"Ocean currents, winds, typhoons, voyages, provisions, ............"

On a pile of paper, all aspects of the fleet are written in detail, from large to small, every detail, big and small, is recorded in it. Be as detailed as possible, be as perfect as possible.

"The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, this battle can only be fought!"

Li Gang sighed and tried his best to relax, but he was still excited. This battle is very crucial, and even determines whether the Great Song Sheji can be preserved. In the letter from the carrier pigeon, the battle situation on the front line was described in detail, the battle of Xiangyang was in full swing, the battle of Yangzhou was about to be staged, and the battle in Guanzhong was also going to be launched.

From the Huai River in the east to the Qinling Mountains in the west, the huge battle situation has slowly opened, and the big war has begun. In the war, the Song army was on the defensive, only defending everywhere, and it would only be lost everywhere. At this moment, the Song army can only carry out key defenses, guarding some important passes and important towns, and many cities will be attacked and fallen by the Jin army.

The navy must attack, copy the rear of the Jin Army, open up a second battlefield, and ease the operational pressure on the front line.

It's just that this battle plan, Li Gang felt unreliable from beginning to end, and felt that the odds of victory were no more than three layers.

It's just that no matter how low the odds are, you have to fight hard!

Li Gang got up and walked out of the room and walked out.

"Master, do you want to travel far away?"

"Go, go to the port!" Li Gang said.

At this time, Quanzhou was still busy, and the merchant ships in and out of the port were constantly busy, and they were not affected by the twists and turns of the war at all.

After arriving at the port, Li Gang walked into a merchant ship.

"Meet your lord!" Some of the naval chiefs greeted him.

"Is everything ready?" Li Gang asked.

"Foolproof!"

"That's good!"

Soon after, the sea ship departed. Heading northeast, he finally anchored near the Penghu Islands, and after turning around, he stopped near an island.

There are 300 ships here, these are not small boats on inland rivers, but giant ships walking in the sea, which can withstand large winds and waves, and among them there are two giant ships, one is a giant ship of 5,000 materials, and the other is a giant ship of 6,000 materials. These two giant ships. The hull is huge, and it is the two largest ships of the Great Song Dynasty.

And the emperor personally inscribed these two giant ships, one giant ship is called "Wei Qing", and the other giant ship is called "Huo Quai". I hope they are like these two famous generals of the Han Dynasty. Quite famous!

These two large ships. It is the main force of the entire navy and a deterrent existence.

In the past, a large ship of this kind had never been built, because ordinary merchants could not afford to build it, and the price was too expensive; And the imperial court did not need to build, because there was no need.

It was only with the emperor's accession to the throne, especially the formulation of the plan to attack Liaodong. It has become necessary to build giant ships, improve their ability to resist wind and waves, and improve their survivability at sea. That's why these two giant ships were born. And the craftsmen of the shipyard are also building such a giant ship for the first time.

When the "Weiqing" was built, it cost a full million yuan; When building "Huo Quzhi", the technology was relatively mature, and it took as much as 800,000 yuan.

If you add in the cost of building other warships, recruiting navies, training, etc., it costs as much as five million. And the eight-character army of the emperor's descendants has the best treatment, and the cost is only two million.

The annual financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty is only 20 million guan, and the total military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty is only 13 million guan, and the navy occupies four floors.

Because of the preparation for the construction of the navy, the emperor spent too much money and food, and if the military expenses for the construction of the navy were saved, it would be enough to prepare for the construction of 200,000 troops. Just because the navy was to be built, the 200,000 troops on the front line were gone.

Looking at five million guan, a huge number, Li Gang also had a heartbeat.

The money and food spent on preparing for the construction of the navy were not transferred from the household department and the three divisions; Because of such a waste of money and food, it will not be agreed by officials such as the household department and the three divisions at all, and will only be violently opposed, and then it will cause a big uproar in the imperial court, quarrels constantly, and finally the whole world will know it, and it will also lose its secrecy, thus losing its surprise nature.

Therefore, the emperor directly bypassed these two departments, took advantage of some emptiness that had just ascended the throne, and directly asked Li Gang to intercept the finance and taxes left on the Fujian Road, and use all of them for naval construction.

And the construction of the entire navy, without consulting the ministers at all, not even the opinion of the cabinet, almost arbitrarily, patted the head and decided, after the decision, killed without looking back. At this time, the ministers did not know about the preparation for the construction of the navy, only the emperor knew, Li Gang knew, and God knew.

On the fleet station, Quanzhou was too prosperous for the fleet to be stationed; Xiamen and Kinmen are too close to the coastline to be discovered. And the selection came and went, and finally the Penghu Islands were chosen.

First of all, the Penghu Islands are located between Taiwan and Fujian, so it is more convenient to supply materials; Secondly, the islands here are dense and well hidden, and a fleet is hidden here, which is difficult to detect; Finally, the proximity to Taiwan allows for real combat exercises to improve the naval landing combat capability.

After all, the Jin army at this time did not have a navy.

Li Gang believed that at sea, there would be no naval battles. The naval fleet, more often than not, plays a transport role and conducts landing operations.

At this time, Taiwan is a very good experimental base.

…………

"Knock knock!"

The violent drums beat violently, and the navy soldiers, who had been busy for a while, immediately all went to assemble, except for a few guards and a few personnel guarding the ship, most of them gathered on the playground to be reviewed.

At this time, there were about 30,000 troops, and the number of troops could be divided into seven to three according to the classification of combat troops and non-combat troops.

In this era, naval warfare was very rudimentary, mostly fighting from side to side, using the deck of the ship as a platform for hand-to-hand combat; More advanced ones are also mostly bow and arrow shooting, and trebuchet strikes are the mainstay. Purely non-combat units do not exist at all, and at critical moments, everyone is desperately trying to do their best.

At this time, the Song army's naval fleet and combat units mostly had to fight on land, and they might have to fight with cavalry, fierce battles with infantry, and siege battles; Instead of fighting troops, most of them stayed on the ship and did not participate in the landing operation, mainly to protect the fleet.

In the selection of soldiers and officers of the naval fleet, most of the soldiers were fishermen from Quanzhou, some soldiers of the Bazi Army, and the generals were mainly famous pirates and seamen. In fact, the difference between a seafarer and a pirate is not too big, you are a seafarer when you go ashore, and you are a seafarer when you go to sea.

Looking at the naval forces below, Li Gang took a deep breath, this is the capital he has made a name for himself.

In the world, there are no generals who are always defeated. As long as the progress is fast enough, we can make use of the time of the day, with the help of the momentum of the earth, and attach importance to people, we will win the battle. As long as you can afford the expensive tuition, the famous will can be artificially made.

It's just that many times, the "tuition" is too expensive to pay.

The navy is the last tuition fee handed over to him by the emperor, and the success or failure of life and death, the glory and disgrace of prosperity and decline, are on this one. If this battle is defeated, there is no need to be exiled, he will jump directly into the sea and end his life, and the province will be humiliated.

"Soldiers, do you know why you are called the navy?" On the review stand, Li Gang asked loudly.

"The sea makes a bath!"

"The sea makes a bath!"

"The sea makes a bath!"

The officers and men shouted in unison, and their voices resounded loudly on the island.

Li Gang nodded with satisfaction and continued: "At the beginning of the preparation, the emperor said that when people go to the top of the mountain, I will do the peak, and when the sea reaches the edge of the cliff, I will do the side!" The highest mountain in the world is not Mount Tai, but myself, because I trample Mount Tai under my feet; In the world, there is no endless ocean, but there is a lack of trek. As long as you dare to walk, you will eventually reach the end of the sea. The navy is not a sailor, the navy can only play in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the navy is an artifact that goes to the end of the sea. Turning the sea into a bathtub is the emperor's dream! ”

"What's in the sea? Not only the benefits of fish and salt, but also the vast continent, where there is fertile soil, fertile oil, as long as the seeds are sprinkled, without too much cultivation, there will be a lot of harvest in autumn; There are vast grasslands, herds of cattle and sheep ............" (to be continued......

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