Chapter 5 Secret Transfer

Although two years ago, sea wolf ships have begun to often appear on the northbound waterway, at that time, the number of ships was limited and the size of the fleet was not very large. At most, it was only more than half a year when Yu Xiaotian was ordered to go north to Denglai, and the sea wolf fleet activities were relatively intensive.

However, after the denley Rebellion was put down, although the sea wolf ships often appeared in the northern coast, the number was not very large, and occasionally large-scale fleets were active together.

But for such a long time, such a large number of sea wolf fleets kept going north and then turning back from the north, which has basically not happened in the past two years.

So people paid more attention and secretly speculated that something would happen to the Yu family army, but few people thought that Yu Xiaotian would go north to plot a rebellion.

Since September 11, the sea wolf's fleet has been gathered, including some sealed ships, which have been put into use, and even some fishermen have been conscripted into the ship to start a super-large-scale transportation.

A large number of food, weapons, ammunition, armor, tents, quilts, cotton-padded boots and other materials were continuously loaded into the ship and transported to the north, and a large number of army soldiers and horses were also shipped to the north.

At this time, the entire sea wolf's war machine was driven at full power. A group of militia began to be recruited into the regular army, and the army's strength began to accelerate its expansion.

A new barracks were organized by the Yu family army in various places. It is not only on the island of Taiwan, including Fujian, but also in many places directly controlled by the Yu family army. At this time, it has already become the jurisdiction of the Yu family army. All townships and villages have already accepted the control of Yu Xiaotian, according to Yu Xiaotian's method in Taiwan. , militias have been formed in the local villages.

A group of these militiamen were recruited to join the Yujia Army, were formed into a new barracks, and began to transfer to intense training.

Workers in major military factories have also been changed to two shifts, working six hours a day and night to produce various weapons, ammunition and armor.

Including the quilt factory and some workshops specializing in the production of sails, during this period, they also opened their full power, recruited many women who were idle at home to work in the workshop, continuously produced various military uniforms, gloves, cotton clothes, cotton boots and other military supplies, and undertted the work of making some armor pieces into armor. .

Yu Xiaotian has always adhered to the creed of providing the best equipment to his generals as much as possible, so he has never been stingy in arming his generals. As long as he can take out a large number of things, he will not hesitate to equip his generals.

This is also an important performance that the family army is different from other officers and soldiers. In terms of the Ming army, there are almost no generals who do not drink the blood of the soldiers. They try their best to deduct anything that can be deducted from their officers and soldiers to enrich their private pockets. In addition to treating their own soldiers more generously, they will be equipped with better armor. In addition, ordinary officers and soldiers can't even get a decent military uniform. They don't know what year the mandarin duck battle jacket they wear. It's a mess.

And most of the weapons are also made by some rough and cutting materials. In addition, they usually lack maintenance, rusty and even the armor in some cotton armor are rotten, and can't play any protective effect at all.

However, in contrast, warships in the navy are all new. Military uniforms are issued with a complete set of spring and summer military uniforms for at least two years. In the north, winter cold-proof cotton coats can even be distributed, and even cotton coats served in the north, and even sheepskin fur coats are distributed. Not to mention the navy is equipped with thousands of weapons. Each ship, including merchant ships, has allocated at least dozens of cannons of the gate.

In terms of the army, a set of spring and summer military uniforms is also issued every two years according to the requirements. Soldiers stationed in the north of Shandong and Jeju Island are also provided with cotton boots and cotton coats, as well as quilts and felt pads for moisture and cold.

Once the clothes are damaged during the battle or training, which can no longer be repaired, they can also temporarily apply for a new military uniform. Army officers in the north are also given sheepskin coats to ensure that they will not be frozen in winter.

As for weapons and equipment, the army of Yu's army, looking at the world, the weapons in their hands can be said to be the most advanced. In addition to being equipped with a lot of cannons, the most powerful ones are the wolf tooth type 1 and Type 2 rifles used in their hands. In addition, the elite battalions are basically equipped with chest armor helmets.

Such an equipment level is bright, and even Guan Ningjun is not so luxurious, which makes people jealous.

However, the side effect is the sharp increase in logistical pressure. For this reason, many factories under the Sea Wolf Group have to serve the army. On average, one soldier should have several workers to ensure the supply of various military supplies for them.

Over the years, Yu Xiaotian has spared no effort to increase his investment in industry. In fact, many products were not useful when they were produced at that time, but they were stored, so that when Yu Xiaotian decided to send troops to Beijing, various material reserves piled up in the warehouses around the sea wolf.

Even so, Yu Xiaotian still ordered the navy and merchant fleet to transport a large amount of materials to the north after September, and temporarily reserve them in Yangma Island, Fushan Institute, Lingshan Island, Zhifu Island, Long Island and other places to ensure the needs of large-scale military operations in the north in the future.

In three months, the Seawolf Group has delivered nearly 1,000 ships to Shandong and transported hundreds of thousands of tons of various materials. Such a transportation scale is absolutely amazing in this era. The total amount of materials transported by Sea Wolf to the north by sea in three months exceeds the total amount of materials transported to the north by the Daming Canal. Many times, if Chongzhen knew this, he would probably spit blood on the spot.

Daming has been troubled by the problem of canal transportation over the years, which has always caused Chongzhen a headache, because canal transportation involves the interests of too many people. From the senior officials in the imperial court to the lowest boatmen on the canal, millions of people have to share a piece of the canal transportation and rely on canal transportation to eat.

Every year, when grain is transported north through the canal, one stone of grain is transported to Beijing, two stones of grain or even more will be consumed on the way, which is undoubtedly a huge burden for the already rich Ming finance. There were some people of insight who have already rushed to call for sea transportation instead of canal transportation and grain by sea. Food will be shipped directly to Tianjin Wei Landing, so that Daming will reduce huge financial waste every year.

But Chongzhen has always been worried that when the sea ship is released on the sea, it is likely to encounter a strong wind and cause too many supplies. In addition, such a voice has greatly touched the interests of those powerful and nobles who have to rely on transportation to make money, and have always been killed*, even if Chongzhen wants to change There are so many people* on behalf of sea transportation, and he can't implement it.

However, Yu Xiaotian's Sea Wolf Group is different from the Ming court. They started from the sea and have been eating at sea. They know more about * than anyone else. They know *'s temper better than anyone else, and with Xiaotian's efforts, they have mastered the most advanced navigation in the world. Technology has built the largest giant ship of Daming, and even trained Daming, which can even be said to be the best sailors in the world.

In the view of others, such a large-scale long-distance transportation of military supplies, which is almost impossible, is not difficult in the view of the Seawolf Group. It is not even necessary to do its best to pull out some ships to do this without seriously affecting the capacity of other major commercial routes. Such a transportation task can be completed, so this is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian dares to do it directly in the north.

In December, the overall troop deployment and material preparation of the sea wolf were basically in place. At this time, just one place in Fushan, three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion landed, almost reaching the size of a brigade.

In addition, just in one place in Fushan, the Sea Wolf Group has hoarded hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, which is enough to feed many people for quite a long time.

Of course, it is not that no one has found that the sea wolf suddenly delivered troops and supplies to Shandong on such a large scale. Even if the sea wolf has blocked the surrounding areas within dozens of miles, such as Fushan, Zhifu Island, Yangma Island, etc., it can't cover everyone's eyes. Local officials still vaguely noticed that recently A large number of filial people sent supplies and even troops to the north.

The interested person vaguely felt something, and he couldn't help but feel it up. He even wanted to remind the present court to pay attention to this aspect and make preparations in advance.

However, Yu Xiaotian chose this time, which was very suitable. Just as he sent troops to the north and transported a large number of materials, it was also the time when the Jiannu army ravaged Beizhili, Shandong and other places.

The emergency documents and military reports sent by local governments to Beijing every day have filled the whole Beijing Division, so that the abnormal information about the family army sent by Shandong to Beijing has been submerged in this large number of things.

At this time, the bigwigs of the government and the opposition almost focused on the matter of Jiannu going south. Anything unrelated to it was automatically blocked by them. No one paid attention to what happened elsewhere, or even the Central Plains would suppress the exiled civilian army. At this time, it was no longer taken seriously.

Therefore, no one in the capital thought that Yu Xiaotian would choose to have a showdown with Daming at this time, and did not expect that in just a few months, Yu Xiaotian had personally gone to Shandong, personally sat in the Fushan Institute, and mobilized more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the army and moved to various places along the coast of Denglai, Shandong.

Such a large-scale mobilization of troops, although it can't be said to be doing its best for the sea wolf, it is also a test for filial piety.