Chapter 592 Situation in Fujian

Although it was quickly determined that Ning Qi would be the leader of the mission, the task of establishing the mission was not something he could complete alone. For security reasons, the military still had to be the main force in this mission.

The ships and personnel dispatched will mainly belong to the military. In addition, considering whether there is an opportunity for such a large-scale mission to Fujian, the Executive Committee also hopes to take this opportunity to complete more project inspections, so trade,

Immigration, mining and security intelligence agencies must also free up manpower to join. In addition, the logistics, medical, shipping and other departments responsible for support must also make corresponding arrangements. Although it is only a mission and not an expeditionary force, it is also involved.

To mobilize the whole body, there are too many departments to coordinate and too much preparation work to do.

As for the fleet to be sent to Fujian, the military quickly decided on the lineup. The situation in the Qiongzhou Strait has calmed down. The "Weixiao" hybrid warship stationed near Qiongzhou Fucheng will serve as the flagship of the mission.

, and two more "Exploration-class" warships will be sent as frigates. The Victory Port Naval Base will send another four warships to the Qiongzhou Strait to take over local maritime defense.

Although this lineup is far from comparable to the task force that went south to fight in the Ambrosia Islands, it is already considered to be beyond the standard as an envoy fleet. In addition to the three warships, there are also two supply ships

The ship will also depart from the Qiongzhou Strait along with the warship. From Sanya, the "Lightning" catamaran and an "Expedition-class" sailboat will be dispatched to carry the members of the mission.

Although the military only dispatched three combat ships, its emphasis was no less than launching an expeditionary campaign. In addition to using the "prestige signal" as a big killer, the deployment of personnel was also generous.

Former North American gang members Roger and Shi Diwen, who just announced their job reassignments at last month's annual meeting, will represent the navy in the operation this time. However, Roger's mission is to go to the Qiongbei Strait to take over local defense, while Shi Diwen will

As the captain of the "Prestige Signal", he will visit Fujian with the mission. Also accompanying them is their old partner Dr. Morgan, who will participate in this mission as the mission's medical consultant. Of course, he can also resume operations if necessary.

Your own second professional sniper provides powerful firepower output for possible armed actions.

After Wang Tom and Qiao Zhiya became official one after another, several other members of the North American Gang also started to think about it. Their original intention of participating in the time-travel operation was to seek excitement. After arriving here, in addition to several large-scale military operations,

In addition, they seem to continue to engage in the work they did before the time travel most of the time, and the quality of life is not as good as the time and space before the time travel, and this is obviously not the life state they want.

So after Qiao Zhiya, Roger and Shi Diwen, who were workshop directors in Tiandu Industrial Zone, also submitted transfer applications to the executive committee, hoping to be transferred from the production department to the external affairs department. For example, they already had part-time jobs.

Military or maritime sector.

Because of Wang Tom's relationship, the military naturally knew their movements in advance, and at this time also cooperated with the Executive Committee to name people - the Navy's recent military expansion plan just needs a large number of professional command talents, such as those from the North American Gang

This guy who knew both military and navigation immediately became popular. The most important thing is that Roger and Shi Diwen were both senior mechanics in the mechanical field, and they also personally participated in the research and development and manufacturing of marine steam engines.

Joining the navy to command hybrid warships, he can handle everything from commanding operations to technical support. He is the perfect candidate.

Taking into account my wishes and the arguments of the military, the Executive Committee finally approved the personnel transfer and transferred these two people from their posts in the Ministry of Industry and resumed their posts in the military. The only one who was dissatisfied with this was

The most likely one is Bai Kesi. If these two people are transferred, he will have to find two more people to fill the vacancies. In the travel group where talent is in short supply, there is still a certain gap between the strength of the substitutes and the main players. After their transfer,

It will inevitably affect the technical strength reserve of the industrial sector.

Although Roger does not have a hybrid warship to command in this mission assignment, it has been basically determined that he will serve as the captain of the third "Majesty-class" warship scheduled by the military. This is also

This means that in the near future, there will also be a naval fleet with hybrid warships as the core flagship for him to command and fight.

In addition to them, the military has actually coveted the two remaining doctors from the North American Gang for a long time. Unfortunately, there are too few professional Western medicine doctors in the time-traveling group. In addition to providing medical protection for hundreds of time-travelers, they also have to

Continuously train new people and expand the medical team under Haihan, and this goal is obviously not something that can be achieved in a short time. Even though the military has always wanted to transfer them to be full-time military doctors, it still cannot get the approval of the Executive Committee.

approve.

Moreover, Johnson, who has a family and a family, does not plan to go to war like several others. He just wants to settle down in Sanya and raise his two daughters safely. But the old Morgan, who has been single until now, cannot rest idle.

When there was a military operation, he would go to the Military Commission to inquire about the news. Whenever there was a chance, he wanted to go to sea with the militia. This time, his wish was fulfilled, and he finally had an opportunity to travel far away.

Relevant departments spent a week making corresponding preparations. On May 16, this improvised mission fleet set off from Victory Port, while the warship fleet departing from Qiongbei Strait will arrive at Hainan Island.

Meet it near Beishi Island in the northeast corner.

At noon the next day, the two teams successfully met at a predetermined location at sea, and then sailed towards the Pearl River Estuary. Before heading to Fujian, the fleet will also conduct a material replenishment at Nangang, Hong Kong Island Town, to ensure that the number of ships on the way is

There is no need to find another supply point to stop on a journey of hundreds of miles.

While meetings were held in Sanya to confirm the mission's visit, Guangzhou was also not idle. After receiving the resolution of the Executive Committee, the Guangdong Office also took action. On the one hand, it was necessary to immediately notify Xu Xinsu's people and ask him to pass on the news.

Send it back to Zhangzhou as soon as possible. On the other hand, it is also necessary to hire some local sailors who are familiar with the sea conditions in Fujian to provide on-board navigation for the incoming fleet.

On May 20, the mission fleet arrived at Zhennan Port. This fleet of seven ships did not dock at the commercial port, but at the military port on Ap Leizhou Island. Malik from the Guangdong Office specially came from Guangzhou

Came over and had a brief meeting with Ning Qi and others.

Last time, Xu Xinsu made a special trip to Guangzhou in order to purchase weapons and warships. The person who received him in Guangzhou at that time was Maliko, who was also one of the few travelers who had direct face-to-face contact with Xu Xinsu. Therefore, when the mission went

Before going to Fujian, this meeting was specially arranged, and Malike provided some first-hand information to Ning Qi and others.

"Xu Xinsu is a very realistic person. If he had been in our time, he would have had the opportunity to become a successful businessman." Maliko introduced to Ning Qi: "For him, the benefits that are within reach are better than those that are not available in a short time.

Fulfilled promises are more important. No matter how good or many promises we make to him, they are actually nothing compared to the money piled in front of his eyes."

"You mean, in order to reach the armistice conditions, the Dutch should have offered him a good price?" Ning Qi asked.

Maliko nodded and said: "From the information we have inquired through some channels these days, the Dutch should have agreed to give Xu Xinsu more preferential conditions on the Japan and Ryukyu routes."

"Do you know the specific content?" Ning Qi asked.

Maliko shook his head helplessly and said: "I'm sorry, our people are not that powerful yet. But I guess these so-called preferential conditions should also be related to Shiba Zhi, otherwise there would be no need for Baizhi to come forward for this armistice agreement.

Let’s talk.”

"Probably to make Shibazhi stop the harassment war on these important waterways!" Ning Qi nodded to express his understanding.

Based on the location of Shibazhi, it is indeed more convenient to intercept and kill merchant ships departing from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou towards Ryukyu and Japan. However, Xu Xinsu's maritime armed force is not strong enough to provide full armed escort for these routes, so Shibazhi

Zhi's attitude will directly affect Xu Xinsu's profits in this trade direction. The Dutch took this as one of the conditions for negotiation, which was a relatively accurate grasp of Xu Xinsu's situation.

"Then what do you think of Xu Xinsu's political attitude?" Ning Qi continued to ask.

Malico responded: "I have only been in contact with him for two or three days. To be honest, it is difficult to see through him in such a short period of time. But I think the conflict of interest between him and Shibazhi cannot be resolved by a truce.

, their existence is a natural threat to each other, just like the existence of the Dutch will threaten our future development. I think even if an armistice agreement can be reached, it will only be temporary. Once one of the parties is relieved, it thinks that it

The power is enough to start a war again, then the war between them will be reignited again."

Ning Qi said: "But the problem now is that we don't know under what conditions they will reach an armistice agreement and whether it will be timely. Moreover, Xu Xinsu concealed this matter from us. The attitude he showed

That is what the Executive Committee is most worried about. If we lose control of Xu Xinsu, it means that we have to spend twice as much energy to support another person who can replace him. What Lao Yan means is that if necessary, we can even

I support Shiba Zhi, but I think this is a bit too capricious and can easily be criticized."

"There are so many Eighteen Hilltops, so it's not easy to support them." Maliko has lived in Guangzhou for a long time, and the information he got is naturally much better than that in Sanya: "There are eighteen leaders in this group of pirates. Think about who listens to whom."

Even if Zheng Zhilong is the strongest, others may not be convinced by him. Especially in the past two years, Shibazhi has been defeated repeatedly on the coast of Fujian. Zheng Zhilong's prestige is also far less than before. Some key decisions, he now

It may not be possible to still be the master.”

"What you said is true. It is true that when there are too many people in charge, it is easy to get into chaos." Ning Qi nodded deeply and said: "There are only nine members of the Executive Committee's Standing Committee, and they are representatives elected by everyone. There are still frequent quarrels during the Standing Committee meetings.

There are constant quarrels, and we can't unify our opinions. There are hundreds of motions, big and small, voted on every year, but few of them can be passed or rejected unanimously."

"The Executive Committee can at least have a civilized discussion. Do you think those pirates who lick blood from their swords can sit down and communicate so slowly?" Malik said sarcastically: "It is said that in history, after Zheng Zhilong accepted the recruitment, the first

The thing is to lead troops to kill his former sworn brothers."

"You're right." Speaking of this period of history, Ning Qi did know better: "In the later stages of the Shibazhi period, they basically killed each other. Li Kuiqi killed Yang Tiansheng and Chen Zhongji, but he himself was also killed.

Zheng Zhilong was killed. There were also seven brothers Liu Xiang, Zhong Bin, and Yang Liuyang, all of whom were killed by Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong’s younger brother Zheng Zhihu was also captured by Chen Hai while fighting Liu Xiang. What else is there?

Bin, Guo Huaiyi later simply defected to the Dutch and became their lackeys. The only ones who really took the right path were Shi Daxuan, Hong Xu, and Gan Hui who later assisted Zheng Chenggong."

At this point, Ning Qi changed the subject and said: "But having said that, the current situation is very different from the original history. Zheng Zhilong failed to kill Xu Xinsu as scheduled, so he did not have the chance to be recruited by Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan.

Under external pressure, their original internal conflicts will not break out so easily."

"After all, they have to unite to resist the current Xu Xinsu." Malik continued: "We have provided military support to Fujian for three years. According to what we know, Xu Xinsu now has at least 3,000 people under his command.

The level of armament has reached the equipment level of the early Haihan Militia, and the combat training received is basically what they learned from the military attache study abroad class in Victory Port. Its combat effectiveness can definitely be regarded as an elite army in Fujian. 10

Bazhi will launch large-scale attacks near Zhangzhou and Quanzhou every three months to half a year, but the results in the past few years have been worse than the previous year, and you also understand the reason."

"The strong will become stronger the more they fight, and the weak will become weaker the more they fight." Ning Qi nodded to express his understanding.

In the final analysis, the war between Xu Xinsu Group and Shibazhi is a battle for resources, including land resources, trade resources, population resources, etc. Xu Xinsu has a huge advantage with the mainland at his back. Even if he loses, he can

It was quickly replenished. The Shibazhi settled in Penghu and Taiwan Island, with a limited population base and war resources far inferior to those on the mainland. As long as they suffered a few defeats in a row, their strength would grow as quickly as a deflated balloon.

The ground was flattened. It was a miracle that Shibazhi could survive two or three consecutive years of defeat without disbanding.
Chapter completed!