Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what it is." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Marine Corps is the branch of the Navy that is responsible for sea-crossing landing operations and other specific amphibious combat missions. Their task is to carry out sea-crossing and landing operations and anti-landing operations independently or in coordination with the army. When cooperating with the land landing, it usually serves as the landing advance team, which first assaults the shore to ensure the subsequent echelon landing; It can also cooperate with the army to undertake coastal defense tasks and important island garrison tasks. Soldiers in the Marine Corps are specially trained to perform amphibious assault operations, infantry in the Navy. They can be either the "Datang Blade Special Combat Team" in the navy or a separate branch of the army. They can land on shore land from troop carriers at sea, even in enemy cities or areas occupied by the enemy. The Marine Corps is a special branch of the military department, and they are trained to prepare them for a variety of combined operations of the army, navy, and air force. ”

"Land, sea and air?" Li Xiaogong was stunned: "This sea, this king knows that it is the navy, the land is the army, what kind of army is this air?" ”

I went, I didn't catch it if I carried it too smoothly!

Xia Hongsheng grinned, scratched his head and said, "This, this air force, is naturally an army fighting in the air...... Uncle I'm afraid I don't know yet, the little nephew's Jingyang Academy and our Datang Military Aircraft Workshop have cooperated to develop a tool that can fly in the sky with people, through this tool, Datang's soldiers can fly to the sky to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, draw local maps, military arrangements, or drop bombs from the air......"

"Fly to the sky?!" Li Xiaogong's eyes widened and he was taken aback: "This ordinary person, can fly to the sky?" ”

"This, uncle can send a letter to His Majesty to ask for a few, and it will be used on the ship in the future!" Xia Hongsheng laughed, then brought the topic back and said: "And this army and naval corps is actually inseparable from the role of the marines." The difference is that if the Marine Corps is compared to the 'heavy cavalry' of the cavalry, then the Army Navy is the 'light cavalry' of the cavalry. ”

"Good!" Li Xiaogong slapped his thigh and said, "You guys rest first, and after resting, let's start training immediately!" ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and asked again: "The little nephew wants to ask my uncle to help find someone in the army, but among the newly recruited soldiers of my uncle, there is a person surnamed Wu and filial piety." ”

"Wu Qi?" Li Xiaogong showed the same expression as Xia Hongsheng and Li Chengqian when they first heard this name, and asked, "Why, does the virtuous nephew recognize this person?" The virtuous nephew has a pair of discerning eyes, isn't he a talent?! ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "That's not it. The little nephew didn't recognize him either. It's just that on the boat he built when he came, he met a boatman with good eyesight, who was lame, and he came back from the battlefield in Liaodong in the past, and he still followed the sailors who came to protect his son. The previous dynasty attacked Goryeo, and there were sailors involved, and the little nephew wanted him to come here and inquire about the situation of the waterways in Liaodong. The boatman mentioned that his brother's name was Wu Qi, and that he had been recruited by his uncle into the sailors. ”

"I see!" Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "If there are sailors and soldiers from the previous dynasty, maybe we can know some of the circumstances of attacking Goguryeo from the water." It is his own experience, which should be of great use. Okay, this king will let his soldiers go to find this person. ”

"By the way, are there any movements of the pirates around here now?" Xia Hongsheng asked again.

Li Xiaogong smiled and replied, "Since he led the sailors to the Ryukyus, this king has followed the plan of the previous virtuous nephew, looking for a suitable location to build a harbor, and at the same time sending sea ships to cruise around the Ryukyus to prevent pirates from attacking, but he did not take the initiative to look for it. During this time, I saw several suspicious boats appear around, mainly monitoring the movements of the sailors, but did not make any further moves. Instead of taking the initiative to trouble them, the king restored the trade routes, ordered ships to cruise near the sea trade routes to protect them, and bought rice seeds from the province of Linyi to plant on the island of Ryukyu. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, this was indeed the plan he had discussed with Li Xiaogong at the beginning.

"That's fine. Production of the new ironclad ships has already begun in Quanzhou, and it is expected that at least two will be launched at the same time in a month at most. After that, His Majesty will decree that his uncle will also build a dock in the Ryukyus, and begin to make such ironclad ships by taking wood from the spot. The previous two ships will directly become the main force of the sailors, equipped with ****** and firearms, and at that time, the uncle can send one to patrol the trade route and the other to hide. Patrolling trade routes is bound to harm the interests of the pirates, and they must do something. And the little nephew can also find out their relationship on the shore according to their actions, and wipe out all the pirates. This move can also make the merchant ships feel the protection of the imperial court sailors, so that the actions of the Tang Dynasty sailors in this area are more supported. If there are few people in the Ryukyus, there is a way. Didn't Uncle recruit troops nearby? At that time, if it is necessary to develop the Ryukyus, it is only necessary to explain the benefits to His Majesty and ask for permission to recruit troops in the surrounding area, so that his family can live in the Ryukyus with the army. This move will attract a lot of people, and there will be people in the Ryukyus to develop, just like any other state and county in the Tang Dynasty. ”

"After that, the Tang Navy Division can rely on the Ryukyus and advance around." Li Xiaogong nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, within the strategy, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, it is the virtuous nephew!" ”

"Uncle is overrated!" Xia Hongsheng shook his head with a smile, and asked again: "By the way, I don't know what the Zhancheng rice is planted here?" ”

"I was about to tell you! That Champa rice is really a good thing! Li Xiaogong immediately said to the two of them very excitedly: "As soon as this king arrived here, after going ashore and camping, some wild people who didn't wear clothes came to make trouble, and they were driven away by this king, and no one dared to make trouble, so he immediately contacted Quanzhou Thorn Shi and asked him to get another boatload of rice seeds from Linyi Kingdom, and after it arrived in the hands of this king, he immediately ordered the soldiers to cultivate after training. This thing was really born out of choice, and now, hehe, it's already the second stubble that is about to be collected! Guess how much you charged for the first stubble? ”

"How much?" Li Chengqian asked expectantly.

Li Xiaogong laughed proudly, stretched out four fingers, and said with a smug smile: "One acre of land produces more than four stones of rice!" ”

"One acre and four stones?!" Li Chengqian screamed in surprise, and his voice was crooked.

"That's it, it's still the output that the soldiers are usually busy training and neglect to take care of! If you take care of it, one acre and five stones will not be a problem! Li Xiaogong looked smug: "Hahahaha, if it weren't for Xia Xian's nephew who had explained in advance, this king would have been unable to wait to report the good news to His Majesty!" What a baby! (To be continued.) )