Chapter 1478 Frontline

After Qian Tiandun said that, Gao Qiaonan took the initiative to come out, clasped his fists and bowed to the businessmen and said: "I am in charge of the commander of Xiahai Han Special War Battalion Gao Qiaonan. I will be responsible for arranging your local visit and inspection itinerary.

This is a war zone. For the sake of safety, we hope that everyone will follow our arrangements and never leave the team to act alone to avoid accidents. You are here to broaden your horizons and seek money. Don't try anything extraneous.

, remember safety first.”

As a general who leads troops in war, Takahashi Minami is not very interested in this kind of reception task. If he had a choice, he would not have the patience to greet these businessmen who are dressed in silk and satin and are incompatible with the chilling environment on the front line.

.But since it was Qian Tiandun who gave the order personally, he had no choice but to accept the job. He just hoped that these foreign visitors who knew nothing would not be smart and cause trouble here. Almost every day on the front line

There will be casualties, but Qian Tiandun's order to him is to ensure that these people can complete the entire journey on the Jinzhou Isthmus front line safely, so he has to warn these people first and make them aware of himself as much as possible.

special environment.

Takahashi Nan has led troops in the army for many years, so he naturally has the chilling aura of a superior person. He Li and others could even faintly smell the smell of blood. At that moment, everyone hurriedly responded to the other party's instructions. Just some of them.

People didn't know the origin of Gao Qiaonan, so they inevitably called him "General Gao." At that time, an insider quickly corrected him, saying that the general's surname was Gao Qiao, not Gao. Everyone who said something wrong

He apologized quickly.

Gao Qiaonan was actually the general who led the army when Haihan entered Zhejiang. However, at that time, the commanders of Haihan's navy and army were Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen, so his reputation in the army was naturally higher than that of his battalion commander.

I don’t know how much higher, so many people in the outside world who don’t know the situation don’t know that many of Haihan’s battles in Zhejiang were actually completed by Takahashi Minami. Of course, there are well-informed people like He Li who have heard a little about Haihan.

The secret knowledge in the Han army is that it was actually such a little-known general who opened the situation for Haihan in Zhejiang. Moreover, this person is said to be of Japanese origin, and he can be regarded as one of the senior officers in the Haihan army who are mainly Han.

A very different person.

Of course, no one dares to question the appointment of personnel in the Haihan military in public, and no one dares to ridicule the meritorious General Haihan for not being pure enough. Even among the senior officials of Haihan,

Basically no one regards Takahashi Minami as a foreigner anymore, and his loyalty has long been unanimously recognized by the Executive Committee. However, Takahashi Minami seldom interacts with outsiders, so in the eyes of the outside world, he is still a member of the Haihan Army.

A rather mysterious figure.

Gao Qiaonan had no intention of explaining the origin of his surname to these businessmen. He simply agreed and then made a request to the merchants. Since the situation in the war zone involved many military secrets of Haihan, Gao Qiaonan requested

They left all their entourage in the logistics base in the southeast of the defense line, and they could only participate in the next trip. Moreover, what they saw and heard in the war zone must be kept confidential for a certain period.

Of course, this confidentiality period will automatically expire when they leave Liaodong. After all, the purpose of Haihan Army's arrangement for them to visit the front line is to show their strength. If they do not actively publicize and spread the Haihan Army's activities in Liaodong after returning to the south,

If there are any heroic deeds, then the effect achieved by this itinerary will be greatly reduced. Moreover, this restriction of confidentiality is more important to make these visitors have a string in their minds at all times, and understand that what they see and hear is

Military secrets, once you act on your own here, you may violate military law.

After Gao Qiaonan finished speaking, he ordered someone to bring a stack of documents and asked the merchants to sign and stamp on them one by one. Even though the merchants who had traveled all over the country were well-informed, they were also frightened by this move. He Li said tremblingly

Asked: "General Takahashi, do you need to sign a life and death certificate?"

"On the battlefield, swords and guns are invisible. No one dares to say that they will be able to come back intact after going up. This is common sense. If you sign this document, if something unexpected happens, you can contact your family at that time." Gao

Qiao Nan patiently explained to the businessmen why he wanted to sign this thing.

A businessman trembled and asked: "General Takahashi said before that he would ensure our safety, so why does the content of this document seem extremely unsafe?"

Takahashi South Road: "Signing this document expresses your approval of our arrangements. This can ensure the safety of the trip. If you are unwilling to sign, don't force it. Just stop here. Only those who sign can continue to the north.

go."

"I sign!" He Li gritted his teeth and was the first to respond. He had already planned to invest in Liaodong, but if he hadn't personally verified whether Haihan's defense line in Liaodong was indestructible, he would definitely not dare to spend the money casually.

Smash it down. Although the Haihan military issued warnings and threatened life and death, and it seemed that this trip was extremely dangerous, He Li believed that only by gaining more information at this time could he take the initiative in the future. This risk was worth taking.

Now that someone has taken the lead, the other people look at each other. Although they are worried, they all signed in the end. They have come from such a long distance. If they don’t go to the battlefield to see it in person, how can they do it?

Go back with peace of mind. Since you can't defeat the military, you should just obey the arrangements. Since the Haihan people have planned this itinerary, they will not be seeking money or killing people. As long as you don't mess around, your personal safety should be safe.

right.

In fact, the role of this life-and-death situation is the same as the confidentiality requirement. It is nothing more than to prevent visitors from messing around on the front line. If a battle really breaks out on the front line, then Takahashi Minami will definitely order the evacuation of these people to the front line as soon as possible.

Safe zone. Since he took this job, he would not just deal with it casually. For this reason, in addition to the accompanying escort team of the special operations battalion, a platoon was specially transferred from the cavalry battalion to provide cover and early warning on the outside.

In addition, the carriage used by the visiting team has been replaced with a military carriage. The lightweight body and spring shock absorbers give this carriage obvious advantages over civilian carriages in terms of traveling speed and riding comfort. Of course, this performance

The improvement of the manufacturing cost means higher manufacturing costs, and only military equipment can use these manufacturing technologies that are still in the high-precision field regardless of cost. Even the carriages customized by a few wealthy businessmen from Haihan use the production technology

The technology is not as advanced as the military version. Moreover, the two carriages transferred are the special vehicles that Qian Tiandun rides on daily, and their workmanship is not the same as those of the caravans that transport supplies and equipment.

He Li noticed this not long after he got on the carriage. The bumps were obviously lighter than the carriage he ordered from Haihan at a cost of nearly five hundred taels of silver. This was obviously not because the roads here were smoother. Smooth. In fact, the official roads along the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line are just loess roads. Haihan currently does not have the spare materials and manpower to carry out road hardening projects, and the road conditions here are not good at all. Haihan carriages are expensive. It was just because of its better riding comfort, and He Li now realized that his precious carriage at home was nothing after comparing goods - Haihan could obviously make higher-end products, but it was just not for sale to the public.

However, He Li also knew that Haihan was famous for making all kinds of weird things. Even if one day he built a car that could run without a horse, he probably wouldn't be surprised. But he came up with this idea. At that time, I never expected that a few years later I would actually see the Haihan people making such incredible things.

He Li really wanted to ask Gao Qiaonan again if there was any way to buy this carriage with money, but unfortunately Gao Qiaonan did not ride in the carriage with them, but chose to ride on his own. For Gao Qiaonan , the carriage is comfortable, but he still prefers to ride directly on the horse so that he can react the fastest when necessary.

Starting from the logistics base, the further north you go, the fewer and fewer civilians you can see on the land. Instead, you can see sporadic cavalry walking through the fields, presumably passing between the various units. Messenger of news.

After marching for several miles, the city walls of the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line could be clearly seen on the horizon. Every few dozen feet on the city wall, there were two-color flags of Hainan and Han fluttering in the wind, indicating to the world the ownership of this defense line. The power is currently under Haihan's control. Without any unnecessary explanation, visitors on the carriage can immediately tell that this is the northern end of Haihan's current control area.

This defense line was originally built by the Ming Dynasty defenders. Later, after Liaodong was occupied by Hou Jin, the Hou Jin army renovated and reinforced this defense line. However, they never imagined that they would encounter Haihan who was more powerful than them. The unreasonable opponent never thought that he would really use this line of defense to draw a line with the enemy, so the investment and transformation of this line of defense was extremely limited. When Haihan attacked this place, Hou Jin wanted to attack this place again. It was too late to reinforce the defense line, and if one point was breached, the entire line of defense would quickly collapse.

After Haihan occupied this place, he fully learned the lessons of the Later Jin Dynasty and immediately carried out a comprehensive reconstruction of this line of defense to build it into the main defense fortification of the Liaodong colony. This time-consuming, laborious and expensive project is still in full swing. In theory, it will take at least several months for it to begin to take shape. During this period, the Houjin Army in the north will definitely not watch Haihan complete this line of defense, so small-scale confrontations have been uninterrupted. Pass.

After the Hou Jin Army nearly succeeded in their previous attack on the defense line, the military also realized that passive defense was not the answer, so it took the initiative to send troops to push the front to the north, trying to limit the activities of the Hou Jin Army to a few miles away from the defense line. However, without the cover of fortifications, the battles between the two sides were almost all conducted in the wilderness north of the defense line, so the Haihan Army's relative advantage was not that great. In the recent battles, the Haihan Army's casualties were also insignificant. The number of places to be avoided has been increasing. Although the number is not large, it is not exciting news for this ever-victorious army.

This team came to a slow stop outside Jijia Fort. During the earlier battle, the entire city gate was blown away by Haihan artillery. Because the main defense direction was to the north, the relevant reconstruction plans were also planned.

It was north of the defense line, so Haihan did not repair the city gate after that. However, the Jijiabao on the other side of the city gate was completely different from before. Most of the buildings were demolished, and the bricks and stones were used.

Build the most famous fortification of Haihan - the bastion.

After passing the city gate of Jijiabao, Gao Qiaonan signaled all the people on the carriage to get off and visit the place on foot. None of these businessmen had ever seen a bastion, and seeing its strange appearance, they couldn't help but worry about the practicality of this thing.

Takahashi Minami was too lazy to explain the characteristics and combat effectiveness of the bastion to these people in detail. His task was just to take these people on a tour of the war zone according to the itinerary, but what kind of effect it would receive was beyond his control.

Fortunately, there is also a professional guide Liu Shang in the team. He has spent these days in Liaodong and has a general understanding of some of Haihan's deployment plans in Liaodong, and even knows some inside information about the military. Although some things are not suitable for

He said it on this occasion, but it happened to be used by him as a reason to avoid his lack of understanding of military affairs.

Most of the questions asked by the businessmen were related to the current battle situation. They were very much looking forward to being able to witness the scene of the Haihan army fighting against the enemy. It would be best to have a large-scale battle to confirm that Haihan has enough strength to protect the area south of the defense line.

safety, but this kind of scene is difficult to occur under the current situation. After Yangguli died on the battlefield, the Jin army did not go south to avenge him. Instead, they became more cautious in their actions, fearing that they would be attacked by the Haihan people.

A black gun was fired from a hundred feet away. This type of attack was basically impossible to guard against. Many people in Hou Jin died due to this inexplicable shooting.

It was difficult for the bastion under construction to attract the attention of businessmen. The visiting group decisively chose to give up after walking around twice. The lack of freshness is probably the most critical thing in this script. The purpose of their coming all the way here is very simple.

To be clear, I want to witness Haihan’s strength with my own eyes.

Gao Qiaonan asked Liu Shang to take care of these businessmen first, and he immediately rushed to the headquarters to ask for instructions on the next plan. If Qian Tiandun was determined to let these businessmen go to the battlefield to find out what happened, he could continue to arrange follow-up activities.

Before setting foot on the battlefield, Liu Shang first took this group of businessmen to the field hospital to visit those who were unfortunately injured in the battle with Hou Jin. For visitors, the effect of visiting the field hospital is probably to

This was a wake-up call for them, and they should always remember not to fight head-on with their opponents.
Chapter completed!