Chapter 1634
Chapter 1634
Chapter 1634
In this Age of Discovery, the way colonial countries divided their spheres of influence was very simple and crude. After occupying a good natural harbor somewhere, they declared their sovereignty over the land and everything on the land, and then incorporated it into their own country’s territory. .Sometimes it is not even called occupation at all. As long as a navigator from that country arrives at the place, they will be the first to plant the flag and unilaterally declare sovereignty.Especially the Western colonists who came to the Far East, because they were too far away from their homeland, had no way to ask the country for everything, so this so-called "verbal occupation" has become the norm.
Of course, if anyone thinks that he is superior in strength, he doesn't need to care whether the place he likes has already been occupied by another family, and he can just lead the people right away.Everyone fights under their hands and speaks according to their strength. No one will take this kind of verbal occupation seriously—unless the country that is doing this is Haihan.
Except for the ports that An Nanguo donated to Haihan in the form of concessions in return for the assistance of the Haihan Army after the civil war, almost all of Haihan's colonies in the South China Sea were conquered bit by bit by force. of.The countries that have tried to challenge Haihan in the past few years have all been hit on the iron wall without exception. It is undoubtedly a very risky choice to compete with Haihan for territory.
If Haihan really declared the occupation of Luzon Island after defeating Spain, it can be expected that countries like Daming and Annan would never have any objections, because they do not have enough ability to fight for this piece of land across the sea.Even if the Netherlands and Portugal are jealous, they also dare not challenge Haihan's authority.
In the North Route Army gathered at Kaohsiung Port this time, in addition to a few elite units of Haihan, they also joined a military observation group composed of several officers selected by the Fujian military as always to monitor the entire operation. observe.Haihan wasn't worried that it would be inappropriate for Xu Xinsu's subordinates to see his side's highest combat power. In fact, during the battle in Liaodong, a military observation group from Fujian had been acting together in the army.The Ministry of National Defense believes that doing so can firstly consolidate mutual trust between the two sides, and secondly, allow the other side to clearly understand the size of the gap in strength between the two militaries, so as to dispel the other side's restless thoughts.
This time the military observation team included not only military attaches from the Fujian Ming Army, but even military attaches from North Korea.Because of the severe winter in the Liaodong War, both sides chose to cease the war by coincidence, so the North Korean military observation team watching the battle in Liaodong had nothing to do.The general who led the team was named Li Xi, and he was a distant relative with the king Li Ji. Seeing that Liaodong was fine, he wanted to sneak back to North Korea to rest for a few months, and then come to Liaodong to watch the battle in spring, but Never thought that the Haihan army would take the initiative to invite him to go south with the army to the South China Sea to observe a battle that the Haihan army will launch at the beginning of the next year.
Li Xi is also a person who is eccentric by nature and can't take time off. When he heard that there was still a battle to be fought in the south, he agreed without hesitation, and never asked how far south it was.Of course, if he had known that the battlefield was on an island six thousand miles south of Jinzhou, he might not have been willing to travel so far across the ocean to see the excitement.
In short, Li Xi left Liaodong with the Haihan army in a daze, and first went to Zhifu Island in Dengzhou, Shandong for a few days, and then the troops went south from the sea to stay in Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang for a few days.After Li Xi inquired, he learned that Zhoushan Port was more than 1000 miles southwest of North Korea, and the battlefield Xindao Haihan mentioned was probably near here.Unexpectedly, after staying for a few days, the fleet set off again, continued southward along the coastline, and arrived at Kaohsiung Port through the Fujian Strait.
Li Xi, who had never left North Korea before, had no idea where Kaohsiung Port was. He only found out after asking General Hai Han that this place was already three thousand miles south of Seoul.And getting here is only half of the entire voyage to the battlefield.It was only then that Li Xi realized that the Haihan people were not joking when they said "south side", and the marching span of the troops participating in the war was so large, it also made him speechless.He himself is a general leading troops, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to mobilize large-scale troops in such a large area, and the logistical supply arrangements required for such military operations are even more complicated.
If measured by the military strength of North Korea, it is absolutely impossible to realize such an action plan.Not to mention going to the South China Sea, it is the place where Kaohsiung Port is located, and North Korea will not be able to send an organized fleet to fight here.During Li Xi's stay in Kaohsiung Port, he also saw Haihan's various preparations for this battle, and secretly rejoiced that North Korea did not become Haihan's opponent.
I think when Wang Tom brought most of the fleet to the vicinity of Seoul, his aura had already made North Korea lose the courage to resist, but now this fleet also brings together a few other soldiers who were defeated by the golden men on the front line of Liaodong and were unable to fight back. An elite troop, the strength of which cannot be doubted.However, it is said that this is only the Northern Route Army among the three participating troops, and there are two other large armies that will start from other places and then meet at the predetermined combat location.
Li Xi was also able to attend some pre-war mobilization meetings with a low level of secrecy as a military observer, so he had a general understanding of Haihan's next combat operations arrangements.Although Li Xi didn't know the lineup of the other two Haihan troops, since the elite Haihan troops he knew could only take up one-third of the three-way army, the strength of the other two troops should be similar.Concentrating on one target with such a thunderous momentum, their opponent, the Spaniard, should only be able to ask for more blessings.
Now the troops participating in the war in Kaohsiung Port have basically everything in place, and they are waiting for the departure order from Sanya.
In fact, the participating troops assembled in the two ports of Kaohsiung and Jinlan completed the assembly and preparations earlier than the Sanya base camp. The reason is that the Sanya Navy will take the "Warrior" class prototype ship that has completed sea trials this time. Due to the quality problems of some spare parts, the maintenance work of the power system had to be temporarily re-produced, which led to the delay of the entire preparation work.
Of course, the military can also choose not to bring this new warship to the expedition, but the navy insists that actual combat is the best test. This cross-sea combat is far more useful than a hundred sea trials. There are still problems with the operation of the ship in combat conditions.So even if the progress of preparations for the war was delayed because of this, the navy still chose to take this ship with it.
Naturally, no one would want to leave if the navy did not leave, so the participating troops in the Sanya base camp waited for three more days for this, and the Ministry of National Defense submitted an application to the executive committee until all preparations for the prototype ship were ready.
The code name specially drawn up by the Executive Committee for this operation is also very vivid and relevant-Zhengxi.According to Tao Donglai’s explanation, this “West” refers to both Spain and the Western colonial countries that entered the Far East.Now, all the western countries that have had the experience of fighting against Haihan have already admitted that they are weak, and only Spain, the opponent, is still strong and refuses to give in. To defeat this opponent, it is indeed of special significance to Haihan. .
One day before the departure of the troops, the "Haihan Times" published a special issue after a long absence, announcing to the people that the Haihan Kingdom will send troops to expedition to Manila, as revenge for the Spaniards' initiative to provoke the war last year, and at the same time liberate the local people. Bullied Han immigrants.If the Spaniards refuse to surrender, Haihan's army will break through the city of Manila and drive the local Spaniards out of the South China Sea.
Because of the previous long-term propaganda offensive as a foreshadowing, and the fact that the troops stationed in Sanya have recently begun to assemble and stand by, it is impossible to hide it from those who are interested. The Haihan people who heard the news were not particularly surprised by this.Haihan launched wars with a high frequency, not to mention the opponent this time was Spain, which had jumped out to provoke Haihan before, and the majority of the people supported it.
But the people who supported and showed the most excitement for this matter were not the Haihan citizens, but the envoys of Portugal and the Netherlands to Haihan.As Spain's direct competitors on a global scale, the two countries are of course eager to see Spain suffer.Although they have had nothing to do with the Spaniards in the Far East in the past few years, but this time it is the Haihan people who rolled up their sleeves.
Although the Dutch East India Company did not send ships and manpower to participate in the operation like Portugal did, it also generously donated a batch of cotton cloth and cotton yarn produced in the Indian Peninsula to the Haihan military as support for the operation.Although the East India Company may not be able to reap any benefits from Luzon Island after the war, Spain has been stepped down. The ups and downs mean that the Netherlands can get more trade opportunities in the Far East. It was a change in the international situation that the East India Company had dreamed of.Regarding the fact that Haihan sent troops to attack Manila, the Dutch were naturally happy to see the result, so that Haihan's army could completely drive the Spaniards out of the South China Sea, as far as possible.
In addition to competition in colonization and trade, the Portuguese also had a special relationship with the Spaniards in domination and resistance.Now that the independence struggle in Portugal is in full swing, any opportunity to hit Spain overseas is naturally not to be missed.So this time Portugal sent two ships and hundreds of people to directly participate in the action led by Haihan, hoping to take this opportunity to give Spain an unforgettable blow.
However, during the operation, the Portuguese could only hand over the command of the participating troops to Haihan, and all combat orders were issued by Haihan.Although this inevitably has a sense of inferiority, the Portuguese did not care about these details in order to achieve their goal of attacking Spain.Besides, with the powerful Haihan army as the main force, even if they go, they may not be able to get the opportunity to directly participate in the battle on the front line.
Of course, the presence of the Annan Military Observer Group is also indispensable in the troops starting from Sanya.If it weren't for the tense situation between Annan and Siam, with the deep cooperative relationship between the two countries for many years, Annan would definitely send an elite force to Manila with the Haihan Army to help in the battle.Although Annan did not directly send troops to participate in the battle this time, he borrowed soldiers from Haihan and deployed them to the Xingdao Base in the Strait of Malacca to temporarily replace Roger's South China Sea Special Forces Brigade, which can be regarded as indirectly helping Haihan a lot.Of course, this favor is not in vain. According to the conditions agreed by the two countries in advance, Haihan will deliver four exploration-class warships to Annan within this year as a thank you for the loan.
In addition, some of the supplies needed by the Haihan army assembled in Cam Ranh Bay were purchased in the nearby Annan country, and the local government's strong cooperation has also helped Haihan save a lot of trouble.
On January 1637, [-], the Haihan Executive Committee issued an order to the Ministry of National Defense to launch the "Operation West".The troops assembled in Sanya, Kaohsiung, and Cam Ranh Bay finally waited for the moment to set off.
This time, the Ministry of National Defense mobilized a number of elite troops from all over the country to participate in the operation, and the troops marched towards Manila at the same time in three groups.There are more than 5000 combat personnel from the land and sea armies, and more than [-] warships including troop carriers and supply ships. This can almost be regarded as the largest overseas combat operation since the founding of Haihan.If it is said that in the past, the Haihan army used to fight more with less, and the strength of troops was very different, then at least this operation will not be inferior to the opponent in terms of strength.
And such a large-scale cross-sea expedition requires an astonishing amount of supplies. There are more than 20 integrated supply ships that provide coal and fresh water for naval steam warships.Considering the long journey, it is difficult to maintain intensive supply transportation frequency on this route, so when we set off, we brought enough supplies to sustain the troops for [-] days of combat.Although the military has also formulated a follow-up material transportation plan, everyone hopes that this war will not last too long, because for Haihan, the military expenditure of this war is too large, and the time spent fighting After a long time, I am afraid that the national finance will have a deficit that is difficult to make up at the beginning of the year.
The military expenditures of the thousands of people who participated in the war were calculated from the moment they received the transfer order to leave the station and go to the assembly point. On average, they cost tens of thousands of yuan a day. The cost of transferring troops to the original garrison of these participating troops is included in the calculation.And the various military supplies purchased in advance for this battle cost millions of dollars.If it hadn't been for the auction of military purchase orders in September, he had made a fortune from the Dutch and Matalan, Haihan's military expenditure during the war preparation period might have made the Executive Committee change its mind and not fight this war up.
(End of this chapter)
In this Age of Discovery, the way colonial countries divided their spheres of influence was very simple and crude. After occupying a good natural harbor somewhere, they declared their sovereignty over the land and everything on the land, and then incorporated it into their own country’s territory. .Sometimes it is not even called occupation at all. As long as a navigator from that country arrives at the place, they will be the first to plant the flag and unilaterally declare sovereignty.Especially the Western colonists who came to the Far East, because they were too far away from their homeland, had no way to ask the country for everything, so this so-called "verbal occupation" has become the norm.
Of course, if anyone thinks that he is superior in strength, he doesn't need to care whether the place he likes has already been occupied by another family, and he can just lead the people right away.Everyone fights under their hands and speaks according to their strength. No one will take this kind of verbal occupation seriously—unless the country that is doing this is Haihan.
Except for the ports that An Nanguo donated to Haihan in the form of concessions in return for the assistance of the Haihan Army after the civil war, almost all of Haihan's colonies in the South China Sea were conquered bit by bit by force. of.The countries that have tried to challenge Haihan in the past few years have all been hit on the iron wall without exception. It is undoubtedly a very risky choice to compete with Haihan for territory.
If Haihan really declared the occupation of Luzon Island after defeating Spain, it can be expected that countries like Daming and Annan would never have any objections, because they do not have enough ability to fight for this piece of land across the sea.Even if the Netherlands and Portugal are jealous, they also dare not challenge Haihan's authority.
In the North Route Army gathered at Kaohsiung Port this time, in addition to a few elite units of Haihan, they also joined a military observation group composed of several officers selected by the Fujian military as always to monitor the entire operation. observe.Haihan wasn't worried that it would be inappropriate for Xu Xinsu's subordinates to see his side's highest combat power. In fact, during the battle in Liaodong, a military observation group from Fujian had been acting together in the army.The Ministry of National Defense believes that doing so can firstly consolidate mutual trust between the two sides, and secondly, allow the other side to clearly understand the size of the gap in strength between the two militaries, so as to dispel the other side's restless thoughts.
This time the military observation team included not only military attaches from the Fujian Ming Army, but even military attaches from North Korea.Because of the severe winter in the Liaodong War, both sides chose to cease the war by coincidence, so the North Korean military observation team watching the battle in Liaodong had nothing to do.The general who led the team was named Li Xi, and he was a distant relative with the king Li Ji. Seeing that Liaodong was fine, he wanted to sneak back to North Korea to rest for a few months, and then come to Liaodong to watch the battle in spring, but Never thought that the Haihan army would take the initiative to invite him to go south with the army to the South China Sea to observe a battle that the Haihan army will launch at the beginning of the next year.
Li Xi is also a person who is eccentric by nature and can't take time off. When he heard that there was still a battle to be fought in the south, he agreed without hesitation, and never asked how far south it was.Of course, if he had known that the battlefield was on an island six thousand miles south of Jinzhou, he might not have been willing to travel so far across the ocean to see the excitement.
In short, Li Xi left Liaodong with the Haihan army in a daze, and first went to Zhifu Island in Dengzhou, Shandong for a few days, and then the troops went south from the sea to stay in Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang for a few days.After Li Xi inquired, he learned that Zhoushan Port was more than 1000 miles southwest of North Korea, and the battlefield Xindao Haihan mentioned was probably near here.Unexpectedly, after staying for a few days, the fleet set off again, continued southward along the coastline, and arrived at Kaohsiung Port through the Fujian Strait.
Li Xi, who had never left North Korea before, had no idea where Kaohsiung Port was. He only found out after asking General Hai Han that this place was already three thousand miles south of Seoul.And getting here is only half of the entire voyage to the battlefield.It was only then that Li Xi realized that the Haihan people were not joking when they said "south side", and the marching span of the troops participating in the war was so large, it also made him speechless.He himself is a general leading troops, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to mobilize large-scale troops in such a large area, and the logistical supply arrangements required for such military operations are even more complicated.
If measured by the military strength of North Korea, it is absolutely impossible to realize such an action plan.Not to mention going to the South China Sea, it is the place where Kaohsiung Port is located, and North Korea will not be able to send an organized fleet to fight here.During Li Xi's stay in Kaohsiung Port, he also saw Haihan's various preparations for this battle, and secretly rejoiced that North Korea did not become Haihan's opponent.
I think when Wang Tom brought most of the fleet to the vicinity of Seoul, his aura had already made North Korea lose the courage to resist, but now this fleet also brings together a few other soldiers who were defeated by the golden men on the front line of Liaodong and were unable to fight back. An elite troop, the strength of which cannot be doubted.However, it is said that this is only the Northern Route Army among the three participating troops, and there are two other large armies that will start from other places and then meet at the predetermined combat location.
Li Xi was also able to attend some pre-war mobilization meetings with a low level of secrecy as a military observer, so he had a general understanding of Haihan's next combat operations arrangements.Although Li Xi didn't know the lineup of the other two Haihan troops, since the elite Haihan troops he knew could only take up one-third of the three-way army, the strength of the other two troops should be similar.Concentrating on one target with such a thunderous momentum, their opponent, the Spaniard, should only be able to ask for more blessings.
Now the troops participating in the war in Kaohsiung Port have basically everything in place, and they are waiting for the departure order from Sanya.
In fact, the participating troops assembled in the two ports of Kaohsiung and Jinlan completed the assembly and preparations earlier than the Sanya base camp. The reason is that the Sanya Navy will take the "Warrior" class prototype ship that has completed sea trials this time. Due to the quality problems of some spare parts, the maintenance work of the power system had to be temporarily re-produced, which led to the delay of the entire preparation work.
Of course, the military can also choose not to bring this new warship to the expedition, but the navy insists that actual combat is the best test. This cross-sea combat is far more useful than a hundred sea trials. There are still problems with the operation of the ship in combat conditions.So even if the progress of preparations for the war was delayed because of this, the navy still chose to take this ship with it.
Naturally, no one would want to leave if the navy did not leave, so the participating troops in the Sanya base camp waited for three more days for this, and the Ministry of National Defense submitted an application to the executive committee until all preparations for the prototype ship were ready.
The code name specially drawn up by the Executive Committee for this operation is also very vivid and relevant-Zhengxi.According to Tao Donglai’s explanation, this “West” refers to both Spain and the Western colonial countries that entered the Far East.Now, all the western countries that have had the experience of fighting against Haihan have already admitted that they are weak, and only Spain, the opponent, is still strong and refuses to give in. To defeat this opponent, it is indeed of special significance to Haihan. .
One day before the departure of the troops, the "Haihan Times" published a special issue after a long absence, announcing to the people that the Haihan Kingdom will send troops to expedition to Manila, as revenge for the Spaniards' initiative to provoke the war last year, and at the same time liberate the local people. Bullied Han immigrants.If the Spaniards refuse to surrender, Haihan's army will break through the city of Manila and drive the local Spaniards out of the South China Sea.
Because of the previous long-term propaganda offensive as a foreshadowing, and the fact that the troops stationed in Sanya have recently begun to assemble and stand by, it is impossible to hide it from those who are interested. The Haihan people who heard the news were not particularly surprised by this.Haihan launched wars with a high frequency, not to mention the opponent this time was Spain, which had jumped out to provoke Haihan before, and the majority of the people supported it.
But the people who supported and showed the most excitement for this matter were not the Haihan citizens, but the envoys of Portugal and the Netherlands to Haihan.As Spain's direct competitors on a global scale, the two countries are of course eager to see Spain suffer.Although they have had nothing to do with the Spaniards in the Far East in the past few years, but this time it is the Haihan people who rolled up their sleeves.
Although the Dutch East India Company did not send ships and manpower to participate in the operation like Portugal did, it also generously donated a batch of cotton cloth and cotton yarn produced in the Indian Peninsula to the Haihan military as support for the operation.Although the East India Company may not be able to reap any benefits from Luzon Island after the war, Spain has been stepped down. The ups and downs mean that the Netherlands can get more trade opportunities in the Far East. It was a change in the international situation that the East India Company had dreamed of.Regarding the fact that Haihan sent troops to attack Manila, the Dutch were naturally happy to see the result, so that Haihan's army could completely drive the Spaniards out of the South China Sea, as far as possible.
In addition to competition in colonization and trade, the Portuguese also had a special relationship with the Spaniards in domination and resistance.Now that the independence struggle in Portugal is in full swing, any opportunity to hit Spain overseas is naturally not to be missed.So this time Portugal sent two ships and hundreds of people to directly participate in the action led by Haihan, hoping to take this opportunity to give Spain an unforgettable blow.
However, during the operation, the Portuguese could only hand over the command of the participating troops to Haihan, and all combat orders were issued by Haihan.Although this inevitably has a sense of inferiority, the Portuguese did not care about these details in order to achieve their goal of attacking Spain.Besides, with the powerful Haihan army as the main force, even if they go, they may not be able to get the opportunity to directly participate in the battle on the front line.
Of course, the presence of the Annan Military Observer Group is also indispensable in the troops starting from Sanya.If it weren't for the tense situation between Annan and Siam, with the deep cooperative relationship between the two countries for many years, Annan would definitely send an elite force to Manila with the Haihan Army to help in the battle.Although Annan did not directly send troops to participate in the battle this time, he borrowed soldiers from Haihan and deployed them to the Xingdao Base in the Strait of Malacca to temporarily replace Roger's South China Sea Special Forces Brigade, which can be regarded as indirectly helping Haihan a lot.Of course, this favor is not in vain. According to the conditions agreed by the two countries in advance, Haihan will deliver four exploration-class warships to Annan within this year as a thank you for the loan.
In addition, some of the supplies needed by the Haihan army assembled in Cam Ranh Bay were purchased in the nearby Annan country, and the local government's strong cooperation has also helped Haihan save a lot of trouble.
On January 1637, [-], the Haihan Executive Committee issued an order to the Ministry of National Defense to launch the "Operation West".The troops assembled in Sanya, Kaohsiung, and Cam Ranh Bay finally waited for the moment to set off.
This time, the Ministry of National Defense mobilized a number of elite troops from all over the country to participate in the operation, and the troops marched towards Manila at the same time in three groups.There are more than 5000 combat personnel from the land and sea armies, and more than [-] warships including troop carriers and supply ships. This can almost be regarded as the largest overseas combat operation since the founding of Haihan.If it is said that in the past, the Haihan army used to fight more with less, and the strength of troops was very different, then at least this operation will not be inferior to the opponent in terms of strength.
And such a large-scale cross-sea expedition requires an astonishing amount of supplies. There are more than 20 integrated supply ships that provide coal and fresh water for naval steam warships.Considering the long journey, it is difficult to maintain intensive supply transportation frequency on this route, so when we set off, we brought enough supplies to sustain the troops for [-] days of combat.Although the military has also formulated a follow-up material transportation plan, everyone hopes that this war will not last too long, because for Haihan, the military expenditure of this war is too large, and the time spent fighting After a long time, I am afraid that the national finance will have a deficit that is difficult to make up at the beginning of the year.
The military expenditures of the thousands of people who participated in the war were calculated from the moment they received the transfer order to leave the station and go to the assembly point. On average, they cost tens of thousands of yuan a day. The cost of transferring troops to the original garrison of these participating troops is included in the calculation.And the various military supplies purchased in advance for this battle cost millions of dollars.If it hadn't been for the auction of military purchase orders in September, he had made a fortune from the Dutch and Matalan, Haihan's military expenditure during the war preparation period might have made the Executive Committee change its mind and not fight this war up.
(End of this chapter)