Chapter 287 Triumph

At the request of the North Vietnamese military, the resting place of the Haihan militia was also changed from the previous coalition position to the north bank of the Zhengjiang River in order to strengthen the defensive strength of the Zhengjiang front line. Although the supply line was extended by dozens of miles as a result, more than ten ships

With the assistance of shipping ships, it is not too troublesome to transport supplies from Yong'an Port at the rear. It is a journey of fifty or sixty nautical miles. Under normal weather conditions, the sailing ship can make a round trip on the same day, and the transportation volume can fully satisfy the people of Haihan.

The regiment’s material consumption.

Of course, this level of transportation can only meet the consumption of the Haihan militia. However, in addition to the two thousand people from Haihan, there are tens of thousands of North Vietnamese troops and more than 10,000 South Vietnamese prisoners on the Zhengjiang defense line.

.Every day just people eating horses and chewing horses consumes a huge amount of supplies, which puts a lot of pressure on the North Vietnamese Army's logistical supplies. The North Vietnamese military does not have as strong a sea transportation capability as Haihan, and most supplies can only be transported in sections by land.

The efficiency is completely incomparable with shipping.

The North Vietnamese Army is also very conflicted now. On the one hand, they want to send away the Haihan people as soon as possible. After all, if these uncles are stationed here for one more day, they will have to calculate one more day's combat expenses, which can be converted into about 10,000 taels of silver. And various supplies.

They must be given priority to the Hai Han Militia, and their food and expenses are higher than those of ordinary officers of the North Vietnamese Army. All military deployments also need to be approved by the coalition command. It is really troublesome to support these uncles.

But on the other hand, they were worried that South Vietnam would immediately launch a counterattack after the Haihan people withdrew. Without the artillery cover of the Haihan people, it was hard to say whether they could withstand the situation with only the thousands of musketry troops on their own. Now they had to speak.

It is not difficult to ask the Haihan people to leave, but if we encounter a passive situation next time, it may not be so easy to ask them to take action.

The North Vietnamese generals headed by Zheng Bai really wanted to continue fighting south, but the problem was that objective conditions did not allow the North Vietnamese army to do so. In addition to the army needing time to rest and recuperate after a long battle, there were also material supplies and prisoners to deal with these troubles.

The most important thing is that the Haihan people seem to have no intention to continue attacking southward for the time being. If the Haihan people don't want to move, then the chance of winning this battle is not great.

The lesson of the South Vietnamese Army being intercepted and killed on the north bank of the Zhengjiang River is still fresh in my mind. The North Vietnamese Army is now fully aware of the power of hot weapons in interception battles. If the offensive does not go well after the attack, and they want to withdraw to the north bank to defend, they must

The Haihan gunboat fleet had to cover the river to ensure safety.

Zheng Bai and others expected well. Haihan had indeed begun to prepare to call it a day and go home. At this point in the war, the strategic goals that could be achieved have basically been achieved. The goals that are really unachievable, such as the annihilation of South Vietnam

The Musketeers cannot be rushed for a while. Black Earth Port and Victory Port basically rely on militia reserves to maintain security and defense, and most of the people in the Military and Police Department who can fight have also come out this time.

The defense force can be said to be the weakest period in history. It is lucky that nothing happened for so many days.

After learning that the Civil War had come to an end, the Executive Committee also decided that in addition to a small number of military advisors stationed on the Zhengjiang front line, the large militia troops and the civilian men recruited in the two places should withdraw to their bases as soon as possible after resting and recuperating.

In addition to continuing to monitor the movements of South Vietnam and instructing the North Vietnamese Army to build various fortifications on the north bank of Zhengjiang River, the personnel stationed on the front line of Zhengjiang River also need to negotiate with the top brass of the North Vietnamese Army on follow-up matters such as inventory of battle results, calculation of combat military expenditures, etc.

These relatively trivial matters will definitely take less than ten days and a half to deal with. According to the estimates of the Military and Police Department, there are still many things that the two sides will argue about after the war, especially when it comes to the calculation of military expenditures. Both sides will definitely put it down.

The previous attitude of sincere cooperation was spent trying to find fault with the other party's statistics.

No one is willing to take on this troublesome matter, especially the guys from the Military and Police Department who are in charge of killing and ignoring the burial. They are not willing to come forward to deal with those trivial matters. Feng Annan and Mu Xiabai spent more time in contact with the North Vietnamese military. Originally,

They are the most suitable candidates to perform this task, but they immediately stated that they had never passed mathematics without working hard in school, and were not suitable for work such as statistics and accounting.

As soon as these two guys retreated, the only senior military and police officer stationed in North Vietnam was Qian Tiandun. With no choice but to admit it, Qian Tiandun had no choice but to admit it, but he did not forget to drag people into the water.

Xie Chun from the Shipping Department stayed as an assistant. Xie Chun was a little reluctant at first, but when Qian Tiandun said that the special battle company would stay in Zhengjiang for a period of special training on the surface, he immediately changed his mind and agreed to stay.

, of course, the condition is that he can also participate in the training plan - even if he can't enter the military and police department, Xie Chun still wants to seize every opportunity to live the addiction of a soldier. What's more, the existence of the special operations company is obvious.

It is also a rare qualification to be able to hang out with this group of people who will be the prototype of the elite military and police force in the future.

On February 10, after completing the handover of positions with the North Vietnamese army, the first batch of returning fleets carried hundreds of combat personnel and civilians affiliated with the base camp and left the east coast of Vietnam and embarked on their return journey. Another day the next day

A flotilla carrying combatants belonging to Black Earth Port also set off, heading north along the coastline and back to Black Earth Port. At this point, the crossing group's cross-sea expedition, which lasted more than 20 days, finally came to an end.

The retreat of the Haihan people also made the North Vietnamese army secretly relieved. This group of uncles came to fight for less than a month, and the materials they consumed were at least six or seven times the number of North Vietnamese troops. The treatment of soldiers was better.

That's all. After all, they are people who have to fight hard, but the civilian husbands of the Haihan people are better fed and clothed than the soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army, which makes many people feel unbalanced. There are even many soldiers sent by the North Vietnamese.

The civilians have long been asking privately how they can join the Haihan people and live a "good life without worries about food and clothing."

As for the problem of differences in treatment, no one has the deepest experience than the CCP unit led by Zheng Ting, which was trained by Hai Han military adviser. During the Tushan training camp, many North Vietnamese trained officers headed by Zheng Ting

They had the opportunity to eat and live with Haihan's military advisers and observe the daily training of Haihan militia. From that time on, Zheng Ting and others realized the huge gap in military strength between the two sides.

This gap is not only reflected in the performance of weapons, training methods, management methods, military treatment, and views on combat and war. There is a big gap between the two sides. Taking treatment as an example, the military pay of the Haihan Militia

It is about three times the size of ordinary North Vietnamese soldiers, and on par with officers at the level of a hundred generals. The militiamen stationed at the Tushan training camp also have additional garrison allowances, training allowances and other various incomes, which together add up to almost the same amount.

He became an officer at the general level.

In addition to high salaries, these Hai Han militiamen can also receive farmland distributed by the Hai Han Executive Committee after they return to their local areas after completing three to five years of military service. In contrast, North Vietnamese soldiers are not so good.

, most of the North Vietnamese soldiers have been set on a life trajectory since they joined the army. Their fate can only be one way to the darkest, either to die on the battlefield, or to be disabled and discharged. How can they really survive?

There are very few soldiers who are old and weak and then retire. Moreover, apart from receiving a meager retirement pay, these personnel who have been removed from the army will not receive any other resettlement measures, which is completely incomparable to Haihan.

In terms of calculating military merit, the Haihan Militia's method is much more practical than that of the North Vietnamese Army. As long as the combatants complete the scheduled combat missions, then the collective military merit can be recorded according to the size of the merit, rather than the number of heads used by the North Vietnam.

This is a primitive and clumsy way of recording merit. In addition to recording merit, the Haihan people are said to have a "medal of honor", which is specially awarded to soldiers who have fought bravely and made great achievements. After retirement, they can even become local officials with the medal. This is true in North Vietnam.

This is something unimaginable in the military - no matter how high the military merit is, it is only limited to the military system.

The Zheng family who made their fortune in the army is a good example. Although the Qing Dynasty King Zheng Jie actually controls the North Vietnamese regime, it is because of Zheng's military background that he cannot be recognized by the civil service system and the privileged class in Annan.

He has been unable to correct the situation and can only control the government in the name of "regent", but cannot sit on the throne confidently.

North Vietnamese officers did not dare to draw conclusions as to whether the Haihan people's approach was right or wrong. However, the combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia was indeed fully demonstrated in this battle. Originally, after several initial battles,

, the North Vietnamese officers were still a little complacent and thought they had done a good job. Even if they replaced the Haihan militiamen, they probably wouldn't be able to do better. However, the battle in the last two days was indeed an eye-opener for them.

Compared with the performance of the CCP Army in the early stages of building coalition positions, the enemy-killing efficiency of the Hai Han Militia in the final stage can only be described in terms of brutal and invincible in the eyes of North Vietnamese officers. In the fight for the riverside,

In some areas, the corpses of the South Vietnamese soldiers killed by the Haihan militiamen from the ships were even laid out on several floors. Some of the corpses torn apart by artillery shells were even more horrific. The North Vietnamese soldiers, who had only been able to kill hundreds of enemies in the previous battles, were exposed to hot weapons.

The true power of combat.

And these officers also understand very well that such a record cannot be achieved by themselves in any way through training - the performance of the guns used by the Haihan people is much better than that sold to North Vietnam, whether it is loading efficiency, accuracy or

In terms of range, there is a big gap between the weapons of both sides. As for the gap at the tactical level, it is even greater. The North Vietnamese officers have all seen the drills of the Hai Han Militia, and the tactics used are completely different from those learned by the North Vietnamese trained troops. The firepower

The density and firing frequency are also unmatched by matchlock guns. In addition, the ability of the Haihan militia in building fortifications in this actual combat was enough to scare these students. If they want to deal with fortifications like the coalition positions, even if they are equipped with muskets

The North Vietnamese artillery-trained troops did not dare to say that they had half a chance of winning.

If we must say that North Vietnam has any advantage, then it is probably the number of combat troops. Even a blind person can see how much Hai Han officers value these militia soldiers. Every time a soldier is injured or killed in battle, Hai Han officers

Their faces were very ugly, and this was a sight that was never seen in the North Vietnamese Army. The North Vietnamese officers saw this very clearly, and knew that this must be because the scale of the Hai Han Militia was too small, and if there were a large number of casualties among the Hai Han people,

They couldn't afford to lose. Of course, what they didn't expect was that the Haihan people almost emptied their homes for this battle, and more than 70% of the combatants were sent to the front line. The combatants were far more valuable than they were.

imagination.

On February 14, the expedition fleet returning to Victory Port slowly sailed into the harbor under the guidance of two Yazhou water village warships. However, this return was not as quiet as when it set out. The Executive Committee

After confirming the time for the fleet to return, all units were notified to take a half-day holiday, and people were organized to go to the port to welcome the returning expeditionary force in triumph, and a series of follow-up work arrangements were also arranged.

Nearly four thousand people flocked to the port to welcome the return of the Haihan militia. Relevant departments also prepared manpower early to create a victorious scene at the port with gongs and drums noisy, colorful flags flying, and the entire people rejoicing in the triumphant return of the Haihan militia.

Amidst the applause, Yan Chujie, the commander-in-chief of this operation, took the lead to walk down the gangway and saluted the executive committee members waiting on the dock before shaking hands with everyone.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Tao Donglai held Yan Chujie's hand tightly and said, "This operation was completed beautifully! The executive committee will award awards to all combatants later!"

"You have worked hard too. If it weren't for you watching over our home, we wouldn't be able to fight with peace of mind outside." Yan Chujie also exchanged a few pleasantries in a cooperative manner.

What was then unloaded on the shore were some of the spoils of this combat operation. This method, which can greatly boost the morale of the people, will definitely not be missed by the Executive Committee and the Military and Police Department. If it is just to tell the people that the battle has been won

, the people may have doubts in their hearts, but after the evidence is presented, these doubts will be wiped away, and they will be convinced that the Haihan Militia really won a great victory overseas.

In addition to the captured South Vietnamese weapons, armor, military flags, etc., the trophies also included more than 200 South Vietnamese prisoners tied up in long strings - the transportation capacity was limited, and only a few prisoners could be transported back symbolically to be used as displays. In addition, there were also

More than 20 wooden boxes were specially opened to show the people the real money and silver inside. Some of them were indeed property seized from the enemy by the Hai Han Militia during the war, but most of them were actually property belonging to the North Vietnamese regime.

Down payment for military expenses paid to Haihan.

According to the prior agreement between the two parties, after Hai Han's army arrived at Yong'an Port, North Vietnam paid 50,000 taels of silver to Hai Han in advance as military expenses. After the battle for Jiang ended and before Hai Han's militia left, North Vietnam followed the agreement.

Fifty thousand taels of military expenses were paid. As for how much of the remaining balance can be recovered, and what method of payment or discount method will be used, Qian Tiandun and others can only slowly argue with the other party.

But not counting the remaining balance, the money recovered alone has left a substantial surplus after offsetting the expenses. According to the current rough calculations of the Military and Police Department, the total time spent on the road for this expedition is two

For seventeen days, the material consumption plus personnel expenses was about 32,000 to 36,000 yuan. If you include the post-war pensions and rewards for casualties and combat models, it would be only 4,000 yuan at most.

About 15,000 yuan, a solid profit of half and half, it is really like becoming a high-paying mercenary. No matter how much can be recovered later, it will be a net profit for the Cross-Travel Group.

Moreover, after this battle, the North Vietnamese military realized the power of the hot weapon troops, and inevitably tightened their belts and continued to purchase weapons from the Crossing Group and hired military consultants to train new troops. The follow-up of this operation can bring economic and

The political gains are currently difficult to estimate, but they will certainly be enough to make the executive committee members smile from ear to ear.

As soon as this real gold and silver was unveiled, no one doubted the authenticity of the victory of the Haihan Militia. The people cheered loudly, and the excitement was no less lively than the previous Victory Harbor Parade. Our own militia has such fighting power,

People no longer have to worry about the pirates that appeared along the coast of Hainan in previous years.

Luo Shengdong was also enthused. After finally waiting for Yan Chujie to shake hands with the executive committee members, he immediately came over and said, "Mr. Yan, with such a good thing about getting rich, why don't you bring me along with you? Even if you have to guard this victory port.

, I can also separate a few ships and follow Mr. Yan to Annan to help in the battle!"

Next to him, Ning Qi smiled and said: "Luo Shengdong, you are quite courageous. As an official of the imperial court, you actually dare to start a war with other countries privately!"

Luo Shengdong said disapprovingly: "Mr. Ning, I'm just going out to sea to suppress bandits and fulfilling the mission of navy officers and soldiers! How can those ignorant officials above know if we are going to war with other countries?"

Yan Chujie reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Luo Qian, don't worry. When has your effort been in vain? You looked after the Victory Harbor for us, and you will naturally be rewarded."

Yan Chujie raised his hand and pointed to the back and said: "Did you see that? More than two hundred prisoners are still alive. You can take them to report your merits, or you can use them to charge up local unsolved cases. You can do whatever you want. These people will be handed over to you later."

Dealt with it.”

Luo Shengdong didn't expect Yan Chujie to have such an arrangement. He hesitated for a while and said: "This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate?"

"Isn't that too few?" Yan Chujie misunderstood what he meant: "You can tell me how much you want. This time we captured more than 10,000 people in the local area. We will definitely transport many more prisoners of war one after another. At least there will be enough to transport them.

You have been promoted to guard."

Yan Chujie's words frightened Luo Shengdong so much that he almost stopped standing - captured more than 10,000 people? How big of a battle did this militia group fight? Besides, even if Yan Chujie was willing to give people to people, Luo Shengdong would not dare to do so casually.

Come on, I have been promoted twice in a row in less than a year from last year to now, and I am already a popular figure among the entire Qiongzhou garrison. If I exchange hundreds of heads for military honors, wouldn't this mean that my colleagues on Qiongzhou Island will be destroyed?

Are they all offended? Not right, not right, very wrong.
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