Magalo reported to Yin Feng that his fellow East Africans came to Taiwan to join him.
Yin Feng suddenly remembered Zheng Zhilong from another time and space. He had a bodyguard composed entirely of black people. Zheng Chenggong also inherited this black bodyguard. Yin Feng was overjoyed. He quickly summoned the black compatriots from Magalo. These East Africans Bantu hunters and descendants of warriors. Everyone has strong muscles and quick reactions. They also have the same honest and honest attitude as Magaro. Yin Feng was very happy and immediately appointed Magaro as the captain of the black personal guard. Most of the black people became members of the Guard; thus, a black Guard appeared on the island of Taiwan. It was composed of 25 black people. The salary was the same as that of the Chinese members of the Guard. Of course, these black people still had to be sent to the Guard camp first. Just some military training will do.
After that, Yin Feng announced an order in Taiwan Port: Once all black slaves from all over Asia escape to Taiwan, as long as they can set foot on the island of Taiwan alive, they will be free. They can work in farms and factories under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Company. They worked in docks, merchant ships, etc. However, the army did not allow them to enter for the time being. Only black people were allowed to join Yin Feng's personal guards. Since then, these black guard members have become one of Yin Feng's most loyal guards.
Yin Feng has been running back and forth between the military camp and the firearms factory these days. He is very busy.
The war was about to begin. The anxiety in his heart became more and more serious. His temper was also bad these days. Even Mai Waner, who he always doted on, was reprimanded.
He lacks confidence in his ability to command large-scale battles. This is what he is most worried and anxious about. But he cannot tell outsiders at all. With his knowledge of military history, he can grasp the general trend of military technology development. He can use Golden Finger to make a technological leap forward, but his lack of specific war command experience is his heartache. His experience in military organization construction all comes from more than two years of military life experience when he was filming military TV series in the army before time travel. Bits and pieces of military knowledge.
As for combat, apart from the actual combat experience accumulated when escaping from Luzon Island, I only have knowledge from books. At most, I can add a bit of the look and feel of war-themed movies.
Yin Feng is not a very confident person in nature. Although he feels confident as a time traveler, in fact, on the eve of his counterattack on Luzon Island, he fell into the shadow of lack of confidence. The most fundamental reason is that History has been changed by him. A Chinese company that has never been seen in history has been born. The future direction of history cannot be known in advance. It is always expected that the enemy will be one step ahead. Yin Feng has lost track of the future direction of history. Grasp. As a result, confidence in the victory of the war was also lost.
But I can't say this out loud yet. I can't show it on my face.
Only by Li Lihua's side can Yin Feng relax a little. Recently, he has been going to Li Lihua's "West Palace" more often. He even goes to Wan'er less. Li Lihua's understanding of Spain and Luzon at that time far exceeded his. The knowledge he got from history books. Every night he asked in detail about everything in Luzon and Manila. He thought over every step of the upcoming war.
Yin Feng currently has military talents at hand. In addition to Mai Dahai, Ye Hua and others from the navy, there are also Zhao Tie, Mai De and others from the infantry. They are all generals who can lead the army in battle. Although they have no special military talents, they have There is no lack of courage and a resolute attitude in enforcing discipline. The China United Company Guards is not an army that relies on the personal abilities of generals to fight. It is a modern army that relies on collective discipline, firepower output, organizational capabilities, and mobility to fight. This is different from the military at that time. The Spanish army is a bit similar. It doesn't have outstanding generals, but an army composed of excellent and disciplined soldiers can conquer the world. As long as the generals are not stupid and dare to fight.
Of course, having excellent generals can give full play to the strength of the army composed of excellent soldiers. This is the best thing. Unfortunately, nothing is perfect in the world.
The escort also has a staff team. It is composed of Colonel Coutre's group of old Portuguese mercenaries, Captain Van Leyden and other Dutch officers, as well as some intern officers from the Chinese Company Military Academy. It is currently busy following the actual measurements of company spies in Manila. Data. Build a sandbox model in the guard camp.
In short, Yin Feng just felt that he lacked a general capable of commanding the entire battle situation.
Veteran Chen Di has been traveling around Taiwan to collect materials for writing his travel notes. Yin Feng tried him. The old man excused himself by saying that he was old, did not understand firearms combat, and did not want to travel thousands of miles to fight overseas by ship. Yin Feng tried to test him. Feng cursed in his heart: Isn't it because my army is not a regular army of the imperial court? I am afraid of going to sea by boat. You come to Taiwan by boat several times every year. So what's going on?
However, Chen Di was still very interested in Yin Feng's military training. That day he took the initiative to ask to visit the escort camp.
The escort is now divided into three arms: navy, infantry, and artillery. The presidential leader of the escort is of course Yin Feng. The location of Yin Feng's presidential leader is still called Laoying according to the custom of the Ming Dynasty. There are logistics department and operations department below. , the Military Supervisory Department and the Military Intelligence Department are four units.
The Logistics Department has four functional departments: the Ordnance Department, the Military Industry Department, the Reserve Army Department, and the Food and Grass Division. Under the Operations Department, there are three service departments: the Infantry Command Department, the Navy Command Department, and the Artillery Command Department, as well as the Planning Department. There are four management departments: Communications Department, Exercise Department, and Military Affairs Department. They can be regarded as Yin Feng’s staff department. Half of the main officers are foreign Portuguese and Dutch officers; the Military Supervision Department has the Military Academy Management Department, the Inspection Department, the Guards Department, and the Military Law Department. Four divisions. Among them, the Personal Guard Division is actually Yin Feng's personal guard. It is also responsible for the personal protection of other company executives. The Military Supervisory Department is a department nominally headed by Yin Feng. In fact, Yin Feng is writing a bunch of After setting the rules and defining the terms of the military law, he handed over the specific operations to Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao didn't want to waste his brain. He followed what Yin Feng wrote and added his own things: emphasizing on Yin Feng in the army. Loyalty. Apart from that, there is nothing else. Fortunately, Zeng Rui, the youngest son of the Zeng family, recently joined the Military Supervision Department and became the deputy minister. He is in charge of the military academy and the inspection department. He began to imitate Yin Feng and talk about protecting overseas Chinese and protecting overseas Chinese. The principles of business and trade.
Although Yin Feng won over the children of the Zeng family to work for him, he did not dare to send them to the battlefield. Zeng Rui, who liked to join the army the most, once privately boarded a warship and went to Penghu to participate in the battle against the Dutch. Yin Feng He was half-dead. Therefore, although Zeng Rui also joined the escort, Yin Feng only arranged for him to be in the Military Supervision Department to oversee military education and meritorious service inspections. He did not have to go to the battlefield to fight.
The most special thing is the Military Intelligence Department. In fact, the earlier Military Intelligence Department of the China Company was placed under the escort. The company also established a Commercial Information Department, which was also under the jurisdiction of Lin Xiao. It was responsible for various intelligence collection in the Ming Dynasty. Although the Military Intelligence Department was divided into It consists of the Overseas Department and the Internal Affairs Department. But at this stage, the main intelligence work is facing overseas, all over the East and West. The most important intelligence collection target is the Philippines.
After multiple reorganizations over the past three years, the escort has formed a relatively complete military organizational structure. It is already a complete system. It has a complete set of soldier recruitment, officer selection, military education and training systems, and a complete set of operations from top to bottom. The army of the messenger system.
In Yin Feng's design, if the army continues to expand, the old battalion headquarters must set up a four-level organizational system of section, cao, division and department. At the local level, garrison auxiliary troops, Zhuang Ding reserve troops, self-defense militia and other levels must also be formed. Reserve system. However, the current military strength of the China United Company has exceeded 10,000. In fact, it is a very large armed group. It directly governs 100,000 indigenous people on Taiwan Island and about 70,000 Han settlers. It also rules a large number of There are hundreds of Europeans overseas and in the Mainland. China United Company, including joint shareholders, employs more than 100,000 sailors, clerks, clerks and other various employees in merchant houses in thirteen provinces.
This is an organized and armed business group with a base. Its organizational capabilities are completely different from the Ming Dynasty government system. It adheres to the principles of efficiency, simplicity, directness and speed. The management has clear levels and detailed division of labor. All goals are to reduce costs and be efficient. Even Yin Feng himself was not fully aware of the inherent power of execution. As for the major shareholders and senior managers, they were also vague about it.
As for sending troops to fight, everyone feels that only Yin Feng leads the troops. All the wars he commands are wars to make money. The Battle of Penghu against the Dutch, the battle to control the indigenous people in Taiwan, and the battle to attack Macau. They are all. A profitable business, not only compensation from the other party, but also a large amount of loot. Therefore, there are very few company insiders who are really opposed to sending troops to attack Manila, especially counterattacking Manila. This is the wish of the major shareholders and most of the survivors.
However, Chen Di persuaded Yin Feng not to use weapons as a friend and elder.
"My Ming Dynasty is not afraid of the foreign barbarians. The imperial court is unwilling to send troops to attack the Luzon barbarians. This is also the style of the Chinese dynasty. It is just that it does not want the war to spread and cause too many casualties. With Qian Tianhe, I think the foreign barbarians are nothing more than tigers and wolves. Wretched crimes overseas will not harm the country; although some of my relatives and friends have lost their lives in Luzon, the country's treasury is now empty and bandits are everywhere in the interior; once troops are sent overseas, countless grain and grass will be consumed, which will inevitably make the people's livelihood miserable... "Chen Di was sitting on Yin Feng's carriage, chattering to Yin Feng.
Yin Feng was very puzzled; this old general had the wrong nerve. Why did he suddenly say this to me?
Yin Feng, who had always respected the old general, interrupted him: "General Chen, isn't it the first day you knew we were going to attack Manila?"
Chen Di was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Of course. You sending troops to Manila is justified both emotionally and rationally. But..."
Yin Feng interrupted Chen Di again: "No, General Chen. We have been friends for many years. You don't think that I am a businessman who donates money for fame. I don't regard you as an old man. I will tell you the truth: send troops." Manila. Revenge for 30,000 Chinese merchants. This is a big thing. The imperial court won’t do it. We coastal merchants will do it ourselves. We don’t need a bullet or a grain of food from the imperial court. If we fail, we will admit that we are unlucky. If we succeed, we will do it ourselves. It will greatly boost the ambition of overseas Chinese. Why not?"
Chen Di's face was gloomy. He was not angry at being interrupted. Instead, he nodded slowly: "For you refugees on Luzon Island, it is natural to retaliate with tit for tat. But how can the imperial court tolerate you sending troops to attack a country without authorization? Fanbang Gongyi, you..." Chen Di seemed to be hesitant and hesitated to speak.
Yin Feng smiled faintly: "Old general, speak directly when you have something to say. You are not the kind of person who speaks hesitantly."
Chen Di made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, that's what happened. General Shen Yourong, the captain of Fujian Province, told me that Zhu Wenda, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, might take action against you when you attack Manila. Originally, I said this It shouldn’t be said. General Shen also asked me not to tell you this news. Although he does not approve of using force against the Zhonghua Company."
Yin Feng smiled: "Your two grandnephews are working on our company's merchant ships. You also have a direct nephew who is a teacher in my school. Haha. You are always related to our company's interests. Our company supports more than 100,000 merchants and people along the coast of Fujian. We give the court a lot of money every year. Why should Mr. Zhu be in trouble with us?"
He stood up and said: "The camp of our escort is ahead. Please come and teach our soldiers."
Chen Di smiled bitterly and got off the carriage. Yin Feng suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered softly: "Don't worry. Even if we send troops to Manila and take away most of the troops, the remaining warships and firearms are not Mr. Zhu's. The soldiers can handle it."