Lin Haijiang looked at the old port in the colorful night, because of the vigorous investment in urban infrastructure construction, there are kerosene lamps on both sides of the streets of the old port at night, and the city as a whole is on the rise like a platform at one level, the old port and now the entire island of Sumatra are implemented military control, but the management mode of this military control is very close to the life of ordinary people.

That is, the external tension is strict, and it does not affect the life and entertainment of normal ordinary people, so although the night is deep, you can still hear the slight sound of the piano and the noise in the bar.

Lin Haijiang paced to the window, looking at the direction of the lighted port, the night was like a monster's bloody mouth, and the fluttering lights on the patrol boat in the distance made Lin Haijiang's fists clench unconsciously.

On the whole, the Prussians' strategic arrangements were not a major problem, but in September 1858, the French had landed in Da Nang in central Annam, and asked Annam to set up a consulate in Da Nang, but the Nguyen dynasty of Annam refused on the spot, and the French immediately occupied Da Nang.

At that time, Nguyen Phuc Shi sent a secret letter to the Qing court asking for help from the Governor's Mansion of Liangguang, but it is unknown how Ye Mingchen and the Qing court replied to Lin Haijiang.

Lin Haijiang remembered that in history, in order to have the suzerainty of the whole of Vietnam, France and China broke out a protracted Sino-French war, and most of the records of the Chinese side were dominated by the defeat of the French army, but in fact, before the armistice, the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam had been substantially protected by France, more than 90% of Vietnam's territory, major cities such as the capital Hue, Hanoi, and Saigon at that time had fallen into the hands of the French army, and the Qing army only successfully defended and counterattacked at Zhennan Pass, and the Qing army never conquered large cities during the Sino-French war, and the casualties between the Qing army and the French army were several times that of the enemy. In addition, Vietnam and Guangdong had lost their sea power and were difficult to supply, and Vietnam had actually fallen into the hands of France.

The French occupied central and northern Vietnam and Cambodia between 1883 and 1885, naming central Vietnam as Annam, and the northern part as Tokyo, and in 1885, China and France signed the Treaty of Tianjin, the Qing Dynasty formally renounced Vietnam's suzerainty, and in October 1887, the French Indochina Federation was formally established.

Later, in the Franco-Siamese War of 1893, Laos was also included in the Federation of French Indochina, and although France had de facto control over Indochina, the royal families of the previous kingdoms were still retained as puppets, which Lin Haijiang believed was the real genius of the French.

Although the Qing court won the battle of Zhennanguan, the overall strategy and even tactics were already difficult to return, and a disguised compromise was adopted.

Lin Haijiang's fingers stretched on the map of Annan, and after a while, he suddenly said loudly: "Adjutant, let Chief of Staff Zhang Wei immediately gather all the strategic analysts in the Strategic Section of the General Staff Headquarters, be quick!" ”

The Strategic Section of the General Staff Headquarters of the Chinese Empire can be said to be the most important department in the entire General Staff Headquarters, which is known as the golden brain, and the elites in the department can be said to be the staff professionals, who are responsible for providing all kinds of the most scientific analysis results and cooperating with the overall strategic formulation of the Empire.

At the time of a cup of coffee, nineteen people, including Zhang Wei, quickly gathered and arrived, Lin Haijiang looked at the young and serious faces, these faces are the future of the Chinese Empire, and it can even be said that the future of the Chinese Empire is in their hands.

Lin Haijiang pointed to the map and smiled slightly: "Although it is very late today, I have gathered everyone here to arrange a matter to explain to you." ”

Lin Haijiang looked around at the strategic analysis staff officers who held their breath for a while, and then said: "I hope you will come up with a specific strategic analysis of Annan now, if our army attacks Annan or even the entire Indochina, how many troops and material supplies will be needed?" What will be the reaction of the enemy we will face? What are the specific strategies and measures that will affect us from the existing and potential hostile forces? ”

Lin Haijiang immediately glanced at Zhang Wei, the chief of staff, Zhang Wei sorted out the documents in his hand and said slowly: "Annan has been a land of turmoil and rebellion since ancient times, until the rebellion of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms broke away from our Chinese territory and became a vassal state, I think it is necessary for us to strengthen the intelligence work of Annan before formulating the relevant detailed strategy, and now our intelligence work on Annan is still in its infancy, knowing the other and knowing the enemy and knowing the enemy will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and now we lack understanding of our enemies and necessary intelligence support. As a result, the Strategic Analysis Section is not in a position to provide effective intelligence and analytical support. ”

Huang Tao, chief of the Strategic Analysis Section, who was standing beside Zhang Wei, nodded seriously and said: "In addition to historical, international political, and geographical factors, we must also strengthen the political and ideological education of the troops participating in the war, first define this war as a just war to recover the lost homeland, and instill in the participating fleets, marines, and army officers and soldiers the concept that Annan has been our Chinese territory since ancient times, and that the great cause of recovering the lost land for thousands of years will be left behind!" ”

Zhang Wei glanced at Lin Haijiang and said: "Then I will first introduce the specific situation of Annam and Indochina, wait for the download for preliminary analysis and discussion, and then after the relevant intelligence is collected, I will formulate a strategic plan according to local conditions." ”

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Haijiang, who nodded his head, to be honest, it was not the first time that the third watch was assembled in the middle of the night to engage in strategic analysis, but every time the head of state convened in the middle of the night, the staff officers of the strategic analysis section had to be extremely excited, because after every strategic analysis, it was the strategic deployment that entered the implementation stage.

The strategic operational plans for attacking Hainan, Taiwan, and the Ryukyus were all drawn up in this way, because the Tactical Formulation Section of the General Staff Headquarters was still in the process of being formed and the personnel were not yet in place, so almost all the strategic and tactical planning and organization and implementation were completed by the Strategic Section.

However, in the eyes of these future eagles of the Strategic Analysis Section, the capture of Hainan, Taiwan, and Ryukyu is just a pediatric, and they are eager for a real national-level strategic showdown, but to their great disappointment, Hainan and Taiwan are almost unfired, almost all tactical plans and filings have become waste paper, and some battles that cannot even be called battles in the Ryukyus are the only places where there are crossfire casualties.

Zhang Wei flipped through the information and said: "According to the records of the Qing court, the name of Annam is canonized as Vietnam, before that, the name of Vietnam has been changed several times, and the ethnic situation in the land of Annam is very complicated, from the perspective of linguistics, the mother tongue of the Jing people is usually considered to belong to the Austroasiatic language family, so the Jing people are generally regarded as the Austroasiatic language people. Another theory holds that the Jing people are the main body of the Zhuang-Dong language group of Baiyue descendants, and the people of the Austronesian language group, the Khmer people of the Austroasiatic language people, and the Han people of the Sino-Tibetan language group are reintegrated into the ethnic group. Due to the long-term influence of Chinese culture, the Jing culture is closer to East Asia than to Southeast Asia. ”

Zhang Wei smiled very unkindly and continued: "It is said that the two toes of the ancient Vietnamese intersected, that is, deformed, so they were called crossed toes by us Chinese. In the period of the northern counties, it was called Jiaozhou, and this gang of killers escalated in disguise, and when it came to the Tang Dynasty, the Annan Protectorate was established. Since the Ding Dynasty read power, the founding name of Da Qu Yue, was named the king of Jiaozhi by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but the Chinese courts in successive dynasties are still used to be commensurate with the country of Annan, which contains more or less the meaning of submission to China. ”

Huang Tao, who was standing next to Zhang Wei, continued: "For the Qing court, Annam is just the name used on the occasion, the Nguyen regime rose to the south, and finally annexed Chenla to unify the whole of Vietnam, out of the intention of showing that the Nguyen family has a long history and is bright and bright, Nguyen Phuc Anh strongly advocated changing the name of the country to South Vietnam!" However, the Qing court rejected the idea that the historical South Vietnam included Guangdong and Guangxi, and that the literal meaning did not match the reality of the Nguyen regime's rule over Jiaozhou. Ruan Phuc Anh refused to give up, fought again and again, and threatened not to be canonized if he could not get his wish. In the end, the Qing court adopted a compromise proposition, turning South Vietnam upside down into Vietnam, and giving the new meaning of the Yue character crown on the previous territory and the Nan character listed in the table below with its new tin domain, but for our Chinese Empire, our Ministry recognized any unequal treaties imposed on us by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in collusion with the Great Powers, and did not recognize the rule of the Nguyen Dynasty, so the official title of the Chinese Empire was Annam. ”

Lin Haijiang was very satisfied with Huang Tao's explanation, and instructed the clerk on the side: "Write down all the words of Section Chief Huang word for word, hand them over to the Political Training Department, supplement and improve them and distribute them to various units as political training study materials, and organize officers and soldiers to study. ”

Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment and said: "Führer, we don't have relevant information here?" ”

Lin Haijiang glared at Zhang Wei and shouted at the door: "Is Vice Minister Li Min from the Propaganda Office of the Political Training Department here?" ”

With a report like a yellow bird, Li Min, who was well-proportioned and had a bright face, walked into the room, and saw that the room was full of staff officers with gold and red trouser line logos on their shoulders, Li Min was slightly stunned, and then gave a military salute neatly and waited aside.

Looking at Zhang Wei and Huang Tao, who were almost staring at Li Min, they were scrambling to analyze the following information, Lin Haijiang waved his hand and said: "Vice Minister Li Min, I need a memo on the specific incident of the Ruan Dynasty's persecution of our people, plundering the surname, and the French being brutal and unkind, burning and looting. ”

Li Min snapped a righteous and said: "Please rest assured, tomorrow I promise to hand over a copy of the fingerprint with the signature of a specific witness, the statement of a person who has personally experienced it, and a chain of evidence with a large amount of physical evidence, and cooperate with a sad cry and so on." ”

Lin Haijiang glanced at Zhang Wei and Huang Tao, nodded to Zhang Min and said, "Vice Minister Li, you can go and get busy with you." ”

Li Min naturally knew that absolute secrecy was involved here, and it was impossible for her to be present with her level of secrecy, so she went out happily and avoided it.

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "If there is no power in this world, there will be no war, if there is no money, there will be no intrigue, and if there is no woman, then we will all become friends again." ”

Almost everyone knew that Zhang Wei and Huang Tao both had thoughts about Li Min, so they couldn't help but laugh!

Lin Haijiang touched this earth instrument with his hand, Indochina is what later generations called the Indochina Peninsula, and it is also the place where his dreams are haunted, if history exists, then why can't the Chinese Navy in later generations even build its own aircraft carrier? The Chinese Navy strategically needs aircraft carriers, but in later generations, high-precision and sophisticated weapons have developed, and the few ports along China's coastline that are strategically surrounded by aircraft carriers that can anchor aircraft carriers are within the range of warplanes and cruise missiles of hostile forces, which means that the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy have become targets of the other side without leaving the port.

History must not be allowed to repeat itself! Lin Haijiang gave the globe a hard look and said: "The Indochina Peninsula, also known as the Sino-Indian Peninsula. Located between China and the South Asian subcontinent, west of the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca, east of the Pacific Ocean of the South China Sea, for the bridge between East Asia and the archipelago, the southern end of the peninsula chokes the throat of the South China Sea, the Singapore Strait and the Strait of Malacca, is the main route of international shipping, transportation and strategic significance is extremely important, the countries on the peninsula include Annam, Laos, China's Yunnan, Cambodia, Siam, Myanmar, and the western part of Malaysia, is the peninsula with the most countries in the world. ”

Lin Haijiang paused and said: "As a strategic staff officer, you must know very well that there are many strategically important harbors on the Indochina Peninsula, the overall terrain of the peninsula is high in the north and low in the south, with many mountains and plateaus, and the north is the ancient and tall Shan Plateau, and there are a large number of non-ferrous metal deposits on the peninsula, among which lead, zinc, silver, antimony, copper, tin, tungsten and other minerals occupy a large and important position. Other associated deposits are coal, precious stones, rock salt, oil and natural gas. In addition, water resources and forest resources are also quite abundant. The dry season and the rainy season are distinct, and the countries on the peninsula are all agricultural countries, producing teak, rubber, rice, sugarcane, oil palm, coconut oil, pepper, etc., among which the output of rubber and oil palm ranks first in the world. ”

Lin Haijiang waved his hand and continued to say domineeringly: "This is a cornucopia of his mother!" The French can be said to have a very good vision, but we can only say sorry to them, because this place has been my Chinese territory since ancient times. ”

Zhang Wei stood next to Lin Haijiang and was dumbfounded, and all the strategic analysts were also stunned to look at Lin Haijiang who was excited, because the peninsula mentioned by the Führer contained a large number of non-ferrous metal deposits, including lead, zinc, silver, antimony, copper, tin, tungsten, and other minerals that they had never seen in the materials of the General Staff Headquarters on Annan. A lot of people are in the hair.

Because almost all the information has to be summarized by the General Staff Headquarters for unified analysis and collation before it is provided to the Führer, does the Führer have another way of intelligence? You must know that mineral intelligence is almost equivalent to the lifeblood of a country!

However, the staff officers were also extremely excited, because Lin Haijiang said that this time they seemed to be going to do a big one, and listening to what the Führer said, the strategic goal was definitely not just a small Annan, but the whole of Indochina, these extremely fanatical young people can be said to be extremely quick and intelligent people, they did not correct but cheered Lin Haijiang's obvious common sense mistakes, it can be said that these staff officers have great power, What they like to hear the most is the sentence of the head of state, xxx, which has been the territory of China since ancient times.

Lin Haijiang also realized that he had revealed his mouth, so he hurriedly coughed and said: "This is an intelligence file from the intelligence department, which I read and forgot to file back, so it's normal for you not to see it, and tomorrow I will arrange for Wang Faren to send you a record." ”

Lin Haijiang changed the topic and said: "The Indochina Peninsula has many ethnic groups and a long history of development, and most of the main rivers and main mountain ranges of the Indochina Peninsula extend from China, so there is a saying that the mountains have the same vein and the water has the same origin, and the Indochina Peninsula is the cradle of ancient civilization in Southeast Asia, and the important cities of its countries are mostly distributed along the rivers and seas, and the main ports are Haiphong, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Saigon, Kampong Son, Sattahip, Bangkok, Singapore, Port Klang, Penang Port, Mawlamyine, and Yangon. All countries on the peninsula have close historical and cultural ties with China and India, so the Indochina Peninsula is also known as the Sino-Indian Peninsula or the Indochina Peninsula in history. ”

Lin Haijiang tapped the map with his hand and continued: "So we want to use the Indochina Peninsula as the official title, this move is extremely beneficial for us to quote, when the time comes, the Ministry of Political Training will be responsible for publishing articles, what kind of stone monuments to declare sovereignty, and the Tang of the Han will bury them there, anyway, no one will be able to verify clearly, when the time comes, our warship will open there, a cannon, dare to have any doubts, a cannonball will hit him so that he can't even remember who his mother is." ”

Hahaha, Lin Haijiang's words caused all the staff officers to laugh, and after laughing, Lin Haijiang said seriously: "You are strategic staff officers, these are things that need to be cooperated at the strategic level, and they are all within your responsibilities, you are the decision-making brain of the strategic direction of my Chinese emperor's [***] affairs, and your duty is to provide me with enough choices for reference, I want to go You must maintain a new vitality, and constantly seek the ambition of expansion, the man has lived in the world, why not make contributions and go down in history?" ”

Looking at a group of excited staff officers, Lin Haijiang said solemnly: "In the future, your team will become larger and larger, and your scope will become wider and wider, politics is a means to deal with the aftermath of the war, and war is a pawn that acts as a vanguard for politics, this world is very big, but there are not many places suitable for human habitation, and many precious resources are non-renewable, so we are fighting for my children and grandchildren and even their children and grandchildren today, fighting for living space, But in any case, I ask you to remember that it is easy to start a war, but you also have to learn how to end a war. ”

Wanton militarism can only lead nations and nations to destruction! We have to learn to be smart people, eat clean and wipe our mouths, and get cheap is the true meaning, in the interests of national disputes, the so-called reputation and credibility are stinky shit!

(To be continued)