Section 82 Battle Plan

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"The most suitable location is, first, at the foot of Chengmai County, and second, at Shishan halfway between Qiongshan and Chengmai. [Read the latest chapter]" Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the two places with a pointer.

"According to the map data and the investigation of the special reconnaissance team, the altitude of Shishan Mountain is a cone-shaped single extinct volcano, with a slope ranging from 31 degrees to 55 degrees. The vegetation is mainly deciduous and evergreen mixed forest. The nearest post road intercepts the officers and soldiers here. Fubo Army can have the advantage of terrain."

Following Dongmen Chuiyu's pointer, the officers cast their gaze on a small hill on the sand table. The post road was winding through the foot of the hill, and there was a large open space at the southern foot of the hill.

"Please see the slideshow."

Following his voice, on-site photos of the stone mountain appeared on the curtain wall, including on-site photos from various angles such as the shape of the mountain, the topography of the mountain, and the distance and orientation to the post road.

Those present had just seen the topographic map of the sand table, and now looking at the on-site photos, comparing the two, they had a more concrete impression.

"Shishan is 17 kilometers away from Qiongshan County to the east and 16 kilometers from Chengmai County to the west, which is equivalent to the middle section from Qiongshan to Chengmai. We have certain geographical advantages in fighting here, and artillery can be placed on the top of the mountain. An observation station is set up on the top of the mountain, equipped with high-powered telescopes that can monitor conditions in a radius of more than ten kilometers."

Everyone looked at the slide show intently, and some began to discuss where to set up the formation.

Judging from the sand table and photos, there is a large open space in the north of the mountain. The main force arraying here is enough to force the Ming army to fight. Coupled with artillery fire support, the advantage is very obvious.

"In a battle here, once the enemy is dispersed, they will scatter in all directions." Someone raised an objection, "This is an inner-6 area, and it is a rolling hilly area. From the photos, the vegetation is quite dense. Once the enemy is dispersed, it will be difficult to capture prisoners. .”

"Our soldiers are trained according to the tactic of queuing to kill." Fu Sansi coughed. He was a former company commander of Pla. He had been in the recruit camp for a long time and was very good at training soldiers. Current training director. Because there are not enough professional soldiers, he temporarily acted as the battalion commander of the fifth battalion during the expansion of the Sixth Army. "About half of the soldiers in the Sixth Army were recruited in the past three months, and most of them are for skirmishing in complex terrain." Combat is still relatively unfamiliar. Once pursuit and interception operations are launched, the battle infantry is almost useless and can only rely on grenadiers and light infantry."

"I think it's better to fight under Chengmai City," said Zhu Quanxing. This man was in his thirties, a clerk, with a beard and small eyes. He was the commander of the newly formed Sixth Infantry Battalion and had no actual combat experience at all. No. He became the acting battalion commander because of his passion for queuing up and practicing queuing tactics.

The terrain under Chengmai City is flat, making it easy for poorly trained troops to maneuver and fight. Moreover, Chengmai County is very close to the sea and can receive support from the Navy. In contrast, Shishan is more than 20 kilometers away from the coastline. The Navy even looked It can’t even be lively. Not to mention support.

"This is a photo of Chengmai County and its surrounding environment." Dongmen Chuiyu changed the slideshow to Chengmai County. Chengmai County is located on the riverside, only three or four kilometers away from the sea. The post road comes from the south, passes through the south gate of Chengmai County, and then turns west.

To defeat the enemy here, part of the defeated army will attempt to rush into Chengmai County and rely on the city to hold on for reinforcements, while part of it will retreat along the post road towards Qiongshan County.

According to one of the multiple plans drawn up by the staff, a small number of troops and artillery will be ambushed in advance near a stone mountain or other favorable terrain to form an interception line. When the enemy flees here, they will intercept it and take advantage of the situation to force the defeated army to surrender.

However, this plan will cause further division of troops. In the case of insufficient overall strength, it is highly doubtful whether a small number of troops forming a thin blockade can stop the defeated army bent on fleeing for its life.

Another plan of the staff: use the mobility and battlefield control of the Fubo Army to defeat the enemy under Chengmai City, and use mobile troops to fight - cooperate with armed agricultural vehicles when necessary to block the post road to Qiongshan. , leaving a gap in the direction of Chengmai County, forcing most of its defeated troops to flee into Chengmai County.

This formed the situation of cage city combat. More than 10,000 horses fled into the small Chengmai, with no food or reinforcements inside or outside. Under the superior artillery firepower of the Fubo Army, they could soon be forced to surrender. Even if they did not surrender, they could quickly break the city.

Although this destroyed a county town in Ming Dynasty, it was still just a county town after all. If a county magistrate dies, the shock will not be too great. After the fighting is over, they can withdraw from the county and let later officials claim "recovery."

"I have a personal opinion." Someone raised his hand.

"Please tell me." Dongmen Chuiyu saw that the person was Zhu Mingxia, commander of the fourth battalion, with very short hair and dark and rough skin. Very capable, this person is an armed policeman and is very experienced in squad tactics.

"First of all, the enemy may not surrender. If the enemy does not surrender, there will definitely be heavy casualties during the siege." He stood up and said, "We do have an artillery advantage, but it is obvious that we cannot destroy the city wall just by using the firepower of 12-pound cannons and 24-pound howitzers. . Soldiers still have to rely on climbing the city to break into the city. If the enemy is more tenacious, the street fighting after our army climbs the city and enters the city can cause more losses to our army."

He strode to the sand table: "My suggestion is that after defeating the enemy, use the high mobility of our army to quickly squeeze the remaining Ming army to the 'Jedi' to form an encirclement and annihilate. A small number of It is not unusual in military history for an army to surround a large group of fleeing enemy troops.”

Everyone watched attentively as his pointer moved.

"I studied the geographical information prepared by the staff department, and there is a place that is very suitable." He pointed to the triangle of river branches south of the county seat on the sand table. "This place is surrounded by water on three sides. Once the enemy enters, it will be difficult to break out. Our army can effectively form a siege against the enemy with a smaller force."

"This place is too small, and the river is not deep enough." Dongmen Chuiyu said, "According to the reconnaissance team's report, the current average depth of the river is only 1, which can be barely crossed."

"Then push it to the beach." Zhu Mingxia said.

This proposal aroused the approval of most people. First of all, everyone felt that ordering soldiers to carry ladders to climb the city was likely to suffer heavy casualties. Secondly, forcing the enemy to retreat to the seaside could get support from naval warships. Under the siege on both sides of the sea and the superior artillery fire of naval warships, the enemy's morale will further decline and it will be easy for them to surrender in large numbers.

The staff immediately studied it and revised the plan.

There is a small peninsula called Xiaoyingchang in the northwest of Chengmai County. To force the enemy into this place, the Fubo Army only needs naval ships and a small number of infantry to form a siege situation.

In the end, He Ming decided to start a battle with the Ming army under Chengmai County. His determination was to deploy the main force south of Chengmai County, defeat the main force of the Ming army in the battle, and then use mobile forces to force the enemy to retreat to the seaside Xiaoyingchang or the county seat. Within, achieve the purpose of gathering and annihilating.

It was decided that the total force to be put into the battle would be five infantry battalions. 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions. Except for the 2nd Infantry Battalion that was transferred to Sanya, the Lingao Guard Battalion that stayed in Lingao, and the infantry training team that trained new recruits, all the infantry units of the Fubo Army were dispatched.

The artillery dispatched three field artillery companies, and a supplementary company was formed by the artillery training team. In addition to artillery trainees, this company also carried up to 20 artillery pieces as replacement reserves.

In addition to Ye Mengyan's detachment, the special investigation team added a detachment personally commanded by Bei Wei.

Panda commanded the engineer company. He originally wanted to form another infrastructure engineering unit, but time waited for no one, so the executive committee decided to temporarily subordinate the engineering team building roads in Chengmai County, including people and equipment, to him.

The Fubo Army has a large auxiliary force, including cooking troops, transportation teams, health teams and stretcher-bearing teams, most of which are served by recruited militiamen. Form a field army logistics column. Jia Mofei serves as the commander-in-chief of the logistics column. This person originally worked in the logistics industry and has considerable experience in organizing material transfers.

The total number of troops participating in the battle was 10,000. Among them are 4,500 infantry, 750 artillery, and 200 engineers. There are also 400 infantry and artillery engineering and military personnel, and the rest are auxiliary personnel in transportation, sanitation, rear security, and military industry.

The navy dispatched two 8154s, four two-masted battleships, and twelve sloop patrol boats. At the same time, a naval battalion was on standby in Bopu as the general reserve team to enter the battle according to the situation.

The field army reorganized and adjusted all troops according to the pre-announced organization regulations. The formally established basic tactical unit infantry battalion organization is: 8 companies per battalion: 1 company each of grenadiers and light infantry, and the rest are battle lines. Infantry company. This is a typical organization in the era of queuing and shooting. Grenadiers must not only be "strong, brave and good at fighting", but also be real "grenadiers". As for the light infantry, the standard in the era of queuing to kill was to use rifled rifles, consisting of short, agile soldiers who had been trained in skirmishing combat. However, since all members of the Fubo Army are equipped with rifled rifles, and all members are trained in skirmishing tactics, the light infantry has only become the title of a unit specialized in skirmishing.

Each infantry company consists of 3 officers, 5 non-commissioned officers, 1 drummer, 1 flutist, and 9o soldiers. In this way, the total number of combatants in the battalion is about 800. It can generally complete independent combat missions.

In order to stimulate the soldiers' sense of honor, grenadiers and light infantry were given special clothing decorations. The grenadiers were given red cords and the light infantry were green. Hanging on the soldiers in their crude gray uniforms was hardly aesthetic.

"Let's make do with it first. We will change our clothes after the battle. The soldiers are dressed like flour sacks. They are not powerful at all." After inspecting the troops, Wen Desi made a big comment about the clothing issue. "The officers look too vulgar. , just with a command knife, there is no difference at all. When lining up for shooting, the positions of officers and non-commissioned officers must be very eye-catching, so as to boost morale."

"Put a feather on the officer's helmet?" He Ming couldn't wrap his head around it. He vaguely remembered that in the movies he had seen, officers in the era of queuing to be shot had feathers or something like a feather duster stuck in their hats.

"It's too ugly. You need a suitable hat or helmet to use feathers. What does it look like to put a feather on a helmet?" Wen Desi said dissatisfied, "I will use a rosette on the helmet for decoration for the time being. Look for information, I remember someone did a lot of research on this."

After completing the establishment, the Senate held a grand flag-awarding ceremony in Ma Niao and awarded the 6th Army flag to each battalion.

The military flag is bright red, with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center symbolizing a wormhole that emits light. On the five-pointed star is a clenched fist raised upward, symbolizing the armed forces of the empire. A long strip of white cloth with the camp's number written on it was sewn close to the flagpole. The flagpole is a long white pole with a copper double-headed eagle at the top, symbolizing the imperial powers watching over the eastern and western hemispheres. The double-headed eagle stands on a copper oak leaf wreath, with the unit number in Roman characters in the middle of the wreath. An additional golden ribbon can be decorated under the double-headed eagle to mark the battalion's honorary titles and medals received.

In addition to the battalion flag, each battalion can also have its own camp flag with any pattern, which serves as a special symbol of the battalion. This caused a burst of totem craze. Some of the five battalions participating in the war used animals and some had patterns. It was a big fuss for a while. Because the aesthetic tastes of the battalion commanders and company commanders of each battalion were different, such as double Bizarre flags such as the Bear Underpants Flag and the Dragon Burp Flag were introduced one after another. Since the quarrel was fruitless for a while, the General Staff had to temporarily ask everyone not to continue endless discussions on this issue - wait until the war is over.

Infantry companies below the battalion level are also equipped with company flags, which are smaller in size than the battalion flags. The company flag does not symbolize the power of the Senate like the battalion flag, but is just a symbol of the troops.

After the military flag awarding ceremony, the field army held a military parade in Ma Niao. The entire army conducted infantry formations in units of half a battalion. The exercise ground was filled with smoke and cannons. The people nearby all knew that the Australians or bandits in Lingao were about to fight with the government troops.

As the Fubo army was on horseback, they were reinforcing their troops. After more than two months of preparation, the officers and soldiers gathered in Guangzhou finally began a large-scale sea-crossing operation in June 163o.

Whether it is the reconnaissance team of the special reconnaissance team ambushing outside Qiongshan County and Haikou Qianhu Station, the intelligence organization in Qiongshan County, or even the intelligence personnel in Guangzhou, they are all issuing warnings that the main force of the official army has begun to cross the sea and gather. .

Guard troops and Xiangyong from Qiongshan, Chengmai, Wenchang and other places are also gathering in the direction of Haikou. According to the latest report, the army will conduct a flag parade in Haikou at the end of June in the Gregorian calendar.

According to general practice, after the grand parade of the sacrificial flags, the army will then march out - a war is imminent.

The sound of the cannon woke up Gou Chengxuan, who was sleeping soundly. He quickly got up. Suit up. After Lai Da volunteered to go to Lingao to inquire about the military situation, his situation became better and better. Although there was no clear announcement, He Rubin seemed to have treated him as a guest. Not only did he allocate an old man in his fifties to serve as a soldier. He sent and the supplies were much richer than at the beginning. Although not as good as formal staff, at least they eat better than ordinary soldiers.

Because he is not a formal staff member and is not an officer, he does not need to participate in meetings and the like as usual. He Rubin will only call him there when he is needed for consultation. Gou Chengxuan's life was very casual.

At the end of June, he followed He Rubin's Chinese army across the sea to Qiongzhou Prefecture. After returning to Qiongzhou Mansion, he spent almost every day and night in extreme excitement, thinking that he had been hiding like a mouse for more than two years. Not only did he risk being hunted by thieves, but he also suffered from the looks of others. Now I am about to fight back to my hometown with the army, and my excitement is indescribable.

Starting from when his Chinese army crossed the sea, Weisuo Caojun and Xiangyong mobilized from the counties in the northeast of Qiongzhou arrived at the Qiongshan camp one after another.

He Rubin gathered his army outside Qiongshan County. In order to express his attitude of going to war in person despite all the hardships, he set up his military tent outside the city instead of occupying the houses in the city.

In the fields outside the county town, the government and army camps were built one after another. Day and night, drums and horns were played, people shouted and horses neighed, creating a tense atmosphere before the war.

The military camp where Gou Chengxuan was located was the location of He Rubin's Chinese military camp, located on a hillside. Sunny and leeward. Standing in front of the tent, you can overlook the entire school grounds in front of the Zhongjun Village.

Although the official drills and flag sacrifices would not begin until Chen, the soldiers who were still sleeping in their respective camps had been awakened by the sound of cannons and horns, and they came out of the camps one after another. As a result, the camps became crowded again, with people shouting and neighing.

Some soldiers were hurriedly arranging their clothes, some were standing in a hurry to rush to the thatch to relieve themselves, and they were so fast that they were surrounding the cooks holding rice bowls and preparing to eat. There were also some who were packing up their swords and guns, wearing helmets and armor, and cleaning their firearms. , those who saddle the war horses...and so on. Along with their activities, various voices, footsteps, and collisions of objects made a noisy sound.

Gou Chengxuan had never seen such a scene before. Seeing such a spectacular scene, he thought that the military might of the army was so great that no matter how powerful the Kun thief's firearms were, it would be difficult to resist them. He looked around excitedly.

I saw small groups of people already beginning to gather towards the school grounds. The neatly-armed soldiers were soldiers mobilized from the mainland. The ones with old weapons and armor were local guardsmen. They only wore cloth uniforms and carried weapons. The one armed with all kinds of weapons is Xiang Yong. No matter which group they came from, they all held various flags.

"Woo--Woo--Woo--" the long trumpet sounded again. Gou Chengxuan looked around and saw that an earthen platform had been built on the school grounds, probably for military parades and flag observances. A curtain was set up on the stage and seats were placed. On the left and right sides, there are many large and small flags. A wide staircase extends diagonally from the front to the ground. There is also a giant flagpole standing on the left front of the general altar. On one side, the Chinese army was sitting on a roll rolling in the morning breeze, making the sound of hunting. v! ~!