Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2166 The chief arrives
All the officers present were silent, and it was easy to understand their voices. Now they can infer that the enemy wants to "sound" to the east is Yunan County, so where is this "west"?

From the map, there are more than a dozen county towns and important fortification nodes on a Xijiang River.Each node has at least one squadron of national army defenses-these national troops are the first batch of mobilized national troops, and the second batch of national troops mobilized for emergency supplementation later is not of the same level in terms of equipment and training. ——None of them are easy to chew. It is impossible to take down these nodes without concentrating five or six times the strength of the defenders and equipped with a considerable number of firearms.

The Fubo Army implemented a system of splitting and contracting on the Xijiang River. In a certain area, if a certain place is besieged or there is news that a large number of enemies have gathered, troops will be dispatched from various strongholds in the attached area to fight.Troops in other areas generally do not join the battle unless they are transferred by the headquarters.

Therefore, if the target of the enemy Shengdong is Yunan County, then its real target should be the upstream and downstream strongholds centered on Yunan County.

Among these strongholds, Fengchuan County was the most attractive target.This is the transportation node to Hejiang. The joint logistics has a military depot and a hospital here, and there is a large amount of supplies hoarded.But this place is obviously tough, not to mention the bandits gathered in Wuhewa, even the serious officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to please them.

If it is the counties in the lower reaches of Yunan County, Zhaoqing is the most valuable, but compared to Fengchuan, Zhaoqing, as the front finger of western Guangdong and the location of the First Brigade Headquarters, is a harder bone.

"Since the enemy wants to concentrate their forces on a big scale, they also want to use the strategy of 'striking from the east to attack the west'. Obviously, they don't aim to capture a small stronghold or an unknown county. And their strategy is to incite bandits——Yunan County is just A bait to attract bandits to work for their lives." Mi Longtao expressed his deduction.

"What the officer said is absolutely true!" Zhu Si hurriedly agreed.

Li Shenggang did not express any objection either. In his opinion, this is just the correct nonsense in the "opening remarks".He nodded slightly.

"However, in terms of the bandits' military quality and operational capabilities, this point can neither be Zhaoqing nor Fengchuan," Mi Longtao said, "I personally speculate that the most likely place is Wuzhou!"

As soon as the word Wuzhou was uttered, Zhu Si immediately shivered.

Wuzhou is located at the forefront, close to the Ming army retreating to Guangxi. Once the defenders are mobilized by bandits and the interior is empty, it is not impossible for the Ming army to gather heavy troops for a counterattack—and Xiong Wencan also urgently needs a big victory now: to recover Wuzhou is louder than recovering Yunan County.

"So, our squadron should return to defend Wuzhou as soon as possible..." Zhu Si felt a little faintly afraid of this increasingly dangerous situation.Here, the Wuzhou Integrated Squadron often has to operate independently under field conditions, which is too much pressure for him-often feeling "powerless".

When he returned to Wuzhou, he had the backbone of having more money, so he didn't have to take any responsibility.He didn't believe that the Ming army could take Wuzhou. Wuzhou is the largest city in western Guangdong. Not far away, although it is located on the front line, the safety factor is very high.

"In my opinion, Yunan County is not just as simple as 'Shengdong', it is very likely that it is really besieged." Li Shenggang opened his mouth. Unlike Mi Longtao, he has a very serious expression and basically does not chat with others. Powerful, "The Ming army's abacus is probably to use bandits as cannon fodder to attract our troops - after all, the greater the pressure on Yunan County, the more likely it is that Qianzhi will deploy troops from Wuzhou and other places for reinforcements, so the enemy must We will use considerable strength to attack Yunan County. The pressure we face will not be small at all. It is not appropriate to divide our troops for the time being."

Mi Longtao agreed.

Zhu Si was speechless and had no choice but to express "resolutely obey the distribution".

The meeting decided that the whole army would return to Fengchuan the next day, and half of the Wuzhou Squadron would be stationed in Xugang for a few days to be responsible for training the local militia.Some of the seized firearms and weapons were also left for the local area - this glorious but troublesome task naturally fell on Li Dong's head.

"Xugang is a relatively large village in this area. There are many villages, and now there are many refugees from other places. You have to take this opportunity to build up a militia—there are only Xu family regiments here, no."

Zhu Sixin understands that the chief is the most taboo of clan power.Right now, the Xu family is a force to maintain social stability, and they still need to make full use of it, but the "Xu Xu Tu Zhi" thing can be done.Naturally, it was not easy to do this, but fortunately, Li Dong had already decided to stay, so it was easy for him.

The next day, after Xu Gang left fifty soldiers and various firearms from the right detachment of the Wuzhou Squadron commanded by Li Dong, the rest of the team left Xu Gang and returned to Fengchuan County.

"This is clearly in Yunan County, why should we be stationed here?" Looking at the black smoke dissipating from the fleet, Luo Mao couldn't help complaining.

Li Dong also couldn't figure it out. He said, "Don't complain, this is an order. If you are told to garrison, you will garrison. Let's go, check the defense first."

As soon as Mi Longtao's ship docked, the deputy company commander who stayed here brought him a shocking news.

Beiwei has come to Fengchuan!

It is not uncommon to have veterans in Fengchuan County, the joint logistics, navy, reconnaissance general bureau, intelligence bureau...the stream is endless.Some passed by temporarily, some came to inspect, some came to perform a certain task, and some had been working locally—for example, the veteran of the health department, who took turns to work on duty at the field hospital in Fengchuan County.

Bei Wei, the garrison commander of the Guangdong Region and the captain of the Guangdong Region of the National Army, has been here more than once to coordinate the security mechanism in the occupied area.After Yao Luan and the bandits along the river rioted, he came here more often.

But this time the visit of the elders was quite different. The deputy company commander said that besides Bei Wei, there were seven or eight elders who came together, some in military uniforms and some in civilian clothes.

"...The chiefs came by gunboat at night, and they lived in the headquarters directly after arriving. It seems that they don't want anyone to find them coming." The deputy company commander whispered.

"What instructions do the chiefs have?" Mi Longtao asked quickly.

"Major General Bei Wei asked you to meet him as soon as you come back."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Mi Longtao and Li Shenggang went to Chong Garrison Headquarters together.The area here is very large, several tables of the Eight Immortals are pieced together to form a map table. Bei Wei is standing beside the map thinking about it. Besides him, there is another veteran in casual clothes—Mi Longtao who knows: this is Chief Xu of the Intelligence Bureau.

This Chief Xu is very mysterious, sometimes he arrives quietly, and then leaves quietly. Sometimes he is summoned to ask about some situations, and sometimes he holds meetings with soldiers, cadres and local people.

He seldom speaks, mainly listening to everyone.Then ask specific questions.Some questions, Mi Longtao never dreamed that it would be useful for him to ask them.However, he adheres to the principle of "don't ask what you shouldn't ask", never asks, and only reports according to his requirements.

Looking carefully, he saw a few reed mats spread out on the ground of the headquarters, and various weapons were listed at the door. Mi Longtao could tell at a glance that these were the enemy's weapons they captured in yesterday's battle, including swarms of bees and wood. There are guns.

Investigating the seized enemy weapons is Chief Xu's consistent work, so Mi Longtao didn't find it too strange.

"Report—" Mi Longtao yelled just now, Bei Wei had already seen them, and he nodded slightly, motioning for them to come over.

"You guys report on yesterday's battle first." Bei Wei said, "From the very beginning."

"The earliest situation occurred during the voyage of the Wuzhou Integrated Squadron. It is more appropriate to ask Lieutenant Zhu to report first." Mi Longtao said.

Bei Wei nodded, and his eyes shifted to Zhu Si.

Zhu Si saluted neatly and began to report on the battle since leaving Wuzhou City.He has served in the garrison for many years, and he has had close contact with many veterans while on duty, so he does not have the nervousness and restraint that ordinary naturalized soldiers feel when they first meet the veterans. Not only is he fluent in speech, but also the report is concise and to the point.Bei Wei was very satisfied.

"The report was good." Bei Wei looked at the Lieutenant of the National Army who was standing upright in front of him, "Your Mandarin is very good, where did you learn it?"

"Report to Comrade Major General, it's in the Lingao Garrison Battalion!"

Bei Wei thought to himself, no wonder his military style is so standard!The report just now had won him favor.I also asked him what year he was in the army and his experience after joining the army. I regretted that he had less combat experience!

But judging from the report just now, his on-the-spot command is not too bad.Moreover, Mi Longtao did not show an expression of "otherwise" when he reported, perhaps it should be said that he still had "approval".

Seems like a prodigious talent.Bei Wei thought to himself.However, his experience is still too little, and it is indeed a little too radical to entrust him with the position of captain of the Wuzhou battalion. The determination to form a mobile unit with the army as the core.

Then Mi Longtao and Li Shenggang reported yesterday's battle situation and the situation along the way one by one.And the places where the relevant battles took place are marked one by one on the glass plate on the map.

"It seems that the enemy has indeed made a big move in Yunan County." Bei Wei said to Xu Xu.

The information that the bandits were going to "do big things" in Yunan County was sent out with permission.Of course, he did not have any spies lurking in the bandits, officers and soldiers, or the Yao village. This conclusion was mainly based on the relevant battle reports collected, the confessions of the captives, and the enemy's activity traces.

"The bandits you encountered have good fighting power." Xu Xu pointed to the various weapons on the reed mat, "This is not a weapon that bandits can afford, and the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty are no more than that!"

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