Chapter 1408 The Bitter Cold Land

This letter is all about the family situation, and there is no sensitive information in it. However, Liu Shang's specialty is collecting intelligence. From the fragmentary information in the letter, he still learned about the current situation of Haihan society from the side.

Especially some information related to the military.

Haihan's treatment for soldiers has always been excellent. In addition to preferential treatment for naturalization, the conditions for retirement or casualty pensions are also very generous. For ace units like the special operations battalion, the military salary income of soldiers during wartime is even higher than

Civilian officials like Liu Shang are still high, and with the various awards for military merit, soldiers can often save a considerable amount of wealth when they retire.

The military service system currently implemented by Haihan is mainly based on recruitment. Ordinary troops can retire after serving for three years. However, special troops such as naval combat troops, special operations battalions, South China Sea special operations brigade, cavalry battalions, and snipers have long training cycles.

, the overall investment is large, and you are exposed to more military secrets, so you will be required to serve in the military for at least five years before you can apply for retirement. Of course, special conditions such as injuries and illnesses are not included in this. When you retire, you will not only receive retirement pension, but also receive a title.

The next share of land is enough to ensure that soldiers can have a relatively stable source of living after they retire.

However, as long as they can get ahead during their service and have an official position, these soldiers will generally not choose to retire. After all, the salary of officers has been greatly improved compared to ordinary soldiers, and Haihan is constantly engaged in foreign wars.

, it is not difficult for soldiers to climb up the ranks based on military merit. Being in a front-line unit such as a special operations battalion, there are quite a few opportunities to earn promotion capital for yourself on the battlefield.

Those who enter the special operations camp will almost always take Minami Takahashi as their example and goal. Although his rise to the top is partly due to the times that make heroes, latecomers don't pay too much attention to such details. Besides, in today's special operations camps,

All the officers in the army have climbed up from the ranks step by step. This is a fair promotion path for most people. Therefore, the withdrawal rate of the special operations battalion is quite low, and there are quite a few people who have served for more than five years.

After Liu Shang finished reading the letter, the soldier got up and left with a lot of thanks, but Liu Shang estimated that he would immediately join the queue for writing letters after he went out. After reading seven or eight letters in this way, Sun Zhen went into the tent to rush

People, let the remaining soldiers come tomorrow and let Liu Shang and others rest early.

Liu Shang had drunk some wine earlier and was a little tired after working hard on his brain. He took a shower and went to bed to rest.

The north and south gates of Lushun Fort are closed at night, so there is no need to worry about wild animals coming in at night, and there is no safety problem if you live in a tent. However, the insulation performance of this tent is too poor. Although there is a small charcoal stove that stays on all night,

It still feels cold when lying in bed, and it takes a long time to slowly warm up.

Liu Shang was lying on the bed, listening to the snoring of everyone in the tent, and couldn't help but admire how these guys could fall asleep quickly in such a cold place. He was born in the south, and when he was in Shandong, he already felt that the local climate was difficult to adapt to, so when he came to Liaodong

Later, I deeply understood what the word "winter" means in the north. The living environment in Lushun is far inferior to that in Shandong. In addition to the good food, the infrastructure is too rudimentary, even heating in winter.

None of the methods have been able to solve it well, so it is no wonder that the epidemic occurred in the middle of winter.

Although he followed the arrangement and came to the snowy Liaodong from Sanya, to be honest, Liu Shang still didn't quite understand why Haihan had to spend a lot of resources to attack the Liaodong region. Although the executive committee said that it wanted to help the Ming Dynasty and rescue the Liaodong Empress Jin

They bullied and enslaved the Han people, but Liu Shangke didn't believe that the Haihan people, who put profit first in everything, could be so kind-hearted that they would send troops to fight in a bitter cold land thousands of miles away without the Ming Dynasty publicly asking for help. What's more,

Judging from the current attitude of the Shandong government, they are not necessarily willing to accept Haihan as an uninvited guest to help them resist foreign enemies. This is quite a bit like putting a hot face on a cold butt.

Liu Shang believed that the Hou Jin Kingdom, which was not good at navigation, could not threaten Haihan, which had become the maritime hegemon in the south, and there was no direct conflict of interest between the two. If the purpose of marching into Liaodong was to benefit the Han population in Liaodong, then it would not be a big deal

The Shen family that supports Pi Dao can operate as an agent. Haihan has already had successful experience in this kind of thing in Fujian, and it shouldn't be too difficult to replicate it again.

If it were for the land in Liaodong, Liu Shang thought it would be even more unnecessary. After his trip around Hainan Island, he realized a truth. Haihan did not lack food, but only lacked people. Occupying too much land would have a negative impact on the current Hainan Island.

It does not have much practical significance for the Han Dynasty, but it is easy to weaken the dominance because the control area is too dispersed. The land in Liaodong is in a state of being unable to construct and cultivate for several months every year, which is very important for the Han Dynasty who pay attention to infrastructure.

It's not a good place to be.

Liu Shang's vision limited the height at which he looked at the problem. Naturally, he did not expect that the high-level officials of Haihan were not interested in a city and a pond, but in a strategic layout that would influence the situation in the entire Northeast Asia in a few years. The Han people in Liaodong, too,

Land, in fact, is not the primary issue considered by the Haihan Executive Committee. Liaodong and Shandong form a clampdown on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and after occupying strategic locations, they can establish a bridgehead to control the Northeast Asian coast. These more ambitious goals are

The main reason for Haihan to take military actions in this region. Even if it may take many years to achieve this situation, Haihan senior officials will continue to promote military and colonial operations in the Liaodong region.

Liu Shang did not have such a grand map in his mind, nor did he understand that Haihan wanted not only the Liaodong Peninsula, but also the vast sea area adjacent to it. Haihan did not trust his agents to complete these matters, just like the sea

Han supported Xu Xinsu in Fujian, but he still spent a lot of time clearing out Taiwan Island and Penghu as his own. Han Han would never hand over control of key strategic areas and sea areas to the hands of others.

Of course, in addition to considerations of geographical strategic location, another important reason is political considerations. Haihan, who has mastered the historical process, does not want the Ming Dynasty to fall under the iron heel of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Han government will control the mainland.

This has special meaning to the time-travelers in charge of Haihan. But Liu Shang does not know and cannot understand this special emotion, so he will probably never understand why Haihan did this seemingly inappropriate thing.

Common sense things.

While Liu Shang was lying on the bed, Morgan was convening a meeting with Gao Qiaonan and other officers to discuss how to launch a reconnaissance operation against the Golden State Isthmus area in the near future.

The purpose of Morgan bringing the sniper team to Lushun was to practice in battle, to hone his subordinates who lacked combat experience in the North on a real battlefield, including himself. For the Haihan Army, in the

The combat experience in this area is still extremely lacking. Even if the Haihan Army seemed to have the upper hand in the previous confrontations, it does not mean that the troops have adapted to the environment here.

In fact, not long after the battle with Hou Jin ended, epidemics began to appear in the special operations camp left in Lushun. If the war continued for another ten days and a half, it would be difficult to predict the direction of the situation. The Hou Jin Army's plans for the Liaodong region

The adaptability of Haihan is far superior to that of Haihan. Although he was a little confused by Haihan's three-axe in the previous confrontation, he has not lost his ability to fight back. If Haihan's army cannot sum up an effective strategy as soon as possible,

If the method of combat is used, then the offensive after the beginning of spring may not be able to proceed smoothly.

There were several fire pots burning in the conference room to keep the temperature in the room at a relatively warm level. Morgan had already taken off his heavy coat and stood in front of the map of the Liaodong Peninsula to explain his plan to the officers.

"...You have been exploring this mountainous area northeast of Lushun Fort for two months. You must be very familiar with the terrain and environment, so I plan to lead the sniper team to adapt to the mountainous area for a period of time, and then see if it depends on the situation.

Continue to move north. Battalion Commander Takahashi, you can send me some experts who are familiar with the terrain, it should be fine, right?"

Takahashi Nan felt Morgan's gaze, and quickly stood up and responded: "I will fully cooperate with the leader!"

Morgan gestured for Takahashi Minami to sit down, and then continued: "The combat effectiveness that snipers can exert is, to a certain extent, linked to logistical support. Snipers generally carry light equipment during field activities and can carry ammunition, food, etc.

and survival supplies will be relatively limited, so its activity radius is basically centered on the supply point. If Lushun Fort is used as the supply point, of course, like the soldiers of the special operations battalion, they can move within a radius of about forty miles.

However, the special operations battalion can use horses to carry supplies, but the sniper's combat method excludes such conditions. For them, the larger the radius of activity means they have to carry more survival supplies. So I hope to be able to carry out supplies somewhere in the mountainous area.

Establish a forward position in this place and push the supply point northward to provide better logistical support for the snipers."

Takahashi Minami responded with understanding: "We have already mastered at least two such locations, both of which are centered on water sources. When we were confronting the Hou Jin Army in the mountainous area, the fighting around the water sources almost never stopped for a day.

.If you master the water source in the mountainous area, you will have control over the area. If the chief wants to set up the supply point in the mountainous area, then I think the water source will be a more suitable choice."

Under Morgan's instruction, these two water sources were quickly identified on the map. One was a ravine near the east coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the other was located on the northern edge of the mountainous area, near the plain bordering the Jinzhou Isthmus.

Morgan took a rough look at the location and selected the latter as the main supply point for the snipers during their operations, because this place was almost exactly at the midpoint between Fort Lushun and the Jinzhou Isthmus, which could fully guarantee the snipers' departure.

Material supply after mountainous areas.

"Tell me about the situation in this place." Morgan didn't waste any time and immediately asked Takahashi Minami for detailed information.

Gao Qiaonan responded: "This place is actually a mountain lake. There used to be several villages around it. However, after Hou Jin occupied Jinzhou, the people in these places were reduced to slaves and were kidnapped by Hou Jin one after another.

Across a mountain ridge from the north shore of the lake is the plain area. Houjin's patrol troops will not enter the mountains, but they have more frequent activities on the plains outside the mountains. Bizhi deployed a team there

People, usually someone will be sent there for rotation in about three days.”

Morgan nodded and said, "When is the next rotation?"

"Two days later."

"If the local epidemic situation stabilizes in two days, I will lead a team on a trip." Morgan made an immediate decision.

Regarding the specific arrangements for the operation, there are still many details that need to be discussed slowly. This meeting lasted until midnight and was not concluded. In the next two days, all personnel involved in this operation will enter a state of preparation.

Starting from the next day, the military doctors and doctors who came with the team began to devote themselves to their work. On the one hand, they needed to organize personnel to carry out all-round disinfection of the isolation area and check whether the isolation measures had met the requirements set by Morgan;

Medical staff began to conduct consultations with the patients in the isolation area, and it was determined that the seriously ill patients who were difficult to cure locally would be transported to the sea and put on a ship, and returned to Shandong for treatment.

This time the fleet transported a large amount of medicinal materials, and doctors no longer have to worry about the prescriptions they prescribe remaining on paper in a short time. Although Morgan is not good at using Chinese medicinal materials to treat the epidemic, he believes that he can control the epidemic

The judgment will not be too biased. As long as isolation and treatment measures are taken, this small-scale epidemic will not continue to rage, and the trouble it can cause to the garrison will probably be ended soon.

Liu Shang and Qin Wei were still not freed from the task of reading the letter. Since the doctors were all engaged in formal work today, they had to do the letter writing. Qin Wei had no complaints about this.

Just like this, we received the soldiers who came for help one by one.

Finally, after taking a break at noon, Liu Shang dropped his pen and stretched his wrist. He smiled bitterly and said to Tan Wei, "My hand is almost broken, but Brother Tan is so relaxed. Is there some secret to it?"

Qin Wei said solemnly: "Nothing but my familiarity. To be honest, brother Liu, when I first joined the army as a errand, I was a full-time ghostwriter in the army. My daily errand was to write family letters for the soldiers. Many

When I was there, I had to write thirty or forty letters a day.”

Liu Shang was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "No wonder you are so skilled, it turns out you are an old professional! I admire you!"

Qin Wei waved his hand and said: "I am idle anyway, and it is Qin's duty to do something for these brothers who are away from home. Brother Liu, in fact, he wrote family letters and read letters for the soldiers, the same

It is also part of the propaganda of political workers. As long as we work hard, this is also a place where you and I can shine."

Liu Shanglian claimed that he thought that because Tan Wei had such a high level of consciousness, it was no wonder that he could serve as a political cadre in the army.
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