Dragon Sea Empire

Senaras, ruler of the Sinhalese kingdom of Kandy on the island of Ceylon, allied with the Dutch East India Company.Defeated the Portuguese at the fortress walls of Colombo.The Portuguese fortress commander was killed.When Zheng Zhilong and others arrived in the Liaodong Peninsula to report to Yin Feng.The content of the final agreement signed between the Dutchman and Kandy has been sent to Yin Feng's desk by the Ministry of Military Intelligence.Agreement stipulates.The Dutch were the only Europeans allowed to trade in Ceylon.in return.They agreed to provide sea aid should the Sinhalese attack the Portuguese coastal fortresses.

At the same time, intelligence provided by the Ministry of Military Intelligence pointed out.The Portuguese strongholds of Batticaloa and Trincomalee on the island of Ceylon had fallen.Negombo and Galle.The last two Portuguese strongholds on the island of Ceylon have also been surrounded by the combined forces of the Dutch East India Company and the Kingdom of Kandy.The result of the Portuguese "conquering Ceylon" for more than a hundred years.is vanishing into nothingness.The Dutch have gradually replaced the Portuguese on the island of Ceylon.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the information in Yin Feng's study.Shaking his head indignantly, he said: "This time, I took advantage of the Dutch red hair. I will not give up. One day. I will land on Ceylon Island. Drive the red hair out."

Yin Feng looked at the young Zheng Zhilong.Smiling and persuading him, he said, "Okay. You have many opportunities to avenge your shame. Besides, this time you left Colombo without hesitation. It is really a wise move. It is not a shame."

Zheng Zhilong was still dissatisfied.Blushing and silent.

Actually.Except for the small twists and turns in Ceylon.The third European fleet can be described as returning with a full load.Not only brought back a wealth of 500 million taels of silver.It also brought back hundreds of European craftsmen, scholars and missionaries.Seizing the Cape of Good Hope is the icing on the cake.Zheng Zhilong and others all received heavy awards.Li Jin officially took over the post of Chief Diplomatic Officer of Jinghai Prince's Mansion.He is also the director of the company's overseas affairs.

Yin Feng handed Zheng Zhilong two official documents in red letters from the Chinese Army.Slowly said: "An official. You have made outstanding achievements in this trip to Europe. The action to occupy the Cape of Good Hope is decisive and powerful. You can discern the opportunity and take timely action in Ceylon Island. These all show that you can stand alone. As a reward .In addition to the gold and silver stipulated by the military regulations. There are two letters of appointment here. Two positions. You can choose one. Soldiers take the execution of orders as their bounden duty. This is the first school rule of the Chinese Military Academy. But I give you special permission. This You can choose the command yourself at a time."

Zheng Zhilong took two letters of appointment with excitement and doubts: one appointed Zheng Zhilong as the head of the first regiment of Yan Siqi's fifth division stationed in North Korea.another copy.He was appointed as the chief of the Malacca fortress.The main force under him is the Malacca Independence Regiment of the Chinese Army Infantry in Malacca.

Zheng Zhilong seemed a little hesitant.I was overwhelmed with two letters of appointment.

"The garrison of the Malacca Fortress will form another local force. The actual goal of the post of chief is to point to the west of the Strait of Malacca. I originally wanted to give you the post of deputy commander of the Marine Corps of the Nanyang Fleet. But you are still too young. Your qualifications are still inexperienced..."

When Zheng Zhilong heard the phrase "the target points to the west of the Strait of Malacca".I have already made up my mind.

He picked up a letter of appointment.Standing at attention and saluting, "I have made up my mind. I will go south to Malacca soon to take office."

Yin Feng nodded with satisfaction: "That's right. It's not what I expected. The Chinese fleet has not yet entered the west of Malacca. The Dutch's gain in the Indian Ocean is temporary. Wait until we get out of the battle in Liaodong. Formally join the good show of competing for the Indian Ocean. You must seriously train your army in the South China Sea. Then I will wait for you to cross the Indian Ocean."

Zheng Zhilong knocked his feet.Saluted again: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I, Zheng Zhilong, will definitely live up to your expectations."

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the next day.Yan Siqi complained loudly in Yin Feng's study: "Captain, this is not acceptable. This Zheng Zhilong is the candidate I have already selected. My first regiment is waiting for him to lead the team. No way. You have to give him back. I."

Yin Feng never had any majestic airs in front of his proud disciple Yan Siqi.At this moment, he sat on the mahogany chair and rested his feet on the desk easily.Smiling and looking at Yan Siqi.If Zeng Qi, Zeng Shan, Xu Hongji and others saw him like this.He will definitely persuade him to maintain the image of the superior with heartache.

Seeing Yin Feng, Yan Siqi just smiled and didn't respond.In a hurry: "My lord, the owner of the ship. My troops spend the winter in the mountainous area in northern North Korea where no birds can lay eggs. There are many injuries and illnesses. Many front-line officers are also sick. You can't let me go with the troops that are short of major generals. Hit the Jurchen Tartars."

Yin Feng smiled: "Zheng Yiguan is a talented person. Nanyang is his world. You have many veterans of the former guard under your command. If you call for a lack of major generals all day long, then the new Sixth Division Huang Lue could be a beggar."

Yan Siqi put on a pitiful face and said: "That's it. You can see that I lost more than a dozen catties from the exhaustion of spending the winter in North Korea. Give me the major of the second division Liucheng. How about it? How about the cavalry brigade The commander of the Second Regiment assigned me to serve in the Cavalry Regiment directly under me. When attacking the Jurchen Tartars’ lair, my fifth division is the main force. You must give me some capable generals.”

Yin Feng saw Yan Siqi's rambunctious appearance.Throw a document at him.Smiling and cursing: "The person who shouted tired in front of me. You are the only one in the entire Chinese army. Your first regiment commander. Let Liu Anhai, the deputy commander of the regiment directly under the old battalion, take the position. The rest of the personnel are vacant. Well...here's this list for you. Tomorrow you go to the Golden State Guards Boot Camp to see for yourself. Most of the trainee officers, non-commissioned officers, and recruits who graduated this term of the military academy are there. You choose carefully. You will be given three days. After you have selected someone, go to the Planning Department and the Military Affairs Department of the Old Battalion Operations Department for approval and registration. One month later. Up to two months. Your troops must be ready for battle."

Yan Siqi had no choice but to retract his laughing expression.Stand at attention and salute.Liu Anhai is from Quanzhou.The first batch of children of Fujian farmers recruited in the early days of the escort team.Followed Yin Feng to participate in the escort team, which was also the first battle of the Chinese Army.The battle between Penghu Island and Hong Maoyi.It can be regarded as a representative of the veterans of the Chinese Army.And Yan Siqi is also a fellow.Yan Siqi had nothing to say about this candidate.

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The fort defense line of the Golden State Guard Fortress is now a huge training ground.A large number of newly recruited Chinese army recruits are training in this area.

The entire southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.Last year, nearly 40 Liaodong refugees were gathered at once.Thanks to Yin Feng for taking precautions.A large amount of grain has been hoarded from Taiwan and Jiangnan to Jinzhouwei and Lushun.Also prepared a lot of cold materials.In this way, a large number of refugees did not suffer from famine and freezing to death during the winter.

Now from the south of Haizhou, Gaizhou, and Jiuliancheng Phoenix Fort to Bohaikou.It is already the territory of the Chinese Army.A large number of Liaodong refugees gathered in this area.Many are strong labor force.Yin Feng brought some equipment and technical craftsmen from the weapon workshop and iron factory from Taiwan.Recruit workers on the spot and start producing arms and various products.The mines and iron workshops run by the company also began to operate.The Ministry of Agriculture began large-scale trial planting of cold-resistant and high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes and corn in southern Liaoning.Moreover, the rice that Xu Guangqi successfully planted in Tianjin was planted on a large scale in southern Liaoning.The original Ming Dynasty government agencies in southern Liaoning have long since collapsed and disappeared.Now here is the Liaonan Military Control Area of ​​the Chinese Army.It is divided into two districts, Jinzhou and Fuzhou.It is managed directly by the state herdsmen dispatched by the Jinghai Prince's Mansion.In southern Liaoning.Chinese companies have been completely excluded from the executive power.There is no taxation power, administrative jurisdiction, and land division power.It only enjoys monopoly trade management rights and preferential rights to mines and farms.

Along the newly laid Lushun Fuzhou cement road.Newly opened farms can be seen dotted along the way.There is an endless stream of transport carriages, donkey carts, and mule carts coming and going on the main road.Yan Siqi rode north with his guards.Had to give way to those big cars again and again.Liaodong people seen along the way.Although the clothes are still tattered.But they all looked rosy.full of energy.They are no longer the precarious and desperate refugees of the previous year.There are patches of temporary shacks outside many villages.Many Liaodong refugees lived there.Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children who are unable to work.The porridge shop opened in the name of King Jinghai and the charity house opened in the name of Princess Li Lihua helped refugees in these places.Many vehicles on the main road hang the flag of the Charity Institute.

Colonel Huang Lue, commander of the Sixth Division, saw Yan Siqi enter the Jinzhouwei new barracks.He went up to greet him with a yell: "I said Brother Zhenquan. There will be no good things for you to come here. Most likely you came to rob people with me."

"Where is it? My little brother is here to select new recruits. Those who have just graduated. Brother, let's take it."

Huang Lue is more than ten years older than Yan Siqi.However, the qualifications of the two in the military are similar.Together they participated in the battle against Manila.Therefore, they have always referred to each other as brothers.

After the two exchanged salutes.Let's walk into the big playground hand in hand.

The big playground is a square flat land with a radius of nearly one mile.Now more than 1000 recruits are being divided into two teams for queue exercises.

Zhang Pan, a former Ming soldier who participated in the Battle of Sansanlipu.Now marching on foot in one of the squadrons, armed with flintlock muskets.

The training in the Chinese army is completely different from that in the Ming army.Do long hours of physical training every day.All kinds of seemingly monotonous and repetitive queue training also consume a lot of human energy.Fortunately, Zhang Pan came from a wealthy family.Good health.Originally, in the Ming army, he trained with a small exercise every five days and a big exercise every ten days; in the Chinese army, he trained continuously every day.He gritted his teeth and survived.

Zhang Pan is an eye-opener here; the training, combat, etc. of the Chinese Army are very different from those of the Ming Army.But those instructors often quoted the words of senior generals such as Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou to train them.Zhang Pan's tutor is excellent.Literate and hyphenated, knowledgeable and reasonable.There is almost only one such talent in the Chinese army.Most of the instructors of the Chinese military academy are veterans of the former guards.There are also foreigners who are foreign mercenaries.They usually have strict requirements on the opening of the disk.After getting off the playground, invite Zhang Pan to give literacy lessons to those recruits.

Zhang Pan didn't understand at first.Why do ordinary soldiers have to be literate?Later in the training process.Only then did he realize that the Chinese Army is an ordinary soldier.You also have to understand the various flags and signals.At the same time, various military regulations and disciplines are publicly posted in the barracks.Little soldiers who don't understand are easy to be unlucky.If there are soldiers who are pursuing progress.That is even more literate: the combat diary, training diary, tactical discussions, and various reports have to be written by the officers themselves.

Zhang Pan was the most shocked in the Chinese army.It is the Chinese Army that has completely adopted firearms in combat.All queues and tactical training revolve around firearms.But it also emphasizes the spirit of daring to see red with a bayonet.

When the instructor conducts tactical training for junior officers like Zhang Pan.The emphasis was on gun numbers, queue discipline and shooter training.The set of cold weapons was basically completely abandoned.

At that time, the martial arts training in the Ming army was influenced by some "beautiful and beautiful" fancy martial arts in the society.Therefore, the training of many soldiers and court ministers in the Ming Dynasty should be a practical skill that can be "truly fought".For example, Qi Jiguang resolutely repudiated those things that "circle around and are full of flowers and plants".It is believed that "circle around the body vertically and horizontally. This wandering teacher fights alone. It is fine to decorate the eyes of the viewer."

The Chinese Army also has bayonet hand-to-hand training.But it has completely abandoned the fancy martial arts that were characterized by "shenfa stance" among the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at that time.The instructor said to Zhang Pan: "All skills in the army are based on posture. This is just showing off. It has no actual effect in actual combat....Qi Jiguang said it. The confrontation between the enemy is different from the usual individual skills. With thousands of people swarming away like burlap, it is impossible to wield a long spear. Turn around and jump..."

therefore.Zhang Pan originally learned the spear assassination technique in the Ming army.It is basically useless in the Chinese army's bayonet assassination technique: the Chinese army's bayonet assassination technique has been repeatedly trained to a few tricks: thrusting stabs, left and right stabs, etc.That is what Qi Jiguang said, "The only way to teach soldiers is to seal, close, capture, hold, block up, and block down six shots.... Only this is enough."

Officers of the Chinese Army also practice sword skills.He also learned Qi Jiguang's "Xinyou Sword Technique".That is, the Japanese Japanese sword technique learned from the Japanese pirates during the Jiajing period.The moves are simple and ruthless.

Zhang Pan is like entering a new world.Learning all kinds of combat skills eagerly.In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since his boot camp career.He was promoted to a trainee post in the new barracks.He was recommended by the instructor to study at the Chinese Military Academy on Taiwan Island.

At this time.He happened to meet Yan Siqi, Huang Lue and others who came to pick out the replacement soldiers.

At this moment, Zhang Pan's recruit sentinel was doing a confrontation training exercise with a group of Chinese cavalry.

He arranged his sentry into a small hollow square.Each side of the phalanx is guarded by a team of people.Everyone straightened out their bayonets and lined up in three rows.Squat down in the front row.The last two rows stand.Tenaciously faced the shock and harassment of hundreds of cavalry around.Stand like a rock.They kept firing empty pack guns at the cavalry.In the smoke, the cavalry also shot at them with their lances.

The training of the infantry against the cavalry was relatively dynamic.Attracted Yan Siqi, Huang Lue and others.