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Since mid-1915, China has been preparing for strategic preparations to launch the South Asian War. The entire month of pre-war preparations were laid in December, and all the political foundations for the start of war have been laid. This time, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and the United Kingdom, which happened to be a rare opportunity to officially start the war.

After receiving information from the CIA, Wu Shaoting immediately convened a military meeting of the Ministry of National Defense and began to issue combat orders

This time, the declaration of war against the Allies will follow the strategic policy negotiated with Germany before, and give priority to entering the hinterland of South Asia and attacking the Indochina Federation and India. At the same time, the so-called appropriate time is to see if Germany's assistance is sufficient. If there is enough assistance, it will directly enter the Tsarist Russian territory, otherwise it will recover the lost land in Outer Mongolia.

At the military meeting, Wu Shaoting decided to establish the South Asian War Zone, appoint He Fuguang as the commander-in-chief of the South Asian War Zone, and was fully responsible for implementing the war deployment entering the hinterland of South Asia. At the same time, it was planned to establish the Northern Line Command in Gansu, appoint Wei Rucon as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Line, first renovate the Second Northern Army, and start the strategic materials for the attack on Mongolia and the expected attack on Siberia.

Not only that, He Fuguang and Wei Rucon were awarded the rank of Grand Marshal of the Army at the same time, and after Cai E, he became Grand Marshal of the Republic of China.

After the simple rank award ceremony, Wei Rucon first conducted a strategic plan report of the Northern Line Command. This strategic plan has been arranged in November last year. After two months of summary and final calculation, it was decided to follow the analysis of the Chief of Staff War Office of the Ministry of National Defense. The rectification and logistics mobilization of the Northern Second Army will take as long as one month. It is best to send troops to Mongolia in March. On the one hand, it is due to weather, and on the other hand, it is waiting for Germany to provide assistance. In addition, it is to wait for the opportunity when Tsarist Russia is in trouble in the European war.

In addition, the Northern Line Command also plans to establish a Mongolian corps to adapt to the geographical climate of Mongolia, and to cultivate a group of Mongolian political and military forces loyal to the Nanjing central government in the future.

In response to Mongolia's combat ideas, we mainly adopt the tactical principle of "combining first and then dividing", use the plain terrain to concentrate troops and advance quickly, first conquering Kulun, the capital of the pseudo-Mongolian government, and then scattering troops with Kulun as the center to encircle and suppress the rebels of the four alliances. We must seize all the rebels involved in the rebellion in one place, leaving no future troubles.

Wu Shaoting still has some understanding of the Mongolian rebels. These restless Mongolian princes rely entirely on the support of Tsarist Russia, and are even inferior to the Beiyang Army in terms of military equipment and quality. Needless to say, the reason why the Bei2 Army, which is now organized, has made these rebels active until now is mainly because the Beiyang government and the Nanjing central government are forced to clear the domestic and foreign environment. The recovery of Outer Mongolia is just a matter of taking advantage of the situation.

Therefore, Wu Shaoting had no objection to the strategy proposed by Wei Rucong, so he let Wei Rucong arrange the implementation.

Originally, He Fuguang should have reported the strategic plan of the South Asian battlefield to Wu Shaoting, but Chen Jiongguang had already submitted some details separately. In addition, Wu Shaoting was preparing for the southern tour, he would definitely go to Kunming to coordinate, so the strategic plan report on the South Asian battlefield was finally spared.

After handling the military appointments of the South Asian Theater Command and the Northern Line Command, Wu Shaoting made adjustments to the deployment of the South Asian Theater Forces. First, it was about the Fourth Mountain Division, which was secretly established in Vietnam four years ago. During the period of the reorganization plan, in order to ensure the concealment of this force, it was not included in the scope of reorganization. To this day, the number of this force is still the "Guangdong Army Fourth Mountain Division" during the Guangdong Military Government period.

Now that this unit has evacuated from Vietnam and its earlier purpose was to participate in the Vietnam War, it is necessary to officially grant full numbers at this time

Wu Shaoting personally instructed the Fourth Mountain Division to change its number to "First ** Mountain Division", which is directly under the command of the South Asian Theater Command, and will complete the improvement of military organization and weapons and equipment in the near future, and be included in one of the main combat troops in the South Asian battlefield.

Secondly, regarding the intersection relationship between the Three Supervisors of the Yangtze River and the South Asian War, Wu Shaoting decided to reorganize the national defense and military forces along the Yangtze River. After all, as the most important river transportation within China, the capital of Nanjing belongs to the Yangtze River. Therefore, in both strategic and political sense, the Yangtze River is a very important geographical factor. The main purpose of the Three Supervisors of the Yangtze River is to ensure the national security of the Yangtze River Basin and establish a national defense and military system exclusively for defending the Yangtze River.

The candidates who serve as the Third Supervisor of the Yangtze River must have dual assessments of military capabilities and political background. Wu Shaoting already had a suitable candidate in his heart. That is, Mo Qingyu, Li Chun and Xu Chongzhi formed the Yangtze River defense system, and took charge of military affairs in Wuhan, Nanchang and Nanjing respectively. Mo Qingyu and Xu Chongzhi were both old subordinates during the Civil War. They were sufficient in terms of qualifications and political trust, but Li Chun still needed further adjustments.

Because of this, Wu Shaoting decided to let Li Chun participate in this South Asian War. On the battlefield, one can test his military command ability, and the other is to cultivate his loyalty to the country. Of course, from another perspective, the reason why he chose Li Chun to form the Three Governors of the Yangtze River instead of all the old subordinates in the south was that he was concerned about giving Feng Guozhang some face so that Feng Guozhang's direct forces would not be completely disintegrated.

This is not to indulge the development of bureaucratic group forces, but to find a political balance

From the Guangzhou Military Government, Wu Shaoting knew that there were various factions among his subordinates. Although these factions were generally loyal to him, the intrigue between them must be inevitable. The expansion of any faction will directly threaten Wu Shaoting's rule. As the saying goes, the great master means this. Therefore, as a ruler, you must learn to share the power of the faction and make it possible to balance each other.

Immediately, Wu Shaoting appointed Li Chun as the commander-in-chief of the First Corps of the South Asian Expeditionary Force, whose military sequence rank is lower than that of the commander-in-chief of the Second Southern Army, but is directly under the command of the South Asian Theater Command.

The South Asian Expeditionary Force sequence was established. The troops will be drawn from Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan provinces. The Republic Guard is the main source of troops and belongs to the second-level combat force. It is temporarily acting as the reserve force of the South Asian theater. Wu Shaoting's original intention is to take advantage of the opportunity of the South Asian War to reduce the organization of the Republic Guard and integrate the Republic Guard into the main force.

"South Asian Expeditionary Force" was not the official number, but just a title in Western newspapers. Because not long after, at the military meeting of the South Asian Theater Command, He Fuguang, based on the combat purpose of the "South Asian Expeditionary Force", officially established the name as "South Asian Continental Bridge Corps", referred to as "Continental Bridge Corps", the number will become a nightmare that made the Allies linger in World War I in the First World War.

After the military meeting of the Ministry of National Defense ended, commanders at all levels left Nanjing one after another in the afternoon of the same day and went to their respective command centers to prepare for the war. Also on that night, Wu Shaoting attended the CIA high-level meeting and formally authorized the order to launch the "decapitation operation"...
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