Dragon Sea Empire

In the hot night of late summer and early autumn, the typhoon that just passed did not leave a little bit of cool air, and the air was filled with suffocating heat. Although it was the end of August in the lunar calendar and the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, today’s Taiwan and Hong Kong It doesn't look like autumn at all.

In the lobby of the old camp of the Guards, all the people are not afraid of the scorching heat. They are all dressed in formal attire and sitting in the venue. On the wall in front of the lobby is a huge topographic map of Penghu and Taiwan. Yin Feng is also wearing a short-sleeved gray cloth guard uniform. The "War of Penghu Battle Tactics Summary Meeting" is being held with a pointer.

This is Yin Feng's long-planned experiment in teaching reform in military academies. He can't wait for generals to appear on the battlefield, and he doesn't have time to slowly discover military talents by groping. In the future, the Chinese company will have to deal with more military crises. There is a counterattack from the Spanish Empire, so he urgently needs a group of military talents who can quickly stand out, so he wants to quickly improve the quality and level of his group of officers through this kind of battle tactics discussion.

This summary will bring back Zhao Tie, the commander of the first regiment in Manila, Luo Aquan, Colonel Kutre, the commander of the special forces, Chen Zhongji, the chief of the Luzon Military Intelligence Department, the youngest battalion commander, and Li Kuiqi, the artillery battalion commander. , Yan Siqi, as the captain of the cadet team of the military academy, was also present, Yang Dacheng, the commander of the [-]rd Battalion of the [-]st Regiment who was the first to lead the team into Manila City, and Zhang Hai, who led the Zhuang Ding team to rescue Fengguiweibaozhai in the Battle of Penghu, and other heroes Also here, the commander of the second regiment Mai De, the commander of the third regiment Li Xing, the commander of the newly formed fourth regiment Zhao Xuanming, the commander of the navy Mai Dahai, the captain of the main battleship Ye Hua and others, almost all the armed forces of the China United Company All the officers were present, only Zeng Rui, the chief of the military supervision department, and Lin Xiao, the chief of the company's security department, had never been on the battlefield. These middle and senior officers were sitting on the left, and the young military cadets were on the right.

Everyone was sweating profusely, but no one dared to use a fan to cool off, and they all sat there with their backs straight.

There is also a special person present, that is, the old general Chen Di.

"Just now Commander Zhao has introduced the whole process of the battle,... the officers and troops gathered more than ten thousand people to besiege our small fortress, and the number of our troops was no more than 800 at the time, but the officers and troops failed repeatedly. What do you think? Reason, don’t say nonsense like our army is invincible,” Yin Feng looked around with a smile.

There was a burst of laughter at the venue, and Yan Siqi, a member of the student team, raised his hands and stood up. First, he stood at attention and saluted: "Report to the commander, I think the officers and soldiers made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and they didn't divide their troops to attack Taiwan's main island in time. who can attack us in separate ways,"

Immediately, someone in the group of officers on the left said: "More than ten thousand people deal with a small fortress, which is also called underestimating the enemy." Zhao Xuanming, the commander of the fourth regiment, stood up. Standing at attention, he raised his right hand across his chest and made a military salute, and then said: "The officers and soldiers have performed very badly in this battle; the officers and soldiers have no idea that our flintlock guns can be fired quickly, and our The artillery was farther than their range, and they were arranged in a dense formation to attack the wall, and suffered heavy losses again and again; moreover, there was a lack of coordination between the various units of the government and army. One of them had already attacked the wall, but the follow-up troops could not keep up with the support in time. As a result, they were beaten down by us again and again..."

Yin Feng nodded and said: "Commander Zhao is right, but your vision is only limited to the end of the wind cabinet, you have to look at the problem from the whole of Fujian and Taiwan..."

Maid spoke at this time: "Master Captain, brothers, I think the officers and soldiers failed in this battle. One is that their own equipment is not as good as our escort, the other is that there are no warships that can match our army's giant ship cannons, and the third is that Their purpose of launching the war is not clear... They can completely besiege Fengguiwei with a small number of troops, and attack our Taiwan port with the main force..."

Yin Feng nodded; at such a young age, Yan Siqi was able to see the central issue of officers and soldiers launching a campaign without a clear purpose, which is very remarkable, although because of his youth and lack of experience, he took it for granted; while Zhao Xuanming was considering the issue from a specific tactical level, Maid has a holistic view and can look at issues from a more comprehensive perspective of campaign tactics.

Chen Di was specially invited by Yin Feng to attend. At this time, his impressions were very complicated. He followed the Chinese army on an expedition to Manila, and the scene of fighting mainly with firearms had already shocked him; as a student of Qi Jiguang, he had never imagined that Firearms can be used in combat in this way; and in this discussion, he was shocked by the active thinking and courage shown by the officers of the guard. After experiencing the strength of the guards, I knew that even if all the officers and soldiers from Fujian and Zhejiang came up to fight the Battle of Penghu, they would have no chance at all in the face of the sharp firearms, huge warship cannons and brand-new tactics of the guards.

This is an armed force that is completely different from any army in the Ming Empire, but it is not the army of the imperial court, but Yin Feng's army, and the army of the Zhonghua Company. This is what worries him the most.

He turned his gaze to the cadet soldier at the military academy, looked at a young student in the back row, and couldn't help sighing. This student soldier had a dismissive expression on his face, which was obviously different from the expressions of the students around him. He seemed a little irritable , absent-minded.

This young man named Chen Dagao is only 17 years old this year. He is Chen Di's nephew in name. He was transferred to the military academy to study through Yin Feng's relationship. In fact, this young man was secretly arranged by Chen Di and Shen Yourong. He came here to learn the tactics of the guards. His real name was Yu Zigao, and his style name was Kemai. He was the son of Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general during the Jiajing period.

Yu Zigao himself was not willing to come here, but Chen Di was his father's colleague and student, the two families were family friends, and Shen Yourong was his boss, he came to Taiwan reluctantly because of his kindness, he didn't think he could learn from it. He didn't think that the armed forces of the Zhonghua Company were special. He only believed in the war strategy written by his father.

Looking at Yu Zigao's expression, Chen Di sighed in disappointment. Yu Zigao is a typical dude. In this world, there is not always such a thing as "the blue is better than the blue". The tiger father often has dogs.

During the intermission of the seminar, Lin Xiao asked Yin Feng quietly in the corner: "Boss owner, many things in this summary meeting should be confidential matters, why did you call Chen Di, and his nephew? I also feel very suspicious, how can there be a child from a military family with such white and tender palms, "

Yin Feng smiled: "What are you afraid of? They want to copy our Chinese company's troop organization, strategy and tactics, so let them try it... Don't be so anxious, you can send someone to watch it, and be careful not to startle the snake."

He patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "In fact, they have no chance to copy our approach; the current system of the imperial court simply cannot accommodate a full-armed army. It is impossible to build an army like the Guards,"

Lin Xiao didn't understand Yin Feng's words, but he instinctively felt that there was something wrong with Chen Di and that military cadet Chen Dagao. Recently, there have been many Chinese and foreign people of unknown origin in Taiwan and Hong Kong. With countless undercurrents, Lin Xiao decided to start monitoring these two people around the clock starting tomorrow.

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The summary of the second half will be the summary discussion of the Manila Battle. First, Yang Dacheng, a former farmer who broke into Manila City first, will talk about the battle process. Yang Dacheng stammered and kept wiping his sweat. Talking and laughing in a low voice, Yin Feng nodded encouragingly to Yang Dacheng, and sat down with a smile. Suddenly, he felt that the chair seemed a little unstable, and then he felt that the ground under his feet was shaking slightly, and the torches lit on the walls of the lobby and the The candles also started to flicker...

Someone exclaimed: "The ground shook, an earthquake,"

Yin Feng's mind thumped, and he suddenly remembered that in the history of another plane of time and space, Quanzhou was indeed hit by a major earthquake in October 1607. He immediately jumped up and shouted: "Military students go first, everyone leaves immediately lobby,"

On October 1607, 10, that is, the 18th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, on August 35th in the Dingwei Lunar Calendar, a strong earthquake occurred in Quanzhou, and a strong earthquake was also felt in the southern part of Taiwan Island. However, no houses collapsed and no casualties were reported. However, it followed the earthquake. A sudden hurricane caused damage to more than a dozen merchant ships moored in the port; more than a dozen warships in the war fleet of Yao Harbor were also damaged.

Zeng Ke, the eldest of the Zeng family, has moved back to his old house in Quanzhou with his family. The business hall of Huaxing Lianhe and the Zengjiahao store have reopened. The earthquake also caused one-third of the old house to collapse. What happened was that hurricanes, heavy rains, and sea tides came together, and Quanzhou City became a hell on earth almost overnight. The government was completely helpless, and there was no way to do anything. Now the Fujian government has no food to rescue the disaster area in Quanzhou.

Yin Feng reacted immediately, and proposed to the outgoing governor Xu Xueju through the relationship between the prefect of Quanzhou and the Zeng family that the Chinese company can provide money, food and people to rescue Quanzhou. The censors attacked him, and the censors believed that he had lost the face of the court by arbitrarily advocating the use of force.

At this time, if there is another civil uprising caused by disasters in Quanzhou, Xu Xueju's political career may be over. He had no choice but to agree with Yin Feng's suggestion, so the warships and merchant ships of the China United Company carried a large number of Taiwanese soldiers. Food, justifiably, appeared in Quanzhou Bay.

The Zeng family took the opportunity to put forward a condition for a son of the Zeng family to take up the position of the Kinmen inspection department. A German fleet of twenty warships, this is the first time that the China United Company has justifiably gained a stronghold on an island close to the mainland.

Yin Feng didn't go too far at the beginning. All the food and supplies were handed over to the Quanzhou government to distribute, lest the court and censors say that he bought people's hearts. As for how much food the government can distribute to the victims, and how much is corrupted by the officials If it is dropped, Yin Feng has no way to control this problem.

He also rushed back to Quanzhou after the earthquake, and personally escorted a batch of food and clothing into Quanzhou City. This catastrophe was really devastating. The imperial palace (i.e. Dongyue Temple) completely collapsed; Quanzhou Qingjing Mosque, an Islamic mosque, was built in the Song Dynasty, and it has been nearly 600 years since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The foundation of the bridge sank four feet, several large stone beams were broken, piers were tilted, and waterways were shifted. The damage was very serious. It was the biggest damage since the construction of Luoyang Bridge. Most of the north gate tower of Quanzhou city wall collapsed. From the northeast to the southwest, it almost collapsed.

During the Wanli period, Quanzhou City was about 30 miles away. The city wall was 2.6 feet high, the city base was 2.4 feet wide, and there were 7 gates with gate towers and 140 nests. The city, such a solid building, was mostly collapsed in an earthquake. It is conceivable that the earthquake was strong. There were also stone archways, the landmark buildings in Quanzhou at that time. As a result, there were six overturned in the earthquake.

The government has no statistics on the number of dead and injured in the city, and no one knows how many people died. After Yin Feng entered the city, he saw dead bodies all over the ground and no one to deal with them. The wounded were everywhere, and the homeless people were starving. At this time, Yin Feng couldn't bear it anymore. Regardless of Zeng Ke's persuasion, he ordered the guards to send more than 2000 people to land in Quanzhou to transport food and rescue people.

At this time, the surrounding areas of Quanzhou were in chaos. This army landed in Quanzhou with a large amount of supplies, and there was no one to stop it.

At this time, Shen Yourong had already been promoted to a general in Zhejiang, and was preparing to take up his post in Fuzhou. After his Wuyu water village was burned down by the Chinese company a few months ago, he had moved to Shihu. The new general was always a close friend of the general Zhu Wenda , was busy entertaining guests in Fuzhou at this time, and there were almost no officers and soldiers in the entire Quanzhou area capable of fighting. Therefore, the escort team appeared on the mainland for the first time, without any obstacles, and it was entirely for disaster relief.

Yin Feng is a warm-hearted person with an impulsive character, otherwise he would not have rushed to Manila to save people. His move has drawn accusations from the entire Fujian government, and a censor directly appealed to the court to accuse him of intending to rebel, but he In order to save people, I can't care about so much at all.

The guards entered Quanzhou City and carried out rescue operations in different areas. It was already the tenth day after the earthquake, and most of the victims who were still alive were about to starve to death. The first image is the "savior". Not only do they not loot and disturb the people like ordinary officers and soldiers, but they also come to save the people from the fire and water. Many soldiers are also from Quanzhou, so they have a close relationship with the local people, and the guards have a strict relationship. Although no one has experience in disaster rescue, it is their instinct to act according to orders, so the step-by-step rescue work started quickly.