1890 King of Southeast Asia

"According to the instructions of the General Staff, the Huaxia War Zone Command will be established from now on, with Sun Zairen as the commander of the war zone and Lin Pingzhi as the deputy commander of the war zone."

"The Huaxia War Zone Staff will be established, with Lin Pingzhi as the chief of staff of the war zone, me as the deputy chief of staff, Huang Zhengfang as the operational staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel during the war; Lee Myung-bak as the late-stage staff..."

"The headquarters will be set up in the three towns. After the first phase of the operation is completed, the staff will be transferred to the three towns..."

"According to the news conveyed by the General Staff, the time for combat is ripe and the opportunity has arrived. All departments will immediately enter the combat state according to the established plan."

Chen Jiayin closed the file with a snap and looked at the people in military uniforms.

"Zhengfang, you tell us about the first phase of the combat plan." Chen Jiayin looked at Huang Zhengfang, who was standing straight.

"Yes!" Huang Zhengfang saluted with a snap, walked to the map, and picked up the pointer.

Chen Jiayin is 40 years old and has participated in the combat mission to drive away the Dutch. However, due to the restrictions on the size of the army in Nanhua, his rank has always remained at brigadier general.

This time, he was sent to Nanhua and was promoted to major general at noon. Although it is a wartime rank, after this battle, this rank will be stable, and it may even rise!

As for Huang Zhengfang, he has been in the military for more than ten years, starting from military middle school. This is also his opportunity, or the opportunity of the entire Nanhua Army.

"According to the plan made before the war, the ultimate goal of this battle is to overthrow the rule of the Qing Empire and establish a government led by the theater command."

"In the first phase of the operation, the Qing Empire will be divided into north and south, so that the Qing Empire will lose its important financial and taxation area - south of the Yangtze River."

"Xiangdi is the base camp of our army, with a total of about six regiments and seven battalion-level artillery about 4,500 people."

"Our battle plan is that the first and second regiments will go north along the river, take Changsha all the way, and then join the first heavy artillery battalion to continue attacking Yueyang, and then assist the three towns."

Because it was uncertain whether the rebellion would go smoothly, the staff did not count the 21st Mixed Brigade as available forces.

"The third and fourth regiments will go south to support the friendly forces in Guangdong Province. The first and second field artillery battalions will act with them. After completing the mission, they will attack northward."

"The fifth regiment, carrying the second and third heavy artillery battalions, the third and fourth field artillery battalions, will enter the Yangtze River by boat, gather with the inland gunboat brigade, enter the two rivers along the Yangtze River, and support the friendly forces in the two rivers area."

"There is no fixed number of reliable forces in various places. It is estimated that the three towns can send 2,000 to 10,000 troops, Anhui 3,000 to 5,000, Liangjiang 5,000 to 10,000, and Fujian 2,000 to 3,000."

"Everything will have to wait until the plan is implemented Later, I learned that the main combat mission given to various places at present is to capture the Governor's Office or the Governor's Office and destroy its command organization. "

"Further combat plans must be decided after considering the actual available troops in various places."

"But in general, our troops can only destroy, but cannot complete the subsequent control."

"Therefore, after the plan begins, various places will begin to publicly recruit soldiers to cooperate with the new comrades and gradually gain local control. "

The military structure of the Qing Empire is single-line. For example, if a rebellion occurs in a certain place, it is necessary to obtain the order of the Governor or the Governor before the new army can be mobilized to quell the rebellion.

Of course, the county magistrate or prefect can also mobilize troops to quell the rebellion, but there are great restrictions.

First, only the troops within the jurisdiction can be mobilized, and except for important cities, there are only a few Green Camp soldiers stationed in other areas, all of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Second, the county magistrate and prefect can only mobilize subordinate troops within the jurisdiction.

Once encountering a large force, they can only wait for the Governor and the Governor to mobilize troops. If the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office are destroyed as soon as possible, regardless of whether the Governor is alive or dead, the command system will be gone in a short time.

Without the governor's order, the army cannot be mobilized, otherwise it would be a rebellion. Although it is said that in an emergency, who doesn't have a few political enemies?

Don't think that the Qing Empire will not kill meritorious officials. If it really didn't, he wouldn't have fallen to this point.

After all, foreign enemies only want some money and land, while those who are more meritorious than the master may want the chair under their buttocks!

"I have a question." Chen Jiayin saw that Huang Zhengfang had finished speaking, picked up the pointer and pointed at the map.

"Why not strengthen the Sixth Regiment to the Jinling direction? Form a reinforced brigade with the Fifth Regiment and four artillery battalions to assist the Jinling direction to quickly capture and control the city." Chen Jiayin pointed to Jinling and said.

There are three main targets for this battle, namely the three towns, Yangcheng, and Jinling. Among them, Jinling is the most important, most difficult, and most stressful target.

In order to successfully capture Jinling, Hanyeping assembled six gunboats, all of which were inland heavy gunboats, equipped with 152mm army cannons or 203mm short-barreled cannons.

All parts came from Sishui Shipyard. The 152 guns were processed by Hanyeping itself, and the 203 guns were disguised as steel and sent in, and assembled at Hanyeping Shipyard. The workers also came from Nanhua, and the cost was huge.

These were all prepared for Jinling, and the second purpose was to block the north-south traffic.

"The mission of the Sixth Regiment is to clear the remaining troops in Hunan, assist the cadres in organizing Hunan, and then go west, enter your province, and open up the passage to Bashu to prepare for the second phase of the battle." Huang Zhengfang hesitated.

"Don't worry about Bashu for now. One regiment will not be of much use. First, take and keep Jinling, complete the first phase of the task, and mix the Sixth Regiment with the Fifth Regiment to form the First Reinforced Brigade, with the goal of Jinling." Chen Jiayin said.

The number of soldiers used in that direction was calculated. After Zaifeng established the new eight towns, the local new army was delayed in replenishment due to financial problems, resulting in a relatively empty place.

In places like Hunan, there is no money to build a new army. Without a new army, the first wave of cleanup will be ushered in when the new army is launched. The patrol camp will be destroyed, and the remaining Green Camp soldiers will be brave enough to flee when they see the enemy.

The old Eighth Town in Chu was destroyed in the last Qing-Japan War, and the speed of new construction is relatively slow. Now it is only seven or eight battalions, but there is also a 21st Mixed Brigade.

Moreover, as a thoroughfare for nine provinces, the Qing Empire will also send heavy troops here, so there are more soldiers.

Not to mention Jinling, the ancient capital of 13 dynasties, the center of two unified dynasties, and the core city of Jiangnan. In the eyes of the Han people, if they take it here, they can be emperors and establish a country.

You can't be emperors casually. If you find a place to be emperor, it is a pseudo-dynasty. Even Nanhua was gradually recognized by the enlightened elements of the Qing Empire because of its continuous victory for 20 years.

Therefore, the Qing Empire will not give up Jinling. The General Staff concentrated most of the artillery and joined the gunboats to let them go down the Yangtze River.

On the one hand, they cooperated with the attack on Jinling, and on the other hand, they prepared for the defense of the city. If nothing else, the navy of the Qing Empire will definitely come.

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June 1, sunny, Sanzhen, Hanyeping factory residential area.

Sun Zairen has been in Sanzhen for some time, and with the help of Lin Pingzhi's connections, he successfully got acquainted with Li Songqing.

"Songqing, sit down quickly." Sun Zairen invited Li Songqing enthusiastically.

After a polite conversation, the two sat down. During this period, Sun Zairen invited Li Songqing to dinner from time to time, and Li Songqing also came.

"Song Qing, what do you think of the current situation?" After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Sun Zairen began to get to the point.

Before, he had vaguely mentioned some revolutionary propaganda, but Li Songqing had cleverly avoided it. This time he couldn't wait and was ready to go straight in.

"Well... now the world is peaceful, the court is vigorously revitalizing industry, and the Nanyang Industrial Exposition has just passed, and there is a thriving scene everywhere. If we make friends with Nanhua and get rid of foreign invasions, the day of peace in the world will not be far away." Li Songqing was silent for a while.

He thought Sun Zairen was on the side of Nanhua (although he was not wrong), so he mentioned Nanhua vaguely.

As for the ideas mentioned by Sun Zairen, he was not overly sensitive.

Li Songqing came from the navy and received a semi-new education. He was quite contradictory to these ideas, and the attitude he finally showed was neither accepting nor rejecting.

It was this kind of thought that led to a small number of officers in his 21st Mixed Association directly joining various new thought societies, and a large number of soldiers sympathizing with the revolution.

"Song Qing, you and I hit it off right away. I'll be frank. The Qing Empire government is hopeless. There is no other way except reform!" Sun Zairen stared at Li Songqing.

"Ah? What? Zairen, look at my alcohol tolerance. Oh~ I can't do it. I'm drunk. I'll go back home first. I didn't hear anything, I don't know anything, I'll go back and sleep for a few days..." Li Songqing stood up quickly and kept talking.

He stopped talking halfway because a familiar touch appeared on the back of his head.

"Zairen, you and I have known each other for a while. I don't know anything today. Do you have a guest room? I'm going to sleep for a while. I'm drunk." Li Songqing slowly raised his hands to indicate that he had no hostility.

"Bah! What's good about this Qing Empire? They refuse to repent and just want to suck blood from the Han people!" Jiang Baoxiang, who was holding a 1906 self-defense pistol behind him, was furious when he heard this and poked Li Songqing's head with the pistol.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, little brother, don't be impulsive, don't accidentally discharge the gun." Li Songqing judged the approximate age of the gunman by the sound of his voice - no more than 30 years old.

Only young people will be so angry. After being beaten by society, they will not speak so aggressively.

"Who is your brother? Do you agree with the revolution? If you agree, you can still be an official. If you don't agree, then I will overthrow your life!" Jiang Baoxiang bit his cheeks hard.

"Revolution! Revolution, definitely revolution, Zai Ren, I will hand over the military power, gather all the generals tonight, do whatever you want, and then..." Li Songqing turned his head, wanting Sun Zai Ren to let him go.

"Bao Xiang, put down the gun. Song Qing, your ability will be wasted if you don't lead the troops. Come on, this is your letter of appointment. Sign it and you can go back." Sun Zai Ren took out a piece of paper.

"Li Songqing is hereby appointed as the commander of the First Army of the Revolutionary Army, the Chinese Revolutionary Headquarters."

Li Songqing hesitated to sign, and Jiang Baoxiang raised his gun again, and Li Songqing signed.

"Right, Commander Li, you will carry out your first mission tonight, and gather the officers. By the way, Baoxiang will tell you those who don't need to be gathered." Sun Zairen looked at the letter of appointment and smiled.

Although the process was tortuous, the result was good!

"Baoxiang will take you to see our confidence later. We have known each other for a while, and I won't hurt you." Sun Zairen put away the letter of appointment and smiled at Li Songqing.

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