(There may only be one shift today, and I'm going out soon)

Lin Jian walked into the operational staff room of the Military Intelligence Department, and Luo Wenhu was looking at the glass lamp:

The lamp holder for oil storage is amber glass, the lamp head is made of copper, the lampshade for blocking the wind is transparent glass, and the wick of cotton rope extends from the lamp head into the lamp holder, and the lamp holder is half-filled with transparent liquid oil with a slight fragrance——

When Luo Wenhu saw such a lamp at first glance, he thought it was a treasure of a noble child in the army, and Gao Zongting told him that he could buy two or three glass lamps a month with the salary of a first-class general of the brigade, which frightened him to think that Huaidong's salary was amazingly high. He told others that the salary of the Huaidong Brigade general was about four silver dollars per month, which was equivalent to that of the county officials, and it was neither high nor low, but it was hard for Luo Wenhu to imagine that he could buy such a beautiful and treasured lantern without two silver dollars?

When Luo Wenhu led his troops to surrender in Lishan, Cao Ziang supplied him with combat armor in short supply, and some newly created objects had just been promoted in the Huaidong Army, so naturally they could only be seen first in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Luo Wenhu boasted that he was both civil and military, and Lin Jian made him join the Military Intelligence Department, and he also thought that joining the Military Intelligence Department to participate in the military aircraft would help him a little, but when he entered the combat staff room, he was a little dumbfounded:

The sand table made of fine sand and gum and the fine battle map made Luo Wenhu hard to imagine when the land of Jingxiang was called Huaidong's scouts to spy so thoroughly?

Lin Jian looked at Luo Wenhu, who stood up to salute, and forgot that he was still holding a single-barrel copper telescope in his hand, and saw that he was embarrassed that he couldn't lose it or take it, and said with a smile: "This toy is very expensive, and only twenty or thirty pieces have been made, which is not enough for the rank of a first-class general in the army; It's the most generous in the Military Intelligence Department, and they will deduct eight private ...... for me at once."

Gao Zongting said: "The mirror can see things several miles away, and the face of the person can be clearly seen, and it may not be effective if it is issued immediately, but it is better to put it in the Military Intelligence Department first." ”

"You are now in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, so naturally you will say good things for the Military Intelligence Department, put these things down, do you see if they will be used below?" Lin Lian retorted with a smile.

Many things are commonplace for Lin Bin, and they are shocking in the world, but it is not impossible to make, the key is the lack of skilled craftsmen.

In the early years, Lin Tie was to ask people to make a few glass lamps to play indoors, but it was not until after mastering the glaze field of the Jiangning Ministry of Industry that nearly 200 skilled glazers were obtained, and only then did they have the conditions to manufacture cheap glazed utensils on a large scale - this "cheap" is also relative, and the normal monthly salary of a county order can only buy two glazed lamps, and the glazed lamps really cannot be called cheap, but they are not as high as they used to be.

The principle of the telescope is simple, even if it is too expensive to use transparent glass in the early days, it is possible to polish the lens with crystal, but the grinding of the lens is too labor-intensive. It took Ge Fu more than a month to grind out a qualified lens. And the simplest optical principles cannot form a theoretical system that can be passed down and taught, and it is difficult for other craftsmen to polish lenses and teach them by hand to understand the main points - even if they can build three or four telescopes, there is no practical value.

Many new things in Huaidong have been gradually put into practical use, or after the control of Jiangning and the Ministry of Industry of Jiangning.

Artisan households are traditionally classified as lowly households, but in Jiangning City, they are a very large group of people.

Taking Jiangning weaving bureau as an example, there were more than 4,000 craftsmen in the weaving yard during the Chongguan period, and after Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne in Jiangning, the scale was further expanded, reaching nearly 7,000 people, which was a typical epitome of the government-run workshop in the world.

In the past, the industrial manufacturing system controlled by Huaidong focused on the development of iron smelting, weaving, armor, shipbuilding and other industries; It was also after controlling the Ministry of Industry in Jiangning that a group of skilled craftsmen with a scale of 100,000 people was obtained, so that there was spare strength to develop other industrial industries derived from it, so that new things made in Huaidong have emerged in an endless stream in the past two years.

Lin Jian asked Luo Wenhu and the others to gather in front of the sand table and asked Gao Zongting: "Is the plan you made to cross the river big?" Throw people to the south bank, if the enemy is cut off from retreating, it will be the safety of three or five thousand Huaidong generals; Up to now, there are not a few Huaidong soldiers who have died on the battlefield, but they have not been formed into a system for the enemy army to destroy, so I hope you can be cautious! ”

"Tried and tested three times, and it's pretty reliable!" Gao Zongting said.

Lin Jian asked Tang Xitai, who came from Fancheng to see him: "After Zhou Tong went to Fancheng, he should have organized the generals to discuss this plan, what is the opinion of Liu Zhenzhi, Chen Yan, Huang Zuyu, Zhou Bin and others?" ”

"There is nothing else, that is, Chen Yan and Huang Zuyu are competing to lead the army to the other side, and Commander Zhou has no choice but to quarrel, saying that he wants you to ......decide," Tang Xitai said.

"This Dengcheng Tiger is really messing around," Lin Jian smiled helplessly, and said, "Since you have a great grasp, let's call the Dengcheng Tiger over, and ask Huang Zuyu to be responsible for the flank and contain the enemy of Zanyang," and said to Ao Canghai, "The Changshan Army should also speed up, and Zhang Jiheng's troops should contain the enemy of Xinye before the day after tomorrow......"

A staff officer recorded Lin Bin's words one by one, and Lin Bin, Gao Zongting, and Ao Canghai reviewed these directive words to confirm that there would be no omissions. When it was over, Lin Jian pointed to the sand table again and asked everyone: "Think about it again, what else is there that hasn'......t been thought through?"

Although Luo Wenhu stood with the generals, he was silent. In the past, he boasted that he was both civil and military, and he was familiar with military books, and he did not think that the training of the Huaidong War Training School would be of any benefit to him, and he also boasted that he was competent for the post of commanding and joining the army, but it was only tonight that he had initial contact with the core secrets of the Huaidong Army, and only found that the gap was so big that he was ashamed to deal with it......

The confrontation situation between the enemy and us on the front line of Nanyang and Xiangyang is clearly marked on the sand table, and the main terrain such as mountains, rivers, forests and ravines are accurately displayed:

The Han River is separated from the north and south banks, and the upper section of the Han River from the north of the shallow silt water at the northwest foot of Longzui Mountain is under the control of the Yanhu Navy at this time. In the past, the iron cable pontoon bridge erected between the two cities of Xiang and Fan has long been cut off.

However, due to the fact that from Gucheng to the west, the Han River is the topography of the Xiajiang River, and the Gucheng is held by Jingshan and Xianmur Mountain from the south and southwest, so that the Yan army on the south bank has to retreat north, and can only board a boat from the west of Gucheng and travel 40 miles to the west of Zanyang and the line of Baiyang Pass to enter the north bank.

At present, with the capacity of Yanhu, only more than 3,000 people and horses can be used to cross the river every day, so that the enemy troops on the north and south banks are in a semi-isolated state, and although there are many Yanhu soldiers and horses on the south bank, there is no way to support the operation on the north bank for a while.

The enemy troops on the north bank, mainly Chen Zhihu's troops, supplemented by the cavalry of Tu'an and the part that retreated north first, totaled more than 70,000 people. These 70,000 enemy soldiers were supported by Wuguan, Jingguan and Xichuan City on the inner line, and the periphery went diagonally north from Baiyang Pass and Zanyang East on the bank of the Han River, all the way to Dengzhou and Xinye, forming a defensive line covering the Danjiang River.

The enemy's diagonal defensive line from Baiyang Pass to Xinye was also a passage to ensure the northward withdrawal of soldiers and horses on the south bank of Yejirorong; In order to ensure that this defense line would not be torn by the Huaidong Army, Chen Zhihu led his troops south to Nanyang from Queshan, and did not intend to control the entire Nanyang Basin anymore, but quickly entered the Xichuan and Xinye fortresses west and south of Nanyang.

The enemy's defense line on the eastern flank of the Danjiang River, extending from southwest to northeast, was about 160 miles long, blocking the Huaidong Army's troops in Fancheng and piercing the flank of the Danjiang River.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army entering Fancheng were mainly Chen Zhen and Liu Zhenzhi of the Chongcheng Army and Huang Zuyu of Luzhou, with a total of 50,000 people, which was not enough to tear apart the enemy's defense line on the eastern flank of Danjiang.

Although the main force of the southern line of the Huaidong Army will soon be able to move north, enter the line west of Fancheng and Fancheng, and the infantry and cavalry will quickly increase to 100,000, the enemy will defend the defensive line, and more than 3,000 men and horses can withdraw to the north bank every day to supplement the eastern flank defense line, making it difficult for the Huaidong Army to win suddenly.

And when the main force of the naval army with a total strength of nearly 30,000 people slowly rushed over from the downstream, it would take ten days and half a month, and there I was afraid that Yanhu's main force on the south bank had already withdrawn to the north bank.

It was because Yan Hu saw that there was a safe exit, and even the possibility of confronting the main force of the Huaidong Army in Nanyang with Wuguan, that the army was determined and gradually got rid of the shadow of the initial collapse of Eastern Hubei - this can be said to be the most unfavorable to the Huaidong Army.

From the confrontation between the two armies in Fancheng, Baiyangguan, Xinye and other places, we can also see the bad influence and consequences of Dong Yuan's deliberate arsonance of the enemy - Sun Zhuang led his troops to encircle and annihilate Yanhu in the battle of Baihetan, and counterattacked Fancheng's Azige headquarters and more than 10,000 reinforcements, if it were not for Chen Zhihu's general Gao Yi who was close to Xinye, Sun Zhuang and Huang Zuyu could have used the gap of two to three days to send troops to capture Dengzhou in the northwest of Xinye, or ignore the threat of the weak enemy defending Xinye to Fancheng's flank, and directly send troops to forcibly take the small city of Zanyang west of Fancheng, The passage to attack Baiyang Pass was opened, so that the flank on the east bank of the Danjiang River was completely exposed.

Once the flank on the east bank of the Danjiang River is completely exposed to the 100,000 elite troops of Huaidong, the main force of the Yanhu Western Front south of the Han River, even if it cannot be completely annihilated, will at most escape 10,000 or 20,000 people.

It was because of Dong Yuan's malicious connivance with the enemy that Chen Zhihu's general Gao Yi led 8,000 elite infantry cavalry to enter Xinye in time on the night of the 21st, curbing the possibility of the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army living in Fancheng to further expand the results of the battle to the west and north; On the night of the 22nd, Leng Zilin, the general of Chen Zhihu's army, led the Wuyang soldiers and horses south through Fangcheng and entered Nanyang City; On the 23rd, Chen Zhihu also led his troops to cross Miyang and enter the area at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain; By the 25th, the enemy's Tu'an headquarters in Fangcheng, Nanyang, and Miyang had all completed the transfer process to the west with Wuguan and Xichuan as the inner line, and together with Yanhu to withdraw troops and horses, more than 70,000 soldiers and horses retreated to the south of Funiu Mountain and less than 1560 miles deep west of the Danjiang River - and before the 25th, in addition to defending Suizhou City, nearly half of the soldiers and horses had to be led by Liu Zhenzhi and Sun Zhuang to encircle and annihilate the enemy on the front line of Longzuishan, Heishigou and Pinglinbu!

Even compared with the defensive line formed by the Huaidong Army at Fancheng, Zaoyang, Pinglinbu and Longzui Mountain at that time, the area almost 1560 miles deep was less than 40,000 troops, which was nearly half of the enemy's army.

At present, if the Huaidong Army wants to tear through Yanhu's defense line on the eastern flank of the Danjiang River in a short period of time, in addition to the lack of absolute superiority in troops, it is also necessary to restrain the hilly terrain obstacles on the eastern flank of the Danjiang River.

The hills on the east wing of the Danjiang River are the remaining veins of the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, and most of them are hills with an elevation of about 30 to 100 zhang. Just looking at the elevation, these mountains are far from being too dangerous, and they cannot be compared with the lofty mountain systems such as Jing Mountain and Xian Room Mountain west of the Danjiang River and on the south bank of the Han River.

It is true that the low valley of the east wing of the Danjiang River is shallow, but the special fold valley makes the valley east of Dandong steep and slippery, and it is difficult for people and animals to walk.

In the early years, the people lived on the east bank of the Danjiang River, and the people multiplied, and they also built a passage to the outside world between the hills and valleys, but Zanyang and other places are located on the east bank of the Danjiang River and the north bank of the Han River.

In the past ten years, Nanyang has experienced banditry, civil unrest, rebellion and foreign invasion, and the population has suffered two near-extinction losses in just ten years. No one repaired the embankment, and in the past ten years, Zanyang County has been hit by three large-scale floods, and even some roads built by predecessors between the hills and valleys have been destroyed.

Even if nothing else, the main force of the Huaidong Army will continue to advance westward after entering the front line of Fancheng, to threaten the flank of Danjiang, and the front of the troops will be pointed directly under the Zanyang fortress, and with these bad roads, the Huaidong Army can be dragged for several days!

After the battle of Baihetan, Fancheng was no longer threatened by the enemy's approach, and Huang Zuyu and Tang Xitai also wanted to restore the road from Fancheng directly to the west and approaching the east bank of the Danjiang River, but in the past ten days, it has only extended less than 40 miles to the west, more than 40 miles away from Zanyang, and more than 80 miles away from Baiyang Pass at the east mouth of the Danjiang River.

It is no wonder that the enemy army is determined, as long as the Huaidong water battalion warships cannot come up in time from the downstream, their defense line on the eastern flank of the Danjiang River looks impregnable, and they can win more than ten crucial days for the troops and horses on the south bank to retreat north.

In view of the current confrontation between the enemy and us in Fancheng, Zanyang, Baiyangguan and Xinye, we must have a strange plan and cannot win; But before Luo Wenhu joined the Military Intelligence Department and learned about the military aircraft, he never imagined that the Huaidong Army could directly project troops and horses to fight on the south coast without borrowing a ferry!

At this time, Yanhu still had nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank and did not withdraw to the Baiyang Pass and Zanyang line on the north bank of the Han River.