Since a military-level unit is to be built, in addition to the deployment of various materials and personnel distribution, the most important thing must be the selection of generals.
Once the general is selected, the general will be able to worry about the next thing.
Su Yonglin also has some thoughts on this point.
He called Sun Tzu Yi over, discussed with Sun Tzu Yi, and expressed his hope that Sun Tzu Yi would serve as a general of the navy, command the navy, and directly command the navy's campaign operations.
Because to be honest, as the deputy commander of the corps, Sun Ziyi's situation is actually quite embarrassing.
Unlike the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief can directly command the actions of the regiment, nor can the deputy commander-in-chief carry out military operations according to the commander-in-chief's orders like the generals and deputy generals of the various armies.
Sun Tzu Yi, the deputy commander, had little military work to do in normal times. According to Su Yonglin's instructions, he went to partner with Lin Jingchun to do the logistics work of the corps.
That is to say, during the war, Sun Tzu Yi could divide his troops and lead the attack according to Su Yonglin's orders.
In this regard, Su Yonglin's grip on power is still very tight, and he will not relax at all.
Sun Ziyi maintained a tacit attitude towards this throughout the whole process, not intervening, coming forward, or speaking. This was also an invisible support for Su Yonglin.
After Su Yonglin eliminated the opposition in the army, sent the instructors to the Shenwu Army, and took control of the Shenwu Army from the grassroots level, Sun Tzu Yi actually lost his influence on the Shenwu Army.
Whatever he says after that will no longer have any impact on the reorganized original Shenwu Army.
In this regard, although Su Yonglin had no less to do and no less power to get, he was just a little embarrassed, so he thought about handing over the post of general of the Navy to Sun Tzu Yi and letting Sun Tzu Yi Having something serious to do and having a formal position to keep busy can be regarded as some compensation for him.
And in the future, Su Yonglin's plans and requirements for the navy will still be very high. Whether it is an attack on the Southern Song Dynasty or future maritime expansion plans, they are all in his plans.
Among them, the navy will naturally play an extremely important role.
Sun Ziyi was very happy when he learned about it and expressed his willingness to take on this position, but at the same time he also expressed concerns.
"Although I am very willing, I don't know much about water fighting, and I don't know if I can do it."
Su Yonglin smiled.
"Don't worry about this. I will arrange for a few subordinates to help you. They are all old men who sell smuggled salt with me. They have some experience in water warfare. With their help, it shouldn't be a problem."
"That's very good."
Sun Tzu Yi happily took over the position and officially became a navy general.
At the same time, Su Yonglin arranged for Kong Zhende and Zhou Mancheng, the elders of the Sujia private salt dealer group, to serve as Sun Tzu Yi's two lieutenants, responsible for assisting Sun Tzu Yi when he was not proficient in navy tactics.
The temporary establishment of the navy army is also set at 10,000. Soldiers with good water skills and experience in boating are selected from each army. There are also more than 20 veterans of the Su family who have withdrawn from their army positions and transferred to Served as an officer in the navy.
So in terms of manpower, the starting point for the construction of Su Yonglin's naval force is quite high. At least they are experienced people, not inexperienced newcomers messing around.
The selection of personnel was going on here, and over there Zhou Mancheng took people to set sail and went to the secret boat hiding place on the coast of Mizhou and the island boat hiding place where the Su family's old salt farm was located.
These two places hide the wealth of the Su family's smuggled salt business days. Zhou Mancheng's mission is to bring back the 26 ships that the Su family used to sell smuggled salt and fight at sea to serve as the foundation for the new navy.
Then Su Yonglin began to mobilize craftsmen with shipbuilding experience and a large number of carpenters in the army, and ordered Lin Jingchun to allocate special funds specifically for building warships.
At the same time, Su Yonglin conducted targeted intelligence exploration and ordered the intelligence troops to report to him at any time the construction scale and progress of the Jin Army's navy and the surrounding defenses.
He needs to know the construction process and defense level of the Jin Army's navy.
In mid-March, Su Yonglin learned through the infiltration and exploration of the intelligence forces that the Jin Kingdom was building warships on the coast of Daxingfu. The scene was huge and full of enthusiasm. Nearly a hundred ships of various types had been formed.
Wan Yanliang was indeed wealthy. In order to build a naval army as soon as possible, he invested a lot of craftsmen and civilians and a lot of money.
The raw materials and lumber were piled as high as the mountain, and the camps of craftsmen and civilians could not be seen to the end.
The completed ships were launched into the water one after another. The sailors boarded the ships under the leadership of the officers and began to practice water warfare, familiarize themselves with the water warfare mode, and prepare for the next war.
This is indeed a big scene.
Although the Jin Empire was not founded for a long time, it was still the hegemon of East Asia, and its background was much deeper than Su Yonglin's. Therefore, the scale and scene of the navy's construction were far beyond what Su Yonglin could compare with.
According to rough estimates, the total number of various types of craftsmen, civilian husbands and guards is more than 30,000. The main ones should be civilian husbands and craftsmen, and the rest are the guards.
What is more interesting is that the Jin Kingdom did not arrange a patrol fleet in this area of the sea. The new sailors all practiced near the land and did not sail the ships to further sea areas for training.
Moreover, the defense on land is not strict, and there is almost no targeted screening behavior for various types of people.
Therefore, the professional spies of the intelligence force easily sneaked into the camp, got a thorough understanding of the camp's internal structure and some of the more important data, and also left behind personnel who could cooperate inside and outside.
If Su Yonglin wanted to sneak attack here and destroy it, it would not be very difficult, at least it would not be more difficult than conquering Bazhou and Xiongzhou.
Of course, if you want to further attack China and use the traditional skills of the Marine Corps, it will be more difficult.
Because a considerable number of regular Jin Army troops have gathered around Zhongdu, even if the initial raid is successful, other troops will respond relatively quickly and may even launch a counterattack.
After all, this is the capital, at the feet of the emperor. It is impossible for these troops to be unable to do anything.
After Su Yonglin learned the news, he knew that it would not be a problem to destroy the Jin Army's yet-to-be-formed naval force, but it would be quite difficult to take a further step forward from threats from the sea.
However, as long as the Jin Army is eliminated, the entire sea area will become a swimming pool for Su Yonglin's navy. They can gallop around at will and land wherever they want.
Very maneuverable.
So Su Yonglin ordered his shipbuilding team to do their best to speed up shipbuilding, and then wait for the arrival of his twenty-six ships to complete the repairs as soon as possible and transform them into reliable warships, and then start training immediately.
Su Yonglin decided to give Wan Yanliang a big surprise.
There were constant feint attacks on the Xiongzhou and Bazhou sides, all kinds of offensive weapons were deployed one after another, and all the troops took turns on the battlefield. The veterans took the new recruits onto the battlefield to experience the battlefield firsthand, and constantly used the real battlefield to train the new recruits. Train their endurance on the battlefield.
On the other side, in late March, after the twenty-six ships were finally brought back by Zhou Mancheng, Su Yonglin went to the beach in person to watch these old guys.
Stroking the hull of the ship, Su Yonglin recalled the past of wandering and fighting on these ships, and the past of his grandfather, father and those familiar people fighting on the sea.
Private salt traders often engage in battles at sea.
There are not many big battles, but many small battles. Whenever there is any dispute, it is basically whoever has the bigger fist who is more powerful.
Father Su Shengren is a gentle man on the surface, but in fact he is a ruthless man who is good at water fighting and good at archery, which was carefully cultivated by his grandfather.
After his grandfather grew old, Su Shengren took the lead in all battles at sea.
It can only be said that success or failure is a failure. Su Shengren eventually died in a fierce naval battle. The Su family was almost in ruins until Su Yonglin suddenly emerged and took over the family business.
Su Yonglin also learned his water fighting skills from Su Shengren. When he was a teenager, Su Shengren took Su Yonglin with him during several naval battles, allowing him to experience the intensity, cruelty, and uncertainty of naval battles.
After every victory, Su Shengren would take Su Yonglin to watch the winner's complete dominance over the loser after the war, telling him the power of the winner and the despair of the loser.
It would be really embarrassing if the Su family team, who started out as private salt dealers, could not gain an advantage in naval battles and were at a disadvantage against the Jurchens who started out as fishermen and hunters.
Su Yonglin would never let this happen.
