Zhao Peng passed the imperial edict, sent military pay and food to the Western Army, and then boarded a boat to return to Nanjing.

There is no need to worry about Li Dingguo in charge from Chongqing to Yiling. As long as the Western Army is guaranteed food and salary, Li Dingguo will naturally defend the Chongqing to Yiling area. Zhao Peng believes in Li Dingguo's military talents.

The fleet went downstream, from Chongqing to Nanjing, only seven days and seven nights. When they came to Chongqing, it took ten days to set off from Yuezhou to Chongqing, and the journey was not half as far away as the return journey. The speed of sailing on the Yangtze River was much faster than going upstream.

After returning to Nanjing, Zhao Peng didn't care about resting for a while, nor did he care about his wife and daughter at home. He only rested at home for one night. Early the next morning, he brought 10,000 Nanjing New Army and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers selected from military households in various parts of Jiangnan and boarded the ship and set off.

Eleven thousand people, on more than 2,000 ships of various ships, left Nanjing in a mighty manner, flowed down the Yangtze River, and headed towards the estuary of the Yangtze River.

The landing war requires a very sufficient preparation. For this Dagukou landing war, Zhao Peng spent more than half a year preparing, and the personnel and materials must be considered fully. In a landing war in later generations, on average, each soldier needs at least ten tons of materials to support, oil, ammunition, various auxiliary equipment, food, medicine, etc.

Taking the Normandy Landing War as an example, for the Normandy Landing War, the US military consumed 4.8 million tons of fuel alone, including various gasoline, diesel and heavy oil, and transported 176,000 people to land. On average, each soldier consumed more than 27 tons of fuel!

Of course, these fuels include the tanks that landed, the fuel used for combat vehicles, the fuel used for vehicles after landing, the fuel used for bombing aircraft, and the diesel and heavy oil used for various warships on the sea. In addition to tents, food, fresh water, etc., each soldier consumes forty tons!

In this era, landing wars do not require such terrible supplies, because what needs to be prepared is the soldiers' food, medicines and ammunition, as well as drinking fresh water on the road. On average, each person only has about one ton of supplies.

However, the transportation capacity of this era cannot be compared with that of the United States during World War II. For this landing war, Zhao Peng needed to prepare nearly 100,000 tons of various materials, which is already a very difficult miracle for this era.

In addition to weapons, food and ammunition, the materials to ensure landing also include fresh water, medicine, tools for building fortifications, and food, fresh water and other items needed by sailors on their ships. Together, 10,000 warriors and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, each person needs about two thousand kilograms of supplies.

Zhao Peng stood on the rudder of the Yongning Princess. The 500-ton flying scissor frigate was stuffed. More than 500 Ming soldiers were ridden on the ship, and it was loaded with 300 stones of grain and several thousand kilograms of other supplies. The scissor was pressed to a deep draft, and its speed in the Yangtze River was not very fast, and it sailed slowly at a speed of about eight knots.

The Princess Zhaoren was also full of soldiers and cargo, and also slowly went downstream at the speed of the eight junctures.

Both of these clippers can only sail slowly at a speed of eight knots, not to mention other ships. The Dafu ship originally had a maximum speed of only seven knots, but now it is full of people and cargo and sails slowly at a speed of six knots. The Dafu ship was originally draught, and even under no load, the bottom cabin had to be pressed into stones to ensure the stability of the ship, so the full load and no load had little impact.

The fast crab boats in the fleet were not fast at this time. Each fast crab boat was loaded with a capacity of about 100 tons, and one hundred soldiers and thousands of kilograms of cargo were squeezed on each fast crab boat with a displacement of about 100 tons. Because the ship was full, the paddlers of the fast crab boat lost their function and became sailing ships simply by sailing. Because there was no need for paddlers, the paddler cabins of the original fast crab boat were squeezed in at this time, and the paddler cabins temporarily became cargo holds and passenger cabins.

The fast crab boat needs to use sails together to speed. When the paddlers row with all their strength, the maximum speed can even reach about twenty knots! However, the maintenance time is very short and can only last for about half an hour. Normally, the speed of the fast crab boat is about ten to twelve knots.

If you don’t row and turn into a simple sailing boat, the maximum speed of the fast crab boat is about eight knots, which is faster than the Dafu boat, but not as fast as the fly-scissor boat.

And those heavy and huge sand ships were even slower, with a speed of only five knots.

After the fleet leaves the Yangtze River Estuary, the speed of the two princess-class ships can be increased to about twelve knots. This is the maximum speed that princess-class clippers can achieve under full load. However, the speed of a fleet is not based on the fastest ship, but on the slowest ship, the speed of the slowest ship is the speed of the fleet.

From the estuary of the Yangtze River to the Dagukou in Tianjin, it is about 700 nautical miles. The fleet sails at a speed of five knots, which takes about 140 hours to arrive, which is six days and five nights, almost a week. Such a long sailing on the sea is simply an unbearable torment for people.

Zhao Peng and the Jinyiwei who were riding on the Yongning Princess were better. After all, the princess-level is a relatively large ship, with spacious space on the ship and better stability.

But the officers and soldiers who rode on other ships felt uncomfortable. The Dafu ship and the sand ship were slightly better. After all, the boat was relatively large, the space on the ship was large, and the ship was better sailable. However, the officers and soldiers who rode on the Cangshan ship, the Haicang ship and the fast crab suffered. More than a hundred people were crowded in the narrow cabin. For six days and five nights, eating, drinking, and defecating were all in the small cabin. Moreover, these small boats were bumpy on the sea, and the boats were shaking violently. What's more, it was winter, and the sea was already quite heavy.

The rigorously trained new Nanjing soldiers were better. The sea was stormy and the ships were bumpy, but they still persisted and did not vomit.

However, the auxiliary soldiers drawn by military households in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River were different. Most of the auxiliary soldiers were seasick. After the ship left the estuary of the Yangtze River and entered the sea, the auxiliary soldiers were vomiting. In the next time, they could only lie on the bed. However, there were not so many bunks on the boats to lie, and most of them were laying on the floor in the cabin.

Although it is winter, so many people are crowded in the narrow cabin. The cabin is very stuffy and the air is not circulating. The cabin is filled with the smell of sweat, feet and the sour smell of vomit. It feels so uncomfortable.

This is the first day of the voyage, and there are still five days and four nights to suffer. You can imagine what it feels like.

Military household Kong Jie once again became an auxiliary soldier and followed the warriors to fight. This time he was not drawn, but volunteered to be an auxiliary soldier and followed the warriors to fight. Because last time he made contributions when he followed the warriors to fight as an auxiliary soldier, he actually made contributions. After returning to Nanjing, he was directly promoted to a small official of the general flag. After becoming the general flag, Kong Jie's family also changed from a tenant who rented land in the imperial farm to a breeder who raised pigs for the royal farm.

After becoming a breeder, Kong Jie's living conditions improved a lot. But he still envied those who were officers of a hundred households, because officers of a hundred households were specifically responsible for the supply and marketing cooperatives of the farm, that is, people who used the state's money to make sure they made money without losses.

The supply and marketing cooperatives run by the officers of a hundred households do not need their own funds to pay their own funds. They purchase goods with the silver from the imperial village. In addition to the silver paid every month, the more money they earn is their own. Because the farm is far away from the city and it is inconvenient to go to the city to buy things, the military households can only buy things from the supply and marketing cooperatives of the officers of a hundred households, and the harvested grain is also sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives.

In addition to opening supply and marketing cooperatives, the officers of the hundreds of households also open mills, small restaurants, seed wholesale stations, etc. The seed wholesale stations also use public silver to purchase and ship goods. The small restaurants are owned, but the business is very prosperous.
Chapter completed!