Li Ming got Song Tao's plan, and after repeated consideration, he decided to return to Liaodong by airship overnight, and personally reported Song Tao's plan to attack Ningxia Town and the idea of forming a Northwest Field Army in the Hetao base area.

When the airship he was riding in arrived in Shenyang, it was already early in the morning of the next day. Li Ming got off the airship, got into the vehicle that had been waiting here, and went all the way to the Military Commission.

Gao Jianguo and other members of the Standing Committee of the Board of Directors have also been waiting here for a long time. At present, the company's work is very heavy, and several members of the Standing Committee of the board of directors are also busy every day. Hu Wei and Guo Song both rushed back from other places overnight.

Li Ming handed over the two documents that had already been printed to several members of the Standing Committee, and everyone carefully read the plans and generally supported the two plans. But everyone still has some concerns about attacking Ningxia Town, after all, it is the nine-sided town of the Ming Dynasty, and the company has no plan to enter the Central Plains, so the Ming regime cannot be chaotic.

Guo Song frowned and asked, "Li Ming, it's still good for you to choose Ningxia Town, but will it cause turmoil in the political situation of Daming?" Now the northern Ming people are in turmoil, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty has been shaky. Let's add another fire and don't let the situation in Daming get out of control again. ”

Before Li Ming could speak, Gao Jianguo opened his mouth to explain: "It's not that serious, at this time in history, the situation of Da Ming is even more unbearable." The three entry of the Later Jin regime in 1634, 1636 and 1638 caused much greater turmoil and impact on the Ming Dynasty each time than our current operation.

The broken ship of the Ming Dynasty looked stormy, but it still stubbornly survived until 1644, when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty collapsed, but it was only the loss of the northern power. The Nanming regime in Jiangnan lasted until 1664. Our intention to attack Ningxia Town was mainly to loot the supplies there. There is no intention of occupying there and not leaving, if the Ming can quickly recover Ningxia Town, it will not cause a violent turmoil in the Ming evidence. ”

After listening to Gao Jianguo's words, everyone's worries disappeared. As long as the Ming Dynasty is not chaotic, even if it is an attack on Beijing, they have no opinion.

Wang He thought for a moment. With a heavy face, he said: "Li Ming, your idea of forming the Northwest Field Army in the Hetao area is very good, but the company is currently in a difficult period and cannot provide strong support to the Hetao base area at all. According to the plan proposed by the Hetao Base Area, the establishment of the Northwest Field Army is quite large, and such a large establishment is bound to require a lot of resources. ”

Li Ming nodded. He said with a smile: "The strategic location of the Hetao region is very important, it can control Mobei and Moxi in the north, dominate Mongolia, and attack the Ming Dynasty in the south by chasing the Central Plains." We have already controlled most of the grasslands in Monan, and we will continue to implement the strategy of going north and west in the future, so it is urgent to form the Northwest Field Army. However, we have also fully taken into account the current situation of the company. Therefore, our plan is to first establish the establishment structure of the Northwest Field Army. Make it a shelf force.

In the early days of the construction of the Northwest Field Army, emphasis was placed on training cadres and backbone cadres of the troops. It is also necessary to vigorously develop the militia reserve and other paramilitary units in the Hetao base area, and plan to gradually complete the final formation of the Northwest Field Army within five years. In this way, in the event of an unexpected situation in the northwest, the troops can be quickly mobilized. Deploy outstanding soldiers from paramilitary units such as militia and reserve forces to complete war preparations in the shortest possible time and quickly build up combat effectiveness. ”

When Wang He and the others heard this, they all smiled and nodded, and they were very satisfied with the arrangement of the Hetao base area. It has not excessively consumed the company's resources, nor has it delayed the construction of the troops, laying a good foundation for the Northwest Field Army. As long as there are enough cadres and non-commissioned officers, we will be able to quickly complete the preparations for war and thoroughly control the grasslands in the south and north of the desert.

After several members of the Standing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company unanimously agreed, they convened all the members of the Board of Directors Committee and convened an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors Committee to vote on the resolutions of the two plans of the Hetao Base Area, which were approved by a majority of votes.

At present, the situation of the Far Eastern Company is relatively grim, and grain and other materials have been relatively tight. A large amount of resources have just been expended to properly resettle the displaced people received last year, and to help the newly resettled displaced people complete spring plowing and production. Then a new challenge was ushered in, and this year's task of receiving displaced people began.

Although the preparation for the assignment of the displaced people this year has been very sufficient, it still puts the company under great pressure. The company's material reserves have always been below the warning line, so that the company's various departments, factories and mining enterprises and the vast number of grassroots rural areas are carrying forward the work style of diligence and thrift, hard work and simplicity.

Anyway, the company's life is quite hard, and I used to be a local tyrant before, and I suddenly became a dick, and the huge psychological gap is indeed not easy for you to change.

The members of the board committee still support the plan to gradually build the Northwest Field Army in the Hetao base area in five years. After all, the northwest is a border area, far away from the company, coupled with inconvenient transportation, it is bound to need a suitable place to set up a strong force to stabilize the situation in the northwest region.

If there is no armed group that has always been strong in the northwest, facing more than 100,000 cavalry of the Mongolian legion and hundreds of thousands of grassroots Mongolian herdsmen, once chaos occurs in the northwest, the company will inevitably fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

And Song Tao's plan to attack Ningxia Town is even simpler, and now the members of the company's board of directors and committees are all one idea, and if they want the company to provide supplies, there is absolutely no way. In the past two years, the budgets submitted by various departments of the company have been audited several times, and it was not until a large part of the bones and marrow was cut that the budgets of various departments were finally approved.

makes all departments of the company scold their mothers in private, but no one can find trouble at this time, that is, complain. At present, all the resources of the company should be inclined to the reception and resettlement of displaced people, which is the strategic task of the company.

As for the plan of the Hetao base area to attack Ningxia Town, everyone supported it one-sidedly, and if the Hetao base area seized a large amount of grain and other materials in Ningxia Town, it would inevitably reduce the pressure on the company. Anyway, as long as it is a plan to open up sources and reduce expenditure, they will welcome it with both hands and feet. (To be continued.) )

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