Lin Ziran didn't know how the outside world was changing, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much for the time being.
Now he is still concerned about the internal affairs of the empire, especially the unification war.
The current unification war is not over yet. Although our side has captured most of the area in Jingzhou and controlled the vital Jingzhou industry that has been attached to the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, the northern states have lost at least 60% of their losses.
supply of advanced weapons and ammunition.
However, the northern states are still resisting, and they still have some large and small arsenals to produce supplementary weapons and ammunition. Although the scale of this kind of weapons and ammunition is not too large, it still gives them the courage to continue to resist.
Of course, the resistance of many of the vassal towns was not actually to resist reunification, nor did it mean that they thought they could overthrow Lin Ziran and become emperor. After all, they were also smart people, and they knew very well that Lin Ziran had already
It has completely risen, especially after proclaiming the emperor and establishing the system, the trend has become unstoppable.
In fact, much of their continued resistance stems from a sense of unwillingness. They feel that everyone is a vassal. Why is it that you, Lin Ziran, can finally become the emperor and create a new dynasty, while we have to accept defeat and disappear into the dust of history?
This unwillingness supported their resistance.
Of course, there are still some people who are counting on this resistance to demonstrate their strength and seek better recruitment conditions.
That's right, many vassal towns in the northern states have actually secretly contacted Lin Ziran's people.
But basically the conditions couldn't be negotiated. These vassals and towns wanted too much. Basically, they all wanted to remain independent and become emperors.
And this is something Lin Ziran does not allow!
As soon as this new dynasty was established, it created a bunch of independent kingdoms, vassal towns and the like. Wouldn't this mean that it would be the same as the Ji royal family in previous decades, and could only be the emperor of Daheng in name only!
So even if the war continues, Lin Ziran must completely dispel their independent mentality!
If they are unwilling to voluntarily give up their independent power, then Lin Ziran will kill them completely.
Anyway, the Unification War has already affected most of Daheng. This major battle has been fought one after another, and the following ones are not far behind.
Furthermore, the most important thing is that the Lin Dynasty of the Daheng Empire has completely controlled the overall situation. No matter how hard the northern vassals and towns try in the future, they will not be able to escape from Lin Ziran's grasp.
Therefore, Lin Ziran was not in a hurry, and slowly prepared for war, advancing steadily step by step until the country was completely unified.
Lin Ziran's strategy of steady advancement is also reflected in actual wars.
So far, the Imperial Army's troops are still in a strategic defensive posture on the northern front of Zhongluo Prefecture, the northern line of Quyang Prefecture, and the northern front of Zisheng Prefecture, and they don't even have any plans to take the initiative to attack.
On the Jingzhou front line, after controlling most of Jingzhou, they also stopped large-scale offensives in the northeast.
More power was concentrated on the front line of Zhenbeicheng.
The next main strategic offensive direction of the Imperial Army is Pingnan Prefecture.
Or more accurately, the Mirror River Basin!
The next stage goal of the Imperial Army is to completely control the Mirror River Basin and divide the entire northern states of the Daheng Empire into two parts.
At the same time, it is also to control Pingnan Prefecture, a large agricultural state and mineral resource state, and provide various resources for the next industrial development of the Jingzhou area.
In order to open up Jinghe and control Pingnan Prefecture, we must first capture Zhenbeicheng.
In fact, Pingnan Prefecture has deployed a large number of troops, and even most of them are stationed in Zhenbeicheng. Once Zhenbeicheng can be captured, and a large number of enemy troops are wiped out in the battle of Zhenbeicheng, then it will be easy to march into Pingnan Prefecture later.
too much.
In view of the special nature of the Battle of Zhenbeicheng, the Imperial Army specifically requested the assistance of the Imperial Navy, and at the same time mobilized a large number of troops on the periphery before the war and hoarded a large amount of supplies.
Ships one after another went up the Jing River, including large-tonnage ships, which sailed all the way to Taixu Town, ten kilometers south of Zhenbeicheng.
This Taixu town was originally just a very ordinary town along the river, with a small inland port, but the location here is good, and the coast is very suitable for building a port.
After observing the conditions here, the Army's engineering troops began emergency construction here to build a wharf and port. In order to quickly dock and unload supplies, they also adopted an emergency approach and built three temporary trestles along the river to dock and unload supplies.
Cargo on ships of over 1,000 tons.
A large number of personnel and materials arrived at Taixu Town via Jinghe River Shipping, and then were transferred to the front line of Zhenbeicheng.
With the arrival of a large number of personnel, supplies, heavy artillery, ammunition and weapons, the reinforcement fleet dispatched by the navy finally arrived.
The cruiser Luo Hai sailed carefully along the way. In order to pass safely, it even adopted a light load mode and did not even dare to carry too much coal.
After a cautious journey, we finally reached the river section south of Zhenbeicheng.
After the navy's reinforcement fleet arrives, together with the previous Mirror River fleet, the navy has spent a lot of money in this battle of Zhenbeicheng, and will provide thirty-seven warships of various sizes to participate in the battle.
These warships include a total of two 200 mm naval guns, more than 60 150 mm naval guns, more than 40 120 mm naval guns, more than 70 100 mm naval guns, and seventy-five
There are more than 100 mm naval guns.
There are only about two hundred medium- and large-caliber naval guns provided by the navy. Even considering the layout of the naval guns and the narrow river section, there is no way to aim all the artillery at the enemy positions in Zhenbei City and fire during the battle. However,
When the time comes for a real fight, with reasonable arrangements, we can still ensure the fire support of two hundred naval guns.
Fire support from two hundred medium and large caliber naval guns!
For this reason, all the warships available to the navy were used.
Since the Navy is giving face like this, the Army is naturally not willing to be looked down upon by the Navy. If the fight does not go smoothly, it will be too embarrassing.
To this end, Liang Chenglei personally mobilized various troops and formed an estimated large force to participate in the Zhenbeicheng Battle. There were three infantry corps, the Third Army, the Fourth Army, and the Seventh Army, and two artillery brigades to provide fire support. In addition, there were also
The Second Cavalry Corps coordinates operations on the periphery.
Behind this are two strategic reserve forces, the Twelfth Army and the Thirteenth Army.
Originally there was an Eighth Army in the Jingzhou Front, but currently the Eighth Army is responsible for the extremely important task of guarding the security of the middle and lower reaches of the Jing River and the clearing operations of cities along the middle and lower reaches of the Jing River such as Jingcheng District, and cannot be mobilized at all.