1810: Going to sea
"Mr. Ning, this is General Murong Fu, this is General Wang Xianrong." The kitten pointed at the two generals standing behind him. When they heard their names, they also took a step forward and saluted Ning Zeyuan.
"The two of them, General Murong Fu is from Hengduan Mountain, and General Wang Xianrong is from the Ministry of State Security. They will work with Minister Ning, you, to carry out this in-depth intervention mission." The kitten said straight to the point without nonsense: "The overall situation is controlled by Minister Ning, General Murong Fu is very good at mountain combat, and General Wang Xianrong is good at special operations. Ning Shilang naturally knows how to use them. His Majesty attaches great importance to this in-depth intervention plan and hopes to solve the problem in the shortest time."
Ning Zeyuan bowed to Murong Fu and Wang Xianrong with fists and said, "It's time for you to do something for two generals."
"I dare not, I am willing to obey the orders of the minister." The two of them said repeatedly.
"Everyone sit down and talk!" The kitten waved his hand and looked at Ning Zeyuan, Zhou Yang, Yu Cong, Qiu Dongye, Murong Fu, Wang Xianrong and others in the house, saying: "If you have any difficulties, you will tell them straight to the point now. Don't hide them, so as not to miss the big thing. This in-depth intervention plan involves a war that will affect the destiny of our Ming Dynasty in the future, and it will never be neglected."
Ning Zeyuan looked at everyone and spoke first: "In the past, Lei Wei was responsible for Manila. Now that I have passed, who should I focus on?"
"Of course it's you." The kitten said without hesitation: "When you arrive, you will be the highest commander of the Ming Dynasty in that sea. Lei Wei is your deputy, responsible for the entire logistics supply, intelligence support, etc.."
"Second point, Manila's current situation is in chaos and cannot be separated from Luo Yishui and others. In this way, what kind of identity should we face him?" Ning Zeyuan continued to ask.
The kitten sneered: "Where you go there, you are the envoy of the Celestial Empire. Luo Yishui is just a vassal force of my Ming Dynasty. When it is time to win over, you must naturally win over. When it is time to win over, you must never be lenient when it is time to teach a lesson."
Ning Zeyuan nodded with satisfaction: "That's fine. Luo Yishui thought that he would lose effective control of this area when we left him, so he was a little proud and even had a ghost idea. This time, he had to know that being a vassal of the Ming Dynasty would have the best of both worlds, otherwise it would not be difficult for us to support another one."
"You can grasp the degree yourself." The kitten said: "Moderate, moderate. In addition, there is a lot of difference between Chen Ci and Luo Yishui now, and you can make full use of this."
Ning Zeyuan laughed: "Chen Ci's two sons, Chen Zhihua, is now in a high position in my Ming Dynasty. Chen Jinhua is also a powerful general who commands the army. Luo Yishui is now separating the country and wants to become a gateway between us and the West. If you want to get along with each other and get benefits from both sides, you will naturally be suspicious of Chen Ci. Luo Yishui can't even handle Chen Ci, and he wants to play tricks with my Ming Dynasty. He is really overestimating his ability."
"The soldiers who passed by Luo Yishui and Chen Ci were basically Chen Ci's confidant subordinates. Over the years, although Luo Yishui has tried all his skills to win over a group of people and to support many newcomers, Chen Ci's real strength is still extremely great in Manila. However, Chen Ci is extremely nostalgic and never forgets the favor of Luo's past. Lei Wei tried several times, but Chen Ci was unmoved, so now he has changed his strategy and started specifically from Luo Yishui. After you go there, you might as well add a box." The kitten said with a smile.
Ning Zeyuan smiled and nodded.
"The two brothers Chen Zhihua and Chen Jinhua are eager to miss their mother. They have already written a letter to send someone to send them to wherever they want to take their mother back to the Ming Dynasty for rest. If nothing unexpected happens, these two letters will fall into Luo Yishui's hands." said the kitten.
The two of them looked at each other and laughed.
The trick is not very clever, but it is enough to cause great storms.
"Where are the others?" The kitten looked at the others in the house.
Murong Fu bowed, "Minister of War, Ning Shilang, mountain combat, terrain and local weather conditions play an extremely important role in combat. Do you dare to ask if these things are all ready?"
"Nature." The kitten nodded: "We have been operating in that area for many years. If we don't even understand these, wouldn't it be a joke? Our merchants have flocked into this area in large numbers, and many of them have traveled to every area there. Detailed maps and basic local situations will be delivered to you as soon as you step onto the land. I dare say that the maps you got at that time were more detailed than those in the hands of the local indigenous people. I even doubt whether they have such a map."
Murong Fu nodded with satisfaction.
"The distribution of forces, number of troops, combat characteristics and other situations in that sea area will be better," said Wang Xianlin.
"Thunder Guard has prepared these things for you." said the kitten.
"Then we have no problem."
"Mr. Yu, does Lord Qiu have anything else to advise?" Xiaomao looked at the two technical experts and asked.
Yu Cong coughed a few times and looked at the kitten and said, "After the warship was transformed, although the process was very smooth after many sea trials, the process would be smooth, but this long journey would inevitably lead to some new problems that we had not discovered before, so it is best to accompany me so that I can find the problems and solve them at any time."
"This statement makes sense!" Qiu Dongye nodded repeatedly: "This time I went to that sea area, naval battles are indispensable. This is the first time that artillery has truly appeared on the battlefield. How powerful they are and how they need to be improved, it also requires observation. I would like to follow Mr. Ning with Lord Yu to watch it on site. It is much more intuitive than reading reports and listening to reports."
Seeing the two of them performing seriously, the kitten burst into laughter: "Two, don't play with such small thoughts. You want to go. I'll give you two words of answer, don't think about it."
"Why?" Yu Cong said angrily: "Is what we say unreasonable?"
"It makes sense, but just send a few masters to the boat for such a thing. You two should not think about such beautiful things. It is just a trivial matter to clean up the clown in that sea. You must focus your work on the future. You two should not pick up sesame seeds and throw away watermelons."
When the kitten said this, Yu Cong and Qiu Dongye could only sigh, smile bitterly, and give up. Both of them were responsible for a big deal of things, and these things were all related to the future combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Once they were not here, things would naturally be delayed. The two of them, holding on to hope, were ruthlessly broken by the kitten.
The listless Yu Cong sighed: "You must bring enough fresh water needed by the steam warship. In addition, before they arrive, you need to prepare enough carbon and other items."
"This Lei Guard has been arranged. Where can we have special merchants to set up a special supply of carbon, and we will replenish it as soon as possible." The kitten nodded and said.
"Considering that this is the first long-distance combat operation in the sea, the required artillery shells and other military applications should be prepared a few more times to prevent accidents," Qiudongye added.
"This type of military supplies is out of the plan, and 30% are listed to ensure that there is no security."
For this in-depth intervention plan, neither Xiaomao nor Ning Zeyuan thought it was a difficult task. Not to mention where the Ming Dynasty had been in operation for many years, even with the powerful force of this past, it was enough to completely smooth out the place.
The kitten stood up and stretched out his hand to Ning Zeyuan, "Then let it go, I wish you all the best and success."
Ning Zeyuan stretched out his hand to hold the kitten and smiled and said, "Thank you to the Ministry of War Jiyan, you can wait for good news in Yuejing."
Three days later, at the Huludao Military Port Pier, the huge chimneys of six warships were emitting thick smoke. In the huge noise of the machine, the sound of deafening whistles resounded throughout the military port. In the port, rows of drummers beat huge war drums vigorously, and the military horns that needed several people to set up also sounded. The Navy Base held a grand ceremony for the fleet.
In addition to the Taiping and the five main warships, a supply ship was towed behind the Taiping. This time there were no other auxiliary ships, because the Ming Dynasty had just transformed the power system of these ships, and other auxiliary warships could not catch up with the speed of these warships on the sea no matter what.
On the warship, Ning Zeyuan raised his arm, waved hard at the shore, and shouted: "For the Ming Dynasty, move forward!"
The Manila waters are composed of hundreds of islands. Because the island country Manila is the dominant one in this sea area, the Ming Dynasty collectively called this generation the Manila waters. In fact, in this sea area, there have never been a unified state. There are more than a dozen countries, some occupy dozens of islands, and some only one island. The hydrological conditions of this water area are complex, and the climate is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty, but their geographical location is extremely important, guarding the important path of exchanges between the East and the West. If the Ming Dynasty had not been operating here for more than ten years, it would not have been assured of the current mentality. But even so, Lei Wei is now in a dilemma here.
It was not that Lei Yishui, who did not work hard, but mainly because Luo Yishui of Manila began to pull his back from behind him. Luo Yishui keenly discovered that the Ming Dynasty wanted to directly turn this area into a colony of the Ming Dynasty. This was naturally intolerable for him. Luo Yishui, who was familiar with the style of Ming Dynasty, formulated corresponding crippling measures against Lei Wei's strategy, which led to Lei Wei's crackdown on one island and marching to another island. In the process of pacifying, the land that had just been pacified was convenient and rebellious. This made Lei Wei feel miserable. His main target, Kanu, the eldest prince of Manila, was still at large and Lei Wei never caught him.
Chapter completed!