Chapter 2928

It is a question that can be thought of by young combat staff officers. How could a few old foxes who have been in charge of the Luzon Region for many years not think of it. After inspecting the garrison's training, they convened a meeting with the senior officers of the army at the headquarters.

, one is to point out the problems existing in the exercise, and the other is to discuss with the officers the specific measures and action goals that need to be taken in the next implementation stage.

All senior officers from the army and navy were present, and Feng Xingbang and Juan also attended the meeting as operational staff officers. It is worth mentioning that this was the first time that these three senior officials attended the meeting after Feng Xingbang came to Manila to take office.

Meetings that are both present at the same time.

Qiu Yuan is the chief executive of the Luzon Region, and Harugong is already a retired general in name. Neither of them is suitable to host the meeting, so this task was left to Xiao Liang.

Xiao Liang was also unambiguous and pointed out the problems that still exist in the current exercise: "In order to carry out operations smoothly, the Ministry of National Defense has provided us with a batch of new types of weapons and equipment to replace old equipment. But from today

Judging from the results of the drill, we believe that the troops’ mastery of the new equipment is still far from ideal, and it may even affect their performance on the battlefield. Yu Tiezhu, tell me what you think!”

As one of the first batch of soldiers to enlist in the Haihan Army after its establishment, after nearly thirty years of military career, Yu Tiezhu's traces of the Yulin Bay fishermen have long since disappeared, replaced by the unique courage and perseverance of a soldier.

After the Battle of Manila that year, Yu Tiezhu was promoted to major battalion commander and appointed as the commander of the Manila garrison. After staying there for more than ten years, Yu Tiezhu was promoted from battalion commander to commander of the Fourth Mainland Division.

Although the situation in the Luzon region has been peaceful in recent years and no major wars have broken out, Yu Tiezhu is different from young people like Juan and Feng Xingbang who grew up in the peaceful period. He joined the army in 1627 and participated in the Battle of Manila in 1637.

, has participated in dozens of large and small battles, has rich combat experience, and has a clear understanding of war.

Yu Tiezhu seemed to have expected that he would be named, and responded in a deep voice: "Most of the weapons and equipment issued by the Ministry of National Defense this time are new models produced in the past ten years, and their structure and performance have changed significantly. Soldiers

Their adaptation time is too short, and it is true that they cannot fully exert the combat effectiveness of the new weapons. In addition, we are still in the exploratory stage regarding the new tactics and methods required to use the new equipment, and it will take more time to truly form combat effectiveness."

After Yu Tiezhu explained the difficulty, he changed the topic and said: "Our army has always practiced through combat, testing new equipment and new tactics through actual combat. Therefore, in my opinion, the current problems caused by replacing new equipment are only temporary.

Yes, the impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops is also very limited. Actual combat is the best training ground. I am confident that I will lead the troops and complete the tasks assigned by the Executive Committee!"

Xiao Liang was very satisfied with Tiezhu's response. He turned his head and said to Haru Gong: "Old Ha, what do you think?"

It was actually Harugong who was worried about changing weapons and equipment, and Xiao Liang took the initiative to raise the issue for him, naturally hoping to show him the confidence of his soldiers. And Yu Tiezhu's response was really watertight, admitting the problem.

, show determination and take the initiative to take responsibility.

Harugong nodded and said: "It's a good idea to use battle as training! Then I hope you can implement this confidence into action and prove the ability of the Fourth Lu Division with actual results!"

It is certainly the tradition of the Haihan Army to use combat as training, but from another perspective, if war preparations can be made more complete, wouldn’t it be better than rushing into battle? It’s just that the situation forces the Luzon Region to

To seize the opportunity in military operations in the South China Sea, it will be difficult to leave sufficient time for the troops to adapt to new equipment.

Now that the matter has come to this point, it will not help Harugong to sing the opposite tune. On the contrary, it may affect the confidence of the troops, so we can only express our support for this.

When Xiao Liang saw that Harugong ignored the question, he ordered the next person: "Fang Peng, come and tell us about the intelligence information we currently have."

Fang Peng is also a senior figure in the garrison. As early as twenty years ago, he was an undercover agent sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau to Manila City. At that time, he used his identity as the head of the security guard of Chaosheng Commercial Store as a cover.

He played a significant role in the battle to break the city, and it was precisely because of the meritorious service he achieved at that time that he would later become the head of the Manila Military Intelligence Bureau.

Fang Peng stood up and walked to the map of the South China Sea hanging on the wall and began to explain the situation to everyone.

At present, Haihan has achieved relatively stable rule in the northern part of the Philippine Islands, with Luzon Island as the core, and has completely driven out the Spanish colonial forces from this area.

However, the areas actually controlled by Haihan were still concentrated on Luzon Island. Outside of Luzon Island, they only established a few small colonial settlements in the central areas of the Philippine Islands.

This relatively conservative development trend is formed under the long-term effect of a variety of factors.

Han immigrants who moved to the South China Sea often preferred to settle somewhere closer to their hometown. In this direction, excluding Taiwan Island and Hainan Island, Luzon Island was the area closest to the East Asian continent under Haihan rule, and historically

A large number of Han people have settled there, and now the Han people are in power. This undoubtedly makes Luzon Island the first choice for new immigrants in the South China Sea.

Although Luzon is an island, it is very vast, with an area equivalent to three Hainan Islands. It has abundant land resources for development. Even if millions of people settle there, the land here is more than enough. Under such conditions,

Naturally, not many people are willing to settle on the completely undeveloped islands further south.

For the Manila authorities, the cost of developing Luzon Island is not the same as that of developing other southern islands. Without the support of real money from the Executive Committee, the organization’s expansion to the south will not only not be profitable, but will also cause problems.

This creates a huge burden on local finances.

The garrison's patrol operations in the central and southern areas of the Philippine Islands have mostly been a mere formality in recent years. The military does not have enough budget to carry out large-scale cross-regional military operations, and the Spaniards will also relocate immigrants to the interior in a timely manner.

Lu and Lu avoided the limelight of the Hai and Han armies, and the two sides maintained a strange tacit understanding.

However, this does not mean that the Military Intelligence Agency is also following suit. After years of intelligence collection, the current Spanish colonial settlements in the central and southern Philippines are basically one-way and transparent to Haihan. The local population size

, industrial structure, geographical environment, and armed force status, all have corresponding files in the Military Intelligence Bureau. When the garrison staff formulates operational plans, these intelligence information will become extremely important reference materials.
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