Because the price was too expensive, Lin Yu first ruled out Yingchan's high-performance military radio.
According to the system's rules, the price of equipment after 1914 was higher, so he chose equipment before 1914 first.
Among these equipment, the radio stations that the two sides had equipped in the first battle looked good, and there were many types.
Among them, the allied countries had five and the allied countries had three.
Among the five radio stations of the allied countries, the radio station of the Sun Never Sets was the most advanced, but it was also the most expensive.
On the side of the allied countries, the short-wave radio station of the Second Empire had the best performance.
This short-wave radio was well-made, had excellent performance, and was not expensive.
Lin Yu was not in a hurry to make a choice. Instead, he looked at the radio stations of several countries and finally decided on Hans 'radio station.
The price of this radio station was about 10,000 taels of silver. Considering the communication needs of the Han army, Lin Yu bought 50 sets at once and planned to equip each regiment with one.
This way, the orders from the central government would be delivered directly to every regiment commander.
In the future, it would be more convenient to contact and mobilize the troops.
The Han Army now had a total of six regiments, and they would continue to expand in the future. Lin Yu planned to expand the army to about 80,000 people, which required about 30 regiments.
The remaining radio stations were left in some important cities so that they could communicate directly with the Han army in Yue City!
After spending 500,000 taels of silver to buy the radio station, Lin Yu immediately sent someone to escort a few radio stations to the Eastern Expedition Army and the Western Expedition Army so that he could establish contact with them and formulate the next battle plan!
After Zuo Zongtang received Lin Yu's reply, he immediately took the imperial edict and marched towards Jiangxi and Hunan provinces!
The officials of these two places were struggling to decide on their sides.
They were originally a province of the imperial court, so they should have listened to the imperial court's orders.
However, the Xiang Army was very powerful in these two provinces, and many local officials were from the Xiang Army.
Therefore, there were also many people in these two places who supported the Xiang Army.
On one side were officials loyal to the court, and on the other were officials loyal to the Xiang Army.
The strength of the two sides was almost the same, and no one could do anything to the other. In the end, after the quarrel, Jiangxi Province and Hunan Province decided to remain neutral and not participate in Zeng Guofan's rebellion.
They planned to sit back and watch the tigers fight. After Zeng Guofan's Xiang army and the imperial court's army had a decisive victory, they would choose a side. At that time, they would choose to support whoever had the advantage.
However, the Chu army that came from the Min-Zhe region broke the balance of the situation!
Although the Chu army did not have many soldiers, only about 20,000.
However, in order to attack the capital, the Xiang army had almost emptied out all of their troops in the south.
At this time, the main force of the Xiang army had already crossed the Yangtze River and was preparing to fight the Qing army in the Jianghuai area!
They did not have the time to deploy their troops south to protect their rear, so the Gan and Xiang provinces could only rely on their own troops to resist Zuo Zongtang's Chu army.
If these two provinces were to fall completely into the hands of the Xiang Army, they would do their best to resist.
However, the problem was that the Xiang Army did not have 100% control over these two places, especially in Jiangxi Province.
Therefore, when they heard that the Chu army had come with the imperial court's edict, the local officials of Gan Province immediately sided with the imperial court and opened the city gates to welcome the Chu army.
Their reason for doing so was simple. The army of the Imperial Court was right in front of them and could immediately decide their life and death. The Xiang Army was far away and could not threaten them at all.
Under such circumstances, whether it was out of morality or to save their lives, they would choose the Chu army.
Therefore, Zuo Zongtang's troops encountered the same situation as they did in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. They almost did not encounter any obstacles along the way. They fought until they reached Hukou and Jiujiang Prefecture. When they were about to enter Xiang Province, they encountered the resistance of the Xiang Army.
When the Xiang army rebelled in the north, they left an army in Xiang Province. This army was stationed in Xing Guo Prefecture, with about 5000 people.
After learning that the imperial court had sent the Chu army to attack Gan and Xiang, the Xiang army began recruiting wantonly, quickly expanding their strength to 15000.
In addition, they also had more than 500 warships of various sizes. With the advantage of the navy, the Xiang army decided to fight Zuo Zongtang's Chu army to the death in Xing Guo Prefecture!
This battle was related to who would be the leader of the Xiang Province. If the Xiang Army won, then the Xiang Army would continue to control the Xiang Province and protect their old nest.
But if the Chu army won, Xiang Province would return to the control of the court.
In reality, although this Chu army had the imperial court's imperial edict and was ordered to march west, they were actually not the imperial court's army, but the Han army.
Therefore, the Han army in the south was also paying attention to this battle.
Thus, the battle of Xing Guo Prefecture attracted the attention of all the forces in the south!
On November 2nd, the vanguard battalion of the Chu army arrived at Wang Hu outside Xing Guo Prefecture and exchanged fire with the Xiang army stationed there.
In the battle, the Chu army, which had the advantage in equipment, won first and then lost. After repelling the enemy's land troops, they were bombarded by the enemy's navy on the lake. In the end, they had no choice but to retreat and end the battle.
The Battle of Net Lake was a clash between the vanguard troops of both sides before the main forces of the two sides clashed.
The Chu army had 1200 men, and the Xiang army had 2000 men, including the navy.
After the battle ended, the Xiang army suffered close to 500 casualties, while the Chu army suffered more than 300 casualties. The casualties of both sides were very close, and the Chu army had a slight advantage.
After the Battle of Wanghu, Zuo Zongtang realized that the enemy's main force was here, so he immediately marched from the south side of Wanghu and attacked Xingguo Prefecture along Fushui.
When the Xiang army saw that the other party was coming, they lined up on the south bank of the rich river, intending to use their advantage in the navy to defeat the Chu army.
Zuo Zongtang smiled when he saw the formation of the Xiang Army.
"Liu Yu's Moon Retracting Formation?"
This ancient formation was used by Liu Yu during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Back then, with this formation, Liu Yu's army defeated tens of thousands of enemy cavalry in one fell swoop, achieving a brilliant record.
If they encountered someone who knew how to use this formation, it would indeed be very powerful.
However, if he encountered someone who didn't know how to use it, that would be very deceptive!
The Hunting Moon Formation of the Xiang Army looked powerful, but it was actually full of loopholes.
The biggest loophole was that they could not take the initiative to attack. They could only wait for the enemy to attack and then passively defend.
Since that was the case, there were plenty of ways to deal with them!
"Summon the heavy artillery unit and bombard them!!”
Since you can't take the initiative to attack, then I won't be in a hurry to attack. I'll use the cannon to bombard your formation first. It won't be too late to attack after completely disrupting your formation!
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