Struggles over land and sea have occurred in the past, occur now, and will occur in the future.
The reason why it didn't seem obvious in the past was because in the past, actions that required coordination between land and sea were directly approved with a high degree of pragmatism and relatively clear operational plans were given. No matter the army general or the navy general, they can only obey the orders of the master. No one dares to raise objections. At most, they can only make some minor adjustments according to the situation of the war. Therefore, this kind of land and sea dispute will not show up.
Just because it doesn’t appear doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. On the contrary, this may cause both the army and the navy to be dissatisfied with certain situations. This dissatisfaction will become more prominent over time because it cannot be vented. Once there is no direct instruction from high pragmatism in a certain operation, this kind of dissatisfaction will Dissatisfaction can explode because of a small fire.
Obviously, Gao Pragmatic's instructions for this Western Expedition are very vague. In theory, the final decision-making power of war command lies in the hands of Liu Xin, but now that Liu Xin has not yet arrived, the decision-making power has fallen into the hands of Gao Yuan.
At this moment, if Liu Xin were present, perhaps this land-sea conflict would have to be somewhat concealed. After all, not only was she a famous general with a dazzling record in southern Xinjiang, but as the secretary-general of the Beijing Secretariat, she was actually equivalent to the chief assistant of the cabinet. Normally, the generals of the army and navy have to give her some face.
However, now that there is only Gao Yuan, it is different. Gao Yuan was too young and had no combat experience, let alone a dazzling record. He relied solely on his status as the eldest son as "Nanning Marquis Yingxi" and the position of "Commander-in-Chief of the Western Expeditionary Army" designated by his master.
Of course, the status is noble, and no one dares to question the position, but the military is a magical organization in both ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. There is a special situation that exists objectively: the importance of prestige is undoubted.
That's right, you have a distinguished status and the highest position. None of our generals dare to violate your decision. However, this does not affect the fact that we think you are easy to fool and manipulate, and we can use various methods to get you to follow our ideas.
Of course, "we" are not monolithic, so there are two "we" situations where both hope to achieve their own goals by manipulating Gao Yuan's ideas.
Gao Yuan had not thought so deeply for the time being, but he had at least seen that the navy was actually competing with the army for credit as to whether to temporarily change the pre-war plan and instead make a surprise attack on Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
That's right, the initiator of this fight for credit was the Navy, and because the Army saw it, it refused to give in.
At the beginning, it was the mobile fleet commander Nguyen Phuc Chak who proposed to ignore Mrauk U but instead launch a surprise attack on Dhaka. He was of course from the navy. As for why his proposal is to compete with the army for credit, it is actually very simple: just like today's surprise attack on Chittagong, the surprise attack on Dhaka also requires the navy, and once successful, the navy's contribution will most likely be greater than that of the army.
Look at today's surprise attack on Chittagong. If the mobile fleet hadn't captured the Arakan Fleet in Chittagong by chance, how could it have been so easy to seize the dock and port area later? If the port area with the strongest defenses was not lost instantly, how could the defenders in the city lose their confidence to hold on and abandon the city and flee after seeing the number of "Ming Army" cannons? If they don't run away, they will have to attack the fortress by force. Even if the artillery fire advantage is obvious, they may not be able to defeat the city in one fell swoop - the battle plan has given several days of redundancy, right?
Therefore, there is no doubt that the navy can easily take credit in such a surprise attack on a port city, and the army cannot claim credit at this time.
In this case, of course the navy hopes to maximize its military success, rather than start making soy sauce after taking Chittagong - according to the original combat plan, the navy will not have much follow-up tasks!
After all, the Mughal Empire was of Persian Mongol descent. They had some skills in the army, and they were not even behind in firearms. However, their naval strength was not that good, and the Portuguese were just trying to bully them.
It's just Portugal. There's nothing wrong with Spain. Portugal alone can bully the navy. How could the Nanyang Fleet take it seriously? But in other words, it means that the fleet will have no big battle to fight in the future. This is not good, very bad. There are no battles worth mentioning, and naturally there are no achievements worth mentioning.
So, is there any way to change this situation? Yes, that is to strike while the iron is hot, continue to play the unique role of the navy in surprise attacks on port cities, and launch a non-stop surprise attack on the next target: Dhaka.
As the capital of Bangladesh, if it can be captured by surprise, the navy will obviously achieve another great success in this operation. As for the follow-up operations... I'm sorry, that is your army's job. Our navy can at most assist you near the outlet of the Ganges River. This is considered to be the most benevolent thing.
However, the navy knows how to scheme, and the army is not stupid either. When Ruan Fuze proposed this idea, Gao Lian reacted immediately and objected on the spot. Immediately afterwards, Gao Sigang and Gao Siyao also immediately raised objections, and their objections were also well-founded and in line with the current strategic situation and were by no means aimless.
Judging from the previous situation, the ball reached Gao Yuan's feet at this time. However, Gao Yuan still did not intend to make an immediate decision this time. Instead, he glanced at several other army generals. Although he did not speak, his meaning was very clear - what is your attitude?
Except for the three who have already expressed their opinions, the highest-ranking among the remaining army generals is Gao Yuan and his second uncle Huang Yingjing. Huang Yingping was a little confused at the moment. As an army general, his interests in this matter should naturally be on the side of the army. After all, if the credit was taken away by the navy and the army fell into a bitter fight, then he himself would also suffer.
However, there is a problem at this moment. Ruan Fuze participated in the "meeting" organized by Gao Yuan that day. This shows that the young Marquis intends to win over him. Since the young Marquis wants to win over him, and he should be on the side of the young Marquis, shouldn't he support Ruan Fuze at this moment?
The decision to support Ruan Fuze was not easy to make. After all, if he sided with the navy at this time, how would he be able to get along in the army system in the future? What's more, there is a more important question, which is whether Ruan Fuze's proposal has been approved by the young marquis? In other words, does the young Marquis really support Ruan Fuze in his heart?
Huang Yingping pondered to stall for time, his mind racing, thinking to himself: Although the young Marquis summoned Ruan Fuze that day, in fact he was the only naval general present that day, but there were five or six of our army officers. If all of us are on the side of the Army now, even if the young Marquis has thought about supporting Ruan Fuze, he may have to reconsider now, right?
After all, we can all be regarded as your "uncle family", Mr. Marquis. Are you going to give up our entire Guangxi Tusi faction just because of one Ruan Fuze?
Thinking of this, Huang Yingpin finally spoke. He said slowly: "Commander-in-Chief, I think the Chief of Staff is more thoughtful."
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