Everyone did not have much objection to the combat plan formulated by the General Staff. After all, compared with the Dagukou Battle, the defense of Weihaiwei and Qingdao was not too strong. Moreover, after the Dagukou Battle, the time travelers also had a certain amount of amphibious landing combat experience.

In fact, amphibious landing is not complicated to fight. It is to first obtain sea control power, use the firepower on the warships to clear the enemy's shore defense firepower, then send troops to land, establish a stable beachhead position, and then develop into the depth of the battlefield, and ultimately occupy all positions. However, in this era, landing operations are still planar, whether warships or shore defense firepower are artillery, and in the old time and space of the traverser, landing operations have been three-dimensional. First, they must seize air supremacy on the battlefield. Over-strait strikes and airdrop landing operations in the air have become the main modes of amphibious landing operations. But in essence they are the same.

Now the sea control power is of course held in the hands of the time traveler. In a sense, the time traveler also has air control power, and has an absolute advantage in reconnaissance and informatization. Through early reconnaissance and detection, the time traveler has fully understood the sea areas of Weihai Guard, Qingdao, and the shore defense arrangements, and the troops. Although there are not many defenders in Weihai Guard and Qingdao, the defense vigilance is not high, and it can only be regarded as a general routine defense. It seems that the time traveler will attack.

It turned out that through the telegram content of Tianjin, Shanghai and Beijing, after the negotiations between the time travelers and countries broke down, all countries believed that the next military direction for the time travelers was Beijing, so they kept asking the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Beijing to strengthen their garrisons. At the same time, they were still studying how to transport a batch of weapons and ammunition to the Eight-Nation Alliance in order to increase their garrisons when the army could not be increased to increase.

It is reasonable for countries to make such judgments, because now all countries do not know that the time traveler is just an isolated army, but they all believe that behind the time traveler, there is at least a force behind it. If the time traveler really captures Beijing and completely eliminates the Eight-Nation Alliance, they will be able to gain absolute dominance on the battlefield of China. Even if countries can organize another Eight-Nation Alliance, the battle will be protracted and not worth the loss. Therefore, it is very likely that countries will accept this fact. But no one would have thought that the time traveler would let Beijing go and turn around to capture Weihaiwei and Qingdao.

The difficulty of this battle is really not high. In fact, it is how to expand in Shandong after conquering Weihaiwei and Qingdao, but this is not a military solution. Therefore, there is no discussion on the combat plan formulated by the General Staff. The rest is made by each combat unit and the coordinated combat between each combat unit.

The fashionable Jinfeng asked again: "When did this battle start?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "The General Staff decided to start in the early morning of November 20th. There is still ten days to prepare. Each combat unit has three days to formulate its own tactical arrangements and submit it to the General Staff on the 13th for a summary. Simulated combat exercises will be conducted on the 16th and 17th, summary and rest on the 18th, and action will begin on the 19th on the 19th."

After a pause, Xiao Jianjun said again: "The logistics department will prepare for combat from now on."

Xie Teng, the captain of the Taihu ship, immediately stood up and said, "Yes, I will make arrangements immediately."

Among the seven warships that crossed, only the Taihu ship was not a combat ship, but a logistics support ship. However, the crossing army now did not need to fight from a long-distance ocean. Therefore, in the previous few naval battles, other warships appeared one after another. Even the Changbaishan ship also took the stage in the Battle of Dagukou, playing a two-barrel landing battle. Only the Taihu ship has been idle. First, it was anchored in the archipelago at the Bohaikou archipelago. After the Battle of Dagukou, it stopped at the Dagukou port and never moved. This time, the attack on Weihaiwei and Qingdao, all the other six warships participated in the battle, and only the Taihu ship had no combat mission. In fact, in the plan of the temporary military commission, the Taihu ship was a ship that was sealed and demolished, and the equipment parts on the ship were used for other purposes. However, the Taihu ship is still loaded with a large amount of oil and other supplements on the Taihu ship, and the time travelers did not have the energy to deal with the Taihu ship, so they were temporarily put aside.

The Taihu ship has 10 personnel. Since the Taihu ship is not useful, the crew members on the ship are naturally liberated, leaving only 0 people on the ship to ensure basic maintenance, and the rest are transferred to other jobs. Now there are eight available ships in the Crossing Group, each of which is assigned 5 people to serve as important positions such as captains. On the one hand, they are familiar with the performance of ships in this era, and on the other hand, they are also training new naval soldiers. And the others are all shore-based personnel.

Xie Teng, the captain of the Taihu ship, was appointed as the Minister of the Logistics Department of the Interim Military Commission, responsible for managing the logistics support affairs of the People's Army. In the previous stage of the battle, the crossing army seized a large amount of various materials, only a part of which was handed over to the administrative department, and most of them were still managed by the army. After all, the crossing group is still in the wartime system, so the materials must be supplied to the army's needs first.

On the other hand, the People's Army's recruitment and expansion work has also been very smooth. Now the newly recruited army has reached more than 4,000. On the one hand, after the conference to celebrate the victory of the Tianjin Defense Battle, the enthusiasm of the Tianjin people to join the army has increased greatly; on the other hand, a large number of exiles have returned to Tianjin, and the total number of returning people has exceeded 500,000. With a sufficient population base, more troops can naturally be recruited.

The newly recruited soldiers are divided into the army and the navy. Of course, the army accounts for the vast majority, reaching about 500 people. A total of 7 combat battalions were organized, including the first and second battalions, who participated in the Tianjin Defense War and had certain practical experience. The third and seven battalions were a few experienced soldiers and new recruits. In addition, a firepower reinforcement battalion, an artillery battalion and a cavalry company were organized.

The Navy recruited about 400 soldiers, half of which were assigned to serve on the eight seized warships and received training in the launch of warships, navigation and combat, which is also the foundation of the People's Army Navy in the future. During this period, each warship has also gone to sea for training at least twice, with the largest number of four out of the sea. And now the crossing has fully controlled the Kaiping Coal Mine, so the burning of warships is not a problem.

The original group of soldiers from the Beiyang Navy had all joined the People's Army Navy at this time. In order to show their determination, these soldiers from the Beiyang Navy cut off their braids and shaved their hair in accordance with the requirements of the People's Army.

Because the Navy is a high-tech military branch, most of the training, regulations, management, and life of the Beiyang Navy are based on the British navy. Most of the senior generals have experience in studying abroad, and middle and lower-level officers have also been educated by the Fujian Navy Academy. They can be equipped with very modern troops. Therefore, the concept, knowledge, and vision of the entire army are not comparable to other armies of the court.

Although the Qing court is now training the new army, although the daily habits of training, management, and common living habits are also in the form of European countries, in the bones, they are still old-style troops. In other words, the generals responsible for training the new army actually regard the new army as their own private army. This is the most thorough. According to Yuan Shikai, he paid great attention to winning over his subordinates and loyal to himself when he was training the troops at the station, and asked the soldiers to shout before the meal: "Who gave the meal?" "It was Yuan Gongbao (Yuan Shikai's honorific title)." This rumor may not be true, but the history of the old time and space proves that the soldiers of the Beiyang New Army really only know to be loyal to Yuan Shikai, but not the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, even when Yuan Shikai was dismissed, the Qing Dynasty could not mobilize the Beiyang Army, but Yuan Shikai could control it remotely. An army that was loyal to individuals must not be considered a modern army.

After these soldiers of the Beiyang Navy and time travelers have been together for a long time, we can also find that the style of this group of overseas Chinese is completely different from that of the Qing court, and is closer to European countries. This style is naturally more in line with the concept of Beiyang Navy soldiers, and what is more relevant is that this group of overseas Chinese can actually defeat foreigners, and this pair of Beiyang Navy soldiers is more attractive.

Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Beiyang Navy soldiers have held their breath. In fact, the performance of the Beiyang Navy in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 was quite remarkable. Although the battle of Dadonggou was lost, the two main ships were still there, and they also severely damaged five Japanese warships, including the Yoshino. Therefore, the Japanese joint fleet only had a tragic victory. However, after that, Li Hongzhang adopted the strategy of protecting the ship and prohibited the Beiyang Navy from leaving the port to fight, and gave up the power to control the sea. Later, the Weihai Guard Battle was first lost on land. The Beiyang Navy trapped in the port was attacked by sea and land, and the entire army was wiped out. The Beiyang Navy soldiers wanted to prove themselves again at all times.

However, although the Beiyang Navy was rebuilt, the court remained the same and did not cheer up. This was the most disappointing thing for the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy. In the old time and space, after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the Beiyang Navy was ordered to go to Hankou to suppress the revolution, but most of the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy sympathized with the revolution and prepared to launch an uprising. Sa Zhenbing, who was the admiral of the navy at that time, agreed to the uprising and sent out a signal that "I'll leave, and in the future, the military will be yourselves." Then he left the fleet. On November 15, the Beiyang Navy changed its flag and declared its separation from the Qing court.
Chapter completed!