Wanli 1592

Chapter 451 Jiang Dahai

On October 25th, the 28th year of Wanli, Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief of Mingzhen Nanhou and Shizhen Burma Yubian Pingnan, led [-] troops and [-] warships to attack Spain, which caused the death of Ming immigrants and soldiers. Under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Philippine Governor's Office.

On the morning of the same day, Xiao Ruxun held a swearing-in meeting at the military port of Yangon, announcing that he would personally command troops to conquer the Luzon Spaniards, avenging the tragic death of the people and loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Once upon a time, there was a saying in Chen Tang, 'Those who commit crimes against a strong man will be punished even if they are far away'. This brilliant saying has survived through the ages, and it still exists in our hearts. I hope that all soldiers will never forget this statement. There are only criminals in the world. I am China's jumping beam clown, and the soldiers of the Han family will sacrifice their lives to conquer it! Even if it is far away, it will be punished!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Even if you are far away, you will be executed!"

"Let's go!!"

Xiao Ruxun waved the command flag, the standing drums rumbled, and the navy set off!

For this expedition, Xiao Ruxun brought along Chen Longzheng, the General Counselor for Foreign Affairs, and left Yuan Huang to guard the base camp in Burma. Everything was handled by Yuan Huang.

Xiao Ruxun took the flagship Zhennan warship, the largest warship in Myanmar, weighing [-] tons, it was a congratulatory gift specially dedicated to Xiao Ruxun by the masters of the shipyard, and Xiao Ruxun gave this ship his own title. Named to make it the flagship of the Burmese Navy, it is usually the ship of Jiang Haihai, the commander of the navy, and it is the flagship in wartime.

Speaking of this matter of naming warships individually in Ming Dynasty, Xiao Ruxun was the first to do it. Before that, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was not organized, and there was no tradition of naming warships individually. class, without a separate name.

After Xiao Ruxun named this warship, the navy began to name warships with outstanding military exploits. In each naval battle, only the three warships with the greatest military exploits have the right to name them. Fleet, only 27 warships have names, and the rest follow the old system of Ming Dynasty.

A warship with a famous name can generally become the flagship of a certain small and medium naval battle, and the captain of a famous warship is generally qualified to become the deputy commander of the squadron.

The Burmese Water Division set up by Xiao Ruxun has one commander, that is, Jiang Dahai, and ten deputy commanders, each commanding ten squadrons. This time, the Sixth Squadron is accompanying the expedition, under the jurisdiction of the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Wei. fleet.

Originally, if Xiao Ruxun did not go out, the Zhennan Ship would not go out, nor would Jiang Dahai, but if Xiao Ruxun decided to go out, then Jiang Dahai would have to accompany him as the fleet commander.

Speaking of which, the army under Xiao Ruxun's command, whether it is the army or the navy, was built by him alone, and there is basically no color of the Ming court in it. The old foundation of the Five Thousand Ningxia Firearms Battalion was formed by him personally selecting officers and soldiers in Ningxia. It's his starting team.

After arriving in Burma, he also selected the soldiers for the expansion of the army. Later, he used military exploits as evidence to promote junior officers and mid-level officers. The choice was made by him without the intervention of the Ming court.

This is especially true for the navy. If the old subordinates who followed him still had the military positions of the Ming court, and the officers of the navy were single-handedly picked up by Xiao Ruxun, when the Ming court was transferred back to the navy, basically only Xiao Ruxun would stay. After leaving the boat, there were not many sailors and soldiers left.

There are only about 500 officers and soldiers, not to mention the former captains and other officers, only three or four remained, and these three or four old people were all killed in naval battles for more than three years, and there are many old sailors. Some died in battle, but the newcomers they brought out grew up rapidly.

It can be said that the sailors are also soldiers and officers selected from all refugees, and all of them were promoted by Xiao Ruxun himself. For example, Jiang Dahai, the commander-in-chief of the navy he appointed now, is from Fujian with a name full of water characteristics. A merchant ship operator who runs a merchant ship, has been running a merchant ship with his family since he was seven years old.

Later, when he was 21 years old, the merchant ship he was following was attacked by pirates, and all the people on board, including his father, were killed by the pirates. He carried a piece of wood, got lucky and floated back to the coast of Fujian.

But because everyone on the boat died, there was no one else in the family except the old man, he was in a trance, and became a refugee, and was sent to Myanmar with a group of people in a daze.

I thought I was waiting to die, but it turned out to be the second spring of my life. Just in time for Xiao Ruxun to expand the navy, he called on those who had sailor experience and sailing experience to join the navy. He was the first to sign up and 20 days later. He participated in the first water battle in his life.

Some people are born to fight, and some people are born to be war geniuses. There is no solution to this.

It's like Huo Qubing went to the battlefield at the age of 17 and never lost a battle until his death. Who did he learn the art of war from?How many years have you studied?Do you have experience?

But the Huns who beat countless experienced and famous generals of the big man to the hands of Huo Qubing were really unlucky. They would lose when they met Huo Qubing. They never won, and finally they were beaten to Langjuxu Mountain , Even the nest is gone, you said he went to the battlefield at the age of 17, how can he be so good at fighting?
Yue Fei once said a word - the magic of using it comes from one heart.

This "heart" is probably something unique to military geniuses.

Huo Qubing also had it, so he was a war genius, born for the war, and died when the war was almost over, as if his life was only for those short six years, leaving an eternal story.

There is Jiang Youhai in Jiang Dahai's name. The reason his father named him was that he hoped that he could travel across Jianghai. , this guy has been in the Navy for three years and has never lost a single defeat.

The first time he participated in a water battle against pirates, he was red-eyed. At that time, he was just an ordinary gunner, but he did the job of the captain. The captain of the battleship was killed by stray bullets from pirates, and the battleship was shot Surrounded by pirate ships, the inexperienced sailors and soldiers on board were in a mess.

Just this guy held his breath, shot through the command building of a pirate ship with red eyes, killed the captain of the pirate ship directly, and then replaced with flower bombs, fired three shots in a row, blowing up all the pirates on board. fall.

His heroic performance and wonderful accuracy inspired the courage of the soldiers. Those recruits followed him and fought bravely. They even sunk a pirate ship and broke out of the siege. After that, Xiao Ruxun personally met him and was directly promoted to captain. .

In the following year, he commanded his warships and gunners, fought and won victoriously, sank three pirate ships in the second battle, four pirate ships in the third battle, and four pirate ships in the third battle. Command of a fleet of seven warships allowed him to pursue a pirate gang of twelve warships on his own.

This gang had just robbed a merchant fleet of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Ryukyu people were powerless to pursue, so they asked Xiao Ruxun for help, and Xiao Ruxun let Jiang Dahai go after thinking about it.

No one is optimistic about him, even Yuan Huang questioned Xiao Ruxun's decision, thinking that such a decision is too dangerous, let a Fujian boy who can't read a lot of characters be the commander of the squadron, what if something happens?It was not only Xiao Ruxun's prestige that was hit, but Daming's prestige was also hit.

Then he came back with all seven warships.

(End of this chapter)