Traveler Major League

Chapter 259 The liberation of the entire Ming Dynasty officially begins

The steam train is like a giant steel dragon, speeding past on the rails. Its deep roar is shocking, as if the pulse of the earth is beating.

In the troop carriage at the rear of the train, the soldiers lined up closely side by side and back to back. Their resolute eyes revealed their hope for the future. Most of them were newly recruited rural children after the land was divided. They had no worries about their future. The enthusiasm to join the army to defend one's land and family is unimaginable.

In the carriage, various military supplies were piled up like a hill. This was the backing of the war and the guarantee of victory.

The steam locomotive moves forward slowly, sometimes speeding up and sometimes slowing down.

On both sides of the railway, civilians and soldiers equipped with countless wheelbarrows were marching. Their steps were firm and powerful, as if telling the coming of a new era.

Since signing a cooperation agreement with the Third World, the powerful force of industrial society has been like a spring breeze, bringing new life to the Ming Dynasty in the agricultural era.

For example, the CPG500 track laying machine, a product of the industrial age, is like an efficient master, easily replacing the originally labor-intensive rail laying work and realizing the integrated operation of rail laying and sleeper laying.

这意味着它能够同时铺设两根500米长、30吨重的钢轨，仅需7名操作员就能在一天的时间内铺设2公里轨道，最高日铺设轨道可达7.5公里。

This kind of efficiency and speed is a world of difference compared to the traditional track laying method.

Construction of multiple lines and sections started at the same time. The engineering team displayed their skills on this plain land like magicians. The directly leased engineering teams from the domestic railway construction bureaus of the third world and imported equipment and materials made the Xi'an to Luoyang line and The line from Xi'an to Baoji was opened to traffic in just one month, and the only line to Hanzhong that was still being worked overtime was only slowed down by the obstacles of high mountains.

The sound of metal colliding rang in his ears, and the sight of rising steam seemed to bring Liu Ze back to a scene from a World War II movie.

However, unlike World War II, the opponents Liu Ze faces now are far less powerful.

He took the Central Division and various units of the People's Alliance government, as well as a large number of light weapons, ammunition and supplies, and transferred them to Luoyang on a special train.

There will become the general headquarters and political center of the second phase of the offensive operation, and a new historical chapter will be opened here.

The current People's Army has a completely new look, and the overall re-equipment and reorganization work is in progress. With the material support of the third world government, they finally got rid of the one-on-one compromise weapon such as the first-year rifle. Large reserves of weapons and supporting ammunition that are simple, easy to maintain and operate, such as the 56 semi-automatic and the 81-barrel, were continuously shipped. At the same time, it is also accompanied by a large number of wooden handle Type 20 grenades that are claimed to have produced more than 67 billion pieces.

A few months ago, the People's Army was still using a mix of cold weapons and black powder weapons in various places.

However, with the sudden increase in the population of the occupied area, the new team finally got rid of the original predicament.

Only the militia teams from various places became a hodgepodge of weapons. Retired matchlocks, flintlock guns, and percussion cap guns from all over the country were all replaced.

Both regular troops and the main force use 56 semi-automatic and 81-bar as their main weapons. The only difference is the number of heavy weapons such as 82 mortars and 85-type machine guns.

In the past, the People's Army used the tactic of queuing to shoot + skirmishers, but this does not mean that they only know this primitive tactic.

With the upgrading of weapons, a modern firepower unit has been placed in front of Liu Ze, and Liu Ze will naturally give priority to using this unit to exert greater combat effectiveness, although the combat mode of this army is full of dogmatism , the recruits even just put down their hoes, but that also depends on who they are competing with.

The only limitation on combat effectiveness is the huge amount of ammunition required by the army with such modern weapons and equipment. The current road transportation conditions of the Ming Dynasty alone cannot meet the demand.

Therefore, they could only rely on railways to transport supplies to ensure the smooth progress of the war.

Unlike most people's imagination of non-stop siege of cities and territories, the People's Alliance chose to attack slowly and steadily after capturing Luoyang. They used up to two months to consolidate the fruits of victory and cultivate their internal strength. While solving the problem of building grassroots farmers' associations in rural areas, we are carrying out railway construction and reorganizing the army.

Their efforts are all in preparation for the thunderous blow that follows. When they step onto the battlefield again, they will appear more powerful. The second phase of liberating the entire Ming Dynasty has officially begun.

In early July of the second year of Chongzhen, the Ming court issued an edict. Chongzhen took the elite divisions under Yuan Chonghuan as the core and mobilized troops from all directions. Yuan Chonghuan was promoted to Minister of War and controlled the troops and horses in Henan, Hubei, Anhui and other places. The governor-general was known as the Fifty A huge military strength of 150,000 people. This move was aimed at completing one battle and completely crushing the People's Army's attempt to march into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In the Di Bao, Chongzhen openly accused Liu Ze of deceiving the public with his monstrous words, saying that the so-called theory of time travel in later generations was purely false, and strictly ordered all prefectures and counties to prepare for martial law. Perhaps he learned the historical lesson from the People's Alliance's public statement, that is, "the losing side will win." Kill a general, kill an official in a city, the rewards and punishments are too clear and cannot be punished, and the control is too strict and cannot be controlled."

This time, Emperor Chongzhen actually showed rare generosity and comfort to the defeated imperial officers, without the harshness of the past.

However, Liu Ze did not take Yuan Chonghuan seriously, and he did not care about the 20,000 elite troops from Liaodong and the capital, as well as the soldiers and horses from various places transferred from nearby provinces.

What he is really worried about is that the troops in Hubei, Anhui and other places are mobilized too slowly and will not be able to participate in this big battle in time. Once the victory is determined, those soldiers and horses will retreat to various places, which may cause trouble.

He prefers to annihilate enemy troops in one fell swoop on the plains to reduce unnecessary casualties and future troubles.

"Chairman." Wang Shanbao pointed to the map and reported, "According to the news from our team sent by the Central Intelligence Agency, Yuan Chonghuan has arrived in Zhengzhou, and Ming troops from other places are also speeding up their assembly. They are in Ruyang, Ruzhou, Dengzhou Feng, Zhengzhou, and Jiao served as the centers and laid out a dragnet."

Yang Zeming recalled the military situation coming from the front line and analyzed: "Yuan Chonghuan is a smart man. He has already understood our strategic intentions, so he keeps an eye on Luoyang. However, after losing most of his forwards in the battle with us a few days ago, Immediately retreat hundreds of miles away. It seems that he does not dare to attack rashly."

"That's not up to him." Liu Ze sneered, "The peace during this period is not because the Ming army is too strong, but because it is too weak. Now that we have rested long enough, it is time to let them use their muscles! "

For the people's army, the goal of capturing the city is not difficult. The real challenge lies in how to effectively rule the local area with a limited army. Grassroots construction requires a lot of time. Now this problem has been solved.

With the upgrading of weapons, even the diluted combat effectiveness of the troops has already had a crushing effect.

What's more, now there is another source of troops.

Liu Ze quickly browsed the documents handed over by Wang Shanbao, with a look of surprise on his face: "So many?" He really didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who were fighting against the people's army on the front line and their local chief officials started to write. The letter has been handed down.

The huge disparity in combat effectiveness caused by the technological generation gap forced them to promise in the letter of surrender that they would surrender as long as they were treated appropriately.

Although Lao Kong on the side is gradually no longer responsible for specific affairs because his ability has gradually failed to keep up with the progress of the times, he is still nominally the person in charge of the government affairs department. He follows Liu Ze all day long to consult on government affairs, check for deficiencies, and patiently He kept asking: "How do you plan to arrange them?"

Liu Ze explained: "Of course you can surrender, but if you want to continue to serve in the army and politics, you have to look at their subsequent performance, preferential treatment for cooperation, and humming at both ends of the rat's tail. When this encirclement and annihilation war is over, those who should retire will retire, and those who should retire will The soldiers who don't want to retire will be dispersed and organized into training camps in the second world. As for the officers, it depends on their ability whether they should go to the front line or stay in the rear and change careers. I don't want the impurities in the Ming army to be integrated into our regular army. He continued: "The world has changed, and the previous techniques and tactics will undergo earth-shaking changes! At best, it can only be used as a reference."

Liu Ze's tone was full of determination and confidence.

Now Chongzhen is very angry. There are countless imperial officials and guards who were destroyed by the people's army. He has never suffered such a big loss in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, they appeared in the hinterland of Guanzhong. This is an unforgivable thing. .

Now the People's Army has developed into a behemoth in less than a year in the Ming Dynasty timeline, forcing the Ming court to have no time to care about the stability of the north. It can only concentrate the country's elite soldiers, money and food to fight to the end with the People's Army.

In the original history, in October of the second year of Chongzhen, General Huang Taiji of the Manchu Qing Dynasty led an army of more than 10. They avoided Ningyuan and Jinzhou and divided their troops into three routes from Longjing Pass, Hongshan Pass and Da'an Pass to capture Zunhua (now part of Hebei Province). ), approaching the capital, known in history as the Jisi Change.

Referring to the Jisi Incident and the Ming army now mobilizing troops from all over the country, the north of the capital is even more empty, which is likely to greatly increase the Qing Dynasty's desire to attack. Also, because the people's army is developing too fast and advancing troops too quickly, in this information dissemination In a slow era, there is a high probability that the Manchu Qing will regard the People's Army's message as a rumor and take the opportunity to pick peaches. They may even command a larger force. According to the next plan of the People's Army, they must minimize the losses of the people in the north. , annihilate this beast army.

This is a political task that affects the hearts and minds of the people in the third world. October is only three months away and time is very tight.

"If you dare to come, don't even run away." Liu Ze secretly made up his mind, not only to annihilate, but also to capture all the main characters alive.

(End of this chapter)