Fengxian Jiangshan

"Zhuoyan, what you said in the end is really good, I think that Russian reporter's face turned green!" Zhang Xueliang said with a smile.

"Not only the Russians, but also the British and Japanese look even worse. None of these foreign devils have any good intentions!" Zhang Tingshu also said.

"That's right, what the second child said makes sense. These reporters are actually testing our ideas on behalf of their government." Zhang Tinglan said: "The Russians are unwilling to lose the Middle East Road and want to take it back by force. The Japanese intend to Taking advantage of this opportunity, they extended their power to North Manchuria, while the United Kingdom and the United States, under the banner of the Allied Powers, actually wanted to muddy the waters, and they did not want any party to dominate the Middle East.”

These reactions of the great powers were within Zhang Tinglan's expectation. Obviously these great powers did not want to take advantage of Feng Jun for nothing, but there were also many conflicts among them. It was this situation that gave Feng Jun a very rare opportunity.

"Zhuoyan, since the big powers have bad intentions, how do you think we should deal with it?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

"Countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States are still too far away, and they have more than enough energy. In the end, what we have to face is Japan and Russia. As the saying goes, we have to pick the soft persimmons. 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 bluffing, then we should show toughness to Russia to promote peace, 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 prepare for battle and resist possible counterattacks by the Russians at any time.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Tinglan believed that Feng Jun's deployment of troops must be fully adjusted. Originally, Feng Jun's arrangement was to seize the Middle East Road. Now that the railway is in hand, he should consider how to deploy troops to better defend the Middle East Road.

Prior to this, Zhang Tinglan also served as the commander-in-chief of the frontier defense of the three northeastern provinces.Therefore, this time Zhang Tinglan put forward a new suggestion to Lao Zhang, which is to combine border defense and road defense into one, and set up border defense forces in the three eastern provinces. Originally, a large number of troops were hoarded along the Middle East Road, which was 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, it is necessary to strengthen the defense on the Sino-Russian border. After guarding the two ends that threaten the safety of the railway, it is almost enough to use the police to patrol the middle part without investing too much Many regular troops.And the border between the three eastern provinces and Russia is more than [-] roads long.On such a long border, various conflicts occur every day, and we must pay more attention 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 the Chinese border residents, and now the Fengjun has solved the henchmen's troubles on the Middle East Road.It should take advantage of the trend to solve the border troubles.

"Zhuoyan. Your suggestion is very good, and the commander-in-chief basically agrees. However, the Sino-Russian border is so long. If you want to defend it, you will definitely need a lot of troops. How should the border guards be deployed? It is really a trouble!"

The establishment of the army has always been a troublesome matter, not only depending on the actual needs, but also considering the scope of financial resources and the internal balance of the faction.It is indeed a nerve-wracking thing.

"According to my estimation, at least three divisions of troops should be deployed on the border defense line, and a large number of border police should be assigned to patrol continuously every day, so as to ensure basic security. However, it is clear that the current strength of Fengjun It is still unable to bear this kind of pressure, but the number of border guards should not be less than 5000, and there must be a large number of cavalry troops. In Heilongjiang, it is best to arrange a fleet of inland river gunboats to be responsible for daily patrols."

Yang Yuting also thought about it carefully, and found that the standard set by Zhang Tinglan was indeed the lowest limit, and there must be no less, otherwise he would not be able to undertake the task of border defense at all.

"Humble words, in my opinion, it is better to expand the four brigades into four brigades based on the current four combat brigades of the Route Guard Army, including two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and one artillery brigade. The cavalry troops are responsible for patrolling key areas. Be vigilant, 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 under its jurisdiction, as the reserve army of the entire army, and the main firepower strike force!"

Zhang Tinglan is also constantly calculating. Originally, the road guard army was mainly drawn from Jilin's army. Now if it becomes a fixed border guard army, then the gap in the direction of Jilin must be recruited to fill the gap. If it is fully replenished, Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Zuoxiang and his father's military strength can definitely overwhelm Zhang Zuolin.

Lao Zhang will not sit back and watch the internal imbalance of Fengjun, he will inevitably increase his troops, so that a large number of Fengjun expansion has become inevitable.Of course, Zhang Tinglan is also very clear that the Fengjun has indeed reached the time when it must expand, and more chaos in Russia is not far away. If the Fengjun wants to make a difference by then, it must have the ability to fight abroad, and at the same time The strong military force is staring at the Japanese, but also to resist Beiyang.

In fact, Zhang Tinglan already had an idea. He and his father Zhang Zuoxiang focused on the north and took advantage of the Russian Civil War to expand the living space of Fengjun, while Lao Zhang would sit in Fengtian and settle down in the rear.

"Lin Ge, I will follow your plan for the time being, but I still have two suggestions. The first is to re-use the establishment of the 28th Division. The old 28th Division is useless. We can use this banner to form a The Recruit Division, together with the 27th Division, will serve as the two trump card forces to guard Fengtian."

Originally, after the disastrous defeat of the 28th Division, the main generals were transferred away, the army was gone, and there was only one name left. At first, Lao Zhang even wanted to revoke the designation of the 28th Division, but considering the need for future military expansion, this The designation is still reserved, and now Zhang Tinglan proposes to enrich the 28th Division, which is a good time.

"Zhuoyan is a good idea. It would be too difficult to deter the Japanese with just one 27th Division, especially since we captured so many on the Middle East Road and have enough financial resources to expand the army. With it, with the financial resources, and with this demand, military expansion will come naturally.”

Zhang Tinglan put forward this suggestion, and Yang Yuting would not agree. He continued: "The second is to immigrate to the real border. There are not enough people on the border of more than 4000 kilometers. It is too expensive to rely on the army to guard it. Therefore, I suggest that the focus of introducing immigrants from the pass in the three northeastern provinces this year is to tilt towards the Sino-Russian border. The immigrants completely adopt the model of large farms, and the proportion of militias on these farms should be higher, and the training should be stricter, so that their combat effectiveness must reach that of second- and third-line troops. The level of equipment should be the same as that of the main force of the Feng army."

After a year of operation, the immigration work in the three northeastern provinces has become familiar, especially after the success of the big farm last year, this policy has already received Wang Yongjiang's full support.Now Zhang Tinglan is going to push the farms to the border areas. Of course, these farms are not exactly the same as those in the interior. The militias on the inland farms mainly target bandits, while the militias here are facing the Russians.

They have to cooperate with the border police and the regular army to jointly guard the security of the border and prevent the 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 immigration. For example, after ten years of cultivation, the land will be owned by the cultivator free of charge, the government will provide interest-free loans, and provide preferential farm tools and cattle replacement. In the future, Fengjun will give priority to building primary and secondary schools in border areas , building roads, setting up hospitals, etc., I think with these measures, there will be people who are willing to take the risk to live at the border."

The terms offered by Zhang Tinglan this time are more than twice as favorable compared to other regions. After reading it, Yang Yuting also nodded and said: "The civil affairs will be decided by Governor Wang, 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 at ordinary times. This is definitely a good way.”

"I have another proposal, which is to ban guns on all border residents and allow them to own and use guns."

After the rebellion in southern Liaoning, Zhang Zuolin promulgated a new decree, which is a strict ban on guns. With the increase in the scale of bandit suppression, the ban on guns has also been extended, and the civilian firearms in the hinterland of the three northeastern provinces have been greatly reduced.

Now Zhang Tinglan advocates lifting the gun ban so that border residents can have guns. There is no doubt that it is improving the fighting power of the border people and cultivating the spirit of martial arts. After all, polar bears are a very strong nation. Chinese border residents have been bullied repeatedly. Now arm them, It is also to better counter Russia.

Yang Yuting agreed to Zhang Tinglan's suggestion, and he immediately reported to Zhang Zuolin, while Zhang Tinglan began to prepare. The original four reinforced regiments have now expanded into four regular brigades, and Zhang Tinglan's strength has suddenly increased by one-third More than one, especially the formation of the Artillery Brigade, is the first among Fengjun.

The overall combat effectiveness of the border guards is absolutely second to none among the Feng army. With this army, Zhang Tinglan's status in the Feng army is bound to rise again, and even overwhelm those old people in one fell swoop. Of course, if you want to expand the army, you must have enough Middle and lower rank officers.

During this battle, many excellent low-level soldiers emerged in the Feng army, especially many wounded soldiers. As long as they recover, they will be the backbone of an army. Zhang Tinglan thought of this and lowered the affairs at hand. Ah, I went to the hospital to check the heroes in the battle.

Zhang Tinglan had just arrived at the hospital, and from a long distance away, he saw many people surrounded here, which seemed very lively. (to be continued..)