Xiao Jianjun said: "Would we test Japan, for example, if we ask to join the war, and see what Japan is doing?"

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't think this is necessary. Now we just need to prepare for the war. What we are bothering with Japan. Just make a decision when Japan comes to us. And I don't think it will take long before Japan will come to us to negotiate."

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Yes, that should be the case. We should still respond to changes in the same way as we remain unchanged and just look at what Japan does."

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "Russian Consul Peterov has come to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs three times and hopes to meet with us, but I have rejected them all. Just yesterday, he came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the third time and brought a letter saying that Russia is willing to implement the [Transfer Treaty of the Three East Provinces] and hopes to negotiate with us on the implementation of the treaty. I ignored him, but now we can use it."

It turns out that after the fall of Lushun, although the Russian upper class was still drunk and dreaming, there were still a few sensible people in the Russian government. They knew that the situation in the Far East is not just bad, but even the domestic crisis is everywhere, and social contradictions are extremely sharp. It can be said that Russia is now sitting on a crater. To alleviate the current domestic situation in Russia, the best way is to win on the battlefield, use the victory of the war to unite people, enhance the prestige of the government, and transfer the domestic crisis.

But now Russia is very passive on the battlefield. It is a blessing to be able to defend Fengtian. It is impossible to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army, let alone achieve victory. So some people think that they can find a way from the East China government. Although the East China government basically favored Japan after the beginning of the war and even intercepted Russian warships, it did not officially participate in the war. Moreover, Russia is also an old chess player in the world chess game. He soon discovered the contradiction between the East China government and Japan and believed that it could be used. If the implementation of the [Transfer Treaty of the Three East China Provinces] is used as bait, it may be possible to create conflicts between the East China government and Japan, so that Russia will have room for maneuvering and flashing.

Nicholas II is now in a hurry to seek medical treatment. No matter what method there is, use it first, and whether it is effective or not. So he immediately notified the Minister to Qingdao Petlov and asked him to communicate with the East China government immediately. The East China government will of course not deal with Russia and is too lazy to see him at all. However, Petlov also knew that the current situation was critical, and he had heard of many conflicts between the East China government and Japan in Qingdao, so he believed that there was indeed a chance here, so he ignored his face and asked to see Li Sanjie three times in a row. After refusing, he wrote a letter to Li Sanjie, saying that Russia was willing to implement the [Transfer Treaty of the Three East China Provinces] and hoped to negotiate with the East China government on this.

After hearing this, Xia Bohai nodded and smiled: "Of course, this is a good opportunity. We can use it well to teach Japan a lesson."

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "Okay, after this meeting is over, I will make an appointment with the Russian consul immediately."

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, today's summary meeting ends here. All preparations have been done well. All departments have worked very hard, but they still have to continue working hard. Now it is not far from the time we participate in the war. I don't need to emphasize the significance of this war. There is another thing. In the last few months, we will solve the economy, material management, and control issues after the war. In the old time and space, Japan and Russia were exhausted by this war. One very important reason is that the two countries, because Japan is not prepared for the difficulties of the war, so they did not establish a war at all.

If Japan established such a system at that time, it would have been possible to support it for a longer time and would not be able to survive in the future. Our economic foundation was worse than Japan. If there was no perfect wartime system, I would probably not be able to persist for even half a year. However, the wartime system should try its best to ensure the basic life of the people and the basic interests of investors. The reconstruction work after the war still requires the participation of investors, so now we need to start planning. This work is mainly responsible by the Finance Committee, and other departments must cooperate with the Finance Committee's work."

Jia Zhenzhao hurriedly said, "Yes, we will come up with a plan as soon as possible."

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Dozens of small boats slashed the sea on the sea and sailed rapidly towards the shore. Each small boat was loaded with more than a dozen soldiers, and they set up guns and cannons in the boat, firing on the shore. The storm splashed on the coast, and of course, many shells fell into the sea, arousing countless water columns.

After the boat approached the shore, the soldiers on the boat jumped into the sea water one after another. At this time, the sea water was almost waist-deep. The soldiers held their guns and rushed to the shore while shooting. After they got on the shore, the soldiers immediately gathered in the company and platoon units, and then quickly searched for stones, trees, etc. on the shore as cover, and hid first. The soldiers set up rifles and fired, while the soldiers of the artillery group set up mortars behind and opened fire at the firepower point of the preset position.

After a series of explosions, the preset firepower points were cleared one by one, and then the infantry launched an attack on the preset position, knocking down the dummies representing the enemy in the position one by one, and occupying the position.

Luo Yue, who was watching the battle on the hill in the distance, nodded and was very satisfied with this similar landing combat practice. Although there was no enemy troops in this exercise, and the enemy positions were all dummies or vacant, for the newly established Marine Corps, this performance was considered good. After all, even in the old time and space, amphibious combat was the most complicated among other combat modes. Therefore, after the Marine Corps officially formed, it has been under the leadership of Luo Yue, and it focuses on landing combat. First, this is the main combat task of the Marine Corps; second, after the East China government participates in the war in the future, there will definitely be a landing combat mode. However, some time ago, the Marine Corps mainly conducted basic training, and only after the New Year began formal battalion-level landing combat training.

In fact, in this era, there was no real landing war. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army had landed, but neither the Qing army nor the Russian army had ever thought of setting up defensive positions on the coast to prevent it. Therefore, the Japanese army did not encounter any obstacles during the landing process and easily boarded the land shore. Until the First World War, the Battle of the Dardanelles that took place was the first landing war in the modern sense.

However, the People's Army naturally cannot pin its hopes on the enemy's unprepared defense. Moreover, the East China government is going to the ocean and has begun to make arrangements in the South China Ocean. Therefore, amphibious operations will definitely be an important combat model for the East China government in the future. Of course, this is also the original intention of the East China government to establish a Marine Corps, not just to deal with the Russo-Japanese War.

However, although Luo Yue was born in the Marine Corps in the old time and space, the landing mode of the old time and space was a three-dimensional landing mode of sea and air lines. From its development trend, it focused on vertical landing of airborne. From its personnel landing, Luo Yue had specially practiced helicopter airborne. Even if it was landing on the sea, there were special equipment such as hoverboats and landing ships, and it focused on landing of heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery. In this era, of course, there were no special landing equipment, and with the technical level of this era, it was basically impossible to create similar equipment. It was mainly to use warships or transport ships to send soldiers to the nearshore, then put down the boat, and row the soldiers to the dock.

Of course, the idea of ​​landing combat is basically the same in ancient and modern times, which is to send as much personnel and equipment as possible to the shore at the fastest speed. According to this idea, with the technical level of this era, some special landing equipment can still be manufactured.

First of all, of course, the landing ships are divided into two categories. The first category is that the traditional way of sending soldiers to the nearshore and putting down small boats to land. Of course, it is too late to build a new ship. However, the technical level of this landing ship is not high, and the standards do not need to be as high as warships. It can be transformed with ordinary civilian ships. Now, 4 ships have been renovated, 2 large and 2 small. The displacement of large landing ships is between 2,200 and 2,500 tons, and can transport soldiers and equipment from 2 battalions; the displacement of small landing ships is between 1,400 and 1 battalion of soldiers and equipment. At present, one of these two landing ships is under renovation. After all, 9 battalions of troops can be sent at one time, which is equivalent to a regiment.

Moreover, the assault boat used for landing is specially designed, with a wooden structure, 12.6 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and a draft of 0.6-0.7 meters. It has a large load of 1.5 tons. The head of the boat is in the shape of a fluid vertebrae. It can transport 15-20 soldiers at one time. There are also machine gun positions at the head of the boat. There are mortar positions in the middle of the boat, which can open fire to attack the enemy positions on the shore while traveling. The power of the assault boat is four pairs of oars at the tail of the boat, which can be rowed by 8 people at the same time. After training, it can reach a speed of 5-6 knots in a short time, and the fastest can exceed 7 knots.
Chapter completed!