Chapter 1408
Chapter 1408
Chapter 1408
The whole letter is about the situation at home, and there is no sensitive information in it.However, Liu Shang's specialty is to collect intelligence. From the scraps of information in the letter, he still learned some of the current situation of Haihan society from the side, especially some information related to the military.
Haihan has always treated soldiers very well. In addition to the preferential treatment for naturalization, the conditions for veterans and casualties are also very generous.As for the ace troops like the Special War Battalion, the military salary of soldiers during wartime is even higher than that of civilian officials like Liu Shang. Coupled with various awards for military merits, soldiers can often save a fortune when they retire. considerable wealth.
Haihan’s current military service system is mainly based on recruitment. Ordinary troops can be discharged after three years of service, while special forces such as naval combat troops, special warfare battalions, South China Sea special warfare brigades, cavalry battalions, and snipers have long training cycles. , the overall investment is large, and there are more military secrets to be exposed to, so you will be required to serve at least five years of military service before you can apply for discharge. Of course, special conditions such as injuries and illnesses are not included in this list.When retiring from the army, not only will there be a pension, but also a piece of land under his name, which is enough to ensure that soldiers can have a relatively stable source of income after retiring from the army.
However, as long as they can get ahead during their service and have an official position, these soldiers will generally not choose to retire on their own initiative. After all, compared with ordinary soldiers, the treatment of officers has been greatly improved, and Haihan has continued to fight abroad. Well, it's really not difficult for soldiers to climb up the ranks based on their military merits. In front-line troops like the Special War Battalion, there are quite a few opportunities to earn promotion capital for themselves on the battlefield.
Those who entered the special operations battalion almost always took Takahashi Minami as their role model and goal. Although he was able to rise to the top position, there were some reasons why the times made heroes, but latecomers did not pay too much attention to such details.Besides, the officers in the special warfare battalion now climb up step by step from the small soldiers, which is a fair path for most people, so the retreat rate of the special warfare battalion is quite low, and those who have served for more than five years Quite a lot.
After Liu Shang finished reading the letter, the soldier got up and went to thank him, but Liu Shang estimated that he would go to the letter writing queue immediately after he went out.After reading seven or eight letters in this way, Sun Zhen went into the tent to chase away the soldiers, and asked the remaining soldiers to come tomorrow and let Liu Shang and others rest early.
Liu Shang had drank some wine earlier, and was a little tired after working his head so hard, so he washed up and went to bed to rest.
Lushun Fort will close the north and south gates at night, so there is no need to worry about wild animals coming in at night, and there is no safety problem if you live in a tent.However, the insulation performance of this tent is too poor. Although there is a small charcoal stove that lasts all night, it still feels cold when lying in bed, and it takes a long time to warm up slowly.
Liu Shang lay on the bed, listening to the snoring of everyone in the tent, he couldn't help admiring that these guys could fall asleep quickly in such a cold place.He was born in the south. When he was in Shandong, he already felt that the local climate was difficult to adapt to. After he came to Liaodong, he deeply learned what the word "winter" means in the north.The living environment in Lushun is far inferior to that in Shandong. Apart from the good food, the infrastructure is too simple. Even the winter heating method cannot be solved well. It is no wonder that there will be an epidemic in the middle of winter.
Although he came to the snow-capped Liaodong from Sanya according to the arrangement, to be honest, Liu Shang still doesn't quite understand why Haihan must spend a lot of resources to attack the Liaodong area.Although the executive committee said it was to help Daming and rescue the Han people in Liaodong who were bullied and enslaved by Houjin, Liu Shang did not believe that the Haihan people who put profit first in everything would have such good intentions that they would leave without Daming asking for help publicly. Send troops to fight in bitter cold places thousands of miles away.What's more, judging from the current attitude of the Shandong government, they are not necessarily willing to accept Haihan, an unexpected guest, to help them defend themselves against foreign enemies.
Liu Shang believes that the post-Jin country, which is not good at sailing, can't threaten Haihan, who has become the hegemony of the sea in the south, and there is no direct conflict of interest between the two.If the purpose of marching into Liaodong is for the Han population in Liaodong, then you can support the Shen family in Pidao as an agent to operate this kind of thing. Haihan has already had successful experience in Fujian, and it should not be possible to replicate it again. It will be too difficult.
If it is for the land in Liaodong, Liu Shang thinks it is even more unnecessary. After the trip around Hainan Island, he realized a truth. Haihan is not short of food, but only short of population. Occupying too much land is harmful to Haihan at this stage. For Han, it does not have much practical significance. On the contrary, it is easy to weaken the dominance because the control area is too scattered.The land in Liaodong is in a state of being unable to construct and cultivate for several months every year, which is not good for Haihan, who pays attention to infrastructure.
Liu Shang's vision limited the height of his view of the problem. Naturally, he could not have imagined that what Haihan's high-level officials were looking at was not a city and a pool of land, but a strategic layout that would influence the situation in the entire Northeast Asia region after a few years.Whether it is the Han people in Liaodong or the land, these are not the primary issues considered by the Haihan Executive Committee. Liaodong and Shandong will form a grip on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and after occupying strategic locations, they will establish a bridgehead to control the coast of Northeast Asia. Ambitious goals are the main reason for Haihan to take military action in this area.Even though it may take years and months to achieve this situation, the senior Haihan will continue to promote military and colonial operations in the Liaodong region.
Liu Shang didn't have such a grand map in his mind, and he didn't understand that what Haihan wanted was not only the Liaodong Peninsula, but also the vast sea area adjacent to it.Haihan didn't trust his agent to do these things, just like Haihan supported Xu Xinsu in Fujian, but he still spent a lot of time clearing out Taiwan Island and Penghu as his own.Haihan will never hand over the control of key areas and sea areas with strategic significance to others.
Of course, in addition to the consideration of geographical strategic location, another important reason is political considerations.Haihan, who has mastered the historical process, does not want the Ming Dynasty to fall under the post-golden iron heel, and the mainland area is controlled by the Han regime. This has special meaning for the traversers who are in charge of Haihan.But Liu still doesn't know and can't understand this special emotion, so he will probably never understand why Hai Han did such a seemingly unreasonable thing.
While Liu Shang was lying on the bed, Morgan was gathering Gao Qiaonan and other military officers for a meeting to discuss how to launch a reconnaissance operation against the Jinzhou Isthmus area in the near future.
The purpose of Morgan bringing the sniper team to Lushun is to use combat as a substitute for training, to hone these subordinates who lack the combat experience in the Northland on the real battlefield, even including himself.For the Haihan army, the experience in combat in this area is still extremely lacking. Even if the Haihan army seemed to have the upper hand in the previous confrontations, it does not mean that the troops have adapted to the environment here.
In fact, shortly after the battle with Houjin ended, the special warfare battalion staying behind in Lushun began to have an epidemic. If the war continued for another ten days and a half months, it would be difficult to predict the direction of the situation.The Hou Jin army's ability to adapt to the Liaodong area is far superior to that of Haihan. Although they were a little confused by Haihan's three-axes in the previous confrontation, they did not lose their counterattack power.If the Haihan army can't sum up a set of effective combat methods as soon as possible, then the offensive after the beginning of spring may not be able to proceed smoothly.
There are several braziers in the meeting room to keep the temperature in the room at a relatively warm level.Morgan had already taken off his heavy coat, and stood in front of the map of the Liaodong Peninsula to explain his plan to the officers.
"...The mountainous area to the northeast of Fort Lushun, you have been going back and forth for two months, and you must be very familiar with the terrain and environment, so I plan to take the sniper team to adapt to the mountainous area for a period of time, and then see if it depends on the situation. Continue to move north. Battalion Commander Takahashi, you can send me some experts who are familiar with the terrain, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Sensing Morgan's gaze, Gao Qiaonan quickly stood up and responded, "I will fully cooperate with the chief!"
Morgan made a gesture for Takahashi Minami to sit down, and then continued: "The combat effectiveness that snipers can display is linked to logistical support to a certain extent. Snipers are generally light-packed when they are out in the field, and the ammunition and food they can carry and survival materials are relatively limited, so the radius of its activities is basically centered on the supply point. If Lushun Fort is used as the supply point, of course, it can also move within a radius of about [-] miles like the soldiers of the special warfare battalion. However, the special warfare battalion can use horses to carry supplies, but the sniper combat method excludes such conditions. For them, the larger the radius of action, the more survival supplies they have to carry. So I hope to be able to Establish a forward position in this place, push the supply point northward, and provide better logistical support for the snipers."
Takahashi Nanxin replied comprehendingly: "We have mastered at least two such places, both of which are centered on the water source. When we confronted the Hou Jin army in the mountainous area, the battle around the water source did not stop for almost a day. If you control the water source in the mountainous area, you have control over the area. If the chief wants to set up the supply point in the mountainous area, then Beizhi thinks that the water source area will be a more suitable choice."
Under Morgan's instruction, these two water sources were quickly marked on the map. One was a ravine near the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the other was located on the northern edge of a mountainous area, close to the plain bordering the Jinzhou Isthmus.Morgan took a rough look at the location, and chose the latter as the main supply point for the snipers during their outings, because this place was almost exactly at the midpoint between Fort Lushun and the Jinzhou Isthmus, which could fully guarantee that the snipers would not be able to leave without leaving. Supplies after the mountains.
"Tell me about the situation of this place." Without wasting any time, Morgan immediately asked Gao Qiaonan for detailed information.
Gao Qiao Nanying said: "This place is actually a mountain lake. In the past, there were several villages around it. However, after Houjin occupied Jinzhou, the people in these places were reduced to slaves and were captured by Houjin Lu one after another. From the north bank of the lake, over a mountain ridge, there is a plain area. Houjin’s patrol troops will not enter the mountain, but they are more active on the plain outside the mountain. Beizhi deployed a team there People, usually in about three days will send people to take turns."
Morgan nodded and said, "Then when is the next rotation?"
"Two days later."
"If the local epidemic can stabilize in two days, I will lead the team there." Morgan immediately made a decision.
Regarding the specific arrangement of the action, there are still many details that need to be discussed slowly. This meeting was held until midnight before it was declared over.In the next two days, all personnel involved in this operation will enter a state of readiness.
From the next day, the military doctors and doctors who came with the team also began to devote themselves to their work.On the one hand, it is necessary to organize personnel to carry out all-round disinfection of the isolation area to check whether the isolation measures have met the requirements proposed by Morgan; He will be transported to the seaside and put on a ship, and returned to Shandong for treatment.
This time the fleet brought in a large amount of medicinal materials, and the doctors no longer had to worry that the prescriptions they prescribed would only stay on paper in a short time.Although Morgan is not good at using Chinese herbal medicines for treatment, he believes that his judgment on the epidemic will not be too biased. As long as isolation and treatment measures are implemented, this small-scale epidemic will not continue to wreak havoc, and the trouble it can cause to the garrison is probably It will be terminated soon.
However, Liu Shang and Tan Wei were still not free from the task of reading the letter. Since the doctors were all engaged in formal work today, they even had to do the task of writing the letter.Tan Wei had no complaints about this, and just received the soldiers who came to ask for help one by one.
After finally staying up until noon to rest, Liu Shang dropped his pen and stretched his wrist, and said to Tan Wei with a wry smile, "My hand is almost broken, Brother Tan is at ease, is there some secret?"
Tan Wei said sternly: "There is no one else, but I know you well. To tell you the truth, brother Liu, when I first joined the army as an errand, I was a full-time ghostwriter in the army, and my daily errands were to write family letters for the soldiers. At the time, I had to write thirty or forty letters a day.”
Liu Shang was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud: "No wonder you are so proficient, it turns out that you are a veteran! Admire, admiration!"
Tan Wei waved his hand and said, "Anyway, idleness is idleness. It is also Tan's duty to do something for these brothers who are away from home. Brother Liu, in fact, ghostwriting and reading letters for the soldiers. It is also a part of political propaganda, as long as you put your heart into it, this is also a place where you and I can shine."
Liu Shanglian claimed it was, and thought that Tan Wei was so enlightened, no wonder he was able to serve as a political cadre in the army.
(End of this chapter)
The whole letter is about the situation at home, and there is no sensitive information in it.However, Liu Shang's specialty is to collect intelligence. From the scraps of information in the letter, he still learned some of the current situation of Haihan society from the side, especially some information related to the military.
Haihan has always treated soldiers very well. In addition to the preferential treatment for naturalization, the conditions for veterans and casualties are also very generous.As for the ace troops like the Special War Battalion, the military salary of soldiers during wartime is even higher than that of civilian officials like Liu Shang. Coupled with various awards for military merits, soldiers can often save a fortune when they retire. considerable wealth.
Haihan’s current military service system is mainly based on recruitment. Ordinary troops can be discharged after three years of service, while special forces such as naval combat troops, special warfare battalions, South China Sea special warfare brigades, cavalry battalions, and snipers have long training cycles. , the overall investment is large, and there are more military secrets to be exposed to, so you will be required to serve at least five years of military service before you can apply for discharge. Of course, special conditions such as injuries and illnesses are not included in this list.When retiring from the army, not only will there be a pension, but also a piece of land under his name, which is enough to ensure that soldiers can have a relatively stable source of income after retiring from the army.
However, as long as they can get ahead during their service and have an official position, these soldiers will generally not choose to retire on their own initiative. After all, compared with ordinary soldiers, the treatment of officers has been greatly improved, and Haihan has continued to fight abroad. Well, it's really not difficult for soldiers to climb up the ranks based on their military merits. In front-line troops like the Special War Battalion, there are quite a few opportunities to earn promotion capital for themselves on the battlefield.
Those who entered the special operations battalion almost always took Takahashi Minami as their role model and goal. Although he was able to rise to the top position, there were some reasons why the times made heroes, but latecomers did not pay too much attention to such details.Besides, the officers in the special warfare battalion now climb up step by step from the small soldiers, which is a fair path for most people, so the retreat rate of the special warfare battalion is quite low, and those who have served for more than five years Quite a lot.
After Liu Shang finished reading the letter, the soldier got up and went to thank him, but Liu Shang estimated that he would go to the letter writing queue immediately after he went out.After reading seven or eight letters in this way, Sun Zhen went into the tent to chase away the soldiers, and asked the remaining soldiers to come tomorrow and let Liu Shang and others rest early.
Liu Shang had drank some wine earlier, and was a little tired after working his head so hard, so he washed up and went to bed to rest.
Lushun Fort will close the north and south gates at night, so there is no need to worry about wild animals coming in at night, and there is no safety problem if you live in a tent.However, the insulation performance of this tent is too poor. Although there is a small charcoal stove that lasts all night, it still feels cold when lying in bed, and it takes a long time to warm up slowly.
Liu Shang lay on the bed, listening to the snoring of everyone in the tent, he couldn't help admiring that these guys could fall asleep quickly in such a cold place.He was born in the south. When he was in Shandong, he already felt that the local climate was difficult to adapt to. After he came to Liaodong, he deeply learned what the word "winter" means in the north.The living environment in Lushun is far inferior to that in Shandong. Apart from the good food, the infrastructure is too simple. Even the winter heating method cannot be solved well. It is no wonder that there will be an epidemic in the middle of winter.
Although he came to the snow-capped Liaodong from Sanya according to the arrangement, to be honest, Liu Shang still doesn't quite understand why Haihan must spend a lot of resources to attack the Liaodong area.Although the executive committee said it was to help Daming and rescue the Han people in Liaodong who were bullied and enslaved by Houjin, Liu Shang did not believe that the Haihan people who put profit first in everything would have such good intentions that they would leave without Daming asking for help publicly. Send troops to fight in bitter cold places thousands of miles away.What's more, judging from the current attitude of the Shandong government, they are not necessarily willing to accept Haihan, an unexpected guest, to help them defend themselves against foreign enemies.
Liu Shang believes that the post-Jin country, which is not good at sailing, can't threaten Haihan, who has become the hegemony of the sea in the south, and there is no direct conflict of interest between the two.If the purpose of marching into Liaodong is for the Han population in Liaodong, then you can support the Shen family in Pidao as an agent to operate this kind of thing. Haihan has already had successful experience in Fujian, and it should not be possible to replicate it again. It will be too difficult.
If it is for the land in Liaodong, Liu Shang thinks it is even more unnecessary. After the trip around Hainan Island, he realized a truth. Haihan is not short of food, but only short of population. Occupying too much land is harmful to Haihan at this stage. For Han, it does not have much practical significance. On the contrary, it is easy to weaken the dominance because the control area is too scattered.The land in Liaodong is in a state of being unable to construct and cultivate for several months every year, which is not good for Haihan, who pays attention to infrastructure.
Liu Shang's vision limited the height of his view of the problem. Naturally, he could not have imagined that what Haihan's high-level officials were looking at was not a city and a pool of land, but a strategic layout that would influence the situation in the entire Northeast Asia region after a few years.Whether it is the Han people in Liaodong or the land, these are not the primary issues considered by the Haihan Executive Committee. Liaodong and Shandong will form a grip on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and after occupying strategic locations, they will establish a bridgehead to control the coast of Northeast Asia. Ambitious goals are the main reason for Haihan to take military action in this area.Even though it may take years and months to achieve this situation, the senior Haihan will continue to promote military and colonial operations in the Liaodong region.
Liu Shang didn't have such a grand map in his mind, and he didn't understand that what Haihan wanted was not only the Liaodong Peninsula, but also the vast sea area adjacent to it.Haihan didn't trust his agent to do these things, just like Haihan supported Xu Xinsu in Fujian, but he still spent a lot of time clearing out Taiwan Island and Penghu as his own.Haihan will never hand over the control of key areas and sea areas with strategic significance to others.
Of course, in addition to the consideration of geographical strategic location, another important reason is political considerations.Haihan, who has mastered the historical process, does not want the Ming Dynasty to fall under the post-golden iron heel, and the mainland area is controlled by the Han regime. This has special meaning for the traversers who are in charge of Haihan.But Liu still doesn't know and can't understand this special emotion, so he will probably never understand why Hai Han did such a seemingly unreasonable thing.
While Liu Shang was lying on the bed, Morgan was gathering Gao Qiaonan and other military officers for a meeting to discuss how to launch a reconnaissance operation against the Jinzhou Isthmus area in the near future.
The purpose of Morgan bringing the sniper team to Lushun is to use combat as a substitute for training, to hone these subordinates who lack the combat experience in the Northland on the real battlefield, even including himself.For the Haihan army, the experience in combat in this area is still extremely lacking. Even if the Haihan army seemed to have the upper hand in the previous confrontations, it does not mean that the troops have adapted to the environment here.
In fact, shortly after the battle with Houjin ended, the special warfare battalion staying behind in Lushun began to have an epidemic. If the war continued for another ten days and a half months, it would be difficult to predict the direction of the situation.The Hou Jin army's ability to adapt to the Liaodong area is far superior to that of Haihan. Although they were a little confused by Haihan's three-axes in the previous confrontation, they did not lose their counterattack power.If the Haihan army can't sum up a set of effective combat methods as soon as possible, then the offensive after the beginning of spring may not be able to proceed smoothly.
There are several braziers in the meeting room to keep the temperature in the room at a relatively warm level.Morgan had already taken off his heavy coat, and stood in front of the map of the Liaodong Peninsula to explain his plan to the officers.
"...The mountainous area to the northeast of Fort Lushun, you have been going back and forth for two months, and you must be very familiar with the terrain and environment, so I plan to take the sniper team to adapt to the mountainous area for a period of time, and then see if it depends on the situation. Continue to move north. Battalion Commander Takahashi, you can send me some experts who are familiar with the terrain, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Sensing Morgan's gaze, Gao Qiaonan quickly stood up and responded, "I will fully cooperate with the chief!"
Morgan made a gesture for Takahashi Minami to sit down, and then continued: "The combat effectiveness that snipers can display is linked to logistical support to a certain extent. Snipers are generally light-packed when they are out in the field, and the ammunition and food they can carry and survival materials are relatively limited, so the radius of its activities is basically centered on the supply point. If Lushun Fort is used as the supply point, of course, it can also move within a radius of about [-] miles like the soldiers of the special warfare battalion. However, the special warfare battalion can use horses to carry supplies, but the sniper combat method excludes such conditions. For them, the larger the radius of action, the more survival supplies they have to carry. So I hope to be able to Establish a forward position in this place, push the supply point northward, and provide better logistical support for the snipers."
Takahashi Nanxin replied comprehendingly: "We have mastered at least two such places, both of which are centered on the water source. When we confronted the Hou Jin army in the mountainous area, the battle around the water source did not stop for almost a day. If you control the water source in the mountainous area, you have control over the area. If the chief wants to set up the supply point in the mountainous area, then Beizhi thinks that the water source area will be a more suitable choice."
Under Morgan's instruction, these two water sources were quickly marked on the map. One was a ravine near the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the other was located on the northern edge of a mountainous area, close to the plain bordering the Jinzhou Isthmus.Morgan took a rough look at the location, and chose the latter as the main supply point for the snipers during their outings, because this place was almost exactly at the midpoint between Fort Lushun and the Jinzhou Isthmus, which could fully guarantee that the snipers would not be able to leave without leaving. Supplies after the mountains.
"Tell me about the situation of this place." Without wasting any time, Morgan immediately asked Gao Qiaonan for detailed information.
Gao Qiao Nanying said: "This place is actually a mountain lake. In the past, there were several villages around it. However, after Houjin occupied Jinzhou, the people in these places were reduced to slaves and were captured by Houjin Lu one after another. From the north bank of the lake, over a mountain ridge, there is a plain area. Houjin’s patrol troops will not enter the mountain, but they are more active on the plain outside the mountain. Beizhi deployed a team there People, usually in about three days will send people to take turns."
Morgan nodded and said, "Then when is the next rotation?"
"Two days later."
"If the local epidemic can stabilize in two days, I will lead the team there." Morgan immediately made a decision.
Regarding the specific arrangement of the action, there are still many details that need to be discussed slowly. This meeting was held until midnight before it was declared over.In the next two days, all personnel involved in this operation will enter a state of readiness.
From the next day, the military doctors and doctors who came with the team also began to devote themselves to their work.On the one hand, it is necessary to organize personnel to carry out all-round disinfection of the isolation area to check whether the isolation measures have met the requirements proposed by Morgan; He will be transported to the seaside and put on a ship, and returned to Shandong for treatment.
This time the fleet brought in a large amount of medicinal materials, and the doctors no longer had to worry that the prescriptions they prescribed would only stay on paper in a short time.Although Morgan is not good at using Chinese herbal medicines for treatment, he believes that his judgment on the epidemic will not be too biased. As long as isolation and treatment measures are implemented, this small-scale epidemic will not continue to wreak havoc, and the trouble it can cause to the garrison is probably It will be terminated soon.
However, Liu Shang and Tan Wei were still not free from the task of reading the letter. Since the doctors were all engaged in formal work today, they even had to do the task of writing the letter.Tan Wei had no complaints about this, and just received the soldiers who came to ask for help one by one.
After finally staying up until noon to rest, Liu Shang dropped his pen and stretched his wrist, and said to Tan Wei with a wry smile, "My hand is almost broken, Brother Tan is at ease, is there some secret?"
Tan Wei said sternly: "There is no one else, but I know you well. To tell you the truth, brother Liu, when I first joined the army as an errand, I was a full-time ghostwriter in the army, and my daily errands were to write family letters for the soldiers. At the time, I had to write thirty or forty letters a day.”
Liu Shang was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud: "No wonder you are so proficient, it turns out that you are a veteran! Admire, admiration!"
Tan Wei waved his hand and said, "Anyway, idleness is idleness. It is also Tan's duty to do something for these brothers who are away from home. Brother Liu, in fact, ghostwriting and reading letters for the soldiers. It is also a part of political propaganda, as long as you put your heart into it, this is also a place where you and I can shine."
Liu Shanglian claimed it was, and thought that Tan Wei was so enlightened, no wonder he was able to serve as a political cadre in the army.
(End of this chapter)