He Liangtao nodded and checked it. The number was correct and there were more. There were no missing bricks of four specifications. Then he felt relieved. He handed the owner a booklet and said, "This afternoon, my people will send two hundred men and thirty trucks. You ask your workers to assist them. According to the requirements in the booklet, put different types of bricks into the calibrated box. Remember, you check it yourself. The number of boxes should not be small, the type should not be wrong. The boxes must be strong. When I arrive at the port, I will check it myself. If there is any mistake, don't blame me for deducting your final payment."

"Don't worry, I will do it as it should." The owner responded loudly, and He Liangtao rode on the donkey and turned around.

"It's so strange. They are just bricks. What are they doing in such detail? They are classified into categories. Those who don't know think they are going to transport rare ancient books." The owner muttered.

The manager around him was well-informed. He said, "We are pretty good. You don't know. In the Qi family's quarry, the Navy ordered thousands of stones, large and small, with strange shapes and strange shapes. It also required that each piece be carved with a unique Suzhou code. The Navy's people personally measured it. The stones must meet the specifications and the error cannot exceed an inch. However, Mr. Qi was a disaster. It has not stopped in the past three months. This is to use the stonemason as a carpenter."

The owner glared at the manager and said, "It's fine if you know, don't go out and talk nonsense!"

He Liangtao rode a donkey to Keelung. The Keelung port had been formed, three heavy gunboats were parked in the inner port, and the naval building had also been built. He Liangtao tied the donkey, slammed the dust on his body a few times, ran in, and went to the strategic room on the second floor. He saw that the room was full of people, including Li Mingxun, Simmons, the squadron commander and the main captain. The other thing that was eye-catching was Doya.

"He Dajiang, why did you work so hard for a few months? I heard that the donkeys are like you, which really makes me feel bad." Li Mingxun said half-jokingly.

He Liangtao said: "Sir, I'm joking. How dare I neglect what you explained?"

As he said that, he opened the booklet, looked at it, and said, "All the building materials and tools are ready, they are being packaged and shipped. The craftsmen and the drawings have been arranged in place. You can leave within five days. Everything is waiting for your order."

"I have also prepared it. The 800-man fortress garrison battalion, weapons, ammunition, and supplies have been in place." Doya's calm voice came into Li Mingxun's ears.

Lee Mingxun nodded: "Very good, that's all the Navy left, Simmons, next is your stage."

Simmons faced everyone and said, "I regret to let you know that although the Navy has entered service with two main battleships and a large cruiser this year, on paper, our main battleship is still inferior to the Spanish."

"This is impossible. At the beginning of this year, we have sunk three of their main battleships!" Someone immediately expressed his doubts.

Simmons shrugged helplessly and said, "The Philippine Governor Coquera is a slippery man. He used some disgraceful means to restore the number of main battleships to nine, and it is even more powerful than before."

In fact, all of Koquera's disgraceful ideas were on the Manila Sailing Ship. At the beginning of this year, in the Battle of Sulu Sea, the club sank three Spanish main battleships, causing the Philippine Governor, which originally had only nine main battleships, to lose one-third of its backbone. Soon, Koquera knew that the club had eight main battleships (in the eyes of the Spaniards, large cruise ships were also main battleships, but they were not up to the standards of the club.), so he could only expand his naval power frantically, and his main method was to arm the Manila Sailing Ship.

The two Manila sailboats that came in early April this year were originally going to return in June, but Coquila found a reason to say that the Ming Dynasty cargo stored in Manila was insufficient. They found two armed merchant ships of about 600 tons from the Governor's Governor's district to travel to the Americas as sailboats, and thus directly detained two sailboats. Since last year, a large sailboat was launched by the Manila Shipyard, and Coquila has transformed these three sailboats.

From the battle of Suluhai, we can see that although the sailing ships are completely unable to compare with the main battleship in terms of degree and agility, and even limit the maneuverability of battle lines, they have great advantages in artillery battles, especially in terms of artillery capacity, which is only different from previous transformations, and this transformation is more thorough.

In the past, the transformation of large sailboats was to deal with the Dutch armed merchant ships. Twelve-pound cannons were enough, but the club's heavy gunboats were stronger than the other, and the twelve-pound cannons were no longer able to bear it. Eighteen-pound cannons must be used. So Koquela arranged three large sailboats to be on board. First, some of the stern towers were removed, and then a layer of artillery deck was added. However, this time, the focus was on strengthening so that they could withstand the recoil of the 18-pound cannon. The result was that these ships could not be converted back to large sailboats and carried out intercontinental transportation.

The modified sailboat has the orca-class firepower, thirty eighteen-pound cannons, twenty-two twelve-pound cannons, plus six-pound and eight-pound cannons, the number of artillery exceeded seventy, and the number of sidewalk cannons reached thirty-two, of which twenty-six heavy cannons were equal to the orca-class.

"Not only that, what is certain now is that in our duel with Spain, the Dutch pressed the weight on the Spanish side." Li Mingxun said to everyone, knocking on the intelligence on the table, saying: "This is the intelligence sent by our Sulu ally Galid and David of the British East India Company."

Everyone opened the circumcision and their faces became solemn. Information showed that the Dutch and the Spaniards reached a tacit understanding in the Spice Islands they were fighting for. They did not send warships to the other side's waters based on the actual control area. However, they often used armed ships or even non-armed ships to enter the Spice Islands.

In addition, the Dutch fleet appeared in the Indian Ocean and joined the attack on Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the Dutch also restricted British trade ships in the East, and did not allow ships with eighteen-pound guns to pass through the Strait of Malacca. This not only meant that the possibility of the British participating in the war was eliminated, but also meant that the heavy artillery and arms trade between the societies and the British came to an end.

"Whether to postpone the southward movement this winter? Next year we can have two or even three main battleships." Li Beiji asked carefully.

"That will make us even worse. The warships we will be in service next year will definitely develop combat effectiveness in the second half of the year. However, in April, new sailing ships will come. Even if the Spaniards no longer build new sailing ships, they can obtain at least one sailing ship in April next year, and our main ships will not change." Simmons retorted without waiting for Li Beiji to finish his words.

"We can modify our battleship this winter, add a layer of artillery deck, and use nine-pound or even twelve-pound cannons. In this way, the number of artillery of the battleship will have an advantage over most of the bacon's main ships. With the defense of our warships, we can still gain a single ship advantage." Li Beiji proposed his second plan without showing any weakness.

The strategic room was quiet, and some main captains had a somewhat ugly face. Li Beiji spoke in this way with a pirate style. Unlike most people's impressions, pirates, especially in the Americas, Europe's pirates have a degree of "democracy" far beyond this era. Pirate captains generally come from elections. In pirate settlements, pirate corpses are also elected by captains. Therefore, in the pirate fleet, every captain has the right to speak, which is somewhat different from the bureaucratization of the community. In fact, in today's community navies, the one with the highest voice is undoubtedly Li Mingxun, followed by Simmons, both of them are arbitrary.

Simmons did not refute anymore, but looked at Lee Myung-hoon, who hugged his chest and smiled: "If you vote, you will lose a lot of miserable loss."

Everyone smiled and agreed. The reason was that the main officers of the Navy of the Society were extremely taboo about modifying warships and even warships on board. Therefore, when resting and recuperating the flagship, they would dock the ship in Taipei without going to the base camp. There is a Tamsui Pier of the Tamsui River in the Taipei port, and there is no shipworm.

In fact, it is very simple. Now the navy's requirement for shipyards is to provide more and larger battleships faster. If the sail cable configuration is modified, the officers are very happy. If they are on board to renovate the hull, the officers all oppose it. The reason is very simple. The current club is in a troublesome situation and may break out at any time. If they are on board, how can they not participate in the war?

"How about transforming the Blue Whale?" Li Beiji seemed to have always had an idea.

It was still Simmons who objected, and he said: "That big guy with a bloated and lame person is better off appearing on the enemy's battle line."

Several captains burst into laughter. The navy of the club has always been both firepower and maneuvering. It is as slow as a Manila sailboat. It turns to a clumsy ship, but is not their favorite comrades.

"Okay, don't argue, the big fleet is just like this. We just have a disadvantage in the number of main battleships, but our combat power is basically the same. In addition to the main battleships, the large cruise ships of the Narwhal and Dragon King Whale, the Bloodhound Pirate Ship also joined the big fleet. The specific queue is still under the responsibility of Simmons. The large fleet and the transport fleet are reorganized into an expeditionary fleet. The 'Glory Expedition' plan will start in half a month!" Li Mingxun slapped the table and said solemnly.

Simmons gave everyone a plan and said, "This is the battle book of the 'Glory Expedition' plan, you have read it!"

There were two words "bright red top secret" in the upper right corner of the cover of the plan. Everyone sat down and studied it carefully.

This "Glory Expedition" plan is an important part of the southward strategy. Its main purpose is to completely control the war in the enemy's territory, so that the Spaniards have no time to take care of themselves, and completely cut off the threat of the Spaniards to the Western routes. The main part of the "Glory Expedition" is not the decisive battle of the fleet.

The reality is that the main fleet of the Philippine Governor District is not weaker than that of the clubs and is more familiar with the waters near the Philippines. The club navy has no strength advantage and cannot guarantee victory. In this southwest monsoon season, the Spaniards missed the attack because of the modification of the sailing ship. The next monsoon season will definitely attack, which will lose the initiative. Therefore, the core part of the "Glory Expedition" plan is "building a fort in the enemy's territory".

Building forts in the enemy's territory is not a new tactic. European colonists have done this. A century and a half ago, the Portuguese designed the fort in Lisbon, cut every stone, and transported it to the Gulf of Guinea with a Carac Sailboat. It took only five weeks to build the majestic Fort St. George Damina, which took Xun on the Gold Coast and quickly controlled this rich colony. Recently, the Pilar Fort on the Zamboanga Peninsula was also designed by Father Pilar, with the support of the Jesus Church and the Governor's District, prepared most of the building materials in Manila and built the fort on the Zamboanga Peninsula.

The community's enemy territory was chosen to build a fortress in the Lingayan area of ​​Lingayan Bay, and the building materials needed for building a fortress, including stone, bricks, wood, lime, as well as the supervisors, craftsmen and laborers required for building a fortress, are already ready.

Lingayan is located on the northernmost seaside of the central plain of Luzon. Even if the community completely occupys the Philippines in the future, it still has value. In the long run, it is not an overly wasteful choice. Moreover, although it was conquered by Spanish colonists, it is still a world of indigenous tribes. As long as the base camp does not leak information, there will be plenty of time. The main goal of the large fleet's battle is to cover the establishment of this fortress named Fort Glory and let the community take root on Luzon Island.

In early November of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

When the Great Six War was in full swing, the Expeditionary Fleet was released. The Expeditionary Fleet was divided into two parts. The Great Fleet was a combat fleet, with six main heavy gunboats including tiger shark, white shark, orca, finger whale, humpback whale, pilot whale, two large cruise ships, narwhal and dragon whale, the Bloodhound pirate cruise ship, and eight frigates and two notification ships.

The other part is the transport fleet, consisting of twelve 500-ton large sand ships, six large schoon express transport ships, four frigates and four notification ships, carrying all building materials and craftsmen.

The two fleets had completely different approaches to the expedition. The large fleet was very popular, fearing that others would not know. Before leaving, the captains told the crew that their purpose was to besiege Manila Bay and eliminate the main Philippine fleet, while the transport fleet was kept confidential. Whether sailors or craftsmen left the Keelung military port, they always thought they were going north to Chongming to support the construction of Chongming fortress, and the frigate was even dispatched from the Chongming and Yongning squadrons, and they knew nothing in advance.
Chapter completed!