1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2672
Shi Chengwu and Wang Anguo's military skills are inherited from their parents, and their level of combat command and tactical thinking is far beyond this era. In addition, they have more than 20 years of actual combat experience gained from the Haihan Army's expeditions, so that they can fight at a young age. When it is time, it can command complex combat missions like amphibious landings.

The battle plan is very simple in their mouth, it seems that they only need to follow the steps of deployment, but if it is not a well-trained unit in related subjects, it is easy to cause confusion during the implementation process, for example, the landing is being carried out at this time North Korean troops.

Since the landing target location is the beach terrain, large sailing ships with deep drafts are easy to run aground if they are too close to the shore, so the operation is to carry the infantry to land by lowering the small boat.However, it is not known whether there was a problem with the equipment on the ship or the soldiers participating in the exercise were too nervous. There was a little confusion in the process of lowering the boat, and several troop carriers failed to lift the boat to the sea smoothly.

After lowering the small boat, the soldiers on board had to descend to the small boat along the rope net and gangway on the side of the ship. During this process, some soldiers slipped and fell into the sea.Fortunately, it was not an actual battle at this time, and there was still time to quickly rescue these soldiers who fell into the sea, but these small episodes inevitably delayed the overall offensive rhythm.

In order to achieve the simulation effect of actual combat as much as possible, the fire cover provided by the Haihan Fleet at this time is all live ammunition. Although the imaginary enemy on the island will not launch a counterattack against the landing North Korean troops, the sound of rumbling guns is still impressive. The North Korean troops who were landing were very nervous, and it took a long time after they landed on the beach to deploy their formation and build a beachhead position.

Regarding the poor performance of the North Korean army, Wang Anguo and Shi Chengwu did not pretend to ignore them, but frankly pointed out their shortcomings to Li Yan who was watching the battle together.

Not only did Li Yan not feel that this was a loss of face, but he was very grateful that they were able to tell the truth. After all, North Korea had invested huge resources in the construction of the new army in the past ten years, and what they wanted was not a ostentatious show.If General Haihan does not point out these flaws and sets foot on the battlefield in the future, it may become a matter of survival.

In fact, from Haihan's point of view, the two young officers didn't think too much about it. They just thought that if the North Korean army had these problems, they couldn't be arranged to cooperate with the Haihan army in a similar environment in the future, otherwise the North Korean army would commit crimes. Mistakes, it is very likely that the Haihan Army will have to bear the consequences.

Fortunately, the training foundation of this army is not bad. Although there were minor mistakes during the landing process, there were no major mistakes. After a while, the beachhead was established relatively smoothly, and several temporary forts were erected. Cannons attack enemy targets.After this step, the main part of the landing exercise is basically declared over.

As far as the performance during the landing process is concerned, although it cannot yet be compared with the Haihan Army, it is definitely much stronger than the surrounding countries.When Shi Chengwu and Wang Anguo saw the back, they also praised a few words.

Li Yan put down the binoculars in his hand, and sighed sincerely: "Our army still makes frequent mistakes in this kind of exercise environment. It seems that we still need to continue to hone our training. In the future, we will have to trouble your military advisers a lot!"

Shi Chengwu said: "Your Majesty, you are very polite. Our two countries have been united in the same spirit for 20 years. It is our duty to provide military support to your country."

Li Yan said: "Thanks to your country's care, there have been no wars around our country in recent years, and we have lived in peace for more than ten years. But in this way, the army will inevitably lack opportunities for actual combat. It may be difficult to rely on this imaginary enemy's exercise method." There will be more improvements. Therefore, this king has a heartfelt request. I hope that your country will allow our country to send troops to participate in future operations against enemy countries, so that our soldiers can hone their combat capabilities in actual combat."

In fact, this is not the first time Li Yan has raised this request. He has made it many times over the past ten years in office, but when it is implemented, it is always difficult to realize his request due to various objective reasons. expect.

In the early years, North Korea’s military was weak, and it relied almost entirely on the protection of the Haihan Army to resist foreign enemies. At that time, even if the coalition forces of the two countries acted together, because Haihan did not trust the combat effectiveness of the North Korean Army at all, he would only assign logistics tasks to North Korea. It will not be used in combat operations.

It wasn't until North Korea formed a new army completely according to Haihan's arrangement that Haihan began to let him participate in some combat operations. He had some actual combat experience in the coastal areas of Japan and Liaodong.It was only later that both Japan and the Manchu Qing conceded defeat to Hai Han and promised not to invade North Korea again, so the new army that North Korea had managed to form with great difficulty gradually fell into a situation where there was no battle to fight.

Of course, Li Yan did not believe in the promises made by the two evil neighbors, so he never relaxed military construction over the years, but as time passed, the veterans who had actual combat experience retired year by year. The inability to verify their actual combat capabilities made Li Yan feel uneasy after all.Therefore, whenever he had the opportunity, he would bring this matter up to senior Haihan military officials.

Moreover, Wang Anguo had already mentioned before that in the future military operations in the surrounding areas of North Korea would give priority to the participation of the North Korean army, which also moved Li Yan's mind again.

Shi Chengwu and Wang Anguo looked at each other. Shi Diwen had instructed them before leaving Hangzhou, so there was a plan for this.

Wang Anguo said: "If your majesty wants to exercise the actual combat capabilities of the army, I am afraid that there will be no chance around North Korea for the time being. Our country's current military direction is one in the South China Sea, and the other is the other side of the ocean where my advance fleet is located. If your majesty can rest assured, that's okay You can send a fleet to go there. It’s just that the journey is far away. After leaving your country, you shouldn’t be able to return for a year or so. Your Majesty needs to think carefully about it.”

Of course, Haihan is very aware of the old grievances between North Korea and its neighbors. On the face of it, Li Yanming is looking for opportunities for actual combat training for the North Korean army, but in fact, he wants Haihan to support North Korea in retaliating against its neighbors.

But the problem is that Haihan now has many industrial projects in northern North Korea, and the foreseeable profit period is very long. If North Korea goes to war with the Manchu Qing, it will inevitably affect the operation of these projects.The port of Busan in the south also has a lot of trade shares belonging to Haihan, and a war against Japan will also damage Haihan's interests.Therefore, although North Korea enjoys the treatment of allies, Haihan does not want to support North Korea to avenge its past revenge through war.

Of course, if Li Yi is willing to hand over the elite troops to Haihan regardless of the cost, and send them to the remote North American continent or the islands of the South China Sea to engage in some low-intensity battles with Western ethnic groups, then Haihan will not refuse to join the Congjun Army .

(End of this chapter)