Zheng Zhilong's sudden attack was not only unexpected by the pirate gangs in the Ryukyu Pirate District, but even Li Tianyang of Jilong Port thought they didn't expect it.

According to Li Tianyang's idea, at least Zheng Zhilong and they need more than eight months to digest the expanded strength and territory, plus Hongmen's secret support for Liu San, the Swordfish Gang and other pirates, there will not be too many twists and turns in the Ryukyu Pirate District in a short period of time.

It was this assessment of the Ryukyu pirate area that led Li Tianyang to decide to send the Hongmen fleet to the eastern Japanese to invade Satsuma.

But who would have thought that the Hongmen Fleet set off on an expedition to Satsuma on the ninth day of October on the front foot, and the Zheng Zhilong Flying Dragon Gang on the tenth day of October on the back foot suddenly attacked, and at that time the Hongmen Fleet had not even reached the vicinity of the Ryukyu Kingdom, let alone the more distant Wa Kingdom.

"What can we do now?" Faced with the Ryukyu Kingdom's letter of help, Li Tianyang asked with a calm face and a little helplessness.

"Unless the Hongmen Whale, Shark and Leopard Three Divisions are mobilized to directly support by force, even if they support the other party, it will not help the war." Jin Shanyong also didn't have too many good ways, Tan Songyun had persuaded Li Tianyang to sell the firearms in the Hongmen to the gangs in the Ryukyu Pirates District, but after these few battles, it seems that these pirates can't exert their power with artillery firearms, and they are really overwhelmed!

"What is the situation of the three divisions now, can they play?" Li Tianyang turned his head and asked Wu Jie, Zhao Xingdou and others beside him.

"On the side of the Whale Department, because the losses of the previous garrison in Ryukyu have not been made up, plus the team of Commander Lu and their expedition this time, most of the more than 2,000 soldiers drawn are from the Whale Department, so now the Whale Department soldiers are only in the early 2,000 in Huludao." Zhao Xingdou, as the chief officer of the whale department after Lu Yu's expedition, faced Li Tianyang's inquiry and reported the matter of the whale department on the spot.

"It's the same on the shark side, Commander Wu Shu and two thousand soldiers have been stationed on Amami Island in the Ryukyus and have not returned yet, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers left in Bengang by my shark department." Wu Jie was finally promoted, no longer serving as the commander of the special operations battalion, but was transferred to Bengang to take over the vacant position of the head of the shark department with Wu Shu stationed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

From only liking to fight bravely before, to learning the essentials of leadership later, and now easily managing soldiers with a scale of 1,000 people, Wu Jie's distinct changes make Li Tianyang sigh that people's potential is always endless.

"In other words, the only thing we can mobilize in Hongmen now is the Leopard Department, right?" Li Tianyang actually has some understanding of Hongmen's current situation, but when he heard Wu Jie and them say it in person, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Then Shanyong, do you have any specific strength values for the Wyvern Gang?" Li Tianyang's disappointment only disappeared for a moment, and he turned his head to continue asking.

"The Wyvern Gang originally only had about 4,000 troops, and later lost more than 1,000 people in successive battles, but when their manpower hidden in the Qiongzhou Pirate District converged with them, it is conservatively estimated that they now have at least 5,000 manpower!"

"Five thousand! So how many people do we need to mobilize at least in the three departments to completely strangle the Wyvern Gang's manpower? Li Tianyang's eyes turned to An Xianming and Dong Haoran, wanting to listen to their opinions.

"According to our estimates, if we want to suppress the offensive of the Flying Dragon Gang, we only need to dispatch two thousand people, after all, although Gong Zhuyi and other gangs were disabled by the Flying Dragon Gang, they still have about 3,000 remnants of the existing strength in their hands, otherwise they would not be able to hold on until now." Dong Haoran and An Xianming glanced at each other, and then Dong Haoran stood up and told them the results of their calculations: "But if we want to completely defeat the Flying Dragon Gang, we need to dispatch at least four thousand soldiers and fifty warships to have eighty percent certainty!" ”

Li Tianyang listened to the report of the flight department, silent, his thoughts were very clear at the beginning, he thought about waiting until the Hongmen fleet was completed before making a move against the Flying Dragon Gang, but later found that the Ryukyu pirate area was quite calm, and he thought about opening up the northbound route first, so that the fleet expedition built by the power of Hongmen would be delayed for a few days.

But this plan is not as good as change, and his plan is quite good, but Jingpu Yan Siqi and they are not people who sit still, where would they be willing to step into the net woven by Li Tianyang and them step by step like this!

"Four thousand people, do you really need so many people to deal with the Wyvern Gang?" Wu Jie has always been full of confidence in the Hongtang soldiers, and at this time, he was a little puzzled by the data given by the participating machine, and asked dissatisfiedly.

"Before, our Hongtang fleet eliminated a batch of artillery and sold them to other teams, and then in order to build the fleet of Captain Lu and their expedition, all the high-power main guns were collected, which weakened the strength of our Hongtang three warships by more than thirty percent, and suffered a lot in the naval battle." Dong Haoran didn't care at all in the face of Wu Jie's dissatisfaction, but explained calmly without a bit of emotion: "The Flying Dragon Gang is also good at using artillery, and the number of cannons in their main fleet is no less than before the strength of our Hongmen warships was damaged. ”

"............" Wu Jie is still not very convinced, but now that he has a sense of leadership and often deals with people in the department, he also knows that the department has always had a saying, and the data given is of great reference value.

Li Tianyang was also silent, he estimated in his heart the comparison of the armed forces of Hongmen today, and then suddenly found that if he wanted to gather an army of more than 4,000 people, it was not impossible for Hongmen, who was a little weak at the moment, but it was not very easy.

The conference room fell silent all of a sudden, until Li Tianyang raised his head, and there was a decision in his eyes: "Pass my order, let the head of the Leopard Department Wu Juren send 2,500 soldiers to Jilong Harbor, and the shark department and the whale department will send 1,500 people, and then take my order to the Penghu Sailor Station, and send Fan Wenchou to lead 2,000 Penghu Sailors to help." ”

Word by word came out of Li Tianyang's mouth, and at the same time exposed the strong will in his heart that he was determined to strangle the Flying Dragon Gang.

In order to strangle the Flying Dragon Gang, Li Tianyang used the Hongmen fleet to exceed the 4,000 people suggested by Dong Haoran, and even pulled out the men and horses of the Penghu Navy Division to make up the number, reaching a full 6,000 people.

"What do you think of this arrangement?" Li Tianyang raised his head and looked at the people present in the conference room solemnly.

No one answered, but each of them had a confident look on their faces.

"Okay, then let's go down and prepare!"

(End of chapter)