Chapter 518: Step by step

readx;?“ The situation is not optimistic now," Xiao Mingwei flipped through the telegram newspaper, "There were not many troops in the city of Champanggang, or there was no senate formed army at all, and even the number of militia was insufficient. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info The main soldiers in the city are the veterans of the Ito Army, who have been in charge of the reconstruction of the entire port of Champa since they defected to us, and most of the soldiers' main work is mainly the demolition and reconstruction of the city. Most of the units with combat experience have been drawn out to form several new companies of the Foreign Legion, and the main body of the sixth company that suffered heavy losses this time is these veterans drawn from the Ito Army. ”

"They are all veterans, and the losses are still so big?" Yang Minghuan was a little curious, "It should have been in battle for a long time, how could there be such a large number of casualties?" ”

"It's normal," Xiao Mingwei smiled helplessly, "It's always easy to be caught off guard if you have mental calculations or not, not to mention that the sixth company has just experienced a hard battle to defend the city, and the soldiers' spirits are relaxed all of a sudden, and it is easy to be distracted." In addition, it was attacked again, and the enemy's equipment was mainly firearms. ”

"Let's not talk about this for now," Li Jieqi interrupted Xiao Mingwei's explanation, "The situation in Zhancheng Port will be more critical now." As he spoke, he recalled, "I remember that there are still a lot of people in the city, but in order to facilitate the transportation of building materials, the city wall and gate of nearly 300 meters to the north have been completely demolished at this stage, and if the enemy attacks from there, it will be difficult to defend." ”

"The walls are gone?" The expression on He Rolling Long's face was extremely exciting, "Then you still keep a fart?" The walls are gone, and the enemy just swaggers in. ”

"But the number of Japanese workers in Champong Port was still quite considerable," Li Jieqi said, "and there were more than 30,000 people who came to join us at that time, and even if a few hundred were sent to the Foreign Legion, the remaining number was still quite considerable." “

"How many more are there?" Yang Minghuan asked, "Can this place be defended?" ”

"The scope of the city of Champa Port is quite large, and if you want to attack from the south through the west to the north, you must at least go around a circle of about five or six kilometers outside the city to do it, and you will definitely not be able to attack the city." Xiao Mingwei said and nodded on the map, "There are nearly 30,000 people in the city, and there are at least about 10,000 people who can be put into battle, I remember that we provided them with a batch of standard spears produced by us for them to use as self-defense weapons, in addition to three hundred foreign trade version of the Senate rifles and matching ammunition, it shouldn't be too much of a problem." ”

"Are you sure they won't attack in a roundabout?" Yang Minghuan didn't have much thought about military things, for him, there was a gap in the city wall - and a gap three hundred meters wide, and for him, the port of Zhancheng was simply a paper defense line, and he absolutely could not rest assured.

"It's definitely not going to be a detour." Li Jieqi nodded and said, "Executive Committee Yang don't worry too much, first of all, it is very troublesome for the army to move in this era, because the information transmission in this era basically depends on person-to-person, and the army can only rely on roaring, so when the army is moving, the information will have a great impact on the entire army, for example, during the Battle of Weishui, the former Qin army retreated a few miles at the request of the Western Jin Dynasty to give up a small area. As a result, the Jin army took advantage of the other party's retreat and shouted that the Qin army was defeated, so hundreds of thousands of people in the former Qin army did not know where to go, and fled directly backwards. Generally speaking, the Annam army wants to make a detour from the flank of our city, and they may not only be attacked from a distance by the defenders of the port of Champang, but also by Shabak. In such a situation, it is bound to be affected by pessimism, and it is more likely to cause collapse. If I were the commander of Annam's army, I would certainly not let the troops risk a roundabout attack. ”

"Yes, not to mention that it's still during a typhoon." Bu Zhongfu nodded, but Yang Minghuan was stunned for a moment, "Isn't the wind already a lot less now?" And the clouds have spread out a lot. The typhoon has already passed, right? ”

"This ......" Bu Zhongfu was stunned for a moment, "It's not that the typhoon has passed through now, this is the eye of the typhoon, commonly known as the center of the typhoon." Saying that, he picked up a pen and drew a pattern similar to a Tai Chi yin and yang fish in his notebook, "A typhoon is actually a rotating wheal, from the periphery of the typhoon to the center is initially gradually increasing, the closer to the center will increase rapidly, but when it reaches the central area with a diameter of tens of kilometers, the wind will decrease rapidly, the rain will stop, and there will be a cloudy sky where you can see the sun during the day and the stars at night." This is the 'eye' that often appears in tropical cyclones, commonly known as the eye of a typhoon. ”

"Yes," Xiao Mingwei nodded and continued, "Now the wind has decreased to a very low situation, but it does not mean that the typhoon has passed, on the contrary, maybe a more violent typhoon is still to come." ”

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"Your Excellency, what shall we do now?" An Annan general stared closely at the Meideno in front of him, a burly and athletic senior officer from the Marine Corps, who was standing at the map table and staring at the map in silence. This general was the general of Annam LĂŞ Clan stationed at Van Son Port to command Annam's new army, and due to the mutiny some time ago, and the subsequent sweep of Hue officialdom by LĂŞ Clan with the support of the Medno, the vast majority of the officials of the six ministries have been dismissed. These new bureaucrats were all those alternate officials who didn't know how to slip around or just didn't have the money to go out in the past, and this time the entire Hue vacated so many official positions, so that Le Thi and the right minister were a little caught off guard, and they had to pull out the generals in the short man, and specially found a roster from the Ministry of Officials, and turned over these alternate officials. Except for those buddies who can't wait for a real shortage to become staff members or can't afford to wait for early hanging, basically these alternate officials have really become officials. However, these people have neither the qualifications nor the experience to be officials, and they attack each other as soon as they ascend to the officialdom. The general in front of him is the nephew of the second aunt of the new military department Shangshu, and the military department Shangshu wants to promote him, so he is asked to go to Wenshan Port, where it is easy to get merit, to collect experience points, and wants him to be promoted and make a fortune when he returns. However, this temporarily named "general" did not have the pride of commanding thousands of troops at this time, but instead stared at this Maideno staff officer with a sincere and fearful face. He is an absolute newcomer to officialdom, not to mention marching and fighting, and he can't even do it smoothly. Before he came, his relatives who were the secretary of the military department had already explained to him, and now the entire Annan Dynasty has fallen into the hands of the Maidno people, and his future is almost all in the hands of the Maidno people, if he did not obey the command of the Maidno people and lost the battle, then he could wash and sleep early, and his future promotion and fortune had nothing to do with him.

"There's no hurry, we have to wait until the typhoon passes." Staff Officer Medeno shook his head, "We only have two thousand five hundred people now, and more than half of them are using firearms, and if we attack the city in typhoon weather, the rain alone will be able to make our firearms go off." If you only rely on infantry to attack the city with cold weapons, these 2,500 men will not be enough at all. ”

While he was talking, a herald suddenly rushed in and saluted the two of them, "Two adults, the commander of the third step battalion is back." ”

"What?" The staff officer was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly rushed to the door of the tent, just in time to bump into Ruan Mingfang, who walked in the door next. Ruan Mingfang was wearing an iron pot helmet on his head, and he hit his head on the chest of the staff officer, who was nothing, just rubbing his chest and standing there a little out of breath. But Ruan Mingfang was obviously a lot unlucky, with a burst of gold stars in his eyes, he couldn't stand, sat on the ground with a buttocks, and didn't wake up for a long time.

The staff officer didn't care so much, and carried Ruan Mingfang's back collar like a chicken. "What's the matter?"

Ruan Mingfang couldn't help but take a few deep breaths before he came to his senses, "Report to the general, report to the chief of staff, my 123rd Infantry Battalion encountered a group of Ruan Rebel soldiers in the reconnaissance room, and the other two battalions collapsed in the battle and fled, and my 3rd Infantry Battalion has now withdrawn after persisting in the battle to eliminate most of the Ruan Rebel soldiers, waiting for the order of the general and the staff officer." ”

Of course, what Ruan Minh Fang said was a lie, even if it was a heavy blow to the troops of the Foreign Legion, it was the result of the joint efforts of the three infantry battalions, and he didn't mind taking it on his head, as for the collapse of the other two infantry battalions, he had already foreseen the collapse of the other two infantry battalions, otherwise he would not have seen the reinforcements coming over and turned around and ran, just kidding, he had suffered from the firearms in the hands of these red-clothed soldiers during the rebellion in Zhancheng Port, so he was the first to flee when he saw the reinforcements of the Foreign Legion coming.

"Well, good, good!" This Annan general is full of smiles, this is a proper feat, he can annihilate most of the Nguyen rebel soldiers, there must be a hundred and ten heads, if he is sent to Hue, it will be a white flower of silver in a blink of an eye, and his own promotion and salary increase are just around the corner to step on the peak of officialdom. Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "This is a great achievement!" Can you bring back the head of the Ruan rebel soldiers? ”

"My lord, the war is changing rapidly, although we are the majority of the soldiers who annihilated Ruan Re, but then several groups of Ruan Reyi troops arrived, and my third battalion was unable to resist and had to turn back." Ruan Mingfang has been in the officialdom for many years, although most of the officials who promoted him by his uncle have fallen and lost power, but his decades of officialdom experience have not been accumulated in vain. "If you can't bring it back, forget it, since this third-step gun camp has obtained such great merits, this official will definitely ask the emperor for credit for you!" Saying that, he turned around, his face was full of disappointment, just kidding, no head, no head, who knows if you killed the enemy? What if you're falsely reporting your records? Even if you kill good and risky skills, at least you kill people, there is a head to talk about here, but you haven't brought back a single head, who believes it with empty mouths and white teeth? At the moment, although he verbally promised to ask for credit for them, but it was just talking, and he turned around because he was about to hide the disappointment on his face, and continued at the moment, "Then please go down and rest first, there is a military situation to discuss at this time." ”

The enemy is far away, and the ghost enemy is Chamo Leng Taiji

Staff Officer Medeno waved his hand, "Wait! Ruan Mingfang originally planned to go out, but when he heard the staff officer's words, he hurriedly turned around. How many enemies have you encountered today? What weapons did they use, and how did you attack them? As he spoke, the staff officer beckoned to him, "Come here, show me the map." ”

Ruan Mingfang was stunned for a moment, he couldn't read the maps drawn by these Maidno people, not to mention that he couldn't understand them, even the Annan general standing next to his immediate boss was the same black in front of this kind of Maidno map.

"Alas," the staff officer sighed, pointing to the map, "this is the location of the city walls of the port of Champong, and this is the city of the new army guard," he said, drawing a line, "here is the forest, here is the road." ”

"I wonder how far away this is on this map?" Ruan Mingfang was a little old after all, but looking at these maps, he had a little feeling for some reason, and tentatively clicked on the map and asked. The staff officer breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a hundred steps here. ”

"This drawing is the previous one, right?" Ruan Minh Fang said a little cautiously, "Since the Chinese occupied the port of Champong, it should have widened the nearby roads and abandoned part of the road," he said and drew a circle on the map, "From here to here, this forest has been completely cut down, there are no trees, and even the stumps have been swept away." ”

The staff officer nodded, "Good! It seems that you are not telling a lie, so where did you contact the squadron? ”

Ruan Minh Fang tentatively drew several rounds on the map, and finally nodded on an area of woods on a map southwest of Champa Port and said, "We met the squadron here, and there is a road from here that extends from the northwest, and we turned around in this area and went straight to the south gate of Champa Port." ”

"Well, well," said the staff officer excitedly, "I've finally met someone who can read a map, what's your name?" ”

"The villain's name is Ruan Mingfang." Ruan Mingfang didn't know what this staff officer meant by asking, so he replied cautiously. The staff officer slapped his face excitedly and said, "Good! It's rare to meet someone who can read a map, so you can come to the headquarters and become a staff officer! ”

This Maideno staff officer has been scratching his head for a long time about this map, whether it was assisting Nanban back then or assisting Annan's army now, it is a group of barbarians who can't read the map, so that he can't help but consume countless brain cells when making plans according to the map, and now he suddenly met a person who can understand the map, which almost made him ecstatic, and immediately wanted to pull Ruan Mingfang to the staff headquarters.

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