1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 800

"It's not difficult to besiege them, as long as we can send enough troops to the place." Chen Yixin's answer is quite satisfactory: "But this will probably drag our troops in Danshui, and there is no way to quickly move to the chicken coop."

"Attack fresh water first, so you don't have to rush to take down the chicken coop." Qian Tiandun had deeper considerations: "The Spaniards mainly depend on Manila for their supplies, so it's not a bad thing to make them nervous. This is an opportunity to examine the Spaniard's supply capabilities."

This reason is obviously far-fetched, and it is not sufficient. Of course, Chen Yixin can also sense that there is a problem.However, he has been in the system for a few years, and although he is young, he has some cities, and he didn't immediately go to the bottom of the matter to find out what happened.

Of course, Qian Tiandun would not be so stupid as to give his opponent some time to buffer. If conditions permit, he would naturally be eager to take down Spain's two main strongholds in Taipei in one fell swoop.However, the situation in Santo Domingo seems to necessitate the use of siege tactics, and this will inevitably occupy most of the limited force of the Penghu base, making it impossible for Qian Tiandun to divide his troops to attack the city of Salvador in Jilonggang at the same time.

Of course, if we request support from the base camp at that time and apply to transfer another battalion of the army to help coordinate operations, it may be enough to adopt a two-pronged approach in the attack on Taipei.But Qian Tiandun didn't want to take the initiative to distribute the military achievements of conquering the Taipei area. Now he needs to rely on this outstanding military achievements to obtain more care policies for the special warfare battalion.

As the ace unit of the Haihan militia, the Special War Battalion has indeed enjoyed a lot of preferential policy care, and can even recruit troops for training at the station and organize them by themselves.Although the policy is good, but the scale of the troops continues to expand, the ration of materials and equipment they enjoy has been stuck in the battalion-level establishment. What Qian Tiandun wants to do is to apply for an increase in the establishment as soon as possible, and transfer the troops under his command from the "special warfare battalion" to "special warfare battalion". "Promoted to the establishment of the "Special Operations Regiment".

Even if it is measured by the establishment of the reinforced battalion, the strength of today's special warfare battalion is infinitely close to that of an infantry regiment, and it has been greatly overstaffed.But if the establishment cannot be upgraded, no matter how good the treatment is, it will only stay at the level of a battalion-level unit.It is obviously not a reasonable situation to maintain the operation of the regiment level with battalion-level treatment.

Qian Tiandun's application report had already been typed up, but like other applications related to military expenditures in the military, he was stuck at the level of approval by the executive committee.The reason is very simple. From the battalion to the regiment, the required military expenditure will naturally rise accordingly, and the average military expenditure of the special warfare battalion is the highest in the army. The cost of a team will double and rise.For some people who are always staring at military spending, this is naturally something that cannot be ignored.If Qian Tiandun wants to break through this layer of resistance, the best way is to come up with irrefutable military exploits, apply for an upgrade to the special forces while claiming merit.

If he could think of other ways, Qian Tiandun would actually not want to use this kind of outside tactics, but he was also very dissatisfied with being constrained by the voices of opposition. After much deliberation, it seems that the only way to change the status quo is by making military achievements up.Of course, to adopt this unconventional method, the risk required is also very high. If the special warfare battalion under his command loses in combat, or if there are relatively serious casualties, it may become a target for the opposition to attack him. handle.

In the current external environment that Haihan is currently facing, there are not many people who can get a job and eat steadily. However, Qian Tiandun's selection of objects must be based on the surrounding areas of the station, and the Dutch and Spaniards will inevitably be included. within the scope of his investigation.Both of these two have established strongholds on the island of Taiwan, and they are in pure competition with Haihan, and they happen to be within the combat radius of the Penghu garrison, and their military strength is no match for the Haihan militia. The best choice for brushing merit points.

Of course, with the strength of the Penghu garrison, it would be a little too much to fight against these two at the same time, and Qian Tiandun didn't want to take too much risk.However, the Dutch are quite knowledgeable and interesting. After Qian Tiandun led the fleet to Dayuan Port for an armed parade, they took the initiative to seek a compromise, using human trafficking as an exchange condition, in exchange for Haihan's promise not to launch an armed attack on Dayuan Port. .In this transaction, Haihan's party did take a big advantage, and Qian Tiandun didn't want to kill the Dutchman with a stick. After confirming the development process of Kaohsiung Port, he quickly turned his attention to occupying the Taipei area. Spaniards.

Although the Spaniards have not taken the initiative to provoke Haihan so far, their establishment of a stronghold in Taiwan is already an original sin, and one of Haihan's medium and long-term goals is to control the entire South China Sea, and the Spaniards will sooner or later Stand on the opposite side of Haihan.The confrontation between the two sides was only a matter of time, and Qian Tiandun planned to use the Spanish stronghold on Taiwan Island to practice first.Of course, Qian Tiandun will not take the initiative to disclose these deep-seated purposes. Even if Chen Yixin is also a member of the military, Qian Tiandun has no intention to take the initiative to inform him.If Chen Yixin realizes the truth on his own in the future, that's another story.

If the city of Santo Domingo can achieve firepower suppression with only warships, then Qian Tiandun did plan to quickly seize fresh water and then attack Jilong Port, but Chen Yixin's reconnaissance results have poured a pot on this plan Cold water, the local environment is obviously not suitable for such a simple and crude combat method as directly bombarding the city with naval artillery.If the special warfare battalion wants to capture the local Spanish stronghold, the safer way is to besiege the city and fight for aid, and put pressure on the Spaniards in the stronghold by cutting off the supply line.Unless it was a last resort, Qian Tiandun didn't want the infantry to attack this stronghold equipped with a lot of artillery. Even if he wanted to attack by force, he had to wait until his own heavy equipment was put on the front line.

But this small difficulty will not dissuade Qian Tiandun from attacking Taipei. What he needs now is permission from the Executive Committee and the Military Commission.On the day Chen Yixin reported his reconnaissance results and returned to Kaohsiung Port, Qian Tiandun drafted a long telegram and sent it back to Sanya, proposing a proposal to attack the Taipei area and attaching a rough battle plan.

"I only fought against the Dutch in October last year. How long has it been since Kaohsiung Port just started construction, and he couldn't sit still. I'm not against wars to achieve external expansion, but isn't the frequency of wars too high? a little?"

When this proposal was discussed at the executive committee, it was not surprising that it was questioned.The external expansion advocated by the opposition through economic, cultural and other means is not completely contradictory to military expansion. On the contrary, the two have always been complementary and mutually reinforcing.However, if it involves a temporary increase in military expenditure or an expansion of the size of the army, the heads of these departments will still stand up and express their opposition as always.

"Let me correct you. We didn't fight the Dutch in October last year. We just let the fleet pass by the gate of Dayuan Harbor twice." Of course, Yan Chujie would not just sit back and watch only the voices of the opposition in the venue, and responded immediately : "I need to remind everyone that the last time the Militia Army carried out a combat mission was the Battle of Penghu in May last year. Everyone here has heard the report of the battle, and the fighting intensity was not too high. Up to now Eight months have passed, and it is basically enough for the troops to rest for such a long time. Is this frequency considered high? If anyone has amnesia, they can go to the file and recall the first three years when we came here. How many battles have been fought, every few months on average, and then compared with the current situation."

The period from 1627 to 1629 was indeed the most frequent period of wars after Haihan crossed.Although the scale of the Haihan militia was very limited at that time, the frequency of combat was astonishingly high.Just take 1628 as an example. At the beginning of the year, the aid to Vietnam began, and the militia went to Annan to assist the North Vietnamese court in fighting. In May, the militia army carried out two consecutive battles in Lijiazhuang and Dangan Island in Guangdong, annihilating the local bandits and pirates; South Vietnam attacked Hoi An Port; in September, it cooperated with the North Vietnamese Army to attack the defense line of Zhengjiang Hengshan, and the North Vietnamese court finally began to gain the upper hand in the Annan-South-North dispute; in December, the militia navy fought with Liu Xiang's armed fleet at the mouth of the Pearl River and defeated the opponent It directly gave up Shibazhi's sphere of influence on the coast of Guangdong.

This kind of combat density is amazing when you look back and re-examine the history, and it was the intensive combat frequency at that time that made Haihan have several excellent anchorages at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong and southern Annan. The expansion plan of going south and north has laid an excellent foundation.Since the riot in the Shilu labor camp in 1631, the only large-scale combat mission carried out by the military has been the Battle of Penghu.But as Yan Chujie said, this battle was actually a battle of thunder and rain, and the Haihan militia made the best of it. As a result, Shibazhi ran away without saying a word, and the militia conquered without much effort and was abandoned by the opponent. Penghu Islands.

Although the military also awarded awards to those who made meritorious service after the war, senior officials generally believed that this battle did not fully achieve the purpose of military training.The navy may be better. After all, on the way to Penghu, two pirate fleets that came out to stall for time were wiped out, but the army basically did not confront its opponents on the frontal battlefield. What they did after landing in Penghu was just to clean up the battlefield.If the opposition says that the frequency of combat has been high in the past two years, the military will definitely not accept it.

"Is it worthwhile for us to go to war against Spain at this point in time? Has it been systematically weighed and objectively evaluated?" Of course, the opposition will not give in easily and continue to question the military's strategy.

"Now is the perfect time to attack the Spanish stronghold in Taipei." Yan Chujie responded: "First of all, the Dutch suffered heavy losses last year, and now they have no ability to fight against us. When we deal with the Spaniards, we don't need to worry. The Dutch are making trouble behind the scenes. Second, the Spaniards are not ready for war, and they lack sufficient vigilance against us, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of the militia army's operations. Finally, there are many mines in Taipei that are worthy of our occupation The significance of fighting this battle is not only to drive the western colonists out of Taiwan Island, but also to expand our financial resources. Everyone, if we win this battle, our income will be very considerable. To put it bluntly, Taipei really has gold mountains waiting for us to dig!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but start whispering. The precious metal veins in Taipei have not been discovered by the Spaniards so far, but if Haihan continues to leave this place to the Spaniards, they may discover this treasure land sooner or later.Although in history, it was not until the 200th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty that immigrants discovered the gold veins of Jinguashi, but because the arrival of Haihan disrupted part of the original development process of the world, no one can guarantee that the local gold mines will will not be born prematurely.

In addition to the gold mines, there are symbiotic sulfur-arsenic-copper and sulfur-antimony-copper veins in the local area. Whether it is sulfur or copper, they are extremely important strategic materials for Haihan, and the veins that can be snatched will never be released Pass.Just targeting this mine, Haihan has enough motivation to take military action to seize control of this area.

"Spain is an old colonial empire. Is Qian Tiandun confident enough to confront them head-on?" This is one of the concerns of neutral people.The Haihan militia is strong, but if it confronts Spain, a European power of this era, will it still be able to win as before?

"The Penghu garrison has completed the reconnaissance of the Danshui stronghold, and has formulated a battle plan." Yan Chujie replied: "Qian Tiandun and his men are ready to go to war, and now we just wait for the executive committee to make a decision. The Spaniards are not as strong as we think. Qian Tiandun thinks that the victory is... [-]%. What is uncertain is only the actual combat time, consumption and casualties, but he expressed his confidence in the telegram. These numbers are kept at a relatively small level. Comrades, this is a sub-question! As long as we nod, Qian Tiandun and his soldiers can take Taipei for us! In the past few days Did Qian Tiandun and his troops disappoint the executive committee even once in the past year? The Special Operations Battalion is our trump card force. Since they have all expressed their views, is it not enough to win everyone's trust and support? "

It has to be said that Yan Chujie's rhetorical skills once again played a role. His provocative explanation made the heads of various departments with voting rights change their attitudes from their initial doubts.If it is said that this battle will not only cause no loss to Haihan, but will bring many practical benefits, then why should everyone oppose this good thing?
(End of this chapter)