Chapter 1448 Ambush
In terms of the advanced level of battlefield information synchronization, the Haihan Army is absolutely uniquely powerful in this world. Relying on the black technology brought by time travel, the Haihan Army can instantly transmit battlefield information between senior generals, thereby gaining an advantage in the battle. As an opponent with a closed environment and lagging information, it was difficult for Houjin to realize Haihan's huge advantages in this regard, so when taking action, he did not take this factor into consideration at all.
The news that the main force of the garrison led by Yang Guli was defeated by Haihan in the decisive battle did not reach Jijiabao nearly an hour after the battle ended. The order they received here was for them to "wait for an opportunity to retreat to Jinzhou City." The so-called "waiting for opportunities", to put it bluntly, is to take care of it yourself. If you have a chance to escape, escape as soon as possible. If you run slowly and are intercepted by the Haihan Army, you will have to bear the consequences.
Of course, when the news reached Jijiabao, it was already much later than Wang Tom. While the defenders were still hesitating whether to abandon the city and flee, the Marines led by Wang Tom were already in the north of Jijiabao. An ambush was set up on the official road at Liuqili, waiting for the retreating Jin army to step in on their own.
Just when Wang Tom was about to lose his patience, the Houjin Army who withdrew from Jijiabao finally appeared in sight. Yangguli had taken away most of the garrison of Jijiabao, leaving only a team of about a thousand people here. This kind of deployment was naturally a bet that Haihan would not use Jijiabao as the real main direction of attack. He was right in his bet, but unfortunately he still failed to defeat Haihan's main force in the head-on confrontation. With the few troops left behind in Jijiabao, it was naturally impossible to stop Haihan's offensive. There was no other more suitable solution except running away.
Wang Tom, who was just holding back his anger, did not intend to let go of Hou Jin's army lightly. The combat opportunity he planned was to ambush and severely damage the opponent, avenging his suppression by Hou Jin the day before.
The prelude to the battle was opened by the explosion of several landmines. This was the last inventory in the entire Liaodong region. Wang Tom deployed all of them on the only way for the Jin army to pass.
When the vanguard of the Hou Jin Army was disgraced by these explosions, several artillery pieces ambush in the bushes on both sides of the official road also showed their ferocious features. The volleys of grape bullets killed more than 200 people in the vanguard. Most of them lay down immediately, and the remaining enemies who had not yet awakened to the enemy's hiding place were subjected to intensive rifle fire, and they were all killed in just a few seconds.
The main force of the Chinese army, which was more than ten feet away from the vanguard, did not even have time to react, and watched helplessly as the vanguard was quickly eliminated by Haihan, followed by the continuous sound of shouts from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. Gunshots.
Although the Marine Corps is not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, even so, it is enough to deal with the desperate post-Jin army who wants to escape back to Jinzhou City. After two rounds of volleys, there were not many casualties but the position was already in disarray. What was even more unfortunate was that their commander was shot and killed in the first round of attacks. This unit, which originally had no strong will to fight, immediately became Became a headless fly.
With the military quality of the Marine Corps, it is easy to deal with an enemy force that is unwilling to fight in a well-set ambush circle. Although Wang Tom did not fight in person, he was on the front line to command the battle. This also shows that he attaches great importance to the victory or defeat of this battle. If possible, he really planned to annihilate this post-Jin army, so when he took action, it was violent and merciless.
However, this post-Jin army also had a considerable proportion of cavalry, so it was unrealistic for Wang Tom to completely block the enemy's path. He was originally a little worried that these Houjin cavalry would try to sneak back behind his preset position to launch a counterattack, but after the fight started, he found that these Houjin cavalry had no fighting will at all. He relied on his horseback riding to slip away quickly and escape. After that, he simply abandoned the infantry who were still under siege and fled north, with no intention of returning to rescue him.
Wang Tom does not have an organized cavalry unit, so it is naturally impossible to keep these cavalry. However, those Houjin infantrymen who used cold weapons were in a miserable situation. They could not escape and could not close the fighting distance with the Haihan army. They could only be used as human targets to shoot at. The anger of the Marine Corps at being suppressed and beaten by the Hou Jin Army yesterday was finally vented here.
The battle only lasted about ten minutes and came to an end. Except for the nearly two hundred cavalrymen who escaped on their own, the remaining people were basically surrounded by the Marines, including about three hundred prisoners. Although Wang Tom did not want to keep these prisoners, he was not ruthless enough to order the execution of these prisoners. Anyway, the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line will definitely undergo major renovations in the future, so it will be very difficult for these prisoners to be used as hard labor. Normal arrangements are made.
Sun Bing, commander of the first company of the Marine Corps, achieved a lot in this battle. Not only did he kill the enemy commander, but he also intercepted a batch of money that he planned to transport back to the north. According to preliminary statistics, these two boxes of gold and silver jewelry should be worth a lot of money, equivalent to at least 40,000 to 60,000 taels of silver. After this unexpected gain was reported, all the generals ordered to dig through several strongholds on the defense line to see if there were any valuables that the Jin army would not have time to evacuate.
At the other end of the defense line, at Sujiabao, the situation was clearer than at Jijiabao. As Qian Tiandun said, Harugong's grasp of the fighter opportunities was quite accurate. As soon as the Jin army showed signs of retreat, he led the cavalry battalion into Sujiapu, and then bit the opponent's tail. The Hou Jin Army originally stationed in Sujiapu paid a price of nearly 500 men before they could escape.
At this point, the Hou Jin army on the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line had been cleared by Haihan, and the defenses across the Jinzhou Isthmus changed hands and became Haihan's control area. However, in the past few days of fighting, the Haihan Army had riddled several forts with holes, and forcibly demolished such a large hole in the middle. To restore these places to their original state, the amount of work would not be too small. Moreover, the Haihan Army will definitely not completely use the old fortifications, but will definitely make major changes on this basis to build this line of defense into Haihan-specific fortifications. Judging from the current manpower conditions, this construction period may not be able to be completed. It will continue until next year.
Of course, the military will not mind this kind of trouble. The Jinzhou Isthmus is the northern border of Haihan territory. In order to maintain the security of this place, it is reasonable to apply for more military expenditures. And if nothing else goes wrong, the special operations battalion will leave Liaodong after completing the spring offensive. In order to defend this extra enclave, additional troops will have to be mobilized. With Haihan's current deployment situation, it will be inevitable We also need to increase the number of troops. As long as the military can be expanded, it will not be a bad thing for the military. Whether it is the navy or the army, the top brass of the Ministry of National Defense will definitely be happy to see it happen. Moreover, the new idea of building an army proposed by the Ministry of National Defense is a mixed organization. That is, an army should not only have infantry, but also fixed establishments of artillery, cavalry, engineers and other arms, so that it does not have to be transferred from place to place every time there is a war. Corresponding arms were temporarily assembled into an army. Such an organization method will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the army. Of course, it will be followed by an inevitable increase in military expenditures. The new army organization method is bound to encounter many resistances in the promotion process, but the military will definitely spare no effort. Promote this plan.
The most effective promotion measure is the good news of victory on the battlefield. Only a real victory can allow senior officials with different opinions on the executive committee to come to a unified understanding and approve the military's application. The results of the Haihan Spring Offensive are undoubtedly the biggest gains in foreign wars in the past two years. It not only gained a foothold in Liaodong, but also dealt a certain degree of blow to Hou Jin, although it may not really be able to defeat Hou Jin. It's a stretch, but at least they have one more thing to worry about if they want to go south to attack Ming in the future. There was Haihan on the Jinzhou Peninsula. If Hou Jin wanted to mobilize troops, he had to weigh Haihan's attitude first.
Of course, in order for the Executive Committee to recognize the military's performance in Liaodong and the subsequent military reform measures proposed, there are still many details that need to be worked on when writing the report. Especially those topics that are very sensitive to civil servants must be carefully polished so that the other party cannot easily catch the pigtails.
After finishing the work on the battlefield, Qian Tiandun called Chen Yixin over and asked him to start arranging the writing of post-war report documents. This kind of thing is usually done by drafting a military Chinese document, and then the generals review it to see where it needs to be revised and supplemented. After slowly improving it, it is sent back to the Ministry of National Defense in Sanya, where it will be reviewed and revised again before submission. Executive Committee.
Chen Yixin remembered something and took the initiative to recommend a candidate: "Liu Shang from the Youth League also came to Liaodong with the army this time. Now he is temporarily serving as a clerk in the army, managing logistics affairs. Although this person's cultural level is not high, but He does have some brains and is quite familiar with publicity. I think he can be involved in the writing of the report. ”
Qian Tiandun knew about Liu Shang, but it was Chen Yixin who made the decision on his appointment, and he had not had much interference before. Qian Tiandun didn't think much about Liu Shang's reliability. After all, he was an official of the Youth League and a qualified naturalized citizen who had passed the political examination in Sanya. There was no reason to doubt his loyalty. However, whether it is Chen Yixin or Qian Tiandun, based on their experience of traveling through two time and space, it is difficult to imagine how an identity like Liu Shang could pass Haihan's numerous reviews and enter the officialdom and become a person with a stable identity. An official who does not arouse suspicion.
When Liu Shang received the notice, he was taking several logistics soldiers to count the inventory of ammunition. He was not dissatisfied with being assigned to this logistics position. In this position, he could come into contact with many weapons and equipment that he had been thinking about before, and he had been Staying at the rear is not life-threatening, so it can be considered a more satisfying job.
And based on his work experience in the past few months, he realized one thing, that is, the more positions and places he has stayed in, the more trust he can gain. Even if he didn't make any great achievements in these temporary positions, it would be beneficial to his career resume. In particular, this experience of going on an expedition with the army undoubtedly gilded his status as a youth league official. Even if he could not get even half of the military merit, in the future his resume would at least include "In a certain month of a certain year, he went with the sea." A certain unit of the Han army went to Liaodong and won the great victory in Jinzhou with the army." Such a glorious record.
Taking advantage of this period of time to serve in the army, Liu Shang figured out many issues, such as the rifles installed in the Haihan Army are divided into several calibers, what are the differences in the ammunition of each caliber, and what are the new weapons grenades and landmines? What kind of principle, and what kind of shells are used in the new artillery.
Of course, even if he has access to this kind of military secret, he is still at the stage where he knows it but does not know why, and it is even less possible for him to package and leak its manufacturing technology. In addition to lamenting that Haihan's military technology was too advanced, Liu Shang also secretly said to Hou Jin that he had to end it. With such a powerful opponent, the hard times have just begun.
Even if he does not know the future plans of the Ministry of National Defense, Liu Shang believes that Haihan will not easily compromise or even negotiate peace with Hou Jin. According to his feelings after contacting the northern garrison during this period, he even thinks that the military is likely to take advantage of this. Contradictions and conflicts maintained a long-term war with Hou Jin in the Liaodong area, and even turned Liaodong into a place for the military to train for war. This idea is very bold, but Liu Shang believes that with the military's style of conduct and the environment in Liaodong where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, nothing is completely impossible.
After receiving the notice from Chen Yixin, Liu Shang roughly guessed the reason why he was called up. Propaganda of war was a skill he had developed as a storyteller in the past, and he received systematic training after entering Haihan. It is indeed difficult for ordinary military Chinese writers to compare with him in terms of creative ability. Chen Yixin took a fancy to himself and naturally hoped that he could turn the Liaodong War into a story that could be spread easily and win higher public support for the Haihan military through word of mouth.
It's just that this job is not easy. After all, Liu Shang was at the second-line base counting ammunition during the war. He didn't see the cruel scenes of the battle between the two armies. Naturally, it was difficult to make up a story based entirely on nonsense. Therefore, the first thing Liu Shang did after receiving the mission was to go to the front line of the Jinzhou Isthmus to witness the rock-solid positions claimed by the military.
Liu Shang had seen a lot of corpses in the past, but the enemy corpses he saw on the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line were probably more than he had seen in his entire life. This kind of visual impact was quite powerful, even with his usual With a steady mind, it took a long time to really calm down. It wasn't until he saw the bloody scenes outside the position that he was convinced that Haihan had indeed won a shocking victory here.
(End of chapter)