Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 313 Zheng Zhilong was ordered to attack Liu Meng
After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhibao looked at Zheng Zhilong and said greedily:
"Brother! I think I'm going to touch that Liu Meng. Don't forget, that kid has the new-style firecrackers and cannons that shoot fast! If we get that casting method, then our Zheng family will be even more powerful ah!"

These words just hit Zheng Zhilong's itching spot. The reason why he and Zhao Ji were not planning to discuss it, he had long been tempted to move the power of Pidao.

Those firecrackers and cannons are one of them, but Liu Meng's salt farms, glass workshops, soap soap industry, and brewing workshops are also good things he wants to get.

Don't look at him holding all the rights in the East China Sea. All passing ships have to pay tolls to him, but who would think that money is hot.

But what Liu Meng possesses is very attractive to him.

Zheng Zhibao's words also won the approval of everyone present. Everyone was born as a pirate, and greed is their nature.

Originally thought to be aggrieved by the court as a gunman, it instantly turned into a possessive desire for property, and the next moment, the crowd became excited, clamoring to kill Liu Meng and share the court's worries.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the high morale of the troops with satisfaction, and also gave the order to prepare for the battle.

In order to be more confident in dealing with Liu Meng's new rifles and artillery, Zheng Zhilong even used his connections, contacted the Dutch who occupied Ryukyu, and asked them to help attack Pidao.

At this time, the Dutch have replaced the former Spain and become the new generation of maritime overlords.

These red-haired devils are not inferior to Zheng Zhilong in their greed for property.

As for the new guns and artillery, the Dutch will naturally be tempted. The two sides hit it off and signed an offensive and defensive alliance.

Prepare to launch a large-scale attack on Phi Island after the spring of the new year.

Naturally, these movements cannot escape Shen Lian's intelligence agency, which is backed by strong financial and material resources.

As soon as the imperial edict came out of the capital, the information was passed back to Liu Meng. Even Zheng Zhilong contacted the Dutch to attack him together, and Liu Meng also knew the general process.

There is nothing to say, although the Four Seas Dockyard has not yet produced a new type of sailing warship, but Liu Meng still worked overtime in the space to manufacture seven new type of warships, and distributed them to Shang Kexi's navy.

Ten warships against more than a hundred warships seemed to have a huge disparity in strength, but Liu Meng was not worried at all.

In terms of power, the new-style sailing warship produced by Space is obviously higher than the common speed of no more than ten knots in this era, and the speed of fourteen knots per hour. Although it is not as fast as the warships of later generations, it is still second to none.

Of course, with the addition of the new alloy artillery produced by the space, it is not comparable to the artillery of Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch.

On the battleship, it is not a field gun installed, but a thicker muzzle of 120 mm, a longer gun body of 3 meters, a longer range, and greater power.

The range of the field gun is two miles, so the range of the ship's naval gun is more than doubled to five miles, which is 1000 meters longer than the range of the most advanced Dutch cannon.

Note that this is not the maximum range, but the precise range. In other words, if I fight Zheng Zhilong's combined fleet, I can hit you, but you can't hit me.

Not to mention, the naval guns on Liu Meng's battleship, adding up the front, rear, left, and right sides, has a total of 36 cannons.

The speed and the power of the artillery are much more than theirs. If they can't beat their 150 warships, it won't be justified.

As for the mines, they are even more indispensable. Compared with the mines of the Ming Dynasty, the mines made from space are obviously more concealed and practical.

At least, Liu Meng's mines are hidden two meters below the water, and generally they will not be noticed by the enemy.

Ten warships, each with 500 men, sent a total of 5000 troops.

Naturally, for this naval battle destined to become famous overseas, of course Liu Meng had to personally participate.

However, the commanding power was still handed over to Shang Kexi to Liu Meng. After all, there is a specialization in surgery, isn't it?

As for naval warfare, Liu Meng also told Shang Kexi about the concept of advanced naval warfare in later generations. Liu Meng sneered at the boarding station that people are most keen on in this era.

You can destroy the enemy at a long distance, why rush to the enemy's warship to start a hand-to-hand combat?

Fortunately, Shang Kexi really admires Liu Meng, and Shang Kexi fully accepts Liu Meng's ideas.

Through the drill, Shang Kexi also fully agreed with Liu Meng's thoughts, and thoroughly inherited and carried forward the idea of ​​destroying enemy ships from a long distance.

Both sides were making intensive preparations for the war, and Huang Taiji naturally got the news, sat in Shengjing City with satisfaction, and waited to see this good show of driving away tigers and wolves promoted by him.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very concerned about this battle. Whether it was Zheng Zhilong who took Pidao or Pidao destroyed Zheng Zhilong's prestige, he was happy to see the ending.

But what everyone didn't know was that the eight-year-old eldest princess, Auntie Zhu, who was in the inner palace, became more and more curious about Liu Meng.

Apart from her favorite dancing with swords and guns, she also likes to listen to legends about Liu Meng.

It even sprouted, and went to see this legendary hero who beat Huang Taiji so temperless.

Yes, in the hearts of the people of Ming Dynasty, Liu Meng is the hero who fights against the Tartars, and in the hearts of Auntie Zhu, Liu Meng is naturally also a hero.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was March in the sixth year of Chongzhen, and a new wave of spring plowing began.

There is no need for Liu Meng to worry about these things anymore. Naturally, they have been elected, and the person in charge of farming is responsible for all these things.

Liu Meng's mind was completely devoted to the upcoming naval battle, but the thing to be happy about was:

After nearly two years of experimental manufacturing, Four Seas Dockyard finally produced the first qualified new-style sailing warship and put it into use.

This is the first time that it has been successfully manufactured. With this experience and a large number of mature craftsmen, Liu Meng can completely let go and manufacture these warships in large quantities, making preparations for dominating the sea in the future.

Naturally, the navy has sufficient manpower, and another [-] navy officers and soldiers boarded new warships and went into this naval battle.

As soon as April arrived, the news reached Liu Meng that Zheng Zhilong's combined fleet had already set off and headed for Phi Island.

Afterwards, Liu Meng also held a swearing-in meeting to prepare for this great battle.

On this day, it was a rare good weather, with clear skies and calm sea waves.

Eleven sailing warships are all docked at the huge pier, and each warship is full of sailors who are about to go out.

Liu Meng stood on the high platform built on the pier, behind him was Shang Kexi in full military uniform.

On the open space of the dock, more than 1 sailors and soldiers without warships stood neatly in the open space.

They all looked up at Liu Meng standing on the high platform. This was their belief and he was the real leader of the entire Dongjiang Town.

(End of this chapter)