I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Jining is now the main force of the Northern Army.

Liu Hansan naturally learned the news that Man Qing was going to escape from the customs, so he also had a headache.

For them, it is no longer difficult to reach Beijing.

However, this takes time.

No matter how fast they were advancing, they couldn't be faster than Manqing, who was determined to escape. After all, the two sides were still separated by a straight line distance of a thousand miles.

"Everyone said, what should I do? It would be troublesome for them to escape outside the customs, and our supply line from Nanjing to outside the customs would be unimaginably long."

Liu Hansan first talked about the problem and asked everyone to think of a solution.

For them, fighting in the Beijing area is far less difficult than going outside the Northeast Pass.

The food and weapons and ammunition they need all need to be transported from Nanjing.

In the north, they could not raise food.

They learned the lessons of the Ming Dynasty and did not want to go outside Guan and fight the Qing army.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than the Qing Dynasty, but it suffered repeated defeats in the military of Liaodong. One of the important reasons was that the Qing army played at home, and the Ming army belonged to the away game.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was already difficult to feed the people with food in the north, and the army's food could only be transported from the south.

But from Jiangnan to the outside of the customs, one stone of grain is transported, and two stones are consumed on the way.

Such a huge loss is a huge financial burden, and the frontline troops are often not adequately supplied.

And some bigwigs in the DPRK also pretended to be clever and ordered to change the transportation of grain to direct silver.

Send the silver to the army and let them buy it for themselves.

The loss of shipping silver will be much lower, but a new problem has arisen.

That is, there was no food in the north, and a large amount of silver was poured into to buy food, and the price of food naturally soared.

In the end, it is clear that the military pay is well calculated, but in practice it is often much worse.

If the wages are not enough, the soldiers are naturally unwilling to sacrifice their lives.

The transportation capacity of Daming in the past could not solve this problem at all.

Although Dahua is better, it does not want to pay such a huge loss.

Therefore, it is the best choice to eliminate the Qing army in the Guannei area.

And not to mention the difficulty of transportation to fight outside the customs, according to the current situation, after conquering the north, the first thing may be to rescue the people.

Outside the customs, I don't know what year and month it will be delayed.

This is undoubtedly a very bad thing for Hua Jun.

"Let's take a risk, come to a battle of thousands of miles, and don't care about the surrounding, regardless of logistics, go straight to Beijing, bite them, and make them unable to retreat."

Tang Guozhen said a crazy idea.

A lone army ran for thousands of miles, without logistical support, surrounded by enemy troops, this is not a rush, it is looking for death.

"This is too risky. With our current fleet transportation capacity, we can transport at most one division to attack at a time. At present, there are nearly 60,000 Eight Banners soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. Although the weapons and equipment are poor, this number cannot be ignored. .

More importantly, this rushing force needs to stand alone in Beijing for about seven or eight days before a large army can arrive.

This is really a test of the toughness of the troops. "

Xu Yuxian analyzed the two major difficulties of this raid.

"Bring more ammunition and find a favorable terrain. It is entirely possible for 10,000 people to resist an enemy with 60,000 backward equipment. Moreover, this is the last unit of the Qing army, and they will not dare to fight us to the death.

As for the food problem, it can only be overcome by the soldiers. At the same time, the army does not have to arrive in seven or eight days, and the cavalry can be left alone to act. The cavalry troops could arrive in about four days. "

Tang Guozhen said.

"Master Tang, what you said is too idealistic, and you ignore all the factors that are unfavorable to our army. Have you ever thought that if the Qing army can still command the Green Battalion, then their army will be more than 60,000.

If the enemy on the road still resists, the cavalry will not be able to penetrate thousands of miles. If the Qing army is desperate to fight to the death, the attacking troops may not be able to stop it.

Moreover, when the army is alone in Beijing, how to collect intelligence and how to effectively contain the retreating troops of the enemy, have you considered these? "

Duan Qiming did not mean to firmly oppose Tang Guozhen's method, but to demonstrate the feasibility of this method together.

The more the rationale became clearer, the more the Hua Jun relied on everyone's debate to come up with many tactics and avoid many wrong decisions.

"These problems can be solved by willpower. I dare not say other troops. If we hand this task to our division, we will definitely be able to do it.

Although the risk is a little bigger, it is totally worth the gamble compared to the reward. If the Manchu Qing were allowed to transfer their troops and wealth outside the customs, we would have to pay a greater price in the future. "

Tang Guozhen simply volunteered to take the task by himself, in order to shut up the others.

It doesn't matter if you don't think so, I'll do it myself.

"What do you mean by that, is it only your teacher who has the will to fight?"

When others heard Tang Guozhen's words, they were unhappy. Their rational analysis was like being scared and timid by Tang Guozhen.

Tang Guozhen's statement that the profit was more moved Liu Hansan, and he also felt that it was worth the gamble.

In case of failure, it is only the loss of a division's strength.

Although it is also very miserable, and the possible benefits

By comparison, the risk is worth taking.

In war, there is no reason not to take risks.

"Okay, don't argue. I decided to agree to this plan. Next, everyone will demonstrate in this direction and improve the plan. Hurry up, we have to make a decision before tomorrow morning, and the logistics department will start preparing materials now, and fully meet the requirements. 21st Division. If you don't have any supplies, you should first borrow them from other divisions, and other units will not be excused."

Liu Hansan directly set the direction, so that everyone can save time, instead of arguing about whether it can be done, but concentrate on thinking about how to do it.

The commander made a statement, no matter right or wrong, the people below have to implement it. This is the rule in the Chinese army.

As a result, there was no sound of arguing in the hall. The division commanders and many staff officers of the staff began to study the map and refine the plan for the raid.

They have to be so cautious, after all, this is a deep battle behind enemy lines, and if they fail, the entire army will be wiped out.

More than 100,000 of them and 200,000 Qing troops fought a fierce battle of Xuzhou, and the total number of casualties was less than 10,000.

But now this plan of running for thousands of miles may make it possible for them to destroy a division.

If this happens, Liu Hansan, the supreme commander of the Northern Legion, will not be able to escape punishment, and at least he must be demoted to reflect on himself.