Chapter 269: One Hundred Thousand Water Army

When Jia Yidao and Xiao Qi and I arrived at the apse, all the ministers who participated in the Navy Division's rectification meeting were already in place, and when they saw me entering, they all left their seats and knelt down and bowed: "See Your Majesty." ”

"Everyone loves Qing, don't be polite." I nodded at everyone, and by the way, I pointed to the vacant seat next to me and said, "Sit down, Master, please sit down too." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jia Rudao sat down and said,

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's meeting is about the reform of our naval division, the important surname of the naval division will not be inferior to the army, and even surpass the army in the future, let's take a look at this map first." I pointed to my hand-drawn world map and said, "This map is called the world map, that is, the place where human beings live, and my Great Song Dynasty is located here, you can see if the area covered by water far exceeds the land." ”

Fan Wenhuan was close to the map, and his eyesight was good, so he was surprised: "It turns out that the land only accounts for three to four percent." ”

Jia Rudao sighed again in his heart, "Hey, the current Zhao Yu is really powerful, whether it is MSG and other items made a few days ago, or this so-called world map, it is not something that ordinary people can come up with, could it be that the vision from the sky was also made by Zhao Yu, the god Zhao Yu." ”

I smiled: "Fan Aiqing, your eyesight is not bad, the place where human beings live is called the earth, most of which is water, if you want to conquer all places on the earth except for our dynasty, you must rely on a strong sea fleet, so I will say that the important surname of the future sailor will exceed that of the army." I saw that most of the people present showed a half-believing look, and did not say much, and continued, "The rectification of the army of the Great Song Dynasty has been fully started, and the rectification of the naval division should naturally not lag behind the army, and the rectification of the army began with the forbidden army in Lin'an. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's all done."

"Okay, the sailors along the coast and in front of the palace have also completed the inventory ten days ago." I looked at the more than ten ministers at the conference table and said, "I have decided that from now on, the rectification of the naval division will be officially started, and the naval division will be named the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Naval Army after the restructuring, and the same as the army, under the unified command of the Imperial Military Affairs Academy, the naval army has one commander and two deputy commanders, and is fully responsible for the regular affairs of the naval army. Each fleet has one commander and two deputy commanders, who are responsible for the regular affairs of the fleet, and the other establishments of the navy are equivalent to those of the army, with departments such as intelligence, operations, staff, equipment, logistics, engineering, and medical departments. ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, how to divide the staffing of the navy. ”

"The staffing of the navy is the second issue I want to talk about, I have decided that the staffing of the navy is set at 100,000, which is roughly the same as the total number of our naval divisions, but these 100,000 sailors, I want to be able to fight a real war, according to the current situation, I will focus on the Northern Expedition, therefore, the North Sea Fleet and the Yangtze River Fleet will become the main fleets of our naval forces, my preliminary plan, the North Sea Fleet will undertake the task of going north from the sea in the future, so the personnel establishment is set at 50,000, The Yangtze River Fleet will undertake the task of crossing the river in some areas, and its personnel will be set at 15,000, the South China Sea Fleet will be set at 20,000 because it has to take into account Annam and other places, the East China Sea Fleet will be temporarily set at 10,000, and the Navy Command will have 5,000 personnel directly under it, including 3,000 Marine Corps and 2,000 non-combatants. ”

Li Beiyang knew some of my Northern Expedition ideas, and said excitedly: "According to Your Majesty's division method, the number of people in the North Sea Fleet is equivalent to the number of people in a land theater. ”

As for the sea offensive route, my preliminary idea was to advance from the Jingdong Road (Shandong) in the former Northern Song Dynasty and the Zhigu Village (today's Tianjin) in the former Jin Kingdom, and after landing in the Shandong zone, they could advance westward and approach the Central Plains; Landing from the area of Tianjin can directly threaten the new capital of Mongolia (Yanjing),

"Yes, the number of the North Sea Fleet does account for half of the entire naval army, and the third question is about the naval base, please look at the map of the Great Song Dynasty on the wall." I pointed to another large map on the wall, and after a moment continued, "I will first talk about the base of the Yangtze River Fleet, I plan to set up its base in Yucheng Mansion and Ezhou Mansion, Yucheng Mansion can directly reach Chengdu Mansion through the Tuojiang River, Ezhou (now Wuchang) can go directly to Xiangfan through the Han River, the naval forces in these two places may have a direct confrontation with the Mongolian naval division, and secondly, they can also provide military support for the two major theaters of Sichuan and Xiangfan, and the base of the South China Sea Fleet will be located in the area of Guangzhou Mansion, the administrative office of Guangnan East Road. The base of the East China Sea Fleet is intended to be located in the area from Wenzhou to Mingzhou (now Ningbo) on the Liangzhejiang Road, and the most important North Sea Fleet, I will choose Haizhou (now Lianyungang) on the Huainan East Road to Huating County (now Shanghai) at the exit of the Yangtze River as its base. ”

Li Beiyang first asked: "Your Majesty, is there a subordinate relationship between the rectified navy and the army forces in various theaters?" ”

"There is no direct subordinate relationship, and both the naval and land armies are under the command of the Military Affairs Yuan and the Ministry of War."

Li Beiyang said: "Your Majesty, if there is no subordinate relationship, in the event of war, there may be uncoordinated and unsynchronized actions of the two armies. ”

Fan Wenhuan also supported: "Your Majesty, Lord Li's opinion is indeed reasonable, during the war, the decrees of the Ministry of War and the Military Affairs Yuan will lag behind due to the long distance, which may lead to the delay of the fighter plane. ”

I thought for a while and said: "Well, this kind of thing is indeed possible, the proposal of the two Aiqing is not completely unreasonable, this matter can be negotiated again, however, I think that there are not many opportunities for the water and land armies to cooperate in combat, if necessary, in wartime, the method of group army operations can be adopted, that is, the water and land armies can be combined as a whole, and the generals designated by the Military Affairs Yuan will serve as the commander of the group army to command the two armies in a unified manner, for example, merge the Yucheng base of the Yangtze River Fleet and the Sichuan Theater to form the Sichuan Corps with the temporary surname, It will be under the unified command of General Gundam or others, and will be restored to its original state after the end of the regional war. ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty's method is quite reasonable, depending on the difference between peacetime and wartime. ”

Li Beiyang also said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister is not as good as it." ”

I smiled and said, "This is just my personal opinion, most of you here are generals who have experienced the baptism of war, you can also discuss it, and you must brainstorm everything so as not to be biased." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers are taught."

Li Zengbo, another senior general of the Navy Division, said: "Your Majesty, what is this Marine Corps of the Navy Corps?" ”

I explained: "Oh, the Marine Corps is a branch of the Navy that belongs to the Navy Army, and it is the branch of the Navy that is responsible for the combat mission of crossing the sea and landing. ”

"Your Majesty, will the small number of sailors in the original war zone continue to be retained?" Chen Yi asked,

"The number of naval divisions in the theater is very small, and they will continue to be kept for the time being, and after the two inland rivers of our dynasty (the Yangtze River and the Yellow River) are all recovered, they will be assigned to the naval army."

"Your Majesty, how to divide the warships of the various fleets." Chen Yi asked again,

"This will be proposed by the Navy Command, and next, I will announce the appointment of some senior generals of the Navy Army, Li Beiyang."

Li Beiyang got up and said, "The minister is here." ”

"Li Aiqing, I appointed you as the commander of the naval army, and concurrently served as the commander of the North Sea Fleet, and received the third rank."

"Minister Li Beiyang, thank Your Majesty Longen." Li Beiyang's ideal since childhood was to make meritorious contributions on the sea, surpassing the achievements of his ancestors, not to mention 100,000 sailors, just the 50,000 sailors of the North Sea Fleet alone were enough to convince him that the elimination of the Mongolian sailors was within reach.

"Chen Yi."

"The minister is here."

"Chen Aiqing, I appointed you as the deputy commander of the navy, and concurrently served as the envoy of the fleet along the river, with the rank of third."

"The minister obeys the order, the minister Chen Yi, thank Your Majesty for your love."

"Li Zengbo."

"The minister is here."

"Li Aiqing, I have appointed you as the deputy commander of the naval army, and concurrently serve as the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, with the rank of third."

"The minister obeys the order, the minister Li Zengbo, and your majesty Longen."

"Ruan Sicong."

"The minister is here."

"Ruan Aiqing, I have appointed you as the envoy of the South China Sea Fleet, and you will receive the rank of fourth."

"Minister Ruan Sicong obeyed the order, and the minister thanked His Majesty for his grace."

Ruan Sicong is also a veteran of the sailors, and once recovered Haizhou from the hands of the Jin people.

"Four Aiqing, in the future, I will be the main leader of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Naval Army, and as for the other senior generals, you will propose and appoint them after my approval."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The structure of the navy has been basically decided, and other details of rectification and reform, such as the distribution of warships and the allocation of various departments, will be discussed by you yourself, and the time I have given you is three months, and by January 31 next year, the rectification and reform work of our navy must be completed.

Li Beiyang said: "Your Majesty, although there were 100,000 people in the original registration of my Chaoshui Division, after careful investigation, there were only more than 70,000 people who actually qualified, plus the 2,000 soldiers transferred from the forbidden army, there is still a gap of nearly 20,000, so the minister applied to His Majesty for an expansion. ”

"Yes, this matter is accurate."

Li Beiyang hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has questions. ”

"Just say what you have to say."

"Your Majesty, the way I recruit troops for the Navy Division is slightly different from that of the Army, and many of them are pirates who have come to recruit An, I don't know if Your Majesty approves of it."

"As for pirates, I think it should be divided into two parts, many pirates are because they have been treated unfairly, or because they are forced by life to enter the sea to become pirates, as long as these people have not done anything harmful to nature and reason, you can accept their surrender, but for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, your navy must resolutely suppress them."

Li Beiyang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”