"The mobilization of the South China Sea Navy is very strange. In recent days, a large number of military trains have arrived at the front line close to us through the railway. However, our people did not find this situation and they did not find this situation in the northeast. Their troops on the northeast line instead
He took the initiative to retreat at least thirty kilometers!"
"What do they want to do? It is reasonable to actively shrink the defense on the eastern front, but why don't they retreat to complex terrain on the northwest front close to us? Do they have the confidence to block our attack in plain terrain?"
Immediately, a subordinate said: "The Southern Navy has a lot of cavalry. Maybe they want to rely on the cavalry troops to gain a tactical advantage over our army on the plain terrain!"
"There are now two cavalry corps in the South China Sea, and each division also has a cavalry regiment. The total number of cavalry is probably more than 100,000. The cavalry force they have invested in Dongding Prefecture is at least 70,000.
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"Now they have recruited a lot of cavalry from Dongding Prefecture. They can get another 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry at least. This is a very large number of cavalry!"
"When they attacked Dongding Prefecture before, their cavalry troops were very active and frequently used large-scale strategic detours to outflank Dongding Prefecture's troops!"
The subordinate's words made Feng Ziqi frown. This damn Nanhai State has a large population and strong industry, but it is also a cavalry state!
The top war horse in the Daheng Empire is called the Nanzhou Horse.
Nanhai Prefecture is the origin of Nanzhou Horses. Although Nanhai Prefecture is no longer the only place of origin of Nanzhou Horses, nor is it even the largest place of origin, Nanhai Prefecture is still one of the top producing states of war horses in the Daheng Empire.
A mere state can produce 100,000 cavalry, and these 100,000 cavalry are all equipped with top-notch Nanzhou horses, but few states can do this, not even Jingzhou, nor Zisheng State.
These 100,000 cavalry are a huge threat!
It seems that this time when we go south, we can't engage in any kind of mobile warfare. This is what they did in Dongdingzhou before, and in the end they even lost all their underwear.
This time when going south, we have to set up our posture openly, gradually go south along the railway line, and hold back the South Korean navy through a head-on confrontation.
As for the head-on confrontation, the opponent's firepower advantage!
He said that Feng Ziqi seemed to have no breech-loading guns!
When breech-loading guns first appeared in Nanhai Prefecture, he sent people to collect information, obtained a lot of samples, and even poached technicians from Fuyuan Ordnance Factory and Nanzhou Machinery Bureau.
This also led to the fact that the First Machinery Bureau under his command had successfully imitated the Luoan III rifle half a year ago and solved various technical problems in mass production to start mass production. As for the steel breech-loading rifled gun,
It was also successfully imitated and started mass production two months ago.
And because of the tense situation, it was necessary to work overtime and work hard to produce. For this reason, he requisitioned several private-owned factories.
Now, the troops under his command have been equipped with at least 50,000 Luoan III rifles. Most of the other troops are equipped with breech-loading rifled troops modified from smoothbore rifles. Up to now, there are actually only second-line units such as local garrison troops and militia groups.
The troops were still equipped with muskets.
The main force of the regular army has already been fully equipped with breech-loading rifled guns.
Previously, Yuan Yonghan and others were able to modify most of the troops' equipment with breech-loading rifles, and Feng Ziqi, who controlled a state, was even more able to do so.
There are fewer steel breech-loading rifled guns, but there are almost dozens of them, and dozens more can be obtained every month.
Although the First Machinery Bureau under his command is not as large as the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau and can produce hundreds of artillery pieces of different types and sizes in a month, it is not a problem to produce dozens of artillery pieces in a month if they work hard.
The actual situation was just as Lin Ziran and other senior leaders of the South China Sea had expected. If Feng Ziqi was given a few more months, he would dare to equip all of his nearly 300,000 main troops with rear-mounted guns and cannons.
And this is why the Southern Navy couldn’t wait to launch the Eastern Campaign and then continued to launch the Northern Campaign.
Lin Ziran didn't care about the external reaction at all, and even didn't bother to pay attention to the changes in the three directions of Zhongluozhou, Quyangzhou, and Jingzhou. He just strictly ordered the troops to rely on the defense line to defend, and at the same time gave them a small number of reinforcements.
The main force is still gathering towards Zi Shengzhou!
On September 29, ten days after the South Korean Navy captured Dongdingzhou, the South Korean Navy had actually completed the mobilization of frontline troops.
Nearly 200,000 troops gathered in one place, including cavalry, artillery, and infantry. The cavalry and artillery among them were very large.
If there is only the eastern defense line, only the Sixth Army, a new unit, serves as the core of the defense mission, and this Sixth Army has also been deployed with one and a half divisions extending westward to support the actions of the northern front troops. In fact, the main force of the eastern front
There are less than 30,000 troops.
In addition, the Seventh Army, a new unit that is still in the process of reorganization, is deployed here.
So it seems that the strength of the Southern Navy on the eastern front is still very strong, with about 100,000 people. Unfortunately, most of them are temporarily unable to fight.
This is why such a conservative defensive strategy was adopted on the Eastern Front.
On September 30, Lin Ziran took a train to the northern front line.
After arriving at the front line that evening, he gave a speech at the train station. He once again held high the banner of Daheng's unification, and declared that there are always some people who are willing to rise again and fight bravely for the unification of Daheng.
There is no doubt that the Southern Navy belongs to those who bravely stand up and fight.
The content of this speech is actually mainly for the general officers and soldiers of the army and the people of the two states. As for the opinions of other states, it does not matter, at least it does not matter now.
That night Lin Ziran convened a meeting with the main generals and formally approved the battle plan.
War is inevitable!
When the Zisheng Prefecture Army in the north still believed that the Southern Navy's mobilization on the northern front was to prevent them from going south, and wanted to use the superiority of cavalry to gain an advantage in the great plains on the northern front.
However, the South China Sea Navy has already prepared to take the initiative to attack, and it is still the kind of undeclared war.
In a war between vassals and towns, naturally we can't make a formal declaration of war. At most, we can only engage in publicity to make the people under the rule believe that the war is just.
But in fact, few people really think that the war between feudal towns is just.
Even though the public opinion propaganda of the South Navy has been very good, but to be honest, apart from brainwashing the officers of the South Navy, ordinary people outside are actually not interested in Lin Ziran's plan of Daheng Unification and so on.
Not too cold.
It is very simple for them to support Lin Ziran, just because Lin Ziran unified Nanhai Prefecture, brought them a stable life, and also reduced taxes.
But even so, Lin Ziran still continued to promote various public opinions.
Public opinion propaganda is a thing. It’s better to do it than not do it. If you don’t believe it in a short period of time, then slowly brainwash it. If you wash it ten thousand times, you won’t be afraid of him not believing it!
And the most important thing is that it doesn’t matter whether outsiders believe it or not. The key thing is that the officers and soldiers of the Southern Navy, especially those passionate officers, must believe it!
Now Lin Ziran's public opinion propaganda is not for outsiders to see, but for his own people to see, to be precise, for the young officers under his command.
The young officers in the Southern Navy need a reason to fight!