From the Franco-Prussian War to World War II, the army's tactical theory has undergone three major changes, namely artillery and stepping coordinated operations, interspersed operations, and frank and stepping coordinated operations. The first two belong to World War I, and the latter belong to World War II. During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan and Russia

Neither side actually achieved the coordinated combat of artillery step.

The artillery developed to its theoretical peak in the first phase, and its role was more specifically broken down into four areas: countermeasure, coverage, strike, and depth. The unity of the four areas is that the artillery step coordinated combat is based on actual

In the war, the artillery was first responsible for countering the opponent's artillery power, covering the enemy's defense and attack lines, attacking the enemy's fortifications, and providing a channel for the infantry's breakthrough through deep attacks and penetrating the enemy's defense.

During World War I, it is no exaggeration to call artillery the soul of the army.

After all, the Japanese army is not a major army power. Even after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army failed to truly effectively and in-depth research, implementing the theory and tactics of the army artillery system in the early stage of World War I, while the Northeast Army had completed this stage.

Sexual change.

Artillery-step coordinated combat is the first tactical theoretical support of the Northeast Army, and all tactical training is developed around this theoretical requirement.

If the Franco-Prussian War was the period when the theory of German artillery and invasion collaborative combat emerged and practiced, then the First World War was a stage of interspersed combat in the development of the army.

The word "interleaved" is an extremely vivid metaphor in Chinese. In German and English, the original meaning of this word is "side-direction attack", while the French term is "shortcut attack", and the actual meaning translation

It is more appropriate to "avoid the real and make the virtual".

The theoretical principle of this tactic is to avoid the areas where the enemy is key to defending, find gaps in the enemy's defense zone, infiltrate with a small group of elite troops, and carry out breakthroughs and counterattack operations, so as to tear them out with more clever and more accurate forces.

Open the enemy's defense.

The reason why interspersed combat continued to develop and form in the late stages of World War I and was developed in World War II gradually became the dominant tactic of army infantry offensives. What relied on was the continuous progress of army weapons and equipment, especially light and heavy machine guns, automatic rifles, and urges.

The emergence and improvement of cannons, howitzers, and grenades.

As tanks, armored vehicles and helicopters gradually replaced infantry and became the protagonists of the army in the post-World War II era, the interweaving infantry operations also became an irreversible trend.

While the large-scale installation of light machine guns and artillery artillery, the theoretical research and practical exploration of the Northeast Army in the field of interspersed combat has been ongoing. Compared with the Japanese army that stagnated in the late Russo-Japanese War, the Northeast Army not only equipped it

The above changes rapidly, and its combat theory has formed a generational difference compared with the Japanese army.

Song Biao and General Martos talked for a long time late at night. Based on their understanding of the Japanese Army and the Northeast Army, they all optimistically predicted that the Japanese army would be able to make the war successful.

Three to four divisions were quickly annihilated, and the price paid by the Northeast Army would be very amazing. In addition to the sacrifices and casualties of personnel, the consumption of ammunition would exceed the entire War of Restoration.

They did a lot of arithmetic problems in the conference room, extracted the possible combat locations, intercepted the most likely section as the key point of artillery fighting between the two sides, and started to calculate the single-aircraft battle based on the artillery density and coverage rate they needed.

Calculate the number of shells needed..., two pencils and twenty white papers are their main planning basis for this war.

The conclusions given by the accounting time and time again have more or less different, but one thing will never change, that is, the combat ideas of the Northeast Army need a large industrial country to support them even if they are given to the Japanese army in this war.

A heavy blow may not necessarily maintain the war advantage of the Northeast Army for a long time.

Even if you win this time, the premise is based on the huge military expenditure that the Northeast Army is a bit incredible, and it is the large amount of hidden expenses and additional expenses that the Japanese army does not know at all. It is these expenses that allow the Northeast Army to suddenly annihilate the main force of the Japanese army.

The total amount of equipment and ammunition, as well as sufficient manpower and material resources.

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War is part of politics, and politics is also part of war.

Before World War II, the Japanese cabinet government had been fighting for power and profit in the Japanese military. This struggle was by no means a fight between justice and militarism, but a struggle between moderate militarism and radical militarism.

As the situation became more and more tense, the Japanese cabinet government led by Katsura Katsura, who was born in the Changzhou clan, did not interrupt the ties with the Chinese imperial cabinet government. Just after the Northeast Army continued to withdraw back to the three northeastern provinces, it was considered that it had already been

To achieve the goal of interrupting the pace of China's reunification, Katsura Katsura began to prefer to use negotiations to resolve the problem.

Just the day after the Central Military Department made comprehensive adjustments in accordance with the new combat plan, Japanese Minister Toshiro Ijiyuan, came to meet with Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi with the new order of the Japanese government. After the meeting in the morning, Tang Shaoyi arrived at Tayuan in the afternoon.

Meeting with the emperor and report to the emperor the results of the talks between the two sides.

Although Song Biao had no intention of peace talks with Japan, he still had to control the information in this regard immediately.

After signing a confidentiality order to arrange for the Army to formally establish the Zhili Patrol Army, Song Biao asked Tang Shaoyi to enter the General Office to meet.

After many years of political career, Tang Shaoyi worked in the Tianjin Taxation Office for four years, served as the Consul General in North Korea for ten years, presided over the work of Tianjin Customs Road, and passed talks under pressure from the UK during his tenure as Minister of the **Personal Agreement.

Cleverly safeguarded the sovereignty of **, and then he went through five years of experience in the position of the Minister of the Reclamation Office of the Three Northeastern Provinces and the Governor of Fengtian Province. Now he is the best candidate for the first cabinet prime minister of the empire, because he is in the United States

The foreign government and the diplomatic community in China also have high expectations for Columbia University's study experience.

Because Foreign Minister Ouyang Geng has been actively persuading countries to reduce their support for Japan in Europe and the United States and to recognize the new Chinese Empire government and emperor as soon as possible, Tang Shaoyi has always been responsible for the diplomatic work of the capital.

Accompanied by Jiang Zuobin, the first-class eunuch, Tang Shaoyi, wearing a black blue suit, hurried into the office and bowed to Emperor Song Biao one meter away from the steps, saying: "Cabinet Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi

Meet the Emperor.”

Compared with the Qing government, the etiquette of the monarch and ministers in the imperial era was obviously weakened. For a pseudo-revolutionary like Tang Shaoyi who was more inclined toward the American republic, this was obviously a considerable progress in Chinese society.

Song Biao continued to look at the military manual he wrote with General Artur Martos last night, and repeatedly calculated the details of the military operation in his mind to avoid any omissions.

Instead of looking up at Tang Shaoyi, he continued to look through a page of the manual and then look at the data on artillery statistics later, and said, "You are here just right, sit down and talk first."

Hearing this order, Jiang Zuobin, as a first-class eunuch, personally brought a chair for Tang Shaoyi, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet... Tang Shaoyi's chair was made of chicken wenge wood among mahogany, with black gold-painted yak leather cushions and backrests.

Carved and hollowed out, and has wide and thick handrails.

Among the chairs provided by the inner court to all ministers and foreign envoys, the presence or absence of armrests is an important parameter for the level of level. Cabinet ministers and foreign ministers have armrests, and the chair with the widest armrests is only the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and the visitor.

Only foreign prime ministers are eligible for it.

In terms of etiquette, only the Prime Minister of the Cabinet can sit in front of the imperial position without strictly abiding by the Inner Court Law, at least both feet do not need to be side by side, and hands do not need to be placed strictly on the chest. This means that he is actually the only one who can truly enjoy the handrail.

Minister.

These are special preferential treatments for the Imperial Prime Minister.

As the first imperial cabinet prime minister, Tang Shaoyi has always been cautious and never enjoyed all this. After thanking the emperor for his long ethics, he sat down strictly according to the specifications of other cabinet ministers, his feet were together, his sitting posture was stiff, and his hands were

He also intertwined carefully on his chest and did not dare to neglect the slightest.

It was not until then that Song Biao put the military manual in his hand back on the table, raised his eyes and looked at Tang Shaoyi, took a casual sip of tea, and asked Tang Shaoyi: "I heard that the Japanese Minister had negotiated with you this morning.

After an hour, why? Has Japan made some new requests?"

Tang Shaoyi replied cautiously: "Report to Your Majesty, Japan has revised its previous proposal and put forward four new requirements. As long as our country agrees to these four conditions, Japan can withdraw the four divisions arranged in northern North Korea.

And we will ensure that China and Japan will always be peaceful in the future and there will be no war."

Song Biao leaned against his chair, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "Tell me, let's see."

Tang Shaoyi said: "First, Japan requires our country to recognize that Japan has the only sovereignty over North Korea, and our country retains the government. Japan promises that major policy adjustments in North Korea will be reported to our country for approval in advance, and the Sino-South Korea Trade Treaty will continue to be effective.

The previously agreed-upon North Korea tariffs will not change for 25 years, and will be reduced to 15 years, and will be calculated based on the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Second, the border disputes between China and South Korea are mutually concessions, and our country only needs to recognize Yanji

The three places of Jiandao, Changbai Mountain Tianchi and Yalu River Estuary Island belong to South Korea, and the remaining disputes can be handled in a compromise. Third, our country should publicly promise to the international community that the civil war has ended to avoid the international community continuing to worry about the deterioration of the situation in Asia.

The economic and trade interests of South Korea; Fourth, our country must promise to recognize the permanent validity of all previous treaties between China and foreign countries and China and Japan, and shall not repent or pursue them.”

After hearing this, Song Biao couldn't help but sneer and said, "The Japanese think very beautifully. They concluded that I would never accept it and force us to fight them."

A layer of cold sweat suddenly oozed out of Tang Shaoyi's forehead and said, "Your Majesty is very much, and I think so too. However, the Japanese Minister Ijiyuan also admitted that this was a request made by the Japanese military and the government has not really used it.

The bottom line: As long as the two countries continue to negotiate, in theory, they can continue to negotiate a more appropriate condition to ensure that both sides can avoid war.”

Song Biao asked, "How do you think about this?"

Tang Shaoyi said: "I think Russia and the United States cannot accept the first clause first. Introducing foreign interference based on this will definitely make the Japanese government and military retreat. However, Japan also knows this well and deliberately puts the fourth one.

The clause was proposed, and he wanted to tie it up with this clause to force other countries to submit and to ensure that Japan could be fulfilled at the expense of our country's interests. Therefore, it would be extremely passive to really introduce foreign interference. I just don't know that Your Majesty now thinks that if China and Japan go to full war, our country will be

Is there a possibility of victory?"..., Song Biao didn't want to answer such a question, but asked, "What do you think?"

Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

He is probably the only one who understands his embarrassment.

Outsiders think that he is a strong imperial party, and he has the opportunity to become the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. In fact, he knows very well that he is not a real imperial party. Even if he is in the Restoration Association, he

In fact, like Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing and others, they do not absolutely support constitutional monarchy, but the situation is stronger than others. Now, only Song Biao has the strength to be stable and unify the country. Song Biao wants to be president and is the president, and if he wants to be dictatorial, he is dictatorial.

If you want to be an emperor, you are the emperor.

The so-called "Imperial Party" is by no means a faction of the Restoration Association and those who support Song Biao's proclaiming emperor, but a true confidant of the emperor, such as those from the Secretariat and the Northeast Army, as well as business celebrities such as Rong Xingqiao, who were in the Restoration Association.

Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Binglin, Wang Zhaoming and others.

Yan Fu was in the Restoration Association and worked very hard to promote the imperial system. Tao Chengzhang was the leader of the Restoration Association and had indelible contributions to the expansion of the Restoration Association in various provinces. Zhang Jian and Liang Qichao were also celebrities who advocated constitutional monarchy, and these were by no means imperial party.

Tang Shaoyi was not actually the case. Even if he was outside the imperial party, even if he was sitting in the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he didn't know how Song Biao planned it at this time.

At such a shocking moment of national crisis, as Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Tang Shaoyi had no right to make a decision on war and peace, and he didn't even know the specific news. He was happy, sad, sad, or helpless, and only he understood it himself.

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He could only ponder the emperor's thoughts in such pain, although it was not difficult to figure out. He knew that the emperor would never accept any of the terms, but he didn't know what the emperor wanted to do.

In the imperial hall, Tang Shaoyi was so hesitant.

Tang Shaoyi knew very well that although he was not an imperial party, he knew the emperor's personality and various rules very well. He immediately supported his inner fear and answered hard: "Your Majesty, if our country still has a chance to win, he would still be

Please ask Your Majesty to command the three armies to fight for life and death with the Japanese army. All the ministers in the cabinet are determined to die, but you can only obey Your Majesty's orders."

Song Biao remained silent.

He picked up the colder black tea and took a sip, and suddenly said, "Qimen black tea is really good. I drank this tea five years ago. Once I talked about this with Yu Qiaqing, I suggested that he and Far East Commercial Bank jointly organize a joint venture.

A business specializing in silk tea. Now, they have renamed this business Jiangnan business and continue to specialize in tea and raw silk. The business warehouse has been open for five years and has not been operating smoothly. It has invested a lot but has low profits. As the Prime Minister of the Cabinet

, You probably understand the reason here?"
To be continued...