The general trend of naval warfare has changed from the gang to the gang, and the scale of the warship and the talent of the sailors determine the outcome of the battle. ’

During the long voyage of the Atlantic, Li Dan was like a naval warrior who was good at jumping, constantly going back and forth between the Rokko flagship and the Alva flagship.

Sometimes he would ask Alva, who had been in battle for a long time, for advice, and sometimes he would confirm each other with Chen Jiujing, who was born in a martial arts class.

But more often than not, on the bow of a ship above the blue waves, on the desk swaying in the dim butter lamp, this pirate who had been with the sampan since he was a child in the Haojing market tried to conjecture the foreign naval battles and the strategies of the mother country and compile it into a book.

"What do you think about making up a book?"

When Chen Jiujing, who commanded the fleet and the Spanish fleet to support the advance, first heard Li Dan's thoughts, he was slowly loading gunpowder and lead pellets into bamboo tubes on the deck, and he was just stunned, and he let out a wild laugh that made the Jurchen warriors on the deck look sideways.

It's not that he thinks Li Dan's compilation of books is very funny, in the Ming Dynasty, personal compilation has become a fashion, the peak of the paper industry, the vigorous development of the printing industry, the social studies throughout the suburbs and the relatively stable social environment, so that the Ming Dynasty in the development of the cultural communication industry is extremely prosperous, as early as the Nanyang was not established, all kinds of authors and books have a rapid expansion trend.

Not only is it limited to orthodox poetry, but also lyrics, documentary and applied literature have made great progress.

Anyone who fights wars, controls waters, mines, medicines, farms, sails, and does business can record what he thinks, sees, and hears.

Some can read and write, some can read, and many more can listen.

Especially after the Nanyang Army, whose education level was generally higher than that of the ordinary flag army, went to sea, Chen Mu wrote more things in the Nanyang family that was raised by Chen Mu out of political considerations, and the flag officers who could read and write also recorded their overseas experiences that were completely different from their previous lives.

It's not a big deal for a pirate to write a book, especially Li Dan, a pirate who no longer looks like a pirate.

It's just that Chen Jiujing always thought that Li Dan would write a set of guidance books on overseas trading or tool books for sailing, and he never imagined that Li Dan would want to write a military book.

Chen Jiujing has always felt that the first of their brothers to write military books should be him or Chen Bazhi who was stationed in Japan.

Chen Bazhi governs the army strictly, he is a top student in the martial arts hall, but Li Dan is the only one...... It's not that Li Dan can't fight, he will, but most of what Li Dan has experienced is only local small battles, one does not train troops, the other does not command, and what he has is nothing more than hearing and seeing.

Now it is a bit child's fun to say that a book of soldiers is going to be compiled.

But Li Dan didn't think so, he said: "I just have a little idea, I want to write it down, and it's not all my thoughts, there are yours, there are Alva, there are Hachiro, and there are also father-in-law." ”

On the deck, Chen Jiujing paused as he crossed his legs and poured gunpowder into the bamboo tube, and half a barrel of ammunition had already been placed in the small wooden barrel in front of him, he patted the side and said, "Brother sit down, tell me, what do you think?" ”

Li Dan sat down slowly, leaned on the side of the upper deck, put his arm on the ship's gun mount, and said with his other hand to the Galen ship fluttering on the other side of the sea: "Alva said that this fleet was originally prepared by Spain for us, but in fact, it was just a coincidence, otherwise this battle will continue to be fought, and it will be much more tragic." ”

The so-called 'coincidence' is talking about Emperor Wanli's operation - Beiyang Phase II.

There are 1,500 ships and ships, nearly 20,000 troops and 70,000 people more than the estimated 5,600 Beiyang Banner Army and 2,000 craftsmen from various trades.

If the Oriental Military Government had been stationed in the victorious 4,000 Banner Army, Alva would never have let up and admit defeat.

It was only in his heart that Alva thought that even if the war continued, Spain would not send him more reinforcements, and the Wanli Emperor happened to show his 'attention' to the New World by mistake at this juncture, so Alva had the intention of shaking hands and making peace.

"If the war continues at that time, the Toyo military government may lose, or it may retreat to Majiagang and take advantage of the severe cold to block the enemy army."

"But Spain is not comfortable, a six-class ship, as long as two small flag sailors and one artillery hundred households can be launched into battle; The Great Galen, which was similar in strength, had nearly four hundred men. ”

Li Dan's hands were gesturing in front of him, his left hand raised four fingers, and his right hand only raised his index finger, and said: "If you sink one of their ships, Spain will lose four hundred troops, and we will lose one Liujia ship, and we will only lose one hundred and twenty people." ”

Chen Jiujing frowned, he found that Li Dan's face showed a look that made him incomprehensible, as if he had found something unusual, so he listened to Li Dan continue: "The Liujia fleet composed of 10,000 soldiers can deal with the Western Fleet composed of 30,000 soldiers. ”

But this is common sense for Chen Jiujing, and he has no intention of pouring cold water on his brother, but he still said: "Brother, first of all, there will not be a fleet of one hundred Liujia ships, and Liuding Liujia needs escort ships, horse ships, grain ships, letter ships, and fire ships; Moreover, we have trained 10,000 flag troops who can fully exert the strength of the Rokka, and the time, energy, and cost invested in training are no less than the 30,000 soldiers of the 10 legions trained by Spain. ”

How simple infantry training is, especially in Chen Mu's Beiyang training system, it can already be put into combat in three to six months, and the soldiers who have completed the complete training of the Beiyang Flag Army are elite even anywhere.

But you spend more on training and food than one guard in other guards.

So Chen Jiujing didn't understand what Li Dan wanted to say.

"I know those, it's just a metaphor, the same is true of the Western Fleet, more than 40 main warships, the rest of the food and water transporters, and communication boats."

"I also know these things, you martial arts students know, there are veteran officials who teach by word and deed, but others don't know, no one writes these into books, but the trend is like this, victory or defeat depends on the scale of the battleship and the talent of the sailors."

"And the size of the warship and the talent of the sailors depend on the national strength." Li Dan said firmly: "The talent of a sailor lies in its ability to control ordnance, that is, warships and guns, and the land division will do the same in the future, right?" ”

"The Beiyang Army should be a model of the Ming Army Division, soldiers from all over the country are learning from Beiyang, a large number of armed soldiers with guns, they will not use these new things, even if they win a small victory and capture, they will be defeated, and the soldiers are becoming more and more sophisticated, even if five hundred rabble with swords, it is difficult to resist a hundred Beiyang Flag Army with full training of guns and artillery."

Slowly, Chen Jiujing's expression changed, and he felt the changes that Li Dan said, these changes have always been in his eyes, the strong city fortress is vulnerable due to the heavy use of artillery, and the morale of the huge army formation is collapsed because of the cannon.

"They will set up horses to dig trenches, drill trenches, and shoot in turns, and more and more soldiers can use these skills proficiently, even if the generals who are not high in military skills, they can still use them to win battles."

"No one has recorded the changes in the military struggle in the world, these changes are happening in front of our eyes, and someone should compile a book to record it."

Chen Jiujing nodded and said, "Someone should write the heirloom, brother, have you figured out what to call it?" ”

"I haven't read too many books, so how about calling it "The Theory of Ancient Soldiers"?"

Chen Jiujing shook his head, he felt that this name was not off topic, he said: "My father-in-law never talked about the present and the ancient, he said modern and ancient, and he also talked about the military disputes of naval and land warfare, it is better to call it "Modern Military", what does my brother think?" ”