During this period of time, Yang Yuanzhao came to the staff a little more times, almost closed his eyes, he was able to find the location of the staff, when he came to the war room of the staff headquarters, Feng Yuxiang, Jiang Baili and other high-level military officials, have already arrived, among them, Yan Xishan, who has been asking for battle, is also among them, he has just finished the training and returned, even after the officer corps in Beiyang left, Yan Xishan also took advantage of the opportunity outside to conduct a 400-kilometer training, mainly to test the ability of long-distance marching and long-distance running.

Yan Xishan is also a well-informed person, hearing that there have been changes in the south, the revolutionary party actually boldly wants to peek into the railway node cities in the northwest, he does not care about the fatigue of long-term training, and rushes directly to the general staff, when Yang Yuanzhao came in, he was arguing with Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaohuai.

Yan Xishan's Shanxi accent is very large, almost his unique voice, filled the entire room, the purpose of the dispute is very simple, that is, to ask for war, according to his words, Cai Yi's first army he can't compare, since the first army was taken off in Shandong, to participate in the battle of Shandong, the battle of Jiangnan, he must take action, otherwise the third army has been training for so long, what is the use, so much investment in vain.

Yan Xishan's words made Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaohuai laugh, and even Yang Yuanzhao and Feng Yuxiang, who almost entered with their front and back feet, and happened to hear Yan Xishan's complaints, laughed, in the first war in the south, the General Staff Department made a lot of plans, one of which was that the revolutionary party took the initiative, or was guided by the northwest, so that the northwest seized the opportunity and started the war. The target is still the node city, and the northwest will rely on the node city. Drag the main force of the other side and use the method of shipping. Mobilize a part of the main force to smash Huanglong, with the cooperation of special forces, decapitation operation, and win victory in one fell swoop, which is the easiest plan among all the plans, and it is also the plan with the shortest combat time.

In the plan for the northwest, only the First Army can carry out this task. The Third Army, even the Second Army, which was established earlier than the Third Army, was not included in it because it was a little weaker in terms of combat effectiveness. It must be fast, and if you are not careful, you may be besieged by 200 revolutionary party divisions, and you must fight a tough battle. Or in the absolute inferiority of the troops, in a state of isolation, to resist the siege of superior forces. Until reinforcements arrived.

In this case, the test is the level of combat effectiveness. Among the many armies in the northwest, the First Army and the Third Army have the strongest combat effectiveness. Now, the First Army is in Shandong, and it is about to come into contact with the Japanese army, and the Third Army is an inevitable choice.

It's a pity that Yan Xishan doesn't know, otherwise, he wouldn't be so invited to fight now, looking at his eyes that occasionally look at the commander of the Second Army, Yang Yuanzhao knew that Yan Xishan had misunderstood, and laughed in his heart, which made Yan Xishan a little overwhelmed, and after turning his head to him, he asked Shi Lei, who was standing behind him: "Have you already determined the goal of the revolutionary party?" ”

Shi Lei nodded and said: "24 targets have been confirmed, involving 150 divisions of the revolutionary party, and almost the entire army of the revolutionary party has been dispatched, and the stroke is not small." ”

The revolutionary party probably has about 200 divisions, and 150 divisions have been mobilized, and on average, about 6 divisions will be used to buy a target, and the rest will basically not be used, after all, the huge chassis in the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River must always be defended, and most of the attack directions have been determined so far.

Most of these nodes are the most prosperous sections of the railway, and they also pay the most taxes, and the choice of the revolutionary party is also relatively ingenious. All the officers present had a calm expression on their faces, the 24 nodes were self-prosperous, and they were also the largest node cities, relatively speaking, there were quite a lot of garrisons stationed, and the most of them were stationed in a division, although it was only a second-line reserve division, but this was also a strict semi-military training, and all kinds of professional and technical personnel were available, as long as a certain technical branch was supplemented, such as a part of the machine gunners, gunners and commanders, he could immediately become almost equivalent to the combat effectiveness of the second-class division, Those who are familiar with the local environment and the drill plan can play a perfect role in the city.

Every node is a military fortress, this, Yuan Shikai and Wu Peifu and they, no one is wrong, the wealth possessed by the northwest is far from what Beiyang and the revolutionary party can predict, and they have invested huge in every node. Because of the wealth and wealth, when establishing a node city, the consideration is never functional but defensive, and when the use is built, the underground fortifications of almost the ground buildings are first excavated, and the winding underground fortifications are almost accessible in all directions, and the ground and underground are connected together, which is far from being as simple as it seems.

In addition to its own reinforced concrete, in the city, plus the management personnel generally have about 15,000 armed personnel with a certain degree of military training, they are the same as the regular army, can play a huge role, with the city's garrison, waiting for idle troops, in a short time, there is no way to take the node, unless it is a sneak attack.

Before the revolutionary party moved, the news had already spread to the northwest, and then notified the various node cities, under the premise that the revolutionary party had not yet felt it, the node cities had begun to prepare, a large amount of cash materials, important equipment, and personnel were in the process of evacuation and transfer, and on the surface, there was no change in these nodes, which is where the essence of the northwest lies.

At the beginning, it was mainly from the reserves, or the second-line troops, to draw technical arms and some supplements, to supplement the defense of 24 node cities, and it was certainly impossible to transfer the Third Army, which was a whole, and almost needed to replenish 20,000 machine gunners and 20,000 gunners.

Among the more than 30 non-commissioned officer schools in the northwest, it is enough to have about one graduate, who have gone through one and a half years of systematic training, and are already about to reach the stage of internship, and the battle against the revolutionary party is not a fierce foreign battle, and it is just in line with their requirements, and in the future, after solving the problem of the revolutionary party, these units will be combined with local troops and prisoners to conduct an integrated training to further enhance the strength of the northwest.

Yan Xishan was a little depressed when he saw that he couldn't get a fight, he also knew that sending graduates of the non-commissioned officer school was the best choice, if his Third Army was dispersed and went there, the effect might not be good, but he would pray for the opposite effect, and the Third Army could only play the greatest role if it was combined into a whole, and the strict training over the years had made them have a high degree of tacit understanding. The tactics of small teams and companies and platoons are the advantages of the Third Army, and once they are dispersed, they will be only qualified soldiers at best, and this will not bring into play the strength of the Third Army at all.

Looking at Yan Xishan with a disappointed face, Yang Yuanzhao and Feng Yuxiang glanced at each other, and laughed, the plan has been set a long time ago, and Yan Xishan's Third Army is also in the plan, but it is just deliberately teasing him, the Third Army is still in a very important role in the whole battle plan, defeating those living forces does not mean completely solving the revolutionary party, only killing his core is the decapitation operation, killing Nanjing, is the most critical, in the middle, to ensure that those people can't run away, The basis of the revolutionary party's notice will be shaken by one another, and it will even come to the whole first.

Yang Yuanzhao pouted at Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang also shrugged helplessly, and finally, he told Yan Xishan about the task of the Third Army, after Yan Xishan listened, the whole person was stunned, as if it was the feeling of ice and fire, when the last moment came, the excitement in his heart can be imagined, and finally some battles were fought, as for the precautions Feng Yuxiang said, they were not in his consideration at all, in his opinion, the revolutionary party's army was a rabble.

The reason why Yan Xishan is so proud is because the Third Army has extremely strong combat effectiveness, although it has not been compared with the First Army and the Second Army, but in a large-scale exercise, the Third Army blocked the attack of the same three armies, although after 24 hours, with the help of three times the firepower and the ability to attack fortifications, the Third Army had to retreat, but it blocked three times its own strength, although the Third Army was defeated. The regular army in the northwest is still like this, and the revolutionary party's army, which is weaker than the Beiyang army, has little problem in resisting eight or nine divisions in one division.

In the plan, in addition to the extremely high requirements for the Third Army, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, a special operations brigade and a paratrooper division will be dispatched to act together, and in order to completely eliminate the revolutionary party and paralyze its central organs, the northwest will use the air force units that have not been used all along, from the airport in Wuhan, Hubei Province, to Nanjing, and fly directly to Nanjing, in the suburbs of Nanjing, there is a huge airport secretly built with 18 reports, built in the name of the racing track, which can take off and land a large number of fighters at the same time, and more than 500 transport opportunities will move together. A regiment of the 3rd Division, a parachute regiment, and a regiment of the Special Operations Brigade of the General Headquarters, totaling 18,000 people, were all parachuted into Nanjing.

Most of the troops of the Third Division, part of which were broken into pieces, went to Nanjing by train, and when it was not carried out, the railways throughout China were in normal operation, and in one day, about 40,000 people were transported to the vicinity of Nanjing, and in 12 quartermaster warehouses around Nanjing, they got weapons and equipment, and then assembled, and the rest would be attacked by water.

In the middle of this, the Third Army will become the main force, completely blocking Nanjing, the core city of the revolutionary party, and it may take up to 10 days at most, there will be 10 times the military strength, pressing from all directions, and if the node cannot stick to the enemy, the number will be even more.

After these difficulties were clearly expressed to Yan Xishan one by one, Yan Xishan nodded nonchalantly, and almost trotted all the way to make a phone call, the Third Army is also a fast reaction force, and they can assemble as quickly as possible. (To be continued......)