The South Shore Army had been moving eastward for three or four days at this time, and Zhou Rui and Liming had been following the team, secretly directing the dozens of people under them to go out to collect intelligence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhou Rui already has a considerable understanding of the entire army in his head, Ruan Wei's army was trampled and injured because of Ruan Wei, and lost its unified command, and now some of the backbone of the army are being quietly dug up by people sent by Zhao Ximin. If you want to talk about it, Zhou Rui originally wanted to poach these people, but the application he sent to the liaison station of the Army Intelligence Bureau quickly received a reply - no. As for the reason, it is very simple, although these people belong to the status of the backbone of the Ruan Wei army, they are only the backbone of the indigenous primitive army at best, and if you really compare them, they are even inferior to the intelligence collection team that Zhou Rui and Liming have developed now. At least the loyalty of this intelligence collection team is far above that of Qiu Ba under this group of Ruan Wei, and these people under Ruan Wei are often not very combative, they are all like Ruan Wei who only know how to drive people who are lower than himself to come forward to die, and he will receive credit in the back. Therefore, Ren Xuefeng didn't even consider this application when he received it, and directly rejected it - such a person was brought over by the Senate, and it was really useless except to make the atmosphere of the Senate army bad.

Now the main task of Zhou Rui's squad is to collect information about the entire army along the way, from the composition of troops, the establishment of troops to the distribution of grain and grass, the number of cattle and horses, etc., it is necessary to figure out, such an army of 100,000 people is something that the Senate has never faced since the founding of the country, although the total number of soldiers in it should not be more than 30,000 at most, but 30,000 people correspond to the two or three thousand troops of the Senate, which is still too suspenseful. If there really is a war, the army and marines, as well as the Foreign Legion, will not have enough troops to be attached to them, let alone reserves, so they can only rely on the sharpness of their weapons to kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent.

"Isn't there anything our navy can do for this battle?" Xiao Can looked at the group of naval officers in front of him and asked, "Can't we draw a regiment-sized unit from the fleet to support land operations?" ”

Xiao Can, a second lieutenant of the armed police who used to be on the anti-smuggling boat, did not follow the trajectory of most other armed police veterans to enter the army or the Marine Corps, but chose to stay in the navy to continue his military career. Xiao Can was tall and thin, his face was long, and his eyes were quite attentive, looking at the naval officers in the room, among these officers were veterans, but more of them were former pirates and former Medeno officers, and they were now all sitting together to discuss the role that the navy could provide in this battle.

"It's a tricky question." Tang Xunliang coughed lightly and said, "Although the location of Champa Port is important, the location is not very good, there are many shoals and reefs in this location near the sea, and it took almost three years for Ruan Jiao to open up a waterway for merchant ships to enter and exit in the port area of Champa Port when Ruan Jiao developed Champa Port in the early years. ”

"You mean we're going to give them fire support?" An officer below asked. Ston on the side shook his head and said, "Fire support is absolutely impossible, first of all, we don't have artillery with enough range. The range of the spring cannon is about 700 meters, and it can still rely on the range to sling in the current naval battle, but if it is used to bombard the ground, let alone provide fire support to Shabak, even if we want to hit the cannonball in the port area, it is impossible to hit the port of Champang. ”

"That's right," Tang Xunliang smiled helplessly, "The city of Zhanchenggang runs three kilometers from east to west, and four kilometers from north to south. ”

"Then our hexagonal cannon can hit more than four kilometers." Someone immediately replied, "We can urge the military industry department to provide us with enough artillery as soon as possible." ”

"Difficult," Xiao Can shook his head, "The method of using the new type of artillery is completely different from that of the spring gun, once the new type of artillery is on the ship, it will take a long time just to adapt to the training, at least half a month, and it may not be proficient." In addition, the military industry is bound to be very busy now, and not only is it meaningless for us to urge them, but it may also affect their quality control in the production of weapons to a certain extent, so that the quality problems of the artillery and ammunition we use in the next step will appear, which must be something that everyone does not want to see. ”

"Well," "yes," "That's right," the officers below nodded in agreement. Xiao Can continued, "I was on the ** when the naval battle with Liu Xiang's pirates took place, and I observed this naval battle in its entirety, in fact, from my point of view, although we won, we won very thrillingly. His words aroused the curiosity of most of the officers in the room,

"First of all, we are facing a group of pirates, although the number of pirates is full of thirty-five ships, but they have almost no unified command, and at the beginning of the battle they are also blindly rushing forward, neither the concept of formation, nor the formation of attention." Xiao Can said and looked at Yang Junbo, who was also nodding secretly. "If it is a regular battle, then the first thing must be to preempt the upper hand, the arson ship is spread out according to the fan, although our artillery can fire within 700 meters, but once the arson ship is coming, it is always necessary to evade. The Victory's guns were attached to the sides of the ship and could only fire at targets in a narrow range of two to four and eight to ten o'clock. "That's right, it's a problem, without a turret, with only the fixed gun windows on the gun deck, the range we can use to shoot is too narrow and very inapplicable." If the Liu Xiang pirate gang used the arson ship according to the fan according to the method you mentioned, then the Victory must perform evasive actions, and once the evasion action begins, then we will basically not be able to attack the attacking ships. ”

"Isn't there still a machine gun on board?" Someone immediately asked, "If the machine gun fires, it can ensure that the fire can be suppressed within 300 meters." ”

"Although the caliber of the machine gun is very large, it is still far from enough for the ship, and even a ship with a thin skin and a large stuffing such as Fufune will rarely be seriously injured by machine gun fire. Although the machine gun is quite lethal to the sailors gathered on the ship, once the ship is gathered, it is very troublesome. Xiao Can said, "The boat is like an ant, and it is not a casual thing for ants to bite and kill elephants, if it were not for the air force's gunboats and planes to provide air strikes and eliminate some ships and disrupt the attack formation, I am afraid it will not be easy to win." ”

"In addition, there is another point," Lin Chuanqing said, "our artillery is still far from being enough, although the range is very good in terms of this time and space, but when it comes to fighting, the range of 700 meters is actually not too cheap, and it is still necessary to pay close attention to the production of artillery with a longer range." ”

"Yes," Tang Xunliang nodded, "In a battle of this scale, in fact, several Fuchuan and Guang ships of the Navy can also fight, but mainly because the speed is not fast enough, so they do not participate in the operation." Suppose he encounters the Medeno fleet in the future......" he said abruptly, for he suddenly remembered that there were several Medeno officers present at the meeting, and he was a little unsure whether it was appropriate to say this now.

However, Ston nodded and continued, "Captain Tang is right, the navy is a branch of the military that needs close cooperation, and the Maidno Navy rarely sends all large warships for naval battles, of course," he smiled self-deprecatingly, "except for the last time I came to attack the port of the East, I thought it would be easy to succeed." "Generally speaking, a sharp-class battleship or a Gorgeous-class battleship often has two or three frigates plus two destroyers to escort the ship, so as to ensure that the enemy ships do not get too close to the capital ship, and I can also see this configuration scheme in many naval textbooks. ”

Everyone knew what Ston meant, and he had made it clear that he would distance himself from the Mednor forces, and that he wanted not to let the Senate disagree over the issue of Medenor naturalization.

"Well, that's right." Tang Xunliang nodded, "If it is really a war, it is simply impossible for us to rely on these few victorious-class ships to fight against the Maidno fleet, except that we may be able to attack and harass at the beginning, once we stay away from Dongfang Port and fight with the attacking huge navy, the end will definitely be a failure." ”

"I think so too," Xiao Can hurriedly said, "I mean, we might as well install fortress guns on the Dongfeng, and use them to deter the enemy, and the navy will try to avoid war in the harbor." ”

"That's a!" Yang Junbo almost jumped up, "It's like the Germans' high seas fleet, just an existential fleet just to show a sense of existence?" ”

"Of course not," Lin Chuanqing hurriedly said on the side, "Even if it is the High Seas Fleet, it has fought a Jutland Sea battle with the corrupt countrymen, although it was later blocked in the inland sea, but at least it has fought hard." ”

"Our weapons and equipment have thrown them a few streets, why can't we fight them?" Immediately, someone shouted, "We are not afraid of death!" When Liu Xu died, he put all our elders in captivity, what kind of thing is this? When the enemy comes, he avoids the battle, so do you want the honor of our Senate? In the future, people will poke us in the backbone when we walk down the street—you see, the veterans of the navy, a group of senators who are afraid of death, and when they see the enemy coming, they will be so frightened that they will shrink into the harbor and hide under the cover of the fortress guns! ”

"That's it!" Yang Junbo immediately became excited, "That's right! Blood, sweat and tears! Don't fall behind when you lose your skin and meat! We are indeed patriarchs, but we are not princes and nobles of golden branches and jade leaves! In the event of war, our patriarchs should rush forward with the naturalized people! Otherwise, would we still let the naturalized people charge forward and die for us? ”

"That's right!" "That's right! There is no way to avoid war! "If we avoid war this time, our navy will not raise its head again in the future!" Listening to the roar of this group of patriarchs, Bu Zhongfu nodded and said loudly, "Please be quiet!" ”

The room gradually quieted down, and Bu Zhongfu said slowly, "I know everyone's loyalty to the Senate and the navy, and I know how humiliating it is to be a soldier to only know how to avoid war all day long. However, everyone must understand that Minister Tang's opinion itself is not wrong, and from the perspective of the General Staff of the Navy, this is definitely the best way to protect the interests of the Senate. ”

"But......" Yang Junbo suddenly remembered to interrupt Bu Zhongfu's speech in the middle of his speech, and hurriedly raised his hand again, "But once we avoid the war, the Medeno people will be able to blockade our port, and our warships will not be able to go to sea to cruise." ”

"But we have fortress guns," Bu Zhongfu explained, "The range of the fortress guns is more than four kilometers, and the naval guns of this time and space need at least twenty-four pounders to hit about a thousand meters, which means that we can at least block them at a distance of four thousand meters, and we will not be able to go to sea during this time at most." When it comes to the blockade of ports, we are not too afraid. Because of the sales channel of our products-" Bu Zhongfu turned on his mobile phone, "Have you read the sales report of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade last month?" Only 60 per cent of the transactions and transport by sea and 40 per cent of the trade activities that came to the port of Vostochny by land. ”

"Then you mean to let us be turtle grandsons under the protection of the fortress cannon?" Yang Junbo was quite annoyed, and his tone of voice became quite unkind.

"The specific battle plan can only be decided after discussion by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and it is not something that we, the officers of the Admiralty, can complete after discussion." Bu Zhongfu continued, "Whether to defend or attack, and how to fight the battle, all decisions can be made after discussion by the Joint Staff Committee, and I will also make a statement first, I do not agree with the existence of a fleet within the range protection of fortress artillery. But we are soldiers, and if we have orders, we should obey them, and I don't need to emphasize this anymore! ”

"Yes!" The officers below replied in unison, although some of them seemed quite unpleasant, but after all, everyone knew that they should obey orders.

Bu Zhongfu's next order made everyone stunned, "Maidno officer, please stand!" ”

A few Medeno officers, you look at me, I look at you, and stood up with a little hesitation. Bu Zhongfu picked up a piece of paper from the table and read it according to it, "According to the resolution of the Executive Committee, you will continue to serve in your original positions without any adjustments. After speaking, he raised his head and said to them, "We all know that you, as Medeno people, will be very conflicted on the eve of the upcoming war with the Medeno forces, but our Senate is not suspicious of people, and we don't need to use suspicious people. If any of you are unwilling to participate in the possible battle with the Medeno Navy in the next phase, you can raise it now, without punishment and discrimination. But there is one thing, if you choose to participate in the battle and open the net to the enemy in the battle, then you will definitely be punished by the Senate. If significant damage is caused, be prepared to go court-martialed. ”

"Yes!" Ston was the first to reply crisply.

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