2ooo164o1 Chapter 431 The Power of the Country

Zhang Yunfei turned around and asked, "Does this person have any characteristics?"

Tian Renjie waved to the confidential adviser next to him, and a moment later, a file about Kuruyev was presented to Zhang Yunfei.

As early as after confirming that the war with Russia was inevitable, the General Staff Secretariat began to organize and collect information about the active Russian generals.

General Kuruyev, like other senior Russian generals, was born into a Russian aristocrat and was a loyal lackey of the Tsar. However, General Kuruyev did not rely on his relationship to climb up. His current status is entirely due to his accumulated promotion in military merits.

It can be said that General Kuruyev is a long-standing general and one of the only generals in the Russian army who has not lost their achievements since the Crimean War.

The intelligence also listed some of Kuruyev's personal life preferences, as well as the battles he participated in and commanded. Overall, he was a difficult character.

"It seems that Dong Fuxiang is in trouble!"

Zhang Yunfei tapped his finger at Tono Mountain where the 39th Army was located a few times, and said, "Four times that of the 39th Army, but if it is defense, it is not too difficult."

Tian Renjie said: "The problem is that the Russian army also has the left and right armies. These two armies should be the Russian army surrounding Kulun. But there is still a whole army that cannot know their location at present."

Zhang Yunfei nodded and said, "Kulun's Tan Zhongshuang can't stop the Russian army at all. If the Russian army wants, the battle can be resolved in a few hours. Therefore, these two Russian troops are like two clamps of a big crab, attacking left and right at any time."

Zhang Yunfei then pondered: "We must find another Russian army as soon as possible. This unknown danger poses too great a threat to us."

Tian Renjie pointed to the sand table and said, "We have been constantly marking the possible locations of the Russian army. According to predictions, this Russian army should now be near the Zhongmo Right Banner, which is very close to the Zhenglan Banner Chahar Field Airport where we are repairing. Once our field airport is repaired, they will undoubtedly be exposed."

Zhang Yunfei asked: "How long will it take to use the airport?"

"It's only been these two days!" Tian Renjie said: "I originally planned to send a few reconnaissance planes. Before you came, I received a telegram from Dong Fuxiang, who suggested that we send the fighter planes there!"

"Send fighter planes?"

Zhang Yunfei was a little surprised. Why did Dong Fuxiang suddenly have this idea?

Tian Renjie smiled and said, "Dong Fuxiang is in the prairie without a reconnaissance plane to guide him, just like a headless fly. Now he is trapped in Tono Mountain, which is a lot of free time, so if you have nothing to do, you will ask for news about it."

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said, "A scholar knows everything about the world if he doesn't go out. When will he become a scholar?"

"However, he said it would be a good idea to send fighter jets over there!" Tian Renjie continued: "He said that Mongolia is an endless grassland with no cover. And the Russian army gathered together to operate. If the fighter attacks them in the air, the effect would be much better than the Maxim heavy machine gun on the ground."

Zhang Yunfei sighed: "This Dong Fuxiang is also an excellent general, with keen judgment and insight. Why didn't he show up before?"

Tian Renjie smiled and said, "In the past, the Qing court's policies and regulations, even if the generals and officials who led the troops had ideas, no one would pay attention to them, and it would affect their career. Therefore, most of the talents were buried. Think about the 450 million comrades in China. How could it be that only Li Hongzhang and others were outstanding?

Then he said: "Now that Your Majesty is wise, the empire has implemented an incentive policy of contending with hundreds of schools of thought and blooming with hundreds of flowers to discover talents to the greatest extent. Therefore, the effect is that more and more talents will surface."

Zhang Yunfei nodded, walked slowly around the sand table, and said, "Then how many fighter planes are you going to send?"

"A fighter squadron is enough!" Tian Renjie said: "The field airports located in Inner Mongolia can also park so many!"

Zhang Yunfei said: "Akreev has gathered dozens of airships on the side of Haichuanwei, so it should be a big move. On the surface, we are preparing to fight them in a big battle between airships. In fact, the most convenient way to deal with airships is to move out the fighter planes!"

Tian Renjie said: "Please rest assured about this. What we are currently using is the fighter squadron that was called back from Qingdao, and does not use fighter jets in the Northeast War Zone.

Zhang Yunfei asked: "How many fighter jets are currently equipped?"

Tian Renjie replied: "Our aircraft manufacturing plant can only produce two fighter jets per month. There are currently nine fighter jet squadrons in the Air Force currently in service." A total of fifty-four

Zhang Yunfei frowned and said, "Why are there so few? Didn't you notify me of adding production lines?

"That's right!" Tian Renjie explained: "Your Majesty, after our fighter jets were equipped with airborne machine guns, the range was affected. Recently, there were problems with the structural problems of these fighters. The flight life of the fighter jets was originally designed to be in the Weibushi period, but the report submitted by the Air Force not long ago showed that three fighter jets had structural damage. At present, the Air Force has ordered the first batch of aircraft to be grounded and then conduct a comprehensive inspection."

Zhang Yunfei asked, "How is the result?"

"The result is that more than a dozen fighter jets can no longer fly normally and their use time is less than Weibushi. Therefore, I have ordered the combat laboratory to be redesigned.

Zhang Yunfei felt a little disappointed. He originally thought that fighter jets could already be put into actual combat in this Qingdao offensive and defensive battle, but now this problem occurs.

However, Yunfei was relieved that China has mastered the aircraft pattern...weapons. Because of the design and manufacturing of aircraft, Chinese arsenals cannot imitate foreign countries. They can achieve today's achievements entirely by exploring themselves. This has exceeded Zhang Yunfei's expectations.

"So how many people can be put into actual combat"

"There are less than five squadrons!" Shan Erjie said: "And considering the preciousness of the pilots trained by the Imperial Air Force, these five squadrons have been restricted from taking off and are not allowed to participate in the battle until the critical moment is cut!"

"You did it right!" Zhang Yunfei nodded and said, "If the plane breaks down, we can redesign and manufacture it. It will be better in a few months. However, the training of pilots will not be possible in just a few years.

Tian Renjie said: "In addition to sending several airships to provide air supplies to the 39th Army, I think it's time for the First Army to enter Outer Mongolia!"

Zhang Yunfei stopped and asked, "How can I see it?"

Tian Renjie said: "The Russian army surrounded Kulun and the 39th Army one after another, but still surrounded and did not attack. It was obvious that we felt that the bait we gave was not enough. At this time, if the first army was on the way, I think the Russian army should close the net too!"

Zhang Yunfei shook his head and said, "After that being said, the First Army is the empire's general reserve team. It cannot be activated without any action until the last moment or until the Russian army's strategic intentions are fully exposed!"

"Your Majesty, aren't you going to surround the Russian Sixth Army Group?" Tian Renjie asked in confusion: "The First Army will go up at this time and cooperate with the 39th Army and attack the Russian army from both sides and backwards, and you will definitely win a great victory. If you can defeat the Russian Sixth Army Group in one fell swoop, then the reputation of the empire will be unprecedented for the entire battle situation."

If the Russian Sixth Army Group could be eliminated, Zhang Yunfei would not give up this opportunity, and the temptation was too great.

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Yes!"

Then he added: "However, you must find the last Russian army first, so that the first army cannot be trapped in the encirclement."

"Yes!" Tian Renjie said happily: "Please rest assured that when the First Army enters Mongolia, our reconnaissance planes have locked down all the Russian troops in Mongolia. Everything is under our full control."

Zhang Yunfei nodded, although he agreed, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The overall reserve team is equivalent to the last trump card of Paijiu Middle School. Both sides are peeking at what the other party's trump card is.

In the General Staff's view, the Russians' last trump card should be the Russian army that had not appeared yet. For the Emperor Qin army, the Air Force reconnaissance planes will search them in a few days.

In other words, once the air force reconnaissance planes find the Russian military's position, the battle situation will be clear.

After knowing what the Russian army's trump card was, the Emperor and Qin government could calmly deploy counterattacks.

But it's really that simple

You should know that war changes rapidly, and before it is absolutely necessary, the other party will not easily show their trump card.

"Maybe it's a good thing that we can show our trump card first."

Zhang Yunfei said to himself in his heart, but asked, "Do you have any feasible solutions to the war between North Korea and Northeast China?"

Tian Renjie replied: "As you said, once we have discovered that Russian army, everything will become clear. The Russians want to destroy the troops we have to reinforce in Mongolia. Now they have surrounded the 39th Army, and soon the last hidden Russian army will be revealed by us. Their strategic intentions have been exposed to the martial arts, so we can start to arrange counter-arrangement.

Zhang Yunfei asked: "What kind of counterattack method?"

"Your Majesty, please look here." Tian Renjie led Zhang Yunfei to the partition wall next to him. The combat staff hurriedly pulled the curtain, and a huge combat map was presented in front of Zhang Yunfei.

The red and blue arrows crisscrossing above show the staggering situation of our enemies and our foes.

Tian Renjie said: "From the current situation of the enemy and us, we are still on the defensive, but we are a tightening fist. Although the Russians are on the offensive and surround us from three sides, it is like a hand with five fingers open. It seems powerful, but it is not strong. On the Korean battlefield, the Russian army was hit by us with a counterattack.

Zhang Yunfei nodded. He thought Tian Renjie's metaphor was very appropriate.

However, Zhang Yunfei then raised questions.

"As long as your fist can concentrate all your strength, give the enemy a heavy blow. However, when you swing your fist, your chest is just exposed to the other party."

Tian Renjie said: "Any war is a gambling, and no one can predict the outcome of the war. No matter how strong you are and how weak the other party is, you defeated them today, but what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? Can you still guarantee that you can defeat them every day in the future?"

Then he said: "At the critical moment, we need to make a choice."

Zhang Yunfei nodded and asked, "You can say whatever you have!"

Tian Renjie was depressed and continued: "I want to take advantage of the Russian Far East Fleet to fight the Russian 6th Army before it arrived!"

It turns out that this kid still doesn't believe in the Navy!

Zhang Yunfei smiled and said, "You just don't trust the Navy so much?"

"It's not that we don't trust!" Tian Renjie said: "But I don't think we can overwhelm the navy!"

Then he said: "Although we have taken many strategies to ensure that the Imperial Navy finally defeated the Russian Navy, the situation in front of us shows that the Russians have made strategic adjustments. They no longer place their hopes on the Russian Navy, but are preparing to rely on the 6th Army to achieve their established goals. Therefore, we should also adjust our strategy and do not have to wait for the navy to decide the victory or defeat.

Zhang Yunfei nodded and asked, "Tell me what your General Staff thinks."

Tian Renjie replied: "Our General Staff believes that instead of just doing it like this, it is better to start first. Even if the Russians try their best to plot against us, they will never think that we will give up on defense and take the initiative to fight back against them."

"Counterattack against the Russian army? Xiao Zhang Yunfei asked: "This is a very bold idea, let's hear it!"

Tian Renjie said: "From the distribution of Russian troops, the Russian army is obviously mainly engaged in offensive operations! The empire's defense line in the northeast is very strong, which forces the Russian army to strengthen its offensive troops. Therefore, their defensive preparations are much worse."

Zhang Yunfei asked: "Turning defense to offense requires a great strategic adjustment. Are you ready?"

Tian Renjie smiled, obviously knowing that Zhang Yunfei would have this question.

"The empire has completed unification, the people are at peace, the naval battle in Midway has established the might of the navy, and the battle in Qingdao has further demonstrated the determination of the 6th Army to defend the country's primary school to resist foreign humiliation. In such a large environment, it has brought great positive effects to the empire's conscription work."

Then he said: "So far, the Imperial Army has received and reorganized 10,000 troops in the previous dynasty, of which 6 new troops have been built. The Military Recruitment Office reported that the number of people enrolled in the military has reached 8 million, of which 10,000 have been admitted. Among these 10,000 people, 300,000 people have been practicing for three months. All the remaining ones have been converted into reserve service.

Zhang Yunfei asked in surprise: "So, the empire's military strength is basically equal to that of the Russian army?"

Tian Renjie nodded and said, "That's right! Your Majesty, now we are no longer the same as when the Internet started war half a year ago. At that time, we only had the Northeast, and the sparse population brought great difficulties to our recruitment work. But now it's different. The empire unified China, and 400 million comrades recognized the existence of the empire, and we are engaged in a war to defend national dignity. Therefore, the people of the whole country support us, and we have an inexhaustible source of soldiers.

Zhang Yunfei suddenly realized that he had always instinctively believed that the people except the Northeast were not concerned about him. He himself also subjectively believed that except the Northeast, the military sources in other regions were not the same as him, so he had been slow to expand the army.

Now that he was pointed out by Tian Renjie, Zhang Yunfei realized that he had been recognized by the Chinese people now, and he was engaged in a just battle to fight against foreign aggression, and the Chinese people would fully support him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfei seemed to have put down a big stone in his heart, and he suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Originally, Zhang Yunfei thought of the warlords who would be the leader in later generations, but the number of his direct troops in China was too small. Therefore, he was always worried that once the army was expanded, it would cause warlords in various regions to emerge.

However, now it seems that these are unlikely to be born.

Now, the war of destiny concerning the entire China, the Chinese people are on the side of the Emperor and Qin government. Even if there are any bad forces, they cannot establish private armed forces at this time.
To be continued...