Chapter 547: The Broken Army has the final say here
More than 20 Tang-class warships, more than 10 Song-class warships, and 40 cruisers of the Shidao fleet began a comprehensive refurbishment, which was carried out in accordance with Zhao Lie's strict orders. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The shipwrights of the Shidao shipyard are now busy like crazy, and they are required to complete the repair of these dozens of warships within ten days.
It is said that if so many warships are overhauled one by one, it will take more than a month, but now Zhao Dashuai's urgent order must be completed in ten days, what to do, more than 1,000 craftsmen are all on the battlefield.
Even so, there is not enough manpower, what to do, even the soldiers of the navy are in battle to help with the fight, there is no way, otherwise it will definitely not be completed.
The gunners are also very busy, they will replace many cannons that may be scrapped at the time of shelling, especially the Tiago cannon, which is a sharp weapon to break the enemy, and try to replace it with a new one in order to defeat the enemy with one hit.
As the captain of the Song-class battleship Wang Jian, Zhang Pan is also very busy now, and the fresh water, grain, armor, artillery, medicine packs, projectiles, and the situation of the sailors and gunners on the ship must be checked one by one, which is his duty as a captain.
Although he has the help of the first mate, the boatswain, and the first captain, there are still a lot of trivial matters, and he has to make decisions.
Fortunately, Zhang Pan, who is now twenty-six, is shrewd and capable, and he will settle things down one by one.
On the evening of this day, Lan San found him and gave him the clothes that Lan Hui had brought him.
Lan San asked for leave to visit because the old lady was unwell, or all the soldiers could not leave Hong Kong now, this time it was the strictest order, if someone left without permission was to be decided.
They are all old sailors, and they all understand the meaning of this order, it must be a big war, otherwise the military order would not be so strict.
"Lao Zhang, take it easy, my sister's nephew is waiting for you to go back." Lan San laughed half-truthfully as he left.
"Lanzi, pay attention to me, my sister and niece are waiting for you to go back." Zhang Huan smiled and patted Lan San on the shoulder, and instantly returned the words.
Who made the two of them brothers-in-law, Lan Hui and Zhang Mei gave birth to an eldest grandson for the Zhang family, and a girl for the Lan family, and now Zhang Mei is pregnant again, Lan San hopes to give birth to a son.
As captains, they knew that this was the largest naval battle experienced by the Broken Army, after all, the nearly 100 warships of the Xiyi people were not a joke, and there were hundreds of warships of the Zheng family, so the two of them also told each other to pay attention to this time.
The two finally separated from each other, and then they may have to meet after the war, after all, the fleet is too big, and it is not easy to meet.
The final task was not completed on the tenth day, but fortunately, the Jeju sailors did not come to converge, so there was still time for Ishishima.
Finally, on the night of the twelfth day, all the ships were overhauled, and all the artisan sailors slept well, all of whom were exhausted.
Just when they thought that this was the end of the war, the Jeju Navy Division arrived at Ishido with 40 Song-class warships, 40 Tang-class warships, 60 patrol ships, and a large number of Galen ships and Fukubunes that had captured the Japanese invaders.
The veteran Li Hu personally went out on the expedition this time, and Li Hu never wanted to miss such a battle, this was his most glorious moment as the commander of the Naval Division of the Broken Army.
This time, he set out with 130 warships, 30 clippers, and dozens of Chinese-style sea ships, which was almost all the combat strength of the Jeju Naval Division, and the remaining Jeju Naval Division also had five Tang-class warships and 20 cruisers, which were not even as large as the Beihua Fleet.
But this sea area is now the remnants of the Broken Army and Naval Division, and these combat forces are also invincible.
All the warships are now prepared for the Xiyi people in the south and the Zheng family, whose strength is expanding rapidly.
After this great war, the hegemon of this sea area will be born, and a new era of the sea will come.
The craftsmen of Ishido immediately began to be busy for the second time, and the Jeju sailors set off immediately after receiving the order, and there was no time to repair the ship properly.
In this way, it was another ten days, and the warships of the Jeju Navy Division were basically repaired, and the main force of the Broken Army Navy Division was completely new and ready to go.
This night, Zhao Lie invited all the captains who went out to the expedition, and the more than 200 captains were very spectacular, and the banquet had to be set up in the hall of the Shidao Government Office, which was the largest single room in Shidao.
When Zhao Lie and Li Hu walked into the hall, the guards roared, and all the captains stood up and saluted with a bang, and hundreds of people stroked their chests to show respect and obedience to their commander.
Zhao Lie returned to the military salute, seeing the strong lineup of the Broken Army and Naval Division, he was also in a mood, ten years of journey, ten years of tempering, the Broken Army can finally go out to fight foreign enemies with a strong army, how difficult it is, only he knows what all this means, although the others say that it is not easy to become an army, but there is no more thought, after all, they don't know the tragic situation of the original time and space Ming.
Zhao Lie pressed it with a gesture, and all the captains sat down.
"Brothers, I would be extremely happy to see so many of you sitting here, without him, the more you there are, the stronger my Broken Army Naval Division will be."
The bold captain who sat down laughed, it is true that one person represents a warship, and the more people there are, of course, the more warships of the Naval Division.
"My army has started from less than ten warships, and now there are more than 300 warships of all sizes, as well as dozens of merchant ships, and you have to work hard.
Zhao Lie raised his glass and drank it all, and the other captains drank it at the same time.
"My Broken Army Naval Division has grown from a small less than ten warships to such a large fleet today, so our duties are not the same, in the past, our Broken Army sought survival, and now I Broken Army wants the hegemony of the Ming Dynasty's northern and southern sea frontiers, that is to say, from now on, whether it is the Japanese Koreans, the Netherlands, or the Franciscans, they will submit to my Broken Army."
Zhao Lie looked around the audience with his eyes and said domineeringly.
"The Broken Army is mighty." Li Hu waved his right arm and shouted.
"Mighty and mighty." All the captains of the Broken Army Sailors stood up and waved their arms and shouted.
Zhao Lie smiled and made a gesture of pressing, waiting for the atmosphere to rest for a while,
"Now that the south of the Ming Dynasty is being attacked by the Dutch, Francis, and English people, I will ask you what they want when they come to the Ming Dynasty."
"They want me to have money and food, they are robbers, burning, killing and looting." Zhang Pan was the first young man to react, and got up and shouted.
"Well, this captain is right, they came to Daming to plunder, you are all captains, and our army has also told the navigation history of these Xiyi people, so let me ask you and others, how did these Xiyi people do in the Americas."
Zhao Lie looked at everyone and asked.
"Exterminate the Indians, rob them of their land and gold mines, and make the Indians slaves."
Many captains replied aloud.
"Very good," Zhao Lie stroked his palm, "but why didn't they do it when they came to Daming." ”
Zhao Lie looked around at everyone, "It's not their so-called God's mercy, it's not their leader's conscience, but the Ming Dynasty is a vast empire, and it's not something that can be shaken by more than a dozen of their warships and two or three thousand people, but if it's like today, hundreds of warships and more than 10,000 people attack the Daming Sea Frontier, so that the defenders everywhere take care of one and lose the other." ”
The captains thought about it, they really didn't think about this problem,
"I think that the imperial court will agree to their request, and they will occupy the general place in Macao to build forts to garrison soldiers, and even enslave the Ming people as slaves."
Zhao Lie looked at everyone angrily, "Do you think our Broken Army will agree?" ”
"No, no." The thud echoed through the hall.
"Okay, from today on, our Broken Army Naval Division is the overlord of this sea area, and no one can easily enter the sea area of Daming,"
Zhao Lie raised his hands and shouted, "We have the final say here." ”
"Wan Sheng." Li Hu raised his arms and shouted.
"Ten thousand wins, ten thousand wins." All the captains stood up and shouted in unison.
Zhao Lie looked at the jubilant venue with a smile, and also cheered and shouted with the captains raising their arms, and for a while, the atmosphere of the whole venue was extremely hot, and everyone cheered feverishly.
On the second day, at the beginning of the morning, the warships of the Broken Army began to sail away from Shidao Bay at one time, and the huge sails raised for a time covered the entire bay, even if there was no artillery roar, the momentum of dozens of huge warships was also shocking.
On the boundary of more than a mile of the wharf, many Shidao people and traders are watching this shocking scene.
Zhou Yuan mixed in and looked at the huge fleet that set off from afar with bated breath, and his heart also surged up with pride for the Ming people, this can be said to be the largest fleet of the Ming Dynasty since Yongle.
The surrounding people and crowds were also talking excitedly, and now the powerful Broken Army and their commander Zhao Lie were already talking about Shidao people every day, and they didn't say anything less for a day.
Some time ago, when the news came that Zhao Lie commanded an expedition against the Japanese State and forced the Japanese Kingdom to surrender, Shidao, Zhao Lie's base camp, was jubilant again.
At that time, Zhou Yuan was quite puzzled, he was not one of those ordinary traders and ordinary people, but he knew that there were so many soldiers on an expedition across the sea, but there were dozens of giant ships, did Zhao Lie have such a huge ship.
He knew very well that Zhao Lie would not be infected with the usual pompous vice of Ming officials.
When he saw this powerful fleet today, his suspicions and sneers were gone, with such a strong fleet, it was really not a big deal to go on an expedition across the sea to the Japanese country, and Zhao Lie deserved the name of such a powerful water infantry army god.
What is even more rare is that this strong army was built by Zhao Lie himself, and it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty at all, that is, the foundation laid by Huang Taiji and the old slave, what about Zhao Lie, his father is just a middle-level general, and what can be given to Zhao Lie is extremely limited, but it is under this unfavorable condition that Zhao Lie has been gathering for ten years to establish this powerful army.
At this moment, a huge battleship left from the dock, the name of the warship on the side of the warship was Di Qing, and Zhao Lie's banner was also raised in the wind.
All the people around enthusiastically cheered that their god of war had embarked on the journey again, although they didn't know where Zhao Lie would defeat the fierce enemy, but they did not delay their heartfelt cheers and farewells. (To be continued.) )