Lu Ming

Chapter 390
After being ridiculed and criticized by Han Xiaobo, the speculators sitting here were somewhat embarrassed.

To be honest, this is really a bit embarrassing.Without any intelligence support and preliminary preparations, across the entire continental coastline, from the subtropical zone to the frigid zone, and then require soldiers to fight in the field to eliminate a sufficient number of Tartars
This is not simply a question of hundreds of real Tartars.In this era, if you want to eliminate hundreds of Eight Banners elites, you must get several times more auxiliary soldiers and coats at the same time.

In addition, the Eight Banners soldiers have horses, so such a large loss will inevitably call for a siege by a large group of cavalry; relying on the little supplies they carry, the high-consumption crossing army can't sustain a few battles in the wild.

This is undoubtedly to die.

And where is the most critical problem? In fact, everyone here understands: there is no logistical supply.

If the traversing forces have established a port base in Tianjin in advance, even if the base is in Shandong, then we can send a field combination of cavalry + infantry + artillery + auxiliary convoys in this kind of Qinwang war.

The Eight Banners soldiers of this kind of troops dare not approach at all. With sufficient supplies of cavalry and infantry, they can take turns killing and wounding the enemy day and night, and drive the enemy one or two kilometers away. The so-called Eight Banners elite company enters the starting point of the attack Can't do it.

However, the problem is stuck here: Taiwan's supplies are sufficient, but unfortunately, the tentacles have not had time to extend that far.

"Let me explain a few words." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Cai Feiming stood up.

As a cabinet minister in charge of foreign affairs, Cai Feiming is one of the main pushers behind this meeting.Because the bilateral relationship with the Ming Empire is within the scope of his work, he is naturally indispensable among the speculators.

"Judging from the current achievements of the country, there is no doubt that the original recruitment strategy has been a great success. Just look at Fujian now, it has almost become our subsidiary territory, and the circulation of personnel and materials has no trace. No barriers, no effort to penetrate."

When Cai Feiming said this, he stretched out a finger and looked around with a smile: "I can say responsibly that when we raise the anti-flag in [-] years, Fujian will change its color overnight. There will be no waves, and the people are leading the way."

"There is such a good situation, it is entirely because of the initial recruitment. Some people may disagree with my statement, so please pay attention to the Shanghai Bund project that is now half dead and waiting for someone to save it."

When Cai Feiming said this, his expression became a little more serious: "Even if it is the worst government, it still has administrative power! Without the support of the government, it is obvious that Shanghai can be described as difficult. It is so difficult to demolish a dilapidated village. Difficult, isn't the contrast obvious?"

"So, to expand our routine in Fujian to the whole country, replace Xiong Wencan with Chongzhen, and exchange military achievements for our political freedom and commercial freedom in the northern coast, is the most fundamental purpose of this Qinwang operation."

"This is a very important action. It involves the overall development strategy and expansion speed of the empire. It cannot be taken lightly. Therefore, please stop complaining and come up with more useful suggestions."

After Cai Feiming finished summarizing, he nodded and sat down.

But before he could sit still, the complaint came.Wei Yuan, who was tall and tall, stretched out his middle finger knuckles and knocked on the table: "Since it is so important, what did you do earlier? Huh, what's the 'army to be patient', are you blind now?"

Sitting there, Wei Yuan, who was a head taller than others, looked disdainful at this moment: "Let me tell you, the first step in any expansion is always the army. Soldiers need time to cultivate, not the masters who reward you today." resources and see the 'finished product' tomorrow."

"So put away those tricks of suppressing the army as soon as possible, and provide enough resources. Otherwise, today's lax scene will continue. I see what you will use to go to Southeast Asia and North America in the future."

Wei Yuan's upright speech immediately aroused the nods and support of all the soldiers present: the policy of controlling the army set at the meeting at the beginning of the year has really disgusted the military leaders this year, and today they were finally caught by everyone. Opportunity.

"Okay, stop!" Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the top of the long table, had a headache at this moment.Seeing that a good King Qin Action Seminar was going to be turned into a criticism meeting by the army, he quickly opened his mouth to stop this trend: "Before, we had to give priority to development, so we controlled the army's needs. Now that the development has reached a bottleneck, it is natural to consider expansion. .It’s like walking on left and right feet. There can only be one focus in each period, and no one is wrong.

After suppressing the momentum of Qiu Ba and the others, Xia Xianze thought about it and gave Tianzao: "About the construction of the army, well, it seems that it is time for a wave of development, but this needs to be discussed in another meeting. Everyone pay attention, today's In the meeting, there was only one topic, and that was how to get the most benefit from King Qin, so don't get sidetracked!"

Finally hearing that Xia Zhongtang let go of the matter of army building, the military personnel present immediately switched from the mode of resenting women who were aggrieved just now to the mode of serving the country with loyalty.

Then, after a burst of ambiguous winks at each other, Wang Xiaohui, the deputy chief of staff of the navy who is usually good at dealing with all parties, jumped out in time.

Wang Xiaohui was in the army at the beginning of his travels, but later he decided to realize his childhood dream of playing with a large naval gun, so he switched to the navy again. He is a standard double-faced person.

"Let me talk about the navy first." The chubby Wang Xiaohui walked to the stage with a smile on his face in a snow-white general uniform, picked up the pointer, and began to give real instructions to the laymen sitting there.

"There is no big problem with the navy. To the north, a scout ship can be sent tomorrow to record the hydrology of the mainland coast north of Shanghai. The transport fleet can be set off after being organized. Within a week, it depends on the speed of your supply of supplies. .”

"In short, since the soldiers and horses of the Later Jin Dynasty did not go deep into the vicinity of Tianjin when they entered the customs for the first time, the navy is not of much use other than serving as the captain of the transportation brigade."

At this point, Wang Xiaohui drew a circle on the location of Tianjin on the map with a pointer: "In the same way, it is unnecessary to transport ordinary soldiers there and wait for the Tartars to come and die in Tianjin City."

"Then now comes the problem. The troops want to kill the Tartars, but they don't have the conditions to rush out of Tianjin. What should we do?"

A sly smile appeared on Wang Xiaohui's chubby face, and the pointer pointed at a tough man at the long table at the same time: "Masters, how can you relieve your worries? Only special forces!"

One word awakened the dreamer, and some of the people present looked suddenly enlightened, and then turned their attention to the two officers sitting at the end of the military camp: Special Forces Commander Qian Tieshan and Deputy Commander Du Dewei.

The laymen who were belatedly realized at this time: What ordinary soldiers can't do, can be replaced by special forces! ?

And Qian Tieshan, the commander of the special forces with a generous figure, did not refuse at this moment. He immediately stood up and expressed his attitude: "In principle, the special forces can follow the mission of King Qin. Except for marching in the cold zone, the rest include riding All the special forces members under me have been trained in the subjects including the subject. The problem now is that if we want to go out and import materials, especially arms, it will consume a lot of money."

After Qian Tieshan finished speaking, the warm atmosphere that had just ignited in the venue suddenly cooled down again—the time-travelers who have developed conditioned reflexes, the only thing they can't hear now is the word "imported materials". You can't say it, and you will fall ill if you say it.

Even Comrade Xia Xianze, who was originally calm and relaxed, now has a face full of uncertainty.The Special Forces is different from other troops. This special force with only 50 members is a "strategic force" directly controlled by the cabinet, to be precise, he himself; Not useful.

Although the special forces equipped with imported equipment have strong combat effectiveness, everyone knows that the so-called combat effectiveness is piled up with weapons of later generations that cannot be produced.Xia Xianze, who had to personally approve supplies for the special forces every once in a while, was especially aware of this.

"This is an unplanned material, how much do you need?" Xia Xianze finally couldn't help asking after changing his expression.

Qian Tieshan didn't dare to argue about this: "This is going to the north for actual combat, so I have to be lenient in my calculations. So it includes some temporarily added cold zone equipment, and then counts the bulk ammunition consumed"

Qian Tieshan made a V-shape gesture: "Victory comes at a price, don't even think about whoring for nothing, just bring two boxes."

Things have evolved to this point, and everyone present has a familiar feeling of deja vu: every time this regime encounters difficult problems, it will always end up with imported materials.

All military personnel were expelled from the temple gate after this.

No one can predict what will happen in the war going to the North, so no civil servant dares to bargain on the quantity of supplies offered by Qian Tieshan—in case the troops in the front suffer huge losses due to insufficient supplies, then the person who bargained at the beginning To be responsible for this, no one would be foolish enough to do so.

So after driving out all the military personnel who were sure to vote in favor, the remaining group of civilian officials began to have heated discussions and final votes on this matter.

Fortunately, civil servants generally agreed with the "Fujian Model", so Xia Xianze, who had a veto power of one vote, agreed, and the civil servants group passed the temporary motion with an absolute advantage of five votes.

Now that the resolution is passed, it's time to discuss the details.So Qiu Ba, who was smoking outside the hall, was called back again, and all relevant departments began to plan for this sudden King Qin incident.

(End of this chapter)