Win the Ding 1617

The crew had dinner, and after a short entertainment time, except for those on duty, they went back to their simple berths to rest. These men, who had been bumpy at sea for a day, fell asleep almost as soon as their heads touched the pillows. caught.Soon there were snores one after another on the boat, enough to overwhelm the sound of the waves on the sea.

The masts of the fleet raised night navigation lights made of copper wire and glass (in fact, they are large lanterns), and entered the state of night navigation.

Several sailors whispered haha ​​at their respective posts to relieve the boredom and loneliness of the night voyage.On the deck in the distance, the cabin door opened, and two guards accompanied the watchmen to carry out night inspections.

"My lord, the lads on the Changsheng ship are all descendants of boatmen recruited from various places. They have been running on the deck since they were young, and they have been with the wind and waves. Select the elite from the middle, and only then will they be able to board the Changsheng!"

It was the voice of the former captain Chu Tianlei!

Hearing the words of the old officer, several sailors immediately straightened their backs, and their movements became more and more refined.

As a newly launched ship, the Changsheng has a three-layer gun deck, with more than 100 artillery pieces installed. If the Shouhan is willing, he can install another 100 artillery pieces on the vacant artillery positions to make it completely It meets the standard of a second-tier battleship, but after thinking about it, I still reluctantly give up. "Assign good gunners to as many ships as possible!" Shou Han heard a guy who came back from Japan tell a famous saying of a daimyo, "If you have [-] taels of silver, don't buy yourself a [-] taels of silver." It’s better to buy a common knife with one hundred handles and one tael!”.Decided not to equip so many cannons on his ship, but chose to install four rocket launchers.

In terms of range, this thing is much farther than ordinary cannons, and the intimidation and destruction it brings to the enemy is no worse than cannons. Moreover, it is cheap to make and easy to operate, and it can be used by sailors as part-timers.

Patting on the railing of the ship, looking at the dark sea, Shou Han couldn't help but think of the famous song of seven sons, begging for the opportunity to take back Monte Carlo in the east.Shou Han also read this group of long poems carefully.The nine lands cut from south to north from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay, Kowloon, and Luda (Lushun-Dalian) are all natural harbors and coastal defense outposts.

Although the destination of this trip, Ryukyu, is not included in the Song of the Seven Sons, it has had a profound impact on Chinese history.

From the 34th year of Wanli.The Shimadzu family began to invade and rule Ryukyu.Before that, due to the aggression of Toyotomi Hideyoshi that monkey against North Korea.This led to Ming's trade blockade against Japan.The luxury goods needed by nobles such as the public and samurai families in Japan have become priceless, and the demand is far greater than the supply.Seeing that there are huge profits to be made, the Satsuma Domain took advantage of its geographical location to start trade with Ryukyu.Seafood and some luxury items were shipped back from Southeast Asia, and the needed supplies were obtained from the trade between Ryukyu and the Ming Dynasty. However, trade is after all a profit-seeking, so how can it be as simple as directly grabbing it?

As a result, the cross flag of the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain began to fly over Ryukyu.Ryukyu not only had to pay tribute to its suzerain Ming Dynasty and the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the benefits gained through the tribute, but also to pay tribute to the nearby evil neighbor and actual controller Satsuma.

During the entire period of the Tokugawa shogunate's seclusion, only the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain in Kyushu used this form of trade to accumulate wealth for themselves for hundreds of years.Only then did the so-called "respecting the emperor and expelling the barbarians" and "Meiji Restoration" come about, and only then did the so-called Changzhou's army and Satsuma's navy come into being.This group of beasts created many diplomatic incidents such as the Peony Society and Ryukyu, fattened themselves step by step, and turned the Ryukyu country into the so-called Okinawa County!

But, will this kind of thing happen again?

"Big Leizi," he called Chu Tianlei by his nickname, "do you want a bigger ship with more guns on it? It can sail farther? From Hue can you go directly to Beijing and Liaodong?"

"Can there be a bigger ship than Changsheng and Guangzhou?"

Chu Tianlei almost thought he heard it wrong, he listened carefully, except for the sound of the wind at sea and the flapping sound of the flag being torn, it was the lord talking to him.

"Of course there is! Moreover, my Nanzhong Army has always sought stability through agriculture, wealth through work, and wealth through business. For us, the ocean is our lifeblood. Without the sea, our people cannot communicate. Everywhere, the raw materials we make things are nowhere to be found, and our finished products cannot be shipped out, what should we do?!"

"So the lord wants to build a navy, occupy the islands everywhere, survey routes, and build ports."

Chu Tianlei is very able to understand Shou Han's strategic thinking, in fact, it has been like this for these years.Every step of going out, the development of the South China Army will step up to a higher level, and then there will be better development.

"As long as you can train enough sailors, I will let the shipyard build more and bigger ships for you. For a big ship with three masts, the main mast is more than 60 meters high from the waterline and can be installed with a hundred Two guns, three gun decks."

Before he knew it, Shou Han described the outline of the most classic battleship in his mind, the Victory.

"For this ship alone, I am afraid that nearly a thousand people will be used as sailors and gunners, and tens of tons of gunpowder will be stored to ensure the firing of the cannon."

"After we finish the business in Ryukyu and go home, we will invite someone to do the design. In addition, the thing you said before, the gunners are not easy to aim and shoot when the waves are bumpy and ups and downs." I think it will be resolved. way.

According to the isochronism principle of the pendulum, the soldiers of the navy can complete the loading during the ups and downs, aim at the trough, prepare at the top of the wave, and shoot at the next trough.According to the isochronism principle of the pendulum, no matter whether the swing amplitude (when the swing angle is less than 5°) is larger or smaller, the time to complete one swing is the same, and the navy can clearly grasp the time interval between two ups and downs.Galileo, who put forward this theory, is currently working in Hue for the Shou Han and the South Central Army.

I believe this great scientist will find the most reasonable and scientific crash training method for the navy of the South China Army.

"Big Leizi. Remember, in order to make our life better, we must sell our things at the highest possible price, and then buy what we need at the lowest possible price. In this way, our life will get better and better. But for this goal, we must have a powerful navy that can cruise around the seas and protect our merchant ships and interests."

Right now, in the East Asian sea, it can be regarded as a strong one.But three.Zheng Zhilong's former maritime business group.The navy of the South China Army has mastered the convenient location of Manlaja, made a lot of ill-gotten gains from collecting high tariffs from passing ships, established a stronghold in Batavia, and has a good cooperative relationship with the Liuxiang Group in the Dutch East India company.

but.From the nature point of view.Zheng Zhilong Group and the East India Company.They all belong to logistics providers and traders, and only the Nanzhongjun family has the three roles of manufacturer, logistics provider and trader.

Although the three families said that they are now going their own way and making their own fortunes.And there are still good trade activities between them, but there can only be one dragon king in a piece of sea, so what are three dragon kings?

In the words of the classic epic gangster film "The Godfather", "Free competition is wasteful, but monopoly is effective." In order to monopolize East Asia, a sea of ​​gold and silver, sooner or later the three will fight.

"Da Leizi, therefore, we can't just rely on what the Zheng family gave us for our trade routes to the mainland. We also need to open up new routes that belong to us."

"My subordinates understand! Ryukyu is the most critical point on this route!"

Walked around the nearly 200-meter-long deck of the Changsheng, greeted the sailors and gunners who were on duty at various positions, and watched the sailors shivering in the night wind in the middle of the night , Shouhan told Chu Tianlei, "When you go back, write a letter and send it to all the soldiers of the navy, as long as they are on the ship, go to Frangji to buy woolen cloth to make a big cloak. When the weather is cold Dress up to keep out the cold."

This action immediately moved the sailors on duty. Many of them wrote letters to their family members or lovers in their cabins after they got off the sentry post, telling them what they had learned about going to sea.

"My lord came to our post at night and saw that we were a little cold by the night wind at sea, so he told Commander Chu to spend a lot of money to order woolen cloaks from Frangji merchants for me and other sailors. We are very grateful , why repay? The only thing is to fight to the death!"

When a round of red sun jumped out from the distant skyline, it instantly dyed the fleet of seven large ships with the color of morning glow, and the pure white sails were coated with a faint blush. The cannons on the deck shone cutely in the sun, making people forget that they are sharp weapons for breaking mountains, cracking stones, killing people and destroying ships.

The big bell hanging on the cabin and deck was struck vigorously by the boatswain on duty. People turned over from their bunks one after another, went to the corner of the cabin to get their washbasins, and walked out of the cabin to wash their hands outside. .

"Where are we now?"

A sailor with a tooth in his mouth was full of foam, and vaguely asked his companions where the fleet was at the moment.

"Not very clear, ask the brother who is on duty above."

"No need to ask! When I came up, I had just passed the senior officer!"

From the mast above the people's heads, a voice floated down.

"Quick! Look! Island!"

Following this cry of surprise, people saw more than a dozen seabirds babbling in mid-air.

Everyone knows that in the sea, where there are birds, there are islands.Therefore, during the long voyage, encountering seabirds flying overhead is a pleasant thing for both body and mind.

"Seagull is a kind of auspicious bird. When it comes to the fleet, it will bless the safety of the ship. Like dolphins, it is an auspicious life at sea." Veteran sailors are popularizing various knowledge of the sea to young sailors.

"Does that mean you can't fight?"

"Hit? Looking for death!? Do you see how the word island is written? There is a bird on the top and a mountain on the bottom. If there is a bird, if there is a mountain, it is an island!" Steamed buns, break up the dry steamed buns and throw them into the air, and the teasing seagulls will fly and circle around the fleet.

In the cabin, several young naval officers were busy on the chart, marking the location of the island and calculating the distance of the route.Look for the island's name on previous sources.

"I found it!"

An officer excitedly held up a chart to show off to his colleagues around him.

"Yonaguni Island!"

"My lord, we have entered the waters of the Ryukyu Kingdom!"

At the breakfast table of the officers of Changsheng, as the commander of the fleet, Chu Tianlei reported the news to Shou Han on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the navy.

"Yonaguni Island is the closest to Dayuan. According to the old people, when the weather is good, you can see the mountains of Dayuan Island on Yonaguni Island. It is also the closest island to Dayuan in Ryukyu. It is one of the Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands. one of."

Yonaguni Island? !It's been a long time!

Shou Han said silently in his heart.

"How big is the island?"

"It's not big. It's about 24 miles long from east to west, about eight miles from north to south, and the coastline is less than [-] miles long. The radius is only [-] to [-] miles. The island is mountainous, has many small rivers, and has sufficient fresh water sources. There are only three villages. The population is insufficient. Hundreds. The three villages are Zuna in the north, Kubeliang in the west, and Hikawa in the south. The three villages were built on the island's mountains. Among these three villages, Zuna in the north He is the leader of these three villages. I think we can consider setting up a supplementary point for the fresh water of the fleet here."

"Send a boat there, go down with a group of people, and tell the people on the island. This island will be under the jurisdiction of our Great Ming South Central Army in the future! Anyone who dares to resist, kill!"

The officers around the dining table were a little surprised. They are not the kind of rookies who have never seen blood kill people. On the contrary, everyone can be regarded as "debt of blood". I haven't done it, but most of the villages that are hostile to the South China Army will suffer this bad luck. How can there be such a lonely island hanging in the ocean of the East Ocean that the commander of the South China Army has more than a hundred thousand people under his command Erlang's Li Shouhan treats him like this?

Will they all be exterminated if they don't accept the jurisdiction?

Everyone was full of doubts and incomprehensions, and they didn't dare to ask more questions, so they had to lower their heads to destroy their own breakfast.Chu Tianlei nodded and called the star officer, ordering him to pass on the order of Shou Han.

The sailor on the mast waved the small red and yellow flag in his hand, and got in touch with a nearby ship. Soon, the semaphore came from that ship, "Follow the order! If you don't obey, you will be killed."

Watching the boat sail out of the brigade and heading towards Yonaguni Island, when it was close to the island, the boat was put down, and a group of soldiers rowed hard to Yonaguni Island.

"Don't blame me for being cruel. You will not understand my painstaking efforts."

From the binoculars, Shouhan watched the team leader, after landing on the shore, struggling to plant the big bright sun and moon flag and the Li character phoenix flag on the beach by the sea, making gestures and rowing with the natives who came talking about something.

"Leave it to them here, and pick them up when we return from Ryukyu."

"If you know that someone has set up a military base on this island, set up a radar base, sent troops, and drew a so-called air defense identification zone here, using fighter jets flying here to threaten and occupy your territorial waters and territories , I believe that you will also control this island in your own hands! Besides, this island is so close to Dayuan, like a springboard, with Dayuan on the west and Ryukyu on the east. The status of this island is natural It goes without saying.”

There was a faint roar of firecrackers on the island, and then in people's vision, the soldiers began to chase and kill the fleeing islanders with their knives and guns.Obviously, it was the soldiers on the island who had verbal conflicts with the residents on the island, and the soldiers carried out Shou Han's orders very well.

The people on the fleet saw the billowing black smoke rising from the island, but no one dared to ask why, why the people on this island made the lord so angry.

"It's not easy to open your eyes! If the lord wants to take you in, he will naturally give you household registration, and after that, there will be countless benefits. You only need to nod your head for something that can only be obtained after many years of hard work. This is what you knocked out in your previous life. How much good fortune has I received from Muyu Xiu! I don’t even know what’s good and what’s wrong! Damn it!”

The old sailor who fed the seabirds with dry steamed buns spit into the sea and cursed the residents on the island for being ignorant of current affairs.

Along the Yonaguni and Yaeyama Islands, across the Miyako Waterway, through a piece of blue water, the destination of this trip, Ryukyu, has appeared in front of you.

"My lord, should we head to Kume Island first or go straight to Naha Port?"

Mao Sihai, the interpreter and contact person for this trip, stood beside Shou Han and asked him for instructions in a low voice.

Shou Han handed the binoculars in his hands to the guards standing beside him, "Sihai, let me ask you, when you came to trade, did you go to Kume Island first, or directly to Naha Port?"

"My lord, we came to trade sugar cane with them by transporting rice, cloth and ironware. We are their parents, but why did we go to Kume Island? Kume Island is only when we go to our respective homes to establish friendship after the trade is over. "

"Then why did we go to Kume Island first this time?"

Listening to Shou Han's seemingly uninteresting voice, Mao Sihai suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a clumsy mistake.

"When the subordinates came, they were businessmen. My lord is very majestic. If I don't send someone to contact me in advance, I'm afraid it will cause a misunderstanding." He wiped the thin beads of sweat from his forehead and explained to himself.

"Haha! How many soldiers and horses are there in Ryukyu?"

"Reporting to my lord, as far as my subordinates know, the so-called saber hunting order was issued several generations ago to confiscate the country's weapons. Now, all the soldiers and horses in the country are no more than a few thousand, and they are scattered all over the country. The Shimadzu family conquered Shuri Castle in the past, and when they captured the Ryukyu King, there were only [-] bows, [-] spears, [-] armors, and several knives and spears in their arsenal." Chu Tianlei, who was standing aside, yelled loudly, breaking through The old background of Ryukyu.

"The mere Shimadzu family can destroy their country and take away their king. Why should I go to Kume Island first instead of the king's city? Order! All ships go straight to Naha Port!" (To be continued...)

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