The matter of the football match was resolved and finally started to get into the main business. Xiao Jianjun said: "It's already troublesome now, and I didn't expect to add this one."

Xia Bohai said: "Actually it's okay. This is not a big deal. It's just a football match."

Qin Zheng said: "What's wrong? What's going on?"

Xia Bohaidao: "We just received news from the German consulate that the German envoy will arrive in Qingdao in two days."

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, we are waiting for them. Germany is an important part of our division of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Especially in Qingdao, there are many things that need to be decided after meeting with the German envoy. I will go to Qingdao tomorrow to prepare for talks with the German envoy."

Xia Bohai said: "This is for sure, but before you go to Qingdao, there are two important things to be determined. Now Director Wang is not in Tianjin, so let's decide the four of us."

Qin Zheng said: "What's the matter?"

Xia Bohai said: "One is that Lao Xiao has initially formulated a combat plan to attack Beijing; the other is that the Ministry of Finance has made a financial work report, as well as the financial work arrangements and suggestions for the subsequent stage, which everyone needs to discuss together."

Qin Zheng nodded. Attacking Beijing was an accident, and it did disrupt the arrangement of time travelers. However, from the current situation, it is very likely that it will be implemented. Naturally, a complete combat plan must be formulated. Financial work is the focus of government work in any country. Since it is a report made by the Ministry of Finance, of course it cannot be ignored. So he said: "Okay, then don't hesitate. These two things must be solved today." After looking at the watch, he said: "It's time to order for dinner, so hold a working meal meeting."

Xia Bohai nodded, asked the guard to bring them food, and then said, "Old Xiao, you can start first."

Xiao Jianjun took out his notepad and said, "My plan is like this. Once our negotiations with other countries break down, we should immediately attack Beijing. First, we should show our attitude, and second, we should seek initiative in strategic direction and completely destroy the fantasies of various countries and the Qing court. However, due to the urgency of time and our military expansion plan, it is not realistic to prepare for the battle to attack Beijing in a short time. Therefore, my plan is to first capture Tongzhou, threaten Beijing from a close distance, and then gradually organize troops and organize troops. It will take about two months to complete all preparations for the attack on Beijing."

After a pause, Xiao Jianjun said: "There are three benefits of such an arrangement. First, if we are not prepared enough, we can attack Beijing at the first time, not give various countries, the Qing court's opportunities to think or negotiate privately, disrupt their arrangements and gain the initiative for us; second, we can set up a stronghold around Beijing, and push the front line to the edge of Beijing, suppress the forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the area around Beijing, which can ensure the safety of our logistics and supplementary line. Third, put pressure on the Qing Ting and the Eight-Nation Alliance, which may force them to accept our conditions."

The others were silent for a while before Qin Zheng said, "How is the defense situation in Tongzhou?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "I have sent people to conduct reconnaissance in Tongzhou these days. The main defense of the Eight-Nation Alliance is located around Beijing. Tongzhou's defense is not strong. The guard forces are estimated to be around 1,000, and they are probably all Japanese."

Qin Zheng said: "So how do we arrange the troops that attack Tongzhou? How is our army expanding now?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "Now we recruit about 3 ooo new recruits, which can be organized into about 7-8 battalions. With our existing 1 o battalions, we can form about 5 regiments, which is still 2 regiments away from our military expansion plan. According to our previous plan, we can merge the first, third, fifth battalions into one regiment, second, fourth, and sixth battalions into one regiment. These six battalions have certain combat experience and only one third of the soldiers are drawn from them to ensure their combat effectiveness. However, now the plan has changed, we will not draw soldiers from these six battalions, and we will also be equipped with field artillery battalions and firepower strengthening battalions. In this way, two regiments can be organized and combat-capable. Only one regiment can be used to attack Tongzhou. The other regiment can be used as reserve force to prevent other situations."

Xu Ji said: "Can you defeat Tongzhou with only one regiment? Even if you defeat Tongzhou, can you defend it? Now the Eight-Nation Alliance still has about 13 ooo in Beijing. The troops of our reorganized regiment are only about 35 ooo, which is too great a difference."

Xiao Jianjun said: "Although the Eight-Nation Alliance has a large number of troops, it lacks logistical support. Since we occupied Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Alliance has not received ammunition. The Tianjin battle consumed a large amount of ammunition from the Eight-Nation Alliance. Therefore, the Eight-Nation Alliance is at its weakest time. We captured Tongzhou, and the Eight-Nation Alliance has no strength to retake it. Moreover, we have two aces, armored troops and helicopter units. From a purely military point of view, this battle is not difficult. I am just worried now. Once we attack Beijing, Shanghai will react, and will it go to extremes, expand China's war, and drag it into the quagmire of war, which is not good for us."

Xia Bohai shook his head and said, "This possibility is not great. First, if countries had the ability to expand China's war, they would have sent troops long ago. They would not wait until now. Japan and Russia are the most likely to increase their troops to China. But now these two countries have a very deep strategic contradiction in the Northeast of our country and the Korean Peninsula. If we are vulnerable, they will of course join forces to attack us. But with our current strength, they will never easily invest their troops in the Chinese battlefield. Take a step back. If countries really want to expand the war, then we will take the initiative and simply attack Shanghai directly. There is no need to occupy Shanghai, but we must completely muddle the water."

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "I think Lao Xiao's plan is feasible, and this is the best method we can use at present. If we sit idly by and watch the Qing court reach a private treason agreement with other countries, it will be too unfavorable to us."

Xia Bohai Road: "Now the first battalion, the fifth battalion is stationed in Qingdao. Lao Qin, you go to Qingdao tomorrow. The Military Commission will arrange three new battalions to go with you. After arriving in Qingdao, change the defense immediately and let the first battalion and the fifth battalion immediately return to Tianjin for adaptation."

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, do you want to bring some weapons and ammunition from the Qingdao Arsenal?"

Xia Bohai said: "No need, Tianjin still has a lot of inventory, at least it is enough to deal with the battle against Tongzhou. However, after you arrive in Qingdao, you can urge the arsenal to expand production as much as possible and store as much ammunition as possible."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Old Xia, Lao Xiao, and Director Xu, there is one thing that I originally wanted to wait until the army is expanded before mentioning, but now the plan has changed, so I want to talk about it first."

Xia Bohai was a little surprised. He had been with Qin Zheng for many years and knew Qin Zheng very well. Generally, Qin Zheng would not express his opinions easily. Once he said that he had carefully considered Qin Zheng, he said: "What's the matter?"

Qin Zheng said: "According to our original military expansion plan, we will form 7-8 6th legions. I calculated that if the expansion is completed, the time travel soldiers will basically serve as company-level commanders, and our army will definitely expand. Therefore, in the near future, the time travel soldiers will gradually leave the grassroots level and serve as intermediate commanders at battalion level, while the grassroots commanders at company-level platoon level will be held by local soldiers."

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Of course, the area we control has expanded its population and the size of the army will definitely expand. Our soldiers will of course serve as commanders at higher levels, and the vacant positions will of course be filled by local soldiers, and this will also increase their enthusiasm."

Qin Zheng said: "Of course I do not oppose local soldiers serving as grassroots commanders, and this is also the general trend. But in this way, we can only manage the grassroots of the army indirectly. To be honest, I am not at ease with the grassroots of the army now. After all, the People's Army was established too short, and the ideological education of local soldiers is insufficient, and the habits of the times are too strong. Everyone knows the report submitted by the Ministry of Security a few days ago."

Xia Bohai and others heard this and nodded repeatedly. It turned out that during Li Hongzhang's visit to Tianjin, the Ministry of Security submitted a report to the Executive Committee, involving 7 violations of 12 people, including 10 locals and 2 time travelers, and 8 locals were patrolmen affiliated to the Ministry of Public Security. The violations were the same. They took advantage of their positions to ask for money and fees from vendors and shops. The total fee was about 2000 taels of silver. The other two locals and 2 time travelers were from the customs. The violations were the most common thing for customs. The smuggling and the fees collected were as high as more than 1,000 taels of silver.

It turns out that these incidents were all informants arranged by the Ministry of Security, and non-staff personnel are now. The non-staff personnel of the Ministry of Security are basically small vendors. They have a low social status, but their contact areas are very wide, so the sources of information are extremely wide. Moreover, the Ministry of Security requires them to report anything, regardless of what is invalid, if it is valuable, a certain reward will be given based on the value. As a result, the Ministry of Security receives more than 30 reports every day.

After receiving the report, the Ministry of Security will not immediately arrest the whistleblower. After all, the report of the non-staff cannot be trusted easily. Instead, the operators will immediately arrange for the operator to monitor the whistleblower. The time is generally 3-7 days. During this period, they have indeed violated the rules, so they will organize personnel to take photos, collect evidence, and then arrest them. Therefore, the arrested persons are not allowed to deny it.
Chapter completed!