Chapter 178: Operation Sea King
After breaking the convention and interspersed the tone of encirclement, the theater ordered the General Staff Office to join forces with the Luzon Port Company and the Construction Company to explore and evaluate the narrow strait between Leight Island and Sanmeo Island.
The final conclusion is that construction difficulty does exist, but it is not particularly difficult for construction companies with rich harbor construction. All projects can be completed in about one month.
There are nearly two months left before the end of the typhoon season, and it is still time to go.
What needs special attention is the confidentiality issue, because this section of the "San Meow Strait" is very narrow and long, and the construction section is still 30 miles away from Leyte Bay, and it is very tortuous, so there is no need to worry about the Spanish patrolling the bay.
The problem is that the tribes of the Three Meows living on the Three Meows Island, and the Cebu people and Valais on the Leyte Island, have basically converted to Catholicism. These people will act as the eyeliner for the Spanish.
However, after deduction, the Advisory Office believed that this problem should be solved.
So after final discussion, the theater command finally formulated a complete combat plan with Lin Feng's combat plan as the core and Wang Rulong's plan as the alternative, and aimed at completely eliminating Spain's military presence in the Far East.
Zhao Hao named it "Operation Neptune"!
The battle is divided into three stages. The first stage is "Forging a Soldier" and will be implemented from now on!
There are three important tasks in this stage. First, through strategic deception, the Spaniards think that we are going to regain Brunei.
Second, the project to open up the waterway under the premise of confidentiality is completed.
Third, try to destroy the Spanish supplies on Guam and Saipan without exposing oneself, and investigate the situation of the Spanish Expeditionary Fleet.
The third task is the responsibility of the Military Intelligence Department. The first and second task requires the cooperation of various departments in the theater to complete, and even Zhao Hao has to do his part.
At the end of July, he ordered people to invite King Saifu of Boni and King Ye Qide of Sulu to the War Zone Command.
"Hahaha, your two majesties are so good now?" Zhao Hao met the two on the balcony of the sea where he lives.
"Thank you for the blessing of the young master, life in the sanatorium is very comfortable." Ye Qide bowed and smiled.
"I just don't know how our matter will be solved," Saif, who has changed from a pointed face to a round face, said in a bad Chinese language: "It is inevitable that it will not be delicious to eat and cannot sleep."
"Haha, I'm asking you two to come here for this." Zhao Hao smiled and greeted the two of them and sat down: "I received a letter from the cabinet the day before yesterday. The court has decided to accept the two donations of land. In accordance with the Luzon and Annan regulations, we will set up the Boni Governor's Office and the Annan Governor's Envoy respectively, with the two serving as the governor and the governor respectively, and will be replaced by hereditary affairs, and will be determined by self-determination in the internal affairs."
"Is that?" the two were overjoyed when they heard this. They had known that they would not be able to be kings after they had offered their land. They could be the governor of the hereditary, the governor, and the like. No matter whether it is a sultan, a king or a governor, isn't it just a title?
Moreover, they all knew that since the Jiajing period, the King of Annan, Mo Dengyong, tied up himself to offer land outside Zhennan Pass and requested the list of people to be included in the Ming Dynasty, Annan was demoted from the "Annan Kingdom" to the "Annan Commander's Office" and was under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Provincial Administration and Commissioner's Office.
What else do they have to be treated with Annan, who is known as Little China?
Ye Qide was smart and immediately bowed deeply to Zhao Hao and said, "In the future, when you respond to the affairs of the Governor's Office, you have to ask your son to do it for you."
"Yes, yes." Saif nodded quickly. During this period, he had completely figured it out. Since he was hiding from Daming and Mr. Zhao, he had to learn from Lao Ye and put his position in the right place.
"Oh, this is a bad word." Zhao Hao waved his hand and smiled: "In the Governor General's Office of Luzon, because Governor Xu's inheritance has been cut off for eight or nine generations, there is a lack of enough people to hope for, so our group helps him more."
After a pause, he looked at Saif with a smile and said, "You two are different. They are both inherited from generation to generation and respect. The affairs of Boni and Sulu must be dominated by you, so our group will have to start."
"This..." Ye Qid and Saif looked at each other, feeling that they could not take this seriously.
"Put your heart back in your stomach, the coast guard will guard every inch of the sea and territory of the Ming Dynasty, and of course, including Boni and Sulu." Zhao Hao said with a smile.
At this time, Secretary Ma brought three glasses of wine. Zhao Hao picked up one and signaled the two to raise their glasses and said:
"Come on, let's wish all the Ming Dynasty, Nanyang, Boni and Sulu all a bright future!"
"There is also a group." Ye Qide added with a hurried smile.
"Not bad." Saif also nodded quickly and echoed: "It's really good to hello to everyone!"
"Okay, okay!" After toasting, Zhao Hao asked the two of them to sit down, then lit a cigarette and said, "In addition, each has a big deal, so I have to worry about them."
"Please speak, young master." The two of them quickly took a look at the hearing.
"Governor Sai, in the past few days, I will send a fleet to escort you back to Boni." Zhao Hao said to Saifu first: "At that time, we will bombard Brunei City and shock the invaders in the city first. Then when you go back, you will send people to the city to spread a message saying that Boni has changed from a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty to a territory of the Ming Dynasty, so you are invading the Ming Dynasty now."
"Yeah." Saif nodded vigorously, otherwise what would he do to offer the soil? "And what?"
"Then you can give them an ultimatum, restricting them from withdrawing from Brunei and leaving Borneo before the rainy season ends. Otherwise, the court will send heavenly soldiers and generals to take giant ships after the arrival of the Liang season, and crush them into powder after the arrival of the Liang season!"
The joint fleet on the sea was conducting shooting training, and the rumbling cannons were heard, like thunder rolling in the sky.
"Okay, I remember!" Saif nodded vigorously, looking at Zhao Hao and asked, "Will the heavenly soldiers really come then?"
"That's what you said." Zhao Hao looked at him strangely and said, "If a person has no faith, he will not stand, let alone the Heavenly Kingdom?"
It’s just that the cold season is growing, so Mr. Zhao doesn’t guarantee any time to come.
"I'm saying a word..." Saif's eyes were red with excitement, and he looked at the rows of giant ships on the sea, wishing he could put his wings on and fly back to Brunei.
"Okay, you go first. I have something to explain to Lao Ye alone." Zhao Hao smiled and patted Saif's shoulder.
"Yes." Saif hurriedly bowed and retreated.
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After Saif went down, Ye Qide asked nervously: "I wonder what the young master has to give?"
"Let's relax, the rank of the governor is still above me now." Zhao Hao smiled and pressed the cigarette box, and blew a cigarette to him and said, "We are now complacent in the same palace and planning a major plan together."
"Young Master, don't say that." Ye Qide was in a position that was too far away from Yifu. He hurriedly took the smoke with both hands and said, "Little Sulu is only a few small places, and I'm so frightened to be in trouble."
"Hey, don't you still have Sanbaoyan, and you will take it back soon." Zhao Hao lit a cigarette for him with a smile.
"That's pitifully smaller than Luzon and Boni." Ye Qide said humbly: "Young Master, don't treat me as a character. If you can work hard for the young master, the villain will be satisfied."
"Haha, okay, okay." Zhao Hao couldn't help laughing and said, "I just like you, you are a person who is a person. Only when you are well-developed can everyone be willing to be a person with every effort!"
As he said that, he gestured in the void and said, "As long as you have the ability, the entire Mindanao Island will be under your command in the future. Do you think it's okay?"
Ye Zid couldn't help but feel excited. Mindanao is only a little smaller than Luzon, and it has a fertile land of thousands of miles and abundant resources!
He swallowed his saliva hard, and hurriedly knelt down and sweared: "I swear to be loyal to the young master for generations, and will never betray him!"
"Okay, let's not let each other down. Get up quickly." Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction and said to Ye Qide who stood up again: "But I have another thing for you to do now."
"Please give me instructions, young master." Ye Qide nodded quickly. He was about to make a long statement, but Zhao Hao waved his hand to stop him.
Mr. Zhao asked him: "Does most of those pirates in the South China Sea come from the Sulu Islands?"
"This..." Ye Qide couldn't help but feel ashamed and nodded with difficulty: "Shame, Sulu's soil is fertile and the fishery is rich. The people originally lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they could not say that there were no pirates, but there were really not many."
As he said that, he said angrily: "After the red-haired ghost came, we were on the excuse that we refused to convert to their religion, and often took giant ships to various islands to rob us. Life was really hard to survive, and more and more people went into the sea for the sake of making a living."
He also said, "When I was the king, I could still restrain them. But the country has been destroyed. What qualifications do I have to prevent them from eating this bowl of rice?"
"Can they listen to you now?" Zhao Hao said with a flash of smoke.
"Of course, our Eastern King lineage has ruled Sulu for almost two hundred years. The people have listened to us for generations." Ye Qide suddenly said: "Young Master, let me restrain them and not be pirates?"
"That's a later story." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said, "I'll ask you to as many subordinates as possible to form a huge pirate gang, and then go here to camp!"
As he said that, he took the map and pointed to the northern end of the Sanmao Strait, which was a natural safe haven.
"The reason is also very good. Your country was destroyed by the Spanish. Is it reasonable to find a place to start over?"
"Reasonable and reasonable, very reasonable." Ye Qide nodded and hesitated: "The Valais who have converted to Catholicism live here. They will definitely not be able to defeat our brave Sulu people, but..."
He swallowed and did not dare to say anything.
"You just hit them, are you afraid of attracting red-haired ghosts?" Zhao Hao knew what he meant.
"Yes." Ye Qide smiled embarrassedly and said, "The red-haired ghost is so good..."
"Don't worry, they won't come." Zhao Hao said lightly: "The red-haired ghost is busy welcoming the expeditionary army. When he returns to Borneo, he will also desperately ask for help. How can he care about the Valais?"
"You don't have to kill them all, tell them that the Sulu people just want to live in a place of life. Let them leave the northeast corner of Leyte Island, so that the water of the well will not break the river." After a pause, he ordered again: "The same is true for the three cats. Don't let them approach the southwest corner of the three cats."
These two parts form a complete plain, but are separated by the strait in the middle.
"Yes." Ye Qide didn't know what Mr. Zhao was going to do, but nodded and finished, saying, "I'll go back to contact the tribe tomorrow."
"Well, you must clear all outsiders out of the strait at least ten kilometers." Zhao Hao reminded again: "But be careful not to do it so obviously. You might as well make a ruthless move on the side of Leight Island first. People from Sanmao Island should retreat when they see this."
Chapter completed!