At the beginning of February 1897, a large number of ships were assembled at the port of Keelung in Taipei, Taiwan. And the troops under Li Yuanhong's Marine Division began to assemble, and then they began to board the transport ships. And the Marine Division is the main force of the landing battle this time, so they must be used as sharp knives to open the way. Only after they have made a landing will the follow-up troops follow. The Marines were the ones who were responsible for tearing the gaps, and they were the first troops to fight the Dutch.

"Okay, I'll go with you later, this time I'll be the minister of Nanyang, and I'll inspect the Nanyang vassal countries of my 'Great Qing'. Then the Dutch will inevitably stop us, and even when the time comes, they will declare the Republic of Lanfang dead, and then we will have a reason to go to war with them. Wang Guorui said.

And Ouyang Xuan immediately asked, "Governor Wang, do you want to go in person?" ”

Ouyang Xuan felt uneasy, because Wang Guorui was the biggest leader of Taiwan, and if something went wrong with Wang Guorui, then Taiwan would really collapse. Now the child in Zheng Hong's belly has not been born, and even if it is born, I don't know whether it is male or female, and there is nothing like B ultrasound that can be detected at this time. Therefore, once Wang Guorui has any accidents, I am afraid that Taiwan will have no successor, and there will inevitably be chaos. Therefore, Ouyang Xuan was not very relieved that Wang Guorui would fight in person, which was very bad.

Wang Guorui said with certainty: "Yes, if I, the Nanyang minister of the 'Great Qing Dynasty', did not go in person, then I am afraid there is really no reason to declare war with them." Moreover, this southern expedition has a bearing on the future of Taiwan, so I must personally take charge of the command and supervision, so that I can rest assured. ”

Wang Guorui is going to "drive the expedition in person" this time, because this southern expedition is related to the future of Taiwan, so if he can't personally command and supervise it, then Wang Guorui will not be at ease. There were no light radios in this era. You can always know what's ahead. Although wireless telegraphy has now been invented, it is so large that only battleships can equip it. Therefore, although there are radios in the expeditionary force at present, the number is very small, and it can only disseminate important information, and cannot undertake the task of exchanging a large number of instructions from the front and rear. Therefore, Wang Guorui can only be asked to personally command and supervise.

"Okay, now we announce the establishment of the Nanyang Theater. I personally served as commander of the Nanyang Theater, and Chen Liyan, former commander of the Second Division of the Army, served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Nanyang Theater, and was responsible for specific operational command. The Second Division of the Army was to select an additional division commander from the General Political Department and report it to me for final review. Liao Lei, former director of the Propaganda Bureau of the General Political Department, served as the director of the Nanyang Theater Political Department, and the Logistics Department was selected by the General Political Department. ”

"The subordinate units of the Nanyang Military Region are composed of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th Divisions of the Army, and the Marine Division, as well as the cruiser detachment and the service ship detachment. It accounts for almost 70 percent of Taiwan's military strength. ”

Everyone heard Wang Guorui's appointment, and they all realized why Wang Guorui personally served as the leader of this Nanyang Theater. Because this Nanyang Theater can be said to concentrate two-thirds of Taiwan's current army, if any leader is allowed to directly hand over two-thirds of his troops to others to manage, I am afraid that not too many people will be able to do this. And this Nanyang Military Region is almost the essence of the Taiwan army, so it is probably not impossible for Wang Guorui to personally serve as the commander.

If Wang Guorui included five of the seven divisions of the Marine Division, which occupied Taiwan and could conduct land warfare, even the navy would have dispatched two detachments of fleets to carry out operations. If Wang Guorui authorizes someone else to directly manage such a large force, then that person must dare to accept it! After all, if you take it. The leader of the family is always suspicious of you in the back, and when the time comes, you will not only have to worry about the enemy in front of you. If you also have to worry about the suspicion of the leader in the rear, then you will definitely be unlucky.

Therefore, Wang Guorui personally served as the commander of this Nanyang Military Region, so everyone can rest assured. As long as Wang Guorui personally serves as the commander of this Nanyang Military Region, then this can be reassured. It can even make the people of Taiwan feel at ease, and no one can directly manage so many troops.

"Thank you Lord Wang for your cultivation, I will definitely assist Lord Wang well. Win this war to open up the South Seas! Chen Liyan said.

Chen Liyan heard that Wang Guorui personally served as the commander of the Nanyang Military Region, and he himself served as the deputy commander and chief of staff. Although he was dismissed from the post of commander of the second division, he knew that he was going to be reused. Because although Wang Guorui personally served as the commander of the Nanyang Military Region, everyone knew that this was only a political factor, not a military factor. It is not very likely that Wang Guorui personally interfered in military command. Wang Guorui is mainly responsible for macro strategy and the formation of the Nanyang regional government, and the military is mainly in charge of the deputy commander and chief of staff.

And Wang Guorui appointed Chen Liyan as deputy commander and chief of staff, which means that the actual military commander of this war is Chen Liyan. Next, as long as this battle is finished, Chen Liyan will be promoted again, and there is almost no problem. Because everyone knows that the next two Taiwan will definitely continue to expand its army, after all, six army divisions will definitely not be able to rule the whole of Indonesia, especially when so many natives are hostile to the Chinese, and more troops must be used to defend it. At that time, a larger number of troops will inevitably be established, and I am afraid that when the time comes, it will be necessary to establish a corps-level establishment.

If this expansion war can be completed, then Chen Liyan is an officer who has commanded joint operations of the army and navy, and he can be regarded as an all-rounder. And Wang Guorui gave Chen Liyan a chance this time, which allowed him to train a larger-scale army operation, and it was still a joint operation of multiple services and arms of the army and navy, so that the future must be very clear. Wang Guorui has already said that the future trend will definitely be that joint operations between the navy and the army will be the mainstream, so it is certainly very necessary to train a group of officers who can command joint operations of the navy and army at the same time.

If we can command the war against the Dutch this time, then Taiwan's armed forces will inevitably be expanded on a large scale in the future, and units at the military level will also be established. Then he will definitely be able to become one of the first army commanders, and maybe even the first army commander in Taiwan.

"Now, get ready to go." Wang Guorui said.

The Marine Division has already begun to take ships on the service ship detachment and prepare for departure, and the first batch of the current battle is only the Marine Corps. Although the Nanyang Military Region has the first, second, fifth, and sixth, and fourth army divisions under it, these four army divisions will not be in the first batch to fight immediately, and they will only be transferred from the island of Taiwan when necessary. Only after the successful landing of the marines and the seizure of sea supremacy by the Navy will they be transferred from the island of Taiwan to Indonesia.

Wang Guorui followed the commander of the Nanyang Military Region and began to board the Jingyuan cruiser, and this battleship with the same name as the Jingyuan battleship of the Beiyang Naval Division at that time has become the general headquarters of the Nanyang Military Region, because the so-called Nanyang Military Region is not really able to have a piece of land as a command, so the command is set up on the ship. The Jingyuan is also the headquarters of the Nanyang Military Region, and Wang Guorui, the commander, is of course commanded on the Jingyuan. Of course, if you wait for the landing in Indonesia, then you can naturally move the headquarters to land.

"Governor Wang, the ship is quite crowded, and the major staff officers live together, so please bear with me, then please live with Miss Tanya and Miss Natasha, as well as this Director Kang Tongwei and Miss Liu!" Said the bridge staff officer on the ship.

And Wang Guorui looked at the bridge staff officer who kept glancing at him, obviously hinting at Wang Guorui something. And Wang Guorui immediately praised this guy in his heart for really having a level, and he would arrange it like this. He arranged Wang Guorui, Tanya and Natasha together, which is obviously giving Wang Guorui a chance! Now although Wang Guorui has accepted this Natasha, Tanya has not had a chance to accept it. And Tanya, a cold woman, seems to be very cold, and has never taken the initiative to hook up with Wang Guorui like Natasha. Even Wang Guorui still likes to ignore it, this time he takes advantage of this to live on the ship, that is, he can get a good opportunity to get close to Tanya. can even let Wang Guorui be out and solve the problem of physiological needs with Natasha Kang and Wei!

This war, because Zheng Hong was pregnant, did not follow. Chen Lin didn't follow because she wanted to learn Chinese characters. And Kang Tongwei and Natasha Tanya all followed, and even Liu Xue, the sister of Liu Enguan, who had just established a relationship recently, also followed, so that they were all arranged to share a room with Wang Guorui, so wouldn't this give Wang Guorui a chance? When the time comes, they will all live together, and it can be used as an opportunity to get in touch with a few beauties, and maybe even something that can't be said clearly.

"Nanyang Military Region, now it's officially departure!"

"Woo-" "Woo-" "Woo-" ......

With the whistle of the steamboat, a large fleet of almost 100 ships began to depart from Taipei and then headed south. And the whole of Taiwan, including the General Intelligence Administration, has also begun to operate, from the island of Taiwan to the city of Beijing in the north, and all the military and political diplomatic work has been carried out together. And no one knows that this time Taiwan will carry out an expansion campaign, and Western countries are not prepared for this at all, and Wang Guorui will give them a very huge surprise. (To be continued......)