Episode 22 Dongjiang Fleet

Xiang Xiaoqiang tugged in his heart, stayed for a while, and still said quietly:

"Brother Xu, what do you say?"

Xu Zhien "shh

"Don't make a noise to my brother, just listen."

……

Director Chen understated:

"How can I say it, the vigilance of the puppet Qing this time is still quite strict. The guards around the headquarters were probably several times larger than usual. And after yesterday's lesson, they have also improved their vigilance a lot. It should be said that in order to successfully rescue, we have to prepare for certain difficulties in customer service. ”

Someone in the darkness snorted coldly and said:

"Just a few words, I'm afraid there is a suspicion of prevarication, right?"

It was another king of the Imperial Court who spoke.

"Lord Wang doesn't need to be in a hurry," Director Chen also said coldly, "It's okay to buckle your hat after listening." ”

"Yes," Xu Yuanzhen also said with a smile, "Lord Wang, don't worry. Director Chen said a little more detailed, for example, what is 'several times'? How exactly can vigilance be improved? What kind of difficulties do we have to overcome? Let's hear it. ”

Director Xu glanced at Shen Rongxuan, Shen Rongxuan sighed lightly and nodded.

Director Xu gritted his teeth and said:

"In addition to the original guard company of the headquarters, a reinforced battalion was transferred from the outside to the headquarters. Sandbags were piled up at the entrance to the headquarters compound and at the sticky pole, and machine guns were set up. Most of the intersections in Pukou Town are guarded by sentry posts, and machine guns are also set up at important intersections, plus a squad to guard them. The entire gendarmerie battalion was put on patrol, and now the streets of Pukou are full of gendarmes in groups of three, stopping and interrogating suspicious people when they see them. In addition, a lot of soldiers were also sent to patrol the riverside, leading wolf dogs. The searchlights of the anti-aircraft artillery units were all turned on, shining into the sky. The surface of the river also brightly illuminated. In short, it's more difficult. ”

Wang Yushi sneered and said lightly:

"Ah, I see."

Xu Yuanzhen also smiled:

"Hehe, the old man doesn't understand military affairs, there are many generals here, oh, and commandos. Let's discuss it and see how to rescue it. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart was cold when he heard it: This is also a rescue fart.

The old man fought for a long time haha, and he went around in such a big circle, just to block both roads: What's the matter, you can do it yourself.

At this time someone spoke:

"Well, or else...... Ben Hou has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible. ”

Shen Rongxuan's eyes lit up, and he bowed:

"Master Hou, please speak."

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked quietly:

"Who is this?"

Xu Zhien whispered:

"Marquis Zhu of Wuling, an uncle of His Majesty's clan."

Oh, it's also the royal family, probably sent here to sit down.

Marquis Wuling said:

"Is there a map of the north? The proportions are a little larger. ”

After a while, a "complete map of the Ming Empire" appeared on the slide cloth, and a big hand placed it in northern China.

"Well," said Marquis Wuling, "you see, Ben Hou thinks so, since it is difficult to rescue Pukou and the railway line is deep into the enemy's territory, can we do it in the Tianjin or Cangzhou section of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, which is very close to the sea, and we can send a submarine to pick them up." ”

The Tianjin-Pudong Railway of the Qing Dynasty was originally only from Tianjin to Pukou, and later the Qing Dynasty made up the section from Beijing to Tianjin. However, people are still accustomed to saying "Jinpu Railway".

As soon as Marquis Wuling said this, everyone stared at the map and studied it, and the vice commander of the navy and the two fleet commanders also gathered together to discuss. Shen Rongxuan pinched a sweat in his heart and looked at the three of them. In fact, the factory guard and the two royal families wanted to rescue, and the military generals also hoped to rescue, especially the navy, which was their people after all. But when I heard that the situation was so serious, I just cringed a little.

The hope in Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart suddenly ignited again. He didn't hope for the power of the imperial family, but mainly the idea of Marquis Wuling reminded him. With the level of "military fan", he vaguely felt that this idea was feasible.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at the Liaodong section on the map, staring at the Changshan Islands on the east side of the Liaodong Peninsula. It is very close to Tianjin, just across the Bohai Sea.

When he walked around Xinjiekou in the morning, Qiu Qian told him that the Changshan Islands were the northernmost piece of land currently controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the Jin army rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and occupied the land of Liaodong, but because there was no naval division, a series of islands along the Liaodong Peninsula were still controlled by the Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was called "Dongjiang Town", the headquarters was in Phi Island, and the chief military officer was the famous Mao Wenlong.

Later, the islands on the west side of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Bohai Sea were frozen in winter, and the Houjin cavalry were lost one after another.

The islands on the east side of the peninsula have become ice-free islands because they are in the Bohai Sea and can be taken care of by the warm currents of the western Pacific Ocean, and the Ming Dynasty has been firmly in control of the navy for more than 200 years.

This string of islands on the Liaodong Peninsula is the Changshan Islands. Later, the Ming Dynasty built a new navy, and Dongjiang Town was organized as the "Dongjiang Fleet", which is now one of the four major fleets of the Ming Dynasty Navy. At present, the Changshan Islands not only have a series of naval bases, but also have airfields that can take off and land medium-range bombers to threaten Beijing at any time.

Moreover, once the Qing Dynasty invaded the south, before breaking through the strong Yangtze River defense line, the Ming Dynasty navy would carry the army to the Changshan Islands as a springboard, attack the Bohai Sea, land in Tianjin, and go to Beijing with its feet raised. The Qing Dynasty's weak navy could not hold the gateway to the Bohai Sea at all.

Therefore, the Dongjiang Fleet became a "nail" inserted in the door of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty relied on this nail to make the Manchus dare not invade the south easily, and ensured the fragile safety of Nanjing City under the guns of the Qing army.

Thinking about this morning, Qiu Yu's little mouth is chirping, and these things about the navy are like a few treasures. Alas......

Xiang Xiaoqiang endured the sourness in his heart, staring at the location of the Changshan Islands and Tianjin on the map, and felt that if a submarine was sent into the Bohai Sea from here, it should be feasible. At least not outrageous.

"Lord Yang," Shen Rongxuan looked at the Vice Admiral and asked earnestly, "How is it, is it feasible?" ”

Yang Cichang, who was dressed in a snow-white uniform, raised his head, inhaled "hiss" between his teeth, and said slowly:

"It's not impossible, it's just ......"

"Just?"

"Alas, just ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was anxious, and said in his heart how could this soldier be more mother-in-law than Wenchen. Is it because the official minister is not there, and the deputy minister does not dare to speak nonsense?

Yang played with the big-brimmed hat in his hand, smacked his lips and said:

“…… It's just mysterious enough. ”

"Oh? Where is Xuan? ”

Yang Cichang sighed and said:

"Alas, first, the Bohai Strait is tightly sealed, and it is really difficult for submarines to sneak in...... Second, such a distance ......"

Shen Rongxuan frowned and said:

"Lord Yang, if you are acting near Tianjin, you will naturally not send submarines from the East China Sea Fleet, but you will definitely send them from the nearest Dongjiang Fleet. Why is there a distance to worry about? ”

"The Duke of Governor has misunderstood," Vice Chief Yang shook his head and said, "What Yang means is that although the Dongjiang Fleet has submarines, there is no commando. Operational commandos have to be transported from here, right? With such a distance, I am afraid of ...... time."

Xiang Xiaoqiang listened to the nest fire, and said in his heart: Nonsense, time is pressing, the commando must be transported by air, and the ironclad time on the boat is not enough.

The deputy secretary of the War Department couldn't help it, and coughed:

"Lord Yang, the commando must have been airlifted."

"Oh, air freight, air freight is good, air freight is fast...... By air, that's enough time......"

Everyone else couldn't laugh or cry, and Foreign Minister Xu Yuanzhen coughed and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, what Lord Yang meant, the old man understood. Lord Yang said that if the plane flew directly over land, it was afraid that it would be shot down, and if it flew around from the sea, such a range would be difficult to achieve. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang listened even more wrong: the range of the plane could not be reached, so how did the plane of the Dongjiang Fleet get over? Fighter planes can still be dismantled and shipped over, and those twin-engine bombers, don't they fly over by themselves?

When Vice Chief Yang heard this, he hurriedly said:

"Yes, yes, that's what Yang meant. You need to understand that our country is not yet able to produce aircraft with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers...... So, the range problem is really difficult to overcome......"

Shen Rongxuan frowned when he heard this, turned to the commander of the army aviation and asked:

"General Li, is that so?"

General Li tapped his fingers on the table and sneered:

"Of course not."