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Text Chapter 1012: Bear with it for the time being and get a chance to take revenge

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    Regarding the setting up of the Jiuzhou Navy, Zhao Hongyu had already had his own plan.

    When he set out from America, he brought a total of more than 60 warships.  However, after arriving in San Francisco, some of them were separated and left to Wang Shan. At the same time, several warships were sent to search for Australia.

    In this way, when Zhao Hongyu arrived in the East, the number of ships in his fleet became fifty-two.

    So, he planned to leave 49 of the 52 warships in Kyushu and establish a Kyushu navy with the imperial warships as the main structure and the Eastern warships under Li Xiang's original command as the auxiliary.

    In this way, after the establishment of the Kyushu Navy, the number of warships can exceed the number of one hundred large ships.

    With such a navy, there is no need to worry about the Japanese.

    Zhao Hongyu will take the only three remaining heavy-armed battleships to the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the heavy-armed battleships are not merged into the Kyushu Navy is because this type of battleship is the ace of the empire.

    It is impossible to hand it over to others easily.

    At the same time, he is going to the Ming Dynasty, so he must come up with something shocking.

    A heavily armored battleship can do this.

    Without anything else, this kind of brave-looking warship can attract the attention of countless people as soon as it stops at the dock berth.  At the same time, its large hull and densely packed artillery can completely scare people.

    And if he takes such a warship to the Ming Dynasty, no one will dare to underestimate him.

    As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and his horse relies on his saddle. With such warships, others would definitely not regard the Song Empire as a small country.

    ¡°At least, the crown prince Zhao Hongyu will not be regarded as a small prince like Goguryeo or Siamese Nanyue.

    You must know that with the national strength of these countries, it is impossible to build warships such as heavily armored battleships.

    Even the Ming Dynasty cannot build it now.

    Of course, if the Ming Dynasty treasure ship blueprints had not been destroyed a hundred years and decades earlier, Zhao Hongyu's heavily armed battleship would not have had such an effect.

    However, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s treasure ship blueprints have been destroyed, so the Song Empire¡¯s heavily armed battleships are the battleships with the largest hulls and the most powerful artillery in this era.

    The treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty were actually ancient aircraft carriers.

    But Zhao Hongyu¡¯s heavily armed battleship is a product of a new generation.

    "Your Highness, you mean that we want to take back Naha?"

    Li Xiang¡¯s heart moved after hearing this.

    As a long-time veteran pirate, Li Xiang certainly knows the importance of Naha.

    You know, Naha is very close to Taiwan, Zheng Zhilong¡¯s hometown.  Occupying Naha means you can take a peek at Taiwan.

    It was precisely because of the importance of Naha that Zheng Zhilong and Li Xiang broke out in the Naha naval battle.

    Only a fool would not care about such an important maritime location.

    Is Zhao Hongyu a fool?

    Of course he is not, so he values ??Naha very much.

    In another future generation of time and space, Naha and Okinawa were military important areas for the American army, and there were a large number of troops stationed there.

    It can be seen that the importance of Naha is here.

    And Okinawa is right on the edge of Naha, and the two places are very close.

    Losing Naha would mean giving Zheng Zhilong a good port for his invasion of the Japanese Li Xiang forces.

    That¡¯s why Wang Renzeng easily entered the waters of Amami Island and caused so much damage to Li Xiang.

    And Yonaguni, Miyako Island and some small islands at the southern end of Naha are very close to Taiwan, so Zhao Hongyu will not consider them for the time being.

    These islands can only be considered after taking control of Naha.

    Furthermore, Taiwan is still under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

    At this time, Taiwan was not yet controlled by the Dutch.

    In another history of time and space, the reason why the Dutch were able to control Taiwan was because the court at the end of the Ming Dynasty simply did not have the energy to deal with the Dutch. After all, the court at that time was mainly dealing with the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the great enemy.

    So, the Dutch took advantage of the loophole.

    But in this time and space, because of the existence of Zhao Hongyu, it seems that the Dutch will not have this opportunity.

    Because when they were in America, the fleets of the Dutch, British and Spanish were basically wiped out by the Song Empire.

      It can be described as a serious injury to the muscles and bones.

    At the same time, war is raging in Europe, and the entire European continent is in chaos.

    The fleets of various countries are all fighting life and death in the Mediterranean, so they will not have the opportunity to come to the East to make trouble.

    Even though there are Europeans here in the East, these people came to the East a few years ago.

    So, they were not affected by the war in Europe.

    However, because of the chaos in Europe, they were unable to get support from the mainland and could only rely on their small number of people to make a living in the East.

    ¡°It¡¯s not that easy to make ends meet here in the East.

    The European diaosi these days have no advantage at all against the rich and handsome men of the Ming Dynasty.

    Those European diaosi adventurers and poor cards in Taiwan lived an absolutely miserable life.

    This is a historical fact that would never have been imagined by those idiots in later generations.

    "The forty-nine warships under my command were merged into the Navy as the main battleships. The original Ming-style warships under your command were also merged into the Navy as auxiliary battleships. The remaining ones are like the Clippers.  There is no need to use small boats, our Song Dynasty implements the strategy of cannons and giant ships."

    Zhao Hongyu said to Li Xiang.

    They all need big boats, not even a small boat.

    Li Xiang has no objection to this arrangement, and he even agrees with it in his heart.

    You must know that the attack power of the boat is not very strong, and it is very easy to be knocked over, and its defense power is even worse.

    ¡°A small clipper ship basically has seven or eight or even a dozen sailors. With so many clippers, the number of sailors required is quite a lot.

    It would be better to transfer these sailors to large ships and let them control large ships to fight.

    Especially the empire¡¯s warship combat style is completely different from the warships here in the East.

    And with the large number of artillery guns on the ship, more sailors are needed.

    After the sailors on the small ship are liberated, they can be transferred to the large ship as gunners, and the remaining people can be used as musketeers and melee soldiers.

    With the number of large ships, the Kyushu Navy is not weak.

    So, it doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t want the small warship.

    "Your Highness, just follow your approach. The sailors from the clippers can be transferred to the big ships as gunners. This will also make up for our shortage of gunners. This is a good idea."

    Li Xiang thought of this and responded to Zhao Hongyu.

    "Hahaha, there are enough gunners. The soldiers on the forty-nine warships under my command will all stay in Nagasaki with the ship under your command. It's just that your original subordinates need to be retrained and handed over to them.  Gunnery and other skills, so that even if there are losses in naval battles, we can quickly replenish them."

    Li Xiang said that there are not enough gunners, which is a complete joke.

    Zhao Hongyu left forty-nine warships, how could he not leave soldiers behind?

    Is it possible to leave the empty ship to Li Xiang?

    ¡°What an idiot Zhao Hongyu must be to do this.

    Li Xiang understood the connection after thinking about it for a moment.

    However, Li Xiang didn't care about this, because he had already figured out what kind of position he was in under Zhao Hongyu.

    So, Li Xiang knows what to say and how to do things.

    "Okay, okay, we've finished talking about the navy, let's talk about the development of Kyushu."

    Zhao Hongyu came to Li Xiang not only to talk about the Kyushu navy and Zheng Zhilong, but also to ask about the future development of Kyushu.

    ¡°Moreover, Zhao Hongyu also needs to know how profitable the maritime trade between Japan and Goryeo is.

    Now that Jiuzhou has fallen into the hands of Zhao Hongyu, it would be really unjustifiable if it does not develop.

    After all, if Kyushu develops well, it will be a bridgehead radiating to the Eastern Continent in the future.

    So, Kyushu must be managed well.

    "What do you think, Your Highness?"

    Seeing that the crown prince wanted to talk to him about the future development of Kyushu, Li Xiang also became interested.

    After all, he will be the naval admiral of Kyushu in the future. It is impossible to say that he does not care about the development of Kyushu.

    Jiuzhou has developed well, and he can feel comfortable living here.

    This is with myselfThings that are closely related to interests.

    Of course, Li Xiang¡¯s family will go to live in San Francisco, America, but he also wants to live more comfortably in Kyushu.

    If it were Kyushu under Japanese rule, Li Xiang wouldn't have any ideas.

    Because the Japanese don¡¯t know what development is at all.

    But the people of Song Dynasty were different.

    Look at Nagasaki under the rule of the Song Dynasty. It has changed so much in just a short period of time.

    If this is developed properly, how prosperous it will be.

    Li Xiang admires him very much.

    "The Governor of Kyushu is the original Tokugawa Ieyasu's daughter. You must be aware of this."

    Zhao Hongyu said to Li Xiang.

    Li Xiang nodded when he heard this, but he remained silent because he knew that the crown prince would definitely have something to say next.

    Sure enough, after Zhao Hongyu saw Li Xiang nodding, he continued.

    "That is to say, if I am not here in Kyushu in the future, you have to obey her orders for anything. At least in name, you have to obey her. I think you know what to do."

    Zhao Hongyu¡¯s words are worth pondering.

    However, as a veteran of the Jianghu world, Li Xiang immediately understood the meaning of these words.

    "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what I should do. I am the admiral of the Navy. As for the matters on the Kyushu Continent, I just keep them in mind. As for the Navy, it is impossible for her to move."

    After seeing Li Xiang understand what he meant, Zhao Hongyu smiled with satisfaction.

    Looking at Zhao Hongyu who was smiling at him, Li Xiang thought to himself: It seems that His Highness doesn¡¯t actually believe in the Japanese (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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