Chapter 378 Liu Xiang’s attack

Different from the outside world's perception, the armed personnel establishment of the Garrison and Guangdong Office is actually composed of two parts, one light and one dark. The light part is naturally the militia soldiers stationed in the Garrison and Guangdong Office as guards. Initially,

Due to the limited living space, there were only a dozen people in the establishment. However, after the Guangdong Office expanded its business scale and expanded its territory to the south, the permanent establishment gradually increased to the current size of two platoons with about seventy people.

Guangzhou is the core place in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. The stationing of civilian armed forces here is a relatively sensitive matter. In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the government, this escort team rarely goes out to perform tasks. Its main duty is to protect the travelers from the Guangdong Office.

Personal safety, as well as the warehouse of "Haihan Bank" where gold and silver are stored. In addition, there is a special task, which is to train militiamen for the Li Jia Vigilante Group. After receiving training courses, most of these people will join "Golden Shield Security" as escorts.

Under special circumstances, the military attache of the Garrison and Guangdong Office can also temporarily recruit his command authority for his own use, which can be regarded as a supplement to the armed forces of the Garrison and Guangdong Office.

The command of all armed personnel of the Garrison and Guangdong Office is currently in the hands of Yu Yao, who is stationed in the Garrison and Guangdong Office. Xiao Liang, who used to be his partner, has now been transferred to the Lijiazhuang Immigration Camp. He has a company of militiamen under his command who are responsible for local security.

and defense work. If an emergency occurs, the two sides can easily communicate through telegraph. The distance of forty miles is not too far, and they can support each other if necessary.

In order to deal with Liu Xiang's threat this time, the Military Commission mobilized more than one battalion of the army and navy to garrison at Wanshan Port. Most of the supplies had to be sent from the base camp by sea. Even if there was no war, the cost of garrisoning would be high.

It is much higher than the base camp, and a very large cost has been calculated. Since it is not known how long this military confrontation will last, in order to facilitate the coordination of the garrison in Guangdong, the Military Commission officially established the Guangdong Military Region, with the same authority as the Heitugang Military Region, and is responsible for the maritime affairs.

The Han armed forces in the coastal areas of the mainland also specially transferred Wang Tom to Wanshan Port to take command. Wanshan Port, Lijiazhuang and the Haihan militia in the Guangdong Office were basically the armed forces on the surface.

In addition to this, there is also a secret armed force commanded by He Xi, but it is not affiliated with the Guangdong Military Region, but is directly responsible to the Executive Committee. This secret armed force is not a militia organization. From a specific function, it should be regarded as an intelligence force.

organization, but 90% of the members of this organization are selected from the militia. The reason for this is naturally because the loyalty of the militia soldiers is relatively high, and after receiving certain military training, their discipline is also greatly improved.

Better than ordinary people, he is more suitable to work in the intelligence department.

The leader who led the team into Guangzhou City to carry out the operation this time, Gong Shiqi, was the person He Xi personally selected from the militia. Gong Shiqi was one of the immigrants introduced to Shengli Port from Guangdong by the civil affairs department last year, because he had practiced Falun Gong since he was a child.

Martial arts were passed down from his family. After arriving in Hong Kong, Gong Shiqi chose the path of joining the army and joining the militia. Later, he also participated in the battle in Annan at the beginning of the year, and was awarded the title of Military Commission by the Military Commission for his heroic performance in the battle.

Commendation, one third-class merit record for individuals.

Except for a few people who had to choose to retire due to serious injuries, the personnel who received individual military merit awards after the Battle of Annan basically became officer preparatory students trained by the Central Military Commission, and Gong Shiqi was no exception.

After the opening of the Shengli Port Military Academy, Gong Shiqi, together with other meritorious personnel and foreign students, became the first batch of advanced trainees at the military academy.

If he continues to develop in this direction, Gong Shiqi may have a future career as a naturalized civilian officer in the Haihan military system, fighting to protect Haihan's interests on the battlefield. However, he was besieged by rogue bandits during his rescue in May.

During the Battle of Lijiazhuang, the officer trainees were all taken to the front line by Wang Tom to watch the battle. After the battle, Gong Shiqi helped escort the Li family back to Guangzhou City, but was attracted by He Xi and stayed.

Gong Shiqi and the team he led are basically not responsible for daily intelligence collection work, but are professional thugs who only perform tasks such as protecting important figures or eliminating targeted targets. Although the organization is larger than that of the militia garrison

Much smaller, but the frequency of their attendance is much higher than that of the militia. However, most of what they do is not obvious, and even some time travelers do not know the content of their work, so naturally they have no reputation outside.

Word.

Gong Shiqi took the roster to the confidential room, handed it to the person in charge, Chen Tianqi, and conveyed He Xi's request. After hearing this, Chen Tianqi immediately ordered his subordinates to transcribe the roster and archive it, so as not to delay He Xi's side as much as possible.

Action progress.

With this roster in hand, the next operation will be much easier. In order to avoid any fish slipping through the net, He Xi specially mobilized people from the militia to assist in the operation and began to attack multiple targets at the same time.

Starting from November 14th, Gong Shiqi led his men to attack all kinds of hidden spies and spies of Liu Xiang's pirate gang near Guangzhou. The raid was carried out very smoothly, and no one encountered too much trouble.

Without much resistance, many dens were removed, and a secret bank was seized in Xin'an County, where more than 70,000 taels of silver were found. After receiving the news that night, the Guangdong Office asked Lijiazhuang to temporarily dispatch

A ship went to Xin'an County to bring back the silver. Although this amount of money is not a large amount for Haihan now, for someone like Liu Xiang who does not have many ways to make money, he can only rely on robbing.

, for a pirate gang that collects tolls to maintain its power, it will definitely be seriously injured. However, because Liu Xiang’s spy near Guangzhou was completely removed this time, he will wait until the situation is discovered there.

By the time something was wrong, I'm afraid it would have been more than ten days later.

Half a month later, Liu Xiang, who had completely lost contact with Guangzhou, finally realized that something was wrong. He quietly sent people to Guangzhou to investigate, and found that all the previous nests had been taken over, and even the people and goods were swept away.

Jing. Now Liu Xiang was completely shocked. He originally planned to gradually put pressure on Haihan by blocking the waterway. If Haihan refused to give in, he would gradually increase the scope of the blockade and let Haihan's cargo

The possibility of entering Fujian by sea was completely cut off. But Liu Xiang did not expect that the Haihan people would strike so quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. He had already launched a beautiful counterattack without even giving him a chance to react.

These underground intelligence networks composed of informants in the mainland have spent a lot of money and resources to maintain, but now they have been quietly destroyed by the Haihan people, and their methods are more sharp and ruthless than the government. Liu

Xiang couldn't and didn't dare to endure it any longer, because the Haihan people were so ruthless in doing things, they might actually come knocking on their door one day.

Both sides have already expressed their attitudes, and the talks will definitely not be able to continue - at least until one party is beaten to collapse, there is no hope of peace talks. Of course Liu Xiang will not think that the losing party

It would be his own side, so when he confirmed that Guangzhou's manpower was completely lost, he immediately issued an order to prepare for war.

As the most powerful leader in the "Eighteen Zhi", Liu Xiang's armed forces should not be underestimated. There are more than 100 sea-going ships alone, which is larger than the Ming Dynasty Navy stationed in Hong Kong.

Huge. Of course, among the more than 100 ships, not many can actually be used for maritime combat - if you look at it by Wang Tom's standards, you won't even be able to pick out a qualified warship.

But a good man cannot stand against the crowds. Liu Xiang never relies on fighting alone to find food at sea. The swarming wolf tactics are the main means for the pirates with worn-out equipment to survive. Fighting against the Haihan people, Liu Xiang feels that he

The biggest reliance is that there are many people on board, and the opponent can be crushed to death. Liu Xiang also learned from various intelligences that the Haihan people had armed warships equipped with artillery, but he did not have a clear understanding of this.

In his mind, Haihan's warships should be roughly similar to those of the Ming Dynasty Navy. Each ship only has one or two cannons for decoration. Once a cannon is fired, it takes a long time to slowly reload it. With this time, everyone

They had already gathered around and joined forces. As long as they could turn the artillery battle into a close-quarters fight, the Haihan militia actually had nothing to fear.

After spending another five days mobilizing manpower, preparing supplies, and preparing for war, Liu Xiang finally led the fleet from near Chaozhou on December 5 and launched an attack on Wanshan Port. In this operation, Liu Xiang

A total of 83 large and small ships were dispatched, and more than a thousand armed personnel were dispatched. For this battle, he even specially replaced some of the elite troops he sent to Zhangzhou to fight.

"Liu Xin, based on what you know about the situation right now, compared with the Haihan people, which one is stronger or weaker on my side?" Liu Xiang, dressed in shorts, stood on the bow of the boat, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, and his bare feet were like suckers.

It was fastened firmly to the deck and remained unmoved by the ups and downs of the ship.

Liu Xin's balance ability was much worse. He had to firmly hold one hand on the side of the boat to steady himself. When he heard Liu Xiang's question, he quickly responded: "The Haihan people rely on their strong military equipment."

, arrogant and arrogant, but they don’t know who the real overlord of this sea is! In view of my humble position, I must give these arrogant people a head-on blow in order to make them understand the principles of life."

Liu Xin's words seemed to be leaning toward Liu Xiang's side, but upon careful consideration, they turned out to be a lot of nonsense with no real content. Although he had never seen the legendary Haihan Navy, he had stationed Haihan's army there.

He has seen the Guangdong Office more than once. The spirit of those people seems to be much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty army. They are definitely a tough nut to crack. This is why he has been opposed to directly using force against the Guangdong Office since he returned to his hometown.

The main reason. However, after the recent news that the dens in Guangzhou were raided came back, Liu Xin also suffered some criticism, saying that it was his shrinking attitude towards Haihan that led to the current passive situation.

Liu Xin asked himself that he had done his best during the negotiations in Guangzhou, and his judgment of Haihan's strength was objective and fair enough, but he was still being blamed for it, and he must be unwilling to do so. Fortunately, this did not make him lose Liu Xiang's trust.

, he still took him with him as a strategist and staff during this expedition. However, Liu Xin no longer dared to boast casually, lest he repeat the same mistake due to a momentary gaffe.

"I think I've been to Wanshan Island before. It's just a deserted island. Only the Haihan people regard it as a treasure!" Liu Xiang said with disdain: "I heard that the Haihan people have built a pier on the island now.

After building a warehouse, many merchants have used Wanshan Port as a transit station, so that's just right. I will take over the site directly this time, and I will be responsible for the transshipment business at the Pearl River Estuary from now on!"

"I heard that Wanshan Port stores a large amount of rice, refined salt and cash needed by the Haihan people to turn around their business all year round. Even if we don't need that place, it would still be profitable to capture it," Liu Xin quickly added.

"Of course, why not? If the Haihan people want to take the island back, they should first pay one hundred thousand taels of silver as the redemption fee!" Liu Xiang's thoughts had obviously drifted to the war, and he began to think about how to deal with the spoils.

.Whether consciously or unconsciously, they seemed to have forgotten the possible armed resistance of the Haihan people.

Starting from Nan'ao Island, the straight-line distance to Wanshan Port is more than two hundred nautical miles, and Liu Xiang's fleet is huge. In order to avoid the ships falling behind, they can only head west along the offshore channel at a slow speed. A one-day trip

However, it is only about thirty nautical miles, and it will take a full seven or eight days to reach the scheduled combat sea area.

Haihan's side is obviously much more advantageous. He can stay at home and wait for work, just waiting for the other party to show up. However, when the time enters December, many people are already a little impatient and suspect that the Office in Guangzhou will implement

Whether the crackdown operation has really reached Liu Xiang's side, and whether this pirate leader who was once very restrained and tolerant will really choose to take the initiative to send troops to attack Wanshan Port because of the breakdown of negotiations between the two parties. These uncertainties make Wanshan

The pace of preparations for the war in Shanggang was also a little chaotic. Wang Tom was a little worried that keeping these militiamen nervous for a long time would lead to nervousness in the future.

Fortunately, although Liu Xiang's action came late, it finally came. On December 13, a militia warship patrolling the Dangan Islands, 20 nautical miles east of Wanshan Port, discovered the attack from the west.

Large fleet.

The ship turned around and fired off special flare fireworks. Even though it was morning, the officers on duty at the Dawanding observation post on Wanshan Island still saw the red fireworks exploding in the air. Just a few minutes later, Wanshan

A shrill siren sounded in Shanggang—the sound came from the hand-cranked siren on the roof of the combat center.

During the ten days of preparations for the war, the militiamen had received the same training content almost every day. Therefore, after hearing the sirens, there was no chaos in the military camp, but they quickly followed the rehearsal plan.

Begin to assemble the entire team and enter the combat position.

Since Wanshan Port is very small, sailors and soldiers from the navy only need to jog for two minutes to board the ship at the pier. Therefore, a whole team of combat personnel soon started to board the ship at the pier. The army split up.

They stationed themselves in the shore defenses on the north and south sides of the pier. At the same time, there were migrant workers on the pier, under the command of cadres, who built sacks containing coarse salt and rice into breast wall bunkers, and pushed the light army guns into the predetermined gun positions.

Quickly build the shore defenses in front of the pier.

At this time, the merchant ship docked in the port was notified that the ship and its crew were temporarily closed. All the people on board gathered ashore and waited for the next step in the "safety zone" designated by the port management committee.

These businessmen have been notified when they enter the port. If special circumstances occur during their stay in Hong Kong, they must unconditionally obey the arrangements of the Port Management Committee. All resistance and disobedience will be treated as hostile. What can be done here?

Those who enter the port for transactions are basically Haihan's old customers, and they don't have many objections to this arrangement. Of course, this is also because they don't know the true meaning of the special circumstances mentioned by the Haihan people. If they know that it is Liu Xiangsu

If a pirate gang comes to start a war, I'm afraid they would rather not do this business and have fled far away.

Since the combat readiness training has been relatively complete, and the soldiers have been in a state of war in recent days, after the alarm was issued, in just half an hour, the combat personnel of each warship completed boarding, unmoored and raised the sails.

They left the dock one after another. When the two 500-ton "Expedition" warships slowly sailed out of the port, the people on the shore even temporarily stopped what they were doing and gave them warm greetings in typical Haihan fashion.

applause and cheers. In the eyes of these ordinary people, the Haihan militia is a symbol of invincibility. No matter who the invading opponent is, it is obvious that they will be in bad luck next, and their destined failure will bring disaster to Haihan.

New achievements have been added to the glorious war history of the Han militia.

Since the battle will begin in the waters near Wanshan Island, except for the two "exploration-class" and eight "exploration-class" warships that went to battle, most of the logistics ships were parked in the port and did not go out with the team.

Only two smaller speedboats followed far behind the large team to undertake the rescue mission on the battlefield.

The scale of Liu Xiang's invading fleet this time was too large. The ships responsible for reconnaissance in the Dangan Islands waters were not able to count the specific number of opponent ships, and the observation results from the Dawanding post were equally worrying - the distance was too far.

, it is difficult to observe clearly even with a telescope. The only data that can be provided to one's own fleet is that the number of ships on the other side is at least five times that of one's own.

"Okay, five times the number of enemies, this is good news for us..." Wang Tom did not show any nervousness about the reconnaissance results transmitted by the troops stationed on the island through the radio, and was still joking with the helmsman:

"At least it's not ten or twenty times. I think we still have a good chance of winning. What do you think?"

The helmsman was a naturalized citizen. Although his face was a little pale due to nervousness, he still said firmly: "If the commander says we can win, then we will definitely win!"
Chapter completed!