so they could hide if they could not afford to offend.

After the second general attack on the Lushun battlefield, Zhang Guangming held a general meeting to summarize the combat experience of the previous period and announce the suspension of large-scale attacks and rest for half a month. The so-called suspension of large-scale attacks refers to the suspension of the general attack. The competition between China and Russia on the front-line positions is underway every day. On the 203 Highland, Zhang Guangming was inspired by the harassment war between Jilin and allowed the front-line troops to launch frequent harassment wars in squads. He bombed a bunker today, knocked down a fire point tomorrow, and came to bombard the heavy artillery for ten minutes in three hours. It was even more lively at night. The front-line troops organized many blasting teams, touched them while the night was dark, and used explosives to detonate them with permanent fire points. No matter what the effect, in short, try every means to eliminate the vitality of the Russian army, accumulate little and form a tower.

Zhang Guangming, who had the advantage, made this move really insulting. As the siege of the Lushun defenders extended, the supply was already in a hurry. After two large-scale attacks, the Russian army was exhausted and could not rest well, which was a serious decline in the morale of the troops.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Russian army was harassed and couldn't sleep well and ran away, the tunnel operations of the engineers were also in progress quietly. They started working every day when it was dark and stopped digging during the day to avoid being discovered by the Russian army.

After two days and one night of trains, Aftershock and Wan Shusheng came to Beijing. After getting off the train, the two did not meet Shen Congyun immediately. Instead, they went to the General Staff first. After meeting Keze, the three of them came to Shen Congyun's presidential residence together.

Shen Congyun, who was in his early forties, didn't know whether it was good maintenance or pampered or because of his pampering habits, looked like he was less than 30 years old. Many people outside the world guessed that Shen Congyun might have obtained some secret recipes for beauty, and some people guessed that Shen Congyun had the real dragon energy to protect his body, so he would not look old. Shen Congyun himself was also very strange about this phenomenon. In theory, he worked at least 16 hours a day and did not sleep enough, so why didn't people get old? After thinking about it, there are two reasons: one is that some people are naturally tender and do not look old, and the other is that during the time travel, their physical condition may have changed. Didn't the old Chinese medicine say that Shen Congyun's yang energy is too strong, so that women cannot get pregnant?

When Keze and others came to the presidential residence, Shen Congyun, whose chin was scraped with white hair, drafted documents in the study. There was still a difference between the president and the emperor, and Shen Congyun still understood the principle of catching the big and letting go of the small. Basically, Shen Congyun only took a method of grasping the general direction for domestic development. Even in this way, the documents sent by each department every day were piled up into a mountain, which was enough for Shen Congyun to be busy.

Shen Congyun also thought of choosing one or two from the current cadres and ministers, taking office as vice president, sharing internal affairs, and enjoying certain decision-making rights. However, during a conversation with Zi Yu, Zi Yu used Heshen as an example, which made Shen Congyun hesitate again. As the power became increasingly concentrated, Shen Congyun began to learn to be suspicious. Although he knew that this sign was not good, he still couldn't help but think about these things.

When Keze and the others arrived, Shen Congyun made up his mind to choose someone from Zhang Jian and Tang Shaoyi to serve as vice president. While choosing, Li Yaoguo's steps in interrupted Shen Congyun's thoughts.

"Sir, Keze and Aftershock, Wan Shusheng came to see each other."

Chen Congyun looked up and said repeatedly: "Please come in quickly."

After a greeting, he finished sitting in the living room. Chen Congyun naturally asked: "I'm the same thing. You will decide on the specific military deployment after discussing it. Since you three have met, you must have already come up with a result, and I will just listen to the result."

Aftershock stood up in front of the wall. After the adjutant skillfully pulled the manbu, a huge map appeared on the wall. Aftershock picked up the pole and said, "The result of our discussion was that before the Russian army's supply was fully in place, the branch lines of the Siberian Railway were not fully deployed and the large-scale strategic transfer could not be replenished. A large-scale full-line counterattack was launched, forcing the Russian army's front to move back 300 to 500 kilometers, and if possible, it would encircle and annihilate most of the Russian army. In order to complete this strategic deployment and achieve an absolute advantage in international public opinion, the Northern Military Region plans to use six armies plus eight The independent division's troops were about 450,000, and launched a powerful assault from both east and west directions. As for the current state, due to the hasty retreat of the Russian army and the front line was not stable, our army's active attack would definitely have miraculous results. Of course, the Russian army had more than 400,000 in front of us, and our army must have sufficient reserves to achieve this strategic goal. To this end, the military region and the General Staff decided to request that three divisions be transferred out of the five garrison divisions deployed in Zhili, and to draw two divisions from the Lushun battlefield to head north. In this way, our army has gained an advantage in the number of troops, ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Aftershock spoke for half an hour in one breath, and the specific strategy deployment was explained very clearly. To complete the deployment of a comprehensive offensive, with the current railway network, it will take up to one month.

Among them, the garrison troops must be selected by Chen Congyun. The so-called garrison troops were formed three years ago and were recruited from major military regions as the foundation. Li Yaozu, who Chen Congyun trusted the most, served as the commander of the garrison troops, and directly obeyed Chen Congyun's organization similar to the Yulin Army in the past. The garrison troops were undoubtedly the best equipment, and the personnel were carefully selected. Each division had an organization of 22,000 people. This elite force was naturally based on the principle of ensuring the safety of the capital. The garrison troops were equipped with a large number of cars, which in present terms was a rapid response force. In terms of combat effectiveness, the garrison troops were much stronger than the 1st independent cavalry division of the Yang army, which was a genuine fast-response force.

The purpose of the Aftershock to second the garrison division is to understand that with such a unit in hand, once the Russian army's front is fully broken, the garrison division's high maneuverability will be fully utilized in the pursuit battle. In conjunction with an independent cavalry division, once the Russian army's front is chaotic, it will not be able to escape the 100,000 troops if it wants to run away. As for the troops from Lushun, aftershock is a means to deliberately change the topic after digging Chen Congyun's heart.

Chen Congyun naturally understood the inner worries of these three people. As the saying goes, being with the king is like being with a tiger. This has been said in China since ancient times.

Chen Congyun: "There is no need to be mobilized in the Lushun side, and Zhang Guangming's life is not easy. Since I decided to fight, I will allocate four of the five garrison troops to you, striving to wipe out the Russian army or annihilate most of the enemy, and beat the Russians to the pain and let them sit down and negotiate honestly."

Chen Congyun's words were filled with excitement in his heart, a kind of excitement that gained high trust. Since ancient times, emperors have always been suspicious of the mercenaries. Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, later Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, and later Chen Congyun's new army, all spent every day in the court's suspicion. Of course, the new army and system are completely different from the past Hunan Army and Huai Army. In the past, the emperor did not think of commanding the Hunan Army and Huai Army. Xianfeng withdrew Zeng Guofan, and the Hunan Army shouted about this and that, and no one listened to the orders. The Hunan Army and the Huai Army were both private soldiers. How could the New China army be the same? The whole army was all Chen Congyun had the final say? Although Chen Congyun didn't care much about the matter, something really happened. Chen Congyun fought in front of the army, just like when Napoleon escaped from a small island, he could do everything alone.

After Chen Congyun had no problem, Aftershock and others stopped talking, but only asked whether the General Staff could send officials to supervise the battle in person. First, to encourage morale, and second, there was something to do, so that there would be a person to discuss. This means naturally, aftershock's backing up his mind. Chen Congyun smiled and looked at Keze, which meant to let him go.

Keze also had a life in this environment in China. How could he not know the secret? Naturally, he went forward without hesitation and said, "So, I will take a trip on behalf of the president."

In fact, only Keze represents Chen Congyun's weight. Keze's words also clearly show that it represents Chen Congyun's journey. When others arrived in the Northern Military Region, they could not shake the group of talented soldiers. Keze's identity and status were placed there, and he was wearing the big hat of Chen Congyun, which was naturally the most suitable choice.

Once the strategy of active attack was determined, the country's war machines told them to operate, and the highways and railways were even busier. The army was carrying a large number of soldiers and equipment from Tianjin and Beijing to the north.
Chapter completed!