Wuying Palace, battle hall.

Zhu Cihong was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a high chair, and the ministers of military aircraft and naval generals stood straight on the edge of a huge rectangular naval battle sand table.

After the generals took their seats, Zhu Cihong first asked about the development of the Royal Navy, and Shen Shouchong, on behalf of the Admiralty, introduced Zhu Cihong.

At that time, Zhu Cihong inspected Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and asked Yang Wanli to supervise the construction of warships, and built more than 100 Hongyi warships with more than 1,000 materials within five years.

It has been ten years now, and there are four large shipyards in Daming, and the number of shipwrights built each year is as follows.

At present, the Royal Navy has a total of 388 warships of various types of more than 400 materials, of which 190 are the main warships of more than 1,500 materials.

There were two second-class sail battleships equipped with 90 guns, 28 third-class sail battleships equipped with 70 guns, 60 fourth-class sail battleships equipped with 50 guns, and 100 fifth-class sail cruisers equipped with 35 guns.

The rest are auxiliary warships, such as patrol ships, troop carriers and grain carriers.

Ships less than 400 materials, even if they are equipped with more than a dozen guns, are not included in the establishment of the Ming Royal Navy, and can be regarded as coast guard ships and fishery administration ships of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

They are responsible for law enforcement, patrolling, and propaganda of sovereignty within the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty, and from time to time shell foreign fishing vessels that have entered the country illegally.

In its heyday, the Daming Navy Division had 3,800 ships, including 1,350 patrol ships, 1,350 warships, and a large number of vigilance and law enforcement ships and herald ships that protected the ocean and patrolled the river.

At that time, the naval division stationed at the Xinjiangkou base in Nanjing had 400 large ships and 400 grain ships, of which 250 were ocean-going treasure ships.

The famous Zheng He's fleet was just a maritime mobile fleet of the Ming Empire.

The total size of the Daming Naval Division is equivalent to ten Spanish Invincible Armada, and it is worthy of the name of the world's first navy and the overlord of the blue sea.

The naval plan of the Tianwu Dynasty is a boutique route, the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, and the small boats are not counted in the navy, and the big guys are playing!

Even so, there is still a gap between the main naval forces of the Ming Dynasty and the European maritime powers, such as the number of second- and third-class sail battleships, and the first-class battleships equipped with more than 100 guns.

Zhu Cihong was very satisfied with the progress of naval construction, and the scale of the Royal Navy was also expanding day by day.

Although the overall defeat of the European maritime power at this time, in the territory of East Asia, it is still the status of a father, and a few small fleets of third- and fourth-level warships can be sent to beat the surrounding countries.

It was the colonial garrison of the European colonizers in Asia, and it was also picked up casually.

In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty did not expand overseas, in order to raise troops and train soldiers, and to train with pirates.

Now that the military training is almost over, Japan is the first chicken to test the knife.

Before the sand table, the officials of the Ministry of Intelligence began to report on the intelligence of all parties in Japan and the Qing Dynasty.

Li Tingbiao said: "According to our intelligence, the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo of various feudal domains are actively preparing for war, and the Qing navy is also gathering in the Pusan area. ”

"Qing Guo, that's also called the navy?"

Huang Binqing, vice admiral of the Jinghai Fleet, let out a burst of ridicule.

The so-called Qing Navy was only established on the basis of the Korean naval division, although several Spanish warships have been added in recent years, at best, they can only be called coast guard ships!

In the battle hall, there was laughter.

Zhu Cihong asked, "Is there anything else you want to add?" ”

"Nope." Li Tingbiao said uprightly.

Zhu Cihong glanced at the generals and said: "Since they can't do it themselves, we can only accompany them, and the commander of the Ryukyu army this time is Shen Shouchong, let's talk about the battle plan." ”

Shen Shouchong, the chief soldier of the Jinghai Fleet, responded to the call and gave a standard military salute, and the navy uniform without armor was unique among the generals.

Zhu Chenggong's Nanyang Fleet still had to guard Taiwan to prevent the Spaniards from heading north, so Shen Shouchong had already guessed that this expedition would be commanded by himself, and he had also prepared a battle plan.

Shen Shouchong took the baton and directly compared it on the sand table of the naval battle: "The first phase of the battle is to defeat the Satsuma fleet wandering in the waters of Xiandao!"

Then our army took advantage of the situation to go north and directly landed on Ryukyu Island, so that the sea power of our Royal Navy penetrated deep into the interior of the Ryukyu Islands and completely controlled Ryukyu! ”

Then, Shen Shouchong walked to the north of the sand table and said: "If the Satsuma Domain resists to the end, and the Japanese and Qing countries have reinforcements, our army will launch the second phase of the campaign, bypassing the Ryukyu Islands, and directly attacking Kagoshima, where the Satsuma Domain is located in the Japanese mainland!" Destroy its naval lair! ”

"In the third phase of the campaign, after destroying the Satsuma Domain and other Japanese maritime forces, our army will land in Edo Bay and attack the coast of the base camp of the Japanese kingdom with artillery and rockets."

"If necessary, our Royal Navy will land in Edo (Tokyo) and carry out a decapitation operation! Wipe out the nest of the Tokugawa shogunate! ”

In the battle hall, it suddenly became lively.

Some people are surprised, where is this to take over the Ryukyus, and the Jinghai Fleet wants to destroy the Japanese kingdom!

That's right, Shen Shouchong is going to destroy the country!

In the current world of great controversy, and when the emperor and Ming Zhongxing were rising, Zhu Chenggong took over the Pingfan fleet from a junior general of the Imperial Forest Army to take over Taiwan, fired the first shot of foreign expeditions, and entered the viscount.

Then Zhou Yuji conquered Yarkand, took the first step in the war of annihilation, and was even named the prince of the country.

Who is not hot in the Ming Dynasty at the moment? What does it mean to take over the Ryukyus? What credit can be given to defeating the tiny Satsuma clan?

The star is forged with blood and fire! What about petty fights, playing?

Not only did Shen Shouchong and other generals have this idea, but the officers and men of the Royal Navy have long been hungry and thirsty!

In the past, the Battle of Pingliao was fought by army troops, and the army soldiers raised their eyebrows one by one, and they had to walk proudly.

Naturally, the officers and men of the navy were not convinced, and they also participated in the war, and only did the auxiliary work of blocking the river, transporting troops and wounded soldiers, and did not even fire a single shot.

At the height of the battle, many navy soldiers were eager to abandon their ships and go ashore to join the battle.

Now that the navy finally has a chance to go to the battlefield, the opponent is still the old enemy of the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and everyone is even more riveted, eager to try to do a wave of them!

Just as Zhu Cihong was thinking about this fierce combat mission, Sun Yingyuan, the chief minister of military aircraft, got up.

He saluted Zhu Cihong and said, "Your Majesty, in recent years, the Qing Kingdom has introduced a large number of three-masted warships from the Spaniards, and has tried navigation many times, and the momentum is rapid. ”

"The minister thinks that the Qing State can no longer be allowed to develop, and while my Ming Dynasty now has the initiative in the war, I should destroy the Qing State first, and then destroy Japan! For me, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Kingdom is our old enemy! ”

Zhao Shixiang, the secretary of the Praise Painting Department, said: "The minister seconded the proposal, the Qing State has a blood feud with my Ming Dynasty, and occupies my Ming vassal state Korea, and it is not difficult for my Ming Dynasty to manage the land of North Korea first."

If we attack Japan first, the post-war management will be quite tricky, and I am afraid it will consume a lot of my energy! ”

"What is there to consume, if the Japanese dare to resist and make trouble, they will be killed!" There are admirals who disdainfully say.

Zhao Shixiang said: "If you want them to completely integrate into my Ming Dynasty and be an obedient child, you have to spend time indoctrination, not killing can be solved, killing can only deter for a while, not a long-term peace and stability plan." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Qin Guogong is right, first destroy the Qing Kingdom, then destroy Japan, and the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty will be set at the beginning of next year!" ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Cihong said again: "The battle plan, according to what Shen Shouchong just said, after three stages, capture the Japanese state Edo, change the shogunate to the Japanese state, and let them have civil strife." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first general of the Tokugawa family, whose greatest achievement was the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ended the Sengoku period of Japan;

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun, had the greatest merit of integrating and suppressing the power of the daimyos, increasing the authority of the shogunate, and consolidating the rule of the shogunate.

It is difficult for Japan to be taken over by the Tokugawa shogunate, but what if it is Japan during the Warring States period? Wouldn't it be beautiful that dozens of vassal states were fighting there, and the Ming Dynasty would take over again?

At that time, Zhu personally set foot on the island country to fight the Japanese devils......

At the end of April of the 7th year of Tianwu, a huge fleet flying the dragon flag set off from the Nanjing Xinjiangkou base and sailed towards the Ryukyus.

At the head were four or five third-class sail battleships, thirty fourth- and fifth-class sail battleships of various sizes, and forty logistical grain carriers.

This huge fleet sailed on the sparkling sea, cleaving the waves, and sailing towards the Ryukyus.