A net-like curtain has been erected in the sheltered area at the foot of the city's mountain, and the sentries on guard all around are armed with live ammunition and bayonets flashing. [Full text reading] In the large command tent within the curtain, the personnel of the Jeju Island landing command headquarters were busy nervously.
A situation map of Jeju Island based on large-scale maps and historical materials of the 21st century is laid out on the modular map table. Members of Jeju Island's front finger: Second Fleet Admiral Li Haiping, Special Reconnaissance Team Captain Xue Ziliang, Jeju Island Task Force Commander Nangong Wudi and Jeju Island Civil Affairs Commissioner Feng Zongze are studying the situation.
Although Jeju Island was the front line against the Japanese, the military power of the Lee Dynasty was not strong. According to historical records, the entire Jeju Island garrison had less than 2,000 troops. As for the combat strength of these 2,000 troops, the elders agreed that it was not worth mentioning at all. Thirty years ago, the Japanese army in Korea was like a deserted country, and four years ago, Ding Mao's chaos made the Li Dynasty's army even more vulnerable. King Injo of Korea fled directly to Ganghwa Island. The only way to retreat from the enemy was to sue for peace.
Escorted by the Second Fleet to land on Jeju Island, there were two infantry companies, an engineer company, and a security army company of the Northward Detachment's Jeju Island Task Force, as well as a directly affiliated company equipped with four artillery pieces. In terms of construction, there are directly affiliated squadrons, horse breeding squadrons and four general labor squadrons under the Jeju Island Agricultural Reclamation Wing. The total number of people who landed was about twelve hundred. In addition to the weapons of the field army and the security army, the Agricultural Reclamation Wing is also equipped with cold weapons.
"Even if I command the labor squadron, I can destroy these two thousand Li Dynasty troops with standard spears and machetes." It was Nangong Wudi who spoke. This man has a pot head that is loved by army veterans. He is 170cm tall, medium fat and thin but with strong muscles. It can be seen that his body has been in good physical condition after long-term exercise. His thick arms and bulging muscles, as well as an M1911 pistol rarely used by the elders, indicate that he is a man with strong arms. The most peculiar thing is his There is also a leather holster on his waist - containing a slingshot made of steel wire and beef tendon.
He was wearing an Army uniform and wore the rank of Army Captain. Nangong Wudi once served as a squad leader in pla: he was good at leading troops, training and fighting. Therefore, it was a matter of course to join the Army after D-Day. During the second anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, he was an infantry company commander of the Fubo Army, but he was in the reserve. So apart from charging for a while during the final pursuit and capturing hundreds of prisoners, the entire Chengmai battle was just sitting on the ground and waiting. Therefore, it was not his turn to be promoted on a large scale after the Battle of Chengmai.
However, due to the training of veteran officers. Shortly after the Battle of Chengmai, the General Staff organized an advanced army tactics class to train all veteran army officers below the battalion level in batches as a reserve for future mid-level and senior officers. In addition to strategy, the training content also focused on military organization, training, and tactics in the era of queuing to kill. A large part of it is the tactics and lessons learned from the next step of launching a "public security war" as a support force for "social transformation" after entering the mainland extensively.
Nangong Wudi's grades in the advanced tactics class were only average. But his business ability is very strong. His experience of wandering in society after being discharged from the army enabled him to master the daily communication language of Mongolian, Manchu, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan and Uyghur. This advantage in language skills allowed him to be selected as the commander of the army landing on Jeju Island during the preparation stage of Operation Engine.
Jeju Island Civil Affairs Councilor Feng Zongze said: "It is no problem to overthrow the ruling institutions of the Lee Dynasty. But this area is very large. Do we have enough manpower to defend the entire island?"
Feng Zongze is a head taller than Nangong Wudi and looks very strong. His appearance gives people a very sincere look. He is the owner of a small pharmacy, and his skills include: licensed pharmacist and junior nutritionist in psychology, good at cooking, able to drive a medium-sized car and tractor, and can also do maintenance and repairs. Riding a horse can also fool you. The key is to be able to speak fluent Japanese and barely understandable Korean. Therefore, he was able to stand out among the dozens of soy sauce veterans who applied for the Jeju Island Civil Affairs Committee - this is a public and official reason. According to unreliable rumors, this person was personally threatened by the boyfriend of a certain female senator because of his affair, so the Organization Department selected him for this position. Of course, no one except Wuchongzhen Tongbao would believe such nonsense. Mingming, director of the Organization Department, also firmly denied it: "We have a set of procedures for selecting veterans to hold administrative positions. This procedure is completely open and transparent."
But in terms of his ability. Choosing him, a veteran with many skills, to serve as an overseas civil officer would be like slapping seven to death: for example, the engine command department did not send any veteran medical personnel to accompany him.
Xue Ziliang said: "We don't need to defend the entire island. We only need to defend our base. The Koreans can do whatever they like. If they want to fight, we will deal with them severely."
"No. The enemy still needs to be disarmed." As the supreme commander of this operation, Nangong Wuyi objected, "There are a lot of resources on Jeju Island. We can only use them effectively by controlling the Li Dynasty bureaucrats and disarming them." . If you don’t capture the local officials of the Li Dynasty, how can you know where the officials and horses are on the island? How many specific people are there on the island? We have a lot of historical data that are true, but there are discrepancies between the historical data and reality. Furthermore The historical data are not detailed enough."
If outsiders want to rule a place, the local leading party is indispensable. Establishing a "pseudo regime" and appointing "traitors" are always the only choices for the occupying forces.
"We also need the food reserves from the local government and the requisition of the local population. It will not work without controlling the government." Feng Zongze also quickly expressed his position.
"Okay, I have no objection. Just follow your ideas." Xue Ziliang raised his hand in submission. He has no aversion to fighting - after all, this is where his value lies.
"We need to capture the three cities of Jeju, Dajeong and Jingyi as soon as possible and control the Li Dynasty's ruling institutions on the island." Nangong Wudi circled the three places with ink on the glass plate on the map.
There are three cities in Jeju Island: Jeju. Dajing County and Jingyi County are the three administrative centers on the island, with pastoral envoys and county supervisors (county magistrates and local officials) respectively.
Jeju is the Jeju City of the old time and space. It is also the political and economic center of the island, and its population accounts for about half of the island's population. Dajing County is at the southwest end of the island. Jingyi County is in the south-eastern part of the island, which is the city in the old time and space. It was closest to the city where they landed.
"I just don't know how these two thousand people are deployed." Feng Zongze hesitated. "No, just stay in these three cities."
"There are also soldiers stationed at the beacon tower and other places." Xue Ziliang said. According to the information provided by the Great Library, in addition to the three cities, the Li Dynasty also had nine garrison stations across the island, and each garrison station must have had a number of soldiers.
To garrison a large island with a radius of 500 kilometers with a meager force of about 2,000 people, and to disperse the deployment like spreading sesame seeds and salt everywhere, it will inevitably lead to insufficient troops in every place. From this point of view, the deployment of the Li Dynasty's army was similar to the Green Camp of the later Qing Dynasty. It was fortified everywhere and deployed in a decentralized manner. It focused more on performing police tasks rather than field troops. It is easy for the task force to defeat them one by one.
"We can also interrogate the prisoners. The prisoners can give us first-hand information." Xue Ziliang said.
Immediately, the soldiers were ordered to bring in the captured haenyeo for questioning. The fact that Xue Ziliang caught a naked woman as soon as he landed ashore aroused great interest in Feng Zongze and others. It's not that they lack women: all three of them have bought maids, but they just have a reverie about the "Ama" who dive naked into the sea to fish for seafood.
Of course, in the old days, haenyeo women wore tight-fitting wetsuits, or at least swimsuits. And most of the women who continue to work in this industry are middle-aged and above. Because it is too difficult, Japanese and Korean women in the old time no longer work as haenyeo.
Now that they heard that there was a "Haenyeo" that fit their fantasies, these few couldn't help but feel agitated in their hearts.
Before the haenyeo were brought, Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi first debated in elementary Korean on the issue of who spoke Korean better. During this period, in order to show that their Korean was more advanced, each other used a certain Korean word. These words greet each other. As for Li Haiping, the naval admiral who had nothing to do with the interrogation, he remained silent and continued to stay motionless in the tent. .
After the haenyeo came in, they immediately lowered their heads and knelt down. Although the weather in Jeju Island is warmer, it is still winter after all. The temperature outside the tent is less than 10 degrees Celsius. When going into the sea, haenyeo smear oil on their bodies before going into the water, and then use strong liquor to keep away the cold. In addition, they have been in the water all year round, and their resistance to freezing is better than that of ordinary people. It does not mean that they have special constitutions. Although they had straw shirts to cover their bodies, everyone couldn't bear the cold wind blowing around their half-naked bodies. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the tent - it was much warmer inside.
The hair of the haenyeo are tied on top of their heads, and their exposed skin has a bronze color due to long-term immersion in sea water and exposure to the sun. Her figure is quite toned due to long-term exercise. Just by looking at them up close, you can tell that several of them are already quite old - in this time and space, there are only two or three young women who are considered to be aunts. Feng Zongze’s Korean proficiency was better and he asked a few questions.
When they realized that these people wearing gray and blue short coats and driving big boats could speak their own language, the haenyeo raised their heads one by one and widened their eyes - the people in front of them were not the "Japanese pirates" they were most afraid of. . On Jeju Island, there are sometimes "Tang people" and "Japanese people" who have been shipwrecked and drifted here, and sometimes there are Japanese pirates who attack, but this is obviously not the case in front of us. To be continued)! ~!
