1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1049 Interdepartmental Cooperation

The Special War Battalion was a unit formed by Qian Tiandun during the development of Annan Black Soil Port. The soldiers recruited were naturally mainly Annan refugees, the main source of population at that time. It was not until 1631 that this unit was transferred to Fujian to station. Gradually began to recruit Han Chinese into the army.However, due to the gap between enlistment time and combat experience, almost all the grassroots officers in this unit are of Annan descent.Of course, there is also Gao Qiaonan, an outlier among them. Not only is he not of Han descent, but he is also a prisoner in a hard labor camp. He has climbed all the way to the current position of commander of the special warfare battalion thanks to his military exploits.

Before last year, the highest mid-latitude place in the area where this army was stationed was only the Taipei area, and the local area is located at 25 degrees north latitude, almost close to the tropical edge, and the climate is somewhat different from that of Zhejiang.During the winter on Zhoushan Island last winter, many soldiers put on thick cotton clothes for the first time in their lives and experienced the cold feeling outside the tropics.

Gao Qiaonan once heard Qian Tiandun say that Daming is currently in a climate called the "Little Ice Age", and even the southeast coastal areas occasionally experience snowfall in winter.Last year, Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture and other places north of Zhoushan, as well as certain areas in Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, experienced the spectacle of widespread heavy snowfall in winter.Although Zhoushan was not affected, the temperature dropped below five degrees, which made many officers and soldiers from the south feel quite uncomfortable.If the logistics department hadn't prepared the heating equipment and winter clothes needed for the winter in advance, then many people in this special operations force from the south would have fallen in front of the invisible opponent of the weather.

It is said that the destinations to be visited within this year are farther than the distance from Taipei to Zhoushan, and are closer to the cold north.Takahashi Nan was really worried about whether his troops would be able to adapt to the climate after they went to the local area, and would still be able to retain a few percent of their combat effectiveness by then.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiaonan couldn't help admiring his boss Qian Tiandun's foresight. Since he was stationed in Fujian a year or two ago, he began to recruit young and strong refugees from the north to join the army. Officers and soldiers also accounted for a certain proportion. When going to the north, at least some leading parties can help the troops adapt to the local climate and environment as soon as possible.

Gao Qiaonan escorted the Japanese captives back to Dinghai Port. When they were handing over at the pier, they heard that Tom Wang’s troops had arrived in Zhoushan two days ago, so he knew that he was about to start his northward move. He immediately handed over the matter at hand to the adjutant , I immediately rushed back to the headquarters to report to Qian Tiandun.

"It's just in time for you to come back." Qian Tiandun greeted Gao Qiaonan when he saw Gao Qiaonan appearing, "It happens that Commander Wang and Minister Hao are both here, let me tell you about the business."

Takahashi Nan is now a well-known figure in the military, and he is naturally familiar with high-level military officials. He had performed missions with Wang Tom and others as early as the Annan Civil War, and although Hao Wanqing had never dealt with him before , but Gao Qiaonan also knew his identity, so he immediately stepped forward to salute several people one by one.Gong Shiqi was standing next to Hao Wanqing, the two of them met each other and nodded their heads as a greeting.Although they belong to different departments, they are all resident on Zhoushan Island, and they meet quite often, so they are not strangers.

"As for the plan to go north, preparations have been underway since the beginning of the year, and we will definitely make some moves within the year, but before we go north, we have to clean up the affairs in Zhejiang." Qian Tiandun told Gao succinctly Qiaonan explained the situation: "The Ministry of Security hopes to take a joint action with the military to get rid of some people who are currently showing strong hostility to us in the official circles of Zhejiang, so as to avoid problems here that will affect our retreat after the army goes north. .”

What does it mean to "dispose of it?" Gao Qiaonan has been with Qian Tiandun for several years, so he naturally understands what he means. There is no doubt that this will be a wave of assassination activities led by Haihan officials.A similar method was used by Hai Han on Hainan Island a few years ago to calm down some restless voices in the official circles in the Qiongbei area.However, Zhejiang is no different than Hainan Island. The Ming Dynasty has a much deeper ruling foundation here, and the risks required to perform tasks of this nature are much greater.Obviously, the Ministry of Security was not fully sure about this mission, so it pulled the military into the water to increase the safety factor of the operation.

Qian Tiandun went on to say: "This operation is led by the Ministry of Security. Director Gong is responsible for formulating the plan. The Special Operations Battalion will allocate manpower to cooperate with it according to the needs of the plan. You will be responsible for contacting Director Gong. Give as much satisfaction as possible, understand?"

"I understand!" Takahashi Minami replied in a deep voice.He has been with Qian Tiandun for many years, and he has long been accustomed to obeying orders as his bounden duty. He doesn't think about the difficulty of this task, whether he will take risks, and other issues.If there were any details that bothered him a little, it would probably be that the Ministry of Security would lead the implementation of the plan, not the military.

Of course, Takahashi Minami is also aware of the nature of the Ministry of Security. From the perspective of the executive committee's trust and reliance, the Ministry of Security may even surpass the military in some cases. At that time, the field team of the Ministry of Security is often the first choice of high-level personnel.

Takahashi Nan also understands that some secret missions are not suitable for dispatching troops. Even a special warfare battalion with some research on urban street warfare is not as safe as long-term practice of tactical skills such as assassination and kidnapping. Ministry field team.Moreover, the field team has far more routines than the military for how to hide their tracks in the market place. The nature of the task determines who will play the leading role in this cross-departmental cooperation.

"Director Gong, give me some advice!" Takahashi Nan gestured to Gong Shiqi.

"Battalion Commander Gaoqiao, you're being polite!" Gong Shiqi also immediately returned the salute with clasped fists.

In fact, this is not the first time that the two have cooperated. During Haihan's attack on the Zhoushan Islands last year, the intelligence and investigation activities conducted by the Ministry of Security were all in cooperation with the military. During this period, the two had many contacts.These two are the trump cards of their respective departments. During the cooperation period, in addition to striving for merit for their own camp, there is also a bit of sympathy between the strong.

"Minister Hao, would you like to say a few words about this mission?" Qian Tiandun and the two of them greeted each other, then motioned to Hao Wanqing.

Hao Wanqing nodded, then took over the topic and said: "The target of this mission is the Ming officials who are against us, so we should act as low-key as possible to avoid official conflicts. In terms of time limit, you have 30 days to complete the mission. Although The time for us to go north is set before autumn, and there are still two months to go, but we must leave a little space to evaluate the results of the actions and see whether the expected results have been achieved. I would like to remind you that if If the local hidden dangers in Zhejiang haven’t been well resolved, then the executive committee and the Ministry of National Defense may think that the risk of going north is too great, thus delaying this action.”

Hao Wanqing paused, then increased his volume and emphasized: "I believe you all know how much preparation we have done for going north. Considering the weather in the north, once we postpone going north, we may have to wait until the beginning of spring next year. Action. You should also be able to imagine how much damage will be caused to our country's development process during this period."

According to the plan formulated by the Ministry of National Defense, the first batch of troops to go north will exceed 2000 people. If a troop of this size cancels the north trip due to unexpected reasons, it will have to stay in Zhoushan for more than half a year.During this period, these troops seemed to have nothing else to do except to cultivate and open up wasteland in Zhoushan.The Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to mobilize the elite troops to Zhejiang, obviously not for the purpose of sending them here to reclaim the island.

The meaning of Hao Wanqing's words is to make Gong Shiqi and Gao Qiaonan realize the urgency of the situation, and not relax their minds thinking that there is still enough time for action. If the expected action effect is not obtained, it may affect the To the overall layout of Haihan on the Daming coastline.

When the two came out of the headquarters, they both felt the pressure on their shoulders and couldn't help but smile at each other.However, this smile is inevitably a bit worried, because they all know how difficult it is to enter the area under the Ming Dynasty to perform beheading operations.Moreover, the target of this operation is more than one person. Once one of them is attacked, it may arouse the vigilance of his fellow party members, and it will become more difficult to solve them one by one.The consequences of the failure of the action are simply unacceptable to them.

"Battalion Commander Gaoqiao, it's still early, why don't you sit with me and discuss the action plan?" Gong Shiqi took the initiative to invite Gaoqiaonan.

Gao Qiaonan thought about it, there are too many people in the barracks, it is not easy to keep secrets, and it is true that the Ministry of Security wants to be quieter and more secretive, so he nodded and agreed to Gong Shiqi's invitation.

The Ministry of Security does not have a listed institution anywhere outside of Sanya, and all of them have adopted various covers. For example, the office in Dinghai Port, Zhoushan, is set up in a commercial warehouse.On the surface, this store that belongs to the "Qiongzhou United Development Bank" is dealing in groceries from the north and the south. It looks no different from the other dozens of storehouses in Dinghai Port, but after entering the guarded second courtyard, the Will realize that this place is Haehan's secret intelligence agency.

Every room that enters the yard is filled with strip desks and tall filing cabinets, as well as clerks who copy various materials at their desks.If he hadn't known in advance that this place was the office of the Ministry of Security in Penghu, Gao Qiaonan would almost have thought that this place was an academy for cultivating scholars.

Although Gao Qiaonan has been stationed in Zhoushan for a year, this is the first time he has visited the resident of the Ministry of Security. Looking at the side rooms on both sides of the courtyard and the main hall in the middle full of office staff, he couldn't help sighing: "I I always thought that the staffing of the Security Department was very small, and it would be good to have one No. 20 people in one place. But I see that your place has more people than the battalion headquarters of my special warfare battalion.”

"Our Ministry of Security has a lot of things to manage." Gong Shiqi explained: "Immigration, trade, finance, culture, as long as it involves national security, we have jurisdiction. For example, transporting goods from Zhoushan Port to the south every month For immigrants, we will have a file here that is exactly the same as the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and may even be more comprehensive than theirs. We also have corresponding records for every official trade transaction in Dinghai Port. The Ministry of Security not only , and will also monitor all departments within the jurisdiction that are related to the outside world, and will copy all the materials we are interested in as archive backups. The people you see are transcribing these materials, and these materials are in the necessary Sometimes, it will also be shared with the military, public security organs and other departments.”

Gao Qiaonan wondered: "Can these materials be useful for your intelligence work?"

Gong Shiqidao: "Of course it is impossible to use all of them, but even if only one thousandth or one ten thousandth can be used when needed, it is worth doing. Because you and I don't know, these When and under what circumstances will the collected data be used.

"This... sounds very metaphysical." Gao Qiaonan was noncommittal to Gong Shiqi's statement. He personally didn't trust this method of obtaining information purely by accumulating data, and he didn't quite understand the significance of this method. in accordance with.

Gong Shiqi didn't explain much at the moment, and invited Gao Qiaonan to the courtyard of the third entrance. He had an independent office in the wing room here.After entering, someone came in and served hot tea and refreshments. Gao Qiaonan ordered: "Go and inform the people in the data department that the materials I asked for yesterday will be delivered if they are sorted out."

After his subordinates took the order to leave, Gong Shiqi explained: "I came back from Ningbo yesterday and received the task one day earlier than you, so I ordered my subordinates to start sorting out relevant materials yesterday to see what we have on hand that can be used. Conditions... I don't have anything good to entertain you here, but I brought the tea and refreshments back from Ningbo yesterday, and they are pretty good, you can try them."

After Takahashi Nan thanked him, he picked up the teacup and took a few sips when Gong Shiqi's subordinates came back and returned, put a document book wrapped in kraft paper on the desk, and retreated.

Gong Shiqi picked it up and flipped through it for a while, then said to Takahashi South: "Among the Chinese personnel stationed in Zhoushan, there are 41 people from Zhejiang, and 41 of them are from Hangzhou. Among the 12 people , There are [-] people serving in the military, and your special operations battalion takes up two of them. The other three belong to the Ministry of Security, but these three people are now lurking in Hangzhou, not on the island."

Gao Qiaonan understood what he meant halfway through, and took over the conversation: "If we want to understand the situation in Hangzhou, these people may be able to provide us with some useful information."

Gong Shiqi nodded and said, "This is one of the benefits of registering and registering data. When we need to collect information, these data will let us know where to start is the most convenient."

(End of this chapter)