Zheng Ting's view is naturally rather one-sided, in fact, in addition to ideological construction, the logistics and material supply of the Haihan militia are also necessary conditions to ensure its combat effectiveness, and these seemingly inconspicuous aspects are exactly what the Annan army cannot do.

For example, in the equipment of the Haihan militia regiment, regular soldiers are issued cloth shoes, and all officers above the platoon level are leather shoes, while in the Annan Army, only officers at or above the company level have cloth shoes to wear, and as for leather shoes, only high-ranking officers like Zheng Ting can enjoy them, and ordinary soldiers can only wear straw shoes -- if they have to wear straw shoes to march forcibly, the damage to the feet is quite obvious, and even if the shoes have not fallen apart after running for several miles, it is normal for the foot skin to be worn out, and the marching speed of this unit has slowed down, in fact, this is also part of the reason that cannot be ignored.

As for the various types of individual equipment equipped by the Haihan militia regiment, such as leather armed belts, tactical backpacks, leggings, etc., only a very small number of high-ranking officers' personal soldiers in the Annan Army can complete a set. And after the Annan soldiers who did not have these conditions marched for several miles in a row, all kinds of things on their bodies inevitably began to scatter everywhere.

In addition, the Haihan side also prepared special baggage and logistics personnel to be responsible for transporting ammunition and supplies, while almost all of the troops drawn by the Annan Army were combat units, and there was no corresponding distribution of functions, and most of the combat materials could only be transported by themselves -- because all the animal power was used for the delivery of the vanguard, these things could basically only be carried by the Annan soldiers on their hands.

As for the soldiers' food, although all the troops participating in the war in Annam ate and lived together with the Haihan militia and enjoyed the same treatment, they were far from being as well fed as the militia army before, and there was naturally a certain gap in their physical qualities. This kind of long-distance rapid armed march has extremely high physical requirements, and even if ordinary people can forcibly support this march, their bodies will be greatly overdrawn, and they will not be able to immediately carry out subsequent combat missions.

Qian Tiandun obviously thought of this as well, and soon Zheng Ting received an order from him to slow down the march of the Annan army led by him. Zheng Ting was a little ashamed when he received this order, because he thought that this was probably a kind of "special care" of the Haihan people for the Annan army, and if it weren't for the strength of the Annan army, the other party would not need to issue such an order at all.

Qian Tiandun did not have time to take into account the feelings of the generals of the Annan Army at this time, and after the Haihan militia army arrived at Danzhou City one after another, Qian Tiandun commanded the troops to immediately begin to clear the garrison and various government yamen located in the north of the city, as well as seize the control of several other city gates. At the same time, arrangements were made for the follow-up troops to begin to set up barricades and barricades in the city, and to divide the defense areas of each company according to the urban area to maintain law and order in the city.

The intensity of the ensuing battle can only be described as lackluster, and the defenders of the city often put up only a symbolic resistance, choosing to rout or surrender depending on the intensity of the attack. Two wagons were occupied, and a few small-caliber guns pulled from the docks only served a little in the initial engagement, and then they could only be used as decorations in the barricades inside the Rouyuan Gate.

"Report to the chief, Dehuamen and Zhenhai have been taken, and the first and second battalions are currently attacking Wudingmen in the north from the east and west. The third battalion and the second company were also outflanked from outside the city and blocked the north gate from the outside. As soon as Qian Tiandun arrived in the north of the city, a front-line naturalized civilian officer came to report to him on the battle situation.

Qian Tiandun raised his hand and returned a military salute and asked, "Where is the special service company of Gaoqiao South now?"

"Second Lieutenant Takahashi is currently leading his troops to attack the state government. The officer pointed to the north, and the roar of muskets could be faintly heard in the smoke and dust: "About two hundred meters ahead." ”

"Let's go, let's see!" Qian Tiandun knew that the value of this city was in this state office, and as the commander-in-chief of the front, he had to personally supervise the formation. However, although the opponent's strength was weak, Qian Tiandun was not careless, and took the steel helmet handed over by his own soldiers and put it on his head.

Like most cities, the government of Danzhou City was mainly concentrated in the northern part of the city, and the state government, as the highest local authority, was located on the east side of Chengbei Avenue, very close to the Wuding Gate of the city gate.

When the war first started, officials such as Danzhou Zhizhou and Tongzhi were not too afraid, after all, it was not the first time that Danzhou had encountered pirates, and there were precedents for pirates to land and plunder, but they had never heard of pirates daring to attack the city. So Zhizhou just sent the garrison of the city to rescue the city gate where the accident occurred, but he didn't expect that after only a stick of incense, the bad news of thousands of households dying in battle came, and then the state yali began to panic.

Of course, there was still time to escape at this time, but for these officials, even if they could escape, they could not afford to abandon the city and flee, and all they could do now was to organize an army to fight back, but send messengers to nearby states and counties to ask for help, and send an alert to the prefecture.

However, these reactions were all expected by the militia army, and in the previous several tactical exercises, the General Staff had already thoroughly studied the possible reactions of various Danzhou officials, whether they wanted to continue to resist or abandon the city and flee, the military had the corresponding means of warfare.

When Qian Tiandun arrived outside the state office, Takahashi Nanzheng commanded his men to build a ladder near the surrounding high wall, and brought a large log with a diameter of one and a half feet, ready to break open the main gate and attack it.

Qian Tiandun called Gao Qiaonan over and advised: "All the materials in the yamen must be preserved as much as possible, and if someone tries to destroy these materials, they can be disposed of on the spot as appropriate, and there is no need to ask me." ”

"Yes! Guarantee the completion of the mission!" Takahashi Nan Li said with a military salute. Qian Tiandun was in a trance, and felt that he seemed to have seen the image of a high-spirited Red Army officer in a domestic war movie.

For Haihan, the wealth and population of Danzhou City are certainly valuable, but the various documents and materials in the state government are equally important. It not only records the household registration of the people of Danzhou, but also the information of fields, products, hydrology, geography, mineral deposits and other fields in Danzhou, and these things can save a lot of energy and resources for the post-war construction of Haihan, and are the goals that must be preserved by the special name of the Executive Committee.

Takahashi Minami did not intend to fully understand the intention of the Executive Committee in issuing this order, he only knew that the order he had received had to be fulfilled, even at the cost of his life - of course, this must be the life of his opponent.

After quickly giving the order to attack his subordinates, the special service company began to attack the state government compound. More than a dozen improvised wooden ladders were erected on the wall, and the soldiers who took the lead quickly climbed up with a shield in one hand and a ladder in the other, and when they reached the wall, they drew their spears behind their backs and aimed at the courtyard to find targets and shoot on their own. The only trouble is that the rifle has to be handed down with each shot, and then the person below hands the loaded rifle for the person on the wall to continue shooting.

More than a dozen strong men picked up the thick column head and slammed into the gate. But after only two or three clicks, I heard a click from inside the door, thinking that the latch had broken. After two or three more strikes, the gate was slammed open from side to side, and soldiers with shields and muskets immediately swarmed in, and then there was a crackling sound of shooting in the courtyard.

Takahashi Minami also rushed in first, as always, and took down a Ming soldier who was blocking in front with one shot, then dropped the spear, took out the short gun on his waist and put down another person, and then threw away the short gun, pulled out the katana from behind, and began hand-to-hand combat.

There were about more than 100 Ming troops stuck in the state ya, but these people did not have too strong resistance in front of the opponents with loaded guns, and after the first batch of people who rushed out and fought desperately were knocked out by the gun array, the remaining people who were huddled in the house heard the strange shouts of "disarm and not kill" from outside the house. Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, at this time, no one dares to take the lead in rushing out desperately, or to die.

Soon the shouts outside had a new content: "Throw away your weapons, hold your head in your hands, and come out one by one!"

After the first person took the lead, the others soon lost the courage to continue to resist, and they all abandoned their weapons and surrendered one after another according to the instructions of their opponents.

When Gao Qiaonan rushed into the backyard study, he found that Danzhou Zhizhou had committed suicide by hanging a beam here, leaving only a room of shivering women, children, old and young. Gao Qiao Nan didn't care about counting the prisoners, so he first took people to block the archive room that Qian Tiandun had instructed him to do, and then returned to the front yard and handed over his life to Qian Tiandun.

Soon, news came from various companies one after another, and officials such as Tongzhi and judges were arrested in various parts of the city. For the siege troops, it is basically according to the map, the situation in the city has long been clear, and after entering the city, there are special people to lead the way and recognize people, so naturally there will be no chance for the Ming officials in the city to abscond.

It took less than three hours from the arrival of the vanguard troops at the Rouyuan Gate to launch an offensive, to the capture of the city gates and the state government on all sides, and the completion of the basic control of Danzhou City, which was more than an hour ahead of the planned battle plan of the General Staff.

When the Annan Army led by Zheng Ting arrived at Danzhou City, the overall situation was basically decided. When they arrived, they were not allowed to camp in the city, but set aside an area outside the south gate for them to camp and rest.

After waiting at the city gate for a while, an officer came out to pick up Zheng Ting and take him to the temporary headquarters set up in the city. Although Zheng Ting was a little unhappy with such an arrangement, he didn't show it on his face. Of course, he understood that this was intentional by the Haihan people, after all, this was the territory occupied by the Haihan people, and they would definitely not be willing to let the army of outsiders in, let alone when the situation was not yet stable. If there is any looting behavior after Annan's army enters the city, both sides will not look good, and it is better to simply cut off the roots to avoid such a situation.

The temporary headquarters was set up in the lobby of the state office, the various signboards on both sides were removed, the tables were laid out with various maps of different scales, the signal corps had set up antennas on the roof, and the military radio stations had begun to work, sending the first good news after the operation to the Victory Port base camp. The companies were now to act as temporary civil administrations, responsible for the security and civil affairs of the city during the occupation of Danzhou until the "real" Haihan militia army came over and took over the area.

"General Zheng, it's just in time, I'll give you a briefing on the current battle situation first. When Qian Tiandun saw Zheng Ting coming, he didn't treat him as an outsider, and directly dragged him to a map of Danzhou: "At present, our army has completed the actual occupation of Danzhou City and is cleaning up the city. The area west of Danzhou City to the coastline has been completely controlled by our army. ”

Zheng Ting didn't care about thinking about those trivial things anymore, and immediately asked, "What about the casualties during the siege?"

"Casualties ......" Qian Tiandun took the notepad from his own soldiers and looked through it: "Our side lost one person, seriously injured seven, and lightly injured thirty-eight. One hundred and twenty-seven enemies were killed, and the number of wounded is unknown, and further counts are needed. 755 enemy combatants and 164 civilians were captured...... This figure should not include the families of the enemy soldiers, and the actual number of prisoners may be a little higher than this number. ”

Zheng Ting gasped when he heard this, he also took a closer look at the city defense of Danzhou City when he entered the city just now, although it was not Thang Long Mansion and Hue Mansion, but this place was definitely not the kind of small county town that could be easily taken down. It's okay for the Haihan militia to fight fast, after all, its combat effectiveness is recognized as strong, but if it fights so fast, the casualty rate can be kept at a level that is almost negligible, it is really scary.

Of course, he didn't know that the Haihan militia attacked Danzhou City by a sneak attack strategy, and he didn't know that the defenders here did not have a very strong will to resist, if the Annan Army led by him attacked Danzhou according to the same tactics, the time required would not be too much, at most, the casualty rate would be several times higher than the number of Haihan.

"Your troops have all arrived outside the city, right?" After introducing the battle situation, Qian Tiandun immediately began to inquire about the situation of the Annan army.

Zheng Ting coughed dryly and said, "It's all here." ”

He was a little weak-minded in saying this, because the marching speed of the Annan army was not uniform due to various reasons, and there was still a small number of troops responsible for the transportation of baggage and transportation dragging behind, and he had not yet arrived at the camp until he entered the city.

Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "Please General Zheng immediately select five hundred soldiers and prepare to hand over the local defense with our army." From now on, all troops will rest for an hour, complete their meals and supplies, and then continue their march eastward. ”

"So fast!" Zheng Ting couldn't help but sigh. In the first half of the day, the march of twenty miles to defeat a city, and the second half of the day to continue the march, this is really desperate!