Chun Lai, the former eunuch, was frightened by Zhao Xin's words. He thought to himself that if a cup of hot tea could burn the emperor to death, he would not be alive today.
Zhao Xin asked curiously: "Why do you guys come here?"
"The little one is really hungry. There is no food in the mountains, and there is not enough clothes. Several old people have fallen down. The armored soldiers have gone to the city to defend the city in the past few days, so no one cares about us."
Zhao Xin nodded. It seemed that Ning Guta's troops were very nervous, otherwise they would have transferred away even the armored soldiers guarding Huangzhuang. He continued to ask: "How many people are there in Ningguta City now?"
"On the way out of the mountains, I heard someone say that there must be tens of thousands of people in the city now."
"Okay. Guisheng will arrange things for you. Don't worry, no one here will look down on you."
Not long after Guisheng led Chunlai away, Wang Yuanfang and Liu Sheng came to look for him.
"I think even if we take Ning Guta this time, it will be difficult to hold on to it." Wang Yuanfang expressed his opinion as soon as he sat down.
Liu Sheng nodded and said: "The road from Fuldan City to here is too difficult, and there are many people left behind along the way. If you, Mr. Zhao, hadn't arrived in time, I would have almost finished the compressed biscuits here."
Zhao Xindao: "Is there anything else?"
Wang Yuanfang continued: "Actually, the way we are fighting now, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to fight at all. Logistics is the biggest problem, and I have a deep understanding of it this time in the mountains. Food, medicine, and clean drinking water can't keep up. Go up. This is because I wanted to train my troops, so I gritted my teeth and took it on."
Liu Sheng said: "I always feel that training and fighting are a bit awkward now, but I can't tell what is going on."
Wang Yuanfang thought for a while and said: "I think we now have the idea of 'I can do whatever I want'. But the traffic and natural conditions here outside the customs are too restrictive. I used to be in the army , I remember the leader said that this is how Yingjiang plays. This is called 'traction mission, design war.'"
Zhao Xin got up and walked back and forth in the tent several times, which dazzled Liu Sheng. Just when he was about to protest, there was a "pop" and Zhao Xin slapped him on the shoulder: "What the old squad leader said is so right." Oh! We have gone into a misunderstanding."
Liu Sheng pulled Zhao Xin's hand off and complained: "If you have something to say, pat yourself on the thigh!"
Zhao Xin explained nonchalantly: "First, our core issue now is logistical support. If we want to use modern warfare, we must have modern logistical support, otherwise it is all nonsense! Secondly, we have What we are talking about is how to train the soldiers and how to fight the war. This is not acceptable. It has to be the other way around. How to fight the war and how to train the soldiers."
Many people say that there is no difference between ancient warfare and modern warfare. In fact, they are totally wrong. Unless ancient wars were the kind that went deep into the desert and into the ears of nomadic civilizations, supply lines were generally not very long. Modern warfare must be fought around logistical supply lines. The reason is that the use of thermal weapons consumes too much, and industrialized logistics will also make supply lines very long.
In modern military operations, the most important consideration is not firepower, but self-sustainability. It is impossible to only consider the intensity of front-line firepower without considering how long this firepower output can last, without considering how much logistical support this firepower intensity requires, and without calculating how much manpower and material resources are required. Later generations of armies would hold "coordination meetings" before operations or exercises. The purpose was to avoid making plans that could not be implemented.
That is because the scale of Zhao Xin's current military operations is not large, otherwise it would take a long time just to hold a coordination meeting and train a group of logistics support staff.
For example, in modern warfare, water consumption per person per day ranges from 11 to 26 liters, including washing, drinking, and cleaning. When a large army is dispatched, it must be equipped with a water tanker. An 8-ton water tanker can run back and forth a few times and is enough. The question is how much will it cost for road conditions, fuel, drivers, maintenance, etc.?
To give another example, ammunition consumption during combat. The weight of a 7.62×39mm bullet is 16.4 grams. Each magazine has 10 rounds. Each soldier carries 220 rounds of ammunition during combat. In this Ningguta military operation, the weight of rifle bullets was five and a half tons.
An artillery piece is just a warhead, cartridge, and medicine bag. The basic weight is three tons. In addition, there are repairs and maintenance, and the consumption of the transportation vehicle itself. It is difficult to meet the requirements if the distance is too far.
The distance between warehouses to be built along the route of military operations needs to be calculated. To sustain modern warfare by relying solely on ancient chariots and horses, think about the three major battles in later generations. How many people would have to be mobilized? With Zhao Xin's current strength, he simply cannot play.
If Ninggu Pagoda is occupied this time, and Hunchun is included, then the management area of Beihai Town will be more than 500 kilometers from east to west, more than 300 kilometers from north to south, and an area of 150,000 square kilometers. It's okay to go from the mouth of the Xila River to Fuldan City, but the distance from Fuldan City to Ninggu Tower is too far.
Zhao Xin is just one person. Once a multi-front battle is implemented, he will not be able to take care of it at all. Military needs are one aspect, but the actual situation is the key.
Liu Sheng felt awkward before because all the training he did in Beihai Town was basic training and there was no actual combat training at all. If it weren't for the huge difference in weapon generation, we would have lost long ago. So what if Qianlong grits his teeth and sends 100,000 people over next year? You definitely can't defend it with your current style of play. Even if Zhao Xin cheats, it's not about getting what he wants, but what he can bring out.
If according to my previous idea, I want to take down Ninggu Pagoda and occupy Ninggu Pagoda, then what? The few people in Beihai Town now will become a mess once things are arranged. Are the various Karen outposts guarded? Will each village and township be assigned personnel to take charge?
At present, there are no more than 200 grassroots management personnel in Beihai Town, including security police. If Serdan and others are included, there are seven ethnic minority cadres in total. The problem is that Serdan and the others are not cadres...
Well, after this conversation, the three finally formulated a plan for this military operation.
Ning Guta still had to fight and build momentum. First of all, we must let the border people, Han people, and banner people under the rule of Jilin General Mansion know that Beihai Town is not Oros, but Han. Secondly, we must use force to deter the local Manchu garrison. Thirdly, everyone is welcome. Go to Fuldan City to do business. Zhao Xin's attitude is still to use economic means to pave the way and use force as a guarantee.
Zhao Xin's opinion is that after this fight, he won't even want Hunchun. With the strength of the Qing Dynasty, it is enough to temporarily control the Mongolian Karen.
Now that the plan is drawn up, it’s time to take action. The weather is getting colder and colder, so finish playing early and go home early.
On September 18, Beihai Town took action.
In order to let the Qing audience better understand the identity of the Han people in Beihai Town, Zhao Xin pulled out a piece of red silk from his inventory, cut it into an eight-foot-long format, and wrote the word "明" on it with a brush; then, He also made three red flags five feet long and five feet wide, and wrote the three characters "Zhao, Liu, and Wang" on them. As for the flagpole, he found four stainless steel pipes more than three meters long.
Liu Sheng carried his own banner and led a battalion ten miles southeast of Ningguta to block the Hulha River to prevent Qing warships from going north. Wang Yuanfang led the other two battalions into a location one mile south of the Hulha River and built fortifications; in fact, they were breastworks. Ninggu Pagoda is close to many rivers, and the groundwater is so abundant that trenches can easily be turned into swimming pools.
Sure enough, at noon, when several big flags were erected behind the breastworks of Beihai Town, the entire Ningguta City was in a commotion! When Na Qitai, who was standing in the city gate building and watching, saw the red flag with the word "ming", his head was buzzing and he became confused.
"Oh my God! Why are these people using Zhu Ming's name?!"
"Didn't the leader say that they are all Oros barbarians? The characters on this flag are Chinese characters."
In fact, the people who were most shocked were not the Eight Banners Manchus, but the Han people in Ningguta City.
"The remnants of the previous dynasty, the remnants of the previous dynasty!" This is the lament of the teacher in the Palace of Manchu Literature.
"It's very possible that they stole the name of the previous dynasty. How could there be so many Han people in the wild land! Our dynasty has issued an order not to climb over the border wall."
"Brother, I am surprised by this. In the first few years, many people came to settle in Guan. Otherwise, how could the city be so prosperous?" These two are businessmen from Shanxi.
"It's been so many years since I've seen the flag of my mother country. I need to report this to the government as soon as possible when I get back." This is a businessman from North Korea.
"Are they trying to kill all our bannermen?" This was the lament of the armored soldiers guarding the city.
"Fire! Let the artillery on the warship fire! Knock down that flag!" Na Qitai was anxious.
"Boom! Boom!" The Yaksa battleship on the dock outside the south gate opened fire. This stirred up a hornet's nest, and several heavy machine guns from Beihai Town immediately began to fight back. The bullets hit the bows of the two Yaksa warships with sawdust flying everywhere. The four copper muskets were hit with sparks flying everywhere. The six gunners on the ship who were in charge of firing the cannon did not dare to show their heads after being hit by bullets after two people died.
The defenders on the city wall of Ninggu Tower were frightened by the power of Beihai Town's firearms, and they all lay down behind the city wall to take shelter. There has been no war in the Outer Northeast for a hundred years, and the banner people here have long ceased to live a lifestyle of "preparing for war when going out, working on farming when entering". The banner people have lost their original bloody spirit and bravery, and they are living a comfortable life every day.
"It's not good! The bandits are going to cross the river and attack the city!" Several bannermen women were so frightened that they cried loudly when they heard the rain of gunshots outside.
But at this time, the Han people in the city are thinking, should we be fine?
After the two Yaksa battleships were disabled, the heavy machine guns on the Beihai Town position ceased fire, but there was no movement on the position.
Na Qitai couldn't figure out what Zhao Xin was doing. He took advantage of the silence in Beihai Town to write a secret letter in the tower, and then ordered someone to take out a piece of twenty taels of silver and hand it over. He said to a soldier: "You go out through the west gate. No matter what, you must take this letter to Jilin Wula and hand it over to Master Zhongtang."
"tie!"
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Xinyi saw that the time was up, so he said to Wang Yuanfang: "Start!"
"Da da da!" This time, an anti-aircraft gun appeared, targeting the south gate and tower of Ninggu Pagoda. It happened that Qitai was not there at the moment, so the armored soldiers in the tower were in bad luck. Amidst the rumbling explosions, countless pieces of masonry, stone and wood flew in the air along with the broken limbs, and there was an uproar in Ningguta City!
The dense explosions frightened all the bannermen in the city, thinking that this time they were really going to cross the river and attack the city. But after the south gate tower and two nearby sections of wall were blown down, there was still no movement on the other side of the river.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, a company of Beihai Town soldiers walked out of the parapet and walked to the river, raising their guns and preparing. When a whistle sounded, another round of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong beating was started against the city wall. After shooting a magazine, turn around and call it a day. After the soldiers of this company returned to their positions, each company began to assemble their teams, withdraw from their positions, and return to the camp one mile away.
When Na Qitai confirmed that the banner of Beihai Town was no longer visible, he hurriedly summoned people in the city to repair the collapsed south gate and city wall. He was also confused and couldn't figure out what Zhao Xin was going to do. But it’s great that the city was not lost, and we managed to survive another day.
The next day, Beihai Town continued to send troops into the parapet position, following yesterday's pattern again. Today's shooting target is the city wall and tower in the southeast corner. After an indiscriminate bombardment, the wall in the southeast corner also collapsed. This time, the defenders of Ninggu Tower learned their lesson. As soon as Beihai Town opened fire, everyone ran down the city wall and hid on Ximen Street.
On the third day, before I could go out to perform, someone from Ning Guta came.
After completing the necessary body search procedures, the three Qing people were brought to Zhao Xin. With an arrogant look on his face, Huji introduced the three of them: "This is our leader."
The three of them looked at each other, wondering what kind of official position "palm" was. They had never heard of it? The leader of the bandits in front of him looked tall and tall, with a fair complexion and a pleasant smile. He was wearing a double-breasted and collared cloak (down jacket). But with no hair on the head and no beard on the chin, can this be considered a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty?
Zhao Xin looked at the three people in front of him with a smile, thinking to himself, are they here to seek peace? So he said: "Zhao Xin, what do you call the three of you?"
"In Xia Zhang Yubei, it is now the writing style of Ninggu Pagoda Office."
"I am Qian Yu, and I am currently teaching at Manxue in the city."
"Zhao Shou...General Zhao, my humble name is Huang Yingfa. He is the shopkeeper of Guangsheng Haobuzhuang in Ningguta City."
After the three people bowed in greeting, Zhao Xin raised his hand and motioned for the three of them to sit down. After Guisheng brought the hot tea, he asked: "Are you three sent by Qitai?"
Zhang Yubei stood up and cupped his hands and said, "The three of us are here for the tens of thousands of people in the city."
"Oh. What do you say?"
"The general used fire guns and iron cannons to bombard the city wall in turn for two days in a row. There were many casualties in the city. I also ask the general not to bombard the city wall anymore."
"Aren't the dead people all the Qing soldiers guarding the city?"
Zhang Yubei said sadly: "There are all bannermen."
Zhao Xin said "Oh", changed the topic, and asked the three of them: "Are you all exiled here?"
Zhang Yubei said: "Exactly, our ancestors migrated here in the 17th year of Shunzhi."
Huang Yingfa said: "The little man's ancestor was born in the third year of Yongzheng's reign."
Qian Yu said: "My ancestor lived in the fifteenth year of Shunzhi. Since you are using the banner of the Qianming Dynasty, how did you get to this place outside the pass?"
"Oh, I'm different from you. I came by boat."
When the three of them heard this, their noses almost became angry, and they thought to themselves, "Who are you trying to seduce?"
In fact, the three people sent by Naqitai each have their own origins. Zhang Yubei, his ancestor is Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War in the late Chongzhen period. He was arrested and exiled in the Literary Prison in the 17th year of Shunzhi; Qian Yu, his ancestor is Qian Wei. In the 15th year of Shunzhi, he came to Beijing and was exiled because of the Jiangnan Examination Case. Huang Yingfa , my ancestor participated in Zhu Yigui's uprising in Taiwan in the 60th year of Kangxi. After the defeat, the whole family was exiled.
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