"Hey, Lao Gong, do you feel guilty for saying this?" Xiao Chen said, "With so many warships, have they ever defeated our Great Zhou Dynasty? No! They only helped our Great Zhou Dynasty to fight in the north and south. We defeated Rus the year before last." , last year they attacked Japan, and this year they attacked those foreign devils from the Seven-Nation Alliance... You call this a rebellion? Can't you be King Qin? "
"You kid not only thinks I'm blind, but you also think I'm stupid!" Gong Shouli said, "I see you kid has been disobedient for a long time... You have such a huge fleet assembled in just a few days? What follows? Did all those soldiers on the transport ship gather just in the past few days? Don’t forget that I was also the one who led the troops in the first place!"
Gong Shouli saw with his own eyes that the sea was densely packed with Yanyun naval battleships. The so-called First Fleet alone had more than a hundred large and small battleships!
There are fleets on both sides to cover the flanks, followed by more than a hundred large transport ships, half of which are warships!
It would be impossible to assemble such a large-scale fleet force in less than a month or two, let alone a few days!
"Our Yanyun Navy is preparing to go out to sea for exercises. Didn't we happen to encounter this? Damn it, we only allow Fengyang King Xue Jinshan and others to bring hundreds of thousands of troops to my Yanyun County for exercises, but they are not allowed to do so. I, the Yanyun Navy, went out to sea for a stroll?" Xiao Chen said.
"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, you are so awesome! You are so scheming all over your body. No wonder you can survive until today. I really can't beat you. I have to feel that you are merciful and have not killed me!" Gong Shouli suddenly sighed, "I really didn't expect that Xu Haiming was also one of yours... I wouldn't have thought of it even to death!"
"Hai Ming, no matter who he belongs to, is a Chinese." Xiao Chen said, "He did a good job in Yizhou, why did the emperor have to call him back? Isn't it the traitor who instigated the emperor to deal with him? Are you suspicious? He will definitely die if he goes back. For such a capable person...can I not save him? "
"That's because Jin Yiwei intercepted Chen Jisheng's secret message to him. The evidence is conclusive. Can the emperor not arrest him?" Gong Shouli said.
"Old Gong, Old Gong, you are so smart and confused at times. Even if the old man sent him a letter, how could it be intercepted by the Jin Yiwei? It's such a simple plan of making something out of nothing and killing people with a borrowed knife, how come you still can't see through it? Or again? Pretending to understand, are you pretending to be confused with me?" Xiao Chen said.
"Are you planning to occupy Yizhou?" Gong Shouli said suddenly.
"Nothing!" Xiao Chen firmly denied that it was impossible to admit such a thing.
"Haha, you kid blinks when you lie." Gong Shouli stared at Xiao Chen and smiled meaningfully.
"Damn it, you old boy has studied me thoroughly. It seems that I really can't let you go back alive. I have to kill you to silence you!" Xiao Chen said in shock.
"And it has been planned for a long time." Gong Shouli was not afraid that he would kill him and silence him, so he continued talking, "No wonder you want to go to Yizhou in person to recover the remnants of Sima Zhongping and the Tianxuan Society, and you also take the initiative to place them all in your Yanyun County also recommended Xu Haiming to be governor of Yizhou..."
"Ling'er, throw him down." Xiao Chen said.
"Eunuch Gong, please stop talking!" Ling'er grinned, "It's okay if you know this kind of thing yourself, why do you have to say it?"
"If I don't tell Xiao Chen, he will always think of me as a fool!" Gong Shouli said, "I really can't stand the way he pretends to be serious! He thinks he is so great...I even expected this. , the emperor could have expected it, so I think you’d better not be too proud!”
"The problem is." Xiao Chen said, "Even if the emperor had expected it, what would he do to me?"
"I won't do anything to you." Gong Shouli pondered for a long time before sighing deeply, "It is better for Yizhou to fall into the hands of your kid than to fall into the hands of others."
The main reason is that Xiao Chen is now very powerful, which is no longer what he could be compared to a few years ago. Especially Li Wanjiang is not sure how powerful Yanyun Navy is now.
After Xiao Chen regained Shunfeng Port, he began to vigorously develop the navy, spending huge amounts of silver to build shipyards, ship repair yards, docks, ports...
After Dugulou joined, the development speed accelerated a lot. Of course, the money was also spent twice as much, which once caused the other guards of Yanyun to be extremely dissatisfied with the navy!
But now it seems that everything is worth it...
How many battleships the Yanyun Navy has is a highly military secret. Except for Zhuge Xiaosheng, Dugulou, Xiao Chen, Wanyan Pingqiu and other senior Yanyun generals, no one knows. Even the old man doesn’t know. Of course, he Elderly people rarely ask about military matters.
But the scale of the fleet dispatched this time is quite large, and it can even be said to be unprecedented. Gong Shouli is really not lying. This fleet alone is larger than the entire navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
At present, the main battleship of the Yanyun Navy is still an armored ship, also called a battleship, because in addition to being wrapped in a thick layer of iron armor, the battleship itself also has at least 150 artillery pieces of various calibers!
Just like Xiao Zihao, which has alloy armor and more than 200 cannons, belongs to the first-class battleship series.
Battleships can not only fight at sea, but also play a huge role in landing battles. The large-caliber artillery on their ships can carry out a devastating blow to the defense facilities of any port! That's why it's also called the 'mobile fort'.
Because of their large tonnage, thick armor, many guns, and deep drafts, battleships sail relatively slowly and have relatively poor maneuverability.
Therefore, generally battleships will not go out alone, but will be followed by a considerable number of cruisers and frigates.
Cruisers are smaller in size, lighter in tonnage, have fewer cannons on board, and have smaller calibers. However, compared to the mammoth battleships, they are very light, have high speeds, and are highly maneuverable. They are especially good at roundabout operations.
In peacetime, it is mostly used to perform ocean patrol missions. In wartime, it will serve as the vanguard of the fleet and be deployed to support the flanks of the fleet.
When defeated, they can pursue enemy ships. If defeated, they will be responsible for intercepting and covering the evacuation of the main fleet. They are multi-functional warships and currently have the largest number in the Yanyun Navy.
Frigates are medium-sized warships with only a dozen cannons on board. Their main task is to protect the logistics transport fleet. Because of their small size and fast speed, they are often used to perform reconnaissance missions.
And because their tonnage is very light, not much different from river ships, they can also sail into inland rivers to perform combat missions, which can be regarded as dual-use on rivers and seas.
Although the transport ships are logistics ships, each ship is also equipped with eight large and small artillery pieces and has certain defensive capabilities.
Large transport ships with the prefix "Fei" such as "Feixiang", "Feiyun" and "Feibird" are even equipped with twelve cannons!
However, because their hulls have very poor power when fully loaded and have no iron armor, their defense is extremely fragile.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, they will not participate in naval battles, but will only be used in beach landing operations, using ship's artillery fire to cover the landing of soldiers.
