Chapter 50 Talking about the Nanyang Plan The Russians suddenly counterattacked

After the year-end summary meeting of Yaogang, a lot of macro plans were formulated, but more details still need to be done after the meeting, especially military operations that are not suitable for discussion in public meetings.

Even in military operations, Zhang Zhimu rarely participates in specific action research, and can only do some general understanding of operations. Since Liu Chenghuang was specifically responsible for solving the discussion meeting on the action plan on the Nanyang side, Zhang Zhimu participated. Also attending the meeting were Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, Liu Yun, Li Wei, Li Jing, Fan Chengkun, Liu Chenghuang, Mu Yi, Fan Song, and Lu Qi. These are the people involved.

At the meeting, Liu Chenghuang first made a preliminary plan report on the Nanyang military operation.

Liu Chenghuang spent a lot of energy on this matter. Standing in front of the large map, Yoo Sung-hwang began to introduce his plan. But just as Liu Chenghuang had just spoken, a staff officer quietly pushed the door in, came to Liu Yun's side, and handed Liu Yun a telegram, Liu Yun glanced at it and passed the telegram to Ouyang He, who read the telegram and handed it to Chen Yufeng beside him.

At this time, Liu Chenghuang also saw the telegram below, he knew that in such a meeting, there was no urgent staff officer who would not send the telegram in, so he immediately stopped talking, "Mr. Chen!" Something urgent, right? ”

Chen Yufeng nodded and said, "Hmm! Commander Liu, pause your business, I can't listen to it anymore. He held up the telegram and said to everyone, "This is a telegram from Jiang Ji. The Russians sent tens of thousands of people on the side of the Urals, it seems that there is a drama to watch! Let's pause now! ”

The conference room Weng started to talk, and Liu Chenghuang said: "Great! I can't talk about it anymore! ”

Zhang Zhimu's brain was a little uncomfortable, he didn't expect the Russians to react so quickly. Jiang Zhu They haven't fully gained a foothold in the Urals, and the Russians will send troops to fight immediately, and they reacted too quickly, right? However, Zhang Zhimu was not too worried about the affairs over there, because Jiang Zhu and their army were quite numerous, and ammunition, food, diesel, and gasoline were all transported to them, and Jiang Zhu, who was well supplied, would not suffer militarily as long as they were not careless. However, the problem now is that the mountains are covered with heavy snow, and it is an extremely cold place, which is not suitable for large-scale military operations. Supposedly, the Russians should not have gone to war at this time.

Liu Yun had already instructed the staff officers to replace the map in front of the conference room with a large map of the Ural Mountains. Everyone in the conference room who participated in the meeting got up and gathered in front of the map, and Liu Yun sketched the situation of the enemy and us in red and blue pencils according to his understanding of the situation of the enemy and the enemy. Then, these people studied it in a rambling manner.

When Jiang Ping led the brigade to the west, except for a battle with the Cossack cavalry in the Tangnu-Ulianghai area, and then the grain transport team was attacked by the Mongols on the bank of the Irtysh River, he never encountered any enemies again, and crossed the Ob River and the Irtysh River all the way to the Ural Mountains area very smoothly.

Jiang Zhuang knows that the entire Ural Mountains stretch from north to south, from Baidarats Bay in the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Kazakh steppe in the south, and the mountains are generally not high, with an average of 500-1200 meters; 1894 meters is the highest peak of the Urals. The width of the mountain range is 40-150 km. The middle section is low and flat, and it is an important passage between east and west. If a comprehensive defense is carried out, it will not be enough to have several times the number of troops, besides, Jiang Jian also understands that what Zhang Zhimu opposes the most is to carry out a cocooned self-binding defense like the construction of the Great Wall. Jiang Yan led the team to the Ural Mountain area, and immediately led people around to inspect the entire Ural Mountain area. Jiang found that the western part of the Wula Mountain area is gentle, with lush vegetation and mild climate, while the eastern part of the country is steep and the climate is dry and cold. Therefore, Jiang decided to extend the defensive line as far as possible to the west of the Ural Mountains, where there would be plenty of trees to use and fertile grasslands to raise horses.

There is another thing that makes Jiang Zhuang very happy, that is, several small tribes of Mongols, after fleeing to the west of the Ural Mountains, and then going west, were blocked by the Russians, and the Russians also robbed them of a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, and the locals also bullied them, making it difficult for them to survive the winter. As soon as these Mongols saw that they were not allowed to go in front, and the pursuers arrived again, the thousands of households of the tribe sent people to see Jiang Pai and demanded to surrender to Jiang Pai. This is great news, Jiang Jian immediately promised them, telling them that they don't have to run anymore, we want to be a family, the supplies for the winter are not enough, we can support you.

When the Mongolian thousand households heard the news, they brought the leaders of several small tribes to see Jiang Pin. As soon as they entered Jiang Pai's big tent, they knelt down and saluted, and Jiang Pai went over to help them, gave up their seats, and said to them: "You Mongols and us Han people have fought for hundreds of years, and everything is over from now on." In the future, we will live together peacefully like a family, and everyone will be equal, regardless of nationality. I have seen that the grasslands to the west of the Ula Mountains are fertile, and you live here grazing, and our army protects you. The salt tea you need, we guarantee to supply it at a reasonable price. In the future, we will set up a trading warehouse here and do business with everyone on an equal footing. I would also like to tell you that your Mongolian Great Living Buddha is now in our kiln. From now on, we and the Mongols will be an equal family, and we will never go to war again. ”

The Mongols are also desperate, and there is only gratitude left. They thought that the Han people hated them to death and would not easily forgive them. When winter came, they were desperate, and they surrendered to the Han people with the hope of leaving a few lives at will, but they did not expect to be treated so well by the Han people. In particular, the big living Buddha they respect very much has negotiated with the kiln people, and they can't imagine it. These Mongols, who had suffered from being on the run and had been bullied by the Russians, excitedly said that they would obey Jiang Pai in the future.

After Jiang Jian had a good drink with them, he sent someone to follow them and sent them a lot of daily necessities such as grain, salt, tea, and various medicines that they had never seen at all. Jiang Jian suddenly got nearly 10,000 Mongolians who were willing to submit, and he was even happier in his heart. He knows that people are the most precious here, and only with people can they take root.

According to the specific situation of the reconnaissance, Jiang Jian and the soldiers decided to build a large city as the center in the central area of the Ural Mountains, which is a large east-west passage, and at the same time build several castles in the north-south direction, so that they can rely on each other and control a larger place as much as possible. In the central part to the south to the Kazakh steppe, at intervals, a castle of regimental size was built. The location of the castle should be considered that after the immigrants come in the future, the surrounding area will be suitable for grazing, farming, and mining. The castles were to be connected by road and telephone. Outside the central city, the sea is built with a full-fledged airfield.

When Ningde's grain transportation team sent food and other supplies over twice, Jiang Jian's heart was more steady. With food and ammunition, Jiang Jian knew that his army would not have an opponent now. Jiang Jian knows better that the top priority now is to consolidate the defense line of the Ural Mountains. However, Jiang Jian also understood that after not meeting with Russia, the defense line of the Ural Mountains could not be stabilized. One by one, the Russians fled so fast that their country must have known about it. A country that can stretch out its hand to expand so far will not easily admit defeat.

Jiang Jian is very eager to have a big battle with the Russians as soon as possible, as long as he can subdue the Russians, he can draw a border with the Russians. Jiang Jian even thought of negotiating, and he must have more places under the Ural Mountain. The conditions on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains are too poor. After the Ural Mountains are stabilized, a large number of troops can develop south along the Ural River to the south, and the further south they go, the better the climatic conditions, and if they stabilize a border in the south, the entire Ming Dynasty can do a good job of construction.

After they arrived at the Ural Mountains, the news that they began to build the fortifications of the castle also reached Moscow. The tsar's ministers were also indignant one by one, and asked the emperor to send troops to drive the Ming army out.

However, the Tsar had sent envoys to Beijing before, and when the envoys returned, they told the Tsar that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was simply large and boundless, and it was unimaginable that it was rich there, and it was a powerful country. These statements are not exactly the same as the information fed back by the Cossacks. The Cossacks came back and said that the Far East was full of uncivilized natives who could be conquered with a few hundred men and muskets. However, the Cossacks were beaten by these Ming troops and some of them barely fled back. Some time ago, the tsar sent some people to meet the Ming army, but they said that they never encountered the Ming army, but only some Mongols, and they drove the Mongols away. Unexpectedly, soon there was news that a large number of Ming troops were building castles in the Ural Mountains. Although the tsar felt that the Ottoman Empire in the south had begun to covet Ukraine and stretched its claws to his doorstep, this was the real threat, and he had to face it with all his might, and he could not let the Ming army build a castle in the Ural Mountains and let them gain a foothold, which was also a very terrifying threat. The Mongol rule must not be repeated.

After weighing, the tsar felt that it was still important to be on the Ukrainian side, "Ukraine" in Mongolian means "border", that is the border of Russia, only with Ukraine, Russia is a real coastal country, otherwise it will be blocked inland. In order to solve the threat from the Ural Mountains, the Tsar ordered Baron Martsov to lead 5,000 Russian soldiers and 10,000 Cossack cavalry to the Ural Mountains. Their task was not to attack the Ming army, but to prevent the Ming army from crossing the Ural Mountains and then advancing westward. With the acumen of a statesman, the tsar knew that he had to settle hundreds of years of grievances with the Ottoman Empire before he could finally free up his hands to solve the problem of the Ming army. At that time, it was not a matter of driving the Ming army away from the Ural Mountains, but to send troops to the rich oil-flowing place in the east to see. It can also be seen from the fact that the tsar sent a baron to the Ural Mountains, and the tsar did not attach great importance to the Ural side of the mountains. The Russian nobility was divided into dukes, marquises, counts, viscounts, barons, and barons were the lowest class of nobles.

Baron Marzov led his army to the Ural Mountains in the wind and snow, but before he could get close, he was discovered by the pilots of the aerial reconnaissance plane of the Jiang Pin. From the air, the Russian cavalry team, plus the transport team, lined up on the road and could not see the edge, and the pilot judged that there could be tens of thousands of people.

Jiang Jian didn't expect that there had been a few heavy snowfalls on this side of the Ural Mountains, and Russia would come to war. But the situation must be reported to the family. Jiang Jian immediately ordered the staff officer to draft a telegram and inform his family of the situation.

After sending the telegram home, Jiang Pai sent out as a scout, wearing a snow camouflage suit, and paddled the snow out to investigate. Immediately began to organize the army and began to meet it.

Jiang Bao's generals came to the headquarters and heard that tens of thousands of Russians were coming, and they were very happy, and someone said: "The Russians are so fucking interesting, they know that we are going to celebrate the New Year, and they have brought us a big show." ”

Some people also said: "Tens of thousands of people come to bother us, it's not enough for us to stuff our teeth, it's really boring!" ”

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When everyone had enough of talking, Jiang Jian was afraid of the table and said, "Okay! Stop yelling! It seems that this year, we are going to go through the war at the same time. Go back and tell the brethren that when the battle is over, we will make up for the year. From now on, everyone must raise their spirits and ensure that they can go out and fight at any time. ”

"Haha!"

After Jiang Jian said this, the generals below all laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Jian asked with a glare.

The generals below laughed even more.

One of the generals said, "Commander Jiang! We, the brothers, have gone from east to west, but we have never been able to catch a war, and we are depressed to death, but we can be regarded as looking forward to a war to be fought, do you say, do you still need to go back to mobilize? ”

Another said, "Yes! Commander Jiang, if the brothers heard that this Russian was coming, they would not be happy to jump up. I'm afraid I won't be able to get a fight! ”

Jiang Jian understood, "Rabbit cubs, don't be too crazy!" I have heard Mr. Ouyang say that the Westerners on their side have a different fighting style from the Mongols, they not only have light cavalry, but also heavy cavalry. We want to take it seriously! ”

"Haha!" One of the generals laughed and said, "Can their heavy cavalry catch up with our artillery trucks and rocket artillery?" ”

After hearing this, Jiang Jian was also happy and said, "Don't be stinky and beautiful!" There's nothing wrong with being careful! If we can scare the Russians this time, we will be free to go south. Otherwise, when that old guy from Ningde makes a move, we will be too late! ”

"Haha!" The generals laughed again, they didn't expect that Jiang Ji still had this thought. It turned out that Jiang Zhuo's mind had long been thinking about the things in the south.

Jiang Zhu preliminarily decided on a strategy of waiting for work to meet the Russians. Because of the heavy snow blocking the mountain, it is inconvenient for the brigade to maneuver, so it is better to rely on the camp built by itself to wait for the Russians. If there is an opportunity available, seize it.

After Jiang Zhuang's second telegram was sent back, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He affirmed Jiang Zhuang's opinion, and everyone relaxed. This morning, Yoo Sung-huang's plan was not mentioned.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Yoo Sung-huang told everyone who had calmed down about his plan.

Liu Chenghuang's plan was to mobilize all the steamships in Yaogang to go out together after the New Year, pull in 3,000 marines who had withdrawn from Japan, and mobilize 200 warships to search Quanzhou, and bring one or two divisions of the Third Army in Guangzhou to march into the South Seas together. After that, a mountain jungle army from Burma will be transported to the South Seas.

Yoo Sung-huang's first target was Luzon, to defeat the Franciscans there. The reason is very simple, first of all, one of our cargo ships was taken by them, and then they united to launch a siege on our warship, and we fought back in self-defense.

After fighting Luzon, he went south to capture Java and completely drive the Dutch East India Company headquartered in Badawi (Jakarta) out of the South Seas. All the Xiyi people, only those who could do trade, and all the soldiers who were captured were brought back for labor.

Liu Chenghuang's plan has been prepared for a long time, and Liu Yun and the others have also prepared a lot of materials. When they discussed the specific battle plan, Zhang Zhimu was reluctant to participate.

Qiao quietly left the conference room, and Zhang Zhimu made a phone call to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng and they now have their own homes in Yaogang, and the houses are all on the side of Xishan Baozi, in fact, Zhang Zhimu also built a larger house there, but the children are unwilling to leave the current house and have not moved there.

Li Zicheng received a call from Zhang Zhimu and was very happy, "Oops! I'm calling you today, and Mrs. Yang keeps saying you're in a meeting! ”

"Hey! Today, discussing Liu Chenghuang's plan to enter the South Seas, I don't want to listen to those details, and I escaped quietly! ”

"Huh! You don't have to worry about those things at all," Li Zicheng said, "You can leave these things to them!" ”

"That's the thing, the question is, don't I take it seriously when I go to participate!"

"Huh! Also. Li Zicheng said, "Let's talk about what you're looking for me first?" ”

"That's the case, the emperor is in Yaogang now, I think you should go and meet him?"

"What a coincidence! I'm calling you today to talk about it. I don't know if I should go and see the emperor?"

"Oops! When you didn't arrive, I tested it with the emperor to see how he reacted to you," Zhang Zhimu said, "The emperor is still very generous, and he has always praised you as a great hero of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Huh! I don't dare to be a hero of the Ming Dynasty! Li Zicheng said, "What do you mean, I should still go to see the emperor?" ”

"Should go!" Zhang Zhimu said affirmatively.

"Then what should I bring to the emperor?" Li Zicheng asked.

"You don't need anything, you just go!" Zhang Zhimu said.

"I saw that the emperor said something because it would be easier for you to deal with the emperor in the future. Otherwise, we have close contacts, and it will not be good for the emperor to feel uncomfortable! ”

"Just have your heart!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Your Majesty, I should answer correctly!" ”

"That's not good, I can't see him empty-handed!" Li Zicheng said resolutely, "Yes, I will give the opinion something meaningful." ”

"Oh well! It's up to you! Zhang Zhimu said.

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