Section 64 Mobilization
The Senate approved He Ming's proposal to establish a militia headquarters. [Read the latest chapter] With the militia composed of workers and commune farmers as the main force, the militia in all villages are under unified command - responsible for protecting the countryside, protecting industry, agriculture and infrastructure, performing logistics work, and assisting the Fubo Army in combat when necessary.
Various villages in Lingao have successively established militias during the battle against bandits - some of them were former village warriors; and built basic defense facilities - at the worst, there was only a trench and a wooden fence wall.
"The militias in the indigenous villages are of little use," said Dongmen Chuiyu, who was in charge of mobilization. "They are just village warriors. It's okay to defend their own villages and fight with bandits, but it may not be okay to take them out to fight the Ming army."
Moreover, whether these militiamen are politically reliable is questionable. Overall, the level of reliability varies from village to village. In addition to the villages under the direct jurisdiction of the commune, the most politically reliable areas are the Thirteen Villages area and the Ma Niao Peninsula area. The latter was the first to join the Chuanzhong. The former had been repeatedly trampled and trained by Du Wen and others. The grassroots organization of the Chuan regime had been fully established. Village chiefs were appointed and stationed police officers were stationed. The unsettled elements were either eliminated or suppressed. Forced migration.
Apart from the fact that no formal commune has been established, the level of control is no different from the four communes.
Other villages depend on their distance from Wenlan River. Wenlan River is the core area of control of the Crossing Group. Basically, the further away from Wenlan River, the lower the reliability. But geography isn't all part of a reliability assessment either.
Any village that has had in-depth cooperation with the Cross Travel Group, such as Liujiazhai, is much more reliable. Their interests are largely aligned with those of the Crossing Group. Those villages that don't have much cooperation and only passively accept instructions from the traveling public through liaison officers have much lower reliability. Large villages with extremely strong clan power and little contact with the Lingao regime are the most dangerous parts. Not only did the Time Travelers not bring much benefit to the powerful clans, but they also curbed their power to do evil by relying on the powerful clans.
At present, no village dares to resist the orders of the Crossing Group, and any government order can be issued smoothly, but the executive committee believes that this situation is stable internally and externally. In the event of any unrest, it is likely that some villages will disobey.
"In villages where non-clan people live and have a small population, although their reliability is not high, they do not dare to act rashly because of their poor cohesion and small number of people. It should be that A comes to obey A, and B comes to submit to B. It will not pose a threat to us. When Dongmen Chuiyu talked about this issue at the military mobilization meeting, he said, "The most dangerous ones are actually clan settlements such as Huangjiazhai and Liujiazhai. They themselves are large villages with thousands of people. It's easy to We can pull out two to three hundred armed men. Once our position becomes unstable, we are likely to respond to the official army to gain political and economic benefits."
"They will only rise up to resist when we are defeated and flee for our lives. So I think it is unlikely. These big players know the power of our artillery." Zhang Bolin said.
Wei Aiwen said: "This is the right time to fully test them... to see which villages are wavering elements, and then we will eliminate them all and arrest them in the labor reform teams."
"This is not good." He Ming shook his head, "The rear still requires 'stability.' As for things like wavering, it's hard to talk about. People are timid by nature, let alone if they are asked to 'become thieves and rebel.' As long as we win this battle, people's hearts will naturally turn towards us. We must rely on the people, not guard them like thieves every day. "
"I think it is inappropriate to only mobilize workers and commune residents. This will give the local people the illusion that 'I have nothing to do with the war,' and will also increase the chance of them becoming mere wallflowers." Dongmen Chuiyu said, " The whole county should be mobilized, so that every village must provide food and clothing to completely tie up our chariot."
"Now some soldiers have been sent out from each village. At least half of the soldiers in the Army are local soldiers." Dongmen Chuiyu flipped through the military register, "This is not enough. Now is a state of emergency. We should start immediately. The entire county is recruiting troops.”
"I agree."
"There is one more thing we should do immediately." Ma Qianxu said at the military mobilization meeting, "Lingao's local garrison."
"You mean the guard station..."
"Yes, the Guard." Ma Qianzhu nodded, "Although the local Guard Army is insignificant, it still occupies a large area of fertile land and has a population of several thousand."
In the past, the Chuanchuang people did not touch the interests of Weisuo, and Weisuo had always been an independent existence in Lingao. This was firstly out of the basic principle of "peaceful coexistence" with the Ming Dynasty government. Thousands of households were wiped out in one fell swoop, making it difficult for the county to explain. Secondly, it was for the purpose of "suppressing Li".
Although the Guard Army is in a state of decay and has a combat effectiveness of only 10 at most, they are still an important force in containing the local people. Before the Cross-Travel Group has established a good relationship with the people and its own strength is not strong, it is not necessarily a good thing to rush to destroy the guard station.
Without the deterrence of the Wei Suo, the contradiction between Li and Han here is very deep - the Li people's riot was just a thing in the last years of Wanli. If the Li people want to revolt, the crossing group will have to go into battle to suppress the Li people. Immediately a grudge must be made.
Due to these considerations, the crossing group has never touched the interests of the guards, and the guards have not shown the spirit of "defending the home and the country" that the officers and soldiers should have. The two parties occasionally did some business. Maintaining a relatively harmonious state.
Now, the Crossing Group no longer needs to worry about all this: the Fubo Army has grown in size, each village has established a militia system, and maintains friendly relations with the Li District. As for the friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty will end soon. The guard post became the most dangerous fifth column in Lingao territory. Ma Qianzhu believed that, considering the military capabilities of the garrison, it was of course insignificant, but if some small damage was done, it would still be more detrimental to the people traveling through it.
He proposed to kill the guard immediately. Full acceptance of the land, population and property of the Guard. As for the guard station itself, it can remain an empty frame and retain a few officials as puppets - of course under strict supervision.
Ma Qianzhu immediately ordered a county-wide village meeting. The liaison officers, village chiefs, and stationed police officers from each village were summoned to Bairen City for a meeting. At the meeting, the order for mobilization was announced.
Each village, whether it belongs to a commune or a supporting village, has to allocate a different number of young men according to its population. Liaison officers are explicitly asked to:
"You must report within fourteen days," Dongmen Chuiyu, who is in charge of mobilization work, emphasized at the meeting of the liaison officers, village chiefs, and stationed police officers of each village.
At the same time, hundreds of women were recruited for a short period of time to serve in the Ministry of Light Industry. In addition, each village must have its militia well organized and ready to be called upon at any time.
"The militiamen in each village are divided into two teams. Once they receive the order to recruit, they will send one team to the designated place to assemble. They will arrive and wait for dispatch according to the distance. Recruiting the rural braves of the rich families can also reduce the possibility of them gathering in crowds to cause chaos. "
This part of the militia, Dongmen Chuiyu is ready to call them for logistical work when necessary.
"Do you want to bring your own rations..." a liaison officer asked.
"No need, as long as people come, we will prepare clothes and weapons."
The liaison officers in each village breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that there was no need to provide food or money, and Paiding's quota was not too heavy. Everyone expressed that they would send men and women on time.
According to the rough population statistics in Wu De's hand, this round of recruitment can probably recruit 2,000 people.
"With so many people recruited now, is it enough time for training? What if the enemy sends troops soon?"
"Most of them are used in engineering construction and auxiliary troops, and they don't require much training."
Among the soldiers recruited, the young and strong ones were added to the infantry and artillery, and the older ones were added to the auxiliary troops.
After this round of recruitment, the 6th Army of the Fubo Army has five infantry battalions in Lingao, a field artillery battalion, an infantry training team and an artillery training team that can be put into battle at any time. Including auxiliary troops, the strength of the Army alone exceeds 6,000. This is not a large navy.
The size of the army is already a large army based on the population of Lingao itself - the entire population of Lingao, including the local population plus various immigrants, is only 120,000 to 30,000. The total number of naval forces has actually exceeded 10,000.
Fortunately, Lingao's economic aggregate and industrial scale are huge, and the army also serves as unpaid labor most of the time. Overall, it is not a pure consumption unit, and it can support such a large army for a while.
"Don't be stingy with ammunition. From now on, every soldier must complete 100 shootings for recruits and 2 shots for veterans within a month." He issued instructions to the officers, "Each company must pay close attention to formation training, especially at the company and battalion levels." The formation spread out. "
Then he issued an order that all the infantry squads originally stationed in the artillery towers should be centralized and replaced by newly trained militiamen. Each turret must have 20 days of dry food and clean water stored in advance. Other sporadic strongholds must also prepare sufficient food, ammunition, fuel and drinking water as appropriate.
"There are many units on scattered duty now," He Ming said. "Dispersed duty has a great impact on the quality of the troops. In the future, field troops and garrison troops will be separated."
"Why are we stocking up on food and drinking water everywhere? Do we need to be prepared to be surrounded?" Dongmen Chuiyu asked in confusion.
"Be prepared for the worst. What's the worst-case scenario?"
Dongmen Chuiyu couldn't imagine it. He hesitated before saying: "Although the worst plan is correct, I don't think we will be defeated in this battle."
"Of course not. If we are defeated, there is no need to defend. We can just jump into the sea." He Ming lit a cigarette. "The worst situation is that the enemy has a large number of stragglers infiltrating into our territory to cause destruction. This is The worst thing.”
The number of stragglers is small, but they will be extremely dispersed, making it difficult to eliminate them quickly. It is also the most destructive.
"Although I have been a company commander of Pla, I don't know anything about how the Ming army fights." He Ming flicked the ashes of his cigarette, "To be honest, I don't necessarily understand how the Fubo army fights..." He probably felt like this What I said is not very appropriate, so I won’t say any more and continue the topic just now:
The enemy is likely to organize small groups to carry out smuggling operations, and then carry out indiscriminate killing, robbery and arson after landing. It is also possible to incite the local gentry on the spot - almost all the larger villages in Qiongzhou Prefecture have local warriors, and clan settlements are very common. Once the officers and soldiers incite them with official appointments and promises, there will be a war everywhere in an instant.
"...I am worried about this, so I ask each stronghold to preserve a certain amount of food and water. In this way, we do not need to risk being attacked by the enemy midway to supply and rescue various strongholds. Only then can we concentrate our efforts on the stragglers. Conduct a clearing operation."
Ensure your own safety first, and then talk about how to fight out. He Ming handed over the expansion and training of the Army to his officers, and devoted himself to the fortification of Lingao.
Carry out boundary clearance in the surrounding areas of Bairencheng, Dongmen City, Xuedianzhuang, the county seat and various communes. Emergency trenches were dug, barbed wire fences were laid, and temporary shooting towers were built in locations without wall or trench protection.
These measures are mainly aimed at the occurrence of enemy stragglers and local tyrant riots in Lingao County. At the same time, Shan Daoqian began to inspect various roads in the county and perform emergency maintenance on problematic roads to ensure smooth passage of troops and vehicles moving along the roads. If necessary, use various fortified strongholds as support and roads as links to carry out internal mobile defense operations. Ensure that the entire county can be subdued with a small number of mobile troops.
In order to ensure the transportation of troops and supplies, the Planning Institute organized the remaining six four-wheel-drive agricultural vehicles equipped for the artillery company into a strategic transportation team, ready to be dispatched at any time to quickly deliver troops and supplies.
Jeeps, all motorcycles and electric bicycles are organized into a mobile team as a strategic reserve. Gather around Bairen City to deal with emergencies at any time. Can directly reinforce the front line when necessary.
The mechanical department's jeep was equipped with temporary armor, and several rows of sharp spikes were installed on the front and body of the vehicle. It looked like a robber's vehicle in the wasteland world of B-level science fiction movies. A gun rack is installed on the roof rack for mounting a 24o machine gun.
"The roads that have been repaired by electric bicycles in the county are okay. Once you cross Ma Niao, the post road over there is useless. That road can only be passed by off-road bicycles." Shan Daoqian proposed a plan, "We can Building roads across borders.”
The so-called cross-border road construction means building a road leading to Qiongshan County starting from Ma Niao.
Strictly speaking, this is a renovation, because it is basically a road reconstruction along the route of the original post road. Build roads according to simple highway standards.
"There will be a war soon, and starting such a big project..." Wu De hesitated a little.
"It is precisely because we are going to fight that it is appropriate to launch this project." Shan Daoqian said, "The army needs roads, and our army especially needs roads. With the condition of the post road, how many people are needed to drag a cannon?"
The elders knew very well the poor condition of Hainan Post Road - it was not a road, but a ditch. And there are still potholes and ditches.
Since the Fubo Army planned to take advantage of the situation to capture all of Hainan, repairing the road leading to Fubo was a top priority.
"Are we going to build a road all the way to the foot of Qiongshan County?" Wu De was a little surprised - even for a simple road, the amount of work is considerable. Moreover, there is Chengmai between the enemy territory and the foot of Qiongshan County. Even the straight-line distance is more than 100 kilometers.
"Yes, this is my plan. Of course, it is very likely that we will encounter the Ming Dynasty's army before we reach the destination. But with simple roads, logistics and transportation will be much more convenient, and the troops' supplies can also be transported quickly. On the front line, the troops can move much faster. Besides, it is always useful to build roads. After this battle, our forces will expand to the whole of Hainan. The road around the island was originally built." Shan Daoqian said, " Qiongshan County is the capital of Hainan and there is no direct road, so how can we effectively control it?"
"If there is a road, it will be much easier for us to move." He Ming expressed support. "The Sixth Army can also bear a certain amount of labor. It will be no problem even if our advancement is slower. The enemy will not run away anyway."
He Ming originally did not express his opinion. In his original plan, the maneuvers of the Sixth Army would adopt the model of sea and six advancing simultaneously. Heavy weapons and ammunition were transported by sea, and the infantry marched on foot from Route 6. Now Shan Daoqian's idea of cross-border road construction made his eyes light up.
"You want to rely on transportation lines to fight" Wu De understood.
"Most wars in the world are fought around transportation lines, and we are no exception." He Ming said.
The logistics workload of the Fubo Army is much greater than that of the traditional army. Not counting ammunition, the food provided to soldiers every day is much more than that of the Ming army. Lin Shenhe often said that the Fubo Army was a 19th century army, but it could only rely on the 17th century logistics system for supplies. Even worse than the armies of the same era - a serious lack of horses and livestock forced the Fubo Army to rely more on manpower and carts to transport supplies.
He Ming roughly calculated that if he led the main force directly to Qiongshan County without relying on supply lines and relied on the dry food and ammunition carried by the soldiers themselves, he could probably last for the sixth day. If there was no follow-up supply, he would face the problem of food shortage. Even if the ammunition is doubled as infantry ammunition, it can only guarantee the consumption of one battle. And he could hardly carry any artillery troops. Based on the poor condition of Hainan Post Road, the only light artillery that can pass quickly is the 12-pound mountain howitzer.
"Of course, I can rely on the support of the navy. The navy sends ships sailing along the coastline to provide logistics supplies to the Sixth Army at any time, and can even directly transport troops for maneuvers. But to be honest: I am not at ease with this Fubo Army. …”
"No way. This army is trained according to modern methods." Wu De was surprised when he said such words to the army's top military officer. x! ~!
