"According to the map data and the investigation of the special reconnaissance team, Shishan is 112.5 meters above sea level. It is a cone-shaped single extinct volcano with a slope from 31 degrees to 55 degrees. The vegetation is mainly deciduous and evergreen mixed forest. The nearest post road is
362.4 meters. By intercepting the official army here, Fubo Army can have a terrain advantage."
Following the direction of Dongmen Chuiyu's pointer, the officers cast their sights on a small hill on the sand table. The post road was winding through the foot of the hill, and there was a large open space at the southern foot of the hill.
"Please see the slideshow."
Following his voice, on-site photos of the stone mountain appeared on the curtain wall, including on-site photos from various angles such as the shape of the mountain, the topography of the mountain, the distance and orientation to the post road, etc.
People present have just seen the topographic map of the sand table, and now looking at the on-site photos, comparing the two, they have a more concrete impression.
"Shishan is 17 kilometers away from Qiongshan County to the east and 16 kilometers from Chengmai County to the west, which is equivalent to the middle section from Qiongshan to Chengmai. We have certain geographical advantages in fighting here, and artillery can be placed on the top of the mountain.
An observation station is set up on the top of the mountain, equipped with high-powered telescopes that can monitor conditions in a radius of more than ten kilometers."
Everyone looked at the slide show intently, and some began to discuss where to set up the formation.
Judging from the sand table and photos, there is a large open space in the north of the mountain. The main force's formation here is enough to force the Ming army to fight. Coupled with the fire support of the artillery, the advantage is very obvious.
"In a battle here, once the enemy is dispersed, they will scatter in all directions." Someone raised an objection, "This is an inland area, and it is a rolling hilly area. From the photos, the vegetation is quite dense. Once the enemy is dispersed, it will be difficult to capture prisoners.
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"Our soldiers are trained according to the tactics of queuing to kill." Fu Sansi coughed. He is a former PLA company commander. He has been in the recruit camp for a long time and is very good at training soldiers. He is now the training director. Because there are not enough professional soldiers.
, he temporarily acted as the battalion commander of the fifth battalion during the army's expansion. "About half of the soldiers in the army were recruited in the past three months, and most of them are relatively unfamiliar with skirmishing operations in complex terrain. Once
In pursuit and interception operations, the battle infantry is almost useless and can only rely on grenadiers and light infantry."
"I think it's better to fight under Chengmai City," said Zhu Quanxing. This man was in his thirties, a clerk, with a beard and small eyes. He was the commander of the newly formed Sixth Infantry Battalion and had no actual combat experience at all.
No. I became the acting battalion commander through my passion for queuing and shooting, and practiced queuing tactics diligently.
The terrain under Chengmai City is flat, making it easy for poorly trained troops to maneuver and fight. Moreover, Chengmai County is very close to the sea and can receive support from the Navy. In contrast, Shishan is more than 20 kilometers away from the coastline. The Navy even looked
It can’t even be lively, let alone support.
"This is a photo of Chengmai County and its surrounding environment." Dongmen Chuiyu changed the slide show to Chengmai County. Chengmai County is located on the riverside only three or four kilometers away from the sea. The post road comes from the south and passes through Chengmai County.
The south gate of Mai County then turns west.
To defeat the enemy here, part of the defeated army will attempt to rush into Chengmai County and rely on the city to hold on for reinforcements, while part of it will retreat along the post road towards Qiongshan County.
According to one of the multiple plans drawn up by the staff, a small number of troops and artillery will be ambushed in advance near a stone mountain or other favorable terrain to form an interception line. When the enemy flees here, they will intercept it and take advantage of the situation to force the defeated army to surrender.
However, this plan will cause further division of troops. In the case of insufficient overall strength, it is highly doubtful whether a small number of troops forming a thin blockade can stop a defeated army bent on fleeing for its life.
Another plan of the staff: use the mobility and battlefield control of the Fubo Army to defeat the enemy under Chengmai City, and then use mobile troops to fight - cooperate with armed agricultural vehicles when necessary to block the post road to Qiongshan.
, leaving a gap in the direction of Chengmai County, forcing most of its defeated troops to flee into Chengmai County.
This formed the situation of a caged city battle. More than 10,000 people fled into the small Chengmai, with no food or reinforcements. With the superior artillery firepower of the Fubo Army, they could soon be forced to surrender, even if they did not surrender.
, can also quickly destroy the city.
Although a county town in the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in this way, it was only a county town after all. If the county magistrate died, the shock would not be too great. After the battle was over, he could withdraw from the county town and let later officials declare "recovery."
"I have a personal opinion." Someone raised his hand.
"Please tell me." Dongmen Chuiyu saw that this person was Zhu Mingxia, commander of the fourth battalion. He had very short hair and dark and rough skin. He was very capable. He was an armed policeman and was very experienced in squad tactics.
"First of all, the enemy may not surrender. If the enemy does not surrender, there will inevitably be heavy casualties during the siege." He stood up and said, "We do have an artillery advantage, but it is obvious that we cannot destroy the city wall only by using the firepower of 12-pound cannons and 24-pound howitzers.
.Soldiers still have to rely on climbing the city to break into the city. If the enemy is more tenacious, the street fighting after our army climbs the city and enters the city will cause more losses to our army."
He strode to the sand table: "My suggestion is that after defeating the enemy, use the high mobility of our army to quickly squeeze the remnants of the Ming army to the 'Jedi', forming an encirclement and annihilation. A small number of
It is not uncommon in military history for an army to surround a large group of fleeing enemy troops."
Everyone watched attentively as his pointer moved.
"I studied the geographical information prepared by the general staff, and there is a place that is very suitable." He pointed to the triangle of river branches south of the county seat on the sand table. "This place is surrounded by water on three sides. Once the enemy enters, it will be difficult to break out.
Our army can effectively form a siege against the enemy with a smaller force."
"This place is too small, and the river is not deep enough." Dongmen Chuiyu said, "According to the reconnaissance team's report, the average depth of the river is now only 1...1.2 meters, which can barely be crossed."
"Then push it to the beach." Zhu Mingxia said.
This proposal aroused the approval of most people. First of all, everyone felt that ordering soldiers to carry ladders to climb the city was likely to suffer heavy casualties. Secondly, forcing the enemy to retreat to the seaside could get support from naval warships. The enemy besieged and attacked on both land and sea.
Under the superior firepower of naval warships, morale will further decline, and it is easy to surrender in large numbers.
The staff immediately studied it and revised the plan.
There is a small peninsula called Xiaoyingchang in the northwest of Chengmai County. To force the enemy into this place, the Fubo Army only needed naval ships and a small number of infantry to form a siege situation.
In the end, He Ming decided to start a battle with the Ming army under Chengmai County. The core was: deploy the main force south of Chengmai County, defeat the main force of the Ming army in the battle, and then use mobile forces to force the enemy to retreat to the seaside Xiaoyingchang or the county seat.
within to achieve the goal of mass annihilation.
It was decided that the total force to be put into the battle would be five infantry battalions. The 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions. Excluding the 2nd Infantry Battalion that was transferred to Sanya, the Lingao Guard Battalion that stayed in Lingao and the infantry that trained new recruits.
In addition to the teaching team, the infantry troops of the Fubo Army were dispatched in full force.
The artillery dispatched three field artillery batteries, and a supplementary company was formed by the artillery training team. In addition to artillery trainees, this company also carried up to 20 artillery pieces as replacement reserves.
In addition to Ye Mengyan's detachment, the special investigation team also added a detachment under the personal command of Bei Wei.
Panda commanded the engineering company. He originally wanted to form another infrastructure engineering unit, but time waited for no one, so the executive committee decided to temporarily subordinate the engineering team building roads in Chengmai County, including people and equipment, to him.
The Fubo Army has a large auxiliary force, including cooks, transport teams, health teams and stretcher teams, most of which are served by recruited militiamen. They are organized into a field army logistics column. Jia Mofei serves as the commander-in-chief of the logistics column. This person was originally in
I work in the logistics industry and have considerable experience in organizing material transfers.
The total number of troops participating in the battle is 10,000. Among them are 4,500 infantry, 750 artillery, and 200 engineers. There are also 400 infantry and artillery engineering and military personnel, and the rest are transportation, sanitation, and rear security.
Military industry and other auxiliary personnel.
The navy dispatched two 8154s, four ketch battleships, and twelve sloop patrol boats. At the same time, a naval battalion was on standby in Bopu as the general reserve force to enter the battle according to the situation.
The field army reorganized and adjusted all troops according to the pre-released organizational regulations. The formally established basic tactical unit infantry battalion organization is: 8 companies per battalion: 1 company each of grenadiers and light infantry, and the rest are battle lines.
Infantry company. This is a typical organization in the era of queuing to shoot. Grenadiers must not only be "strong, brave and good at fighting", but also be real "grenadiers". As for light infantry, the standard in the era of queuing to shoot is to use rifled rifles, and they are short in stature.
It is composed of flexible soldiers who have been trained in skirmishing combat. However, since all members of the Fubo Army are equipped with rifled rifles, and all members are trained in skirmishing tactics, the light infantry has only become the title of a unit specialized in skirmishing combat.
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Each infantry company is composed of 3 officers, 5 non-commissioned officers, 1 drummer, 1 flute player, and 90 soldiers. In this way, the total number of combatants in the battalion is about 800, which can roughly complete the combat mission of its own.
In order to stimulate the soldiers' sense of honor, special clothing decorations were given to grenadiers and light infantry. The grenadiers distributed red sash, and the light infantry wore green ones. But hanging them on soldiers wearing simple gray uniforms was almost impossible.
Not aesthetically pleasing.
"Let's make do with it first. We will change our clothes after the battle. The soldiers are dressed like flour sacks. They are not powerful at all." After inspecting the troops, Wen Desi made a big comment about the clothing issue. "The officers also look too vulgar.
Yes, just with a command knife, there is no difference at all. When lining up for shooting, the positions of officers and non-commissioned officers must be very eye-catching, so as to boost morale!"
"Put a feather on the officer's helmet?" He Ming couldn't wrap his head around it. He vaguely remembered that in the movies he had seen, officers in the era of queuing to be shot had feathers or something like a feather duster stuck in their hats.
"It's too ugly. You need a suitable hat or helmet to use feathers. What does it look like with a feather on a helmet?" [Wen Desi][y002] said dissatisfied, "For the time being, use a rosette as a decoration on the helmet.
.Look for some information, I remember someone has done a lot of research on this!"
After completing the establishment, the Senate held a grand flag-awarding ceremony in Ma Niao and awarded the army flags to each battalion.
The military flag is bright red, with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center symbolizing a wormhole that emits light. On the five-pointed star is a clenched fist raised upward, symbolizing the armed forces of the empire. The headquarters number is written on it.
A long white strip of cloth is sewn close to the flagpole. The flagpole is a long white pole with a copper double-headed eagle at the top, symbolizing the imperial power watching over the eastern and western hemispheres. The double-headed eagle stands on a copper oak leaf wreath.
In the middle of the wreath is the unit number in Roman characters. An additional golden ribbon can be decorated under the double-headed eagle to mark the battalion's honorary titles and medals received.
In addition to the battalion flag, each battalion can also have its own camp flag, with no limit on patterns, as a special symbol of the camp. This caused a wave of totem craze. Some of the five battalions participating in the war had animals, and some had patterns.
There was a lot of commotion for a while. Due to the different aesthetic tastes of the battalion commanders and company commanders of each battalion, strange flags such as the two-bear underpants flag and the rising dragon and burping flag were introduced one after another. Since the quarrel was inconclusive for a while,
The General Staff had no choice but to temporarily ask everyone not to continue endless discussions on this issue - wait until the war is over.
Infantry companies below the battalion are also issued company flags, which are smaller in size than the battalion flag. The company flag does not symbolize the power of the Senate like the battalion flag, but is just a symbol of the troops.
After the military flag awarding ceremony, the field army held a military parade in Ma Niao. The entire army conducted infantry formations in squad and battalion units. Smoke billowed from the exercise ground and the sound of artillery boomed. The people nearby all knew that the Australians in Lingao or
The bandits are about to fight with the officers and soldiers.
With the Fubo army on horseback, the officers and soldiers gathered in Guangzhou finally began a large-scale sea-crossing operation in June 1630 after more than two months of preparation.
Whether it is the reconnaissance team of the special reconnaissance team ambushing outside Qiongshan County and Haikou Qianhu Station, the intelligence organization in Qiongshan County, or even the intelligence personnel in Guangzhou, they are all issuing warnings that the main force of the government and army has begun to cross the sea and gather.
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Guard troops and Xiangyong troops from Qiongshan, Chengmai, Wenchang and other places are also gathering in the direction of Haikou. According to the latest report, the government troops will hold a flag parade in Haikou at the end of June in the Gregorian calendar.
According to general practice, after the grand parade of sacrificial flags, the army will then set off - a war is imminent.
The sound of the cannon woke up Gou Chengxuan, who was sleeping soundly. He quickly got up and put on his clothes. After Lai Da volunteered to go to Lingao to inquire about the military situation and mobilized Xiang Yong, his situation became increasingly better. Although there was no clear announcement, He Rubin
It seems that he has been treated as a guest. Not only did he allocate an old man in his fifties to serve him, but the supply was also much richer than at the beginning. Although it was not as good as a formal staff, it was at least better than the average soldier.
good.
Because he is not a formal staff member and is not an officer, he does not need to participate in meetings and other meetings as usual. He Rubin will only call him when he needs to consult. Gou Chengxuan lives a very casual life.
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At the end of June, he followed He Rubin's Chinese army across the sea to Qiongzhou Prefecture. After returning to Qiongzhou Prefecture, he spent almost every day and night in extreme excitement, thinking that he had been hiding like a mouse for more than two years.
He had to risk being hunted by thieves, and suffered the glare of others, and now he had to fight back to his hometown with the army. The excitement in it was indescribable.
After his Chinese army crossed the sea, Weisuo Caojun and Xiangyong mobilized from counties in the northeast of Qiongzhou arrived at the Qiongshan camp one after another.
He Rubin gathered his army outside Qiongshan County. In order to express his attitude of going to war in person despite all the hardships, he set up his military tent outside the city instead of occupying the houses in the city.
In the fields outside the county town, the government and army camps were built one after another. Day and night drums and horns were played day and night, and people shouted and horses neighed, creating a tense atmosphere before the war.
The military camp where Gou Chengxuan was located was the location of He Rubin's Chinese Military Camp. It was located on a hillside, facing the sun and out of the wind. Standing in front of the tent, you could overlook the entire school grounds in front of the Chinese Military Camp.
Although the official drills and flag sacrifices would not begin until Chen, the soldiers who were still sleeping in their respective camps had been awakened by the sound of cannons and horns just now, and they came out of the camps one after another. As a result, in each camp,
It became crowded again, with people shouting and neighing.
Some soldiers were hurriedly getting dressed, some were standing in a hurry and rushing to relieve themselves in the thatch. They were so fast that they were already surrounding the cook holding rice bowls and preparing to eat. There were also some who were packing up their swords and guns, wearing helmets and armor, and cleaning their firearms.
, those who saddled the war horses... and so on. As they moved, various voices, footsteps, and the clinking of utensils made a noisy sound.
Gou Chengxuan had never seen such a scene before. Seeing such a spectacular scene, he thought that the military power of the army was so great that no matter how powerful the firearms of the Kun bandits were, it would be difficult to resist them. He looked around excitedly.
I saw small groups of people already beginning to gather towards the school grounds. The neatly-armed soldiers were soldiers mobilized from the mainland. The ones with old weapons and armor were local guardsmen. They only wore cloth uniforms and held weapons.
The ones with all kinds of weapons are the local braves. No matter which group they come from, they all hold a variety of flags.