I want to be emperor

Chapter 506 Bai Yangrong's Helplessness
Among the 400 ships, nearly [-] are various warships and transport ships of the navy, and the remaining more than [-] ships are all civilian transport ships called up temporarily.

But it is worth noting that each of the above-mentioned ships, even some small civilian ships conscripted, are ships capable of offshore navigation, not small sampans that can only navigate inland rivers.

Among these ships, including some warships, the main task is actually to transport soldiers, various equipment, and ammunition supplies.

It is the many capital ships in the Beiyang Fleet that really provide navigation escort and land artillery support tasks.

Including sixteen Daye-class frigates and six Xiangyang-class cruisers. In addition, the newly commissioned Songjiang cruiser will also serve as the flagship of this operation, which is the ship of Admiral Xia Qiuyang.

With seven cruisers and sixteen frigates, the Great Chu Empire Navy has basically dispatched all the new capital ships that can be deployed dynamically, and the remaining capital ships belong to the Nanyang Fleet to guard against Spain, Portugal, Possible changes in the fleets of the three Dutch countries.

Of course, the Great Chu Empire Navy participating in this operation is not only these new capital ships, but also more than 20 old ships such as bird ships and blessing ships.

Although these old ships are unable to carry a large number of artillery, their firepower is relatively poor, so they are not suitable for participating in the line combat of the new era.

But there is one thing to say, these old ships, especially the newer bird ships, are quite reliable in the East Asian waters.

At the beginning, Zheng Zhilong basically relied on this group of bird ships as the main force, supplemented by a large number of small ships to dominate the entire East Asian waters.

Although the Great Chu Empire now has a lot of money and wealth, it wants to build its navy into a brand-new navy, but until enough Daye-class frigates and Songjiang-class cruisers are in service, these bird ships and even those blessing ships are still the main ships of the Great Chu Empire's navy.

These bird ships are now in the hands of the Great Chu Empire Navy, and they can still be used to assist the main battleships in carrying out their missions.

No matter how bad it is, being an armed transport ship is also excellent.

At the same time, in the planned landing fleet, there will also be a group of sailing boats built on the east coast of Shanshan and Hebei. These ships, also known as centipede boats, are more flexible in inland rivers and offshore waters, and are not affected by wind direction. , although the firepower is a little weaker, but they are not brought to let them play a lot of firepower, it is purely to be the personal guard of the main ship, in case the Dongbao people may send some small boats to attack the fleet.

In terms of the navy, for the landing operations on the Liaodong Peninsula, they intend to pull all the main ships of the Beiyang Fleet there. There are hundreds of ships of various types equipped with artillery.

In addition to ships, the navy will also send their second marine regiment to participate in the landing operations. The navy now has a total of three marine regiments. The first marine regiment is stationed at the Xiangjiang Naval Base in Guangdong, and the newly formed third marine regiment is stationed in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. base.

The Second Marine Regiment was previously stationed at the Weihaiwei Naval Base in Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and is now finalized as the landing force for landing on the Liaodong Peninsula.

The three marine regiments of the navy are not pure infantry regiments, but mixed regiments with independent combat capabilities. In addition to three infantry battalions, each marine regiment also has an artillery battalion, a supply battalion, and a cavalry post. , The total strength is more than 4000 people.

It's just that these three marine regiments are also a new type of organization after reorganization and reform. The original organization is large. If it is replaced with the old-fashioned organization, it will be a mixed brigade.

In order to coordinate the landing, the navy pulled out all the belongings of the Beiyang Fleet and mobilized a marine regiment.

Naturally, the army will not take it lightly. For this joint landing operation, the army specially gave the No. 20 third division, the new first-class division No. [-] in the Chu army, which has the most experience in landing operations in the army. He was transferred out, and then sent to Weihaiwei Port, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, for adaptive training.

In addition to the No.20 Third Division of the Army and the Second Marine Regiment of the Navy, in order to ensure sufficient follow-up troops for the landing operation, the Army also dispatched the No.20 Division, which has completed reorganization and refitting, to Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province as a strategic reserve Team.

In addition, the [-]th Division stationed in Shandong will also be reorganized and supplemented to serve as the strategic reserve team for the second echelon.

The divisions of the above three armies will be organized into the Seventh Army, which will be dedicated to operations in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula, and Lieutenant General Bai Yangrong, the army's most experienced general in landing operations, will serve as the commander.

As for the Second Marine Regiment of the Navy, although they will also participate in the landing operations, they belong directly to the Navy and not to the Army, so they will not be included in the Seventh Army.

In addition, the Second Marine Regiment only participated in the early landing operations, and would not participate in the subsequent attack on the Golden State Acropolis.

If all goes well, the Second Marine Regiment will withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula in the future, and then take a boat to land behind the Golden State Guard, and cooperate with the Seventh Army in the direction of the Golden State Guard to attack the incoming enemy troops. , Try to make a big dumpling.

This time, the army and navy have a relatively large ambition to land and operate on the Liaodong Peninsula. What they want is not only to occupy the Jinzhou Wei Zhongzuo and South Guam and other areas in the southern part of the Jinzhou Weicheng, they also want to capture the Jinzhou Weiwei. City, and even took down the Acropolis of Fuzhou.

And when a large number of Dongren troops come from the north, then use the second marine regiment to carry out the second landing operation, and attack the enemy's back position through sea and land, and strive to wipe out a large number of enemy troops at once.

Only by attacking the city and plundering land here, and killing a large number of enemy troops, can the confidence of the high-level Dongyao people be truly shaken, and then they will be forced to send troops back to the west of Liaoning.

In turn, it will reduce the strategic pressure on the west of Liaoning and create more favorable opportunities for large-scale advancement.

The army and navy have made full preparations for landing on the Liaodong Peninsula, from ships to landing troops, to weapons, equipment and supplies.

The commander of the Beiyang Fleet, Admiral Xia Qiuyang, also personally took the newly commissioned cruiser Songjiang in late July, took a group of warships and transport ships of the Beiyang Fleet, and transported a large number of weapons, ammunition and food northward.

When he went north, Lieutenant General Bai Yangrong of the army had arrived in Weihai ahead of schedule in June and began to conduct adaptive training for the three divisions of the Seventh Army.

It's just that Bai Yangrong is a little helpless about this task!

To be honest, when Xu Zhixian approached him and said that he wanted him to bring the No.20 Third Division of the old army to the Liaodong Peninsula, he refused in his heart...

In Jinling City, he was very good as the director of the Strategy Department of the General Staff Department, and he was not interested in leading troops to engage in landing operations.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Bai Yangrong has been a landlubber since he was a child. He even served as the commander of the No.20 No. [-] Mixed Brigade before, and after receiving the task of letting this brigade play landing operations, he drove the ducks to the shelf to learn to swim.

And he's seasick...

To be honest, he was frightened by the previous several landing operations.

When I landed in Haizhou, it was just a small fight, but when I landed in Changshan Badao, I really suffered. All of them turned into soft-legged shrimps, and a lot of mules and horses carried on board fell ill.

Had it not been for the lack of resistance from the enemy, it is not certain that the few landing operations at that time would have turned into a disaster.

Since then, he has been very resistant to this kind of landing mission.

This kind of scene where I hand over my life to the navy on the road, and when I get to the place, my soldiers become soft-legged shrimps one by one, I am afraid every time I think about it.

It's okay to meet the soldiers of the local guards of the Ming army who have little combat effectiveness, but this time the Eastern Captive Liaodong has to face the Eastern Captives.

Although the Dongbao people have poor equipment, poor treatment, and fewer people, they still have a relatively strong will to fight. They won't turn around and run away when they see you land...

So let him lead troops to land on the Liaodong Peninsula. To be honest, Bai Yangrong was actually unwilling in his heart.

He was also afraid that he would stumble on the Liaodong Peninsula.

If the landing does not go well and he suffers a big defeat in the Liaodong Peninsula, wouldn't he be finished?
But the military order is like a mountain...Xu Zhixian said that in the entire army, Bai Yangrong is the only person with the rank of lieutenant general or above who knows how to conduct large-scale cross-sea landing operations and has rich experience.

Apart from him, Bai Yangrong, the army couldn't find any other suitable candidates.

Not to mention the level of lieutenant general, even the generals of the major general level, few have the experience of this kind of multiple landing operations.

The former No.20 Third Division, that is, the generals of the No.20 Three-Mixed Brigade period were fine, but the former No.20 No.20 Mixed-Brigade deputy commander died of a serious illness this spring. The chief of staff of the brigade, because he made a mistake in the Yunnan-Guizhou campaign last winter, was directly beaten to the end, and he has already been transferred to the reserve.

At that time, the only head of the infantry regiment under the 23rd Mixed Brigade was still in Jiayuguan... After a while, it would take several months to wait for the people to be transferred. It took too long and there was no way to advance. Training and strategy are arranged.

Besides, the man far away in Jiayuguan, who had just been promoted to major general, was only a regiment leader when he served in the 23rd mixed brigade before, and he was not involved in overall overall affairs at all, and his experience was still not enough.

The top army officers were also worried about that man.

With Lieutenant General Bai Yangrong as the best choice, the top voters in the army would naturally not choose anyone else.

Xu Zhixian has already talked about this, what can Bai Yangrong do?
It can only be agreed, and still have to show an attitude of willingly going for the great cause of the unification of the empire and for His Majesty, not hesitate to go to the ground!

But in his heart, he was still repulsed, and he was very worried about this large-scale sea crossing and landing operation.

The situation of the Changshan Eight Islands landing operation and the Haizhou landing operation before is still vivid in his memory. He is extremely worried that after his soldiers cross the sea with ships, they will all become soft-legged shrimps. After landing like that, they will fart and say no Surely he would be driven directly into the sea by the captives.

Under such circumstances, after Lieutenant General Bai Yangrong arrived in Weihai, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the adaptive training of the troops.

The focus is to solve the problem of seasickness of a large number of soldiers.

Seasickness, this thing can also be solved through training, how should I put it, you get used to it when you get dizzy...

(End of this chapter)