Chapter 917: On the Island
The review was just talking, after Lin Zumi met Liu Ye and Wei Ming, he complimented the Northwest Army a few words, and instructed Lin Long to kill pigs and sheep, and entertain these soldiers well, and then entered the small room next to him with a few people, Fuzhou is just a relay station for this operation, and next, he will go to Taiwan, in the middle, the northwest route is not suitable, and he must rely on the Lin family's channel.
These are two groups of people, and they have not dealt with each other before, and some plans must be discussed in advance, not that the preparation of the Lin family will definitely be feasible, and the northwest side can also provide a little advice.
Lin Zumi's evaluation of the Northwest Army is relatively high, the weapons and personnel have been seen, and the personnel are very satisfied, which is a little too much for the fact that there is a direct support for the Taiwan side, and the army equipment of a battalion is far more than Lin Zumi imagined, and this part of the equipment, placed in the revolutionary party, is enough to equip one and a half regiments, and a regiment of the revolutionary party is about 1,000 people, but he has a brigade-level establishment, a brigade is about the same as a Japanese wing, and two brigades of the second division are almost more than 9,000 people. The third brigade of the first-class division is about 14,000 people.
In addition to more guns, the Northwest Army also has a lot of configuration for a battalion, in addition to weapons, artillery, machine guns are also a lot more, the most important thing is military supplies, many strange types, but when they really tell their efficacy, they are inextricably linked with the army, Lin Zumi is really a little curious, who invented these things, that small ordnance shovel, not only can be used as a tool for digging trenches, but also as a cutting barbed wire. Bottle openers, can openers, and even at the time of fighting. A sharp armor shovel in the trenches was far more useful than a bayonet, and its shorter length, the way it was wielded, and even the strength of its sharpness, made him a murderous weapon, even for him. Not a qualified soldier, but still want to get a handful.
There are more things, and the effect is wider. It can increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but the number increases, and the entire material of a battalion actually has 45 tons. This was far more than he was prepared for. Fortunately, all of these things are useful for the war, and of course he laughed at them as much as possible, because the situation in Taiwan is very complicated, and the Japanese have an absolute advantage, and if they can transport a little more, it will also be of great benefit to the people on the island, so even if it adds so much weight. He's confident, too.
In order to prepare for the Taiwan uprising, Lin Zumi prepared for at least 2 years. The only thing I didn't expect was that the revolutionary party took a salary from the bottom of the kettle, pulled back, and cut off all official channels for Lin Zumi at once, and even warned Lin Zumi not to attack Taiwan casually, it is such restrictions in all aspects that Lin Zumi has no choice, if it weren't for the 400 guns supported by the northwest, maybe the whole plan would have gone bankrupt.
Originally, the plan would go bankrupt, and it would be a big deal to revolt later, but the location of one of the uprisings, because of Japan's high-pressure policy, has been exposed, if there is really no uprising, the villages in that area may be finished, which is unacceptable for the Lin family.
1,500 guns, as well as machine guns and artillery, if reasonably distributed, plus these fighters supported by the northwest, should be able to form an armed force of nearly 2,000 people, which should be a huge boost to the situation in Taiwan, Luo Fuxing only has a number of people, more than 500 guns, just so powerful, they have more guns and stronger organization, they should do better.
"Mr. Lin, how to transport our people up, what kind of preparation is needed, we also have some transportation capacity here, and we can support it at any time!" Zhao Yicheng asked.
"That's great!" Lin Zumi said excitedly, he arranged some ways, each time can transport about 8 tons of materials to the island, in this way, arrange 6 batches, it is almost, almost 21 days, if there is more capacity, they can put more personnel and materials at one time, in this way, the safety will be higher, and the help for Taiwan will be greater.
On the night of the dark moon and high wind, the first batch of 200 heavily armed soldiers, plus 1,000 rifles, 50 machine guns and more than 20 artillery pieces, as well as all the supporting ammunition, passed together more than 100 fishing boats, headed for Taiwan, these fishing boats are not the original kind, ordinary fishermen's wooden boats, some of them are still sailboats, carrying more capacity, and faster, for these fishermen who have been fishing in the Taiwan Strait for a long time, this is a very normal thing, more than 100 kilometers of sea area, In the past, fishing boats could reach the Taiwan Strait in more than a day at most, but now, at a speed of about 11 knots, a sailing boat can cross the Taiwan Strait in a maximum of 5 hours.
The less time, the less likely it is that there will be problems, and the movement of the sailing ships is greater than that of ordinary fishing boats, but there are still quite a few along the coast of Fujian, but very few of them cross the central axis of the Taiwan Strait, and they will be classified in batches, but now the Japanese combined fleet has been almost devastated, and in this case, it is okay for the sailing ships to take a risk in the middle of the night.
The fishermen who lead the team are all perennial fishing in Taiwan, and even some of them are still the subordinates of the Lin family, walking in the Taiwan Strait all the year round, going back and forth between Taiwan and the mainland, and are familiar with this Taiwan Strait, just like in their own homes, even in the dark night when they can't see their fingers, they are also aware of every reef on the channel, every whirlpool, and the sailing ship is gradually moving forward in the silent and dark ocean.
The Lin family and fishermen, all of whom are at sea all year round, even the soldiers of the Northwest Army, have participated in at least 10 days of sea training, at least on the boat, there are not many problems, in February, it is a relatively small period of ocean current hurricanes, they finally succeeded in breaking through the central axis and arrived at the coast near Changhua County.
Wufeng, where the Lin family was located before, was on the Taichung side, between Changhua County and Nantou County, close to Alishan, because this place was close to the central mountain range, even in later generations, there was not much development, not to mention that in this era, it has always been Japan's development efforts are relatively small, and the degree of development is relatively low, and it is a dark moon and high windy night, there are not many people on the sea and the shore at all.
On the leading fishing boat, the red light kept flashing, lifted, shook for more than a minute, then put it away, waited quietly, and soon the red light appeared on the shore, and gradually entered the seaside place, under the guidance of the light, the fishing boat docked in turn.
Liu Ye was with Lin Long, Lin Long was also the liaison sent by the Lin family, that is, he came to the Taiwan Strait, and Lin Long officially informed Liu Ye that it was Lin Long's younger brother Lin Hu who rebelled in Taiwan this time, and their family is also a generation servant of the Lin family, and they are the most loyal to the Lin family among all people.
It was Lin Hu who came to greet him, and after getting the notice from the Lin family, he ventured down the mountain and came to the beach to wait, followed by more than 800 armed men, almost all of whom were pulled up.
After a few simple greetings, Lin Long asked how many people he brought, I heard that there were only more than 800 people, as well as 500 porters and some wheelbarrows, Lin Long was slightly disappointed, too little, this time in addition to personnel, weapons and equipment and logistics materials were almost half transported, that is, 20 tons, plus personnel in the northwest, almost 1500 people, each person needs to transport 150 kilograms, which is an impossible task for a little flat road and the next mountain road.
Just as he was about to ask Lin Hu and them to find a little more people, Liu Ye stopped his order, there are still more than 4 hours before dawn, according to the surrounding environment, there are not many people living in the area, if you go back to find people, not to mention that there are few people, even if you really find a few thousand people, God knows if this situation will be leaked out, compared to the inland, the danger of the sea is greater, although there is no capital ship in Taiwan, those small gunboats, torpedo boats, and even shallow water gunboats that can be called mosquito ships at sea, These things are a direct threat to the army, and once the Japanese mobilize these forces, their squad is really not enough to stuff their teeth.
Lin Long admired Liu Ye very much, and when he heard his stop, he didn't get angry, but just asked Liu Ye what he was going to do.
Liu Ye's approach was very simple, asking Lin Hu if there were any places around him that were about 15-20 kilometers away from the shore, with dense mountains and forests, and vast and sparsely populated.
Lin Hu is worthy of being the leader of the uprising left by the Lin family in Taiwan, he is very familiar with the surrounding environment, about 20 kilometers east of the straight line from the seaside, that is, Changhua County, where the population is relatively dense, he originally wanted to go there to seek help, in the place to the south, there is a Bagua Mountain, although it is not high, only 96 meters above sea level, but it is a rare highland around.
Under Lin Hu's description, Liu Ye has some understanding of Bagua Mountain, and it is also a relatively quiet place, under the premise that central Taiwan is relatively gentle and there are no mountains, this is the best choice, although there are only about 1500 people, 20 tons of materials, not all weapons, weapons are only a little more than 7 tons, some less important resources, you can first find a place by the sea to hide on the spot, wait for you to come back and take it, With the remaining 7.5 tons of weapons, with an average weight of 50 kg per person, plus the burden of a wheelbarrow, this should be feasible.
Everyone acted quickly, it took 2 hours, to unload the goods, part of it had to be hidden on the spot, the remaining part was loaded on a wheelbarrow, some people resisted their shoulders, calmly left quickly in the night, along the way, under the guidance of the guide, it was very smooth, bypassing the densely populated places and the bayonet of some police stations in Japan, and arrived at Bagua Mountain when the sky was dark. (To be continued......)