Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 48
"The main mission is released [The Battle of the Return of the Right One]: Personally conquer a Manchu and Qing city above the provincial capital level, announcing the comeback of the Ming Dynasty. Mission reward: Obtain an A-level thinker, obtain mercenary Soviet light infantry and The Grenadier Team (Source: "Red Alert 95") received 45 gold finger coins."

When receiving this main task, Bai Mingxiu was almost moved to tears.

"It's really not easy. Finally, I can fight back to the mainland in an open and aboveboard manner." Bai Mingxiu clenched his fists.

Bai Mingxiu was not too excited about the reward for this main quest.The equipment level of the Soviet troops from "Red Alert 95" is estimated to be similar to that of his guard company. The small number can work wonders in some key places.As for the A-level thinker, Bai Mingxiu didn't think much about its use.He recruited talents, and most of them were officials, scientific and technological talents and generals.Of course, 45 gold finger coins is a lot of money, and he can do some things well.

In fact, he has already chosen Guangzhou City as his next strategy target. Guangdong's geographical location and conditions can be said to be unique.Some sprouts of capitalism have emerged here, and the economy is relatively developed and the population is dense.More importantly, it is adjacent to the South China Sea, allowing him to continuously obtain support from Australia from the sea.

"However, my current strength seems to be a little insufficient."

Guangdong is now Shang Kexi's territory. Shang Kexi has defeated or forced back Li Dingguo many times in Guangdong, and he is still somewhat capable.Now the main force of the Ming Dynasty's Restoration Army is in the hands of Li Dingguo and is used for the war in the southwest.Bai Mingxiu recruited a regiment of troops in Batavia, and later left two companies of infantry, two companies of Cossack cavalry and artillery, and he brought two companies to Australia.

Xitian Mansion also has an army, but not many.There are two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion in the entire Xitian Mansion. There are no organized cavalry, and the total force is even less than 1000.

Bai Mingxiu cannot take away all the troops in Xitian Mansion. Even if this place is relatively safe, it is impossible to leave no defensive force.

Bai Mingxiu recently spent a lot of gold finger coins, not only recruiting mercenaries, but also buying a lot of technology. Recently, he also recruited some officials for the establishment of the Legislative Council, which made him not rich.So Bai Mingxiu really couldn't exchange some ready-made troops willfully anymore.

"Can I really only rely on that Mongolian cavalry force of ten thousand people?" Bai Mingxiu thought to himself. Speaking of which, this Mongolian cavalry force is the most impressive force in his hands. Although it is a purely cold weapon, the Qing army has There are no machine gun tanks around, and these tens of thousands of heavily armored Mongolian cavalry can actually crush all the way in field battles.

However, what Bai Mingxiu wanted was to attack the city, and infantry and artillery were still needed.

Zhang Xianyu, the only official in the Political Council and the Ministry of War, said to Bai Mingxiu: "Your Highness, our entire Xitian Mansion has a small population, and various production tasks are heavy. It is not advisable to extract labor force. Even if we mobilize , the entire Xitian Mansion can only contribute one mixed regiment to your Northern Expedition, any more will not be appropriate."

Bai Mingxiu dragged his chin and thought about it.

Sister Shi, who is Bai Mingxiu's "little secretary", also expressed her opinion: "Your Highness, why not bring some of the Nationalist Army who are being trained from Myanmar. Xitian Mansion already has a large amount of ordnance, which can be equipped with at least Tens of thousands of soldiers, you can easily bring thousands or even 1 troops out of Burma."

Zhang Xianyu, who was a leader in logistics, immediately frowned: "To get [-] soldiers from Burma to Guangzhou? This kind of thing is a bit too far-fetched, lady official. And we still don't know what the situation is in Burma and Yunnan." , how is the training situation at the training center in Ava."

Bai Mingxiu said: "I really believe in Zhao Xu. Maybe the strength of the newly trained Nationalist Army may be slightly insufficient, but at least it can be drawn out to fight. It is indeed unrealistic to draw out 1 people, but only one or two If it’s a thousand, it’s still feasible.”

Bai Mingxiu thought for a while and said with a smile: "In this case, we have three thousand well-equipped troops. Well, after landing, we will also have the support of ten thousand cavalry. In this way, we can also have a fight with the Guangdong army, which is still good. . Guangzhou is connected to the Pearl River waterway. Our warships can enter the inland river, and the fire support of the gunboats will also reduce some of the pressure on our troops."

Zhang Xianyu sighed, and said: "Your Highness, if you really want soldiers, in fact, familiar Australians can also form an army. They have been fighting against raw soldiers on the grassland all year round, and have received basic militia training. But If His Highness wants to use them, he may have to be prepared to grant citizenship rights to these acquaintances."

I don’t know if Bai Mingxiu opened the national camp system after coming to Xitian Mansion. One of his main national characteristics is “high self-esteem”, so even the Australian Ming people accept familiar people and even teach them their own culture. , but there is still contempt in my heart.But even so, Shufan still worked very hard to obtain the citizenship of Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Bai Mingxiu had intended to allow the naturalized aborigines to obtain the status of Ming citizens. His eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "How, how many experienced soldiers can we recruit?"

Zhang Xianyu said: "As a rough estimate, if we recruit troops with a list, most of the young and middle-aged people who are familiar with it may be willing to join the army. We don't need so many people. It should not be a big problem to recruit at least two 3000 people from two regiments."

Bai Mingxiu clapped his hands and said, "That's enough. We from Australia have brought out three regiments, all of which are elite and capable infantry and artillery. If Myanmar can bring about three more regiments of troops, we can form a A brigade. If we can connect the forces of the Zheng family in Taiwan, we may mobilize more than [-] troops to attack Guangzhou. The army led by Shang Kexi will not be a problem to deal with. "

It sounds like Bai Mingxiu's plan is nothing more than a child's math problem, with tens of thousands of troops added up.But in fact, Bai Mingxiu knew how difficult it was.One of his soldiers is in Australia, the other is in Burma, and he even has to contact Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan. How to coordinate the three parties is already very difficult.

Bai Mingxiu spread out the map and set his sights on Hainan Island, south of Guangdong.His fingers lightly placed on a county in the northern part of the island, this county was called Lingao.Bai Mingxiu shuddered suddenly. He didn't know where the malice came from, which made him shiver.Immediately, Bai Mingxiu put his finger on the nearby city of Haikou, and the anxiety dissipated again.

"Well, take Haikou first, establish a forward base here, gather the strength of other armies, and then plan to attack Guangzhou City."

(End of this chapter)