Chapter 1994 Training the Navy
"Facing the Xu Hai pirates who are about to plunder, how should General Yu think Zhejiang should respond?" Zhu Pingan asked.
“Based on my understanding of Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates are accustomed to dividing into small groups, especially when plundering. In order to expand the scope and results of plundering, Japanese pirates often disperse and plunder with a small number of troops. , but they cooperate with each other, seemingly scattered, but often small groups of Japanese pirates work together to set up ambushes and make detours. When our troops attack, they are often surrounded and defeated by Japanese pirates. This time, the Japanese pirates in Xuhai will definitely do the same, divided into dozens of troops. The Japanese pirates are plundering without waiting. "
"To be honest, our Zhejiang Guard Station cannot stand a fight and can only stand firm and take the initiative to attack without seeking death."
"At the end. Will I thought that I could order the people in villages and towns in northern Zhejiang to temporarily move to walled cities, and let the Japanese guards assist in the defense. If they had no chance to take advantage of it, they would move to other places. "
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Yu Dayou replied matter-of-factly, suggesting that people from all over northern Zhejiang should flee to walled cities for temporary refuge.
"That's all we can do now." Zhu Ping'an nodded, called the clerks, and ordered them to quickly draft a document and send it to all parts of northern Zhejiang.
"This can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. It will make the Japanese pirates even more arrogant. If we want to cure the root cause, does General Yu have any good strategies?"
After Zhu Ping'an finished arranging things in northern Zhejiang, he asked again .
"Back to the headquarters, based on some immature and foolish opinion, we must first train the troops, eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled in the guard posts, select young and strong people to enrich the guard posts, and intensify the training of troops, so that we can have the strength to fight; then, A certain person believes that the key to eradicating Japanese pirates lies at sea rather than on land.”
"As for being at sea or not on land, I asked General Yu to give a lecture." Zhu Pingan was very interested in this and asked Yu Dayou to give a lecture.
Yu Dayou cleared his throat, "First of all, Japanese pirates come from the ocean. If we can intercept the Japanese pirates on the sea and keep them away overseas, then there will be no Japanese trouble on land."
Zhu Ping'an nodded. What Yu Dayou said makes sense. If the Japanese pirates are eliminated on the sea, there will be no Japanese pirates in the inland.
“Secondly, Japanese pirates plundered the inland. Their advantage lay in warships. When Japanese pirates landed and invaded, in addition to the warships parked at the seaside, they often left warships in the sea to respond. In this way, they can advance Attack from all directions and retreat into the boundless sea. This battleship. This is their advantage, but it is also their disadvantage. If they can destroy the Japanese pirates' warships, they will destroy the Japanese pirates' retreat route, and the Japanese pirates will have no way to escape at sea. They can deploy heavy troops along the coast to drive the Japanese pirates into the sea and surround and destroy them. "
Yu Dayou continued.
Zhu Pingan nodded. Yes, the reason why the Japanese pirates are so elusive is that their warships can help them retreat back to the sea at any time. If their warships are destroyed, then the Japanese pirates can be shut down and beaten.
"Of course, in order to control Japanese ships overseas and destroy Japanese ships, we must have an elite navy. At present, our navy is still too weak. At present, our Jiangnan navy is mainly Jianghuai The deputy commander-in-chief came to Huaihou's Jianghuai Navy, but neither the ships nor the soldiers were as powerful as the Japanese pirates, and they were defeated by Commander-in-Chief Zhang Jing. The supervisor has been transferred to Yingtian Xie Defense. At present, I have only one navy under my command in Zhejiang. There are only more than ten large and small ships, which can only carry a thousand sailors. Their strength is far inferior to that of the Japanese pirates, and they can only compete with a small fleet of Japanese pirates. In battle, when encountering a large Japanese pirate fleet, you can only avoid their sharp edges."
Yu Dayou sighed when he said this.
If you want to control Japanese pirates overseas, you must have an elite naval force. However, the Ming Dynasty currently lacks naval forces. The only naval force is the Jianghuai Navy of Linhuai Marquis. Its combat power is far inferior to that of Japanese pirates and Yu Dayou. The navy under his command is not as good as the Jianghuai navy
Therefore, Yu Dayou's idea of conquering the Japanese overseas is just a beautiful vision and cannot be realized.
"General Yu, I heard that you are good at water warfare. If you were asked to organize an elite navy army, would you be able to do it?"
Zhu Pingan asked.
“Back to the headquarters, it’s difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. At present, there are no ships, no people, no ordnance, and no food and salary supplies. How can we organize and train?”
Yu Dayou looked embarrassed. spread his hands.
"What about Qimi? Can you make a big meal?!" Zhu Pingan looked at Yu Dayou with burning eyes.
"Of course you can. If not, please behead someone." Yu Dayou replied decisively, with a look of confidence on his face.
"Very good. General Yu, if you were asked to organize a navy, how many meters would you need?" Zhu Pingan asked again.
"Currently, I only have more than ten large and small ships under my command, which is far from enough. To organize a naval force that can compete with Japanese pirates on the sea, at least ten large ships and three small and medium-sized ships are needed. Ten ships! In addition, we need to equip the ships with artillery. The more, the better. Naval warfare is different from land warfare. The more guns on board, the better! In this way, our navy can have an advantage in naval warfare."
“ In addition to ships, we also need to recruit three thousand fishermen as an army. The existing navy is as unusable as the guards. We can only recruit fishermen and retrain them to become a navy that dares to fight. "< br>
“Ship maintenance requires silver, at least a hundred taels of silver per month. Three thousand fishermen need food and wages. Calculated at one stone per person per month, three thousand stones are needed per month and thirty-six thousand stones per year. ”
"It is best to equip one-third of the guns, and each ship must be equipped with at least two artillery pieces. The more, the better."
Yu Dayou listed them one by one, and finally sighed, "But, These conditions are too difficult to achieve. Let’s not talk about anything else, just food and salary. The court has not paid wages for three months. In eastern Zhejiang, a guard soldier mutinied and defected to Wang Zhi because the court defaulted on food and wages. The food and salary of the guard station have been supplemented," Zhu Ping'an said.
If you want horses to run, you have to feed them grass. In the current war, the food and wages of the various health stations must be sufficient.
When I left Suzhou, my fellow villagers in Suzhou donated 50,000 taels of silver and 50,000 shi of grain and grass; my father-in-law gave another 100,000 shi of grain and grass, which was enough to pay salaries to various health stations.
"Lord, have you ever heard that the imperial court will reissue food and salary?" Yu Dayou was startled.
"General Yu doesn't have to worry about where the food and wages come from. In short, I will make up for the food and wages of each guard post within three days. Of course, it must be based on the actual number of soldiers in each guard post." Zhu Pingan said He waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Lord, for supplementing the food and salary. The morale will definitely increase." Yu Dayou said happily.
"In addition, I will give you an additional 10,000 stones of food and salary, and 30,000 taels of silver. You can recruit 3,000 fishermen immediately when you go back; after a month, I will give you twelve large blessing ships and small and medium-sized blessing ships. Thirty ships; from today on, I appoint you as the admiral of the Zhejiang Army Navy, responsible for the training of the Zhejiang Army Navy! General Yu, do you dare to accept the appointment?"
Zhu Pingan looked at Yu Dayou with burning eyes.
"Dare! General Yu Dayou is willing to die for you! With the support of Lord Butang, General Yu will definitely be able to train an elite navy that will not fall into the name of the Zhejiang Army! If not, General Yu will cut himself off without your help. A head!"
Yu Dayou stood up from the table, bowed with his fists firmly on his face, and issued a military order. (End of this chapter)