Chapter 1424 Lion fights rabbit

Naturally, local officials like Zhang and Huang knew nothing about Haihan's movements. Their eyes and ears on the island had already sent back relevant information. However, they had been worried about Haihan's invasion of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhifu Island was not far away.

When something happened, I couldn't help but think about it in this direction. I never thought that Haihan's target was not Shandong, but Liaodong, which is across the sea from Shandong. Fortunately, Qian Tiandun took the initiative to tell Haihan after they met.

Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing if they knelt down and kowtowed and begged for surrender.

Huang Qu didn't 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 embarrassed. Of course, as long as Feng Fei was a little more cautious, it would probably be possible.

There won't be any embarrassing scenes.

As for why Haihan went to start a war with Hou Jin, not to mention Zhang and Huang, even many officials within Haihan may not be able to understand this matter. And Qian Tiandun will definitely not waste time explaining it to them.

The ins and outs of the matter, so the two discussed it for a long time, but did not come to a clear conclusion. If Haihan had no other rivals in this area, Huang Qu would have already begun to doubt the reliability of his inference.

Qian Tiandun was not surprised by the large number of Ming officials near Zhifu Island seeking to see him, but he did not take it too seriously. He knew the purpose of these people seeking to see him, and he was also very satisfied with Haihan's role as a local official of the Ming Dynasty.

The deterrent force formed in his mind. If he didn't have too many things to prepare for war, he actually wanted to see how these people planned to show their loyalty. But since Haihan had no plans to attack Shandong, then

There is no need for these officials to jump out of line and expose their position in advance. Keeping them as officials in the Ming Dynasty will be more conducive to Haihan's actions.

The spring campaign to be launched in Liaodong will be carried out by Qian Tiandun as the land commander. 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 this time.

, there is really a lot of work that needs to be handed over. Fortunately, Sha Xi, who is here to take over the civil affairs affairs of Liaodong, has rich practical experience. He has presided over the civil affairs work in several places when he was in Guangdong, and he wants to take over the work here.

Things are not difficult at all.

Qian Tiandun, Chen Yixin, Harugong and other military generals were liberated from their posts, and of course they all went to the Liaodong front line to command operations. This was a rare multi-service joint operation by the Haihan military, so the Ministry of National Defense also tried its best to

Arrange all the generals in the north to go to the front line in order to make full use of this opportunity to train the troops' combat capabilities in the cold zone.

Judging from the current lineup of generals that Haihan has concentrated in the north, dealing with the post-Jin army in Jinzhou is actually a bit of a killing. However, what the Ministry of National Defense wants is this effect. This is the so-called strategic contempt.

Pay attention to tactics, and use all your strength when a lion fights a rabbit.

However, not all the troops transferred from the south by the military will be sent to Liaodong this time. Some of them will be temporarily stationed in Shandong, while the troops who have been transferred from the defense will be sent to Liaodong to participate in the operation. This is mainly because

Considering that it is difficult for southern soldiers to adapt to the northern environment overnight, the previous outbreak in Lushun has taught the military a lesson. Now that heavy troops are being sent to Liaodong, these details will naturally have to be taken into consideration. The Shandong garrison here

After staying at the border for a long time, the degree of adaption to the environment must be much better than that of the southern troops who just arrived, so there was such a defense change arrangement.

The generals are not satisfied with the existing combat plan, and are 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 long-range capabilities of the Haihan Army

The superiority in firepower can make them invincible. However, considering the need to train the troops' combat capabilities in cold zone areas, generals and front-line commanders must be familiar with the fighting methods under such battlefield conditions, and even consider missions.

If the impact of distribution on post-war merit-based rewards for each branch of the military is taken into account, then it is unlikely that this battle will be fought purely for the purpose of winning, and there will be many areas for bargaining in the arrangement of the battle plan.

Wang Tom was undoubtedly the most relaxed person during this period. No one could snatch the navy's military exploits, and he only needed to get the opportunity for his marines to fight ashore in a timely manner. The navy simply had no presence in the waters near the Liaodong Peninsula.

The navy was a well-matched opponent, so in order to match the army's advancement, the navy even had to slow down its operations and wait until the army's large force reached the Jinzhou Isthmus before launching auxiliary attacks from both sides of the coastline.

"Waiting for the army is not a problem, but since we are going to launch a landing battle on the Jinzhou Isthmus, then I propose that our navy's marines take the lead." Wang Tom faced a group of army generals around him and made his request unabashedly.

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"Tom, not only do you want to eat meat, but you also want to eat soup!" Qian Tiandun said with some helplessness: "The last time the feint attack in Dalian Bay was left to your navy, this time you have to grab it again

Come on, you have to leave some military merit for our army, right?"

Tom Wang said: "I didn't say not to let the Army participate in the war! All I asked was that the Marines take the lead, that's all."

"The landing battle has to wait for the army to divert the enemy's main force before launching it. What's the point of taking the lead?" Harugong shook his head and said: "Your few troops can't take away the army's credit, so why bother to make such a fuss?

Ugly?"

"Haha, don't be so mean when you speak." Wang Tom retorted: "My purpose is to train the troops, not to grab any credit! Houjin doesn't have much maritime armed forces, and he can't fight if he wants to. Is it true that our navy has to fight from the beginning to the end?

Just a spectator?"

"How can you be a bystander! Doesn't the transportation of personnel and materials from Lushun to the front line all rely on your navy?" Qian Tiandun praised Tom Wang at the right time.

However, Wang Tom obviously did not accept his flattery, and shook his head and said: "If we are just doing logistics and transportation, why do we need to mobilize so many naval ships to the north? Since we have come all the way here, of course we have to find ways to train more troops.

OK."

The generals knew in their hearts that it would not be too difficult to seize the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus with the forces mobilized this time. Haihan's victory and Houjin's defeat were almost certain. They just had to wait and see if there would be any recurrences in the process.

That's all. Everyone wants to gain some benefits for their own camp during the battle. This kind of benefit is not necessarily personal military merit, and it doesn't mean much to generals with special status. It mainly wants to

The troops under your command can be tempered in the process of combat, and their combat effectiveness can be improved. More junior officers who take orders from you can be promoted and have greater authority based on military merit.

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 opponents. This complex and contradictory symbiotic relationship is inevitable in the military of any sea-power country, even if

The social system of Haihan is more advanced than that of other countries at the same time, and the knowledge of the time-travelers is more advanced, but they are also unable to solve this problem. Although this group of people traveled all over the country and fought many battles together, they often encountered the navy and land forces.

When acting together, they still inevitably have to argue with each other, and they will try to take the initiative verbally first.

Of course, the final result cannot be a falling out between the navy and the army. In fact, as long as everyone expresses their respective attitudes and the interests they want to fight for, they will eventually give in to each other. After all, after the war, they still have to unite.

Externally, deal with those civilian groups who like to point fingers at the military.

The fleet heading north spent a week resting and recuperating on Zhifu Island. During this period, the troops changed defenses and the work of various departments was handed over, which was naturally quite busy. Some of the combat preparation materials had been transported to Lushun Port in the north of the Bohai Strait ahead of the troops.

After entering February, Port Arthur has received more than 3,000 immigrants from Pi Island and Zhifu Island. Except for a small number of people who were temporarily recruited from Shandong, they will return to Shandong after the war, and the rest

Most of the personnel will be resettled in Lushun and the Jinzhou area that will be captured by Haihan later.

After these personnel arrived at the port, they entered into busy construction under the command of the engineering personnel. They had to build a residence for themselves, complete various infrastructure projects in the residential area, and send supplies and ammunition to the frontline troops.

We also need to prepare for farming after spring. Although Liaodong is still under military control, these civil affairs construction projects have been deployed and many have entered the implementation stage. When this wave of offensive is over in the spring, the local people can

Entering into a peaceful life in the shortest possible time.

Liu Shang was probably one of the busiest officials in the Lushun area during this period. He not only had to promote policies to the newly arrived immigrants, but also assisted the civil affairs department in managing these new immigrants. This was not his original job.

However, 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.

While walking around the pier of Lushun Port every day, Liu Shang not only noticed the extremely fast construction progress of the pier here, but also noticed that the ships that recently arrived at Lushun Port no longer carried immigrants, but brought a large amount of supplies.

Looking at the mountains of grain unloaded on the shore, Liu Shang was once again impressed by Haihan's powerful material transportation capabilities. It seemed that Haihan didn't pay attention to the Hou Jin Army north of the Jinzhou Isthmus at all.

By directly transporting these immigrants to build construction projects, they already regarded this place as their own territory. As these war preparation materials were gradually delivered to Port Arthur, Liu Shang also understood that the war in Liaodong was probably about to start.

In mid-February, the Haihan army stationed in Zhifu Island finally began to cross the sea. Seeing the Haihan fleet in Zhifu Bay leaving the port one after another, countless people in Fushan County secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although they did not know whether the Haihan army was still there.

I will come back here, but at least the shadow of war has temporarily left Shandong. Dengzhou probably also knows that Haihan has recently gathered heavy troops in Fushan County. It has been very quiet recently, and even after the Haihan fleet left, they still did not make any moves.

, it seems that they are also afraid that the Haihan army will make a counterattack at some point.

Chen Yixin finally got rid of the secular affairs of Majiazhuang and embarked on a journey to Liaodong. Although his beloved wife at home did not want him to return to a battlefield full of risks, Chen Yixin could not resist experiencing such a battle as a commander.

The temptation. This time he will command an infantry battalion transferred from Shandong to Liaodong to assist Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion in operations.

When he set foot on Port Arthur, he was surprised to see an acquaintance: "Director Liu, it turns out you have been transferred here. No wonder I haven't seen you appear recently."

Liu Shang naturally recognized the general who had been his immediate boss for a short time. He quickly came forward to greet him and explained how he was transferred to Liaodong after returning to Zhifu Island. When he first arrived, Liu Shang was still a little worried about the situation in Majiazhuang.

His story was exposed, but after a few days when there was no movement, he knew that he must have gotten through it by luck again. Now that he met Chen Yixin here again, he was already as if nothing happened, with no emotional flaws at all.

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Chen Yixin did not doubt that he was there. When he was dealing with the Majiazhuang stall, he had repeatedly checked Liu Shang's background, but no problems were found. Chen Yixin already believed that Liu Shang had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty spy case in Majiazhuang.

Of course, Liu Shang can also feel Chen Yixin's trust. Although he doesn't quite understand why the other party believes in him so much, it is a beneficial and harmless attitude to him, and of course there will be no rejection.

After the two had a brief conversation, Liu Shang realized that such a big thing had happened after he left Majiazhuang, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice. If he had not left Majiazhuang that day, he might have been involved. It was absolutely impossible.

It's so easy to stay out of it now.

Of course, what shocked Liu Shang even more was the scale of the Haihan Army's effort this time, as they actually invested thousands of troops on the Liaodong battlefield. Based on his understanding of the Haihan Army, such a scale of troop investment would probably

It is enough to capture half of Shandong, not to mention that the only opponents are the barbarian soldiers from outside the Pass in Liaodong.

When he raised his question, Chen Yixin also told him frankly: "It is reasonable for us to win this battle. What we are considering is how to win the battle cleanly and neatly, and to make the participating troops reach the training level."

The effect. After all, such a battlefield and such an opponent cannot be found anytime and anywhere."

Liu Shang could only secretly admire Chen Yixin's confident remarks. Probably only the invincible Haihan Army could say such confident words. He suddenly sympathized with the Hou Jin soldiers in the north, who had such a powerful opponent.

The opponent can really only say that his life is miserable.
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