Chapter 835 Action Plan

With the current strength of the Haihan Army, not to mention these East China Sea pirates who have primitive equipment and very little combat capabilities and experience, even the Netherlands and Spain, the Western powers that are conducting global colonization in this era, have already established themselves in the Haihan Militia.

The arrogant head was lowered in front of him. The Portuguese had done this, the Dutch had done it, and the Spanish had surrendered twice in a row recently. It was nothing unusual for Haihan.

According to the description in the secret letter by Xu Ke and another lurker, the pirates in the Zhoushan Islands may be weaker than Haihan's previously expected level. Although these pirates can rely on their ability to compete with local officials and powerful households,

They survive through this secret interest relationship, but they are different from the Shibazhi that was rampant in Fujian in the past few years. Most of the time they are just tools for certain powerful people to achieve their personal goals, rather than the strength of Shibazhi.

An armed force that is powerful enough to affect the situation of one party. In order to prevent these "tools" from becoming too large and difficult to control, the armed level of the Zhoushan Islands pirate gangs has been consciously manipulated and controlled.

Although Qian Tiandun spoke loudly, Xu Xinsu, who understood the situation, would not think there was anything wrong with his statement. As long as Haihan could use his lightning power to clear out one or two powerful pirate dens at the beginning, the rest would be

There is a real possibility that pirate gangs will get wind of this.

If such a situation occurs, it is of course ideal. The Haihan military has always followed the route of elite troops to complete various combat missions with limited troops. It can invest less troops and the saved military expenditures can be used for other tasks.

aspects - such as replacing the army with the latest field artillery, or increasing the construction cost of one or two warships for the navy.

Xu Xinsu also knew that Qian Tiandun's statement was not a big show, but that the Haihan Army always controlled the dispatched troops more accurately, so he tentatively asked: "Then I will dispatch three thousand people from your army."

Basics, prepare the food and grass supplies needed for a month of fighting, what does General Qian think?"

The amount of food and grass supplies required for three thousand men to fight for a month is not a small amount, not to mention that these supplies have to be transported from Fujian to Zhejiang, which will increase the cost. Xu Xinsu's statement undoubtedly represents the Fujian government, or Xu Xinsu

The clan took over this matter with quite a lot of sincerity. Qian Tiandun understood what Xu Xinsu meant and immediately responded: "Master Xu is so polite! I don't think it's better than this. With the establishment of these three thousand people, we can't

How about sending out 2,000 people, and Master Xu will send another 1,000 people to join us?"

Qian Tiandun knew that Xu Xinsu was willing to spend money to prepare food and grass supplies for the Haihan Army and be responsible for the logistics supply. It was not without purpose, so he took the initiative to tell him.

Xu Xinsu pretended to decline: "If it affects your army's battle plan, wouldn't it be a sin?"

Qian Tiandun smiled and said, "Don't be polite, Mr. Xu. Your army has cooperated with our army many times before, and we have always cooperated very well. I am very confident about your army's strength."

Although the Haihan military attaches great importance to the piracy problem in the Zhoushan Islands, considering the opponent's limited strength, it does not plan to send a large number of troops to carry out the cleanup mission. The two thousand people are Qian Tiandun, Shi Diwen, Chen Yixin, Gao Qiaonan and others.

After discussing together, we came to the conclusion that since Xu Xinsu has taken the initiative to sell the goods, Qian Tiandun will do a favor and allow Xu Xinsu's people to participate in the next military operation in Zhejiang.

Shi Diwen did not forget to remind him: "It will definitely be okay for Mr. Xu's subordinates to participate in the operation, but their identities probably need to be concealed, so as not to cause trouble and cause inconvenience to Mr. Xu."

Although Xu Xinsu is the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Army, it is obviously against the rules to dispatch troops to Zhejiang waters to carry out military operations without notifying the Zhejiang government and obtaining the consent of the Ministry of War. When the time comes, Zhejiang will file a copy with the imperial court and let you know.

Whether Xu Xinsu went to fight pirates is not on Xu Xinsu's side. Although the court and the Ministry of War may not be able to do anything against Xu Xinsu, a local tyrant, it would be very embarrassing for him to reprimand Xu Xinsu in the next article.

.Besides, Xu Xinsu didn’t want to offend the Zhejiang officialdom in the open. After all, he still wanted to do business in this area in the future. It would be too difficult to see the consequences.

Xu Xinsu thanked him and said, "General Shi's words make sense. How about I pretend that my men and horses are temporarily pretending to be your army? As for battlefield command, it will naturally be a burden to all the generals!"

As long as he seizes the opportunity to cooperate with the Haihan Militia, Xu Xinsu will always find ways to send his most elite troops to participate in the operation. However, he does not always get the opportunity to fight on the front line. Most of the time, he can only be assigned

The task of assisting defense or even covering logistical supplies, coupled with the fast combat speed of the Haihan militia, would often resolve the battle within two or three days. Sometimes the participating troops sent by Xu Xinsu did not even wait for a chance to take action, and the war was over.

The role it can play in training troops is not very great.

This time the Haihan people decided to take action in Zhoushan, and Xu Xinsu thought this was a good opportunity to train troops. The northernmost station of Haihan is currently Jilong Port in Taipei, but the main force is still stationed in Penghu.

The approximate size of the army was also known, and the number of combat troops it could dispatch was estimated. They proposed to subsidize the food and grass supplies needed for three thousand people to fight. The calculation was that Haihan would not be able to send so many troops to fight in Zhejiang.

, the vacant troops can be naturally filled by the Fujian Ming Army.

Even if Shi Diwen didn't remind him, Xu Xinsu would not make the low-level mistakes he mentioned. After all, he has been in the officialdom for six or seven years. What can and cannot be done, and what are the taboos in the bureaucracy.

Xu Xinsu's heart was bright. Knowing that Shi Diwen was handing him a ladder, Xu Xinsu got off the ladder immediately and immediately expressed her willingness to hand over the command of the participating troops to the Haihan military.

The elite troops under Xu Xinsu are basically organized and trained according to the methods established by the Haihan military. The organization, combat system and tactics are all in line with Haihan. The Haihan militia takes over the command, so there is no need to worry about lack of military orders.

Or the command system cannot be connected and other problems. If senior Haihan officers directly conduct battlefield command, they will definitely learn much more combat skills than usual theoretical training or military exercises. As long as they can learn real skills, Xu Xinsu believes that it will take more time to conduct battlefield command.

The money is also worth it, because he believes that Haihan's successful model has fully demonstrated the importance of armed force. In the future, the Xu family wants to establish a firm foundation in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and even develop into a local separatist force like Haihan.

Then a powerful armed force is absolutely indispensable.

However, since the Shibazhi and Hongmao people were driven away in the southeast, there is currently no war to speak of, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to train troops in actual combat. Xu Xinsu can only look outside the province if he wants to temper his troops, even if

This requires more expenses and greater risks. Xu Xinsu believes that these costs are worth it - of course, the premise is that there is the escort of the Haihan Militia.

Xu Xinsu's proposal was also expected by Haihan's military, so after a few words of humility, he agreed to Xu Xinsu's request. Finally, Xu Xinsu called his bodyguard in: "Go and give this officer to Haihan."

Bring in the gifts prepared by the leaders!"

After the guard officer left, Xu Xinsu took the initiative to explain: "It is the sixth anniversary of Haihan's arrival in the Ming Dynasty. I have nothing to express, so I can only prepare a small gift to express my concern! Don't mind if this gift is too big.

Shabby!”

Qian Tiandun even said he didn't dare, but he thought that Xu Xinsu would give gifts at this juncture in previous years, but it had nothing to do with being shabby. One year during the anniversary celebration, he sent an envoy to Sanya to watch the ceremony and sent three whole ships

There are two hundred cattle in total.

After a while, Xu Xinsu's men came in carrying a plaque. Xu Xinsu stood up and took off the cloth on the plaque, and introduced to Qian Tiandun and others: "The words 'Exhibiting Ambition' on this plaque are made of pure gold.

I hope everyone at Haihan can achieve their goals this year."

This plaque is more than five feet wide and about two feet high. The four large golden characters on it are inlaid on the black backing board, which looks particularly eye-catching. The gold characters are not pasted with gold foil, but solid gold characters. Judging from the strokes and

Judging from the size of the characters, I'm afraid each character weighs one or two pounds. If these gifts were shabby, then many people would probably not be able to take out the gifts they prepared.

After being polite, Qian Tiandun accepted it on behalf of the executive committee. He knew that Xu Xinsu would probably not feel at ease if he did not accept the gift.

After the military's action plan was submitted in writing to the Executive Committee, the response received was that it would wait until after the anniversary. It was obviously impossible for the personnel stationed in Penghu to rush back to Sanya to participate in the military parade at this juncture, so

Just a simple celebration ceremony was held in the base. Of course, feeding the soldiers who are about to go to the battlefield again is also one of the essential activities.

On April 3, Haihan's participating troops, including 500 Ming troops who had come from Zhangzhou and had changed their uniforms, began to assemble at Magong Port in Penghu. There were approximately 2,800 armed personnel involved in this mission.

Around 3,000 people, but including the civilians responsible for logistics and transportation, the total number has already exceeded 3,000.

In addition to combat ships, troopships and supply ships, this time there is also a merchant fleet that will set off with the armed fleet. The purpose is to provide a reason for the armed fleet that follows, as long as the pirates in Zhoushan dare to

If you take action, Haihan can rush over with lightning speed to gain a record.

On April 5, the fleet of merchant ships used as bait left the port and headed north. Of course, although this fleet was just a bait, for the sake of safety, at least a dozen militia soldiers were arranged on each ship and equipped with corresponding weapons.

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The regular army set off at least three hours after the bait left. All the ships in this fleet were produced by Haihan, and their speed was definitely faster than before. About five hours after the fleet left Magong Port, it was already

On the sea, we caught up with the fleet that set out first.

The first stop of the fleet was Nanri Island. This place had been included in the restricted area by Shiba Zhi earlier. However, with the help of Haihan, not only did this place be snatched away from Zheng Zhilong, but also

Many defense fortifications were built on the island. In addition to replenishing water and food, the reason for stopping here was that about 500 Ming troops who had changed their uniforms wanted to join the team from here.

Xu Xinsu also followed the Haihan fleet here, but he would not follow all the way to Zhoushan. After handing over his private army to the Haihan people here, Xu Xinsu took the initiative to say goodbye to Haihan: "My old sons of the Xu family

, I just rely on the leaders to take care of me."

The voyage from Nanri Island to the destination Zhoushan Islands off Ningbo is more than 300 nautical miles. If it were just the Haihan warship, it would not be delayed for too long on the way. It would take about two days and two nights to arrive. In order not to arrive too early

To alert the enemy, the Haihan fleet will keep a certain distance from the coast to avoid being discovered by fishermen, merchant ships or others near the coast. The merchant fleet will spread its formation very far apart, trying to

Focus the attention of others on your own side so that you can better cover up the whereabouts of the Haihan Fleet.

On April 7, the merchant fleet ran into the first unlucky person in this operation in Wenzhou - two pirate ships discovered a lone Haihan merchant ship and immediately swarmed up. Unfortunately, they underestimated their opponents.

Assessing itself, the merchant ship circled on the sea and fled towards the east sea. The two pirate ships followed leisurely, keeping a reasonable distance.

However, after they sailed out to the open sea and followed for more than an hour, the situation finally changed. There was a huge cyclone on the sea level in the distance, which caused great fluctuations in the sea conditions, making it difficult to choose a reasonable direction.

While they were hesitating, two "exploration-class" warships from the Haihan Fleet had already appeared behind them.

"Send the order, raise the flag, prepare for battle!" Shi Diwen did not dare to be careless and immediately ordered the preparations to begin.

The whole battle process was simply lackluster. It only took thirty seconds to eliminate one of the pirate ships. Fortunately, a cannonball hit the mast and immediately split it into two parts. But the other pirate ship saw that the situation was not good.

He planned to escape, but when the Haihan warship got close to him, the opponent had no chance to escape.

Through interrogation, it was determined that the two pirate ships were just a small group nearby. It was unlucky for them that when they went out in full force for the first time after the beginning of spring, they encountered this fleet disguised as a bait. The pirates didn't even do anything.

They have become prisoners after understanding what happened, and they have no clue as to the origins of the armed force that captured them.
Chapter completed!