Chapter 2851
Chapter 2851
Chapter 2851
The root of all problems ultimately comes down to the lack of demand for labor.It seems that as long as enough people can be introduced to the Liaodong area, the current problems that hinder development can be easily solved.
But in order to obtain the high-quality immigrants Chen Yixin expected, the only way right now is to put pressure on Daming, and this will involve policy changes in the fields of politics, military affairs, and diplomacy. It may not be so easy for the Executive Committee to make up its mind.
After landing in Gaizhou and traveling northward for several days, the group finally arrived at Shenyang City, an important town in Eastern Liaodong.
Shenyang City is located on the north bank of the Hun River. Its construction history can be traced back to 300 BC. Qin Kai, the general of Yan State, built the Hou City here and stationed troops to resist Donghu.In the third year of Yuanzhen in the Yuan Dynasty, this place was renamed Shenyang Road, and it was under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province.During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Shenyang Zhongwei. More than 200 years later, it was captured by the Hou Jin army, and it was later designated as the capital and renamed Shengjing.
During the 30 years when the Manchu Qing occupied Shenyang, a large-scale construction was carried out in the city, and a large-scale palace city was built.Until the Haihan army captured here, Shenyang had always been the political, military, economic and cultural center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was also the largest city in the entire Liaodong region.
The young people were used to listening to Chen Yixin's account of the battle history of the Haihan army's conquest of the area wherever they went. Since Shenyang was the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the center of Liaodong, it was natural that there would be a fierce battle.
"The battle of Shenyang, I believe you have read related reports in the newspapers before, but the actual situation of the battle is indeed more difficult than the information in the public reports. After all, this is the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it has an extraordinary relationship with them. meaning, it is impossible to relinquish it.”
On the way across the Hun River by boat, Chen Yixin briefly told everyone about some experiences of attacking Shenyang City at that time.
Ever since the Haihan army seized Gaizhou Acropolis, the Manchu Qing had already realized that the situation was not good, so they tried to dispatch troops to try to stop the Haihan army's Northern Expedition process.However, such an attempt did not achieve the desired effect. Relying on their superior strength, the Haihan army continued to advance step by step, and successively took down two major cities, Haizhou and Liaoyang, and pointed directly at Shenyang.
By this time, the Manchu Qing had no way to retreat, and could only deploy a defense line centered on Shenyang City, and concentrated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides of the Hun River, vowing to block the Haihan Army under Shenyang City.
The Haihan campaign also concentrated almost all the regular troops in the northern region. Even the troops stationed in North Korea and Shandong were mostly mobilized to the front line of Liaoyang to participate in the attack on Shenyang.For this reason, Haihan also took the initiative to cease fighting for a few months to rest and wait for the troops and combat materials to be dispatched in place.
The Haihan army did not choose to attack during the freezing period of the Hunhe River, but chose to launch an offensive in early summer. Although it seemed that there was a natural moat in the Hunhe River, it also avoided the low temperature season that was most unfavorable for field battles.Moreover, after the Hunhe River thawed, the inland river fleet specially formed by the Northern Fleet could enter the Hunhe River upstream from the estuary of the Daliao River in Liaodong Bay and reach the city of Shenyang.
The voyage of this inland river route is several hundred miles, and there is no advantage in transporting materials. However, the main task of the inland river fleet is not to transport materials, but to clean up the river and use it as a means of transportation for troops to cross the river and attack the city.
Although the Qing Dynasty invested a large number of soldiers and horses on the plain south of the Hun River in an attempt to interfere with the Haihan Army's crossing operations, the Haihan Army's weaponry advantage was too great, and the use of long-range artillery strikes at any cost made the Eight Banners almost Unable to effectively resist the offensive of the Haihan Army on the frontal battlefield, every confrontation resulted in heavy casualties.
In fact, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were not ignorant of the gap between the two sides. Years of combat experience have shown that there are two most taboo combat environments for fighting with the Haihan Army, one is plains, and the other is attacking fortifications. Both environments can make the Haihan Army Take advantage of firepower to the extreme.
The only chance for the Qing army to win is to defend the city and fight a war of attrition with the Haihan army.The combat method of the Haihan Army has extremely high requirements for the supply of combat materials. If the battle time is prolonged, as long as the logistics of the Haihan Army cannot keep up, it will naturally choose a truce and retreat.
However, the experience of losing several cities in the south also proves that it is not enough to rely on defense alone. When it comes to the stage of attacking and defending the cities, the ability of the Haihan army to demolish the city defenses is also terrible.Although Shenyang City is known as the first strong city in Liaodong, it may not be able to stop the artillery fire and explosive blasting of the Haihan Army.
Therefore, the stupid way that Man Qing came up with was to prolong the combat time as much as possible to consume the combat supplies of the Haihan Army.While blocking the Haihan Army's crossing offensive on the south bank of the Hun River, a small group of troops was also sent to the south to harass the Haihan Army's supply line.
Although such a stupid method would inevitably cost a lot of casualties, it did play the role of consumption that the Qing Dynasty expected.For a time, the Haihan army could only slow down the offensive rhythm, so as to avoid the rapid consumption of ammunition and the disconnection of logistical supplies.
Compared with the previous several siege battles, Haihan's offensive in Shenyang was much slower. On the one hand, it was because the Qing army increased their input and resistance on the battlefield, and on the other hand, it was also because Shenyang was too far away from the rear of Haihan. Far away, after the supply route is lengthened, it will affect the combat efficiency of the front line.
Combat supplies need to be transported from Jinzhou, or even from Denglai, to Gaizhou on land, and then to the front line in Shenyang.The land route from Gaizhou to Shenyang alone is more than [-] miles long. Even if there is no Qing army raid on the way, it will take at least three or four days to reach the destination.
"The Battle of Shenyang is the largest large-scale combat operation that has penetrated the farthest inland since the establishment of the Haihan Army. Since it is no longer possible to achieve convenient troop projection and material transportation by sea, our shortcomings have also begun to be exposed on the battlefield."
Recalling that period of battle, Chen Yixin still had a look of regret on his face: "If more mules, horses and vehicles could have been prepared in advance, perhaps the frontline operations would have been much smoother."
At that time, Qian Tiandun and Tom Wang were on the front line to direct the battle, and one of Chen Yixin's main tasks was to be in charge of logistics support.However, due to the objective conditions at the time, even if the logistics department did its best, it would be difficult to fully meet the operational needs of the front line.Therefore, the battles at that time often lasted for three to five or seven days, and they had to stop for a day or two to wait for the supplies to arrive.
A small muddy river abruptly stopped the Haihan army.It took more than half a month before the Haihan Army finally made a breakthrough and established a position on the north bank of the Hun River.
Of course, the Qing army also paid a very heavy price for this, with more than 2 casualties on the south bank of the Hun River.Basically, five Niulu's establishments are consumed every day, and even troops that have recently entered the battlefield will lose their establishments on the same day.Hundreds of military officers at all levels were killed during the battle, and thousands of so-called elite Baya soldiers were also lost.
(End of this chapter)
The root of all problems ultimately comes down to the lack of demand for labor.It seems that as long as enough people can be introduced to the Liaodong area, the current problems that hinder development can be easily solved.
But in order to obtain the high-quality immigrants Chen Yixin expected, the only way right now is to put pressure on Daming, and this will involve policy changes in the fields of politics, military affairs, and diplomacy. It may not be so easy for the Executive Committee to make up its mind.
After landing in Gaizhou and traveling northward for several days, the group finally arrived at Shenyang City, an important town in Eastern Liaodong.
Shenyang City is located on the north bank of the Hun River. Its construction history can be traced back to 300 BC. Qin Kai, the general of Yan State, built the Hou City here and stationed troops to resist Donghu.In the third year of Yuanzhen in the Yuan Dynasty, this place was renamed Shenyang Road, and it was under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province.During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Shenyang Zhongwei. More than 200 years later, it was captured by the Hou Jin army, and it was later designated as the capital and renamed Shengjing.
During the 30 years when the Manchu Qing occupied Shenyang, a large-scale construction was carried out in the city, and a large-scale palace city was built.Until the Haihan army captured here, Shenyang had always been the political, military, economic and cultural center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was also the largest city in the entire Liaodong region.
The young people were used to listening to Chen Yixin's account of the battle history of the Haihan army's conquest of the area wherever they went. Since Shenyang was the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the center of Liaodong, it was natural that there would be a fierce battle.
"The battle of Shenyang, I believe you have read related reports in the newspapers before, but the actual situation of the battle is indeed more difficult than the information in the public reports. After all, this is the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it has an extraordinary relationship with them. meaning, it is impossible to relinquish it.”
On the way across the Hun River by boat, Chen Yixin briefly told everyone about some experiences of attacking Shenyang City at that time.
Ever since the Haihan army seized Gaizhou Acropolis, the Manchu Qing had already realized that the situation was not good, so they tried to dispatch troops to try to stop the Haihan army's Northern Expedition process.However, such an attempt did not achieve the desired effect. Relying on their superior strength, the Haihan army continued to advance step by step, and successively took down two major cities, Haizhou and Liaoyang, and pointed directly at Shenyang.
By this time, the Manchu Qing had no way to retreat, and could only deploy a defense line centered on Shenyang City, and concentrated tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides of the Hun River, vowing to block the Haihan Army under Shenyang City.
The Haihan campaign also concentrated almost all the regular troops in the northern region. Even the troops stationed in North Korea and Shandong were mostly mobilized to the front line of Liaoyang to participate in the attack on Shenyang.For this reason, Haihan also took the initiative to cease fighting for a few months to rest and wait for the troops and combat materials to be dispatched in place.
The Haihan army did not choose to attack during the freezing period of the Hunhe River, but chose to launch an offensive in early summer. Although it seemed that there was a natural moat in the Hunhe River, it also avoided the low temperature season that was most unfavorable for field battles.Moreover, after the Hunhe River thawed, the inland river fleet specially formed by the Northern Fleet could enter the Hunhe River upstream from the estuary of the Daliao River in Liaodong Bay and reach the city of Shenyang.
The voyage of this inland river route is several hundred miles, and there is no advantage in transporting materials. However, the main task of the inland river fleet is not to transport materials, but to clean up the river and use it as a means of transportation for troops to cross the river and attack the city.
Although the Qing Dynasty invested a large number of soldiers and horses on the plain south of the Hun River in an attempt to interfere with the Haihan Army's crossing operations, the Haihan Army's weaponry advantage was too great, and the use of long-range artillery strikes at any cost made the Eight Banners almost Unable to effectively resist the offensive of the Haihan Army on the frontal battlefield, every confrontation resulted in heavy casualties.
In fact, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were not ignorant of the gap between the two sides. Years of combat experience have shown that there are two most taboo combat environments for fighting with the Haihan Army, one is plains, and the other is attacking fortifications. Both environments can make the Haihan Army Take advantage of firepower to the extreme.
The only chance for the Qing army to win is to defend the city and fight a war of attrition with the Haihan army.The combat method of the Haihan Army has extremely high requirements for the supply of combat materials. If the battle time is prolonged, as long as the logistics of the Haihan Army cannot keep up, it will naturally choose a truce and retreat.
However, the experience of losing several cities in the south also proves that it is not enough to rely on defense alone. When it comes to the stage of attacking and defending the cities, the ability of the Haihan army to demolish the city defenses is also terrible.Although Shenyang City is known as the first strong city in Liaodong, it may not be able to stop the artillery fire and explosive blasting of the Haihan Army.
Therefore, the stupid way that Man Qing came up with was to prolong the combat time as much as possible to consume the combat supplies of the Haihan Army.While blocking the Haihan Army's crossing offensive on the south bank of the Hun River, a small group of troops was also sent to the south to harass the Haihan Army's supply line.
Although such a stupid method would inevitably cost a lot of casualties, it did play the role of consumption that the Qing Dynasty expected.For a time, the Haihan army could only slow down the offensive rhythm, so as to avoid the rapid consumption of ammunition and the disconnection of logistical supplies.
Compared with the previous several siege battles, Haihan's offensive in Shenyang was much slower. On the one hand, it was because the Qing army increased their input and resistance on the battlefield, and on the other hand, it was also because Shenyang was too far away from the rear of Haihan. Far away, after the supply route is lengthened, it will affect the combat efficiency of the front line.
Combat supplies need to be transported from Jinzhou, or even from Denglai, to Gaizhou on land, and then to the front line in Shenyang.The land route from Gaizhou to Shenyang alone is more than [-] miles long. Even if there is no Qing army raid on the way, it will take at least three or four days to reach the destination.
"The Battle of Shenyang is the largest large-scale combat operation that has penetrated the farthest inland since the establishment of the Haihan Army. Since it is no longer possible to achieve convenient troop projection and material transportation by sea, our shortcomings have also begun to be exposed on the battlefield."
Recalling that period of battle, Chen Yixin still had a look of regret on his face: "If more mules, horses and vehicles could have been prepared in advance, perhaps the frontline operations would have been much smoother."
At that time, Qian Tiandun and Tom Wang were on the front line to direct the battle, and one of Chen Yixin's main tasks was to be in charge of logistics support.However, due to the objective conditions at the time, even if the logistics department did its best, it would be difficult to fully meet the operational needs of the front line.Therefore, the battles at that time often lasted for three to five or seven days, and they had to stop for a day or two to wait for the supplies to arrive.
A small muddy river abruptly stopped the Haihan army.It took more than half a month before the Haihan Army finally made a breakthrough and established a position on the north bank of the Hun River.
Of course, the Qing army also paid a very heavy price for this, with more than 2 casualties on the south bank of the Hun River.Basically, five Niulu's establishments are consumed every day, and even troops that have recently entered the battlefield will lose their establishments on the same day.Hundreds of military officers at all levels were killed during the battle, and thousands of so-called elite Baya soldiers were also lost.
(End of this chapter)