Chapter 303: Combined Fleet Strikes
"Liu Zhiqing, this Taiwan island will be handed over to you with 10,000 officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet to be responsible for guarding and building."
Zhu Youxiao said to a fifteen or sixteen-year-old general of the Guards in front of him who was not tall and looked a little dark and thin.
Wu Xilin and the rest of the officers and men of the Royal Navy's East China Sea Fleet were all reassembled, and the affairs of Taiwan, big and small, would be handed over to Liu Zhiqing, the division commander of the Third Division.
It was less than ten days before the date of the rendezvous with Zhang Guangzhe's Royal North Sea Fleet was agreed, and he had to hurry up and lead the officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet to the north.
Otherwise, it is very likely that this year we will not be able to complete the task of comprehensively cleaning up the Japanese state.
After all, the Japanese don't seem to have a big territory, but they have a large population, and those Japanese are all fierce and fearless guys, and it takes a lot of time and manpower to defeat them and complete their strategic goals.
After conquering Jilong Bay the morning before yesterday and occupying the entire island of Taiwan, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered the whole army to be divided into teams of 1,000 men and set out.
It took the soldiers a day and a half to clear out all the indigenous cottage tribes in a hundred miles around Jilong Bay.
All the indigenous cottages were demolished, except for those who resisted stubbornly and were killed by the soldiers, and the remaining nearly 100,000 aborigines were all escorted back to Jilong Bay.
Then, a labor camp was set up to start a large-scale construction and renovation of this huge natural harbor.
Early this morning, Zhu Youxiao decided to immediately lead the 80,000 officers and men of the East China Sea Fleet to the north to first clean up and control the Ryukyu Islands in the north.
Immediately afterwards, the Royal Grand Fleet set off for the port of Busan to join the North Sea Fleet led by Zhang Guangzhe.
Although the Ryukyu Islands are now occupied by the Shimazu family of the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyu King family has also become a puppet.
However, according to the intelligence officers of the Royal Military Intelligence Bureau, the Ryukyu Islands, now combined, are only a few thousand Japanese and tens of thousands of Ryukyu citizens.
As soon as the Grand Fleet arrives, it will be easy to destroy their defenses and clean up the Ryukyu Islands.
After all, the Ryukyu Islands do not have any large islands, do not have any strategic depth, and the naval guns alone can basically crush the enemies on these islands.
The only thing that needed the officers and men of the Royal Navy for landing operations was Ryukyu Island, a large island.
As for the Ryukyu royal family, it is also very easy to do.
Zhu Youxiao and even the princes of the Zhu family in the Ming Empire were reduced to ordinary people, and they were treated as ordinary citizens, with neither restrictions nor preferential treatment.
The Ryukyu royal family, naturally, is still dealt with according to that set, of course, it is impossible to give special treatment to the Shang family.
Defy?
Good!
Then the whole family will go to the mine to mine together.
When you take it, you will be transferred to ordinary national treatment.
"Your Majesty, don't worry."
Liu Zhiqing is a very capable little guy, he was originally the division commander of the Third Division of the Royal East China Sea Fleet, and he also relied on competition to take up the post, and he definitely couldn't stand out without considerable ability.
"At most, after a year, there will be no problem for this island of Taiwan to catch up with the great development of the inland areas."
Liu Zhiqing knows what the biggest shortcoming of Taiwan Island is, that is, the population is too small.
All the indigenous and Han Chinese people combined, there are less than a million people, and it is impossible to complete the large-scale construction of Taiwan Island in a few months.
However, with the cooperation of 10,000 soldiers, and in the near future, the Imperial Imperial Council will inevitably send dozens of officials and some craftsmen to guide the work.
In a year's time, it is still possible to develop this unique treasure island.
In particular, Chicken Coop Bay must be built as a huge port and a port city, and in the future it will also be a major base for the Royal Navy's East Sea Fleet, so he must keep an eye on it to be reassured.
Half an hour later, the Royal East China Sea Fleet, which was ready to set sail, set sail, and one by one the milky white warships slowly sailed away from Keelung Port and headed for their northern destination.
At noon, the Grand Fleet had already arrived on Ryukyu Island, and without saying a word, launched a fierce artillery bombardment on this large island occupied by the Japanese invaders.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the officers and men of the Royal Marines began to force the landing.
There is no doubt that some of the Japanese who rushed in shouting "wah-wah" in an attempt to prevent the landing of the soldiers were killed by the soldiers in charge of covering the land with guns and artillery, and did not cause any casualties to the landing of the marines.
After the successful landing, with more than a dozen Kamui general guns being moved ashore, the end of this Japanese invader entrenched on Ryukyu Island was already doomed.
Even if they are not afraid of death one by one, and the ghosts cry wolves and howl to launch a counterattack, it is useless. schoolgirl
Just an hour later, all the enemies on this Ryukyu Island were wiped out.
The Japanese were really a fierce and fearless race, and they fought to the last man, and even those boys and girls joined the battle, and they were naturally all killed.
It's better to save the soldiers from being distracted and taking care of them, and it's better to die.
After all, the Grand Fleet is about to leave this Ryukyu Island, and the fewer such unstable factors, the better.
Zhu Youxiao left two soldiers of a thousand-man team on Ryukyu Island, and also left ten armed Daifuku ships to let the soldiers deal with all the aftermath.
Before dusk came, the Royal East China Sea Fleet continued to set sail, purging the islands of all the pirates and pirates along the way.
It took five days to stop and go, and the Grand Fleet finally arrived at the port of Pusan on the Goguryeo Peninsula.
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"It's coming! Your Majesty has arrived with the Royal Guards East Sea Fleet! ”
"Hahaha! We've been waiting for a long time! ”
"Not really! The decks I was responsible for wiping were all wiped and reflected! ”
"Well, we have a lot of war merit income again!" ……
Seeing the huge Royal East Sea Fleet, which was led into the port of Busan by several pilots, the officers and men of the Royal North Sea Fleet suddenly shouted in excitement.
In the past month, in addition to preparing supplies for the expedition and overhauling the ships, everyone has been training in simulated landing warfare, and they have long been a little bored.
However, these slight annoyances turned into a deep sense of joy with the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor leading the East China Sea Fleet.
Finally, there is another battle, and it is better to attack the Japanese who everyone hates, which is a great thing that the soldiers have been asking for.
In fact, the coastal areas of the Ming Empire, over the years, have suffered from the plundering and harassment of the Japanese Invaders, and their resentment against the enemy of the Japanese Empire is not under the Houjin Tartars.
Fighting the Wokos?
This is something that the officers and men of the Royal Navy are very interested in.
"See my emperor!"
"Ten thousand years of my emperor!"
"Ten thousand years of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Daming Wansheng!" ……
After Zhang Guangzhe led the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet to greet His Majesty the Emperor, the officers and men of the two fleets were given a day of rest because of the emperor's permission.
Zhu Youxiao, Zhong Jixiang, and Wu Xilin had just disembarked when they were greeted by the main generals of the Royal North Sea Fleet led by Zhang Guangzhe to the city lord's mansion in the city near the port of Busan.
After major construction and renovation, the Port of Busan and the corresponding Busan City are not below Port Arthur in terms of scale and completeness.
It is enough to moor all the ships of the two royal fleets.
Moreover, because of its proximity to the Wa Kingdom, there were many large and small maritime merchants in the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Empire, and this large port became very prosperous.
It was only a day ago that the Royal North Sea Fleet announced the closure of the port for three days, and it was temporarily deserted.
However, the big city near the port has not been affected, and it is as lively as ever, with people coming and going in all the streets and alleys.
This kind of important port city is good, it does not need to be deliberately developed, it will naturally develop rapidly.
Of course, the premise is that your port and port city are big enough for these large and small merchants to exert their strength, and you also have enough supplies and money to circulate and consume.
Seriously, during this time, among the various departments and legions of the entire Ming Empire, the busiest people were not the soldiers of the various legions, but the personnel of the Royal Military Intelligence Bureau.
In particular, the members of the intelligence bureau branch in charge of the domestic intelligence of the Japanese invaders.
In the past month, the personnel of the Royal Military Intelligence Service have begun to collect information about the Japanese countries located east of the Korean Peninsula in preparation for the upcoming offensive operation.
No, Zhu Youxiao had just entered the City Lord's Mansion, and after washing, before he had lunch, the little nobleman hurriedly came to meet him.
He had to immediately hand over the information he had already compiled to His Majesty the Emperor and explain it to His Majesty the Emperor, so that he could fulfill his duties, lest His Majesty the Emperor blame him for his incompetence and displeasure.