After a night of fruitless research and discussion, Zhang Zheng and Gao Qi decided to temporarily stop the siege of Changsha, pretending to be ammunition and not going, giving the Qing army a false impression, Gao Qi's suggestion was to ask the General Staff to send a combat detachment of the armed gendarmerie special forces to Changsha to secretly attack the Qing army's bombing operation, and then surround it on three sides to storm Changsha City, and capture Changsha City in one go.

Although Gao Qi's plan is very feasible, Zhang Zheng, Chu Jiang, and Zhang Wei who were present know very well that the armed gendarmerie special forces now have only three special operations detachments with a reinforced company structure, each of which is the treasure of the general staff, and besides, the armed gendarmerie special forces are now directly under the command, and the general staff only has the right to use them.

Let such a force secretly infiltrate the city of Changsha? Any slight mistake can lead to the total annihilation of this army, such a responsibility is not something they can afford, you must know that the Führer himself has poured too much effort into this force, and the armed gendarmerie special forces are more often used as a sword to perform more of the task of deterrence, in the Führer's own words, once the sword is really cut down, it will not be scary!

Over the past few days, the artillery of the 1st Army has been firing fewer and fewer shells day by day, until the shelling stops!

In order to prevent the Qing army from jumping over the wall and really blowing up the inner embankment of the Xiangjiang River, the headquarters of the First Army Corps, the First Mountain Infantry Corps, and a division of the Third Army Corps all retreated slightly to the outer line for more than ten miles, still maintaining a situation of encirclement, but after the troops retreated, the artillery naturally stopped shelling due to the range.

In the yamen of the governor of the city, Lin Yi, Zhou Fuming, Tuatu, and Taiqia gathered together again, and the grievances of the previous days seemed to have never happened? At this moment, because of the temporary retreat of the Lin rebel bandit army, the boulder that had been pressing on their hearts all this time seemed to have begun to loosen a lot.

From the shelling of Changsha City by the Lin Rebel Bandit Army in recent days, they felt a very good sign, that is, the shells of the Lin Rebel Bandit Army seemed to be running out, and they thought that the Lin Rebel Bandit Army had endless shells like raindrops, but now it is not the case, and the shells of the Lin Rebel Bandit Army can not help but be so crazy to consume. Tuatu seemed the most happy, shouting to open the city gate and go out to teach the Lin rebel bandit army who had been fighting with guns and artillery to inflict heavy casualties on the defenders, but Zhou Fuming and Taiqia did not agree with Tuatu's shouting at all.

In Zhou Fuming's opinion, this is also likely to be the conspiracy of the Lin rebel bandit army, no matter what, Zhou Fuming has always held the principle that the enemy does not move, I will not move, and the enemy wants to move first, as long as Changsha is in hand, he is not afraid of the other party's conspiracy, even if the entire land and water wharf falls in the north of the city, for the overall Changsha City, it is only a half-barrier.

For the craftsmen who built Changsha City into two parts and took the Xiangjiang River as the connecting link, Zhou Fuming is still full of admiration!

It is connected by water and land wharves, each as a whole, and the two as one Changsha city defense can be said to be the highest level of effective use of terrain convenience from ancient times to the present.

On July 29, 1861, Lin Haijiang arrived at the city of Changsha, Zhang Zheng, Gao Qi, and Zhang Wei had already gone to meet the officers above the division commander, and Gao Qi was the most worried in the queue, because he should not have appeared here at all, at this moment he should have appeared with his first mountain infantry regiment in Yueyang or even north of Xianning.

Lin Haijiang glanced at Gao Qi and nodded: "When I was leaving, the Strategic Department of the General Staff thought that your impromptu decision was very correct, and before there was no possibility of quickly conquering Changsha, there were heavy troops of the Taiping Army outside, and it was indeed not appropriate to go deep alone, otherwise the logistics supply line would be very easy to attack."

Lin Haijiang's words made Gao Qi's heart put back in his stomach, but this did not mean that Lin Haijiang was satisfied with the achievements of the First Army, it can be said that although the First Mountain Infantry Regiment was helping near Changsha, its troops were not engaged in the actual battle of attacking the city, but the Taiping Army Chen Yucheng's headquarters in the direction of Yiyang.

It can be said that when the Second Army Corps and the Fourth Army attacked Hangzhou, the First Army Corps and the First Army Corps of Mountain Infantry were blocked under Changsha City, which caused Lin Haijiang to advance in parallel in the plan, and the battle line where the troops marched together became an oblique line, and the flanks of the Second Army and the Fourth Army Corps were exposed, but the two main army corps plus the three main divisions of the Third Army Corps, and Li Anmin led the Second Brigade of the Marine Corps and six supplementary brigades, which can be described as a strong lineup, and now both the Qing Army and the Taiping Army have avoided the edge.

Lin Haijiang is the first time to see the original appearance of the ancient city of Changsha, after the warlord melee, the war of resistance, the war of liberation, and then the large-scale destruction of the four olds in China, the transformation of the old city, etc., the ancient city of Changsha has long been gone, and many of the later generations are just copying the landscape.

The defense of Changsha City and the tenacity of the Hunan army left a deep impression on Lin Haijiang, which also just verified an ancient saying, no Hunan can not be an army, Lin Haijiang still remembers that during the later war of resistance, the Hunan people had a famous slogan: "If you want China to perish, the Hunan people will die!" ”

However, when Lin Haijiang himself faced the famous Hunan army, he was also a headache, and several failed attacks in Changsha City made him realize that first of all, the melee between the two armies at the breakthrough made it impossible to give full play to their superior firepower, and a large number of houses built in the city after the breakthrough blocked the rapid breakthrough of the follow-up troops and the firing boundary of machine guns, and the attacking troops could not effectively control the two wings, resulting in explosives being dropped from the two wings from time to time, blocking the input of the troops.

The second is that it is impossible to launch a real siege on Changsha City, because the main stream of the Xiangjiang River flowing through Changsha City divides the overall city defense into two, and the attack on the two flanks is very easy to be hit by side fire, and the water and land docks are controlled by the Qing army, and the reinforcements of the Qing army become easy.

Lin Haijiang knew very well that street fighting would offset a large part of our firepower superiority, even if it was a casualty ratio of 3:1 or even 5:1 with the enemy, Lin Haijiang was unacceptable, and for an ancient city like Changsha and in order to quickly win people's hearts after the war, he could not use the latest incendiary bombs and other new weapons, on the contrary, Lin Haijiang was very envious of the Americans who were fighting in full swing.

The Americans and the Prussians are now the largest export customers of incendiary bombs, and the Prussians are throwing them on the heads of the French, and the two countries have a family feud, and it is estimated that if poison gas is developed, it will be used, which is understandable.

And the most ruthless is the Americans, the Americans in the civil war unscrupulously tried all kinds of advanced weapons, they are not afraid of expensive, dare to seek the greatest lethality, for the Americans are very ruthless to themselves, Lin Haijiang only envy, such a heavy hand to the Chinese people? He asked himself if he could do it, if he wanted to deal with the natives in Indonesia, or if he was aiming at the domain, Lin Haijiang estimated that he would not even hesitate!

Absolutely can't attack, strive to outwit, if you can't do it, you will surround the point to help Changsha! Lin Haijiang's several suggestions made Gao Qi, Zhang Zheng, Zhang Wei and others breathe a long sigh of relief, what they were most afraid of at the moment was that the angry head of state ordered him to take Changsha within a time limit.

On July 30, 1861, the river gunboat fleet carrying some supplies and passengers arrived at Songjiawan!

Lin Haijiang saw Captain Qi Zhitao of the river gunboat team on the Fugu No. 01 river gunboat, and the capable Qi Zhitao seemed a little excited, during the military parade of the old port and the current imperial fortress, Qi Zhitao had seen the head of state from afar during the review of the cadet team of the Zhiyuan ship, but because he was very nervous at the time, he did not remember the appearance of the head of state at all.

Seeing the head of state so closely today, Qi Zhitao's inner excitement is almost indescribable!

Lin Haijiang inspected the river fleet and felt very satisfied, because the effect of this river fleet has greatly exceeded his expectations, he didn't expect that these small boats that he didn't look at at all would also be useful, Lin Haijiang summoned Zhang Zheng, Gao Qi, Zhang Wei and other three people on the puffer fish 01 gunboat, and after listening to Zhang Zheng's plan for the Qing army to prepare to blow up the inner embankment of the Xiangjiang River, Lin Haijiang did not say anything.

Just quietly looked at the map for a while, and after Zhang Zheng lost no time in proposing whether the commando team of the armed gendarmerie special forces could be arranged to cooperate with the general attack, Lin Haijiang hesitated for a moment and said: "It is not so simple to blow up the embankment, you need to have a pre-selected blasting location, to dig out the cannon hole, the gunpowder used by the Qing army for blasting must be piled aside, can there be information that the Qing army has selected the specific location of the blasting?" ”

Facing the Führer's inquiry, Zhang Zheng was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly said: "There is an agent of the Intelligence Department, Qin Guozhong, who knows the situation in Changsha City very well, and this information was sent by him at the risk of death. ”

Lin Haijiang nodded and said, "Then bring this Qin Guozhong, I want to ask him about the specific plan of the Qing army!" ”

However, Qin Guozhong was taken to the boat after a while, and Zhang Zheng was glad that he had taken Qin Guozhong with him when he came to meet the head of state in the morning.

Lin Haijiang looked at Qin Guozhong who was standing in front of him with a serious expression, Lin Haijiang could hardly imagine that this legendary intelligence officer could be matched by those legendary handsome men and women in the intelligence community in later generations, Qin Guozhong's appearance made Lin Haijiang, who was the head of state, repeatedly warned himself not to judge people by his appearance, had an urge to take off the military uniform from Qin Guozhong.

In Lin Haijiang's view, Qin Guozhong's wearing the emperor's [***] costume is simply a complete subversion and destruction of the emperor's [***] image! Lin Haijiang also knows very well that handsome men and beautiful women can only appear as spies on specific occasions, after all, they are too ostentatious, Qin Guozhong is a guy who feels a little obscene when you look at him, you want to vomit when you look at him twice, and you can't help but beat him up after three glances, it can be said that it is a good material for intelligence, and no one will be interested in a person who looks like a hooligan.

Lin Haijiang looked at Qin Guozhong and said solemnly: "Agent Qin, have you personally confirmed the area where the Qing army is preparing to carry out the blasting?" ”

Qin Guozhong replied with a straight face: "Report to the Führer, I have personally confirmed the section of the embankment dug by the Qing army, as well as the storage location of the gunpowder. ”

Lin Haijiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then let you follow the armed gendarmerie special commando team once and enter Changsha City to stop the Qing army from detonating, do you dare?" ”

"Humble duty is always on standby!" Qin Guozhong's sonorous answer made Lin Haijiang suddenly look at this intelligence agent differently.

Lin Haijiang summoned Shen Chaoyang, the captain of the second commando of the armed gendarmerie special forces who came with the supplementary brigade and the regiment directly under the headquarters, to the puffer fish 01 boat, Lin Haijiang pointed to the map of Changsha and said: "All the gunboats of Captain Qi Zhitao will carry two companies of troops to cooperate with your commando action, because our army has never invested in inland river gunboats, so in addition to a few batteries near the water and land docks, the main means of the Qing army's river defense are two barrage iron cables that block navigation, and blow up the barrage iron cables. Then Agent Qin Guozhong will lead you straight to the section where the Qing army is preparing to blow up the embankment, destroy the gunpowder that the Qing army is preparing to blow up the embankment, occupy the section of the embankment where the Qing army has dug the blasting hole, block the reinforcements of the Qing army, and launch three red signal flares after success, at which time the troops outside the city will start a general attack, the assault team and the two companies thrown together will hold out until they join the main force, and Qi Zhitao's river gunboat team will provide the necessary artillery support. ”

Lin Haijiang turned to Gao Qi and Zhang Zheng: "Do you all think a few plans are feasible?" ”

Gao Qi, Zhang Zheng, and Zhang Wei can be said to be looking at each other, not knowing what to say, this plan can be said from beginning to end They just put forward a concept, and the rest were perfected by the Führer alone, who can say that this plan is not good? Do you know that the Führer is equivalent to the existence of the military god of the empire, and the Führer's military command talent can only be described as miracles and miracles, questioning the tactical plan formulated by the Führer? Gao Qi, Zhang Zheng, Zhang Wei and others did not dare, not only did they not dare now, but they still did not dare to borrow a few of their courage in the future.

Suddenly, a young staff officer with a staff officer on his shoulder stepped forward and said, "Report to the Führer, the lower officer requests to speak!" ”

Lin Haijiang glanced at the young staff officer and said, "What's your name?" ”

The young staff officer snapped and said: "Report to the principal, Zhang Dingbang, the second batch of students of the Xiaguan Imperial Official Academy!" ”

Lin Haijiang nodded and said, "Permission to speak!" ”

Zhang Dingbang came to the map, looked around and saluted, and then said: "I think there are a few things wrong with the Führer's battle plan, and they need to be corrected!" ”

As soon as Zhang Dingbang's words came out, Gao Qi was the first to speak: "Nonsense! Do you dare to say anything about the plans made by the Führer? The Führer Dangkou, the British and French forces and the city of Guangzhou, you don't know what to do? ”

Lin Haijiang waved his hand and said, "Don't speak, listen to him!" ”

Zhang Dingbang glanced at Lin Haijiang very gratefully and continued: "The first point, in terms of the principle of the use of armed gendarmerie special forces, this operation is undoubtedly very cost-effective, even if it is ten to one or even twenty to one that suffers is still our army, you must know that 80% of the members of the armed gendarmerie special forces are officers, and a small number are non-commissioned officers, all of whom belong to the elite of our army, and forcibly breaking through the fortification is the work of the infantry, and there is no need to arm the military police special forces at all!" ”

Zhang Dingbang's words made Shen Chaoyang involuntarily glance at this side, Zhang Dingbang paused and continued: "The Hunan army is brave, the city defense of Changsha is strong, and the Qing army is ready to fight street battles, complex street battles do not take advantage of our army's superior firepower, but are convenient for the enemy army who are familiar with the terrain and terrain to play, and under the advantages of the other, it will form an unfavorable situation for our army, and our army's strength does not have an absolute surname advantage over the Qing army in the city, according to the previous experience of siege street battles, the street battles after breaking through the city walls will last at least about 48 hours, And will the assault detachment be able to hold out for 48 hours in a situation of siege? If the assault detachment is completely wiped out, it will have a huge impact on the morale of our army, please consider it carefully! ”

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly and said to everyone: "I am not an immortal, I will make mistakes, I hope you all remember this!" ”

Lin Haijiang said to Zhang Dingbang: "According to your analysis, Staff Officer Zhang, I have reformulated the battle deployment plan as follows, the armed gendarmerie special forces and assault companies will attack as usual, the troops outside the city will be changed to feint and cooperate, and Qi Zhitao's inland river gunboat team will immediately retreat from the original route once it attacks the gunpowder storage site used by the Qing army to blow up the embankment!" ”

Lin Haijiang paused and said, "Gao Qi's First Mountain Infantry Regiment is on alert to the Yiyang side and occupies the key points of Sifang Mountain!" To ensure the safety of the flanks of the troops besieging Changsha City, transfer two divisions to Zhang Zheng's command, Zhang Zheng's First Army Corps is attached to a division of the Third Army Corps, and be sure to take the commanding heights of Yuelu Mountain within three days, and then Zhang Wei will transport all six 150 mm heavy guns to the top of the mountain, I want to give Changsha City a big roll call! Then, the headquarters of the First Army Corps transferred two divisions and the First Marine Brigade to occupy Huilong, Shuitang, and Xianing respectively, and the rest of the troops still maintained the encirclement of Changsha City. ”

After Lin Haijiang finished arranging, everyone present understood that the head of state was preparing to encircle the point and send reinforcements, Lin Haijiang patted Zhang Dingbang's shoulder and said, "Are you a member of the iron-blooded young officer corps?" ”

Zhang Dingbang immediately stood up and saluted: "Report to the Führer, I am!" ”

Lin Haijiang turned to face Shen Chaoyang and smiled slightly: "You don't have to say it, it's definitely too!" I still remember that you were the first flag-bearer of the official school. ”

Shen Chaoyang nodded and said, "The principal still remembers me!" ”

Lin Haijiang nodded and said: "I can remember each and every one of you, not only should I remember, but in the future, I will let the people of all China remember you heroes who fought for the nation's reading power and the rise of the country!" ”

Lin Haijiang had his own vision for the early days of the Chinese Empire, but he was not very sure whether his idea could be implemented smoothly and become a reality.

Historically, fascism or fascism still has a considerable market in the world, especially in some second- or third-tier countries, the implementation of strict political axe control, the monopoly of power by the ruler of the country or the leader of a certain political party, the implementation of a planned economy and the militarization of the general surname of the people, it can be said that fascism is not fundamentally different from the various doctrines of its contemporaries, and the collective farms implemented by the Soviet Union in the twenties and thirties in the later generations, The militia system and so on are actually the same as the original intention of fascism, the only difference is that fascism has gone the wrong way in the hands of Hitler and Mussolini, or it can be said that Germany and Italy were defeated by the militarism!

History is naturally written by the victors, but before fascism exposed its foreign expansion and brutal plunder, at least for the current China, it is a kind of doctrine and system that can effectively enhance the ruling efficiency of the state apparatus, especially for China, which has a strong feudal tradition and lacks the spirit of boiling, it still has a great construction surname, so Lin Haijiang decided to borrow some of the essence and skeleton of fascist theory in the main policy of the Chinese Empire. to build and improve the general program of the governance of the Chinese Empire and the key points of the imperial national discipline.

(To be continued)