Daming Military Empire

Chapter 463
Looking at the civil and military officials gathered together, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. Not to mention anything else, just these military generals, each of them represents an army of one hundred thousand. If you count the troops of the vassal states, now only The army surpassed the total strength of the heyday at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty!
However, he was not complacent because of this. Tsarist Russia is one of the most powerful powers in the world, and behind him is the support of Great Powers such as Britain, France and the Netherlands. The hardships of the battle can be imagined.

The so-called "a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength", let alone facing an equally majestic polar bear, not only can he not underestimate the enemy, but the civil and military officials below cannot underestimate the enemy, so he warned at the beginning: "Everyone , In all the wars over the years, except for the first few battles against Jiannu, it seems that the others have been won relatively easily. Do you think that Daming is invincible? Let me tell you, it is far from it, like this time Tsarist Russia is a superpower with a territory similar to that of Ming Dynasty. Although they are far from Ming Dynasty in terms of population, they are not weaker than Ming Dynasty in terms of weapons and equipment. Moreover, they also have great powers such as Britain and France. Support from behind, so in this battle, Ming must go all out, and must not be proud, complacent, or even underestimate the enemy!"

When Zhu Cijiong just talked about the first half, many of the civil and military officials sitting here did show that they underestimated the enemy. How powerful is the Ming Dynasty now, is there any opponent in the world?

When Zhu Cijiong talked about the second half, the faces of these people changed. Being invincible does not mean that a country can single out the whole world. They all understand this. Besides, is Tsarist Russia really so powerful?

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhu Cijiong directly said to Lu Xiangsheng on the right: "Get the map."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the words, he immediately got up and obeyed the order, and took a scroll from the side that was about the width of the conference table, placed it horizontally on the table, and slowly unfolded it.

Everyone present didn't need him to explain. When the scroll was unfolded in front of him, they all took the initiative to help and caress it. Soon, a huge map was displayed in front of everyone.

This is a map of Eurasia. Other countries only marked their names. Only the Ming Empire and Tsarist Russia marked it in detail. No scouting went there.

When the map was fully unfolded, Zhu Cijiong immediately stood up, and everyone naturally stood up with a swipe.

Zhu Cijiong didn't tell everyone to sit down this time, but turned around and took the white wax pole from Lu Xiangsheng, then pointed to the bottom of the map and said: "This is the current territory of Ming Dynasty."

Everyone is naturally familiar with this. The current Ming Dynasty has basically recovered the territory of its heyday, and there is a large area in South Asia, which can be said to be unprecedentedly strong.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong pointed to the top of the map and said: "This is the current territory of Tsarist Russia."

Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, many people were still surprised that there is such a huge country in this world, and Ming Dynasty was not even half the size of it before it expanded!

Zhu Cijiong then said earnestly: "This Tsarist Russia is not the small and weak country we faced in the past. They defeated the powerful Golden Horde and the vast Siberian Khanate one after another. Their military strength can be described as extremely strong. Therefore, we Never underestimate the enemy."

At this moment, no one underestimated the enemy anymore, and some people even showed expressions of fear. Such a powerful country even has great powers behind it to support it. How could Ming be overthrown?

Zhu Cijiong's display of Tsarist Russia's strength was not to scare everyone, but just to let everyone not underestimate the enemy. Now it seems that the effect is almost the same, and it will be counterproductive to grow others' ambitions to destroy their own prestige.

He then analyzed objectively: "Of course, Tsarist Russia alone is not comparable to Ming Dynasty. In terms of population, all the powers of the entire anti-Habsburg alliance combined are not comparable to Ming Dynasty. Our advantage is also an advantage, we have more people and more troops, this is something they can't match!"

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the words, yes, Daming's population is terrifyingly large, and Daming's army is even more terrifyingly large, they are afraid of him!
Zhu Cijiong continued to encourage: "They still have a big disadvantage, that is, they have no railways, no trains, and they are far behind Daming in terms of food, supplies, and soldiers. Therefore, as long as the tactics are used properly, we must can beat them."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. This advantage in transportation capacity is a great advantage. With such a huge territory, it will take at least a few months for the reinforcements of the big powers to arrive at Manjingwei from the European continent, but the Ming Dynasty railway will take another ten days. It will be repaired to Manjingwei. At that time, no more than half of the troops will be transferred from any place. Even if the European powers are behind them, so what. on?

The comparison of the strengths of the two sides has been roughly introduced, and the next step is to discuss the specific tactics. Zhu Cijiong directly stuffed the white wax stick into Lu Xiangsheng's hand, and said loudly: "Okay, let's start discussing the specific tactics. First, Jiandou will introduce it to you Preliminary plan. Proper use of tactics is the key to defeating the enemy every time, so everyone should actively and boldly put forward any good opinions and suggestions, try to eliminate all problems and hidden dangers, and strive to formulate the most perfect tactics. .”

Meetings and deliberations before wars have become a norm, and everyone is used to it. It is precisely because each strategy is formulated in detail that the Ming army can gain the greatest gains with the smallest losses in previous wars.

Of course, in the face of those small and weak countries, you can win by directly crushing them, but if you don't have detailed tactics and fight indiscriminately, the loss of troops will not only be so small, not to mention anything else, just a Mughal Son Empire, if Da Ming had fought hard back then, it would be no wonder if Daming hadn't suffered a severe blow.

Lu Xiangsheng is also a leader in previous wars. He has already mastered the use of strategy and tactics. He took the white wax stick, pointed directly at the map and said: "Our goal in this battle is to win the entire Siberia. Such a vast territory. The biggest problem is Grain transportation means that the so-called soldiers and horses go first without food and grass. Without food, let alone fighting, survival is a problem. However, what lies ahead of us is the Siberian Mountains and Siberian Plateau, and it is difficult to transport food by manpower to ensure the supply of the army. Therefore, we are going to use the old method of Southeast Asia and South Asia, advance on land by railway lines, use trains to transport grain and grass, and also use warships to transport grain and grass from major rivers, advance by land and water, and take Siberia in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)