Governor Robben frowned and said, "Your Excellency, in order to deal with the navy of the Ming Kingdom, we have done our best this time, even at the expense of cooperating with the damned Spaniards, so we can't afford to fail." In the event of the defeat of the Netherlands' maritime power in India and the South Seas, we may well lose the whole world. ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I know the importance of this battle, which is related to the safety of the entire East Indies. ”

Colonel Ryan suddenly looked up and said, "General Ryone, did you see that big bird in the sky?" It is said that the Tiance Army has weapons that can fly in the sky, but I originally didn't believe it. But now I really suspect that this big bird belongs to the Tiance Army, because this big bird is so strange that it doesn't even move its wings, but it can fly at a high altitude, and it will appear in the sky above us every day. ”

It was the routine reconnaissance of the drone hovering over Batavia City, and the news of the arrival of the Dutch reinforcement fleet was immediately fed back to the Nanyang Detachment Headquarters, and this message was delivered to Wang Yue in the form of a telegram within an hour.

"Report, the command of the South Seas detachment: the reinforcement fleet of the Dutch has arrived in Batavia." Staff officer Li Xuewen entered Wang Yue's office and said.

Wang Yue took the telegram, looked at it, looked up and said to Li Xuewen: "Cousin, you prepare, and go south with me in two days." ”

"Yes!" Li Xuewen stood up and saluted.

This war with the Dutch was unprecedentedly large-scale, and it should be regarded as the first large-scale naval battle with thermal weapons in the history of Asia, and it was followed by a land war to recover Manila and Batavia, so Wang Yue had to witness it himself. Not long after Li Xuewen entered the Tiance Army, Wang Yue hoped that he could broaden his horizons and see the fighting methods of the Tiance Army.

The southward reinforcement fleet of the Tiance Navy is composed of a dock landing ship, two supply ships, two coast guard warships, four maritime surveillance warships, and four passenger and cargo ro-ro ships, and the fleet commander is Navy Commander Wei Xiaoliang.

The reinforcement fleet had already departed from Tianjin three days earlier, and a regiment of the 1st Army Brigade was accompanying the fleet south.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, on October 6, 1638, the reinforcement fleet arrived at the newly built military wharf near the Bund in Shanghai County and anchored, where the fleet set off again and sailed for Taipei Tamsui.

The sea distance from Shanghai to Taipei is more than 1,300 kilometers, and the sailing time is two days.

In the dining room of the No. 2 landing ship, the Tiance Army was having dinner.

"Xiaoliang, you kid is amazing now, there are so many big warships in the navy, it's covetous to look at." Feng Yuanshan, who was dining, said to Wei Xiaoliang, the commander of the navy, who came over with a set plate.

The old chief laughed. Wei Xiaoliang put down the dinner plate and said with a smile: "The stall of the navy is getting bigger and bigger, and the pressure of lowly duties is also greater, don't look at the fact that there are more ships now, and there are many troubles." ”

Wei Xiaoliang used to be the deputy battalion commander of the Fifth Regiment of Feng Yuanshan, because of the rapid expansion of the navy's strength, the current level of the navy is tentatively set at the deputy brigade level. In the future, the level of the navy will be raised to the same level as the six main forces of the Tiance Army, which Wang Yue considered with reference to the same level of the naval commander and the commander of the large military region in later generations.

Feng Yuanshan snorted and said: "You are now in the navy, Lao Tzu is in the army, don't always hang the old commander in your mouth, let others hear it." ”

Li Chuanxin, director of the Jiangnan Branch of the Military Investigation Bureau, also went south with the army this time, and in addition to inspecting the intelligence networks in Taiwan and Hong Kong, he also had to carry out organizational structure and intelligence gathering work for Nanyang.

Li Chuanxin knew about the things in the army and navy, but it didn't matter to him, so he just smiled and continued to eat.

At present, the Navy does not count product tankers, and the total displacement of the main warships is about 300,000 tons, and the equipment is advanced. Because the navy is a technical branch, the military salary is also 20% higher than that of the army. Although I don't know how much money the navy has invested, my intuitive feeling is that the navy has a lot of money and huge investment, and it can also be seen that Wang Yue seems to attach more importance to the navy, so the army's resentment against the navy is inevitable, and the dispute between sea and land is beginning to take shape.

"The old chief is serious, no matter what, we are all members of the Tiance Army." Feng Yuanshan's attitude represents the opinion of many army generals, and Wei Xiaoliang certainly knows the reason, but he is very helpless. It is inevitable that the navy will make people red, who said that Wang Yue is always increasing the number of ships in the navy? In fact, who knows the suffering of the navy? The number of ships is large, the more difficult it is to train this personnel, and the greater the responsibility.

Zhang Jicheng, the commander of the First Brigade, said in a round next to him: "What Xiaoliang said is right, we are all Tiance Army, regardless of each other. Just like the commander said, the division of labor is different. ”

Wei Xiaoliang said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, or the commander said it well, we have a different division of labor." ”

Feng Yuanshan didn't really have any contradictions with Wei Xiaoliang, but he just saw that this guy suddenly looked like a nouveau riche, which was a little unpleasant.

So he didn't say much anymore, but greeted: "Eat, eat, it's still your navy's fried fish is delicious, and then you eat more, our army doesn't have such good conditions." ”

Wei Xiaoliang laughed and said: "If you eat this fish every day, for a few months, you will know that it is powerful, and it can really eat people until they vomit." ”

Feng Yuanshan said angrily: "Damn, Lao Tzu is eating, what do you want to vomit?" ”

"Eat, eat!" Wei Xiaoliang said with a smile.

Zhang Jicheng shook his head amusedly, and then continued to eat.

After eating, several people chatted with a glass of concentrated juice.

Feng Yuanshan said: "Jicheng, what do you think about the marriage between the royal family and the commander?" ”

This is a major event in the starting point city in the near future, and it is also a hot topic for everyone.

"It's obvious, it's just a means to win over the commander." Zhang Jicheng chuckled and put down the cup and said, "The commander has his own decision, we don't need to worry about it." ”

After more than two years of study and exercise, Zhang Jicheng has matured a lot, and he seems to be more calm, as Wang Yue's hair and classmates, he is proud of Wang Yue's achievements now.

Li Chuanxin said: "I think this move will do more harm than good, you should know that our starting point city and Tiance army are not only becoming more and more powerful now, but also the system implemented is very different from that of all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and even completely subverted the tradition of thousands of years in many places, can the eyes of those literati tolerate our starting point city?" As the scope of our starting point city continues to expand, I dare to assert that those with ulterior motives will still jump out to make trouble, and the backstage of these people must be those civil officials in the imperial court. ”

Feng Yuanshan glared and said, "Chuanxin, tell me, have you received any news from your Investigation Bureau?"