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The question of whether the Fujian soldiers can fight is difficult for Hou Anzhi to answer.

If you ask how many troops in Fujian are still there, Hou Anzhi has a clue in his heart. Since the preparations for the Japanese during the Jiajing period, Fujian has added general officers, and the soldiers of the front camp, the right camp, Fuqing and Zhendong are directly under the command of the general. Each of the four battalions has one battalion officer, one chief officer, five sentry officer, and a total of 21 people led the troops. The soldiers of the fourth battalion are rated for 576 people, and the total number of soldiers in the fourth battalion is 2,300. These four battalions are also the elite troops of the Fujian soldiers.

In addition, there are also Fuzhou Wei, Xinghua Wei, Quanzhou Wei, Zhangzhou Wei, Funing Wei, Pinghai Wei, Yongning Wei, Zhenhai Wei, and Zhenhai Wei Eight Guards. Although the number of soldiers in the Eight Guards is large, the number of combat troops can be counted is 40%. Among them, the Zhongzuo Office of Yongning Wei is under the jurisdiction of the Penghu Inspection Office of the outer sea, which is the most powerful guards, with thousands of boat troops. (Zhongzuo Office: Xiamen)

Overall, Fujian's current troops remain at 20,000 to 30,000, which is much less than its neighbor Zhejiang, but it is stronger than Guangdong.

However, whether this can be fought or not, Hou Anzhi, as the admiral of the navy, dared not speak nonsense. Even if the Futai Lord in front of him is a new official, Hou Anzhi dared not deceive him. Because whether the Fujian soldiers can fight at the moment is actually tacitly understood in the Fujian officialdom - they cannot fight.

In fact, the Fujian soldiers were able to fight. In the 42nd year of Jiajing, Yu Dayou was the general officer of Fujian, and Tan Lun was the right assistant censor and governor of Fujian, Fujian soldiers were under the command of Yu and Tan, and the troops of Zhejiang soldiers jointly defeated the Japanese pirates. Later, because Qi Jiguang made great contributions, the court changed Yu Dayou to the general officer of Nangan, and Qi Jiguang was the general officer of Fujian. This series of personnel changes not only did not make the combat effectiveness of Fujian officers and soldiers weakened, but instead became stronger.

More than 20 years later, because of this group of Fujian soldiers who had been trained in actual combat, the officers and soldiers of Fujian guards always maintained strong combat effectiveness. When Jin Xue was appointed as the governor of Fujian, the Fujian guards worked together to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates along the coast and also won the naval battle against the Dutch. This was not the glory of the Fujian soldiers. The real glory of the Fujian soldiers was drawn as the main force of the Japanese expeditionary force.

After the outbreak of the Korean War, the Fujian Governor Jin Xue, who was incompatible with the traditional literati and officials, was a tough war-oriented faction and unswervingly led the foreign pioneering faction to the court, proposing that the ultimate source of the resolution of the "Renchen Japanese riots" was not the Korean Peninsula, but the Japanese archipelago. Jin believed that the Fujian navy was strong and invincible at that time, so he should use the Fujian navy as the main force, and one unit of the officers and soldiers from Zhejiang and Guangdong formed a joint expeditionary force to the southeast to fight against the Japanese archipelago, and quickly forced Japan to submit with the advantage of the number of ships.

This is called "a war to destroy a country once and for all."

Wanli, who had been struggling by the protracted Korean War, was so poor that the national treasury could run away from mice, heard that there was a way to end the war quickly, and was happy that he directly ordered Jin Xuezeng to implement it.

As a result, Jin Xue once formed the second expeditionary force against Japan in Chinese history, the last one was during the pseudo-Yuan period. Unfortunately, the expeditionary force was trained and played a huge role in the Japanese intelligence system. All signs indicate that the thief chief was dead and the expedition will surely win. But at this time, Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of the Miao army, launched a rebellion. Faced with the chaos, Wanli had to call the army to quell the rebellion, and then ordered the cessation of the attack plan against Japan.

History has once again opened up to Japan.

As the main force of the expeditionary army, the Fujian soldiers were glorious but also tragic. After the expeditionary plan against Japan was stopped, Fujian soldiers were successively transferred, either to suppress the rebellion or to supplement Zhejiang and Guangdong. Most of the generals who could conquer the war were transferred. For example, the current Zhejiang general Shi Dezheng and the general Chen Yourong were all "young and strong" among the Fujian generals at that time. After 18 years, the Fujian guards could be said to be the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.

Take the fourth battalion of the most elite general soldiers, as for example, the rated combat soldiers remain unchanged, but each battalion has far more mixed flow than the soldiers. The so-called mixed flow is actually auxiliary soldiers and men, most of whom have not passed through the battle formation. Such soldiers are more than enough to suppress the civilians, but if they really want to use them for military use, Hou Anzhi really has no confidence. He didn't know how to answer the governor's inquiry, saying that he could fight, but what kind of war he could fight? He said that he could not fight, so where would he put his face as the navy admiral?

"The Chief Secretary wants to use troops?"

Hou Anzhi wanted to figure out what kind of soldiers the new governor intended to use.

"Mr. Gao from Zhejiang came to a letter and invited my Fujian officers and soldiers to cross the sea to get a chicken cage."

Huang Chengxuan did not need to conceal this major event. Gao Da, Zhejiang, was the governor of Zhejiang. Although the joint forces of the three provinces were proposed by the central government guarding the Jiangnan province, it was always led by the Zhejiang Party. The court did not formally report this matter, and the Ministry of War did not approve it. At present, only the emperor's acquiescence. Huang Chengxuan was recommended by the secondary assistant Fang Congzhe, who was born in the Zhejiang Party, because it was originally intended to facilitate the joint forces.

"Chicken cage?"

Hou Anzhi frowned, what's the point of that deserted island? There are not many residents on the island, and recently they have been occupied by pirates, and many unruly people along the coast have gone there. The island is full of plague, which is really not a pleasant place.

"In the late month, I will be a Fujian officer and soldier, Zhejiang officer and soldier, and the soldiers and horses under the maritime yamen will jointly attack the chicken coop. At that time, the joint fleet will be formed with my Fujian. I plan to represent me as the commander of the joint fleet. I wonder what the admiral wants?"

Huang Chengxuan said that he handed Hou Anzhi a document sent from Hangzhou. The latter took it and saw that the title was called "The Plan for Composition of the Joint Fleet".

According to his confusion, Hou Anzhi opened it and looked carefully. It turned out that this joint fleet was composed of the Wusong Royal Navy, Zhejiang Navy, and Fujian Navy. The fleet was appointed as the commander, which was directly under the position of His Majesty the Emperor and was organized by the emperor's personal navy. In terms of military and political affairs, it was specifically led by the Admiral Maritime Eunuch, the Zhejiang Governor, and the Fujian Governor, and the military order was commanded by the Admiral Maritime Eunuch.

According to the plan of the joint fleet composition, the fleet has a headquarters, including the commander-in-chief, assistant staff, chief staff, deputy chief of staff, chief staff, artillery staff, mine staff, liaison staff, nautical staff, agency staff, war staff, government staff, adjutant staff, etc.

According to the plan, the Royal Navy, Zhejiang Navy, and Fujian Navy will draw large main ships such as blessing ships, tower ships, gun ships, etc. into the joint fleet standing fleet, and the remaining large and small ships will be organized into the guard fleet. The candidates for officers and staff will be appointed from the three companies according to the proportion of ships.

The final signature of the plan was the admiral maritime eunuch Wei Mouliangchen, and the seal of the Zhejiang Governor High School Chief. It seems that Zhejiang has reached an agreement with Eunuch Wei on the formation of the joint fleet. This made Hou Anzhi very worried that if this composition plan is followed, would his military power of the Fujian Navy be taken away by this joint fleet? After all, the former Wusong Navy and Zhejiang Navy ships and officers and soldiers were much more than that of him in Fujian.

"This joint fleet is only temporary, and each will return to our army after the Eastern Fighting is pacified."

Perhaps seeing Hou Anzhi's concern, Huang Chengxuan said lightly, and then pondered for a moment, "Although our Fujian soldiers have been in peace for nearly twenty years, this military use is not a national war. I think the officers and soldiers should be able to deal with it. Since I came to Fujian, I felt that this Fujian is really poor. If I can achieve the Eastern Expo, I think that the people of Fujian will have a way out, it is a great policy. I hope the admiral can do my best to ensure that I will not be at a disadvantage in Fujian."

Hou Anzhi responded to this matter without considering it much, because he knew that since the governor said so, he could not object to it. As for whether to make efforts, it was secondly. The three coalition warships were hundreds of warships, even if the Fujian officers and soldiers were unable to stand the battle, they would not be defeated.

Huang Chengxuan attached great importance to the attack on Dongfan, and told Hou Anzhi that he would go to Zhongzuo to take charge after a few days. If it was possible, he would take a boat to Penghu to inspect. The implication was that the chicken cage was just in front of Fujian. If it could be obtained, it should be under the jurisdiction of Fujian. Therefore, Hou Anzhi had to work hard to do his best to block the two families by then.
Chapter completed!