readsfreenovel Chapter 170 Preparing for Expansion
Chapter 170 Preparing for Expansion
Fang Jian was still very confident in Zhuang Jiwu. After briefly understanding some administrative issues, Fang Jian turned his attention to the military academy graduates.
"Guoxuan, Yunong, communicate with these officers. The armored division will send 200 people, and the remaining 600 or so will stay in the army."
"Those who are willing to go to the Armored Division will be given priority. If there are less than 200 people in the end, some trainees will be assigned there."
Fang Guoxuan and Tao Yunong nodded slightly. Fang Guoxuan hesitated and said, "Commander, all 56 members of the Air Force class are willing to stay in Nanshan and can be directly assigned to the Air Force. But what about the 31 members of the Navy class?"
In the entire Singapore, there is currently no air force in any other place except Nanshan Province, so most air force cadets choose to stay in Nanshan.
The students in the naval class are in a more awkward situation. Most of them are willing to stay in Nanshan, but there is no navy in Nanshan.
Fang Jian shook his head gently: "Any naval cadets who are willing to stay in Nanshan can stay."
"I will set up a river patrol team in Huaichong, let them explore the Huaichong waterway, and try to open up a navigation channel in Huaichong."
Although Huaichong has a large river tributary, it has been abandoned for many years because of the reefs everywhere and no large ships can pass through it. There are some small boats in Huaichong, but they are not large.
Fang Guoxuan had no objection to Fang Ji'an's arrangement. After all, Nanshan is not near the sea, but if it were, it could import warships from abroad and establish a navy.
You are located inland, so even if someone is willing to sell you warships, you have nowhere to dock.
In the following days, the military academy students who were willing to stay in Nanshan were assigned to various units, and the establishment of three divisions was also in full swing.
Two new infantry divisions were formed, the 8th and 9th Divisions, with Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan as division commanders respectively. All of them were locally trained and their capabilities had reached four and a half stars.
On June 6, Nanshan Military Academy held a graduation ceremony for the first batch of students. Officers assigned to the army returned to the school to attend the graduation ceremony. Nanshan Institute of Political Science and Law held a graduation ceremony on June 22.
From then on, every year, political and legal talents and low-level officers graduated from Nanshan and were recruited by the government or the army, forming a virtuous circle.
On June 6, the headquarters and the commanders of all divisions gathered together.
"Commander." After Fang Jian walked into the conference room, all the officers stood up and shouted.
Fang Jian nodded gently and waved to everyone: "Sit down."
After sitting down, Fang Jian glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone, Nanshan Province has been recuperating for three years and has accumulated a lot of strength. It's time to expand outward."
During the three years, there were constant frictions between the New Army in the South and the Northern Government, and Nanshan Province did not participate in it.
Since Yuan Shiting was re-elected as president three years ago, the northern government's attitude towards local warlords has begun to change.
The initial appeasement and enticement turned into a deliberate attempt to create conflicts between warlords while getting closer to some and alienating others. The northern government also expanded its military strength and began to prepare for the unification of the new country.
Upon hearing that the commander wanted to expand, all the division commanders showed joy on their faces.
"Commander, where are we going to attack this time? Nanchuan Province or Yongxi?" asked Li Weiling, commander of the 7th Division.
He was the most enthusiastic about sending troops. You know, Pingshan, where the Seventh Division is stationed, has now built a road out of Nanshan.
Fang Jian nodded gently and uttered two words: "Nanchuan."
"For this expedition, the 7th, 8th, and 9th divisions will be deployed. The 5th and 6th divisions will be transferred to Pingshan for defense and be ready for support."
Li Weiling was most excited when he heard about the expedition to Nanchuan Province. Except for the 7th Division, the other two divisions were newly formed. There was no doubt that the 7th Division was the main force.
Fang Jian looked at Fang Guoxuan again and instructed him: "A temporary military district will be set up in Changhuan City, consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions. Fang Guoxuan will be the commander of the temporary military district."
Fang Jian was preparing to personally command the Nanchuan Campaign. As for Nanshan Province, as long as Changhuan was defended, the safety of Nanshan could be guaranteed.
Hearing Fang Jian's arrangement, Fang Guoxuan had a bad feeling, so he asked, "Commander, Changhuan City is not far from Nanling, there is no need to set up a temporary military zone."
"I plan to personally lead the troops in this expedition to Nanchuan." Fang Jian did not hide this.
Fang Guoxuan stood up and said hurriedly: "Commander, Nanchuan Province can let Division Commander Li take charge. You don't have to put yourself in danger."
"Yes, Commander, you can also command the front-line troops while staying in Nanling." Tao Yunong also advised.
Other officers were also worried about Fang Ji'an's safety and tried to persuade him not to go to Nanchuan in person.
Fang Jian smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will bring two regiments of the garrison division, as well as the special operations team and the elite of the intelligence department with me to Nanchuan this time. It will be safe."
"Besides, I won't be on the battlefield. I'll just be commanding from the rear. How could I be in any danger?"
Everyone tried to persuade him again, but seeing that Fang Jian insisted, they gave up.
Then everyone began to discuss the battle plan.
Li Weiling stood up and said, "The biggest warlord in Nanchuan is Liu Fuxun, and there are Liu Hui and Yang Wei who compete with him. The three of them together have less than 100,000 troops."
Li Weiling introduced Liu Fuxun, Liu Hui and Yang Wei in detail, and also did a lot of homework on the deployment of the Nanchuan army.
As early as three years ago, when Li Weiling's Seventh Division was stationed in Pingshan and was responsible for building the Nanshan Trail, he began to pay attention to intelligence from Nanchuan and prepare to send troops to Nanchuan.
After introducing the detailed intelligence of several people, Li Weiling said: "After leaving Nanchuan, our army will quickly eliminate Liu Fuxun. Liu Hui and Yang Wei will definitely not support us."
"After eliminating Liu Fuxun, split the troops into two groups, one to attack Liu Hui and the other to capture Yang Wei."
Li Weiling's strategy was quite satisfactory. Although Liu Fuxun had nearly 60,000 men, it should be very easy to defeat Liu Fuxun by relying on the combat effectiveness of the Nanshan Army if three divisions attacked him suddenly.
After Liu Fuxun was eliminated, Liu Hui and Yang Wei were no longer a threat.
The commander of the Eighth Division, Du Feiyun, stood up and said, "Commander, with the combat power of our army, it will be very easy to take Nanchuan."
"But after our army marches into Nanchuan, Feng Zhangshan in Yongxi will certainly not sit idly by and will most likely send troops to intervene."
Feng Zhangshan controlled the two provinces of Yongxi and Guanxi and had an army of over 100,000 under his command. If it were not for Ma Yunshan's restraint, he would have entered Nanchuan and annexed Liu Fuxun long ago.
Li Yueshan, the commander of the Ninth Division, also echoed, "Yes, last year the Northern Government openly supported Feng Zhangshan. If it weren't for Zhang Futing in the Northeast to contain them, I'm afraid the Northern Government would have already joined forces with Feng Zhangshan to attack Ma Yunshan."
"Now Ma Yunshan can only protect himself and it is difficult for him to continue to contain Feng Zhangshan. If our army sends troops to Nanchuan, he will most likely move south."
Fang Jian nodded slightly, agreeing with Du Feiyun and Li Yueshan's opinions, but Li Weiling didn't care about it.
"With the speed at which our army is advancing, we will surely be able to capture Nanchuan before Feng Zhangshan can react."
"By then, even if we face Feng Zhangshan, we will be able to fight him."