Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 633 Combat Plan
"The most suitable location, first is at the foot of Chengmai County, and second is at the stone mountain halfway between Qiongshan and Chengmai." Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the two places with a pointer.

"According to the map data and the investigation of the special investigation team, Shishan is 112.5 meters above sea level. It is a cone-shaped single extinct volcano with a slope ranging from 31 degrees to 55 degrees. The vegetation is mainly deciduous and evergreen mixed forest. It is 362.4 meters away from the nearest post road. Intercepting the official army here, the Fubo army can have the advantage of the terrain."

Following the pointing of the pointer blowing rain at the east gate, the officers cast their eyes on a small hill on the sand table. The post road was winding through the foot of the hill, and there was a large open space at the south foot of the hill.

"Please watch the slideshow."

With his voice, there appeared on the curtain wall the photos of the stone mountain taken on the spot, including the on-site photos from various angles such as the shape of the mountain, the shape of the mountain, the distance and azimuth from the post road.

The people present had just seen the topographic map of the sand table, and now they look at the field photos. Compared with the two, they have a more specific impression.

"Shishan is [-] kilometers east of Qiongshan County and [-] kilometers west of Chengmai County, which is equivalent to the middle section from Qiongshan to Chengmai. We have a certain geographical advantage in this battle, and artillery can be placed on the top of the mountain. An observation post was set up on the top of the mountain, equipped with high-powered telescopes to monitor the situation in a radius of more than ten kilometers."

Everyone stared at the slides intently, and some people began to discuss where to set up the formation.

Judging from the sand table and photos, there is a large open space in the north of the mountain, and the formation of the main force here is enough to force the Ming army to fight.Coupled with artillery fire support, the advantage is very obvious.

"There will be a battle here, and once the enemy breaks up, they will run in all directions." Someone raised an objection, "This is an inland area, and it is a rolling hilly area. From the photos, the vegetation is quite dense. Once the enemy breaks up, it will be difficult to capture prisoners. .”

"Our soldiers are trained according to the tactics of queuing and shooting." Fu Sansi coughed. He is a former PLA company commander. He has been in the recruit camp for a long time, and he is very good at training soldiers.Current Training Director.Because there are not enough professional soldiers, he temporarily acted as the battalion commander of the Fifth Battalion during the expansion of the army. "About half of the soldiers in the army were recruited in the past three months. Relatively unfamiliar. Once the pursuit and interception operations are launched, the battle infantry is almost useless and can only rely on grenadiers and light infantry."

"I think it's better to fight under the city of Chengmai," Zhu Quanxing said. He was in his thirties and was a junior employee. No.Relying on the fanaticism of queuing and shooting, he became the acting battalion commander by practicing queue tactics.

The terrain under Chengmai City is flat, and it is easy for troops with insufficient training to maneuver and fight. Moreover, Chengmai County is very close to the sea and can be supported by the navy. In contrast, Shishan is more than 20 kilometers away from the coastline. It's impossible to be lively.Not to mention support.

"This is a photo of Chengmai County and its surroundings." Dongmen Chuiyu changed the slideshow to Chengmai County.Chengmai County is located on the riverside only three or four kilometers away from the sea. The post road comes from the south, passes through the south gate of Chengmai County, and turns west.

To defeat the enemy here, some of the defeated army will try to rush into Chengmai County, relying on the city to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and some will retreat along the post road to Qiongshan County.

According to one of the multiple plans drawn up by the General Staff, a small number of troops and artillery will be ambushed in advance near rocky mountains or other favorable terrain to form an interception line, and the enemy will be intercepted when they flee here, and at the same time, they will take advantage of the situation to force the defeated army to surrender.

However, this plan will lead to further division of troops. In the case of insufficient overall troops, it is very doubtful whether a small number of troops can form a thin blockade to stop the rout of the fleeing army.

Another plan of the staff department: use the mobility and battlefield control of the Fubo Army, after defeating the enemy under Chengmai City, use the troops to conduct mobile operations—cooperate with armed agricultural vehicles if necessary, and block the post road in the direction of Qiongshan , leaving a gap in the direction of Chengmai County, forcing most of its defeated troops to flee into Chengmai County.

In this way, the situation of fighting in the cage city was formed. More than 1 horses and horses fled into the small Chengmai, with no food and grass outside and no rescuers. Under the superior artillery firepower of the Fubo Army, they could soon be forced to surrender, and even if they did not surrender, they could quickly break through the city.

Although this destroyed a county seat in Daming, it was only a county seat after all.If a county magistrate dies, the shock will not be too great.After the battle is over, you can withdraw from the county seat and let the officials later declare "recovery".

"I have a personal opinion." Someone raised his hand.

"Please tell me." Dongmen Chuiyu saw that this person was Zhu Mingxia, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, with extremely short hair and dark and rough skin.Very capable, this person is from the armed police, and he is very experienced in squad tactics.

"First of all, the enemy may not surrender. If the enemy does not surrender, there will inevitably be heavy casualties in the siege." He stood up and said, "We do have an artillery advantage, but we obviously cannot destroy the city wall with only the firepower of the 12-pound cannon and the 24-pound howitzer. Soldiers still have to rely on climbing the city to break into the city. If the enemy is more tenacious, the street fighting after our army climbs the city and enters the city can bring more losses to our army.”

He strode up to the sand table: "My suggestion is that after defeating the enemy, we should take advantage of the high mobility of our army to quickly squeeze the remnants of the Ming army to the 'jedi' after defeating the enemy, forming an encirclement and annihilation. A small amount It is not uncommon in military history for troops to surround large numbers of fleeing enemy troops."

Everyone watched his pointer move intently.

"I have studied the geographical data prepared by the General Staff, and there is a place that is very suitable." He pointed to the river branch triangle in the south of the county seat on the sand table, "This place is surrounded by water on three sides, once the enemy enters, it will be difficult to break out. Our army can effectively form a siege against the enemy with fewer troops."

"This place is too small, and the river is not deep enough." Dongmen Chuiyu said, "According to the report of the reconnaissance team, the average depth of this river is only 1-1.2 meters, and it can barely be waded."

"Then push it to the seaside." Zhu Mingxia said.

This proposal aroused the approval of most people. First of all, everyone felt that ordering soldiers to carry ladders to climb the city was likely to suffer heavy casualties. Second, forcing the enemy to retreat to the seaside could get the support of naval warships.Under the siege of land and sea and the superiority of naval warships, the enemy's morale will further drop, and it is easy to surrender in large numbers.

The staff immediately studied it and revised the plan.

There is a small peninsula called Xiaoyingchang in the northwest of Chengmai County. To force the enemy into this place, the Fubo Army only needs naval ships and a small amount of infantry to form a siege situation.

In the end, He Ming decided to start a battle with the Ming army under Chengmai County. His determination was to deploy the main force in the south of Chengmai County, defeat the main force of the Ming army in the battle, and then use mobile forces to force the enemy to retreat to Xiaoyingchang or the county seat by the sea. within, to achieve the purpose of gathering and annihilating.

决定了投入会战的总兵力为五个步兵营。步兵第1、3、4、5、6营。除去被调往三亚的步兵第2营、留守临高的临高警备营和训练新兵的步兵教导队之外，伏波军的步兵部队倾巢出动。

The artillery dispatched three field artillery companies, and a supplementary company formed by the artillery teaching team. In addition to the artillery cadets, the company also carried as many as 20 artillery pieces as a replacement backup.

In addition to Ye Mengyan's unit, the special investigation team added a unit under Bei Wei's personal command.

Panda commanded the engineering company.He originally wanted to form another infrastructure engineering unit, but time was running out, and the executive committee decided to temporarily subordinate the engineering team, including personnel and equipment, to the road construction team in Chengmai County.

The auxiliary troops of the Fubo Army are large in scale, including cooking soldiers, transportation teams, health teams and stretcher teams, most of which are served by recruited militiamen.Form the field army logistics column.Jia Mofei served as the commander-in-chief of the logistics column. He used to work in the logistics industry and had considerable experience in organizing material transfers.

The total number of troops participating in the battle was 1.Among them, there were 500 infantrymen, 750 artillerymen, and 200 engineers.In addition, there are 400 infantry, artillery, military and military science personnel, and the rest are auxiliary personnel such as transportation, sanitation, rear security, and military industry.

The navy dispatched two 8154 ships, four brigantine warships, and twelve sloop patrol boats. At the same time, a naval battalion was on standby at Bopu as the general reserve team, and it was put into battle as appropriate.

The field army has reorganized and adjusted all units according to the regulations issued in advance. The formally established basic tactical unit infantry battalion is: 8 companies per battalion: 1 company for grenadiers and [-] company for light infantry, and the rest are battle lines. infantry company.This is a typical establishment in the era of queuing and shooting.The grenadier must not only be "strong in stature, brave and good at fighting", but also a real "grenadier".As for the light infantry, the standard in the era of queuing and shooting was the use of rifled rifles, short and flexible, and composed of soldiers trained in skirmish combat.However, since all members of the Fubo Army have been equipped with rifled rifles, and skirmish tactics are also trained by all members, light infantry has only become a title for arms specialized in skirmish warfare.

每个步兵连由3名军官，5名士官，1名鼓手、1名笛手，90名士兵组成。这样全营战斗人员大概在800人左右。大致可以完成独当一面的作战任务。

In order to stimulate the sense of honor in the soldiers, grenadiers and light infantry were given special costume decorations, the grenadiers were distributed with red sash, and the light infantry were green.It's hardly aesthetically pleasing to hang on soldiers in their humble gray uniforms.

"Let's just make do with it, and we'll change our clothes after the battle. The soldiers are dressed like flour sacks. They're not imposing at all." After inspecting the troops, Wen Desi made a big comment on the clothing issue, "The officers look too rustic. It’s just a command knife. It’s indistinguishable at all. The positions of officers and non-commissioned officers must be very eye-catching when queuing up to shoot and fight, so as to boost morale!”

"Put a feather on the officer's helmet?" He Ming still couldn't turn his head around. He vaguely remembered that in the movies he had seen, the officer's hat in the era of queuing for shooting had feathers or something like a feather duster stuck in his hat.

"It's too ugly. You need a suitable hat or helmet to use feathers. What does it look like to put a feather on a helmet!" Wen Desi said dissatisfiedly, "Temporarily use a bow on the helmet for decoration. Look for information , I remember someone has done a lot of research on this!"

After the preparation was completed, the Senate held a grand ceremony of awarding the military flag in Ma Niao, and awarded the army flag to each battalion.

The military flag is bright red, and in the middle is a large yellow five-pointed star that symbolizes extending from the radiating wormhole. On the five-pointed star is a clenched fist raised upwards, symbolizing the armed forces of the empire.A long strip of white cloth with the base camp number written on it is sewn close to the flagpole.The flagpole is a long white pole with a copper double-headed eagle at the top, which symbolizes the power of the empire looking at the eastern and western hemispheres.The double-headed eagle stands on a copper oak leaf garland with the unit designation in Roman letters in the center.Under the double-headed eagle can be additionally decorated with golden ribbons, which are used to mark the honorary titles and medals of the battalion.

In addition to the battalion flag, each battalion can also have its own battalion flag, with unlimited patterns, as a special symbol of the battalion.This caused a burst of totem frenzy. Some of the five battalions that participated in the war used animals, and some had patterns. They had a lot of fun for a while. Because the battalion commanders and company commanders of each battalion had different aesthetic tastes, such as double Bizarre flags such as the Bear Underpants Flag and the Rising Dragon Hiccup Flag were introduced one after another. Since the quarrel was fruitless for a while, the General Staff had no choice but to ask everyone not to continue endless discussions on this issue—wait until the battle is over.

The infantry company below the battalion is also issued a company flag, which is smaller than the battalion flag.The company flag does not symbolize the power of the Senate like the battalion flag, it is just a symbol of the troops.

After the military flag awarding ceremony, the field army held a military parade in Ma Niao, and the whole army organized a half-battalion infantry formation.The people nearby knew that the Australians or bandits in Lingao were about to fight the officers and soldiers.

With the Fubo army on the horse, the soldiers mobilize the horse.After preparing for more than two months, the official army assembled in Guangzhou finally started a large-scale crossing operation in June 1630.

Whether it is the investigation team of the special investigation team ambushing outside Qiongshan County and Haikou Qianhu Office, or the intelligence organization in Qiongshan County, and even the intelligence personnel in Guangzhou, they are all issuing warnings that the main force of the government and army has begun to gather across the sea. .

The Weisuo caojun and Xiangyong in Qiongshan, Chengmai, Wenchang and other places are also gathering in the direction of Haikou.According to the latest report, the officers and soldiers will parade the flag in Haikou at the end of June in the Gregorian calendar.

According to the general practice, after the parade of the flag, the army will then set off - a big battle is imminent.

The sound of the trumpet cannon woke up Gou Chengxuan who was sleeping soundly.He quickly got up.Suit up.After Lai Da volunteered to go to Lingao to inquire about the situation of the army and mobilize his countrymen, his situation became better and better. Although there was no clear announcement, He Rubin seemed to have treated him as a guest, and not only allocated him an old man in his 50s to confess He sent, and the supply was much richer than at the beginning.Although not as good as the official staff, at least they eat better than ordinary soldiers.

Because he is not considered an official staff member, and he is not an officer, he does not need to attend Dianmao meetings as a rule, and He Rubin only calls him when he needs to be consulted.Gou Chengxuan's life is very casual.

At the end of June, he followed He Rubin's Chinese army across the sea to Qiongzhou Prefecture.After returning to Qiongzhou Mansion, he spent almost every day and night in extreme excitement, thinking that he had been hiding in Tibet like a mouse for more than two years, not only risking the danger of being searched and hunted by thieves, but also suffering from the eyes of others. Now that I am about to fight back to my hometown with the army, the excitement in it is beyond words.

Since his Chinese army crossed the sea, the Weisuo Caojun and Xiangyong mobilized from the counties in the northeast of Qiongzhou arrived at the Qiongshan camp one after another.

He Rubin assembled the army outside Qiongshan County. In order to express his attitude of going to the military opportunity without hesitation, he set up his command tent outside the city instead of occupying houses in the city.

On the fields outside the county seat, the camps of the officers and soldiers were connected one after another, day and night there were beating horns, people shouting and horses neighing, and there was a tense atmosphere before the war.

The barracks where Gou Chengxuan is located is where He Rubin's Chinese army barracks are located, and it is located on a small hillside.Sunny and leeward.Standing in front of the tent, you can overlook the entire school ground in front of the Zhongjunzhai.

Although the formal rehearsal and flag sacrifice did not start until Chen hour, the soldiers who were still sleeping in their tents were awakened by the sound of cannons and horns just now, and got out of their tents one after another.As a result, the camps once again became crowded with people shouting and neighing.

Some of the soldiers were in a hurry to get dressed, and some were in a hurry to rush to the thatch to relieve their hands. They were so fast that they were already surrounding the cook with their rice bowls ready to eat, and some were packing up knives and guns, some were wearing helmets and armor, and some were cleaning firearms. , saddling the horses... and so on.Along with their activities, all kinds of voices, footsteps, and the impact of utensils rang out noisily.

Gou Chengxuan had never seen such a scene before, seeing such a magnificent scene, he thought to himself that the officers and soldiers are so powerful, no matter how powerful the guns are, it may be difficult to resist them.He looked around excitedly.

I saw that small groups of people had already begun to gather towards the school grounds. Those with neat armor were the battalion soldiers mobilized from the mainland, and those with old weapons and armor were the local guards, wearing only cloth uniforms and carrying It is Xiangyong who has all kinds of weapons.No matter what kind of people they are, they all hold various banners.

"Woo - woo - woo -" the long trumpet sounded again.Gou Chengxuan looked over and found that an earthen platform had been built on the school grounds, which was probably used for military parades and flag sacrifices.A curtain was set up on the stage, and seats were placed.The left and right sides are filled with many large and small flags.A wide step extends diagonally from the front to the ground.In front of the left front of the altar, there is also a giant flagpole.On one side, the Chinese army's banner was unfurling against the morning wind, making a hunting sound.

　Happy Saturday everyone.

　　I took two children out to buy gifts today, but there was nothing suitable for them.Finally bought diapers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)