Chapter 213: Military Academy

"Foreigners?"

As soon as he heard this question, Sun Huzi shouted over there: "What are you afraid of foreigners, we also have thousands of foreign guns and dozens of foreign cannons in our hands, and when the time comes, we don't know who wins and who loses!" ”

But he is only talking on paper, but Lu Ziyun has experienced the actual battle between the Shanghai City Sword Club and the British and French armies, and knows the strength of the Western army: "The foreign guns and foreign cannons in our hands are just second-hand goods that foreigners do not use, real sharp weapons, such as Mini rifles, how many shots do we have in our hands?" ”

On the side, Huo Qiu also helped: "More than ten years ago, with the power of the Qing Dynasty, we were still defeated by a small Yingyi, we are just anti-thieves who occupy half of the land, how can we fight against foreigners?" ”

He said that it is indeed true, when he thinks of the first Opium War in more than ten years, with the strength of the Heavenly Dynasty and the whole country, it was actually completely defeated by the hands of the Yingyi, although there was no war in Wentai, but not far from Ningbo and Zhoushan, the foreigners came and went easily, and defeated the Qing army again and again, it was like entering a no-man's land.

Thinking of these old things, everyone couldn't calm down, and Liu Chang also said: "That's right, although the foreign guns and cannons in our hands are also good, but compared with the Westerners' own equipment, it is purely scrap copper and rotten iron, and what I am more afraid of is whether the troops can withstand it!" ”

There are too many recruits in the army, so that it affects the combat effectiveness, which is a thing that everyone knows, but Sun Huzi can't understand: "Then we can't start looking at such a piece of fat in Ningbo Mansion?" It's a shame! ”

Lu Ziyun was very keen to grasp the fighter plane: "It is a matter of time before Ningbo Mansion is taken, and now I am worried that it is too early to start, especially if we ban the opium trade, and the most important thing for foreigners is the opium trade, what should we do after occupying Ningbo Mansion?" ”

Opium harms people, and the opium trade must be banned, this is the consensus of the entire Hongjun from top to bottom, but what Lu Ziyun said is also the actual situation, if the opium trade is banned, it will inevitably lead to a direct conflict with foreigners.

What's more, Lu Ziyun continued: "I personally fought with foreigners in Shanghai City, and the elite foreigners are incomparable, and the most elite dragon spears of our Rainbow Army are difficult to compete with!" ”

Although he exaggerated in his words, it is also an indisputable fact that the Dragon Lance Company has only been established for half a year now, but the British and French armies have a history of several hundred years, and in this case, even if the Dragon Lance Company loses, it is still glorious despite defeat -- in this time and space, there is finally a Chinese army that can confront the British and French troops head-on.

Lu Ziyun spoke so bitterly, although Sun Huzi was a little unconvinced, but he asked Zhou Xiuying: "Camp Commander Zhou, is Camp Commander Lu's statement true?" ”

Zhou Xiuying immediately replied: "The elite teachers in the world have no lies. ”

Sun Huzi was a little deflated: "Then what should I do?" Isn't it a good thing to look at the fat and can't eat it? ”

Liu Chang asked Lu Ziyun's opinion: "Ziyun, do you have any good ideas?" Today, everyone speaks freely, even if they say something wrong, it's okay, and no one is allowed to turn over old accounts in the future! ”

Lu Ziyun immediately said: "We still have to fight Ningbo Mansion, just slow down, let's go west first and take a few county seats." ”

Huo Qiu had an idea: "This idea is not bad, now that the wheat is ripe, there is not much summer rice in the future, and the most important thing is this year's autumn grain!" ”

Even if everyone present is not from a rural area, they only know the economic laws of time and space, and for Zhejiang, the three most important nodes are wheat ripening, summer rice and autumn harvest, and the autumn harvest is the heaviest one.

Lu Ziyun and Huo Qiu's suggestion was to abandon the summer harvest in Ningbo Mansion, and put the troops into the western depth to seize Jinhua Mansion and Chuzhou Mansion, and then return to attack Ningbo Mansion when the Daoxiang burst in the golden autumn and September. …,

In that case, in a few months' time, the troops will be able to get a great degree of training, and they will be able to increase the number of foreign guns and a number of foreign cannons, and even buy more Mini rifles that are strictly controlled by foreigners, and in this case, they will have a much greater certainty of marching into Ningbo.

It's just that after he put forward this plan, Shi Jiwei immediately expressed his doubts: "According to the plan of the inspection point, the completion of the reorganization of the troops is a matter of mid-June, and will it be enough time to take the entire Jinhua Mansion in three months with the strength of the dragon spear regiment?" ”

This problem is indeed very critical, in terms of the experience of the Taizhou Campaign, it is the end of March to go out of Taizhou Mansion, and now it is the end of May, and only four county towns have been taken in two times, although there are factors such as Liu Chang's steady and steady fight in the later period, but three months may not be able to take the entire Jinhua Mansion, and if the local area cannot be controlled at that time, the Dragon Lance Regiment may be contained in Jinhua Mansion, and Ningbo Mansion is unable to take it, so it can only be a situation where both ends are lost.

Some people also expressed doubts about the finances: "Although the collection has begun to be busy, but the army has expanded so much at once, every time you buy foreign guns and cannons, you need to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver, and I am afraid that the savings brought from Wenzhou are not much, although the four counties of Taizhou have also gained some, but the next step is to set up township officials, which is a large expenditure, and if you don't hit the rich Ningbo Mansion, turn around and go to Jinhua Mansion, which does not have much oil and water, I am afraid that the money and food will not be able to support it." ”

This is indeed a big problem, if it weren't for Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei taking out that dowry, Liu Chang would indeed be a bit of a drunken eater now.

The number of people who have been out of work under his command, including the local administrators, has exceeded 6,000, and it is still growing, and the expenses of these 5,000 people for eating, drinking, and buying foreign guns and cannons are quite huge.

The reason why Liu Chang took Ninghai County first this time was also because Ninghai County was more oily and watery than Tiantai and Xianju, the two mountainous counties of Taizhou Prefecture, but Yun Tianzong, who was known as one of the two clouds in Nanxi, came up with a plan: "I think it is better to put the Nanxi regiment into the west, the two main regiments will help the enemy, and the pressure on money and grain will naturally be lighter, and it is certain that two main regiments will attack one Jinhua Mansion for three months." ”

Everyone was stunned by this bold plan, in Liu Chang's original battle plan, but the Dragon Lance Regiment was responsible for the attack, and the Nanxi Regiment was responsible for guarding the Taizhou base area, and now Yun Tianzong proposed that both infantry regiments attack westward.

In this way, not only can the enemy be fed, but with the strength of the two main infantry regiments, it should be a matter of course to take the entire Jinhua Mansion within three months, so Liu Chang suddenly became interested: "How many demons are there in Jinhua Mansion now?" ”

"The Qing Demon of Jinhua Mansion was originally based on the Green Camp Jinhua Association!" Shi Tinglan repeated the information he had gotten: "But according to the information we have gathered, the regimental courage of Jinhua Mansion is quite brave and has a certain combat effectiveness, especially the regimental courage of Longyou and Lanxi counties is the most courageous, and even dares to attack the Qing Demon in transit, in addition, the Qing Demon is very likely to put thousands of reinforcements into Jinhua Mansion." ”

"Those two regiments are sure to attack Jinhua Mansion!" Liu Chang felt that Yun Tianzong's plan was very likely.

But this plan is not without objections: "Although the two regiments are very sure, the defenders of Taizhou Mansion are only eight infantry companies, an artillery company and an artillery platoon, and this amount of troops has to garrison the territory of the entire seven counties!" ”

The so-called eight infantry companies refer to the fact that after the two main regiments advanced westward, the two battalions of Huang Taiyu's independent battalion and the teaching battalion should stay in Taizhou, and the strength was a little thinner, but Yun Tianzong also had his own opinion: "In addition to the independent battalion and the teaching battalion, we also have a certain strength in the township. ”

Liu Chang said: "I'm afraid there is no power in the township, think about it, you are most familiar with this part, tell me how much power Taiping County has?" "..., Taiping County is the first county that the Hongjun has mastered in Taizhou Prefecture, so the foundation is also the most stable, but Shi Huiji told Liu Chang: "Now there are nine large townships in the county that are ready to be pre-established, and three of them have not even been put up, and there are four townships in the remaining six, and we can trust four townships, but only half of these four townships have put up the shelves of the township soldiers' platoons, and if we wait until mid-June, it is estimated that the situation will be much better, but it is not too optimistic!" ”

Feng Sixian, who was next to him, added: "The situation in our Huangyan County is similar to that of Taiping County, and if the inspection can transfer some of the cadres who were transferred to the military academy back, the situation will be better." ”

Whether it was him or other cadres, they didn't understand Liu Chang's mobilization of nearly 200 cadres to form this so-called "military academy" in one go, and Liu Chang gave an order, that is, he directly transferred the cadres and veterans who were the pillars of the battalion, company, platoon, and squad to form this "Shanye Military Academy", and even the cadres of the dragon gun company were a little incomprehensible, although they were very happy that the name of the old company commander was named to a military school.

But that's nearly 200 cadres and veterans! Shi Huiji next to him was also complaining: "Do you want it, Shanye Military Academy stays in Linhai, in this way, the defenders of Taizhou Mansion can have six more companies!" ”

Strictly speaking, it is six additional platoon companies, the lineup of Shanye Military Academy can be described as luxurious, Liu Chang directly serves as the principal, and the main affairs are personally grasped by him, and the so-called military academy has six student teams under the first phase, each student team is actually a reinforced infantry company, and now there is a political officer student team, two infantry officer student teams, an artillery cadre student team, and two administrative cadre student teams trained by the military academy, which can be said to be a collection of the entire Hong Army and Taizhou essence in one school.

But Liu Chang disagrees with this point of view: "Actual combat is the best school, this expedition to Jinhua Mansion, Shanye Military Academy must not be left behind, and it must be studied and exercised in actual combat." ”

Liu Chang directly blocked the hope of Shanye Military Academy to stay in Taizhou, so Sun Huzi said his good idea without scruples: "Since Taizhou Mansion is in trouble, how about we go to Wenzhou Mansion?" ”

His words immediately set off many waves.

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