The first thousand four hundred and eighty-eight chapters should be Yikang to Fusang
The navy does not plan to send the main fleet to Fuso. This is not because they are arrogant, but because the people in Fuso are too bad.
Moreover, the navy is not unprepared. If we do not send the main fleet from China, it does not mean that there will be no navy in the Fuso Sea area.
In case the Fuso people set up a bunch of sampans to block it, the Tang Navy still has a Fuso squadron in the Fuso waters and surrounding areas.
In the early years, the Empire established the Ryukyu Squadron in Ryukyu, and later established the Osaka Squadron and the Edo Squadron in the Fuso area. However, the management was chaotic, so the Imperial Navy later integrated these squadrons and established the Fuso Squadron.
Its defense area includes the Ryukyu Islands, Fuso Islands and other surrounding waters.
Its headquarters is in Osumi Prefecture.
Although the Fuso Squadron after integration has become increasingly poor in strength over the years, it is almost inferior to the Ryukyu Squadron in the early years, because the flagship of the Ryukyu Squadron in the early years was an 800-ton cruiser, and there were many frigates.
Few, but because there is really no enemy maritime power in this direction, the most we can do is to prepare for the Spaniards coming from Mexico!
So later on, even the flagship was simply turned into a frigate, and the main force was turned into a bunch of offshore patrol ships. From the previous ocean combat squadron, it became an offshore patrol squadron.
However, even with such a squadron, there is no problem at all in completely controlling the Fuso Sea Area.
Therefore, the Navy has no plans to dispatch capital ships from domestic or Nanyang waters to reinforce the Fuso Sea. At most, it will just let the North Sea Squadron cooperate with the operations.
The Navy didn't pay much attention to it, and even the Army itself didn't pay much attention to it. It thought it was just like that, so it directly issued an order to let the 15th Army take charge of the Fuso War and capture Yunyun as soon as possible.
The army and navy don't take it seriously. It's not that they underestimate the enemy, but that the Fuso people are too bad. Arrangements of this level are actually taken very seriously.
It can be said that there are more than 30,000 army troops, and there are also three frigates and more than 20 offshore patrol ships in a Fuso squadron.
In addition, transport ships are also a big deal. As for why transport ships are included, it is because these are armed transport ships, and they have serious artillery on them.
It can be said that retaking Fusang is not difficult militarily. If Li Xuan wanted to fight Fusang, he would have won it ten years ago. The reason for delaying the fight is not because of military issues, but because of political issues.
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Now that they planned to fight, the military took action immediately.
As before, the army and navy took the lead, while the Guards picked up the slack behind!
And it wasn't just the Guardsmen who picked up the leaks. In fact, many officers from the army and navy pounced on them like sharks that smelled the smell of blood.
Even since last year, before the formal combat order was issued, many people have already started to find ways to transfer to the 15th Army.
Now that the news has come out, all the officers of the domestic army and navy, big and small, can't sit still. They all started to find ways to be transferred to Fuso to fight.
Why?
Because there are no major risks in this Fuso battle, and you can still gain military exploits!
Even though the Fuso people were vulnerable, they still conquered the huge Fuso Islands. In any case, it was an expansion of territory. Even if the credit was reduced a lot, it was still a big plate of meat, which was enough for them to conquer.
Many officers have made entries in their merit books.
Moreover, it is not easy to come across such good things as earning military exploits without risks. Datang has fought a lot of wars in recent years. Although it has won many battles, the risks of fighting are still high.
For example, in the decisive battle in the Indian Ocean, it seemed that the Portuguese were vulnerable and could only retreat steadily under the attacks of the Tang Dynasty. However, in the Battle of Ceylon Island, the ground combat troops were reduced by more than 2,000 people. Dong Qiankun's ground troops
After the combat troops completed the attack on Ceylon, they rested for a full month before recovering and waiting to replenish their troops.
As a result, even if we were hit by a storm while crossing the Indian Ocean, we lost more than 3,000 army and navy officers. After that, we went to fight in Africa, and we still don’t know how many casualties we would suffer.
Therefore, even if the Portuguese are vulnerable, let alone the natives, overseas campaigns are still very risky, and this risk is not brought by the enemy, but by nature.
However, there is no such natural risk in Fuso. The small Tsushima Strait is enough to arrive at dawn and dusk, and the Fuso Islands themselves have a more suitable climate, which is similar to the climate of the mainland of the empire, and is suitable for the survival of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this situation that the officers are thinking of ways to participate in this battle and take the opportunity to gain military glory.
If you don’t do it now, you will probably have to go to India or even Africa to fight with the Portuguese and indigenous people in the future to gain military glory!
If you go to India or even Africa to fight, you will lose your life if you are not careful, and there is a high probability that you will not be killed by the enemy, but will die of illness, or simply drown in a storm!
How unfair that is!
However, not everyone can have this opportunity. Except for the officers who were originally serving in the Fifteenth Army, other officers wanted to temporarily transfer to the Fifteenth Army, and they were also part of the 56th Infantry Division participating in the war.
, the four garrison regiments and other troops are quite difficult.
Therefore, ordinary military officers basically have no hope.
Only two kinds of people can have this opportunity!
One is the children of powerful people with deep backgrounds, especially those children of military nobles who hold the title of Crown Prince or have even inherited the title. They have far more rich connections than others to carry out activities, so they can be transferred to serve in the Fifteenth Army and participate in
Opportunities at the Battle of Fuso.
As for the other kind of people, they are a few outstanding officers who are favored by many big bosses, have extremely good grades, and are trained as the stars of hope in the military.
These people often show military talents that far exceed others when they are in martial arts schools, and they are among the best when they graduate. As long as these people show outstanding military talents, they don't have to worry about their future at all. The bosses above
We will train them accordingly.
Ying Yikang is such a proud son of the emperor who was temporarily allowed to participate in the Battle of Fusang!
Speaking of his background, he is just a son of an ordinary gentry in northern Anhui. Compared with the poor people, this kind of background is naturally much better. However, in the army, such a background is very ordinary, because his family is basically impossible to give him
any help for your career.
Even in-laws were out of the question, because he got married early, before applying for the Army Martial Arts Academy, and married the legitimate daughter of the same local gentry family as his wife.
Although his wife's family is considered wealthy and well-known in the local area, it still cannot bring much help to his military career.
What really helped him in his military career was that during his three years at the Army Martial Arts Academy, he ranked among the top three in infantry in every annual examination.
During the graduation exam, he ranked first in infantry!
This graduation result allowed him to rise rapidly. Right after graduation, he took the position of captain of the infantry team of the main infantry division with the rank of second lieutenant. You have to know that most of the time, the captain of the infantry team of the main force is held by a captain. Just after graduation, he can
Serving as captain is a perk only available to the top three in the athletics department.
Three months later, he became a lieutenant, and then the word "agent" was dropped.
A year later, he was transferred to the military department as a combat staff officer and promoted to captain.
Then he applied for the Royal Academy. During his time at the Imperial Academy, he also achieved good results. He still ranked first in the infantry subject in the graduation exam and received a saber bestowed by the Holy Emperor.
At the same time, while he was in school, he also served as a combat staff officer on the Privy Council Staff and participated in a series of combat plans. At the end of last year, he launched the decisive battle in the Indian Ocean. He was one of the combat staff officers who participated in the formulation of the army's combat plan, and he was still in the middle class.
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From then on, his name was basically remembered by many big bosses in the Army.
He just graduated from the Royal Academy last year and naturally became an Army Major. He first served as a combat staff officer in the Army Privy Council Staff Department. The Army's strategic plan in Fuso was created by him and a group of combat staff officers, and his performance was quite eye-catching.
Everyone knows that the position of operational staff officer of the General Staff is just a transitional position for him. It is estimated that after a year, he can be transferred to the field army, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely be the battalion commander of a main infantry battalion, and then
It's the regimental commander, the division commander, walking all the way up.
But no one expected that he would be transferred to the main force so quickly. Just a few months after graduating from the Royal Academy, he was transferred to the main force and served in the 56th Infantry Division.
More importantly, this was a temporary transfer. When he received the transfer order, the combat order to send troops to Fuso had already been issued.
Being able to be transferred to the 56th Infantry Division to serve as the battalion commander of a main infantry battalion at the last moment is something that, except for the nod from the top management or even personal promotion, few people in the entire army can do this, even those
Neither can the children of powerful people.
This shows that the senior military officials appreciate him. Looking at the pace, they are not training ordinary brigadiers or major generals, but are heading towards the training of lieutenant generals and commanders.
However, in the eyes of others, Ying Yikang was deeply favored by the senior management, but in Ying Yikang's own opinion, this transfer was not satisfactory.
He wanted to go to the main force and lead troops to fight, but what he wanted was a real war, not an armed parade like the Battle of Fuso, or even those colonial wars. He had no interest in it, so he just wanted to go
He took office in the northwest, and then had an open fight with the Tatars!
Of course, this has nothing to do with any man's romance, nor is it a matter of personal preference such as hating Tatars more. It is purely for the sake of one's own future.
But because everyone knows that the Battle of Fuso actually has nothing to do with war. It is purely an armed parade. Even if you get the credit for conquering Fuso, what is the use of this credit?
What he wants is to participate in a real war and make meritorious deeds!
To lay the foundation for yourself as a new generation leader of the Army!