1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 625 Fujian Raiders
Qian Tiandun opened the door, and standing outside was his old acquaintance Luo Wudan.Luo Wudan was holding a small bamboo basket in his hand, which contained all kinds of seasonal fruits: "I heard that you are back, I'll come to see you, these are the fruits I picked from Tiandu Farm yesterday, Annan's side is probably No, I'll give you a try."

Luo Wudan was able to find her so quickly, no need to ask, it must be that Gao Qiaonan couldn't keep his mouth shut when he went to deliver gifts in the morning.Qian Tiandun smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. The guest house has everything, and someone will get you what you want to eat."

"Then you despise my gift?" Luo Wudan is also a firecracker, and will explode at any point.

"No!" Qian Tiandun quickly reached out to take the fruit basket: "Of course I am very grateful to you for being so caring."

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" Luo Wudan also felt a little strange seeing Qian Tiandun blocking the doorway to talk to him.

"This..." While Qian Tiandun was hesitating, Tao Donglai's voice came out from the room: "Little Qian, why don't you invite guests in? It's not an outsider."

"Ah, you have guests here, so I'll come back another day!" Luo Wudan retreated immediately when she heard the voice in the room.

Before Luo Wudan had time to withdraw, Tao Donglai poked his head out from behind Qian Tiandun: "Hey, it's Xiao Luo, we happened to be eating, come in and have some together!"

"President Tao... what about me, I have other things to do, you eat, I'll go first!" Luo Wudan's face was flushed, and before Tao Dong came to talk to Qian Tiandun, he trotted away up.

Tao Donglai looked at Luo Wudan's back, then at the embarrassed Qian Tiandun, and said meaningfully: "Xiaoqian, the routine is very deep!"

"There's no way!" Qian Tiandun defended dumbfoundingly: "I just wanted to be a colleague when I was in Annan, so I asked someone to give her a souvenir in the morning. It's such a simple thing. !"

Tao Donglai patted him on the shoulder and said, "No need to explain, brother understands. I'll tell Meng He later and ask him to seek Xiao Luo's opinion and see if she is willing to work in Fujian."

"President Tao, don't mess around, Luo Wudan and I are not in the relationship you think!" Qian Tian said urgently.He knew very well that he and Luo Wudan were not lovers. If Luo Wudan was arranged to work in Fujian and the two of them forced to get together, it would be really unfair to the woman.

"After all, you are also a general who leads troops. Don't be so flustered when things happen, okay?" Tao Dong saw Qian Tiandun's reaction, and he already had a score in his heart. He walked into the room and said, "I just ask for opinions. Whether she wants to go is Xiao Luo's own business, and we will not force her to make a choice. If she is willing to go, you can thank me later!"

Regarding Tao Donglai's "good intentions", Qian Tiandun was really speechless, but if he continued to insist on opposing, it seemed that he would appear even more guilty.

Back at the dining table, Tom Wang also winked at Qian Tiandun and said, "Yes, you can subdue a small pepper like Luo Wudan!"

Qian Tiandun smiled wryly and said, "I really haven't done anything, so don't think too much, can you? Luo Wudan and I are just ordinary colleagues."

"Oh, ordinary colleagues." Tom Wang nodded suddenly: "Okay, then we will discuss your affairs after you become less ordinary colleagues."

"Let's talk about Fujian!" Qian Tiandun didn't want these two good guys to tease him with Luo Wudan again, so he quickly brought the topic back to the real thing: "The task after I go, Mr. Tao Can you tell me a little bit?"

When it came to business, Tao Donglai put away his jokes, and replied seriously: "Now the naval construction is on track, and within a year or two, the combat ships we have will have enough strength to prove to Shibazhi Contested, so after you arrive in Fujian, the most important task is to be a good pioneer for the next northward battle. We need to build at least one forward base along the coast of Fujian to prepare for the attack on Taiwan later.”

Qian Tiandun pondered: "When attacking Taiwan, besides Shibazhi, should the Dutch in the south and the Spaniards in the north also be dealt with?"

Although the Shibazhi led by Zheng Zhilong failed to successfully clean up and go ashore as in the original history, and they are still doing pirates, a very promising career, but the situation on Taiwan Island is not much different from history. After the Dutch were expelled from Penghu in 1624, they occupied Dayuan in the south as their stronghold.The Spaniards set off from Luzon in 1626 and occupied the two ports of Keelung and Danshui in the northern part of Taiwan Island.In addition to the Shibazhi entrenched in Penghu and the coastal plain in the west of Taiwan, there are actually three armed forces of equal strength on this island.Of course, this does not include the large number of indigenous tribal people on Taiwan Island. Although the armed level of these indigenous people is still very primitive, the population accounts for the majority on the island, and they will not be afraid of outsiders. Too much kindness.

Haihan's first target must be Shibazhi, but beside the couch, how can he allow others to snore? The existence of the Spaniards and the Dutch is a hidden danger. Even if Qian Tiandun didn't mention this matter, the executive committee would have already related plans.

Tao Donglai responded, "Let's talk about this matter with Tom."

Wang Tom took over the topic and said: "Compared with Shibazhi, the Dutch and Spaniards currently entrenched on both sides of Taiwan's north and south are clearly armed at a higher level, and they are likely to be equipped with a certain number of large armed ships. We think They will be more difficult to deal with than Shibazhi. Therefore, we are going to carry out the battle to capture Taiwan Island in stages. First, we must capture the Penghu Islands and the coastal areas of Taichung controlled by Shibazhi. Attack."

"How many troops are going to be dispatched to fight Shibazhi?" Qian Tiandun asked directly.This is related to the scale of the preliminary preparations he made for the attack on Taiwan after he went to Fujian. There are many things that need to be started early.

"At that time, the navy will dispatch about 4000% of its troops. Not counting the special warfare battalions you brought over in the early stage, the army will dispatch at least two reinforcement battalions, and the total strength will be around [-]." Wang Tom introduced.

"That should be enough." Qian Tiandun still trusts the combat effectiveness of the militia army. Although the strength of 4000 troops is several times worse than that of the opponent, considering the strength comparison between the two sides, Qian Tiandun believes that this is the case. The deployment of troops is enough to deal with paramilitary organizations like Shibazhi.

"However, this battle plan will create a vacuum for the local defense of Hainan Island for a period of time, so we must shorten the battle time as much as possible." Tao Donglai continued: "Within one month, get rid of Shibazhi!"

"Theoretically, it must be enough. As long as the Dutch and Spaniards don't jump out to intervene, it will definitely be more than enough to deal with a group of pirates in such a long time." Qian Tiandun replied confidently: "Then the advance base set up along the coast of Fujian, Has the staff decided on a candidate position?"

"Xu Xinsu means that the troops you brought over can be stationed in the north of Quanzhou, so as to take into account the defense of Nanri Island." Wang Tom pointed out the approximate location of Dongqiao Bay on the map: "This place is about [-] meters away from Nanri Island. It’s only a dozen nautical miles away, and once Nanri Island finds the enemy, it can provide support nearby.”

"How much longer is the flight from here to Penghu than from Zhangzhou?" Qian Tiandun asked.

"If you depart from Kinmen Island to Magong Port, Penghu, the direct distance is about [-] nautical miles closer than departing from Dongqiao Bay, which is not a big difference for our fleet." Wang Tom continued: "Xu Xinsu also He promised to allocate a piece of land in Dongqiao Bay for us to use for military purposes. From the perspective of supply convenience, Dongqiao Bay is definitely better than the Kinmen Island we originally reserved."

"But we have a lot of supplies that have to be transported from Hainan Island, and there is no way to supply them locally." Qian Tiandun retorted: "The voyage from the south should be much longer than Zhangzhou, right?"

"More than sixty nautical miles." Wang Tom nodded and agreed with Qian Tiandun's point of view: "Based on the speed of our cargo ship, it will take about half a day. If it is an old-fashioned sailing boat, it may take one It’s been a whole day. If you take this factor into consideration, the location of Dongqiao Bay is indeed not as good as that of Kinmen Island.”

"There is another problem with Kinmen Island, that is, our garrison will be more sensitive." Tao Donglai added: "There is a Ming army stationed there."

Together with Tianjin Wei and Weihai Wei, Yongning Wei is known as the world's three Davids. It has five thousand households under the jurisdiction of Fuquan, Chongwu, Zhongzuo, Kinmen, and Gaopu, and the three inspections of Xiangzhi, Shenhu, and Weitou. manage.Among them, Jinmen Institute has five inspection divisions under the jurisdiction of Fengshang, Guan'ao, Tianpu, Chenkeng and Lieyu, with thousands of troops stationed.If the Haihan Militia wanted to set up its advance base on Kinmen Island, it would definitely meet with the Ming army on Kinmen Island. If Xu Xinsu had any scruples about this, it might indeed affect the cooperation between the two parties.

"It depends on how the mission talks with Xu Xinsu." Qian Tiandun still insisted that Kinmen Island is a better choice: "As long as the people in the mission are strong, I still hope that we can garrison troops on Kinmen Island, even if it's just for a while. Sex is good too."

"What about Nanri Island?" Tom Wang asked.

"Is Nanri Island so important to Shibazhi?" Qian Tiandun sneered, "Then we can make some more articles around Nanri Island and attract Shibazhi to fight. Of course, the premise is that the island's Ming The army can hold at least a week."

"We can consider selling a few more cannons to Xu Xinsu so that he can use them to strengthen the defense of Nanri Island." Tao Donglai paused and continued: "In addition, we can also let the missionaries take down Nanri Island, Instruct them to transform the fortifications of Nanri Village to strengthen its defense capabilities."

When Tao Donglai was talking about this matter, Nanri Island was already in progress, but what Tao Donglai didn't expect was that the Ming army's engineering capabilities were far inferior to Haihan's, so the reconstruction project needed The construction time will be as long as two to three months.

But before they finished their discussion, the victory report sent back from Fujian was sent directly to the guest house by the information center.

"It was fought in one day, it's still quite powerful!" Qian Tiandun sighed, "And there is almost no battle damage, only a few wounded."

"It's a pity that Zheng Zhihu was let go, this is a really big fish!" Tom Wang said with regret looking at the telegram.

"The reconstruction of Nanri Village will take about two months. Xu Xinsu should be worried about the local defense. It seems that you still have to go to Dongqiao Bay first." Tao Donglai is concerned about engineering issues .

"The telegram urged me to go there early. It seems that the annual leave I have waited so hard for is going to be wasted again!" Qian Tiandun read the telegram and sighed with a wry smile: "I thought I could at least come back this time. It seems that I am thinking too much before going out after a month's rest."

"The situation requires it, so I can only work hard on you!" Tao Donglai has nothing to say about this arrangement. If Qian Tiandun continues to take a vacation in Shengli Port, the mission will not be able to withdraw from Fujian, and this will definitely affect the situation. to other subsequent arrangements.

"It's okay, I'm used to being outside. Give me two or three days, and I'll leave after rest." Qian Tiandun is still very responsible. Although the official transfer order from the Executive Committee has not yet been issued, he is still very conscious canceled the holiday.

Tao Donglai said: "I will ask the relevant departments to prepare your daily necessities in advance, and then let the Ministry of Shipping send a ship to go there with you."

"Then thank you in advance!" Qian Tiandun understood what Tao Donglai was referring to as "living supplies", so he thanked him immediately.

The so-called daily necessities refer to hot water boilers, sanitary ware, daily necessities, and even large items such as furniture, solar power generation equipment, and vehicles equipped by overseas institutions.Due to the limited inventory of these items, they are generally equipped only by overseas agencies with more than five employees, and even some overseas personnel on Hainan Island may not be able to enjoy this kind of treatment.In Annan, only Heitu Port has relatively complete living facilities, while the Tushan training camp and Catba Island training base where Qian Tiandun has been stationed for a long time do not have such good conditions. Hot water boilers are only equipped with collective bathhouses.

Being able to receive such treatment can also reflect from the side that the Executive Committee attaches great importance to Fujian's work, and it is also a disguised compensation for Qian Tiandun's long-term overseas stay.

In the next two days, Qian Tiandun received a series of banquets. Not only were invitations from various departments within Haihan, but even the representative of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce who had heard the news also came to visit, hoping to get to know this legend sooner. General Haihan in the middle, it will be easier to please in the future.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and the relevant procedures were completed. The official transfer order and letter of appointment from the Executive Committee were delivered to the Guest House at the same time, marking the beginning of a new career for Qian Tiandun.The Ministry of Shipping specially arranged two ships for him, one of which was used to transport the various daily necessities that Tao Donglai had promised.

(End of this chapter)