Chapter 1418 Benefit Distribution

Although Haihan claims to be invincible, it is still only a small country with a total population of only a few hundred thousand, and the total strength of the army is still very limited. The Ministry of National Defense has already occupied a large number of troops to guard the colonies distributed in the Far East, and it needs to cross regions

Assembling a large number of troops to fight a big battle is actually quite difficult for Haihan. Based on past operational experience, letting the Xie Congjun join the operation is undoubtedly a shortcut to solve this problem.

The first to obtain the status of the Confederate Army was undoubtedly the Annan Army, which was the first to have in-depth military cooperation with Haihan. The Annan Kingdom ended the civil war between the North and the South with the help of Haihan, and later it was supported by Haihan to establish an army equipped with guns and artillery.

The new army of Haihan, as well as the navy that completely copied Haihan's model. As Haihan's earliest military ally, the Annan army would send people to participate in the military exercises organized by Haihan's Ministry of National Defense in the Beibu Gulf every year. Later, Haihan's military exercises in the South China Sea were

In many military operations, Annan State also sent troops to coordinate operations, and did not shy away from tying its own interests to Haihan.

Later, another powerful auxiliary army came from the Ming Dynasty. Haihan spent countless efforts and resources to support the Xu Group in Fujian. The local armed forces headed by Xu Xinsu, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty official army, also gave Haihan

Generous rewards. In the previous battles to annihilate the Shibazhi and clean up the Dutch and Spanish colonial armed forces, Fujian sent troops to cooperate with Haihan's actions, and also provided many conveniences to Haihan's operations on the southeast coast.

To this day, the relationship between the Fujian military and Haihan is still very close, and the military cooperation between the two sides is advancing as always. Even when Haihan is establishing strongholds in Zhejiang and Shandong, the Fujian side is actually also shipping and connecting.

and other fields have given explicit or implicit support.

As for the pirate armed forces along the coast of Zhejiang that surrendered to Haihan, they were not qualified to fight alongside Haihan. It would be too reluctant to call them co-conscripts.

Although the Pidao Ming Army, which is isolated overseas, has limited strength, it is still a front-line force that has fought with Hou Jin for many years. After being trained and transformed by Haihan, the combat effectiveness of this army has been enhanced to a certain extent, although its strength is still not as good as

Xu Xinsu's Fujian navy, which was built with real money and silver, had the experience of fighting against the Hou Jin Army. If it wanted to assist the Haihan Army on the Liaodong battlefield, it was basically capable of doing the job.

Pi Dao will send more than 2,000 people to participate in the war, and the command is still in the hands of Haihan. Such a move is enough to show its sincerity in cooperation. Morgan is also very satisfied with this. However, these batches must be resettled in Lushun at the moment.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still have many detailed issues that need to be discussed carefully with Shen Zhixiang.

Based on the current situation of Phi Island, and the consumption of food, grass and ammunition during the battle in Liaodong, this group of people probably cannot expect the Ming army to prepare supplies on their own. Most of the needed supplies can only be provided by Haihan. As for the specific combat arrangements,

, it also requires a relatively complete connection between the command systems of both parties. Although in the past year, the two sides have conducted several joint military operations to sweep the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, the scale of this operation and

The goals are very different from previous operations, so the preparations before the war will be more complicated.

After a brief discussion, Shen Zhixiang plucked up the courage and said: "General, I have one more thing. I hope your Excellency can give me a word."

Morgan nodded, indicating that he could tell it. Shen Zhixiang said: "You must also know that the land on Pi Island is barren and cannot grow food, making it difficult to support the lives of the soldiers and civilians on the island. Although Changshan Islands can grow food, the area is too scattered and difficult to manage.

Inconvenience. So the Governor would like to ask, if we can counterattack Liaodong this year and drive away the gold thieves, can we set aside a piece of land in Liaodong for the soldiers and civilians of Pi Island to move back and settle here?"

Although Morgan is considered a senior general in the Haihan Army, his expertise is in the field of combat, and his political sensitivity and overall view are not so professional. He understood Shen Zhixiang's question, but how to respond, he

But no conclusion was drawn immediately.

The cooperation matters agreed between Haihan and Pidao are mainly for Haihan to provide military and food assistance, while Pidao will act as an immigrant exporter and strategic ally. However, as for the redistribution of the occupied areas, it has not been clear before.

At the time of the attack on Liaodong, the two sides did not have an in-depth discussion on this issue, nor did they reach any written agreement.

It is actually not difficult to allocate a piece of land to the soldiers and civilians of Pi Island. With the few immigrants and troops Haihan plans to place in Liaodong, it is impossible to occupy all the hundreds of square kilometers of area, but things cannot start from this.

Looking at it from a simple perspective. If the Pi Dao people move to Liaodong, then the size of the land and where it will be allocated are all matters that need to be carefully considered. Moreover, when both parties live under the same roof, the military and civilians of Pi Dao will

Whether one should accept Haihan's direct rule and whether Shen's uncle and nephew can formally pledge allegiance to Haihan are unavoidable questions.

When Shen Zhixiang saw that Morgan had not responded for a long time, he was secretly worried. He thought that the tall-nosed and deep-eyed Banren general might have some bad opinions about Pi Dao. Before Shen Zhixiang came to Lushun this time, Shen Shikui had already given him an explanation.

The importance of this move requires him to obtain this condition from Haihan. Otherwise, when Haihan takes Jinzhou and establishes a firm foothold, Pidao's role will become smaller and smaller.

It's hard to say whether Han is still willing to spend huge sums of money to support Pi Dao.

Pidao is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty and is a deformed existence in itself. Now Shen's uncle and nephew are caught between the Ming Dynasty and Haihan, and they are in an even more delicate situation. If Haihan is willing to give Pidao soldiers and civilians a fiefdom in Liaodong, then Shen's uncle

My nephew will also regard this as a reflection of Haihan's friendly attitude. If he wants to bargain with Daming in the future, he will have one more way out.

Seeing that Morgan was silent, Shen Zhixiang had no choice but to break the silence and said: "Sir, if there is any difficulty, you might as well make it clear to the general."

After Shen Zhixiang said this, Morgan couldn't continue to pretend to be dead, and responded in a deep voice: "You want to establish a foothold in Liaodong, this is not a problem, even if you don't take the initiative, we will make corresponding arrangements.

Since we are sending troops in the name of the coalition, of course we will leave a piece of land for you to garrison after the war..."

Shen Zhixiang was immediately happy when he heard this. He understood that Haihan's move was actually to act under the banner of the Ming Dynasty so that he could legitimately occupy Liaodong, but this did not conflict with Pi Dao's plan. He and Shen Shikui both knew that

Even if Haihan takes back Liaodong, control will not return to Ming Dynasty. But as long as Morgan opens his mouth, Haihan will agree to this matter, and Pidao's goal will be achieved.

However, I heard Morgan continue to say: "...But you want to station troops here for a long time, and the specific arrangements have to wait until the Ministry of National Defense of our country has planned them properly. I can't give you an exact answer now, but I will send your

Request that the Department of Defense be notified for reference."

Shen Zhixiang bowed deeply and thanked him: "Thank you, sir. I have prepared a small gift for you when I come here this time. I hope you will accept it." After saying that, he ordered his soldiers to bring up the things he had prepared.

As long as Morgan relaxes, he has already seen the hope of success. As for how Morgan will report to the superiors, there is still room for improvement, so Shen Zhixiang will not let go of this opportunity and quickly presents the gift he prepared.

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Shen Zhixiang had dealt with Haihan many times, and he also knew that Haihan's senior officials were very rich and did not look down on gold and silver at all, so he did not try to buy Morgan directly with money, but prepared some special products plundered from North Korea.

.Beautiful crystal and gemstone jewelry, two finger-thick Korean ginseng, pollack caviar... Although the quantity is not large, it is quite interesting.

Morgan was not a person who was greedy for money and pleasure, but when he saw that the gift prepared by Shen Zhixiang was indeed interesting, he did not refuse it too much and accepted it after thanking him. Of course, he understood that the gift was not given in vain, so he immediately said: "National Defense

On the Ministry's side, I will put in a good word for you, but the final arrangement still depends on what the boss wants."

Shen Zhixiang responded quickly: "I will understand, I hope you will take more trouble with this matter, and I will thank you again after the matter is completed!"

In fact, the high-level military leaders of Haihan have already been discussing the issue of profit distribution after the spring offensive. Haihan and Pidao jointly sent troops for a high-sounding reason. The nature of the war can be publicized as "the Ming Dynasty sent troops to regain the lost territory of Liaodong"

", rather than being described as "Haihan invaded Ming Dynasty and seized Ming Dynasty territory", which is easy to be influenced by the trend. Therefore, after the war, there must be local Ming army garrison and institutions, even if it is just an empty shelf, then

It also represents the Ming Dynasty's symbolic rule over this area. On this point, the senior military leaders of Haihan have already reached a consensus.

The focus of the debate is mainly on how to get along with the relationship between Haihan and Pi Dao in the future, which will directly affect Haihan's arrangements for the Ming Dynasty's agencies in Liaodong after the war. On the one hand, Haihan also needs Pi Dao to cooperate for some time in the future.

The Ming army continued to maintain its identity as a Ming army in order to appease the domestic debate about Haihan's march to Liaodong; on the other hand, Haihan also hoped that Shen's uncle and nephew and his troops would be loyal to Haihan, otherwise so many thousands of soldiers would be stationed in Liaodong.

Haihan territory has to take orders from another country at some point, which will obviously be a huge security risk. Whether the two sides continue to maintain an alliance or fully integrate the Pidao team, this is something the military has not yet decided

The main issues to draw conclusions on.

Naturally, Morgan would not make decisions on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, so he could only express Haihan's attitude first and tell Shen Zhixiang not to worry. It happened that Gao Qiaonan had also returned to Lushun Fort from the front line, so Morgan summoned the senior officers of the local garrison, and then

Together with Shen Zhixiang as a partner, we held a meeting to discuss the current situation and follow-up arrangements.

The series of ambushes organized by Morgan a few days ago really caused the Hou Jin Army to suffer heavy losses. While they were withdrawing to the Jinzhou camp to move reinforcements, Takahashi Minami led the team to complete the attack on Jinzhou in just a few days.

reconnaissance of the plain area south of the isthmus and drawn relevant military maps as a reference for the subsequent spring offensive.

After listening to the general description, Shen Zhixiang couldn't help but be shocked. Not to mention that Morgan personally went to the front line to fight, and only brought more than ten people with him. He dared to go deep into enemy-occupied areas to cause trouble, and finally set up an ambush to destroy nearly two hundred Jin troops.

This skill cannot be imitated. With such a fierce general supervising the battle in Liaodong, Shen Zhixiang couldn't help but have a little more confidence in the spring offensive.

At this preparation meeting, Shen Zhixiang also heard General Haihan describe the general operational arrangements for the spring offensive for the first time.

Morgan stood in front of a seven-foot-wide and four-foot-high map, holding a stick and explaining the Department of Defense's combat plan to the officers present: "...Everyone should already know that the operational goal of our spring offensive is to cut off from here.

Gold control area, drive the enemy to the north of this checkpoint."

As he spoke, he used a stick to draw a line at the narrowest point of the Jinzhou Isthmus: "Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling the hundreds of miles to the south. Hou Jin's maritime armed forces are insignificant, so we don't even

We need to worry about them launching counterattacks or harassment from the sea in the future. And if we want to achieve this operational goal, the means we use must pursue a fast, accurate, and ruthless approach! We must strive to win this pass with thunderous momentum, and then quickly establish a line of defense to prevent future attacks.

Counterattack.”

Morgan used a stick to mark the east and west coastlines of the Liaodong Peninsula and said: "The Ministry of National Defense's combat plan is a three-pronged approach. It will attack the target area from the east and west at sea, and simultaneously implement amphibious landing operations, and then cooperate with the Chinese army on land.

Advance and seize this place."

Shen Zhixiang looked at the map and listened to the explanation, and thought that the tactics of the Haihan people were simple and clear. It would be relatively easy to advance in the east and west directions on the sea. After all, there were very few warships of the Later Jin Dynasty, and they would definitely not be able to stop the offensive of the Haihan fleet.

The only place where they can struggle is probably the land battle. But with the determination Haihan showed this time, how many troops did Hou Jin have to send to block this gap to stop Haihan's offensive?

When Shen Zhixiang was distracted, Morgan had already called out the name of Pidao's Ming Army: "...Pidao's friendly forces will then join the special operations battalion to attack the front of the enemy's defense line from the center."

Shen Zhixiang came back to his senses and responded quickly. Of course he was no stranger to the special operations battalion. During Haihan's military operations after arriving in Shandong, he could always see the special operations battalion. And when Haihan entered winter last year

The attack on Lushun and the defeat of the Jin defenders were also achieved by the special operations battalion. Being able to cooperate with such a Haihan ace army on the battlefield was both an honor and a rare learning and training opportunity for the Pidao Ming army. He watched

Taking a look at Takahashi Nan who was sitting opposite, I knew that this short Japanese general was very good at fighting. Perhaps I should give him a gift later, so as not to use the Pi Dao troops as cannon fodder on the battlefield.
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