Chapter 1316
Tao Donglai's Deployment
Chapter 1316 Tao Donglai's Deployment
In the past few years after Haihan unified Hainan Island, the Haihan army's combat missions were almost all carried out overseas. The only large-scale military operation on the island was to put down the Shilu mine riot.During this period, no foreign enemies invaded or attacked Hainan Island, so the officers were a little surprised when they heard the news.
However, some senior military officers quickly thought of why the Spaniards took the initiative to provoke Haihan. This was probably to avenge their expulsion from the Taipei area by the Haihan army. At the beginning of 1633, the Haihan army successively launched offensives in the Taipei area against the Spanish coastal strongholds Tamsui and Chicken Coop. Not only did they seize these two fortresses, they also successfully drove them out of Taiwan Island.At that time, Spain did not immediately take military retaliation after suffering from this boring loss. It just conveyed its strong dissatisfaction to Haihan through an intermediary, asking Haihan to withdraw from the area automatically and compensate Spain for its war losses.Of course, these requests were automatically ignored by Haihan, the war has come to an end, who cares about the feelings of the defeated country?If you have the ability, don't talk about it, just see the real chapter under your hands.
Haihan planned this action at the time because he was sure that Spain would not be able to immediately counterattack Taipei under such an environment, because at the end of the previous year, Haihan had reached an agreement with the Dutch East India Company on the division of the rights and interests of Taiwan Island. To return to Taipei, not only will he have to fight hard with Haihan's army, but he must also be on guard against his old rival, the Dutch, who already wears a pair of pants with Haihan, waiting for an opportunity to attack him.If you want to deal with Haihan and the Netherlands at the same time, even if it is as strong as Spain, you have to carefully weigh it.
It has been two years since such a calculation, and the Manila authorities have not taken any retaliatory actions, which seems to have acquiesced in Haihan's exclusive control over the South China Sea.Afterwards, Haihan established the South China Sea Trade Alliance, and Portugal, the Netherlands, and countries in the region joined in one after another, and Haihan was likely to be elected as the leader of the region.The Manila authorities remained silent, not only did not make any statement, but also did not send anyone to participate in the meeting, as if they were independent of Haihan's diplomatic circle.
After Haihan had been wary of him for a while, he shifted his development focus back to the direction of going north and south, and he didn't take the initiative to provoke the Spaniards.Although the two countries have completely cut off diplomatic exchanges, the non-governmental trade between Manila and Ming Dynasty has always been relatively prosperous, so there are still many Ming businessmen who take the initiative to act as middlemen and engage in entrepot trade between Hainan Island and Luzon Island. Various industrial products exported by Haihan can be bought in the market in Manila, and products from the Spanish American colonies can also be seen in the market in Sanya.The two countries pretended not to know about such entrepot trade completed by intermediaries, and did not deliberately block this kind of international trade that is not well-defined in nature but quite lucrative.
Of course, the Spaniards were not completely idle during this period. The Spanish spy case that was raging in Victory Harbor in early 1634 fully proved this point.That time, because of a seemingly accidental death, the number of hidden people was brought out, which also sounded the alarm for the security department. The Spaniards seemed to have no response, but they may have collected a lot of relevant information secretly. If they really let them find What loopholes, maybe the means of revenge will come unexpectedly.
After the espionage case, the Manila authorities continued to keep silent, as if the spies captured in Victory Harbor had nothing to do with them, and they did not even ask Haihan to redeem the captives through an intermediary.Unexpectedly, after a lapse of more than a year, the Spaniards seemed to be finally ready to go to war, and quietly began to assemble the fleet. It seemed that this time they probably wanted to settle the old score with Haihan.But maybe the Spaniards didn't expect that Haihan's espionage work was not at a disadvantage. He also deployed intelligence personnel in Manila for a long time to lurk for a long time to collect local military and political information.
It is not difficult to judge the authenticity of the information sent back this time. Large-scale cross-sea operations in this era involve combat supplies on the scale of thousands of people. Even powerful sea power countries must make long-term preparations.In a large seaport city like Manila, it is difficult to completely conceal the gathering of people and materials. As long as someone with a heart conducts long-term monitoring of specific groups of people and areas, it is not difficult to find signs of war.With some more targeted investigations, we can basically confirm who the Manila authorities want to use military means to deal with.
The secret report pointed out that the Manila authorities have recently secretly hired a group of Chinese sailors who have been in and out of Sanya many times, or who are familiar with the coastal terrain of Hainan Island. It is very likely that they will play the role of leading the party.Although this incident has not spread among the general public, many people in the local Chinese circle have heard the news more or less.However, when the Spaniards were going to do it, the local intelligence personnel did not find out the exact time. They could only infer from some fragmented information such as the progress of material preparations that the Spanish armed fleet should set off within half a month.
After Tao Donglai introduced the general situation, he had someone hang up a map of the South China Sea in the meeting room.The straight-line voyage from Manila to Sanya is more than [-] nautical miles, crossing most of the South China Sea from east to west, and there are no large islands and reefs in this sea area that can be used as supply points, so if the Spaniards want to attack Hainan Island, they must do so in one go. Come to the goal.At the normal speed of Spanish sailing ships, if the weather is fine, the large fleet will need to sail at sea for about a week from Manila to Sanya. Considering the difficulty of obtaining supplies in such a long-distance raid, there may be follow-up supply fleets delayed for a few days Following behind, perhaps this is one of the main reasons why the Spaniards have not taken military revenge against Haihan for a long time.
If the half-month time in the intelligence is used as the limit, and the several days it took to transmit the news on the way are counted, then there are at most five to seven days before the Spanish fleet will set off from Manila.Of course, it is also possible that when Sanya received the secret report, the Spanish fleet had already left the port of Manila and was currently on its way to Hainan Island.The time left for Haihan to prepare for the battle may be as short as four or five days, and the longest may be more than ten days.
Although the time is tight, it is better to have a little buffer time than to be caught off guard by the enemy's sneak attack.Tao Donglai quickly made deployments. First, he immediately notified the coastal cities and counties around Hainan Island to gather garrisons and militia forces to strengthen coastal patrols in the near future; In the past, the radius of 24 nautical miles centered on Sanya was expanded to a radius of [-] nautical miles. At the same time, light reconnaissance ships were sent to the east to conduct a wider search for the sea routes that the enemy fleet might use; The coastal defense forts must have enough combat personnel on duty [-] hours a day; the fourth is to strictly check the ships and personnel arriving in Hong Kong recently, in case the other party sends people to sneak in in advance and take advantage of the chaos at this juncture; According to wartime standards, logistics units should prepare combat materials and medical treatment as soon as possible.
Although Tao Donglai has not been on the front line to command operations in recent years, he is still familiar with these basic defensive measures.As for whether it is necessary to publicly inform the public, Tao Donglai believes that it is not necessary for the time being. If the public knows that a war is going to start at their doorstep, it may cause mass panic, and there is no guarantee that there will be no chaos such as large-scale fleeing.In addition, Tao Donglai did not think that the Spaniards had any hope of setting foot on the land of Sanya. If the opponent's fleet could rush to the port to land, then Tao Donglai probably had to seriously reflect on the combat capabilities of his own army.
After Tao Donglai gave the order, the various departments of the Ministry of National Defense immediately carried out the implementation separately.After roughly finishing his deployment, he hurried back to the office of the executive committee. After being notified, the principals of the various departments in Sanya have come here to assemble, waiting for Tao Donglai's report.
"The Spaniards are about to hit the door. Although we can underestimate them strategically, we still need to pay enough attention tactically." Tao Donglai rushed into the meeting room and sat down, first setting the tone for this matter: " Informing everyone to come over, I also hope that everyone can come up with suggestions and tide over the crisis together."
"Since the Spaniards are automatically delivered to their door, don't let them go in vain, use this opportunity to teach them a good lesson." Johnson didn't speak much at the meeting of the Ministry of Defense just now, but now at the meeting He is an insider of the traverser, so he can let go and say a few harsh words: "Don't just think about defense this time, why not think about how to keep the Spaniards! Last time I let them go in Taiwan One yard, it seems that they have to be injured a little bit, and the curative effect can last for a few more years."
"You are an angel in white who saves lives and heals the wounded, can you not be so vicious in your words?" He Xi took up the conversation with a smile: "If we want to fight a war of annihilation, it will probably be difficult to achieve the goal by encircling and suppressing at sea? If we let them land, it is also possible It will cause social panic, but in my opinion, we should focus on expulsion, and end the fighting as soon as possible, so as not to cause too much psychological pressure on the local people and foreign businessmen."
"I agree with Minister He. War can only solve superficial problems. The fundamental crux of the problem between my country and Spain lies in the conflict of interests, which is difficult to completely resolve through local wars." He Xi's platform is a pacifist Gu Kai, he has been opposed to using military means to solve problems all the year round, and everyone has become accustomed to it, so this argument did not cause much reaction.
But He Xi knew how to be a man, and immediately gave him a reward so that he could continue the conversation: "Then, is there any good way for Minister Gu to give us a reference?"
Gu Kaidao: "I think as long as it can act as a sufficient deterrent to the Spaniards on the battlefield, it should be done so that the two sides can sit down and communicate calmly during subsequent negotiations. If you kill the Spaniards in one go Hundreds of Spaniards have been killed, and everyone has created a situation where there is no end to death, how can we stop the war after that? If you are not sure about ending the war, then it is best not to start the war easily."
"You may have made a mistake. We don't need to negotiate any kind of truce with the Spaniards before we beat them down." Although Johnson had been disarmed for a long time, the soldier's violent temper He still kept it, and when he heard Gu Kai's words revealed a breath of compromise, he immediately turned back in a daze.
Gu Kai coughed dryly and said, "Of course the war must be fought, but what I mean is that when fighting, we must also consider ending the war in a reasonable way..."
"The best way to end a war is to completely defeat the enemy!" Johnson retorted before he finished speaking: "Have you ever thought that if the Spaniards have the upper hand in this battle, then they will be willing to stop and follow?" Shall we negotiate? You will probably say that you can try to communicate with the Spaniards at that time, but what I want to say is that only by defeating the opponent can you take the initiative in your own hands, and everything else is nonsense!"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Tao Donglai saw that the two were still arguing, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop their continuation of the argument: "Stop discussing the philosophy of war in depth. The problem we need to solve now is how to deal with it?" Resolve this crisis at the lowest cost, and at the same time strive for the greatest benefit for ourselves. You two think about it first, don't rush to speak... Ning Qi, what do you think?"
Ning Qi replied calmly: "In fact, my opinion is more similar to that of Minister He. Since the other party has attacked, he must take action to drive away the enemy. But the Spaniards are here for Sanya. Sanya is in chaos. The whole of Haihan will be chaotic, and what we have to do is to maintain a stable law and order situation in Sanya as much as possible, so as not to affect the overall situation."
The Sanya area is home to more than [-]% of the population of Hainan Island, nearly [-]% of the commercial establishments, and a large number of industrial production units.A considerable part of the wealth and talents of the entire Haihan Kingdom is located in this area. If the war in Sanya causes chaos among the people, the loss to Haihan will be immeasurable.
He Xi, Gu Kai, and Ning Qi's worries were different, but the general direction was the same, and their worries were not unreasonable. Since Haihan officially established the country, the mainland has never been invaded by war, although Haihan The army has been winning battles outside, but it is really difficult to make a clear judgment on how high the people's ability to bear the war is at this moment.As the ruling class of this country, these people here also have to carefully weigh whether to take risks to pursue a perfect victory, or to seek stability and only need a phased victory.
(End of this chapter)
In the past few years after Haihan unified Hainan Island, the Haihan army's combat missions were almost all carried out overseas. The only large-scale military operation on the island was to put down the Shilu mine riot.During this period, no foreign enemies invaded or attacked Hainan Island, so the officers were a little surprised when they heard the news.
However, some senior military officers quickly thought of why the Spaniards took the initiative to provoke Haihan. This was probably to avenge their expulsion from the Taipei area by the Haihan army. At the beginning of 1633, the Haihan army successively launched offensives in the Taipei area against the Spanish coastal strongholds Tamsui and Chicken Coop. Not only did they seize these two fortresses, they also successfully drove them out of Taiwan Island.At that time, Spain did not immediately take military retaliation after suffering from this boring loss. It just conveyed its strong dissatisfaction to Haihan through an intermediary, asking Haihan to withdraw from the area automatically and compensate Spain for its war losses.Of course, these requests were automatically ignored by Haihan, the war has come to an end, who cares about the feelings of the defeated country?If you have the ability, don't talk about it, just see the real chapter under your hands.
Haihan planned this action at the time because he was sure that Spain would not be able to immediately counterattack Taipei under such an environment, because at the end of the previous year, Haihan had reached an agreement with the Dutch East India Company on the division of the rights and interests of Taiwan Island. To return to Taipei, not only will he have to fight hard with Haihan's army, but he must also be on guard against his old rival, the Dutch, who already wears a pair of pants with Haihan, waiting for an opportunity to attack him.If you want to deal with Haihan and the Netherlands at the same time, even if it is as strong as Spain, you have to carefully weigh it.
It has been two years since such a calculation, and the Manila authorities have not taken any retaliatory actions, which seems to have acquiesced in Haihan's exclusive control over the South China Sea.Afterwards, Haihan established the South China Sea Trade Alliance, and Portugal, the Netherlands, and countries in the region joined in one after another, and Haihan was likely to be elected as the leader of the region.The Manila authorities remained silent, not only did not make any statement, but also did not send anyone to participate in the meeting, as if they were independent of Haihan's diplomatic circle.
After Haihan had been wary of him for a while, he shifted his development focus back to the direction of going north and south, and he didn't take the initiative to provoke the Spaniards.Although the two countries have completely cut off diplomatic exchanges, the non-governmental trade between Manila and Ming Dynasty has always been relatively prosperous, so there are still many Ming businessmen who take the initiative to act as middlemen and engage in entrepot trade between Hainan Island and Luzon Island. Various industrial products exported by Haihan can be bought in the market in Manila, and products from the Spanish American colonies can also be seen in the market in Sanya.The two countries pretended not to know about such entrepot trade completed by intermediaries, and did not deliberately block this kind of international trade that is not well-defined in nature but quite lucrative.
Of course, the Spaniards were not completely idle during this period. The Spanish spy case that was raging in Victory Harbor in early 1634 fully proved this point.That time, because of a seemingly accidental death, the number of hidden people was brought out, which also sounded the alarm for the security department. The Spaniards seemed to have no response, but they may have collected a lot of relevant information secretly. If they really let them find What loopholes, maybe the means of revenge will come unexpectedly.
After the espionage case, the Manila authorities continued to keep silent, as if the spies captured in Victory Harbor had nothing to do with them, and they did not even ask Haihan to redeem the captives through an intermediary.Unexpectedly, after a lapse of more than a year, the Spaniards seemed to be finally ready to go to war, and quietly began to assemble the fleet. It seemed that this time they probably wanted to settle the old score with Haihan.But maybe the Spaniards didn't expect that Haihan's espionage work was not at a disadvantage. He also deployed intelligence personnel in Manila for a long time to lurk for a long time to collect local military and political information.
It is not difficult to judge the authenticity of the information sent back this time. Large-scale cross-sea operations in this era involve combat supplies on the scale of thousands of people. Even powerful sea power countries must make long-term preparations.In a large seaport city like Manila, it is difficult to completely conceal the gathering of people and materials. As long as someone with a heart conducts long-term monitoring of specific groups of people and areas, it is not difficult to find signs of war.With some more targeted investigations, we can basically confirm who the Manila authorities want to use military means to deal with.
The secret report pointed out that the Manila authorities have recently secretly hired a group of Chinese sailors who have been in and out of Sanya many times, or who are familiar with the coastal terrain of Hainan Island. It is very likely that they will play the role of leading the party.Although this incident has not spread among the general public, many people in the local Chinese circle have heard the news more or less.However, when the Spaniards were going to do it, the local intelligence personnel did not find out the exact time. They could only infer from some fragmented information such as the progress of material preparations that the Spanish armed fleet should set off within half a month.
After Tao Donglai introduced the general situation, he had someone hang up a map of the South China Sea in the meeting room.The straight-line voyage from Manila to Sanya is more than [-] nautical miles, crossing most of the South China Sea from east to west, and there are no large islands and reefs in this sea area that can be used as supply points, so if the Spaniards want to attack Hainan Island, they must do so in one go. Come to the goal.At the normal speed of Spanish sailing ships, if the weather is fine, the large fleet will need to sail at sea for about a week from Manila to Sanya. Considering the difficulty of obtaining supplies in such a long-distance raid, there may be follow-up supply fleets delayed for a few days Following behind, perhaps this is one of the main reasons why the Spaniards have not taken military revenge against Haihan for a long time.
If the half-month time in the intelligence is used as the limit, and the several days it took to transmit the news on the way are counted, then there are at most five to seven days before the Spanish fleet will set off from Manila.Of course, it is also possible that when Sanya received the secret report, the Spanish fleet had already left the port of Manila and was currently on its way to Hainan Island.The time left for Haihan to prepare for the battle may be as short as four or five days, and the longest may be more than ten days.
Although the time is tight, it is better to have a little buffer time than to be caught off guard by the enemy's sneak attack.Tao Donglai quickly made deployments. First, he immediately notified the coastal cities and counties around Hainan Island to gather garrisons and militia forces to strengthen coastal patrols in the near future; In the past, the radius of 24 nautical miles centered on Sanya was expanded to a radius of [-] nautical miles. At the same time, light reconnaissance ships were sent to the east to conduct a wider search for the sea routes that the enemy fleet might use; The coastal defense forts must have enough combat personnel on duty [-] hours a day; the fourth is to strictly check the ships and personnel arriving in Hong Kong recently, in case the other party sends people to sneak in in advance and take advantage of the chaos at this juncture; According to wartime standards, logistics units should prepare combat materials and medical treatment as soon as possible.
Although Tao Donglai has not been on the front line to command operations in recent years, he is still familiar with these basic defensive measures.As for whether it is necessary to publicly inform the public, Tao Donglai believes that it is not necessary for the time being. If the public knows that a war is going to start at their doorstep, it may cause mass panic, and there is no guarantee that there will be no chaos such as large-scale fleeing.In addition, Tao Donglai did not think that the Spaniards had any hope of setting foot on the land of Sanya. If the opponent's fleet could rush to the port to land, then Tao Donglai probably had to seriously reflect on the combat capabilities of his own army.
After Tao Donglai gave the order, the various departments of the Ministry of National Defense immediately carried out the implementation separately.After roughly finishing his deployment, he hurried back to the office of the executive committee. After being notified, the principals of the various departments in Sanya have come here to assemble, waiting for Tao Donglai's report.
"The Spaniards are about to hit the door. Although we can underestimate them strategically, we still need to pay enough attention tactically." Tao Donglai rushed into the meeting room and sat down, first setting the tone for this matter: " Informing everyone to come over, I also hope that everyone can come up with suggestions and tide over the crisis together."
"Since the Spaniards are automatically delivered to their door, don't let them go in vain, use this opportunity to teach them a good lesson." Johnson didn't speak much at the meeting of the Ministry of Defense just now, but now at the meeting He is an insider of the traverser, so he can let go and say a few harsh words: "Don't just think about defense this time, why not think about how to keep the Spaniards! Last time I let them go in Taiwan One yard, it seems that they have to be injured a little bit, and the curative effect can last for a few more years."
"You are an angel in white who saves lives and heals the wounded, can you not be so vicious in your words?" He Xi took up the conversation with a smile: "If we want to fight a war of annihilation, it will probably be difficult to achieve the goal by encircling and suppressing at sea? If we let them land, it is also possible It will cause social panic, but in my opinion, we should focus on expulsion, and end the fighting as soon as possible, so as not to cause too much psychological pressure on the local people and foreign businessmen."
"I agree with Minister He. War can only solve superficial problems. The fundamental crux of the problem between my country and Spain lies in the conflict of interests, which is difficult to completely resolve through local wars." He Xi's platform is a pacifist Gu Kai, he has been opposed to using military means to solve problems all the year round, and everyone has become accustomed to it, so this argument did not cause much reaction.
But He Xi knew how to be a man, and immediately gave him a reward so that he could continue the conversation: "Then, is there any good way for Minister Gu to give us a reference?"
Gu Kaidao: "I think as long as it can act as a sufficient deterrent to the Spaniards on the battlefield, it should be done so that the two sides can sit down and communicate calmly during subsequent negotiations. If you kill the Spaniards in one go Hundreds of Spaniards have been killed, and everyone has created a situation where there is no end to death, how can we stop the war after that? If you are not sure about ending the war, then it is best not to start the war easily."
"You may have made a mistake. We don't need to negotiate any kind of truce with the Spaniards before we beat them down." Although Johnson had been disarmed for a long time, the soldier's violent temper He still kept it, and when he heard Gu Kai's words revealed a breath of compromise, he immediately turned back in a daze.
Gu Kai coughed dryly and said, "Of course the war must be fought, but what I mean is that when fighting, we must also consider ending the war in a reasonable way..."
"The best way to end a war is to completely defeat the enemy!" Johnson retorted before he finished speaking: "Have you ever thought that if the Spaniards have the upper hand in this battle, then they will be willing to stop and follow?" Shall we negotiate? You will probably say that you can try to communicate with the Spaniards at that time, but what I want to say is that only by defeating the opponent can you take the initiative in your own hands, and everything else is nonsense!"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Tao Donglai saw that the two were still arguing, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop their continuation of the argument: "Stop discussing the philosophy of war in depth. The problem we need to solve now is how to deal with it?" Resolve this crisis at the lowest cost, and at the same time strive for the greatest benefit for ourselves. You two think about it first, don't rush to speak... Ning Qi, what do you think?"
Ning Qi replied calmly: "In fact, my opinion is more similar to that of Minister He. Since the other party has attacked, he must take action to drive away the enemy. But the Spaniards are here for Sanya. Sanya is in chaos. The whole of Haihan will be chaotic, and what we have to do is to maintain a stable law and order situation in Sanya as much as possible, so as not to affect the overall situation."
The Sanya area is home to more than [-]% of the population of Hainan Island, nearly [-]% of the commercial establishments, and a large number of industrial production units.A considerable part of the wealth and talents of the entire Haihan Kingdom is located in this area. If the war in Sanya causes chaos among the people, the loss to Haihan will be immeasurable.
He Xi, Gu Kai, and Ning Qi's worries were different, but the general direction was the same, and their worries were not unreasonable. Since Haihan officially established the country, the mainland has never been invaded by war, although Haihan The army has been winning battles outside, but it is really difficult to make a clear judgment on how high the people's ability to bear the war is at this moment.As the ruling class of this country, these people here also have to carefully weigh whether to take risks to pursue a perfect victory, or to seek stability and only need a phased victory.
(End of this chapter)