Lord of Ming Dynasty

The reason why the [-]st Cavalry Brigade is not the [-]st Field Brigade is that the cavalry brigade can be used as infantry to attack fortified positions, and can also quickly attack weak points of the enemy's defense line. Cause great trouble to the enemy.

The Jinqi Corps has been practicing landing operations for decades, and it is this day that they have been waiting for. Jinqi has been planning for this day since it was transferred to Jinling. The small group of ships of the division penetrated into the hinterland of the enemy's defense line, landed from places unexpected by the enemy, either sent one or two people up, or sent up some supplies, and then quickly returned to the channel. The number of times is too many, and the weakness of the enemy's defense line has been thoroughly detected. It is well known where the defense is heavily guarded, where the enemy may ignore, where the enemy is patrolling, and where the enemy is best to deal with.

This time, a battalion of cavalry brigade and their horses were suddenly sent up, as well as some three-pounders and six-pounders, which enabled this unit to move quickly.

As soon as they landed, the vanguard of this small force, about 20 people, quickly settled the patrol posts along the coast, those old Lu army troops patrolling on horseback, a dozen drunk Mongolian cavalrymen, And two Han Chinese cavalry.

The small army of 20 people left six people waiting for the troops behind, quickly started the investigation, and investigated all the movement of the nearby five miles, and then the second wave of landing troops arrived, with another 20 people, and at the same time brought With 40 horses, this time they can raid the enemy's second wave of cavalry patrols and the enemy's dark sentinel cavalry near the village.

The 30 cavalry came and went like the wind, and quickly cleared all the enemies within five miles, turning this area into a dark force vacuum. After half an hour, the five cavalry returned, and the third wave of landing troops arrived. , transported cannon, and a company of cavalry.

More than 200 cavalry have already made the enemy feel intimidated, leaving 100 cavalry stationed here, more than 50 cavalry quickly went to seize the ferry, more than [-] cavalry expanded the scope of investigation and search to twenty miles, and cleared the enemy Scouts and Patrols.

When the fourth wave of troops arrived, they brought luggage, shells, ammunition, and fifty cavalrymen. These fifty cavalrymen left quickly to support the more than 100 cavalrymen who seized the ferry.

Gunshots sounded, and there was chaos on the ferry. It was resolved in less than ten minutes. At this time, the cavalry troops of the whole battalion arrived by boat, and all the troops and supplies were transported ashore. A company of guards took charge of the ferry, while the cavalry battalion quickly rushed towards the enemy's village. The enemies in the village were already in a mess, and they jumped on their horses and rushed towards the ferry, followed by groups of infantry.

However, they were ambushed by [-] cavalry on the way, and within two hours, the cavalry battalion completed the first step, occupying the ferry, destroying the enemy's troops defending the ferry, and seizing the bridgehead.

Then the warships of the Yangtze River Guard Navy arrived around the ferry to prevent the enemy's warships from attacking, and the troop carriers continuously transported supplies and troops to the shore.

The cavalry battalion has already cleared up small enemy troops within a radius of fifty miles.

With the arrival of the cavalry regiment, the defense line within [-] miles was taken down, about three forts, three ferries were taken down, and a small town was occupied. After dawn, all the troops of the cavalry brigade arrived, and then rushed to the enemy's county town .

After they left, a garrison regiment arrived and took over the defensive work. Then the second cavalry brigade arrived, and the No.12 field brigade arrived. crossings and blocked the channels of some tributaries.

A steady stream of troops entered the enemy's hinterland through this direction.

Of course, the Huaxia Army landed in more than one place. They chose three places in total. Two succeeded and one failed. Which one failed was a county ferry, where the enemy's largest coastal defense fort was located, and the Jinqi Corps of the Huaxia Army suffered losses. They mobilized two battalions of cavalry brigade soldiers, one garrison company, one thousand marines, fifty warships, and one hundred troop-carrying merchant ships and fishing boats. They only destroyed three of the enemy's coastal defense batteries and captured After a few small crossings, the enemy was driven down the river bank by a large number of enemy troops.

Hong Chengchou's management on this line of defense in recent years has not been fruitless. This is because Zhang Qiang did not want to risk a huge loss to attack, but formulated a long-term grand strategy to carry out a circuitous large-scale encirclement operation against Hong Chengchou's Qing army. Qianlilai surrounded Hong Chengchou's Qing army as a whole, now the Lu army, and the land of Lu State.

The battle of crossing the river lasted for a day and a night, broke through the enemy's 150 miles, and lost a cavalry regiment, a garrison battalion, 80 navy marines, a field brigade battalion, [-] militia troops, and [-] ships. It took less than a thousand warships, [-] merchant ships, and more than [-] fishing boats to achieve success, attacking the enemy from two directions.

At a landing site by the sea, in a small town fifty miles away, the No.13 Field Brigade has nearly [-] troops, and a new army town force under the command of Ma Bao, and [-] old army infantry are fighting in full swing. The Huaxia Army has the upper hand.

Ma Bao only came once in the early morning, and then he was handed over to a general of the Qing Dynasty to command him. He returned to Yangzhou Mansion, sat on the emperor's throne in Hong Chengchou's palace, leaning on the armrest, thinking about things quietly.

Hong Chengchou originally wanted to leave him six new army town troops and one hundred thousand old army troops, but now Hong Chengchou only took away three new army town troops, thirty thousand old army troops, and the sea behind was blocked by the Huaxia army. The Yangtze River garrison navy blocked the surface of the river and fought with the remaining Lu army navy. At sea, the Second Fleet of the East China Sea Division of the Huaxia Army blocked the outlet, and the First Fleet blocked the coastline of nearly [-] kilometers along the coast. Block off all the coastlines on the land of Lu Jun in Suzhou Prefecture.

Now I have nine new army town troops, more than 20 old army troops, and 60 Mongolian cavalry, but this can only be said to be a drop in the bucket for the Huaxia Army's offensive troops with [-] troops, and the territory that needs to be defended is too large I can't hold it at all.

Although the Guards Corps of the Huaxia Army, the troops led by Zhang Qiang who attacked from Shandong Province, are still several hundred miles away from Yangzhou Mansion, and the Xiao Fei Corps is also two to three hundred miles away from Yangzhou Mansion, they are still on the east side of the canal However, the troops of the Golden Qi Corps had already surrounded Yangzhou Mansion from both sides. Although it was still a hundred miles away, he knew that the state of Lu was over, and the troops in his hands could not hold these territories.

He still has [-] large warships and [-] small and medium-sized warships in his hands, but he knows that it is impossible to break through the defense line of the Huaxia Army and escape to the Kingdom of Ryukyu, um, it may be the Kingdom of Lu now.

He was very frustrated and frightened, wiped away his tears for a long time, and shouted outside the palace: "Bring the wine."

Chapter 649 I'm Disappointed

Ma Bao was so drunk that he didn't care about the war that happened on the territory of the state of Lu, which was nearly [-] miles away. He knew that he was abandoned, and the state of Lu was also dead. .

The Huaxia Army has never been lenient in dealing with enemies, non-Han natives, and traitors. This is why the Qing Army and the Lu Army fought hard even though they knew they were invincible, and survived as captives. Years of detention and hard work, only those who perform well can become ordinary people, and only those who perform meritorious service can become supervisors of punishment battalions, or become ordinary soldiers of militia brigades.

The militia brigade is divided into registered militias, those who are disabled, old and weak, those who have retired after meritorious service, and those who cannot enter the regular army to serve as soldiers for various reasons. Those military generals and civil servants of Nanming and Yongli Daming who are unwilling to serve the Huaxia Army, although they have a little bit of thought and force, are those who should be let go. Give them a little compensation and let them go to the militia brigade to get some Living allowances, and at the same time, there are things to do. In the villages and county towns below, it is tantamount to pensions. This belongs to the registered militia, that is, idlers who receive money and do nothing.

The registered militiamen of the militia brigade are ordinary militiamen. These ordinary militiamen are used in towns and villages to maintain local law and order, punish bandits and thieves, and assist government officials to arrest criminals. These militiamen will be called up to transport materials and supplies during war , usually report to the garrison company, garrison battalion, etc., and then return to the countryside to work in agriculture, which is equivalent to the personnel who have served corvee and military service in the past dynasties.

Further up the militia brigade is the garrison militia, which is composed of defensive counties, towns and towns at the border, patrolling enemy tracks, arresting bandits, transporting supplies, and forming combat teams in critical moments to fight against the enemy.

This part of the militia has a large number of people, all of whom have been reorganized from the former cold weapon troops of the Jinhua Rebel Army who have passed the test of war. Battalion training, but not qualified soldiers, soldiers who have not been tested and have poor grades, they are the main force of the garrison militia. After all, they have been trained. Compared with other mobs, they are more controllable and obedient. The combat effectiveness is more effective than the previous two militias serving as soldiers.

Above the garrison militia is the elite militia brigade. The elite militia brigade is the supplementary force of the garrison battalion and garrison regiment. Some of these soldiers are elite soldiers trained from the new barracks, and some are selected from other militia brigades. The test, after retraining, reached the bottom line of being a soldier, a qualified militiaman.They are the source of troops for the garrison battalion and garrison regiment, and they are also the auxiliary combat troops of these two regular army units. Sometimes they even have to undertake the main combat force in the field and the main force of the defensive force.

Such soldiers are the real soldiers of the Huaxia Army.

It is very difficult for the enemy to stand out from so many levels of selection. Even the people of China cannot break through so many levels to become a regular army, let alone them?

This is like ordinary people in later generations. If you want to become a soldier from a commoner, you first need to go to the Ministry of Armed Forces to register, and then go through a medical examination. After that, the Ministry of Armed Forces will have a quota for conscription. Not all people who pass the registration can be soldiers. , Three months of recruit training, the unqualified ones will go to the next batch, and the qualified ones will stay, and after a year, they will become private soldiers.

Private soldiers can only conduct other training in the second year, such as tactical training, joint training, intensive training, etc., and select elites to become the backbone. These backbones are assigned to various units to become squad leaders and deputy squad leaders. After that, in the second year, recruits become veterans. The veterans should be discharged. Their actual qualifications are the same as the recruit training of the Huaxia Army. Those who are discharged are all militiamen. Those who are qualified and not discharged are qualified soldiers, but they are still reserve soldiers. They will become regulars in the third year and become non-commissioned officers. The non-commissioned officers are assigned to the new unit and become the mainstay of the reserve service, and this is when they become a real soldier.

Of course, these metaphors are somewhat inappropriate or inappropriate, but they basically mean this, that is, they are selected layer by layer, promoted layer by layer, get off halfway, and the rest are elites, going higher.

The best treatment for the enemy soldiers captured by the Huaxia Army is the prisoner camp. They will be held for at least five years, which will last forever. The worst is the hard labor camp. The Huaxia Army will not kill you, but they will kill you It's still uncomfortable, the hard labor camp is comparable to the devil's camp in the enemy's mind, hell, no one wants to go there, so many people would rather die in battle, especially those traitors, villains, gangsters, soldiers and the like.

A person like Ma Bao, especially someone who has been in a hard labor camp, is not willing to be arrested again. If he is arrested again, he will never have the luck to survive the death barriers deliberately set up by the Huaxia Army for the second time, and let you tear down the city walls , excavate from below, if the city wall falls down, you are lucky, run fast, and you are not crushed to death, then it is very good, pull it back, have a good meal, and prepare for the next more dangerous task, others It turned into a meat paste, and the seriously injured was immediately shot and killed, and the body was pulled out by others to find a place to bury it.

"Marshal, Marshal, Marshal," a general rushed in in a panic. Seeing Ma Bao's drunken eyes and reluctantly opened his eyes to look at him, he immediately lost the urgency and said in a calmer tone: "Report Shuai, the Huaxia army has captured most of the cities of Lu State. Xiao Fei's regiment has crossed the Grand Canal and encircled Yangzhou Prefecture together with the enemy's right-hand Jinqi Corps. After leaving the coastal city, the army came to encircle us, "

Ma Bao put down the wine jar in his arms, "Is there any more?".

The general of the Lu army looked at him, feeling depressed, and whispered: "Jin Qi, the coach of the Jin Qi Corps, has personally led the large ships of the enemy's first fleet to bombard our Yangzhou prefecture city water village, and is about to storm our Yangzhou prefecture city." It looks like the entire fleet of the Golden Qi Corps has come, and a small army of 20 is besieging our capital city of Yangzhou, the capital of the State of Lu."

"Okay, let's get on with it!" Ma Bao waved his hand, didn't say what to do, and didn't make any arrangements, just dismissed the general who reported the letter.

The general said anxiously: "Commander, you have an idea, one of our new army towns has been defeated, three have been wiped out, hundreds of thousands of old troops have been annihilated, and now only one and a half defenders are left. The new army, one and a half of the new army in the water fortress on the river bank, [-] old troops are waiting for reinforcements, the enemy's firepower is too strong, and our country's years of painstaking efforts have been torched..."

Ma Bao stared: "Do you dare to question my decision?"

The general shut his mouth, retreated tactfully, then turned around and ran out of the palace. After returning, he dismissed his troops, took off his military uniform, and disappeared into history that day, and he could never be found again.

6 Chapter Fifty

The 60 troops did not encircle Yangzhou Prefecture, and many of them have not been captured. However, the Huaxia Army has long been a modern-thinking army that can formulate combat plans, be good at taking advantage of the enemy's shortcomings, arrange troops reasonably, and win victory. The Huaxia Army has already considered these situations, so the 60 troops are not swarming, but have their own tasks.

When Xiao Fei Corps marched to the west bank of the canal in an all-round way, each army had its own areas to attack. After these areas were captured, apart from the Corps Headquarters, each army mobilized part of its troops to attack Yangzhou Prefecture together with the Corps Headquarters. After the arrival of the Golden Qi Corps, the two armies flanking Yangzhou Prefecture were the main force encircling Yangzhou Prefecture. The main force of the Guards Corps was actually sweeping the villages and towns along the east coast and attacking counties that were easy to attack with few troops. However, the large counties and prefectures did not attack, but sent troops to surround and contain the enemy, and waited for the army to go south and the troops from the rear poured in before carrying out designated removals one by one.

The total strength of Xiao Fei Corps headquarters is 3, accompanied by a headquarters artillery brigade with 30 troops, three temporary No.[-] field brigades combined by three field brigades, a militia brigade, an elite militia brigade, and a cavalry Brigade, Sixth Cavalry Brigade.

The Guards Corps only has the [-]st Guards Division, an ordinary militia brigade, accompanied by the [-]th Cavalry Brigade, with a total strength of [-], and the rest of the troops are stationed in local areas, or attack some counties that have not been captured, and wipe out the remnants .

The Golden Qi Corps is the main force, leaving only two field brigades to defend the rear points, with a total force of 18, [-] cavalry brigades, two elite militia brigades, ten garrison battalions, and three garrison regiments , the Second Fleet Marine Corps, the Marine Corps has a total strength of [-] troops, six field brigades, and the third brigade of the Second Guards Division.

With such a strong force, the general attack was of course handed over to the Golden Qi Corps. They have guarded the defense line for more than ten years, maybe not more than ten years, because these troops were withdrawn by Zhang Qiang three years ago.

On the front line of Baodao and Nanming Kingdom, they attacked Yunnan and Guizhou, suppressed Li Dingguo's troops, and attacked small countries in Southeast Asia. Yes, so let them retire, join the garrison regiment, punishment battalion troops, and even ordinary militia troops, and replace them with young troops from those places for defense. Therefore, the Golden Qi Corps that has been guarding the Yangtze River defense line these years In fact, it is already a new Huaxia army.

It is now 1665. It has been 1646 years since Zhang Qiang crossed in 20. This has changed a generation. Those young soldiers who were [-], [-], and [-] years old, the Jinhua Rebel Army has ended his history. The mission, many people have already retired and become the cornerstone of the local Huaxia Kingdom loyal to the Huaxia Army. Some of these people in their forties and thirties have been promoted to the ranks of senior military officers, some have returned to their hometowns, or entered the ranks of civil servants , became a person with high prestige in the local area, or served the civil servants in the local government.

The first batch of retired people were those who were injured in the battle, and the old men who joined the army in their 50s and became militiamen after fighting for several years in the Jinhua Rebel Army. They were directly arranged to immigrate to Fujian Province, Baodao Mansion became common people, and those who retired later were people in their thirties. At this time, the Jinhua Rebel Army had become the Huaxia Army. These people became militiamen and civilians, and immigrated to the newly captured Immigrants from Jiangxi Prefecture.

After that, the soldiers who joined in their 20s were retired. They became militiamen and entered Shaoxing Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture, and later Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Prefecture, and the territory occupied by the Huaxia Army. They became the people and armed militia there, and continued to play Residual heat, defending the Yangtze River defense line.

Later, the young and middle-aged people who joined in 165 years were already the new army of the Huaxia Army, and most of them had abandoned the previous history of cold weapon warfare. , engineers, and cavalry have been transferred. Most of the main field brigades are already artillery and muskets. Even the cavalry has gradually given up the Lancer as a unit and has become a cavalry unit fighting with arquebus.

However, because the enemy is still alive, there are actually some veterans in the regular army of the Huaxia Army. These soldiers are all around 50 years old, and they are not all dismissed, because they still need to teach the new recruits some experience in cold weapon combat, as the magic needle of Dinghai , Once the army is facing a fierce battle, it can stand up, stabilize the morale of the army, and lead the army to fight back.