I want to be emperor

Chapter 507
In particular, the No.20 Infantry Regiment under the No.90 Third Division, which was planned to be the first batch to land, focused on seasickness training.

The predecessor of this infantry regiment was actually the first infantry regiment under the No.20 Third Mixed Brigade. Many of its soldiers and officers were old men who had participated in the Haizhou and Shandong landing operations, so this unit will also be As the first batch of landing troops, the first to land and fight with the [-]nd Marine Regiment.

As long as the regiment can maintain its combat effectiveness after landing, it can stabilize the line of defense no matter how bad it is, leaving time for the friendly troops with poor physical fitness to rest and recover after landing in the rear.

As long as the soldiers whose physical fitness has deteriorated after long-distance sea transportation are restored to physical fitness, I dare not say too much, but it is not a big problem to gain a firm foothold in Jinzhou.

As for the second Marine Regiment of the first batch of landing operations, there is no need for Bai Yangrong to worry about this. He is a Marine Corps, specializing in the subject of crossing the sea and landing. Bad, basically not seasick.

With the abilities of the soldiers of the Second Marine Regiment, let alone traveling more than 100 kilometers by boat, even if they were allowed to float on the sea for ten days and a half months before landing, they would still be alive and well.

After a long period of training, the soldiers of the No.90 Infantry Regiment have been able to avoid seasickness as a whole in low sea conditions, and most soldiers can maintain basic physical fitness even in moderate sea conditions.

As for high sea conditions... If anyone is asked to lead an army out to sea to play and land when it is windy, rainy and rough, Bai Yangrong can stuff him into the barrel of a 48-jin howitzer and shoot him out...

The other two regiments of the No.20 Third Division, namely the 89th and 91st regiments, also conducted adaptive training for crossing the sea and landing. Although the level of seasickness of the soldiers is not as good as that of the [-]th regiment, they are also much better than ordinary troops.

This is actually why the Army has traveled so far to transfer the 23rd Division to Shandong to participate in the landing operations on the Liaodong Peninsula. This unit has a tradition of landing operations, and it is easier to adapt and train, and its combat effectiveness will be stronger after landing operations.

As for the No.20 Division, the situation is much worse. The adaptive training for crossing the sea and landing has been going on for nearly two months, and it is still not good...

There is no way, this division is originally a landlubber division, and it is already very good to be able to train like this within two months, no more.

The No.20 division is actually the main force in the Chu army. Even if it is in the first-class division, it is also among the best in combat effectiveness.

Since the Northern Expedition, this unit has participated in front-line battles for a long time, and this division is also the second main division in the army to undergo a complete reorganization after the First Infantry Division.

In terms of combat effectiveness, this division is needless to say. Among the dozens of divisions of the proper Chu army, it can be ranked in the top five ranks.

But... this division has never been in contact with the transitional sea landing operations before.

Well, except for the No.20 Third Division, in fact, the other main forces in the Chu Army basically have no experience in crossing the sea and landing operations.

Anyway, there is no experience of crossing the sea and landing, and there are too many uncontrollable factors for landing on the Liaodong Peninsula. Naturally, the top army is inclined to deploy a main force capable of fighting and daring to act as a strategic reserve.

How should I put it, even after crossing the sea and landing, the soldiers of the No. 20 division may have poor physical fitness due to seasickness and other factors, but their combat effectiveness will still be stronger than other ordinary first-class divisions.

Because their discipline is clearer, the soldiers' will to fight is stronger.

It is also a group of soft-legged shrimps, the soft-legged shrimps that dare to fight and kill are better than the soft-legged shrimps that are weak in combat, isn't it...

The last [-]th Division, this division is purely a second-tier division, although it is also a second-tier second-tier division directly under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Campaign Command, not the third-tier second-tier division that is scattered and deployed to various places.

But whether the quality of the officers and non-commissioned officers is good, or the level of weapons and equipment is not good.

The role of this second-class division is to be transported across the sea as a reserve force after the landing force has successfully landed, and then stationed to participate in ground combat.

As for the premise of landing operations, even attacking the Golden State Acropolis is nothing to them.

So although the training situation of this teacher is not optimistic, Bai Yangrong does not insist.

Bai Yangrong led three divisions, and after a long period of adaptive training at the Weihai Base in Dengzhou Prefecture and Penglai Port, Admiral Xia Qiuyang, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet of the navy, took the cruiser Songjiang and other battleships and a large number of The transport ship arrived at the Weihai base.

Weihaiwei Naval Base is the most important and main naval base for the navy in the northern waters. This place was originally an important coastal defense center for the navy of the Ming Dynasty. More importantly, this place has a natural port.

At the same time, the port is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a Liugong Island in the northeast.

This kind of place is very suitable for use as a naval base, because the harbor is large enough, the water is deep enough, and the wind is calm and suitable for mooring ships.

In addition, surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is suitable for building fortifications to prevent enemy troops from breaking through from the ground.

And the existence of Liugong Island can effectively resist the enemy's attack from the sea!
The Navy of the Great Chu Empire built forts on Liugong Island, as well as the south and north sides of the port, and deployed many large-caliber coastal defense guns. Among them, there are more than 24 40-jin cannons alone, and there are many Eighteen catties less cannons and fourteen catties cannons.

Not only that, because the east exit of Weihai Port, that is, the sea surface between Liugong Island and the south bank is 5000 meters, and the sea surface is relatively wide. It is relatively difficult to completely block the sea surface if only relying on the forts on both sides of the strait.

For this reason, they specially reclaimed a reef in the middle of the sea, spent a lot of money to create a small island, and built a fort on the island.

In this way, Weihaiwei has a total of five forts, large and small, and more than 100 artillery pieces deployed. These artillery pieces are all heavy artillery pieces weighing more than [-] catties of cannon.

It is precisely because of the safety that the Great Chu Empire Navy can regard this place as the most important naval port in the northernmost region.

Today, in this wide bay, hundreds of ships are densely moored, and the power of the Great Chu Empire can be felt from a distance.

After Admiral Xia Qiuyang arrived at the Weihai base, he immediately called the senior army and navy generals who were expected to participate in the landing operations on the Liaodong Peninsula and held a consultation meeting.

Although in the previous Yuqian land and sea consultation meeting, the strategic plan for the landing operation had been finalized.

But that was just a strategic plan. If it was changed, it was decided to land on the Liaodong Peninsula, and warships, transport ships, and landing troops were also dispatched, as well as a large number of supplies.

But how to log in and how to fight after landing, this is the business of the frontline generals.

Luo Zhixue would never directly decide on the battle plan in the pre-imperial strategy meeting, because it was not feasible at all.

The Great Chu Empire is too big. From Jinling City to the border areas, whether it is the Nanyang Peninsula area in the south, or to the Kangzang area, or to Gansu in the northwest, or Yulin in Shaanxi, Xuanda, Jiliao, etc. Wait, that's all far away!

Even if there is an urgent five hundred miles, the news will be transmitted back and forth for half a month or even a month or two.

And besides the urgent military situation, you can't just play five hundred miles to rush for nothing...

Every five-hundred-mile rush is a huge challenge to the stations along the way. The physical fitness of the horses will be severely damaged, and it will take a long time to recover, and it often happens that the horses are directly exhausted.

In the communication of these years, it is impossible to play long-distance command at all.

Therefore, when it comes to military issues, Luo Zhixue usually sets the tone and focuses on the general direction; as for the specific tactics, whether he wants to or not, he can only leave it to the frontline generals to decide for themselves.

The same is true for the landing operations on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Luo Zhixue decides whether to fight or not, and when to fight, send the main force to go, and then transfer senior generals there.

As for the specific tactical arrangements, and even the specific launch time of the campaign, that is the business of the frontline generals.

Now Admiral Xia Qiuyang convened land and sea generals for a consultation meeting to finalize the specific tactics for this land-sea joint landing operation, including finalizing the specific combat time.

The higher authorities only asked them to mobilize the main force of the enemy forces through landing operations after the spring of next year and before the Battle of the Liaoxi Corridor, but the specific time and specific methods of fighting basically did not interfere, nor could they interfere.

According to Xia Qiuyang's meaning, it should be sooner rather than later, and it is necessary to avoid carrying out large-scale landing operations after the cold winter as much as possible.

After the cold winter comes, it is a great challenge to play landing operations again.

And after the beginning of spring, it will be too late. After all, it will take time for the Eastern captives to get the news of the Chu army's landing attack, then to mobilize troops to counterattack, and then to mobilize troops in the western direction of Liaoning. It is conservatively estimated that it will take two or three. months or even longer.

The Great Chu Empire launched a landing operation on the Liaodong Peninsula. The core strategy was not to directly capture many places. Playing with a sea like this is easy to crash.

The core goal of the landing on the Liaodong Peninsula was very clear, that is to attract the attention of the captives from the east, create a threat to them, and force them to withdraw troops from the Liaoxi Corridor to help them back, thereby reducing the pressure on the Chu army to attack the Liaoxi Corridor after the spring of next year.

Under such circumstances, the Chu army's landing operations must take into account the reaction of the Eastern captives.

It is necessary to force the Dongbang people to deploy troops from the Liaoxi Corridor as much as possible, and to allow time for them to deploy troops.

After comprehensive consideration, Admiral Xia Qiuyang and Lieutenant General Bai Yangrong of the Army discussed and initially decided to set the landing time in late September.

(End of this chapter)