Chapter 421: Zhen Brigade

No one in the Third Division dared to openly question Sun Huzi's decision, but only asked: "Division commander, since you can't send two battalions of reinforcements, it's better to send two companies!" ”

Sun Huzi resolutely concentrated the main force of the Third Division to capture the entire Zhenjiang Mansion: "There are no two platoons, whether you can defeat Zhenjiang Mansion and drive the Qing Demon out of Jiangnan depends on the next week, it is very likely that one company will decide the outcome of the entire battle!" ”

He has always been the chief officer of the Third Division, and the entire Third Division has not been able to find anyone who has questioned him, but there are still doubts about this, Jiang Ning Jingluo Yucun is his deputy, and he asked: "Is it true that two platoons can't be drawn?" Bao Meiying's side must be able to get by in face! ”

Yu Cun, the Jiangning Jingluo, has always cooperated with Sun Huzi because he has no troops in his hands, and Sun Huzi has also given Yu Cun and Bao Meiying face: "Two platoons? In this way, a reinforced company will be transferred from the garrison in Changzhou to Bao Meiying, and there will only be one reinforced company, and there can be no more! ”

He repeated: "At the same time, we will notify the inspection of this decision, and suggest that the Jiaxing and Changzhou governments should be immediately reinforced, and the inspection points will be ...... No, His Royal Highness King Yan has concentrated a large number of main forces in Huzhou. ”

In fact, before his decision reached Hangzhou, the headquarters of the Rainbow Army in Hangzhou had already been reduced to a large number of soldiers due to the sudden landing of the French and Russians.

The large and small units in the entire city of Hangzhou, whether they are first-line combat units, second-line auxiliary units, or rear organs and military schools, are now temporarily mobilized, and they can be seen everywhere on guard, ready to participate in the battle at any time.

The ammunition in stock has been distributed to the various infantry companies, and the officers have temporarily notified the soldiers below to cancel all vacations, and it has also been decided that all companies will have live ammunition, and they will also organize actual combat drills, and at the same time they have conducted many anti-espionage drills.

When he entered the door, the staff officers were already busy with a mess of porridge, and large and small maps and documents could be seen everywhere, Nan Bohang said there: "There are only four infantry battalions in Jiaxing Mansion, although there are old battalions there, but we must reinforce the troops!" ”

Another staff officer said on the side: "Guan Jian is not able to judge the strength of the foreigners, and now we only know how many French and Russian soldiers have landed in Shanghai, and what their intentions are, and it is still unclear, and we must know the situation of the enemy army well before we can make further judgments." ”

And Xina, the left-behind guard in Zhejiang, had already seen Liu Chang also standing in front of the map and thinking, and he immediately said: "King Yan, there are only four infantry battalions in Jiaxing Mansion!" ”

Liu Chang raised his head, nodded after seeing the washing, and then scolded: "There are only four infantry battalions in Suzhou Prefecture, this time it is for the British to make a pit, no," ...... What does it mean that the British did not massively increase their troops in Shanghai? ”

Seeing Liu Chang pondering the map, Xi Na had already poured out the bitter water: "King Yan, we must increase the troops in Suzhou Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion as soon as possible, and the eight infantry battalions there can only barely defend it." ”

Suzhou and Jiaxing can be said to be the richest state capitals in the world, but the garrison force of the Hong Army there, as Liu Chang and Xina clear, is only eight infantry battalions, in fact, maintaining law and order is already the limit, considering the need for garrison forces in wartime, each province has at most half of the force as a mobile force.

Xi Na continued: "King Yan, I have long suggested that a fist unit must be organized in Hangzhou Mansion, but it has not been formed until now, if we have an infantry brigade in Hangzhou now, we can send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”…,

This is indeed Liu Chang's shortcomings, and he suggested several times that a mobile corps be formed in Hangzhou, the first good place, but Qu Yu did not have a suitable candidate for the brigade commander, and Liu Chang did not make the final decision, so this infantry brigade has not been formed until now.

Liu Chang admitted that this was his mistake: "This matter is my responsibility, how long will it take to form a new infantry brigade?" ”

"From the headquarters of the infantry brigade to the various infantry battalions and artillery battalions, it is estimated that it will take half a month to run in at the minimum!" Xi Na is also worried about this matter: "Now there seem to be a lot of troops in Hangzhou, and the garrison also has strength, but there is a lack of fist troops, so they can't fight, so they can only draw troops from Huzhou." ”

"Huzhou?" Liu Chang asked for the first time: "What troops can be transferred from Huzhou Mansion?" ”

There are heavy troops gathered near Huzhou Mansion, including the main force of the cavalry brigade, all the reserve brigades and several infantry regiments are engaged in Guangde operations near Huzhou, and Nan Bohang replied as soon as possible: "King Yan, now the cavalry brigade is deep into Anhui to cooperate with the coal and iron battle, and the various infantry regiments are also in a scattered configuration, and only the reserve brigade can be dispatched at the first time. ”

"Although there are only four infantry battalions in the preparatory tour, how can it be a fist unit, let's talk about it first!" Zena made a suggestion: "It's just that the reserve brigade has always had the atmosphere of teaching the regiment, and I don't know if it is not good to fight a tough battle with foreign soldiers this time. Liu Chang also lacked confidence in the brigade commander of the reserve brigade, but now he could only use the reserve brigade first: "The Fifth Brigade of Southern Zhejiang and the Ningbo Coastal Defense Brigade should also be prepared to be transferred to the Hangjia direction......"

Nan Bohang said: "Ningbo's words, I'm afraid the coastal defense brigade can't do it, right?" ”

Although the Hongjun has opened up the direct arms trade with Shanghai, the French army and the Russian army have suddenly increased their troops in Shanghai on a large scale, so that the direct arms trade between the two provinces of Suzhou and Jiajia may be cut off at any time, and in this case, the importance of Ningbo Province is revealed.

The coastal defense brigade was originally to prepare for the landing of Western troops in Ningbo, and the core combat force of this brigade was only one marine regiment,...... No! The coastal defense brigade has been on standby, and the entire unit is centrally deployed, and it is appropriate to transfer it to northern Zhejiang, and the order is to retreat to the ......"

Nan Bohang had to remind Liu Chang: "King Yan, the coastal defense brigade is the main defense force in Ningbo. ”

"But as long as the British don't interfere, the security of Ningbo is not a problem, so let's just order the Marine Corps to dispatch to northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, and the other garrisons will not move for the time being, and the main force of the Fifth Brigade will move in the direction of Ningbo!"

The core combat unit of the entire coastal defense brigade is this marine regiment, and Zena makes a bold suggestion: "The marine regiment can maneuver from the sea, so it is more rapid." ”

"This way it works!" Liu Chang quickly thought about the feasibility of this suggestion: "Although there are safety considerations, we can let our fleet escort and notify Zhang Sigui ......."

He took a long breath, pondered his words, and finally said solemnly: "Whoever is hostile to our fleet at sea, our army has a free fire......

Zena thought he had misheard: "The right to fire freely? ”

"That's right, the king is still outside and the king's order is not granted, not to mention the sea and sky realm, tell Zhang Sigui that he is fully responsible for the battle at sea, but alas, as long as I am given another three months, our army can add more than ten infantry battalions, how dare the legal Russians take advantage of the situation!"

Liu Chang is telling the truth, since the capture of Suchang, the Hong Army can be said to be a rolling source of money, what is lacking is only the time to convert the financial resources into combat effectiveness, as long as three months, the Hong Army will have tens of thousands of troops equipped with the latest foreign guns and cannons to participate in the battle, and Xi Na put forward a more important suggestion: "Today's key is to form a few mobile corps as soon as possible, and the independent regiment can support the operation within the state capital, but the cross-state Yue Fu is more than enough and ......the strength is insufficient"...,

Liu Chang agreed with such a suggestion, originally he was strictly controlling the newly organized infantry brigade, but now he can only follow the authority, and Nan Bohang put forward a further suggestion: "Now the key is to let the first division return as soon as possible, we are now temporarily dispatched, but the small unit of the three or five battalions, but the first division into Jiangxi, there are twelve infantry battalions alone, plus artillery and cavalry, a total of sixteen battalions, a total of 13,000 troops, is the first strong brigade of our Hong Army, although now with troops under the city of Nanchang, but whether or not to conquer the city, They should all return to the East as soon as possible. ”

For this suggestion, Zena completely agreed, and he immediately said: "That's right, even if the first division does not recover Nanchang, it should return east as soon as possible. ”

At present, the total strength of the Hong Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces seems to be quite a lot, and if the number of infantry battalions is calculated, there are as many as sixty or seventy, but the problem is that there are too few mobile corps among these units, and the combat effectiveness of most of the units is also limited, so they can only be used for garrison, and there are only twenty units that can be transferred to the Sujia front line at most.

Although the total strength of the French army and the Russian army in Shanghai is unknown, there are at least ten infantry battalions in total, and even if the most optimistic estimate is made of the combat effectiveness of foreign soldiers, these ten infantry battalions are at least equivalent to twenty ordinary infantry battalions of the Hong Army, and there are also a large number of Qing army units in Shanghai. ”

Liu Chang also can't pay attention to the largest mobile combat corps in the Rainbow Army of the First Division, no matter what, such a decisive battle mobile corps of 13,000 people in the Rainbow Army is equivalent to Liu Baolin to Chen Yucheng, but for Nanchang and the Hunan Army, Liu Chang also felt that he could not make further preparations, and the battle of Anqing in history decided the fate of the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Therefore, Liu Chang stood up and thought for a while before saying: "In view of the major changes in the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, order the first division to prepare to return to the east, and the second division will be responsible for passing through Jiangxi......"

However, Liu Chang did not say to death the order of the first division's return to the east, he said meaningfully: "As for the specific time of the eastward return, it can be decided by Qu Jie of the first division freely, but no later than a week after the first division receives the order......

He was giving Qu Jie full discretion...... Bring the cute girl

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