Chapter Seventy-One: Preparing for the Attack
Half a year, not short, not long, Yuan Shikai has carried out two phases of soldier training in South Africa, and the Boer authorities have also excluded a thousand excellent instructors to start training their army, in the blink of an eye, after half a year, the Boers will have 24,000 of the most elite soldiers and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who can be called soldiers, of course, the hypothetical object is Wang Lin's army.
Wang Lin has completely changed the fate of Yuan Shikai and the original history, but Wang Lin wants to be the one who changes the environment, he needs an environment of unity, mutual love, and sincerity, not an environment of deceit. Since no one in this world can change it, then Wang Lin has to change it himself.
For half a year, Wang Lin spent half a year speculating on the feasibility of the offensive plan drawn up by the General Staff and conducting the final parachute training for the three airborne regiments composed of soldiers who had already been selected. As for the British side, Wang Lin has now completely eliminated his land threat, and it is one thing whether he can withdraw from the Boer battlefield in a short time, let alone stop Wang Lin's plan of armed attack.
Because of Wang Lin's obstruction in the Eight-Nation Alliance, he sent the Pacific Fleet to the mainland to make trouble, and destroyed most of its military industrial enterprises and leading enterprises in all aspects, so that the economic losses of the Legon were serious, and after the intimidation of the fleet, the Emperor of the Empire, who had always been bold, finally had to withdraw more than 20,000 soldiers sent to the Qing Kingdom to the Korean Peninsula.
In the face of the tension after the withdrawal of the troops, the remaining Seven Nations Coalition also had to consider the matter of retreating, originally in the name of eliminating the Boxers, and with the more than 20,000 soldiers on the side of the Boxer, there was no need for the rest of the countries to send too many troops, and the road was far away, and it was not suitable to send too many troops. Finally, five months ago, he took a train back to Tianjin via Yanjing, and then boarded a ship to return to China.
At first, the great powers of various countries were still suspicious of what happened to Yueben, and the unrelenting Seven Nations Coalition went to Yueben to see the situation through Yuebenhai again, and also collected some information by the way, they also held the idea that the other party did not dare to start a war with the Seven Kingdoms, so they went so generously, and there was no concealment along the way.
Disappointed that they did not see the warship mentioned by the Yueben side after arriving at the Yueben, and the shock was that what they saw was a patch of blackened scorched earth, and the air was filled with a scorching smell, even the murderers who had killed and looted in China before, they vomited for a long time at the scene in front of them before hurriedly turning around and returning home.
Although it frightened most of the powers, but for the extremely powerful Tsarist Empire that invaded the territory, the impact of this incident did not last long, according to the report of the Far East secret agents, a large number of Tsarist Russian personnel have been haunted in the Far East recently, and it seems that they are investigating something? In the end, it is speculated that they are preparing for the final dispatch.
This was the largest battle that Wang Lin would have since he came here, and the preparations had lasted the longest. If Hainan can become a country on its own, then according to all the current strength of Hainan, including the strength on the surface and in the shadows, it is comparable to Germany and France, and militarily it will be even better.
"Commander-in-Chief, can you begin?" Tang San stood in front of a vast combat map, holding a baton in his hand.
Wang Lin nodded, this plan, which had been speculated hundreds of times, was finally recognized by many parties, including the high-ranking generals of the Red Guard combat unit, and what they had to do now was only to implement it.
"Now I'll start with a description of the combat mission." Tang San waved his finger and pointed to the map, slowly clicked on it three times, and said, "Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong." These three provinces are our operational objectives this time, and we must complete the occupation of these three provinces within a month, and the army will accompany you with newspaper reporters, administrative personnel, and personnel of the Social Security Department. The commander-in-chief of this operation has decided to give 100 million taels of silver to support the three provinces.
Your task is very simple, do not have more than one battalion of personnel to stay after the occupation, because you still have a lot of work to do, and the armed police force will come to support you later, so don't worry about law and order, but in the end I would like to remind you not to forget that your main task is not to carry out the military occupation, but to make the local people welcome us from the bottom of their hearts, and these tasks are mainly done by the administrative staff, and you are responsible for ensuring their safety. In addition, when you are there, you must issue wartime decrees in the occupied territories as soon as possible, and make sure that everyone can hear and know about them. ”
Tang San carefully introduced the mission objectives and methods of action after arriving there, so as not to make the local people fear their army from the heart, because this is not what Wang Lin needs to see, otherwise he will not directly take out 100 million taels of silver for wartime assistance.
"Now I announce the order for battle." Tang San looked at the people below, but in fact, there were not many people, the commanders of the three armies, the division commanders, Tan Ren, the head of the Political Axe Management Department, Fang Shan, the chief of the police, Yang Shihai, the chief of the armed police force, and Lin Liaoxuan, the commander of the Fourth Airborne Division of Hainan. The General Headquarters is only responsible for issuing operational plans for a certain area, but is not responsible for formulating detailed operational plans for a certain area, and these are required to be accomplished by the staff departments of each of their corps and divisions.
"The 54th Division of the 11th Army and the 9th Division of the 3rd Army of the 109th Brigade of the 67th Division of the 18th Army form the Western Front Army, under the full command of Tang Fenghu, the commander of the 11th Army. At the same time, in addition to the administrative staff and the personnel of the Social Security Department, there will also be the 99th Brigade of the 55th Division of the 11th Army, which will be stationed in Chongzuo and Baise along the way, and you are just stopping by. Tang San gave the task in detail.
Tang Fenghu, commander of the 11th Army, immediately saluted, saying that he understood and accepted the combat mission.
Tang San looked at Tang Fenghu and continued to point to the map.
"The remainder of the 55th Division of the 11th Army and the 56th Division and the 10th Division of the Third Army form a central line force, under the full command of Zhao Shuiming, the commander of the Third Army, and your task is to land from Beihai, directly march to Nanning, and then be responsible for occupying the entire territory of Guangxi."
Zhao Shuiming, commander of the Third Army, immediately saluted, indicating that he understood and accepted the combat mission.
"The 67th Division of the 18th Army except for the 109th Brigade, together with the 68th Division, the 69th Division, and the 11th Division of the Third Army, form the Eastern Front Force, under the full command of Tang Zhiyun, the commander of the 18th Army, your mission is to land from Zhanjiang, and take Guangzhou directly along the way, in Guangzhou you will have to face the personnel will be more chaotic, you need to be especially careful, the commander-in-chief and I mean, as long as the other party cooperates with us there, then take care of him a little, if you don't cooperate, you will be killed, and when you get there, after implementing the wartime decree, All foreigners must also be imprisoned en masse, and those who resist stubborn enemies can be killed, regardless of nationality. ”
Tang Zhiyun, commander of the 18th Army, immediately saluted, indicating that he understood and accepted the task.
The strength of the three-front combat forces in the west and the east is the strongest in the eastern front troops, which almost have three integrated first-class combat divisions and a first-class engineer, but it is worth mentioning that the engineering troops here are worth mentioning that Wang Lin did not want to build this army into a complete engineering army when he first formed this army, and at the same time, the three divisions of the third army are also a B-level combat division, but there is no artillery and heavy weapon firepower, although this situation is not very reasonable, and it is not conducive to the development of engineers, which Wang Lin knowsNow this is just to allow the engineering units to improve their survivability, and the engineering divisions with small-scale combat capabilities are only the three divisions of the Third Army, and in the future, Wang Lin will form a more regular engineering division.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the combat mission has been deployed, for us, the moment you board the ship and set off is the moment when we change history, and history is often written by the victors, you all know how I am, I don't like people to mess around with the rules, I hope that when you get there, you can strictly follow the rules, and there will be no massacres, if this really happens, I can tell you the answer now, you will be tried by a military court, And I won't hide anything for you, what you do will be written down by the accompanying reporters.
And your deeds will be exposed, and you may become popular all over the country because of it, but you will definitely be scolded by people in the back. Okay, I won't say anything superfluous, by the way, I remind you, a month to complete the task, should be enough, this time with you also have our frogman troops, the third line of troops each front has a thousand frogman troops to fight with you, at the same time I have prepared three airborne regiments for you, when you can't support it, call for support at any time, I will send a regiment of soldiers to the battlefield within three hours. ”
Wang Lin ended his final concluding remarks, especially the previous warning, which made these people present dare not commit the things Wang Lin said for the rest of their lives, because they knew that Wang Lin was not talking about fun, but serious. As for the airborne regiment, they have heard and seen it, this is a group of planes, no matter where you are, as long as you call for support and there is no nearby force to provide support, they can appear by your side anytime and anywhere, this is a magical force, and it is even more like a sharp thorn army.
Originally, the landing battle in the early stage of the landing operation was to be completed by the marines, but because of Wang Lin's temporary negligence and the fact that the troops have been insufficient in recent years, and Wang Lin did not want to transfer too many young people to supplement the troops, the formation of the marines was postponed somewhat, and there were not many opportunities to fight beachhead battles during the Qing Dynasty.
March 14, 1902, this day is designated as the first shot to overthrow the Manchu rule, although there have been countless shots fired to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but those have always been unorganized, undisciplined and large-scale battles, so they cannot be called the first shot at all. After the combat mission is issued, the first thing the commanders of each unit do when they return to the unit is to replenish the ammunition and supply of the soldiers, and then study the operational tactics and detailed task assignments, etc., they only need to wait until the troops who come to take over the defense, and after completing the defense handover, they must rush to the assembly place to assemble, and then complete the reorganization of the third line, ready to board the ship and set off.
As for the soldiers who received the defense, of course, there were only a few thousand Red Police soldiers, and the local police also played an absolute role, and the armed police force also stayed in Hainan with 5,000 people to garrison, and then Hainan will be a province with only 10,000 soldiers to defend, but it is also the safest province, because there are two fleets outside, and even the British fleet in the Far East does not want to cross the blockade to Hainan.
ps: Because there's something, I'm going out, and this chapter was updated in advance.
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