readx; In late September, when many disputes broke out between Britain and the United States over the South Pacific, which directly led to the addition of shipbuilding bills by both countries, the war in Europe also entered an incandescent state, and all countries have now completed their initial mobilization, and the military machinery of the entire country has been put into operation, and when these few world powers have launched the war machine, the consequences will be extremely terrifying. Especially on www.biquge.info the Western Front, Germany, Britain and France and other countries fought at war, causing more than hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides in just over a month, which is more than the total casualties of the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army in the many years of the Chinese Civil War.

Before the war, the Allies and the Entente had their own strategic plans, and the initial plan of Germany and Austria-Hungary was to concentrate the main force of the German army of up to 78 divisions in the northern part of the Western Front, that is, on the northern border between Germany and Luxembourg and Belgium, and then sweep through Luxembourg and Belgium with absolute superiority, and then break into the northern part of France, capture Paris, and carry out a strategic encirclement of the forces deployed by France on the central and southern fronts. Although the planned plan was adjusted when the war broke out, there were still as many as 59 divisions concentrated in the northern part of the Western Front, and there were also 15 divisions in the southern part of the Western Front, and although the eastern front area facing Russia was strengthened, there were only about a dozen divisions. In order to cooperate with the German army, Austria-Hungary used the main force of the army on the Eastern Front in order to contain the Russian forces.

Relative to France and Britain also have their own battle plans, but the plan is always a plan, and most of the real implementation will have all kinds of accidents, although the early progress of the German army was victorious, but when the attack on northern France reached the edge of Paris, it was finally blocked by the French army and the British army, and then the French army and the British army concentrated their forces to carry out a major counteroffensive in the area of the Marne, and in a short period of time the front of 200 kilometers was advanced to the east for 60 kilometers. Forcing the Germans to switch to a strategic defense along the Anna River led to the complete failure of the German strategic plan to resolve France within six weeks, and then the engagement between the two sides slowly turned into positional warfare, the so-called trench warfare.

In the early battles of Germany, France, Britain and other countries, especially in the Battle of the Marne, both sides suffered huge losses, and the total casualties of both sides in this battle exceeded 600,000.

Although the German army on the Eastern Front implemented a strategic defensive state at the beginning, the enemy of the Russians was not only Germany, but also Austria-Hungary, although the strength of Austria-Hungary was not as good as the German army, but it also had millions of land forces, so there was no problem in blocking the early offensive of the Russian army. In late September, when the Western Front had entered the trench battle, the German army also began to transfer part of its troops to the Eastern Front to increase defense, so that the pressure on the Russian army was even greater.

The Russian army mobilized a large number of troops to the front line at home, because at that time it was said that "it was a member of the Entente, and after the outbreak of the war, it was also an ally, and in order to express its sincerity of goodwill, and at the same time to appease the anger of the British caused by the occupation of the South Pacific, it handed over to Russia some of the former Russian warships captured during the Russo-Russian War, including battleships and armored cruisers." Of course, the main reason why Ben transferred these warships so happily is because these captured Russian [***] ships have long been outdated and backward, and they are not distressed to the Russians."

The other major country in the Far East is China, in the eyes of the great powers at that time, China itself was still in the chaotic period of civil war, and there was no need to pay much attention to it, and Russia had never regarded the Chinese as opponents in the Far East. As for China, it has not yet been looked at by them. Besides, now China has also declared war on Germany, although China has not joined the Entente now, but it is a fact that the British army and the Chinese [***] team fought together in the Battle of Qingdao, so to a certain extent, China is also an ally of the Entente.

In this way, the Russians believed that there was no great threat in the Far East, and the European front was tight, so they transferred a large number of troops from the Far East to the European front. Of course, even if the Russians sent some troops to Europe, Russia's forces in the Far East are not weak, and Chen Jingyun has no plans to have a large-scale war with Russia now, he wants to see the European powers fight to the death, and then watch and reap all kinds of benefits, but he never planned to foolishly get involved.

On September 26, Chen Jingyun ordered the First Cavalry Division and the Second Cavalry Division to march from Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang to Outer Mongolia respectively. These military operations were not widely publicized, and the reason for the two cavalry divisions to march into Outer Mongolia was initially only to suppress bandits. This time, Chen Jingyun didn't plan to come to any bright and righteous war, as long as the two cavalry divisions could quickly rush to Kulen, and then arrest and shoot the rebellious princes and living Buddhas with lightning speed. As long as this group of people is cleaned up, the rebellion in Outer Mongolia will naturally disappear, and as long as they act quickly and do not provoke Russia too much, Russia should not start a war with China for the sake of Outer Mongolia in the face of tension in the war in Europe.

Compared with direct military action, Chen Jingyun pays more attention to the construction of railways, to really take root in Mongolia and prevent military conflicts with Tsarist Russia, then a railway extending from Yanjing to Baotou, and then extending to Kulen in Outer Mongolia is very necessary, if you reach Baotou, then you can develop the iron ore in Baotou, and if you extend to Kulun, you can have the support of the railway, so that China can deploy heavy troops in the direction of Outer Mongolia.

Only by deploying heavy troops in Outer Mongolia can we take the strategic initiative in the event of a military conflict with Russia in the future, and as long as Outer Mongolia sends troops to cut off the Far Eastern Railway, the Russian army in the Far East will lose supplies and reinforcements, which will bring great strategic advantages to the Chinese [***] team.

Of course, the construction of the railway can not be completed in a day or two, and now the whole of China is in a period of rapid development of railway construction, and Chen Jingyun cannot devote all his resources to the direction of Outer Mongolia, so it will take several years for this railway to be completed and opened to traffic.

As long as the Russians don't intervene in Outer Mongolia, then it is enough to clean up the local rebel two cavalry divisions, and if the Russians intervene, then it will not be easy to solve, but now that Russia is in a big war in Europe, as long as China maintains a certain degree of restraint, it is still possible to avoid a large-scale military conflict between the two countries.

After giving the order to the two cavalry divisions to march into Kulun, Chen Jingyun also began to clean up several other warlords in the country.

Anyone knows that after Chen Jingyun defeated Beiyang, then he must have killed those warlords in the south one by one, this is known to Yuan Shikai, who was not dead back then, Chen Jingyun himself knows, and several other parties such as Yan Xishan, Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao are very clear.

Therefore, as soon as the Battle of Changsha ended last year, Lu Rongting united with Tang Jiyao to squeeze out the Nationalist Army for the control of Changsha, and the Northern Expedition of the Nationalist Army was at a critical juncture at that time, so Chen Jingyun endured this breath, and finally formed a situation in which the three parties jointly managed Changsha.

After the Battle of Changsha, in addition to the Northern Expedition and the attack on Hubei, the Nationalist Army also successively increased the strength of Guangdong and Hunan, and now in addition to the original 14th Mixed Brigade in Guangdong, the Nationalist Army has also accepted Long Jiguang's 24th Mixed Brigade, and in the Hunan direction, the Nationalist Army has deployed all of the Fourth Army, including the 10th Division, the 1st Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Mixed Brigade, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 4th Mixed Brigade.

As soon as the Battle of Qingdao ended, seeing that there was no large-scale attack on China because of Qingdao, and that he was in trouble with Britain and the United States in the South Pacific, he said, "This army has successively dispatched two divisions to the South Pacific region, stationed on the island of New Guinea and other islands." Under such circumstances, it is no longer necessary to continue to maintain heavy troops in the northeast, Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other coastal provinces, after all, the total strength of the national army is also limited, and if the main force is still placed in the coastal provinces, it will be very difficult to deal with the warlords in the southwest.

Under such circumstances, the Nationalist Army successively reinforced the 11th Division to Guangzhou by sea in September, and the 11th Division, as a unit formed by the Nationalist Army before the Northern Expedition last year, was equipped with 1912-style rifles, Yuannian ****, MG08 heavy machine guns and Madsen light machine guns, all artillery were imported from the United States, that is, the American imitation version of the 38-type field gun and the 41-type mountain gun. The 11th Division has been trained for a long time after its formation, and its equipment is as sophisticated as that of a guard division; at a time when most units of the Nationalist Army are not fully staffed, the 11th Division has always maintained a full establishment, and this kind of treatment can only be possessed by the Guard Division and the 11th Division among the dozens of divisions and brigades of the Nationalist Army.

Needless to say, as Chen Jingyun's guard unit, protecting Chen Jingyun's personal safety has always been the only goal of this unit, and all the middle and senior officers in the unit are Chen Jingyun's relatives and friends, not to mention, and the equipment and other treatment of the guard division are always the best in the national army, and the first batch of Type 38 field guns and Type 41 mountain guns imported from this country were equipped with the guard division, and the guard division was also the first unit to be fully equipped with 1912 rifles. When the river crossing operation was carried out last year, the guard division always stayed in Nanjing unswervingly, even when the Chaohu front line was tense for a while, Chen Jingyun also sent other troops to reinforce it, but the guard division always stayed in Nanjing and did not move. Only when the Jiangbei Campaign was about to be victorious in the later stage of the campaign, Chen Jingyun asked the guard division to cross the river and cooperate with other troops to attack the remnants of the Beiyang Army in Jiangbei, mainly to let the guard division gain some combat experience, and also let the officers of the guard division get a share of the credit, and they could be promoted later. As soon as the Jiangbei Campaign ended, the guard division returned directly to Nanjing after Chuzhou was crossed. In the subsequent Northern Expedition, the Guard Division did not carry out other combat missions except for sending a small number of artillery units and some officers to strengthen the operation in the First Army.