Emperor Qin Yingduo went numb when he heard the news. He really didn't expect that the commander-in-chief of the army he appointed would be captured alive in front of the battle...
The problem is that Ying'an is a relative of the emperor, and his troops have not been defeated yet. The army was still there, but the commander was captured alive... This has not happened for how many years?
Since Cyric popularized muskets on a large scale, war no longer requires commanders to take risks. Personal bravery became less important, and charging into battle no longer relied on the commander-in-chief to fight.
From that time on, commanders could generally die in war or be captured in war, but they would not be captured alive before their own troops collapsed.
Ying'an was captured alive, and was taken to the headquarters set up in the city by the enemy. As if entering an uninhabited territory, the Tang army captured Qin's frontline commander.
Years of battles have made Qin famous generals. In addition to Ying'an, Zhang Xuan and Wang Luo, there are also Liu Zhian and Chen Li.
Chen Li is currently in charge of mobilizing and adding troops to the old capital, and is not in Wuyang, the imperial capital, so this time only Liu Zhian is left as commander.
"Things are not that simple... How could the headquarters of the central cluster be breached so easily?" Liu Zhian said after being silent for a while, recovering from the shock.
"Even if there are helicopters, it is impossible for the people of the Tang Army to directly attack the cluster headquarters! There must be local cooperation!" He gritted his teeth, obviously having murderous intentions towards the people in the Dahua area.
"General Liu, isn't it a little late to investigate who helped and who was involved at this time?" The chief of staff has always been disapproving of Qin's high-pressure national policy towards the occupied areas, especially the Dahua-occupied areas.
The more the local people are exploited, forced and threatened, the worse the effect will be. This kind of thing is very particular about a degree, and this degree is actually very difficult to grasp.
This is like being a stepmother to an adult child. If you are too strict and the child is rebellious, he will feel that the stepmother is bullying him. If you are too lax, the child will feel that you are easy to bully. In turn, the child will be lawless and difficult to discipline.
"Let's not talk about the local people for now. Dongqing probably can't hold on anymore. It's simply unrealistic to arrest people there for interrogation now..." Prime Minister Ying Ke shook his head. From a practical point of view, he denied pursuing the local people. Thoughts of the Aboriginal people of Dahua.
There is no way, time does not allow it: early tomorrow morning, the news of Ying'an's arrest will probably spread on the front line. There is no way to keep this kind of thing secret. The battle in Dongqing City lasted for so long at night, and there were tens of thousands of Qin troops participating in the battle. There were many people with mixed opinions. There are probably tens of thousands of people who know about this now.
How long the Qin army can hold on without its commander is obviously a question mark. If they turn against the local Dahua aborigines, it will only make the front line collapse more completely and faster in the end.
"For today's plan, we should immediately choose someone to take over the central cluster! Stabilize people's hearts, hold on to the defense line... and buy enough time for subsequent operations!" Qin is good at fighting, and the chief of staff is naturally good. He spoke in another direction, and Emperor Qin Yingduo thought it made sense.
"Let the most senior general left over there take over the command immediately! No matter what, Dongqing must hold on!" Ying Duo ordered.
"Your Majesty, you must be careful about this kind of thing in the future! If the Tang army repeats its old tricks and our senior generals are captured one by one, it will be difficult to explain the battle situation and public opinion." Liu Zhian suggested from the perspective of a frontline commander.
"Yes, the security of the headquarters must be taken seriously in the future." Ying Duo nodded and agreed with his point of view.
In the past, division headquarters, military headquarters and even group army headquarters were attacked by missiles, resulting in the death of senior officers. Now it has emerged that Ying'an, the commander-in-chief of the cluster, was captured alive by the Tang army in a surprise attack. The Tang army's attack on the headquarters was truly unprecedented.
This kind of tactics really seemed to hit the Qin army's seven inches, command and dispatch, battlefield communications, senior commanders... one after another, important nodes were eliminated by the Tang army before the battle broke out.
The rest, the large-scale, brave and capable grassroots troops of the Qin Army, could only retreat and escape inexplicably, and finally collapsed.
"The other party must have some means to monitor our communication signals. The distance is about 300 kilometers..." Liu Zhian opened his mouth again and expressed the speculation that he had recently thought about.
His statement aroused the interest of Emperor Qin and others. Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
The Qin general did not show off, and spoke directly: "The communication in the direction of the old capital has not been interfered, and the telephones with lines can basically communicate normally. This shows that the interference distance of the other party can only reach Dongqing. Nearby and unable to interfere with phone calls.”
"It makes sense." Yingduo suddenly understood. He nodded, his expression somewhat excited: after so many failures, someone finally found something useful.
"Since we can detect our radio communication signals, we can find our high-level headquarters! The higher the level, the more communication stations..." Liu Zhian is very experienced. He knows the situation of the troops, so he is very sensible. Organized.
"Those missiles were not directed at the command headquarters, but at the radio signal!" He analyzed a series of data on the defeat of Xiajian and came to a very correct conclusion: "The communications room was attacked, and the command and control room was attacked. They were just killed together."
"That's it!" Emperor Qin felt for the first time that he had touched the traces of Tang Jun. This feeling of finally understanding the enemy's methods gave him a sense of security.
At least knowing how the enemy attacked gave him a feeling that he could fight back. This is much better than the previous situation where I was passively beaten and asked questions without knowing anything.
"Find a way for the technical department to develop a high-power signal transmitter, so that our radio station can be covered up...at least, it can deceive the Tang Army's missiles." Liu Zhian gave his own suggestion.
Everyone nodded frequently, and they also felt that this method was very good. At least, it can cover the frontline headquarters and prevent them from being killed by missiles immediately.
"Despite this, our own communications have not been restored... Therefore, vigorously laying telephone lines in subsequent places is a necessary means to ensure communications." Liu Zhian is not a technical person, so he can only use the means he has now. Strengthen the Qin army's own communication methods.
Undoubtedly, the phone was the best option he could think of.
