Xinshun 1730

Chapter 401 Preparations before the war
The sound of drums sounded, and the level of the meeting was different depending on the beating of the drums.

Soon, all the people who were supposed to be there were present, and the staff officer in charge of organizing the meeting checked the number of people and reported to Li Yan that all the people were there.

This is the first time that Li Yan has participated in a military meeting within the navy. Before that, he just followed Liu Yu to watch some lively events outside of the regular meeting.

Staring at the white porcelain cups, long table and sea-blue woolen tablecloth in front of me, I can't help but feel a burst of freshness.

This novelty passed by in a flash, and I observed the candidates who came to the meeting, and found it quite interesting.

The interior of this navy is complete.

There are many officers and few warships. In addition to the trainee captain and the captain, there are still a lot of people left, many of whom have the title of staff officer.

In addition to those transferred away, the number of staff officers is also obviously based on the future expansion of the navy several times and is divided into several fleets.

The staff officers in charge of combat are divided into four groups, organized separately, each headed by a chief officer.When necessary, any group can form the headquarters of a squadron.

This time, those who were transferred to the Privy Council directly transferred a group, plus some personnel from logistics, logistics, establishment, supply and other departments.There are still three groups left, and the chief officials of the three groups are all present at this time.

The chief of the logistics staff was also there. There were two staff groups responsible for the siege of the Marine Corps and the Fortress. One had already gone to Vladivostok with Du Feng, and the other was attended by the chief.

The rest are the captains of each ship, but not all captains participated, but only six captains participated.

From Li Yan's point of view, these captains are those whom Liu Yu believes are capable of fighting independently at sea.

No matter how you look at it, the proportion of officers in the navy is a bit extravagant, at least in the reality of too few warships at this time, it is too extravagant.

Xin Daoying Sobo made it clear that he wanted to reserve officers in advance according to half the number of the British or Dutch navy.If I, the governor of the navy, can't get enough benefits for the navy, don't these officers who are starved for food feel that they are useless and incompetent?
Suppressing this future matter that was extremely difficult in his heart, he first read the order of the Privy Council, which was clearly Liu Yu's style, which all officers could hear.

After finishing the reading, he said: "The Privy Council ordered the navy to send half a fleet, with a battalion of marines, and a battalion of engineers and fortress soldiers, to find an opportunity to occupy Busan as soon as possible and clean up the Japanese halls there."

"Then the navy left a force to garrison Weihai and patrol Jiaoliao to Tianjin. After the simple fort in Busan was repaired, the main force went to Busan to station."

"Afterwards, there are two things to do. First, the navy patrols and maps along the coast of the Japanese country to find out the actual deployment of the Japanese people."

"Secondly, transport [-] troops to Pusan, land and harass the weak points of the Japanese kingdom. The army has also received orders and will come back to negotiate soon."

"In a few days, the imperial court will send officials from the Li government to go to Busan with the warship. They are already on the way and ask North Korea to cooperate. There will be special personnel to supervise the follow-up transportation of the luggage. There is no rush for this."

"Since I only care about the general plan and personnel affairs, the staff should come up with a plan first. Presumably you also have information on North Korea and Tsushima."

The officers finally waited for the news of the start of the war, and each of them was already gearing up.

The staff officer at the side immediately took out a piece of paper and said: "My lord, there is a plan before. If you think there is no problem with this plan, please issue it."

Li Yan Zhengchou didn't know what to do. At this time, he was startled when he heard that there was a plan, and asked, "Did you all know that you would fight like this?"

"Returning to my lord, it is not. The staff department usually formulates various possible plans for future selection."

As the staff officer replied, he said nonsense in his heart, we are not just for nothing.

Not to mention the plan in the direction of Busan, there is even a plan to station in Ryukyu to harass Nanwa.

There is even a plan for the navy to throw away the army and go to a few cities to collect a sum of money for the redemption fee, capture Nagasaki before the army to get a sum of money, and go to Edo to set a fire, etc., which can be described as ideas There are all kinds of strange things, whether to use it or not, that's another story.

Now, since they have to listen to the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, the Privy Council only talks about the general plan, and those who are staff officers naturally only come up with plans that are in line with the Privy Council's strategy.

The plan was handed over to Li Yan, and Li Yan glanced at it a few times, wondering what is the meaning of my existence?How do you feel that there is no difference between me and me?
The plan above is very detailed. It is proposed that the fleet will be composed of eight cruisers, four troop carriers, two fast expedition ships for mapping and investigation, and two supply ships converted from merchant ships.

Going from Weihai to Busan is as simple as a child leaving home to go home, and people from the courteous government followed to convey the emperor's will to the suzerain of North Korea.

When we got there, we first took over the Japanese pavilion, and then the warship blocked Tsushima Island, forcing the lord of the Tsushima Domain to leave on his own initiative.Talk if you can, and don't rush to fight if you can't agree. Just let the warship block it. It's best to force him to leave.

At Pusan, the location for the construction and reinforcement of the fort has been selected above, and it has been used as the location of the fleet port.

How to deploy the cannons to cover the port and where to arrange the barracks and granaries are all detailed and clear.

Then there are two different alternatives.

First, if the imperial court sends people from the Li government to North Korea together, if they can communicate, they can spend money to send civilians from North Korea to help build barracks and forts.

Although North Korean people only use rice and cloth as currency, North Korean officials recognize silver.

Even how much money should be applied for as a hired worker, an approximate amount has been written.If the North Korean side can provide military rations, they can also choose to buy them with silver, thus saving part of the shipping power.

Second, if the negotiation fails, the North Korean Dongnae Mansion will be directly suppressed by troops, forcing the North Korean side to agree to send someone.

Li Yan looked at this very detailed plan and asked curiously: "How did you get the port map of North Korea?"

"My lord, I pretended to be pirate surveying and mapping; I pretended to take shelter from the wind to survey and map; I pretended to be shipwreck surveying and mapping. And every year when I migrate to the Whale Sea, I will take this road, surveying and mapping from time to time along the way, I have already prepared."

Li Yan nodded, his heart is already so familiar, what else do he need to say?

What on earth do I, the governor of the navy, do?

Now I am getting more and more confused, it seems that I don’t need to worry about anything?But it doesn't seem right.

The doubts in my heart deepened, and I knew that this was not the time to ponder this. After thinking about it for a long time, I seemed to understand a little bit.

At least at this time, he should decide who the commander of the squadron is and who the deputy commander is.These things are not written on it.

The six captains present were all capable as squadron commanders.Although he didn't know much about the navy, he also knew who the top three were among the first batch of captains in the navy.

After thinking about it for a while, the most suitable person to lead the squadron at this time is either Mi Ziming or Chen Qinghai.They can't all go, and someone needs to stay here to prepare for the second step, so as to avoid any accidents.

After a little thought, you will know who to choose.

"Mi Gao, serve as the commander of the squadron this time. Complete the preparations as soon as possible. Once the people from the Li government arrive, we will set off."

"Yes!"

Mantou got up and listened to the order, and the rest were also convinced.

I also feel that Li Yan's choice of Liu Yu's confidant is also a kind of statement.

The main thing is the attitude, as far as this nonsense in this plan is concerned, not to mention the six top-ranked captains present, they can do the same even if they pull someone from the outer ship.

In the words of the captains, they don't care about the affairs of the Marine Corps, so in this plan, they only need to do two things.

Block off Tsushima Island and wipe out the Japanese navy on Tsushima Island; then swagger and start drawing maps, harassing and investigating, and walking along the long distance from Kyushu Island to Ezo.

After allocating the squadrons for the expedition, Mantou reminded them.

"My lord, the money for construction in North Korea..."

Li Yan slapped his head, only to realize that this time he went to North Korea, he had to hire someone to work.

Normally, the money must have come from the imperial court, but you need to report to the imperial court yourself, and the day lily may be cold by the time it is distributed.

The amount is not much, according to the above budget, only about 2 taels is enough.

The navy has made up its mind that it will stay in Busan in the future, so although the fort needs to be repaired temporarily, it can't be too improvised.The maintenance of the military port, the military barracks, etc., have made up their minds that they will not leave in the future, so they cannot be made one-off.

"Uh... How do you usually solve this money?"

"My lord, there is a special fund in the army for emergencies, and only the general can use it. But after using it, please report it to the court for reimbursement. If the court doesn't reimburse it, it was Ying Sabo himself who made up for it before."

"Uh..." The corners of Li Yan's mouth twitched. As a prince who has not yet been crowned king, he can't save much money a year, but he is not as rich and powerful as Liu Yu.

He seemed to understand a little more the meaning of his existence as the "Governor of the Navy", and he was also responsible for asking the court for money.

"This special fund may now be 2 taels?"

"can."

"Then withdraw it first."

Ask someone to teach, according to the existing rules in the navy, write down the official document, hand it over to someone to collect, and then ask people to disperse first.

As soon as they dispersed, another group of people immediately gathered around.

Someone asked him to sign for the distribution of this month's military salary. According to the rules, once he went to sea to fight, he would advance one month's military salary to the sailors.

Those who asked him to sign orders to receive gunpowder ordnance fortress guns were all the quantities in the plan, but they also had to sign.

Some asked him to issue a disembarkation order. Sailors before the expedition would usually have a two-day holiday, allowing them to go ashore and do anything wrong, and donate the little money they had just received to brothels and taverns.

These were all things that were not planned before. Pile after pile of paper was piled up in front of him. Li Yan held a pen in one hand and the seal of the navy in the other, fearing that something might go wrong, he read every word.

After finally signing half of it, Li Yan couldn't help asking: "When Ying Suobo is around, he also wants to sign?"

The officers nodded, Xindao is theoretically yes, but he has his own followers and secretary, and generally these things can be signed by someone else.

Speaking of the situation, Li Yan thought in his heart that he was a newcomer, and he was an inferior prince before, and he didn't have any confidants around him.

Some of them don't know anything about the navy at all; now they are directly selected from the navy, and they are not very familiar with it, so they are afraid that the person selected will take power arbitrarily.

For a moment, he felt as if he understood why the previous dynasty insisted on having a cabinet. It would be great if he had been trained since childhood like Zhu Hongwu, who was clear about everything big and small, and still full of energy.If not, it would be really troublesome.

Still not in a hurry, first look and learn for yourself, and after you understand it, cultivate a few confidantes.

He thought again, fortunately, Ying Suo Bo had no intention of monopolizing the power of the navy, and the system was well organized. Otherwise, let alone himself, even those nobles who know the military will come, at least a year will be needed to understand the internal operation of the navy.

(End of this chapter)