New Shun 1730

The officers who were still thinking about robbery and harassment just now couldn't help but feel a little strange when they heard the change in Du Feng's tone and knew that the matter had been settled.

What was written in the letter?

Obviously, that was not a formal military order of the Navy, otherwise Du Feng would not have burned it.

After asking tentatively, Du Feng smiled and said: "The overall situation is the most important thing. All ministries should prepare and let the local employees and Ezo people who used to work for the merchants get busy and seize the time to strengthen the city defense."

Letters coming from far away will naturally not contain information about whether Sendai Clan and Mutsu Kingdom are going to send troops.

The reason why Du Feng chose to abandon the ship that robbed Xiantai was because the letter told him the consensus of the officers there in Busan.

Occupy Yinqi Island, attack Xiaobin City, and seize Ping'an Capital.

The above is neither a military order from the Privy Council nor a military order from the Navy. It is just a private message between classmates.

The letter talked about some changes in the DPRK, including Li Huan taking charge of the navy, etc. It also said that Liu Yu was now in the DPRK, assisting the Privy Council in military affairs.

The Navy is now under the military orders of the Privy Council. Although the bold ideas within the Navy have not yet received the approval of the Privy Council, they must be possible.

Considering that this battle must be elite, half of the navy's elite marines are on Du Feng's side. So I hope Du Feng can think about the "overall situation of the navy".

Communication is inconvenient, but the capture of Yinqi Island will be in the next month. It is hoped that Du Feng can mobilize as many elite marines as possible while ensuring the completion of the tasks assigned by Liu Yu, and arrive at Yinqi Island around the next month to rendezvous.

The main force in attacking Obama City must be the Marine Corps.

The Army might not be able to adapt when it comes across the sea, so the Navy still prefers the Marines who have been training on ships for a long time.

This is the overall situation of the Navy and the common interests of the Navy.

Du Feng naturally understood that if Neng Xiao and Deng Ai succeeded in sneaking into Yinping, the navy's status would rise significantly.

In this case, if he wants to seek a title in the navy in the future, he must be consistent with the interests of the navy.

Even if he captured Ishinomaki Port and forced Japan to mobilize heavy troops to defend the northeast, and rely on two thousand people to accomplish a big thing, after doing so, the army would still play the leading role.

Only when the navy successfully attacks Obama Castle and penetrates Heiankyo can the navy immediately highlight its status.

He thought for a while, then immediately called the translator and the businessman who had taken refuge, and asked: "Is it frozen here in winter?"

After asking several people, they all replied: "It doesn't freeze here in winter."

After confirming that it would not freeze, Du Feng thought to himself that Vladivostok would freeze for about three months every winter. The latitude here is similar, but it does not freeze.

When we arrived, the boat was going very fast, and it seemed like there was a warm current flowing through here from the opposite direction.

Since it's not frozen here, it's easy.

After thinking about it, I picked up my pen and wrote a letter.

"Brother Ziming and Brother Qinghai, seeing each other is like meeting each other."

"My brother already knows what happened. The straits here are not frozen, and Fushan City has been captured by me. If it is not frozen, and warships are cruising, I can dispatch 1,200 people to Yinqi Island."

"Sendai Domain is an important grain-producing area, and there is an endless stream of rice ships from Ishinomaki Port to Edo. Three warships can be sent to hijack the rice ships."

"The purpose of cruisers is to maintain routes and fight against piracy. Those who can fight against piracy can also be pirates. If they can patrol Sendai, intercept grain ships, and occasionally land and bombard, the Japanese soldiers in the northeast will be dead soldiers. They will not Dare to move lightly."

After the letter was written, a speedboat was dispatched overnight to Busan.

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at the same time.

Weihai.

The logistics staff here who is in charge of supply logistics and baggage transportation and liaise with the trading company's fleet also received a letter.

After receiving the letter, it was still burned as standard, and then the consultant found Lin Yunwen from the trading company.

"Now that the beans in Liaodong are ripe, horse feed and the like have not yet been transshipped. I hope Brother Lin will use a sum of money to buy bean horse feed and transport it to Busan first. The number is two thousand horses for two months. I hope this batch of ships will be the new ones transferred. The boat is not in the original plan, what’s the problem?”

When Lin Yunwen heard this amount, he smiled and said: "What's the problem? Two thousand horses can be used for two months, how much money is this? There are enough ships, can we transport them to Busan now?"

"Yes, as soon as possible."

Lin Yunwen nodded and said: "Don't worry. At this time, it is the season for rice-carrying ships to go to Songjiang. Most of them will buy soybeans from Liaodong. I can contact them here and change ships in Yingkou. We are here Just send it to Busan. What else?”

The logistics staff thought about the content of the letter and said with a smile: "The other thing is to purchase a batch of donkeys. Live ones that can work, not meat donkeys. About 600 will be enough, and the feed will be shipped to Busan. The money will be enough." I'll give it to you in half a year at most if we settle the accounts normally."

"It's easy to say. Money is not an issue." Lin Yunwen agreed immediately. This fact is not a big deal. Since the Navy has spoken out, Liu Yu's credibility is still enough even though he is gone.

The logistics staff nodded in thanks and determined that there was nothing that needed to be prepared in advance, so he let Lin Yunwen go first.

The Navy believes that if this bold plan is to be implemented, it needs the support of a part of the cavalry. The cavalry is naturally the manpower of the army. It requires a battalion of lancers and a battalion of light cavalry.

The order from the Privy Council has not yet been issued, but the navy believes that since Liu Yu can speak in the Privy Council, this matter is a certainty, so preparations should be made early.

Make all the preparations that need to be done first. Once the order from the Privy Council arrives, the troops can be sent out immediately.

Horse feed in Busan must be prepared in advance, otherwise it will be too late if you prepare it now.

As for the donkeys requested, they are for logistics. This thing is resistant to tossing and has a higher survival rate than horses. It can not only carry gunpowder, but also replace horses to pull the lighter six-pound guns that have just been produced by the arsenal and replaced the four-pound guns and eight-pound guns.

This gun uses a boring machine and is cast with copper. The weight of the gun is only 900 kilograms. If necessary, if the horses die due to acclimatization, donkeys can also pull it.

Six hundred donkeys were requested. Counting the losses and deaths, as long as half of them can be guaranteed to survive when landing, it will be enough to complete the established tasks.

The gunpowder that can be carried can also be increased a lot. When it is necessary to attack the city, engineers will dig pits and earth planes. At most, a few twelve-pound new copper cannons will be brought, and no larger cannons will be needed.

When all this was ready, more than ten days later, when Lin Yunwen's bean feed ship had already started to sail to Busan and a batch of donkeys had been purchased, the logistics staff finally waited for the news that Li Li had come to the tent to discuss matters.

He knew that this was the formality after the officers in Busan received a clear reply from Du Feng.

After the tent was raised, Li Li, who had been in Weihai, had gradually adapted to his identity as the governor of the navy.

He took out the military information sent from Busan and said to the staff of various departments present: "This matter is top secret and cannot be leaked."

"The captains in Busan have put forward an idea. I still don't understand the general strategy of the navy. Do you think this is feasible? How risky is it?"

"If there is a 60% to 70% chance, you can report it to the Privy Council, and your majesty and the Privy Council will decide."

After that, he read the military information sent from the front line.

It is planned to capture Oki Island first as a transit point, harass Iwami and Izumo, and create the illusion that they may land in Iwami.

Or pretend to attack Iwami Silver Mine.

Or add a landing from Iwami Province and capture Choshu Domain.

All warships are sent out, and Japan mobilizes troops near Osaka to Iwami, leaving the Japanese royal city empty.

After the mobilization is completed, assemble 2,500 marines, two battalions of elite cavalry of the army, and two battalions of army troops, totaling about 5,000, and attack Obama.

After taking Obama Castle, go straight to the Japanese royal city.

Raise the banner of "respect and order, etiquette and law cannot be abandoned, and return power to the Japanese king". If the Japanese king is brave, he can use his name to force the shogunate, and the agreement can be reached; if he is cowardly and flees elsewhere, he can occupy the Japanese royal city, which will shock Japan and the agreement can be reached.

First, the cost is small. As long as the main force of the army is stationed in Weihai, if it is not dispatched, it will be no different from the cost of raising troops in normal times.

Second, even if it fails, the army can withdraw to Obama, and the shogunate must do its best to protect its royal city. Attacking Choshu at this time is as easy as pie. If Choshu falls, the Shimonoseki Strait will be under control, and the navy will communicate between the north and the south, and the Japanese will definitely surrender.

This plan has almost no difficulties. The Marine Corps has its own transport ships of the Navy. The few people in the Army can also be transported by ships of trading companies and some large ships of the Navy.

There are springboards along the way, and the longest sea transportation distance is only about from Weihai to Yingkou.

During this period, the Navy will send three warships to Ezo to strengthen the military forces there. Du Feng will stage a show, first attracting the troops of Sendai Domain near the Strait, and then start hijacking ships and shelling Ishinomaki Port, so that Sendai Domain will shrink back in fear and disrupt the northeast of Japan.

In fact, a few of the people present already knew about it, but at this time they still acted as if they had no idea before.

I thought that this was one of the plans drawn up by the Navy General Staff. Now that it is really going to be realized, who will not support it?

In this battle, the army only sent out two battalions of cavalry and two battalions of elite infantry. The marines had excellent Minié gun skirmishers and new copper cannons that were equipped only a little later than some imperial guards in the capital.

The military system of Japan and the century-old tradition of seclusion and peace made this plan extremely feasible.

At this point, it was just a formality.

The staff officers said it was feasible.

Li Li confirmed it again and again, and asked about the details that were useful or useless. After confirming that there were no problems, he said: "In this case, the staff officers of each department should immediately use this plan to draw up a plan for logistics, supplies, and the time of action for each department overnight."

"Once it is completed, submit it to the Privy Council immediately and ask for permission."

Li Li thought to himself, when the emperor saw it, he would naturally know that such a plan was not something I could write alone. But he would be happy to see that I could follow the advice and take charge.

Since I am the governor of the navy, the stronger the navy, the more stable my position in the future will be.

He thought that maybe after this battle, he could be granted the title of a prince. Who knows. His mother was not the queen, and he was not the legitimate son. Only by being granted the title of a prince based on his ability could he consolidate his position, instead of waiting until the age limit to be granted the title of an idle prince and then staying in the capital for the rest of his life.