In the captain's cabin of the Star, there is a long table.
This is a European-style milky white long table.
Fully six meters long, it is the meeting place on the Star. This cabin, which occupies the entire stern of the ship, is just above the VIP cabin where Lin Yueru lives. It also has floor-to-ceiling doors and windows and an admiral's corridor.
Captain Chen Zuwang has such a large cabin alone, which shows his authority and is the supreme commander of the entire ship.
He lives, works, dines and holds meetings here.
At this time, Lin Yueru was sitting at the end of the long table near the French window at the stern. To her left and right, base commanders Cao Wei and Chen Zuwang sat facing each other.
Lin Yueru was wearing a rear admiral uniform and long leather boots.
Under the uniform of a general, Lin Yueru has a dashing appearance. Her appearance, which could have scored 95 points, seems to have been blessed, making her more discerning and attractive, making people dare not look directly at her.
The remaining six seats on each side are the battalion commander and supervisor who were both servants. On the left is the battalion commander and on the right is the supervisor.
Among these people, Cao Wei and Chen Zuwang, who have the highest military rank, are also lieutenant colonels, and the other battalion commanders and military supervisors are just majors.
Lin Yueru has not received a formal military rank, but this dress was given to her by Yang Fan himself, not made by himself.
The meaning behind this can only be understood by individuals.
After all, the intelligence system is a very important organization in a group, and its chief executive will not have a low status. From this perspective, it is not excessive to give Lin Yueru the rank of major general.
Of course, the military uniform given to Lin Yueru this time was made of navy material. Yang Fan did it for the convenience of her work.
These leading officers were sitting upright. Behind them were three rows of folding chairs, where low-level and mid-level officers with pirate backgrounds sat.
After all, the space on the ship is limited, and the chairs are all foldable. They don’t need to be put away at ordinary times, but put in the storage room. They can be opened and arranged during meetings.
The Navy has already tried out the military rank system in advance.
Because the Navy is a highly professional organization, the authority of officers must be highlighted. At the same time, there must be a clear command hierarchy after any battle damage.
So Yang Fan put the pilot test of military ranks in the Navy.
Lin Yueru has a serious expression. She is a senior stall owner of Dongchang.
Meetings are child's play for her. She is used to assigning tasks during meetings.
Lin Yueru is full of official authority, and she looks like a very powerful Shangguan at first glance.
Moreover, the battalion commander and supervisor who were both servants knew this person's details.
This is the highest-ranking concubine beside the master, besides his mistress.
She is in charge of the intelligence system and has her own team of people. She is not a flower vase like Mrs. Mei Xiang who serves the master.
And I heard that the second lady came with a mission this time and had the master's warrant in her hand. She was equivalent to the role of an imperial envoy.
Although they didn't know what the order was, everyone was sitting upright and didn't dare to express their anger.
"Well, let me first express my condolences to everyone on behalf of the master. You have worked hard to leave your family and career, obey the arrangements of your superiors, and come to this remote island."
Lin Yueru put down the bowl of tea, cleared her throat, and spoke slowly.
"It's not hard work. I'm a low-ranking officer and I'm willing to die for you!" the officers collectively replied loudly. Even the pirate officers who had been recruited also shouted with their necks stretched out.
Lin Yueru was very satisfied. After all, he was a newly recruited rabble. It was unclear how well he was trained and whether he could fight, but at least he had gained momentum and looked like a soldier of Yang Fan's system.
"Okay, I have seen your hard work and loyalty, and I will report what I see here to the master. Remember, every effort will be rewarded. The experience you have accumulated in remote areas today will help you take on big responsibilities in the future.
Capital, I hope you will continue to work hard to run this transportation chokepoint on the East Asian Sea for me."
"No!" the officers collectively stood up and replied loudly.
"Sit!" Lin Yueru nodded and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"I am here this time with the order personally written by the master. From now on, all six pirate battalions will be on combat readiness, distribute weapons and baggage, and prepare for war. Waiting for the order to board the ship and set off immediately."
"No!" the officers stood up again and shouted back.
Lin Yueru waved her hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"The battalion commanders and supervisors of each battalion must do a good job in supervising military discipline. This time they are returning to the Ming Dynasty to fight. All kinds of violations of military discipline are strictly prohibited. All actions must obey the orders of superiors. Supervisors who violate military discipline can be ordered to do so in an emergency.
, behead first and then report, and rectify the law on the spot."
Lin Yueru didn't say where she was going or what the target of the war was, and no one dared to ask. This meeting was no different from the meeting in the main tent of the army. In order to keep it confidential, I would tell them when the time came.
"After the Star is repaired, I will go to Nagasaki and bring with me a pirate force of about six battalions. In addition, the master will also send a thousand elite servants to supervise the battle team. This time
In combat, the total force is about 8,200 people acting together."
Everyone was very shocked. This scale was not small, and it was back to the mainland of Ming Dynasty to fight.
Lin Yueru learned about the reorganization of each battalion and the combat effectiveness of each battalion in detail. She and Cao Wei learned about the military supplies and the situation of pirate ships, and made detailed records. After basically understanding the situation, he made arrangements for the tasks
Announce the adjournment of the meeting.
After the pirate officers returned, each battalion held a meeting and conveyed the news of the upcoming war. Then each battalion as a unit nervously made pre-war preparations. Each battalion received weapons and equipment, distributed ammunition and supplies.
Two days later, the following Fuchuan fleet also arrived. After replenishing supplies here, they continued sailing to Vladivostok.
The materials needed for the Xingchen's ship repairs were unloaded from these lucky ships, and the Xingchen began intensive repairs.
At the same time, a group of Yang Fan's factories were working in three shifts day and night with water hammers, and Japanese-style armors that had been rushed out were also delivered.
The raw materials of Japanese armor are iron, leather, and hemp rope. They are gorgeously decorated and are luxury goods that can only be used by upper-class warriors.
The structure of the armor from the Muromachi and Warring States Periods is similar to Western plate armor, but steel is rarely used, and the protective power is far inferior to the plate armor produced in Italy - Milan White Armor.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But it is indeed a very good craft from an aesthetic point of view.
Due to the lack of iron in Japan, the armor's protective power is insufficient, and the armor is not very practical.
In order to quickly manufacture, Yang Fan directly opened molds and used water to stamp steel plates to directly make parts. This armor only looks like Japanese armor, but in fact all the materials are made of 1.5mm high-carbon steel plates.
It has also undergone a tempering and carburizing process to enhance the hardness of the surface. The protective effect far exceeds that of Japanese armor.
The production of parts is simple. As long as there are molds, many hydraulic forging and stamping workshops have been established. A steel plate can be stamped into a part, which can be produced quickly.
But assembly was very troublesome. After all, these armors and stomachs had to be assembled together. Yang Fan had to gather all the women, each of them took back a few sets of parts, went home to assemble them, and then calculated the labor by pieces.
This method was very successful, and they quickly collected 10,000 sets of armor. Women are talented in being a clerk, just like making clothes, except that in the past, I placed orders to make quilts for them, this time it was to make armors.
To make a northern suit, you need to embroider it with needle and thread, and to make armor, you need iron wire and pliers. In fact, they are all the same.
Yang Fan didn't expect that this arrangement would become the source of Yang Fan's family workshops in the future. In the future, a large number of items would be produced by family workshops, forming an industry. For example, the footbath chickens during World War II and a large number of military supplies were scattered among families.
Workshop assembly is the same.
These armors are all polished mirror-like bright silver. In order to match the Japanese style, they were finally painted with black paint and red paint. You can't tell the difference unless you look carefully.
Due to time constraints, I didn't have time to paint the mask, so it was just bright silver.
After the pirates were collected, they were given several sets of cotton clothes inside and outside.
This time, a set of leather armor with lining and Japanese armor on the outside was given out, as well as a cloak. Everyone was beaming, as if they were celebrating the New Year.
Their materials are extremely scarce, and every piece of clothing is precious, even rags are reluctant to throw away.
They should be put together into small pieces and used as children's clothes. The rags that are really brittle should be glued into thick cloth boards with glue and used to cut the soles of shoes.
This time we distributed such good clothes and armor, and everyone was so happy.
Later, a large number of Japanese swords, naginata (a small scimitar with a long shaft), and a cross gun (a weapon similar to the boring palladium in ancient China) were also brought down from the ship.
Finally, five hundred ratchet-loaded steel crossbows were brought down as substitutes for bows and arrows.
Yang Fan did not have suitable firearms for them, so there was no need or time to mass-produce Japanese-style iron cannons. It was impossible to give them flintlock guns. Let alone artillery, at most they were Folang machine guns and tiger crouching cannons.
Fire cannons and the like.
In Yang Fan's opinion, these crappy things are just a waste of materials and time.
In addition, Yang Fan was worried about them. One was worried that someone would defect and rebel, and the other was worried about the loss of advanced firearms and fear of falling into the hands of Westerners. After all, the current technological gap is not that big.
The fire door gun was commonly equipped by Yang Fan before. If it was given to pirates, wouldn't it be self-inflicted?
The pirates were all beaming with joy, and their sense of belonging was greatly enhanced. After all, good equipment is another life on the battlefield.
I finished distributing equipment and supplies. I didn’t expect there were still good things.
A lot of braised pig heads were also unloaded from those lucky boats, as well as a jar of five kilograms of white wine. Each person was given a pig head and a jar of white wine.
Although a war was about to begin, the pirates were excited to receive such good treatment and were not timid at all. They went home with wine and meat to have fun with their wives and children.
Isn't that what pirates are like? They live their lives today without tomorrow, they have food and wine, they have fun today, and as for tomorrow, let's talk about it tomorrow.
In the whole town, smoke rises from every house. Women and children are like celebrating the New Year. There are not many days when they can eat meat. Although, their men will go to sea soon. Will they be able to come back or be intact?
No one knows when they come back, but this does not affect them from enjoying life to the fullest.
