Chapter 905 Japan is our main attack direction!

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Zhang Zhun arranged this way for the plan to pursue Zheng Chenggong. All the slightly injured sword-toothed ships were pursuing south, adopting wolf pack tactics to capture the three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet, and how much they could catch. As for those armed merchant ships, don’t worry about them.

At this time, the Zheng family fleet was already a stray dog ​​and was only concerned about running away. If the three-masted gunship confronted the sword-toothed ship under normal circumstances, it would still have a chance of winning. However, if you were determined to escape and have no desire to fight, you would have to be beaten.

"Be careful, don't chase the estuary of the Yangtze River!"

Zhang Zhun said in particular.

He clearly asked that the pursuers of the Hu Ben Army should not chase after the estuary of the Yangtze River. Because, further south, it was Zheng Zhilong's traditional territory. Continue to go south, it would not be chasing, but sending sheep into the tiger's mouth.

The Hu Ben Navy won this time, to a large extent, because it completely occupied the right time, place, and people in its offshore combat. Especially close to its own supply port and shipyard, it has great advantages. The injured sailors can be transported away and treated in time. The damaged warships can be returned to the port for repair.

In particular, in such offshore combat, the power of the Cangshan ship was fully utilized again. If there were no so many Cangshan ships to help, relying on the Dragon God Ship and the Sword Tooth Ship alone would be unable to defeat the enemy. At least, it would not have been possible to repel Zheng Chenggong so quickly.

The most sacrificed in the Hu Ben Army in this battle were the Cangshan ships. After the war, a total of fifty or sixty Cangshan ships were broken, and more than twenty Cangshan ships were directly sunk. The casualties caused by the Cangshan ships were also the largest proportion of all casualties. It was precisely because of their weak bodies that attracted a large amount of enemy firepower to ensure the safety of other warships. To be honest, these Cangshan ships were the only ones.

In other words, when it is the turn of the Hu Ben Navy to take the initiative to attack, you also need to pay attention to this point. There are always various convenient conditions to fight at your doorstep. The coast of Fujian is the land of the Zheng family fleet. When fighting on your own territory, the number of small warships must be large, and even fishing boats can be turned into warships.

With the Zheng family fleet operating along the coast of Fujian, not to mention two hundred small boats, or two thousand or even five thousand, it is possible to piece together. Once the Hu Ben Navy falls into the vast ocean of these warships, the consequences can be imagined.

Therefore, before accumulating enough strength, the Hu Ben Navy will not easily attack the Zheng family fleet's lair. The lion fights the rabbit and cunning rabbits in three holes. The rabbit bites people when it is anxious, let alone a tough person like Zheng Zhilong? With the current strength of the Hu Ben Navy, if you hit Fujian, you will definitely be defeated by Zheng Chenggong.

The most basic requirement is that when launching an attack, the Hu Ben Navy must be equipped with enough rotating sailors and enough medical ships. Zhang Zhun feels that it is necessary to prepare professional medical ships. For large-scale fleet operations, at least two and five medical ships are required to accompany them.

After weighing the trade-offs, the best strategy is to lure the snake out of the hole, and strive to first destroy the main force of the Zheng family fleet on the sea far away from Fujian. As long as the main force of the Zheng family fleet is killed, a lot of resistance can be reduced in future battles.

"How are the casualties?"

Zhang Zhun turned around and asked Wang Shide.

“It’s more serious.”

Wang Shi's answer in obscure German tone.

In this naval battle, more than 800 people died in the Hu Ben Navy and 1,000 were injured, of which more than half were seriously injured. Among the sacrificed or injured, a considerable number of people were not professional Hu Ben Army soldiers. They were all fishermen.

In fact, in this battle, the Hu Ben Navy recruited a considerable number of fishermen to be responsible for some of the miscellaneous tasks of the warships in order to free up professional sailors and make greater use. Facts have proved that Zhang Zhun proposed to actively develop marine fisheries, which was very visionary. Without the help of these fishermen, even if the Hu Ben Navy had enough warships, he would not be able to find so many people who knew how to drive the ship.

"For those who die in battle, the pension must be paid in time."

"For injured people, treat them as the wounded members of the Hu Ben Army to ensure their treatment."

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

"Liu Hang has already dealt with it personally."

Wang Shide replied.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said.

Zhang Zhun felt relieved when he heard that it was Liu Hang who handled it himself.

Liu Hang, the firefighting captain, made an indelible contribution. He captured all the difficult and heavy tasks. After pacifying the world, he can become the director of the Safety Supervision Bureau? Forget it, this position is so great, so it’s better to get a better one!

When I returned to Partridge Bay, it was already very busy. The port where dozens of large ships could be parked was particularly crowded at this time. Most of the damaged warships were towed back, but there were not enough berths, so I had to continue drifting on the sea.

In the Hu Ben Navy, almost every warship needs to be repaired, and the only difference lies in the lightness and heavyness. Xue Zhidie's shipyard is responsible for building new warships and repairing old warships. He is really busy and his words are full of fire.

Fortunately, the current Huben Army's control area is constantly expanding, and the number of craftsmen is increasing. As long as there is enough money and food, you can recruit enough manpower. Even if the venue and tools are insufficient, the manpower is sufficient.

According to Zhang Zhun's suggestion, Xue Zhidie began to adopt the branch system of later generations, "contracting" all different docks and different maintenance businesses, and was responsible for different foremen (general managers), and then encouraged everyone to compete with each other.

Nowadays, as long as you are included in the path of internal competition, you will not be able to relax. Because your performance is completely linked to your grades. In the past, there were many people who lived a life of silence, and under the constraints of the new system, there were also many people working hard. In particular, some new craftsmen worked very hard in order to earn money and food to support their families as soon as possible. Because the labor of all-night shifts is relatively high, they are willing to go to all-night shifts.

According to Xue Zhidie's preliminary investigation, the damaged sword-tooth ships can basically be recovered and continued to be used. There is no major problem with the two Dragon God Ships, just replace the masts. At most, it only takes half a month to complete all warships.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun said with satisfaction.

As long as there are not many warships retired from active service, it is a great thing for the Hu Ben Navy. The Hu Ben Navy is still in the stage of primitive accumulation, and every warship is actually very precious.

In fact, by next month, that is, March, the fourth batch of sword-tooth ships will be launched, with the number of eighteen. This will further enhance the strength of the Hu Ben Navy. With the current sword-tooth ships, the number of sword-tooth ships of the Hu Ben Navy will increase to about seventy. After adjustment, the number of sword-tooth ships in each fleet can exceed twenty, and basically can undertake more intense combat tasks alone.

Moreover, starting from next month, the second shipyard in Dengzhou can also start production. The first shipyard has only thirty docks, and can only start construction and manufacture thirty warships at the same time. The Dragon God Ship and the Sword Ya ship are both produced here, and the construction period cannot be arranged. The second shipyard has fifty docks, which can start construction and manufacture 50 warships at the same time. Once the production is fully carried out, the Hu Ben Navy can receive more than 100 large warships in a year. In this way, the problem of warships has basically been solved.

According to Zhang Zhun's plan, after the second shipyard is put into production, it will be used to produce all sword-tooth ships, and the number of sword-tooth ships will be doubled first. As for the first shipyard, it will be used to produce the Dragon God Ship and the King Kong Ship. Because the technology of both is not yet mature, it must be produced and improved at the same time, and Xue Zhidie must be in charge.

The production cycle of the Dragon God Ship is about nine months, and the production cycle of the King Kong Ship is about twelve months. Compared with the six months of the Sword Tooth Ship, the time is still relatively long. How to shorten the construction period as much as possible and ensure the quality of the warship will test the skills of Xue Zhidie and her working team.

In order to enable the two shipyards to produce at full capacity as soon as possible and to maximize their production potential, Zhang Zhun also spent a lot of effort to get raw materials and craftsmen. In the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army, and even the craftsmen in the surrounding areas, they were basically hollowed out by Zhang Zhun. In addition to the wood from Liaodong, in the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army, as long as there is suitable shipbuilding timber, Zhang Zhun ordered all of them to be cut down.

If it were later generations, Zhang Zhun could definitely be regarded as an environmental destruction element. A large number of trees were cut down under his command and then transported to various shipyards through various different channels. There were still a lot of wood in the Wulong River Basin, but after being tossed by Zhang Zhun, the entire forest was almost cut down.

"Sir, how to deal with the seized warship?"

Wang Shide suddenly asked Zhang Zhun for instructions.

"Let's leave it first."

Zhang Zhun thought about it and frowned.

The design of the three-masted gunship and the armed merchant ships is not in line with the needs of the Hu Ben Navy. However, if they are thrown away, it seems that they are not suitable. Of course, the spoils seized by hard work cannot be thrown away at will! After thinking about it, Zhang Zhun thought of three ways to use these seized warships.

The first is to be a logistics training ship. The second is to dismantle all the armed forces and then use them as pure merchant ships. Speaking of which, if the three-masted gunship removes all the cannons and makes some minor changes, its cargo capacity is really quite large, and it can transport more than 300 tons of cargo.

As for the third one, it is to dismember all these warships and take out all the useful wood as materials for building new warships. To be honest, the wood used by these seized warships is good. Some of them are high-quality wood in Southeast Asia.

Zhang Zhun has not yet fully thought about which method to use, so he will temporarily put it aside. The next big problem is the training of sailors.

There are indeed a large number of sailors who were injured and killed in this naval battle. If you want to rely on professional seafarers' schools to provide, it is not realistic. You still have to recruit young people with sailing experience to replenish the losses as soon as possible. In other words, the most fundamental solution is to actively awaken everyone's awareness of navigation, so that more people can get in touch with the sea and understand the sea.

If an ordinary soldier has no knowledge of the sea, it will take a long time to be familiar with the nature of the water. This familiarity with the nature of the water is not only as simple as knowing how to swim, but also needs to understand basic knowledge of trade winds and ocean currents, and master the basic skills of sea escape. Therefore, if you start learning from a piece of white paper, a lot of time will be wasted.

In order to get the new soldiers to get started as soon as possible, the Navy of course hopes to recruit some young people with a water-based foundation. Therefore, in addition to fishing, daily marine operations, transportation, and trade, more young people should be encouraged to participate. Even if there is nothing big, in daily publicity, children and young people should be encouraged to get close to the sea and be familiar with the temperament of the sea.

We should pay special attention to some bad habits, such as the inability to enter the ancestral spiritual position of sea burials, and we should vigorously publicize and correct them. We should also strengthen publicity for the significance of sea burials.

Zhang Zhun spent three days at the naval base and summed up the experience and lessons of this battle with the naval soldiers. The relevant summary materials were finally gathered together and compiled into textbooks and included in the textbooks of the naval school.

The arrival of Zheng Chenggong is a masterpiece of the Zheng family fleet. If there were no accidents, Mawan would not be disturbed in the future. In other words, the Zheng family fleet would not be able to go north again and go to the coast of Shandong to find trouble for the Hu Ben Army. In the future, it will be the era when the Hu Ben Army navy takes the initiative to attack.

Since you are taking the initiative, you must have strategy. Going directly from Shandong to attack the coast of Fujian and attacking Dongfan Island is a strategy. Through the Ryukyu Islands, approaching the Zheng family fleet step by step is also a strategy.

“***!”

"We need to control ***!"

"*** is our main attack direction!"

Zhang Zhun said decisively.

The bases established by the Hu Ben Navy on Jeju Island and Sado Island are ready for future battles. As it turns out, the Navy is best to fight near the base. It is too far away from the base and there are many problems. These two naval bases need to further increase investment and become real naval bases.

Especially the Jeju Island Naval Base, the southeast is the Ryukyu Islands, and the northeast is the Northeast is the geographical location. The Hu Ben Navy must be stationed here for a long time, store a large amount of materials, and build a maintenance factory to repair warships nearby.

In addition, the navy also needs to negotiate with the Kingdom of Korea to borrow the Busan Port of North Korea. The Busan Port in later generations is still very important. The distance from Busan Port to *** is very close. Moreover, North Korea's logistics supply capacity is incomparable to a deserted island on Jeju Island.

Three days later, Zhang Zhun left the Queqiao Bay Naval Base and headed for Liaodong. At this time, Liaodong was already in full swing, with gunfire and a war was coming.
Chapter completed!