C298 Xiao Letians Legion (1/2)
How could the officers in the living room not be confused? To Xiao Letian, how important was the Ryukyu Kingdom to this power? Forget about Xiao Letian being able to develop military, industrial, shipbuilding and training the navy here, just the location of this Jin Liang from ten thousand countries was worth it for the Chinese to defend.
The Ryukyu was located at the heart of the chain of Pearl Islands from Japan to Taiwan. It was facing the Pacific Ocean directly to the east.
As long as the Ryukyu Kingdom was under Chinese control, as long as there was a battle-ready navy here, then no enemy at sea would be able to get close to the Chinese coast easily.
The robbers from the Pacific and Southeast Asia would either attack the Ryukyu or have to carefully navigate the China Sea in the face of such a threat. If they wanted to attack the mainland unscrupulously, they would have to ask the Ryukyu's navy whether or not they agreed.
If they couldn't beat him in a frontal fight, they could still fight guerrilla warfare. In any case, with such a threat, the strong wouldn't dare to invest all of their strength into attacking the natives.
This was the true strategy. This was the best strategy for protecting China. The Ryukyu and the Ryukyu Navy were able to provide sufficient time for the continent to prepare for battle through this kind of defensive and guerrilla warfare.
It was precisely because the Ryukyu was so important that not a single one of the officers present were unmoved. Even Xiao Letian was unable to suppress them a little now.
Xiao Letian looked at the house full of brothers discussing, his heart feeling gratified, this was the energy of the morning, even if he was the creator, they would still dare to let out their voices, and was not like the servants in the hall of Manchu dynasty who were submissive, this energy was the future hope of China.
The reaction of the officers present was also within Xiao Letian's expectations. Just how important was the Ryukyu?
In the little classes at Ryukyu and Tanggu, Xiao Letian would occasionally show the map of East Asia to everyone and then play chess with them. For example, another invasion on the sea by the British and French combined forces, or the invasion of the Russia from the north into the Central Plains, even the United States crossing the Pacific to prepare to attack the Ryukyu and Taiwan had done countless of hypothetical plans.
As long as they were prepared, they would be defeated. Why was it that the Qing Dynasty did not even have the slightest ability to retaliate in front of all these powerful people? Yet, they were able to suppress the peasant uprising in the country with ease? To put it bluntly, he was just imagining the enemy's setting and the preparations he had made previously.
In the past 200 years of the Qing Dynasty, 90% of their focus was on how to suppress the Han people in China. If they were to meet an army from the Middle Age like them in foreign wars, it would be alright.
If Xiao Letian did not want to repeat such a tragedy, he had to take care of it himself and make up for it with his brothers. After countless deductions, everyone split into red and blue teams and began to engage in bitter battles on the map. Basically, they had already deduced the most mainstream strategy and tactics in the world.
It was because of the large amount of training in the deductions of the battle flags that they had developed a sense of intuition towards the changes in the situation. They didn't even have to spread out their maps to guess the way the French would take their revenge.
”If France does not have the support of Britain, then they will have to exact revenge on their own. But when Prussia is about to face the war with the Austria, they will definitely not send a large number of the Expeditionary forces to Asia …”
”That's right, the continental Europe's hegemony is France's core interest. Compared to Asia, which is secondary in his strategy, I feel that the French Fleet in the North America area would retreat towards Europe …”
”It's impossible for the army to cross the ocean without naval guards. If the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleet can't come out, then he'll have to use the strength of the French colonies in Asia …”
”Do we have data on this in our information? How many ships did the French have in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia? How many troops could be mobilized? ”If it doesn't work out, we'll ask for intelligence support from Prussia...”
”There's no need for that trouble. Before we came here, I had observed the military strength of the ports and also understood a lot of European businessmen. The French in Asia are much weaker than the British, which means the French in India and Cambodia have some army and navy. I estimate that they won't be able to gather more than ten warships in Asia …”
”This means that the Ryukyu is about to face the threat of ten battleships from France. The possibility of sending troops is very low … ”No, no, no, there should be around a thousand small marines working together...”
Xiao Letian's eyes lit up. He really encouraged his subordinates to have a brainstorm, and when these people's level of strategic and tactical skills surpass his, and when they can overturn his own plans, that would be the day they finish their apprenticeship.
”Go on, tell us your views. How do you think the French will deal with us?” Xiao Letian added on.
After receiving Xiao Letian's encouragement, the officers present became even more enthusiastic, even Luo Huo who was not good at strategy dared to make a speech.
”I think, the French are fighting for face this time. They won't take that ba, they will only blast it into a sea of fire with their bombardment, and if our resistance is not strong enough, they will send armed sailors to go ashore, capture some officials, and steal some things …”
”They are trying to establish their might, once they break through that tyrant, with the support of victory, this fleet will definitely advance northwards to the Da Gu Kou, which is our base Tanggu. ”When that time comes, just say that Xiao Letian is an official of the Qing Dynasty and that the Great Qing is going to declare war on France …”