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- Dongning City, the capital of Dayu Island.
On the third night of the Lantern Festival in the second year of Longwu, there was no longer the crowded lantern night market, nor the dazzling fireworks.
Except for some lanterns and torches at the top of the city, this capital city with a population of 90,000 huddled in the darkness like a frightened rabbit, and this situation has lasted for more than a month.
Under the dim light, you can still occasionally see blood stains that have dried for a long time on the streets and pavements, or the brick and tile ruins of houses here and there.
A row of officers and soldiers of the Oriental Brigade, armed with live ammunition, walked in a standard formation on the street, and the sound of crisp and orderly footsteps echoed in the silent street. The leading second lieutenant officer scanned the houses on both sides of the street under the moonlight with vigilant eyes, while the soldiers looked cold and nervous. Not long after, a large group of soldiers carrying torches came from across the street. The two groups passed each other and nodded kindly to each other.
Anping Port in the west of the city is a different scene: all the warships of the navy have lowered their sails and anchored, and they are leaning on the shore. There is no light on the ship, and the gorgeous Asian fleet headed by Princess Xijun The main force blocked Anping Port tightly, and all naval guns were aimed in the direction of the port and city.
A battalion of officers and soldiers of the Eastern Brigade of the National Defense Forces is stationed and patrolling in Dongning City in conjunction with a large number of soldiers, while outside the city and at the port, it is completely taken over by the officers and soldiers of the Brown Bear Brigade of the Chinese-American Foreign Legion and the main force of the Asian Fleet.
Not counting the naval strength, a reorganized Foreign Legion infantry brigade plus an Eastern Brigade infantry battalion, Huamei has deployed more than 3,300 army officers and soldiers in and outside Dongning City.
There is only one reason for such a large-scale war, and that is that a serious attempted military coup occurred not long ago in Dayuan Island.
Yan Sihai, the former Xuanwei envoy of the Xuanwei Department, passed away six months ago in the overseas territory of Huamei Pearl Island. In order to implement the burial arrangements, Yan Sihai's wife, concubines, and family members, who ostensibly accompanied Yan Sihai for medical treatment on Mingzhu Island, but were actually under house arrest, returned to the chief officials.
According to the secret agreement reached with Huamei, former high-ranking official Xuanwei Si Tongzhi Yan Sicheng did not comply with Yan Sihai's last will. Instead, he sent an envoy to the "loyal" King Lu half a month before Yan Sihai died to request the inheritance. It is the duty of the official to announce the consolation.
Yan Sicheng won the support of Luo Da and other Yan family elders with his mature and diligent image. However, after all, he did some disgraceful things after Yan Sihai became seriously ill. In particular, he moved all Yan Sihai's family members to Huamei Pearl Island for house arrest and isolation. People criticized him, so some senior generals had thoughts about Yan Sicheng's behavior of blatantly seizing the ruling power of senior officials regardless of family ties.
Just over a month ago. Some Dongning city defenders and naval generals who sympathized with or supported Yan Sihai's second son suddenly took action one night. While Yan Sicheng, Luo Da and others were leading the navy's main force to transport grain to eastern Zhejiang, they raised troops to arrest him. He found Yan Sicheng's confidants in the city. They captured the official residence of the Xuanwei Envoy in an attempt to support Yan Sihai's underage second son to ascend to power.
Fortunately, one of Yan Sicheng's confidants escaped arrest by drinking at the port, and hurriedly escaped in disguise into a merchant ship of the Eastern United Group that had not yet returned, and the news was spread to Hong Kong.
What happened next became clear, and the Huamei Asia Fleet was dispatched urgently. Directly blocked the Anping Port of Dongning Prefecture. A few days later, Yan Sicheng, who was covering the return voyage from eastern Zhejiang after being blocked, launched a counterattack.
The Huamei Asia Fleet bombarded Anping Port and Dongning city defenses, and defeated the rebels who launched a military coup one day later. The Far East Special Forces unit sneaked into the city to arrest and detain Yan Sihai's family members and children.
The entire Brown Bear Brigade and an Eastern Brigade infantry battalion landed officers in the name of protecting Chinese and American businessmen and assets, and imposed military control on Dongning City and Anping Port. Then Jin Xiaohan entered Dongning City as a Chinese and American diplomatic envoy.
The military coup that took place in Dongning City had not had time to spread to other parts of Dajuan Island, so it was suppressed by Yan Sicheng and the Chinese and American troops with lightning speed. This attempted military coup resulted in a large number of military and civilian buildings in Anping Port and Dongning City being destroyed by Chinese and American naval cannons, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties.
In the fratricidal battle to retake Dongning City, the rebels suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the coup generals they led were executed without hesitation by Yan Sicheng. In the subsequent brutal purges, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers from various places were judged to be "rebellious". Hatchbacks add up. It accounted for almost 30% of the total military strength of the army and sea.
With Jin Xiaohan¡¯s cautious advice and the fact that Yan Sicheng knew that he was ultimately sorry for his deceased brother, Yan Sihai¡¯s family was absolved of all culpability after the Spring Festival and was ordered to permanently move overseas.
¡°All the rebel officials or soldiers who were convicted and sentenced to death were soon sent to the mines of Tamsui County and Jilong County with their families to perform hard labor. I am afraid they will never be free in this life.
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In fact, as early as after Yan Sihai was seriously ill and sent to Mingzhu Island,At that time, the Chinese and American military had been stationed at the headquarters for several months in the name of joint military exercises. They thought that there would be no problems after half a year of calm, but in the end something like this happened.
Although the response was timely, the political crisis among senior officials was neatly resolved within half a month. However, the Chinese and American troops also broke the hearts of many officials and civilians during this operation. Especially when the navy covering Luo Da attacked Dongning City, the artillery fire of the Huamei Asia Fleet not only directly destroyed many large warships participating in the rebellion, broke through the Dongning city defense, but also injured a large number of people in Dongning City. Innocent people.
Now the people of Dongning City take to the streets during the day. When they saw the officers and soldiers of the Oriental Brigade patrolling the streets, they all glared angrily. Some of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the navy who had returned to Yan Sicheng's command were even more afraid and resentful of the ruthless bombardment of the Chinese and American navies. The thousand-ton schooner cruiser that the officers had spent huge amounts of money to purchase from China and the United States over the years was also used this time. One was destroyed.
In order to calm the people's hearts as soon as possible, and also to improve Huamei's image. Jin Xiaohan temporarily reached a consensus with the Governor of Hong Kong, the overseas consulates of Mingzhu Island and the Donglian Group, and transported a large amount of people's livelihood supplies to Dongning City. He also organized a Mingzhu Island Hospital medical team to go to Dongning City to provide free diagnosis and treatment to the local people.
Considering the political stability of Da Yuan Island, Jin Xiaohan even asked the country for instructions a week ago to allow Yan Xianping, who has long supported Yan Sicheng, and Yan Sihai¡¯s eldest son Yan Xianfeng to return to Da Yuan Island. Especially the latter, as Yan Sihai's eldest son and initial heir, his performance and stance will directly affect the stability of the factions within the officials.
Jin Xiaohan soon received a formal reply from the country: the cabinet agreed with his suggestion, and after the situation stabilized, a group of members of the Huameiyan Mansion would be mobilized to visit relatives in the name of funeral. By the way, Jin Xiaohan was allowed to compensate the Chinese and American military for the human and property losses caused to Dongning City during the civil strife in the name of humanitarianism.
Everything Jin Xiaohan does is to maintain Huamei¡¯s unshakable influence on the general public!
As one of the three major agents in the Far East supported by China and the United States, the Yan family before the military coup was the region with the longest relationship, the most stable politics, and the most mature economy.
Lanfang Free Territory has the smallest territory and population among the three families, and Liu Xiang¡¯s political quality is also very poor. Without Huamei's help in internal and external management, it would be difficult to say that the quasi-state established by a group of upstart pirates could gain a foothold in the Malay Peninsula where the natives looked around. Economically speaking. Lanfang, with a national population of less than 100,000, is still in the "lactation period". In addition to recovering some loan interest every year, Huamei's contribution to Lanfang far exceeds the return.
Among the three, the Republic of Luzon has the largest territory, the largest population, and the earliest development, but it is only the theoretical leader.
Luzon was founded less than three years ago. We have been working tirelessly to immigrate from the mainland on a large scale through various channels, but the Chinese national population in the country is currently only over 150,000. According to the latest survey, there are at least one million indigenous people on the island of Luzon. Whether they can coexist peacefully for a long time is still unknown. Moreover, there is also a long-term hostile and powerful Sulu Kingdom in the south. In comparison, the security environment inside and outside the country is the worst in Luzon.
???????????????????????????????????????????????Although Luzon has the foundation of nearly a century of hard work by the Chinese and Spanish, many places are still in a state of dilapidation, and post-war reconstruction is impossible to complete in just a few years. Luzon has received far more aid from Huamei than Lanfang and Dayuan. The development prospects are naturally very optimistic, but it is estimated that it will take at least five years to truly get on the right track.
? In contrast, Da Yuan is completely different from the above two companies.
Since Yan Siqi led his troops to the island more than 20 years ago, to this day, not counting the 100,000 aborigines who have surrendered, the number of Han people under the rule of the Yan family has exceeded 300,000. The construction of local political power has been rapid and stable. Economically, with the strong support of the Eastern Union Group, the economic construction of Daguan under the leadership of Yan Sicheng is remarkable.
After the Qing Dynasty invaded the south, the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty was already in a state of high military fragmentation, and the local people's livelihood and economy were severely damaged. The status and weight of the stable officials in the Far East economic circle dominated by China and the United States skyrocketed.
In 1644, before the Manchu Qing invaded the south, Huamei imported a total of 10,000 dans of raw silk and 9,000 dans of tea from Jiangnan provinces. In 1645, this dropped rapidly to only 3,000 dans of raw silk and 2,000 dans of tea. Among them, the raw silk and tea produced by Da Yuan reached 1,200 dan and 1,000 dan respectively.
In addition, the export of gold, copper, coal, sulfur, rice, vegetable oils, and jaggery to China and the United States also accounted for a considerable share in 1645. Among the many important commodities exported by Huamei to the Far East, Daguan also accounts for about 20%.
It can be said. After the "Jiashen Incident" in the Far East, Huamei has become the absolute main market in the import and export trade of the Far East!
Once such a place that is crucial to the Chinese and American Far East economy isInstability is undoubtedly the worst thing, which is why the Chinese and American capitalists represented by the Eastern Union Group strongly demand that the state control senior officials.
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In the office of Donglian Group¡¯s commercial office in Dongning. Hundreds of white candles illuminated the white room brightly. Jin Xiaohan picked at his scalp and frowned, but none of the several plans he wrote seemed feasible.
This is probably the biggest challenge Jin Xiaohan has encountered since Fan Li left the Far East and took on the implementation of the Far East strategic deployment alone.
After such a toss-up, it would naturally take a long time for the officials to lick their wounds, but the Chinese cabinet and the military had to make readjustments for the military operation in the Far East half a year later.
It seems that the political bottom line of senior officials maintaining pro-China and the United States cannot be challenged. This is also the reason why Jin Xiaohan came to Dayuan Island in person. But for Jin Xiaohan and even the entire Huamei Far East strategic deployment, this civil strife also greatly disrupted Huamei's strategic rhythm.
According to the new "Far East Crown Plan" formulated by Fan Li, China and the United States will invest three fully-equipped combat brigades (Brown Bear Brigade, Oriental Brigade, and Volunteer Brigade) at the end of 1646 to participate in the battle against the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
??Defend first and then attack, bloom more, and take Nanjing directly. In addition to the new Ming army in Guangdong, the army and navy of the Yan family, who are well equipped and powerful, will also play an extremely important role. In particular, he was the main force in helping the Luwang Group in East Zhejiang retake Nanjing City and contain the Zheng Family Group.
The Yan family's army and navy were severely damaged in this civil strife. It would take at least two years to recover after the internal strife. In addition, Yan Sicheng needed to use military means to re-stabilize internal security. The subsequent mainland military operations, Yan Sicheng Home will have to be absent.
The Yan family has lost hope. Will they mobilize more army troops from North America to complete the Far East Crown Project?
¡°It is estimated that there is no need for the National Security Council or the Ministry of National Defense to refuse, Jin Xiaohan himself would think it is impossible. Now Europe and the Far East are at a critical juncture. We need to use people everywhere, where can we draw more power.
A huge loophole suddenly appeared in the force plan, and this loophole seems to be almost unsolvable at present!
Jin Xiaohan is one of the two people in Huamei who is most familiar with the current situation in the Far East. The other is his career mentor Fan Li. As Gen Hongmiaozheng's original time traveler. He was only twelve years old when he time traveled, so he received a different education than other second generation time travellers.
Jin Xiaohan is very young, but also very experienced. At the age of twenty, he followed Fan Li in the Far East, handling foreign affairs from the outside. He has gone to secret intelligence work and experienced almost all the difficulties and crises of China and America in the Far East when he was only in his thirties. His life experience is definitely richer and more exciting than that of most of China and America's senior executives.
With the full support of Fan Li, both the cabinet and the Congress in the country had great trust in Jin Xiaohan and almost gave him great power. But now it seems that Jin Xiaohan is in a dilemma. He thinks that it is almost impossible to completely revise a plan that will satisfy the country.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Jin Xiaohan also believed that he was too cheap and had failed to live up to the expectations of his career mentor. He also hoped to create a decision for this country that could lead history like Fan Li, Su Zining or Yan Xiaosong.
It is said that Hong Chengchou, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty a few years ago, has arrived in Nanjing. Taking up the post of "Governor-General of Military Affairs and Economic Envoy to the South of the Yangtze River" means that Dorgon has basically solved the chaos in the north after entering the customs, and the countdown to the large-scale southern expedition in the new year has begun.
The Japanese trade switch operation has also officially begun. All parties are gathering forces, and the strategy against Japan will also begin.
But Jin Xiaohan was really unable to escape. Even when he was scheduled to visit the small court of King Lu in eastern Zhejiang next month, he was unable to arrive as scheduled. He could only leave instructions for the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Far Eastern Affairs who was about to arrive at Pearl Island. Assistant to the department, Chang Yu, went to do the work for him.
There was a knock on the door, and Jin Xiaohan raised his head from his meditation. He had not closed his eyes after working for more than ten hours. He looked very haggard at this time, and the usual elegance and calmness of diplomats were replaced by a kind of irritation and anxiety.
The door opened, and a middle-aged Chinese army colonel appeared in front of Jin Xiaohan.
"Mr. Jin, the defense in the city is ready to be officially handed over tomorrow. The 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Eastern Brigade will withdraw from Dongning City as a whole. It will follow the orders of the Far East Regional Command and board the ship back to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow. Colonel Jean of the Brown Bear Brigade will take his place. I serve as the commander-in-chief of the garrison¡¯s ¡®peacekeeping force¡¯.¡±
Qiao Si politely performed the military salute. He seemed to be in a bad mood after being busy for more than half a month. In order to improve the people's view of the Chinese and American troops in the city, Qiao Si more than once organized officers and soldiers to help clean up the ruins of residential buildings destroyed by artillery fire, and even personally took medical soldiers to visit some neighborhood people.
? ???I am very grateful to General Deng, Colonel Qiao and Colonel Jean for their support of the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I believe it will not take long. We can all get out of here. I'm very sorry that it's so late and I have to ask you to prepare overnight. I heard that your family came to Mingzhu Island to visit relatives this time, but it turned out that you were still on duty on Taiyuan Island. "
Jin Xiaohan was very familiar with the army officer in front of him, and had even heard some of his legendary growth stories early on.
"Isn't Mr. Jin also separated from his family? You have always set an example, and no one is qualified to accuse him."
Qiao Si¡¯s smile never faded. His more than 20 years of service in the Chinese and American military have made him look no different from a native Chinese and American citizen.
"By the way, Colonel, what do you think about future military operations on the mainland?"
Just when Qiao Si was about to leave the room, Jin Xiaohan suddenly asked coldly.
Qiao Si slowly turned around, showing a curious expression.
As a fully professional Chinese Army officer, Qiao Si has done the most by obeying orders 100% since the day he joined the army. It can be said that Qiao Si, like many ordinary mid-level and senior military officers, does not have much practice in making independent decisions when it comes to such higher-level strategic topics.
"What do you mean?" Qiao Si took off his military cap and sat opposite Jin Xiaohan.
"I think you, as the commander of the Eastern Brigade, also know the initial secret plan for military operations. Now we are facing many problems, and I am afraid that the multi-point strike plan will change. Of course, this needs to be finalized by the National Security Council and the Ministry of Defense. , but I think as the ultimate executor of military and diplomatic operations in the Far East, our opinions are also crucial."
Jin Xiaohan took a sip of strong tea and dropped the topic as if chatting.
"In my opinion, the large-scale army cannot return to normal organization and operational capabilities in a short period of time. So tactically speaking, we will have a shortage of troops, and the Ministry of National Defense and the Army Command will have to redeploy additional troops, but even if The volunteer brigade is also in place, and we still need at least one full combat brigade, two is better."
Qiao Si thought for a moment and expressed his opinion from a purely military perspective.
"What if not?" Jin Xiaohan crumpled the letter paper full of words in his hand into a ball, saying that he had thought about this plan a long time ago and it was basically unfeasible.
"Then give up the secondary direction. I think whether it is General Chen Liwen, General Scott or General Deng Jian, they will make this choice without considering special needs. This is military common sense. We cannot We take risks when we have insufficient troops, especially when we have to operate in multiple combat areas.¡±
After Qiao Si said lightly, he looked at Jin Xiaohan's face intently.
Jin Xiaohan was stunned for a moment, then slowly unfolded the ball of paper in his hand and fell into deep thought.
Is this the most reasonable choice that ordinary people who do not understand the strategic intentions of the Far East can make? Or is it that the thinking inertia of people like myself is too terrible?
"Thank you, Colonel, I understand!"
It seemed that he had figured out a lot of things in an instant. Jin Xiaohan suddenly showed a relieved smile, and there was even a hint of excitement behind the smile.
Qiao Si bowed and exited again, but Jin Xiaohan was not sleepy at all. He was leaning on his desk and writing furiously as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He planned to completely revise the entire Far East plan, and the new ideas would be something Huamei's senior management had never thought of. (To be continued.) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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