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"Soon, we must form cavalry, without cavalry, our mobility is still too poor. In the future, when there is a big chaos, we will be very passive. However, we don't have any extra artillery to trade now, and Yang Jian is still waiting for the rice to be cooked! Geng Jingzhong said as he tapped his fingers on the table.

"Shizi, don't worry. I couldn't make so many artillery pieces for a while, so I just took it slowly. In three months at most, the Artillery Workshop will be free to mint a batch of old-fashioned ones for trading. Or it can also be like this, the artillery division needs to be slow, anyway, the time required for artillery training is quite long, and it is okay to put it on a battleship and learn the basics first with naval gunners. Li Guangdi gave two Jianyì unhurriedly, in fact, he still preferred the latter one, after all, the chaos is about to start, and the formation of the cavalry is also urgent.

"Mr. Yao, what do you think!" Geng Jingzhong set his eyes on Yao Qisheng and asked.

Yao Qisheng pondered for a moment, and then said: "My subordinates agree with Staff Officer Li's second article, after all, the artillery is still in training, after all, they have never been exposed to artillery, and it takes more than two months just to get familiar with the performance, and it is still a long process to train the artillery division in actual combat." The most important thing is that the number of artillery pieces given to Wu Sangui is very small, only two hundred, and the artillery workshop can be completed in less than a month. There is no big problem for the artillery division to delay this month, but on the side of Division Commander Yang, I still need you to explain!"

"Don't do it! Just let Brother Li talk about this matter, I'll ....... Hey, hey!" Geng Jingzhong didn't want to be this villain. A few months ago. Yang Jian worked hard for the formation of the artillery division, he personally ran the artillery workshop no less than ten times, and specially dispatched soldiers, and after casting a batch of their artillery, he was immediately pulled away, and he would never stay in the workshop for an extra day.

"No, it's me again. Shizi, you can't leave all the work that offends people to me every time! Li Guangdi said with an innocent expression, no matter who turns back to face Yang Jian, it will definitely usher in Yang Jian's saliva and dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, let's work hard Brother Li, you have always been easier to talk in front of other generals, and he won't show a face to you." Geng Jingzhong said with a smile.

When Li Guangdi and Geng Jingzhong were talking, Yao Qisheng fell into silence, and only after the two finished talking did he speak: "Shizi." I had just discussed it with Staff Officer Li two days ago, so I had a concern. Now the situation has changed dramatically. Both the imperial court and Wu Sangui are stepping up their planning and actively preparing for war, so should we temporarily put aside our plan to capture Luzon? ”

Geng Jingzhong was stunned when he heard Yao Qisheng's words, his eyes turned many times, and he thought for a while before raising his head. Seeing that both of them were looking at him, he said, "I don't think I need to worry about it for the time being. The Luzon plan continues, and the acquisition of Luzon will be very beneficial for our development in the next few years. ”

"I have analyzed with you that although Spain is relatively strong, it is impossible for their main force to come to East Asia, and they can only mobilize a part of the fleet soldiers from nearby colonies, which is not a big threat to us. Besides, we have sent an envoy to Britain, and presumably Britain will gladly extend its power to the East. As long as they can cooperate to contain Spain, then we don't have to worry about it at all. ”

"Also, the most important thing is that within two years, the imperial court and Wu Sangui will not be able to fight, even if they do, it will not affect us in a short time. Moreover, taking Luzon Island can be used as our granary, and it can also boost the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers already knew that there would be land distribution at the end of the year, and now if they were told that they were suddenly gone, hehe, the consequences could be imagined. ”

"I beg your pardon for being rude, this is just your personal speculation, and if things don't go as planned, it will have a huge impact on us. Therefore, subordinates must make two-handed or even three-handed preparations for one qiē to be perfect! Please also think twice. It is no wonder that the world commented on Yao Qisheng and said that he had a strong temper, and the eight horses could not turn back on what he believed. I'd rather make Geng Jingzhong unhappy than say what I think.

In fact, Geng Jingzhong did not feel the slightest displeasure, later generations have always advocated equality for all, this kind of thing of expressing their opinions is too commonplace, and Geng Jingzhong does not feel that there is anything wrong. Besides, Yao Qisheng is completely planning for him, and there is no reason to blame Yao Qisheng. "What Mr. Yao said is very reasonable, this is indeed just my personal opinion, but the two gentlemen should also know that the strategy I said has always been fine. Of course, the details also need to be planned by two gentlemen. ”

"That's right, what Mr. Yao said about the old minister seeking the country, make a few more preparations, and be safe! But Shizi's vision has always been outstanding, and he has never been on a business trip for several years, and this time I also believe in Shizi's plan more. We must take Luzon, the area is large enough and the land is fertile, and most importantly, the island is sparsely populated, it is simply a treasure land prepared by God for us. We can retreat to the island in the future, and then wait for the opportunity. You know, several Western countries, such as Spain, have only the same land area as Luzon. Therefore, although the subordinates are worried, they still agree to take Luzon!" Li Guangdi agreed to express his opinions, which was mainly due to Geng Jingzhong's self-confidence, and Geng Jingzhong's strategy in recent years had indeed not made mistakes.

"However, what Mr. Yao said is also right to make a few more preparations, then Fujian will ask Mr. Yao to preside, and the matter of attacking Luzon Island will be entrusted to Brother Li. Mr. Yao wouldn't say that this son is stubborn and self-serving, right? Geng Jingzhong smiled as he spoke, and looked at Yao Qisheng.

Yao Qisheng also immediately responded: "Whatever the prince says, his subordinates must be conscientious." After thinking about it, according to what I had talked with Li Guangdi before, and I had personally traveled around Fujian for more than a month, the development strategy of the prince was indeed not wrong, and Fujian has been developing rapidly in recent years. Perhaps this is the reason why it gave the entire Jingnan King power great confidence and blind worship of Geng Jingzhong. Blind worship here is not a derogatory term, but refers to the unconditional trust of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jingnan under the command of King Jingnan.

"That's good. There are only four months left before the scheduled attack. This is the time of four months. Be sure to be well prepared and take Luzon by the way! Geng Jingzhong clenched his fists and said at the same time with a strong wave.

"Subordinates obey!" Yao Qisheng and Li Guangdi replied at the same time

The recruits on several large islands off the coast have already completed their training, and they have been separated by the Marine Corps and the Artillery Division. Needless to say, the navy took the largest number of people, and after taking them, they all entered the naval station, which had nothing to do with the Marine Army. And most of the naval training is also on battleships. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the two sides to meet each other. On Yang Jian's side, since Geng Jingzhong decided to establish a separate artillery division and let him transfer 8,000 people from the recruits, he began to train these recruits intensively.

Originally, these 12,000 people belonged to the Army Army, but now they were snatched away by Yang Jian, and they were so angry that they jumped to their feet. But Geng Jingzhong couldn't change what he decided, and he could only admit it, but Geng Jingzhong also promised Zeng Yangxing that the artillery division would not expand for a long time. All those recruited later belonged to the Marine Army. The navy no longer had a share, which calmed the indignation of several generals on the Marine side.

In fact, although the artillery division is independent, it can still be regarded as a part of the Marine Army, but it is not under the command of the Marine Army for the time being. Moreover, the Marine Corps now has two artillery battalions, and it is not too much to covet the artillery of the artillery division. From the end of the year before last year to the beginning of last year, the artillery workshop produced a large number of weakened versions of the Hongyi cannons, which were specially given to the artillery battalion, and Geng Jingzhong was preparing for the formation of an artillery division at that time, but no one saw it. After allocating sixty weakened versions of the Hongyi cannons to the two artillery battalions, there were only forty left, after all, the workshop had only cast a hundred. However, the light Furlong machine produced a lot, reaching more than 500 doors. Unfortunately, 300 of them were sent to the fifth-class battleships and some light clippers.

Originally, each artillery battalion had 30 12-pounder field Hongyi cannons and 50 6-pounder and 8-pounder furlong cannons. At the beginning, Yang Jian's side was only equipped with forty Hongyi cannons and one hundred Furlong machines, and under his urging several times, Nan Huairen still arranged some manpower to cast artillery for the artillery division in the past three months, but Fujian was only a part of the artillery workshop, and there were not many people who were divided, and it took three months to prepare a hundred Furlong machines, and there was no Hongyi cannon.

However, these artillery pieces were already enough for their artillery division, after all, they had trained and brought over two artillery battalions of the Marine Corps. The gunners of the artillery battalion and the gunners brought in from the navy served as instructors to teach the recruits of the artillery division to practice firing guns. During this period, the recruits learned simple theoretical knowledge and precautions such as artillery principles from Western teachers, and then practiced operating artillery with their artillery teachers. Geng Jingzhong's hand-in-hand teaching, I think the speed of learning will be faster.

In this artillery division, there is no regimental establishment, and the second level of the artillery division is the battalion. The artillery battalion has 8,000 people, and it is divided into eight battalions, each with 1,000 people, but the artillery configuration of the independent artillery division is no longer the configuration of the two artillery battalions of the Marine Army. The main reason for the deployment of those two artillery battalions was that the two artillery battalions did not need to consider logistics at all, and there were several special heavy battalions in the Marine Corps that were specifically responsible for the transportation of grain, grass, and ammunition, so that the two artillery battalions could use so much artillery.

Now on the side of the artillery divisions, the number of artillery pieces has been halved, and each battalion has only forty guns, ten field Hongyi cannons plus thirty field furlong machines. Even this configuration is more than the configuration of the artillery regiment during World War II in later generations, when an artillery regiment only had about 30 guns, and if it was a heavy artillery regiment, it was only equipped with a dozen guns. However, the cannons of this era cannot be compared with the advanced artillery of later generations, and the power of the heavy artillery of more than 100 mm is ten times and a hundred times stronger than the current artillery.

"What? The prince wants to suspend the supply of artillery to my artillery division and let us wait for another two months? When Yang Jian received the report, he still didn't believe it. His entire artillery division only needed more than 300 guns. The total number of the plus spare does not exceed four hundred. Now there are only more than two hundred doors here, and there is still half of it, and the artillery workshop has been busy with the artillery on the naval battleships, and it was not easy to squeeze out people to help them cast, but it was only approved by him after grinding and hard foaming, and now he actually has to wait for two more months, which is really a little angry, and immediately walked out. I'm going to go to Shizi to ask for an explanation.

"Wait, Commander!" Sima Tao, the newly equipped staff officer of the artillery division, immediately stopped Yang Jian. "Commander, don't go to the prince of the world first."

"Why, the prince clearly promised me that the artillery production priority artillery division is now suddenly going to be divided again, let us wait for two months, I must ask the prince to understand!" Yang Jian was still very annoyed and continued to walk outside.

"Divisional Commander!" Sima Tao quickly ran two steps and pulled Yang Jian back. "Listen to me first. You think about it first. Doesn't the prince know that our division is artillery? No, he knows. He knew better than anyone else, but why did the prince suspend our artillery rations? Did we do something wrong? No, so, the prince must have encountered a major incident and had to use a batch of artillery, so he suspended the rationing on our side, what do you say? The prince of the world is doing this, I guess I feel a little sorry for us, you go at this time, nine times out of ten it is to block the prince, are you willing to do this? ”

As soon as Yang Jian said this to Sima Tao, his feet were like heels, and he didn't move a step again. Yes, the prince doesn't understand the situation of the artillery division, he understands it so much, and he still does it, which means that the prince does have something important, and he rashly goes to make trouble, is it purely to block the son, in that case, his impression in the heart of the son will be greatly reduced. I don't want to see that happen.

"Then you say, what should I do now?"

"My subordinates think that you had better go to Mr. Li first, division commander, oh wrong, it's Chief of Staff Li. Find out before you decide. Sima Tao turned his head quickly and said.

"Yes, that's it! Mr. Li must know the inside story, but thanks to your reminder, otherwise I might have gotten into trouble! Saying that, Yang Jian smiled, this Sima staff officer is a scholar in the end, and his head is fast, which really complements his management of the artillery division with one article and one martial arts.

Li Guangdi's office space has always been fixed, and if he does not go out to inspect, then he will always stay in his office to deal with military affairs. However, now he is specifically responsible for handling military affairs, and Yao Qisheng is already in charge of government affairs. When encountering serious matters, the two of them met again to discuss together, not that Yao Qisheng didn't care about the military, but he Li Guangdi still had the burden of the intelligence department. The Ministry of Intelligence can distinguish between military and political affairs.

"Chief of Staff, Division Commander Yang asks to see you!" The secretary outside the door came in and asked for instructions.

When Li Guangdi heard it, hehe, this Yang Jian still has some brains, so he didn't go directly to Shizi, he came to him to find out the wind first. It's okay, anyway, I was going to look for him tomorrow, but now that he is here by himself, it saves me trouble. "Please come in!"

"The last general will see Mr. Li!" Yang Jian still calls Li Guangdi Mr. Li the same as before, he doesn't call him Staff Officer Li, and Li Guangdi doesn't care, in fact, the people who still call him Mr. Li are all acquaintances, or generals who respect him more.

"Brother Yang, sit, you are now the commander of a division, with eight thousand elite soldiers, where can you stand!" Li Guangdi raised his head and looked at Yang Jian who came in, but he didn't get up, just stretched out his hand and motioned for Yang Jian to sit down. "Why, looking at the unhappiness on your face, you know about the suspension of your artillery supply!"

"Mr. Li Mingjian, our artillery division is already strict about the lack of artillery, and I was expecting to have all the artillery ready by June, but now," Yang Jianbao said with his fists clenched, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Hehe, it seems that you really have an opinion. Why, dissatisfied with the decision of the prince? Lee quipped with a smile.

But this smile made Yang Jian feel a little cold. "Don't dare, don't dare! How could the last general be dissatisfied with the decision of the prince, and the end of the time to complain about himself, I'm not in a hurry, Mr. Li should be understandable! ”

"That's pretty much it! Let me tell you the truth, the prince didn't want to do this, but he forced the prince to do it. Some time ago, the prince entered Beijing, and the imperial court was already preparing to cut the domain, but fortunately Wu Sangui did not enter Beijing, otherwise, the prince would have been placed under house arrest in the capital. Now the imperial court is gathering forces and preparing to recover Yunguichuan, that is, Wu Sangui's territory, first, and then deal with us. You have been with Shizi for a few years, and you know all these things, and Shizi feels that the matter is urgent and is ready to set up an elite cavalry. But we don't have horses in Fujian, and we don't have channels to trade horses, so the prince was forced to use artillery to exchange with Wu Sangui, do you understand? Li Guangdi said earnestly, there is nothing that can't be said to Yang Jian about these things, after all, he was Geng Jingzhong's personal guard chief, one of the most confidants, and the secret things around Geng Jingzhong may know more than he Li Guangdi.

"I knew there would be this day, and the court really couldn't hold back. The prince had long said that there would be a war between the three feudatories and the imperial court, but he didn't expect things to develop so quickly. Mr. Li, I would like you to tell the prince that the last general will not complain and fully support the great cause of the son, and our artillery division will overcome difficulties, and step up training, and strive to make the artillery division form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and the last general will definitely live up to the expectations of the son! "Yang Jian is a person who understands, Li Guangdi understands everything, and there is no need to say more later, you can know from the flush on Yang Jian's face. This blush was not that he was shy, but that he himself felt ashamed, and his blood was surging, and he felt that he had failed to live up to the expectations of the son. Since it is the decision of the prince, he should not have a trace of complaint, and he should not even have this trip to the military camp. (To be continued......)

PS: Brothers, I wrote late today, only 5,200 words, and yesterday more than 9,000 made up for a while ago, and I will try to make up for it tomorrow

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