Section 60: Operational Plan

"So he will deal with Liu Xiang soon."

"It's also fortunate that Liu Xiang is used as a buffer, otherwise it would be a bit tricky for us to deal with this giant Zheng Zhilong."

However, in this way, it can be basically confirmed that Zheng Zhilong will not provide assistance to Wang Zunde's attack. Guangdong can only rely on its own personnel to take action, and the military pressure faced by Linggao has been greatly reduced.

"This is a few military intelligence reference booklets compiled by the Foreign Intelligence Agency based on existing information for your reference."

Wang Ding then distributed these booklets, namely "Guangdong Ming Army Number and Garage Distribution", "Guangdong Ming Army General and Above Officers", "Ming Army Weapons and Equipment Picture Album and Main Performance? Land (Sea) Army Sub-volume", "Ming Army Concise Organization" and "Ming Army Tactical Characteristics".

Some of these booklets are compiled based on historical records and research materials of past dynasties, and some are summarized based on sporadic information collected from various channels after the D-Day. The latter has a wide range of sources, including specializing in military intelligence from Guangzhou and Leizhou Stations; some are seized from daily reports of Qiwei Escort Agency. The most valuable of them are the question records of the surrender of the Ming army, the county yamen military room clerk's office, and the military room archives in the county yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen yamen ya

Wang Ding and others also worked hard to visit Lin Shenhe. In the warehouse of the Weapon Research Institute, various samples of hot and cold weapons used by the Ming army and pirates were piled up in different categories. From the beginning, Lin Shenhe consciously rescued a lot of captured Ming weapons from the steel mill. After cleaning and oiling, he also specially wrote to the Executive Committee to set up a test site to test the power of the captured Ming weapons.

This power test not only tests firearms, but also tests cold weapons such as spears, bows and swords. It also tests the killing of people in armor and unprotected states.

Lin Shenhe’s only regret is that there is no ballistic gel. As for using livestock as a target, the canteen will definitely not agree. No one likes the meat that has been rotten and has a rust smell. He has to use things like clay instead.

Without these field test data, and relying solely on the contradictory or even completely contrary to scientific evidence in historical records, a booklet about the performance of the Ming army's weapons would not be compiled at all.

After everyone gets it, it feels very convenient. Especially the officers who have served in Pla are not unfamiliar with this kind of booklet. It is a simple and effective way to understand the enemy.

"This kind of booklet is great! You did a good thing." He Ming nodded and expressed his affirmation.

Seeing He Ming, Chen Haiyang and others smiled. Wang Ding knew that the overnight work of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau in recent days has not been in vain. At least the military has already recognized their intelligence work.

"Okay, let's speculate on the specific military operations of the Ming army." He Ming said, "make a few more plans."

The east gate stood up with a rainy face full of spring breeze. Since he was transferred to the General Staff, he soon became the Secretary-General and was responsible for presiding over the daily work of the General Staff. The position of Chief of Staff was too heavy and it was not good to appoint anyone, so now he simply set it up and dismissed.

Dongmen Chuyu originally planned to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but this position seemed too respectful, so he changed to the Secretary-General and presided over the joint meeting. He was actually the position of staff.

"Everyone, the Ming army wants to launch a military attack on Lingao. The most likely is to adopt a combat mode of attacking at the same time between sea and land." He opened the map curtain behind him, revealing a large proportion of the map of northern Hainan.

Judging from the training and equipment level of the Ming army, if we want to dispatch tens of thousands of troops, we have to carry a large amount of weapons and supplies. Not to mention that in the 17th century, even in the 20th century, a large number of troops were carrying supplies in front of the enemy and landing in a very difficult and extremely risky way. Judging from the organizational level and fighting will of the Ming army, the entire army would definitely not have happened if it broke into Bopu and landed in a forcibly.

All the troops crossed the sea in batches to Qiongshan County to gather troops. When the troops were assembled and rested, they would mobilize the main force to *** along the coast. The navy sailed along the coast, advancing on land and water, and supporting each other, which was the safest and most likely method. No matter who commanded the attack this time, it was basically this routine.

The Ming army's concentration location must be in Qiongshan County. This place not only has large ports for military transit, but also the main garrison base and administrative center of the Ming government in Hainan, which is more convenient to coordinate in all aspects.

"Will the enemy come from Danzhou? Daming likes to play with dividing roads and attacking."

"There is this possibility." Dongmen Chuyu said, "There is an official warehouse in Danzhou in Hainan. If the troops sent from here can reduce the amount of grain stored in it and reduce the logistics pressure."

In ancient times, when the army was fighting, the tactics of splitting troops and attacking together, and the multi-headed teams were promoted together. This was not only strategic and tactical considerations, but also to a large extent to reduce the difficulty of marching organization and supply.

"In addition, Lingao will provide more than 2,000 stones to Danzhou every year, which shows that the military households of Danzhou's garrison still retain a considerable number and have a certain combat effectiveness." Wang Ding reminds everyone, "We must consider that the Ming army may mobilize Danzhou's garrison to expand the scale of the troops along Danzhou."

"Well, then we have to deal with the enemy in the Danzhou direction. There is only one security company and one fortress artillery company in the high mountainous areas," He Ming looked through his notebook, "How many people can the enemy in the Danzhou direction be dispatched?"

Dongmen Chuyu said: "It depends on how many Guangdong troops the Ming government plans to cross to Danzhou. If it is only to recruit military households locally, it will be at most 500 people."

"If Ming generals were just going to eat, then there would not be too few troops sailing to Danzhou." He Ming said, "According to the intelligence department, the Ming Dynasty would have to dispatch 20,000 to 30,000 people, and at least three or four thousand people would have to sail to Danzhou."

In addition, the local garrison troops were mobilized, calculated by 5,000 people. The troops drove along the way were enough to make the journey go wild. The crossing group had to take the stance of fighting in two directions, so the troops were a little stretched.

Dongmen Chuyu said: "I propose that the navy establish a *** line and directly intercept these troops. If the Guangdong army wants to cross to Danzhou, it must pass through the Qiongzhou Strait. We can intercept in the Lantern Corner Sea without even leaving the Lingao border. We can directly capture all of these troops."

"This matter is implemented by the Navy." He Ming recorded a little in his notebook and asked Chen Haiyang, "Is there any difficulty in the Navy?"

"No, but the navy cannot guarantee that all the enemies will be captured. If the enemy is disobedient, it must sink a few demonstrations."

“Where is the *** line?”

"On the ocean from the west of the Leizhou Peninsula to Danzhou, two spy boat squadrons need to be drawn to patrol day and night. A fast sailing boat patrol squadron is on standby in the port to be ready for reinforcements at any time." Chen Haiyang said, "You can't just cruise near Lantern Corner. The Ming army may also use land marches to Leizhou and board the ship in Leizhou - so there are only more ships to use." He carefully studied the map, "It would be much easier if the local area of ​​Leizhou can provide ferry information - we directly block the port."

"I think there is no problem with this. Our local system in Leizhou should be able to do it." Li Yan said.

Bei Wei said: "This matter is left to the Special Investigation Team - this is originally a military reconnaissance mission, and our bank. The Special Investigation Team guarantees to complete the mission."

"The enemy along Danzhou can only be said to be possible," He Ming said, "This threat will be left to the Navy and the Special Reconnaissance Team."

The following is a discussion of a hotly discussed issue in the Senate, whether to take the initiative to attack from abroad or fight a defensive counterattack on the preset position.

On this issue, not only is the Senate clear distinction, but the military also has different opinions.

Most people advocate defensive operations on preset positions. Their main reasons are:

The only one who served as the highest-level officer in the army was Pla's company commander. No one had ever experienced fighting this scale of war. There must be many problems in command and dispatch, and defense is easier than attack.

Secondly, soldiers have more training but less practical experience. They need to be tested by war. Faced with enemies with an advantage in numbers, the defense side is easier to organize the battle, and the soldiers have much less psychological pressure. More importantly, use the victory of defense to enhance the soldiers' confidence.

After the victory of defense, the pursuit begins, and the order in the rear is easy to maintain - the victory of defense will greatly encourage the people who are biased towards the crossing, deter the hostile elements, and make the waiting and watching stand on the side of the crossing.

Finally, the strategy of defending first and then counterattacking is very consistent with the Celestial Empire's consistent thinking mode of "not firing the first shot", "I can't let the provocation be fired", and "I can't bear it". Time travelers will gain moral advantages. In terms of publicity, you can vigorously publicize the actions of time travelers in Linggao, which are not like those pirates who harm one side. Instead, they will attack pirates and evil gentry, develop production, and store refugees to stabilize the society. They can be said to be role models of gentry. It is unreasonable to be surrounded and suppressed. This will lay a good foundation for expanding one's own power in the future.

"With the scale of the Ming army, organizational method and the road conditions in Hainan, the enemy's *** route can only be one county and one county along the Yilu Road. In this way, they can obtain supplies along the way more conveniently. The marching is also more convenient - after all, the Ming army must carry a large number of baggage firearms, and have certain requirements for the road." Dongmen Chuyu pointed to the big map, "We have an advantage of choosing a battlefield at will. As long as we choose to use the terrain of the Qiongshan-Linggao Road, we can even carry out battlefield construction in advance, dig trenches, build bastions, and even transport heavy artillery to the position. The advantages are very obvious."

Unexpectedly, the high arguments of the East Gate's blew rain were immediately refuted by Bai Yu, the director of the armored soldiers. Not only did they refute it, but they also gave Dongmen a capitulation of surrenderism first.

"We know that the Ming army's route to attack has the advantages of radio and maps, and should give full play to its maneuverability and concentrate its forces to defeat the enemy. Some can even defeat it at the estuary of the Pearl River, fully demonstrating our army's technical advantages; our army does not have combat experience, but our soldiers are well trained, have enough food, and are also commanded by modern military talents; defensive warfare may not be easy, the enemy is more than five times that of ours, and blind defense will only reduce our morale. Finally, "strike against pirates and evil gentry, develop production, and store refugees to stabilize the society." This is the evidence of rebellion - this is called "winding people's hearts", which is more hateful to the Ming government than burning and killing ***.

His argument is: the party where the time travel group is in an absolute advantage must take the initiative to attack to gain the initiative on the battlefield. In the situation where the enemy and us have a serious gap in force, it is more important to gain the initiative; the party where the defense is actually at a weak side is being fought, which has higher requirements for soldiers and greater pressure than attack.

Not taking the initiative to attack and wait for the enemy to attack is not a moral advantage but a weakness. Linggao can take care of the interests of the vast majority of people under his rule, which is the greatest moral advantage. The time travel group must show its own toughness and the ability and determination to defend the people under his rule in order to lay a good foundation for future development.

Finally, he strongly demanded to completely wipe out the Ming army and then shell the Guangzhou city. If there is enough explosives, it is best to blow up a city wall to shock the officials and gentry.

The two sides held a series of debates on this issue, from military tactics to the highest level, and in all aspects of economic construction.

Those who agree to go abroad to defend against the enemy have another concern: the defensive counterattack is certainly safe, but what should we do if the infrastructure facilities have been built in Lingao? Farmland, water conservancy, roads and telephone poles cannot be defended. If the official army first destroys the infrastructure in various places on the way to the ***, the losses of facilities and materials will not be discussed - people's hearts may be unstable, and it will be extremely unfavorable for post-war reconstruction.

Chen Haiyang is not enthusiastic about the overseas decisive battle. He said:

"I doubt our army's ability to fight abroad now: the navy lacks enough large ships, performs long-range attacks, and lacks the ability to deploy. If the Ming army gathers at the mainland in the Pearl River Delta area, rather than the Leizhou Peninsula or Hainan Island, although the troops we send can kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, unless we send troops to rob the surrounding areas, our personnel and material seizure will be limited. This is the first problem.

"Secondly, the war on the mainland requires more intelligence and logistics and military organization. This is our first large-scale operation. It is not impossible to let them land in Hainan and completely eliminate the invading enemies."

He pointed to the board:

"I think the Ming army will set up the assembly site in the area of ​​Qiongzhou Fucheng from all aspects - this is what the General Staff predicted just now. In this way, we don't have to let the enemy enter Linggao, but take advantage of their chance to assemble in Qiongshan, and the navy and army will attack at the same time and annihilate it in one go. As for whether to take the initiative to attack the city or set up positions outside Qiongshan County to lure the enemy to attack, it is easy to do.

"The Ming army gathered in Qiongshan County and would inevitably harass the local area very much, but they were still the official army and would not do anything to burn and kill the ***. The damage to the local area would not be too great. We would take over the area without large-scale aftermath, and we could also get a point in the ***. In addition," he said, "I personally prefer to take the initiative to attack instead of guarding the enemy. When the Ming army was at the city, if we saw that the army was pressing down on the black army and had no way out, the soldiers would be under greater pressure. If you let him take the initiative to attack, the pressure would be much smaller. As long as you fight a battle and see that the other party is full of local chickens and dogs, the pressure would naturally be gone."

Chen Haiyang's proposal was recognized by most people. The final combat plan was: the Navy set up a *** line in the Qiongzhou Strait to prevent the enemy from entering the sea surface of Lingao and prevent them from landing directly in Linggao to carry out harassment operations.

The army sent small groups of troops and special reconnaissance teams to conduct a shutdown of combat in the direction of Qiongshan, preventing the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry and small groups of troops from entering the area near Lingao.

After the enemy's main force gathers and leaves Qiongzhou, the Navy will first destroy the Ming Navy and cut off the connection between the Qiongzhou Strait and the mainland, so that it will not be able to retreat from the sea. The Army will look for opportunities in the field to fight the enemy's main force, and when necessary, it can use naval warships to maneuver. After eliminating the enemy, it will take advantage of the victory to capture Qiongzhou Prefecture City.

Wei Aiwen stood up and spoke at this time: "I have no objection to the combat plan itself. But I expect the planned combat to be a dignified battle: at the time and place we choose, fight a beautiful battle - and the whole process will be filmed and played repeatedly in the future - this is a battle to let everyone understand our power. Especially for our soldiers - many of them cannot recognize what the weapons in their hands mean. The habits for thousands of years will make them think that the people cannot fight against the officials. Even if the weapons are strong, if they truly practice, they will have a huge change in consciousness."

After the combat plan was formulated, the General Staff and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau held some consultations, and the two sides decided to send two joint military reconnaissance teams to conduct a staff trip. The focus was on a comprehensive inventory of the terrain, pass roads, towns and garrisons along the Qionshan-Linggao. These materials have been collected in the past, and this time it is a review.

In addition, the reconnaissance team will conduct a comprehensive survey and assessment of the possible assembly sites of the Ming army and the possible battles. Make relevant plans. At the same time, in order to find out how many ships can dock the ports along the Qiongshan-Linggao line and measure the hydrological conditions, the naval intelligence personnel will allow another reconnaissance team to conduct surveys.

"In addition, we need to make up for the existing troops at one time." He Ming said, "The army currently has a lot of vacancies, and many auxiliary troops are not satisfied. The artillery has more vacancies, so temporary recruitment of personnel is needed to supplement them. However, this involves mobilization issues and must be coordinated with the State Council."
Chapter completed!