After some discussion, the generals basically agreed with the emperor's analysis. The enemy generals attacked in two groups, attacking Qiongzhou and attacking Cambridge. The most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the enemy's attack. Everyone knows that if they want to play the role of the navy, they must obtain enough early warning time, and it is quite difficult to accurately determine that the enemy's attack is launched in this era without aircraft and radar.
If the marching ships are used to continue to be used to marshal the ships, the actual combat proves that it is easy to be defeated by the enemy one by one. After hearing the news, the base is often unable to rescue, and is easily dispersed, or even ambushed by the enemy. However, if you sit idly, you will lose your valuable early warning time and allow the enemy to control the strait. If you make a mistake in judgment, Qiongzhou will fall into a place of doom.
"Your Majesty, I think the best way is to annihilate the enemy into the port and make it lose its ability to attack!" Liu Zhu said first.
"Ali Hague will not give us the opportunity to reuse the same trick. This time, it mobilized thousands of ships on the battlefield to gather in Leizhou, but the spies we sent did not find any traces of them. So how can we talk about destroying them!" Zhao Bing asked back, "In addition, the enemy can also set up early warning posts on land or in the sea, and the navy of large formations is difficult to escape their eyes, so it is difficult to implement."
"Your Majesty, I think we can take the initiative and send a large group of naval troops to patrol the sea. When encountering enemy warships, they can be destroyed. In addition, they can also shock the enemy so that they dare not act rashly!" Lu Shiwen suggested.
"Inappropriate, inappropriate. If a brigade of naval troops patrolls the sea, if one brigade of naval troops is not enough to cover the entire sea area, if multiple naval troops sail at the same time, more than half of the naval troops will be used. Not only will the troops be dispersed, it will still be difficult to resist the invasion of the enemy brigade of naval troops!" Liu Shiyong waved his hand without waiting for the emperor to speak.
"Do you have a good idea?" Lu Shiwen asked back when he saw that his proposal was rejected.
"No, but if you can set up a base in the strait and arrange a team of warships to serve as a subway ship to supply the enemy, this will not only shorten the patrol distance, but also get reinforcements nearby once you are attacked by enemy ships. If the enemy attacks in large numbers, you can also send a signal to Qiongzhou quickly." Liu Shiyong said.
"Tongzhi's idea is good. Even if the weather is not good, just raise a fire and the coastal outposts can be seen. However, there are no islands in the strait to garrison, and it is difficult to find a larger reef to stay!" Lu Shiwen said for a moment in contemplation.
"Yes, it's because of this that I dare not speak well." Liu Shiyong nodded and said.
"I think it is feasible. With a place that can control dozens of miles around, it can not only intercept ships entering the strait, but also monitor the movements of the enemy and limit their travels!" Zhao Bing suddenly interrupted.
"Your Majesty, as Liu Tongzhi said, there is no place to borrow strength in the sea. Although the plan is good, it is difficult to implement it!" Zhang Shijie frowned and said.
"Shishou, there is no island in the sea, but we have a boat!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
He knew that the straight line distance of the widest part of the strait was seventy miles, the narrowest part was less than forty miles, and the east-west part was about one hundred and sixty miles long, which was very difficult for the defense side. Under astronomy and meteorological conditions, modern ferries only take three hours to cross, while the personal record of crossing the strait by swimming was less than five hours, which means that if the enemy wanted to launch a raid in three or four hours, it would be possible to reach the shore.
When he first arrived in Qiongzhou, Zhao Bing began to operate this line of defense. In addition to building coastal defense fortifications in important coastal areas, he also set up watchtowers at the commanding heights and sent out sent ships to patrol the sea to provide information for the gangsters who went out to sea. However, there are still great hidden dangers in the weather conditions at night and poor sight conditions, which can only be compensated by patrolling ships. However, the ships have small tonnage and poor self-defense capabilities. They cannot stay at sea for a long time and are vulnerable to attacks by the enemy. Today's situation occurs.
Liu Shiyong's words today reminded Zhao Bing. He remembered that he saw a report in his previous life that in order to control the Persian waters and prevent Iran from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the US military proposed to establish a "floating maritime mobile base" project. This plan is to transform the warships that are about to retire from active service and build a mothership that can accommodate small speedboats and helicopters often used by the Navy's "Seal" commando.
It is said that the Fifth Fleet of the US military was stationed in the Persian Gulf area at that time and had the support of one or two aircraft carrier battle groups, which was enough to deal with Iran's blockade operations. However, the launch of this plan was also due to high military expenditures. It should be noted that maintaining the existence of an aircraft carrier battle group consumed 100 million military expenditures, which even if Americans had money, they could not bear it.
In addition, most ships are usually in a mobile state and are difficult to stay in one place for a long time. Once something happens, they have to "sprint for thousands of miles" to delay things. Of course, when an emergency occurs, it will inevitably appear that when they arrive, daylily will also become cold. Unlike warships, floating sea bases can stay in the same place for weeks or even months, supporting commandos to carry out coastal surveillance tasks and prepare for amphibious operations.
Because the maritime floating base can not only provide great convenience for commandos to monitor coastal areas and amphibious operations for a long time, the "mother ship" will also expand the scope of the commando's activities, especially in remote coastal areas. In addition, it is also suitable for deployment in the coastal areas where the incident occurs, to deal with small-scale and high-risk military operations such as pirates, launching hostage rescue or assassination, so the floating base is a very useful emergency tool.
Zhao Bing understood that although the equipment of the two was not the same as that of the other, the problems faced by the Americans back then were similar to their current situation. With the current conditions of Qiongzhou, it was not impossible to build several floating bases on the sea. After capturing Quanzhou, there were only a thousand warships and merchant ships they seized. Some of them were new in quality and suitable for transformation and were used as transport ships. The remaining ships and old warships that were replaced can only be temporarily sealed and reserved.
Now you only need to select a batch of useful large-tonnage ships, configure rocket launchers and crossbows, load fresh water and materials, drive to designated areas as needed, and then use iron chains to form a boat city, and then send troops to garrison to become a fire fortress. At the same time, it serves as a renovation and supply base for the sentry ships, so that the sentry ships can stay at sea for more time, shorten the cruise distance, better monitor the nearby sea surface, and can also get shelter from the base when attacked.
As the enemy attacks in large numbers, these bases not only serve as early warning functions, but also serve as bridgeheads to block the enemy's troops, providing time for the island's defenders to dispatch and prepare for battle. If it is difficult to resist, you can evacuate in time by whistleboat. It is not a pity to burn these old ships with a fire. This move can be said to be a small amount of money to do big things, so why not do it!
Zhao Bing expressed his views based on Li Shiyong's proposal. The generals thought it was feasible and discussed the specific details. Zhang Shijie thought that the focus of defense should be Haikoupu, because there are water routes here that can directly reach the Fucheng, and it is only a dozen miles from land routes. The Mongols have always fought directly to the capital of the enemy in order to capture the captive king and then surrender to various places. The Fucheng is now the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture and is also the driving location, so the setting of the "Floating City" on the sea should be focused on the east side of the strait.
This proposal was approved by Zhao Bing, and the generals had no objection. Liu Shiyong believed that the floating city should be set up on the middle line of the strait, and the distance should not exceed twenty miles. In this way, the floating city would look out for the purpose of the land and the sentry ships. The patrol range of the sentry ships could cover the entire strait and increase the patrol density, thereby reducing loopholes. Once the sentry ship discovered the enemy situation, it could quickly inform the floating city, and the floating city issued an early warning to the land, so that the infantry and navy troops could respond in a timely manner.
According to Liu Shiyong's suggestion, Lu Shiwen believed that it would be better for each floating city to use four 2,000-stone reserve warships and a baggage ship. The three water battalions each sent a battalion of troops and five sentry ships to form a military force to garrison the floating city, and equipped them with corresponding weapons to store fresh water and food that can be used for half a month of garrison. Later, everyone discussed the details and sorted them out.
After the plan was completed, Zhao Bing was responsible for establishing a base, selecting officers and soldiers, formulating liaison, patrol, combat and evacuation plans, and the internal deployment was completed in three days; he ordered the strait to be closed from now on, and no ships were allowed to enter, and those who intruded without authorization were sunk immediately; he ordered all troops to enter combat preparations, and officers and soldiers returned to the camp, and were not allowed to go out without orders; each army entered the defense area, supplemented supplies and equipment, and was on duty day and night. At the same time, he ordered the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Ministry of War, the Defense Envoy, and the prefectures and counties, Baojia, recruited volunteers to form troops, assisted the garrison in defending the city defense, arrested spies, and suppressed the rebellion...
Everything was agreed, and the next day, Zhao Bing stood up and returned to the city, Zhang Shijie returned with him, Liu Shiyong and Lu Shiwen went to Chengmai and Changhua Water Camp to preside over military affairs. The emperor left, but there was another puzzle that was the fact that the enemy was still unable to determine whether the enemy was attacking Qiong in two directions, or whether they only used Ali Hague to all, but everyone also understood that this was related to how to arrange troops, so they should be cautious.
When the Holy Lord returned to the palace, Zhao Bing did not deal with the official documents that had been squeezed in the past two days, but instead rushed Zheng Huchen to come to the palace to meet him. When he came, he cursed and shouted that he wanted to kill a few poor worker. Seeing this, Wang De hurriedly held back the little yellow gate and the palace maids and served him by his side. This was the first time he saw His Majesty get so angry that his man was so powerful that he didn't dare to raise his head by the little emperor. Cold sweat soaked his official clothes and knelt on the ground to apologize.
"Official family, drink a little water to rest!" Seeing that the little emperor's face was flushed and there was a moist hanging on the corner of his mouth, Wang De held a cup of herbal tea and gave it to him.
"Yeah!" Zhao Bing cursed for a long time, and felt thirsty, so he took it and drank it all.
"Official family, you see, Chief Zheng has been kneeling for a long time, so let him get up and drink water, right?" Wang De took the cup and asked His Majesty with a smile.
"Hmph, I think it's time to disband their affairs bureau. I have spent so much effort and made huge sums of money to form it, but what have they done? The enemy's thousands of battlefields were transferred from Jinghu area to Leizhou, but they were unaware of it. What's the use for them!" Zhao Bing said unrelentingly.
"Your Majesty, I am indeed dereliction of duty this time. Please give me a heavy responsibility!" Khan was overwhelmed, but Zheng Huchen did not dare to raise his hand to wipe it, and kowtowed again to apologize.
"Are you just dereliction of duty? If the enemy had not been exposed on the initiative, we would not know that tens of thousands of enemy troops would be hidden under our eyes. You are killing people, and you are ruining the country. It is not worth jealous to kill you ten thousand times!" Zhao Bing became even more angry when he heard this, jumped over and pointed at Zheng Huchen's nose and shouted.
"Your Majesty calms down and takes care of the dragon body are all the faults of his subordinates!" Zheng Huchen apologized again. He first defected to the General's Mansion just to find a place to live, but unexpectedly he was trusted by His Majesty, entrusted with important tasks and gave great power. The more he contacted the little emperor, the more he understood, the more he felt that it was unfathomable and still could not see the true face of the child. Therefore, while the more respect he respected His Majesty, he was even more timid, and felt that he could not jump out of the little emperor's palm. Of course, he also knew that he would not be able to escape from his side in his life, otherwise what would be waiting for him would be a dead end.
"Kneel down and think about where the mistake was!" Zhao Bing turned around and sat down next to the case, and began to process the official documents.
"The navy was attacked, hundreds of people were killed and injured. The official family was angry. I'll admit my mistakes and it will be fine in a while!" Wang De took the opportunity to hand Zheng Huchen a cup of tea and covered his body and said in a low voice.
"Oh, this time, the Sa family did not do a good job, and Your Majesty scolded him. But I think... the high-ranking official, go and invite Mr. Ying to come, otherwise he would not be able to escape the power of the heaven. The Sa family will definitely not forget the kindness of the high-ranking official!" Zheng Huchen took the opportunity to whisper to Wang De. He knew that the only thing he could save now was Ying Jieyan, and he could not escape at this moment, so he could only ask Wang De to pass the message.
"Hey, thank you or not. We are all old friendships with the officials. I'll send someone to go there!" Wang De also sighed softly. He had been in the palace for many years, and of course he knew the reason for many friends and multiple ways. Although Zheng Huchen nominally said that he was in charge of himself, his power was far above him. His Majesty's trust in him far exceeds that of the magistrates in the court. If Ni Liang ranks first, he would be second, and he could only be third.
So Wang De knew that Your Majesty was just scaring him and would not really kill someone in anger. However, Ying Jieyan would come to report to the Military Affairs Office when he was a little surprised. He naturally was willing to do this favor, so he agreed. Then he found an excuse to take a break and asked Su Lan to come in and serve him. Zheng Huchen also breathed a sigh of relief and let his hanging heart go.
"Official family, look at this lord who has been kneeling for a long time. If he punishes him, he will be deposed!" After a while, Zheng Huchen suddenly heard the palace maid accompanying him say to the little emperor.
"Hmph, I'm just a waste!" Zhao Bing glanced at Zheng Huchen and said, "Get up and move a seat for him!"
Chapter completed!