The birth of a daughter is undoubtedly a particularly important event in Bai Nan's life, he has offspring in this world, and at the same time the degree of integration with this world has increased, many Tang people who have also given birth to children here also have the same mood, and it has become their pursuit to live a good life in this era. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That is, when Bai Nan and his wife Xu Xin began to learn to become young parents with joy, the snake plan he had brewed finally started after some preparations.

In fact, a large number of materials prepared at the beginning of the Cuckoo Project were prepared for the Cuckoo Project, but in order to compete for the interests of the East Coast and seize the opportunity, the materials of the Cuckoo Project were diverted to implement the Cuckoo Plan. In essence, the two plans are very similar, and they are both unimaginably long-distance trek operations, and the logistical requirements are particularly strict and severe.

Major General Liu Fangwu was appointed commander of the Expeditionary Force, and in another plane, he was also a general of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

The headquarters of the expeditionary force had been formed before it started, and Liu Fangwu had already begun to mobilize the entire headquarters in terms of counting all kinds of materials and inspecting the preparation of personnel and equipment. In this expedition, the troops led by General Liu Fangwu included the second and third battalions of the infantry and the artillery battalion of the Longxiang Regiment, the first battalion was a mechanized infantry battalion, and the lightning fast horse manufactured by the FAW Group had just begun to be delivered, and it was still in the familiarization and training stage. Moreover, the Jibu battalion itself has a greater need for logistics, and this time the Don Army will not send mechanized troops to it. The other part was from the first battalion of the Hunting Cavalry Regiment and the second battalion of the newly formed Cavalry Regiment. A total of two battalions of cavalry units. All the expeditionary forces were put together. The number of people is more than 1,700. The scale is by no means small.

Of course, this is by no means all the strength of the expeditionary force, in addition to the main Tang Army and logistics support personnel, the Ministry of Defense has also prepared 5,000 militiamen to participate in this expeditionary operation. When the Tang Army was formed, most of the people left the army voluntarily or because of insufficient military quality, but they all had military experience. It was organized as a reserve militia, and it was also pulled out for drills every once in a while.

That's right, this was the strategy of the People's Republic of China in those years, "all people are soldiers" and "large militia divisions". At the end of the fifties, when the United States was making trouble in the strait, there was great tension in the country, and in September 1958, Taejo mentioned: "The imperialists are bullying us so much, and this needs to be dealt with seriously." Not only do we have a strong regular army, but we also have to run militia divisions on a large scale. In this way, when the imperialists invade our country, they will not be able to move an inch. ”

So by the end of 1958. In just a few months, 5,175 militia divisions were flown across the country. 44,205 militia regiments; The number of militias has grown from more than 40 million to 2. 200 million; The number of people participating in the militia accounts for 35 per cent of the country's total population, with some areas reaching more than 40 per cent and some areas even exceeding 50 per cent.

When Khrushchev visited China, he was shocked to be told that China had 100 million militiamen, and in the subsequent Sino-Soviet conflict on Zhenbao Island, China did not dare to launch a large-scale attack even before it had tested the atomic bomb. British Field Marshal Montgomery observed the Chinese militia during his visit to Guangzhou and said: "In a war, the atomic bomb alone cannot solve the problem of victory or defeat. The U.S. observer group in Taiwan at the time also held the same view, believing that China was an expert in guerrilla warfare, and if it fell into it, it would be a quagmire.

In essence, the original intention of Datang to develop the militia was very different from that of the people's republic on the other side. Because of the superiority of geographical location and the leading position of science and technology, it is difficult for Datang to be invaded on a large scale by any country within a hundred years, in fact, if it is purely to protect itself, there is no need to form a large-scale army at all. However, the Tang Dynasty not only has a relatively high military-civilian ratio, but also forms militia regiments in major state-owned enterprises and units (the highest permanent establishment of the Tang Army is the regiment, in fact, most countries at that time were). With the original KMT unit as the main composition, the total number of militia in Datang now reaches more than 30,000 people, all of whom have undergone simple military training, that is, walking through queues and shooting, can carry out simple tactics, and are relatively obedient to military orders.

There is no doubt that Datang built such a large-scale militia not for self-defense, but to avoid a shortage of troops when a large amount of military strength is needed. Moreover, in addition to the basic low-intensity combat, the militia also has the ability to build, that is, rapid construction, because there is organization, and it serves various enterprises, so they can fight in wartime, and they can be invested in construction in peacetime, killing multiple birds with one stone.

However, even so, the expeditionary force has withdrawn as many as 5,000 militia members from the country at one time, which will have an important impact on domestic development, of course, in order to reduce the impact as much as possible, this part of the militia will not go out immediately, they will wait for the more than 10,000 new immigrants arriving from Borneo to settle in Jiazhou, when the domestic manpower is not so tight, and then go to the east coast in batches.

Of course, in fact, the impact of militia withdrawal on industrial enterprises is not too great, and a considerable proportion of the population of Datang is concentrated in agriculture. At that time, most of the KMT soldiers became peasants, and the peasants of the Republic of China were also the most populous. After the explosive growth of the country's agricultural productivity, the State Council vigorously promoted the separation of some peasants from the land, and this time the militia was also one of the measures to continue to optimize the population structure of agricultural production.

Datang is constantly cultivating land, and this year's goal is to reclaim 1 million mu of arable land, and the number of farmers in demand is getting smaller and smaller, so more than 90 percent of the population transferred from Borneo will be trained as new industrial workers, and only a small part will be allocated to farms. One thing that cannot be ignored is that there is another important reason for the sharp decline in the agricultural production population of Datang, that is, the local Indians in Jiazhou are slowly beginning to live around the farms of Datang, and they have also become the main producers of Datang's agricultural production. The tribal chiefs and priests who resisted the Tang way of life were either corrupted with sugar-coated cannonballs or dealt with directly, and it was natural for ordinary Indians to live on the Tang farms without leadership.

Liu Fangwu stood in the harbor and watched the dock workers begin to carry various supplies to the transport ship, and the huge 105mm howitzers were hoisted onto the ship, these guns will be the main heavy firepower of Liu Fangwu's expeditionary force, whether it is to cover large groups of enemies with firepower, or to attack fortified positions, they are very good weapons. The S1775 was not the only artillery of the Tang Army, the expeditionary force also brought a large number of 81mm and 60mm mortars, and these short-range curved guns could also teach the enemy a painful lesson.

However, Xu Daorun, who was next to him, looked at these artillery pieces and said, "Is it really necessary, I don't think the English will be so troublesome that we need to bombard with 105 mm cannons." Perhaps the regular British army and the Hessian mercenaries have a good will to fight, but under our superior firepower, they can only become cannon fodder. ”

Liu Fangwu smiled slightly and said: "It is very likely that we will cooperate with the Continental Army to confront the attack of tens of thousands of British troops head-on, relying solely on our soldiers to dig trenches and fortifications, using small mortars and machine guns, it is still a little worse." As soon as our howitzer positions were laid down, the fire cover that eighteen guns could provide us was enormous. And the army of this era likes to use pillboxes and the like, so we have to use artillery of a certain caliber to attack the fortifications. ”

Xu Daorun also knows that the army's love for heavy artillery is self-evident. In fact, there have always been some artillery activists who think that the 105mm caliber howitzer is still too light, and it is necessary to imitate the PLA of later generations to engage in 152mm or 155mm, but in fact it is not necessary at all, first of all, it is impossible for any country to have firepower that can overpower the Tang Army, and secondly, heavier artillery is more troublesome in logistics and transportation, and the caliber of 105mm is powerful enough and relatively economical, especially its manufacturing is not complicated, so it has been favored by the Tang Army and manufactured in large quantities.

Liu Fangwu's brother-in-law and adjutant Liu Zhenlong said from the side: "If you want me to say, this time our expeditionary force army is unlikely to encounter any too difficult battles, but the navy may deal with the British fleet several times its number, and the battle for sea supremacy on the west coast is the top priority in our expedition." ”

Liu Fangwu smiled: "Yes, Zhenlong, your knowledge has improved." You're right, the key to ensuring that we defeat the British and occupy Florida is that we can protect the sea supremacy on the east coast, at least off the coast of Florida and the north coast of the Caribbean. Therefore, this time, the navy also sent the most powerful fleet since the founding of the People's Republic of China, one Yangwei-class and three Qijiguang-class, and if the Liberty Wind class is also delivered and completed sea trials in a few months, it is estimated that it will also be sent to the east coast. ”

Today's Florida is not the same as Florida in the future, just as Louisiana now refers to more than 2 million square kilometers of land. Florida was divided into two parts, East Florida was roughly what is now Florida, and West Florida was part of what became Alabama and southern Mississippi. Datang's goal is also this piece of land, because the Florida Peninsula extends out, so the surrounding sea area is very large, and it is inevitable that a strong fleet will always be able to maintain the occupied area.

It is not difficult to occupy this land, there are not many strongholds here, the Don army plans to occupy the key Pensacola and St. Augustine, and it is okay to destroy other redundant strongholds. In order to defend here, Liu Fangwu also prepared a batch of S1775 howitzers as shore defense guns, which could strike them enough even when the British Royal Navy took advantage of the weakness to enter the ground. (To be continued.) )