Shi Huaisha was so considerate when he heard that Ba was so considerate. He never expected that the lord who came from the Ministry of War in front of him was so considerate and bowed, "Thank you, Lord Ba!"

Ba Du nodded, walked to the map and looked carefully for a while, and asked, "I see the marks on your map. There should be two types of situations?"

"That's right!" Shi Huaisha explained while gesturing on the map: "This exercise is mainly to test the combat against Russia in two situations. First, around 1895, we had completed the railway line from Youzhou-Shengjing-Jilin, while Russia had not completed the railway line from Moscow to Vladivostok. Under this premise, we will use sixteen battalions of a total of 200,000 troops in the early Xia Dynasty to launch an attack on the Russian Far East. The ultimate goal is to destroy the Russian Empire's army forces in the Far East and the Pacific Fleet, and seize the Russian Far East Khabarovsk.

Muir, Ryazan and other key points and Vladivostok, the main military port of the Pacific Fleet, seized the coastal border areas of the Far East, and solved the threat problem in the north once and for all. The preparation stage for its offensive was to begin at the end of winter at the end of 1894. Although the weather was cold, it could avoid traffic problems caused by snow and heavy water in the early spring of the Northeast and road slurry. In addition, we could also use the name of normal rotation of border guard forces at the end of the year to perform corresponding rotation and mobilization of our mobile forces to avoid predicting our actions for the enemy. More importantly, the activity ability of the enemy Pacific Fleet would be limited..."

Ba Du listened carefully to Shi Huaisha explaining the details of the offensive plan. The whole plan was very complicated, but it was well organized. The mobilization, supply, movement, development, and attack of nearly 200,000 troops. The Shi School Captain explained in detail. He even carefully calculated the number of railway wagons and boats needed to supply and transport these troops, and compiled them into a detailed table. Obviously, such a huge plan was by no means possible for him to complete alone, nor could it be completed in a short period of time. Gao Tingyu had already prepared to launch a decisive attack on the enemy in the north many years ago.

"No of these old ministers left by the late emperor are fuel-efficient! People in the world say 'North High and South Early', and South Early is indeed not as good as North High!" Badu sighed in his heart.

"The battle will be divided into the following stages. The first stage is to use special attack methods to block the Vladivostok military port, and then surround the port fortress with main forces and carry out siege operations, threaten the enemy defenders of Khabarovsk with secondary forces, and strive to capture Vladivostok before the summer comes, destroy the Russian Pacific Fleet, and lay the foundation for the next stage of attack. In order to achieve the above goals, our army besieging Vladivostok must strengthen the siege heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 22 cm, and special training will be given to the engineer troops to destroy the enemy's fortified defense, and lay a temporary railway line from Jilin to the Sino-Russian border for transporting siege heavy artillery."

"Hyper artillery with a caliber of more than 22 cm? Use special methods to block the military port of Vladivostok? Temporary railway line?" Badu was almost stunned by the other party's words. He knew very well that the railway from Youzhou to Shengjing was just passing through the cabinet. The debt volume for raising funds had not been issued yet. The Zhangyou Railway (Zhangjiakou to Beijing) had just been completed. The maximum caliber of howitzer artillery that the Hanjing Arsenal could manufacture was 122 mm was just established last month. Even if the Imperial Guards were equipped at least three or four years later, it would be difficult to manufacture such heavy artillery with a siege of more than 22 cm. There are only a handful of British Armstrong, German Krupp, France, Toulouse Arsenal, Russia. As for the special methods to block a huge military port such as Vladivostok, it is far from what Badu can imagine.

"Stop, stop!" Badu interrupted the other party's endless speech. Shi Huaisha looked at Badu's face in surprise and asked in a low voice: "Sir, is there anything I was wrong just now?"

"No, no," Ba Du sighed and asked, "But what are you talking about heavy siege artillery over 22 centimeters? Where is the temporary railway line from Jilin to the Sino-Russia border? Don't you know that we don't have these things now, and we may not be able to do so in the next few years!"

"I know, but I am an officer who makes plans. My responsibility is to formulate plans to win and point out the necessary equipment and materials. To win the battle against the Russians, the first step is to eliminate their Pacific fleet. Otherwise, during our attack, their fleet will continue to shell out ports and transport ships behind us and send marines to land. These are all major threats to us. The Russians have already transformed the city into a fortress a few years ago. There are dense traffic trenches, permanent fortifications, and various firepower firing points on the periphery of the city. Without large caliber siege heavy artillery, we will not be able to take this military port in a short time. Without railway lines, even if there are heavy artillery, we cannot move to the fortress in time. My requirements are based on basis!"

"I know your request is based on it!" Ba Du was already weakened by Shi Huaisha's tone: "But we don't have these things now, and it may not be possible in 1895."

"Then this is not my problem. My task is to find a way, not create what the way needs!"

Ba Du was completely conquered by the other party's completely lack of realistic answers. He closed his eyes and pressed his temple that was causing a vague pain. Shi Huaisha's careful question came from his ear: "Master Ba, do you still want to listen to my plan to launch an attack on Russia in the near future?"

"No need, my head hurts a little!" Ba even waved his right hand powerlessly. The communication with this strange new officer made him feel very tired.

Gao Tingyu's residence.

"Marty, where did you find this honorable god?" Ba Du asked with pain on his face: "You were not present at that time, and you must be angry to death if you are present!"

"Sir Ba, please use tea. This is a top-notch Longjing." Gao Tingyu made a gesture, and the guard who had just presented the hot tea immediately retreated. He pointed to the hot tea on the tea table with a smile, and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Huaisha said about his 22-centimeter siege heavy artillery, torpedo speedboat suicide attack, shipwreck blocking the port waterway, etc.? It seems that he has a very speculative conversation with you, otherwise he wouldn't say these."

"What? And the torpedo speedboat? The shipwreck blocks the channel?" Ba Du widened his eyes. He thought Shi Huaisha had already finished all the strange ideas just now, but he didn't expect that there would be even more strange things that didn't tell him.

"Well! The primary purpose of the plan he formulated was to regain Vladivostok and eliminate the Russian Pacific Fleet. The competition for the Far East border states was not very serious!" Gao Tingyu took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "In fact, Huaisha's idea also makes sense. Although this exercise was an offensive, the purpose was an offensive defense. For Dashun, the threat of the Russian army was far less than that of the Pacific Fleet. Even if the Far East Railway was built, the Russian population in the Far East was still limited. Although the Russians had been looking forward to our Manchuria and North Korea in recent years, their focus was still on Europe. As long as there was a problem there, they would have to turn around sooner or later. The navy was different. It was possible to go south to attack our coastal harbor at any time, so it would be worry-free."

"Good tea!" Badu also tasted the tea and immediately recalled: "There is a problem there? Marquis, do you think the Russians will fight in the west?"

Gao Tingyu nodded: "No, but not now. Some robbers will not kill each other when they rob, and they will join forces to rob each other, but if they rob, they will turn around and fight each other. These Western devils have almost divided the world, and it is almost time to kill each other!" At this point, Gao Tingyu paused for a moment and asked: "Master Ba, what do you think of Huaisha?"

"This—" Ba Du thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Seiwei Shi is a smart man, but he'd better not be too high."

"How do you say this?"

"He thought things too simple, as if fighting is like playing Paijiu. If the enemy has one, he must have two, and if the enemy has three, he must have four, and one is determined to win the enemy on the battlefield. However, some things in this world are not enough to win on the battlefield, and not all wars can be won. Look, he needs so many guys to fight Vladivostok, and the court may not be able to hold on if it is overturned!"

"That's what you said!" Gao Tingyu nodded: "But talent is rare. If it's convenient, you should bring him with you when you go back. Your military and political reforms are worth it."

"Yeah, that's fine!"

From the second day, this live-fire exercise began. The first ten days were the marching and camping from Youzhou to Zhangjiakou. After four days of marching, the Shun Army, with a total of five battalions (the battalion here is the largest fixed military unit of the Shun Army, probably similar to the divisions of later generations), advanced about 400 kilometers. During this process, Badu participated in the marching as an observer. He noticed with satisfaction that most of the Shun Army maintained good order during this long-distance marching, and soldiers and horses were well taken care of. There were not many left behind and injured troops, and there were no disconnections in heavy weapons due to insufficient camel livestock. Camping also maintained good order, which shows that the usual training of this part of the Shun Army was very good.

During the marching, each battalion also organized corresponding tactical and shooting training. Wen Huaisha, as the commander of a cavalry target, also conducted a review as a demonstration unit. Ba Du was surprised to find that the officer who gave him a little bit of a scholarly impression at the beginning seemed to have completely changed during the inspection. He rode a stallion full of black body and only had white legs to the front of the parade unit. At first he used a command, and later he used a saber (the so-called "silent exercise") and then used a numeral tone. Change formation, marching, turning, and changing.

In the end, the cavalry of the entire command was deployed into three rows of scattered soldiers to charge towards the enemy. Shi Huaisha himself, as the commander, led the cavalry of the entire command to rush to the high ground where the command was located. Behind both sides of the cavalry were the cavalry of the horse-drawn carriages. After quickly occupying the favorable position, they pointed the muzzle at the impact target where the command was located. Standing on the high ground, Ba looked at the more than a thousand raised sabers and the rumbling horse hooves in front of him, and his face turned pale slightly.
Chapter completed!