? "We didn't ask you to go to Shaanxi for no reason.
Now that food is ripening everywhere, you will have food on the way north. Now that food is ripening everywhere, you will have food to eat on the way north. If it was February or March that forced you to leave, you would starve to death on the road when there is a shortage of food! "Lei Hu frowned, and his choice of words was very impolite.
Lin Shaozhang, who was opposite Lei Hu, was embarrassed. If he only listened to what Lei Hu said, the Taiping Rebellion had to thank the Liberation Army for fully considering the Taiping army. But in fact, wasn't it the Liberation Army that tried to drive the Taiping army away from Tianjing? Lin Shaozhang was in charge of the military industry under Lin Fengxiang of the Taiping army. He was also a well-known figure, and he was very unhappy.
But Lei Hu did not care what Lin Shaozhang thought at this time. Lei Hu's bad mood was not necessarily better than Lin Shaozhang's. Ten years ago, Lei Hu had created a precedent of the Liberation Army's formation being destroyed by the Qing Army's cavalry. This time, the Lianhu Corps under Lei Hu had created a new history of the Liberation Army's defeat. The troops that attacked Luan finally captured the city, but they lost nearly 600 people.
This incident alarmed the headquarters of the Lianhu Corps, and Lei Hu even personally went to the site to investigate. At this time, Lei Hu was full of anger. If he did not know very well that he was venting his anger, Lei Hu would have directly complained, "Destroying the Taiping army costs more than sending the Taiping army."
The Huai army was guarding Luan, and the Liberation Army did not expect the Huai army to have any good performance. When formulating the attack plan, they just copied the previous attack plan, and the troops began to attack according to this plan. The advancing troops were fiercely and accurately attacked by the Huai army's artillery with explosive shells. Fortunately, the Liberation Army no longer used the method of entering the battlefield in dense formations. Otherwise, the losses from this round of artillery bombardment would not be just over 200, but in the thousands.
The Liberation Army adopted the tactic of encircling three and leaving one out, and the Huai army also made full use of the Liberation Army's arrangements. After the artillery in the city disrupted the Liberation Army's plan of attack with a burst of fierce fire, they dragged the artillery carriages and retreated to the dock from the direction of the net without hesitation.
After suffering such a big loss, the Liberation Army was not willing to let the enemy go, so they hurriedly chased them away. As a result, they were bombarded by the Huai army's artillery that had been lying in ambush. Due to the tight formation, the losses this time were even greater than the previous time. The Huai army was shrewd and decisive. They dropped their cannons and left. Before the Liberation Army completed their encirclement, they retreated to the ships and ran away.
For the Liberation Army, it was almost the first time they had been schemed against by the enemy, and it was even more unprecedented to be schemed against twice in a row. For the Liberation Army, more than 600 casualties was a problem that could only occur when fighting against a strong army like the British lobster soldiers. Not to mention, with the Liberation Army's current training and equipment, everyone was very confident in overwhelming the lobster soldiers.
Lei Hu forcefully suppressed his anger and continued to say to Lin Shaozhang in a normal mood, "We can accept two choices now. First, the Taiping Rebellion will be wiped out, and second, the Taiping Rebellion will leave just like that. And according to the weather, according to the harvest and processing time of each area, we have set a timetable. We will launch attacks on each city and each area according to this timetable. Take this back to the person in charge of the Taiping Rebellion. You must make them understand that this is not a joke. "
Lin Shaozhang took the list and looked at it. Because the Taiping Rebellion currently controlled a very limited number of cities, the list was very long. It was April 10th now, and the Liberation Army would launch an attack on the Zhenjiang area in ten days at the earliest, which was April 19th. And the latest to attack would be Tianjing City. On May 15th, the Liberation Army would march into Tianjing City.
"Can't we wait a little longer?" Lin Shaozhang tried to buy some time for the Taiping Rebellion.
Lei Hu sneered and said, "If we wait any longer, it will be the rainy season. Bringing so many people and supplies to march in the rainy season? Even if you are joking, you should have some control, right? If you don't leave at that time, it will be July when you move again. Can you go to Jiangnan on such a hot day? Let me make it clear to you now. The reason why we let you go to the northwest is out of friendship. Didn't you say that without the Taiping Rebellion, we can't do anything? I hope you can explain this to Hong Xiuquan when you go back. Don't let him have any unrealistic fantasies! "
After sending Lin Shaozhang away, Lei Hu began to write a self-reflection. As for the problems in the latest battle, Lei Hu first made a self-reflection. Although the troops had given repeated orders, the troops still underestimated the enemy and became numb after the great victory. As for the solution, Lei Hu thought that this battle should be reported to the whole army and let the whole army be on alert. The enemy was not a weak force that was useless. They also had modern weapons, rifles, and cannons. Any mistake by the Liberation Army would lead to failure.
After writing the self-reflection, it was sent to Guangzhou. From Anqing, this document and other documents took a ship along the Yangtze River to Nanchang. A day and a half later, the document arrived at the Nanchang transit station and was escorted by a messenger to Fuzhou. Another day and a half later, the document arrived at Fuzhou. The Liberation Army had already set up a telegram station in Fuzhou. The relevant telegram content was directly sent to Guangdong through the telegram station. More specific letters would be transported to their destinations through messengers.
If they could solve the Taiping Rebellion, the Liberation Army would undoubtedly be able to build an even more complete telegram communication network in Jiangnan. There was a joke that was not a joke. In the entire Liberation Army, the one that had maintained absolute support for the war from beginning to end was undoubtedly the telegram department. The reason was very simple. Only after the war had swept away all resistance could the telegram unit truly solve the problem of insecure telegrams. In order to ensure that no one in the mountainous areas of Guangdong cut down the telegraph poles and moved them home, the Liberation Army had started with propaganda. In the past few years, they had already begun to arrest people and put them in prison. In the areas controlled by the Liberation Army, maintaining the telegram system required very forceful methods. To ensure smooth communication in enemy-occupied areas naturally required even more effort.
Even if it was just to reduce operating costs, they had to use war methods to eliminate the enemy. Many units in the Restored Governor's Office viewed the problem this way.
Therefore, on April 18th, through the efforts of telegrams and messengers, a letter was finally sent to the Fujian Corps Headquarters. Fujian Corps Commander Ruan Xihao looked at the introduction of Lei Hu's Two Lakes Army suffering a loss, and was very satisfied with this telegram.
Arrogant soldiers were bound to lose. It was easy to say, but for arrogant soldiers to be arrogant, they undoubtedly had to have ability and a large amount of victory experience. Otherwise, they would not dare to be arrogant. Not only Lei Hu's Two Lakes Army or Hu Chenghe's Jiangxi Corps, there was also the Fujian Corps commanded by Ruan Xihao. Everyone had easily won all of their battles. If they said that the enemy was anything special, the troops would not believe it.
Ruan Xihao's repeated warnings were ignored by everyone. With the central government's announcement, Ruan Xihao had a better reason to call for a meeting. Although they would attack Zhenjiang on the 19th of April, Ruan Xihao pushed back the time of the battle, and called all the front line commanders back to the Corps Headquarters for a meeting.
After reporting the problems that Lei Hu's army faced to the troops, Ruan Xihao said: "I am not talking about whether everyone can win or not, I am just asking if everyone has made plans for different situations and different problems that we might encounter. If everyone feels that we can win by fighting the battle according to what we have imagined, then I want the troops to go through the tactics manual again. "
"The Taiping army can't even win against the Xiang Army, what do we have to be afraid of?" Naturally, there were different opinions.
In the past, Ruan Xihao had fiercely criticized such views, but he realized that it was useless. Those people would at most admit it verbally, but when it came to actual execution, it was still the same. Thus, he did not suppress such opinions, but continued to emphasize: "Before this attack, all the tactics need to be reviewed according to the basic tactics manual."
After giving the strict order, Ruan Xihao sent the commanders back. The secretary of the Corps Party Committee who shared the same shift with Ruan Xihao was Lin Mengchu, this person who only joined the revolutionary team in 1855 in Guangdong was a classic example of "starting a revolution early is better than starting a revolution late". Lin Mengchu had always been in charge of the political work in Jingzhou and the Third Army, and could be considered as an experienced political worker. Ruan Xihao asked Lin Mengchu, "Secretary, do you think anyone would dare to hide the news?"
Lin Mengchu could understand Ruan Xihao's thoughts, political work often encountered such problems. Many comrades did not agree with the orders given by the organization, for example, Ruan Xihao requested the troops to not be arrogant and impatient, and to make plans seriously. But there was a group of comrades who did not accept this method. They always felt that the deciding factor of success or failure was those accidental factors, and they pursued the rewards and benefits of success. Thus, they "did not accept the fact that there would be failure".
When these people encountered failure, they would naturally think of ways to cover it up. The six Tu Clan villages that Ruan Xihao was in had more than once rebelled against the Tu Clan in the nearby Wu Clan Town, and it could be said that they lost every battle. Thus, he was very understanding of failure, and he admitted the existence of failure. However, it was obvious that many people in the army did not think so. To them, failure would hinder their promotion, and failure would cause a heavy blow to their future. Since failure was inevitable, many people simply played the game of burying one's head in the sand.
Lin Mengchu replied straightforwardly, "This is not something that can be decided by one person. Even if the Party Committee is in charge, there might be problems with a few people colluding with each other, but our system does not allow for them to act recklessly. "
"It's great if that's the case." Ruan Xihao replied, "Tiger Lei is very smart, he has made a self-criticism now, and the commander-in-chief will not pursue his responsibility too much. If something can happen to Tiger Lei, we will not be fine here either. "
"It's the King of Han, not the commander-in-chief," Lin Mengchu replied.
"Tsk, the commander-in-chief said that he will not be conferred the title of King, then we will just have to wait for the commander-in-chief to become the emperor before we change our mind," Ruan Xihao replied.
Lin Mengchu did not know what to do with Ruan Xihao, so he could only continue the previous topic. "This time, we have said and done everything that should be said and done. Let's just wait and see everyone's performance. "
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