When Han Fei was still in Zhongguogong, he had the intention of recovering Liuqiu, not only that Liuqiu was the inherent territory of the Han family, which could not be occupied by pirates, but also that Liuqiu's geographical location was also very important. Once the flow is controlled, it is a natural barrier on the southeast coast and can be used as a transit point for maritime trade.

According to Han Fei's long-term plan, as well as sparing no effort to develop the navy, it is necessary to recover Liuqiu, and even control Luzon and the Japanese state, and only in this way can the grand maritime strategy be truly realized. In the scientific research institute specially established by Han Fei, the prototype of the steam engine has been built, and once the power of the steam engine is applied to ships, the age of discovery will come.

Under the deliberate promotion of Han Fei, the economic form of the Ming Dynasty has shown the prelude to the industrial revolution, and various factories that have broken the form of family workshops have gradually appeared, especially the Han family, well, under the demonstration role of the royal industry, the efficient production mode of the factory has been understood by more and more businesses. With the emergence of large factories, it has brought a surplus of products, and it has become an urgent need to open up a larger market.

Maritime trade is the only way, according to Han Fei's intentions, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will implement the gunboat policy, both soft and hard, forcing overseas countries to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and even divide concessions in some strategic areas, and station the navy to protect the rights and interests of the Ming maritime merchants.

Seeking is the first step, and Han Fei is determined to win.

The reason why Han Fei appointed Lan Yu, the former staff member, as Du Liang's military officer was because Lan Yu had been studying the subject of recovering Liuqiu. After Han Fei became the emperor, he did not appoint Lan Yu as an official, but let him continue to study the problem of liuqiu, and he was the chief official of liuqiu. Both Neiwei and Jinyi Mansion sent a large number of secret agents into Liuqiu to collect information, and all the information was gathered at Lan Yu, so it can be said that he is the person who knows the situation of Liuqiu best in Daming.

After admiral Du Liang and military advisor Lan Yu negotiated with Han Fei in the capital to recover the strategy and tactics of recovering Liuqiu, they immediately rushed back to the naval base in Quanzhou Prefecture and held a meeting of the main admirals of the navy, conveying Han Fei's will to recover Liuqiu, and the crowd was immediately excited. The recovery of the flow is the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, as long as it is defeated, not to mention the fame in history, the credit of sealing the wife and the shadow of the son cannot be escaped.

Du Liang understood the mood of the big guy, and said solemnly: "The mood of the generals, this commander understands, but this matter must not be leaked, so as not to be learned by the pirates who are entrenched in the stream, which will increase the difficulty of our army to attack the island!" Everyone, go down and strengthen the drills, prepare for battle, and once the commander and the Blue Army Division choose the right time, they will capture Liuqiu and annihilate all the pirates on the island! ”

"The last general obeys!" The admirals received the order in unison and withdrew from the big tent to prepare for war.

After the generals left, Du Liang said to Lan Yu: "Strategist, how about we deduce the island attack tactics against the sand table?" ”

Lan Yu bowed his head and said: "It is in line with the meaning of old decay, Du Shuai, please!" ”

The two walked to the naval operations command room, and discussed for a moment on the sand table of the whole island, Du Liang sighed: "There are two main forces on the island, one is the big pirate Redbeard, and the other is the subordinates of the leader of the Japanese Kou, Ichiro Hirahara, the two sides have competition and cooperation, the combined fleet of Redbeard and Ichiro Hirahara, which they encountered in the last naval battle, is also the terrifying combat power of the last war, which scared them, so they don't dare to go to sea to fight with our army, so it is difficult to annihilate their main force!" ”

Lan Yu looked at the sand table, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "If they don't come out, our army will just catch up!" ”

Du Liang was stunned for a moment, and said: "After all, they have been in business for many years and their strength is strong, so I'm afraid it will be ...... to catch up directly."

Lan Yu waved his hand and said: "Du Shuai, the lower officials also had this concern in the past, but after reading the introduction of the first battle of the Navy and observing the Navy's live-fire drills, they are very cheerful, in the face of absolute strength, all obstacles are in vain!" ”

Du Liang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "The military advisor's intention is reasonable, but Du Mou, as the commander of the navy, has not yet had a deep understanding of the strength of the navy, haha, the military advisor is right, our navy directly crushed the past, and the navy can bomb the pirates' coastal fortifications to shreds a mile away!" ”

"Du Shuai is right, the navy is equipped with new artillery, which is extremely powerful, and Xia Guan once saw the emperor use new artillery to break through the rebel city, so he had this idea."

"The emperor Shengming, he has developed a new type of firearm and equipped it for use on ships, and in the future, this vast sea area will be under the control of my Ming Dynasty!"

"What Du Shuai said is that not only this sea area, but also the countries outside the sea area must also surrender to my Daming, otherwise they will be ready to accept the punishment of the Ming Navy!"

"Haha......"

The two laughed for a while, and Du Liang said again: "What is the plan of the military advisor for this battle?" ”

Lan Yu pointed to the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "Our navy has 100,000 people, excluding the logistics force, the actual available troops are also 70,000, with 30,000 troops cruising around Liuqiu, annihilating the remnants of the enemy who escaped from Liuqiu, and the remaining 40,000 troops as the main force to attack the island, first use gunboats to destroy the island's shore fortifications, and then land on the island to establish a beachhead, and then gradually advance to eliminate the pirates!" ”

After a pause, Lan Yu said again: "With our army's powerful new firearms, it is not difficult to eliminate pirates, but it is not so easy to incorporate Liuqiu into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and achieve long-term peace and stability, after all, the people on the island have been separated from the rule of the Han family for a long time, and their sense of belonging to the Han family is not strong, the first thing to do is to win the hearts of the local people!" ”

"What the military advisor said is extremely true, this point needs to depend on the talent of the military advisor, and Du fully cooperates with the military advisor! Before leaving Beijing, the emperor also said that everything in civil affairs is decided by the military advisor, and if you need the assistance of the imperial court, the emperor will also support you! ”

The pirates Red Beard and the Japanese Ichiro Plains on Liuqiu Island have been very depressed recently, although they used to inquire about how powerful the imperial navy is, but after all, they have no knowledge, and they don't believe it, the last time they reported that the imperial navy had a new ship to go to sea for drills, they thought about sending a large number of ships to capture a naval ship and go back to study and study, but in an instant, more than 30 warships were all wiped out.

Redbeard and Ichiro Hihara were too scared to go to sea and touch the Imperial Navy, but recently, the Imperial Navy was conducting a large-scale exercise of the whole army, and it seemed that there were signs of preparing for war. Liuqiu was originally also the territory of the Han family, but now that the Ming Dynasty has established a country and has a powerful navy, this situation is very likely.

Under the discussion between Redbeard and Ichiro Hirahara, he did not dare to take the initiative to go to sea to fight, so he had to stick to the island, intending to resist the landing of the imperial navy with the strong coastal fortifications built over the years.

When the selected date for the recovery of Liuqiu arrived, Admiral Du Liang and the military advisor Lan Yu boarded the flagship and issued an order, and all the Ming Navy left the port. This is a major war in the true sense since the founding of the Navy, and there is also the foreshadowing of the previous encounter, and the officers and men of the Navy are full of confidence and high morale.

(End of chapter)