After these materials are transported here, it is basically difficult to use heavy four-wheeled carriages on a large scale to quickly transport them to the front line, because after arriving here, there are basically no good roads such as official roads for the heavy four-wheeled carriages to pass.
Although these heavy-duty four-wheeled carriages carry heavy loads, they also have relatively high requirements for roads. Although they do not require cement-hardened pavement, they must also be smooth and solid gravel and dirt pavements.
If horse-drawn carriages continue to be used to transport supplies on this route, the load capacity must be reduced, or two-wheeled horse-drawn carriages may be used.
From the perspective of the military, this is not worth the gain, because it will consume a lot of horses. It is better to free up the horses and use them for frontline troops and heavy rapid transportation in the rear.
Horses are very precious materials, and although the Army uses a large number of horses, it must be mentioned that most of the military horses are concentrated in the frontline troops. Not to mention those war horses, most of them are also used as draft horses.
Concentrated in the army's baggage units, they need horses to undertake the last stage of transportation tasks in the most dangerous and frontline places.
At the same time, on the section from the port to the strategic material reserve station, because the roads are good and heavy four-wheeled carriages can be used, there are also many horses attached to this section of the road.
As for the distance from the strategic material reserve station to the frontline material transfer station, a large amount of manpower and wheelbarrows were used.
The horse-drawn carriage will not be the main means of transportation for this section of the journey, the wheelbarrow will be!
Although the wheelbarrow wastes manpower, it has basically no requirements on roads, and the transportation volume is not small, so it can be used as the main transportation force on this kind of road section.
But after arriving at the front-line material transfer station, the next transportation became mainly horse-drawn carriages, because the further forward from the front-line material transfer station is to transport to the various troops.
This section of the journey is usually within fifty kilometers. However, because this section of the journey is already within the combat range, the enemy is very likely to appear. For safety reasons, using a horse-drawn carriage is the best choice.
Based on many years of experience, the Army of the Tang Dynasty has summarized a complete set of tactics that rely on four-wheeled carriages for field defense. The most basic tactic is to encounter the enemy, especially when the enemy's cavalry attacks. Four carriages are directly connected end to end to form a
A hollow square formation of horse-drawn carriages, with soldiers relying on the horse-drawn carriages for defense.
This method of defense is quite effective. Although there are only four carriages and there are only a dozen or twenty soldiers, even if dozens of cavalry encounter this kind of formation, their scalp will be numb. Faced with something like this,
A vehicle formation that is like a small fortress often requires a heavy price to be conquered.
What's more, a formation of four carriages is just the most basic tactic. In actual combat, more than a dozen vehicles are often dispatched together, and even large-scale operations involve dozens or hundreds of vehicles. Such a huge estimate
A vehicle formation, even if it involves hundreds or even thousands of enemy cavalry, can be quite difficult. Although such a vehicle formation can sometimes be broken through, the casualties are often heavy.
The good defensive properties of the vehicle array were also an important reason that prompted the Tang Army to use it on a large scale, and it was also an important reason why they were very fond of using four-wheeled carriages.
From the factory to the port, from the port to the strategic reserve station, to the frontline transfer station, and then to the frontline troops, ammunition and other various logistics supplies are continuously transported to the frontline and used by the troops.
Of course, if you just want temporary transportation, it is naturally impossible. In fact, in order to launch the Northeast Campaign, the empire transported materials more than half a year in advance, and a large amount of materials have been transported to major strategic reserves in advance.
In the warehouse, part of it was also transported to the transfer station on the front line in advance. Even the troops carried a large amount of supplies with them.
Even if the rear is no longer producing and transporting supplies, the strategic supplies stored in the Northeast region alone are enough to sustain the army for more than half a year.
However, it is obvious that the battle in the Northeast cannot be ended within half a year. It is only the early maneuvering time. Even if the Chahar, Duoyan and other tribes are defeated, there are still many messy indigenous needs behind.
Beating.
The Army estimates that it is possible to end the main battle within half a year. By the time winter comes, the main battle will be over, and then the troops will begin to enter the rest stage, and at the same time launch small-scale purge operations, and wait until next summer to launch again
A large-scale mopping up attack.
The duration of the entire Northeast Campaign may last more than two years.
Of course, during these two years, it does not mean that there was a war every day. In fact, the time before and after the war broke out in large-scale battles was estimated to be only a few months. Most of the remaining time was spent adjusting the troops and resting.
Replenish supplies and conduct small-scale clearance operations.
This is the estimate of the top army officials, but Fang Xitong has other ideas. He hopes to advance the front to Heilongjiang before this winter. As for the purge operation, he hopes that when the main force is fighting on the front line, the rear will
The reserve division troops deployed at the same time.
If we want to describe Fang Xitong's strategic plan, then the main force is the fist, ruthlessly annihilating and defeating large-scale enemies, while the reserve force in the rear is the Zhuzi, following up in the rear to eliminate the remaining small-scale enemies.
This way you don't have to go back and sort it out again and again.
According to Fang Xitong's strategic plan, the requirements for the cavalry troops are even higher. He requires the cavalry regiment led by Kang Changning to be able to maneuver into place within half a month, cut off the connection between the enemy's departments, and then attack the enemy.
Each department was defeated one by one.
Kang Changning, who had already started the attack with his troops, also knew that the core of his action this time was to be fast.
It was too fast for the foreign tribes to react. Before they could react, they were divided and surrounded, not giving them time to mobilize and gather troops, and eliminating the opportunity for them to flee north.
Because Fang Xitong was unwilling to simply repel them, and then he would have to face their counterattack after the aliens reacted and gathered.
On April 26, the 1st Cavalry Regiment led by Kang Changning and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Cavalry Regiment that cooperated with him ran for more than 200 kilometers in one go after many days of attacks.
At this time, Kang Changning had actually pushed several small tribes of Chahar people behind him, but he did not waste time attacking them on the road. Instead, he did not stop at all and kept running.
After running for many days, these tens of thousands of cavalry took a short rest for two days before continuing to rush north!
This time, they ran more than 200 kilometers northward in one breath!
By May 2, the three cavalry regiments led by Kang Changning had already appeared in the core areas of several main tribes in Chahar!
Next, there will inevitably be a large-scale war with the local aliens!
While Kang Changning was leading more than 40,000 cavalrymen to fight with the Chahar tribe, the Chinese infantry and artillery units led by Fang Xitong in the rear were still more than 200 kilometers away!
However, the connection between the two parties has never been broken!
Through constant reports from messengers, Fang Xitong always knew the movements of Kang Changning's troops. Although he often learned the news two or three days later, he still knew the news and would not be confused.
While generals such as Fang Xitong and Kang Changning were fighting in the Northeast, the navy also launched its own operations, which were the operations of landing in Vladivostok and the Heilongjiang estuary.
Although the navy did not communicate with the army about this operation, it still reported it to Li Xuan. Li Xuan also felt that if the navy could control Vladivostok and gain access to the mouth of the Suifen River, it could also cooperate with the army in attacking the twin cities in the future.
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As for Heilongjiang, there are no large-scale foreign enemies, but it is located in the far north and has difficulty in supply. If the navy can open up Heilongjiang and control Heilongjiang, then it can rely on Heilongjiang to establish river supply lines, which will provide
Great convenience for the Army to operate in the above-mentioned areas.
Therefore, Li Xuan also approved the navy's action.
As for the Army, although they are still confused about the Suifenhe and Heilongjiang plans that the Navy suddenly launched at this time, since the Navy itself is doing it, the Army is too lazy to pay attention to it.
Nowadays, the focus of the army is on the Northeast Campaign. The core task is to annihilate the Mongolian left-wing tribes such as Chahar and Duoyan Sanwei. The second is to annihilate the various chaotic indigenous tribes entrenched in the eastern and northeastern regions.
If the navy can establish a river supply line, it will also bring great benefits to the army, so the army is also happy to see success.
Of course, in the early stage of all this, the navy should not expect the army to help them, let alone occupy the supplies in the Northeast region. If the navy wants to do it, the navy must do it on its own.
The Navy has no objection at all to this!
Anyway, the navy is not an army, so it does not need to send too many troops to the above-mentioned combat areas. At most, it will only be a few thousand marines.
As for supplies, the navy is preparing to transport them from Busan Port. In addition, it can also obtain certain supplies from the Fuso area.
At present, the Tang Empire has established a colony in Fukuyama Castle on Ezo Island, and it can also obtain certain supplies nearby from this colony.
After obtaining Li Xuan's permission, the navy quickly started taking action. The naval fleet stationed in Busan set sail and carried a battalion of marines to Vladivostok.
According to the intelligence previously detected by the navy, Vladivostok is still a wilderness, with only a few indigenous people living here and not even a sizable town.