Chapter Thirty-Six Circles
At this time, Xia Bohai turned to Wang Yunpeng, an official of the State Council, and said, "Director Wang, I will ask you comrades to work hard tonight to assist our soldiers and stabilize the masses on the ship so that the army can fight with peace of mind. After tonight, after we capture Dagukou, the next things will be much easier."
Although he was invited to attend the military meeting, Wang Yunpeng and the other four people did not speak. They just listened to the discussions of others. They stopped until Xia Bohai said to him and said, "Please rest assured, the headquarters, we have also decided not to rest tonight, take turns on duty on the ship, and strengthened vigilance, in case of sudden incidents, and will do our best to cooperate with the military's combat mission."
Xia Bohai also bowed his head and was very satisfied with Wang Yunpeng's reply. He said, "Also, after capturing Dagukou tonight, we will officially land, and we will announce the facts of crossing like the people on three passenger boats. At that time, many people will have fluctuations in their emotions. Therefore, we must ask you to do more work to appease the emotions of the masses, think more about possible situations, and prevent unexpected events. In addition, after we get ashore, we must start to establish our base. We are all soldiers, and fighting is an internal leader, but to carry out construction, the organization and administrative agencies are laymen. You have more experience in this area than us, so you should take more responsibility. Moreover, in this regard, the Political Commissar Qin has some ideas. After the meeting is over, you will discuss it in detail. It is best to come up with a few plans."
Wang Yunpeng said: "Okay, we will discuss in detail with Political Commissar Qin in a while, but we also discussed some situations last night. Now there are more than 3,000 people on the three passenger boats, plus the staff on the boat, there are about 3,5600 people in total, and we only have more than ten people. Once we officially announced the matter of our time travel, it is only a dozen of us. It is very difficult to calm everyone's emotions. I think we can give a briefing to a few people today. Then they have some mental preparations. After the official announcement, they can also help us to calm the emotions of other people. I don't know if it is feasible for the outside of the Sijimabu."
Qin Zheng said: "Director Wang, your suggestions are very good. Our considerations are indeed a bit negligent. In principle, it is feasible. However, the candidates who are notified in advance must be considered carefully. They must be reliable and credible. Moreover, they can strictly keep this secret before we announce it. Of course, we will negotiate in detail later."
Wang Yunpeng immediately said: "Okay, the political commissar has considered it and we will definitely come up with a feasible plan."
At this time, Xia Bohai looked at everyone again and said, "Okay, today's meeting is here. After the meeting, the Chief of Staff and Battalion Commander discussed the plan for landing operations, and the Political Commissar and Director Wang discussed the construction plan after they got ashore. Everyone else went back to prepare. Tonight, the 11th episode will be held and the 12th hour will be set on time."
So the captains stood up one after another, left the conference room, and returned to their respective warships to prepare for the battle tonight. Xiao Jianjun and Chu Yaping, Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao, Shang Qisong, Li Sanjie and others began to negotiate in detail.
About two hours later, Xiao Jianjun and Chu Yaping formulated a landing combat plan.
The Marines led by the fleet this time were two land battle battalions and a separate land battle company, which was the land battle company to which Luo Yue's platoon was. At this time, there were two platoons left, so they were left to assist the Taihu ship in defending three passenger roulette ships. There was also a two-barrel armored battalion.
Dagukou is actually a coastal defense fortress, mainly including a port and a fortress. The port is held accountable by the fleet, so the target of the landing force is Dagukou fortress.
Since Dagukou is the maritime gateway of Beijing, its geographical location is crucial. In the Second Opium War, the British and French allied forces landed from Dagukou and directly attacked Beijing. Therefore, after the Westernization Movement, the Qing government strengthened its vigilance on Dagukou, and formed the defense system of Dagukou, which was arranged in the shape of a field on both sides of the Haihe River. It was equipped with German Krupp artillery, Armstrong artillery, and various caliber artillery imitated in China, with a total of more than 170 guns, and more than 3,000 permanent defenders.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance landed from Dagukou, there was a fierce battle between the fort and the fleet, which lasted for more than six times. Later, the coalition army landed from the side of Dagukou and captured Dagukou. The artillery on the fort naturally became the spoils of the coalition. The medium-caliber artillery was dismantled to attack Tianjin and used in Beijing, while the large-caliber artillery was still left on the fort. However, the coalition did not intend to use the fort to guard Dagukou. Because the coalition forces were limited, the force stationed at Dagukou was only 500 Japanese troops, so it was difficult to divide the troops to guard the four forts. Moreover, there are more than 20 warships from various countries parked at Dagukou. It is strong and there is no need for the fort to guard at all. Therefore, each fort was only sent to guard a small number of soldiers.
However, the crossing fleet cannot be careless about the Dagukou Fort, and must seize these four forts first. However, considering that Dagukou has sent troops to attack Hejiawan Village, the remaining troops will never be too many, and it will be divided into troops to guard the four forts, so Xiao Jianjun and Chu Yaping decided to dispatch four Z8f helicopters, each carrying a platoon and a mortar squad, to conduct airborne landing operations on the four forts. The two 76-type air cushion landing craft carried by the Changbaishan ship each carried two companies and a mortar platoon, which were connected by the water surface. At the same time, two amphibious armored companies were dispatched to directly launch the water from the Changbaishan ship to cooperate in combat. This formed an air-sea amphibious landing operation.
Once the fort was occupied, each of them left a platoon of troops to guard the fort, and the remaining troops worked together to attack the Dagukou command center, plus the amphibious armored company to occupy Dagukou in full. Xia Bohai was also quite satisfied with this landing operation plan, because this plan could fully utilize the advantages of the crossing fleet.
After more than a day, it was not until more than one afternoon that Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao, Shang Qisong, Li Sanjie and others came out of the conference room. Qin Zheng sent them onto the speedboat before returning to the command center to report the results of the negotiation to Xia Bohai.
Wang Yunpeng and others boarded the speedboat and rode towards the Longxing Island passenger.
The Kunming ship is about 3,000 meters away from the Longxing Island passenger ship. It takes more than 20 minutes to drive back the boat. Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao stood side by side at the bow of the ship, talking loudly. Shang Qisong and Li Sanjie sat in the cabin, thinking about their own thoughts.
There were ten non-military personnel participating in the evacuation mission this time, led by Wang Yunpeng, the official of the State Council, Xu Jichao, the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as officials Zhang Yuming, Jia Zhenzhao, the clerks Li Songchen, Wang Sheng, Zeng Dong, and Jia Wenbo; and Shang Qisong and Jiang Shiwei, the personnel of the Ministry of Security, who were in conflict with the fleet, the embassy counselor Li Sanjie and the second-level secretary Ye Yanfu, who had been in a rebellion, had their term of office expired and returned to China to renew their posts. The entire embassy is still in the local area, because although the situation in the country is chaotic, the capital can be guaranteed for safety for the time being, and there is no need for the embassy to evacuate.
However, the non-military personnel involved in the evacuation of overseas Chinese are not of high level. Wang Yunpeng is only at the department level, Xu Jichao is at the deputy department level, the other two officials are at the department level, and the clerks are at the department level or clerk. The embassy in this country belongs to the department level embassy, so the administrative level of the Counselor Li Sanjie is at the deputy department level, and the second-level secretary Ye Yanfu is at the deputy department level.
Because this evacuation was mainly dominated by the army, and there were not many foreign affairs, the embassy could basically handle it. Xia Bohai, the highest commander of the fleet, had a military rank of colonel, equivalent to a deputy position in the department level of administration. Although the army and administration are two different ranks, the country did not send officials with higher administrative ranks, so it was avoided to have a dispute over command.
Although they work in the central system, there is no intersection between Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao. Before this mission, the two did not know each other at all, because if they are in the local area, they may be considered as officials. However, in the central administrative region, provincial and ministerial-level cadres can be arrested in a row. The department and bureau-level cadres can only be divided into numbers, and the two do not belong to the same department, so of course they will not know each other. Moreover, after this mission, they will go their separate ways, and the chances of reunion are really not high.
But this time-traveling brought the two closer together, because in the foreseeable future, they would probably work together, and after all, they are both people within the same system and feel much closer, so they also have the idea of deepening their interactions and forming the same camp. At today's military meeting, the military has clearly stated that it will establish its own regime of the fleet in this time and space.
Having a regime means that there will be political actions, so administrative officials will naturally have a day to stand out. However, both of them understand that there are people, and there are circles in the world. There are circles in the big circles. Although both of them can only be considered middle-level officials, before traveling through time, both of them still have their own circles. In fact, if there is no circle, it is impossible for them to be promoted to their current position. Although both of them do have the ability to meet their current position,
In a sense, political activities are activities of circles, capabilities, and opportunities. Whether it is a foreign country in China, whether it is the so-called democracy or **, it is no exception.
However, neither of them are core members of their own circle or those who are trained. The dispatch of two people to participate in this evacuation mission does not mean that it will be a special test for them, but because they have both worked in the Middle East and are familiar with the environment in this region. Dan Xu Jichao is also proficient in Arabic. Of course, if the two can complete the task better, they will be a political capital for them after returning to China. They may be promoted to a higher level or step forward to the core circle, but the chance of being promoted to a higher position is not high.
Chapter completed!