Chapter 301: Decision-making
"Tell me what's going on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Zhao Lie looked at Qi Wei.
"My lord, I have brought the two captains and let them speak." Qi Wei bowed and saluted.
Zhao Lie nodded in agreement, and the captain who had experienced the matter on the front line explained the matter, which couldn't be better.
Qi Wei turned around and went out, and after a while, Qi Wei entered the hall with a middle-aged man and a young man.
After the two gave the salute, Qi Wei said that the two of them, the slightly chubby middle-aged man called Fang Mao was the captain of the Li Guang, and the other young man named Zhang Huan was the captain of the Huo Quai.
Everyone in Fang Mao knows that Fang Mao Port in Beihua Dagang is named after him, and Zhang Huan is the first time he has heard of it, but seeing that he is only in his twenties and can be promoted to captain, he wants to have something extraordinary.
Zhao Lie remembered that Zhang Huan used to be a member of the Weiqing, and he used to be a boatswain, but he hadn't seen him for two years, but he didn't expect that he was also a captain now.
Fang Mao's face continued to sweat, and he was embarrassed to talk about the process of encountering an ambush, after all, his performance this time was not very good.
Compared with Fang Mao, although Zhang Huan was also slightly nervous in his heart, but he had made great achievements this time, and he was not in charge of the fleet this time, so he was still much more stable, and he had served on the Weiqing for a long time, so he could be said to have seen a big scene, so his face was as usual.
Zhao Lie and Li Hu asked some questions one by one, and finally sorted out the matter.
"My lord, it seems that the enemy has tried his best to take advantage of the fog to approach, they are afraid of the giant cannon of my army and navy, and it is important to be afraid of the giant cannon that captures my navy." Li Hu arched his hand towards Zhao Lie.
"Well, I'm afraid they just fell in love with our army's cannon, and even if I wait for their position, they will try their best to get our cannon. After all, this is a militaristic weapon. Zhao Lie's eyes were cold. The Dutch people dare to think and do. At a glance, I saw the magic of the Thiago cannon.
"My lord, this time, my sailor has 38 killed and 57 injured, Feng Yihao will return to the factory for overhaul, and Huo Qu's sick number will have to be repaired and repaired." Qi Wei talked about the casualties.
"Well, our army has suffered a lot of losses this time, not to mention the ship. It's just that these brothers who have been damaged are the ones that my army has painstakingly trained. Zhao Lie gritted his teeth and said.
This revenge must be avenged, the Dutch people are really immortal Xiaoqiang, harassing the Broken Army from time to time, and directly threatening the route of the Broken Army to Macao.
"The subordinates failed to see the enemy's movements, so that the enemy could come in, and the subordinates asked for their own guilt, but Zhang Huan was the first to discover the enemy ship and alert the fleet, so that the other two ships could be prepared first, and they could see clearly." Fang Mao said ashamedly.
He also secretly scolded himself for being careless. Thinking about the several battles, the Dutch did not take advantage of it. This time he passed Xiaoliuqiu, he really didn't care too much, it's a big deal, the broken army is really not afraid, I didn't expect the Dutch people to take advantage of the fog to approach, if Zhang Huan hadn't discovered the enemy ship first, the consequences would have been really unimaginable.
"There is a public opinion on merit and demerit, and the town and town will check it one by one, and if there is merit and merit, there will be punishment, you should step back first." Li Hu said.
The leader of the guards back then is now also a general who controls the Naval Division of the Broken Army, and his gestures are also quite imposing.
The two bowed to Zhao Lie and Li Hu one by one and retreated.
"Ben Jiang is here to know the sailor, and now the time has come to collect protection fees in this sea area, so he plans to reorganize the sailor, but I didn't expect that this Dutch thief will not die." Zhao Lie sneered.
"Your Excellency said that you can charge for the sea trade routes." Li Hu said in surprise.
Early in the morning, Zhao Lie roughly mentioned with the general of the naval division that in the future to collect fees for the protection of merchant ships in the waters off the coast of the Ming Dynasty, one is to expand military funds, and the other is to control the hegemony of this sea area, but he only knows when it will be implemented, and he will negotiate it from time to time.
Li Hu, Qi Wei, Zhang Gusheng and other generals of the dry army have been staring at it for a long time, if this trade route fee is charged, it means that the sailor has its own income, shipbuilding and cannon building is not a problem, and it can even feed back the infantry army, see what else this dry infantry army general has to say.
Waiting left and right, finally this day has come, how can Li Hu and the others not be surprised.
"Let's talk about the family, Li Hu, tell me about the water master's belongings now." Zhao Lie waved his hand.
"My lord, by this month, the Navy Division has a total of ten Song-class warships, and eight more are about to be launched, and it is expected to be completed in three months, in addition to 42 Tang-class warships, 5 Sui-class warships, 18 Han-class warships, 38 Jeju-class cruisers, and 52 clippers." Li Hu succinctly reported the family background of the captured army and sailors, and there were only 120 warships in total, not counting the clippers.
This family is heavy, it was built by Zhao Lie with silver money in six years, but it can be regarded as using all his strength, adding half of the treasure ship income, if he does not start collecting fees, Zhao Lie will not have the spare energy to continue to build warships and artillery, and the sailor is really a gold-swallowing beast.
However, seeing this belongings spread all over the bay in front of him, Zhao Lie's pride was beyond words, which he had worked hard to build from scratch.
Li Hu looked at Zhao Lie with a smile, and continued,
"Now the naval division is divided into three parts, five Galen warships, ten patrol ships, ten clippers to protect the waters around Fangmao, returning to Jeju in winter, and six warships, five patrol ships, and ten clippers are on Dasanzi Island southwest of Shidao, and there are six warships in Jeju headquarters to take over to escort the Macao route, in addition, Jeju is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and the east and North Korea are still eyeing each other, so there is still a huge gap in warships today."
"Mr. Li began to cry poor again, hehe, there are now 20,000 people under your command, which is more than the number of infantry soldiers in the Broken Army, hehe, it is still overstretched." Li Lu shook his head, really unconvinced.
The generals of the infantry army have always complained about Zhao Lie's expansion of the scale of the naval division, in their opinion, now the naval division is an invincible existence, if they don't build a big ship, they can save money and food to replace the war horses of the broken army with Mongolian horse war horses, how good is the combat power.
"There is no fleet, the Japanese will recover and defeat the Jeju fleet, I see that you will only cry when you arrive." Li Hu said disdainfully.
"Alright, let's say a few words." Zhao Lie is so greasy, it's really incompatible with land and water. "Now the fleet still needs to be expanded, and the Jeju Navy Division has to support Shidao, Beihua, and Macao, and also ensure the safety of Jeju, so it is necessary to continue to expand the fleet."
Since Zhao Lie had spoken, several people kept their mouths shut and took orders without discussion.
"I would like the Jeju Navy Division to be divided into several parts, a quick support fleet, an escort team, and a team to patrol the trade routes. Each has its own duties, and in case of a big war, what do you think, Li Hu and Qi Wei. Zhao Lie looked at the two.
"My lord, my subordinates think it is feasible, the warships captured earlier have been quite a few years, and most of them have dropped in speed, and the speed of other ships is slowed down during rapid support, so it is better to escort and patrol, so that the new ships will maintain their combat strength and prepare for war." Qi Wei agreed first.
"That's true, the Song-class Tang-class warships are not suitable for patrolling and escorting at all, they are used for decisive battles, and it is good to sort them out." Li Hu also nodded in agreement.
"Then let's do it like this, in addition, as Ben General said before, we must not let the Wa Kingdom know about the existence of Song-class warships, at least not let them know that there are a lot of them. This is the killer weapon of our army's decisive battle at that time, you must know it. Zhao Lie said solemnly.
"Subordinates obey." The two bowed in response.
"As for the Dutch, hmph," Zhao Lie looked at Li Hu and Li Lu, "The two of you make a plan for the Sailor Army to work together to capture the castle of the Netherlands in Xiaoliuqiu, and see how many people and ships can be used to take Xiaoliuqiu in one fell swoop, and pull out this nail." ā
"My lord, it should have been like this a long time ago, the Netherlands in Xiaoliuqiu have attacked and disturbed our army's trade routes in Macao, which is really hateful." Li Hu was overjoyed when he heard this, the Dutch people in Xiaoliuqiu had involved too much energy from the sailors, and just to escort the convoy, six warships had to take turns to escort the convoy, and even this time it was still a loss of so many soldiers.
"Great, my lord, this time I finally have a place to use in Jeju Town. Ahaha. Li Lu was even more elated, it is said that his Jeju Town is a place to support the Quartet, but wherever he goes, the local generals are the mainstay, and he is a soy sauce player.
This time, Li Lu finally got an errand led by him.
"Li Lu, don't worry, Jeju Town is an important place for central support, and the war will be behind in the future, so don't complain when the time comes." Zhao Lie said with a smile.
"I'm not afraid of this hardship, I'll see Jeju Town then." Li Lu said disapprerovitically.
Zhao Lie laughed and didn't continue the topic, and said in his heart, there will be a time when you are tired and vomit blood in the future.
"In addition, Li Lu, Jeju Town, and Beihua Town have added swimming and horseback riding to the officers and soldiers who are training here, and every soldier must be able to ride a horse and swim ashore on the beach, do you know?" Zhao Lie said.
"Hey," Li Lu bared his teeth, "My lord, it's easy to swim in the sea, this horseback riding is too laborious, there are seven thousand soldiers in total, and the horses are still insufficient." ā
"Transfer all the Jeju horses from the racecourse, you arrange the manpower for the whole training, the general will issue the order, and the rest is your business." Zhao Lie quietly picked up the tea bowl, completely ignoring Li Lu's bitter face.
Li Lu had a calculation in his heart, yes, only to scatter the cavalry chief, otherwise he would not even have the manpower to practice horsemanship, but he still wanted to train the cavalry Qianzong well, but he knew that when he fought with Jiannu, he had to compete with the cavalry.
This general order, hehe, let's talk about the training of the infantry first, it's all messed up.
"Don't be bitter, in the future, you will have to fight with Jiannu, and the infantry army will also have to match horses, what's the use of not keeping up with the speed of the cavalry, besides, Jeju can reinforce Beihua at any time, Denglai, and go south to Xiaoliuqiu are all seaside places, and the soldiers don't know how to water, how to fight." Zhao Lie nodded at Li Lu.
Li Lu hurriedly got up to receive the order, the lord was so solemn, of course he didn't dare to be careless.
"Besides, the two of you still have to plan reinforcements for Beihua, and you will definitely seize the whole island within two years." As soon as Zhao Lie's words came out, the two of them had a bitter face together, there were too many things. (To be continued.) )
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