My Daming New Empire

A group of navy generals, including Zhu Zhanji, are more willing to regard this trip to sea as a live ammunition exercise to exercise the cooperative combat strength of the Daming Navy.

Although the strength of the Daming Navy is the best in the world, how to effectively improve its combat effectiveness and develop its war potential is only in its infancy.

Zhu Zhanji is not a novice leader. In his previous life, he was able to use Yang Billy's strengths, allowing him to build his mercenary army into a military group with outstanding combat effectiveness.

Although he has his own natural shortcomings in commanding operations, his ability is originally in coordination and management of people.

At the Navy Headquarters, he summoned generals above the commander level of the First Fleet and held the first battle meeting.

According to the size of the warships going to sea, the First Fleet determined the marching route, the combat plan, and determined the new type of signal semaphore, and even included the emergency measures for each ship after encountering sea breeze or heavy fog.

Sitting in the position of the chief admiral in high spirits, he immediately issued the first military order, which was to determine the command system of the entire fleet.

In the Xinjiangkou military camp, after a local ship raised the military flag, all the ships raised their flags one after another.

Each different ship raises its flag differently from left to right, and from high to low, which determine their position during the march.Any trained crew can easily tell where each ship should sail.

The entire fleet is divided into the command part, the navigation part, the logistics support part, and the combat part.

Although the communication method is a little backward, but when the concise and clear semaphore system is unified, the seemingly chaotic fleet actually has a stable law.

After delivering the first order, Zhu Zhanji sat in the command cabin and handed over the power to Zheng He.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there are many more brave generals in combat than Zheng He, but no one can surpass Zheng He in commanding a fleet of [-] warships to march and fight.

As Zheng He's orders were conveyed through the semaphore, the two hundred warships gathered here began to set off in an orderly manner.

On the broad Yangtze River, warships line up according to different sizes and purposes.Either two ships are paralleled, or three ships are paralleled, and at most four ships are paralleled to occupy half of the water surface of the Yangtze River.

The merchant ships traveling back and forth, seeing such a large-scale march, hid on the shore one after another and gave way to the waterway.

Traveling downstream along the Yangtze River, the speed of the boat is fast, and the fleet can reach Chongming Island in at most one day.

Zhu Zhanji's flagship is located in the middle of the fleet, protected by a frigate on each side.This is only in the Yangtze River. When it reaches the sea, the size of the fleet will be even more astonishing.

The fleet sailed, and the generals of the fleet were idle.

After Zheng He had conveyed all the orders, Zhu Zhanji invited him to sit under his subordinates. "Zheng Zongbing commanded the entire combat fleet for the first time, is there any difference?"

Zheng He shook his head and said: "There are only four types of ships in the entire combat fleet, and the officers and men of each department are assigned orders, but it is easier to control than the mission fleet."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, understanding what he meant.Now all the ships that set off are warships, there are no horse boats, not too many supply ships, and the composition of the crew is not drawn from various ministries, so the execution of orders is even more uniform.

In Zheng He's previous missions, there were more than 200 different ships, and there were dozens of types of ships, and each ship did not belong to a fleet.Some ships are fast, some are slow, some are big, some are small, there are combat troops, there are diplomatic teams, and the command is actually more complicated.

Zhu Zhanji looked at his dark face and said: "This trip to the sea to search for Japanese pirates is an extraordinary diplomatic mission. I also know that Zheng Zongbing is kind-hearted and does not want to cause more killings. But this time the purpose is different. Zheng Zongbing can be more decisive."

Zheng He clasped his fists and said, "The courtiers know. Treating Japanese pirates with kindness is the same as being cruel to the people along the coast of our Ming Dynasty. This time, He Ding respects His Highness's order and lives up to his mission."

Zhu Zhanji laughed. Although Zheng He believed in Buddhism, he was more like a gentle diplomat than a military strategist.But since the battle of Jingnan, he had been killed with a knife and a gun. This time the mission is different, and he is not afraid that he will be merciful to the enemy.

If he was really kind, Chen Zuyi's [-] troops would not have been burned to death by him, nor would he have conquered the entire capital of Ceylon.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "The difficulty of exterminating the Japanese pirates lies in the fact that their whereabouts are hard to find. However, this time Jin Yiwei has spies among the Japanese pirates. Unless they never land, they will definitely reveal their roots. The extermination of the Japanese pirates is our mission. This time's tactical purpose is not my Ming's strategic purpose. For the long-term stability of our Ming Dynasty, this time alone still needs the help of the general army."

Zheng He pondered for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, what is tactics? What is strategy?"

Zhu Zhanji asked rhetorically: "Zong Bing Zheng has five chariots of wealth, so can he know the word politics?"

Zheng He responded: "The pre-Qin philosophers used the word politics. "Shangshu Bi Ming" has "Tao and politics, and the people are nourished"; "Zhou Li Diguan Suiren" has "handling its political prohibition '. In more cases, the past dynasties interpreted 'politics' and 'governance' separately. 'Government' mainly refers to the power, system, order and laws of the country; refers to the realization of a stable society.”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Zongbing Zheng really lives up to his reputation, and the meaning of such an uncommon word can be explained clearly. So, what is the purpose of the war, Zongbing Zheng?"

Zheng He pondered, and Zhu Zhanji said without waiting for him to speak: "The so-called war is just a continuation of politics, and the purpose of all wars is to serve politics. The extermination of Japanese pirates is just a war, but if you want to completely solve the Japanese pirates The problem cannot be solved by a war, we must dig deep into the roots of the Japanese pirates, and fundamentally cut off the foundation of the Japanese pirates’ survival, this is the difference between tactics and strategy.”

Zheng He replied: "Your Highness means to say that to fight for the length of time, you can use tactics to achieve it! If you want to fight for a lifetime, you need to plan from the overall situation. This is strategy!"

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "Speaking with the general soldier is really refreshing, and Zhanji admires it."

This is what Zhu Zhanji said in his heart. When talking to a smart person, the other party can quickly understand his meaning, which saves a lot of tongue.

Moreover, Zheng He can fully express Zhu Zhanji's meaning with concise words, which is far behind Zhu Zhanji.

What makes him stronger than Zheng He is that he has more knowledge. The status of the other two people is different, so the information they come into contact with is asymmetric.

Compared with his overall personal quality, Zhu Zhanji really feels that he is not as good as Zheng He.

Zheng He asked: "Your Highness, the ministers have not been in the court for a long time, so they don't know much about the situation in the court. Since the Northern Expedition last year, Your Majesty defeated the Wara tribe and developed the Beimingshan Copper Mine in the grassland. The situation in the grassland has been cleared up. Will the court now Has the main energy been shifted to the coastal countries of Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Does Mr. Zheng want to ask, will the imperial court pay more attention to sea power?"

Zheng He smiled a little ashamedly, clasped his fists and said, "The minister is so generous."

Zhu Zhanji nodded affirmatively and said: "Mr. Zheng, please rest assured. Although the current grassland forces have not been completely conquered, the imperial court is just waiting for new muskets to be refitted. After the Ming Dynasty, all the military guards have used muskets. At that time, the cavalry advantage of the grassland forces will completely disappear.

And in the future, Ming Dynasty will no longer regard the 200 million Northern Yuan forces as real opponents.Daming will become the main country dominated by sea power, and will focus more on areas outside of Daming.What Zongbing Zheng needs to do is to take good care of his body. In the future, there will be many places where Zongbing is needed in Ming Dynasty! "

Zheng He asked again: "If the Japanese pirates are wiped out, and the next step, please tell me clearly!"

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "In the west of the Timur Kingdom, there are countless small countries. Those countries have never heard of my Ming Dynasty, and they don't even know that my Ming Dynasty exists in the east. If you want to promote my Ming Dynasty, you will be far away from it." The hard work of the commander-in-chief is not to be blamed."

Zheng He said categorically: "This is the ambition of He's life, and he will never stop suffering."

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On November [-], due to the collapse of the Dongsha on Chongming Island, the army moved to Liujiagang, a material transfer station during Zheng He's voyages to the West.

In addition to the First Fleet, Yi Xin, the commander of the Second Fleet, and Zhu Zhen, the commander of the Third Fleet, also came to Liujiagang on warships to attend the meeting.

Although Yi Xin and Zhu Zhen are not well-known in later generations, they are one of the most outstanding generals of the Daming Navy in this era.

In the ninth year of Yongle, Yi Xin participated in the Nuer Gandu Division, responsible for suppressing bandits and operations at sea, and made great contributions.

And Zhu Zhen was even more remarkable. During three of Zheng He's four voyages to the West, he served as the highest military officer. Although he was restrained by Zheng He, his military level was quite affirmed.

Tang Jing, the commander of Wang Jinghong's third fleet selected by Zhu Zhanji, is Zhu Zhen's long-term assistant, and his reputation is much inferior to Zhu Zhen's.

In Liujiagang, the commander-in-chief of the three fleets conducted in-depth discussions on different tactics and strategic goals.Decision-making with strategic goals as the primary purpose and tactical goals as the secondary purpose is identified.

In other words, regardless of whether the Japanese pirates caused damage to Daming this time, the main purpose of the fleet is not to destroy the Japanese pirates, but to capture the main members of the Japanese pirates.And use this as evidence, as a means of exerting diplomatic pressure on Japan.

Around this strategic goal, of course, some adjustments will be made to the tactical means.The three fleets will take the method of luring snakes out of their holes and catching turtles in their urns, allowing Japanese pirate ships to enter the encirclement.

After determining the strategic and tactical goals, on the second day, Zhu Zhanji raised the account of the Chinese army, and all the main warships participated in the expedition with generals above the general.

Zhu Zhanji and Mao Dayong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, issued the military leadership amulet to Zhu Zhen and Yi Xin, confirming their right to lead the military.