Chapter 17: Sailor Intelligence
It was getting late, and even Taiya and his old man were unwilling to stay in this chaotic world for a minute longer.
It's so chaotic that life has become a consumable here. Precious lives are trampled on cheaply, and they are ended by glittering iron.
Even if today is the Chinese New Year, in the Beacon Continent, let alone the New Year. Maybe when you and your daughter-in-law have a bed, someone will go to your turf.
Xiao Chen was not attacked by the enemy today, and he had a very happy New Year.
Seriously, for the defense of Donglin City, Xiao Chen was still very confident that he would stop all the enemy troops.
Xiping Pass and the giant fortress that is still under construction, plus nearly 300,000 troops stationed there. These troops are enough to wipe out any incoming land to the west of Donglin City.
The defense on land has been perfected, and the defense at sea is also tight.
Looking at the blue sea, the waves were turbulent, and the tall waves were surging forward one after another. The undulating waters are enough for humans to know the power of nature.
On such an unstable sea, you can still see warships shuttling back and forth. These warships are the sailors of the Beichen Kingdom, and they are not afraid of the majesty of nature. For the safety of Beichen Kingdom, for the safety of their parents and brothers, even today's New Year, they stick to their posts.
Now there are more than 1,000 warships in the naval division of Beichen Kingdom. It's just that most of them are ships and fighting ships, and the number of real main combat vehicles and ships is still very small, only more than 50. Compared with 800 ships and 500 ships, these dozens of main forces are really too rare.
However, Xiao Chen had no choice. Since the end of the Heroic Rebellion, although I have also got a lot of docks, most of them are junior docks. Even if several mid-level docks were revealed later, they still could not replenish the main warships of the naval division.
The dozens of extra cars, ships and buildings were drawn by lottery. A large number of ships and fighting ships were organized into fifteen fleets according to the number of ships. On average, each fleet had one ship, three wagons, thirty fighting ships, and sixty ships.
Of course, each fleet also has its own fleet of transports, eighty junior troop carriers, and twenty intermediate troop carriers. 100 troop carriers are enough to transport 200,000 troops at a time, and they can completely cooperate with any land force in combat.
With so many ships, the need for sailors is also very large. At least, by now that the Chinese New Year has passed, many troop carriers of the Navy Division have not yet had sailors. A large number of sailors were given priority to the battleships, so more than half of the troop carriers raised by these stepfathers are still lying in their nests.
A large number of ships heralded the large-scale expansion of the naval division, and in just half a year, the Beichen Army's naval division troops had expanded from the previous 70,000 horses to the current more than 200,000 troops. However, despite such a large number of soldiers and horses, most of the current strategy of the Beichen Kingdom is placed on the land to the west.
As for the seas to the east, north, and south, they have all become second-class targets. And because of the strength of the Beichen Kingdom, there are no major maritime enemies within the three sea borders. Only the little pirates who were so poor that they planned to make a fortune desperately made Li Ancheng, the commander of the sailors, find something to do.
Now that the Chinese New Year is over, the Western Expeditionary Army has also returned to China for rest. The 200,000 sailors under Li Ancheng began to be idle again, and the army had been fighting for several months, so it was not too much to take a break. But most of the soldiers and horses of the naval division have never moved their butts at all, and even Li Zhaoliang's sea raid strategy only let the troop carriers pass, and the battleships have not moved a few.
Wouldn't it be too embarrassing for the army to repair and rest for its own sailors!
As a result, the 200,000 sailors were out of luck. Li Ancheng didn't say a word, so he asked the sailor brothers to drive the boat out to sea to convey and inspect the sea frontier. At one time, 100,000 sailors were excluded, half of the warships.
Under such circumstances, Xiao Chen really couldn't think of any unsafe places in his sea frontier.
There are 100,000 troops patrolling the sea, and no one can escape the eyes of 100,000 troops. You must know that the sea is not as good as the land, the land is undulating, the hills and deep forests are everywhere, and even on the plains, you can see at most large objects five or six miles away.
But on the sea, it's different, standing on a watchtower twenty or thirty meters high, let alone five or six miles, ten miles is not a problem. If you have good eyes, it is not a problem to see more than ten miles away.
The warships in the game are not as good as those on Earth, the warships here do not smoke, but the tall and wide sails cannot be hidden. Coupled with that huge hull, it is much easier to find a fleet than on Earth.
Therefore, with 100,000 troops patrolling the sea, Xiao Chen was not worried about his coastal zone at all. This New Year's is a happy time in the palace!
It's just that the good times don't last long, not long after the big guys have just dispersed, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the Chinese New Year's Eve has not been eaten. A group of people gathered in the consultation hall again, and Xiao Chen did not take into account the feelings of the three daughters-in-law and son, and sat neatly on the dragon chair in the main hall.
It's not that Xiao Chen doesn't want to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, but he can't eat and is disturbed by others.
The reason is that the 100,000 sailors patrolling the sea frontier found three huge fleets, each of which numbered no less than 500 ships. Among them, there are as many as 100 main warships, and the rest of the small warships are secret, and they are too many to count.
The minimum number of warships is more than 1,500, of which the main warships are more than 100, which is far more than the sailors of the Beichen Army.
Although the three fleets were separated, none of them gathered too far apart, and all of them came from the eastern sea frontier and headed straight for the old wolf's Li City. It was also a loss to Li Ancheng who was well defended this time, otherwise Li Cheng would probably be suddenly attacked by those three fleets.
"General Li, tell the big guy about the situation of the three fleets!" Xiao Chen sat on the dragon chair, frowned, and said to Li Ancheng.
This time, Xiao Chen is not worried. Since the establishment of the Beichen Kingdom, most of the battles fought have occupied an absolute superiority of forces. Only this time is different, there are more than 300 warships in Beichen Kingdom, and there are still hundreds of warships that are unable to go to sea to fight because of the lack of sailors.
In other words, the Beichen Army will take out at most a thousand warships to fight against 1,500 enemy ships. This is not easy, especially since the main battleship among the enemy ships is twice as large as that of Beichen Kingdom.
Sailors don't have so many skills in combat, it's all about the number of ships. The more ships you have, the more attack weapons you have on them, and they can also inflict huge damage on the opponent in the first place.
Of course, it's impossible to attack anything like fire. That's the sea, not the river.
If the Beichen Army wants to fight this battle, it can only fight the time difference, "No!" Li Ancheng hugged his fists and saluted, and then continued: "Presumably everyone knows the current situation, I will briefly talk about the enemy army. ”
"The enemy is divided into three fleets, flying different flags, and is not one country. However, looking at the relationship between its three fleets, it is definitely an alliance relationship, and there will be no internal bars! Each fleet has five fourth-class warships (equivalent to building ships), about 30 third-class warships (equivalent to vehicles and ships), about 200 second-class battleships (fighting ships), and about 300 first-class warships. ”
"The three fleets combined, there are almost fifteen fourth-class warships, which is the same as our army. The enemy has half more than three battleships, and there are a little more fighting ships than us. Ship, first-class battleship, our army can mobilize more than 700 ships, which is not much less than the opponent's 900 ships! ”
"At present, this is the comparison of the strength of the naval divisions of the two armies, of course, whether there is a supporting fleet behind the enemy, this is uncertain!"
After Li Ancheng finished speaking, he returned to the crowd again.
After Li Ancheng finished speaking, Xiao Chen sighed and said, "Everyone has heard it, now the number of enemy warships has reached 1,600. And our army can mobilize only a thousand warships, let's talk about how to fight this battle! ”
As soon as Xiao Chen's words fell, a group of white eyes suddenly rolled in the hall. Except for a Li Ancheng present, who else knows how to be a sailor. The big guys are all experts on the road, but when they get on the boat, they all become horse shrimps. Ask us, that's a vain question!
Looking at the group of generals and officials below, staring at each other with big eyes, Xiao Chen's eggs were also broken! Nima, what's wrong with you, why is it a second thing. In front of a group of heroes on land, to ask about the sailor, isn't it pure to find guilt?
There was no way, Xiao Chen had no choice but to shift his gaze to Li Ancheng again, intending to let the only water master commander solve his problems.
When Li Ancheng saw Xiao Chen looking at him again, he immediately cried and laughed twice. After he finished speaking, he hurried back to the crowd. is afraid that the king will ask him how to resist the enemy.
But I can't help it, although I am the commander of the sailors, but I can't beat 1,600 warships with a thousand ships! If you don't talk about the loss of soldiers, you won't have a good time.
Li Ancheng looked at his king's gaze, and sighed slightly in his heart, let's come out. If you are defeated, you will not be happy in the future, and if you don't come out now, you will be sad immediately. I still know how to choose Li Ancheng, after all, if the enemy's commander is stupid, he may be able to win.
It's a little less likely at this point!
"King Qiqi! When more than 1,000 enemy ships came, the last general was willing to lead his army to fight the enemy to the death! Li Ancheng's eyes were loyal, and he looked at Xiao Chen on the dragon chair and shouted loudly.
"Good!" Xiao Chen also stood up and cheered, and then said: "Come on, give General Li the sword of the Son of Heaven, and order the soldiers and horses of the world!" ”
As soon as Xiao Chen's words fell, a little eunuch came with a delicate gold scabbard. The whole sword is exactly the style of an ancient Chinese sword, with a scabbard nearly seventy-two centimeters long and twelve centimeters wide. The hilt of the sword is twenty-seven centimeters long and can be held with both hands.
There are two golden dragon carvings on the scabbard, which are lifelike, and the dragon head points directly to the hilt. In addition to the dragon-shaped carvings, there are also carvings of various divine beasts, which make the entire sword look solemn.
There was nothing too fancy on the hilt of the sword, and the red cloth rope unique to Beichen Kingdom was tightly wrapped around the handle. There are no pendants, no carvings, and if it weren't for the scabbard, it might just be an ordinary sword in the eyes of outsiders.
But all the generals of Beichen Kingdom know that this sword doesn't care if it's gorgeous or not. Because its predecessor was the sword of Chen Xiaotian, the king of Beichen Kingdom, and now that Beichen Kingdom has been promoted to Hou Kingdom, this sword has also been rebuilt. But the reborn it has not become Yonghua and rich, and it still looks like an ordinary long sword.
It is the sword of killing, the sword of awe! It doesn't need a fancy coat, it's bloody enough to make it intimidating.
Li Ancheng took the sword of the Son of Heaven with trembling hands, slowly held the sword body, and raised it above his head: "The last general, thank you for the king's kindness!" The last general will be the king, and he will destroy the invading enemy, that is, he will not give up! ”
With extremely respectful words in his mouth, Li Ancheng had already scolded in his heart. Nima, what are you playing with!
With a thousand warships, he fought with other people's warships of 1,060, and the victory rate was already low. The reason why I stood up just now was because I was the boss of my own family*, and on the other hand, I was lucky.
After all, even if you lose the battle, you won't have any big problems. If you go to heaven, you will be scolded or swept the toilet for a few days.
But now it's different, this Tianzi sword has been brought out, and he can't help but take it. But then things have to go big.
Holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, that is the minister of the Qincha, representing the king. If you lose the battle, it will be no different from your own boss losing the battle. The most important thing is that once it fails, the ministers of the DPRK and China will definitely pull it out and cut it down to block Youyou's mouth.
Alas~ I knew that I wouldn't stand up if I was killed, and it was much better to be scolded than to die.
"Good! General Li is really loyal and brave, and this king is here to wait for the good news of the general! Xiao Chen saw Li Ancheng's result in the Son of Heaven Sword, and his heart was suddenly comforted.
The rest of the hall was different, and their stomachs were laughing. Who doesn't know Li Ancheng's careful thinking before! However, when they were about to face the enemy's powerful sailors, everyone was also worried.
Beichen Kingdom is not Xiao Chen's alone, it is the big guy's. Everyone's family members are in Donglin City, and Donglin City is also close to the sea. Once the enemy's powerful fleet defeats the Beichen Naval Division, it can almost directly attack the national capital.
This is no small matter!
"Generalissimo Yue, how many troops are there in the capital of my Beichen Kingdom now?" Xiao Chen looked at Yue Fei and asked.
Yue Fei stood in line and responded: "King Qiqi, our army has 500,000 troops, gathered in the area of the capital. There are 100,000 troops in the eastern forest city and 400,000 troops outside the city, which are stationed in all directions. ”
"An army of 500,000!" Xiao Chen muttered quietly. Suddenly, Xiao Chen asked Li Ancheng again: "General Li, can the enemy's troop transport fleet inquire clearly?" ”
"King Qiqi, among the enemy's fleet, there are about 1,200 troop carriers. However, most of them are junior troop carriers, and the preliminary estimate is that the enemy's infantry is about two million or more! ”
"Hiss~~"
Hearing this data, everyone in the hall gasped. At least two million, it is estimated that this Commander Li is unwilling to report the real data!
According to Li Ancheng's many years of experience in leading the navy, it is estimated that there will definitely be accurate data! However, two million enemy troops, this is enough for Beichen Kingdom to drink a pot!
Xiao Chen was also frightened, Nema, two million troops? Who the fuck can't get along with this king, how much hatred this should be with a whole army of millions of people to cross the sea in one go!
Two million landing infantry troops, not counting the enemy's naval army. With 1,600 warships, it is estimated that the enemy's naval army must have more than 800,000. Add an army of three million, it's day! How many Beichen troops are there?
There are 500,000 in the capital, 300,000 in the new territory, 100,000 in Xipingguan, 50,000 in Annan County, 50,000 in Julin County, Anping County and Fanda County, and about 200,000 troops in Dingxing County, and 200,000 sailors.
The army of 1.5 million looks like a lot, and it also has half the strength of the enemy. But in fact, the more than 200,000 troops stationed in Annan and other counties are all single-sword soldiers who have never been on the battlefield. And they also need to be on guard against the need to move at all.
In the face of such a huge number of enemy troops, the Beichen Kingdom could only transfer troops from the west!
"Let's talk about where we're going to get our troops from!"
"Back to the king, the last general thinks that soldiers and horses from all over the country cannot be transferred at will!"