The whole winter passed smoothly without a large-scale enemy invasion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although I don't know what the hell Huang Taiji is doing, why he didn't take advantage of the winter ice to cross the river to attack, but after the Yalu River froze and the coast guard resumed patrolling and monitoring the Yalu River and the coastal waters with the cooperation of the eagle falcon, Chen Xin was not worried about him playing tricks.

After a year of running-in, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been able to handle various affairs well, land reclamation, the use of water resources, and the construction of workshops are all on the right track.

Originally, Chen Xin thought that this year would be spent so peacefully, but the news reported by the Wa State Detachment to Zong Yicheng of the Ma Administrative Region shattered this illusion.

In the conference room, Chen Xin's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he asked in a calm tone, "Tell me your opinion." ”

A naval officer was the first to speak: "Copper is one of the most scarce materials for the navy to build warships, and the copper artillery has been abandoned because of the lack of copper materials, and the cast iron cannons that are heavier and easier to rust have been used. ”

The head of the household hall of the Ministry of Civil Affairs also spoke: "We began to implement the wage system on a large scale half a year ago, and the commercial activities in the inner part of the jurisdiction have been increasing, but due to the shortage of copper coins, we can only use silver in many cases, which has brought great inconvenience to private transactions. However, this order from the Edo shogunate completely disrupted our plans. ”

"There are many places in our workshop that also need a lot of copper, and we have been relying on squeezing out a part of the share from the navy before, and now if there is no new source of copper, I am afraid that many workshops will be shut down in a month."

Chen Xin listened to the reports of the following units, his fingers kept tapping on the table, and after everyone finished speaking, he concluded, "In other words, the copper of the Japanese Kingdom is a necessity for our current development, and it will not work without copper." ”

Everyone nodded in unison, "Yes." ”

"I thought I would be able to spend this year in peace, but I didn't expect it to be."

sighed with emotion, Chen Xin's face straightened, "The anger that I held back in Daming before has not yet been sprinkled, and a small Japanese country actually dares to provoke, so I order to start a preliminary mobilization, and the enemy is a Japanese country." ”

"Yes."

In the first year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the second year of Jin Tiancong, and 1628 AD, starting in July, Chen Xin's department began the initial war mobilization.

Since it was a cross-sea expedition, it would be too wasteful to transport all kinds of supplies from the northern part of Korea, so the domain of Tsushima in Kyushu became the base for the expeditionary force.

Each soldier was secretly transported to the forward base in batches with only his personal belongings, weapons and equipment, as well as three days' rations.

The things that can be bought, such as grain and timber, which consume the most and account for the largest transportation tonnage, are all purchased from the Japanese mainland.

The most important supplies of ammunition for the war and ordnance to replenish the damage caused by the battle were transported from the arsenals set up in the southern area.

A full 30 fast crabs, 50 ships of various types captured in the past year, plus large transport ships that have begun to build themselves, continue to transport personnel and materials, after a month, Hamasaki Advance Base has gathered 8 infantry squadrons, 4 infantry artillery companies, 2 reconnaissance companies, 4 ranger companies, 2 engineer companies, a total of 6,000 regular troops.

There was a sudden shock under his feet, Zhao Qingyu opened his somewhat confused eyes, rubbed the corners of his eyes, and a boat cat walked into the cabin slowly with lazy steps, and obediently "meowed" at him.

"Our little warrior patrol is back." Laughing and getting up to make the bed out, Meow jumped into the hammock, "meowed" again, stretched her waist, rested her head on her front paws and began to rest.

Stepping out of the cabin, I saw several sailors at anchor.

After looking around for a while, he noticed that he was still at least 1 kilometer away from the pier, and asked the sailor on the side, "Why did the ship stop before it docked?" ”

The sailor looked at Zhao Qingyu, and when he saw the collar badges representing the rank of Ranger and lieutenant on the other party's wide vertical round collar, he gave a military salute.

After Zhao Qingyu returned the salute, the sailor replied, "Lieutenant report, we are the latest 4-masted sail transport ship under our feet, the draft is very deep, and this is the first time to go to sea to carry out a mission, and we don't know much about the hydrological situation of the wharf here, so we don't dare to move forward, we need to stop here and wait for the report of the hydrographic survey ship." ”

"And when will we be able to disembark?"

"Lieutenant, during this period of probing the hydrological situation, small boats will be sent from the shore to transport the personnel and supplies on board in batches. Since you are a cavalry unit, the horses need to be transported by larger ships, so your company will need to wait until the end to disembark. ”

"Thank you." After that, Zhao Qingyu turned around and returned to the cabin, and found a 15-year-old non-commissioned officer who was interning in the company and ordered, "Arrange for everyone to start packing up the housework, pack all the salutes, and we are the last batch to disembark." ”

The soldiers and officers who have been trained for more than a year are already familiar with internal affairs, and all preparations were completed within 5 minutes, when Ye Meng, the squad leader directly under the company, quietly came to Zhao Qingyu's side, and said with a smile on his face, "Company commander, your baby is borrowed from me." ”

Zhao Qingyu was speechless for a moment, since the single-pass telescope was issued, several other officers in the company were greedy, and they came to borrow it whenever they had the opportunity, but there was no way, who called the telescope insufficient production.

The other units are equipped with one at the squadron leader level, and the squadron leader level is too high, and no one dares to borrow it. And the company he was in, because it was the first meritorious company in the whole army, was specially rewarded, so they all came to rub the telescope here.

"In the backpack, you take it yourself, don't break it."

"Okay, company commander, don't worry, this is more precious than my daughter-in-law, and it will definitely not be broken."

Another officer next to him heard Ye Meng's words, and couldn't help but joke, "Oh, the telescope is more precious than my daughter-in-law, why don't I believe it, who was it in the first place, when I first got married, I climbed the wall of the barracks every day and secretly went home to find my daughter-in-law." ”

There was laughter in the cabin.

Ye Meng was not angry, fiddled with the binoculars and said, "You are jealous, I am the first batch of the whole army to go to the home economics school for a blind date, don't you know, my daughter-in-law was taught in school, stained, up to the hall and down to the kitchen, how can I be willing to let her stay alone in the empty room." As he spoke, his face was still full of intoxication, as if he was remembering his wife, and then he continued, "You guys, take your time to get your qualifications." ”

"Hey, Ye Meng, you kid is not authentic, I voted for you to select combat heroes, and you still tease me like this."

"I was stabbed three times in that battle and still fought to the death, if you don't vote for me, you won't be sorry."

"Then you can't curse me like that, boil seniority? How long will it take? You should say, I wish the brothers a great success this time, and everyone will get the opportunity to go to the home economics school on a blind date. ”

"Haha, I said the wrong thing, I'll say it again. I wish the brothers a great success this time, and everyone will get the opportunity to go to the home economics school for a blind date. ”

"That's pretty much it."

Ye Meng came outside with a telescope, opened the holster, and looked at the shore.

On the shore in the distance, on two high grounds, two batteries were built, and huge artillery was quietly aimed at the sea.

Looking inside, you can still see dusty trenches, trenches are constantly forming, and all the excavated earth is piled up on the inside, forming a soil barrier, and on the outside is a large number of horses.

The trench stretched out within 400 meters of trees and grass, and all the trees and grass were cleared.

In the huge base, you can see rows of warehouses and barracks under construction, tens of thousands of laborers working in the camp, and the voices of people can be heard on the ship.

Looking at the scale and huge movement of the camp, Ye Meng smacked his tongue a little, and immediately returned to the cabin and asked, "Company commander, didn't we start fighting?" This is the territory of the Wa Kingdom, how can there be such a big movement on the shore, and you are not afraid that the enemy will find out? The country is also a country, and it is so arrogant before the war starts, is it really good? ”

Zhao Qingyu took the telescope and rewrapped it, and replied, "Who said that the fight hasn't started yet?" ”

Ye Meng's face was full of suspicion, "Company commander, don't tease me, the personnel haven't arrived yet, how can you start fighting?" ”

Zhao Qingyu smiled, "Do you think we are here to fight a regular decisive battle step by step?" Still waiting for the personnel to arrive? Let me tell you, as early as half a month ago, the advance force of the expeditionary force fought against the Japanese state. ”

"Don't fight a decisive battle? So how to force the Japanese to change the original national policy? You can't rely on a small army to loot, can you? ”

Zhao Qingyu said with a smile: "To treat different enemies, you have to adopt different strategies according to local conditions, which is why the general is a general, and why you are just a small squad leader." ”

Turning his head to look out of the cabin, his eyes shining, he muttered, "I never thought that war could be fought like this." ”