The content of the spoils harvested from Zhongzuo City soon spread to the headquarters by the sea, and Qian Tiandun and the others were a little crying and laughing after listening to the report. Although they didn't have much expectation for the loot before the war, this harvest was really too shabby, and a few thousand catties of grain might be a lot for the Houjin garrison, but in Haihan's opinion, it was just a quantity that could be loaded by a ship. Due to the long preparation period, Haihan's current grain reserves in Shandong are very sufficient, in fact, it is really not bad for these thousands of catties, and the sea voyage between Shandong and Liaodong is also very close, this harvest can only be said to be better than nothing.

"I suddenly understood why Houjin was desperately trying to enter the customs. Wang Tom sighed: "These people are too poor, compared to Daming, they are really rich, don't rob you of anyone!"

"With Houjin, the rate of return is really a bit low. Although Qian Tiandun is not a businessman, he can't help but feel a little emotional about the current situation: "At least after today's battle, we will lose a lot of money!"

The scale of the troops that Haihan fought today was actually not too large, with three infantry companies, an artillery company and a cavalry company as the main force of the battle, plus a small number of logistics support personnel, and more than 1,000 people actually participated in the battle. In terms of the scale of Haihan's military operations in the past years, this is just a very ordinary operation.

But the problem is that in today's battles, the special operations battalion uses a large number of new repeating rifles as their main weapons, and although this rifle is powerful enough to allow infantry to form up against cavalry, the ammunition consumed by its combat method is not insignificant. Based on the current production capacity of the Sanya Military Factory, it will take more than a month to replenish the ammunition consumed in today's battle, and if this is used as a standard, the value of this batch of ammunition is considerable. And Haihan's seizure in the city of Zhongzuo is probably less than one-tenth of the value of these ammunition, so Qian Tiandun will have a loss.

However, Ha Lugong, who had just returned to the command headquarters, had another opinion on this: "Grain and grass are not valuable, but horses are valuable! Do you know how many horses were captured today? Two hundred and sixty-three! This is almost equal to the number of horses that the cavalry battalion has now! If this kind of battle is fought a few more times, our cavalry battalion will be able to upgrade the cavalry regiment!"

"Just with horses, you don't have so many qualified cavalry, and it's in vain!" Wang Tom immediately poured a basin of cold water on Ha Lugong: "Besides, your cavalry equipment is so expensive, and it is not so easy to be approved for expansion." ”

What Wang Tom said is indeed an objective fact, the individual equipment standard of the cavalry battalion is probably the highest in the Haihan army, and even far exceeds that of other elite units such as the special operations battalion. The cost of arming a cavalryman in full force is at least four to five times that of ordinary infantry, and this proportion will increase further during the war. Even if the Haihan military is abundant, high-level officials will still take into account the cost-effective factor when arranging the establishment of troops, and only keep the elite troops with huge costs smaller. This is one of the reasons why the cavalry has remained at the battalion level for many years since its establishment.

Ha Lugong also knew that although Wang Tom's words were not listened to, it was true, the cavalry battalion had been limited in the past because of the high maintenance cost and limited military use, but if the situation could be opened up in the Liaodong region, then the cavalry was not without the possibility of expansion. Especially after this battle with the Houjin cavalry, Halugong found a way to solve the cost of cavalry formation - the proportion of cavalry in the Houjin army is quite high, if you rob their war horses for your own use, then a considerable part of the military budget of the cavalry can be saved to train cavalry to expand.

However, Harugong is also a person with a heart, and he did not say what he really thought in his heart at the moment. Although everyone is a comrade-in-arms who shares life and death, they are also competitors in their careers. Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom command the elite units of the navy and army infantry respectively, and the military expenditure of these two families is much higher than that of the cavalry battalion, and when it comes time to fight for the military budget, everyone will also expose each other's shortcomings. The cost of cavalry horses is the focus of attacks every year, but it seems that the next year is expected to change this dilemma that has lasted for many years.

Ha Lugong was worried that the other party would set up an ambush and counterattack at night, so he asked to follow the retreat after the Jin army's scouts returned to the city before dark, and the news brought back by the scouts also made the generals temporarily reassured, the hundreds of people marched all the way to the north, and there was no intention to stop at all, it seemed that they planned to flee to the Jinzhou Acropolis a hundred miles away in the north, where there should be thousands of Houjin soldiers and horses, which could provide them with shelter.

The city was in need of repairs during the Later Jin occupation, and it still took time for Haihan to restore some of the city's functional buildings and return them to normal operation after the Haihan took over the city. After the city gate on the south side was bombarded dozens of times, the door panel was already full of cracks and crumbling, and it would definitely not work if it was not replaced. Takahashi Minami simply asked people to take down these two gates and use them to chop them as firewood. As for the defense at the city gate, it was temporarily built with the traditional method of barbed wire, although it was not as reliable as the city gate, but the city tower was guarded by long-range fire, and ordinary small groups of enemy troops did not want to attack the city.

In fact, there are still a lot of vacant houses outside the city, all of which were built by the Han people who used to live here, but after the Later Jin occupied this place, these Han people either fled across the country or became slaves of the Later Jin, and the houses were occupied by the Later Jin army who came here. Many of Muteb's subordinates, who were originally stationed here, lived outside the city in peacetime, and only entered the city to avoid the war in times of war. However, the Haihan side does not plan to settle civilians here in the near future, so it is estimated that these houses will have to be vacant for at least a whole winter.

Suddenly, the military horn sounded at the head of the city, and seeing the Haihan two-color flag slowly rising on the head of the city, the soldiers stopped what they were doing and raised their hands to salute it, and Takahashi Minami was also one of them. This flag-raising ceremony symbolizes that Haihan has officially entered the Liaodong Peninsula, which is another big step taken by Haihan in the waters of Northeast Asia.

However, the enemy that Haihan has to face this time is not as easy to deal with as the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin regime is the most powerful armed force in Northeast Asia in this era, and the vast majority of the Haihan high-level are Han Chinese, and they have an unrelieved complex for this history, and they will definitely not accept the peace that comes from compromising with the Houjin. The war between the Haihan and the Later Jin regime was only the beginning.

This book was first published on the Genesis Chinese website, and the following content will be re-edited later for anti-theft

The content of the spoils harvested from Zhongzuo City soon spread to the headquarters by the sea, and Qian Tiandun and the others were a little crying and laughing after listening to the report. Although they didn't have much expectation for the loot before the war, this harvest was really too shabby, and a few thousand catties of grain might be a lot for the Houjin garrison, but in Haihan's opinion, it was just a quantity that could be loaded by a ship. Due to the long preparation period, Haihan's current grain reserves in Shandong are very sufficient, in fact, it is really not bad for these thousands of catties, and the sea voyage between Shandong and Liaodong is also very close, this harvest can only be said to be better than nothing.

"I suddenly understood why Houjin was desperately trying to enter the customs. Wang Tom sighed: "These people are too poor, compared to Daming, they are really rich, don't rob you of anyone!"

"With Houjin, the rate of return is really a bit low. Although Qian Tiandun is not a businessman, he can't help but feel a little emotional about the current situation: "At least after today's battle, we will lose a lot of money!"

The scale of the troops that Haihan fought today was actually not too large, with three infantry companies, an artillery company and a cavalry company as the main force of the battle, plus a small number of logistics support personnel, and more than 1,000 people actually participated in the battle. In terms of the scale of Haihan's military operations in the past years, this is just a very ordinary operation.

But the problem is that in today's battles, the special operations battalion uses a large number of new repeating rifles as their main weapons, and although this rifle is powerful enough to allow infantry to form up against cavalry, the ammunition consumed by its combat method is not insignificant. Based on the current production capacity of the Sanya Military Factory, it will take more than a month to replenish the ammunition consumed in today's battle, and if this is used as a standard, the value of this batch of ammunition is considerable. And Haihan's seizure in the city of Zhongzuo is probably less than one-tenth of the value of these ammunition, so Qian Tiandun will have a loss.

However, Ha Lugong, who had just returned to the command headquarters, had another opinion on this: "Grain and grass are not valuable, but horses are valuable! Do you know how many horses were captured today? Two hundred and sixty-three! This is almost equal to the number of horses that the cavalry battalion has now! If this kind of battle is fought a few more times, our cavalry battalion will be able to upgrade the cavalry regiment!"

"Just with horses, you don't have so many qualified cavalry, and it's in vain!" Wang Tom immediately poured a basin of cold water on Ha Lugong: "Besides, your cavalry equipment is so expensive, and it is not so easy to be approved for expansion." ”

What Wang Tom said is indeed an objective fact, the individual equipment standard of the cavalry battalion is probably the highest in the Haihan army, and even far exceeds that of other elite units such as the special operations battalion. The cost of arming a cavalryman in full force is at least four to five times that of ordinary infantry, and this proportion will increase further during the war. Even if the Haihan military is abundant, high-level officials will still take into account the cost-effective factor when arranging the establishment of troops, and only keep the elite troops with huge costs smaller. This is one of the reasons why the cavalry has remained at the battalion level for many years since its establishment.

Ha Lugong also knew that although Wang Tom's words were not listened to, it was true, the cavalry battalion had been limited in the past because of the high maintenance cost and limited military use, but if the situation could be opened up in the Liaodong region, then the cavalry was not without the possibility of expansion. Especially after this battle with the Houjin cavalry, Halugong found a way to solve the cost of cavalry formation - the proportion of cavalry in the Houjin army is quite high, if you rob their war horses for your own use, then a considerable part of the military budget of the cavalry can be saved to train cavalry to expand.

However, Harugong is also a person with a heart, and he did not say what he really thought in his heart at the moment. Although everyone is a comrade-in-arms who shares life and death, they are also competitors in their careers. Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom command the elite units of the navy and army infantry respectively, and the military expenditure of these two families is much higher than that of the cavalry battalion, and when it comes time to fight for the military budget, everyone will also expose each other's shortcomings. The cost of cavalry horses is the focus of attacks every year, but it seems that the next year is expected to change this dilemma that has lasted for many years.

Ha Lugong was worried that the other party would set up an ambush and counterattack at night, so he asked to follow the retreat after the Jin army's scouts returned to the city before dark, and the news brought back by the scouts also made the generals temporarily reassured, the hundreds of people marched all the way to the north, and there was no intention to stop at all, it seemed that they planned to flee to the Jinzhou Acropolis a hundred miles away in the north, where there should be thousands of Houjin soldiers and horses, which could provide them with shelter.

The city was in need of repairs during the Later Jin occupation, and it still took time for Haihan to restore some of the city's functional buildings and return them to normal operation after the Haihan took over the city. After the city gate on the south side was bombarded dozens of times, the door panel was already full of cracks and crumbling, and it would definitely not work if it was not replaced. Takahashi Minami simply asked people to take down these two gates and use them to chop them as firewood. As for the defense at the city gate, it was temporarily built with the traditional method of barbed wire, although it was not as reliable as the city gate, but the city tower was guarded by long-range fire, and ordinary small groups of enemy troops did not want to attack the city.

In fact, there are still a lot of vacant houses outside the city, all of which were built by the Han people who used to live here, but after the Later Jin occupied this place, these Han people either fled across the country or became slaves of the Later Jin, and the houses were occupied by the Later Jin army who came here. Many of Muteb's subordinates, who were originally stationed here, lived outside the city in peacetime, and only entered the city to avoid the war in times of war. However, the Haihan side does not plan to settle civilians here in the near future, so it is estimated that these houses will have to be vacant for at least a whole winter.

Suddenly, the military horn sounded at the head of the city, and seeing the Haihan two-color flag slowly rising on the head of the city, the soldiers stopped what they were doing and raised their hands to salute it, and Takahashi Minami was also one of them. This flag-raising ceremony symbolizes that Haihan has officially entered the Liaodong Peninsula, which is another big step taken by Haihan in the waters of Northeast Asia.

However, the enemy that Haihan has to face this time is not as easy to deal with as the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin regime is the most powerful armed force in Northeast Asia in this era, and the vast majority of the Haihan high-level are Han Chinese, and they have an unrelieved complex for this history, and they will definitely not accept the peace that comes from compromising with the Houjin. The war between the Haihan and the Later Jin regime was only the beginning.

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