Dragon Sea Empire

Yan Siqi's sitting posture changed to a straight one, and he said to Yin Feng seriously: "Is this what the people in the military supervision department said? I want to protest. The head of Luo Huoli has two hearts and doesn't really want to surrender. He secretly colluded with the army... That's why I executed all the leaders of Luohuoli when I left Qiongzhou,"

Yin Feng nodded and said: "Because you executed the leader of the indigenous tribe of the alliance without an order, the military supervision department originally wanted to punish you with military law, but I suppressed it. I think that in today's war period, some things must be used very carefully. However, you killed people without evidence and slaughtered the entire Luohuoli village, making the Limin tribes allied with us panic..." Yin Feng looked at Yan Siqi and said sincerely: "Zhenquan, you I have been with me for ten years, and I have always believed that your talent lies in breaking new ground, so I let you be the only one in Nanyang. The imperial court is at war, and I am confident that I can defeat the imperial officers and soldiers. Of course, it is impossible to eat up the entire Ming Dynasty in one go, but we will usher in an opportunity for great development; labor, commodities, and merchants will all flock to us. At that time, we will need more Overseas colonies in the world, fighting more enemies around the world, at that time, it is time for you to give full play to your strengths, before that, you have to accumulate your experience, learn to cooperate better with others, grasp the appropriate The timing is benevolent, and force cannot solve all problems. Therefore, I ask you to participate in this attack on the Jiangnan area. You must cooperate well with your friendly forces to appease the local area and make friends with the great families... In short, you must do more than just Only wars, and I reckon you won't have any wars to fight then,"

Yan Siqi stood up, blushing, and gave a military salute: "Don't worry, the captain, just watch me make meritorious deeds."

Yin Feng stood up, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard, I trust you, you are the second echelon of the southern army, after Li Xing, Ye Hua and the others get through the Yangtze River estuary channel, you can land in the south of the Yangtze River , your Fifth Brigade is a newly formed unit, and you still have one and a half months to train them,"

Yan Siqi smiled and said: "No problem, I have seen the new field troops adapted from Zhuang Ding's team today. Those veterans who fought in the Luzon campaign are worth three, I will definitely..."

According to the military service system of the Chinese Army, many of the Zhuang Ding team is actually a reserve force composed of veterans from Tuntian farms.

Yin Feng patted him on the shoulder, squinted at him maliciously, and said with a smile: "Wrong, you made a mistake, our army expanded too fast, most of Zhuang Ding's team has turned into active field troops, and even the security guards in the city The brigade also transferred manpower to set up some garrison troops. In your fifth brigade, the soldiers are basically newly recruited farmers and inland immigrants who have participated in Zhuang Ding’s training for less than a year. Half of the officers are military school graduates, and there are no veterans.”

Yan Siqi was very depressed when he heard the words, he pulled Yin Feng forward with a bitter face and said: "Captain, are you kidding me, how can I lead such soldiers, it won't work, you have to give me at least a battalion of veterans."

Yin Feng giggled, sat back to his seat and said: "I heard that you organized a group of regiments, Zhuang Ding, ruffian soldiers from the fifth regiment, and unruly sailors in Java into the elite troops of the Nanyang regiment. , Very good, Zhao Xuanming sent a report after taking over Nanyang Defense, saying that the troops you trained and reorganized are very effective...you can follow your method and train these miscellaneous mud-legged soldiers into qualified soldiers of the Chinese Army within one and a half months Bar,"

Yan Siqi scratched his scalp, and sat in front of Yin Feng with a wry smile: "Boss, you are trying to keep me busy, well, I accept the task, but..." He approached Yin Feng with a shy face, and said with a grin : "You give me some of those veterans of my fifth regiment,"

Yin Feng chuckled, and threw a document to Yan Siqi: "Look, here is the list: 150 former Nanyang Regiment non-commissioned officers and officers are already waiting to report to you at the camp, don't hurry up,"

Yan Siqi was overjoyed, jumped up, stood at attention and saluted, turned around and left, Yin Feng was still shouting behind him: "Don't forget to go home and see your wife after you're done,"

……

In order to catch up with the wind, the troops gathered in Ryukyu by Beishang actually left Taiwan before Yin Feng held the shareholder meeting. Chen Zhongji had already arrived at Ryukyu Island on the clipper ship Haihun before the release of the "Seven Great Hate Documents". Overlord Hong Kong.

As Chen Zhongji landed with the advance troops of the first division, the Second Shang Dynasty of Ryukyu Zhongshan Kingdom officially perished.

The Zhongshan King Shang’s family, who had been puppets for six years, was taken over in one pot. Among all the Ryukyu nobles, except for those of Chinese descent, the rest were loaded on sea ships and transported to Sulawesi Island along the north wind in winter. In fact, in the Makassar colony newly developed by the Chinese company, there is a plantation of more than [-] mu allocated to them. If they can't support themselves, they can only fend for themselves in the tropical jungle.

The cadet army of the military academy was assigned to the army on the northern front. The commander of the student army was Wang Shuowang, who was the son of the pirate Wang Yun who followed Yin Feng to defend the North Mountain Pass and died with the Spaniards with the gunpowder barrel in his arms. He came to Ryukyu on various transport ships. The garrison composed of hundreds of Ryukyu Chinese residents was selected, and 100 Ryukyu Chinese formed a Ryukyu sentry team, which was incorporated into the immediate relatives of Chen Zhongji, the chief of the northern line march.

By May, 11000 soldiers from the First Division of the Infantry Army had been assembled on Ryukyu Island. The first division had a divisional field artillery battalion (about 50 light field artillery pieces), and a battalion of engineers - with many specialized Miners recruited from mines and coal mines are good at digging holes, and a field hospital with more than 100 people is also attached to the army for the first time.

Not long after, a professional artillery regiment was transported to Naha, Ryukyu with more than 20 large lucky boats. The commander of the artillery regiment was Li Kuiqi's fellow apprentice Lin Feiyang who studied at the Artillery Branch of the Military Academy. The nephew of Lin Xiao, the director of the most trusted intelligence department, is actually three years younger than Lin Xiao.

Lin Feiyang came to Chen Zhongji as soon as he got off the boat: "Mr. Chen, when we attack, my 200 cannons are all on board, and it takes too much time to move them up and down; but I always stay on board, in case of a hurricane or something , the consequences are disastrous."

Chen Zhongji was walking back and forth in the royal garden in Shuri, the former Ryukyu royal city, worrying. Hearing Lin Feiyang's words, he raised his head and said, "The infantry has been assembled, and the first fleet of the navy has also assembled in Naha; the problem now is, Colonel Zhao Tie, commander of the [-]st Infantry Division, is not in place yet,"

Zhao Tie, the infantry commander, was Chen Zhongji's uncle in terms of seniority, but this time, Chen Zhongji was in charge of the Northern Front Army. Many veteran officers of the First Division were familiar with both of them, so it was difficult to say much. Privately, they are not very convinced of Chen Zhongji. The general young graduates of military academies admire Chen Zhongji, who once defended the Naha trading house and resisted the Japanese pirates dozens of times stronger, so they obey Chen Zhongji's orders. However, Chen Zhongji saw that the infantry brothers They are all well-trained fighters, and they can train consciously without the supervision of the chief, so they don't care about the assembly of the First Infantry Division at all. In fact, he is not confident in himself.

In fact, Zhao Tie was not putting on airs, but the clipper ship Sea Urchin he was on board with his bodyguards encountered a hurricane. This was the result of fierce fighting between the southeast monsoon and the northeast wind. Two of them were broken, and the captain had to lower the sails, lower the anchor, and let the boat drift along the current. Zhao Tie and others had no choice but to resign themselves to their fate.

When the wind and cloud cleared and the moon was bright and the stars were thin, Zhao Tie quickly ordered the acupuncturist to use a compass and a sextant to survey the geographical location. Only then did he report: "Colonel Zhao, we have probably arrived at the southeast coastal area of ​​the Chief Secretary of Shandong,"

Zhao Tie hit the side of the boat in a circle: "It's really a waste of time. The northern army is about to attack, but I have arrived at the border of Shandong. Mazu, you really know how to joke." Cursing continuously, the captain and needle master quickly slipped away in fright.

The head of Zhao Tie's guard smiled wryly and persuaded him: "Colonel, Mr. Zhao, Director Chen will definitely wait for you, and the brothers of the First Division are still waiting for you to command,"

Zhao Tie waved his hands angrily: "What do you know? I hope Ji Zai will not wait for me and send troops on time. He is the commander of the army and has the right to temporarily appoint an infantry commander."

"But, the first division is yours..."

"Bullshit," Zhao Tie interrupted the head of the guards and said, "The Chinese army is the army of Lord Yin, the captain of Yin, and the army of the Chinese company, not mine. Do you understand?"...

On the first day of June in the 45th year of Wanli, Chen Zhongji ordered Cao Tai, the supervisor of the army, to temporarily serve as the commander of the first division and the head of the northern marching infantry. In addition to the First Division of the Infantry, the troops on board also included the Second Artillery Regiment, and almost all of the cavalry regiment of the Chinese Army with more than 1000 troops also set off with the fleet. The Sentinel was incorporated into the Northern Front.

Fan Tao led the main force of the First Fleet; the three giant ships of Flying Dragon, Flying Leopard, and Flying Tiger, 36 three-masted gunboats, 200 fast boats, gunboats, and hundreds of large transport ships. About 5000 people.

The huge three-deck flying fish with 120 cannons stayed in Naha to guard against possible harassment by Japanese pirates.

The mighty army occupied an area of ​​hundreds of square miles on the surface of the Yellow Sea. This is the largest fleet that has appeared on the surface of the Yellow Sea since Kublai Khan's expedition to Japan.

After obtaining food and drinking water supplies in Jeju Island, this huge fleet advanced day and night. Their first combat target was the Denglai Navy of the Ming Dynasty.