Chen Ada took the banner and saw the two blood-red characters of "Chengren" at a glance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Killing himself and sacrificing his life for righteousness, he faintly felt the weight of this banner and the importance that the emperor attached to them, or rather, he was not at ease.

He also saw the lower right of the word Chengren, a slightly lighter than the color of the big character, but more delicate imprints, square, three inches square, and there are eight seals in the square inch, "Ordered by the sky, the treasure seal of the Ming Emperor."

Chen Ada recognized it as the Emperor's Jade Seal.

He felt a heavy load.

said solemnly: "Weichen Ding Dong does not disgrace the emperor's order!" ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "I have always been reluctant to give any death orders to soldiers. But this is an exception, and I know that you have traveled more than 30,000 miles, and you will have to be difficult along the way. Just let me be inhumane once, you can blame me and scold me, but I still have to cut off your back road. I order you to hoist this flag at the time of the decisive battle, and once the flag is raised, all the officers and men of the navy, including you, whether they are dead or alive, must have the ambition of serving the country with death. Even if you fight to the last man, a ship, you must not retreat. Otherwise, even if you survive, you will die in the law! ”

Chen Ada said righteously: "Your Majesty, don't say this, there is a navy that died on the battlefield, and a navy that is ruthless and steals life. ”

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "You have a great responsibility to go, I dare not treat it imprudently, if you win the war and gain the right to control the sea, we will win this war, if you lose the war and the whole army will be annihilated, we will also lose this war, and the success or failure of your battle will be related to the victory or defeat of the entire war!" ”

Chen Ada also understood that this was indeed the truth, the emperor was desperate to press everything, and even the fate of the country was pressed on them, and he suddenly felt a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he didn't blame the emperor for underestimating the navy.

Zhu Jinglun waved his hand: "You go." ”

Although the officers on the battlefield may be more cruel than his orders, he will never give this kind of order personally, he always hopes to leave a hope for the soldiers, and always thinks that the soldiers should be allowed to retreat in an unfavorable situation, or even surrender in order to save their lives.

But this time his order to the navy was too ruthless, no matter what the circumstances, he wanted them to fight to the death, even if there was no hope, they were not allowed to retreat, telling them that even if they were lucky enough to escape, they would be brought to justice, this is to give the navy no chance to survive once the war situation is unfavorable.

The reason why he gave such an unreasonable imperial order was just like what Chen Ada felt, Zhu Jinglun was not at ease with the navy.

Because he knows very well that China is a traditional continental country, and in the culture of this kind of country, it is more important to land than to sea, and throughout the ages, the navy of a mainland country has always lacked a soul in front of the navy of a maritime country, and even in the case of absolute superiority, it may not be able to win, and in the case of equal strength, it will sometimes even be completely annihilated.

There are too many such examples, the Battle of Trafalgar in the Napoleonic era, the navy under Napoleon was not lost to the British, and the officers and soldiers of the Napoleonic era were not brave, but in the end the entire navy was almost completely annihilated. In the Russo-Japanese War, the equipment level of the Russian fleet was not inferior to that of Japan, and in the end it was almost completely annihilated.

Zhu Jinglun has heard a saying, that is, the reason why there is such a difference between mainland countries and maritime countries is mainly that the navy of mainland countries always has a way out in their hearts, even if they are defeated, they do not think that they will lose the country, and for maritime countries, defeat is equivalent to the death of the country, so the naval officers and men of maritime countries can often burst out of super energy under pressure, because they are fighting naval battles as decisive battles, and they know in their hearts that there is no way to retreat, and behind them is the motherland, and the navies of mainland countries do not have this understanding in their hearts. Even if they lose the battle, they still have a vast continent to rely on, and naval battles are often not regarded as decisive battles themselves.

Zhu Jinglun also heard this idea from Chen Ada and other naval officers, and the navy always believed that the primary goal of the navy in this battle was to maintain the transportation line, and they naturally regarded themselves as combat units cooperating with the army, and they did not regard themselves as the protagonists.

So Zhu Jinglun was worried.

The British told the world that it was called a century-old navy, and that it would take 100 years to build an invincible navy, but the Japanese built a navy comparable to the world's first-class level in just 30 years, which has nothing to do with their innate reality as a maritime country.

The Russo-Japanese naval war was fought so beautifully, almost creating a miracle in the era of ironclad ships, because the Japanese Navy paid more attention to this naval battle and had a stronger sense of decisive battle in its heart, while the Russian army blindly avoided the war and obviously lost in morale.

Because the Russians had a way out, the Japanese had no way out. Because Napoleon had a way out, Nelson had no way out.

Therefore, Zhu Jinglun had to cut off the retreat of the officers and men of the navy, so that they had to fight to the death, and let them go to the battlefield, so that they could not think about survival, either death or victory.

Of course, the taste of this kind of order is distrust, not at ease, no wonder Chen Ada has already shown dissatisfaction, feeling the emperor's attitude, suspected of insulting the navy, and said the words of the navy that died on the battlefield, the navy that is reluctant and stealing.

Chen Ada came to the military headquarters with the military flag in his hand, and after making some deals with other officials, he completed the formalities for going out, and then made a plan, assembled the fleet, and began to prepare for the main attack.

The plan is actually not that complicated, the main force is all out, fifty ironclad ships will rush to the United States together, and only twenty armored cruisers will be brought with them, not for combat, but for reconnaissance, and the battle with France has shown that in the decisive battle of the main forces, the cruisers are just cannon fodder in front of the ironclads.

The advantage of the main force is that there is no need to evade the encirclement and interception of the United States, and the US troops come less and are directly annihilated, and if they come more, it is nothing more than a decisive battle that will happen in advance, and the Ming army will be eager to do it. This will greatly speed up their speed, and it is expected that within three months, they will reach the shores of the United States.

Once the main forces attack, then the naval fleet, which is responsible for maintaining the Pacific route, will have only thirty cruisers, which will greatly increase the difficulty of escorting.

Therefore, Chen Ada decided that the main force should cross the Pacific Ocean from the direction of the Pacific Ocean, so that he could take into account the task of escorting the convoy and greatly reduce the pressure on the escort fleet.

After that, they will go north from the South Atlantic to the shores of the United States, and then fight the United States Navy, which will take about a month, which means that the escort fleet will only have to work alone for a month.

A month later, if the naval battle is won, the United States can only admit defeat, if the naval battle is lost, the Ming Dynasty will also give up the war, and a month later, the victory or defeat of the war will be decided, and there is no need to consider the task of escorting.