Chapter 285 Little Marquis (Twenty-Two) starts the fight!
The next morning, several servants came to the bridge command room with Gao Yuan surrounded by several servants. As soon as they entered, they found that all the officers were already dressed in military uniforms and sitting around the conference table drinking tea, waiting for him, the commander-in-chief, to arrive.
After all, Gao Yuan was young and knew that he came a little late. He couldn't help but look bright and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't sleep well last night. I came late."
At this moment, everyone stood up to greet Gao Yuan. After hearing Gao Yuan's words, Gao Jing frowned slightly, but said: "The war is about to start, and all the humble officials and colleagues are sleeping as restlessly as the commander-in-chief.
Everyone has just arrived, Commander-in-Chief, don’t worry... please take a seat."
Gao Yuan knew that he had made a mistake as soon as he said the words just now. In fact, he should not say such words at this time, as it would appear a bit timid. Fortunately, Gao Jing, as the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, intervened in time to relieve himself. Gao Yuan looked at Gao Jing, revealing
With a trace of thanks, Gao Jing calmly nodded towards him.
After Gao Yuan sat down, Gao Jing immediately began to preside over the meeting. He still stood, looked around the crowd and said: "Commander-in-Chief, colleagues, the three navigators have just confirmed the longitude and latitude. According to the current wind direction and speed, the distance of our fleet is
The voyage from Chittagong is only about four hours.
In other words, if there are no accidents, the mobile fleet should have sailed through the waters off Chittagong and began to drive away various ships heading from Tianzhu to Chittagong in the northwest waters of Chittagong. Of course, it is also possible that it may be in contact with Arakan in Chittagong.
The navy is in hand - if they happen to come out of port and spot the mobile fleet."
Having introduced this, he looked towards Guo Hui and asked, "Did the Commander-in-Chief not inquire?"
Ge He didn't know much about naval warfare, so he shook his head slightly to indicate that he had anything to ask. Then Takagi looked around at the generals and asked, "Comrades, do you have any questions?" Someone also spoke.
Takagi nodded heavily and continued: "So, since it is not yet the earliest time before the battle, the generals please reconfirm the combat plan that will be sent by the chief of staff, confirm whether their combat missions are clear, and whether their troops have not yet
It is the preparation work that has been completed. If not, please submit it now."
That time, everyone looked at each other and seemed to have no intention of speaking. However, at this moment, Dongxucheng, the captain of the flagship "Guo Hui'an", suddenly said: "Commander, I want to be the first to confirm.
As a seventh-level battleship with a small tonnage and deep draft, is your ship really guaranteed to hit the bottom if it retreats into the Gaojing River?"
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At that time, the commander of the mobile fleet, Ruan Fuze, felt vaguely that something was right. It seemed that the other party was not sure about his identity and what his purpose was.
But at this time, Huang Yingping took over again and said: "Commander-in-Chief, Beizhi was ordered to take charge of the defense on both sides of the river. The chief of staff suggested in the battle plan that Beizhi be stationed in Hexi, and made it clear that Beizhi's headquarters will be the Hexi general reserve. It is Guo Beizhi who is here
Before the battle plan was announced in the headquarters, the generals under my command had no complaints. We hope to participate in the front-line battle, and at worst, even take the initiative to launch a retreat to Jixiaogang City..."
However, while everyone was still in a daze, Takagi didn't seem to understand, and nodded in agreement with Ge He's words: "The Commander-in-Chief has a humble opinion. Since the battle plan has been finalized, it should be changed at short notice, because all preparations have been made."
It is executed according to the plan. If there are temporary changes, it will inevitably cause chaos.
Due to the delay and lack of intelligence support, the mobile fleet counted the number of the opponent's ships and knew that it was all Ji Xiaogang's possessions. The first reaction was not that our own side had not been exposed, so Chapter 7 said to directly form a battle formation and prepare to fight.
Of course, the applicable scope of that intelligence was not clearly stated - if it goes beyond the river bend due east of Jixiaogang, the intelligence department will probably be responsible." After a pause, he asked again: "Captain Hu, don't I have any other questions?
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In the morning, suddenly two seventh-level cruisers were approaching the small fleet. They were Jinghua's standard battleships. If they were our own people, the rear of the small fleet made way for a while, and saw one of the cruisers sending a large boat straight towards them.
The flagship of the "Western Expeditionary Army".
But as expected, the Arakan fleet in Jixiaogang happened to be out in full force today. As soon as it left the river mouth and retreated far into the sea, it discovered the huge Hu Chao mobile fleet.
That incident was not a coincidence. At that time, the mobile fleet was actually not far away from the mouth of Jixiaogang River, because our mission was to annihilate the Arakan Fleet in Jixiaogang, but to retreat to the northwest of Jixiaogang and blockade it to prevent ships from Bangladesh.
News of the attack on the small port of Zhiji - Who can be left out in the direction of Bengal? Of course it is the Mughals in Dhaka.
If they take the initiative to retreat, the Mughals may be stunned by the "magic soldiers descending from the sky"; if they wait and wait, the Mughals will face the battlefield planned by Hu Haichao. Obviously, Hu Haichao's daughter delayed making more adequate preparations.
, such as setting up ambushes, temporary fortifications, etc.
However, Ge He didn't react at all. He just stared at the delayed sandbox under the table, as if his whole mind was thinking about that battle.
That question was actually addressed to Ge He, so Ge He took over the conversation and said: "Captain Hu is worried that the river squadron needs the battleships to be fortified too deep. Even if there is no need to send ships to patrol, how many ships can be deployed?
The armed transport ship is enough. Other ships need to maintain their position in the center of the southeast river in Jixiaogang City to ensure that you can visually observe the battle situation on the right and left banks."
Furthermore, Huang Yingpin's statement itself is also very excessive. What I mean in the second half of the sentence is that I hope that my headquarters will be the front-line combatants. In other words, I will replace Cen Yunhan and Cen Maoren's headquarters.
Hexi reserve team, or replace it with one of us. But no matter what, the Huang family and the Cen family are all Guangxi chieftains. Our rotation of front-line soldiers and reserve teams is an internal adjustment of the faction. Logically speaking, and the lower level
The relationship with Lian is also small.
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and were quite surprised. Gao Lian believed that he had heard wrongly, and Huang Yingpin was obviously stunned, thinking that his nephew would reject his opinion so directly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sure enough, I fell asleep last night, but I wrote about a thousand words at that time, so today is 3K, so I owe 1K. Also, before going to work tomorrow
I have to rush back to my hometown to visit my uncle's condition. I know if I can catch up with the update during the day. I will definitely update during the day, but it will definitely be delayed only on August. You will come back in the afternoon on Sunday, so there should be no guarantee of updates on Sunday. In that case, you will be back in the afternoon.
I owe 3K for the time being... I will make up for it later, and I apologize.
Since they were not very close to Jixiaogang at this moment, Guo Hui and others had not retreated to prepare for the battle. After hearing the news, they knew that if it was a mobile fleet coming to report the situation at the rear, they quickly picked up the people under the big boat.
The small army should be quiet or active, which is also the consistent purpose of the Marquis... Huang Xuanfu, your fighting spirit is low, and all your comrades are vague. At this time, it is better to act according to the predetermined plan. As for the contentment
You see, the battle must be slow. You will inevitably have to fight the small Mughal army before the battle of Jixiaogang. Then it will be the time for your army to show off its glory."
On the other hand, your team disguised itself as a caravan and went to Jixiaogang. There were a few "water monkeys" in the team. We dived back and forth to check the depth of the river bed at about a hundred places in the same position.
It is believed that the shallowest point is about ten meters, and the deepest point is not even 80 meters, which is enough to ensure that the "Guo Hui'an" will hit the bottom.
But the Arakan fleet seemed to hesitate for a while. It just ended and did not start the battle formation immediately. Instead, it sent a slow ship to greet them. It seemed that they planned to ask "who is coming", so they had a small meal.
deficit.
Guo Hui intended to answer that question, but turned his head slightly and looked down.
The so-called "Gao Jing" in my mouth is not the Gornopuri River in the southeast of Jixiaogang City. The Chinese are obviously used to long names, so just like we also call the ancient Dubdia Island "the ancient island" for short.
, so the Gornopri River was simply called "Gao Jing".
Dongyu City didn't have much to say, he saluted and said: "I obey, Commander-in-Chief."
Ge He waved his hand and said: "Huang Xuanfu, you haven't finalized the battle plan yet. Unless the plan is really unreasonable and will slightly affect the chance of success of the battle, you must say less and just follow it."
"No more." Dongyu City shook his head, but added: "I hope that by then there will be no need for the 'Western Expeditionary Army' to go deep into the river."
Huang was an army general when he applied for the job. My battle plan was not drawn up by Fleet Chief of Staff Di Muba, but by Hu Haichao's Chief of Staff Di Lian, so what I said was actually a rejection of Di Lian's plan.
Huang Yingpin said in the first half of his sentence that the people under my command hope to directly retreat and attack Jixiaogang. This does not mean that he wants to take credit, but judging from the tone, it is probably less that he wants to express his willingness to fight.
, but it does not necessarily mean that he insists on retreating. Although Ge He is sure to approve, in fact, he only needs to verbally commend him for his courage, and then it is enough to express disapproval of the so-called suggestion. Why should he explicitly reject it?
In other words, the combat purpose of the mobile fleet was to delay the Mughals' knowledge of the Jixiaogang war as much as possible, so that Hu Haichao would not be able to win the strategic initiative - whether to continue to retreat to Bangladesh or to wait for the Moguls in Bangladesh at Jixiaogang.
It won't hurt if you take the initiative to attack and gain time.
As expected, the two seventh-level cruisers came to report the battle situation - the reason why I say battle situation is because the mobile fleet indeed encountered the Arakan fleet in Jixiaogang, and a naval battle broke out between the two sides.
The issue of female intelligence agents is the scope of work of Chief of Staff Di Muba, so Di Muba also stood up and said: "You have sent out many detailed investigations on Gao Jing's river conditions. On the one hand, your detailed work
I spent a month carefully observing Gao Jing's daily navigation situation. Although there were no ships as big as your Southern Xinjiang seventh-level battleship, some ships with heavy cargo and smaller tonnage were definitely not allowed to pass.
There is resistance.
Since he hit a snag with Guo Hui, it would be difficult to get to Guo Hui's level now. Huang Yingpin would naturally persist and immediately smiled and said: "It's the last general who was rude." After saying that, he glanced at Ge He quietly, thinking inwardly.
It is inevitable that some of them are safe.
Di Lian was only the chief of staff of Hu Haichao, and was also designated by Guo Hui as the commander-in-chief of the retreat at the seaport. He was also the real main force in seizing Jixiaogang in this battle. After hearing Huang Yingpin's words, Di Lian frowned and prepared to refute
, but he expected to be overtaken by Ge He.
The main reason why everyone was surprised was that Wai Gehe became very close to his "relatives" some time later, which made everyone subconsciously think that I would favor those generals with chieftain background on various occasions -
—Especially my uncle Huang Yingpin.
However, what everyone expected was that when Huang Yingping really put forward opinions on the battle plan, Ge He would directly reject it with "You are not sure yet". Although "You are sure" is true, in the final analysis
That battle plan was drawn up by Di Lian, and Ge He just refused and stamped his seal before reading it. Why should I take the responsibility, even at the expense of my uncle's face?
There were many highlights in the meeting that followed. Basically, each department reported how well it had prepared, such as the availability of personnel, the availability of weapons and ammunition, etc. It was a one-by-one presentation.
