The Navy has been conducting training and related deployments before the expedition. According to the joint fleet reorganization plan, the Navy has drawn 85 combat ships from existing ships to the joint fleet, including all the main warships of the former Wusong Navy, including Fu Ship, Tower Ship, Cang Ship, Sanmasted Gunship, etc.

The remaining 42 large and small warships (including dilapidated maintenance) are used as guard fleets, responsible for offshore protection, support for Yangtze River waterways and merchant ship escort tasks. According to the requirements of "dual use of military and civilians", the guard fleet also undertakes non-combat tasks such as offshore rescue, rescue and disaster relief, and regularly organizes coastal fishing boats and merchant ships to conduct targeted drills, including training of recruits and organizing militias.

So far, the members of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty are still mainly composed of the former Wusong Water Camp, with more than 4,260 officers and soldiers. A total of 3,000 officers and soldiers were reorganized into the standing fleet of the joint fleet, equipped with more than 200 light and heavy artillery pieces, as well as several other firearms, mines, and fire dragons.

Don’t look at the number of officers and soldiers, but their strength is strong. Because it is a real full force, Eunuch Wei heard that Fujian actually mobilized tens of thousands of Zhoushi. At that time, he concluded that Fujian was bragging, and the governor named Huang was giving to his face. The purpose was nothing more than the division of war soldiers. Huang Chengxuan was from the Zhejiang Party, so it can also be considered that the Zhejiang Party was exaggerating its strength and serving as a bargaining chip for future spoils.

My father-in-law is not the kind of short-sighted person. If he is greedy for small profits, he will not take the Zhejiang Party to go out to sea. My father-in-law knows that great maritime affairs cannot be accomplished by him alone. No matter how capable he is alone, he will be in a time when he is not strong enough. And there has been one of the worst in China since ancient times, that is, it is because of others' achievements and bad things.

For example, Han Xin succeeds and Xiao He, and Xiao He is defeated. My father-in-law hopes that the gentry and businessmen along the coast can take the initiative to devote themselves to maritime affairs, and everyone goes to sea like Europe, so that they can form a national thinking and a national system. The Ming Dynasty has lagged behind this era of navigation. If the whole country does not invest, it will be difficult for Eunuch Wei to catch up with those white Westerners alone.

It is very likely that my father-in-law is having fun now, but after one day he can make a list. Therefore, my father-in-law doesn't mind others' ideas, wanting to take more things and gain more benefits. He encourages this idea, because only by greed for benefits can he keep making progress. Greed may not be a disadvantage, but rather an advantage. Isn't the progress of human society just because he wants to live a better life?

Not to mention the Zhejiang Party and those coastal aristocratic tyrants who secretly helped pirates, even the Donglin Party, Eunuch Wei is willing to work hand in hand with them.

In short, my father-in-law is not afraid of you being greedy, I am not afraid of you want, I am afraid of you not being greedy. As long as you can make the maritime trade bigger and make the people benefit from it, my father-in-law will be happy from the bottom of his heart. This world is so strange. If all the officials are honest officials, the people will curse themselves. There is no reason. More honest officials do not do things, and more corrupt officials do things.

The strength of the troops in Zhejiang and Fujian is clear. If you don’t talk about it in Fujian, just blow it. In Zhejiang, you have to be confident. But I personally led my troops to sweep Dinghaiwei.

To be honest, no matter whether it is the coastal or the nine sides, which one can attach so much importance to military construction as Eunuch Wei. As for the current soldiers, sea, land and horses, they may be able to be the only one town. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, they can even compete with Liaodong Town with the largest number of troops (the quota is 89,000, and the actual number of soldiers is more than 40,000).

Of course, this is also a blessing from the palace. He is responsible only to the emperor, without being subject to the system, and can get a lot of money. The quality and equipment of the officers and soldiers will definitely be in place. Otherwise, the military expenses will be allocated by one hundred taels and the remaining twenty taels will not be left. Even if the father-in-law has great abilities, he will have to be as troubled as the clever wife for cooking without rice. In the end, he will just live a life of just keeping the servants well.

The joint fleet plan was carefully designed by my father-in-law. He hoped to bring together the troops from Zhejiang and Fujian through the "temporary" military organization of the joint fleet, and then build a coastal military group, and ultimately rely on this military group to occupy East Asia, Southeast Asia, and compete with the Westerners.

My father-in-law was very glad that he came to the late Wanli period. If it were the early Wanli period, this idea would not be possible. I have gained the blessing of the eunuchs who trusted Wanli, as long as he was filial every year and sent silver to the inner court every year, before Wanli died, no one could bring him down.

Moreover, there is also good news for the future development of Eunuch Wei in the government. That is, Fang Congzhe, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, will replace Ye Xianggao, who was born in the Donglin Party, to lead the ship of the Ming Empire. With the chief assistant of the Zhejiang Party, there is definitely no problem with the cooperation between the father-in-law and the Zhejiang Party. Even if he is the chief assistant, Fang Congzhe will not betray his background.

According to the reorganization plan of the joint fleet planned by my father-in-law, the fleet will set up a headquarters and commander, and assist staff, chief staff, deputy chief of staff, chief staff and other departments. This is a completely future generation, and even a modern naval organization plan. If the reorganization plan of the father-in-law is completely built, the joint fleet of the Ming Empire in the future will definitely be arrogant around the world.

Unfortunately, since it has not yet met with the Zhejiang and Fujian Navy, and the three parties have not carried out military integration, the reorganization plan is currently only on paper. In the eyes of the generals of Zhejiang and Fujian, the Laushizi joint fleet just changed the original title of the General Manager to the Artillery Staff, the original flag bearer was called the Navigation Staff, the original general was called the Chief of Staff, and the original general was the Commander-in-Chief...

But no matter how Zhejiang and Fujian view this joint fleet, they are not concerned about the reorganization plan given by their father-in-law. Whether they have completely rectified their navy in accordance with this reorganization plan, their father-in-law has devoted their efforts.

The core of the joint fleet reorganization plan is actually staff work. It is not difficult to find that the staff accounted for a large proportion of the fleet's official system. As early as when Wusongshui Camp was reorganized into the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, Eunuch Wei formed the Staff Office.

In terms of staff operations, he really attached great importance to it. He arranged for Jiang Xifeng from the Staff Department to select and recruit young people from the army and the people to recruit literate people, start staff operations classes, and train various staff operations, such as drawing staff, navigation staff, mine staff, liaison staff, agency staff, logistics staff, etc.

The average age of these staff members is only 25 years old, and the youngest is only 16 years old. However, few of them have fame and fortune, and only two children who work as friends in Suzhou stores.

The Staff Office organized three training classes in total, and trained 268 staff cadets for the Imperial Army. Although what these staff cadets learned was very backward compared with the staff in later generations, they were much more advanced and excellent compared to this era.

In order to allow these staff cadets to better apply what they learned to practice, when their father-in-law went north, he brought the first batch of students to conduct assessments on the way, and scored according to their respective scores for distribution. During the Kuandian Sweeping War in Liaodong, dozens of staff cadets followed the army, and experienced the test of wars of all sizes. Now with the official establishment of the Navy and the Army, these trainees have officially become members of the Imperial Army, promoted from ordinary soldiers to the general flag and the rank of small flags.

Jiang Xifeng presided over the allocation of cadets, among which 120 staff cadets were assigned to the joint fleet, the remaining 148 were assigned to the army, the Guards Division scored 95, and the Taiwan Security Division scored 53.

Originally, Jiang Xifeng thought that the Taiwan Security Division was just a Class B division, and now the entire division was only more than 3,000 people. Many of the division commanders and corps commanders took leave and went back to their hometown to recruit soldiers. In addition, the generals of this Taiwan Security Division were all relatives and friends of Eunuch Wei, so no matter how you look at this division, they are all third-rate troops, so the staff talents that have been trained after finally should be assigned to Class A division.

But Eunuch Wei doesn't do it. Yes, the Taiwan Security Division is composed of his three elders and seven elders. It looks like a family business. But because of this, the combat capabilities of the Taiwan Security Division must be strengthened. Moreover, who told you that Jiang Xifeng's Taiwan Security Division will always be a Class B Division? Under the firm opposition of Eunuch Wei, Jiang Xifeng had to send 53 students to join the Taiwan Security Division.

The staff cadets in the joint fleet have the highest official positions as the staff officers of the agency, and the lowest official positions are government staff. In the army, they are all assigned to the brigade and squadron level. Because the army is in the division system, there are only the chief of staff at the division level. In addition, the cadets are not old and experienced, so according to the wishes of Eunuch Wei, they all serve as combat staff at the brigade and squadron level, assisting the chief officer in military training, and being responsible for communications, mapping, logistics and other affairs during wartime.

This can be considered as starting from a young age and honing slowly. If nothing unexpected happens, countless generals and stars will surely emerge from this group of combat staff in the future.

In order to unify the command of the navy and army, Eunuch Wei has officially named the headquarters of the Admiral Maritime Eunuch as the headquarters of the Emperor Ming Dynasty's personal army command, abbreviated as the headquarters. The base camp has a Navy Staff Headquarters and the Army Staff Headquarters. Each headquarters has a series of military institutions such as the Military Operations Department, Communications and Liaison Department, Logistics Audit Department, Military Geography Department, Documents and Intelligence Department, etc.

According to the "Jiayin Imperial Army No. 2" issued by the base camp, the standing fleet of the joint fleet, the security fleet; the A-level division and the B-level division of the Army are completely under the unified command of the personal army command headquarters.

The candidate for commander-in-chief of the Joint Fleet was temporarily released. The Royal Navy's standing fleet was appointed by General Wang Dali. After receiving the order from Eunuch Wei, Wang Dali immediately organized the navy to repair warships, replenish freshwater and food, and prepare for sailing at any time.

In the army, Zheng Duo led three regiments of the First Brigade to the Zhongzuo Inspector of Fujian with the Navy to prepare for the main force of the Guard Division to set off.

On that day, Eunuch Wei personally led the generals of the army and the sea to see him off to the dock, writing a poem: "The world turns around in the battle between the Red Cliffs, and the east wind brings my first ship!"
Chapter completed!