Beiyang 1917

1918年7月21ri21：00萨马拉联军司令部

In the army expansion and reorganization plan of the Zhongyang Front Army of the Allied Forces, the six mixed infantry armies are the easiest to form, while the two armored armies are expected to be formed finally because they need to wait for the follow-up tanks to arrive at the front line. Fortunately, by 6 By the end of July, 2 tanks will be off the assembly line, 1918 by the end of August, and 7 by the end of September. This means that Wang Geng still has the opportunity to let his armored army show its talents before the cruel winter in Russia. **

On this day, Samara's coalition headquarters held meetings and small meetings. The new officer was finally able to stand alone and command a front army du li to carry out a campaign in one direction. For Wu Peifu, the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, it was an opportunity he longed for.

Throughout the Battle of Ufa, although Wu Peifu and Utsunomiya Taro in the coalition headquarters served as deputy chiefs of staff, they also made various suggestions, but the leading role was undoubtedly Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the coalition, the uncrowned king of the Asian and Sino-Japanese alliance and the East of the Entente. Although it was the first time for the commander-in-chief of the front line to command an army of tens of thousands of people, he had to admit that this talented student who graduated from the West Point Military Academy was very familiar with the military command in the Ufa Battle, which made all the people who had previously secretly held Those who have doubts are convinced.

The one-sided record of the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa is one aspect. From the perspective of senior generals such as Utsunomiya Taro and Wu Peifu, the young commander-in-chief commanded the battle, and the preparation and dispatch before the battle often determined the course and outcome of the battle. Moreover, in such a short period of time, the Ufa White Guards, volunteers, and Cossack cavalry divisions, which can be called a mob, were suddenly integrated by Wang Geng, and they became more confident and confident as they fought.

It is that the three recruit divisions of the Siberian Army did not have the opportunity to fight the Soviet Red Army head-on, but the value of this armed parade with live ammunition far exceeds the usual training and acting.

Moreover, the progress of the Battle of Ufa made the generals of the coalition forces discover that the commander-in-chief of their own family hardly fought unsure battles, and the preparation work must be more adequate than that of the opponent. Of course, no one is a god, and the Battle of Ufa has many detours The opening is too big, and the Soviet Red Army that came in is actually too small. With the opponents scattered and breaking through, the coalition forces on the northern front are far more than the southern front. If it weren't for Nerikov's cavalry division in Buzu Luke blocked Yegorov with fewer wins.

Then the Battle of Ufa may not be able to achieve such a satisfactory result. Of course, the preferential treatment policy of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces for the wounded and prisoners of the Soviet Red Army actually taught everyone a lesson. The will to fight until most of the Russian Red Army prisoners of war chose to stay and serve the Volga Federation, which played an irreplaceable key role.

At this moment, after Utsunomiya Taro and Wu Peifu had meetings with the generals of their newly formed front army successively in the middle of the night, they were invited back to Wang Geng's small meeting room by the combat staff. The previous internal meeting of the central yang front army had ended , the French windows of the small conference room were open, and the evening breeze brought in fresh air, which made Utsunomiya Taro and Wu Peifu, who were a little dizzy from the front army combat meeting before, couldn't help but feel refreshed after entering.

Apart from Utsunomiya Taro and Wu Peifu, only a few people attended the meeting, including Jiang Hongyu, Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, Huang Jingbo, Commander of the Allied Air Force, and Pepelyaev, Prime Minister of the Volga Federation.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, everyone, I plan to move the headquarters of the Front Army forward tomorrow. The headquarters of the Southwest Front Army will be directly located in Voronjeri. Wu Sang's headquarters of the Southern Front Army will go to Uralsk or go directly to Tsaritsyn?" Utsunomiya Taro sat down and patted the armrest of the chair, and said with great interest.

"Well, Your Excellency Utsunomiya, although Tsaritsyn is the defense area of ​​your Southwest Front Army, but my Southern Front Army Command really needs to borrow your precious land. I plan to fly to Tsaritsyn early tomorrow morning. You need to get familiar with the situation in the south as soon as possible, Jun-liu Hata has been taken away by you, I have to re-plan the southern campaign by myself!" Wu Peifu showed a rare smile on his face.

"I think this is very good. You can go by plane or armored train, but you still have to pay attention to safety. The main forces of the coalition forces are still on the way. Saratov on the left bank of Volga, Voronezh, Kursk, especially Tsaritsin, although the security situation has stabilized and improved thanks to the efforts of the federal advance detachment, it is still far from being clear. Just don’t capsize the boat in the gutter and let the bandits shoot black guns!" Wang Geng lit a gun Cigar, while smiling.

"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, I understand!" Utsunomiya Taro and Wu Peifu replied in unison.

"I called you here so late, mainly because I want to tell you about the expansion plan of the central and yang front forces of the coalition forces. When you go to the front tomorrow, I don't know when we can meet together next time!" Wang Geng took a puff of cigarette, narrowed his eyes He raised his eyes and said.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, this plan was drawn up by Hata Junliu? I only looked at it in the morning, and I feel that according to this plan, Japan's strength is still a bit insufficient. The Chinese Army has six reorganized divisions and 18 mixed brigades." Participate in the expansion and reorganization. We only have three new Japanese divisions from China. Can we wait until the Ukrainian campaign is over before reorganizing? Then we also have the main force of six Japanese divisions, which can be used together in the mixed army !"

Utsunomiya Taro mentioned the expansion of the Central Yang Front Army, and he hurriedly remembered this. Although it is said that even if six Japanese divisions participated in the mixed formation, there were only 12 brigades. One third less, but better than only 18 brigades participating?

From the perspective of the Japanese government and the Army Staff Headquarters, the Sino-Japanese alliance established under the leadership of Wang Geng still takes care of the emotions and demands of Japan, but the current strength gap between the two armies cannot be made up in a day or two. , and the national strength is even more incomparable. According to the current development momentum of the Chinese, next year the steel output will exceed that of Japan, which has been industrialized for a long time, not to mention the oil output and coal output.

Now the supply of weapons and munitions for the coalition forces, Japan, which has always been known as the largest industrial power in Asia, is still the largest in Asia except for the tonnage of the navy and the capabilities of the shipbuilding industry. Not to mention the new aircraft, wheeled armored vehicles and tanks developed by the Chinese themselves.

Even cars, the Dodge trucks and Fords produced by China Ford Motor Co., Ltd. have replaced the cars made in the United States and the United Kingdom and occupied the main market for domestic car imports and sales in Japan in the past six months.Of course, in order to meet the order needs of the front-line coalition forces, China Fudao Automobile Company had to concentrate its main production capacity on the production of military vehicles. The monthly production capacity of domestic civilian vehicles such as Dodge and Ford dropped sharply from more than 3000 vehicles to 600 vehicles.

Japan even found sadly that the only coalition order that Japan can obtain in military production is the [-]-type rifle that has been criticized for a long time, and one of the reasons why the order is placed for the r field-type rifle is insufficient production capacity In addition, the more reason was actually the favor Wang Geng gave to the Japanese government and the Army Staff Headquarters.

In addition to the 75-type rifle, the contribution that Japan's military industry can make is the production and supply of the 75mm 150-type field gun, the [-]mm [-]-type mountain gun, and the [-]mm heavy howitzer. The speed is slow. From the perspective of Japanese monopoly capital, there is almost no need for Japanese domestic arsenals to exist.

It is necessary to relocate the factory to West Siberia and the Urals, so that it can be close to the water first. However, the full production of the gun workshop of the Japanese military industry has made the capitalists reluctant to stop production and relocate. The Japanese army itself is arguing about the proposals put forward by the Chinese government. In order to continue the alliance and friendship forever, it is suggested that Japan abandon the Japanese standard weapons and switch to the standard standard equipment of the Chinese Army.

Since the Sino-Japanese alliance stands in the forest of the world, there is no reason why the weapons systems of the Chinese and Japanese armies must be different?How much inconvenience does this bring to ordnance production and logistical support?

Although some people in Japan say that military affairs are the same as diplomacy and territory, and there is a sovereignty issue in it, but now the Sino-Japanese alliance is an all-round political, military, and economic alliance. With one voice to negotiate with foreign countries, does the Japanese government dare to put aside China, the big brother of the alliance, to negotiate peace with Germany and Austria or do something?dare?Who dares?

In fact, after the establishment of the Sino-Japanese Alliance, especially with the rapid expansion and growth of the coalition forces, not to mention that the Japanese government did not dare to negotiate with the foreign office without authorization, even the Chinese government is not like this. For anything, the first thing to do is to seek Wang Geng's opinion.