After Feng Zicai conquered Langshan, the 31st Division was fully equipped and the struggle was high, but the Qing army was exhausted and had no ability to continue the attack. Zheng Yong also had to stop to take care of the friendly army, it was not easy for Lao Feng to take such a group of miscellaneous people, it was too tight, these people could really mutiny, it was better to be stable. Moreover, through a stage of warfare, Zheng Yong discovered that there was a huge problem in the Qing army, and it was indeed necessary to solve this problem before moving forward.

After Zheng Yong and Feng Zicai discussed, they decided to hold a high-level military meeting in Lang Son to discuss the issue of the Qing army and discuss the next step of the march. The date and agenda of the meeting have not yet been decided, but the good news has arrived. At the same time as Nigri attacked Zhennanguan, Lieutenant General Pourier, commander-in-chief of the French Tokyo Military Region, commanded more than 1,000 French troops to attack Linzhao on the Western Front, but Cen Yuying's Dian Army and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army were defeated, and more than 300 soldiers fled in disarray. The results of the victory of Linzhao and the victory of Zhennanguan cannot be compared at all, but it is more meaningful, Zhennanguan has the reinforcement of the 31st Division, but Linzhao is defeated by the Qing army itself, and the effect of boosting the morale of the Qing army is better.

Because the generals of the Western Front also had a chance to breathe, the scale of the Langshan Military Conference expanded a lot, and the generals of the Western Front, such as Li Yingzhen, Tan Xiugang, and Liu Yongfu, all came to attend the meeting, and Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, also deigned to rush over. Although Cen Yuying's official position is high, he is a regimental training and has a more pragmatic background, and he does not have the stinky frame of a civil official. His Dian army also fought fiercely in Vietnam for a long time, and the losses were extremely huge, and the results achieved were not much, and he was more distressed than anyone else. Zhennanguan achieved a great victory in annihilating more than 20,000 French troops, and of course he wanted to come over to learn advanced experience.

Cen Yuying's official Gao Juexian, this meeting must be presided over by him, Li Bingheng and Pan Dingxin, the two Zhongcheng adults, can only stand aside for a while. However, when a group of them got together, they couldn't talk about anything other than praising the saints, so Cen Yuying was only responsible for the opening, and the real speakers had to be Zheng Yong and Zhu Zhenyu of the 31st Division. It stands to reason that the military meeting should be presided over by Zheng Yong, the division commander, but the 31st Division is a little strange, Zheng Yong and Zhu Zhenyu are both generalists, and both of them are people who understand politics, work and military. In terms of political work, Zheng Yong has his own skills, and in terms of military affairs, Zhu Zhenyu's seven years of Lu Da are not in vain. Moreover, Zheng Yong's military skills mainly come from actual combat, and this theory and essence really have to listen to Zhu Zhenyu, so the military meetings of the 31st Division are often Zhu Zhenyu in the vernacular, and Zheng Yong listens to it with an open and studious face.

"Brothers, let's ......" After Zheng Yong took over the baton, he did not actually speak, but took the trouble to put on the porcelain, making the two sides seem to be a family, but unfortunately this should have been Zhu Zhenyu's job.

"Okay, let's now analyze and review the factors of victory and defeat in this battle." When Zheng Yong and the big guys almost set up the relationship, Zhu Zhenyu started his performance, and the generals of the Qing Dynasty saw for the first time what it means to be a theoretical talent.

"Compared with your army, the advantages of the French army are mainly concentrated in three points, one is the naval advantage, the second is the artillery advantage, and the third is the multi-arm coordination advantage. In the early battles of Shanxi and Bac Ninh, the French army attacked riverside cities, so the French navy played a great role in transporting troops, ensuring supplies, and firing naval guns. The artillery superiority of the French army, everyone believes that there is not much objection, and everyone has deeply experienced it in the previous battles. What everyone doesn't understand should be the third point, the synergistic advantage of multiple arms. Modern warfare is not a hooligan brawl in which kitchen knives cut each other, and the coordination of multiple arms is very important. Reconnaissance, medical, and communication technologies are multipliers of combat effectiveness and the key to victory. In these respects, the French army has a very obvious advantage, and your army is basically equal to zero in these areas. Zhu Zhenyu came up and first talked about the advantages of the French army, and as if taking revenge, he severely damaged the Qing army.

"Political Commissar Zhu is very right, if there is no cooperation with your troops this time, the victory will indeed be difficult to achieve!" None of the generals of the Qing army were angry, Zhu Zhenyu said something ugly, but it was the truth, they paid the tuition with blood. Li Bingheng and others thanked them again and again, and He Huan and a few other shrewd and capable people took notes.

"The first point that this operation can be won is that the mountain combat has greatly weakened the technical and equipment superiority of the French army! In this battle, the above-mentioned advantages of the French army were greatly reduced. First of all, the navy could not go up the mountain, so the naval superiority of the French army was suddenly reduced to zero. Secondly, because our troops intervened in the battle, the French artillery was completely annihilated, and there was no power to fight back. In terms of multi-arm cooperation, the French army's communications, reconnaissance, and medical aid capabilities were greatly reduced due to the obstruction of mountainous terrain, which directly led to the evolution of the First World War in the valley into hand-to-hand combat. Zhu Zhenyu also minded that he was not disgusted by the Qing army, and continued to analyze.

Zhu Zhenyu's statement was reasonable and well-founded, everyone nodded frequently when they heard it, and those who were interested were even more penny and memorized Zhu Zhenyu's words. Zhu Zhenyu originally wanted to continue to work hard and continue to analyze the current occupation, but He Huan, a good student, raised his big hand and said that he needed to ask questions. Zhu Zhenyu really didn't want to pay attention to him, and the 31st Division had only one opponent, and that was He Huan's Lejun. The two sides fought inside and outside the Great Wall, and the hatred in my heart was great. However, He Huan was not conscious at all, and he didn't see the 31st Division at all, as if he was an old acquaintance. They were old acquaintances, but they were not friends, but former enemies. But how to say that He Huan is also a friendly army at the moment, Zhu Zhenyu and the others can only pinch their noses and endure it.

"What's wrong with General He?" Zhu Zhenyu's attitude is not at all like that of a political commissar.

"Our department and the old army have been equipped with a lot of Manchurian equipment, it stands to reason that the artillery should not be inferior to the French army, looking at the results of the artillery exercise, it is indeed amazingly powerful, but why did it fall behind as soon as it fought! Please also ask Political Commissar Zhu to give advice! He Huan's attitude was very correct, although Zhu Zhenyu was unwilling to deal with him, He Huan still smiled like a chrysanthemum, and the etiquette of bowing was very in place.

"Modern weapons are not spears and sticks, they can be used by individuals with the strength of their arms! These are all high-tech weapons, and if you want to use them, you must have the corresponding knowledge. Firearms are very complicated, let alone artillery, and if you don't know any mathematical knowledge, you can't use them well. "Zhu Zhenyu and Zheng Yong have long discovered that the so-called use of weapons by the Qing army is just to be able to start, and the observation and the like are completely beyond the understanding of these big brothers.

"Do you have to be able to settle accounts when you shoot guns?" He Huan didn't say anything, but Wang Debang, Feng Zicai and other old generals were all stunned.

"The original artillery had a limited range, so it was mostly aimed at firearms, while modern artillery has a long range, and the shells will form a parabola in the air, which must be calculated with corresponding mathematical knowledge, otherwise it will definitely be inaccurate." Zhu Zhenyu was too lazy to speak, so Zheng Yong could only come forward to answer these questions.

"What should I do, go and recruit some bookkeepers!" Wang Debang, Liu Yongfu and others all began to scratch their heads, but when they thought about it, they found that they were redundant, and they didn't have Manchurian artillery, what the hell are they doing!

"The so-called mathematical knowledge is geometry, not counting and calculating!" The black line on Zhu Zhenyu's face.

"Is this geometry easy to learn?" He Huan thought of something useful.

"It's not complicated, but you must have a certain knowledge base, so you have to graduate from junior high school!" Zhu Zhenyu, who has a master's degree, is a contempt for everyone present.

"How's that for good? Our soldiers, I'm afraid, don't even know how to read! Feng Zicai shook his hands again and again, who is willing to be a soldier who is literate and literate!

"Don't worry, old soldiers! We've already made plans. It was indeed difficult for our friendly brothers to learn such a profound thing at once, so we came up with a compromise. Now that the fighting will be stagnant for a while, we will use this time to train our friendly brothers, teaching them the use of small arms and point-aim firearms, which are relatively simple. As for technical weapons such as artillery, we will first do a simple training, and then send instructors to the various departments, so that the brothers of the friendly army can slowly explore in the battle! Zheng Yong said everything the political commissar said.

"Will the war come to a standstill?" Cen Yuying, Feng Zicai and others didn't care about training or anything, so they were very curious about why the war was stagnant. The French army on both fronts has been defeated, and it is a great opportunity for the Qing army to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, how can there be time to stop!

"After entering the plain, the military science and technology of the French army will be fully utilized, and the capabilities of the navy, artillery, medical reconnaissance, and other capabilities that your army does not possess at all will pose an extremely great threat to all units of your army. At the same time, if we want to gain a foothold in the North Vietnamese Plain and obtain supplies, we need to occupy at least one of the larger cities in North Vietnam, such as Tuyen Quang, Bac Ninh, or Shanshan, but these cities are now under the control of the French. With the strength of our 31st Division, it is completely possible to conquer one or two cities, but your army is now exhausted, and its military capabilities are completely unable to keep up, and the troops cannot be deployed, and the next step will be even more troublesome! Zhu Zhenyu disgusted the generals of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's good to take a city first, and our army is not ......" Cen Yuying and the others were a little unwilling.

"The Battle of Xuanguang has proved that the Qing army does not have the ability to quickly attack the fortifications, and if it cannot occupy the cities of the plains, it will not be able to organize a large-scale attack, and your army will only become a harassing force. After all, our troops are limited, and after entering the plain and deploying, it will be impossible for us to complete all the offensive tasks. So it's better to stop now, complete the training of the ministries, wait for the assistance of local equipment, and then take the whole of Vietnam in one go! Bac Ninh is the gateway to the provinces of Beiqi, and the most important thing is that Bac Ninh is the place where grain and rice are accumulated. If Bac Ninh is lost, the battalions must retreat to the pass and feed the interior. So after we finished the costume change and training, the first goal was Bac Ninh! Zhu Zhenyu didn't bother to say so much, and directly explained his plan and inventory.

"There will also be weapons assistance, and all ministries will be fully redressed?" Cen Yuying and the others didn't listen to Zhu Zhenyu's plan at all, and when they heard that they were going to change their clothes in a comprehensive way, they all jumped up.