Tonggu Mountain stretches only five or six miles from east to west and is only more than a hundred feet high. However, it is like a dragon lying across the river, locking the river and holding the lake.
Moved from Tongling City to the military camp on the top of Tonggu Mountain.
Mibao disembarked in a light boat and climbed Tonggu Mountain under the guidance of two guards.
At this time, the weather was no longer so cold. I climbed up the steps and listened to the roaring river wind and the swaying of the trees. After passing several sentry posts, Mibao walked into the shelter of the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain.
At this time, several generals who participated in the Fengsha Lake Battle today were already waiting in the wing. Among them, Qin Yan and Su Qi, like Mi Bao, were newly reorganized into the Jingzhou Navy from the remnants of the Jianye Navy.
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Mi Bao could also see the uncontrollable excitement in the eyes of Qin Yan and Su Qi.
A lame military official walked in. After hearing others introduce the identities of Mibao and others, he eagerly came over to say hello:
"You fought a really good battle today - based on today's great victory, I guess it is possible that you will make up your mind to cross the river directly from Tongling, and will ???????????????"
?The troops are pointing directly at Dafan Mountain. In maybe ten days and a half, everyone can sit in Lujiang City and have a celebration banquet!"
The lame military officer reported his family name, but it was Chen Songze, the military intelligence officer.
"Long time admiration!" Mi Bao and others saluted Chen Songze with clasped fists. They used to have admiration for Jingxiang (Chushan), but they were not very familiar with Jingxiang (Chushan)'s acting style. At this time, they were self-reliant on their positions.
He is humble and dare not discuss the war situation easily.
However, several other commanders and generals from the Jingzhou Navy came around excitedly after hearing Chen Songze's words and asked: "Is it really possible to directly attack Dafan Mountain? Will it have to be repeated in the next few days?
Clean up the remaining enemies in Fengsha Lake?"
Considering that the Japanese navy in Fengsha Lake has not been completely wiped out, the terrain upstream of Fengsha Lake is also quite complicated, and at the same time, the Japanese soldiers currently firmly control the areas along Fengsha Lake and Yuxi River, and can continue to mobilize a large number of equipment from
The land bank blocked the Yuxi River. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Xu Huai ordered the withdrawal after confirming that the goal of annihilating the main warships of the Fengsha Lake prisoners had been achieved.
The murderous navy generals did not completely clear out all the remaining Japanese soldiers in Fengsha Lake, but they still felt a little unhappy and unhappy in their hearts.
Of course, they hope to directly attack Dafan Mountain in the future so that they can completely wipe out the remaining Japanese warships in Fengsha Lake.
"You've already started chatting?"
Xu Huai walked in with Xiao Yanhan, Xu Wujiang, Han Gui, Liu Shiwang, Wang Zhang, Jiang Ang, Yu Gong, Ling Jian and others. Seeing Chen Songze chatting animatedly with the navy generals, he asked with a smile.
"See the envoy!"
Everyone was busy saluting Xu Huai.
Xu Huai asked everyone to take their seats.
Now Xu Huai will never have the opportunity to return to the front line to supervise the battle. Today he is standing on the top of Tonggu Mountain to watch the battle. Although he can generally see the spat at Fengsha Lake ten miles away, he still has to observe many details.
Not detailed enough.
The naval generals were summoned to learn more about the details of today's water battle on Fengsha Lake and discuss how to better adjust the tortoise-shell and iron-hulled ship formation operations. They also commended the generals for their bravery.
Xu Wujiang, Han Gui, Liu Shiwang and others were also excited. It can be said that the tortoise-shell and iron-hulled boat was put into actual combat for the first time, and it achieved such effective results. It was not only expected, but also surprised everyone.
Everyone also knows very well the significance of the victory at Fengshahukou and how important it will be.
This means that their next step of completely controlling Tongling and the Yangtze River waters west of the Lujiang River will no longer be a delusion.
This means that with the cooperation of the navy, they can land directly from the Linjiang area of Lujiang River, and their troops will be directed towards Dafan Mountain.
This means that they can lift the siege of Lujiang earlier than expected, allowing the Huaixi Battle, which lasted for more than half a year, to achieve substantial counterattack results, thereby truly stabilizing the situation in the Jianghuai River and sounding the clarion call for a major counterattack in advance.
Of course, this also means that the image of the Jingxiang Army being invincible becomes even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This is actually a situation that everyone in Beijing and Xiangzhou can see. What is currently controversial or hesitant is whether it is necessary to strengthen the control of the Yangtze River waters east of Tongling in advance, and whether it is necessary to block the Ruxukou channel?
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The tortoise-shell and iron-hulled ships performed extremely well in shallow silt waters, but whether they could maintain such an advantage in the deep and vast waters of the Yangtze River, and whether adjustments needed to be made in the ship formations and tactical arrangements, Xu Huai still wanted to hear more from front-line generals.
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Mi Bao, Qin Yan, Su Qi and others were just thinking about further clearing out the remnants of the Japanese navy in Fengsha Lake. Unexpectedly, the production department was already considering the issue of controlling the entire Yangtze River waters and invited them.
Discussing this matter is somewhat frightening.
However, the general who came from the Jingzhou Navy had long been accustomed to similar tactics, and he was quite excited to talk about the battle situation.
Currently the main force of the Lubing Navy is stationed in Chao Lake.
Chaohu Lake and the Yangtze River are not directly connected. They are connected by the Ruxukou Channel (Ruxukou Water or Haoxi River) that is more than a hundred miles long. The intersection between Ruxu Mountain and Qibao Mountain near Chaohu Lake is the narrowest and most dangerous.
Everyone felt that the Jingzhou Navy had the ability to storm the Ruxukou Channel and completely block the main force of the Lubing Navy in Chao Lake.
Of course, Chao Lake is deep and wide, far beyond the reach of Fengsha Lake. Even if the main force of the Jingzhou Navy can blockade the Ruxu River in advance, it is still not suitable to go deep into the more than 100 miles of Chao Lake in a short period of time to fight the main force of the Lubing Navy.
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Xu Wujiang, Han Gui and others were worried that capturing the Ruxukou channel in advance would seriously distract the limited strength of the Jingzhou Navy.
"You can set up a water camp in the Qingge River, station iron-armored warships, and summon the navy from Hubei, Huangrunyang and other places to gather in Wuhu. It should be able to make the enemy's army uncomfortable..." Mibao's audience talked a lot, mainly because they were worried
The naval force is short of strength in a short period of time, and dividing the troops may delay the progress of the war, so I boldly suggested.
Since it is not appropriate to divide the troops too much for the time being, Mibao suggested setting up a water camp at the mouth of the Qingge River in Wuhu County, 150 to 60 miles west of Tongling, imitating Tianjing Lake, and dispatching some tortoise-shell and iron-hulled boats to station there, so that
It can effectively prevent the Japanese navy from entering and exiting the Yangtze River at will through the Ruxu River, which is only more than 20 miles away from the Qingge River at the mouth of the river. Then the naval forces from Runzhou, Yangzhou and other places were summoned to Wuhu County to jointly strengthen the control of Ruxu.
The blockade of the mouth of the Shuihe River and the outer river surface can also achieve the effect of blocking the Imperial Navy in Chaohu Lake to a certain extent.
In this way, the main force of infantry and cavalry can be more focused on landing in the Linjiang area south of Dafan Mountain with the assistance of the navy, and relieve the siege of the Lujiang River as soon as possible.
Based on the results of the Fengsha Lake water battle, I believe that the Japanese soldiers have completely given up their plans of landing south of the Yangtze River again. The Qingge River water camp and the Niushoushan rebels stationed in Wuhu City rely on each other and will be safe enough.
Xu Huai pondered for a moment, looked at Mi Bao and others, and asked: "I have ordered the Ezhou Navy to march eastward to join the war, but the Ezhou Navy does not have the ability to fight independently for the time being. I am considering whether to transfer several troops from the Jingzhou Navy.
The elite sentry navy troops will each form a battalion with the two sentry Ezhou naval forces, and set up water camps in Fanchang, Wuhu, Dangtu and other places. Do you have the confidence to serve as the commander-in-chief?"
If the Jingzhou Navy wants to further expand, whether it is training the navy or building new warships, it will not be able to produce results in three to five days.
The organization of the naval force is slightly different from that of the infantry and cavalry. It usually consists of two hundred generals, a number of warships as one sentry, and two posts as one battalion.
Xu Huai's plan is to directly dismantle the Ezhou Navy, which currently has a total strength of eight sentries, and transfer the elite four sentries from the Jingzhou Navy to form four battalions of the navy and deploy them to Fanchang, Wuhu, Dangtu, etc. west of Tongling.
At the same time, while conducting reorganization drills, the activities of the Japanese soldiers and naval forces from entering the Yangtze River from Ruxukou were restrained.
This will also make it easier for the main force of the water infantry to concentrate on relieving the siege of Lujiang River first.
Mi Bao, Qin Yan, Su Qi and other generals said hesitantly: "The last general is willing to go..."
When they were building the Ye Navy, they were all commander-level generals. In their hearts, they still hoped to lead a larger navy to fight the enemy. This further proved that the defeat of the Jianye Navy was not due to their fear of the enemy and fear of fighting.
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However, they are also worried that the production department may not be able to trust them to independently command a naval force.
Xu Huai discussed with Xu Wujiang and Han Gui for a long time, and said: "The Jingzhou Navy has also been urgently expanded to this size after the war. There is still a shortage of generals who can independently lead a battalion of naval operations. You are willing to stand up and shoulder the responsibility."
Heavy responsibility, that’s the best thing!”
In order to avoid the suspicion of the court, the Jingzhou Navy merged with the Nancai Water Camp, and the number of generals never exceeded 2,000. They were under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Military and Horse Supervisory Department and the Nancai County Weisi, with Wang Zhang as the capital of Yuhou, and the
There are only five battalion commanders under the command. The Jingzhou Navy conducted an emergency expansion and absorbed the remnants of the Jianye Navy. The strength was expanded to more than 6,000, which is actually the size of the 12th battalion in three compartments. If it wants to further expand, the top priority is to solve the problem.
There will be an extreme shortage of mid-level and high-level commanders.
Xu Huai is still very willing to promote and appoint generals from the Jianye Navy. This is also a shortcut to quickly supplement the serious shortage of naval commanders at the moment.
In addition to Mi Bao, Qin Yan, Su Qi and other generals, Xu Huai also hoped that Ling Jian, who had served as the commander of the Jianye Navy, could temporarily join Wang Zhang in assisting Xu Wujiang in commanding the Jingzhou Navy, so that the command of the Jingzhou Navy
The system is further improved.
Mi Bao, Qin Yan, Su Qi and other generals are also Ling Jian's old subordinates. Ling Jian serves as one of the chief generals of the Jingzhou Navy. He can make Mi Bao and other generals better and integrate into the Jingzhou Navy faster, thus becoming the leader of the Jingzhou Navy.
