Before the training officially began, Li Wenfei and others carefully observed the similarly constructed enemy positions. They arranged a position about 300 meters long in each training ground, with a depth of about 300 meters, mainly composed of trenches. In addition, there were 4 or 5 firepower points built with sand bags and wooden stakes in the position. Because in the Far East War, the trench defense line was proved to have extremely strong defense capabilities, so after the war ended, it was also highly valued by all countries. Therefore, the British and French military advisers of the Deyou Army found that in the field, the Deyou Army was not the opponent of the Yuan army at all, so they simply used trench tactics to form a comprehensive defense and fight attrition with the Yuan army. Until now, it has proved that this tactic is still effective.

However, when the elders observed, they also noticed that the trench of the enemy position that was similarly constructed was not deep, about 2 meters, and had just passed the head and was about 1.5 meters wide. The soldiers were unhindered from moving in the trench, but there were no anti-aircraft holes, ammunition depots and other facilities in the trench. There were 3 parallel trenches on a line of defense, about 15-20 meters away, in a step-shaped shape, low in front and high in the back, and there were longitudinal traffic trenches connected, but the trench was relatively straight and there was no curved corners of the defense gun. After 200 meters, there was a line of defense, and behind it was the position of the command center. Overall, it was much worse than the trench defense line arranged by the People's Army in the Far East War, and even the Russian and Japanese trenches were not as good as those of the trench.

After watching for a while, Li Wenfei asked Wang Shizhen: "Is this the position of Deyou Army like?"

Wang Shizhen nodded and said, "This is a copy based on the situation we observed. Although I dare not say that it is exactly the same, at least 70% or 80% of the same."

Li Wenfei nodded and said, "Then let's start."

After the training began, 10 artillery pieces of the Yuan army's position fired empty shells to replace live ammunition. Then the Yuan army's soldiers jumped out of the trenches and advanced towards the Deyou army's position. When they advanced about 300 meters away from the position, the artillery stopped firing and the soldiers pushed the artillery forward. Among the attacking soldiers, the grenade launchers looked for bunkers and fired shells to prevent the attack on the position. The assault soldiers continued to advance until 50 meters away from the position, the soldiers in the front row dropped grenades and then rushed into the position; then the grenade launchers also rushed into the position, and under the cover of other soldiers, they used grenade launchers to knock out the firepower points in the position, and other soldiers advanced towards the depth of the position. Each time they advanced, they would first throw grenades and then advance. A complete set of tactics was also quite good.

Li Wenfei and others looked at each other and whispered for a while. Yuan's tactics did have many similarities with the Storm assault tactics. They used the close cooperation of infantry and artillery to quickly approach the enemy's positions, and tried to strengthen the firepower of the infantry so that the infantry could quickly defeat the enemy and occupy the positions in close combat. In the late stage of World War I, Germany achieved considerable results through this tactic. However, when the German army developed this tactic, Germany's national strength was no longer as good as before, and the Allies received the help of the United States. Otherwise, the result of the World War I was really hard to say.

Of course, Yuan Jun's tactics now have many shortcomings. After all, this is a brand new tactic and without practical experience, so of course it is impossible to perfect it all at once. However, in the face of difficulties, Yuan Jun actually designed such a tactic, which also shows that the wisdom of the Chinese is indeed not bad.

In the following days of training, Yuan Jun's training content was similar, but one battalion was changed to another battalion for training. The effect of the whole body still had to be tested on the battlefield. Therefore, the consulting group decided to check the location of the airport. Yuan Shikai and his son were naturally accompanied throughout the process. After all, Wang Shizhen and Cao Kun were in charge of the training now, and Yang Du was in charge of the material dispatch. There was no war on the front line, and Duan Qirui was in charge. Even if there was war, you could rest assured. Yuan Shikai and his son actually had no business work and could accompany the consulting group to run around.

There are two airport addresses that Yuan Shikai chose for the East China Government. One is in the northeast of Changde, the west bank of Dongting Lake; the other is in the Tangjiaping area west of Changde, which are all flat areas. Dongting Lake in this era was larger than the old time and space, with a total area of ​​more than 6,000 square kilometers, and it was completely connected. In the old time and space, Dongting Lake was actually divided into 4 pieces, namely Dongting Lake, Dongting Lake, West Dongting Lake, and Datong Lake, a total of about 3,000 square kilometers. Of course, there are still rivers connected between the lakes. The commonly referred to Dongting Lake refers to Dongting Lake, and Changde City is surrounded by West Dongting Lake, which is also the smallest piece.

However, after looking at these two areas, the advisory group was not satisfied. They finally determined that the southern end of Changde Mansion City, the south bank of the Yuan River, and the east of Taoyuan County, was actually the location of Changde Taohuayuan Airport in the old time and space, and built the airport.

The East China Government has set the airport here for a period of consideration. On the one hand, the airport is built here in the old time and space, because the geographical conditions here are suitable for building the airport. It is easier to convert the airport into a civil airport in the future. On the other hand, it is far from Changde city and is located on the edge of the Yuan River. The closest distance to the Yuan River is less than 5 kilometers. Therefore, a dock can be built on the Yuan River, with the road leading directly to the airport, which is also convenient for the transportation of building materials and materials.

In Yuan Shikai's view, the East China Government had actually chosen this area to build an airport, which means that they had conducted a comprehensive investigation and understanding of the Hunan region. If it is more general, is it difficult for the East China Government to inspect only Hunan Province? Sichuan, Guizhou, and Jiangxi and Anhui, which they control, have they also sent intelligence personnel to conduct secret investigations?

The military advisory group has been modest and low-key in the past few days, and speaks very politely, which also made Yuan Shikai feel that the East China government is still easier to talk to. Now it seems that the East China government is indeed kind to speak, but there are quite a lot of things to do. But it is true to think about it. The goal of the East China government is to unify the entire China. Over the years, the unified dynasty in China will be good people. The so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality are just a kind of whitewashing article.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but wipe his cold sweat. He should be careful and never regard the polite attitude of the East China government as a gentleman to deceive. This will be quite unfavorable to his future negotiations with the East China government.

Of course, Yuan Shikai naturally had no objection to the location of the East China Government. However, there were several villages and some fields in the address selected by the East China Government. Li Wenfei said that the compensation for the villagers' relocation was the responsibility of the East China Government, but Yuan Shikai needed to send someone to assist and coordinate. Although the East China Government would not be stingy with the compensation fees for villagers' relocation, he also required police guards to relocate. During the relocation of villagers, some people maliciously raised prices, and even colluded with other villagers to resist the relocation. This required Yuan Shikai to send someone to interfere. After all, Hunan is still Yuan Shikai's territory now.

Yuan Shikai immediately appointed Yuan Keding to be fully responsible for coordinating the land acquisition and demolition work of the airport. In fact, Yuan Shikai was also very curious about the plane. He had heard that foreign and East China governments had invented a machine that could fly into the sky, so he always wanted to see it. What is this?

Three days after the site selection was determined, the second batch of weapons and ammunition delivered by the East China Government to Yuan Shikai also arrived in Changsha. At the same time, the seven ships of materials for the first batch of materials for the airport were also transported to the shore near the site selection. This time, there were 2 ships of cement, one ship with tents, furniture and other daily necessities, one ship with steel, used to build a pier, one ship with machinery and equipment, and two ships with a company of troops and workers. The three veterans who led the team were Zhang Wenjie, Yao Shanxue, and Deng Jiandao, who were all responsible for construction engineering work and have accumulated a lot of experience over the years.

After the fleet arrived, the three veterans led the team disembarked, greeted Li Wenfei and others first, and introduced Yuan Shikai and his son. Because Yuan Keding was responsible for the coordination work in the future, the three veterans also communicated with Yuan Keding in more detail.

Then everyone walked around the confirmed site and had a general understanding of the situation here. At this time, the soldiers and workers brought tents and other daily necessities ashore. At noon, everyone was having dinner on the boat and made some requests for the whole body to Yuan Keding, and Yuan Keding also wrote down one by one.

In the afternoon, the three veterans divided the work and started work. Zhang Wenjie led the technicians to carry out the topographic measurement and drawing work. Deng Jiandaoze organized workers to build trench bridges and lifting equipment on the shore. Yao Shanxue ordered soldiers to build tents at the designated location in the morning. Everything was in order. At dusk, more than 40 tents were built and some fences made of steel pipes were blocked to resist horses, forming a small camp. Not only could everyone rest in the tent at night, but some supplies could be placed in the tent. At the same time, temporary wires were also tied in the camp and generators were installed. Not only could light lights be lit in each tent, but some street lights were also installed outside the tent, which could not only be used for night lighting, but also deter animals or villagers who wanted to steal things. Of course, there were soldiers on duty at night, even patrol nights.

That night, Yuan Shikai and his son, Li Wenfei and others were resting in the camp. Yuan Shikai and his son shared a tent. Although the conditions were a little worse, Yuan Shikai was a soldier and often led the army to fight over the years. Yuan Keding also followed his father to do things very early, so the two of them were not pampered and had experienced such conditions.

The father and son talked all night in the tent, and admired the executive ability of the East China Government. Yuan Shikai repeatedly urged his son to establish good relations with the seniors here and cooperate with their work; on the other hand, they should also carefully observe the style of the East China Government. After all, if they submit to the East China Government in the future, these experiences are useful.
Chapter completed!