Chapter 2042
Chapter 2042
Chapter 2042
Tao Donglai frowned and said, "Tom Wang wants to use this as an excuse to start a war with the Qing army? What is he going to do?"
Yan Chujie said: "Tom Wang's plan is to enter the Bohai Sea to attack the Qing army's strongholds on the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula with the special forces and the Northern Fleet of the Navy as the main force. The main targets are the two acropolises of Gaizhouwei and Fuzhouwei. The military attack blocked Shenyang’s channel to send supplies to the front line in Liaodong. He also hoped to bring Daming to join the army in this operation, so that our troops would be famous when they entered the Bohai Sea, and we would no longer have to worry about Daming’s attitude.”
Tao Donglai slowly shook his head after listening and said: "I don't think it's right. Even if we take down these two places, the current strength of troops in Liaodong is not enough to realize long-term garrison. Why don't we recruit a large number of local troops and expand the garrison?" The scale can only be supplemented by mobilizing troops from the south. But doing so will mean that there will be greater military expenditures in the local area. Considering the limited output in the Liaodong area at this stage, even if it occupies a larger territory, it will not be possible to obtain Enough income to support the military spending needed to maintain the rule, this is actually a loss-making business for us."
"How about attacking but not occupying? From a political point of view, if Da Ming can send troops to cooperate, maybe this is a good opportunity to show the Ming court's muscles." Seeing Tao Donglai's firm attitude, Yan Chujie changed another angle to persuade.
Tao Donglai still shook his head and said, "According to the previous practice, leave after fighting? But the Ming army may not be able to accept such a strategy. If they agree to send troops, they must have the idea of recovering lost ground. If the two acropolises are destroyed After they come down, the Ming army may not be willing to withdraw honestly, and most of them will choose to garrison there. At that time, the stronghold of the Ming army will be on the throat of the Liaodong Peninsula, which will not only be a thorn in the side of the Qing army, but will also become a The stumbling block in front of us! When the Qing army wants to take these two places again, shall we care or not?"
Regarding the situation in the Liaodong Peninsula and Haihan's local strategy, there are actually several different opinions among Haihan's senior management. Not everyone supports continuous military strikes against the Qing Dynasty.Even Tao Donglai, who has always been more supportive of the military's opinions, has reservations about whether he should continue to take the initiative to carry out combat operations in Liaodong.
Of course, the military’s position is that it hopes to arrange one or two large military operations in Liaodong every year. While honing the combat effectiveness of the troops, it can also consume the strength of the Qing army, making it impossible to divide the troops to attack Ming Dynasty, so as to achieve the purpose of containing its troops. Purpose.Of course, increasing the influence of the military by using war to support war, and gradually expanding the army as the war progresses, is also an additional effect of this type of action.
But every large-scale military operation means astronomical military expenditures and material consumption. Even for Haihan, who is extremely capable of mobilizing wars, launching a large-scale war in a distant overseas is by no means an easy task.In addition to the impact of the war on the international situation, the Executive Committee must also consider very practical issues, such as the direct benefits Haihan can obtain through the war, money, land, products, population... all kinds of resources will be taken into account. Calculated value, used to measure whether it is worth going to war.
Among Haihan's current overseas ruled areas, Liaodong has always been regarded by the Executive Committee as a "low-value area".This is not entirely due to the lack of natural products in the local area, but the comprehensive development cost is not directly proportional to the return. It is necessary to move a large number of people to the local area to achieve Haihan-style rapid development.But if a large number of people can be organized in the north, why bother to move to Liaodong, where the infrastructure is not complete and wars may break out at any time. Wouldn't it be better to move to the more peaceful ruling area in the south?
When the Haihan army attacked Jinzhou across the sea from Shandong, one of the main purposes was to contain the Qing army and give Ming a chance to breathe, and this effect has indeed been achieved.However, it is completely unnecessary for Haihan to continue to increase troops in Liaodong to compete with the Qing army. Even if he wins, Haihan does not have enough troops and population to occupy more land locally, but he can The economic benefits obtained directly from the war are also pitiful.
It is also based on this consideration that the Executive Committee's long-term strategy for Liaodong Jinzhou tends to be conservative. Most people think that maintaining the current military confrontation is an ideal state.This will not only allow Jinzhou to maintain a relatively stable social environment, help local infrastructure development and construction, but also save unnecessary military expenditures, and also serve the strategic purpose of continuing to contain the Qing army.
As for La Daming's sending troops, taking this opportunity to show him his strength, etc., such a purpose is not necessary in Tao Dong's view, and the expected benefits will not be much better. Troublesome situation.In Daming's eyes, there is not much difference between Haihan and Qing in essence, they are enemies who used force to occupy Daming's territory.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Haihan sent troops to destroy the entire Qing Dynasty, it might not be able to win the respect and trust of Daming, but might be regarded as the greatest threat.
"Tom Wang's plan, I think we should wait for more detailed results of related investigations to discuss later. I just want to know when we will be able to catch the mastermind behind the planning and implementation of this series of things!" Tao Donglai didn't want to continue Continue to debate with Yan Chujie on this topic. There are too many problems in this plan. Even if it is submitted by the military to the Executive Committee for discussion, it will be difficult to get it approved. There is no need to persuade the other party at this time.
What really worried the executive committee was the shooting case that had been under investigation for almost two months.Although the investigations carried out in various places have achieved varying degrees of progress, they still haven't solved the final mystery, and the executive committee can hardly be called satisfied with the performance of the intelligence department.
Yan Chujie coughed dryly and said, "Actually, we have gradually narrowed down the scope of the suspect's activities through investigation. I think the truth will soon be revealed."
He Xi also added: "We have a lot of clues, but it takes time to conduct follow-up investigations overseas. Mr. Tao, this is not the era we came in. Skynet can be called everywhere, and you can reach them with just one phone call." Overseas. It often takes many times more time and energy for our people to verify a piece of information, and considering that we may startle the enemy, and we cannot take investigation actions with great fanfare, it is difficult to investigate the case any faster.”
He Xi's complaints are also true. In fact, the number of personnel in the Haihan intelligence department is very limited outside the Sanya base camp. A dozen or 20 people in an overseas ruling area is already a high-level area. Even Liaodong In this kind of place designated as a war zone, the total number of people from the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau is less than 40.There is no way for these places to be like Zhang Qianzhi’s investigation work in Hainan Island. A single order can mobilize hundreds of people to rush to a certain place for reinforcements, or block a certain place for large-scale investigation.
The disadvantages caused by the lack of professionals are obvious. Similar to the gun cases that have occurred in various places, the information that intelligence personnel can obtain when conducting investigations is relatively narrow, making the investigation work difficult.
When Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing went to Yangzhou to investigate salt merchants, neither the Military Intelligence Bureau nor the Ministry of Security had permanent personnel there, so many key information could not be obtained in advance, and the entire action plan seriously lacked detailed arrangements.This also caused them to be in danger in the local area for a while, and had to go through a bloody battle all night before they escaped from Yangzhou.
When Manila sent investigators to Cebu, it also had to use a group of Hispanic and local indigenous intelligence agents who had just entered the intelligence system because of the lack of sufficient professionals.Although the progress of the follow-up investigation seems to be good, these gains seem to be due more to the luck of the intelligence agent Jose than to how good their investigative skills are.
Even Hainan Island, where the investigation is relatively smooth, still needs to rely on intelligence personnel stationed overseas for verification in order to investigate part of the clues obtained from the prisoner's confession.The opponent obviously has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, and many clues that may reveal his whereabouts and identity have been cut off in advance.
Of course, as an official in charge of security and intelligence affairs, He Xi certainly couldn't give reasons such as "because the enemy is too cunning" at this kind of meeting. The reason can only be attributed to the fact that the investigation work is limited by objective conditions. Reasons that can be justified.
He Xi then introduced the progress of the investigation work in various places. From the current point of view, the local investigation work in Hainan Island has actually come to an end. Those who can be arrested have been arrested, and seven or seven clues to the investigation have been found. Eighty-eight is almost the same. The current work of the headquarters of the Ministry of Security is to collect, organize, and compare the clues investigated in various places, and find out the timeline and general context of the contact between the black hand behind the scenes and all parties.
The two places in the north ended the investigation by means of fighting. Although some clues were obtained from this, the follow-up verification was very difficult because the intention had been exposed.But the good side is that the combat operations in these two places have basically achieved the effect of eliminating potential threats. In Yangzhou and Liaodong, a musketeer team that has not yet fully formed its combat effectiveness has been destroyed. It is much more dangerous to arrest Xue Zheng and his gang.
The place where valuable clues were really obtained was Manila, which was the last to enter this joint investigation operation.Relying on their invincible luck, the fledgling intelligence agents obtained some very critical information in Cebu-such as another batch of weapons and equipment that will be shipped from Cebu to somewhere overseas in the near future.
Although it is impossible to confirm where this batch of weapons will be shipped to, the news sent back from Cebu indicates that this batch of weapons will be transported by a cargo ship under the name of a Han Chinese maritime merchant.This also means that if Haihan can intercept the ship, not only will he be able to confirm the route of his smuggled weapons, but it is also very likely to discover the real mastermind behind it.
However, this is beyond the capabilities of the Ministry of Security, and the navy must be dispatched to complete this task.He Xi handed over the topic to Yan Chujie, who would explain the current arrangements made by the military.
Yan Chujie introduced: "After receiving the report from Manila, the Ministry of National Defense has notified the stationed navy to monitor the waterway in the strait between Luzon Island and Mindoro Island, which is the main waterway going north from Cebu to the coast of the mainland. Once a suspicious vessel is found passing through the waters, the Navy will take decisive action."
Tao Donglai raised his hand and said, "I have two questions. One is the probability that the opponent will pass through this strait, and the other is the local geographical environment, and whether the opponent's ships can be found in time."
Yan Chujie said: "Of course there are many routes going north. It is impossible for us to monitor all the sea areas, so we can only choose the most likely route. It's hard to say how likely it is, but according to our understanding, in the past, it was between Cebu and Manila. All ships will choose the route with the best sea conditions and the closest distance. As for the local environment, the narrowest part of the strait is less than ten nautical miles, and there is an island in the middle that divides the channel into two. It can realize the monitoring of the channel. Of course, this can only deal with the situation during the day, and if the opponent chooses to pass through this strait at night, there is also the possibility of missing the target.”
"Then do we have other means to make up for this loophole as much as possible?" Tao Donglai asked.
Yan Chujie paused for a moment before replying: "In the absence of more information, we can only judge based on known information. The destination of this batch of weapons should be one of Yangzhou and Liaodong. Therefore, the national defense The Ministry of Defense also issued orders to the East China Sea Fleet and the Northern Fleet, requiring them to inspect suspected ships entering these two sea areas in the near future. But this is definitely much more difficult than monitoring a strait, and I believe everyone can understand the reason."
Compared with the channel of the strait, which is less than ten nautical miles wide, the difficulty of relying on ships to monitor the long mainland coastline in real time is simply not the same.Therefore, Yan Chujie could not give any guarantees to the executive committee, he could only say that this was a cover-up method, and the effect would probably depend on God's arrangement.
Although it sounds like the military has taken almost all possible means to this end, in fact it still depends largely on luck. A sailboat with a displacement of less than [-] tons is a very small target in the vast sea, let alone Haihan. And failed to grasp its route, departure time and destination in advance.If the opponent's cargo ship left the South China Sea smoothly, then Haihan would be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack if he wanted to find him.
"It seems that what we have to compete with our opponents this time is not only patience, but also luck!" Tao Donglai's expression and tone were as calm as ever: "But I believe that no matter who is behind the scenes, they can give The troubles we create are only temporary. No matter how deep these monsters hide, they will eventually show up one day!"
(End of this chapter)
Tao Donglai frowned and said, "Tom Wang wants to use this as an excuse to start a war with the Qing army? What is he going to do?"
Yan Chujie said: "Tom Wang's plan is to enter the Bohai Sea to attack the Qing army's strongholds on the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula with the special forces and the Northern Fleet of the Navy as the main force. The main targets are the two acropolises of Gaizhouwei and Fuzhouwei. The military attack blocked Shenyang’s channel to send supplies to the front line in Liaodong. He also hoped to bring Daming to join the army in this operation, so that our troops would be famous when they entered the Bohai Sea, and we would no longer have to worry about Daming’s attitude.”
Tao Donglai slowly shook his head after listening and said: "I don't think it's right. Even if we take down these two places, the current strength of troops in Liaodong is not enough to realize long-term garrison. Why don't we recruit a large number of local troops and expand the garrison?" The scale can only be supplemented by mobilizing troops from the south. But doing so will mean that there will be greater military expenditures in the local area. Considering the limited output in the Liaodong area at this stage, even if it occupies a larger territory, it will not be possible to obtain Enough income to support the military spending needed to maintain the rule, this is actually a loss-making business for us."
"How about attacking but not occupying? From a political point of view, if Da Ming can send troops to cooperate, maybe this is a good opportunity to show the Ming court's muscles." Seeing Tao Donglai's firm attitude, Yan Chujie changed another angle to persuade.
Tao Donglai still shook his head and said, "According to the previous practice, leave after fighting? But the Ming army may not be able to accept such a strategy. If they agree to send troops, they must have the idea of recovering lost ground. If the two acropolises are destroyed After they come down, the Ming army may not be willing to withdraw honestly, and most of them will choose to garrison there. At that time, the stronghold of the Ming army will be on the throat of the Liaodong Peninsula, which will not only be a thorn in the side of the Qing army, but will also become a The stumbling block in front of us! When the Qing army wants to take these two places again, shall we care or not?"
Regarding the situation in the Liaodong Peninsula and Haihan's local strategy, there are actually several different opinions among Haihan's senior management. Not everyone supports continuous military strikes against the Qing Dynasty.Even Tao Donglai, who has always been more supportive of the military's opinions, has reservations about whether he should continue to take the initiative to carry out combat operations in Liaodong.
Of course, the military’s position is that it hopes to arrange one or two large military operations in Liaodong every year. While honing the combat effectiveness of the troops, it can also consume the strength of the Qing army, making it impossible to divide the troops to attack Ming Dynasty, so as to achieve the purpose of containing its troops. Purpose.Of course, increasing the influence of the military by using war to support war, and gradually expanding the army as the war progresses, is also an additional effect of this type of action.
But every large-scale military operation means astronomical military expenditures and material consumption. Even for Haihan, who is extremely capable of mobilizing wars, launching a large-scale war in a distant overseas is by no means an easy task.In addition to the impact of the war on the international situation, the Executive Committee must also consider very practical issues, such as the direct benefits Haihan can obtain through the war, money, land, products, population... all kinds of resources will be taken into account. Calculated value, used to measure whether it is worth going to war.
Among Haihan's current overseas ruled areas, Liaodong has always been regarded by the Executive Committee as a "low-value area".This is not entirely due to the lack of natural products in the local area, but the comprehensive development cost is not directly proportional to the return. It is necessary to move a large number of people to the local area to achieve Haihan-style rapid development.But if a large number of people can be organized in the north, why bother to move to Liaodong, where the infrastructure is not complete and wars may break out at any time. Wouldn't it be better to move to the more peaceful ruling area in the south?
When the Haihan army attacked Jinzhou across the sea from Shandong, one of the main purposes was to contain the Qing army and give Ming a chance to breathe, and this effect has indeed been achieved.However, it is completely unnecessary for Haihan to continue to increase troops in Liaodong to compete with the Qing army. Even if he wins, Haihan does not have enough troops and population to occupy more land locally, but he can The economic benefits obtained directly from the war are also pitiful.
It is also based on this consideration that the Executive Committee's long-term strategy for Liaodong Jinzhou tends to be conservative. Most people think that maintaining the current military confrontation is an ideal state.This will not only allow Jinzhou to maintain a relatively stable social environment, help local infrastructure development and construction, but also save unnecessary military expenditures, and also serve the strategic purpose of continuing to contain the Qing army.
As for La Daming's sending troops, taking this opportunity to show him his strength, etc., such a purpose is not necessary in Tao Dong's view, and the expected benefits will not be much better. Troublesome situation.In Daming's eyes, there is not much difference between Haihan and Qing in essence, they are enemies who used force to occupy Daming's territory.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Haihan sent troops to destroy the entire Qing Dynasty, it might not be able to win the respect and trust of Daming, but might be regarded as the greatest threat.
"Tom Wang's plan, I think we should wait for more detailed results of related investigations to discuss later. I just want to know when we will be able to catch the mastermind behind the planning and implementation of this series of things!" Tao Donglai didn't want to continue Continue to debate with Yan Chujie on this topic. There are too many problems in this plan. Even if it is submitted by the military to the Executive Committee for discussion, it will be difficult to get it approved. There is no need to persuade the other party at this time.
What really worried the executive committee was the shooting case that had been under investigation for almost two months.Although the investigations carried out in various places have achieved varying degrees of progress, they still haven't solved the final mystery, and the executive committee can hardly be called satisfied with the performance of the intelligence department.
Yan Chujie coughed dryly and said, "Actually, we have gradually narrowed down the scope of the suspect's activities through investigation. I think the truth will soon be revealed."
He Xi also added: "We have a lot of clues, but it takes time to conduct follow-up investigations overseas. Mr. Tao, this is not the era we came in. Skynet can be called everywhere, and you can reach them with just one phone call." Overseas. It often takes many times more time and energy for our people to verify a piece of information, and considering that we may startle the enemy, and we cannot take investigation actions with great fanfare, it is difficult to investigate the case any faster.”
He Xi's complaints are also true. In fact, the number of personnel in the Haihan intelligence department is very limited outside the Sanya base camp. A dozen or 20 people in an overseas ruling area is already a high-level area. Even Liaodong In this kind of place designated as a war zone, the total number of people from the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau is less than 40.There is no way for these places to be like Zhang Qianzhi’s investigation work in Hainan Island. A single order can mobilize hundreds of people to rush to a certain place for reinforcements, or block a certain place for large-scale investigation.
The disadvantages caused by the lack of professionals are obvious. Similar to the gun cases that have occurred in various places, the information that intelligence personnel can obtain when conducting investigations is relatively narrow, making the investigation work difficult.
When Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing went to Yangzhou to investigate salt merchants, neither the Military Intelligence Bureau nor the Ministry of Security had permanent personnel there, so many key information could not be obtained in advance, and the entire action plan seriously lacked detailed arrangements.This also caused them to be in danger in the local area for a while, and had to go through a bloody battle all night before they escaped from Yangzhou.
When Manila sent investigators to Cebu, it also had to use a group of Hispanic and local indigenous intelligence agents who had just entered the intelligence system because of the lack of sufficient professionals.Although the progress of the follow-up investigation seems to be good, these gains seem to be due more to the luck of the intelligence agent Jose than to how good their investigative skills are.
Even Hainan Island, where the investigation is relatively smooth, still needs to rely on intelligence personnel stationed overseas for verification in order to investigate part of the clues obtained from the prisoner's confession.The opponent obviously has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, and many clues that may reveal his whereabouts and identity have been cut off in advance.
Of course, as an official in charge of security and intelligence affairs, He Xi certainly couldn't give reasons such as "because the enemy is too cunning" at this kind of meeting. The reason can only be attributed to the fact that the investigation work is limited by objective conditions. Reasons that can be justified.
He Xi then introduced the progress of the investigation work in various places. From the current point of view, the local investigation work in Hainan Island has actually come to an end. Those who can be arrested have been arrested, and seven or seven clues to the investigation have been found. Eighty-eight is almost the same. The current work of the headquarters of the Ministry of Security is to collect, organize, and compare the clues investigated in various places, and find out the timeline and general context of the contact between the black hand behind the scenes and all parties.
The two places in the north ended the investigation by means of fighting. Although some clues were obtained from this, the follow-up verification was very difficult because the intention had been exposed.But the good side is that the combat operations in these two places have basically achieved the effect of eliminating potential threats. In Yangzhou and Liaodong, a musketeer team that has not yet fully formed its combat effectiveness has been destroyed. It is much more dangerous to arrest Xue Zheng and his gang.
The place where valuable clues were really obtained was Manila, which was the last to enter this joint investigation operation.Relying on their invincible luck, the fledgling intelligence agents obtained some very critical information in Cebu-such as another batch of weapons and equipment that will be shipped from Cebu to somewhere overseas in the near future.
Although it is impossible to confirm where this batch of weapons will be shipped to, the news sent back from Cebu indicates that this batch of weapons will be transported by a cargo ship under the name of a Han Chinese maritime merchant.This also means that if Haihan can intercept the ship, not only will he be able to confirm the route of his smuggled weapons, but it is also very likely to discover the real mastermind behind it.
However, this is beyond the capabilities of the Ministry of Security, and the navy must be dispatched to complete this task.He Xi handed over the topic to Yan Chujie, who would explain the current arrangements made by the military.
Yan Chujie introduced: "After receiving the report from Manila, the Ministry of National Defense has notified the stationed navy to monitor the waterway in the strait between Luzon Island and Mindoro Island, which is the main waterway going north from Cebu to the coast of the mainland. Once a suspicious vessel is found passing through the waters, the Navy will take decisive action."
Tao Donglai raised his hand and said, "I have two questions. One is the probability that the opponent will pass through this strait, and the other is the local geographical environment, and whether the opponent's ships can be found in time."
Yan Chujie said: "Of course there are many routes going north. It is impossible for us to monitor all the sea areas, so we can only choose the most likely route. It's hard to say how likely it is, but according to our understanding, in the past, it was between Cebu and Manila. All ships will choose the route with the best sea conditions and the closest distance. As for the local environment, the narrowest part of the strait is less than ten nautical miles, and there is an island in the middle that divides the channel into two. It can realize the monitoring of the channel. Of course, this can only deal with the situation during the day, and if the opponent chooses to pass through this strait at night, there is also the possibility of missing the target.”
"Then do we have other means to make up for this loophole as much as possible?" Tao Donglai asked.
Yan Chujie paused for a moment before replying: "In the absence of more information, we can only judge based on known information. The destination of this batch of weapons should be one of Yangzhou and Liaodong. Therefore, the national defense The Ministry of Defense also issued orders to the East China Sea Fleet and the Northern Fleet, requiring them to inspect suspected ships entering these two sea areas in the near future. But this is definitely much more difficult than monitoring a strait, and I believe everyone can understand the reason."
Compared with the channel of the strait, which is less than ten nautical miles wide, the difficulty of relying on ships to monitor the long mainland coastline in real time is simply not the same.Therefore, Yan Chujie could not give any guarantees to the executive committee, he could only say that this was a cover-up method, and the effect would probably depend on God's arrangement.
Although it sounds like the military has taken almost all possible means to this end, in fact it still depends largely on luck. A sailboat with a displacement of less than [-] tons is a very small target in the vast sea, let alone Haihan. And failed to grasp its route, departure time and destination in advance.If the opponent's cargo ship left the South China Sea smoothly, then Haihan would be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack if he wanted to find him.
"It seems that what we have to compete with our opponents this time is not only patience, but also luck!" Tao Donglai's expression and tone were as calm as ever: "But I believe that no matter who is behind the scenes, they can give The troubles we create are only temporary. No matter how deep these monsters hide, they will eventually show up one day!"
(End of this chapter)