"Chief of Staff, do you know why the Marshal asked me, Lin Tai, to be the commander?"

Li Tianlin was slightly stunned and said after a moment: "Because you have good prestige and courage and strategy."

Lin Taizeng shook his head: "Actually, the most important thing is that I am a cautious person."

Everyone was stunned.

"What is a mobile fleet? The mobile fleet is the fundamental pillar of the imperial war." Lin Taizeng's expression became serious. "When this pillar fell, the empire could only admit defeat and ask for a fight with the army. If our ships are gone, we will not be able to build them in five years."

"The Marshal told me before that if there is one person in the empire who can lose the entire war in one afternoon, it is me." Lin Tai once smiled self-deprecatingly, "The defeat of the mobile fleet may be the defeat of the empire without the fleet. The coastal defense of the empire is surrounded by enemies, and foreign countries such as Taiwan, Lan Fang, Guam and Ryukyu are even more dangerous. At that time, strong enemies knock on the door outside, and ambitious people inside incite, the enemy's military forces are in agitation, and the whole country is in chaos, and the foundation of the country will probably shake."

He looked at the shocked few people and said word by word: "You must always remember that as long as the Empire's mobile fleet still exists, the Empire will be invincible in this war. After all, the Empire's territory is vast. If it is just a land attack, the war will last for a long time. The Japanese and Russians will always be exhausted and will not gain much advantage in the end.

Once the imperial fleet no longer exists, the Sino-British alliance, the commitments of the British, the support of the Americans, the vassal states, the order of East Asian countries, and everything, don't think about it."

"Now please tell me, are you absolutely sure to defeat Makarov and Dongxiang with your current strength?"

Everyone looked at each other, and remained silent for a while, and shook their heads at the same time.

"Waiting for the repair and renovation of the Black Panther Detachment ships, the new ships departed from the United States will complete the reunion with our team. Will our team's grasp be greatly improved?"

Everyone nodded.

"In the next six months, will we have many new ships to be put into service than Russia and Japan?

"……yes."

"Does the Imperial Navy submarines, airships and seaplane troops run-in, and the new naval battle formations take time?"

"……yes."

"Do you have any other opinions?"

Zhang Zhiwu stumbled a few times, but he could not say anything when he looked at Lin Taizeng's face as serious as ever.

"Since there isn't, I'll order: disband."

Beijing. Xishan Base Camp. War Command Center.

Senior officers of the Army and Navy were staring at the First Minister of the Navy General Staff in front of the map, Liu Buchan, who was promoted to the rank of general for his contribution to suppressing the rebellion.

"The strategy of our navy is to use the Marine Corps to defend Ryukyu, fatigue the enemy's army and navy, and to lose their fleet status. When they find it impossible to capture Ryukyu, and our army has no intention of taking the initiative, they will turn the fleet out by themselves. And our goal is to attract them to the ideal battlefield preset by our army - Bohai Bay." Liu Buchan pointed gently on the map of Liu Buchan's command whip, "The entire sea estuary of the Bohai Bay is about 100 kilometers, the fortress fortress of our Weihai, Yantai and Bohaikou Islands in the south is protected by the Lushun Fortress in the north, and the width of the navigable waterway in the middle is about 20 kilometers, but if the enemy ship passes at night, it will be wider."

"Because our mobile fleet is stationed in Zhoushan, the Bohai Bay naval power is empty, and the enemy can drive straight into the Bohai Bay from the central waterway. For the Japanese and Russian armies, the most direct way to break the current deadlock is to land in several ports along the Gyeonggi or the exit railway to cut off the traffic lines between our Northeast War Zone and the inner barrier."

"If Beijing is the heart of the empire and the northeast is the head of the empire, then this is the empire's throat." Liu Buchan's command whip gently pointed to the northwest corner of the Liaodong Peninsula.

"Yingkou. There are complete port facilities and a large amount of transport materials. The enemy occupied Yingkou and could support a large number of army operations, form north-south confrontation with the Japanese army in Dandong, and cut off our Liaodong Peninsula." Liu Buchan said loudly, "At that time, our mobile fleet will go north and cooperate with our north... to fight the enemy in the Bohai Sea inland sea, annihilate the enemy at sea. And its landing forces will be water without a source."

"Of course, the Japanese army has more than one landing point. They may also land in Huludao New Port, Qinhuangdao Port, and even Tanggu... Because our capital has strong military strength, the closer we are to the capital, the more dangerous its early landing forces will be. The Navy will use all means to try to grasp the movements of the enemy's fleet. At the same time, we must arrange troops at several landing points and make appropriate arrangements for the material warehouse. In terms of the masses... the above is the Navy's Tianzi No. 1 combat armor case."

Zheng Yu glanced at Xu Fan and said nothing.

After a while, Du Zhi, a military officer who was granted the meeting, was promoted to colonel by the military team, and was promoted to the colonel after being promoted to the level after being rewarded for Beijing's rebellion. "Report, there is a problem with the subordinate Du Zhi."

"Speaking."

"If the Japanese and Russian naval fleet does not take the Bohai Bay, but chooses to land in Dalian Bay north of Lushun, or directly at Donggang behind the east side of Dan, how can our army deal with it?" Du Zhi said, "After all, Bohai Bay is the domestic sea in our country. If the enemy does not take the northern Lushun first, or Yantai and Weihai in the south, they will drive straight into the hinterland of the Bohai Sea. Although it can be a viable attack, threatening the capital and cutting off the northeast transportation line, it will eventually fight in our hinterland. Once defeated, it will be a dilemma. Moreover, our military ports are numerous in the Bohai Bay, and we can attack from all sides, but the enemy is unable to defend."

"Although the officials have only a little bit of naval battles, the following officials have shallow opinions. They should first take Lushun or Yantai and at least one of Weihai, and then use this as a base to advance the Bohai Bay. Another option is to land on Dagu Mountain behind the east side of Dandong, cooperate with Dandong to break through Dandong, take Yingkou from the road, and cut across the Liaodong Peninsula." Du Zhi said, "The Japanese side's Yamamoto Hon, Akiyama Matsuno, Shimamura Suo, and Russian side's Makarov are all long-standing naval generals. Under what circumstances will the two countries use their navy to take such risks?"

Liu Buchan nodded: "What Colonel Du said makes sense. In response to this situation, the Navy formulated the Tianzi B case, which is to strengthen defense in Lushun, Yantai and Weihai. Eight years ago, our Navy began to expand the defense of the fortress, and it is now the strongest coastal defense fortress in Asia, and it is in a deep and unshakable trend. Echoing north and south, if the Japanese army wants to shake our defense, it must have great force and strong reinforcements from the fleet. As for Dagushan, our army has already configured strong shore defense firepower and troops. Therefore, there are no ports in the area, and the Japanese army lands at a slow speed and difficult sea support, so it is not suitable for the Japanese army's large corps landing operations."

"The Navy believes that the Japanese and Russian armies should give priority to the direct acquisition of the Bohai Bay." Liu Buchan said, "The judgment of the Navy comes from the overall situation of the two countries. Japan and Russia are militant and are on an expedition. The financial resources are consumed very much. Our side is based on the local area and the personnel and material support is continuous. Therefore, our army is suitable for long-term victory. The enemy's key is to win quickly. The more our army becomes stronger and stronger, the enemy's spirit is getting worse. Therefore, our army and the navy judged that with the eyes of Russia's Grand Duke Nikolaevich, Japan's Hirofumi Hirofumi, Kotaro Gentaro, Kashitaro and Oyama Iwa, they will not tend to engage in a protracted war with our army, but instead look for flaws and fight for one blow to defeat the enemy."

"This is also my opinion."

The voice came from the other end of the long conference table, and everyone hurriedly turned to face the imperial emperor on the seat, sitting upright and listening quietly.

"Russia and Japan, in this war, will play their own different roles due to their different strengths and goals. Everything has been clear from the current trends of the enemy." Zheng Yu said calmly and had unquestionable majesty. "The Russian army is strong and has supplies to railways and rear warehouses, so he adopted the method of attack to put a strong pressure on our army, forcing our army to dispatch reserve forces, causing empty inside our war zone. The role of the Japanese army is an assassin, waiting for our army to expose flaws under the pressure of the Russian army, and defeat the enemy with one blow."

"This is in line with the traditions of the two countries. The Russians rely on their strength and always regard bravery as their own principles. The Japanese are used to conspiracy and tricks. They always like to play tricks behind their backs and are used to taking risks." Zheng Yu said frankly, "The Japanese have been operating in the empire for a long time. Although there have been some recent cracks, there are probably many fish that have missed the net. At that time, they use the enemy's army to force the capital to cut off the northeast and incite some ambitious people to start a chaos. The situation of the national war will change, and the Japanese are just taking advantage of the troubled waters."

"The enemy's attack on Lushun, Yantai or Weihai will definitely be a long-lasting and undecided." Zheng Yu thought of the Japanese film "Two O Three" and the more than 50,000 meat bullets, and was extremely confident. "At that time, our army came from land reinforcements, the enemy would be attacked from both sides. In any case, such a protracted strategy will not be done by wise people. There is no port in Dagushan, and it will be difficult to support large forces in combat. Our army is already prepared, and it will be useless for the enemy to attack again."

"The Russian Tsar was impatient and weak, surrounded by small groups in St. Petersburg; Japan was good at fighting quickly and was eager to use the power of the Russian fleet to annihilate our mobile fleet at sea. Since our army could abandon Ryukyu, the enemy naturally knew our determination to protect the ship, and he would attack me and rescue him. The decisive battle in the Bohai Bay was favorable to me, and our army had to rescue him, especially in Yingkou Huludao, Qinhuangdao and other places." Zheng Yu smiled slightly, "In addition, my intelligence agency has already made arrangements. We have mastered some of the arrangements of the enemy in succession and knew about their movements. At that time, we will cooperate with them to perform a good show, so that they can think they can't even cry. When the answer to the mystery is finally revealed, I am afraid that they will not have time to cry."

Everyone looked at the mysterious emperor and looked at each other. Many people looked at Xu Fan again, but saw that the man's expression was calm, and his heart was inexplicably calm and nodded.

Xishan base, war command center.

"At present, the Russian army has greatly increased the pressure on our defense lines in Shuangyashan and Muling." Chen Huan, Minister of the First Division of the General Staff of the Army, said, "In the direction of Hutou, the Russian army is building artillery positions to find the weak links of our army's defense, and to increase heavy artillery and siege artillery. Our Hutou besieged troops are composed of the 103rd border independent infantry division, the 7th border cavalry regiment and a brigade of fortress artillery. The food and ammunition reserves are very rich. The Russian army does not use a large number of heavy artillery troops to mobilize more than five times the strength, which is impossible to shake our defense line. At present, the commanders and political workers of the troops are specially selected, and the morale of the troops is very high."

"What is Mr. Lu's strategy for these besieged troops?" Zheng Yu looked at Jiang Sheng, "Now that the army is surrounded by a single army, and the enemy is large and we are few, how long can they last?"

"The Tiger Head Fortress was surrounded by a strategy that was established earlier." Jiang Sheng said calmly, "The ammunition and medicine there are enough to support for half a year. The non-military personnel have already been evacuated, and they were originally given to them. Let the Russians lengthen the front line and buried these nails behind them. This situation is most beneficial to us."

"There is no force to be transferred to him now." Jiang Sheng shook his head, "Our policy and strategy in the Northeast is to appropriately lengthen the enemy's front line and induce them to launch repeated attacks to exhaust their spirits and bad situations, creating conditions for the later counterattack. Although the situation in the Northeast War Zone has deteriorated a bit, it is generally stable. The Marines joined the Dahuanggou line and have launched a counterattack against the Japanese and Russian troops. Although the enemy's offensive on other fronts is fierce, it cannot shake our army's defense system. In the view of President Lu, these are not big problems."

Zheng Yu looked at Xu Fan again: "Where is Xu Shuai's opinion?"

"Since this is the arrangement in the plan and everything is expected, I must be done according to the plan." Xu Fan paused, "However, the so-called army that does not have to be rescued does not have to be defended. The defenders must always maintain confidence in reinforcements, and the attitude of rescuing is necessary. This is also a must to confuse the Russian army."

Zheng Yu nodded: "Since both the army and the navy have this view, I can't say anything. But there is one thing: since they have been surrounded, no matter how much the price they pay, we must ensure that they persist. In addition, as long as the situation allows, we will launch subsequent combat operations as soon as possible. With my heart, I hope these heroes can persevere until the end and welcome the empire's complete victory."

In fact, according to Zheng Yu himself, since these troops were planned to be wedged into the enemy's backbone and also the price they had to pay to win the war, they could not look back at the critical moment. But he was the emperor, and he could not say some things publicly, and needed others to say for him.

Obviously, these army and naval giants are also smart people who know the role they play.

"Er'an, what is the situation of the Northwest Front military?" Zheng Yu turned to Chen Huan.

"The Northwest Front is still in a stalemate near the border." Chen Huan said frankly, "The border troops in the town have been mobilized. As long as there is no major chaos within us, there will be no problem with the defense of the Northwest Front."

"Now it seems that the biggest problem is the Northern Front Army." Zheng Yu was silent for a while and said, "Although retreat is a established policy, the Northern Front Army obviously made some mistakes in the measures. Some of the tactical commanders below also made hesitant problems. The key is the determination of the commander to fight Yaluhe. At the beginning, it was okay, but in the end he made an old problem. He wanted to retreat, fight back, and take advantage of it. Even if the subordinates made their own decisions, would the Front Army not be responsible?"

He suddenly stood up and looked stern: "I want anything, but the final result is that I can't get anything. As a military chief, I don't understand the principle of giving up and I don't have the constraints on the lower part. The problem lies in myself. They are still lucky in their thoughts and are so confused. How can I let me feel at ease to entrust the important task of the survival of the empire to him?"

Jiang Sheng looked at the young emperor silently, knowing that the other party was probably going to take advantage of the problem. After all, Yue Yingqian, the commander of the Northern Front Army, was a bit ambiguous with the Iron Guard Army. Although he also issued a telegram to prevent the follow-up troops of the 7th Division from entering Beijing in time, it was probably because Ma Chaoyang and the Imperial Guards quickly controlled the Front Command. It seems that Yue Yingqian has since been invested in the idle pattern.

The new emperor had not communicated with him as the chief of staff in this matter before. What does this mean? Jiang Sheng glanced at Xu Fan beside him, but saw that the navy marshal was still like an old monk entering meditation, and he became more and more hesitant.

"Northern Front Army has stabilized the front line in Westbrun. I see that the new chief of staff Lu Zhenming is good. He handles it properly and responds well, and is also responsible." Zheng Yu said coldly, "Yue Yingqian is familiar with the situation ahead. The base camp is short of people now. I heard that he was also suffering from a cold, so I simply asked him to return to the base camp and strengthen the work of the military team. The commander of the Northern Front Army will be temporarily replaced by Lu Zhenming."

Jiang Sheng felt a stern.

Lu Zhenming was one of the first group of Cining, from the Imperial Guards system, and was also a rising star trusted by the emperor. He has reached the high position of executive vice minister of the First Division (Combat Department) of the General Staff of the Army.

Previously, Mu Tie was in charge of General Lu, and he was a little distant from these Cining factions. Lu Zhenming was transferred from the General Staff Operations Office to the Northern Front Army and was idle, and he was promoted and actually surrendered. Unexpectedly, after the mutiny, several major purges of the National Defense Forces were purged. This person was now being promoted and now he was about to have a continuous triple jump and become the chief officer of the Northern Front Army.

The Cining Group is finally going to take full advantage?

Zheng Yu intentionally did not look at Jiang Sheng, but looked at the Army Minister Nie Shicheng: "Minister Nie, what do you think?"

Nie Shicheng stood up and stood up solemnly: "I have no objection. With Lu Zhenming's talent and understanding of the Northern Front Army, I should be competent."

Zheng Yu then turned to Jiang Sheng, his tone softened a little: "General Jiang?"

Jiang Sheng looked at the emperor with a calm expression and hesitated for a moment. Finally, he stood up and bowed: "In my humble opinion, Lu Zhenming's time to go to the Northern Front Army is still short, and he had been serving as the General Staff for a long time before and was a commander of such a high-level army at once, which seems to be a questionable one."

Zheng Yu frowned and stared at Jiang Sheng: "What do you mean?"...
Chapter completed!