With the heavy investment of Fangnan, the People's Army Military Intelligence Department has developed very quickly.

At first, the MIIS agents were searched from the army. Due to the short establishment of the MIIS period, the internal members of the MIIS were searched from the army. However, the MIIS also began to train special agents.

In addition to internal members, the MIIS also has external members, mainly ordinary people who are bribed by money or other means, gangsters, soldiers of Ming soldiers, officers, Ming court officials, etc.

In a short period of time, the scope of activities of the MIIS agents quickly spread from the surrounding areas of Guangdong to the entire southern area, and some people have even accepted missions to go to the north.

Regarding the arrival of Mei Yousong, the new commander of the Ming army, arrived in Xinfeng County, the Ming army did not hide it. The Military Information Department easily obtained information and also obtained some information mobilized by the Ming army, such as the northern border army, the Ming army in various parts of the north, and the conscript of young and strong men in various parts of the south to form a new army.

The information was sent to the senior executives of the People's Army. Everyone was surprised by the Ming court's big move. At least 150,000 Ming troops gathered on three sides of Guangdong, and another 200,000 Ming troops were being transferred here. By then, the Ming army's troops would exceed 350,000.

The total strength of the People's Army will not exceed 300,000, and the coastal defense and garrisoning all areas require troops, and there are only more than 200,000 people assigned to the three army groups of the army.

When the People's Army and the Ming Army break out, the gap between the two armies will be relatively large, which is definitely a huge test for the People's Army.

Zhou Lei suggested to the People's Army that the People's Army could launch an appropriate attack on the Ming army, and before the arrival of a new batch of Ming troops, the Ming army's troops would be consumed. When the next round of battle broke out, the People's Army would be less pressured.

Fang Nan only agreed with Zhou Lei’s proposal.

In the past two rounds of battles, the People's Army has already feared the Ming army. There will be almost no small group of troops on the Ming army on three sides of Guangdong to act alone. If thousands of people act together, they will retreat immediately when they encounter an accident.

If the People's Army launches a large-scale attack, the Ming army, which is already scared, is the most likely to hide in the city and defend against the city, and will hardly fight with the People's Army.

However, the People's Army still had to continuously consume the Ming army's troops, so the People's Army could send a small group of troops to infiltrate and launch an attack on the Ming army, mainly to send firearms and cavalry troops, retreat after a wave, and then replace it with another place to consume the Ming army's troops.

If the Ming army was annoyed by the attack of small groups of the People's Army and sent large troops to encircle and suppress them, the People's Army could find opportunities to gather troops to fight the Ming army. However, this may be relatively small. The Ming army has been monitoring the movements of the People's Army. Small groups of people's army are okay to act, and the large troops will definitely be noticed.

In response to the mobilization of the Ming army, Fang Nan speculated that the third round of battle between the People's Army and the Ming army would probably not break out until August. After the second round of battle, the People's Army will have at least four months to develop itself.

In four months, the People's Army can do a lot of things. First of all, the strength of the troops can be increased to the current limit. Moreover, after several months of training, the combat effectiveness of the recruits must be greater than that of the recruits who have only been trained for one month.

Then there are the first-row troops and grenadier troops. In the second round of battle, especially Wang Shengrong's army, the first-row troops and grenadier troops suffered heavy losses. After a few months, Wang Shengrong's army's first-row troops and grenadiers could not only recover to their previous scale but also expand.

The most important thing is the firearm troops, and the number of artillery battalions will continue to increase, but the killing effect of artillery on the battlefield is not as good as that of tiger-headed rifles and grenades, and the more important thing is the infantry battalion.

The People's Army has Hutouzhai Arsenal, Yong'an County Arsenal, and Foshan Arsenal. The production of tiger head guns in March is over 700, and it is expected that the production of tiger head guns in April is over 800.

With the launch of hydraulic machine tools at Foshan Arsenal, the production of tiger head guns may reach 1,000 in May.

The capture of Foshan is of great significance to the People's Army. Foshan is the most important smelting center of the Ming Dynasty. It has a large number of craftsmen and the muskets and cannons built by Foshan are equipped to Ming troops across the country.

Foshan is controlled by the People's Army, and all the craftsmen are still there. Through a series of measures, the People's Army has allowed the craftsmen to work for themselves. With the establishment of the Foshan Arsenal, the People's Army's tiger-head gun production has increased significantly. Now hydraulic machine tools are constantly added, and the production of tiger-head guns will be further improved.

It is no longer difficult to produce 10,000 tiger-headed guns a year. In the four months from April to July, three arsenals are expected to produce 4,000 tiger-headed guns, which can add four infantry regiments to the firearms unit.

The four infantry regiments fought alone, which was worth 40,000 Ming troops. The cooperation of the four infantry regiments and other troops was worth 100,000 or even more Ming troops.

The People's Army and the Ming Army had a third round of battles, and four infantry regiments joined, and the People's Army's strength increased by a fraction. Even if it could not defeat the Ming Army, it could still repel the Ming Army.

As long as the People's Army can successfully repel the Ming army in the third round of battle with the Ming army, then, as the People's Army is equipped with more tiger-headed spears, its strength will increase faster.

Even Hu Zhuang said that as long as he adds 100,000 tiger-headed guns to his 100,000 people, he could hit him from Guangdong to the capital.

It can be said that the tiger-headed spear was the most important weapon for the People's Army to defeat the Ming army from beginning to end.

"The future of the People's Army depends on this battle!"

Fang Nan understood this truth, and Zhou Lei, Hu Zhuang and other senior leaders of the People's Army all understood this truth. As long as the Ming army was repelled in the third round of battle between the People's Army and the Ming army, and the losses of the People's Army were not serious, the People's Army's goal of overthrowing the Ming court will definitely be achieved!

After determining the combat plan against the Ming army, Fang Nan general ordered the three army groups of the army to send small troops to attack the Ming army only part of the order. Fang Nan also asked the army groups to be careful of the grenades that the Ming army might be equipped.

Fang Nan has not yet received the news that the Ming army has built it and equipped it with grenades, but the level of manufacturing grenades is too simple, and the Ming court can also manufacture it. This simple grenade is more likely to be silenced, and no one can be sure whether the Ming army will get the silenced grenades.

Therefore, we must be prepared for this matter. If we do not prepare for it, once war begins, the People's Army and the Ming army throw grenades at each other, and both sides will suffer heavy casualties and will have even greater blows to the People's Army. After all, the population under the Ming court is ten times that under the People's Army, and the Ming court can also have more troops.

A soldier in the People's Army killed only one Ming army, which was a very unacceptable thing for the People's Army.

Fortunately, as long as more firearm troops join, the effect of grenades will be reduced by shooting from a long distance. The more tiger-headed guns the People's Army is equipped with, the smaller the effect of grenades equipped by the Ming Army will be.
Chapter completed!