1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 498 Strategic Deployment ([-])

1644 is the 17th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, the first year of Yongchang in Dashun, the first year of Dashun in Daxi Dynasty, the first year in Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, [-] in Huangli (Yellow Emperor Year), and the second year of Ganwu in Hanzhou Daqi.

In this new year, the situation in Daming continued to slide into an unpredictable abyss. Natural disasters, famine, plague, and countless refugee riots showed no signs of stopping in the territory of Daming. The entire Ming Dynasty was already in a precarious situation.

In Europe, the conflict between the King of England and the Parliament is still irreconcilable. The civil war continues. The Royal Army has won key victories on several battlefields. Among the Parliamentary Army, only the Iron Cavalry under Cromwell has a bright spot. In January, Cromwell was promoted to lieutenant general and served as commander of the cavalry of the Eastern Union Army, leading the parliamentary army to continue to fight against the king's army.

On the Continent, the long Thirty Years War began to draw to a close.The scale of the outcome of the war is still not clearly biased towards any side.But after a long period of games and fights, the Protestant Alliance has gradually gained an advantage. The Netherlands has actually gained independence for many years. The Swedes continue to wreak havoc on the German region. , Constantly beat Spain.

In Eastern Europe, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a traditional powerhouse, has stabilized its position after the crazy offensive frenzy of the Principality of Moscow.They began to intensify military pressure in the direction of Ukraine and foiled the Cossack and Crimean Tatar attacks.The new weapons originated in Europe, in the hands of them who have not changed much of the military and political system, still exert a good power.This makes the Russians and Tatars, who are more difficult to get support, unable to parry.

As for the Ottoman Empire in the east, due to internal problems, it entered a short period of chaos, making them temporarily unable to threaten Central and Western Europe.

In the Southeast Asia region, the Dutch East India Company still maintains its unshakable maritime hegemony.On the island of Java, the kingdom of Mataran was punched and the kingdom of Banten was kicked, and the power began to expand rapidly in both east and west directions.At the same time, after completely suppressing the resistance of the natives on the Spice Islands, their eyes began to set their sights on Makassar, southwest of Sulawesi.

Regarding the remaining Portuguese forces entrenched there, the Dutch wanted to get rid of them quickly, in case the Portuguese forces revived in the East Indies.On the other hand, the merchant ships of the Hanzhou people frequently traveled to and from Makassar, and colluded with the Portuguese and the Gova Sultan Kingdom here, which also made the Dutch East India Company vigilant.

In Ceylon, the Dutch united the Kingdom of Kandy in July last year (1643), and captured Negombo and the southern port of Galle occupied by the Portuguese. military operations), further backlogged the Portuguese colonial forces, and is only a stone’s throw away from the core of Portuguese rule, Colombo. I believe that the Dutch will be given some time and preparations to completely expel the Portuguese, monopolize Ceylon, and monopolize the local nutmeg and The pepper trade is a high probability event.

The Qi State, which lives in the southern Hanzhou Continent, seems to be only concentrating on immigrating from Daming to develop industrial and agricultural production. It seems that it is not very attentive to the chaotic situation in Nanyang.

"After years of continuous immigration, the local population of Hanzhou under the jurisdiction of the Qi State has exceeded 10, reaching more than 12. In addition, there are more than [-] on Timor Island, and Weiyuan Island (now New Zealand) Guinea Island) has more than [-] people, with a total population of about [-]."

"This year's immigration work has not yet ended, and the newly arrived immigrants are also included in the calculation. However, it is roughly estimated that the number of immigrants this year may reach a new high, which will reach between 14 and [-]." Guo Jing'an, Minister of the Immigration Department, looked excited He looked at the military and civilian officials sitting in the meeting room, and then continued: "Based on this, the population of our Hanzhou mainland and overseas territories under our jurisdiction may reach more than [-]."

"Ping An Island near Luzon (now Catanduanes Island in the eastern Philippines), Hanxing Island (now Miyako Island, Japan) and Xinghe Island (now Ishigaki Island, Japan) in Ryukyu, and Xinsheng Island (now Ishigaki Island, Japan) near Annan Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam), Lin'an Fort and Nanping Fort, are the populations controlled by these places included?" Qi Dajiang asked.

"These places mentioned by the governor, because the local officials did not submit detailed population data, so the population statistics of these places are not included in the calculation." Guo Jing'an said.

"From now on, all territories under our Qi State will have to submit detailed population statistics." Qi Tian said, "This will be beneficial for the government and the military to plan some necessary affairs."

"Minister, obey the order." Guo Jing'an replied respectfully: "The Immigration Department will issue a corresponding announcement to the chief civil affairs officials of all overseas territories later."

This year's routine military-civilian joint meeting has been held for nearly a day. Various civil affairs departments under the Prime Minister's Office have reported on internal affairs, industrial and agricultural output, trade, transportation, infrastructure construction, resettlement... almost A thorough inventory and statistics of all the current family properties of Qi State were carried out.

Many military and political officials present were puzzled, and seemed a little at a loss and at a loss for these boring figures.I remember that in the previous military-civilian and political joint meetings, the reports on civil affairs were all reported by Prime Minister Pan Qifeng, and the data were relatively general. What new colonization points have been established in overseas territories, and so on.

Today's government report, however, contains various economic data in great detail, covering almost every aspect of people's livelihood and internal affairs.

"Ministers and workers." Qi Tian stood up after finishing the civil affairs report of the Prime Minister's Office, "Today's military-civilian joint meeting is the most important meeting of our country over the years, and it is even more crucial. The strategic deployment. I hope that you can deeply understand and understand the current strength of our country Qi through the detailed data listed in the civil affairs. As the saying goes, as big as your hands are, you can hold as big a bowl; You can do as many things as you can; you can eat as much as you have a stomach. Therefore, in everything, you need to do what you can, and you can't be against it."

After listening to the military and civilian officials present, they faintly felt from the words that the king seemed to make some major strategic deployments, and these strategic deployments completely depended on the current strength of the Qi State.

"The situation in Nanyang is complex and changing. Among them, the Dutch are strong and seeking hegemony, while many native states are invincible and divided among the archipelagos. It is difficult to form a joint force. Given time, Nanyang is bound to be taken over by the Dutch. In this way, our country of Qi may be blocked by the Dutch people from the islands in the South Seas, and we will be isolated from the overseas mainland.”

"Daming thousands of miles away, the situation is already in dire jeopardy. The elite regiments of the northern Daming were wiped out one by one by the bandits. What's more, the establishment of slaves in Liaodong was rampant, constantly raiding cities and breaking down villages. The forces were approaching Shanhaiguan, and the soldiers were pointing at Beijing. Looking at the south of the Ming Dynasty, there were constant attacks among scholars, and the military force in the army was even weaker, and it might be difficult to help the north. Zhang Xianzhong separatist Sichuan, with great momentum. Li Zicheng sits in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and his troops are powerful and powerful. It has the power to sweep the world. Thinking about it, after consolidating the foundation, it will be impatient to branch out and attack Beijing."

"The defeat of the Ming Dynasty will happen this year!" Qi Tian said, looking around at the military and civilian officials sitting there, "Perhaps, the time of defeat will be faster than we imagined, within a few months !"

"Wow!" Everyone in the conference room was in an uproar after hearing this.

Although the people sitting here are already high-ranking officials of the Qi State, Daming is after all everyone's former mother country, the hometown where they were born and raised. Deep in their hearts, everyone has always been more or less tied to Daming.Now hearing that Da Ming is about to be destroyed, his heart is shocked.

"Your Majesty, Daming... is about to be defeated. What does the General of Qi want to do?" Dali Temple Minister Bi Maokang looked at Qi Tian with a complicated expression, and asked in a deep voice.

"Do what you can, moderately intervene, and make a difference." Qi Tian said.

"Why?"

"Next, the staff department will make strategic arrangements for the dangerous situation in Ming Dynasty." He Yunfeng, the senior chief of staff of Qi Tianchao's staff department, nodded.

"Given the current strength of Qi State and the distance of our armed forces, we may not be able to reverse the defeat of Ming Dynasty, let alone change this situation!" He Yunfeng first bowed to Qi Tian, ​​and then to the soldiers and civilians sitting Officials from the two governments nodded, "Therefore, our staff has formulated the following deployment based on this, to moderately intervene in the dangerous situation of Ming Dynasty."

"[-]. Deploy the first, second, ninth, and tenth Marine Corps, and the First Squadron of the Cavalry Wing to garrison on Hanxing Island and Changshan Island near the east of Daming Mountain, and form a mixed first regiment with the four local Marine Corps , the head of the regiment is also the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, Niu Hu, who will coordinate and command all the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps and the attached township soldiers near Daming to deal with the drastic changes in the future situation."

"[-]. All professional warships of the Ryukyu Fleet, Weiyuan Fleet, and Beihai Fleet will go to the coast of Daming to stand by in mid-to-late April, and other armed merchant ships will arrive at the coast of Daming no later than July. Governor Qi Dajiang unified command and coordination."

"101. The coastal defense teams of Jianye Port (now Darwin, Australia) and Weiyuan Port (now Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) deployed skilled gunners to form Artillery Squadrons 102 and [-] respectively, and accompanied the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps to Hanxing Island And Changshan Island stationed."

"Fourth, the armed merchant ships and transport ships belonging to the North Sea Fleet shall return to Xinsheng Island station no later than mid-July after completing the immigration transportation and material transfer work, and collect as much food as possible locally, and transport it to and from Han Xingdao and Changshan Islands are needed to accommodate refugees."

"Fifth, Jianye Mansion, Weihai Mansion, Yunyang General Administration District, and Weiyuan Island General Administration District have been ordered to recruit four new companies to fill in the vacant Zhenhai City, Weiyuan City, and Jianye Mansion after the recruitment of troops. "

"Sixth, transfer a number of backbone shipbuilders from the Jianye Shipyard to Nanping Fort near Annan (now Jinlan City, Vietnam) to establish a ship repair station for the maintenance of naval ships that I am on duty near Daming."

"seven,……"

Mobilize four land battle companies, two artillery squadrons, and one cavalry squadron, with a total of more than 1000 troops to go to Daming. If the two companies originally stationed on Changshan Island and Hanxing Island are added, the total force will reach [-], which is enough to go to Daming. A small campaign was carried out last year.However, considering that in the northern area of ​​Ming Dynasty, the enemies that may be encountered are mainly Jiannu, and for the marines lacking motorized cavalry, they will appear a little passive on the battlefield.Even if equipped with a squadron of cavalry, I am afraid that they will not be able to confront Jiannu head-on, and can only serve as a battlefield for reconnaissance and communication.Therefore, the combat area may only be limited to coastal areas, or where the enemy's forces are weak.

"The armed forces we invested in Ming Dynasty are still too little!" Song Yingxing shook his head and sighed softly: "As the king said, I'm afraid it won't change the situation."

"Although the number of troops that can be invested is a little less, we can at least save a lot of people." Qi Tian said solemnly: "I believe that because of our appearance, something will definitely change."

(End of this chapter)