He pondered for a moment before he spoke his plan. said: "If you want to hold the new island, you must hold the fort at the mouth of the bay. So the fort had to be fortified and expanded into a small camp! There are horns between him and the cottage, so that there is a certainty of keeping! If we guard the cottage alone, we will be attacked sooner or later based on the geographical advantages! That's basically it, and the specifics depend on the actual command. ”

After thinking about it carefully for a long time, Liu Pei felt that what Qi Qitao said made sense, so he said: "Okay, you go back and pick someone." Remember, pick the best people. We must use this bait to hang Zheng Zhilong! Niijima has to be very resolute in defending the cottage, and can't let them swallow the bait in one bite, but it can't hurt the enemy yet, lest they get out of the hook and go, understand? ”

Qi Qitao said solemnly: "Understood! ”

Liu Pei turned his head to Wu Yizhou and said, "Tonight, I will dispatch ships to deliver supplies to Xindao!" Grain. Gunpowder, artillery, medicine, all double! You have to have a co-ordination. Also, don't forget about building tools and supplies. The first thing the army did when it got there was to build fortifications! You can discuss the specific plan and list of materials with Qi Qitao. ”

Wu Yizhou also nodded solemnly in agreement. After the two left, Liu Pei rubbed his face vigorously in the room alone. He felt a deep exhaustion! It was the first time he had given a very heavy order.

Because of this order, at least 400 people will follow one of his orders to die and become bait to lure the enemy! Then their life and death will be unpredictable! But Liu Pei can expect that in his future career, he will definitely sign a lot of similar orders, and he will personally push more people to death!

However, Liu Pei does not regret it. At least the next time she signs a similar order, Liu Pei will not hesitate any longer. Liu Pei thought, maybe this is the price and sacrifice to promote the rotation of the giant wheel of history, right?

After making up his mind, Liu Pei sent guards to call Liu Jiang. Waiting for Liu Jiang to open the door, Liu Pei said: "Send a team of Shunfeng ears to Xindao." Also, pick a few more people from among the people you trust to be in charge of the security of the Downwind Ears team. If the war doesn't go well,......"

The Shunfeng Ear Group is the code name given by Liu Pei to the telegraph communication group. In order to cover up the presence of the telegraph as much as possible. Of course, Liu Jiang also understood the meaning of the Shunfeng Ear Group. The secrecy level of the Shunfeng Ear Group in the Intelligence Bureau is Qianzi A No. 1!

In the early stage, the three groups were all selected elites repeatedly. But in the later period, Liu Jiang had a whim, and instead of wasting the precious elite on the guards to send a telegraph, it was better to find another way. With Liu Pei's consent, many injured and disabled veterans joined the Shunfeng Ear group.

These veterans don't have much literacy, but they are loyal! They simply don't know what they're doing. They just receive and send it digitally. This greatly reduces the waste of manpower and increases confidentiality.

As Liu Pei's henchman. Of course, Liu Jiang understood the half of Liu Pei's unfinished sentence. So he took the initiative to say: "They will closely monitor the Shunfeng Ear team and will not come into contact with the outside world." If the war doesn't go well, they'll oversee the Downwind Ears team destroying the machines and executing them. At the same time, the debris of the machine will be cleaned again. ”

Liu Pei let out a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "During this period, let them cut off contact with the Shunfeng Ear group as much as possible." Don't get involved in anything. ”

Of course, Liu Jiang understands Liu Pei's subtext. It's not wanting to sacrifice more people. After all, whether it is the Shunfeng Ear group or the supervisors sent by Liu Jiang, they are the elite existence of Liu Pei's group, and they will be of great use in the right position in the future, it would be a pity to sacrifice in vain!

In the end, Liu Pei told Liu Jiang to pay close attention to the situation at sea, as well as the situation of Fujian sailors and local wealthy merchants, and sent him away, leaving himself in the dark.

Qi Qitao and Wu Yizhou's movements were fast. Two ships departed that night. A ship carried part of the soldiers and craftsmen. Another boat was loaded with various supplies. At the same time, the ship also carried the new commander of the new island. He is one of the old people who started with Liu Pei.

Zheng Zhifeng said disapprenousively: "It's okay, we have gathered more than a hundred ships this time, what if he has an ambush?" Just eat him! As soon as he arrived at the new island, he organized people to begin repairing the fort at the top of the hill at the entrance to the bay. Qi Qitao was quite clever, and he arranged a large number of stonemasons in the first ship. These will be quarried with local materials and expand the entire fort into a small camp.

And Qi Qitao keenly discovered the biggest flaw of the hilltop fortress, that is, there is no water source! So he asked everyone to build two cisterns that night they arrived. One was built with masonry and cement. The other uses a large pit where stonemasons mine stone to store water. A solar-powered still was also provided for the fort, so that they could take seawater from the bottom of the cliff to distill.

After the arrival of these two ships, other ships continued to arrive, bringing in more soldiers and supplies. The General Staff's guesses turned out to be accurate. More than half a month after the end of the transport, when the hilltop fort began to take shape, the garrison of Shinjima found that unknown ships appeared in the surrounding waters every day. And at night there are ships trying to approach the entrance to the bay. At the same time, the patrolling soldiers noticed signs of people climbing around the island.

Liu Jiang said that this information was summarized and handed over to Liu Pei in person every day. Liu Pei was also very concerned about similar intelligence, thinking that Zheng Zhilong was investigating. After Liu Pei and the others continued to pay attention to them for more than 20 days, Niijima suddenly reported that all the reconnaissance operations had suddenly disappeared.

Liu Jiang immediately felt that this news was unusual, and after confirming that no one had approached Xindao for three consecutive days, Liu Jiang immediately asked to see Liu Pei. After Liu Pei listened to Liu Jiang's report, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that Zheng Yiguan is ready to do it!" He's finally hooked! ”

Liu Jiang couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and said, "Yes! We've waited too long for him! ”

Liu Pei immediately decided to convene a pre-war meeting. Although the meeting was convened on an ad hoc basis, everyone was waiting for news, so soon everyone was there.

At the beginning of the meeting, Liu Pei first asked the shopkeeper of the shipyard. Since this shopkeeper Hu migrated from Nanjing to Shandong with Liu Pei, his life has been extremely nourishing! He had a relationship with the in-laws and friends of the shipyard masters, so there was nothing to shy away from talking, and he was very communicative.

And Liu Pei's funds to the shipyard are very sufficient, which can fully guarantee the affluent life of shipwright families at all levels. So he just needs to coordinate his work as much as possible and be fair. The entire shipyard was managed by him in good order.

And after all, the shopkeeper Hu is the shopkeeper of the shipyard, and he realized Liu Pei's ambition from the warships that slipped into the sea on the slipway. So he stuffed his sons and sons-in-law into Liu Pei's system. But because of the constraints of the conditions and the reluctance of himself, his juniors joined the civil service system.

When the shopkeeper heard Liu Pei's question, he immediately said respectfully: "Back to the big handsome, all the things involving the shipyard have been completed." The overhaul and reinforcement of the First Fleet was completed. And the renovation of 9 sea vessels has also been completed! Thanks to the Academy of Sciences! The Second Fleet has been secretly assembled in the Ryukyus, and our shipyard has also sent people over to repair and reinforce. As for your flagship Ryukyu, that is the hand I asked Lao Wu to do in person. We also put a tin sheet over the ship's location! The safety of the handsome can be absolutely guaranteed! With this overhaul, the old man can ensure that all ships of the First and Second Fleets are in the best condition! ”

After listening to this, Liu Pei was very satisfied with Hu Lao's work. Since Hu Lao came to Shandong, he has never worried about the work of the shipyard, so this Hu shopkeeper can be regarded as a capable talent! However, covering the building of his flagship with iron made Liu Pei a little slanderous. This may affect the center of gravity of the flagship. But since it is the kindness of his subordinates, Liu Pei can't criticize,

Liu Pei nodded and said, "Very good, people in logistics will talk about it." ”