"Qinghui, please tell me about the recent intelligence coming from the Navy!" Li Ningyu asked with a smile after many officers left the conference room.
After Liu Qinghui heard Li Ningyu's roll call, he nodded, and immediately took out a telegram document and read it slowly: "There are ten countries currently gathering fleets in the Somali waters around the Indian Ocean, including the United Kingdom,
France, Germany, the United States, Tsarist Russia, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire!".
“But there are only seven countries with tonnage exceeding 20,000, namely the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Tsarist Russia, Spain, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire!”
"There are only three countries with more than 40,000 tons, Britain, France, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire!"
"Oh! The Austro-Hungarian Empire!" After hearing Liu Qinghui's words, Army Commander Zhang Dahu seemed a little confused and said to himself. However, Liu Qinghui had no intention of explaining at this time and continued to read the telegram in his hand: "
Currently, the only one maintaining a confrontation formation with our fleet is the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is 20 nautical miles away! The British and American fleets seem to be parked together, about 50 nautical miles away from the east of our First Fleet, and Tsarist Russia and Spain are also close together.
It is 45 nautical miles south of our Second Fleet, while Germany is about 80 nautical miles further away from the French fleet!”
"The above is the news sent back by the Navy an hour ago. According to the young master's request, there will be a telegram every two hours!" After finishing speaking, Liu Qinghui sat down at Li Ningyu's signal, and then Li Ningyu used various colors on the map.
The various forces were indicated, and then Li Ningyu looked at the marked forces and pondered for a while, while Liu Qinghui and Zhang Dahu also looked at the map intently, thinking about the mystery.
There was a brief silence in the conference room. Today is January 3, 1889. After the expeditionary army conquered the Somali waters belonging to Italy, it did not prepare to occupy the entire territory of Italy. It only controlled the south and began to establish defensive positions and fortifications.
of fortifications, but due to the lack of manpower, it was still not possible to completely fortify all the surrounding areas.
For this matter, Zhang Dahu asked Li Ningyu to first transfer the Second Army led by Li Xihua to Somalia, but Li Ningyu denied it. Li Ningyu didn't elaborate on the reason, and Zhang Dahu couldn't continue to ask, so he had to
After making a request to the navy commanded by Liu Qinghui, two fleets of the navy were stationed on the sea. Since the expeditionary force only took 11 hours to defeat the Italian army, and the original navy ships were not too powerful, Italy
I still stumbled into trouble in Somalia.
But Li Ningyu attributed all this to the effect of the surprise attack and the effect of a special operations brigade performing the beheading mission. Therefore, Zhang Dahu was worried about transferring the Second Army to the place. Naturally, Li Ningyu would not agree, because Madagascar Li Ningyu really
I really want to eat it, but I don’t have the chance. The second reason is because he doesn’t want to give Britain, France, Germany and other countries too much attention on the Somali issue. After all, Li Ningyu’s banner is to seek justice for Chinese workers.
It's not an invasion!
The expeditionary force at this time was a back-and-forth operation. Without complete logistics supplies, everything was only supported by the inventory brought, so he could not completely let go. Speaking of relying on Europe, if a few people united to deal with him,
He had no choice but to escape back. After all, Li Ningyu's total number of troops, weapons, equipment, ammunition, and warships would only decrease, not increase!
Then the three people in the combat command room of the Pentagon on Tongchi Island began to discuss under Li Ningyu's voice. Just now, under Liu Qinghui's explanation, Li Ningyu had a clear understanding of the situation in the Somali waters, and then he thought deeply and spoke loudly.
: "The current situation is actually the same as I expected before the war started. The major Western forces did not jump out immediately. I believe everyone understands what is going on! I will not go into details one by one!".
"But next we need to pay attention to a few things. First: the navy must be prepared to respond to everything, but it must maintain restraint, because what we are facing is not a single Western country's force, but a group of powerful forces.
Western countries, so notify me immediately if there is any trouble! You cannot be the first to launch an artillery attack!".
"Second: The navy must tightly defend the coastline of the existing Somali control area so as not to cause the Fourth Army to be attacked from both sides!"
Just after Li Ningyu finished giving the order, Liu Qinghui immediately stood up and responded: "Yes!", and then Li Ningyu motioned to Zhang Dahu to introduce the situation of the Army's Fourth Army in Somalia.
"Currently, the Fourth Army controls the southern land and coastline, 3 civilian ports, and a military port in Mogadishu. It has obtained three Italian grain depots, an ammunition depot and a treasury, with approximately 350 tons of grain, 2 tons of gold, and light weapons.
The amount of ammunition and ammunition is enough to equip a division and 45 small-caliber artillery pieces!"
After hearing the situation read out by Zhang Dahu, Li Ningyu thought for a while and said: "Well! Not bad, I have gained a lot, but except for the artillery, which can be used in defensive positions, don't touch these other things, especially gold, you must
Send reliable people to guard it!", and Zhang Dahu immediately recorded Li Ningyu's request. Then Zhang Dahu saw that Li Ningyu seemed not to continue giving instructions, so he continued to read the telegram and said: "Because our troops are in the control area,
When fighting with the Italian army, no local indigenous residents were harmed, so they were too wait-and-see, some production, and life was orderly!".
"Since southern Somalia is bordered on three sides by the border and one by the sea, our army has stationed one division on each side, and the cavalry division and special operations brigade are mobile and sharp knife units! The report of the expeditionary army is completed! Reporter
Zhang Dahu!".
The subsequent meetings seemed to be handed over to Li Ningyu, and then he told the two main military officers about the next step of his plan one by one. Since this was a raid, Italy was a little slow to react, but at this time
They are already gathering troops. There will be two situations next. The first is to start a war. This is something Li Ningyu doesn't want to do, because once the war starts, he and the expeditionary force will be dragged into the mud.
The second is to negotiate peace, which is what Li Ningyu wants to promote. Although the major powers know that Li Ningyu is the top commander of the Far East Army, at this time Li Ningyu's identity is only the prince of North Korea and the Qing Dynasty's ambassador to Germany.
Minister, so Germany and the UK will come forward to coordinate in the future.
This war has only one purpose, which is to first have its own place in Africa, so that the troops have a place to rest and recuperate, so that the African people no longer suffer, so the worst outcome for Li Ningyu is to leave Somalia and return the southern region to Italy
, and definitely not letting the 30,000 Eastern disciples he brought to accompany him to achieve his quick success.
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