In early summer and April, the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River, the peanut trees are mixed, and the warblers fly wildly.

With such a beautiful night, it's a great time to go into battle and kill people!

On the wharf of the Kaohsiung Military Port, the military music played an impassioned victory order, a dense military team, and the smiling fathers and villagers and the tearful wives and children to bid farewell to their own soldiers, they will go on an expedition to the north to fight Huang Taiji, the son of the old pig and wild skin (that is, Huang Taiji, the name of Huang Taiji sounds majestic, we can't help the enemy, so use his other name Huang Taiji, what a local atmosphere, and then the Houjin army can also call them Tatars).

This is the implementation of Yan Changwu, the overseer of the Southeast Prefecture, to his deputy chief of staff Gan Hui's strategy of sending infantry cavalry to the north to participate in the war.

Previously, the Ningyuan Army and Phi Dao sent by the Southeast Prefecture to the north had some manpower, which was not on a large scale, but now it is a large army in the north to resist the capture.

At present, the navy of the Southeast Army is no problem against the Netherlands, a maritime power, but there is a shortcoming, that is, the land force is weak.

Compared with naval warfare, land warfare is more difficult, in naval warfare, you can blindly pile up heavy artillery on the warship, through the training of moon and moon, water, fire, wood and gold to be familiar with the use of artillery, when fighting naval warfare, everyone can close their eyes, when the cannon in the cannon is ejected, there is always an effect.

But land warfare, the art of war in land warfare is weird, there are siege warfare, field warfare, ever-changing, more courage, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, but this brave man is likely to lose his life, more likely, you can't meet the enemy head-on, the enemy may attack from all sides!

Face-to-face combat is different from artillery warfare at sea, and no matter how good the technical equipment is, it is not surprising that people dare not fight, and they will be invincible when they see a thief.

Don't wait until the northern captives are on fire before sending troops, if you hold on to the salary to fight the fire, it will be out of control at that time. When Yan Changwu returned from the Battle of Batavia, he immediately carried out the matter of sending troops to the north, and the first batch of 3,000 musketeers was dispatched, but he found that there were many bad emotions among the Marine Corps troops who were preparing to participate in the battle.

Gan Hui reported to Yan Changwu: "After finding out, there are two emotions in the troops, one is the emotion of indifference, and the desire to participate in the war is not strong, that is, it is about my business. The second is the fear of war, the fear of war with the northern captives. ”

"Some officers and soldiers believe that we are separated from the mainland by the sea and have a powerful fleet, and the mainland cannot defeat our southeastern province, and the distance between the north and the southeast province is too far, what is the benefit of fighting with the northern captives, there is neither silver nor land harvest, and we continue to shed blood and sacrifice, wasting money, food and human lives in vain!"

"There is a fear of the enemy's cowardly mood, I heard that the Northern Captives are strong, the Ming army has been defeated again and again, we are dominated by the navy, the infantry is average, and most of them are new recruits, accustomed to naval warfare, and have never fought a land war, with such an army can really defeat the Northern Captives with rich combat experience? Can it really be? And knowing that the Overseers say, 'Don't be afraid of god-like enemies, but afraid of pig-like teammates,' and go to the north without the cover of your own troops, isn't that going to deliver food? ”

"You have a good point, we must solve the emotional problems that exist in the troops before sending troops!" Yan Changwu nodded.

The dispatch of troops is never said to be able to carry out the next order, and in addition to the fact that the troops and horses are moved before the grain and grass are moved, it is also necessary for the troops to form a firm determination to fight.

For example, every time Yan Dashao sends troops, he always has to find excuses, without it, the division is just famous.

So Gan Hui, under the instruction of Yan Changwu, carried out large-scale political education in the entire army, that is, the necessity of sending troops to the north.

First of all, the main entry point is to clarify the important relationship between the mainland and the southeastern province.

Population first! The important question is said more than once, and again, the population!

There is soil and wealth, and there are people who can be developed!

The population of the southeast province is less than one million, and the population of the mainland may be 100 times that of the southeast province (100 million).

Without the replenishment of the mainland's population, the southeastern province will be in a peaceful place and will no longer be able to develop into the South China Sea.

"We're going to occupy Luzon, we want to occupy Batavia, we want to take control of the Strait of Malacca, and no population can do it?"

Development is the last word!

Yan Dashao often said this, and he also posted large banners on both sides of the road, and everyone agreed.

At present, the northern captives threaten the mainland, and the southeastern province must not be able to lose the mainland!

The export of silk, tea, and porcelain from the mainland is the most important way to earn silver.

The output of the southeastern province was limited and not enough to support the army.

In addition, there are materials from the mainland, many of which cannot be produced by the southeastern government. For example, Taiwan does not produce much of the life-saving medicines used by military personnel, and it all depends on imports from the mainland.

Even the needles and threads used, and even the gongs, pots, pots, pots, and stoves, cannot be produced in the southeast province.

Even teapots and cups can not be supplied in the southeast house!

At present, the industrial structure of the southeast province is not perfect, there are serious shortcomings, mainly in the military industry, grain industry and export industry (collectively known as the three industries), the rest of the industry is a blank, after all, not so many people have established a perfect industrial system.

At present, the relationship between the Southeast Prefecture and the mainland is neither good nor bad, and the officialdom is cold, but the non-governmental economic exchanges are warm, and because everyone has the same ancestor, no one wants to fight anyone, and the Southeast Prefecture has an inextricably linked relationship with the mainland officials and people, and the top level of the government is helpless.

But when the northern captives occupy the mainland, once the blockade of the southeast province is implemented, the southeast province will encounter great difficulties!

The continent is definitely not to be lost!

Then there is the organization of troops to visit the exhibition of the crimes of the Northern Captives, which is naturally too numerous to mention, needless to say! Everyone understood: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different!" ”

The point is that such alien races have the ability to threaten the security of the mainland and the security of all of us, and we must not let it go.

"If a war is inevitable, it is better to fight early than late!" Yan Changwu was categorical at a meeting of senior military officers.

Mr. David next to him immediately said, "God ill! (The will of the first mother!) ）

All the officers knew that the Overseer was strong-willed, and it was up to them to keep up with him!

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A great deal of work has been done. He constantly preached the justice and necessity of the north's participation in the war, and carried out activities to show determination and challenge the war.

After everyone's views were unified, the troops at all levels held swearing-in meetings to arouse the troops' desire for war and their hatred of the enemy, so that the troops could establish a heroic spirit and confidence in winning if they wanted to fight and change the war.

Officers took the lead, and a large number of commanders and fighters wrote letters of determination and blood, and the troops' will to fight was further strengthened.

In view of the problem of the lack of combat experience in the troops, the troops conducted intensive training, and Zuo Liangyu, a group of former Ningyuan officers and soldiers, gathered together to write a combat tutorial on how to deal with the northern captives.

The first is field warfare, where the general infantry is in a dignified formation to meet the enemy head-on, while the cavalry of the army covers the two wings.

Possess cavalry as much as possible, otherwise it is easy to be outflanked by the enemy and suffer from enemy flanking or backlash.

Infantry units in full formation during battle can inflict great casualties on the enemy, and the northern captives are also people, and attacking infantry formations with a strong will to fight will also suffer heavy losses.

Zuo Liangyu's rank in Ningyuan is not high, but he is like an expert in the Southeast Army: "Don't be afraid, our Ningyuan Army has fought with the Beiyu many times, and we dare to fight in the field, and we still beat the Beiyu away!" ”

Everyone listened attentively, and then carried out the foot and horse battle, and felt a little calmer.

The second is to defend the city, which is more comfortable at this time, and everyone can just put their guns down.

Anyway, it's three words: "Don't be afraid", as long as you are not afraid, Beiyu is definitely not an opponent!

Speaking of it, it is suffocating, I have a population of hundreds of millions in the Ming Dynasty, and how many strong men can be imagined, at that time, there were only 100,000 strong people who could fight in the Beiyu, even if I exchanged three for one, 300,000 to get rid of them 100,000, and the Beiyu would be in a slump!

In the final analysis, it is the fear of death, but the cultivation of courage is not an easy task, and it must be tempered in blood and fire.

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After preparing for the battle, there was a little bottom up and down, and the soldiers who went out on the expedition also took brisk steps and boarded the battleship heading north.