Beginning in the spring of the thirty-fifth year of Chongzhen (1662), a new emperor ordered the expansion of the four major naval bases and ports in Tianjin, Dengzhou, Lushun, and Qingdao.
Since the last three bases are directly adjacent to the sea and the port water depth is very good, they have become key expansion targets. Especially after Jiexuan took away a large number of ships, they are very suitable for expansion.
When the Expeditionary Fleet returned, the expansion was still under way and was expected to last five years, so that some of the Expeditionary Fleet's ships could be stationed at the temporary dock.
In principle, priority was given to the Zheng Jun merchant ship for unloading. This not only made it easier to calculate the quantity and value of the goods, facilitate cashing out, but also freed up the ship's cabin, and by the way, the local specialties from Beidu could be loaded and shipped to Fujian.
Although the berths are currently in short supply, Jiexuan is also very supportive of this expansion plan, because the two major fleets of the Navy will usher in more than 30 brand-new ironclad ships in three years.
In addition to retaining all the original berths, the Dengzhou base will add eight 10,000-ton berths, 16 6,000-ton berths, 64 3,000-ton berths, and 64 1,000-ton berths. .
The port will also purchase at least 266 steam cranes to lift heavy weapons and equipment or military containers that are difficult for military manpower to transport.
The expansion is actually a modernization and upgrade of Dengzhou Port. In the future, both berthing capacity and throughput will be more than ten times the current ones.
By the way, a railway will be built from Dengzhou (Penglai) to Laizhou (Yexian), which will eventually be extended to the Qingdao base, completely connecting the two major ports.
Jiexuan conducted an on-site inspection of the Qingdao base and the surrounding environment, and the results were quite satisfactory. Due to the existence of Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea Fleet has a very good haven in winter.
It also avoids the embarrassment of staying at Zheng Zhilong's Quanzhou Naval Base. The Dengzhou base is used for non-winter training, while the Qingdao base can be used year-round.
There are several alternative locations along the coast of Shandong, such as Weihai, Rongcheng, Jinghai, Laoshan and other places.
However, due to the limited silver of the Beiting household, it is not easy to expand the base for the navy while building a large number of ironclad ships.
The fleet cannot expect more. For now, these two bases for the Yellow Sea Fleet are enough, and the Bohai Fleet can move to the Lushun base for the winter.
If you want to build a new naval base, the mainland is not the best choice. Jeju Island, which is not far away from the peninsula, Japan, and the mainland, is the most cost-effective place.
Construction has started there a long time ago, but so far, the port facilities are still lagging behind, but they can accommodate hundreds of ships.
It's just that the remaining ships have to queue up to enter the port. In fact, it is much the same as the situation in local ports when there were a lot of foreign merchant ships.
The reason why Dengzhou Port is expanded is because all foreign merchant ships that go north to purchase goods in winter will gather at Dengzhou Port, which can paralyze the port.
In response to this situation, a certain new emperor decided to spend huge sums of money to expand the port, upgrade equipment, and build supporting facilities.
Not only do we need to build new terminals and significantly increase the number of berths, but we also need to purchase advanced lifting equipment and build supporting railways, highways, and warehousing and logistics parks.
It is expected that upon completion, tens of thousands of jobs will be created, with an annual profit and tax of about one million taels. All initial investments will be repaid within two years.
Not only that, when nearby catering, tourism, entertainment and other industries develop, the benefits created will be several times more than the taxes and fees.
Shandong has mines and is close to the sea. It is not far from the peninsula and the Japanese country. It can dig gold, dry salt, and export trade. If it is not rich, it is purely its own problem.
A certain new emperor wants to build Shandong into a province within the eight corners of Beiting, with an economy second only to Beizhili, so as to form a dual core with Beizhili and attract the economic development of the other six corners.
The reason why Beizhili can become the richest place is simply because there is Beidu in its territory, and a certain new emperor does not intend to list Beidu separately to calculate the economic scale.
Most of the goods exported by Shandong are manufactured in Beidu factories, which is completely different from Shandong's economic model. Beidu should have entered the preliminary stage of industrialization.
The number of factories and enterprises has almost reached that of the other seven provinces combined, and some projects and technologies are not available elsewhere, not even in Nanting.
With the current development, there is no open space in the old, middle and new cities. Except for residential and commercial construction land, all industrial land has been sold out.
New factories have to buy land outside the city to build factories. Fortunately, the price of land outside the city is not high. It only rises in areas close to railways.
However, it is no longer possible for Braids to travel thousands of miles to plunder. The possibility of besieging Beidu is slim, and the outside of the city is very safe.
Because the Jifu garrison has begun to replace steam tanks on a large scale, according to the requirements of a certain new emperor, the troops guarding the northern capital must ensure that they are equipped with one thousand steam tanks throughout the year.
The accuracy rate must reach 30% to 40%. In this way, if at least 300 steam tanks can be put into battle at any time, they can offset the opponent's at least 30,000 cavalry.
Coupled with advanced equipment such as artillery, airships, and tactical missiles, as well as infantry units equipped with revolvers and magazine-type rifles, it is enough to withstand the assault of a group of approximately 100,000 enemy cavalry.
Except for Braid, no other hostile force could organize a large-scale attack of 100,000 people against Beidu.
In fact, Shunji was so overwhelmed by Zhou Yuji's 800,000 troops that he had no time to go south to plunder.
Zhou Yuji was very dissatisfied because the result of the last battle was only more than 10,000 people.
After returning, he and Emperor Haojing formulated a strategy for guerrilla warfare. The tenth Northern Expedition took two years.
The specific method is to implement frontal push while implementing roundabout outflanking.
Fifty thousand Ming army cavalry were mobilized and divided into ten groups. Each group was supplemented by 5,000 Menggu cavalry. They took advantage of the dry season of the Nen River to cross the river and advance to the upper reaches of the Nen River.
The remaining 750,000 troops were divided into two parts, and 500,000 people crossed the river and headed north to search for places where Donglu might be hiding.
The remaining 250,000 people stayed in the Jiangnan area, and cooperated with the 350,000 people from Hong Chengchou's tribe heading north to besiege the guerrilla Donglu tribes in various places in the Jiangnan area.
The total number of troops invested reached 1.15 million. Taking into account the combat effectiveness after the replacement of various types of weapons, it was actually equivalent to more than 2 million troops before.
Hong Chengchou's troops set out from Shenyang, while Zhou Yuji's troops took a boat directly and landed from Xilewenhewei. From the north of Anlezhou to the mouth of Heishui, they were all battlefields.
Many vassal states in the north also sent troops to cooperate with the Northern Expedition. The combat effectiveness of the vassal states' soldiers and horses was slightly improved than before, but without the help of local troops, it was still difficult to defeat Braid.
The purpose of sending troops is symbolic, mainly to regain the territory lost in winter. Otherwise, we will be beaten every year, and in the end we will be beaten to the sea by the Donglu to feed the fish...
The reason why Hong Chengchou's troops increased a lot was to protect the young men who were going north to build the gun towers. If the construction started in the spring, the gun towers would be fully ready for use in autumn.
According to the plan of a certain new emperor, one gun tower deploys a company of troops, and a thousand gun towers can only hold 100,000 people, but it can cut off the connection between the two sides of the Songhua River.
The entire turret facility includes the turret building, the trench surrounding the turret, the stables required for the cavalry, and the surrounding bunkers.
If the defenders think they need some auxiliary buildings, they can do it themselves, such as making horse traps.
The building materials needed to build the turrets did not need to be transported by horse-drawn carriages, but were transported through the Huipa River connecting the Songhua River.
The other end of the Huipa River is the Hun River. Using existing factories in Shenyang, a large amount of building materials can be manufactured and shipped.
In this situation of code defense and full-line offense, the braid's life is getting harder day by day, and that's right.
This is equivalent to saying that the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty will become better and better day by day, and in the future, pigtails will be desired but out of reach.
They can't even keep up with the life of the ancient people in Monanmeng. This is the goal of a certain new emperor.
It would be better if Zhou Yuji could drive him to the north to harm each other with the Rakshasa people, or to the west to die with Li Zicheng and Chai Shihua.
Sun Chuanting had already made a report many years ago, hoping to send out the Hami Guards to attack the Erni headquarters entrenched in the Western Regions, and a certain new emperor agreed.
But fighting in the Western Region is different from other places. The biggest difficulty is the lack of water and the possibility of being hit by floods.
Don’t be surprised, it is indeed a flood!
Due to severe soil erosion in the desert and Gobi areas, the vegetation has been completely degraded and the water-absorbing ability of the plants in the pass has been lost.
Once it rains heavily in a place like this, it will turn into a vast ocean.
If you encounter this kind of thing in the Western Region, you can only admit that you are unlucky.
Although the probability is relatively small, it happens almost every year.
The most important thing is that Lao Suntou really caught up!
Before they could find Er Ni's soldiers and horses, the food was soaked in water, and the entire army was unable to advance due to the flood. They were forced to return to the Hami Guard for repairs.
Considering the destination, Sun Chuanting, who was unwilling, could only order his troops to retreat.
Businessmen who went to the Western Regions before said that Er Ni had arrived in the Tianshan area, and later said that he had moved to Atami, which is Lake Ixay.
Calculated this way, from Hamiwei, even to Bosten Lake, we have walked less than half the distance.
The problem was that before they even reached Bosten Lake, the entire army was robbed by the flood, making it almost impossible to complete the set mission.
Sun Chuanting's report to Zuo Maodi said that the entire army had a lot of colds. Zuo Maodi couldn't believe it when he saw the content...
There was a heavy rain in the desert, and the soldiers of the Western Expedition were completely cold. They were unable to leave the disaster area in a short period of time. It would be strange not to catch a cold.
Not a single battle was fought, and as a result, the non-combat casualties reached more than 3,000. Sun Chuanting felt extremely depressed and angry.
Contrary to the situation during the Northern Expedition, braided soldiers may appear in the ravines and dense forests of the Northeast.
But over there in the Western Region, no one can be seen for ten miles. Without a guide, strangers can easily walk away to death.
The army does not lack experienced guides, because it is easy to hire local people with Ming products.
The problem was the weather and the distance. After looking at the starry sky and the map, Sun Chuanting suddenly felt that Zhou Yuji's job was better...
Now that I think about it, Li Ni and Chai Ni would not lead their troops to escape to such a remote place unless they had to.
Now, let alone the Ming Dynasty King's division attacking them, it would be difficult for them to come back.
If their camp was to the west of Atami, even if everyone rode horses, they would still have to walk two thousand miles to enter the customs!
Even if everything goes well, it will take about a month, otherwise it will take two or three months.
Now it is the Qin army that wants to defeat them, and the difficulty is the same.
It’s just that the heavy rain and flooding were an unplanned “surprise gift package”!
If the imperial court can allocate more troops and horses, perhaps the Western Expedition will be more confident.
With just the 30,000 people on hand, after encountering difficulties, it is indeed a bit stretched.
It's just that the Northern Expedition was Beiting's top priority, and Sun Chuanting also knew it, so it was really hard to talk about it.
After a certain new emperor received the report, his reply was to act according to his ability, and attacking Shunji's territory was now his top priority.
The strategic counterattack opportunity finally obtained must not be given up so easily.
How many people died, how much money was spent, and how many years it took to get to where we are today.
Even if Li Zicheng and Chai Shihua are not dead now, they cannot live forever.
After Chu Chu put the Shun Chicken into the pot and stewed it, the next step was the two 25-year-olds!
The difficulty of recovering the Western Region is another matter. It is best to cooperate with the railway operations there, and it cannot be achieved overnight.
A certain new emperor could withstand the annihilation of an entire army of 20,000 to 30,000 people, but if so many people were washed away by the flood, it would be a bit of a trap...
Old Sun is getting older and may feel that his time is short, so he plans to do one last thing for the Ming Dynasty during his lifetime, especially when he can still lead troops to fight.
A certain new emperor understood the mood and thoughts of this loyal minister, but he should not act on impulse in everything, especially military operations.
Things like Xiang Yu's burning cauldron and sinking the boat will be finished if it encounters a flood immediately!
After Shun Ji is basically eliminated, we can free up 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry to support Lao Suntou.
No matter how good the Erni team is at fighting, even with the support of the Rakshasa people, they will still have to accept defeat in the face of so many Ming army cavalry equipped with revolvers.
However, the Rakshasa people should not engulf Central Asia so quickly in the near future. It will take at least another thirty years. When Kangji grows up, he will meet a certain Geerdan again...
Before that, a certain new emperor decided to put his father in the pot first, and then it was Kangji's turn!
In view of the fact that Kangji gave Prince Zhu San to Lingchi, he must not be let go.
If you can catch it, you can consider lingchi, deep-frying, and lighting sky lanterns, or do a "three-in-one"!
It is more difficult to play the three-in-one game alone, otherwise you can just Ling Chi the Shun Chicken, fry the Kang Chicken, and light the sky lanterns for the Yong Chicken!
The Huang Tai Chicken was probably pissed to death, which is such a pity, otherwise it would have been made into a large plate of chicken...
But in terms of media offensive, a certain new emperor has an absolute advantage.
In Wu's novel, Huang Taiji saw his wife and... and then died of anger!
Such an arrangement would be wonderful, and Shunji could also take over the entire inheritance of his Emperor Ama...
It is estimated that Shunji's most desired target for Lingchi right now is Wu, who has already made a lot of money!
After writing for more than twenty years, Wu has reached the age of retirement.
But he didn't intend to give up this profitable business, so he passed on all his skills to his son.
Now, for the descendants of the Wu family, "Secret History Beyond the Pass" has become an ancestral craft...
