Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2192 Little Marquis (Twenty-Two) starts the fight!
The next morning, several servants gathered around Gao Yuan and came to the bridge command room. 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: "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 ministers 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 and showed a hint of gratitude, while Gao Jing calmly nodded to 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 Chittagong is already only about four hours sailing away.

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 to Chittagong from Tianzhu in the northwest waters of Chittagong.Of course, it is also possible to engage the Arakan navy in Chittagong - if they happen to leave the port and discover the mobile fleet. "

After he introduced this, he looked towards Gao Yuan and asked, "Does the Commander-in-Chief have any inquiries?"

Gao Yuan didn't understand naval warfare and shook his head slightly, indicating that he had nothing to ask.So Gao Jing looked around at the generals and asked, "Comrades, do you have any questions?" No one said anything.

Gao Jing nodded lightly and continued: "Well, now is the last moment before the battle. Please reconfirm the combat plan previously issued by the Chief of Staff, confirm whether your combat missions are clear, and whether there are any unsolved problems in your unit. Completed preparations. If so, submit it now."

This time, everyone looked at each other and seemed to have no intention of speaking.However, at this moment, Hu Haichao, the captain of the flagship "Tungyu City" suddenly said: "Commander, I would like to confirm one last time. As a second-level battleship, our ship has a large tonnage and a deep draft. It has entered the Go River. Is it really guaranteed that we won’t hit bottom?”

The so-called "Go River" in his mouth is the Gornopuri River southeast of Chittagong City.The Chinese are obviously not used to such long names, so just as they also shortened the ancient Dubdia Island to "Gu Island", they also shortened the Gornopri River to "Go River".

Gao Jing did not intend to answer this question, but turned his head slightly and looked at Gao Musan.

The issue of intelligence accuracy is the scope of the work of Chief of Staff Takagi San, so Takagi San also stood up and said: "We have sent out detailed inspections on the conditions of the Ge River many times before. On the one hand, our detailed inspections For a month, I carefully observed the normal navigation situation of the Go River. Although there was no such huge ship as our southern Xinjiang second-class battleship, some ships with heavy cargo and large tonnage were sure to be able to pass without obstruction. of.

On the other hand, our detailed work was to go to Chittagong disguised as a caravan, with several 'water monkeys' in the team. They dived at more than 100 different locations to check the height of the river bed, and found that it was the shallowest. The depth is about ten meters, and the deepest point is even more than 30 meters, which is enough to ensure that the "Toungoo City" will not hit the bottom.

Of course, the scope of application of these intelligences is clearly stated - if it goes beyond the bend of the river due east of Chittagong, the intelligence service will not be responsible. After a pause, he asked again: "Captain Hu, do you have any other questions?" "

"No more." Hu Haichao shook his head, but added: "I hope there will be no need for the 'Tungyu City' to go deep into the river."

This question was actually addressed to Gao Yuan, so Gao Yuan took over the conversation and said: "Captain Hu, don't worry, the river squadron does not need the capital ships to be fortified too deep. Even if it is necessary to send shuttle ships to patrol, a few ships The armed transport ship is enough. Your ship only needs to maintain its position in the center of the southeast river of Chittagong City to ensure that I can visually observe the battle situation on both sides of the river."

Hu Haichao didn't say much. He saluted and said, "I obey, Commander-in-Chief."

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. However, Beizhi is in the headquarters. After the battle plan was announced, the soldiers under his command were quite critical. They hoped to participate in the front-line battle, and it would be best to even take the initiative to launch an attack on Chittagong City..."

Huang was an army general when he applied for the job. His combat plan was not formulated by Fleet Chief of Staff Takagizo, but by Gao Lian, Chief of Staff of the Western Expeditionary Army. Therefore, his words actually expressed his disagreement with Gao Lian's plan.

Gao Lian was not only the chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army, but was also designated by Gao Yuan as the commander-in-chief of the offensive at the seaport, which was the real main force in capturing Chittagong in this battle.After hearing what Huang Yingpin said, Gao Lian frowned and was about to refute, but he didn't want to be overtaken by Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan waved his hand and said: "Huang Xuanfu, I have already determined the battle plan. Unless there is something unreasonable in the plan that will seriously affect the chance of success in the battle, there is no need to say more. Just follow it." When they came out, everyone looked at each other, quite surprised. Gao Lian even suspected that he had heard wrongly, and Huang Yingpin was obviously stunned. He did not expect that his nephew would reject his opinion so directly.

The reason why everyone was surprised was mainly because Gao Yuan had been particularly close to his "foreign relatives" some time ago, which made everyone subconsciously think that he would favor these chieftain-born generals on various occasions - especially his uncles. Huang applied.

However, what was unexpected was that when Huang Yingping did put forward opinions on the combat plan, Gao Yuan would directly reject it with "I have decided."Although "I have determined" is indeed true, in the final analysis, this combat plan was formulated by Gao Lian. Gao Yuan only expressed his agreement and stamped his seal after reading it. Why should he take the responsibility, even at the expense of others? Damn your uncle’s face?

To say the least, Huang Yingpin's statement itself is not very exaggerated.What he meant in the first half of the sentence was that he hoped that his headquarters would serve as the front-line combatants. In other words, he would replace Cen Yunhan and Cen Maoren's headquarters as the Hexi reserve team, or replace one of them.But no matter what, the Huang family and the Cen family are both Guangxi chieftains. Their rotation of front-line soldiers and reserve teams is an internal adjustment of the faction, and it stands to reason that they have little to do with Gao Lian.

In the second half of Huang Yingpin's sentence, he said that his men hoped to attack Chittagong directly. This was more or less an attempt to grab credit, but judging from his tone, it was probably more about expressing his headquarters' willingness to fight. But it doesn't necessarily mean insisting on attacking.If Gao Yuan objects, he only needs to verbally praise his courage and then remain noncommittal about this so-called suggestion. Why explicitly reject it?
However, while everyone was still in a daze, Gao Jing seemed to have understood, nodded and echoed Gao Yuan's words: "Commander-in-Chief Gao Jian, since the battle plan has been set, it is not appropriate to change it temporarily, because all preparations are in accordance with the plan. If the implementation is temporarily changed, it will inevitably cause chaos.

The army should be quiet and not move. This is also the consistent purpose of the Marquis... Huang Xuanfu, your department is highly motivated to fight, and all of you comrades know it, but at this time, you should follow the predetermined plan.As for a vigorous battle, I don't think there is any need to worry. After the Battle of Chittagong, we will inevitably have to fight against the Mughal army. Then it will be the time for your army to show off its glory. "

Because Gao Yuan hit a snag, and now he finally got Gao Jing's level, Huang Yingpin naturally would not insist on it, and immediately smiled and said: "It's the last general who was abrupt." After saying that, he glanced at Gao Yuan quietly, and felt in his heart It's inevitable to feel a little uneasy.

However, Gao Yuan showed no reaction and just stared at the sand table prepared in advance on the table, as if his entire mind was contemplating this battle.

There were not many highlights in the following meeting. Basically, each department reported how well it had prepared, such as the availability of personnel, the availability of weapons and ammunition, etc., without stating them one by one.

In the afternoon, two second-class cruisers suddenly sailed towards the grand fleet.This is Jinghua's standard battleship, and it must be one of our own. The forward of the large fleet made way for a while, and saw one of the cruisers sending a small boat straight to the flagship "Toungoo City".

Since they were very close to Chittagong Port at this moment, Gao Yuan and others had already entered into battle preparations. After hearing the news, they knew that the mobile fleet must be coming to report the situation ahead, and they quickly picked up the people on the small boat.

As expected, the two second-class cruisers came to report the battle situation - the reason why I said the battle situation was because the mobile fleet encountered the Arakan Fleet in Chittagong Port, and a naval battle broke out between the two sides.

This is a bit of a coincidence.At that time, the mobile fleet was actually quite far away from the mouth of the Chittagong River, because their mission was not to annihilate the Arakan Fleet in Chittagong, but to blockade the northwest of Chittagong to prevent ships from the direction of Bangladesh from learning about the attack on Chittagong - direction of Bangladesh Who could it be?The Mughals of Dhaka, of course.

In other words, the purpose of the mobile fleet was to delay the Mughals' knowledge of the Chittagong war as much as possible, so that the Western Expeditionary Army could gain the strategic initiative - whether to continue attacking Bangladesh or wait for the Moghuls of Bangladesh in Chittagong. If you take the initiative to attack, it will always be beneficial to gain time.

If they take the initiative to attack, the Mughals may be stunned by the "magic soldiers descending from the sky"; if they wait and wait, the Mughals will face the battlefield scheduled by the Western Expeditionary Army. Obviously, the Western Expeditionary Army can make more adequate preparations in advance. , such as setting up ambushes, temporary fortifications, etc.

But unexpectedly, the Arakan fleet in Chittagong happened to be out in full force today. As soon as they left the river mouth and entered the sea area, they discovered the huge mobile fleet of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Due to the intelligence support in advance, the mobile fleet counted the number of the opponent's ships and knew that Chittagong was all the property. The first reaction was that our own side had been exposed, so without saying anything, they directly formed a battle formation and prepared to fight.

However, the Arakan fleet seemed to hesitate for a moment. It did not form a battle formation immediately at the beginning. Instead, it sent a fast ship to meet them. It seemed that they planned to ask "who is coming", so they suffered a big loss.

At this time, the mobile fleet commander Ruan Fuze vaguely felt that something was wrong. It seemed that the other party was not sure who he was and what his purpose was.
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Sure enough, I fell asleep last night, but I wrote about a thousand words at that time, so today’s writing is 3K, so I owe 1K.In addition, I will rush back to my hometown after get off work tomorrow to visit my uncle's condition. I don't know if I can update during the day.If it can be updated during the day, then only Saturday will definitely be delayed. I will come back in the morning on Sunday, and I should be able to guarantee the update on Sunday.In this way, I will temporarily owe 3K... I will make up for it later. I apologize in advance.

(End of this chapter)