The garrison division Lin Ziran did not set up too many at one time, but only set up two divisions, after all, this kind of army belongs to a combination of second-line troops and militia troops, and it is difficult to say whether it is good or not!

So let's get two divisions first and see the effect.

At the same time, in some places where the pressure on public order is relatively great, the regular army will be used to suppress bandits, and after the suppression, the scale of local patrol police will be appropriately increased to maintain law and order.

After such an operation, after the subsequent war with other feudal towns, there is no need to worry about any chaos in the rear.

In the winter and December of the 51st year of Yongchang, Lin Ziran quietly left Luohai City with a small number of generals, and first marched east along the river to inspect the first division and other troops stationed on the east bank of the Luohe River.

Then he returned to Luo'an County along the Luo River north, still inspecting various troops, especially the Fifth Division and other troops focusing on the northern defense line.

In order to avoid overreaction from the outside, Lin Ziran's itinerary was kept secret, and even in Luohai City, there were signs of normal office disguise.

When Lin Ziran quietly inspected the Fifth Division in Nanguangcheng, he was quite satisfied with the division's training and refitting work.

"At present, the training work of our Fifth Division has basically been completed, and all units have fully adapted to the use of new weapons and new tactics!"

"In terms of equipment, we have all reloaded the Roan III rifle, and at the same time stockpiled a large number of bullets!"

"The divisional artillery regiment is also the second artillery regiment in the whole army to be reequipped with rear-loading guns, and it currently has a total of 36 75-mm field guns and 18 75-mm howitzers."

"In addition, the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment, which is stationed with us in the defense line of Nanguangcheng, is currently equipped with twenty-four 150-mm howitzers and twelve 100-mm cannons!"

"Each shell is well stocked, ready for battle!"

Lin Ziran naturally knew about the refitting work of the Fifth Division and the Third Heavy Artillery Regiment, and he had been personally watching this matter.

After taking Luohai City and initially taking control of Luohai County, in the reorganization and refitting of various troops, the reloading of rear-loading rifles was the simplest, because there were originally a large number of Luo'an III rifles, and later a large number of captured Nanhai rifles were converted into Luo'an III rifles, so a considerable part of the troops were already reequipped, and other troops could also be quickly equipped with the newly produced Luo'an III rifles.

The artillery is a bit troublesome, even if the output of the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau is large, but it will take time, and the artillery will not be in a hurry for a while.

Therefore, the 1st Division, the ace unit with the fastest rearmament and the strongest combat effectiveness, was the first to reequip and reload artillery.

And the 5th Division, the unit stationed on the northern defense line, is the second unit to be equipped with rear-loading artillery.

It can be seen that Lin Ziran attaches great importance to the Fifth Division and the Guang'an Army.

If nothing else, the follow-up 1st Division, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment and other troops will also be transferred to the northern defense line and use the 5th Division as the main force in the northward campaign.

After quietly inspecting, Lin Ziran did not make a big fuss, but quickly returned to Luohai City on a passenger ferry.

As soon as he returned to Luohai City, he officially approved the battle plan for the Battle of the North.

Follow the plan drawn up by the General Staff Office!

The Battle of the North will be divided into three phases.

The first stage is the preliminary preparation stage, in which part of the main forces of the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, and the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment will be mobilized to the area of the Nanguang City defense line by means of day and night and secret deployment.

At the same time, the troops of the other defensive lines were on guard to prevent the troops of other feudal towns from interfering.

In the second stage, the main forces of the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 5th Division, the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment, the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment, and the 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment gathered in the vicinity of the Nanguang City defense line launched a fierce offensive against Chongguang City.

In order to quickly break through the fortress of Chongguangcheng, the General Staff Office planned to assemble more than 60 150-mm howitzers, more than 30 100-mm cannons, and more than 150 75-mm guns in this area.

Rely on the absolute firepower advantage to pry open the turtle shell of Chongguang City!

For the capture of Chongguangcheng Fortress, Wu Guanlin They are still very confident, although Chongguangcheng Fortress is strong, but the Luo An Army in Cheng Lingfeng's era has already broken through it once, and at that time they also relied on absolute heavy artillery superiority.

And this time, their advantage in heavy artillery will be even more obvious.

When the above-mentioned main forces launched a fierce attack on Chongguang City, the troops of the other defense lines, especially the northwest defense line and the eastern defense line, should be vigilant to prevent foreign enemies from attacking them, and once the situation changed, they must also defend to the death.

In the third stage, after capturing the fortress of Chongguangcheng, the main force assembled by three infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades will quickly enter the hinterland of Guang'an, seize Guang'an City, and completely control the entire Guang'an County, while guarding against the intervention of Hexi County in the west.

Therefore, although the focus of this northward battle plan is the battle of Chongguangcheng, in fact, the southern navy will be fully mobilized, and all troops will participate.

It's just that the other defense lines are mainly defensive, and only the Guang'an County side is attacking.

Lin Ziran officially approved the battle plan, which also means that the next round of offensive of the South China Navy has been officially finalized.

According to the plan, the troops will launch a general offensive in early February, which is about a month away.

And this month is the final preparation time.

It's just that during this preparation time, although the South China Navy has taken various precautionary measures and tried to hide from the world, it is impossible to achieve such a large-scale troop movement and material transportation without any clues.

Even if those spy personnel squatted on the edge of the Luo River to count the boats, then they could still find that the boats coming and going to the Luo River during this time were more dense than usual, so it could be inferred that the situation had changed.

Du Zhikuan, who was in the north, was already aware of the problem when the boats on the Luo River were densely populated, and although the wind and waves outside Chongguang City were calm, it was becoming more and more difficult for his own scouts to investigate deeply.

Immediately, the garrison of about 20,000 men who had re-enacted the defense line was ordered to be vigilant.

At the same time, he also began to send troops south, no matter what Lin Ziran was going to do, there was no harm in reinforcing Chongguang City.

Because even if Lin Ziran doesn't fight down, he has to fight it!

Last month, he had reached a preliminary agreement with Xu Teng through the envoy to jointly crack down on Lin Ziran, who had stolen the Liangluo region, and he must not let Lin Ziran continue to grow.

Lin Ziran, who has mastered the Liangluo region, has already mastered most of the essence of Nanhai Prefecture, and is a huge threat to other feudal towns.

Therefore, it is normal for these feudal towns to unite to fight Lin Ziran.

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