On Hong Kong Island, the center of Thunder's military base, as carrier pigeons flew one after another, Thunder's high-ranking naval officers from all walks of life rushed here and gathered here, all gathered in the staff headquarters and conference hall on Hong Kong Island, waiting for Qi Zhiyuan's speech. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The decoration style in the conference room is completely different from the traditional style, and the modern military style is almost the same, the center of the hall is a war deduction sand table, the main hall hangs a huge southeast coastal sea map, the various islands and coastal trends at a glance, have accurate markings.

All the people in the conference room are in a water uniform, blue, if placed on the sea, it is absolutely the same color as the sea, completely breaking the white uniform logo of the modern navy.

At this moment, Qi Zhiyuan stood solemnly in front of the main hall, between the sea area map and the sand table, the former could conduct actual combat deduction with everyone on the sand table, and the retreat could arrange tasks on the sea area map, and accurately issue every order.

Seeing that everyone was so solemn, solemn and serious, Qi Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, through the introduction just before the meeting, you must have a general understanding, and now that the matter is urgent, I won't talk about it here, and directly issue the task." ”

Immediately afterwards, Qi Zhiyuan took a step back, picked up the thin baton in his right hand, raised his body slightly, pointed to the sea map, and said sonorously: "Our opponent is from afar, according to their past habits, this combined fleet of foreigners must be the first to attack Macao Island, as their foothold, and then directly take the former cottage and Xiangshan County, and then extend and expand inland, and their navy will also enter the Pearl River and attack at the same time." ”

The baton of the repeated gestures stopped, Qi Zhiyuan looked directly at everyone, and said confidently: "Of course, with the strength of the Thunder today and the coastal defense of Macao Island and Qianshanzhai, no matter what, the combined fleet of Spain and Portugal will not be able to occupy Macau Island, let alone capture Qianshanzhai." ”

"On the offshore coast, we have batteries for fire blockade as the first wave of bombardment. Secondly, the beach is riddled with minefields. If it weren't for the leadership of our professionals, the bones would definitely be blown up, and I don't know how I died? Even if the landing was successful, it would have suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy losses in combat strength. ”

"Therefore, our task is not to keep the enemy out of the country, but to eliminate the enemy outside the country, to completely annihilate this enemy, to play the prestige of a new imperial court, to play the prestige of thunder, so that those Western colonists do not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, to be honest, is to give them a dismount."

The generals knew that every time the commander made a generous statement, he spoke in such a tone, which was definitely a sign of taking the initiative to nip the enemy in the bud. However, after thinking about it a little, Commander Qi has always been a hardliner and never knew what compromise was? Every opponent, he is definitely the first to strike, and the march is even more crazy, often breaking the rules, and can achieve surprising results.

These thoughts flashed in the minds of the generals, and then Qi Zhiyuan's voice sounded, which just confirmed the guess in their hearts.

"In order to reduce the trouble of the imperial court and save other colonists in the West from coveting it, it is necessary to completely wipe out the combined fleet of Spain and Portugal, hurt and wake them up, wipe them all out, and leave no one behind, so as to give these two countries a deep and indelible memory, so that they will never forget this naval battle!"

"Therefore, after discussing with several division commanders, this naval battle is different from the past, but to open the gate, put this combined fleet in, and then encircle and annihilate it, and completely wipe it out, and there is no return. Moreover, all the prisoners we caught were put into various mines as coolies, and the weapons and ammunition we consumed must be compensated. It just so happens that when labor is needed in various mines, if these people can be captured alive, there will be a few unearthed copper and iron ore that can be excavated, hahaha......"

The hearty laughter seemed so wanton and flamboyant, full of arrogance, that it did not take the combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet in the slightest, as if the other party was a lamb to the slaughter, sending free coolies, and all this was built on the strength of the strong.

Different from his performance in the prefect's yamen, Shi Mingzhi was not so anxious, the corners of his mouth were slightly lifted, similar to Qi Zhiyuan's expression, from beginning to end, he had a kind of self-confidence, eliminating this group of Western pirates, but Er'er, it was just a gesture.

At this moment, what he thought about was the deepest meaning, and he had another plan, that is, to completely eradicate the danger once and for all! However, Shi Mingzhi didn't have time to think deeply, Qi Zhiyuan's voice sounded again, and various orders came one after another.

Therefore, this war of annihilation is not the responsibility of one or two divisions, but the responsibility of the entire Daguang Navy. Here, I will issue orders and tasks according to the areas you are responsible for, and the others will be fully responsible, and strive to succeed in this battle of annihilation in one fell swoop, annihilating the combined fleets of Spain and Portugal, and playing my thunderous prestige! ”

"Yes, Commander, do as you command!"

Immediately, Qi Zhiyuan solemnly pointed to the sea area between Macao Island and Xiangshan County, and ordered: "Master Shi, compared with others, you must be more familiar with this water area and better understand the naval warfare methods of foreigners. Therefore, you are in charge of this area, and when the combined Spanish and Portuguese fleets are brought in, you are responsible for sniping them directly here and destroying their living forces as much as possible. ”

This order, everyone has no doubt, very convinced, Commander Qi arranged it very fairly! When it comes to familiarity with this sea area, there may not be much difference between the people, and they are between the best. However, when it comes to familiarity with the tactics of foreign pirates, no one can show Shi Mingzhi, he is the commander-in-chief of the former Qing Dynasty's naval division, and often comes into contact with the navy of the foreigners, although they join forces to exterminate the pirates, but also attack them.

However, now that everyone is in the same camp, they are all working for the Great Guang Dynasty, and that estrangement and gap have disappeared.

These thoughts flashed in everyone's minds, and as soon as Qi Zhiyuan's words fell, Shi Mingzhi immediately stepped forward, snapped, saluted a standard military salute, and responded sonorously: "Shi Mingzhi, the commander of the first division, received the order, obeyed the instructions, and guaranteed to complete the task!" ”

This answer is by no means Shi Mingzhi's kind words, but comes from his full self-confidence, and it is possible to completely annihilate the navies of Spain and Portugal.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Zhiyuan's gaze turned and stayed on Zhang Baozai's body, his eyes were sharp and pressing, and he drew an arc from north to south in the east of Macao, and finally ordered: "Division Commander Zhang, your second division starts from here, stops here, and when the Spanish and Portuguese coalition forces enter the pocket, immediately tie the pocket tightly and block their back road. ”

The reaction was the same, as if carved out of a mold, Zhang Baozai also took a step forward, and with a snap, it was a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "Yes, army commander, Zhang Bao, commander of the second division, received the order, obeyed the instructions, guaranteed to complete the task, and cut off the enemy!" ”

While everyone nodded, they also remembered that since the founding of the Daguang Dynasty, Zhang Baozai has also changed his name to Zhang Bao, and he has also married Zheng Yi's sister-in-law Shi.

Today's Daguang Dynasty, there are only two female officials in total, which can be said to be two strange flowers in the world, one is Wen and one Wu, one is Zheng Yi's sister-in-law, who is also the Minister of Industry, that is, Shi, and the other is Wang Cong'er, who commanded the Kongtong Army stationed in Sichuan.

Qi Zhiyuan's order was not interrupted by everyone's thoughts, it continued, and his voice became much thicker.

"In this naval battle, we not only have to eliminate this group of pirates, but also take advantage of this actual combat opportunity to train our new generals and new teams. Therefore, in addition to the two divisions of Zhang Bao and Shi Mingzhi, as the main force, other newly expanded warships also joined it, responsible for eliminating and capturing the fleeing foreign pirates. ”

"As for the old troops, they are responsible for supervising the battle, pressing the formation for the new generals and battleship units, and once they can't cope with it, they will immediately provide support to avoid unnecessary losses and casualties."

"Yes, Commander, the last general has the order!"

The rest of the other admirals chimed in, and they had long been mentally prepared for the final arrangement. Especially those veteran generals, they understand this, because, in the process of Thunder's gradual expansion and strengthening, it has always been like this, veterans lead novices, and cultivate new young generals as much as possible.

Therefore, even though the Thunder has been greatly expanded in the past two years, and the number of troops and warships is almost more than ten times that of the original, there has never been a shortage of commanders and generals.

It can be unceremoniously that if Qi Zhiyuan dies in battle, every division commander under him can replace him at any time and effectively command, and Thunder can still operate normally and fight.

In the same way, the generals under Qi Zhiyuan, whether they are division and brigade commanders or regimental and battalion company commanders, have at least five people who can replace them at all times. Throughout ancient times to the present, the military reserve of the Great Guang Dynasty is definitely the most abundant and huge.

Not only that, but the classic examples of ancient battles, or the actual naval battles now, Thunder have been compiled into a book, printed into a book, and placed in the Naval Academy for those students to consult and learn.

Moreover, every cadet of the Naval Academy has rich experience in actual combat, has fought at the grassroots level, and led soldiers, but only if he lacks command ability or does not have good strategic vision, he will be sent to the Naval Academy for further study.

Also, as a lecturer, the master not only has a rich theoretical level, but also the actual combat is admirable. Because they are all senior officers from various naval units, they take turns to give lessons to the cadets, and adopt a streamlined teaching and open teaching, so as to reduce the previous students who are from those people's disciples and avoid gangs.

As the dean of the Naval Academy, Qi Zhiyuan has always agreed with Yang Lin's words, the academy cannot only stay in the academy, but to enter the society and conduct actual combat, and the actual exhibition is a moment that the cadets of the Naval Academy must have.

If there is no actual combat, it is necessary to create actual combat and conduct military exercises to test the actual command ability of the trainees and whether they can turn theory into real ability and practical work and apply it in actual combat.

Therefore, Qi Zhiyuan had two purposes in this battle, one was to show the prestige of the navy, and the other was to use the combined fleet of Portugal and Spain as a whetstone to train those students.