Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2072
"And our army can only become a service department that provides technical guidance for civilians to organize a temporary army, and commands a lack of major generals but is placed in the high hopes of senior military police, and is used to suppress disobedient Xiangyong when necessary. It also depends on the faces of the Marine Corps, the National Army, the Coast Guard, and the Tax Police Headquarters!"

Xi Yazhou waited for him to finish venting, and then said with a pleasant face: "Your opinion is known to me and Secretary Dongmen of the General Staff. All veterans, including the former leaders of our General Staff, are very concerned about the construction of the army. Some people in the army He also knows what he thinks. The development of the Army has been relatively restricted in the past few years. It is normal for everyone to have opinions. However, the current situation has both subjective and objective reasons, so don’t keep blaming it in conspiracy theory."

Seeing that Zhang Bolin wanted to refute, Xi Yazhou smiled again: "I have been squatting in Sanya for several years, people, sometimes you have to be a bystander to understand. I won't say anything extra, just mention three points, you go back Think about it carefully."

"First, although the hundreds of people in our Senate come from all corners of the country, they all came with one goal: to establish a country that we rule, and everyone should be a master. I believe that even Du Wen's heart That’s what he thought too—no ​​matter what his ambitions and ideals are, if he doesn’t have power, he’s a fart.”

Zhang Bolin nodded: "Who doesn't think so, otherwise what is the plan of our life and death?!"

"Second point, Nidaimu once said that the army must be patient. Putting it here, it means 'the army must be patient'. I am also an army, but I wholeheartedly support this sentence. This is determined by our current environment ... You may disagree with my opinion, but from D-Day to now, we have never lost a military victory, and we have won a complete victory in the war. Shenwu, but we have the system of the Senate to support us, you don’t deny this fact, do you?”

Zhang Bolin showed an expression of dissatisfaction, but he couldn't refute it.No Senate, nothing.Regardless of the army and navy, no one dares to deny this.

"The third point is that the environment and conditions have changed, and the situation will naturally change accordingly. In the past few years, every expansion of the army is related to the change of our strategic situation. This time the mainland is conquered. 10 battalions may be able to conquer Guangdong. But 10 battalions will certainly not be able to conquer the whole country - let alone other places. No matter how powerful the navy is, it will never allow warships to be brought ashore."

Zhang Bolin was panting with a humming sound in his nose, but he didn't speak again.

Xi Yazhou continued: "The Battle of Guangdong is both a test and an opportunity for us. I think the opportunity is more important." He looked at his watch, "It's getting late, you should go back to the army first." He saw Zhang Berlin was about to get up, and said: "As a former and current soldier, I also want to remind you: Senators can talk nonsense in private, but things can't be done randomly. The Senate also has discipline-the past does not forget the future. The teacher of things. You go."

Seeing the back of Zhang Bolin leaving, Xi Yazhou got up and pulled the hem of his clothes, and walked around the office with his hands behind his back.The army has entered Guangzhou, and Mayor Liu also entered in a grand sedan chair.Naturally, he was troubled by the messy things in Guangzhou.

Guangzhou was taken down peacefully, but the next thing is not that simple.Xi Yazhou is very clear that according to the current situation, it will not take much effort to march all the way to receive the city, just as the actions of various troops around Guangzhou are at best armed parades.Going to the bottom of the city and shouting, whether it is the garrison of the state or county, or the city of the garrison, they all look forward to the wind.

Seizing Guangdong and even Guangxi is not difficult for him, the commander of the South China Army. As long as he can control the rhythm of the troops and supervise the logistics work, the next thing will be determined by the marching speed of the troops.

What he is worried about now is the next security battle.

Except for the Pearl River Delta region, Guangdong is mostly mountainous, where Han and Yao live together, and the ethnic conflicts are sharp; among the Han people, the three lineages of Cantonese, Chaozhou, and Hakka are like fire and water; most of the rural areas are villages where ethnic groups live together. Everywhere.The complexity of the situation is rare since the landing of the Senate.

The General Staff made various plans for the Guangdong campaign, and made seventeen or eight plans in one go.There are a total of three plans for fighting the Ming army, but there are more than a dozen plans for the security war.The problem is that although he personally participated in the production of these plans, he knew very well in his heart that it was useless.

The cornerstone of the law and order war: the national army in each county is still on paper.According to the opinions of Xi Yazhou and others, the county national army should at least be a "brigade" with a three-company system plus a direct subordinate team. However, due to budgetary constraints, most counties can only meet one supernumerary "squadron".

What can a squadron of 120 men do?Even those small counties in Hainan with a household population of only a few thousand people have no.These hundreds of people can only meet the most basic garrison work in county towns and important transportation hubs, and they will be stretched when encountering riots.What's more, the combat effectiveness of this hastily established national army is not worth mentioning.It's good to be able to do a good job on defense.If something really happens, the regular army has to be mobilized, and the regular army will inevitably be exhausted.

Xie Peng walked in: "Commander, the ship is ready. The captain asked when to leave?"

"Let's go immediately!" Xi Yaya put on his military cap, picked up his saber and fastened it on.Instead of thinking about it here, it is better to start working as soon as possible and solve problems at work.

Xi Yazhou's boat is moored at the special pier under the Great World.This is the inland river paddle boat Octopus specially built for Guo Yi.Now this ship has been handed over to the Guangzhou Municipal Government at the beginning of the Guangzhou Campaign as a special ship for dignitaries.The specially designed shallow draft design allows it to reach most places in Xijiang and Beijiang.Hong Kong's shipyard also carried out a surprise modification of the ship in the past few months, adding armor that can resist firearms and bows, and installing a protective net to prevent the enemy from boarding the ship.At the same time, a 5-tube Hatkis type manual rotary cannon was installed at the bow and stern.A major general's flag flies from the mast.

On the pier, the guards lined up with guns and live ammunition. As soon as Xi Yazhou came out of the gate of the big world, a trumpeter blew the trumpet, and then all of them raised their guns to salute.Xi Yazhou, wearing a thin woolen officer's cloak and holding his command knife, saluted and answered before boarding the ship.

The whistle on the pier blew three times, Ming Lun slowly started to turn, the water splashed, the sailors stowed the anchor, and the Octopus slowly left the pier.

Because the cruise ship Octopus is the foundation of the tugboat, with a lot of horsepower, the joint logistics department, which is known for not wasting money, ignored the "military dignity" and insisted on hanging five passenger trailers on the back. The civil affairs cadres, joint logistics officers and other naturalized civilian cadres who went to Foshan and Sanshui all brought them with them.

Although the cities along the way have been taken, after all, there is no appeasement in the place, and there are many bandits on the waterway, so the entire tugboat team is heavily guarded.Not only were the naturalized civilian officers and cadres all armed with guns, but there were also five sailors on guard at the sentry post on the top of the ship for each passenger tow.The Pearl River Squadron also dispatched an inland river gunboat as an escort.

The first stop to Sanshui is Foshan.Foshan was famous for its prosperous industry and commerce in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was known as one of the four major towns in the world.

Although Foshan in the Ming Dynasty was not as prosperous as in the Qing Dynasty, it was already a "giant town" that ordinary small counties could not match.

Its geographical location is convenient, with water and land transportation extending in all directions.Since ancient times, it has been a place where industry and agriculture are developed and merchants gather. According to ancient books, "all treasures are transported from north to south, with Foshan as the hub, business flourishes." It has become a commodity distribution center in Lingnan area.Prosperous commerce has led to the handicraft industry. The smelting, ceramics and textiles here are very developed. The traditional Chinese medicine industry is also very prosperous. The medicinal materials from the province and other places are gathered here for sale.

Because this is the largest commodity distribution center in Guangdong, and it is also a large market that can radiate Guangdong, Guangxi and even the whole country. The Shanhai Road under the Senate commercial system has set up a semicolon here to handle purchases, sales and exchange business.So this place is very familiar to the elders.The elders came here many times to purchase goods: the industrial port purchased large quantities of pig iron and copper here.Hygienic Kou has also purchased medicinal materials here, and the sporadic purchases are even more difficult to count.

Such a chicken that can lay golden eggs, naturally the Senate must take good care of it.As soon as Guangzhou was breached, the Left Route Army dispatched a contingent to take a boat and rushed straight to Foshan with lightning speed. Even the leading party in Foshan, headed by Lin Ming, immediately stood up to respond, and captured the Daming Foshan Fort without bloodshed. down.The action was so fast that even the merchants in the town did not realize that this Daming Foshan Fort had already become the "Da Song Foshan Town".

Although the head of the city has changed to the king's banner, as long as the people can live a peaceful life, they naturally don't care about it.Although the market is not as good as it used to be due to the influence of the "military war", there is still a peaceful scene on the streets of the wharf.

Originally, Xi Yaya did not plan to stay in Foshan, but Minister Hong planned to use the local favorable conditions for metal smelting and processing to set up an ordnance factory in Foshan to provide ordnance repairs and ammunition manufacturing for the Guangdong-Guangzhou Campaign. Changed my mind and decided to take a look at Foshan.

The troops that arrived in Foshan earlier had already advanced westward, and the squadron leader of the Foshan Squadron of the National Army greeted him on the pier——Foshan's status is unusual, so it also enjoys county-level treatment here, and there is a squadron of the National Army.

"Chief!" The squadron leader saluted very excitedly, "The squadron leader of the Foshan Squadron of the National Army's Guangdong Corps, Cao Qing, the second lieutenant of the National Army, reports to you!"

"Relax!" Xi Yazhou returned the salute, "Is the mayor here?"

"Not yet!" Cao Qing tried his best to straighten his back, "I received the notice, saying that I will arrive in a few days!"

(End of this chapter)