The officer whispered: "General, those people are not ship workers, they are carpenters, and they can only work according to the drawings! They probably don't understand either."

Of course Qi Qitao knew this truth. He just felt that he had lost face in front of the navy and could not get out of face, so he had to vent his anger on the officer! And he also understood that even if there were boatmen among the people he invited, they might not tell him the truth!

After all, these people have lived under Li Zicheng, and they must be talking about Li Zicheng's benefits. After all, craftsmen were treated preferentially at that time. How could they tell the truth to him if they had received the benefits of Li Zicheng? Maybe they were still secretly mocking the Ming army for being useless.

Qi Qitao glared at the officer and said, "I will deal with you after the war is over!"

Then he sat down like a big shot and said, "Captain Chu, you said you should act according to the original plan. Why is this? After all, we have a lot fewer ships now."

Chu Shengwei said: "Actually, before we came, we discussed the situation of the battle internally. We unanimously agreed that the initial combat plan was difficult to achieve! Of course, please introduce this matter to you by Major Chu."

Qi Qitao turned his attention to the newborn aspirations and answered him. Moreover, he knew that his plan must have been viewed by many people after he reported to the General Staff. It is possible that the Inland Fleet raises objections, after all, they are experts on the water!

Chushengzhi said: "General Qi, the reason why we cannot implement the original plan is that there are not enough sailors and boatmen. We have discussed that after ensuring the most basic combat effectiveness of inland gunboats, we can divide some sailors and match locally hired boatmen and sailors to drive a small fleet. If there are too many ships, there will be fewer skilled boatmen and sailors on each ship, which is prone to problems. So we think it should be small batches and multiple batches for troops to be delivered. In fact, the number of ships is sufficient to use now."

Qi Qitao said: "Can you explain it in detail? I seem to understand what you mean."

Chushengzhi said: "We unanimously believe that Zhang Xianzhong and their subordinates are definitely not idiots. They must have seen that we want to bypass the Jianmen from the waterway.

Pass. So they will definitely set up camps along the river to prevent us from logging in! The terrain here in Sichuan is too complicated, and it is difficult to find a suitable place for large corps to land. Even if they find it, there must be a Daxi Army stationed on it! But we also have our advantages."

Qiqitao said: "Our advantage is that it has strong firepower and lasts for a long time! Especially when defending, it is particularly outstanding! It can hold on with less troops for a long time. So we should find an area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack and send a group of people first, and then hold on there. No matter how the enemy attacks, we must withstand it! Wait until the second and third batches of people arrive before gradually expanding the occupied area, right?"

Chushengzhi nodded and said, "General, wise, that's how it is. We are planning."

Qi Qitao said: "Plan is a good plan, but if the first batch of landings are fewer, a large number of artillery will be required, which is another very troublesome thing!"

Chushengzhi said: "We can solve this problem. We have a mature transportation artillery plan! Moreover, our inland fleet can leave some warships on the shore to serve as fixed artillery batteries! If necessary, the artillery on the ship can also be dismantled for the army to use."

Qi Qitao leaned his body against the chair and began to think about the words of the newborn aspirations when he was hit by his fingers. He had to admit that what he said made sense. Instead of scattering the boatmen onto various ships and greatly increasing the probability of the shipwreck, it would be better to concentrate and ensure that a small number of elite troops could land in one fell swoop!

Thinking of this, Qi Qitao said: "Major Chu, I appointed you as the commander-in-chief of this landing operation! Now you can form your staff team. But I hope you don't make the mistakes I have made! I think there must be enough army officers in your staff officer!"

Chushengzhi was overjoyed when he heard Qi Qitao's words! As a major, he was able to command the landing operations of the entire army, which was a huge qualification for him! As long as this battle was successful, it would be perfect to promote another level! Even two levels were possible!

So he immediately stood up straight and saluted, "Please guarantee to complete the task!"

In the following days, Chusheng Aspirations were busy

Like a top! You have to send ships to patrol the river surface, you have to send people to search for the landing location, count the materials, inspect and repair the ships, and ponder the combat plan over and over again.

These things were pressing heavily on his shoulders, making him breathless! But he still gritted his teeth and did it. However, he lost confidence in choosing the landing location! Because he didn't know much about land war.

Logging in is easy, but each logged in will have a great impact on future operations. This is what he is not good at, so he has to turn to Qi Qitao.

After he handed over the entire plan and the three alternative landing sites to Qiqitao, Qiqitao just glanced at it, and said, "Login here!"

Chushengzhi was stunned after looking at the map because the location he chose was not in the plan! So Chushengzhi said: "General Qi, don't you think this place is too close to Jianmen Pass? People from Jianmen Pass can reinforce this place at any time."

Qi Qitao said with a smile: "It's better to ask them to reinforce! If they don't climb out of the pass, how can we go to Jianmen Pass?"

Chushengzhi said: "But the terrain here is too narrow, which is completely unfavorable to follow-up actions!"

Qi Qitao said: "You are right. This place is indeed not conducive to our subsequent actions. But my real purpose is not to expect the landing troops to take Jianmen Pass. Because they have no way to transport heavy artillery. So I just regard this place as a place to bleed for Jianmen Pass! If their people come out, we will have the opportunity to kill them in large quantities, so that it is convenient to break through Jianmen Pass from the front! If they don't come out of Jianmen Pass, it will be even simpler. I will increase my efforts here to really tie Jianmen Pass up! So this is a difficult choice for the Daxi Army at Jianmen Pass!"

Hearing Qi Qitao say this, Chushengzhi suddenly realized and said, "It's still the veteran general Qi army!"
Chapter completed!