In the early morning, under the thick white fog, the Lushun Military Port was busy.

On the islands of the harbor, the towering lighthouses were still flashing with dazzling red light, piercing the white fog and guiding the direction of the ships.

Six milky white warships, arranged in a zigzag pattern, surrounded the twelve large transports in the middle, guided by a pilot clipper, slowly sailed out of this huge port.

The officers and men of the North Sea Fleet and the other two naval divisions who were seeing off on the shore looked at the fleet that gradually disappeared into the blue sea with great envy, and their eyes were extremely complicated.

This is the first time that the Royal Fleet has been formed, and everyone is imagining.

But there was no way, whoever called his division commander had such bad luck and missed this great opportunity to go down in history.

The Royal Navy of the Ming Empire has just started, and there will be many big battles in the future!

Starting next month, the huge Lushun Royal First Shipyard will be officially completed, and it will be able to build twenty-four Leopard cruisers at a time.

It's like a dumpling, it doesn't take a year, and it is estimated that the Leopard cruisers of the Royal Navy will not even fit this huge Port Arthur.

At that time, the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet were the real time to raise their eyebrows and dominate the situation.

Hundreds of Leopard cruisers, forming a huge fleet, rampant across the seas, is the really exciting time, not such a fight as it is now, can be compared.

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Jeju Island is located at the southern tip of the Goguryeo Peninsula in the East China Sea, across the Jeju Strait and the peninsula, more than 180 miles away from the southern coast of Goguryeo in the north, and is the gateway to the Goguryeo Peninsula, with a very important geographical location of more than 1,800 square kilometers.

Jeju Island is surrounded by the sea and consists of 26 islands that are elliptical in shape and are made of volcanic material.

It has 34 subordinate islands, including Udodo, Wodo, Brother Island, Shakyudo Island, Mosquito Island, and Tiger Island, and on the island stands the highest mountain in Goguryeo, Hallasan Mountain, which is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, and stands majestically in the middle of Jeju Island.

The island is located in a subtropical oceanic climate, warm and humid, is the warmest place in Goguryeo, compared to the south of the Ming Empire, it is a unique paradise.

After the North Sea Fleet set out for a while, the Grand Fleet, also led by the navigator, came to the coast of Jeju Island.

Six large warships escorted twelve transports and sailed along the coast of Jeju Island in search of the most suitable place for the landing of the large army.

"Wow! This big island is just too big and a little too beautiful! ”

"In my opinion, it is best for our North Sea Fleet to build a naval subbase here."

"Yes, yes! Such a beautiful island is just right for us to station in the North Sea Fleet. ”……

As far as the soldiers saw, there was a lush greenery, countless seabirds were flying, and the scenery was extremely fascinating, which made the soldiers shout out and exclaim one after another.

"This big island, it is easy to arrange hundreds of thousands of people to live and live, I have decided to build this place into a base of the North Sea Fleet after capturing this big island."

After Zhang Guangzhe heard what the soldiers had done, his eyes lit up, and he even made plans for the future.

"Hey, hey! After our North Sea Fleet occupied the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula, Lao Tzu will retire from the army in the future, so he will exchange his military exploits for 100 acres of land here, marry a daughter-in-law, and settle on it. ”

The climate here is extremely pleasant, and even Zhang Guangfu, who has always been a powerful person, is very tempted to see it.

The two generals were like this, not to mention the other soldiers cheering.

In the midst of everyone's fascination, the fighting spirit in my heart became more and more intense, and I felt full of energy, and even the fatigue of the long-distance voyage disappeared.

Half an hour later, the Grand Fleet finally found a large bay and prepared to begin the landing operation.

However, to everyone's surprise, although there were nearly 100,000 Goguryeo soldiers and civilians on this large island, the imaginary war did not take place.

After the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet docked, the 10,000 officers and men of the Marine Brigade easily disarmed all the more than 1,000 Goguryeo soldiers stationed on the island and occupied the island.

"The soldiers and civilians of Goguryeo have no will to fight at all? Or are the people of this big island a little stranger? ”

Zhang Guangzhe was a little speechless, he originally wanted to fire a few shots to test the water!

"Nima's! Lao Tzu didn't slaughter an enemy, this is also a war? ”

Zhang Guangfu stood on the edge of a cannon, originally thinking about a big battle and having a good time, but he didn't expect to encounter such an incredible situation.

"Humph! Lao Tzu also looked at how the two basic national policies of the land of Liaodong were built and promoted, and he was very familiar with that set of development plans. ”

Zhang Guangzhe ordered with some annoyance, "Gather all these Goguryeo soldiers and civilians, build a royal construction brigade out, and first make a few super official roads and dozens of 10,000 acres of ecological farms here." ”

Zhang Guangzhe, who had nothing to do, suddenly thought of a way to make meritorious contributions, and immediately discussed it with his younger brother Zhang Guangfu, and then ordered the soldiers to start the action.

These Goguryeo residents on Jeju Island were confused by the sudden arrival of the Ming Empire's army.

After knowing that this was the army of the Ming Empire, which had always "convinced people with virtue", more than ten representatives immediately came out to protest, but after being severely educated by the unreasonable Zhang Guangzhe, he became more tame than a sheep.

After that, the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians, who had all been screened and searched, were organized by the officers and men of the Marine Brigade and began a vigorous construction.

In addition to the construction of a large military port, in accordance with the promotion mode of the two basic national policies of the imperial court, two cross-bluestone avenues and dozens of 10,000-mu farms were planned to be built.

Two years later, the six detachments of soldiers who had attacked in the waters of the Goguryeo Peninsula returned to Jeong, a temporary military port on Jeju Island

Zhang Guangzhe, who ordered the Royal Navy officers to go out separately to clean up the Goguryeo Peninsula and many coastal islands, convened a meeting of various naval officers.

It's a must.

In order to eliminate the worries of the soldiers and win the victory of the landing on Goguryeo, it is a foolproof strategy and tactics to spend a little time and basically control the coastline of the Goguryeo Peninsula.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first step of the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet has been completed, Jeju Island and other coastal islands of the Goguryeo Peninsula have all fallen into our hands, and it is time to launch a landing battle against Incheon Port."

"If we don't hurry up anymore, it is estimated that the 180,000 Rao army soldiers will hit the royal city of Goguryeo, and then there will be nothing for us."

"Early tomorrow morning, leave 3,000 soldiers to guard this Jeju Island, and the rest of the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet will attack with all their strength towards Goguryeo's Incheon Port!"

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Under normal circumstances, all kinds of ships departing from the Ming Empire to Goguryeo would choose to dock at the port of Incheon in Goguryeo.

It was the largest port in central Goguryeo, close to the royal city of Seoul, and most of the diplomatic envoys and merchants who came and went disembarked at the port of Incheon.

After disembarking at Incheon Port, you can reach Seoul on foot for about a moment.

If you are riding a horse, it will be faster, and an hour or two will be enough.

Therefore, the Goguryeo government also set up a special inn in the port of Incheon to welcome envoys and merchants from all sides.

The Ming Imperial North Sea Fleet, which set out from the sea to Goguryeo this time, naturally chose to land at Incheon Port.

It was an unimpeded route from the temporary military port on Jeju Island to the port of Incheon, and the fleet of the Royal Navy approached the port of Incheon as soon as the fleet sailed.

After seeing the land, the sailing speed of the fleet began to slowly decrease, and Zhang Guangzhe, commander of the Navy's North Sea Fleet, and Zhang Guangfu, commander of the division, held a clairvoyant mirror and carefully looked at Incheon Harbor from a distance.

According to the previous arrangement, after the navy soldiers came ashore by surprise, they occupied the surrounding key areas of Incheon Port.

The soldiers took over the commanding heights, deployed defenses, monitored emergencies, and focused on establishing a cordon around the harbor to control all the ships on the dock as soon as possible.

The soldiers of the Marine Brigade launched an endless attack after landing, killing those enemies who dared to resist as quickly as possible and occupying this huge port.

Previously, the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet had already occupied Ganghwa Island, which was forty or fifty miles away, with great ease, and cut off the opponent's wings first.

It was only a military base for the naval division of Goguryeo, which was garrisoned by the Jeolla Provincial Naval Army.

The combat effectiveness of those sailor soldiers was very loose, but it took less than an hour for the soldiers to annihilate all the rebels and completely occupy Ganghwa Island.

In fact, in Goguryeo today, there is no such method as a water master.

Goguryeo had a total of eight provinces, and only three provinces had naval armies, the most powerful of which was the Jeolla Provincial Naval Army, which was stationed on Ganghwa Island.

At that time, Yi Sunsin, the "god of war" of Goguryeo, served as the commander of the Jeolla Provincial Naval Army.

Compared with the major sailors of the Ming Dynasty, the Jeolla Provincial Naval Army is nothing.

It's just that in the land of Goguryeo, the appearance of a "famous general" Yi Sunsin is already very remarkable, and Goguryeo naturally wants to be called the "God of War".

Ganghwa Island is less than 100 miles from Seoul and less than 50 miles from Incheon Port.

Since Ganghwa Island is separated from the mainland and is close to Seoul, if there is any trouble, the Goguryeo kings like to send their concubines and children to Ganghwa Island for safety.

Over time, many places of interest and historic sites have been formed on Ganghwa Island, and dozens of large palaces have been built, which has become the residence of the so-called "sailors".

In fact, Ganghwa Island is a good place for the royal family to relax and entertain.

From a military and strategic point of view, Ganghwa Island was also the main force defending Seoul, and the Goguryeo naval army could come ashore here at any time to come to support Seoul.

Or when there is a national disaster, come here to meet the fleeing king's family and take them to the sea for refuge.

Ganghwa Island is different from Incheon Port, it is completely the king's private domain, and no matter what is done on it, the outside world will not hear anything about it, and it is extremely mysterious.

The dock at the port of Incheon is comparable in size to the current station of the Royal East Sea Fleet near the mouth of Jindaegu, or even better and larger.

At this time, in the port of Incheon, there were dozens of large and medium-sized merchant ships loading and unloading goods, most of which were some Goguryeo-specific pork belly ships, and there were also other ships from various countries, even the large and medium-sized ships of the Ming Empire

Although this large port has a large number of merchant ships, there are very few warships, less than thirty, and most of them are warships of some type and such type.

These warships were completely incomparable to the size of the fleet that the officers and men of the Royal North Sea Fleet had seen in Ganghwa Island before.

This shows how lax the defense is.

This is also because they have not encountered an enemy attack from the sea for a long time, so that their defenses are very lax.