Song Tianbiao of the army doesn't care about these cans, but Zhang Chenhui of the navy cares about these cans very much!

This is not to say that Zhang Chenhui likes to eat this thing, or that he can't eat it from other places or anything like that, even if his status in the navy is not high, and he can't be as promising as those admirals serving in the ocean-going fleet, but he is also a rear admiral, and the general star hanging on his shoulder is real.

Even if he went out with the fleet, the treatment of food and other aspects was only the top.

He was concerned about the supply of these canned food, and that was for the benefit of his subordinates.

After all, although the food of ordinary sailors is much better than that of ordinary people in this era, it is actually quite difficult to eat fresh meat most of the time, let alone when there is a mission to fight.

Today, although the food of the Tang Dynasty Wangshi is of high standard, it is relative to ordinary people, which is mainly reflected in the fact that the food tube is full.

Staple foods such as white rice and steamed buns are basically enough, but meat is relatively small.

Getting such a batch of canned food, although it is not fresh meat, and the taste is a little worse, but it is not bad to be able to eat it when you go on a mission, and it can fully replenish the nutrition of the soldiers when you can't get a large amount of meat supplies.

Speaking of which, we have to talk about this can of the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the Datang military has been taking and studying all kinds of military foods for a long time, and the focus of research is naturally how to keep them for a longer time and provide sufficient influence to the soldiers.

At the beginning, my research direction was all kinds of dry food, such as fried noodles, rice balls, and messy things, as well as meat products such as cured meat and bacon.

But as the Erjiu brand canned fish began to become popular in China, the military also followed up in time and directly purchased this canned fish, not for anything else, just because this kind of canned food can be stored for a long time, well, of course, this long time is actually limited, because of the limited technology, the sealing level is not high enough, and it will deteriorate after a long time.

Erjiu brand of canned fish, early try to seal with clay pots, and later try to seal with iron cans, but also try to seal with glass bottles, and finally choose to go, or the most cost-effective clay pots.

Because iron will rust, and iron is not cheap these days, glass bottles are even more expensive, or clay pots are cheap!

Later, the Datang Grain and Oil Company under the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises also began to use the model of canned food packaging to produce canned food, and there were various types of canned food, mainly canned meat and canned fruits.

Of course, whether it is Erjiu brand canned fish or all kinds of canned food of Datang Grain and Oil Company, it is not cheap, relatively speaking, the price is relatively high, and ordinary people generally can't afford to eat it.

However, this is nothing for the wealthy Datang military, anyway, they don't treat these cans as a staple food, but only when the troops need it, for example, when the troops run long distances and can't get supplies.

It is rumored that the Royal Institute of Technology is now researching better storage technology and materials, for example, they are envisioning an alloy that can be anti-corrosion, anti-rust, easy to process, and not easy to break during transportation.

In time, I am afraid that canned food will appear in a large number of the Datang Army's munitions list.

Now, Song Tianbiao of the army doesn't have much idea about these cans, these cans were replenished by the logistics department above for his troops before departure, saying that they can be stored for a long time.

But after trying it himself, he found that this place tasted really bad.

In addition, he considered that even after he went to Jingzhou, he would be able to get supplies from the local area, even if he couldn't, but he could also get supplies from the south bank of the Yangtze River, just across the Yangtze River, and there were many ships, and they would be transported in minutes.

So, he simply made a deal with the Navy with this batch of canned food and some other fresh ingredients!

Now, the benefits of this deal can be seen, and the support of the navy in various affairs is very attentive, especially the artillery cover during the landing, which is simply a model operation of naval artillery covering landing operations.

Without that batch of supplies, his 2nd Infantry Division could have landed ashore so calmly, with no one dead and no one injured?

After getting off the boat, Song Tianbiao was not in a hurry to lead the troops to launch a direct attack on Jingzhou City, it was too early, too hurried!

Song Tianbiao was very cautious, because he knew that his Second Infantry Division was alone in Jingzhou, and if he was in trouble under Jingzhou City, there would be no reinforcements to support him, because he had to be cautious.

Anyway, Jingzhou is there, and I can't run!

After waiting for all the troops of the Second Infantry Division to land, Song Tianbiao was cheeky enough to find Zhang Chenhui again, saying that your navy has now completed most of its tasks, that is, it is to stay by the river to support us.

After the first class conquered Jingzhou City, when the time comes, you can also write a sentence in the battle report that your navy's artillery contribution is not small!

Zhang Chenhui thought about it, now that his task is basically completed, after sending the Second Infantry Division to Jingzhou City and covering their successful landing, according to the task, his follow-up task will be to maintain the smooth logistics supply line of the Second Infantry Division, and at the same time be ready to respond to the retreat of the Second Infantry Division at any time.

Both of these follow-up missions are very simple and not difficult.

It's okay to be idle, it's okay to help the army, and in the follow-up battle report of the Jingzhou Campaign, you can also give the navy and yourself more points!

Therefore, the navy moved more than 30 guns from the battleship, transferred more than 300 gunners, and formed a temporary naval artillery regiment to fight ashore, but the navy can provide artillery and gunners, but other logistics personnel and horses and the like cannot be provided for a long time, in addition, Song Tianbiao is also privately asked to ensure the safety of these naval gunners, and cannot be arranged to go to the front line during the battle.

It's okay to fire your army from behind, but don't expect them to rush up and engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

But Song Tianbiao was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Chenhui agreeing so readily, and he called Brother Zhang very cheerfully, and patted his chest and said that when the battle started, he would definitely protect the brothers in the navy.

There is no need to worry about logistics personnel and horses, there are more than 15,000 people in his second infantry division, and I am afraid that I will not be able to draw a few hundred people to this naval artillery battalion, just kidding, as for the horses, this place is not far from Jingzhou City, and it is enough to directly use people to push and pull it away.

In fact, it is very common for the navy's marines and artillery to go ashore to fight, and the Datang Navy actually did this, but after all, there is a difference between sea and land, and there is no plan to arrange the navy to fight ashore in advance, and now the temporary arrangement is more troublesome.

However, it is only a little more troublesome in the procedure, and it is really quick to act.

In fact, many of the navy's artillery are of the same specification as the army's field artillery, such as two-pound shotguns, three-pound shotguns, five-pound artillery, nine-pound artillery, 24-pound howitzers, and 48-pound howitzers, which are actually the same kind of artillery.

But the gun mounts of the two are quite different.

The army's field artillery mount, which was designed by Li Xuan himself, had two large iron wheels and a shelf, which were directly attached to the carriage, and the horses in front of them could be pulled away as soon as they were dragged.

The naval guns did not have such large wheels, only heavy gun mounts.

However, this is not difficult for the navy, which often needs to go ashore to fight, especially to provide fire support for the army, and basically carries spare land gun mounts on board.

The barrel of the gun is moved up, the gun carriage is replaced, and then the army is arranging people or horses, and it can be directly pulled to the front line.

After the 2nd Infantry Division landed, it was busy for a full day, and then the landing was completed, and then it was also ready for the attack.

At this time, Song Tianbiao did not delay, but directly began to advance towards Jingzhou City, preparing to launch an attack on the city!

When Song Tianbiao was preparing to launch an attack on Jingzhou City, the main force of the First Army on the west side of Hanyang was still building a fortress, and they did not attack Hanyang, but stayed outside Hanyang City.

But in the capital city of Huangzhou, Du Danqing ushered in wave after wave of onslaught from the Tang Army!

Since the Fifth Army captured Tuanfeng, it began to cooperate with the Second Army and launched a fierce attack on the Left Army of the Huangzhou Defense Line!

Although the Left Army of the Governor had a well-established defensive line to rely on, and although their ammunition was relatively sufficient, it still felt difficult to support in the face of the onslaught of more than 80,000 people.

Especially now that the Datang Army has changed its previous tactics, they did not attack fiercely, but adopted a gradual advance, and the shells were almost shot out like no money.

This way of fighting, although the speed of advance is very slow, but it is very uncomfortable for Du Danqing, because he found that in the face of such a crushing advance that relies on absolute firepower and superiority in troops, he simply can't find an effective way to resist!

The current situation made him feel desperate for the first time!

Now to put it better, it is to resist and fight for every inch of land, but in fact, the Left Army of the Governor is retreating step by step.

The pace of retreat was slow, but it was indeed retreating, and Du Danqing tried to organize a counterattack to seize several important areas, but all of them failed without exception.

Then, they completely lost all defensive positions outside the city and were forced to retreat to the city walls completely!

The day when the Left Army of the Governor was forced to retreat to the city wall was exactly the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve!

The sixth year of Xuanping is over on this day!