1969: Trouble
Wu Ling, who was in his fifties, is definitely in an excited state every day. Shortly after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was appointed as the general of the Wuling War Zone. His task at that time was to guard against possible attacks by the people of Qi. You must know that although the Ming Dynasty was aggressive at that time, it had not yet taken over Qin and Chu. In terms of strength, compared with Qi, it was not a little weaker than Qi. In Wu Ling's opinion, the attitude shown by the Ming Dynasty at that time was actually to tell the people of Qi that I was very fierce. Don't think about doing my business, otherwise I would suffer a loss, and you should not think about falling in love with it.
Of course, this attitude was due to the fact that several medium-sized wars between the Ming and Qi at that time ended with the victory of the Ming Dynasty. With this background, the people of Qi really did not dare to provoke the Ming people at will. At that time, the Chu State in the eyes of the Qi people would have been stronger and stronger.
The little tiger of the Ming Dynasty then survived by taking advantage of the conflicts between the two countries and the Qi Kingdom, and quickly grew into a beautiful tiger in the middle of the year. Now, the tiger has wings. Or when the Qi people dream of returning at midnight, they will definitely beat their chests and stamp their feet and regret it. When the Ming Kingdom was the weakest, they did not do their best to destroy him, and even raising a tiger was a disaster.
But in this world, there is no medicine for regret.
Wu Ling is not Qin Feng's direct line, and even made Qin Feng unlucky and suffer losses. But because of this, when Qin Feng later believed in him very much, he respected Qin Feng very much. His loyalty was never clamoring, but reflected in specific actions. He stayed in Wuling for more than ten years and planned something all day long, how to fight Qi State. Since he was not strong, he was thinking that every few years, he would come up with a brand new plan to discuss with Qin Feng through secret letters. Of course, as the Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger, this plan was always changing.
His troops are still increasing now.
In addition to the troops in the original Wuling War Zone, the old powerful Canglang Camp has joined. Now, Lu Dayuan's 10,000 troops, Baoqing Camp, Yulin Camp, Huben Camp, and Miner Camp, are all about to be transferred to his command. Some of them have arrived, some are on the way forward, and some are already packing their bags at the original station and preparing to embark on the journey to the Wuling War Zone.
He has never been as powerful as he is now. Putting aside the retired soldiers recruited on the spot in the Wuling War Zone, the standing army he could use had exceeded 100,000.
The emperor's intention was very clear. The first battle, that is, the Ming army must win the battle in Changning County.
And this is exactly Wu Ling's intention.
At this time, the strength comparison between the Ming and Qi countries has long been reversed, but most of the people in Qi State were still immersed in the glory of the past, blindly thinking that the old empire Qi State was extremely powerful, and they were very optimistic about the war between Ming and Qi State. The Qi State court naturally would not reveal the bloody truth after this veil. Even if it was a false fantasy, it would still be of great help to the current people and military spirit of Qi State.
When facing external aggression, any regime can still transfer many domestic conflicts to foreign battles within a certain period of time. The people of Qi are doing this now.
If you want to let most people in Qi understand the truth and know that Qi is now a powerful man and vulnerable, you will naturally have to fight the first battle. If you can defeat the most powerful border army in Qi in one battle, it will have a great effect on attacking the morale of Qi's people.
When the people of Qi realized that their army was not enough to protect them, all kinds of strange things and ideas might come out. The Ming Dynasty had a lot of experience in using these.
The Ming Dynasty had completed the economic defeat against Qi, followed by a military defeat, and finally a defeat on the morale of the people. After these three points, Qi was just an empty shell.
Of course, Xian Bisong on the opposite side is not easy to deal with. This is a general who is famous for his defense. Now facing Wu Ling's aggressive attitude, he is determined to hide in the turtle shell and not come out. In the past two years, the general has done one thing, constantly building fortresses.
Wu Ling was also dumbfounded when he saw the defensive maps around Changning County when the Air Force returned from reconnaissance. This guy must be so perverted that he could build the fortress into such a dense appearance.
"Brother Gan, it seems that this battle is really a fight." Wu Ling smiled at the wild dog.
"Blow him with artillery." Wild Dog and Wu Ling were both generals of the Ming Dynasty. The court sent Wild Dog to the Wuling War Zone, but it was not unaware of Wu Ling, but Wu Ling knew why Wild Dogs came.
To check and balance it, Wu Ling means the Zhengshi Hall rather than the emperor. In other words, the emperor has no suspicion of him. Of course, it is understandable that the Zhengshi Hall does this. Who made Wu Ling not have a good root? Sending wild dogs instead of others is what the emperor means to express his trust in him. Because wild dogs have never been a person who fights for power. After arriving at the Wuling War Zone, this guy said something to Wu Ling, "When I attack Qi, I will be the first to go."
This is a soldier who is so pure.
Of course, if Wu Ling really wants to do something else, the wild dog's huge prestige will make Wu Ling unable to do anything in an instant. At least 90% of the army in the Wuling War Zone will follow the wild dog instead of following him at that time.
As the most important war zone, artillery was first assigned to the Wuling War Zone except the navy. After such weapons arrived at the Wuling War Zone, the major war camps were naturally salivating, but no one got this big fat piece. Wu Ling disagreed with the opposition and insisted on gathering all the artillery together to form a complete artillery battalion. This artillery battalion now has various calibers and more than 300 artillery types.
The purpose of Wu Ling's actions is to maximize the power of the artillery when attacking Changning County and blow everything on the other side into slag.
The latest standard rifles such as the Ming Type 1 cannot be equipped on a large scale due to production problems, but are only equipped with Li Xiaoya's cavalry battalion one after another. This situation was changed until the two battalions of Yulin and Huben were transferred. These two battle camps that originally guarded Yuejing were equipped with the Ming Type 1 in large quantities.
In fact, for Wu Ling, before the war, he was not willing to let the soldiers change their clothes suddenly. Even if it was not difficult to use the Ming Dynasty Style 1, it was afraid that the soldiers would not be able to improve their combat effectiveness. On the contrary, it would make the soldiers feel extremely uncomfortable. If they want to use the Ming Dynasty Style 1 to accurately and effectively kill the enemy, it would take a long time of training, and it is not the kind that can be used by picking it up. Many soldiers who have seen this thing for the first time don’t even know how to use it. You can expect to be able to operate it proficiently. This requires a process.
Even without changing his clothes, Wu Ling has the confidence to defeat his opponent, especially when he has artillery.
"Architecture can effectively weaken the enemy, but I'm afraid it's really uneven." Wu Ling shook his head and said, "These forts are all steel and concrete structures. Judging from the situation detected by the Air Force, their thickness is really incredible. Xian Bisong must have considered the power of our artillery. Our artillery battalion has also conducted tests, and it is difficult to completely destroy them with artillery. Especially these fortresses with most of the heads hidden underground are even more annoying. In the end, we have to use troops to conquer them one by one."
"Then just push it over!" The tactical thinking of the wild dog is always this direct and effective way to do it, push it over!" Our Canglang Camp is best at doing this kind of work."
Wu Ling laughed, "It will take more time to fight like this, and we will suffer more casualties."
"There are those who will never die in war." The wild dog disagreed.
"Brother Gan, now the people of Qi also have gunpowder and artillery. The information from Changning County has undoubtedly confirmed this. Xian Bisong is doing this with all his might. If such artillery is hidden in these fortresses, we will be in trouble.
The wild dog looked at Wu Ling and said for a while: "What do you want to say to me?"
"In the early stage of the battle, our casualties may be relatively large." Wu Ling said: "Whether it is the court, the people, or the army, now the Qi people are in a state of despising themselves. Brother Gan, now you have seen the fanaticism of the Ming Dynasty about this war. I feel a little scared. I am very worried that once the war starts, I will suffer a short-term setback or even if I reach the goal, I will suffer a relatively large casualties..."
The wild dog blinked a few times and finally understood, "I know what you mean. This is easy to deal with. Leave it to me to do. You go back to Wuling first, and after the war begins, I will fight."
"Brother Gan?" Wu Ling felt a little embarrassed.
The wild dog waved his hand, "I don't have to be embarrassed. You are the commander, of course you can't be pushed to the forefront. Besides, my shoulders are probably a little harder than you. Everyone knows that my wild dog is just a stubborn character. If it doesn't work, we still have room for maneuver."
Wu Ling stood up and bowed deeply to the wild dog.
Chapter completed!