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Section 88 Northern Expedition (1)

Once he made up his mind, Wufeng no longer hesitated. Wufeng had always had his own opinions on military matters. In addition to seeking Ling Tianfang's opinion intentionally, the Military Affairs Office immediately issued a series of military mobilization and mobilization orders.

Wufeng had ordered the Western Xinjiang Finance Department to quickly allocate temporary war expenses of 30 million imperial gold coins to deal with the war machines that were starting to operate. The War Readiness Department's complete and efficient transportation mobilization system was fully operated. Not only did the twelve transportation battalions directly under the War Readiness Department and stationed in several strategic locations to the First Legion and the Fifth Legion at the first time, they also quickly collected 2,000 civil transport vehicles as reserve forces. The First Legion and the Fifth Legion were assembled and moved to the Tianshui and Anyuan line.

The public opinion system has also been fully activated. From local newspapers and magazines in the Western Xinjiang to the imperial capital, major media in the imperial capital, even the Wuhu area and the farther Milan and Machikhan media are paying attention to the rumbling and rotating war beast in the Western Xinjiang. The army forces of as many as four legions have been gathering in the northern part of the Western Xinjiang. In addition to the three Ranger regiments and the Tellock Defense Forces that have been active in the Tellock area, the troops controlled by Li Wufeng on this land have already broken the record to reach more than 600,000, which is more than half of the armed forces controlled by Li Wufeng.

As the mouthpiece of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate and the mainstream media representing the views of the Empire, they express the inevitable view of war without any concealment. The Northwest Star, Empire News and Daily Quick have opened a column on the war in the Western Xinjiang to report on the upcoming war situation. Journalists from major media in the imperial capital arrived in Hanzhong and Hejian Tianshui in order to obtain a wartime interview license issued by the Internal Affairs Department of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate. Only those who obtain the license can enter the war zone for interviews and will not be arrested as spies.

Liang Chongxin stood on the high earth slope with his arms around him, looking at the dragon of cars moving forward. The dark green curtains and carriages could not see at first sight, and the yellow dust brought up was like a foul that gave birth to yellow clouds. The standard standard carriages can be disassembled and loaded with more cargo. The carriages and soft leather seats are a comfortable long-distance bus. Dark green is one of the two standard colors determined by the War Preparation Department. In the north, the transport vehicles are earthy yellow.

With the financial support of the financial department in recent years, the work of the War Readiness Department has also been carried out a lot. It turns out that many facilities that cannot be equipped and improved are gradually in place. Especially with the trend of a significant expansion of the area controlled by the Great Protectorate in the West Xinjiang and the large-scale construction and transformation plan of the road system in the West Xinjiang has been launched, it is a general trend for the army to improve its mobility capabilities. However, except for the Rangers, it is obviously unlikely that the other eight legions will solve the mobility problems at once. Except for the more transport vehicles in the Third Legion, the mobility of the other seven legions has become a thorn in the heart of the Western Xinjiang military.

At this time, Rao, who served as the director of the War Readiness Department, proposed to establish a transportation operation plan directly under the War Readiness Department. According to this plan, in addition to maintaining the necessary transportation vehicles of each legion, each legion will no longer purchase transportation vehicles. The War Readiness Department has formed 24 direct transportation airports, with no 600 transport vehicles, and they are deployed on several strategic fronts. In this way, if a certain army needs to be urgently mobilized, the transportation airport deployed nearby can arrive quickly after receiving the order, accepting and completing tasks, which can not only effectively save transportation resources, but also avoid it.

The army is exempted from spending a lot of energy to manage this group of logistics transportation troops, and the professional transportation managers of the War Readiness Department can also improve good maintenance and feeding of transport vehicles and livestock. Another advantage is to avoid the inappropriate climate or excessive fatigue of livestock in various regions due to the vast area of ​​Western Xinjiang. If the transportation route is too long, the War Readiness Department can reasonably adjust and deploy transportation operations near the line in advance to adopt relay transportation, which can greatly improve the transportation efficiency without being affected by regional reasons.

This plan was highly praised by Wufeng Xiao Tang and military generals, and Ling Tianfang even said that this was an important initiative in the reform of the military logistics system in the Western Xinjiang. Given that the geographical and climatic conditions of various regions in Western Xinjiang are different, the War Readiness Department also took great pains to choose to transport livestock. In the Xiyu County and the East Tenggeri County, the strong horses are mainly used in the Kansai area and the Northern Luzon area, the strong horses and mules adapted to the southern region. In the southern Tiannan and Myanmar area and the newly included Zhongnan County and Nanhai Autonomous Territory, the mules and donkeys with good endurance and good at walking mountain roads are mainly used in mules and donkeys. Such configuration can effectively avoid the impact of climate and geography on transportation, which can be said to be comprehensive and meticulous.

A heavy footsteps came from behind to wake up Liang Chongxin, who was silently admiring the spectacular scene. It has been a long time since he felt the breath of war so close. This aura made Liang Chongxin suddenly feel like he was lurking outside Qingyang City eight years ago to prepare to attack Luo Beiren's granary.

Although the First Legion had just been rotated from the Sanjiang front line, in fact, Liang Chongxin never really took the Battle of Sanjiang seriously. With the horn defense line built by the two prefectures and Dushan Pass, although the Maqi Khan further strengthened their defense, they also lost the hope and spirit of launching an attack. The small-scale encounter may be a training for a newly built legion like the Sixth Legion, which has not yet experienced the baptism of war, but it seems a bit indifferent to the First Legion, of course, this is just the view of several senior officers of the Legion and Long Zixing, but they dare not express it in front of Wufeng. This time, he was able to switch defenses and head to the northern war zone, which was not uncommon for Liang Chongxin. Liang Chongxin and Long Zixing were secretly grateful to the Kamans for providing such an opportunity for the First Legion.

"Boss Liang, the people from the War Preparation Department have come to contact us. After we pass Hanzhong Mansion, we will change the car. They have prepared everything." The person who rushed to Long Zixing, who has already served as deputy commander of the First Legion. Due to the special status of the First Legion, the position of deputy commander of the First Legion is actually not lower than the position of commander of the other legions. Liang Chongxin, as the commander of the Legion, often needs to serve as the commander of a war zone after entering the state of war, and the responsibilities of the commander of the First Legion are often borne by the deputy commander.

"Well, it seems that the War Readiness Department's system of the war application is quite effective. We are traveling day and night, and before we arrived in Hanzhong, we are all preparing for relay transportation here." Liang Chongxin nodded with interest, "The boy Rao does have a good job in logistics management, and it's not in vain that His Highness trusts him so much."

"Hmph, an Indian and German immigrant can get the favor of His Highness so much. If he doesn't want to serve, he will really be a little ignorant." Long Zixing is not the only one in Western Xinjiang who has been moving in. Many Tang officials and generals already have a sense of rejection for these immigrants who have not been moved for a long time. The view that they must be different from our tribe is still deeply rooted in the hearts of many Tang people. Although Long Zixing is not the kind of Tang racist, he still has a crucial position like the Director of the War Preparation Department. A foreigner is not a cold, which makes Liang Chongxin often use Ling Tianfang's example to enlighten and educate Long Zixing.

"Yourself, why do you still have this kind of thought now? Be careful that Your Highness will teach you a lesson again when he hears it. To be honest, no one can do this position in Rao now. Although he is an Indian-German immigrant, I think we should have nothing to say, let alone when we started in Western Xinjiang, it was built up by the hard work of immigrants. Without these immigrants from all over the world, how could we have today's Western Xinjiang be? If we can communicate this point, I think you will have to accept this reality with peace of mind." Liang Chongxin frowned and reminded the other party indifferently: "You are now the deputy commander of our First Legion. You should look at the problem from a higher perspective. The soldiers of our First Legion have immigrants from all over the world. They all have a sincere heart to serve Western Xinjiang. If you still have this kind of thought, you will never be a qualified commander!"

Faced with Liang Chongxin's words that seemed light and heavy, Long Zixing felt a stern heart, held his fists and bowed seriously, saying, "The Legion Commander criticized him and received his own teachings."

Although Long Zixing may not be able to accept his own point of view at once, at least the other party could realize his different identities and correctly understand the possible consequences of this issue. Liang Chongxin's face was amiable: "You, you and I are old brothers, you and I are not unclear about your highness's thoughts. He is not just about the empire. Many people think that your highness's ultimate goal is to seize the empire. I also had this idea at the beginning, but since Your Highness seized the sea outlet of the Indochina Peninsula and vigorously developed the navy, I knew that we all underestimated Your Highness."

Seeing the other party's whole body tremble, Liang Chongxin knew that his words touched the other party, so he said to himself: "Your Highness wants to achieve great achievements that are immense, and it is a lifelong blessing for us to follow the horse. But to achieve great achievements, this national issue is a first-class major event. To be self-esteem, we have reached the present with military merits, but if we want to go further and take up a higher level, we must have the necessary and considerable political sensitivity."

Seeing Long Zixing's eyes showing an enlightened expression, Liang Chongxin also knew that smart people didn't need to say much, so he changed his mind: "I won't say much about the rest. Just be better off. But what do you think about the battle between us and the Fifth Legion going north?"
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