Chapter 442: Army expansion is imminent

The task of arresting more than 20 unarmed prisoners in a limited area with a fully armed integrated company is not really that difficult. Although a very small number of people tried to resist stubbornly, they were suppressed by the superior force of the militia.

There was no chance at all, and instead he lost his life in vain. As a result, just as Qiao Zhiya promised to Xiao Laosan, the more than 20 escaped prisoners were quickly captured one by one and strung together with shackles and chains.

Two large groups were kneeling at the gate of the city, and the bodies of the five people who had been killed were piled on a flatbed truck next to them. The scene was quite visually impactful.

The defenders on and off the city were pointing at these prisoners and talking about them. Even Xiao Laosan, who had just reached a verbal cooperation agreement with Qiao Zhiya, was a little uneasy at this time, secretly wondering whether these prisoners were intentional by the Haihan people.

Let him go, and then use the pretext of arrest to show off his force.

"Report to the leader, there are twenty-four fugitives in total, and they have all been captured. Please give instructions!" A naturalized civilian officer came over to report the results of the battle to Qiao Zhiya.

Qiao Zhiya nodded and asked him to send someone to escort the prisoners back to the camp. Then he said goodbye to Xiao Laosan: "Boss Xiao, what we agreed on earlier will be implemented as soon as possible. If there is anything that needs our assistance, please send someone

Just let us know when you go to the camp on the beach."

Xiao Laosan was so shocked earlier that he was still in a dream. He just subconsciously raised his hands and said, "Easy to say, see you another day, Major Qiao!"

Qiao Zhiya escorted the group back to the camp. From a distance, he could already see Liu Shanxia standing impatiently outside the camp gate and waiting. In fact, after Qiao Zhiya led the group to set off, Liu Shanxia did not feel at ease at all, lest he take out

There was an armed conflict between the militia army and the Ming army defending the city. Later, I heard that there was intensive gunfire in the city, which made Liu Shanxia even more anxious. However, among the few local crossing troops, there was only a senior officer like Qiao Zhiya, and there were many others.

He is a person in engineering technology and civil affairs management. Liu Shanxia couldn't find a knowledgeable person to discuss countermeasures.

Considering the possible situation, Liu Shanxia issued a wartime call-up order as the local chief executive. All engineering personnel suspended construction and returned to the camp. All armed and logistics personnel entered a state of war preparation. Even the medical team was on standby.

Prepare to receive treatment for the wounded who have returned from the city. If Qiao Zhiya was delayed for another half hour, Liu Shanxia would probably have to send a report to the base camp to ask for instructions on whether to attack Changhua County in order to snatch out a company of militiamen "trapped" in the city.

Although Liu Shanxia is a rare expert in engineering, he really has no relevant experience in how to resolve this kind of military conflict. Being able to do this is basically his limit. Seeing Qiao Zhiya lead the way

The team returned safely, and Liu Shanxia finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't you say we should solve it properly? Why did you start a fight in the county?" Liu Shanxia asked anxiously. He also understood that Qiao Zhiya's safe return did not mean that the matter was over. If it really happened with the people in the county,

If an armed conflict breaks out among the Ming garrison, there will likely be subsequent troubles.

"There was a small episode in the middle, but the matter was really resolved satisfactorily." Qiao Zhiya responded with a smile on his face: "Not only did we capture all the fugitives, but we also took down the boss of Changhua County.

Already."

"Did you kill General Xiao?" Liu Shanxia's chin almost dropped to the ground. Liu Shanxia had also dealt with the Ming Army General Manager who didn't do much in the city twice. Hearing Qiao Zhiya's tone, he inevitably had a misunderstanding.

.The killing of a few escaped prisoners was a minor matter, but if the Ming army officers were publicly killed, it might not end well.

"Don't worry, I'm not that impulsive!" Qiao Zhiya waved his hand and said: "What I said is getting it done is another matter. That boss has already agreed to find a reasonable reason for our militia so that we can legally operate here.

exist."

Of course, Liu Shanxia also knew some of the methods used by the military to expand its control areas. Hearing this, he said happily: "Is that imitating Yazhou's approach?"

"That's pretty much what I mean. Just let the administrative department go back and finalize the specific price with Mr. Xiao." Qiao Zhiya proudly patted Liu Shanxia on the shoulder and said, "How about you, Old Liu? Did I perform this mission satisfactorily?"

"I'm convinced!" Liu Shanxia gave a thumbs up sincerely and praised: "This is indeed a beautiful thing. I won't say anything to praise you now. I will express it later at the celebration banquet..."

"Give me a break today. I'm really sleepy. If I don't get some sleep now, I might die suddenly..." Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhiya quickly shook his head and retreated: "I'll go back to catch up on my nap first and send a telegram to the base camp.

I’ll leave the matter to you.”

When the Executive Committee received the telegram from the Changhua construction site, it was more surprised than frightened. The existence of Changhua County has always been a hidden danger for the Shilu project, because the Shilu project must introduce a large number of immigrants and immigrants to the local area.

There will definitely be contradictions or even conflicts between the corresponding management system and armed forces and the local government, and this contradiction and conflict may rise to the level of military confrontation. Therefore, the Executive Committee has always hoped to include the Changhua County Government.

All the garrison troops in the county were bought together, and then through political, economic, and military aspects, actual control over Changhua and Shilu areas was achieved in a manner similar to Yacheng.

Even if today's desertion incident did not occur at the Changhua construction site, sooner or later the executive committee will send someone to contact the local government to seek common interests between both parties. For Haihan, there is no room for failure in the Shilu project. If Changhua

The existence of the county seat will eventually hinder the construction and production of this key project, so the executive committee will probably not hesitate to fight to ensure that this area is completely under Haihan's control. Of course, since Qiao Zhiya can reach an agreement with the local military leader

With the preliminary agreement in place, the militia army will have a more reasonable excuse to station in the area and achieve control of the area. This solution is definitely much easier to operate than forcibly erasing Changhua City from the map.

"Qiao Zhiya's performance is not bad!" Tao Donglai praised him unstintingly at the executive committee meeting: "Not even a month after he was transferred to be the chief military officer, he has already taken over the county government and garrison in Changhua.

Once it's settled, it saves a lot of effort for other departments."

"So it was a very correct decision to transfer him from Tian Du's chemical laboratory back to the army." Yan Chujie never forgot to brag about the military whenever he had the opportunity: "A talented person like Qiao Zhiya who specializes in multiple talents should be placed in the army."

It is such a pity that there is mold in the laboratory. He should be given a broad space to develop, so that he can make great achievements!"

"Lao Yan, if you have something to say, just say it, don't talk in circles like this." Ning Qi interrupted Yan Chujie's words rudely. Having worked together for more than two years, these two people understand each other relatively well.

If you go deep, some basic routines will be easily seen through.

Yan Chujie was nodded by Ning Qi, but he didn't take it seriously. He took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and distributed them to the executive committee members present: "It happens to be our turn to discuss the issues of our military. Take a look at this.

This is the militia’s military expansion plan for the second half of the year..."

"Why do we need to expand the military again? Didn't we just discuss the military expansion during the anniversary celebration?" Gu Kai, as always, had an unwelcome attitude towards military expansion. He had already questioned Yan Chujie's approach before even looking through the information in his hand.

Yan Chujie calmly handed out the information before responding to his question: "The military expansion discussed in the first half of the year was the navy's establishment. The navy's ships have already been on the slipway. Is it okay if the establishment is not expanded? In the same way, we are now going to

What is being discussed is the expansion of the Army, which is already inevitable and must be started as soon as possible."

Yan Chujie stood up and said loudly: "Please open the information in front of you. I will briefly explain to you the necessity of this military expansion, as well as our military expansion plan and the recruitment measures that will be taken."

Yan Chujie walked to the front of the conference room. There was a map of the entire Hainan Island hanging here. Among them, Yazhou, Sanya, Yinggehai, and the large mountainous areas of Qiongnan that penetrated into the inland areas that Haihan had actually controlled were all displayed in conspicuous blue.

The areas under layout such as Thanksgiving, Changhua, Lingshui and Wanning are outlined with red pen.

Yan Chujie raised his hand and pointed to the map and said: "Let me explain to you the signs on the map. The blue areas are the areas we actually control. We have the final say on land, sea and air. The red areas are the areas we jointly control with Ming Dynasty. Within these areas

We do not have public voice or administrative rights for the time being, but the economy and military have been controlled by us to a certain extent. The remaining areas are mainly concentrated on the east and north of the island. In terms of the length of the coastline, we are now

The area that the power can radiate has probably occupied one-half of the island's coastline. In addition to requiring a considerable number of navy to perform maritime defense tasks, such a long coastline also requires a certain size of army to realize the control of these areas.

actual control.”

"As we all know, the Ming Dynasty's army currently deployed on Hainan Island has a total of eleven guard posts. Each guard has a thousand men, for a total of eleven thousand men. In addition to the frontier troops and naval divisions stationed in several major states and counties,

The total establishment is about 14,000 people. Even with an army of this size, the entire Hainan Island is still like a sieve, with loopholes everywhere." Yan Chujie looked around at the people present and said: "Some people may say that in the establishment of the Ming army,

There are many vacancies, the actual number of the army is far less than the number of establishments, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with our militia army. This statement is correct, but our militia army, especially the army,

Is the current establishment really enough?"

Yan Chujie made a gesture, and someone under his command immediately came forward and hung another chart on the wall in front of the conference room.

Yan Chujie said: "Everyone, please take a look, this is the current garrison situation of the Haihan Militia Army..."

"Why is there no Black Earth Port Camp?" someone asked below.

"Because the Black Tu Port Independent Battalion is a separate establishment and is stationed abroad for a long time, it cannot participate in the daily defense operations of Hainan Island, so they are not included in this table." Yan Chujie explained: "The last expansion of the Army was in

This was before the attack on Hue. At that time, our troops could barely muster two reinforcement battalions. After the Battle of Hue, some militiamen retired or transferred to work for the Ministry of Justice, and we added soldiers from the reserves.

, finally came up with the establishment of two reinforced battalions."

"The first battalion is currently responsible for the defense of the Sanya area, which covers an area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers from Yacheng to Tielugang, from Shengli Port to Tiandu inland." Yan Chujie paused deliberately.

, then continued: "Shengli Port Base, Sanya New Port, Tiandu Industrial Zone, these important military defense targets have occupied most of the first battalion's troops. Here I can reveal to you a military

Confidential - The first battalion only has the strength of a company for daily maneuver deployment. You can imagine that a company, even if it is a strengthened company, if something happens or an outbreak occurs

In a war invaded by foreign enemies, how effective can such a small amount of manpower be?"

Yan Chujie didn't wait for everyone to think about this issue carefully, and then continued to introduce: "Let's look at the task distribution of the second battalion. One company lives in Guangzhou, one company lives in Wanshan Port, and two companies live in Changhua. Same as the first battalion.

For example, our second battalion doesn’t even have any manpower for maneuver! Moreover, the locations are thousands of miles apart from each other. Please tell me, how do you direct operations in wartime? Our territory is still constantly being moved.

As we expand, the population in the controlled area is also gradually increasing. If we don't expand the army, how can we control a larger territory?"

Seeing everyone here lost in thought, Yan Chujie continued: "When we attacked Hue in the first half of the year, we almost mobilized all troops, and the base camp had to rely on reserve militia to maintain defense. In fact, the military risk of this approach is very high

Yes, once there is a problem on the mainland, the troops who went to fight overseas will not have time to rescue them. Therefore, our troops can only retreat in a hurry after conquering Hue City. If it were not for the emptiness of the local defense, we would have been unable to rescue the troops.

There should be an opportunity to plunder more wealth and population from South Vietnam!"

Yan Chujie's words are a little biased. At that time, the militia chose to attack quickly to resolve the battle and then retreat. The reason was not just that the rear was empty due to insufficient troops, but there were also other objective reasons, such as the entire Haihan Group was facing extreme difficulties.

There are many logistical supply problems under great pressure, as well as the battle damage caused by long-term overseas operations and the decline in troop morale, as well as the direction of the monsoon along the coast of Indochina and many other issues that have to be considered. However, Yan Chujie will use the insufficient troops at this time.

The problem was obvious, but no one tried to expose his little trick.
Chapter completed!