Huang Enben's naval expansion plan was shown to the emperor, and the latter was also slightly surprised.

The Governor of the Navy had great ambitions, and he planned to form an additional Yellow Sea Division and an East Sea Division within the framework of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The Yellow Sea Division, as the name suggests, is the sailor in charge of the Yellow Sea, and the station is tentatively set as Haiwei, this water area is between the Xia Dynasty and Korea, and the trade is intensive, but because of the threat of the sailors of the two countries, no pirates dare to spread wild in this area.

However, Huang Enben still planned to set up a special naval division, and the new Yellow Sea division was not only responsible for the security of the Yellow Sea, but also included the Korean Strait between North Korea and Japan, responsible for defending merchant ships and fighting piracy.

The Yellow Sea Division is planned to consist of a fifth-class flagship, ten fifth-class ships, ten sixth-class ships, and ten brig cruisers, because it is basically responsible for the coastal waters, so it does not need to be equipped with large ships, and the two-masted cruisers can be seen.

The East China Sea Division is the naval division responsible for patrolling the East China Sea, because the East China Sea is directly connected to the Yangtze River and is related to the important land of Gyeonggi, so its task is also to add an additional Gongwei Beijing Division, and its station is tentatively located on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The East China Sea Division is planned to consist of one third-class flagship, five third-class battleships, ten fourth-class battleships, ten short-and-heavy artillery frigates, ten brig shore defense ships, and ten brig cruisers, of which the two-masted shore defense ships and brig cruisers will shoulder the patrol tasks in the Yangtze River valley, and the rest of the warships will be responsible for the defense of the East China Sea.

It is worth mentioning that the third class battleship is arguably the most useful war machine among sail ships, with powerful broadside firepower and a sturdy hull that can withstand terrifying heavy shelling.

In addition to the two additional naval divisions, the headquarters of the Beiyang Naval Division will also be expanded, and on the basis of the current 29 battleships, five third-class battleships, five fourth-class battleships and seven mortar gunboats will be added, bringing the number of warships of the Beiyang Naval Division to 46.

After reading Huang Enben's plan, Su Yan couldn't help but smack his tongue a little, what to say about the composition of these two fleets, if it is only used to defend the coastal sea, it is inevitably suspected of fighting mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns, which is too big and too useless.

Especially the third-class battleships, which were used by Western countries in wars for supremacy at sea, were used by the Xia Dynasty to fight pirates, which is ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

However, as Huang Enben said, the East China Sea facing the Gyeonggi stronghold of Jiangning must also be equipped with a strong enough maritime defense force, and it is far from enough to build forts on both sides of the Yangtze River estuary.

Therefore, although Su Yan felt that it was unnecessary, he had no intention of rejecting this plan, but he realized another problem, both the East China Sea Division and the Yellow Sea Division have naval bases, where will the Beiyang Water Division be stationed?

In the face of Su Yan's inquiry, Huang Enben seemed to be prepared, and he said a place name that made Su Yan a little unexpected - Jinzhouwei.

Jinzhouwei, that is, the Dalian area in later generations, was indeed a very good naval base, but Su Yan didn't expect that Huang Enben would actually think of stationing the Beiyang Naval Division there.

Huang Enben seemed to see Su Yan's doubts, so he took the initiative to explain to Su Yan, it turned out that he still remembered that when he made the battle plan for landing in Liaodong, Su Yan said that there was a natural port on the side of Jinzhouwei, and then he asked about the terrain there from the naval officers who participated in escorting the landing of the third town, and determined that Jinzhouwei did have a suitable natural port.

Since then, Huang Enben has been thinking about it, thinking that since there is such a good place, it cannot be wasted, and the imperial court is developing the three provinces outside the Guanxi in recent years, and setting up the Beiyang Naval Division Base there may also drive the development of the surrounding area.

After all, near the barracks, a small market is generally formed spontaneously, so that the soldiers in the barracks can take their salaries to spend, and if they are stationed there for a long time, the families of the sailors may also take the initiative to move there.

In the end, Su Yan decided to adopt Huang Enben's plan, and he ordered the construction of warships in the shipyards of the coastal provinces, and recruited and trained sailors, and recruited and sent craftsmen to build naval bases and related facilities on Chongming Island, Weihaiwei and Jinzhouwei.

In addition, considering that the East China Sea Division will be stationed on Chongming Island for a long time, which is also an important place at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Su Yan decided to cut it

Evacuate Chongming County, move the island's residents to both sides of the Yangtze River, set up Chongming Guard, build forts along Chongming Island, and station troops.

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The expansion of the Beiyang Naval Division only had a small impact on the Naval Governor's Office, and did not affect the Xia Military Naval Division cruising in the Korean Strait.

The Tokugawa shogunate had already determined that the Xia Dynasty would go on an expedition to attack the Japanese mainland, and the shogun immediately transferred all the naval forces of the whole country to the Korean Strait to confront the Xia Dynasty sailors cruising in the strait, and always prevented the Xia Dynasty sailors from covering the landing of the army on the mainland.

At this time, it was 1663, and even the shogun had passed to the fourth generation, and the famous generals of the Warring States period of Japan had already passed away one after another.

In the face of the aggressive posture of the Xia Dynasty, Japan panicked and could only hope for the ethereal kamikaze, hoping that the kamikaze would once again bless Japan and repel the enemy from the west.

However, the kamikaze does not seem to be ready to appear in advance this time, and after accepting the appointment of the imperial court, Chen Zhaojun, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, was ambitious and decided to have a new official to take up the post of three fires, and he immediately ordered the two fleets to converge in the outer waters of Tsushima Island, preparing to take the initiative to give the Japanese naval army a good start.

In the middle of October of the 10th year of Wu'an, the Xia army was assembled, and then under the leadership of Chen Zhaojun, they crossed Tsushima Island and approached Chikuzen in Japan.

The warning of Iki Island was quickly discovered by the land, and in the sound of a warning gong, the Japanese sailors patrolling this area hurriedly assembled and rushed in the direction in which the Xia army appeared.

The ships of the Japanese navy were mainly sekibunes, which were valued by the Japanese navy for their fast speed and good maneuverability, and became the main warships of the Japanese navy after the Edo period.

However, this kind of warship has many disadvantages, compared with the large ship Antaku ship, its ship is not equipped with artillery, and can only be attacked by the ship's sailors with bows and arrows, iron cannons and baked jade, which is suitable for shortening the distance between the two ships and engaging in close combat.

However...... Will Xia Jun give them a chance to fight in close arms?

On the afternoon of 18 October, Xia Jun's naval division arrived in the northern waters of Chikuzen Katang Island, and Chen Zhaojun, who had replaced the flagship with a third-class flagship, was already able to stand on the deck and look out at the land of Kyushu Island in the distance.

On land, the Japanese army received an early warning and was arraying on the coast, as if preparing to meet the landing of the Xia army, this scene was extremely ridiculous in Chen Zhaojun's eyes, he only needed to order the shelling of the shore, and the hundreds of Japanese troops on the shore would be wiped out under the artillery fire.

However, just as he was thinking about whether to order an artillery bombardment, the sailors on the mast who were on guard suddenly shouted to the bottom: "Enemy ships have appeared in the southeast! Enemy ships have appeared in the southeast!"

When Chen Zhaojun heard this, he subconsciously picked up the monocular and looked to the southeast, and from the monocular, he could clearly see that a Japanese naval army with more than 50 warships was heading towards here.

However, the warships of the Japanese navy were somewhat stretched, and there were only three Ataku ships loaded with one or two guns, and the rest were weakly defended Guan ships and small morning ships, Chen Zhaojun only glanced at it, and he almost laughed.

In his opinion, the confrontation with the Xia warships is completely a cannon to fight mosquitoes, a pure waste.

Chen Zhaojun smiled easily, and then ordered to change the attack formation, and took the initiative to meet the Japanese navy.

However, before the Japanese navy approached, the Xia army battleship took the first step to launch an artillery bombardment, and the guns erected on the bow of the ship roared one after another, and the shells fired flew towards the Japanese sailors one by one.

Soon, the Xia Army's naval division stopped advancing and began to turn sharply, exposing the side side with dense cannon windows to the Japanese army's field of vision, and then, a door with a black hole in the muzzle of the gun was pushed out from the gun window, under the order of the captains of each ship, all the cannons fired in unison, and countless shells flew out of the muzzle and flew towards the Japanese naval forces at high speed

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Immediately, the Japanese navy suffered a catastrophic blow, and the Japanese warships, which had always used bows and arrows and iron cannons, did not pursue defense, but pursued mobility, which led to the fact that a single shell could penetrate the entire warship.

Even the Ataka ships, known as large warships, were not spared from the terrible bombardment, and the shells rained down as the Japanese sailors screamed in terror, sinking and destroying one after another, and the sailors could only desperately jump into the sea, floating on the surface of the sea and watching in despair.

This is simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

The Xia Army's naval division only launched a round of artillery bombardment, and the Japanese naval army on the opposite side was almost completely annihilated, and those warships that were not sunk immediately were also severely damaged, and the sea water continued to pour in from the gap, and the ships gradually sank, and the sailors could only give up the struggle and rush to jump into the sea first.

This overwhelming naval battle was watched by the Japanese troops deployed on the shore, they were horrified by the fierce firepower of the Xia army, and they did not know who shouted first, and these ashigaru teams, mainly peasant soldiers, rushed to the land, as if they wanted to get away from the terrible Xia Dynasty sailors.

The rout of the peasant soldiers could not be stopped even by a few warriors who supervised the battle, they screamed in vain, and in the end, the Xia Dynasty sailors who looked at the sea showed off their might, also lost the courage to continue to stay, and fled here.