1890 King of Southeast Asia

On the 26th, after a court meeting, Zaixun became the general of the bandit suppression and began to prepare for the dispatch of troops. He planned to select five divisions from each province as the main army and five divisions as the reserve force. Because they had to be drawn from all over the country, it would take more than half a month to complete.

At this time, the Japanese had already attacked the outskirts of Fengcheng. In sharp contrast to the procrastinating Qing Empire, Japan quickly increased its troops, increasing the garrison army from five divisions to seven.

And the front-line troops were integrated on the spot to form the First Army, which was under the jurisdiction of the Third, Fifth, and Seventh Divisions and a reinforced artillery brigade. Ogawa was appointed as the commander of the First Army.

The artillery brigade was under the jurisdiction of two artillery regiments.

The First Heavy Artillery Regiment was under the jurisdiction of a siege heavy artillery battalion, a field heavy artillery battalion, and an infantry battalion.

The Second Field Artillery Regiment was under the jurisdiction of a field artillery battalion, a field howitzer battalion, and an infantry battalion.

Equipped with 16 152mm field guns, 16 152mm howitzers, 16 100mm field guns, and 4 280mm howitzers.

The artillery has been shipped. Except for the siege guns, the rest will be combat-ready within half a month. The siege guns are inconvenient to transport and may take a month.

Ogawa Youci doesn't think that the Qing Empire can produce the same force in a month. After all, Nanhua doesn't have siege guns.

"General, the headquarters has a message." The staff opened the tent.

"Read."

"The Qing Empire, with Zaixun as the general, is mobilizing troops to prepare to defend Fengtian. It is expected to mobilize the third, fourth, and fifth Beiyang regiments, and five corps from various provinces, totaling about 100,000 people. Please hurry up and take Fengtian as soon as possible before Zaixun."

"Zaixun... sounds familiar. Which province was he the admiral of before?" Ogawa Youci asked puzzledly.

The Japanese collected intelligence about the Qing Empire, especially the intelligence of middle and senior generals, clearly, even better than the generals themselves.

"He is not an admiral, but a nobleman, the younger brother of the regent Zaifeng." The staff officer licked his lips.

"Zaixun, 22 years old, Manchu, brother of Guangxu, brother of the regent Prince Chun Zaifeng, recently awarded the title of Prince Ning and General of Suppressing Bandits. According to our intelligence, Zaixun has no actual experience in leading troops. The staff believes that this is just a political signboard pulled out by Qingguo."

The staff officer briefly introduced Zaixun's situation, and was slightly uncomfortable.

After all, this information was too simple, so simple that it made people doubt the ability of Japanese intelligence agencies.

"Political signboard? Hmm." Xiaochuan thought about it and nodded.

In addition to this explanation, he didn't understand what it meant to send a 22-year-old who had never led troops to serve as the highest general.

"What about the specific generals?" Xiaochuan asked again, he didn't want to be unfamiliar with his opponents.

"Except for the 345th Regiment, the remaining generals are suspected to have not yet been determined."

As for the generals of the 345th Regiment, Xiaochuan was familiar with them.

"Where is the Sixth Regiment?" Xiaochuan smiled again. Not sure yet? That means it's not ready yet, so he has plenty of time.

"We encountered an ambush outside Fengcheng. There are also many fortifications in the direction of Fengcheng. The Sixth Regiment lacks artillery and it is difficult to break through."

"Ambush? It's really impressive. I thought they would run away. Order the Fifth Division to cross the Sixth Regiment and march towards Fengtian. The Sixth Regiment will hold back the defenders." Xiaochuan smiled again.

As for the Sixth Regiment's attack on Fengtian, I have given you a chance, but if you don't live up to it, I can't always give you a chance.

"General, do you want to send the Seventh Division to attack in the direction of Lushunkou?" The staff officer suggested.

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"No! No, we have limited troops. We should take down the main target first. As long as we take down the main target, why should we be afraid that he will run away?" Xiaochuan smiled again.

There is nothing wrong with this strategy. It is nice to take down a military port, but it is not an easy task, and it has no other function except for its appearance.

After all, Japan has the advantage in the navy. Taking down the Beiyang military port can at most open up the shipping line, which may make it more convenient for supply, but it will do more harm than good to the First Army.

After all, if the shipping supply line is opened, it also means that it can land directly behind the enemy. At that time, the First Army is still marching slowly on the road, and the Second Army or even the Third Army rushes ashore by boat, robbing the credit of the First Army. Who can he go to for justice?

He has a share of the credit, but no one would think too much of the credit, right?

As for the extra expenses, who cares? Maybe the Ministry of Finance cares, and the Cabinet cares, but that is not the business of the military, let alone the First Army.

"Urge the artillery brigade, let them arrive at the front line quickly, and..." Ogawa looked at the snowy land again. Fortunately, it was winter, and the 26-ton artillery could march here.

Of course, they can be disassembled for transportation, but a large number of transportation tools are also needed. Forget about cars, Japan is not that rich.

"Recruit all the livestock that can be requisitioned, even the farmer's donkey, to ensure that the cannon can reach the front line smoothly."

I don't know how many people will be ruined by this sentence. No one really thinks that the people below can only requisition donkeys, right?

…………

Borneo, Chang'an.

Unlike the previous foreign wars of Japan, this time, whether it is the Nanhua government or the Ziwei Palace, there is no such solemn atmosphere as before.

In the Ziwei Palace, Liu Yiming was listening to the reports of the General Staff and the Intelligence Department.

"... That's it. At present, the Qing Empire has no substantial dispatching operations. The two sides have gripped each other in diplomacy, but they did not declare war. It seems that both sides don't want to fight." Jiang Wang briefly reported the form of the Qing Empire.

Liu Yiming nodded slightly, Zaiyu had just came to power, and it was impossible to have no action, but because of this, the action would not be very large. He must ensure stability first.

He had expected it for a long time, so he did not prepare an order to the army.

The Qing Empire is not active. Where can there be Nanhua rushing up? It is better to let the Qing Empire fall off again, and their prestige is still too high.

"The Navy maintains a high -intensity training mode. The main fleet goes to sea twice a week, which lasts for two days, and the Japanese fleet will follow. However, this high -intensity training takes too much. . "Zhao Jiaxing said.

Although it is only from time to time, oil, food supplies, ammunition, personnel wages, mechanical wear, etc. are a lot of expenses.

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He wanted to save the money, and he would make it again in the next year, and he might be able to come out throughout the war.

"We spend money, Japan also spends money, and the oil is cheap, the coal is expensive, and we make money inside and outside." Liu Yiming soothed.

International oil price crude oil is more than one barrel, one ton of seven barrels, the price is within 18 yuan, and one ton of coal is two to three pieces cheaper than one ton of crude oil.

But crude oil can be decomposed into many things, such as power gasoline and diesel, and lighting for lighting, their prices are expensive. There are also various by -products such as paraffin, and the power oil for ships is the remaining oil after refining.

In the era of oil prices, one -liter 92 gasoline is more than 8, one ton of gasoline is 1379 liters, 10,000 and 800 yuan.

The heavy oil in the same period only cost 3,000 to 3,500 yuan, more than three times the gap.

In this era when the use of fuel as power is still small, the price of heavy oil is even lower, only one fifth of high -quality coal.

"But it's almost the same. Let Changan come back. Enter the dock maintenance and start rotating, so that the soldiers who have been abroad for a year come back for a year." Liu Yiming said.

"Her Majesty!"

"As for the Qing Empire, don't care for the time being. They have to buy things to sell, Japanese people buy things ... If no one comes on, just stuck it, and the others will not care."

"By the way, warn that the Japanese have many industries in the Youth Empire. They are operating normally and will not participate in war behaviors. They have any accidents in the war, and we will determine it as a deliberate provocation."

Liu Yiming looked at it, okay, either the soldiers or the intelligence head here, and turned to look at Secretary Wang.

"Remark what I just said to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, so that they will be stronger to Japan."

"yes!"

"Well, let's talk about the new base." Liu Yiming turned around, and Secretary Wang sent the documents to everyone.

"I woke me up in this crisis. We may face enemies from multiple directions at any time. It is likely that there is a short time in short -term strength, especially the border area."

"We need to be prepared to face unknown enemies and support it alone for about a year. Of course, maybe in a few months, the Navy has solved the battle, but there is no preparation."

"I am going to establish a comprehensive base in Arabia to cover a heavy industrial system to deal with possible crises."

"In addition to the existing petrochemical ladder, it is also prepared to establish steel smelting and forging, mechanical processing, shipbuilding, weapons and ammunition manufacturing, automobiles and aircraft manufacturing."

Liu Yiming finished speaking, watching the group of soldiers and intelligence heads.

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"If you build this plan, the Army is confident that facing three times the enemy to support three times in the Arab region for more than a year." Xie Hui looked at the heavy output of the Hui calculation, the first sound.

The premise of this number is the enemy of the same combat effectiveness, and at the moment, the South China Army is the strongest in the case of sufficient supplies.

"According to this plan, as long as the port is not lost, the Navy Persian Bay Fleet can completely block the Hams Strait alone." Xu Sunming also said.

"However, whether we have enough investment in such a huge construction plan, and ... even if it is the military industry, this matter should be the government's jurisdiction, such as the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry, etc." Wang Yang said curiously.

"This is why I was looking for you." Liu Yiming touched his nose.

Seeing Liu Yiming's gesture, everyone was secretly screaming.

"Keke, everyone knows that everyone is more tight now, but this plan is related to national defense security. You can't do it because of financial tension."

"We have no money anymore, but ... those Aya can be rich, and there are a lot of gold at home ..."

Wang Yang scratched his head, Yang Tao stopped talking, Wang Xu's eyes lighted up, and Xie Hui was thinking about how big the base would build.

Liu Yiming looked at Jiang Wang, Jiang Wang nodded, took out a large large file, and opened the first page.

"In the nearly two hundred years of the Arabian Peninsula, there are more than 200 areas of gold mines. This is only nearly two hundred years. There are all kinds of temples and tribal aristocratic gold gems.

The history of gold mining in Mesopotamia is even longer. In the past fifty years, more than thirty new mining sites have been opened. Mesopotamia has a long civilization. A lot of gold from the Arab region flowed into Mesopotamia, but a lot of it was looted by the Ottomans.

These are some tribal activity maps we collected..." Jiang Wang pushed the file out.

Such a thick book must be more than just a map...