The rise of the prince

Chapter 658 Navy

"If I said something like this before, I wouldn't believe it, but now it seems that I should praise you for your foresight." Wei Yubai smiled.

"In the battle of Yanshan Mansion, if there is no fleet under our feet, we don't know how long we will fight, and I have another idea."

"What idea?" Li Xingzhou asked.

"That is, these twenty ships can't all be gunboats and supply ships. I think ten gunboats are enough for a fleet. Ten ships have 240 guns. The remaining six can be converted into troop carriers, even if each ship is looser. , even if we can transport 500 people, we can also transport 3000 people.”

Wei Yubai continued to talk eloquently: "In this way, ten gunboats will provide shore firepower, four supply ships will be responsible for supplies, and six troop carriers will be able to travel from the river basin, the canal, the Huaihe River basin, the big river basin, and the sea route." Go to the Haihe River Basin.

In this way, the whole country can quickly project troops, and the new army of 3000 people will be terrible in a fight. Di Zhi's [-] people, combined with the firepower of the gunboats in the river, is enough to defeat tens of thousands of elite Liao troops.
Doesn't that mean that wherever the fleet can go, there is no one in Jingguo that can stop it. For example, several major towns in Xiaguo are all built along the big river. "

She said excitedly.

Li Xingzhou laughed loudly: "You really draw inferences from one instance to another." Isn't the set of Wei Yubai talking about the modern naval combat mode? Put down the marines to enforce the occupation.

If you encounter resistance on the way, temporarily withdraw and hand over the firepower of the shore fleet to defeat the opponent's defense line with saturated blows.

Strategically, set up naval bases and supply stations along the rivers and coasts, station troops, and provide supplies.Because the waterway is much faster than the land route most of the time, the mobilization of troops and the delivery of personnel can seize the opportunity.

This was originally a clear history of the development of military deployment. In the past, the country that relied on walking on two legs and was famous for its heavy infantry quickly dominated the country. Formation, responsible for harassment and outflanking), Rome in the West is famous for its heavy infantry.

Later, people discovered that horses were faster than people, so cavalry could often gain a strategic advantage in combat with infantry by relying on rapid mobile deployment, and nomadic countries quickly swept the world.

Then people discovered that the deployment of waterways is much faster than that of landways!Sea power countries are rising rapidly and dominating the world.

Later, people discovered that air deployment is faster and more convenient than sea deployment, so the air force power dominates the world.

In general, the sooner the better!Every time a revolutionary technology that can speed up strategic deployment appears, it will inevitably bring about the crushing of tactics and tactics on the battlefield, and the situation of the battle will be one-sided.

"However, it would be difficult to call these new troops." Wei Yubai said: "They are the navy that the prince said, and they are going to land and fight, so is it the navy or the army?
Could it be called the Marine Corps? "

"Pfft!" Li Xingzhou laughed every time he held back.

"what happened?"

"Hahaha, it's nothing, I just think you're too advanced." Li Xingzhou laughed. He never expected that Wei Yubai would say such a thing as the Marine Corps. If there are historians in the future, they will probably trace back to her today's words.

"You don't need to call it the Marine Corps, you can call it the Marine Corps." Li Xingzhou laughed.

Wei Yubai nodded: "This is indeed easy to say, but the team will be too small, and even [-] people can be called an army."

"No, it's fine to just call the Marines."

On the ninth day of August, the Wangfu fleet officially entered the mouth of the Dahe River from the Bohai Sea, and then began to head south, returning to Kaiyuan.

Along the big river, many people had already gathered, beating gongs and drums to celebrate their return. Compared with the coldness when they went there, their appearance has changed.

Along the way, there were people shouting "Prince Jin". Of course, there were also many men, women, old and young onlookers. There were also gifted scholars and beauties who wrote poems eulogizing meritorious deeds and recited them aloud by the desk.

Li Xingzhou originally had a big head, but then he thought that he was already the Prince of Jin, no matter what he said, he couldn't neglect the people, even if it was a political show, he had to stand on the bow of the boat and wave to both sides.

Now the voices on both sides of the strait became even louder, and many people even chanted his name and ran after the big ship, which became a spectacular sight.

"My lord is really what the people want." Wei Yubai said happily beside him, and Liu Ji looked at the excited crowd and sighed: "My lord's defeat of the Liao Kingdom is the dream of many generations of Jing people. A certain one is a hunter, but his parents have been there since he was a child." Just tell me about the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, about the homeland of the strong Han, and about recovering the lost land.

They are probably also like this, passed down from generation to generation, taught by word of mouth, and have been looking forward to this day. "

"Damn it, I'm a little moved by what you said," Li Xingzhou said, and then he thought, he really didn't put himself in the shoes of the people of Jingguo, how many generations and hundreds of years they have been looking forward to today.

So he could only wave his hands harder, other than that, he didn't know how to respond to the excited crowd.
The fleet headed east from the mouth of the sea, and needed to stop once in the middle. When it stopped, a large number of people had gathered around the ferry, bringing wine and meat to reward the army.

Now, Li Xingzhou is not polite anymore, telling them to act on their own, they can drink, but they can't violate other military disciplines.

The soldiers were naturally happy, and even Liu Ji participated excitedly. He was a rebel who is now regarded as a hero by the people, and he has never had such an experience.

Yelu Dashi looked at the celebration at the ferry at night, and the scene of soldiers and civilians having fun together was full of envy and disappointment. He was a loser and a prisoner of war.

"You can consider becoming a subject of Jingguo." Li Xingzhou stood on the deck and said to Yelu Dashi beside him. He changed into a clean Hanfu at this time, and he brought Yelu Yali with him, and Xiao Hongqi was interpreting for them.

Yelu Dashi said: "I promise you to accept the canonization of your emperor, am I not a subject of Jingguo?"

"I mean from the heart." Li Xingzhou said: "If you learn to accept and love this country, maybe we can cooperate in the future."

Yelu Dashi laughed: "It's not worth it."

"I know it's hard for you to understand the Jing people, or the Central Plains country, but it's actually very simple." Li Xingzhou looked at him and said with a smile: "In the eyes of the Khitan people, there are weak and strong, and it's only natural that the strong override the weak. The strong think so, and the weak think so too.

But in the eyes of everyone in the Central Plains Kingdom, they themselves are by no means weak. "

"What do you mean?" Yelu Dashi was puzzled.

"Don't you want to understand the Chinese? The core logic of China is - 'I am the destiny'. Most people are like this. From childhood to adulthood, this kind of cultural imprint will be deeply imprinted in everyone's heart. Most people consciously This is what the unconscious thinks.

Therefore, no matter how difficult or difficult it is, Chinese people will always be unwilling to lag behind, and will always move forward, live very hard, very tired, very hard, endlessly, and constantly strive for self-improvement.So China will not perish, at most it will change its family, and then there will still be a group of people who engraved in their hearts 'I am the destiny'. "

Yelu Dashi was silent for a long time, "I don't believe it, who taught them? I have taught so many people, do you really have gods in Jingguo?"

"Naturally someone will teach you, benevolence, justice, and self-improvement. If one day you also believe that you are "destined to belong", you will be my Chinese. At that time, you don't have to envy them, and we can cooperate honestly." Li Xingzhou Pointing to the crowd celebrating below.

"Impossible." He only said three words.

(End of this chapter)