However, the result was better than expected by the Military Commission. As soon as the news of the armored troops recruiting people was announced, the original armored soldiers had signed up, exceeding 90% of the armored soldiers, which was something the Military Commission had never expected.

It turns out that among the time-traveling army, armored soldiers are the most unsuccessful group. Because there are no armored troops in this era, there is no suitable position in the army. Of course, there is no suitable position, and it can be transformed. If you transfer to other troops, it is even a way out. However, the time-traveling armored troops have always been retained as a trump card by East China. Most armored soldiers are unwilling to leave the army. Only in the army is their best field.

However, even if it is a trump unit, it will not fight frequently. Only on the battlefield of Guan Jian, armored troops will be dispatched to participate in the battle. Therefore, although the armored troops have made some military achievements, there are not many opportunities to fight, and the few opportunities to fight, which means there are few opportunities to make meritorious service. Although the Military Commission also considers the promotion of armored units and gives each armored soldier a title of staff, giving them the opportunity to win the results, the armored troops must be retained as a whole. Even if the armored soldiers have the title of staff, they cannot send troops with the combat troops. They can only stay in the staff department in the rear so that they can fight at any time, so that they can not make many achievements.

Now 80% of armored soldiers have ranks but only lieutenant colonels. This is the lowest rank among time-travel soldiers. Generally, only technical soldiers are only now lieutenant colonels. It is rare to be promoted to brigade generals among armored soldiers. It is still an armored soldier like Ouyang Longxing. Other time-travel soldiers who fight on the front line have all been promoted to colonels, and more than 40% have been promoted to brigade generals. There are even a small number of them promoted to major generals or lieutenant generals. It can be said that as a whole, the position of armored soldiers in the army is the lowest.

However, there are not many people who have transformed in the armored soldiers, and there are no more than 20 people in total. Most of them are still sticking to it. First, it is the responsibility. The armored troops are one of the aces of the People's Army, and someone needs to stick to this position. Second, the armored soldiers all know that the armored friction mechanization of infantry is the general trend, and the East China ** has always attached importance to the research and development of armored vehicles. It has already begun before the Far East War. This has also made most armored soldiers see hope and are willing to stick to it. After all, most armored soldiers still hope to do their own jobs in this era.

Now the opportunity has finally come. East China ** has developed tanks and auxiliary vehicles and officially formed an armored motorized force. Years of persistence have finally come to fruition. Therefore, the armored soldiers naturally signed up to participate. Even if they only become an ordinary crew member, they would do whatever they could. After all, everyone knows that once the armored motorized force is established, the prospects are bright and infinite.

This result naturally made the Military Commission happy, but it also brought a small trouble, that is, the number of armored soldiers registered exceeded the original quota. Although some of the vehicles can be changed to a 3+1 composition mode, with three crossing armored soldiers leading one local soldier, this change will squeeze out the quota of local soldiers and reduce the training personnel. After all, the crossing armored soldiers will take up the position of commander in the future, and the grassroots soldiers will still rely on local soldiers. Therefore, the Military Commission finally decided to change the members of the auxiliary vehicles from the 2+2 mode to the 2+3 mode, add one crew member, and two crossing armored soldiers leading three local soldiers, so there are still enough training personnel.

After the personnel problem is solved, the next step is training. East China has rich combat experience in armored motorized troops, but all of these experiences are either theoretical or combat experience in armored motorized troops under the background of high information and intelligence in later generations. The combat modes of armored motorized troops are very different from the combat mode of this era. Not to mention other things, the driving technology of these tanks and armored vehicles is much more complex than that of later tanks and armored vehicles. In addition to command communication vehicles, other tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles do not have communication and communication equipment. Therefore, communication in war can only be achieved by signal guns or flagstones, which of course requires necessary training.

In fact, after the first batch of tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles were prepared, the relevant training had begun. However, after the armored and motorized troops were officially formed, some joint training should be organized to train the coordinated cooperation between tanks, tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles, tanks and infantry, etc., which would take at least 2-3 months.

Finally, there are tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles. Although tanks and auxiliary armored vehicles can strengthen the mobility of the troops, the transportation of these vehicles is very troublesome. Since the main body of East China is not connected to the Northeast region on land, it is necessary to take sea routes first. Even if the railway is now directed from Lushun Port to Chifeng, it will take at least 15-20 days to transport all the vehicles and equipment to Chifeng. This is not considered the transportation of later maintenance equipment and tools.

Based on these factors, the launch of the war against Mongolia can only be postponed from the beginning of 1908 to the end of April and early May 1908, and the Military Commission also approved this combat plan.

Of course, during this period, we can still do a lot of corresponding preparations, such as terrain surveys, and even on-site surveys of the marching routes, surveys of the situation in Kulun, etc.

In addition, there are many things that can be done on the diplomatic level. First, just after the New Year, the East China ** filed a solemn protest to Russia, accusing Russia of violating the provisions of the [Harbin Institute of Territories] signed by both sides, supporting Mongolian separatist forces, and demanding that Russia immediately stop its wrong behavior. Otherwise, the East China *** will take necessary countermeasures, and all the consequences arising from this will be responsible for Russia.

In the face of the accusations from East China, Russia certainly would not admit it, and argued that there was only commercial exchanges between Russia and Mongolia, but no political relations, and did not support Mongolia's separatist forces. Please do not misunderstand it.

Russia's attitude was expected by East China. Because such a thing would not be recognized in that country. Moreover, East China is still in a strong position and Russia is the weaker side. Therefore, East China has not been too entangled with Russia and immediately announced that it would hold a military exercise in the border areas of both sides. In addition, two troops of more than 100,000 troops and two armored trains will be dispatched to participate in this military exercise. Russia should not make misjudgments.

Russia became nervous now, because the military exercises of 100,000 troops were of a considerable scale, and there were two armored trains participating. After the Far East War, the reputation of armored trains was widely regarded as one of the important factors for East China's victory on land. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of an armored train can be comparable to that of a division. Once a military exercise of such a scale became true, it turned into an assault attack on Russia. Such examples are common in European wars.

Can Russia's current troops in the Far East withstand the progress of the East China? Although Russia's current troops in the Far East now have more than 200,000, its distribution is very wide and difficult to concentrate. What's more important is that the assembly of the troops in the Far East is not enough to support a war of 100,000 people.

Although the social situation in Russia has basically stabilized and the economy has begun to recover, this is mainly due to the funds provided by Britain and France. However, Britain and France also have strict restrictions on the funds provided to Russia, which are only allowed to be used to improve people's livelihood and restore the economy, and cannot be used for military affairs in the Far East. A special regulatory team has also been established to supervise the flow of funds. Therefore, the materials supported by Russia to Mongolia cannot be purchased domestically, and can only be transferred from the Far East garrison troops. The material capital of the Far East garrison troops is insufficient, which makes it even worse.

In fact, it is not true that Russia did not expect such a fierce reaction in East China. Because after Russia decided to support Mongolia, many Russian ministers opposed it and bluntly stated that this would inevitably cause a strong reaction in East China. However, Tsar Nicholas II ignored these warnings and, with a hint of luck, believed or fantasized that East China would endure this time.

Although many Russian ministers understood that this kind of willing luck was impossible, because judging from the performance in the Far East War, the East China ** has always been very tough in terms of territorial interests and was even a bit unreasonable. In fact, this was also the helpless move of the East China ***, or intentionally, Russia, which is ambitious about Chinese territory. One of Japan is known for its arrogant and unreasonableness, and the other is known for its perplexity and perplexity. They all have to look at it at one inch, and even have to think about it. There is no habit of stopping when it is better. Therefore, it is useless to reason with these two countries. Only by showing more toughness, more arrogant, and unreasonable than them, can they be shaken. But the Tsar's decision is unquestionable.

Of course, after the news of the military exercises in East China was announced, a radical hardliner in Russia also clamored to fight another battle with East China, which would relieve the defeat of the Far East War. He used this battle to regain the lost territory in the Far East and plant the Andre flag on the land that conquered the East again.
Chapter completed!