Chapter 1424
The Lion Fights the Rabbit
Chapter 1424 The Lion Fights the Rabbit
Local officials like Zhang and Huang are naturally not ignorant of Haihan's movements. Their ears and eyes on the island have already sent back relevant information.It's just that they have always been worried about Haihan's invasion of Daming. Zhifu Island is slightly disturbed, so they can't help thinking in this direction. They never thought that Haihan's target is not Shandong, but Liaodong, which is across the sea from Shandong.Fortunately, after meeting, Qian Tiandun took the initiative to tell Haihan's plan, otherwise if they knelt down on the spot and begged for surrender, it would be a real shame.
Huang Qu did not tell the truth when he met Feng Fei on Zhifu Island. On the one hand, Qian Tiandun asked them to keep it secret, and on the other hand, he had the idea of making Feng Fei look ugly.Of course, as long as Feng Feifei was a little more cautious, there probably wouldn't be some embarrassing scenes.
As for why Haihan went to fight Houjin, let alone Zhang and Huang, even many officials in Haihan might not be able to understand this.And Qian Tiandun will definitely not waste time explaining the ins and outs of this to them, so the two of them discussed for a long time and did not come to a clear conclusion.If Haihan had no other opponents in this area, Huang Qu would have already begun to doubt the reliability of his inference.
Qian Tiandun was not surprised by the concentrated meeting of Daming officials near Zhifu Island, but he did not take it too seriously.He knew what the purpose of these people seeking to see him was, and he was very satisfied with the deterrent force formed by Haihan in the minds of local officials in Daming.If it weren't for the fact that there were too many things to prepare for, he actually wanted to see how these people were going to show their loyalty.However, since Haihan has no plans to take action against Shandong, there is no need for these officials to jump out and stand in line, revealing their position in advance, and keeping them as officials in Daming is more beneficial for Haihan to act.
This spring campaign in Liaodong will be under the command of Qian Tiandun on land. During the operation, the affairs of the Shandong colony will be temporarily handed over to several non-military officials who came to the north with the fleet. , There is a lot of work that needs to be handed over in the middle.Fortunately, Sha Xishi, who came to take over civil affairs in Liaodong this time, has rich experience. When he was in Guangdong, he had presided over civil affairs work in several places. It was not difficult to take over the affairs here.
Qian Tiandun, Chen Yixin, Harugong and other military generals were liberated from their posts, and of course they all went to the front line in Liaodong to command operations.This is a rare multi-arms joint operation of the Haihan military. Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense also arranged all the generals in the north to the front line as much as possible, in order to make full use of the opportunity of this operation to exercise the combat capability of the troops in the cold zone.
As far as Haihan's current line-up of generals is concentrated in the north, dealing with Jinzhou's Houjin army is actually quite a bit like killing a chicken with a knife.However, what the Ministry of Defense wants is such an effect.
However, the troops transferred from the south by the military this time will not be sent to Liaodong. Some of them will be temporarily stationed in Shandong, and the troops who have been replaced will be sent to Liaodong to participate in the operation.This is mainly due to the fact that it is difficult for southern soldiers to adapt to the northern environment overnight. The outbreak of the epidemic in Lushun has taught the military a lesson. Now, to send heavy troops to Liaodong, these details must be taken into account.The Shandong garrison has been here for a long time, and the degree of adaptation to the environment must be much better than that of the newly arrived southern troops, so there is such a defense arrangement.
The generals were not satisfied with the existing battle plan, and were still making partial changes to it and improving the details of the plan.If you just want to defeat the opponent, then things are relatively simple, as long as you give full play to the advantages of the Haihan Army in long-range firepower, you can be invincible.However, considering the need to train the troops' combat capability in the frigid region, to familiarize the generals and front-line commanders with the way of fighting in such battlefield conditions, and even to consider the impact of task assignment on the merits and rewards of various arms after the war, then This battle is unlikely to be fought purely for the purpose of winning, and the arrangement of the battle plan will have many places for bargaining.
Tom Wang was undoubtedly the easiest person during this period. No one could snatch the navy's military exploits, and he only needed to win the opportunity for his marines to fight ashore in a timely manner.The navy has no equal opponents in the waters near the Liaodong Peninsula, so in order to match the advance speed of the army, the navy even had to slow down the speed of action, and then launch auxiliary attacks from the coastlines on both sides when the army force reaches the Jinzhou Isthmus.
"It's not a problem to wait for the army, but since we are going to launch a landing battle on the Golden State Isthmus, then I propose that our marines take the lead." Tom Wang faced a group of army generals around and made his request unabashedly. .
"Tom, you want to eat not only meat, but also soup!" Qian Tiandun said helplessly: "Last time, the feint in Dalian Bay was handed over to your navy to operate, this time you have to fight for it again. Come on, you have to leave some military merit to our army, right?"
Tom Wang said: "I didn't say that the Army was not allowed to participate in the war! What I asked for was the Marine Corps to take the lead, that's all."
"The landing battle has to wait for the army to lead the enemy's main force before launching it. What's the point of hitting the front line?" Harrugon shook his head and said, "You can't grab the army's merit with your few troops, so why do you have to do it so much? Ugly?"
"Old ha, don't be so mean." Tom Wang retorted: "My purpose is to train the troops, not to grab some merit! Houjin doesn't have much naval armed forces, and if he wants to fight, he can't fight. Is our navy from start to finish? To be a spectator?"
"How can it be a spectator! Can't the transportation of personnel and materials from Lushun to the front line depend on your navy?" Qian Tiandun gave Tom Wang a timely hug.
However, Tom Wang obviously didn't take his flattery, shook his head and said, "If it's just for logistical transportation, why do we have to send so many naval ships to the north? Since we've come a long way, of course we have to find a way to train more troops. Row."
The generals knew in their hearts that it would not be too difficult to seize the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus with the troops mobilized this time. Haihan's victory and Houjin's defeat were almost certain things, just to see if there would be any repetitions in the middle. That's it.And everyone wants to gain some benefits for their own faction during the battle.This kind of benefit is not necessarily personal military merit, and it does not mean much to these generals with special status. The main thing is to let the troops under their command be tempered in the process of combat, their combat effectiveness can be improved, and there will be more obedience to orders. Because their own grass-roots officers can be promoted by virtue of their military merits and have greater authority.
There is cooperation between the navy and the army, but there is also a competitive relationship; they are comrades-in-arms, but from a certain perspective they are also rivals.This complex and contradictory symbiotic relationship is unavoidable in the army of any sea power country. Even if the Haihan social system is more advanced than that of the contemporary countries, and the knowledge of the traversers is more advanced, it still cannot be solved. this problem.Although this group of people have fought many battles together, every time they encounter the joint action of the two armies, they still have to fight each other and try to take the initiative verbally first.
Of course, the final result cannot be a fallout between the army and the army. In fact, as long as everyone expresses their own attitudes and the interests they want to strive for, they will eventually compromise with each other.After all, after the war, they still had to stick together to deal with the civilian groups who liked to point fingers at the military.
The Northbound Fleet spent a week resting on Zhifu Island. During this period, the troops changed their defenses and the work of various departments was handed over. Naturally, they were busy.Some of the combat-ready materials have already been shipped to Port Arthur in the north of the Bohai Strait before the troops.
After entering February, Port Lushun has received more than [-] immigrants from Phi Island and Zhifu Island.Except for a small number of civilians who were temporarily recruited from Shandong, who had to return to Shandong after the war, most of the remaining people would be resettled in Lushun and the Jinzhou area, which was later taken into the possession of Haihan.
After these personnel arrived at the port, they went into the busy construction under the command of the engineering personnel.They have to build their own dwellings, complete various infrastructure projects in the residential area, send supplies and ammunition to the front-line troops, and prepare for farming after the spring.Although the Liaodong side is still under military control, these civil construction projects have been deployed, and many have entered the implementation stage.When the offensive in the spring is over, the local people can enter the state of life in peacetime in the shortest possible time.
During this period, Liu Shang was probably one of the busiest officials in the Lushun area. He not only had to give policy presentations to the newly arrived immigrants, but also assisted the civil affairs department in managing these new immigrants.This was not his original job, but there was a serious shortage of full-time civil affairs officials in Lushun, and he happened to have work experience in related matters, so he was temporarily recruited to help without any suspense.
Spinning around the wharf of Lushun Port every day, Liu Shang not only noticed that the construction progress of the wharf here is very fast, but also noticed that the ships that arrived at Lushun Port recently have no longer shipped migrants, but have brought a large amount of materials.
Looking at the grain that was unloaded on the shore and piled up like a hill, Liu Shang was once again impressed by Haihan's powerful material transportation ability.It seemed that Haihan didn't take the Houjin army north of the Jinzhou Isthmus in his eyes at all, and directly brought these immigrants to build construction, as if he regarded this place as his own territory.And as these war preparation materials arrived at Port Lushun one after another, Liu Shang also understood that the war in Liaodong was about to start.
In mid-February, the Haihan Army stationed on Zhifu Island finally started to cross the sea.Seeing that the Haihan fleet from Zhifu Bay left the port one after another, many people in Fushan County secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Although it is not known whether the Haihan army will return here, at least the shadow of war has temporarily left Shandong.Dengzhou probably also knows that Haihan has gathered a lot of troops in Fushan County recently. It has been very quiet recently. Even after the Haihan fleet left, they still did not make any moves. It seems that they are afraid that the Haihan army will kill at some point. A back to the carbine.
Chen Yixin finally got rid of the mundane affairs of Majiazhuang and embarked on a journey to Liaodong.Although his wife does not want him to return to the battlefield full of risks, Chen Yixin is still unable to resist the temptation to experience such a battle as a commander.This time he will command an infantry battalion transferred from Shandong to Liaodong to assist Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion.
When he set foot on the land of Port Lushun, he saw an acquaintance unexpectedly: "Mr. Liu, it turns out that you have been transferred here. It is no wonder that you have not been seen recently."
Liu Shang naturally recognized the general who had been his immediate boss for a short time, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, explaining how he was transferred to Liaodong after returning to Zhifu Island.When he first arrived, Liu Shang was a little worried that the matter in Majiazhuang would be exposed, but after a few days of no movement, he knew that this level should have passed by luck again.Now that I have met Chen Yixin here again, he is already as if nothing has happened, and he has no emotional flaws at all.
Chen Yixin did not suspect him. When he was dealing with the Majiazhuang stall, he had repeatedly checked Liu Shang's bottom line, but he did not find any problems. Chen Yixin already believed that Liu Shang had nothing to do with the Daming spy case in Majiazhuang. .Of course, Liu Shang can also feel this kind of trust from Chen Yixin. Although he doesn't quite understand why the other party believes in him so much, it is a beneficial and harmless attitude for him, and of course there will be no rejection.
After a few simple conversations between the two, Liu Shang realized that such a big thing had happened after he left Majiazhuang, and he couldn't help but feel fortunate in his heart.If he hadn't left Majiazhuang that day, he might have been involved, and he would never have been able to stay out of it as easily as he is now.
Of course, what shocked Liu Shang even more was the greatness of the Haihan military, who had to invest thousands of troops on the Liaodong battlefield.Based on what he knew about the Haihan Army, with an army of this size, it would be enough to take down half of Shandong, not to mention that the opponents were only barbarians outside the borders of Liaodong.
When he raised his doubts, Chen Yixin also told it frankly: "It is reasonable for us to win this battle. What we consider is how to win cleanly and neatly, and let the participating troops reach the level of training. The effect. After all, such a battlefield, such an opponent, cannot be found anytime, anywhere."
Liu Shang could only be convinced by Chen Yixin's confident remarks, probably only the invincible Haihan Army could say such confident words.He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to those Houjin soldiers in the north. With such a formidable opponent on the table, he really could only say his life was bitter.
(End of this chapter)
Local officials like Zhang and Huang are naturally not ignorant of Haihan's movements. Their ears and eyes on the island have already sent back relevant information.It's just that they have always been worried about Haihan's invasion of Daming. Zhifu Island is slightly disturbed, so they can't help thinking in this direction. They never thought that Haihan's target is not Shandong, but Liaodong, which is across the sea from Shandong.Fortunately, after meeting, Qian Tiandun took the initiative to tell Haihan's plan, otherwise if they knelt down on the spot and begged for surrender, it would be a real shame.
Huang Qu did not tell the truth when he met Feng Fei on Zhifu Island. On the one hand, Qian Tiandun asked them to keep it secret, and on the other hand, he had the idea of making Feng Fei look ugly.Of course, as long as Feng Feifei was a little more cautious, there probably wouldn't be some embarrassing scenes.
As for why Haihan went to fight Houjin, let alone Zhang and Huang, even many officials in Haihan might not be able to understand this.And Qian Tiandun will definitely not waste time explaining the ins and outs of this to them, so the two of them discussed for a long time and did not come to a clear conclusion.If Haihan had no other opponents in this area, Huang Qu would have already begun to doubt the reliability of his inference.
Qian Tiandun was not surprised by the concentrated meeting of Daming officials near Zhifu Island, but he did not take it too seriously.He knew what the purpose of these people seeking to see him was, and he was very satisfied with the deterrent force formed by Haihan in the minds of local officials in Daming.If it weren't for the fact that there were too many things to prepare for, he actually wanted to see how these people were going to show their loyalty.However, since Haihan has no plans to take action against Shandong, there is no need for these officials to jump out and stand in line, revealing their position in advance, and keeping them as officials in Daming is more beneficial for Haihan to act.
This spring campaign in Liaodong will be under the command of Qian Tiandun on land. During the operation, the affairs of the Shandong colony will be temporarily handed over to several non-military officials who came to the north with the fleet. , There is a lot of work that needs to be handed over in the middle.Fortunately, Sha Xishi, who came to take over civil affairs in Liaodong this time, has rich experience. When he was in Guangdong, he had presided over civil affairs work in several places. It was not difficult to take over the affairs here.
Qian Tiandun, Chen Yixin, Harugong and other military generals were liberated from their posts, and of course they all went to the front line in Liaodong to command operations.This is a rare multi-arms joint operation of the Haihan military. Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense also arranged all the generals in the north to the front line as much as possible, in order to make full use of the opportunity of this operation to exercise the combat capability of the troops in the cold zone.
As far as Haihan's current line-up of generals is concentrated in the north, dealing with Jinzhou's Houjin army is actually quite a bit like killing a chicken with a knife.However, what the Ministry of Defense wants is such an effect.
However, the troops transferred from the south by the military this time will not be sent to Liaodong. Some of them will be temporarily stationed in Shandong, and the troops who have been replaced will be sent to Liaodong to participate in the operation.This is mainly due to the fact that it is difficult for southern soldiers to adapt to the northern environment overnight. The outbreak of the epidemic in Lushun has taught the military a lesson. Now, to send heavy troops to Liaodong, these details must be taken into account.The Shandong garrison has been here for a long time, and the degree of adaptation to the environment must be much better than that of the newly arrived southern troops, so there is such a defense arrangement.
The generals were not satisfied with the existing battle plan, and were still making partial changes to it and improving the details of the plan.If you just want to defeat the opponent, then things are relatively simple, as long as you give full play to the advantages of the Haihan Army in long-range firepower, you can be invincible.However, considering the need to train the troops' combat capability in the frigid region, to familiarize the generals and front-line commanders with the way of fighting in such battlefield conditions, and even to consider the impact of task assignment on the merits and rewards of various arms after the war, then This battle is unlikely to be fought purely for the purpose of winning, and the arrangement of the battle plan will have many places for bargaining.
Tom Wang was undoubtedly the easiest person during this period. No one could snatch the navy's military exploits, and he only needed to win the opportunity for his marines to fight ashore in a timely manner.The navy has no equal opponents in the waters near the Liaodong Peninsula, so in order to match the advance speed of the army, the navy even had to slow down the speed of action, and then launch auxiliary attacks from the coastlines on both sides when the army force reaches the Jinzhou Isthmus.
"It's not a problem to wait for the army, but since we are going to launch a landing battle on the Golden State Isthmus, then I propose that our marines take the lead." Tom Wang faced a group of army generals around and made his request unabashedly. .
"Tom, you want to eat not only meat, but also soup!" Qian Tiandun said helplessly: "Last time, the feint in Dalian Bay was handed over to your navy to operate, this time you have to fight for it again. Come on, you have to leave some military merit to our army, right?"
Tom Wang said: "I didn't say that the Army was not allowed to participate in the war! What I asked for was the Marine Corps to take the lead, that's all."
"The landing battle has to wait for the army to lead the enemy's main force before launching it. What's the point of hitting the front line?" Harrugon shook his head and said, "You can't grab the army's merit with your few troops, so why do you have to do it so much? Ugly?"
"Old ha, don't be so mean." Tom Wang retorted: "My purpose is to train the troops, not to grab some merit! Houjin doesn't have much naval armed forces, and if he wants to fight, he can't fight. Is our navy from start to finish? To be a spectator?"
"How can it be a spectator! Can't the transportation of personnel and materials from Lushun to the front line depend on your navy?" Qian Tiandun gave Tom Wang a timely hug.
However, Tom Wang obviously didn't take his flattery, shook his head and said, "If it's just for logistical transportation, why do we have to send so many naval ships to the north? Since we've come a long way, of course we have to find a way to train more troops. Row."
The generals knew in their hearts that it would not be too difficult to seize the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus with the troops mobilized this time. Haihan's victory and Houjin's defeat were almost certain things, just to see if there would be any repetitions in the middle. That's it.And everyone wants to gain some benefits for their own faction during the battle.This kind of benefit is not necessarily personal military merit, and it does not mean much to these generals with special status. The main thing is to let the troops under their command be tempered in the process of combat, their combat effectiveness can be improved, and there will be more obedience to orders. Because their own grass-roots officers can be promoted by virtue of their military merits and have greater authority.
There is cooperation between the navy and the army, but there is also a competitive relationship; they are comrades-in-arms, but from a certain perspective they are also rivals.This complex and contradictory symbiotic relationship is unavoidable in the army of any sea power country. Even if the Haihan social system is more advanced than that of the contemporary countries, and the knowledge of the traversers is more advanced, it still cannot be solved. this problem.Although this group of people have fought many battles together, every time they encounter the joint action of the two armies, they still have to fight each other and try to take the initiative verbally first.
Of course, the final result cannot be a fallout between the army and the army. In fact, as long as everyone expresses their own attitudes and the interests they want to strive for, they will eventually compromise with each other.After all, after the war, they still had to stick together to deal with the civilian groups who liked to point fingers at the military.
The Northbound Fleet spent a week resting on Zhifu Island. During this period, the troops changed their defenses and the work of various departments was handed over. Naturally, they were busy.Some of the combat-ready materials have already been shipped to Port Arthur in the north of the Bohai Strait before the troops.
After entering February, Port Lushun has received more than [-] immigrants from Phi Island and Zhifu Island.Except for a small number of civilians who were temporarily recruited from Shandong, who had to return to Shandong after the war, most of the remaining people would be resettled in Lushun and the Jinzhou area, which was later taken into the possession of Haihan.
After these personnel arrived at the port, they went into the busy construction under the command of the engineering personnel.They have to build their own dwellings, complete various infrastructure projects in the residential area, send supplies and ammunition to the front-line troops, and prepare for farming after the spring.Although the Liaodong side is still under military control, these civil construction projects have been deployed, and many have entered the implementation stage.When the offensive in the spring is over, the local people can enter the state of life in peacetime in the shortest possible time.
During this period, Liu Shang was probably one of the busiest officials in the Lushun area. He not only had to give policy presentations to the newly arrived immigrants, but also assisted the civil affairs department in managing these new immigrants.This was not his original job, but there was a serious shortage of full-time civil affairs officials in Lushun, and he happened to have work experience in related matters, so he was temporarily recruited to help without any suspense.
Spinning around the wharf of Lushun Port every day, Liu Shang not only noticed that the construction progress of the wharf here is very fast, but also noticed that the ships that arrived at Lushun Port recently have no longer shipped migrants, but have brought a large amount of materials.
Looking at the grain that was unloaded on the shore and piled up like a hill, Liu Shang was once again impressed by Haihan's powerful material transportation ability.It seemed that Haihan didn't take the Houjin army north of the Jinzhou Isthmus in his eyes at all, and directly brought these immigrants to build construction, as if he regarded this place as his own territory.And as these war preparation materials arrived at Port Lushun one after another, Liu Shang also understood that the war in Liaodong was about to start.
In mid-February, the Haihan Army stationed on Zhifu Island finally started to cross the sea.Seeing that the Haihan fleet from Zhifu Bay left the port one after another, many people in Fushan County secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Although it is not known whether the Haihan army will return here, at least the shadow of war has temporarily left Shandong.Dengzhou probably also knows that Haihan has gathered a lot of troops in Fushan County recently. It has been very quiet recently. Even after the Haihan fleet left, they still did not make any moves. It seems that they are afraid that the Haihan army will kill at some point. A back to the carbine.
Chen Yixin finally got rid of the mundane affairs of Majiazhuang and embarked on a journey to Liaodong.Although his wife does not want him to return to the battlefield full of risks, Chen Yixin is still unable to resist the temptation to experience such a battle as a commander.This time he will command an infantry battalion transferred from Shandong to Liaodong to assist Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion.
When he set foot on the land of Port Lushun, he saw an acquaintance unexpectedly: "Mr. Liu, it turns out that you have been transferred here. It is no wonder that you have not been seen recently."
Liu Shang naturally recognized the general who had been his immediate boss for a short time, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, explaining how he was transferred to Liaodong after returning to Zhifu Island.When he first arrived, Liu Shang was a little worried that the matter in Majiazhuang would be exposed, but after a few days of no movement, he knew that this level should have passed by luck again.Now that I have met Chen Yixin here again, he is already as if nothing has happened, and he has no emotional flaws at all.
Chen Yixin did not suspect him. When he was dealing with the Majiazhuang stall, he had repeatedly checked Liu Shang's bottom line, but he did not find any problems. Chen Yixin already believed that Liu Shang had nothing to do with the Daming spy case in Majiazhuang. .Of course, Liu Shang can also feel this kind of trust from Chen Yixin. Although he doesn't quite understand why the other party believes in him so much, it is a beneficial and harmless attitude for him, and of course there will be no rejection.
After a few simple conversations between the two, Liu Shang realized that such a big thing had happened after he left Majiazhuang, and he couldn't help but feel fortunate in his heart.If he hadn't left Majiazhuang that day, he might have been involved, and he would never have been able to stay out of it as easily as he is now.
Of course, what shocked Liu Shang even more was the greatness of the Haihan military, who had to invest thousands of troops on the Liaodong battlefield.Based on what he knew about the Haihan Army, with an army of this size, it would be enough to take down half of Shandong, not to mention that the opponents were only barbarians outside the borders of Liaodong.
When he raised his doubts, Chen Yixin also told it frankly: "It is reasonable for us to win this battle. What we consider is how to win cleanly and neatly, and let the participating troops reach the level of training. The effect. After all, such a battlefield, such an opponent, cannot be found anytime, anywhere."
Liu Shang could only be convinced by Chen Yixin's confident remarks, probably only the invincible Haihan Army could say such confident words.He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to those Houjin soldiers in the north. With such a formidable opponent on the table, he really could only say his life was bitter.
(End of this chapter)