Zhenhai Port.

Hundreds of ships, large and small, are practicing.

This time it was rare for the imperial court to allocate arrears of pay, and they paid next month's military pay in advance, and they had enough food to eat, and even five pigs.

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Although only the generals could eat meat, the others could only drink some oily soup, which was a rare treatment in recent years.

In addition, the generals also said that if they win this time, they will receive a year's pay!

Can everyone not practice hard?

If the Han soldiers are not satisfied with their pay, they will be invincible if they are fully paid.

The premise is that it is actually distributed to every soldier.

Just like Liaodong, military pay is 4 to 7 million a year.

Calculated at 4 million, 200,000 soldiers can actually be paid.

The problem is that Liaodong only supports less than 10,000 servants with actual military pay.

As for the need for other ordnance, the problem is that there are still a large number of farms in Liaodong, and they do not collect any taxes.

Therefore, the first bad thing about the Liaodong incident was that the generals were greedy and colluded with officials to enrich their own pockets with a large amount of money and farm income instead of using all of it for military training.

Why are they greedy?

Because the Liaodong court did not establish vassal feudalism.

If Shi Zhenyun* is as powerful as Mu Wangfu, he will definitely be able to pacify the Donglu.

The problem is that Liaodong is too close to the capital, and if Zhu Di is killed, it will be impossible to establish the Liaodong vassal town again.

If you don't set up a vassal town, but you are just a general, you may be transferred from south to north. In this case, why do they use the general's salary and farmland income to train soldiers? Why don't they use their own servants as private soldiers? In this case, after being transferred,

You can still carry it with you.

This is not just a casual comment.

Later, bandits were rampant, and 3,000 elite cavalry were transferred to Liaodong to suppress them. The battles were fruitful, but there was no replenishment, and they were finally exhausted.

No one is stupid. If the court does this, then the generals will naturally put their selfishness first.

At this time, Wenrensheng naturally asked these people to practice hard.

"Menghuo oil burns fiercely, but it is easy to burn accidentally. You must pay attention to the safety of storage. The barrels must be prevented from seeping and there must be no smoke and smoke." Zhangzhou Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming reminded.

He was in the army, and he also knew the power of fire oil. Once it was contaminated, simply throwing water and soil would be useless. It would have to be suppressed with sand and soil bags, and it would take a long time to extinguish it.

"The speed of the boat is still slow. We have to find ways to improve it." Yu Datao, the commander-in-chief of Jianfu, also raised a question after watching the drill.

Wen Rensheng nodded: "I remember there was a kind of car and ship in the south of the Yangtze River, which could be driven by oxen and was very fast, but the reminder was too big and it was not easy to build. Now the only way is to improve the shape of the ship and use longitudinal sails, which can recruit Australian red hair

People help improve.”

"The red-haired people of Australia have always been respectful and took the initiative to pay land rent and trade taxes. They are indeed much better than the red-haired people of Pengdao." Zhou Ming, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou, nodded.

He also had frequent dealings with the Australian Red Hair, so he naturally knew that both the other party and the Pengdao Red Hair were red hair, but in fact they were not from the same country.

And there are many contradictions.

They were absolutely willing to help the Ming Dynasty defeat Pengdao Hongmao. This Li Tongzhi seemed to be a civil servant who knew how to fight.

It makes people feel very comfortable to get along with.

"In addition, you can use small boats to carry heavy artillery. After transferring to the big ship, you can blast the gap directly from the back, and then send strong men to throw kerosene bottles to burn the ship from the inside."

"If the ship is burned from the outside, they can pour water on it, cover it with sacks, or push it away with a long pole. If it is burned from the inside, the other party will have no choice but to abandon the ship."

Zhou Ming, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou, nodded: "That's good, let's practice more with this method."

"You can also use the small trebuchet on the ship. The small trebuchet can throw hundreds of steps and throw fire bottles in all directions, which can also have a diversionary effect. Of course, this kind of ship is slow and can easily be hit by heavy artillery, so it is only used for diversion.

Deterrence, do not take the initiative to attack."

After the three discussed with each other, Wen Rensheng selected a group of loyal and brave men according to the training process, issued Anjia silver coins, and practiced day and night.

Yes, not only during the day, but also at night.

Because sailors eat more fish, fewer have night blindness.

Sneak attacks at night are also more convenient.

Because you can never fire cannons at night.

Even during World War II, artillery rarely fired at night to attack targets.

The main reason is that it is difficult to observe the other party's losses.

It is difficult to determine the effect of the bombardment and then correct the coordinates.

Of course, using flares is one way.

But small boats can attack at night.

Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, the fireship is the equivalent of a carbon-based navigation torch.

As soon as night comes, the artillery battle between ships from both sides will stop.

This is a common occurrence in battles. The disadvantaged side often delays time until nightfall. There is a saying that it is to escape at night.

Often you can successfully escape from some fast ones.

This training lasted three months.

Of course, the Pengdao red-haired people did not rest. During these times, they contacted the surrounding pirates, spent a lot of money, and hired at least 100 pirate ships.

But the disadvantage is that they still only have 9 main Galenic ships.

If they were on the ocean, they would definitely be able to defeat dozens of naval ships and flee in panic.

But if you are in an offshore harbor, you will face a major threat from fire ships.

There are two ways to attack Pengdao.

One is to spread the word like Wen Rensheng, attracting the enemy to take the initiative to block one's port, and lay an ambush in advance.

The other method is to quietly lead a large number of ships and block the door directly before the enemy has assembled.

If the enemy's big ship is blocked in the harbor, the battle will be won.

If the enemy ship escapes, that's okay.

I was afraid that I would be discovered by the enemy on the way and send a large ship to attack.

The Battle of Liaoluo Bay in history was a successful sneak attack by the Zheng family, blocking the red-haired people's ship and the pirates' small boats in the bay.

As a result, the ship was heavily burned and they retreated all the way.

Now Wen Rensheng is training troops and ships, and the red-haired man will definitely not let him continue training.

It's just that the red-haired people also have internal disputes and disputes.

They are now just a colonial company, focusing on trade.

I don’t want to completely offend Ming yet.

Therefore, we did not use the method of harassing the seashore through hereditary inheritance. Of course, it was really harassing, and the problem was not big.

Because they are sailboats, they rely on wind power all the way north.

Therefore, the maneuverability cannot be compared with the steam iron-clad ships of later generations, so it can be made back and forth within a year.

The number of people is small, so the only threat to the seaside is small-scale Japanese pirates.

At least the Japanese pirates still have a bit of a home field advantage and can keep a steady stream of people coming.

There were only two to three thousand of them, excluding the sailors, and only a few hundred people actually went ashore to fight.

These men may be able to run rampant for a while, but they will be overtaken by the cavalry accidentally.

Because of these days' matchlocks, a large number were needed to restrain the cavalry.

The Ming Dynasty also hired red-haired matchlock soldiers, but it had no effect.

It’s not that they are not strong, but that they are hindered by the comprador class. They are worried that the red-haired people will be rewarded for their meritorious service and thus obtain trade privileges.

As a result, Hongmao was able to trade directly with the imperial court, and they lost the opportunity to be a middleman, so they paid a large sum of money to bribe Shilin Fengfeng, so that this mercenary ended up in vain and wasted.

Otherwise, 4 million taels of silver and hiring red-haired men to fight would definitely be more useful than Liaodong generals.

As for the issue of loyalty, Westerners have long been accustomed to being mercenaries.

Because of their skin color, it is difficult for them to take root in the local area, and it is difficult for them to turn their backs on foreigners.

If you hire fifty thousand red-haired men, no, as long as you hire ten thousand, you can almost deal with the barbarians.

At that time, the Portuguese man Hong Mao was wondering why the rich Ming people were afraid of the barbarians even though the world was relying on firearms to crush the barbarians.

They are not afraid. In order to have trade privileges and to be able to directly purchase raw silk, tea, porcelain... these hard currencies, they actually actively organized a group of 400 people in a small area with a total population of only 10,000 or 20,000 people.

The Musketeers went to the front line, and their morale was high. Everyone dared to fight, including black people, white people, and Ah San...
To be continued...