Shang Jinfeng's summary is mainly in terms of logistics support, which is also the weakest link of the East China government at present. Since the East China government has no foothold in Southeast Asia, a large part of the success of Java this time is the full help of local wealthy people like the Zhang family. It can be said that if there were no Zhang family, if the Zhang family was not rich enough to compete with the country, the People's Army would be very difficult. The investment in logistics support alone would have to increase at least three times.

But Shang Jinfeng also pointed out that from another perspective, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia are indeed a force that can help attract and cooperate, because overseas Chinese have a certain number of people in all parts of Southeast Asia, and there are many rich people among them, and their financial resources can be guaranteed. However, due to the lack of unified organizations or strong government support, overseas Chinese generally have low political status. Overall, except for a few wealthy businessmen, most of them are under oppression. Even if they are rich businessmen, they will face the squeeze of European capital, and the situation will not be better.

The East China government can provide military and political protection for overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, and at the same time fully absorb overseas Chinese investment to accelerate its economic development. The two sides can almost be said to be a natural complementary relationship. This time, the East China government won the hearts of overseas Chinese in Java and established great reputation in Southeast Asia. Therefore, if the East China government wants to expand to Southeast Asia in the future, it must make full use of the overseas Chinese's power, but in addition, it must also try its best to have its own foothold in Southeast Asia and establish a military base. After all, overseas Chinese are just ordinary civilians. Even if they are wealthy like Zhang Zhenxun, it is impossible to provide military assistance to the East China government.

The summary of the overseas Chinese protection fleet also satisfied the Military Commission, because it not only accumulated experience for the East China government to expand to Southeast Asia in the future, but also the experience in it can be applied in the future Russo-Japanese War.

According to the experience of the old time and space, the Russo-Japanese War was a large-scale war between the sea and the land and the sea, so the combat experience of the army and the navy are of great reference value. Moreover, the Russo-Japanese War was carried out on Chinese land, which is similar to the situation in Southeast Asia. The civilians in the Northeast are basically Chinese. This is of course extremely beneficial to the East China government, but the disadvantage is that there are still lack of intermediaries like Zhang Zhenxun in the Northeast. However, the East China government has already begun to solve this problem. Establishing an office in Lushun, opening a shopping mall, and doing business in the Northeast is to expand the influence of the East China government in the Northeast and find or support agents of the East China government.

In addition, the cost of this overseas Chinese protection campaign was also calculated, with a total cost of 9.76 million silver dollars, which was converted into about 6.8 million taels of silver, and more than 1.1 million British pounds. This time, he received a compensation of 650 British pounds, which can be said to be a big profit.

The allocation plan for this compensation was also determined. In addition to the cost, the army will obtain a large sum of it, one is 4 million pounds, and the remaining about 1.4 million pounds belong to the government. In fact, 1.4 million pounds are not a small amount. It is about 12 million yuan in silver dollars, accounting for about 1/5 of last year's fiscal revenue, which can be regarded as a huge additional wealth.

The Military Commission also allocated the compensation. The Navy obtained 2.5 million pounds and the Army obtained 1.5 million pounds. Although the Army fought more battles in Java, the Navy was the main force to protect overseas Chinese. Not only did it send warships to send the Army to Java, it also kept the British fleet. In addition, the Navy has always been the big head of military expenditure, so it is reasonable for the Navy to pay more.

In any case, the government, army, and navy can be regarded as making a small fortune. It can be seen that compensation for war is indeed one of the most effective means of making money. This time, the East China government only received a compensation of 6.5 million British pounds, which is not worth mentioning compared to the previous compensations of the Qing court. In the first Opium War, the Qing court compensated 60 million silver, which is about 20 million British pounds (the exchange rate of silver to British pounds was about 3:1); in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, 230 million silver, which is about 60 million

The British pound (the exchange rate of silver to British pound at that time was about 4:1); and in the old time and space, the compensation for the Xinchou Treaty was as high as 430 million silver, which was about 70 million British pounds (the exchange rate of silver to British pound at that time was about 6:1). Of course, these compensations were not high in the world at that time. In the French-Prussian War, France's compensation for Prussia reached an astonishing 5 billion francs, which was about 250 million British pounds. It can be seen that in terms of war reparations, there is still huge potential to be tapped.

After the summary, Luo Yue rested for two more days, and the seven-day holiday was over. The soldiers returned to the barracks and started training again.

At this moment, the five highest leaders of the East China government recruited a meeting and began to formally discuss the plan for the Japanese-Russia war.

In fact, the war against Japan and Russia is a strategy that the East China government has long set, and the big idea has also been decided. It is to take advantage of the exhaustion of Japan and Russia, and suddenly dispatch the war to participate in the war, striving to damage the two countries in one fell swoop, occupy the Northeast China region, open up space for the further development of the East China government, and obtain war reparations from Japan and Russia as the next development fund for the East China government.

At the beginning of 1903, the East China government had begun to study and formulate a combat plan. After all, time travelers have the advantage of knowing the development trend of history. The Russo-Japanese War is imperative and irreversible. Moreover, the East China government also knows the weaknesses of Russia and Japan, so it is not as hesitant as Japan and cannot make up its determination to start a war against Russia.

This meeting should have been held long ago, because the preliminary combat plan was generally formulated in early April, but the Javanese Overseas Chinese Protection Operation took place. All three heavyweights from the Navy went to Java, which took more than two months. Moreover, Japan has now issued a request for military cooperation and consultation to the East China government. Before that, the East China government naturally had to have its own plan first.

Moreover, this combat plan is not entirely limited to military aspects, but also includes logistics support, assembly, organization and other aspects. It can be said that it is quite comprehensive. The combat plan is explained by Xiao Jianjun himself and is equipped with a projector. In addition to the five leaders, the Navy and Army's highest commander Shang Jinfeng and Zhu Yaping also participated in the explanation as a supplement to Xiao Jianjun's speech.

Xiao Jianjun opened his tablet and said, "Based on the current international and Northeast Asia situation and the situation of Japan and Russia, the Russo-Japanese War will definitely happen, and it is expected to break out in the first half of 1904. This is because both Japan and Russia have not yet been willing to make concessions in the distribution of interests in my country's Northeast and the Korean Peninsula. Of course, it is mainly because Russia's asking price is too high, that is, it will not give up on my country's Northeast and the Korean Peninsula, and it is also eyeing the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, the two sides can only resolve the problem by war, and Japan has issued a request to negotiate military cooperation to us. This shows that Japan has decided to use force now. In the middle of 1905, the Siberian Railway will be completed, which can greatly improve Russia's transportation capacity. If Japan decides to start a war, it must start in 1904 and will not exceed June 1904 at the latest."

"The process of the war should be similar to the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space. Japan first launched a raid on the Port of Lushun, blocking the Russian fleet in the port, and then took action from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula to land on the Liaodong Peninsula to cut off the land connection between Lushun. The Korean Peninsula broke through the Yalu River and experienced a series of battles for Lushun, the Liaoyang Battle, the Shahe Battle, and the Fengtian (Chenyang) War. Although Japan all won the war and cooperated with sea and land, it also led to a series of battles. The Russian Far East Fleet was annihilated, but it also paid a heavy price. The victorious side suffered greater casualties than the defeated side. Therefore, after the Battle of Fengtian, Russia retreated to the Tieling and Siping Line, and Japan was unable to launch a large-scale attack again, so the land war entered a stalemate stage; and Japan won the Battle of Tyrannosaurus at sea, wiped out the Russian Pacific Fleet and attacked Sakhalin Island, and finally forced Russia to admit defeat and finally won the Russo-Japanese War."

"The above is the basic process of the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space. In this time and space, the process of the war will not be too deviated. Bijing currently has only this line. Then our combat plan is based on the basic process of the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space. In the early stage of the war between Japan and Russia, we should first remain calm and wait for the two sides to fight. The timing of intervention is best to be set at the time of the Battle of Tsubasa, because the army of both sides has suffered heavy casualties. The outcome of the war depends on the decisive battle between the main naval forces of both sides. We dispatch all fleets, with five modern warships as the core, join the battlefield at the right time, attack the Japanese and Russian warships, and strive to wipe out the fleets of the two countries in one fell swoop. At least we should also severely damage them so that they can't fight again, so that we can fully control the maritime power, and then block the Tsubasa Strait, cut off the maritime transportation line between Japan and North Korea, and completely cut off the Japanese army's support."
Chapter completed!