Chapter 1975

The Qing army seemed to have acquired some new type of weapon. What worried Chen Yixin was not the impact on the Liaodong war situation, but whether there were some changes in the international situation hidden behind it that were not conducive to Haihan.

Haihan has been expanding rapidly in the past ten years. In the process of opening up territories, force was often used. Naturally, it made many enemies. There were many countries and forces that openly and secretly hated Haihan, but in the past, there were very few.

There will be a situation where these enemies unite to deal with Haihan. Once such a sign appears, it will not be good news for Haihan. Therefore, Chen Yixin pays special attention to the new rifles that appear in the Qing army's formation and is prepared to deal with them.

Increase investigation efforts.

Although the patrols are all cavalry selected from various garrison units and have certain practical experience, when it comes to reconnaissance, they may not be as good as real top soldiers. However, several ace units in the Haihan Army are not stationed at this time.

In Jinzhou, Chen Yixin had no choice but to send a telegram to the Datongjiang base, hoping that the special operations group or the Marine Corps currently stationed there could send an elite reconnaissance force over to investigate the Qing army's new weapons and equipment in the army. Of course

If possible, it would be better to obtain the physical object or capture the insider.

The reason why Chen Yixin sent a special telegram to ask these two troops to send personnel for support is because their professional levels are different. These two troops have specialized reconnaissance functions, and their members have professional skills that ordinary troops do not have, and

The equipment of individual soldiers is also more sophisticated, and is basically equipped for special tasks such as secret reconnaissance. If they are sent out to perform reconnaissance missions against enemy troops, the chance of success will be correspondingly greater.

"Look at this telegram. Chen Yixin just sent it from Jinzhou. It's interesting." Wang Tom handed Qian Tiandun the telegram just sent by the Signal Corps.

After the Korean War ended, they also had a rare period of leisure. Apart from dealing with North Korean officials who went to the Datong River Basin to inspect the progress of various cooperative industries, there was basically no work that required their personal involvement.

They also enjoyed their leisure time. The past six months had indeed been too hard, and both generals and soldiers needed to stop and take a good rest.

Before the declaration of war on Spain at the end of last year, they had already received orders to lead their troops south, and at the beginning of this year participated in the Western Expedition to attack Manila. After the war, the two troops took a short rest and then returned to Sanya to participate in the National Day celebration military parade and subsequent

Amphibious military exercises. After that, they quickly left Sanya and headed north. They held another military exercise in Hangzhou Bay to build momentum for Ningbo Magistrate Qu Yutong, and then went straight to North Korea. From May to August, they continued

Fighting against the Qing army on the Korean battlefield, the two ace armies under his command can be said to be the busiest troops in the Haihan Army.

After the Korean War, in order to stabilize the situation here and promote the implementation of many cooperative industries in the Datong River Basin, and considering the status of these two troops, the Ministry of National Defense allowed them to temporarily station at the Datong River base to rest. Anyway, North Korea will bear the burden.

It is part of the daily expenses of the Datong River base, and there are no combat missions in other places that require the dispatch of these two troops. Staying here can actually save military expenses.

After Li Bo left North Korea and went south in September, the two countries negotiated for more than 20 days on the issue of Haihan providing loans to develop the Datong River Basin, and finally reached an agreement. In the name of Haihan Bank, Haihan State,

Provide special loans to North Korea for the development and construction of cooperation projects between the two countries, and Haihan will obtain a larger proportion of the shares in these cooperative industries. Part of the future profits of these industries will also belong to North Korea and be used to repay the current installments.

huge borrowings.

Of course, in addition to these explicit contents, North Korean King Li Zhu also agreed to some conditions that should not be made public to the public. For example, North Korea promised to increase its opening up in commerce, culture, education, finance, etc., and to provide

It is more convenient for Haihan merchants to conduct trade activities in North Korea.

After receiving financial assistance from Haihan, construction of iron ore mines, smelting yards, shipyards, salt fields and other production bases in the Datong River Basin finally began one after another.

However, Haihan's development model in North Korea is different from the past practice of focusing on domestic businessmen, because although North Korea has opened its doors to allow Haihan merchants to enter the country to engage in U.S. trade activities, it is basically difficult to obtain land as long as it is used.

Approval. In other words, the agricultural development methods such as plantations that Haihan used to use in the south have not yet received official permission in North Korea. As for important industries such as salt and iron, North Korea will naturally not allow foreign businessmen to directly

Participate in the business.

This left the Haihan merchants who had excitedly come to North Korea to choose Seoul as their base to engage in simple buying and selling trade. Through this loan negotiation, North Korea has slightly relaxed its original restrictions and allowed foreign countries to

Businessmen engage in agricultural development in cooperation with their own people, but only limit the areas where this development method can be implemented.

Of course, this kind of restriction is much better than no opportunity, and the requirement to find local collaborators is purely a symbolic condition to save face for North Korea. Those who can engage in agricultural development in foreign countries overseas are not short of money.

Lord, finding a local puppet collaborator is nothing more than spending a little more money, which is basically negligible compared with the future income of the plantation.

The riverside plain in the Datong River Basin near Pyongyang, which has excellent water conservancy conditions, is also an area designated by the North Korean official to allow foreign businessmen to participate in business operations. Therefore, many businessmen from Haihan and Daming have recently come to the Datong River base to ask for Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom.

, let’s say goodbye to Shantou’s relationship first. If something happens to my nearby property in the future, I might be able to count on the military to help solve it.

Occasionally, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom would meet some visiting businessmen when they were in a good mood. Although these people came here for profit, they were still responding to the call of the country, and their business activities would also increase Haihan's business in North Korea.

Influence. And some of them have official connections and backgrounds, so they can't bear to refuse. Although they are generals who lead troops to fight abroad, they still have to try to maintain some interpersonal relationships at home.

However, in addition to a large stack of routine greeting cards and gift lists, what was delivered to them today was this military intelligence telegram sent from Jinzhou, Liaodong. In the telegram, Chen Yixin briefly explained the strange events that occurred in Jinzhou.

situation, and your own views on it.

Qian Tiandun quickly browsed the contents of the message, frowned and said: "This Qing army can actually get a standard musket? That means that our attack on the Liaodong coastline has not been effective enough!"

"You mean the responsibility lies with our navy? Well, I will take over this job on behalf of the navy and make up for it. What do you think?" Wang Tom joked with a smile.

"Stop my mouth with words first, but you are a small fish and a shrimp, and you won't let it go!" Qian Tiandun also smiled and said: "This job is obviously the job of the Army, so you have the nerve to do it!"

Wang Tom responded: "You are wrong. If you want to carry out this mission, my troops are definitely more suitable than your troops. The Qing army will definitely not relax its frontal defense. My troops can be deployed from the coastline to the area behind enemy lines."

, this is what your special operations team can’t do!”

Qian Tiandun snorted and said: "Your navy is not the only one with ships! By the way, you may not know that the two new high-speed sailing ships customized by our special forces at the Zhoushan Shipyard arrived yesterday. In the future, it will not only be yours."

The Marine Corps can go up to the mountains and go to the sea, and our special forces can also complete amphibious operations in the near-shore area!"

In fact, when Qian Tiandun formed his own team in Annan, in addition to the main combat environment of mountains and jungles, amphibious operations have always been his area of ​​expertise. However, after the separation of the army and navy, his troops continued to perform amphibious operations.

During combat missions, it needs to rely on the assistance of the navy to complete force projection, which will more or less limit its combat effectiveness. Qian Tiandun has also been thinking of ways to solve this shortcoming of his own army.

The most effective way is, of course, to let the special operations group have its own fleet. When Qian Tiandun wants to mobilize troops on a large scale, he does not need to waste time and trouble coordinating with the navy. But this is obviously an impossible goal, even if he implements

With the acquiescence of the committee and the Ministry of National Defense, he did not have the money to build a fully-equipped fleet, nor did he have enough military expenditures to maintain the daily expenses of a fleet.

Therefore, Qian Tiandun's idea is to do the next best thing and allow the special operations group to have a small-scale maritime force projection capability. This is not just about using troop carriers to complete the transportation link. The effect Qian Tiandun hopes to achieve is special warfare

The regiment can complete some amphibious combat missions on its own. Since there is no condition to possess a large number of warships or large warships like the Majesty class, Qian Tiandun does not expect to have strong shipboard firepower. Winning with speed is the direction he hopes to go.

It is also unrealistic to expect shipyards to design and build a light warship specifically for special operations groups. Qian Tiandun has limited military expenditures on hand, and the shipbuilding expenses squeezed out of it cannot support the need to develop a new type of warship. He can only

Use existing ship types to make local minor modifications according to your own combat needs. Therefore, the two ships built by Zhoushan Shipyard for the special operations group are actually a type of light reconnaissance sailboat currently in service in the Navy, with a tonnage larger than that of warships.

The smallest exploration level is more than half the size.

This kind of sailing ship can reach a maximum speed of more than ten knots under ideal sea conditions. The highest speed recorded by the Navy during missions even reached 16 to 17 knots, which is comparable to a steam warship moving at full speed. Due to the limited tonnage of the sailing ship,

, its capacity to carry people is also weak, and a ship can only carry one

The establishment of a platoon, but the missions that require special forces to dispatch sailing ships are generally not too far from the departure point, so there is no need to consider the comfort of the voyage. The cabins below the deck are open, and they are all densely packed with three-story bunks.

, the freed space is used to store weapons, ammunition and various supplies.

Qian Tiandun hopes that after these two ships are put into service, the special operations group can quickly deliver one to two platoons of small elites to the coast within a radius of two hundred nautical miles to complete various special operations missions. Of course, this

In the eyes of Tom Wang, a naval admiral, this would inevitably be seen as an act of competing with the navy for food.

"You really prepared everything without saying a word!" Wang Tom tutted: "When I set off from Zhoushan to North Korea in the first half of the year, I didn't hear that you secretly booked two ships there."

"It's boring to expose this matter too early." Qian Tiandun said seriously: "But now that the ships have arrived, I just want to find a mission to train the troops. Whatever you want, you will be sent to your door if you don't have a mission."

In fact, the Zhoushan Shipyard that built these two ships may not know that the ships were not built for the Navy, but from the Army order. This kind of small move is actually not uncommon in both the army and the navy. When Wang Tom established the Navy and Army

When they were forming a team, they also trained and prepared quietly in secret, and finally made their debut on the Liaodong battlefield.

Both of them wanted to send their troops to the Jinzhou errand. First, this task required going deep behind enemy lines, and the operation was quite risky, so it really required the deployment of elite troops. Second, both of them were unavoidably interested in the new weapons possessed by the Qing army.

We are curious and understand why Chen Yixin takes this matter so seriously, so we all want to find out the truth as soon as possible so that we can take countermeasures on a larger scale.

But neither of them was willing to give up this job to the other. After some discussion, Wang Tom finally gained the upper hand. His reason was also very simple. The voyage from the Datong River base to the coastline behind enemy lines was nearly two hundred nautical miles.

Although the two ships of the special battle group can also go, the supplies they carry may not last until the end of the mission. To be on the safe side, the navy must send another ship to follow, which goes against Qian Tiandun's original intention.

Of course, this problem did not arise when the Marine Corps was dispatched. Qian Tiandun could not defeat Tom Wang, and in the end he had no choice but to accept the result.

"Then you go mobilize the troops. I will attend these entertainments for you." Qian Tiandun knocked on the stack of greeting cards on the table and took the initiative to take on this relatively easy task.

"I just took a look and found that the few businessmen who visited today are all from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They should have brought a lot of good things. It's your turn to enjoy it." Wang Tom said with a smile.

Qian Tiandun said: "Okay, okay, I won't take it all for myself. No matter what good things they pay tribute to, I will leave you a share."

Of course this is just a joke between the two of them. Although they lead troops to fight outside all year round and do not seem to run any business of their own, in fact they each have a lot of money. Moreover, the guests who come to visit them know that there are two high-ranking people here.

A general would definitely not be stupid enough to prepare only one gift, he would naturally want to get the best of both worlds.

Qian Tiandun sent Wang Tom away and thought about the contents of Chen Yixin's telegram alone for a while. After a long time, his subordinates came in and reported that the visiting businessman was already waiting outside, so he asked his subordinates to bring people in.
Chapter completed!