Xinshun 1730

Chapter 413 Self Awareness

The officers who were still thinking about robbing and harassing just now, when they heard the change in Du Feng's tone, they knew that this matter had been settled, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange.

What was written in that letter?
Obviously, that wasn't an official navy order, otherwise Du Feng wouldn't have burned it.

After tentatively asking, Du Feng said with a smile: "The overall situation is the most important thing. All ministries should prepare, let the local hired workers and Eizu people who used to work for the merchants get busy, and seize the time to strengthen the city defense."

Letters from afar would naturally not contain information about whether Sendai Fan and Mutsu Kingdom were going to send troops.

The reason why Du Feng chose to abandon the ship that robbed Xiantai was because the letter told him the consensus of the officers in Busan.

Occupy Oki Island, attack Kohama Castle, and rob Heiankyo.

The above is neither a military order of the Privy Council nor a military order of the Navy, but a private letter between classmates.

The letter mentioned some changes in the court, including Li Yan taking charge of the navy, etc. It also said that Liu Yu was now in the court, assisting the Privy Council in military affairs.

The Navy is now under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Although the bold ideas within the Navy have not yet been approved by the Privy Council, they must be able to.

Considering that this battle must be elite, half of the navy's elite marine troops are on Du Feng's side.So I hope Du Feng can think about "the overall situation of the navy".

Communication is inconvenient, but the capture of Yinqi Island will take place in a month. I hope that Du Feng can mobilize some elite marines as much as possible while ensuring the completion of the task assigned by Liu Yu, and arrive at Yinqi Island to meet up in about a month.

The main force attacking Xiaobin City must be the Marine Corps.

The army came across the sea, and I'm afraid it won't adapt, so the navy is still more reassuring of the marines who have been training on the ship for a long time.

This is the overall situation of the navy, and it is also the common interest of the navy.

Du Feng naturally understood that if Neng Ai's smuggling into Yinping was successful, the status of the navy would rise significantly.

In this case, if he wants to seek a title in the navy in the future, he must align with the interests of the navy.

Even if I captured Ishinomaki Port by myself and forced Japan to mobilize heavy troops to defend the northeast direction, and rely on 2000 people to do something big, but after doing this, the army is still playing the leading role.

Only when the navy's surprise attack on Kohama Castle and direct penetration into Heianjing is completed, can the navy immediately highlight its status.

After pondering for a while, he immediately called the translator and the businessman he was relying on, and asked, "Is it frozen in winter?"

I even asked a few people, and they all replied: "It's not frozen here in winter."

After confirming that it will not be frozen, Du Feng thought, Vladivostok will be frozen for about three months every winter. The latitude here is similar, but it is not frozen.

When it came, the speed of the boat was very fast, and it seemed that there was a warm current flowing from Tsushima.

Since it's not frozen here, it's easy.

After thinking about it, I picked up my pen and wrote a letter.

"Brother Ziming and Brother Qinghai, seeing a letter is like meeting you."

"My brother already knows the matter. The strait here is not frozen, and Fukuyama Castle has been captured by me. It is not frozen, and the warship is cruising. I can send 200 or [-] people to Yinqi Island."

"The Sendai Domain is an important food production area, and there is an endless stream of rice ships from Ishinomaki Port to Edo. You can send three warships to hijack the rice ships."

"Cruise ships are meant to maintain routes and fight against pirates. Those who can fight against pirates can also be pirates. If they can cruise Sendai, intercept grain ships, and occasionally land and bombard them, the soldiers in the northeast of Japan will be dead soldiers. Dare to move lightly."

After the letter was written, a fast boat was sent overnight to Busan.

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at the same time.

Weihai.

The logistics staff who presided over the transportation of supply logistics and liaison with the trading company's fleet here also received a letter.

After receiving the letter, it was still a standard fire, and then the staff found Lin Yunwen from the trading company.

"Now Liaodong beans are cooked, horse feed and the like have not yet been transshipped. I hope Brother Lin will use a sum of money to buy beans and horse feed and ship them to Busan first. It is estimated that [-] horses will be used for two months. I hope these ships are new ones called for." The ship is not in the original plan, what's the problem?"

When Lin Yunwen heard the amount, he smiled and said, "What's the problem? Two thousand horses will be used for two months. How much is this? There are enough ships, so we can ship them to Busan now?"

"Yes, as soon as possible."

Lin Yunwen nodded and said: "Don't worry. At this time, it's the season for the boats to return to Songjiang. Most of them will buy soybeans from Liaodong. I can contact them here and change ships at Yingkou. Our side Just send it to Busan. What else?"

The logistics staff thought about the content of the letter, and said with a smile: "There is also the purchase of a batch of donkeys. Live, able to work, don't need meat donkeys. It can be around [-], and it will be shipped to Busan together with feed. The money is Pay normally, and give it to you in half a year at most."

"It's easy to say. Money is not a problem." Lin Yunwen agreed without hesitation. This fact is not a big deal. Since the Navy opened the mouth, although Liu Yu left, the reputation is still sufficient.

The logistics staff officer nodded his thanks, and made sure that there was nothing to prepare in advance, so he let Lin Yunwen go first.

The navy believes that if this bold plan is to be implemented, it needs the support of a part of the cavalry.The cavalry is naturally the manpower of the army, and a battalion of Lancers and a battalion of light cavalry are needed.

The order of the Privy Council has not yet been issued, but the navy believes that since Liu Yu can speak in the Privy Council, this matter is a sure thing, and the preparations were made early in the morning.

Prepare all the preparations that need to be made first. Once the order of the Privy Council arrives, the troops can be transported and set off immediately.

The horse feed over there in Busan must be prepared in advance. If you don’t prepare it now, it will be too late.

As for the requested donkey, that was for logistics.This thing is resistant to tossing and has a higher survival rate than horses. It can not only carry gunpowder on its back, but also can replace the lighter six-pounder gun newly released by the arsenal to replace the four-pounder and eight-pounder guns.

This kind of cannon uses a boring machine and is cast with copper material. The cannon weighs only [-] catties.When necessary, if the horse dies due to acclimatization, the donkey can also pull it.

They ordered [-] donkeys. Taking into account loss and death, as long as half of them survived when they landed, it was enough to complete the set tasks.

The gunpowder that can be carried can also be increased a lot. When it is necessary to attack the city, it is necessary to rely on engineers to dig holes for earth planes. At most, they can bring a few twelve-pound new copper cannons, no matter how big they are.

When everything was ready, and more than ten days later, Lin Yunwen's soybean ship had already started to sail to Busan, and a batch of donkeys had been purchased. The logistics staff finally waited for the news of Li Yan's promotion.

He knew that this was the form that the officers in Busan had completed after receiving Du Feng's clear reply.

After being promoted, Li Yan, who has been in Weihai, has gradually adapted to his status as the governor of the navy.

He took out the military information sent from Busan, and said to the staff of various departments present: "This matter is top secret and must not be leaked."

"The captains in Busan came up with an idea. I still don't understand the general strategy of the navy. Can you listen to this matter? How dangerous is it?"

"If you are [-] to [-]% sure, you should report it to the Privy Council, and the decision will be made by Your Majesty and the Privy Council."

After all, he read the military sentiment sent by the front line.

It is planned to take the capture of Oki Island first as a transfer, harass Iwami and Izumo, and create the illusion that they may land in Iwami.

Or pretend to attack Iwami Ginzan.

Or install additional equipment to land from Ishijian country and capture Changzhou Fan.

The warships came out together, allowing Wa to mobilize the troops near Osaka to Iwami, leaving the Wa King City empty.

After the mobilization is completed, gather [-] marines, two battalions of elite cavalry, and two battalions of army troops, totaling about [-], and go straight to Xiaohama.

After capturing Xiaobin City, it went straight to the Wawang City.

Played the banner of "orderly respect and inferiority, unbiased etiquette and law, and returning power to the Japanese king".If the Japanese king has the courage, he can use his name to force the shogunate, and the contract can be concluded; if he has no courage and flees elsewhere, he can occupy the Japanese king's city, shake the country of Japan, and the contract can be concluded.

One is that the cost is low. As long as the main force of the army is stationed in Weihai and does not move out, the cost of raising the army is no different from that in peacetime.

Second, even if it fails, the army can retreat to Xiaohama, and the shogunate must do its best to protect its royal city.Attacking Changzhou at this time is as easy as pie.If Changzhou goes down, the Xiaguan Strait is fully under control, and the navy communicates with the north and the south, and the Japanese will definitely surrender.

There were few difficulties with the plan, and the Marines had their own transports for the Navy.Those in the army can also be transported by ships of trading companies and some large ships of the navy.

There are springboards along the way, and the longest distance by sea is about the same as from Weihai to Yingkou.

During this period, the navy will send three warships to Ezo to enrich the military strength there.Du Feng will make a show, first attracting the troops of the Sendai clan near the strait, and then start robbing ships and bombarding Ishinomaki Port, making the Sendai clan shrink back in fright, and disrupting the northeast of Japan.

Among the people here, there are actually a few who already know about it, but at this moment they still put on an expression that they didn't know before.

Xindao, this was originally one of the plans drawn up by the Naval Staff Headquarters. Now that they really want to realize it, who would not support it?
In this battle, the army had only two battalions of cavalry and two battalions of elite infantry. The Marine Corps had excellent mini-bomb skirmishers, and a new type of copper cannon that was equipped only a period of time later than some imperial troops in the Beijing camp.

The Japanese military system and the century-old tradition of seizing the country for a long time make this plan extremely feasible.

At this point, it is actually just a formality.

The staff members all said that it was feasible.

Li Yan checked again and again, and asked about useful or useless details. After confirming that there was no problem, he said, "In this case, the staff of all ministries should use this plan overnight to draw up a plan for logistics, supplies, and action time of each ministries."

"Once completed, immediately submit to the Privy Council for permission."

Li Yan thought in his heart, seeing his father, he naturally knew that such a plan could not be written by me alone.But he was delighted to see that I was able to follow the good example and be in control.

Since I serve as the governor's navy, the stronger the navy, the more stable my future position will be.

Xin Dao might be able to become the king of the county after this battle, and that might not be the case.His mother is not a queen, and he is not a son-in-law. Only by being named a county king based on his function can he be considered to have stabilized his position, instead of being named an idle king after a certain number of years and going to the capital to stay for a lifetime.

(End of this chapter)