"I'd like to say that the last thing you said is so good. I think the Russian reporter's face turned green!" Zhang Xueliang said with a smile.
"Not only the Russians, but also the British and Japanese have even worse expressions. None of these foreign devils have any good intentions!" Zhang Tingshu also said.
"Yes, what the second brother said makes sense. These reporters are actually testing our ideas on behalf of their government." Zhang Tinglan said: "The Russians are not willing to lose the Middle East Road and want to take it back by force. The Japanese plan to
They took advantage of the situation and extended their influence to northern Manchuria, while Britain, the United States and other countries, under the banner of the Allied Powers, actually wanted to muddy the waters. They did not want any party to dominate the Middle East."
These reactions of the great powers were all expected by Zhang Tinglan. Obviously, these great powers did not want to take advantage of Fengjun in vain, but they also had many conflicts between them. It was this situation that gave Fengjun a very rare opportunity.
"I'd like to say that since the great powers all have bad intentions, how do you think we should respond?" Zhang Xueliang asked.
"The United Kingdom, the United States and other countries are still too far away and have more than enough ambition but not enough strength. In the final analysis, what we have to face is only Japan and Russia. As the saying goes, you have to pick the weak persimmon. We have already experienced the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, and their country is also very chaotic.
, it is difficult to send too many troops, most of them are bluffs, then we should show toughness to Russia to promote peace through fighting, and also show force to further deter Japan!"
Zhang Tinglan had already conceived the overall policy, and he immediately issued orders to Manzhouli and Suifenhe to be ready for battle and to resist possible Russian counterattacks at any time.
However, after some thinking, Zhang Tinglan believed that Fengjun's troop deployment must be comprehensively adjusted. Originally, Fengjun's arrangement was to seize the Middle East Road. Now that the railway is in hand, he should consider how to allocate troops to better defend the Middle East Road.
Previously, Zhang Tinglan also served as the commander-in-chief of the border defense of the three eastern provinces. Therefore, this time Zhang Tinglan made a new suggestion to Lao Zhang, which was to combine the border defense and road defense into one and establish the border defense force of the three eastern provinces. Originally, there were a large number of goods stored along the eastern road.
The army is aimed at China.
Now that the railway is in the hands of China, there is no value in hoarding so many troops along the line. Instead, we need to strengthen defense on the Sino-Russian border. After guarding the two ends that threaten the safety of the railway, it is enough to patrol the middle part with police. There is no need to invest too much.
There are many regular troops. The length of the border between the entire three eastern provinces and Russia exceeds 4,000 highways. On such a long border, various conflicts occur every day, and greater attention must be paid to it.
Especially after the revolution in Russia, more and more Russians crossed the Sino-Russian border and fled to China. Those Russian stragglers also continued to plunder Chinese border residents. Now Fengjun has solved the problem of the Chinese border.
We should take advantage of the situation and resolve the border problems as well.
"My humble opinion. Your suggestion is very good, and the commander-in-chief basically agrees with it. However, the border between China and Russia is so long. If you want to hold it, you will definitely need more troops. How to configure this border guard force? It is really a troublesome thing!"
The establishment of the army has always been a troublesome matter. It not only depends on actual needs, but also the scope of financial resources and the balance within the factions. It is indeed a very troublesome matter.
"According to my estimation, at least three divisions of troops must be deployed on the border defense line. At the same time, a large number of border police must be assigned to patrol uninterrupted every day, so as to ensure basic security. But obviously the current strength of the Fengjun Army
It is still unable to withstand this kind of pressure, but the number of border guards cannot be less than 15,000, and they must be equipped with a large number of cavalry troops. It is best to arrange a fleet of inland gunboats in Heilongjiang to be responsible for daily patrols."
Yang Yuting also thought about it carefully and found that the standards set by Zhang Tinglan were indeed the lowest limit, and they must not be any less, otherwise they would not be able to undertake the task of border defense at all.
“I’m sorry, in my opinion, it’s better to use the current four combat brigades of the road protection army as a basis and expand them into four brigades, including two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and one artillery brigade. The cavalry troops are responsible for patrolling key areas.
On alert, two infantry brigades are stationed in the east and west to prevent the Russians from attacking the hinterland of the three eastern provinces along the railway. The artillery brigade has a heavy artillery regiment and a mountain artillery regiment, which serve as the reserve regiment of the entire army and the main fire strike force!"
Zhang Tinglan is also constantly making calculations. Originally, the road guard army was mainly drawn from Jilin's army. Now if it is fixed and turned into a border guard force, then the gap in Jilin direction will definitely be replenished by recruiting troops. If all are replenished, Zhang Tinglan and
The troops held by Zhang Zuoxiang and his two brothers can definitely overwhelm Zhang Zuolin.
Lao Zhang will not sit back and watch the internal imbalance of Fengjun. He will definitely increase his troops. In this way, a large expansion of Fengjun has become inevitable. Of course, Zhang Tinglan also knows very well that Fengjun has indeed reached a time when it must be expanded. Russia is more
The chaos is not far away. If Fengjun wants to make a difference by then, he must have the ability to fight abroad. At the same time, he must have strong troops to keep an eye on the Japanese and resist Beiyang.
In fact, Zhang Tinglan already had an idea. He and his father Zhang Zuoxiang would focus on the north and take advantage of the Russian Civil War to expand the Fengjun's living space, while Lao Zhang would sit in Fengtian and stabilize the rear area.
"Ling Ge, for the time being, we will follow your plan, but I have two other suggestions. The first is to reuse the establishment of the 28th Division. The old 28th Division is no longer useful. We can use this banner
, form a new division and cooperate with the 27th Division as the two trump cards to guard Fengtian."
Originally, after the 28th Division experienced a disastrous defeat, all the main generals were transferred, the army was gone, and only one name was left. Lao Zhang initially even wanted to cancel the 28th Division designation, but considering the future expansion of the army,
This designation is still retained according to the needs of the army. Now Zhang Tinglan proposes to replenish the 28th Division. It is a good time.
"I have to say that this method is good. It would be too difficult to intimidate the Japanese with just the 27th Division, especially since we have captured so many on the Middle East Road and have enough financial resources to expand the army.
We have the ordnance, the financial resources, and the demand, so military expansion will be a natural progression."
Zhang Tinglan put forward this suggestion, so he was not worried that Yang Yuting would not agree. He went on to say: "The second one is to immigrate to the real border. There are not enough people on the border of more than 4,000 kilometers. Just relying on the army to guard it is too expensive.
Therefore, I suggest that the focus of introducing immigrants from the customs in the three northeastern provinces this year is to tilt toward the Sino-Russian border. The immigration will completely adopt the model of large farms, and the proportion of militia on these farms should be higher, and the training should be more rigorous, so that their combat effectiveness reaches the second and third lines.
The level of the troops and the weapons they are equipped with must be consistent with the main equipment of the Fengjun army.”
After a year of operation, the immigration work in the three northeastern provinces has become familiar, especially after the success of the large farms last year. This policy has received strong support from Wang Yongjiang. Now Zhang Tinglan is about to push the farms to the border areas. Of course, these farms and
The situation in the mainland is not exactly the same. The militias on the farms in the mainland mainly target bandits and bandits, while the militias here have to face the Russians.
They must cooperate with the border police and regular troops to jointly guard border security and prevent Russians from fleeing into China. Of course, these troops are more dangerous, so Zhang Tinglan is also prepared to give them more favorable conditions.
"I have also drawn up some new preferential conditions for immigrants. For example, after ten years of farming, the land will be owned by the cultivators free of charge. The government will provide interest-free loans and preferential farm tools and cattle. In the future, Fengjun will give priority to building primary and secondary schools in border areas.
, build roads, set up hospitals, etc. I think with these measures, there will be people who are willing to take the risk to live on the border."
The conditions Zhang Tinglan offered this time were more than twice as favorable as those in other areas. After Yang Yuting read it, he nodded and said: "Governor Wang still has to decide on civil affairs matters, but I think this condition is already very favorable.
It will definitely attract a large number of immigrants. Then send some veterans to conduct comprehensive training on these farmers and let them guard the border. This is definitely a good way."
"I also have a proposal, which is to ban all firearms for border residents and allow them to own and use firearms."
After the rebellion in southern Liaoning, Zhang Zuolin promulgated a new decree, which was a strict gun ban. The main purpose of this was to maintain local security, crack down on bandits and landlords' armed forces, and restore order in the three eastern provinces.
With the increase in the scale of bandit suppression, gun bans have also been extended, and the number of civilian firearms in the hinterland of the three northeastern provinces has been significantly reduced.
Now Zhang Tinglan advocates lifting the gun ban and allowing border residents to own guns. This is undoubtedly improving the fighting capacity of the border people and cultivating a martial spirit. After all, polar bears are a very powerful nation. China's border residents have been bullied many times. Now arm them.
It is also to better counter Russia.
Yang Yuting agreed to Zhang Tinglan's suggestion. He immediately reported to Zhang Zuolin, and Zhang Tinglan began to make preparations. The original four reinforcement regiments were now expanded into four regular brigades. Zhang Tinglan's strength increased by one-third.
More than one, especially the establishment of an artillery brigade, was the first of its kind in the Fengjun Army.
The overall combat effectiveness of the border guard army is definitely second to none among the Feng army. With this force, Zhang Tinglan's status in the Feng army is bound to rise again, even surpassing those old people in one fell swoop. Of course, if he wants to expand the army, he must have enough
Middle and lower-ranking officers.
During this battle, many outstanding low-level soldiers emerged in the Feng army, especially many wounded soldiers. As long as they recover, they will become the backbone of an army. Zhang Tinglan thought of this and lowered the matter at hand.
Ah, let's go to the hospital to check on the heroes in the battle.
Zhang Tinglan has just arrived at the hospital. Far away, she saw a lot of people gathered here, which seemed very lively. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!