After being sneered at by Han Xiaobo and criticized, the speculators present were a little embarrassed.

Honestly, it's a bit embarrassing. Without any intelligence support and preparation, cross the entire continental coastline, from the subtropical to the boreal zone, and then ask soldiers to fight in the field to destroy a sufficient number of Tartars

It's not simply a matter of a few hundred real tartars. In this era, if you want to eliminate hundreds of Eight Banners elites, then it is necessary to get several times more auxiliary soldiers and coats at the same time.

In addition, the Eight Banners were horses, and such a large loss would inevitably summon a large group of cavalry to besiege them; Relying on the little supplies they carried, the high-consumption crossing army couldn't support a few battles in the field.

This is undoubtedly going to die.

And where the most critical problem is, in fact, everyone here understands that there is no logistical supply.

If the crossing forces have built a port base in Tianjin in advance, even if this base is in Shandong, then like this Qinwang war, our side can completely send a field combination of horse team + infantry team + artillery team + auxiliary convoy.

With sufficient supplies of cavalry and infantry artillery, they can take turns killing and wounding the enemy day and night, driving the enemy to a distance of one or two kilometers, and the so-called elite of the Eight Banners cannot even enter the starting point of the attack.

However, the problem is stuck here, Taiwan's supplies are very sufficient, but unfortunately the tentacles have not had time to extend so far.

"Let me explain." Cai Feiming saw that the atmosphere was not good, so he stood up.

As a cabinet minister in charge of foreign affairs, Cai Feiming was one of the main promoters of the meeting. Because the bilateral relationship with the Ming Empire was within the scope of his work, he was naturally indispensable among the speculators.

"Judging from the results achieved by the country so far, there is no doubt that the original recruitment strategy has been a great success. If you look at the current Fujian, you can see that it has almost become our affiliated territory, and the circulation of people and materials is unhindered, and it is effortless to penetrate. ”

When Cai Feiming said this, he stretched out a finger and looked around with a smile, "I can say responsibly that when we raise the anti-flag in seven years, Fujian will change color overnight, there will be no waves, and the people will be the leading party." ”

"There is such a good situation, it is entirely because of the original Zhao'an, some people may disagree with my statement, so please pay attention to the Shanghai Tang project that is now half-dead and waiting for someone to save it."

When Cai Feiming said this, his expression was a little solemn, "Even if it is a bad government, it still has administrative power!" Without the support of the government, it is obvious that Shanghai can be described as struggling. It's so difficult to demolish a broken village, isn't this contrast obvious? ”

"Therefore, the most fundamental purpose of this Qinwang operation is to enlarge our routine in Fujian to the whole country, replace Xiong Wencan with Chongzhen, and exchange military merits for our political freedom and commercial freedom on the northern coast."

"This is a very important action, which involves the overall development strategy and expansion speed of the empire, and cannot be taken lightly, so please don't complain and put forward more useful suggestions."

After Cai Feiming finished summing up, he nodded and sat down.

However, before he could sit down, the complaint came. Wei Yuan, who is tall, stretched out his middle finger at this time and knocked on the table, "Since it is so important, what did you do earlier?" Hmph, what else is 'the army to be patient', now it's blind, right? ”

Wei Yuan, who was sitting there a head taller than others, looked disdainful at this time, "I tell you, the first step in any expansion action is always the army. And soldiers need time to cultivate, it's not that you lords can reward resources today and see the 'finished product' tomorrow."

"So put away those tricks to suppress the army as soon as possible and give enough resources. Otherwise, this kind of diarrhea will continue today, and I see what you will do to the South Seas and North America in the future. ”

Wei Yuan's righteous speech immediately aroused the nods of all the soldiers present and supported the policy of controlling the army set at the beginning of the year.

"Alright, stop!" Xia Xianze, who was sitting at the top of the long table, had a headache at this time. Seeing that the good Qinwang Action Seminar was about to be distorted by the army, he quickly opened his mouth to stop this trend, "Before that, we must give priority to development, so control the needs of the army." Now that we have reached a bottleneck, it is natural to consider expansion. It's like walking on the left and right feet, there can only be one focus in each period, no one is wrong, don't be a resentful woman! ”

After suppressing the momentum of Qiu Ba, Xia Xianze thought about it and gave a sweet date, "Regarding army building, well, it seems that it is time to develop a wave now, but this needs to be discussed in a separate meeting." Everyone, pay attention, there is only one topic in today's meeting, that is, how to get the maximum benefit from the matter of King Qin, don't deviate from the topic! ”

Finally hearing that Xia Zhongtang was relieved on the matter of army building, the military people present suddenly switched from the indignant resentful woman mode just now to the mode of serving the country loyally.

Then after a period of ambiguous squeezing each other's eyebrows, Wang Xiaohui, deputy chief of staff of the Navy, who is usually good at dealing with all parties, jumped out in time.

Wang Xiaohui was mixed in the army at the beginning of the crossing, and later he decided to fulfill his dream of playing with a big ship military gun, so he jumped ship to the navy, and he is a standard two-faced person.

"I'll start with the Navy." The chubby Wang Xiaohui, wearing a snow-white general's uniform, walked to the stage with a smile on his face, picked up the whip, and began to really point out the maze to the laymen present.

"There's nothing big of a problem on the Navy's side. If you are in the north, you can send a reconnaissance ship tomorrow to record the hydrology of the mainland coast north of Shanghai, and the transport fleet can be organized and you can set off, within a week, depending on the speed of your supplies. ”

"In short, since the Houjin soldiers and horses did not go deep into the surroundings of Tianjin when they first entered the customs, the navy was of little use except for serving as the captain of the transport group."

Wang Xiaohui said this, and used the whip to draw a circle on the map of Tianjin: "In the same way, it is not necessary to transport ordinary soldiers over, and then sit in Tianjin City and wait for the Tartars to come to death." ”

"So now the question is, what should the troops do if they want to kill the Tartars and rush out of Tianjin without the conditions?"

Wang Xiaohui's chubby face showed a sly smile, and the whip also pointed at a fierce man at the long table, "Ladies and gentlemen, how can you solve your worries?" Only special forces! ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and some of the people present looked suddenly enlightened at this time, and then turned their eyes to Qian Tieshan, commander of the special operations team, and Du Dewei, deputy commander of the two officers, who were sitting at the end of the military camp.

At this time, the laymen who realized it later understood what ordinary soldiers couldn't do, and it was enough to change it to a special combat team!?

And Qian Tieshan, the commander of the special combat team, who was generous, did not shirk at this moment, he immediately stood up and made a gesture: "King Qin's target task, in principle, the special combat team can follow. Except for the cold zone march, the rest of the subjects, including riding, have been trained by my special combat personnel. The problem now is that if we are to go out and import materials, especially arms, it will be greatly consumed. ”

After Qian Tieshan said this, the warm atmosphere that had just ignited in the venue suddenly became cold again-the traversers who had developed a conditioned reflex, the only thing they couldn't hear now was the four words "imported materials", no one could say it, and they would get sick if they said it.

Even Comrade Xia Xianze, who was originally calm and relaxed, would be full of uncertainty on his face. The special forces are different from other units in that this special force of only 50 men is a "strategic force" under the direct control of the cabinet, or more precisely himself; Just like the Second Artillery Corps in later generations, the special combat team is not used in peacetime.

Although the combat effectiveness of the special combat teams that have been distributed with imported equipment is strong, everyone knows that the so-called combat effectiveness is piled up with weapons of later generations that cannot be produced. Xia Xianze, who has to personally approve supplies for the special combat team every once in a while, is particularly aware of this.

"This is unplanned supplies, how much do you need?" His expression changed back and forth, and after several measurements, Xia Xianze finally couldn't help but ask.

Qian Tieshan didn't dare to fight in this regard, haha, "This is going to the north to fight, I must calculate leniently." So include some temporary addition of cold zone equipment, plus counting the consumption of most of the ammunition"

Qian Tieshan drew a V-shape, "Victory has to pay a price, don't think about it for nothing, come to two boxes." ”

At this point, everyone in the audience suddenly had a familiar feeling that every time the regime encountered a thorny problem, it would always end up with imported supplies.

After that, all the military personnel were driven out of the temple gates.

No one could have predicted what would happen in the war in the Northland, so no civilian official dared to bargain over the amount of supplies offered by Qian Tieshan - in case the forward troops suffered huge losses due to lack of supplies, then the person who bargained in the first place would be responsible for it, and no one would be stupid enough to do so.

After all the military figures who were bound to vote in favor were expelled, a group of civilian officials began to engage in heated discussions and final votes on the matter.

Fortunately, the civil officials generally still agreed with the "Fujian model", so in the end, Xia Xianze, who had the right of veto, acquiesced, and the civilian clique still passed the temporary motion with an absolute majority of five votes.

Now that the resolution has passed, it's time to discuss the details. So Qiu Ba, who was smoking outside the hall, was called back again, and all relevant departments began to plan for this sudden Qinwang incident.