Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1339 Lushun and Zhenjiang

"I'll squeeze some more out of this group of immigrants for you."

"All the porters are useless. I need someone who understands technology and management!"

"This..." Yang Yun looked distressed, there was a shortage of technicians and management everywhere.

"Then I'll think of a way, let's do it, I'll go back and arrange it for you as soon as possible, and you should work harder, don't you want to be Zhang Jiacheng, you're just getting started."

"Go away!"

Zhang Xingpei waved his hand, he was too lazy to joke with him, and hoped that there would be no new tricks to come out tonight. It's really uncomfortable for Nima to be interrupted by his apprentice yelling outside every time he just got interested in the secretary!

When we arrived at Ma Niao Station, a bus had just arrived, and many of them were temporary workers who had never worked night shifts, and they seemed to be in good spirits.

Yang Yun didn't know that Dai Dehou was also rushing to the construction site under Dai's instructions. Although he had diarrhea several times in a row after returning home and was a little sluggish, his enthusiasm for work remained undiminished: life in Lingao is always a day. Better than the day.

Although it is now March of 1633 according to the Gregorian calendar, bursts of chill still invaded. In the first half of the 17th century, the frost-free period in Liaodong was so short that upland rice crops could barely be grown.Winter has already entered in October, and spring has not yet entered in March.

Xue Ziliang on the sea stood on the deck of the Haitian, wrapped his cotton coat tighter, and raised his binoculars to watch the distance.The mission of the Haitian this time is to investigate the sea situation from Shandong to Lushun and the mouth of the Yalu River along the way, including the weather and the freezing situation of the ports along the Bohai Sea.

The engine operation has roughly ended, Shandong has entered the "aftermath" stage, and the large-scale refugee delivery has slowed down-the local aftermath itself also requires considerable manpower. Dongsanfu was not originally poor, but It was Daming's sea ban policy that artificially strangled the local economy.Now after a lot of tossing by the rebels, the Dongsan Mansion has been swept away from top to bottom, whether it is the government, the gentry, or the local clans have all been devastated. Although it is devastated, it has become a promising new world. .The Zhaoyuan area controlled by the Qidao dispatched detachment has formed the prototype of the future Shandong base.

For the former fingers of the engine operation, their mission is not over.Since the battle lines in Daming, Japan, and North Korea are already very long, the dispatched detachments that need to be coordinated are also widely distributed, and there is indeed a need for a command that can take care of the overall situation and make timely responses and decisions.Therefore, the front finger of the original engine was reorganized as the Northeast Asia Expeditionary Force Command, which was stationed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.Take overall responsibility for coordinating and commanding all dispatched detachments and working groups in the area north of Taiwan Island in Northeast Asia.

The first task of the newly established Northeast Asia Expeditionary Force Command is to open up trade and intelligence channels to Liaodong and North Korea.

Although thanks to the engine operation, a large number of people have been obtained from Shandong, the labor gap has been greatly reduced, and the original urgency to obtain population from Liaodong has been greatly reduced, but the population of several 10 in Dongjiang Town is still attractive to the Senate important wealth.

In addition, another more important purpose is to establish a strategic layout throughout East Asia from the perspective of sea power.

At present, the Senate has positioned Shandong, especially the Dengzhou area, as a base for advancing the Northeast Asian continent in the future.As for Jeju Island, since the strategy for Japan and South Korea is still in the next step, the strategic positioning is only a springboard for transit, and it also provides some auxiliary functions such as shipbuilding and animal husbandry.

As part of the mainland strategy in Northeast Asia, the Senate has long been eyeing Lushun and Zhenjiang Fort.As a military port, Lushun Port is a very good anchorage, and the terrain on land is easy to defend and difficult to attack.Only a small force is enough to control.

The Senate has now actually controlled Dengzhou, and if it controls Lushun, it will be equivalent to controlling the entire Bohai Bay and gaining absolute convenience for trade and military maneuvers in the surrounding areas of the Bohai Sea.Not only can it control eastern Shandong more effectively, it can further threaten Tianjin and Beijing.There has been a qualitative leap in Da Ming's central interference ability.

But as a commercial station, Lushun is far away from Fuzhou under the direct control of the Manchu Qing, and the roads are not good, and the Manchu Qing lacks ships. As a commercial port, it is of limited value. The most ideal commercial port is across the river from North Korea. Zhenjiang Fort.

In Zhenjiang Fort, not only can trade directly with Houjin, but also can threaten the Li Dynasty regime in North Korea.When necessary, this fortress can also be used to cut off the trade connection between the Li Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty at any time-this is a heavy blow to the Manchu Dynasty, which is extremely scarce in materials.

By controlling Lushun and Zhenjiang Fort, you can gradually establish an intelligence link with the Manchu Qing.At present, the Senate is basically blind to the situation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Apart from digging out old paper piles with a sense of big books, the information obtained is all learned from businessmen who went to Liaodong.Especially from Li Luoyou's channel, it is possible to grasp the information at intervals of about half a year-this is not enough for the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, which is very sensitive to timeliness.

The other is the Dongjiang Army.At present, the Dongjiang Army is alone overseas, and its logistics supplies are completely dependent on the sea transportation in Denglai.After suppressing the rebellion, the Senate actually controlled Dengzhou, which was equivalent to mastering the supply route to Dongjiang, so it would be possible to actually control the Dongjiang armed forces in the future.

The current situation in Dongjiang Town is very bad. Although Kong Youde's tribe did not turn to the Qing Dynasty as it did in history, Dongjiang's decline is irreversible.When Mao Wenlong was alive, Dongjiang did not pose too much threat to the Manchu Qing. After Mao Wenlong died, Dongjiang fought in the nest and killed him.

According to the historical data of the Great Library, it didn’t take a lot of effort for the Manchu Qing to pull out this nail, and it didn’t even take a lot of troops. There are only a few hundred soldiers plus a few hundred households.

The obstacle that restricts Manqing from pulling out the nails is not so much the military and civilians of the Dongjiang River, but the logistical pressure of the expedition on the deserted Liaodong Peninsula.From Fuzhou occupied by Hou Jin to Lushun, there were no forts, the army had nowhere to collect food, and the road conditions were extremely poor.Therefore, the more ideal way of maneuvering is to use the water army-and Hou Jin has a shortcoming in the water army.Dongjiang's ability to persist for so many years after the post-Golden Side has a lot to do with their use of the sea as a barrier and ships as maneuvers.

Even if the Manchu Qing took Lushun by land regardless of the cost, without the navy as a sea support force, the Dongjiang army scattered on the islands of the Liaohai Sea could organize sneak attacks at any time because they had ships, and it would be very difficult to defend.

In history, after King Sanshun returned to obedience, with the help of the mobility of the navy force brought by the surrendered army, the Manchu Qing immediately took Lushun in 1633 and wiped out Dongjiang Town.Now due to the interference of the Senate, King Sanshun has been wiped out, and the Manchu Qing has no available naval power, so the attack on Lushun has not yet begun.

But Huang Taiji must pull out this nail on the side of the couch, otherwise he would not be able to boldly enter the customs and plunder.For this primitive tribal regime based on plunder, not being able to rob means starving to death on the bitterly cold land of Liaodong.

The intelligence agency predicted that although the Denglai rebels failed to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, after the rebels were wiped out, the various departments of the Dongjiang Army, which had actually been largely involved in the rebellion, would inevitably panic.It is very likely that there will be a large-scale surrender to the enemy in the near future, and Huang Taiji will definitely use this opportunity to solve Dongjiang Town.

With a population of 10,000+, the Senate is not willing to clear the Qing Dynasty for nothing.Although Dongjiang Town did not have too many bright spots in the battle against the Manchus, the military households and soldiers who persisted on these barren and cold islands are all people who have undergone the most rigorous training. It is an excellent raw material.

Therefore, the main purpose of this reconnaissance is to understand the sea conditions of several important ports and landing points on the northern shore of the Bohai Sea, including the freezing situation.In addition to conducting reconnaissance on Lushun and the Zhenjiang Fort at the mouth of the Yalu River, the Haitian will also conduct a comprehensive investigation on the garrisons, households, military strength, and people's livelihood of the Dongjiang islands in the Liaohai Sea, as a data basis for future assessments of how to annex the Dongjiang .

"It's still freezing in March, I think it's rare..." Xue Ziliang put down the binoculars, and a gust of cold wind blew through his cotton winter clothing, causing him to shiver. It was almost noon now, and The thermometer on his watch showed that the deck temperature was below freezing, and the sails on the ship were frozen.

Mao Shisan is an ordinary military boy in Dongjiang Town. His home is in Zhenjiang Fort. He was so hungry that he took advantage of the warmer afternoon sun to sneak to the beach to see if he could dig it out from the ice-covered sand. A few shells, no matter how difficult it is to dig a few crab screws or something to fill your stomach.He hasn’t eaten decent food for more than two months since the beginning of winter. Although it’s close to the Yalu River, he can still catch some small fish and shrimps from time to time, but various resources are also very tight, especially if he goes fishing in the Yalu River. There were conflicts with the North Koreans from time to time, and the Dongjiang Army was not welcomed by North Korea.The wild vegetables around my house are basically cut down. Fortunately, there is a forest here not far inland. At least it is not a problem to burn a fire to keep warm. How are the refugees on the island going?

A few days ago, I heard that the former Vice President Li led the old Dongjiang army to rebel in Dengzhou, and asked the Dongjiang army to cross the sea to join him. They also said that as long as they went, they would get enough food and money.The young men in the military households were very tempted, and many of them got on the boat to the island, and then went to Shandong when they chose the opportunity.The local officials don't care either--now the Dongjiang River is full of fathers and mothers who marry each other, and everyone cares about each other.God knows when the court's food and payment will arrive, and it's hard to say whether it will fall into his hands when it arrives. Some people who run away will lose their mouths to eat.

(End of this chapter)