Chapter 995 The Dutch fleet arrived quietly

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At the end of June, Li Jicheng's fleet returned to Busan Port.

The first batch of soldiers of the First Expeditionary Legion who went on a boat to train were all deliberately shaken by the navy, vomiting and diarrhea, and they were all so weak. Most people felt that their whole body was soft and they seemed to have no strength at all. When moving, they had to grab the railing beside them, otherwise they would definitely fall. Many people felt that their eyes were also problematic, and they always had ghosts to see clearly.

Many people even lay on the deck dyingly, basically not moving. When the warships landed, they didn't even have the strength to stand up. As soon as their bodies moved, they immediately felt like they were about to vomit again. But they vomited desperately, and they felt so nauseous and uncomfortable, but they couldn't vomit anything. The companions around them helped them up and felt that their bodies were heavy, as if they were filled with lead.

However, the navy soldiers were very happy. They shuttled back and forth on the deck, their movements were as light as those of masters performing acrobatics. The reactions of their army companions were simply incredible. They wanted to instill all their inner joy into their hearts.

This time, the First Fleet helped the Army naval training and received a batch of new warships. These are not ordinary warships, all of which are giant dragon god ships. Moreover, the number they received is not a few, but a dozen. No wonder the naval officers and soldiers were so happy from top to bottom. No matter who they changed, they would be very happy!

The number of Dragon God Ships launched in June was the largest, with a total of thirty ships. Thirty Dragon God Ships were evenly distributed to three fleets, and the number of Dragon God Ships in each fleet increased to sixteen. The original Li Jicheng fleet had only six Dragon God Ships. Now, ten ships have increased at once, and their combat power has naturally skyrocketed.

As a result, the Navy was happy and drove the Dragon God Ship back and forth on the sea, making various difficult actions to test the performance of the Dragon God Ship and forming combat effectiveness as soon as possible. For the Navy, this was a pleasing and enthusiastic thing. But for the Army on the ship, it was deadly. In various difficult actions, they were so shaking that they vomited all their gallbladders.

"Crazy!"

"Crazy!"

"Crazy!"

Warships of various colors docked next to the trestle, and the springboard was put down. A large group of army officers and soldiers with weak legs and shaking appeared on the trestle, shaking and shaking. Some people couldn't bear it and vomited again. Some people squatted on the edge of the trestle, lowering their heads, and digging their throats hard, as if they were to tear their throats to pieces.

People who don’t know the details at first glance thought that the Hu Ben Army had returned from a defeat. To be honest, they looked a little embarrassed. Zhang Zhun carefully searched with a Qianlijing and found that there was no one in ten soldiers with uniforms. Some people’s military uniforms were stained with a lot of vomit, and they had not had time to clean them up.

There were only a few senior officers, such as Zhang Lingyun, Ling Ruocheng, Wu Ranjiang, Li Tugen and others, who looked very poor. The worst thing was Li Tugen, a tall man, when he got off the boat, his steps were unstable, and he almost staggered and fell directly into the sea.

"These guys! They're so weak!"

Wang Shide said in a low voice.

"Hey, whisper!"

Wang Junyu said hurriedly.

Sure enough, several army officers were furious and their legs were weak, but their ears were quite sensitive. They could not help but look at this side, as if they were looking for someone to be unlucky.

Fortunately, the first person they saw was Zhang Zhun. So their cruel eyes immediately became gentle, lowered their heads, and went back to the barracks obediently. If Zhang Zhun hadn't been here, Wang Shide would have been scolded by them.

Several battalion commanders and Li Jicheng came up to report the situation of Haixun to Zhang Zhun. Poor several battalion commanders were already pale and weak when they came to Zhang Zhun. Even though they were reluctant to cheer up, they felt that their legs were still not very obedient and felt disgusting, and there was no news.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and said calmly.

Regarding Zhang Zhun's greeting, several battalion commanders could only smile helplessly. From Zhang Zhun's tone, what they heard was not concern. More often, they looked a little bit dissatisfied.

"Everyone's eyes should not only focus on the one-acre and three-point land in front of you, and not only meet the current achievements. I tell you frankly that unifying the Central Plains is not my ultimate goal. My ultimate goal is to spread the culture of our Han people to the whole world! The banner of our Hu Ben Army must be inserted into every corner of the world!"

"You all know that our Ming Kingdom is just a small corner in the world. Outside this corner, there are countless vast lands waiting for us to own. We have to cross the mountains, cross the sea, and reach every inch of land in the world. If we don't even meet the most basic skills of boat rides, why are we talking about surfing the ocean?"

"You have seen the world map. In this world, more than 70% of the area is water. In addition to relying on a powerful naval fleet, our army itself must also become experts in multi-faceted combat. The first one is the Navy, the second one is the Marine Corps, and the third one is the Army. No matter which army you are, you cannot be afraid of the sea!"

Zhang Zhun's eyes slowly swept across the face of each officer, and his tone of speech was also very slow, as if he was word by word. The purpose of his doing this was to make every officer remember every word deeply. Remembering was not enough, but it still had to be done. If he could not do it, he would probably have to be done as an officer.

The army officers present could tell Zhang Zhun's dissatisfaction with them from what Zhang Zhun said. Yes, Zhang Zhun was indeed dissatisfied with their performance. Just one sea training was just like this. If it were really a war, I was afraid that all of them would have diarrhea. If it weren't for the limitations of the times, I was afraid that Zhang Zhun would have to swear.

"Let's all disperse!"

After a while, Zhang Zhun waved his hand and let them disperse.

"Shh..."

The army officers all breathed a sigh of relief, stood attentively saluted, and hurriedly dispersed.

"Wang Shide!"

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted.

"arrive!"

Wang Shide hurriedly stood attentively and answered.

Zhang Zhun's words just now made the staff and followers around him feel nervous. Especially Wang Shide, who was still saying sarcastic just now, probably a typical case of being arrested. Usually, Zhang Zhun rarely trains people so seriously. It seems that the result of this sea training really disappointed Zhang Zhun. There should be many improvement measures in the future.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhun said in an orderly manner: "You go to the army personally to summarize the experience and lessons of sea training, and listen to the ideas of each soldier. If you have any good suggestions or any complaints, you must record them and hand them over to me."

Wang Shide hurriedly agreed to go.

Zhang Zhun shook his head gently and left the port with a stern face.

In general, this sea training is indeed quite difficult. The cruel facts prove once again that it is not easy to organize a perfect landing in such an era. Of course, the benefits are not completely gone. A group of land ducks can also be regarded as experiencing the passion of the sea. I guess after this training, even if they encounter ordinary storms when they really land, they will probably not be afraid.

Compared with the listless army soldiers who have disembarked, those army soldiers who have not had the chance to experience seasickness on board, are full of expectations. Many times, what they see is the surface of things. Before they personally feel the power of the sea, they do not take the ruthlessness of the sea to heart. What they expect more is the sunrise on the sea, the white waves, and the splashing sea fish. All of this is very longing for.

After all the first batch of trained troops were disembarked, the second batch of trained troops had already assembled and were ready to board the ship. Once the loading was completed, Li Jicheng would take them out to sea again and bump on the waves for half a month.

However, just as the second group of trainees were about to board the ship, an accident happened. A whistleboat rushed over. On the whistleboat, there were three sailors constantly waving the red pennant. The blue sea and blue sky, the red pennant hanging on the whistleboat was very dazzling. In addition, the red pennant flags that kept waving suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

The red pennant, in the flag language of the Hu Ben Army Navy, represents the arrival of the enemy. The three sailors waved the red pennant at the same time, represents the arrival of a powerful enemy, and the situation was urgent. This is the most tense and dangerous one among all the flag languages ​​of the Hu Ben Army Navy.

"Cross!"

"Prepare for the fight!"

Li Jicheng hurriedly ordered.

The officers and soldiers of the First Navy of the Hu Ben Army hurriedly moved quickly and prepared for the battle. For a moment, the atmosphere in the port was very tense. All the army officers and soldiers who were preparing to board the ship were quickly withdrawn. The entire military camp entered a state of combat.

"There are enemies?"

"Where did the enemy come from?"

Many people on the land were also slightly stunned.

The staff around Zhang Zhun are all looking at me and I look at you, and there is no answer. At this time, an enemy came to Busan Port? Is it a Japanese or a Dutch? Or are the two coming together?

"Are you Dutch?"

Wang Shide frowned and whispered.

"Don't know."

Wang Junyu shook his head and replied in a low voice.

Zhang Zhun held up a thousand-mile mirror and silently looked at the sea in the south.

A moment later, black dots appeared on the southern sea surface. Then, these black dots gradually turned into warships. After a rough count, there were about twenty warships. Due to the long distance, it was impossible to tell what type of warship it was, how big the tonnage was, and how many cannons were.

"It's the Dutch warship!"

Li Jicheng was shocked and said deeply.

"It's indeed Dutch!"

On land, Wang Shide and others also said in a deep voice.

The three-color flags were hung at the top of the masts of the arrival of warships. The three-color flags were the symbol of the Dutch Navy. No one dared to pretend to be the three-color flag on the seas of East Asia. In fact, at this time, probably only the Dutch people dared to take the initiative to trouble the Hu Ben Army.

...

The person who arrived at Busan Port was a Dutch reconnaissance fleet. The Dutch commander who led the army was named Van Persie, with the rank of Navy Colonel. He was the direct subordinate of Putman, the governor of Samoa (Taiwan), and directly accepted Putman's orders.

"Is this the Hu Ben Navy?"

Van Persie asked the staff around him in confusion.

When he was approaching Busan Port, he carefully observed the movements of the Hu Ben Army Navy through a thousand-mile mirror. What he saw was indeed too far from what he expected. This made him feel very suspicious. Is it the Hu Ben Army Navy he saw?

"Yes."

There is a cautious answer from a staff member.

"Are all the forces of the Hu Ben Navy here?"

Van Persie continued to ask suspiciously.

"It should be."

The adviser hesitated for a moment and answered in a uncertain way.

In fact, this Dutch naval staff member did not have a deep understanding of the strength of the Hu Ben Navy. However, when the boss asked, he had to vaguely ask. Everything he saw in front of him seemed to be quite far from the information he had. He could only rely on his own judgment to answer the naval colonel's questions.

Most of the Dutch's understanding of the strength of the Hu Ben Navy came from Zheng Zhilong. Before this, the Hu Ben Navy and the Dutch fleet had no direct contact. The Hu Ben Navy had always been active in the northern part of the Yellow Sea and rarely crossed the Yangtze River Estuary to move south. The Dutch fleet rarely crossed the Yangtze River Estuary to move north. If it weren't for the Japanese war situation, the two would basically not have any intersection.

For the Dutch, the most concerned were the large warships of the Tiger Ben Army Navy. To be precise, it was the number of Dragon God Ships. The Dutch did not take smaller warships seriously at all. They learned from Zheng Zhilong's fleet that the Tiger Ben Army Navy had three fleets, each with six Dragon God Ships. There were 18 ships in total.

The Dutch believed that these eighteen Dragon God Ships were the core main force of the Hu Ben Navy. As long as the number of Dragon God Ships was used, the general situation of the Hu Ben Navy could be judged. There were a total of sixteen Dragon God Ships in Busan Port in front of me. So the navy staff immediately made a judgment, believing that the full strength of the Hu Ben Navy was already here.

"Is it true?"

Van Persie looked at his staff officer with a sceptical look. He quietly rejected the staff officer's answer in his heart. However, on the surface, he didn't say anything. Because Van Persie knew very well that not to mention this staff officer, even Putman himself, or the senior executive of the Dutch East India Company, he had no deep understanding of the strength of the Tiger Ben Army Navy.

"This is not the entire main force of the Hu Ben Army Navy."

This is Van Persie's basic judgment.

Van Persie didn't have time to explain why such a judgment was made. This is how he felt. He estimated that the Hu Ben Navy warships that appeared in the Port of Busan might be just one of the fleets, or half of the main force. This judgment made Van Persie feel a little uncomfortable and a little surprised. If it weren't for seeing it with his own eyes, Van Persie could hardly believe that there was a powerful maritime force on the eastern ocean.

Obviously, the strength of the Hu Ben Navy was a bit beyond the Dutch's expectations. The original Dutch plan was no longer applicable. If you decide to interfere in the Japanese war situation, the Dutch must change the original plan. However, once the plan changes, whether to continue to interfere in the Japanese war situation needs to be carefully analyzed. If the cost is too high, it is easy to lose more than you gain.

The Dutch are always called small vendors in the Netherlands, which is not without reason. They are very smart merchants, good at calculating every cent of profit to the two decimal places. The wealth of the Dutch is accumulated bit by bit. Cost-performance is the issue they consider the most. If a business does not have cost-performance, they will not take action. Intervening in the Japanese battlefield is also a business.

"The Hu Ben Navy is really a bit tricky!"

Van Persie whispered to herself.

The strength of the Hu Ben Navy is not something that his small reconnaissance fleet can deal with. At this moment, under Van Persie, there are only three combat ships with a displacement of 600 tons, and the rest are warships with a displacement of about 300 tons. These warships are all fast ships and are used for reconnaissance. The head-on decisive battle is definitely not an opponent of the Hu Ben Navy.

The most optimistic estimate is that at least ten large warships can be mobilized to deal with the Hu Ben Navy. If all the main forces of the Hu Ben Navy are concentrated together, it is probably necessary to use the main fleet of the Dutch in the East Asian ocean to quickly resolve the battle. Ordinary fleets are very likely to be tied.

However, it is probably not easy for the Dutch to draw so many large warships to head north. Even though the senior executives of the East India Company were quite interested in the so-called Ishimi Ginyama, the domestic political environment in the Netherlands determined that Spain was still their strongest opponent. It is probably unwise to establish a strong opponent outside of Spain.

"Let's go!"

Van Persie said in disappointment.

Since the purpose of reconnaissance has been achieved, there is no need to stay for a long time. The rest was decided by the Governor of Samoa and the senior management of the East India Company. He, a small naval colonel, was not qualified to intervene. Whether to intervene in the Japanese war situation or how deep it was, was considered by the senior management. Soon, the Dutch fleet left south.
Chapter completed!