Chapter XVII: Adaptation of the Fleet

Regarding this battle, there is a very loud name in later generations, which is called the Battle of the Gulf of Luzon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info, both Changsun Tang and Zhang Xingping called this battle the Spice Campaign.

This campaign has exposed many problems that have not been thought of before.

For example, the issue of escort of the fleet, the establishment of the fleet, and so on.

The problem of escort is relatively easy to solve, but the problem of this establishment is relatively large. The core of the issue of establishment is the issue of personnel composition and command.

In the past, the establishment of ships was fixed, and when it was necessary to carry out its own tasks, the captain of one of the ships selected from the organized ships was in charge of command. But after this battle, Changsun Tang found a lot of problems.

This flat and ad hoc command system can reduce factional contention, but it can also lead to greater problems. This time, he is the nominal commander of this battle, because of his own existence, the orders issued by Zhang Xingping through himself are completely executed, but if he changes the scene and he is not able to come out, then the problem here is relatively big.

So the reorganization of the fleet is a must.

The change of the fleet involves a series of issues, such as the tasks of the fleet and the size of the fleet.

For the time being, there are three types of ships owned by Jinshan. Influenced by the modularization and mass construction of later generations, Changsun Tang's mind was to try to minimize the types of ships in the fleet. So far, there are only three kinds of warships, one is the Yellow Emperor, which currently has only three cruisers, the other is the destroyer such as the Canton, and the other is the smaller patrol ship.

Together with logistics ships for long-range operations accompanying the fleet, it is possible to form a fleet for different purposes.

At present, the types of ships can still meet the requirements of use, but since the hijacking of the spice ship, this number seems to be a bit stretched.

For example, there are only three cruisers, six destroyers, and eighteen patrol ships. In the current situation, escorting the various merchant fleets is indispensable, which means that the number of copies that can be used is even smaller. But the shipyards of Quanzhou and Guangzhou are currently mainly producing ships in large quantities to meet the increasing demand for huge ocean shipping.

What is even more important is that in the past, Changsun Tang paid too much attention to the development of industry and science and technology, and naturally did not pay too much attention to this military strength, but now if the fleet is reorganized, then it is necessary to establish an organ unit to deal with various affairs, that is, an organization such as the naval headquarters or the general staff.

The problem is that there are really few staff officers at hand of Changsun Tang, and this is going to kill him.

There is no way, fortunately, in the process of naval construction in the past few years, Changsun Tang has always emphasized learning. Basically, all the middle-level and most of the grass-roots officers can recognize and write simple documents, and it seems that they have to pull out the general among the dwarves, and let this staff department get up in the city first, and become a naval support organization responsible for logistics and intelligence, Changsun Tang thought to himself.

Soon, this opinion on the establishment of the navy currently in Changsun Tang's hands was sent to His Majesty Li Er's desk by Changsun Tang.

Looking at the letter sent by the eldest grandson, His Majesty Li Er's head couldn't help but hurt here.

"Fang Qing, what do you think this eldest grandson means?" handed the fold sent by the eldest grandson to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling opened it, and the content of the eldest grandson's recital was nothing more than that one of his spice ships was robbed a few days ago, and he took a few ships to exterminate a group of pirates.

Changsun Tang's performance was very polite, but whether it was Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Li Jing and others present, they all knew that the imperial court's binding force on Changsun Tang was very small now. Fortunately, this eldest grandson also knows how to be a man, no matter what it is, he will report it in advance, and in recent years, through maritime trade, he has also brought huge benefits to the imperial court. Now it is not feasible to understand the eldest grandson, no matter where it comes from.

"I think, why don't we send Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yunguo, to visit, and say that Zhang Liang is an expert in this water war, and he is responsible for guiding the reorganization of the navy, how about it?" It was Li Jing who spoke. Some time ago, Li Jing took a leave of absence due to eye illness, and not long ago he was re-appointed to the post of secretary of the military department and in charge of government affairs.

"Isn't that too obvious?" Fang Xuanling hesitated a little, Li Jing's intention was to prepare to set the eldest grandson in the air, in case this caused a backlash from the eldest grandson, the southwest coast would be considered a waste.

Li Jing's intention is actually not aimed at Changsun Tang personally, as he has had several encounters with Changsun Tang and Changsun Tang's style of acting, Li Jing knows that Changsun Tang has no thoughts, and at this time, people are determined that peace in the world is the trend of the times, and it is not any one person who can set off any waves.

Li Jing was afraid that there would be one or two careerists under Changsun Tang, so Changsun Tang would be ruined.

Li Jing's intentions are good, but can this eldest grandson understand? This is something that everyone does not understand.

"Then it's decided, let Zhang Liang go on a trip, and his position as governor Shi will be temporarily handed over." His Majesty Li Er's face changed slightly, and finally issued such an order.

When Changsun Tang received this holy decree and looked at Zhang Liang standing in front of him with a smile on his face, Changsun Tang felt a bad premonition rise in his heart. But I can't say what it is.

"Master Hou, in the future, the old man will have to eat here with you." Zhang Liang said with a smile. It's just that there seems to be something hidden under the surface of this smile.

"Grandpa, this is a pain in my life. On the title, the grandfather has made a few verses more than me. In terms of position, because my grandfather is a feudal official of this side, in terms of qualifications, my grandfather is a comrade-in-arms who stirs horses and spoons in a pot with my father, and my grandfather is really honored to be here. Although the eldest grandson had already greeted Zhang Liang's female relatives in his heart, he was not confused at all.

"Hehe, Master Hou is going to see the outside, isn't it, or how old is my idiot, it's good to call you a virtuous nephew?" How can you take advantage of yourself everywhere? Is your beard too short? The eldest grandson lamented.

But it's not good for me to excuse myself casually, so I had to call hard: "The little nephew has seen my uncle." (To be continued.) )