Kai Fu Han

Chapter 454: Westward Strategy Completed
Such as sailing at maximum speed, breaking waves, facing waves sideways, turning at a small angle, turning at a large angle, turning sharply, etc.At first, the two old men could stand on their own, but when they started to turn around, they had to be supported by the guards.

The test lasted for more than an hour before it was over. Fortunately, Li Gang and the two took a sea-going ship when they went north and had adapted to sea navigation. Otherwise, Liu Xinqi believed that the two of them would definitely be able to spit it out after all this trouble.

"Leader, the test has been completed." The captain came over to report.

"What's the result?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"All the test items have met the standards, and the results are very good. I believe that with this ship, no warship in the world will be able to match it. The warships of our Xinghan League have been equipped with battle armor to face the state-level battles in Jiangnan. One ship can fight ten ships." The captain said proudly.

"I see that there is still some room for load capacity. When I go back, I will design a batch of small-caliber artillery and install it on this ship. I believe that if you use the 'paper kite' tactic, one ship can defeat twenty ships without any problem." Liu Zhimu said.

"Thank you, Minister." The captain thanked him immediately and settled the matter.

Xu Han looked a little unnatural after listening to this conversation.

The captain and Liu Zhimu subconsciously compared this warship with the Jiangnan warship, which shows that both subconsciously regarded the Jiangnan court as an opponent.

The fact that officials from two different departments have this kind of thinking at the same time shows that the Xinghan League as a whole already has this awareness, and even Zhao Guo is already among the strategic enemies of the Xinghan League.

"Mr. Xu, don't worry. Currently, only the Kingdom of Zhao still has organic naval warships in the East China Sea, so the two of them just used your country's warships for comparison. Please don't mind." Liu Xinqi explained.

When the captain heard Liu Xinqi's words, he realized that he had said the wrong thing: "Yes, the navies of the Jin, Goryeo and Japanese countries were all crippled by us..." Before he could finish his words, he realized that he had made a mistake when he was trying to make up his words. Bigger news, shut up now.

"You have already had naval battles with Goryeo and Japan?" Li Gang asked.

"It's not a naval war. It's just that we sent ships to trade and touched the interests of some local small forces. We fought with them just to maintain the maritime trade routes and did not engage in a naval war." Liu Xinqi replied.

We can't let Zhao Guo know that the Xinghan Alliance has captured the capital of Goryeo, otherwise Zhao Guo will definitely feel the death of his lips and teeth.

The captain didn't dare to say any more, seeing that Liu Xinqi had already taken up the topic, he immediately walked away and directed the ship to return.

The Lushan sailed into the dock again, the gate fell, and the steam engine in the dock began to pump water out.

"This kind of machine is really powerful." Li Gang praised.

"It's not bad, the scope of application is indeed quite wide." Liu Xinqi responded.

When a few people got off the boat and returned to Baishiwan from the shipyard, it was almost dark.Without further delay, they invited a few people to a restaurant for a light meal and then everyone returned to their residence.Li Gang and others went to the courtyard arranged by Liu Xinqi to rest, while Liu Xinqi began to process the official documents delivered from Penglai.

Pick up an official document marked "Good News" and open it to check the contents.

It was Liu Xinang's good news: following the direct surrender of Changqing County on June 28, Sun Li led the Northern Route Army to recapture Pingyin County in Yunzhou on July [-], Dong'a County on July [-], and Dong'e County on July [-]. Xucheng County, Guofu County, Yunzhou, regained Zhongdu County on July [-], and began to rest.

Liu Xin'ang himself led the South Route Army. After Liu Xinqi left Xianyuan, he sent troops into Jeju and recovered Rencheng County on July 22. On July [-], he joined the North Route Army to recover Juye in Guofu County, Jeju.

In addition, Fengfu County, which was recovered by Liu Zhijie on July [-]rd.

By July 22, except for Teng County in the north of Xuzhou, the westward strategy of the Xinghan League was completed.

Liu Xinang asked Liu Xinqi for instructions on the follow-up arrangements of the field army in the victory report.It means that the remaining Teng County can be solved by the garrison on the Western Front, and there is no need for ten field troops to be consumed on the Western Front. "It's finally over!" Liu Xinqi breathed a sigh of relief after reading the good news.

This four-month war, which started at the end of March and lasted until the end of July, had almost exhausted the savings of the Xinghan League.

The previous plan was not detailed enough, and I did not expect that this war would last so long and cost so much.Fortunately, the sneak attack on Daming Mansion suppressed the Kingdom of Jin. Otherwise, the Jin army in Yanjing would march south in large numbers, and the current Xinghan Alliance would really be unable to withstand it.

After laying out the paper and picking up the pen, Liu Xinqi began to reply.

Liu Xinang was ordered to keep the [-]th, [-]th and [-]th field regiments on the western front, with the main force stationed in Juye, and the offshore defense fleet would deploy troops to assist in defense.

Cui Wu was ordered to lead the First and Second Field Regiments eastward to garrison Linyi County in Yizhou to defend Southern Zhao.

Sun Li was ordered to lead five field regiments from the [-]rd to [-]th to garrison Zouping in Qingzhou to defend the Kingdom of Jin.Zouping is the only county on the north bank of Jishui captured by this westward attack, and is most suitable as a northward defensive stronghold.

After arranging the garrison of the field army, Liu Xinqi asked all the ministers of the Military Aircraft Academy on the front line to go to Yanzhou Xianyuan to preside over the establishment of garrison troops in the counties of Jingdong and East.

According to the standards for the defense of county towns in Denglai and Denglai states, each county has a garrison force of 40 people and two battalions. It is required to liberate the field army from the county garrison task as quickly as possible.

In order to support the establishment of garrison forces in various states and counties, Liu Xinqi planned to draw [-] of the only [-] one-star cards left and send guards to Liu Lizhen of the Military Academy's Military Department as soon as possible.

It is believed that with these two hundred loyal and highly armed fighters as the backbone, the garrison troops in these counties will be established soon, and will become the help and guarantee for the subsequent government reform and further deepening of the land reform.

After writing the letter, he called the guard squad leader in and ordered him to send the letter out and at the same time arrange for someone to deliver the immortal talisman to Xianyuan as soon as possible.

After finishing this matter, Liu Xinqi picked up another official document and started reading it.

This is an intelligence report from the Military Intelligence Department. It states that Japanese military intelligence spies found the Iwami Silver Mine in the Iwami Country in the mountains of Japan based on Liu Xinqi’s instructions.

Sando: Located in the western part of Honshu on the Sea of ​​Japan side.Kinai extends to the west, equivalent to the current range from Northern Kinki to Shimane Prefecture, including eight countries (prefectures).

Tanba Province (Tanzhou) Tango Province (Tanzhou) Tajima Province (Taishu) Inaba Province (Inaba Province)
Hakushu Country (Hakushu) Izumo Country (Unshu) Iwami Country (Shishu) Oki Country (Yinzhou)

Ishijian Kingdom is very close to Tsuuma Island. The distance by sea is only [-] miles, and the sailboat only takes two days to sail.

If it is a steam warship, it only takes one day.

Seeing this information, Liu Xinqi remembered the metal "zinc" he had talked with Liu Zhimu about during the day.

If all the Shanyue-class battleships of the Xinghan League are transformed into steam armored ships, the demand for "zinc" will increase significantly, and Japan will produce "Japanese lead".

[It seems that I need to go to Wa country again. 】

Liu Xinqi made a decision in his heart.

(End of this chapter)