Chapter 2337

But now it is not an easy task for Chen Yixin to launch a large-scale offensive against the Qing army in the direction of Jinzhou. Since Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom took their troops to North Korea last year, the strength of the troops staying in Jinzhou has increased.

It was already very limited, and even about 2,000 people were recruited from the original Dongjiang Town troops to supplement the reconnaissance and logistics troops.

With this kind of personnel configuration, relying on the many fortifications of the isthmus defense line, it is not difficult to keep the Qing army north of the isthmus, but there will be certain risks in taking the initiative to attack the Qing army's defense line.

Chen Yixin knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command was definitely not as good as Qian Tiandun's special operations group, and their strength was not enough to clear out the Daheishan area, which was more than 20 miles deep in the north. According to the Marine Corps' reconnaissance behind enemy lines at the beginning of the year

As a result, at least tens of thousands of Qing troops were stationed in Dongda Camp at the foot of Daheishan Mountain. Even if so many Qing troops did not offer frontal resistance, as long as they all retreated into the mountains, it would be difficult for the Haihan Army to continue advancing northward without hesitation.

Therefore, Chen Yixin had great doubts about the effectiveness of the initiative to launch an offensive. He could only regard the arrangement of Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom as a feint attack to attract firepower, so that the North Korean troops could launch an attack on the Liaodong coast.

However, Chen Yixin is not worried about the morale of the army. The Haihan Army has always used military merit as the basis for promotion. If there is no war, there will be no military merit. Moreover, the wartime military pay for the combat troops is quite high. Even if they do not get military merit, at least they will still have it.

Qian Na. As for the men and horses originally belonging to Dongjiang Town, they already had an endless feud with the Manchus, so there was no need for further mobilization.

But when the war breaks out on the front line, tens of thousands of local civilians in Jinzhou will inevitably be affected by the war. According to the local system, young and middle-aged people must join the logistics department as civilian laborers during wartime, and the supply of food and other daily necessities will also be subject to wartime controls.

status. Therefore, in order to stabilize public sentiment, propaganda work targeting local people must be carried out as soon as possible.

When Liu Shang received the summons from Chen Yixin, he was handling the inventory and warehousing procedures for this batch of materials shipped from Fushan County. Now, the affairs he is responsible for in the Jinzhou area are not just in the propaganda field. Last year, he was in North Korea

After the end of the Anti-Qing War, he was transferred to the Datongjiang Base to be responsible for the resettlement of local Korean refugees. Due to his good work performance during the period, he was entrusted with an important task by Chen Yixin after returning to Jinzhou and became the local civil affairs official.

For Liu Shang, the job he is engaged in now is something he could not have imagined before. He was supposed to have been lurking in Sanya for a long time under the cover of a storyteller, collecting various military and political intelligence about Haihan for the imperial court, but unexpectedly something went wrong

However, he got into Haihan's bureaucracy and had a smooth journey. In just four years, his position has climbed step by step from the initial grassroots propaganda officer to the current position of Jinzhou Civil Affairs Officer.

It was almost impossible for an ordinary person like Liu Shang with no background to be promoted so quickly in the officialdom in the Ming Dynasty. If he had chosen to lurk in Sanya as a spy, he might have been promoted to the rank of senior official in five or ten years.

To move up the ranks of Baihu, it is not just about qualifications and merits, but also the corresponding connections. But now in Haihan, he has become a civil affairs official in charge of local people's livelihood. This status is much better than that in name only.

The ratio of hundreds to thousands of households is much higher.

Liu Shang knew very well that as long as he continued to work, there would be opportunities for promotion in the future. There were too many vacant positions in Haihan's bureaucracy, and there were too few qualified officials. For example, he was promoted to

A large part of the reason for civil affairs officer is that there are no suitable candidates here, and almost no one competes with him for this position.

Strictly speaking, he did not even receive systematic civil affairs training when he took office. He was appreciated and promoted by Chen Yixin just because of his good performance in managing North Korean refugees at the Datong River base.

With such a good career prospect, Liu Shang gave up his previous identity long ago and followed Haihan wholeheartedly. As long as Haihan can continue to maintain the current development momentum, he believes that as long as he works for a few more years, he will hopefully become

The highest-ranking naturalized official in an overseas territory.

Specific to the current environment, Liu Wei's future promotion opportunities were in the hands of his boss Chen Yixin, so after receiving the order, he handed over the work at hand to his deputy and rushed to the headquarters as quickly as possible to report to Chen Yixin.

Winter military training operations are arranged almost every year, and can be regarded as a routine task for the Jinzhou garrison every year. During this period, the civil affairs department is responsible for publicity and material dispatch, so Liu Shang is no stranger to these matters.

After hearing Chen Yixin explain the situation, he agreed immediately.

"This year's operation is somewhat special and may last until the end of the year. When you publicize it to the public, you should pay attention to emphasizing the time issue of local military control." Chen Yixin added.

Liu Shang heard this and said: "Has it lasted for so long? Could it be that we have to take the initiative and destroy the Qing army's Daheishan defense line?"

He has stayed in Jinzhou for a long time and interacts with the troops every day. He has mastered a lot of military knowledge and has a certain understanding of the external environment. Judging from previous winter operations, it usually lasts

After three to five or seven days, various training subjects were rotated through, and the effect of actual combat training was achieved, and it was almost time to withdraw the troops.

But if this year's action is to last until the end of the year, it will take more than a month. This action arrangement is obviously different from the situation in previous years. In Liu Shang's view, the only reasonable possibility is

The garrison is preparing for a big fight.

Chen Yixin smiled and said: "The Daheishan defense line is not that easy to fight. With the troops currently stationed in Jinzhou, we probably can't defeat it. But what we have to do is to be prepared to fight our opponents for a month."

Liu Shangdao: "If the period is one month, then the local material reserves may still be insufficient, and food and medicine will need to be replenished."

Chen Yixin said: "There will be ships arriving in the next two days. The things you mentioned will be replenished in time. Don't worry. I need you to explain the necessity of this operation to the people, so that everyone in the local area can do their best.

Provide support for this year's winter combat operations."

Liu Shang had received special training on how to use propaganda methods to get the people to cooperate with the government's various arrangements during the war. This matter still needs to be focused on the big picture and start on the small side. First of all, we must emphasize the justice of the war, which is the responsibility of civilized people.

The conquest of the barbarians was a necessary measure for the Haihan Kingdom to safeguard its own interests. It gave the people a sense of responsibility and pride, and then gave specific propaganda explanations about the role the people could play during the war, such as why the youth were recruited.

Why should Zhuang serve as a civilian husband and implement war controls on food and other supplies?

Of course, in actual operation, there are countless details to be dealt with, which are far more complicated than this basic framework. However, it is no longer time for Liu Shang to fight alone. He also has a group of eloquent propaganda men under him.

Secretary, can assist him in delivering propaganda content to each village and town at a faster speed.

After Liu Shang received the task, he immediately held a meeting when he returned to his yamen to deploy the propaganda work, and explicitly requested that the work be completed within three days so as not to affect the military's major operation.

The news of another war with the Qing army soon spread among the local people. The vast majority of people were very optimistic about the prospects of the battle and believed that the Haihan Navy would undisputably defeat its opponents. They truly realized that this might be a different war than the Qing army.

Those who took action in previous years were extremely rare.

On November 10, various heavy weapons belonging to the garrison began to gather on the front line. All units of the Jinzhou garrison also canceled their vacations and began to enter the final stage of combat preparation.

On November 11, Haihan suddenly expanded the strength of the patrol north of the isthmus defense line by five times, and used this as a means to temporarily block the Qing army's activity space in the middle zone and cut off its access to

Source of intelligence on Isthmus defense line movements.

On November 12, the Haihan Army occupied a small hilltop called Dongshan on the north shore of Dalian Bay at night. Dongshan was already outside the isthmus defense line, and was still six or seven miles away from both sides' positions, but because of its

Adjacent to Dalian Bay, the Haihan Army could advance and attack, retreat and defend. If not possible, they could withdraw from the sea, which could be regarded as occupying a valuable military target.

In fact, the battle around Dongshan had been a repertoire of the Jinzhou garrison's winter training before this. Since the Qing army did not fortify this hilltop far away from its own defense line, the Haihan army was able to occupy it relatively smoothly every time.

Down, the Qing army would then launch a siege, forcing Haihan to retreat on his own. After Haihan occupied Dongshan, he actually had no motivation to push the front northward. There was often a stalemate for several days. After several small-scale battles between the two sides, Haihan was defeated.

The Han army would abandon this place and retreat behind the isthmus defense line.

However, this year's occupation of Dongshan by the Haihan Army was obviously different. A large number of combat materials were continuously transported into Dongshan by sea that night. There were also some disassembled small-caliber field guns, which were transported into the mountains on pack horses.

In Chen Yixin's battle plan, Dongshan will serve as the bridgehead for the advance. Since Dongshan is close to the sea on one side, it will definitely be difficult for the opponent to make a clear judgment on how many Haihan troops are deployed in this small mountain forest. If they still plan to make a comeback

As has been the case for several years, this place has been under siege, and Chen Yixin will seize this opportunity to make a big splash.

At this time, it has snowed several times in the Liaodong Peninsula, and the outdoor environment is very harsh. Whether it is troop projection or material transportation, it is very difficult for Haihan. Fortunately, military training operations like this are organized every year, and various troops have

It was easy to do, but it took a lot of effort to transport heavy weapons like artillery into Dongshan.

The actions of the Haihan Army did not deliberately hide their tracks, so the Qing Army discovered the strange situation in Dongshan the next day. However, this situation occurs every winter, so the Qing Army was not too surprised.

Four Niulu soldiers and horses were ordered in the camp, and they were ordered to slowly move south toward Dongshan, and to surround the place outside as in previous years, so as to prevent the Haihan army on the top of the mountain from having room to move north.

These Qing troops had been dealing with the Haihan Army in Jinzhou for several years, so they naturally knew how powerful they were. The place where they stopped was quite far away from the top of the mountain, and they were on the edge of the rifle range of the Haihan Army. Even if they fired, there was almost no accuracy at all.

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But they obviously underestimated the determination of the Haihan Army in this operation. Chen Yixin dispatched the only few snipers in the local area and deployed them all to Dongshan. As long as they identified officers above Niu Luzhen and above, they were free to do so.

Shoot to kill.

In order to ensure the efficiency of shooting at long distances, these snipers actually aimed at the same person in each round of shooting. The same observer directed the firing, using multiple aiming and concentrated fire to increase the hit rate.

This time their target was the leaders of Niulu. These guys were not difficult to identify. After all, the armor in the Qing army was still a piece of equipment that could not be widely used, and only officers were qualified to wear armor.

In the Qing army formation, all wearing big fur coats and wearing iron armor and helmets, they were either Bagala warriors or senior officers with names, worthy of the bullets rewarded by the Haihan army.

After concentrating fire and shooting two Niulu Ezhens in succession, these Qing troops realized that they had stepped into Haihan's precise fire strike range, and quickly continued to retreat to avoid the risk of being shot.

But they didn't know that the range of a sniper rifle was much higher than that of an ordinary rifle. Even if they retreated a hundred or so steps, they were still within the range. After more than ten people were shot and killed, there was finally a clear figure.

The army could not restrain its anger and launched an offensive against Dongshan.

When they rushed to about a hundred steps away from the mountain forest, they saw dense gun barrels sticking out of the forest, and they didn't know how many Haihan soldiers were hiding in them.

The forty or fifty cavalrymen who rushed at the front were all defeated in the dense gunfire, and the remaining people immediately became divided. Some people immediately turned around and ran away, while some who were not afraid of death continued to rush towards them.

Dongshan.

Those who tried to continue the attack undoubtedly became targets. In just one round of shooting, hundreds of Qing soldiers were wiped out, completely crippling this awesome man.

Seeing that Dongshan's defensive attitude was so tough, Azig certainly could not give in and immediately mobilized his troops to launch a second wave of offensive. This time the Qing army tried to outflank Dongshan, attacking the left and right sides of Dongshan respectively. If Haihan divided his troops,

It will inevitably weaken its firepower.

Azig came up with an intuitive solution. There was nothing wrong with his idea, but the amount of troops Haihan had sent to Dongshan was far beyond his imagination. Even if the troops were divided, it would be difficult to rely on one or two Niulu's

attack to break Haihan's defenses.

So after a short rest, the battle continued. The Haihan Army still did not show up. It only used intensive firepower to disperse the Qing Army's second wave of offensive, and easily harvested nearly a hundred lines on the left and right battlefields.

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