Lord of Ming Dynasty

The mercenary regiment lost one and a half regiments in the port battle, and now only half of the regiment's troops are scattered and stationed in the two major ports, so the remaining half of the Marine Corps on the fleet had to go ashore to maintain order and patrol the coastline , patrolling the inland with a small number of cavalry battalion cavalry, the artillery regiment could not move, the shore artillery battalion suffered heavy losses, and the artillery regiment divided troops to build a new shore artillery unit.

In other words, the nearly 5000 troops now have only half of the previous strength, [-] people, and the rest of them were lost under the British naval guns and attacks, or lost in naval battles, especially the heavy losses of the navy. The battle team, that is, the former Marine Corps, was insufficient in number and could only supplement one and a half regiments of Han Chinese, some captives, and some mercenary soldiers, but after the battle, the strength of one and a half regiments of Han Chinese is now only left The strength of one regiment was reduced, and the three regiments of the Marine Corps were basically disabled. Although each regiment maintained some strength, it would not disappear as an organizational system, but they were all disabled.

After emergency adjustments, the strength of the remaining three regiments out of the five regiments of the mercenary regiment has at least supplemented the strength of a battalion for the Marine Corps and the Han Chinese regiment, making these regiments into organized regiments similar to the mercenary regiment.

The first thousand and 580 chapters of the second chapter are not small, leapfrog promotion

After integrating the forces, Zhang Siyuan wore a brand-new second lieutenant uniform and rode to the port of Puerto Rico to meet Lu Fang, followed by the third officer on the frigate, a fat man named Gao Xiang, nicknamed Baozi, who was also a Han immigrant, and his second lieutenant A little earlier, but the road to promotion is not as fast as him, just a reserve warrant officer.

Two people brought their own guards, about [-] people, arrived at the port and then took a boat to a small port in Puerto Rico, led the horses from the merchant ship, and then rode [-] kilometers from the small port to a town about fifteen miles away from the port of Puerto Rico. Far away from the coast, there is a Portuguese manor, which was later bought by the British governor here and became his own manor. Now it is the headquarters of Xinqin Guo here.

Arriving at the manor, they handed over their military ID cards. A guarded marine sergeant led them into the manor and came to the Governor's Mansion, a Western-style building. They met Lu Fang on the open-air balcony of the building.

As the governor of Panama, his military rank is colonel, and he has the authority of the governor. In Panama, the new Dingyang state of the new Qin state, he said nothing. Although he is a navy general, he is the chief civil officer and naval admiral of Panama, and the army governor. The civil servant of the division is equivalent to the emperor of Panama, and because the three South American countries are not listed separately, as the meritorious veteran of the previous army, as the former acting governor of Xinbao Island of the local army, Major General Luo Zuo, the governor of South America, is also under his management and temperance.

Because the main fleet has arrived, the two capital ships belonging to the main fleet will be built, so the captains of the two main battleships and the majors with higher ranks than him will not be under his command, so this is the time to reflect their ranks. The commander of the transport and supply fleet in an auxiliary fleet that once only led five transport and supply ships, the Type II ironclad ship as the flagship, and two Type I ironclad ships under his command, he is nothing here.

On the spacious terrace stood a row of majors, seven or eight lieutenant colonels, two dozen captains, more than 50 lieutenants, 87 captains and artillerymen from the army and navy, ensign officers of the cavalry, he was insignificant here , are all ranked according to the size of the team, waiting to be interviewed and speak.

So many officers stretched from the terrace to the hall, from the hall to the corridor, and under the stairs on the lower floor, Zhang Siyuan could only stand in the corridor on the second floor waiting to be summoned.

However, as the commander of the fleet, as well as the commander of the two islands of Puerto Rico and San Juan, he and the three mates were received very quickly.

Going up the luxurious stairs on the second floor, he continued to greet and salute the second lieutenant officer, lieutenant, and captain in the fleet under his command, and also communicated with the army, infantry, artillery, cavalry, baggage, and guards who arrived early on San Juan Island. The officers of the captured troops and mercenary troops greeted each other, and they didn't know each other until the entrance of the hall, because there were some other officers of the fleet and officers of the main fleet.

The officers on the destroyers of the main fleet are all lieutenants or senior lieutenants, the frigates are captains, the cruisers are majors, and the main battleships are lieutenant colonels or senior majors. The main fleet is too far away from him. It is huge, and the battles are frequent, the officers are changed frequently, and the soldiers are also very frequent. It is impossible to know these frequently transferred officers among the hundreds of thousands of navies.

He could only salute, nod with a smile, and walked past them with a smile. He saw the jealousy and envy in many people's eyes.

Arriving on the terrace, there were seven or eight lieutenant colonels, one or two majors standing on the terrace. The two majors were the captains of the two main battleships that he took over command. Now they turned around and looked at him. A lieutenant colonel probably It was Lu Fang's adjutant, beckoning him to go with the three buns.

The two quickly walked a few steps, and stood five or six steps away from Lu Fang who was sitting in front of the white jade round table, then saluted and made a report.

Lu Fang nodded to him calmly, did not stand up, looked down at his information, then raised his head and said to him: "Second Lieutenant, I need someone to continue to lead this place, I read your resume, you are a competent commander , low rank is not a problem, your ability has been recognized by everyone, you have also handed in a perfect answer sheet, successfully dragged the enemy, and created the conditions for the arrival of the main fleet, now I promote you to captain commander .”

He said that when he stood up, Zhang Siyuan's body was very excited, but he was not excited, because in his memory, he seemed to have occupied a high position and was a leader-level figure.So he replied calmly: "Thank you for your trust and promotion, sir. I will definitely continue to work hard and give my all, including my life, for the empire."

"Hehe," Lu Fang shook his head and said with a smile, "Just do your job well, and we are just a kingdom, not an empire. Previously, we wanted to become a great empire like the Chinese Empire, but we found that in the West In the world of Westerners, it is easier for them to accept the Kingdom and integrate into them. Now we are the new Qin State, the subjects of the four princes of the Huaxia Empire, and the subjects of the New Qin State. You have to figure this out, understand? ?”

Now Zhang Siyuan is not the high-ranking ruler he once was. He is also very good at arranging his position. Hearing this, he immediately nodded silently, and calmly bowed to Lu Fang, "I understand, Your Excellency the Governor."

"Well, you are fine. Now I accept that you are the garrison commander of the two islands of Puerto Rico and San Juan. I will fully control all the troops here. In the absence of civilian officials, there will be officers here. You are now a captain and a temporary You were promoted by leapfrogging, and not many people will accept you. Now you take over the position of your former squad leader, the temporary captain who was promoted by surprise like you, with the same military rank, and manage the fleet here and everything on the island. , There will be no officers higher than the rank of captain or equivalent to the rank of second lieutenant in the troops here, I will take away all the captains and people above the rank of captain officer, so that you can display your talents without restraint."

Lu Fang put his hands behind his back, thinking and talking, wandering around the white jade table, explaining some things and precautions to Zhang Siyuan, and finally said: "It is important to say here, it is very important, it is impossible for our fleet to pass through the above The strait then diverted to the Florida strait and returned to Xindingzhou or the mainland. After this time, the enemy's super fleet will definitely block it tightly. Therefore, we must occupy the waterway leading to the Atlantic Ocean here; if it is not important, it is only the Caribbean. It is impossible for us to deploy too many troops, and the British will not think too much about attacking us since then, because we still have the Venezuelan coastal waterway to go, but only a few hundred nautical miles more .”

Zhang Siyuan nodded, and then he said after a pause: "I know, hold here, wait for our fleet to recover its strength, resist the sudden attack of the Spanish and British fleet at any time, cover the merchant ships passing here to Xindingyangzhou or return New Dingzhou and local, this is my duty.”

Chapter 580, Auxiliary Fleet, Second Fleet Commander

Lu Fang nodded happily, "Okay, you know your responsibilities very well, so I won't go into details. I will take away all the movable merchant ships and captured warships, and what will be left are the captured enemy warships and the most Type 1 destroyers, your fleet will be greatly reduced, there may only be about fifteen old warships and captured warships, what you have to protect are more than 3 wounded and [-] captives and enemy immigrants on the island, as well as the enemy being captured. We will tow away the wounded warships that can be moved. If you can’t move, you can take care of them temporarily. That’s it, Captain Zhang Siyuan, the commander of my secondary fleet of the auxiliary fleet.”

After a short exchange of pleasantries, Lu Fang ended the brief conversation, and then the lieutenant colonel next to him led him out of the corridor, opened a door next door, called a second lieutenant civilian officer, and asked the second lieutenant civilian officer to help him with the process. After being promoted to captain, as well as serving as the garrison commander of Puerto Rico and San Juan islands, and the appointment document of the secondary fleet commander of the auxiliary fleet, he turned around and returned to the hall and entered the terrace.

While Zhang Siyuan was chatting with the second lieutenant, the third deputy bun also came out. His work was easy to handle, and his contribution was not small. It was also a leapfrog promotion, from a reserve warrant officer to an intern second lieutenant. After the internship, only his The chief issued a document proving that he is competent within the three-month period of the internship, and he can be promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. Then he needs to go to Xinding Yangzhou to take his chief's document to receive the rank of second lieutenant and letter of appointment.

As the governor, Lu Fang has the right to promote officers to the rank of lieutenant. Officers at the school level can only be promoted from locals, because the ranks of the new Qin State are now deep, and there are not many generals at the top. A prime minister with the rank of general is as good as sweeping thunder. Mo Lin, they are only lieutenant generals. Because of their hard work, they are Li Ya's former confidant generals. One land and one sea, they are promoted to the same level as Li Ya's military rank. .

Nowadays, many soldiers with the same rank but different positions are judged by their positions.

Wu Nan has just been promoted to major general, Jin Lin is also a major general, and Luo Zuo is also a major general. They are trained by the same batch of Sweeping Thunder and Mo Lin.

Sweeping Thunder is because he pacified the main island and was promoted to lieutenant general, but there are very few lieutenant generals. Zhao Shuai's previous military rank was only major, because he was in charge of intelligence departments such as military affairs and public sentiment. It's just because he has to adapt to his position. He has just been promoted to lieutenant general, and there are only seven or eight major generals in the new Qin State.

Therefore, Lu Fang's military rank can only be the rank of colonel.Song Qing and he are the same group of rising generals.

If it weren't for his status as a governor, he still doesn't have the right to promote a lieutenant officer. Maybe the sergeant major can make a suggestion, [-]% or [-]% can be promoted, but the right is in the local Privy Council, where is the sweeping thunder and Molin, Zhuang Lin is also a part of it. He is also an official in the Privy Council of the Navy. He is the deputy chief of staff of the Naval Logistics Department and the Staff Department of the Privy Council. .

The governor of Xindingzhou is the army governor Jin Lin, who is the chief of staff of the Army Staff Department of the Privy Council. Song Qing is only the admiral of the Xindingzhou Navy Fleet under him, and the commander of the local and Xindingzhou Navy Garrison.

In addition to serving as the head of the Imperial Guard, He Haole continued to serve as the commander of the headquarters of the local mercenary regiment and the deputy chief of staff of the Ministry of War under the Privy Council.

Zhao Shuai served as Minister of the Privy Council.

Wu Kejing served as the deputy prime minister of the new Qin State, in charge of civil affairs.

Li Ya served as prime minister.The father-in-law of Sweeping Thunder serves as the civil affairs officer of the main island.

Such job changes have basically perfected the new Qin State's job system from officials to military personnel, especially the military rank system.

Zhang Siyuan was able to serve as a captain commander in the army, but he was actually in charge of the garrison commanders in Puerto Rico and San Juan, so he had the largest official position here. Lu Fang also considered that the unequal military rank might affect his command, so he transferred all The captain and officers above the captain were all taken away, and what was left to him was a mess.

Not to mention the Secondary Fleet of the Auxiliary Fleet, which has few battleships, the highest commander of the Third Fleet of the Auxiliary Fleet is a second lieutenant, which conforms to the establishment and system requirements. In fact, the highest commander of the Secondary Fleet is a lieutenant, maybe there are several lieutenants An officer of the same rank, but as a fleet commander in his position, he can serve as a commander because of his outstanding ability or seniority. This is nothing, but a second-level fleet commander is obviously a low-ranking captain in the fleet , but if it is the commander of the garrison, there is nothing to say. At the beginning, Lu Fang was also in charge of everything in the port of Cologne, which was only a small port town, and a fleet.

However, as Zhuang Lin's valued adjutant, as a naval officer who has made military exploits, led a fleet to sea for two years, and fought independently, he deserves his name.

Compared with Lu Fang's achievements, Zhang Siyuan's achievements can be regarded as ordinary achievements. The greatest achievement is to command the fleet to hold the enemy in the end and avoid the embarrassment of the fleet being wiped out. Therefore, whether his achievements are high or not, if someone appoints him , someone has done more than him, that is the lieutenant who was the squad leader of his recruits, and he became a temporary captain. Unfortunately, he died in the end and made him a success. In fact, everyone knows that this second lieutenant named Zhang Siyuan is actually dead. , this identity is a time traveler.

And because of his memory, he still doesn't know who he is and where he came from. He just knows that he has traveled, and he doesn't belong here or this era.

The situation for myself is relatively bad now, but for the time being, there are no other troops from the enemy except the enemy's super fleet, so it is still very safe here.

At the same time, he also understood Lu Fang's thoughts. Although the two enemy fleets were annihilated, they still belonged to two countries, but he also lost a lot. The loss of a total of [-] warships means that the main fleet will also be cut off with an arm in the future. Needless to say, logistics can be solved by simply capturing the warships and merchant ships of the enemy's landing force, but patrolling and reconnaissance, and protecting the warships of the caravan will require the main fleet to separate warships in the future.

The main fleet led by Lu Fang has six main battleships, fifteen cruisers, eighteen frigates, ten destroyers, and a total of 49 battleships, while Panama now only has four main battleships, three cruisers, and seventeen Frigates, ten destroyers, this time Lu Fang lost two capital ships, five cruisers, seven frigates, seven destroyers, and several other transport and auxiliary warships, which is also a major loss for the main fleet .

And how to build his secondary auxiliary fleet?

He has some headaches, these need local supplies.

The first thousand and 580 chapter four establishment of the secondary auxiliary fleet

Zhang Siyuan arranged for the remaining lieutenant and second lieutenant officers to discuss. Finally, the matter of the army, artillery, and cavalry was resolved, and the captives also had a special lieutenant in charge of management. His responsibility was to rebuild the secondary auxiliary fleet, his fleet.

For the secondary auxiliary fleet, all captains are required to be at least second lieutenants, and some warships require lieutenants. These lieutenants are selected from the wounded left behind. These wounded have very deep combat exploits and have combat experience.

Now they don't have a good warship, so they can only choose those warships that can be used after simple repairs. Of course, the warships that can be repaired in three or four days have long been taken away by Lu Fang, and they are used as auxiliary for the Panama Fleet of New Dingyang Prefecture. The fleet is gone, and the warships left behind have been repaired after more than ten days of simple repairs.

At present, he only has one slanderous cruiser that is not seriously injured, and this is the only battleship that stands out. It was bumpy, and the speed was only [-] knots, but it was not bad, at least the firepower was restored, the defense power dropped to [-]% of the original, and the speed dropped to [-]% of the original.

You must know that cruisers are famous for their long cruising distance and fast speed. They used to be able to cruise more than 8000 nautical miles, more than 1 kilometers. Now, even if the cruising mileage is insufficient, they can reach more than 6000 nautical miles, and the speed has reached the fastest 4000 knots. The cruising speed is ten knots, and the speed of sixteen knots can reach the Azores. It is more than [-] nautical miles from here to the Azores.

For a cruiser, a lieutenant with relatively good performance in this battle served as the acting captain of the cruiser and was also the captain of the flagship. The remaining three lieutenants were the captains of three destroyers that had been repaired for more than ten days, and then the The first-generation warships captured by the British, these seven warships, which are only slightly inferior to the improved Ironclad Type IV warships, have finally entered service after more than 20 days of repairs. Captain, these battleships are also named as destroyers. Now he has ten main battleships and one flagship.

There are two more seriously injured frigates that will enter service in 30 days. By then, two lieutenants will recover from their injuries, so there will be a total of thirteen main battleships in his fleet.

As for Second Lieutenant Baozi in San Juan, he leads the third-tier auxiliary fleet, and he owns a third-type destroyer, which is in good condition and entered service after a week of repairs. There are eight quasi-ironclad warships captured by the enemy. They are wooden shells wrapped with iron sheets, the center keel is made of steel, and the ribs are also made of steel. Quasi-ironclad warships are similar to the steam engine battleships of the Chinese Empire before, but the firepower is not small, and the equipment The British had four 90mm guns.

The eight quasi-ironclad ships are named after the quasi-ironclad ships. Eight sergeants who have done meritorious service serve as captains on them. There are twenty merchant ships left. Two of the enemy's 75mm guns and four of their [-]mm rapid-fire guns were fired. This is all the battleships of the third-tier auxiliary fleet.