Chapter 2976

Qian Tiandun's speech seems to indicate Haihan's official attitude. How to formulate and maintain the international order in the South China Sea in the future must be decided by Haihan. If anyone feels dissatisfied, you can first consider whether you have the ability.

Challenge the Haihan army stationed on Star Island.

If in the past few years, Haihan had still treated the countries in this region with an equal attitude on the surface, then Qian Tiandun's statement at this time completely tore off the mask and wanted to take the lead.

Big brother's style.

When Roger's civil and military officials heard this statement, they were naturally happy and excited. However, the other guests couldn't help but look at each other. Some were worried, some were gnashing their teeth. After all, most of the people felt uneasy about this.

Qian Tiandun saw the reactions of these people in his eyes and was not surprised. He was just giving the representatives of various countries a shot of vaccination today. After the Haihan Army really started to take action, many originally hidden conflicts would inevitably be intensified.

That's when conflicts erupt intensively.

As for whether announcing Haihan's purpose at this time will make some countries step up their preparations for resistance, Qian Tiandun doesn't really care. He believes that Roger is the same. If someone tries to resist, it can be used by all countries.

Let's set an example and let the leaders of various countries see what will happen if they go against Haihan.

After the banquet, Qian Tiandun and his party returned to the station. On the way, Li Yuande asked him: "Why do you want to deliberately show a tough attitude? This will arouse the vigilance of various countries. Wouldn't it make subsequent actions more difficult?"

Qian Tiandun said: "If the operation is not difficult, then what is the reason for us to come all the way to the South China Sea?"

Li Yuande was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

Qian Tiandun continued: "The meaning of the existence of the special warfare division is to fight. Whether it is to expand territory or defend the border, in short, there must be opponents and there must be wars, so that the special warfare division can show its value."

"The overall situation in the north has been decided. No matter the Ming court, the Qing court, or the countries in the East China Sea, it will be difficult to challenge our country's authority. The real possibility of conflict, where special warfare divisions will come in handy, I think will be the South China Sea."

Li Yuande finally understood what Qian Tiandun wanted to express: "A war must break out in the South China Sea for the special warfare division's move south to be meaningful!"

Qian Tiandun nodded slightly and said: "If there is no opponent, the special warfare division becomes just a decoration, how boring that would be!"

It is still unknown whether Qian Tiandun's speech at the reception banquet can stimulate some people, but the preparations for the special operations division actually started when they moved south from the north.

Although the troops and equipment have been greatly reduced compared to when they were stationed in Liaodong, and they are relatively unfamiliar with the environment in the South China Sea, Qian Tiandun is convinced that his troops can quickly adapt to the environment here and maintain their due combat effectiveness. The special operations division is also eager to

It would take a war to prove this to the Executive Committee.

In terms of the progress of the operation, the troops responsible for the West Route of the South China Sea have fallen far behind the Luzon garrison responsible for the East Route. The East Route Army was unstoppable along the way, conquering many Spanish towns and pushing the front to the central part of the Philippine Islands. When the West Route Army

But they had just completed their assembly on Star Island, and they hadn't even gotten the slightest bit of success.

If no action is taken, even if no one has doubts about the Western Route Army, which is known for its combat effectiveness, famous generals like Qian Tiandun and Luo Jie will inevitably lose face.

However, just when Qian Tiandun was delivering a tough speech, the Eastern Route Army, which had been advancing so triumphantly, suffered a minor setback in Cebu Island.

The battle report was transmitted to Xingdao via the radio. Qian Tiandun couldn't help being surprised after reading it. During the attack on Cebu Island, the East Route Army suffered three-digit casualties. This was the number of casualties the Haihan Army had suffered in recent years.

An extremely rare situation in combat operations.

The time has to go back to a week ago.

The Fourth Army Division and the Fourth Detachment of the South China Sea Fleet acted in coordination and successively captured Masbate Island, Panay Island, Samar Island and Leyte Island among the seven major islands in the central Philippine Archipelago, and cleared more than 20 islands in total on these islands.

In Spanish colonial settlements, more than a thousand resistance elements were eliminated and more than 3,000 prisoners of war were captured.

This was the greatest achievement achieved by the Chinese and Chinese forces in the Philippine Islands in the past twenty years since the Battle of Manila. Yu Tiezhu, commander of the Fourth Army Division, and Jiao Fei, commander of the Luzon Navy, both received telegram commendations from the Executive Committee.

The situation was so good that the Luzon authorities decided to strike while the iron was hot and capture Cebu Island.

This is not the first time Haihan has attacked Cebu. Since 1638, Haihan has sent troops many times to carry out military attacks on Cebu Port, the seat of the Spanish colonial authorities, in an attempt to overthrow Spanish rule in this area.

Although each of Haihan's military expeditions ended in victory, the effect of wiping out the Spanish was not ideal.

More than half of Cebu Island, which covers an area of ​​more than 4,000 square kilometers, is virgin mountain forest, and the troops Haihan dispatches every time are far from enough to completely clear the mountainous forest area on Cebu Island. The long maritime supply line,

It is not enough to support Haihan's long-term occupation of this place.

Therefore, every time Haihan retreated, the Spaniards who had hid in the mountains and forests would come back and repeatedly strengthen the city defense facilities. Later, based on their experience of avoiding wars many times, they built several shelters in the deep mountains and old forests near Cebu Port.

Transport a large amount of supplies into the mountains and store them, and be prepared to fight guerrillas with Haihan.

Haihan was not unaware of such war preparation methods. After all, the two major intelligence agencies, the Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau, each sent many spies to Cebu. But the problem was that even if he knew that the Spaniards had been secretly carrying out war preparations, Lu

The Song authorities had no way to stop their opponents.

After evaluation, the Luzon authorities believed that attacking Cebu would not be much more difficult than before, and they hardly encountered strong resistance during their march south to attack the Spanish colonies.

Based on this judgment, the Luzon authorities believe that the expeditionary force should be able to capture the important target of Cebu in one fell swoop. It is even very likely that the Haihan fleet will arrive at the port of Cebu, and the Spaniards will once again abandon the city and flee.

But what the rear command did not expect was that instead of abandoning the city and escaping, the Spaniards concentrated all the armed forces in the area into Cebu, relying on the layers of defenses they had built there over the years.

, compete with the Haihan Army on the frontal battlefield.

Although Haihan's local spies took great risks and sent intelligence, pointing out that the Spanish were making desperate preparations for this battle, the headquarters believed that its own strength was enough to crush the opponent, so it decided to follow the original plan and attack Suzhou by sea.

The attack was carried out in Wucheng District.
Chapter completed!