1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 507 Preparations for the Special Operations Battalion
"Look for another one?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, most of them didn't understand Yuan Ruoxiu's meaning immediately.

Tao Donglai, who asked the question, seemed to have figured out a way: "You mean, find an opponent for Daming, let him attack Daming's territory, and then we will be good people?"

Yuan Ruoxiu nodded and said, "The militia group can use the banner of helping Daming recover the lost land, and then play a show and take over the control of those towns in the north."

"But this kind of trick may not be able to deceive the people in the government. Daming's official corruption is greed, but it is not stupid." Ning Qi interjected: "At that time, if there are no casualties, smart people will be able to see through it at a glance. "

"You don't need to lie to these officials, it's enough to be able to coax ordinary people!" Yan Chujie took over the conversation and said: "The officials of Ming Dynasty on Qiongzhou Island have only two choices in the end, either cooperate with us, or They will disappear completely, and there is no way for them to bring back the truth about what happened on the island to the mainland."

Yan Chujie grasped the main point from Yuan Ruoxiu's words very keenly. The militia can occupy the northern part of Hainan Island in the name of crusade against foreign enemies, and those who refuse to cooperate with Haihan can completely be eliminated in the name of foreign enemies.As long as ordinary people believe in the justice of the Haihan militia, it will be fine. When they taste the sweetness of the Haihan system, they will naturally gradually forget the importance of Ming nationality.As for those officials, they can only play a little role in helping Haihan maintain local order. If they refuse to do such trivial things, it will be useless to Haihan to keep them.

"Even if we cooperate with us and write the memorial according to our wishes, and even suggest that the Ming court entrust Hainan Island to us, but after a long time, they will have official business and need to return to the mainland. Will this person be released or not?" Not letting go?" Ning Qi continued to retort.

"Don't worry, those who will be able to go back when the time comes will definitely not talk nonsense." He Xi also interjected at this time: "In the end, those who survive are people who are afraid of death. We have at least [-] different ways to deal with this kind of people." There are ways."

Ning Qi shook his head and said: "I still don't quite agree with this plan. There are too many problems that may arise in the middle. For such a large-scale military operation, who do we find to cooperate with this play? No matter how good the performance is, because There are at least thousands of people involved, and it is impossible to hide the truth from the public for a long time. I think it is difficult to predict how the public will react."

"The problems you mentioned can all be discussed and resolved in the same way. What we need now is a reasonable excuse to start a war. This thing can't be given to us by Ming Dynasty, we can only create it ourselves!" Yan Chujie replied in a deep voice: "Discussion This is the third meeting, and I think this method is the most feasible so far, if you think there is a better solution, you might as well propose it now.”

Of course Ning Qi didn't have any better plan, if there was, he wouldn't wait until now to say it.It's not that he really doesn't understand the feasibility of this plan, but he has thought of some terrible consequences that may result from the implementation of this plan-the military will definitely use this action to publicize force and use it as a next step. The one-year military budget seeks a higher level, and the military's influence in the executive committee will also increase accordingly. From now on, it will be difficult to restrain the belligerent desire of these vulgar people.

However, it is impossible for the military to give up this life-saving straw that finally appeared.If it weren't for Yuan Ruoxiu's suggestion, the executive committee would probably have delayed the battle plan that was about to start in the second half of the year because they couldn't find a reasonable reason to start the war.However, the military has already prepared for the expansion of the war in the north. At least one battalion of troops is prepared to be stationed in the northern cities in the future. A disguised waste.

In the end, it was Tao Donglai who made the decision—the Military Commission will formulate a complete set of action plans within half a month, and if it needs the cooperation of other departments, it can put forward specific requirements.At that time, the next seminar will be held to discuss the details of this plan.

Tao Donglai's decision was basically to follow this path. This is not because he is dictatorial, but because there is no so-called alternative plan to choose from at present.It's just such a way, either try it out, or just wipe your face in your trouser pocket when the time comes and beat him up.

At the end of May, the Executive Committee held the first discussion on this set of plans and revised some details of the actions.Although it is still not satisfactory, the basic outline of the entire action plan has gradually become clear.

On June [-], two "Majestic-class" hybrid warships completed several months of sea trial training and officially entered the combat fleet.During this period, although the steam engine on the ship did not experience major failures, minor problems were still unavoidable, and the time of trouble-free operation was far from the expectation of the army.But for the military, whether this new type of large-scale warship can continue to be built is far more important than picking out those minor performance problems-in any case, the wind power on this warship is the main propulsion force, and it is still in the trial and improvement stage. After all, the marine steam engine is only an auxiliary power, and it will not seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the ship itself.

The service of both "Majesty" and "Prestige Signal" shows that the militia navy's water power is sufficient to implement a relatively comprehensive blockade of the Qiongzhou Strait, which is also one of the prerequisites for Haihan to launch an offensive against the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence in the north.

In early June, several small teams sent by the Ministry of Security infiltrated into several cities in the north under various identities. Their task was to spread news in the early stage of the operation and create public opinion favorable to Haihan. Some dirty work has to be done, such as cleaning up some voices from the people that are not friendly to Haihan.

On June 1630, 6, April 7th of the third year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Cat Ba Island, west of Halong Bay, Annan.

In the bay at the southern end of the island, there is a small port hidden.This place used to be the settlement of Annan fishermen three years ago, but now the fishermen have been relocated to other places, and this place has become the location of the overseas training base of the Annan Military Region.The training base of the Black Earth Port Special Operations Battalion, which is famous for its combat power within the Haihan Militia, is located in this place.

Cat Ba Island is the largest island in the sea area of ​​Halong Bay. It is located about 20 nautical miles southwest of Heitu Port, and only more than 10 nautical miles away from Tushan Base in the west, almost exactly in the middle of Heitu Port and Tushan Base.The island with an area of ​​146 square kilometers is almost entirely covered with mountains and jungles. There is a large area of ​​karst terrain on the island. Except for a small number of fishermen who settled here in the early days, there are no people at all.

After Qian Tiandun inspected the natural environment here, he used it as a field training base for special warfare camps, and carried out corresponding development and construction.The military camp on the island can be stationed with a battalion of troops, and all kinds of living facilities are also available.With the help of the natural conditions here, soldiers can practice various tactics in the mountain jungle environment.Last year, Qian Tiandun even asked the soldiers to build a 300-meter-long city wall on the island, which was divided into several sections of different heights and thicknesses. It was set up on the ground to practice siege operations in different environments.

Similar training facilities have actually been built at the Luhuitou Army Training Base in Sanya, but a little later than the city wall on Catba Island.In terms of training content, Qian Tiandun is often ahead of Gu Wei.Except that the militia army on Annan's side could not often practice infantry coordination tactics due to limited conditions, Qian Tiandun almost used all the training knowledge he knew here to meet the standards of training special forces. to build this team.

As for formation shooting, which the militia musketeers were best at, Qian Tiandun did not devote much energy to training this combat skill.Because in his opinion, as the pace of industrialization continues to move forward, the technological progress of individual weapons is only a matter of time, and as the loading process of ammunition becomes simpler and simpler, the shooting frequency will be significantly increased, coupled with the accuracy of weapon shooting The "backward" tactics of queuing up and shooting the party will be eliminated from the militia army within a few years.

At that time, infantry assault tactics similar to the "three-three system" will gradually become the mainstream of basic tactics.And Qian Tiandun's approach is to let his troops receive some training methods for skirmish warfare in advance and master some basic tactics.For this reason, the individual weapons issued to the soldiers of the Annant Battalion are all short-barreled large-caliber flintlock guns that are more conducive to skirmish combat. Although this weapon has a slightly shorter range than the rifles equipped by other troops, it is shorter. A section of the gun body is more conducive to the activities of soldiers in various complex environments, and the enlarged caliber ensures the ability of this rifle to kill with one shot at close range.

In addition, all kinds of new military equipment manufactured by the Sanya Military Products Research Institute are almost all first tested here.For example, field backpacks imitating classic styles such as Maxgear and 511, various self-heating military rations in the field, new canvas military boots, etc., the soldiers of the special warfare battalion are almost the first users.In addition, the new individual weapons manufactured by the Sanya Arsenal will also be sent here, and the soldiers of the special warfare battalion will give their opinions after trial.Therefore, the level of individual equipment of the special warfare battalion is almost the most advanced combat unit in the entire Haihan militia.

Although Annan's militia army has not carried out large-scale combat missions in the past year or so, Qian Tiandun has never relaxed the expansion of the establishment and the training of the troops under his command.The personal abilities of the soldiers of the special warfare battalion are very strong, because Qian Tiandun trained each of them as grassroots non-commissioned officers, not ordinary soldiers.Given time, when the Haihan Militia expands its army, these people can be immediately promoted to grassroots officers. As long as there are sufficient soldiers, the army can easily expand five to ten times in a short period of time.

Due to the intensity of the training, the soldiers needed a lot of food. The island even built a livestock farm specially for this purpose, and boats were arranged to go fishing every day to satisfy the appetite of the soldiers.Although most of these soldiers are from Annan, strictly speaking, they are not of Han Chinese blood, but in Qian Tiandun's view, this is not important. Most of these young people are from the lower class and have a simple nature. Consciousness instillation can easily make them feel loyal.

At the beginning of this year, Qian Tiandun also specially selected a group of grassroots officers to return to Sanya to participate in the training class for young cadres jointly organized by multiple departments, which was the class that Yu Xiaobao and Fu Li attended.Now this group of people have returned from their studies and have established the backbone organization of the "Haihan Youth League" in the militia.

Qian Tiandun himself is an experienced person, so of course he understands how much appeal this kind of political official organization will have.The officers or cadres who can be promoted in the future must all come from the Youth League.As for being able to join the Youth League, for these simple-minded young people, they don't have so many ideas, it is simply a symbol of loyalty to the Executive Committee.Even only those who have joined the Youth League can puff out their chests and declare themselves to be loyal fighters of the Executive Committee.

In addition to daily training, these soldiers received the most training in political studies, and the recruit stage even exceeded the time spent in literacy courses.After the establishment of the Youth League organization, the soldiers became more single-minded, and any idea that questioned the decisions of the Military Commission and the Executive Committee would be regarded as heresy.They will carry out the orders given by the officers without hesitation, and step onto the battlefield with the idea of ​​fighting for the Executive Committee. Qian Tiandun believes that this is exactly the war machine that the Executive Committee needs most in the future.

"Report! An urgent call from the base camp!"

With a loud cry, Qian Tiandun recovered from his contemplation, and stretched out a hand, and the adjutant Gao Qiaonan immediately handed over the telegram to his hand respectfully.Qian Tiandun tore off the seal on the telegram and opened it to see that the content of the telegram was very long. It took Qian Tiandun about 10 minutes to read it, but when he folded the telegram again, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. smile.

"It seems that we will have the opportunity to perform on the battlefield in the second half of the year!" Qian Tiandun said softly.

Gao Qiao Nan said with a look of joy: "Could it be that the executive committee has decided to attack Daming?"

"That's right, and we will be the first main force to attack." Qian Tiandun nodded and replied, "It's just that the task will be a little difficult."

As early as more than two months ago, when Qian Tiandun returned to Sanya to report on his work, he already knew the decision of the executive committee.However, at that time, the Executive Committee had only made a decision, but had not come up with a clear plan of action.Although Takahashi Nan is a naturalized citizen, Qian Tiandun also knows that this Japanese dwarf has long regarded himself as his retainer, and his personal loyalty to him even exceeds the level of the executive committee, so he does not He didn't hide it from him, and told him about the relevant situation very early on.

(End of this chapter)