Master Yuan, start!

Within the scope of power allowed, the government should give the grassroots workers as much breathing space as possible. This will not result in much loss of profits, but will instead win the hearts of the people.

However, this type of three-person decision-making group structure currently only exists in factories funded by the Red Confucian Society. As for enterprises founded by individuals, this system has not been introduced.

: The time is not yet ripe and we cannot scare away the funds.

"I heard that the chief instructor's old house in Xiangcheng was burned down, and even the ancestral graves were flattened?" Accompanied by slogans and footsteps, several staff officers walked quickly towards the Lushun Command Headquarters, while not forgetting to exchange the latest news.

And "What hatred or grudge is there that the Hunan Army actually disregarded etiquette and dug up people's ancestral graves?" The young staff officer took a deep breath, his voice trembling.

"As expected of a subordinate of Zeng the Barber, he used the same tactics he used against the Taiping Army on the Yuan clan."

"How cruel! What's the difference between the Hunan Army and the bandits by doing this?!"

"Eighty percent of them are venting their anger," the older staff officer relayed his intelligence: "In the past few months, a number of bandits have appeared on both sides of the Huai River, carrying the banner of the Nianzi army and looting back and forth. They all speak with the accent of the Henan-Anhui border area."

"You mean, these people pretending to be Nianzi are actually members of the chief instructor's clan?" The young staff officer was a little nervous, holding the document.

The Shi family is a large family in Xiangcheng County, Henan Province. If the female members are included, the family probably has close to tens of thousands of members.

Even if we only count from our great-uncle Yuan Jiasan, there were nearly a thousand people by the time of Yuan Xiangcheng.

"Where are the people? Are there any casualties?"

"The chief instructor's entire family was relocated when the war broke out. Only those members of the Yuan family who remained in Yuan and Zhang's camp were treated as accomplices and beheaded in public." The older staff officer's eyes were full of regret.

"Forget it, let's go, the meeting will start soon."

The two men looked at each other and hurried towards the General Staff Headquarters with their heads lowered.

After the National Defense Army landed in Jiangsu, the General Staff Headquarters established in Lushun immediately entered a state of combat readiness. The staff of the National Defense Army General Staff also gathered here, and the daily telegrams kept ringing.

In front of the battle map, Wang Shizhen was explaining the current battlefield situation to Yuan Xiangcheng.

"Chief Instructor, the current battle situation is divided into two parts, east and west. The western front is Guide Prefecture and Runing Prefecture in eastern and southeastern Henan. Currently, on this front are the 3rd and 4th Brigade-level Regiments and the 15th and 16th Regiments under Commander Sheng, as well as the 13th and 14th Regiments under Commander Duan. We have also contacted the local militia forces of Chenzhou Prefecture, totaling nearly 4 people.

In addition, the land and water forces led by Dong Feng also landed at multiple locations along the Jiangsu coast, cutting off the possibility of transporting food and fodder to the north via the canal.

The Outer Pass National Defense Army has already organized a defense line along the Shandong area north of the Yellow River to prevent the enemy from advancing northwards, while also preventing the Jiangnan New Army from freeing up manpower to eliminate the land, navy, and militia forces.

After listening to the troop deployment, Yuan Xiangcheng murmured, "The National Defense Army on the western front is pressing forward step by step; the internal and eastern mobile forces are constantly harassing; the northern front maintains frontal pressure to contain the main force of the Hunan Army.

It's a good plan, but if we do this, we won't be able to fight a decisive battle. Will the frontline supplies hold up?"

"It depends on the extent of the damage to the Jianghuai region." Wang Shizhen clapped his hands over the vast expanses of Anhui and central Jiangsu. "Right now, our army's biggest problem isn't supplying the front lines, but supplying behind enemy lines!"

"What do you mean?" Yuan Xiangcheng asked immediately after putting down the telegram.

He had taken into account the difficulty of supplying the enemy's rear-end troops and had taken corresponding measures.

The first thing was to learn from the British approach during the Opium War, which was to fight a battle on land, then run to the shore, board a ship for supplies, and then return to land to continue fighting.

The British relied on this tactic to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and beat the Qing army that was participating in the battle in circles.

Jiangsu has a nearly 1000-kilometer coastline, and landing is possible anywhere.

But Yuan Xiangcheng didn't know that this was easier said than done, but when it came to actually doing it, there would be many difficulties.

First of all, there was no radio, so the soldiers could not communicate with the ship in real time after landing. They could only agree on the next boarding time in advance and board the ship at the designated location.

However, the battlefield situation changes rapidly, and it is common for troops to be forced to split up and fall behind when facing encirclement and blockade, resulting in only half of the people being able to arrive at the agreed location on time to board the ship for supplies.

The vast majority of the remaining people had to flee in all directions and find their own way to survive.

Yuan Xiangcheng had a good idea before. He planned to run eastward to get closer to the sea and get supplies from the fleet; he planned to run westward to get closer to Henan and get supplies from the militia of the Yuan clan.

But he did not expect the Hunan Army to be so decisive and directly eliminate the nails he had planted in Henan. Now the supply center in the upper reaches of the Huai River is gone, with only scattered soldiers fighting everywhere, and it is impossible to provide effective supplies to the landing National Defense Army.

"Chief Instructor, let's storm Xuzhou!" Wang Shizhen made a bold suggestion when he saw Yuan Shikai was undecided.

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"The old city of Xuzhou is not comparable to the new city. The national defense army is short of manpower. If we concentrate our forces to attack Xuzhou, we will have no manpower to transport supplies. Will the brothers who have already landed in Jianghuai be captured and killed by the Hunan Army?" Wang Zhanyuan, commander of the Sixth Regiment, went south with the army and also participated in this military meeting.

He was somewhat worried that if he continued to attack without success, it would trigger a chain reaction, leading to the destruction of the current advantageous situation.

"How long will it take to take down Xuzhou?" Yuan Xiangcheng stared intently at the city of Xuzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"The Jiangnan New Army is still based on the Hunan Army. Zhu Hongzhang, who is stationed in Xuzhou, is also a veteran of the Hunan Army. The total strength is about 2 men. Influenced by rural propaganda, most of them are fearless and reckless men." Wang Shizhen pulled out the latest intelligence and analyzed it:

"But they had not received a complete Western military education, and they were still using 37mm and 47mm recoil guns imitated by the Shanghai Machinery Bureau.

Liu Kunyi did buy more than 40 120mm and 230mm heavy guns from foreigners, but those were ship-based rapid-fire guns and could not be used on land at all.

If you really want a quick victory, concentrate the field artillery of the first four regiments of the National Defense Army and bombard Xuzhou City continuously. Xuzhou's current food supply will not last long, and we will have to leave the city to seek field battles in less than a month."

"They can't hold on, but can we?" Wang Yingkai, one of the staff officers, retorted.

He was from Haicheng, Fengtian. Historically, he was appointed as the commander of the Beiyang 2nd Regiment. In this time and space, he joined the National Defense Army, but failed to join the front-line combat unit. Instead, he became a training staff officer.

Wang Yingkai was a cautious person who loved to study battles at home and abroad. The greatest contribution this famous Beiyang general left to future generations was his translation of the word "stehen" (stand carefully) in the German military training manual into Chinese words such as "stand at attention, at ease" that are understood by both young and old, and this word has been used in the army until the 21st century.

In this time and space, since Yuan Shikai had already shouted the slogans of "Stand at attention" and "At ease" during the military training in Incheon, Wang Yingkai did not know that he had lost an opportunity to leave his name in history, but this did not affect his advice for the National Defense Army's operations.

"Even if the new Hunan army in southern Jiangsu is weaker, there are still a lot of old Hunan troops who fought their way out of mountains of blood and seas of blood. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of troops near Jiangning who can go north to support at any time. It will be difficult to capture it in one month!" Wang Yingkai touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Shaochen Wang Yingkai's words are correct, but even so, Xuzhou must be taken away." Yuan Xiangcheng nodded, expressing his approval of both.

"Chief Instructor, what about the Hunan Army south of the Yangtze River? If they move north, the National Defense Army between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers will be dispersed. How can we avoid them?"

Yuan Xiangcheng shifted his gaze downwards from Jiangsu to southern Zhejiang: "As long as the Hunan Army near Jiangning cannot advance north, we can create time difference for the siege of Xuzhou."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, everyone present raised their heads, wondering what Yuan Xiangcheng was going to do.

"Liu Kunyi had no defenses along the Zhejiang coast, and several warships were anchored at the mouth of the Yangtze River. He ordered Jin Weidong to land the National Defense Force in Taizhou and Wenzhou, pretending to march north.

Wait until Liu Kunyi mobilizes his army south, then board the ship and return."

At this point, Yuan Xiangcheng glanced at the many officers present and smiled: "Since we are going to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, then we should carry it out to the end."

Chapter 231 Chen Changjie Experience Card

No one knew where the Wehrmacht would make a breakthrough, not even the generals on the front lines.

When Yuan Shikai was planning to implement a large-scale maritime flanking tactic and launch a surprise attack on the Hunan Army from the rear, Feng Guozhang and Sheng Fei were standing shoulder to shoulder on a mudflat on the Yellow River north of Xuzhou City, gazing at the vague outline of Xuzhou City on the other side of the Yellow River.

After the National Defense Army was established, it has not had any decent battles. In most cases, a town commander led the troops to fight alone.

It is quite rare for the chiefs of the two towns to gather together like this, especially when Yuan Xiangcheng is not present and there is no one to lead the troops.

Both are in charge of a town, so which one is higher often becomes a big problem.

Is it based on age or unit number?

Fortunately, this time, Feng Guozhang only stayed temporarily. Most of his main forces were going south by boat and would not compete with Sheng Fei for command.

However, when Feng Guozhang saw the many cannons in the Second Regiment under Sheng Fei, he couldn't help but feel envious.

In addition to normal military operations, the six former regiments of the National Defense Force are also responsible for different tactical and arms experimental functions.

For example, Feng Guozhang's 3rd Regiment added the "Land Combat Navy" branch; when Jin Weidong led the 4th Regiment deep into the mountains of eastern Inner Mongolia, he also established the "Mountain Troops"

As for Sheng Fei's 2nd Town, they were exploring how to improve artillery tactics.

The biggest setback the National Defense Forces have ever encountered was the Japanese invasion of Korea a few years ago.

At that time, the National Defense Army was only the Jiashen Right Army. Under one town division, there were two infantry brigades, a total of 2 battalions; one artillery regiment, a total of 12 battalions; and one cavalry battalion, a total of 1 battalions.

In addition, there is also one battalion of auxiliary baggage team and engineering team.

The 3rd artillery battalion was equipped with 18 57mm mountain guns and field guns respectively, for a total of 54 guns in one town, just like the Beiyang Army in history.

It seems that the number of artillery pieces is sufficient, but it is not the case when they are actually used.

There are only three artillery battalions in total, most of which are concentrated and used mostly only in frontal bombardment, and cannot take into account the side battlefield.

When facing the Japanese army, due to the insufficient caliber and range of the artillery, as well as the unreasonable organization of the artillery, they were often injured by Japanese artillery during frontal charges, and without timely fire support when flanking, they became targets.

After all, the level of the artillery battalion is there. If you want to call for artillery support for a small-scale charge, the level is simply not high enough.

In view of this, after the name change, the National Defense Army unanimously decided to cancel the organization of 18 guns in a single battalion and delegate the artillery to the company level, with 6 guns per team.

From now on, the total number of artillery pieces in each town will remain unchanged at 54, but there will no longer be three battalions of artillery, but only nine artillery teams.

In this way, although the opportunity to concentrate superior firepower is weakened on the surface, it is more flexible in actual combat.

There are 9 artillery teams. One or two teams can be used alone for harassment, or they can be combined into twos and threes to form a fire coverage area.

More importantly, since the artillery level is lower, it is easier for standard officers to use it.

Coupled with the successful imitation of the French 90mm field gun and the combination with the 60mm lightweight field gun, the Wehrmacht's current artillery has formed its own unique combat method.

That is, it does not pursue absolute lethality, but serves as firepower assistance before the infantry attack and defensive support during retreat.

In several military exercises within the Wehrmacht, when the Blue Army gained the upper hand and wanted to take the opportunity to approach the Red Army, they were forced back by the small artillery positions ambushed around them and had to make long-term plans.

8. The land warfare navy and mountain troops were the branches of the military that Yuan Shikai insisted on establishing. Their importance may not be discovered until more than ten years later.

But the reform of artillery organization was different. Soldiers in the late 19th century attached great importance to cannons.

That's why Feng Guozhang was so envious of Sheng Fei for being able to get such a good job.

Reel...

The National Defense Army has surrounded Xuzhou City from the north and east for nearly a month. At the beginning, Zhu Hongzhang in Xuzhou City sent people out to fight in the field, but later he simply retreated into the city and did not move.

It was not until the news of the massacre of the Yuan family's branch in eastern Henan spread that Sheng Fei on the front line realized that he was afraid of retaliation from the National Defense Army and did not dare to leave the city.

Looking at the Xuzhou city under the setting sun, Sheng Fei and Feng Guozhang felt a little headache, not knowing how to tackle this tough problem.

"Commander Sheng, Commander Feng!" The military staff ran to the two of them with a happy look on their faces.

2. "What's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

"The chief instructor sent 3 artillery shells and 500 earth gods as gifts, saying they were to be used in the National Defense Army so that the artillery could bombard Xuzhou City!"

Due to the setback of the Jianghuai enemy-occupied rear strategy, Yuan Shikai sent the supplies originally intended for the battlefield behind enemy lines to the Xuzhou front.

There weren't many shells, but they were enough to fight a siege.

3 artillery shells and 500 land gods?

Upon hearing this, Sheng Fei and Feng Guozhang looked at each other, their eyes filled with unconcealable excitement.

The reason why they surrounded Xuzhou but did not attack it was because they were afraid that there would not be enough ammunition in the rear and they could not launch a full-scale attack. Unexpectedly, what they lacked would come to them!

As for the God of Land, he is even rarer.

This is a rare thing that could only be produced after the Incheon Machinery Bureau acquired yellow explosives a few years ago. It is extremely precious. The chief instructor took out all his treasures and is now determined to make a big move.