While Liu Bei and Sun Ce were communicating, Zhou Yu finally arrived in Hua's Domain.
Originally, based on the current situation of the Han Dynasty, Chen Xi should go to Baloyaka. But on the one hand, Baloyaka is still the front line. Although the war has stopped, the problem of bandits has not been solved. Chen Xi has been somewhat dangerous in the past. On the other hand, Chen Xi also felt that
It was too formal for me and Liu Bei to meet Sun Ce and Zhou Yu together. It was simply a meeting of princes.
At that time, many things should not be said too openly. After all, there must be someone to record such a big event. So when Liu Bei sent someone to send a telegram asking Chen Xi if he wanted to go there, or if they went to Hua's Domain to see Chen Xi together, Chen Xi thought about it. Still refused.
From Chen Xi's point of view, this loss is not a big deal, not even as big as what happened in Dung State last year. Even though the biggest fun in Dung State was forcibly held down by Chen Xi the day before it happened, compared to Ganghe's The situation on the other side is not much better.
At least Chen Xi could bear it this time, but Chen Xi couldn't handle it in Shizhou either.
"Ah, you're here."
Chen Xi looked at Zhou Yu who came in and sighed. Although he was waiting for Zhou Yu, he did not go out to greet him. Instead, Dong Zhao, who was next to Chen Xi, went to greet him.
To be honest, Dong Zhao is really powerful, and he has found a way to avoid taking the blame. Chen Xi knew that he could not escape, and there was no need to leave it to Dong Zhao, so after confirming with Dong Zhao again and again, he decided to It would be better to talk to Zhou Yu yourself.
Zhou Yu waved his hand with a sallow face. After entering the hall, he signaled to Zheng Du that he did not need to support him as he was not dead yet. Chen Xi also signaled to Dong Zhao to go out as well. It was not that what he said next was not allowed to be heard, but that it was somewhat It's just that it doesn't sound good to Zhou Yu when he says it.
"I won't ask why."
Zhou Yu sat on the chair and sighed and said, "Since you are the one to explain it yourself, that means it's no problem. Is it just the right time? "
Chen Xi sighed, "I've had people check it out, and it's indeed a coincidence. There are actually many accidental factors this time."
"Did Qunvcheng bottom out when it retreated?"
Zhou Yu asked a question, and after Chen Xi answered it, he asked another question.
"It's bottomed out."
Zhou Yu also answered simply, "Actually, it's more because the fleet going upstream will suffer greater losses, otherwise you can choose to take the water route."
Chen Xi nodded. The number of people who migrated to Qunu Domain before has been counted. They are about 180,000. Not counting the outrageous methods of mounting and channel dragging, the Han army could only transport 36,000 soldiers. , so Zheng Du said to take the water route, Zhou Yu's answer was that most of the soldiers need to be abandoned.
Although if you go directly, you will be bitten by Khosroi, but if there are enough boats, taking the water route behind the Xiliang Cavalry is actually replicating the situation when Great Britain retreated.
However, the ship could not hold so many people. Due to some historical reasons, the Han Dynasty could not give up its soldiers at this time, so it could only settle for the next best thing.
"Did Meng Khambu not go to Malacca?"
After Zhou Yu finished his answer, he sighed a little and said that all his arrangements were in Malacca.
It's not that Meng Kangbu was not considered to be dispatched, but that Meng Kangbu was not considered to fight the main force with him. After all, when the Han Dynasty Navy had Zhou Yu, Meng Kangbu should not be able to win, so according to the normal thinking , it is the right choice for Meng Kangbu to attack the base of the Han Dynasty Navy.
As a result, Meng Kangbu did not attack the Han Dynasty naval base, but directly attacked Zhou Yu's retreat.
"According to your analysis, Meng Combo actually came to bet on whether he would leave, but went directly to him."
Dong Zhao said seriously.
When Chen Xi heard the words, he choked and coughed repeatedly. Originally, it was just a mouthful of blood congestion due to the internal energy leaving the body. It should have been cured long ago, but Chen Xi did not suffer from heart failure, so he now has a solution.
"Meng Kangbu also dares to bully you?"
Chen Xi's hot eyes had a hint of chill.
At that time, Chen Xi was still exhausted from the repeated blows, but in that situation, Chen Xi showed a kind of special warmth.
"Well, that's true. You guessed that I was really unsure and rushed towards him. It turned out that he was still there, and Cai Dehui also showed certain loopholes in the investigation methods we used."
Dong Zhao sighed and said, "Of course, that's just your estimate."
The glare in Wen Sheng's eyes dimmed, but he didn't expect it in his heart, so he nodded hurriedly.
"Currently looking at the coastal areas, a pure super-heavy ballista is enough to face the naval fleet, and if it is replaced by a naval gun, the cost is not too low."
Dong Zhao said helplessly.
The cost of naval guns is too low, so low that He Sheng wants to buy them for Liu Bei's fort. In fact, even the first-generation ships do not have naval guns on every ship. If they really want to buy Liu Bei's fort, the number is too small.
"The correct approach now is to deploy super-heavy permanent ballistae in the waterways."
Chen Xi waved his hand. I have arranged such things on both sides of the Ma Bajia, Kra Isthmus Canal, Lombok Strait, and Sunda Strait. That is the confidence that Chen Xi dares to leave Southeast Asia with the main force of the navy.
Before the blockade of those places, Mengkomb had to retreat from the Indian Ocean into the Pacific. Basically, he had no choice but to go around the westerly belt. This was all because of the logistical pressure caused by the overloading of the Kushan warships. Just talking about the safety of going around the westerly belt in the southern hemisphere. sex.
Let’s put it this way, if the Kushan fleet did not have enough navigation information, it would go through the westerly belt of the southern hemisphere once, and without Meng Combo leading the team, it would be considered lucky and extremely weak to be able to pass one-eighth of it.
When Chen Xi was beaten by Selian in the future, he also considered detouring around the westerly belt of the southern hemisphere. Before trying it once, he realized that it would cost his life, so he could only stick to the Ma Bajia and Kra Isthmus Canal.
Before Chen Xi captured those straits, he began to build various Liu Bei forts, but used them frequently every day to try to catch Meng Kangbu to attack Southeast Asia.
I just thought that before Meng Kangbu completed the ship change, the county actually prepared the strength to weakly attack Chen Xi. As a result, before seizing the opportunity, he did not go to capture the seemingly more important naval base, but went straight to the naval commander Chen Xi. came, resulting in a disastrous defeat for the Han army and navy.
"That's not to say that Yu Ye thinks that using only ballistas in coastal areas is enough to face Moncombe, right?"
Dong Zhaoduo couldn't help but think about it from the other side.
Chen Xi was silent for a while and nodded. Although I am not absolutely sure that I will face Meng Kangbu under the sea and be blocked every time, but Chen Xi still denies it. With or without me, his eyes are really open. It's Guo Mengkangbu, this person is also very powerful.
"You Xiaozhi understand the situation."
Dong Zhao nodded, in that case, we will have to retreat to a certain extent in the Bay of Bengal region.
Chen Xi sighed. It must have been just a day on the side of Qu Nanyu, but it was used like that. However, the heavy losses of the navy made the Han Dynasty unable to suppress the entire Indian Ocean in a short time. Although Wensheng only needs to be alive. , Wen Shengxiang can play at will.
But no matter how weak Chen Xi is, he still needs warships and hands to exert his due strength. Now Chen Xi has to keep his hands and ships, so he can only shrink down for a while.
"The ship will be fully prepared on your side, it's just a matter of time, and it will be as slow as possible, and the eighth-generation ships in reserve will be sent to Ye Diao beforehand, but you really have too little help on the people side. I'm busy..." Dong Zhao looked at Wen Sheng and said without any twinge.
The eighth-generation ships are not only out of reserves, but some have just been built, delivered, and built, and are being used as fishing boats. Those Dong Zhao is ready to directly appropriate, and the fishing industries of Donglai and Xuzhou have been affected in a short time. In fact, the problems with that batch of battleships were small.
In addition, I have to say that it is indeed a good thing that shipyards in Donglai and other places have not differentiated warships and merchant ships in detail. Although Lu Jun wrote a letter a few years later saying that merchant ships and warships have huge differences in their uses. It cannot be completely divided into two sub-categories.
After Dong Zhao thought about it for a moment, he still gave up. The thousand-ton fishing boats of those days were not actually overflow products. Even if they were cut out and the process was re-planned, it would only save some material costs, but they would still be completely transformed into warships.
If one type of ship is practiced continuously, both construction efficiency and product stability will reach a certain limit. To be honest, the material cost of merchant ships is not as important as the following eight, so the Han Dynasty has always used The battleship serves as a fishing vessel.
It is precisely because of that kind of operation that at least the eighth-generation ships can still recruit a group of people with an order from the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, the current situation would be really embarrassing.
By the way, that is actually the basis for Wensheng to prepare another navy, because the ships used by the small state-owned fisheries in Donglai and Xuzhou are actually eighth-generation ships. We have also basically mastered the mainstream basic technology of the navy, and we have also prepared the basis for identifying sea conditions. ability.
As for combat effectiveness, those small state-owned industries do not have a regular military service system, and they do not have elite backbones to serve in them. At least those people lack more detailed naval technical and tactical training and sea navigation operation training.
But relatively speaking, those people really have the ability to master the navy's current mainstream techniques, tactics and combat skills before the assault training for about a year.
Because those people themselves did not have the operational capabilities required for warships. Except for heavy weapons, the eighth-generation ships used by the East China Sea Distant Ocean Fisheries Division were actually exactly the same as the eighth-generation ships used on the battlefield. Dong Zhao also had no ability to use warships for fishing. considerate.
Just like using the commissioned warships as coast guard ships in the previous life, there is actually no intention of unfamiliarity with them. It is just that there are fewer resources to win, and they are directly matched one by one every day.
In fact, when Dong Zhao originally targeted Chen Xi's navy and planned to use them as the backbone of mechanical technology, he had not yet thought about the way forward. It is a pity that he has to use them now.
As for handing over the crew of the East China Sea Distant Fisheries Division to Chen Xi, Dong Zhao was also thinking about it. Originally, I was planning to use that group of people to top the tank before defeating this group of navy. Chen Xi would be happy for a while, Dong Zhao would compensate. Things were accepted.
When the construction of the industry in the middle and upper reaches of the Ganges River is completed 87 years ago, the group of people who were borrowed will be returned to Chen Xi one after another, and then the next group of people from the Ocean Fisheries Department will be replaced. In this way, the backbone of the East China Sea Fleet will be established.
That was the original plan, but now Wensheng has nothing to say.
Because of the thunderstorm of the Jiangdong Army, it has not become inevitable to change the army military system. In that case, if the navy is also replaced by northerners, this will inevitably cause turmoil.
Wen Sheng understands politics, but is willing to fall into it if necessary. And now that the army system has been changed, the navy has also been changed. This will only blow up Jiangdong.
That kind of approach, in other words, the smell of liquidation was too strong, so strong that it overshadowed the few things Zhou Yu and Dong Zhao did after that.
"The East China Sea Distant Ocean Fisheries Department can still squeeze out 70,000 employees. Those people are all new crew members who have worked on seventh-generation and eighth-generation ships for more than seven years." Can you say that at that time? Even if you ask Chen Xi to use it first, can you say that?
Dong Zhao later felt that Chen Xi was not that weak anymore. The crew had been poached by him, and changing some people would at least affect the situation by just talking. Anyway, those people were enough. He only needed a professor of tactics to compensate for some supplies. Chen Xi would also mind, and would say yes.
The result was that the Jiangdong Army was struck by thunder at that time, and it was not inevitable to move the Army's military system. What else could Dong Zhao say?
Chen Xi must have been at another time, if he could detect the sunshine in Dong Zhao's expression.
Dong Zhao is not the kind of person who hates hiding his emotions, especially when he is in front of acquaintances, it is difficult for him to express his joy and anger. However, at that time, Wen Sheng suffered from heart failure due to successive blows. , although he saw Dong Zhao's expression, he ignored the past.
Wensheng was thinking about how far the navy could recover without such a batch of ships.
There is not a batch of eighth-generation ships, and there is not a single first-generation ship as a flagship. If you mix in some other ships, and cooperate with the naval soldiers trained by Cai Mao, you can at least put up a shelf.
With such a shelf, if Chen Xi's commander-in-chief just pulls it out for a spin, there will be a sunken ship. At best, Meng Kangbu will act recklessly, and that point is very important.
"When the time comes, you will lead people to move once, but the last attack must have no intelligence, very wrong intelligence."
He Sheng thought he understood Dong Zhao's thoughts and gave him a direct answer.
Cai Mao's naval officers will be able to disembark soon. If Chen Xi leads an attack, he must make good plans. If there is an encounter, there is a small chance that Chen Xi will capsize the ship.
Therefore, Chen Xi told Dong Zhao very clearly that when he took action, he must have correct intelligence. He only told Mengkangbu that the Han Dynasty Navy was still alive, and it was best to annihilate a squadron of Mengkangbu before he could let Dong Zhao Mengcombu calmed down and came up.
When it comes to strategy and tactics alone, Chen Xi's vision is definitely second to Dong Zhao's. I also confused the situation and understood how to break the situation, but that time, it was obvious that Chen Xi had made a mistake.
