Chapter 680 Blocking Li Dingguo's Ministry in Jiangxi
After returning home, it took seven or eight days for Jiang Yitao to calm down. When Jiang Yitao returned to work at the exchange, it was almost the middle of the twelfth lunar month.
Normally, the city of Tianjin would be quite deserted at this time, but this year, due to the impact of the stock exchange, futures market, and the war, it was only slightly cooler than during the peak season.
During the Battle of Pingnan, all armies basically launched military operations. Tianjin, as one of the important rear material supply bases, has recently ushered in a wave of economic waves during the war. In all aspects, as long as it involves the military, everyone is busy.
Stop. Logistics provides ammunition to the front line, and the stock market provides ammunition to the logistics system.
The financing needs of military industrial enterprises have suddenly increased. As an important trader of the exchange, Jiang Yitao has naturally become busy. In the stock market, what is most concerned about now is how long the war will last and when it will end. Because this thing involves the investment cycle and return expectations. Every time
Each major battle result is reflected in the stock market. The relationship between capital and war has never been so closely related.
Guangdong Yingde, Fang Ruocheng had just set up the former enemy headquarters here, and immediately arranged for a military information meeting with his brigade-level and above officers.
"The military order given to our department by the Military Command Hall this time clearly stated that we must try our best to block the Western bandit Li Dingguo's troops in Jiangxi and prevent them from having another chance to return to Guangxi and join Sun Kewang's troops. Considering this, can we advance quickly?
It is very critical to block the retreat route of Li Dingguo's troops at Meiguan. This meeting is to unify the thinking of all the generals on the front line and clarify the combat missions of our Sixth Front Army." At the beginning of the meeting, Fang Ruocheng started to talk about the combat missions clearly.
Blocking Li Dingguo's headquarters is a task that Zhu Youjian specially emphasized to the Military Command. If Li Dingguo is allowed to retreat to Guangxi, it will be more difficult to pacify Yungui and Guangxi in the future. Since there is a chance to block it in Jiangxi, we should do our best to block it.
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In the Battle of Pingnan, we not only need to regain the ground, but also fight a war of annihilation as much as possible, especially to annihilate the powerful forces as much as possible. Li Dingguo's and Wu Sangui's tribes are the main targets.
From a practical perspective, it is time to engage in a war of annihilation, and there is not much room left for the various forces to move around.
"Commander, it is not difficult to advance to Meiguan as soon as possible. What we are most afraid of now is that Sun Kewang's troops, who have retreated to the front line of Yingyang Ridge, will flank us in the direction of Zhaoqing. The two groups of Western thieves, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, are both big thieves with more than 100,000 troops.
, they will echo from beginning to end, which will cause big trouble for our army. After all, our Sixth Front Army has the weakest troops, and fighting on multiple fronts will be very short of troops." Zhang Mingzhen, deputy commander of the Sixth Front Army, took Fang Ruocheng's words and explained what they are currently facing.
The biggest difficulty was revealed.
Among the six armies in Pingnan, the Sixth Front Army has the smallest strength. Including the navy, the total strength is only more than 50,000. And what they have to face is a combined enemy force of more than 300,000 from both sides, so there is more than enough to defend.
And the situation of insufficient attack.
"In the direction of Zhaoqing, there are two brigades of defenders who should be able to block Sun Kewang's counterattack." Fang Ruocheng looked at the map and pondered while answering Zhang Mingzhen's doubts.
"If Sun Kewang's troops cannot be blocked from the Zhaoqing direction, they can detour to the Yingde front line."
"If Sun Kewang's troops take a detour into Guangzhou, we will change our strategic direction and fight a battle of annihilation against Sun's troops near Yingde. The military command hall's idea is to prevent the two enemy armies from joining together, so whether it is to annihilate Sun Kewang's troops or Li Dingguo's troops,
It can be considered that the strategic intention has been achieved.”
Fang Ruocheng did not accurately understand Zhu Youjian's true intention in ordering the war order issued by the military command hall. Zhu Youjian wanted to keep Li Dingguo's troops. He really didn't take a fancy to Sun Kewang, so it was okay to keep him for the New Year.
"What if by that time, Li Dingguo's troops have also gathered on the front line of Meiguan and Yingde? We will face more than 300,000 enemy troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with them."
"If the war situation develops to any extent, our Sixth Front Army alone will definitely not be able to cope with it. We can only wait for other teams to come to assist. Our combat mission will become to deal with the enemy and wait until Jiangxi and Jiangxi enter.
If Hunan's troops charge out from the flanks, they will annihilate the enemy. As long as the main force of the Western Camp is annihilated, Guangxi and Yunnan-Guizhou can be leveled."
Zhang Mingzhen was shocked by Fang Ruocheng's unbridled ideas. According to his assumptions, the development of the war would be very different from the military command hall's plan. The military command hall's idea is to not move against Guangxi and Yunnan Guizhou for the time being. Is it okay to make such decisions on its own? Also
That is, can other groups of soldiers and horses appear quickly in Jiangxi and Hunan? These two places are a bit too far from the current actual control area of the imperial court, and they may not be able to enter in a short while.
However, Zhang Mingzhen and others attending the meeting could not come up with a better strategic idea. According to the current situation, they can only fight according to Fang Ruocheng's ideas first. We will see the specific development at that time. In any case,
The campaign to go to Meiguan to intercept Li Dingguo's headquarters must now be carried out.
During the meeting, Fang Ruocheng formally issued a military order to the frontline troops to attack Meiguan, asking them to attack Meiguan first at any cost.
"The Ming Dynasty headed south several ways. According to reports from the Malays, many cities in Hubei and Nanzhi have been destroyed. The Ming army in Guangzhou is also advancing rapidly like Meiguan. According to this posture, the Dog Emperor in the north wants to conquer the entire south.
Bulldoze it. Under such a situation, we must first pay attention to Meiguan and keep our retreat safe. Otherwise, we will be in danger of being blocked in Jiangxi and encountering enemies on all sides." Li Dingguo of Nanchang City has paid attention to the recent general trend.
Based on the changes in the situation, we used the intelligence collected from various aspects to discuss countermeasures with Bai Wenxuan and others.
"Wu Sangui, the dog thief, was defeated in Nanchang. He probably was unable to stop the dog emperor's troops in Wuchang. The dog emperor in Nanchang killed his father and his son, so the little dog should not be a match for the big dog. In this way, we will really be defeated.
There is a danger of enemy encirclement. There really is no room for loss here at Meiguan. The second king, I will lead the troops south to defend Meiguan, and we will not let the dog court block our way back." Bai Wenxuan's judgment of the situation
Similar to Li Dingguo, he also felt that he should first pay attention to Meiguan in the south.
"Let's go south together!"
"Let's go south together? Why don't you care about Nanchang?"
"For the time being, the Dog Emperor's troops cannot reach the vicinity of Nanchang. Let's go to the south and deal with the enemy forces in Guangzhou first, and then join forces north to fight fiercely with the Dog Emperor's main force."
"Can we quickly deal with the enemy troops in Guangzhou? I heard from people that which bandit army in Guangzhou has extraordinary combat capabilities."
"That's why we have to devote all our strength to the south to ensure that the outcome is settled in one fell swoop. Not only do we have to devote all our strength, but the boss of Guangxi also has to pour his troops into Guangdong to work with us to drive the dog officers and soldiers out of Guangdong. Defend the territory for us and clear out the
The way out. I will send someone to Yingyang Pass to deliver a express message to the boss."