Su Yonglin quickly changed the topic to the naval level.
At present, the Ming Dynasty has three naval divisions, the Beihai Navy, Donghai Navy and Nanhai Navy, each with a strength of 10,000 men. The navy has a total strength of 30,000 men, which is equivalent to the strength of an army corps.
Limited by the incompetence and scarcity of water-based opponents, the Ming Dynasty did not need to develop a large-scale naval force. Who can develop such a scale now, and it is Su Yonglin who can guarantee it.
During the previous conference, someone tried to reduce financial expenditures by reducing the naval establishment, but Su Yonglin directly vetoed it, and even the preliminary proposal was not included.
From the current point of view, the size of the Navy cannot be reduced, but must be expanded.
The Beihai Navy was first established to deal with the Jin people who still had power in Liaodong. After Wanyanyong was destroyed by Su Jue, there were no enemies in Liaodong. After Goryeo was controlled, the only target of the Beihai Navy was Japan. .
Because the Ming Dynasty also had the goal of a cross-sea expedition to Japan, obtaining gold and silver resources in Japan, and eradicating the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Therefore, the Beihai Navy does not need to move for the time being.
The Nanhai Navy also has the significance of sitting in the South China Sea and safeguarding Ming Dynasty's interests in Southeast Asia, so the main force cannot be moved lightly.
From this point of view, only the Donghai Navy is left to be used.
The Donghai Navy was originally established mainly to share the pressure of the Nanhai Navy. However, after the artillery was equipped with the Ming Dynasty Navy, the combat capability of the Ming Dynasty was basically an era ahead of its time, and it also entered an invincible state. Therefore, the Nanhai Division was enough to cope with the situation.
Therefore, the Donghai Navy's situation is a bit embarrassing.
The Ming Dynasty's Maritime Silk Road required the establishment of approximately seven or eight port transfer stations in the many countries it passed through. Each transfer station needed to set up a military base to ensure the safety and interests of the Ming Dynasty's merchant fleet.
The military base requires not only the army to be stationed, but also the naval warships to be stationed.
By then, the Ming Dynasty must allocate a considerable number of naval warships to be stationed at various port bases to perform tasks in order to deal with attacks by official or pirate fleets that may have evil intentions against the Ming Dynasty merchant fleet at any time.
Therefore, Su Yonglin suggested that the Donghai Navy should be reorganized into an ocean-going navy. The original stationing points of the East China Sea Navy could be handed over to the Nanhai Navy. The Donghai Navy would be responsible for honing its ocean navigation capabilities and begin to assume the responsibility of maintaining the safety of the Maritime Silk Road. Responsibilities.
"The East China Sea Navy can be reorganized into an ocean-going navy, and the establishment needs to be expanded to increase the number of warships and sailors. In the future, we expect to use nine ports to control the Maritime Silk Road, and the ocean-going navy will need nine formations, each responsible for stationing Nine ports ensure the safety of the Ming Dynasty’s merchant fleet.”
The executive committee had no objections to this suggestion, and everyone began to discuss the details, how to set up the offshore navy, how to build the organization and put it into use, and so on.
In order to implement this matter thoroughly, Zhou Mancheng, the head of Donghai Navy, was also brought over and asked him to provide some professional opinions as a professional.
All in all, when the Champa Revolution was in full swing, the Ming government had begun to formally prepare for the overseas plan for the next ten or twenty years.
In July 2015, the first phase of the Champa Revolutionary Army organized about 15,000 available soldiers and officially began to march towards the Bintong Long area, an important town in the south.
During this period, as news of the revolutionary actions of the Champa Revolutionary Army, land reform, etc. spread widely, the bureaucrats, dignitaries, and landlords in other areas of Champa all took action.
Those who are timid are frightened by the Ming army's combat effectiveness and choose Run.
They either go to the Srivijaya Kingdom by sea, or they go directly to the Kingdom of Chenla from the land - even if it's a bit messy, at least they won't be caught directly and the whole family will be hung on a pole to float in the wind, right?
They have heard to some extent what happened to the landlords and powerful bureaucrats in the areas around Vijaya, the capital of Champa, during these days of chaos.
Many people were killed, beheaded, or hanged, their property was confiscated, and land was distributed to farmers. The farmers launched riots, destroyed their houses, and even dug up their ancestral graves. .
Even more terrifying is something called a public trial.
Some dignitaries of the Zou Yana regime had committed many evil acts of corruption, which aroused great public indignation. The new government of the Democratic Republic of Champa pulled them out and set up a high platform to hold public trials in front of ordinary people to judge their crimes.
They knelt, had their shirts taken off, and were read out their crimes while being whipped with whips. Their cries were so loud that the eyes of the civilians below were red. They clapped and applauded, wishing they could eat their flesh alive. Drink their blood and become extremely terrifying and violent.
If it were just Cha Quan and others who led the 5,000-strong Champa Revolutionary Army to do this, the landowners and powerful officials in the southern region and the bureaucrats appointed by Zou Yana would definitely rise in anger and quickly form a coalition to attack Cha Quan. All eighteen generations of his ancestors were crushed to ashes.
Dare you let the old men suffer?
I can’t kill you!
But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty intervened.
Thirty thousand Ming troops entered the territory of Champa, joined forces with the Champa Revolutionary Army, and quickly provided political, military, economic and other assistance to the newly established government. The framework of a country was quickly established.
Ordinary people probably have no idea what the combat effectiveness of the 30,000 Ming army is like, but the ruling class and landlord class occupying the city must understand.
The Li Dynasty of South Vietnam had many wars with them, but they did not get any benefits from the Li Dynasty and were defeated many times. Therefore, they understood the combat effectiveness of the Li Dynasty's army.
However, such a powerful enemy could not withstand a round of blows at the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and it soon became the direct jurisdiction of Annanzhong of the Ming Dynasty.
Thirty thousand Ming troops, for a country the size of Zhancheng, were a nation-destroying combat force. Anyone with some sense and self-awareness would have tidied up before the Ming army came over.
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
It's important to save your life.
But not everyone is willing to give up their ancestral land and escape. They value their [Fifth Generation Family Business] very much and insist that they are playing at home and have home field advantage.
No matter who the Ming Dynasty is, as long as they dare to invade my five-generation family property, let them know why the flowers are so red.
They joined forces one after another, and the powerful people in a region gathered together and elected the most powerful and famous overall commander. In a blink of an eye, they could pull out a powerful coalition of thousands of people. The momentum was huge, and it really looked like that.
This is a typical person who doesn't feel pain even if the knife doesn't hit him, it's just because he has never seen the world.
They thought they had a home field advantage and could rely on the terrain to defend, or mobilize the rural population under their control to form an army to fight for them, but the results were often tragic.
Facing the revolutionary coalition composed of the well-equipped and powerful Ming army and the Champa Revolutionary Army, these powerful coalition forces collapsed at the first touch and were completely defeated.
What's more, when the two armies confront each other, the revolutionary coalition camp will cook in the upwind.
