Daming Military Empire

Chapter 630 Mobilize the navy and prepare for support

Sun Yuanhua was in a very good mood during this time, he was cheerful all day long, and his mouth couldn't close his smile. This year can be said to be the luckiest year in his life, and all kinds of good things happened one after another. Until he couldn't control his emotions a little bit, the kind of joy from the heart just made him want to smile happily all the time.

What is it that made this old and prudent Minister of the Ministry of War lose his composure?
There are a lot of things about this. The first one is that just after the new year, the cabinet was reorganized, and his rank was directly raised from the second rank to the first rank, and he has been an extremely human minister since then.

Immediately afterwards, the armored combat vehicle he presided over passed the test and began mass production. The 100 million taels promised by the emperor was directly delivered to him, and he was considered a rich man from then on.

Afterwards, during the Siberia War, the Ming army took advantage of the armored chariots and took advantage of all the way, and quickly took down all the bastions of Tsarist Russia.

Power, wealth, these two things are difficult for most people to be satisfied in their whole life, but he reached the extreme within a year. Coupled with the emperor's favor, he is really satisfied. what to ask.

Especially from the second half of the year, the emperor decided to stop for a while to rest, and he also ushered in a rare free time. After the order to relocate the Siberian guards was issued, he basically had nothing to do, except to go to the cabinet in the morning to participate in officials For the promotion vote, at other times, he basically sat in the yamen of the Ministry of War, drinking tea and reading books, leisurely.

This day he was making a pot of tea as usual, sitting there reading a book, a young eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies suddenly ran in and said anxiously: "Master Sun, the emperor has ordered you to enter the palace immediately to see him."

Upon hearing this, Sun Yuanhua immediately jumped up from his chair, cupped his hands and said, "Please, my father-in-law."

After finishing speaking, he followed the little eunuch and went straight to the palace. He knew that the emperor would not enter the palace quickly if there was no major event. If he was so eager to let him enter the palace, something important must have happened, maybe he was too busy to get used to it. , after being idle for a couple of months, he actually felt a little eager to fight. With Da Ming's current strength, he is really invincible. Once the war starts, it means that Da Ming will expand its territory again!

It's a pity that he guessed wrong this time. He hurried to the Imperial Study Room. After the monarch and ministers greeted him, the emperor said directly: "Chuyang, the anti-Habsburg alliance has started to fight back. They launched a full-scale attack on the Spanish and Portuguese colonies." , now the entire sea area to the west of the European continent is almost blocked by them!"

This is really troublesome. If it is a combination of land and sea, Da Ming will not be afraid to fight against the Habsburg alliance powers. Only in the navy, Da Ming is really not sure. He couldn't help asking carefully: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Zhu Cijiong said firmly: "We must send troops to support. If the British, French, Dutch and other powers are allowed to snatch all the overseas colonies of Spain and Portugal, their strength will surely increase by leaps and bounds, and it will be difficult to say who will rule the world."

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help agreeing: "The emperor is wise, we must not let them succeed this time."

Zhu Cijiong frowned and said: "However, their naval strength is hidden very deeply. I don't know how many warships have been invested this time. If they rush forward rashly, I'm afraid they won't get any good."

Sun Yuanhua was also worried about this issue, and he proposed: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about the navy, why don't you call all the admirals to discuss it?"

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, I have already made an order, and it is estimated that they will come here in a few days after success. Now I just want to confirm the situation of the Beihai Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet. Can these two fleets be transferred back now?"

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but his face changed, he said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is impossible. Now the warships of the North Sea Fleet and the East Sea Fleet are all gathered in the unfrozen Ob River tributary south of Wushan City. I can't get out."

Zhu Cijiong's face also changed slightly when he heard the words. This is good. There are only six fleets in total, one has not yet completed its formation, two cannot get out of the blocked ice river, and the remaining three still need to be stationed in the vast sea area of ​​​​South Asia. Stationed on the Eurasian Canal, what can we do to compete with the anti-Habsburg alliance powers?

He couldn't help sighing: "This is really a miscalculation. Maybe the Anti-Habsburg Alliance has discovered this situation and launched a surprise attack decisively. Now, Ming Dynasty can't send many warships to support Spain and Portugal at all." !"

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help feeling ashamed when he heard the words. Although the emperor didn't blame him, the deployment of troops and the mobilization of the legion were originally the responsibility of the Ministry of War. It was not the emperor's miscalculation, but his dereliction of duty as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

How to do it?It would definitely not work to transfer a fleet. Even if the anti-Habsburg alliance navy has not developed much in the past few years, it cannot be settled by a fleet. He frowned and thought for a long time, and finally came up with a good idea.

He couldn't help but excitedly said: "Your Majesty, there is still a way. We can bring back all the soldiers of the Beihai Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet and reorganize the two fleets."

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but wondered: "Oh, reorganize the two fleets? How about a reorganization method, tell me quickly."

Sun Yuanhua said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you also know that the Arctic Fleet has been transferred back to Dongdaying, and has received [-] super battleships to start training. However, they have only been training for a short time, and they must not be able to go into battle yet. However, the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet. There is no problem with the soldiers. They are all the same super battleships anyway. You can bring back all the soldiers of the North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet and let them control the new battleships, and then transfer the soldiers of the Arctic Fleet to the Ob River to receive their old ships. Battleship, that’s fine!”

This is a good idea, but it seems that the number of warships is not enough. Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but wondered: "The problem is that the Arctic Fleet is only equipped with [-] super battleships. The North Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet have [-] super battleships."

However, Sun Yuanhua reminded: "Your Majesty, the Arctic Fleet received the super battleships produced by Dongda Shipyard last year. This year, Dongda Shipyard produced another [-] ships. They should all be launched by now, but it has not been confirmed yet. Selling it to the allies is still putting it on the Navy Reserve Corps, so there are four hundred super battleships on the Dongdaying side, not two hundred."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but patted his forehead and said: "Yes, yes, yes, I have a memory, you seem to have asked me last month, but at that time the next hundred ships hadn't been launched yet, and I haven't thought about it for next year. Therefore, it has not been decided whether to deploy it to the Navy Reserve Corps or sell it to the allies. Now, there are indeed [-] super battleships on the Eastern Camp, okay, okay, okay, I will do as you say."

With the addition of two fleets, there will be more navies that Ming can deploy. Zhu Cijiong immediately asked Sun Yuanhua to issue a transfer order to transfer all the soldiers of the Beihai Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet back to Dongdaying to receive the new warships, and at the same time transfer the soldiers of the Arctic Fleet to Hubei Province. Bihe received the old battleship, and the two sides switched.

Fortunately, the Western Regions are not frozen at the moment, and the soldiers of the three fleets can be exchanged by train without much delay.

Now, when Zheng Chenggong, Huang Long, and Zheng Zhihu come to discuss, Zhu Cijiong really doesn't know as much about naval warfare as they do. We still have to listen to their opinions on how to support them.

(End of this chapter)