This time, the second and third squadrons of the Navy were dispatched, and the flagship Sea Rose of Gaalisandra, totaling 46 warships, including three second-class battleships, six third-class cruisers, and four-class destroyers.
Two, ten fifth-level frigates, and fourteen auxiliary warships. There are twenty-four logistics ships and four fly-scissor ships. A total of more than 8,500 naval soldiers were dispatched.
During the preparation time, Shang Yi, Yalisandra, Cheng Gang and Huang Zhen discussed many details, but not many of them involved in war, because the battlefield was too variable, and now Hangzhou has received it.
The result of the first naval battle between China and Japan seems to be too unimpressed. The focus of the discussion is how to gain greater benefits from this battle.
Because this war, Alisandra had the right to negotiate. To put it bluntly, it was a requirement for compensation for the war sheep in the Satsuma clan. Of course, it was necessary to determine a rough compensation principle. If it was higher, the Satsuma clan could not afford it and would only bear it with the merchant army.
After all, it is not cost-effective to have less. On the other hand, Shang Yi also hopes to change China's understanding of war in the past. Wars are not necessarily just about spending money, but also making money. In fact, in modern European countries, the more they fight, the richer they are.
Of course, Alisandra's request for Shang Yi was to understand it. After all, she has been influenced by this approach since she was a child and is too familiar to her. In Spain and Europe, generals who can defeat their opponents in everything will be punished and asked for compensation.
Considering national heroes, I didn't expect that after coming to China, there would be such an opportunity. This was the first time Cheng Gang and Huang Zhen knew that the battle could be fought like this, and they also felt it was very new. Of course, they would not question Shang Yi's request.
, so the tone of this war was determined like this.
Three days later, the merchant army's navy set sail and began the first active war launched by the merchant army in the sea.
After the fleet set off, Shang Yi, accompanied by Hu Jiangbin, the shipyard's director, and other in charge, began to inspect the shipyard.
At this time, the shipyard had a considerable scale, covering a total area of more than 200 square kilometers, and a total of twelve large and small docks were built, namely two large docks, four medium docks, six small docks, and houses
Hundreds of buildings, schools, factories, hotels, shops and other living facilities are available, with more than 2,500 professional technical workers, including six who have been rated as senior engineers, ten intermediate engineers, and junior engineers.
Twenty-two people; more than 200 technicians. There are also more than 2,000 other auxiliary workers. The total number of family members and children of the processing personnel exceeds 10,000, which is like a small county town.
With the current shipyard size, more than 30 ships can be launched every year, of which two-thirds of the military ships account for, and the total volume can reach 35,000 materials. Calculated as tonnage, it is about 21,000.
Tons. At the same time, it has begun to accept orders from private capital. Currently, there are five,600-proper ships and two,100-proper ships. Moreover, with the external economic development of Zhejiang, such orders will become more and more.
As a shipyard that has only been built for two years, it is already quite considerable. Therefore, Shang Yi is also very satisfied.
After inspecting the shipyard, Hu Jiangbin also proposed a plan to develop a shipyard to Shang Yi.
Because the prisoners were assigned to the shipyard this time, with a total of more than 7,000 people, Hu Jiangbin also planned to make good use of this batch of labor and open three to five docks to make the annual shipyard reach forty ships. The total amount reaches 50,000 materials, and strive to make half of the output of warships and civilians, and make the shipyard truly profitable.
In addition, Hu Jiangbin also plans to build a Western-style super-large ship with 2,500 materials. Because the shipyard has now built five large ships with 2,000 materials, and both Chinese and Western styles, and has accumulated a lot of experience in building large ships, so Hu Jiangbin also He hoped to build a larger ship. His ultimate goal was to build a ship as big as a treasure ship when Zheng He went to the West.
Shang Yi also highly appreciates Hu Jiangbin's ambitions, but now all new construction, expansion and reconstruction projects of the Merchant Army have strict approval procedures and construction systems. In the area under its control, institutionalization and proceduralization are implemented, and regulations are implemented. The system replaces artificial systems is the ultimate goal that Shang Yi seeks.
Although Shang Yi strongly agreed with Hu Jiangbin's shipyard expansion plan, and with his personal prestige, he could make a decision, but he did not intend to destroy the system he formulated, so he also asked Hu Jiangbin and other persons in charge of the shipyard to submit a first. A project proposal will be handed over to the Industrial and Construction Department for review. Follow the procedures step by step.
At this time, news from the front line also came back, and the Battle of Southern Shandong launched by the Merchant Army had all ended. In this battle, the Merchant Army divided into two groups and attacked the Southern Shandong region from north to south.
Since the Battle of Jianghuai, the Qing army's central army was severely damaged. Duoduo retreated to Guide Mansion, and then divided his troops to guard Xuzhou, Suzhou, Haozhou and other places. He could only protect the north bank of the Huai River to the south bank of the Yellow River. The defense in the northeast is very empty, and there are many places where there is no Qing army stationed. Abatai, who is stationed in Shandong, can only concentrate his troops now, and although the areas in Qingzhou, Jinan and southeastern areas are all dispatched. Local officials were sent, but not many Qing soldiers were dispatched, and most places organized local militia forces to defend the city.
Such an armed force could withstand the attack of the merchant army, and the two armies were very smooth, almost as powerful as the storm. The Southern Route Army, led by Cheng Jin, crossed the Yellow River, and successively captured Shuyang and Haizhou, all the way north. Suqian, Ganyu and other places, all the places east of the canal belong to the merchant army; and Zhou Shaohuan and Tong Dayong from the North Road led the troops to march south and conquered Juzhou, Mengyin, Yizhou, Tancheng and other places. , conquered the southern Shandong region. The two sides met successfully in Tancheng, at the junction of Huaian Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture, and achieved a perfect victory.
The entire battle took only more than ten days. Wherever the troops went, the Qing army either abandoned the city and fled or surrendered, and almost no war of more than a thousand people occurred. After the war was over, the merchant army would have all been together. Two prefectures and cities, twelve counties, annihilated more than 1,300 enemies, and surrendered more than 5,000 people. Not only did they expand the land more than 20,000 square kilometers, but they also connected all the current commercial territories to Together, even the fleet sent from Hangzhou can dock in Haizhou, Lingshanwei and other places and directly send it to the Shandong war zone without having to bypass the Shandong Peninsula to dock in Dengzhou area.
By this time, Shang Yi had controlled all the coastal areas of China in the southern end of Qibohai in the north and north of Taiwan, spanning the three provinces of Shandong, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang, with an area of nearly 200,000 square kilometers and a population of about 850.
More than 100,000 have become a force that cannot be ignored in China in this era.
During the battle on the other side, Li Zicheng received artillery assistance from the merchant army and also defended Wuchang. Although Ajige launched many attacks, he could not make any progress. He also learned that Duoduo in the middle was defeated, so he had to do so.
Retreat troops to guard Xiangyang and Chengtian. At this time, the southern attacks launched by the Qing army finally stopped. A situation of north-south confrontation was formed between the Ming and Qing dynasties.
At this time, Duoduo, the main general of the Qing army, had already sent back to Beijing for the defeat, and was waiting for Beijing's decision to make a decision. However, before Beijing's decision came to the ground, Duoduo had to fulfill his responsibilities. But with the merchants
At the end of the Battle of Southern Shandong, the Huaidong of the Qing army was destroyed and the southern Shandong was lost. The entire Central Plains region was greatly threatened. Duoduo was also shocked and hurriedly recruited generals to discuss how to face the merchant army.
Aggressive attack.
At this time, all the generals of the Qing army were frightened. Geng Zhongming suggested that the Qing army was newly defeated and his morale was low. It was not appropriate to fight with the merchant army again. Once the merchant army launched another attack, I was afraid that even Huaibei would not be able to defend.
Therefore, it is recommended that Duoduo give up Huaibei and retreat to the Kaifeng line, so that it can not only get close to the Ajige tribe, but also ensure the safety of the Central Plains.
This suggestion was approved by many generals, but was strongly opposed by Hong Chengchou, because although the merchant army had a strong offensive, it was actually at the end of its strength, and the Qing army was weak in strength. Although it opened up southern Shandong,
It connects Shandong and Huaidong, but this is almost the limit of the merchant army, and I am afraid it will not be able to expand in a short period of time. Moreover, this linkage point lacks depth and is still very weak, so it is not worth worrying. Moreover, Huaibei is the Central Plains
The portal, connecting the Central Plains and Shandong, once it is lost, not only will the southern Shandong controlled by Shang Yi, but the Huaidong area will be completely safe, but even the entire southern bank of the Yellow River will be difficult to protect. The Qing court's forces will retreat to the newly entered pass.
when.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou suggested that Duoduo must hold on to Huaibei in any case. To defend Huaibei, the first thing to do is to defend Xuzhou. As long as Xuzhou is not lost, it can not only protect the safety of the entire Huaibei, but also use troops from all directions. The north can protect the flanks of Shandong, and the east
To threaten southern Shandong and Huaidong, Nan can attack Huaixi. Taking advantage of the fact that the merchant army is unable to attack again, it should strengthen the defense of Xuzhou and build more fortifications. In any case, it should also defend Xuzhou.
After all, Duoduo is also a proficient in military tactics and has also studied the terrain of the Central Plains. Of course, he knew the importance of Xuzhou. Therefore, after listening to Hong Chengchou's suggestions, he also decided to defend Xuzhou.
At this moment, the Beijing court also sent Dorgon's order to scold Duoduo's stern reign and demoted Duoduo from prince to prince. Yan ordered Duoduo to make arrangements immediately to strictly guard the Huaibei area.
Take another step back and emphasize that we must strive to ensure that Xuzhou will not be lost. We ordered Prince Zheng Jierharang to go south immediately, Dai Duoduo took charge of the troops, and then returned to Beijing with Hong Chengchou to wait for the disposal. At the same time, we also sent an order to the Western Front and ordered Aji to
Ge also temporarily suspended his march and divided his troops to garrison Chengtian and De'an, and then took Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi back to Beijing.
After receiving Dorgon's order, Duoduo did not dare to disobey and immediately ordered to strictly guard Huaibei. He ordered Ye Chen to station Xuzhou and Tu Lai to station Suzhou to support each other, and then waited for Jiergalang to arrive.