If we count the time alone, although Hou Jin's army was already besieging the capital while the Chuan people were meeting, King Qin's action was still too late.

The historical siege of Houjin lasted from mid-November of that year to early February of the next year; Huang Taiji led his army to return north one after another in early February of 1630.

In the process of returning north, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty would occupy a series of military towns along the way, such as Yongping, Qian'an, Luanzhou, and Zunhua, and station the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to garrison them.

In the next month or two, these military towns would be "recovered" one after another by Qin Wang's troops from all walks of life. Yes, the Eight Banners soldiers who stayed behind burned, killed, looted, and looted everything, and then took the loot with them before the Ming army slowly besieged the city.

They retreated in a swaggering manner before, and both the offensive and defensive sides had a tacit understanding: one side gained actual benefits, and the other side gained the merit of "restoring the soil."

This means that in the historical Jisi Incident, when the last group of Eight Banners soldiers withdrew from the Guanqiang, it was already May 1630.

Therefore, there is still plenty of time for the traveling people. If it is just to chop off some "real Tatar" heads in exchange for credit: the intervention army only needs to rush to Tianjin Wei in February next year.

The strategy is simple: after arriving in Tianjin, General Cao can hide in the acropolis and prepare for war while watching. When the main force of Hou Jin withdraws, it is time for the special forces to show their skills - those Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners who have cut off the rear are

The fat sheep in General Cao's mouth.

In short, the sparse intervention force will not confront the main force of Hou Jin. The only way is to use the advanced equipment, weapons and ammunition of later generations to find opportunities to sneak attacks and annihilate small groups of enemy troops.

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After the general strategic direction is set, a series of subsequent operations begin.

On the night after the enlarged cabinet meeting ended, encrypted telegram signals flew from the officials to Hangzhou and Shanghai. Whatever instructions Xiong Dao got there were ignored, but the orders Lu Cheng got in Hangzhou were very clear.

: Inform all major agents that General Cao will visit Tianjin Wei in person soon.

Before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass must be sent first. In the future, when the king's army arrives in Tianjin from the sea, whether it is food, horses, auxiliary troops, guides, or vital local intelligence that the troops need, they will rely on the local government and guards in Tianjin to provide them.

Impossible.

So on the day it was decided to go north to Qinwang, the Hangzhou Station received the order. Nowadays, anyone who is qualified to become a "big agent" must be a powerful person with business all over the north and south. After receiving the notice, these people quickly

The news will be passed on to the business or related households in Tianjin.

As the node of the Grand Canal, Tianjin was a transportation hub where wealthy businessmen gathered in the Ming Dynasty. Once the local gangsters there learned that the God of Wealth was coming, they would naturally prepare the materials and manpower specified in the news in advance...

These local wealthy businessmen are ten thousand times more reliable than the government. The original capitalists are also capitalists. As long as they want to underwrite someone's industrial products in the future, they will definitely do a good job in receiving them.

After the telegram was sent, the army also started preparations. This operation is considered a "three-arms" joint operation. The army will provide 200 soldiers to be responsible for daily tasks such as guarding, escorting, guarding supplies, and defending the city.

The navy has also begun to mobilize ships. Since there are no combat missions this time, most of the fleet will be transport ships. Up to three combat ships are planned, and this is for the purpose of training troops and mapping the Korean waters.

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The special operations team is fully mobilized. In addition to the 50 combatants, there are also 10 logistics personnel who also accompany the team. These people are not useless. A large number of equipment and weapons brought from later generations require daily maintenance.

and maintenance, not to mention transportation and care.

Due to the relatively high difficulty of this expedition, it was the first time since the formation of the Yuanzhong Army that there was no rear combat, so with Xia Xianze's approval, the three artifacts of guerrilla warfare, including RPGs, infantry mines, and TNT, were all taken out this time.

Of course, the reason why some people are so generous is not entirely due to the needs of the expedition. There is also a factor of "commodity devaluation".

The above-mentioned gadgets were actually all bought blindly when Emperor Cao was buying arms. But it turns out that the three artifacts are a bit acclimated to the people here. In other words, they are a bit too high and too low.

In addition to being able to use RPGs to fire two rounds in the early days of land reclamation, as the regular army became increasingly powerful, the traversers suddenly discovered that there was no place for the three artifacts to be used.

Now is the seventeenth century. No matter what kind of enemy it is, it can be defeated by artillery, musketry, and diatomaceous earth explosive packs.

This cheap, replicable method of warfare quickly became king, and the three artifacts that needed to be imported became museum displays.

There are no high-value targets that need to be played in RPGs, and the Ming Dynasty did not have a half-meter-thick treasury door that required special forces to sneak in and blast it with TNT. As for landmines, they were all used by the Diaosi Tubal Road. The imperial army always fought head-on and was beaten into pieces.

The scene of guerrillas has not yet appeared.

So taking this opportunity, Xia Xianze approved all the three artifacts in stock to the special forces: It would cost manpower and material resources to maintain the useless items in the arsenal, and these dangerous items will fail and self-destruct over time, which is equivalent to

Slowly depreciating.

This King Qin mission is the last chance for the three artifacts to show their value. After learning from the experience and lessons, in a few years, King Qin will send out an army across time, and the three artifacts will completely depreciate in value.

While the military is preparing for war, the industrial sector is also not idle. For example, a quilt factory received an order for 1,000 sets of military coats.

It is now mid-November, and in the plan, the departure time of the intervention force is set at the beginning of December. The fleet will depart from Taiwan half a month later, and will stop at Shanghai Port for a period of rest on the way. Then roughly in January

In early ten days, the intervention troops arrived in Tianjin.

After arriving in Tianjin, the troops will take about a month to prepare and adapt. In other words, they will sit and watch the melee between the two armies at the foot of the capital. Then they will wait until the Huang Taiji army withdraws in February before considering the issue of attack.

As a result, the quilt factory received an order for 1,000 sets of coats, cotton trousers, hats and gloves, and the leather shoe factory also received an order for the same number of cotton and leather shoes.

There is still half a month left before departure. In the later small processing factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as long as the personnel and materials are available, these orders can be made within a few days, and at most the expedited fee will be charged.

Although the equipment of the quilt factory in the kiln district is not that advanced and it is a semi-mechanized production method, the kiln district has rich human resources. One or two thousand female workers can be mobilized at any time to work in three shifts. This is where the quilts do not require a large battle.

There is a reason for ordering an excess amount of cold zone equipment: after the intervention forces arrive in Tianjin, they will inevitably recruit local guides and auxiliary troops, and then all of these equipment will be put to use.

In addition to military supplies, a large number of light industrial products are also being shipped. Previously, wealthy people in the north used goods distributed through the Grand Canal in the south. This distribution method often resulted in shortages of goods, incomplete varieties and high prices.

The magnitude has skyrocketed, just like pork in later generations.

This time, the intervention of the Military Logistics King was caused by the manufacturer sending regional presidents with samples to explore the market, so a large number of samples were indispensable. Once this trade route is opened, many wealthy people in the capital will be able to use a steady stream of kerosene and glass mirrors.

Already.

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While issuing a series of war preparation orders, the cabinet immediately held an army expansion meeting. This meeting lasted one day, and after the meeting, a "1630 Annual Arms Adjustment Plan" was issued.

This military expansion plan mainly involves the army and navy.

Regarding the Army, the plan is this: It is expected to recruit 2,000 new recruits in the coming year, which will increase the total number of Army personnel to 5,000.

During this process, the Army will be reorganized, and next year it will form a structure of two main regiments plus some reserve forces.

The new regiment consists of the 3rd Battalion Infantry Artillery Company Logistics Troop, with a total strength of 2,000 people.

Regarding the deployment of troops, a battalion of 500 troops will be deployed in Xiamen and Guangzhou each, and the remaining troops will stay in Taiwan for training.

In the Army's long-term plan, the Army will continue to expand in the next two to three years. Eventually, the Army will deploy a standing battalion of 500 troops in Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shandong, Tianjin and other places, and then maintain no less than four troops in Taiwan.

A battalion of mobile troops is used to keep alert of possible wars in the north and Southeast Asia.

After the army comes the navy.

The Navy's new resources are mainly focused on ocean shipping. Considering that in this Qingwang mission, the fleet will not only have to cross the 2,000-kilometer mainland coastline, but will also continue to send fleets to expand this route in the future, so the Navy has decided to

In the coming year 1630, the number of large-tonnage ocean-going ships was increased.

The "large tonnage" here mainly refers to transport ships above 800 tons.

The new lock ships of 500-600 tons before this will be used as short-distance cargo ships on the Fujian-Guangdong-Taiwan triangle route in the future; while cargo ships in northern regions such as Shanghai, Tianjin, North Korea, and Japan need to be upgraded to at least 800-ton class.

As for combat ships, the Navy is generally quite satisfied with the current 500-ton Youguang-class gunboats and 150-ton Taijiang-class frigates.

These two types of warships not only come and go freely along the mainland coast with chaotic wind directions and complex terrain, but also successfully solved all Chinese pirates. The navy currently does not find the need to adjust.

As for the European colonial ships that will definitely have conflicts in the future... Off the coast of Taiwan at this moment, there is already a huge verification warship in the state of sea trials. Soon, the enemies across the sea will try to use the large warship.

The power of the cannon.

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While a series of preparations were being carried out intensively, Zhang Dongdong was also anxiously waiting for the telegram from Fuzhou.

Nowadays, if the governor's office in Fuzhou wants to contact General Cao, he only needs to send someone to deliver the message to the business store in Fuzhou City. Therefore, Zhang Dongdong, who is far away in Taiwan, can receive the telegram as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!