The cool breeze at night poured into the room through the half-opened window, blowing away the Beiyang generals who were holding pipes to promote military affairs, creating a room full of smoke.

The inner room of the Beiyang Yamen Staff Hall was still crowded. When the generals in the dark blue or red uniform of the school military uniforms were wearing horse-skin short boots holding information or tea, only Chen Mu, wearing a python robe, sat alone in the outer room, with his elbows on his knees and his hands on his head, and his fingers slowly rubbed his temples.

The information Yang Tingxiang brought back from Spain is too important. Even if the new Spanish Garen ship is just a well-deserved and invincible sea beast. This ship picture makes Chen Mu deeply admire Elizabeth, a small island country on the other side of the distant ocean.

He didn't know how the shipbuilding technology and capabilities of the Invincible Armada in history should be compared with the shipbuilding materials of the Ming Dynasty today, but the Spanish's shipbuilding technology and capabilities would not have undergone major changes. Without the stimulation of Lin Lai's naval battle, the ships in the Invincible Armada in history might be slightly smaller than the ship map called "Giant Garen" by Yang Ting, and would not be much smaller.

The British defeated such a fleet and embarked on the first step to dominate the sea.

According to Yang Tingxiang's ship drawing scroll, the length of Spain's newly built warship matches the Wanli, but the shape is wider and the bulge is larger, so it is estimated that it uses more materials than the Wanli. Although psychologically, Chen Mu tends to be Spain's largest warship, but the actual situation does not allow him to make a hasty judgment. If Spain only has five such large ships, there is nothing scary.

But if this number reaches ten ships, it will provide Spain with sufficient naval warfare support and maritime deterrence in possible local battles; if it reaches thirty ships or even more, Chen Mu's strategy of the East End must be readjusted.

Bang!

Chen Mu slapped his hand on the table, raised his head and said to Wubian standing beside him, "Come and take the paper and pen, I want to write a letter."

In the past, we have been preparing to fight eastward with the power of the newly established Eastern Army, but that was based on the condition that the Ming army could gain absolute advantage in the East. The regional overlord Spain did not start another war with the Ming Dynasty in the short term. If there is no absolute advantage, it needs to be a little insurance.

Chen Mu wanted to borrow people, boats and soldiers from Nanyang.

Borrowing Shao Tingda, Shiqi, three thousand households of soldiers and six fleets of ships.

At the same time, he also wrote a letter to the Fujian-Guangdong Guild Hall in Hexingsheng, Guangzhou Prefecture, and summoned all ship owners to Tianjin.

This letter has nothing to do with the intelligence from Spain. Whether Spain has made new ships or not, he must write to merchants.

After carefully writing the letter, he ordered several trusted servants to send the letter to Guangzhou day and night, and then he got up and walked towards the inner room.

In the inner room of the Office of Staff, several Beiyang instructors, including Deng Zilong and Du Song, and the staff of the General Office sat around a long table. The middle of the long table was opened, revealing a huge sand table eight feet long and four feet wide, and each agreed on the route of the eastern expedition with bamboo whips.

"After returning from Yameliga, Chen Lingang said that long-distance sea air is open and it is not suitable for a brigade to sail. Moreover, the transportation of supplies is difficult. Each of the small fleets should lead the navigation, and each follow the ship's map, imitating the five posts on the road, and the branches arrive together." Du Tong bowed his hand and said to Chen Mu, and his tone changed: "But the division of troops requires generals and schools with experience in sailing at sea, and Beiyang is the most lacking."

Du Tong said, Du Song nodded on the side. In fact, he meant his words in front, and the lack of experience in Beiyang behind him was the officer Du Tong meant.

Zhao Shizhen looked calm and said to everyone: "Shishuai Chen is here. Can we transfer some generals from Southeast Asia? We won't borrow too long. As long as they take them on their first voyage, they will be able to return when they arrive at Yamelica."

"Don't worry, I have already sent a letter to Gao Gong of Nanyang, please send troops to three thousand ships. I heard you say that you are going to advance together. It's not that bad, but how many routes you have to go out and what routes you take." Chen Mu took a bamboo whip by the table and pushed it on the sand table, saying, "Is there a temple calculation?"

Are there any routes available? There are two routes in front of them, and they will go north along the coast. Either Chen Ju returns from Majiagang or go a little south and take the Espanyol Eastern Airlines route.

They only have these two relatively mature routes, and there is no other option.

"Chen, Chen Shuai."

Just as the generals looked at each other, Deng Zilong, who should not speak at this time, interjected.

When Chen Mu turned his head, he saw that Deng Zilong's emotions were hard to understand. It was a look of shame and embarrassment, and said, "I'm afraid Nanyang will not be able to provide reinforcements at this time."

"They were all dereliction of duty. More than 2,000 troops in the South China Sea belonged to the court. At this time, the vassals of the South China Sea thought that the court wanted to swallow their troops and horses. The country was in full swing and the monarch could no longer be restrained, so Gao Gong also tried his best to do it."

Chen Mu frowned. He forgot that he had turned more than 2,000 vassal troops into Yunnan local troops. This would be the time when the court put a lot of pressure on the South China Sea vassals and had to deal with it properly. If he borrowed troops to go to the East China Sea, Gao Gong would probably not be able to withstand it.

There were not many standing troops in Nanyang, and they were all supported by tens of thousands of vassal troops. If they lost their hearts, it would be difficult to pick them up again.

"It's okay, the letter has been ordered to be delivered quickly, and the matter is done by man."

Chen Mu didn't think that Gao Gong would be silent if he had any trouble. "Even if the army could not pass, the ship could always lend a few ships. What are you discussing?"

Deng Zilong felt guilty and looked at several Beiyang instructors with the intention of atonement for his merits. Then he pointed to the sand table and introduced to Chen Mu: "The troops and horses were not moved before they moved their food and grass. The voyage was very long, and Yameliga had no city. The subsequent transportation of supplies may be a long time. After calculation, the accompanying grain ships need to prepare food and grass for one year."

"The subsequent baggage must not set sail for more than three months, and food and grass must be prepared for one year."

"Take the four hundred materials to make Dafu as an example, carrying 2,000 stones of water and food. There is no risk in the road consumption and floatation. If there are no war horses, each two ships can only be eaten and used by the flag soldiers of a hundred households. If there are war horses, three ships will be required." Deng Zilong asked Chen Mu: "How many soldiers and horses are Chen Shuai going to transport?"

"A thousand-household man and baggage team requires thirty, four hundred sea ships, and then count the military ships and armored ships, at least fifty."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, his eyes were a little straight, and his logistics pressure was very high. He said: "Grain, horse, ship, armor, ship, and ship, and he asked the Ministry of War to mobilize it. He can also recruit a group of double-brigged blessed ships from the merchant ships. The troops were divided into five units and set sail one after another. The first batch also had to bring wood, cement, fishing gear and agricultural tools. Can you have any curriculum when it comes to the coast of Yamelica?"

"I mean, the first batch of landing flag troops were led by Baihu along the coast, looking for suitable landing places, setting up ports and Baihu offices every twenty or thirty miles, and spread them from north to south."

Chen Mu's bamboo whip pointed to the western coast of Melica in North Asia, from the south that Magui had not entered into to the vast area of ​​Mexico, saying: "The first batch, the first batch of five thousand households in the first phase of the Beiyang period, will camp in Melica in North Asia within March; the second batch recruited the Leden Territory Guards as pioneering corps, and set off after March, and arrived in the fourth month after the first batch of recruiting troops to dock. The land should be reclaimed in the spring of the next year."

"The third batch, after the second phase of Beiyang recruitment is completed, we will arrive in North Asia Melica in the autumn of the following year..."

As Chen Mu said, he saw Heiyunlong muttering something with his fingers, and looked up and said, "Shishou, that is, we need seven hundred ships?"
Chapter completed!