After arriving in Shanghai, Yang Qiu received a report on the Sevastopol incident. He did not expect that Lu Zhengxiang and his wife would appear there, which also caused Mrs. Pede to be injured in the calf. *1*1* Fortunately, the hospital confirmed that it was only abrasive and did not hurt the bones, but even so, he cursed the Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau all over the country, and sent Lei Meng to take the doctor to Russia to check the injury.

As he returned, the entire state machine began to rotate. The National Reserve Act sent a reserve soldier recruited from various places to training sites. Britain and France's eagerness to send "cannon fodder" to the Western Front also prompted the unimaginable spirit of cooperation for the first time. The equipment and materials needed by the Republic of China government and the National Defense Forces arrived in Shanghai, Lushun and other places with the troop transport fleet. In order to make the Republic of China safe, Britain and France directly warned the Japanese navy to use the Tsushima Strait and Taiwan as the boundary and not enter the inland sea area for the time being to cause conflicts.

Although Miao Luo was about to give birth, Yang Qiu still chose to go back to the General Staff to listen to the report first. Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi were relieved after he came back. They cannot be blamed for being nervous. There are only four reserve divisions except for the 600,000 soldiers, except for the 6 main divisions, only four reserve divisions have completed 100-day hard training. The rest need to finish training before March next year. Moreover, even if the 100-day basic training is completed, they will have to undergo 2 to 3 months of adaptation training after arriving in France before they can enter the war. Therefore, before April next year, the first Expeditionary Force led by Yue Peng has only 7 divisions.

The two of them are okay in politics, but they are not good at this kind of international cooperation and expeditionary warfare. Although the "Plum Blossom Agreement" has gained a lot, they never let go of their hearts. They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he came back. To put it bluntly, if there is something wrong, they can't take the blame at all, so they are scared.

"Yue Peng's command and 5th Division, 20th Division have arrived in Marseille. The three divisions 103, 221 and 222 will set off from Qingdao in 10 days. The 201 and 202 divisions will set off in 20 days. The loans agreed by Britain and France have reached half, and the military expenses are being gradually delivered. There is no problem with money. Arms are currently delivered by Britain and France, and the remaining light equipment and heavy artillery equipment will be delivered before the end of the year. The military machinery transported back is calculated.

All of them are provided to Zhengzhou and Fengtian factories, but Minister Zheng Tingxiang said that these equipments are both metric and English, and they are compiling a standard conversion manual. Moreover, the workers we trained and reserved in the early stages cannot keep up with so many factory demands, so it will take at least mid-19 years to operate the factories and equipment they obtained this time to achieve the designed production capacity. "Because it is of great importance, not only Song Ziqing reported in person, but also the conference room is full of ministers and core officers who can enter the General Staff.

He continued: "The manufacturing capacity of domestic factories has reached its limit, and it is difficult to improve even if it is large-scale subcontracting. Although the logistics this time is provided by Britain and France, we must reserve it just in case. So I and the President and Prime Minister have discussed that we have placed orders with Britain, France and the United States. It includes 500,000 Winchester 1912 shotguns, 5,000 sets of mortar optical sights, 500 tank standard assembly, 500 French m1916 howitzers, 3,500 various barrels and ammunition and other materials, with a total amount of US$300 million. In addition, we have also placed an order for grain and winter clothing in China for 400 million."

Once the wheels of the war roll, especially this kind of expedition that was several times the size of the Sino-Japanese War, it would be impossible to be perfect even if someone provided logistics. Moreover, many weapons of the National Defense Forces are exclusively owned and they need to equip some ammunition themselves. But Yang Qiu was not very worried about the military supplies, not that he did not know that they were consumed very much, but because he had received a report from the Ural. Judging from his experience last winter, once the railway from the Ural to Europe entered November, it would be completely paralyzed, and transporting two or three divisions could be done, but it was difficult to transport a huge amount of ammunition reserves. Therefore, the materials transported from the United States to Russia through the arteries of Vladivostok and Siberian railways will definitely be squeezed. As long as the revolution broke out in February, it would be completely an excuse to prevent the allied materials from falling into the name of the enemy. Even Britain and France could not find an excuse to interfere.

On the contrary, the personnel were most worried and asked: "How is the recruitment?"

"After a one-time payment of 500 yuan, the settlement fee was paid 500 yuan. The monthly salary of 100 yuan has attracted many rural children. Currently, 10 reserve divisions have been recruited, but..." Cai E, who was fine for the time being, took the initiative to undertake conscription and reserve training, because he was more aware of the dark side of the conscription. You should know that at this moment, only know that Europe is fighting hard but not how many casualties and injuries were. They are unable to understand the whole number, let alone ordinary people.

Yang Qiu didn't even frown. Most of the cruelest period on the Western Front had passed. After the food shortage broke out in Germany in mid-2017, the meat grinders like the Marne River and Verdun could no longer fight, and the war would enter a stalemate. It was not until after the Brest Treaty in 2018 that the German army pulled back the troops on the Eastern Front to fight again. However, even if the United States did not send troops to Germany, it would be impossible to waste it. Instead, the disease such as the discomfort and the mysterious plague of the century made him a little worried.

He emphasized: "The speed must be accelerated. The earlier the training camp starts, the more confident you will be. In addition, you must take care of the military training officers... Don't pursue fancy and technology. The idea of ​​killing an enemy with one bullet must be completely abandoned! The most important thing is individual tactics and team tactics! The soldiers must run and practice every day."

After Cai E and others recorded it, he continued to ask: "How did Russia arrange it?"

"Wu Peifu's 6th Division took the lead. After arriving in Ural, the troops rested for 10 days and then continued to head west to Ukraine. The 121st Division is on the way to Kulun. They will take the train directly from Irkutsk. It is expected that both divisions will arrive in Ukraine and will wait for the end of December. According to the agreement, they will conduct 50 days of training there and then invest according to the situation. If there is a problem in Russia on the way, they will immediately find a way to retreat to Ufa and stand by. The subsequent three divisions will arrive in Ural in early March, and they will also be deployed according to the specific situation."

As soon as Song Ziqing finished speaking, Li Yuanhong interrupted worriedly: "Chen Hua, no matter what you say when you go to France, Britain and the United States should give you some face. If you suffer a little, you won't be able to hold on. But in Russia... I heard from Lu Zhengxiang that it may not be great!" He was born as a soldier and knew the conditions needed for the army to fight. Although Britain and France used themselves as cannon fodder, hundreds of thousands of troops were not too harsh. But Russia is different! Not to mention the few people going there, the conditions are even more difficult. Just by surviving this winter, many people will probably die. If you don't get logistics and supplies, you may be as dismal as the Russian army.

Tang Shaoyi also expressed a similar view, and the two of them sang and made the atmosphere a lot more solemn. Yang Qiu was also quite scratching his head. He couldn't tell them that Russia would be in revolution in four months, and the troops would first withdraw from Ufa on time without supply, and then locked up the Ural Mountains when it broke out in October. They believed that Russia was in chaos, but the Tsar, who still had millions of troops, would fall overnight... I guess the most foresighted strategists in the past dare not give an attribution? In the end, he had no choice but to simply say that he would take over the close supply of the Ural granary at that time.

Both of them are sophisticated. How could they not hear the words in their words? But they thought he had any difficulties, so they didn't ask for it for the time being. After the meeting, Tang Shaoyi couldn't sit still. After all, he was the Prime Minister. If the front line made a mistake, he would probably not be able to escape. He pulled Yang Qiu into his car and asked the driver to leave first and then asked: "There are no outsiders here, Chen Hua might as well give me some advice. Why did it suddenly increase to 30 divisions and 600,000? And how did you arrange it in Russia?"

Knowing that he was not at ease, if he didn't say it, he would probably not have eaten or drunk for several months, Yang Qiu analyzed: "It is not my whim to increase the troops. After a field trip to France, I saw that most of the first armies (army group) of British and American countries were between 300,000 and 500,000. If the number of troops was too small, they would definitely be dispersed and filled into their army. This would be detrimental to the front line command and coordination. If we cannot get the command and coordination of the army level. We will become colonial troops rather than allies, and we will not be confident in speaking. It would be better not to send troops, so Zhang Xiaojun and others suggested to get the command and command at the army level by increasing the number of troops."

Tang Shaoyi did not understand military command, and did not expect that there were so many things to pay attention to, but he knew very well that because the number of dispatches this time was unprecedented, the terms of the Plum Blossom Agreement stated that the Chinese Expeditionary Force Group Army was given the organization of the ** Army, which means that the Expeditionary Force directly obeyed the fate of the British and French Supreme Command, and could also obtain some command power for the campaign. Of course, if you want Britain and France to give you some command power for the campaign, it depends on the performance of the army. If you can't fight, you will still break you up. Yang Qiu is confident in this, and he believes that he has trained the organized army.

"The Prime Minister of Russia should know that from the intelligence, it looks very similar to what our country experienced five years ago. Now Germany bit the east to death and attacked fiercely, and winter is coming soon. I think..."

"Revolution!" Tang Shaoyi was shocked. A revolution occurred in Russia! Is this possible? No matter what, the Tsar still had millions of troops in his hands. But if the prediction is accurate, the opportunity would be too great! He said: "That's bad if this matter really happens, he can do something. Maybe he will catch up with the 100-year northern border troubles in our country in one breath."

"Don't be too optimistic. Russia is too big and far away to split. They are not able to do so at present, so they can only get some benefits." Yang Qiu smiled, Cai E and Li Zongren walked over: "Prime Minister, Commander... Shi Junshi Telegram, Peng Shouxin of the 6th Division has set off, and the Cavalry Brigade of the 121st Division can arrive at Kulun tomorrow night."

"Is this considered fighting a rabbit?" Yang Qiu smiled and handed the telegram to Cai E, and then looked at Li Zongren and suddenly said, "Go back and pack up, and set off with Bai Chongxi to report to General Yue." Li Zongren was slightly stunned and was wrapped in joy in a flash. How could the soldiers not want to go to Europe to see it! He quickly ran to the dormitory, looking at his back, Yang Qiu shrugged his shoulders and leaned slowly on the car chair.

Starting from Mongolia, the shackles of history will be slowly broken free, and the future will definitely be a brand new world!

.(To be continued...)
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