"Alas!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed without knowing whether he was happy or worried, "Let Sun Chuanting and Yan Yingyuan handle it." ”

However, now is not the time for Nana Hailanzhu to be the side concubine, you have to lead the two royal fleets to Jiangnan first, and then talk about it when you come back.

He asked someone to bring a few blank holy decrees, wrote down a few decrees, and replied to several civil and military ministers.

Seeing the three big golden eagles and a few fighting chickens, they flew away one after another, so they no longer paid attention to this matter.

The reason why he didn't ride Xiaobai along the land route and went directly back to Port Arthur was to see how the infrastructure was doing in the military port and city at the northern tip of Sakhalin Island, which had been named "Beidagang", as well as Vladivostok.

These two places will be the Ming Empire in the future, and they must pay great attention to controlling the most critical strongholds and cities in the entire Pacific Ocean.

Lest someone misunderstand their own meaning, mess around, and waste a lot of manpower and material resources.

The speed of the fleet down the river was extremely fast, and only a day later, the detachment of the North Sea Fleet had already sailed into Beidagang.

"Well, that's good.

At the entrance of this large port, I saw that the original small entrance here had been nearly doubled by craftsmen and logistical engineers with explosives, and even those obstacles such as reefs had been removed.

Moreover, this huge bay, which has been renovated on all sides, looks no worse than that Port Arthur.

Not far from the vicinity of this Beidaport, there is also a civil port with excellent shelter from the wind, which is only a little smaller than this Beidaport, but it is excellent for use as a large civil port at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean.

The construction of these two ports has been basically completed, and these craftsmen and soldiers have obviously put in a lot of hard work and effort.

After all, it is far away from the mainland, and most of the construction materials need to be sourced locally, and there is not much support from the mainland.

In terms of manpower, it is not so sufficient.

Although in the past two months, the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet have transported hundreds of thousands of prisoners to Beidagang, but they are only barely enough to use.

The main reason is that the area of Sakhalin Island is too large, and there are many dense forests, lakes and rivers, and the construction of large official roads and large farms is a little slower than that of the interior.

After so long, the implementation of the two basic national policies here has not yet been completed.

It is estimated that it will take at least two months or so for Sakhalin Island to catch up with the development speed of the inland areas and truly become the most shining pearl in the northeastern waters of the Ming Empire.

After a while, after the battleship was docked, Zhu Youxiao, accompanied by several generals of the North Sea Fleet, rode a snow-stepping horse to inspect the nearby area of dozens of miles.

Seeing this Sakhalin Island, after more than two months of great development and transformation, it is already a vibrant scene, with lakes and mountains, and extremely beautiful everywhere.

"Your Majesty, from now on, self-sufficiency in Sakhalin Island and Beidagang will not be a problem at all."

Zhang Guangzhe said to Zhu Youxiao with confidence, "In the future, this will be one of the permanent bases of our North Sea Fleet." ”

This guy is very cunning, and there is a connotation in his words.

Not for anything else, but because His Majesty the Emperor, soon after, wanted to form the Pacific Fleet and the Pacific Fleet Command.

This is a large fleet and one of the highest strengths of the Imperial Royal Navy.

In the plan, the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the Ming Royal South China Sea Fleet, which will be formally established in a few months, will all be integrated together to form the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Empire.

In the future, this super fleet was responsible for all battles in the Pacific waters of the entire Ming Empire, supervising and serving as the security work of various places in the Pacific waters.

This is the ultimate naval department, and it is impossible to continue to expand again.

In three to five months at most, the South China Sea Fleet will be established, and at that time, the three naval fleets will inevitably have to divide up the territory and defense areas.

Therefore, Zhang Guangzhe was very worried that one of the three existing naval bases of his North Sea Fleet would be assigned to the brother fleet.

It's more painful than cutting meat!

Therefore, this guy is now insinuating to remind the emperor that these three huge bases are all from the Royal North Sea Fleet, so it is better not to be carved up.

"Your Majesty, two batches of forty-eight Leopard cruisers at the Arthur Shipyard have been completed and delivered to the two major naval fleets."

"Our North Sea Fleet now has 30 Leopard cruisers, all of which have been equipped with Shenwei General Cannon, and 100 large transport ships have also been refitted, and their sailing speed has increased a lot, and their solidity and stability have also increased significantly."

"Even the training of the reserve regiment has been basically completed, and now the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet have all learned 3,000 Chinese characters and have become official Royal Navy officers."

"More than 100 officers and men who have not passed the examination have been sent to the reserve to continue their studies, and the vacancies have been filled by drawing from among the reserve officers."

"Xiao Guizi, the person in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, received the latest information the day before yesterday, and the big deal between the Southern Ming puppet dynasty and the Westerners will be carried out at three o'clock in the morning of the 21st of this month, in the Yuegang in Fujian."

"Today is the ninth day of June, and there are still twelve days left before the time for those traitors and Westerners to trade."

When Zhang Guangzhe said this, he held his head high, stood upright, and saluted, "Your Majesty, please give an order!" All the officers and men of our North Sea Fleet have long been ready to teach those traitors and Westerners a profound lesson! ”

He's confident now.

There is no way, who let the North Sea Fleet now not only have Leopard cruisers that surpass those Westerners, but also a large number of the latest super cannons that have just been named General Kamui by the soldiers!

The original cannon, called the Fran cannon, was very awkward and not majestic at all.

Therefore, the soldiers are now consciously renaming all the cannons of the Ming Empire.

The new Franco cannons used by the Navy and the Army are all called Shenwei General Cannons.

And the extremely mysterious Super Franc cannon used by the Royal Guards Army is called the Shenwei General Cannon. Bayi Chinese Network

The current Shenwei cannon, after repeated upgrades and improvements by the Ming Royal Military Equipment Department, is much better than the original quality and performance.

Not only is the ammunition more stable and powerful, the range and durability have also been improved, and they are equipped with the latest repulsion devices.

Now when the cannon is fired, the huge recoil force is basically completely offset by the retraction device of the gun carriage, and it is no longer the same as before, when the gun is fired, the gun carriage must be reset and re-aimed again.

Now it is completely possible to be in place, and the impact of one cannon after another on the hull of the battleship has basically been eliminated.

In this way, the protection of ships will be invisibly improved too much.

What's more, when fighting with the enemy and shelling each other, the speed and efficiency must be more than doubled.

Today's Royal Navy can be regarded as having the confidence to crush all the enemies of this era.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Zhang Guangzhe, this guy, is confidently asking for battle.

There is no way, who has let the current two royal fleets have been completely armed to the teeth.

"Good!"

Zhu Youxiao saw that after Zhang Guangzhe's report was completed, he looked at the admirals who were looking at him with extremely eager eyes, and applauded loudly.

"Spread my will, each naval base is guarded by the officers and men of the division and regiment reserves, and all the officers and men of the Ming Royal North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet are ready to go on the expedition immediately!"

"Two days later, the Ming Royal Navy began to march south! Give those traitors and Westerners an unforgettable, unforgettable and profound lesson! ”

……

Time has passed in a hurry, and the various areas directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Empire are still developing in an orderly manner.

After nearly a year of uninterrupted combat experience, batches of recruits of the Ming New Army matured very quickly after being tempered by the war.

Those civil and military ministers, family families, and wealthy businessmen of the Southern Ming Puppet Dynasty, although they formed an army of 1.2 million in the four towns with a lot of hemorrhage, they also selected four young and capable generals to command the army of the four towns.

Now they are caught in a dark war for power and profit, and they are very busy.

But they couldn't have imagined that the Ming Empire, whether it was the Royal Army or the Royal Navy, their scale and combat effectiveness were rapidly climbing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The two sides seem to have a tacit understanding, both of which have spent these months developing and strengthening their own strength, and the Ming Empire is now in the north and south, a calm and dull, which seems to indicate that the storm is coming.

In the scorching summer of early June, in the Qingdao port of Jiaozhou Bay, Zhong Jixiang, commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and Wu Xilin, chief of the general staff, agreed on another round of military training to exterminate the pirates.

Because the Royal Guards East China Sea Fleet was equipped with a batch of twenty-four Leopard cruisers, the strength of the Grand Fleet increased dramatically.

Now, consisting of thirty Leopard cruisers and two hundred Daifuku ships, and nearly a hundred or so small rapid reconnaissance warships, the Great Sweep Fleet is formed.

This huge fleet was divided into fifteen sub-fleets, each escorted by two Leopard cruisers, and began to line up along the long coastline of the Shandong Peninsula, sweeping the 3,000-mile sea area.

In the past, because the sea area was too large, the construction of Qingdao Port in Jiaozhou Bay had just been completed half a month ago, and the shipyard that had only been completed in a dozen days had even begun to build the first batch of Leopard cruisers.

Therefore, the East China Sea Fleet had too few warships before, so when it carried out a sweep of pirates in the nearby waters, it missed many places.

But now it is different, with the commissioning of twenty-four new Leopard cruisers, and the replacement of all warships with the latest Shenwei General Cannons, the current East China Sea Fleet is already full of confidence.

This time, the combat effectiveness and scale of the East China Sea Fleet have skyrocketed, and the strength has increased many times at once, which can be regarded as truly fearless of any provocation, and has some of the domineering spirit of the Royal East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire.

Just in June, 15 detachments came out and began to clear the coast of the Shandong Peninsula, island by island.

All of a sudden, this coastal area of thousands of miles was full of warships of the Royal East China Sea Fleet.

Although most of the pirates' nests are relatively hidden, a large part of the guards of the East China Sea Fleet are orphans left behind by local fishermen.

Everyone is very clear about the details of many pirates in the nearby waters, and with their guidance, most pirates have nowhere to hide.

Within two or three days, several pirate groups were wiped out by the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet.

These pirate groups are all pirates with bad deeds and hidden in the coastal waters, and the various detachments have no hands left for them, and they are all wiped out without missing a single one, which gives the rest of the pirates a great shock.

In the first few days, there were still many pirates who thought that although the imperial sailors who had just come to Jiaozhou Bay to entrench themselves looked decent and extremely large, they were just for show.

During this time, the limelight was tight, and he and the others would not go to the sea to do business for the time being, and after the wind passed, they would not continue to live their unscrupulous little life.

The pirates in the entire 3,000-mile coastal area of the Shandong Peninsula were encircled and suppressed by various Royal Navy detachments, and all the pirate groups everywhere were in danger for a while.

This is the Ming Imperial Court!

No one knows if the next target of the navy of the Ming Dynasty will fall on their heads.

Several large pirate groups that had repeatedly evaded the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army were also shocked by the series of sorties of the extremely mysterious and huge imperial navy.

The imperial army used thunderous means to destroy many groups of pirates one after another, which shows that the Ming court has the determination and ability to destroy these pirate gangs.

Although there are a large number of pirates, they are far from being able to compare with these mysterious imperial armies in terms of equipment, morale, or combat effectiveness.

If these people continue to resist to the end, nine out of nine will definitely not end well.

They didn't know that this was the officers and men of the Royal Guard's East China Sea Fleet, preparing for the last actual combat training for the upcoming large-scale expedition to the south.

The 90,000 soldiers of the Ming Royal East China Sea Fleet did not take them into account at all.

It's just that these vicious pirates don't like it, and use them to practice their skills.