Life in Film and Television: Starting from the Jinshui Bridge

Chapter 314
Farther away, the craftsmen of the shipyard and the people on Shicheng Island also looked at Liu Meng with fiery eyes.

After scanning the crowd with his eyes, Liu Meng raised the iron loudspeaker in his hand to his mouth and said to the crowd:
"Soldiers, people of Dongjiang! We are all abandoned by the court and bullied by the Tartars! In order to survive, we fought against the Tartars. In order to survive, we opened salt fields and set up workshops. Today is a good day!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Meng continued to scan the crowd below, and continued:
"Now, there are officials in the court who are instigating the emperor to attack me in Dongjiang! They want to take away the good life we ​​have now! You... agree?"

After the words fell, all the soldiers and the people clamored loudly, shouting one after another:

"No, no promise!"

Liu Meng waited for a while, and after the clamoring stopped, he continued:

"Now! Zheng Zhilong of Quanzhou, in collusion with the Dutch in the Ryukyu Strait, dispatched 150 warships to attack us... What shall we do?"

At this moment, the people and people below became more and more excited, shouting loudly:

"Kill them...kill them!"

After waiting for a while, after the soldiers and civilians calmed down, they continued:
"Yes! As the saying goes, 'When friends come, they have good wine, and when enemies come, they have Mini rifles!' We just want to use the weapons in our hands to tell those enemies who dare to invade us... Dongjiang people, is it not good? Mess!"

Having said that, Liu Meng raised one hand, clenched it into a fist in the air, and said sharply:
"It doesn't matter who it is? It doesn't matter if it's the Tartars or the imperial army! It doesn't matter if it's Zheng Zhilong's navy! I... Liu Meng will lead you to kill them one by one, and let them Never dare to covet even the slightest bit of covetousness towards me, Dongjiang!

Brothers and sisters, are you willing to unite with me and defeat these enemies with the weapons in your hands? "

Hearing Liu Meng's words, all the soldiers and common people waved their hands and shouted loudly:
"We do! Unite and defeat all enemies . . . unite and defeat all enemies!"

The voice is passionate and enthusiastic, and it lasts for a long time!

At this moment, all Dongjiang people were encouraged by Liu Meng.

After a long time, the voice stopped, and Liu Meng waved his hand and shouted:
"Okay! I order... Dongjiang Navy, let's go!"

After speaking, Liu Meng and Shang Kexi stepped down from the high platform to the flagship Dingyuan under the cheers of the soldiers and civilians.

It has to be said here that Liu Meng named all the warships after the Huaxia warships in the Sino-Japanese War, which has a different meaning.

The names of these battleships are deeply engraved in the hearts of every Chinese, and they are the pain and pride in the hearts of countless Chinese.

This can be regarded as Liu Meng's tribute to those heroes who died in that naval battle!
The sound of 'woo woo' sounded over the pier. The next moment, Dingyuan took the lead, followed by Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Jiyuan, Yang Wei, Chaoyong, Guangjia, and Weiyuan. , slowly sailed away from the pier and into the vast sea.

The soldiers and civilians standing on the shore watched the eleven warships sail into the sea, and they dispersed when they couldn't see the shadows clearly.

They all knew that compared to the opponent's 150 warships, Shicheng Island's eleven warships were still too few.

However, they all believed that their commander Liu Meng was invincible, no matter how many enemies came.

The craftsmen in the dock took a deep breath, and immediately returned to the dock under the leadership of the director of the dock, and continued to build the two new warships.

Yes, when the first sailing warship was successfully manufactured, the dock craftsmen were divided into two waves and began to manufacture two warships at the same time.

After Liu Meng's navy drove out of the pier, it drove out of the Korean Gulf and entered the Yellow Sea.

According to intelligence, Zheng Zhilong dispatched 120 large and small warships, plus 150 warships from the Dutch, for a total of [-] warships.

In fact, there are only fifty real 2000 material ships, that is to say, there are only so many that are really capable of fighting Liu Meng's fleet.

Then, the rest of the warships of different sizes pose no threat to Liu Meng's fleet.

Eleven warships lined up in formations of 1, 1, 2, 3, and 4, riding the wind and waves on the sea, which still looks quite spectacular.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was also on his way to Phi Island full of ambitions, preparing to take down Liu Meng's Dongjiang Army in one fell swoop.

In his mind, Phi Island, which had no strong ships, had no chance of fighting back under the strong guns of him and the Dutch.

In fact, this is not his fault, because Liu Meng has never exposed the existence of the new sailing warship, and has been secretly training under Shang Kexi's men all along.

That's why Zheng Zhilong had such great confidence to take Pidao, and because of this, he didn't send all the warships out.

After all, Quanzhou is his territory, and it is unreasonable not to leave some warships to guard it.

A day later, the two sides finally met in the Yellow Sea. Of course, Liu Meng's fleet was the first to spot the enemy.

Compared with the relatively backward monoculars of this era, the telescopes that Liu Meng brought from later generations are much more powerful.

When the reconnaissance post in the watchtower of the battleship's mast found Zheng Zhilong's fleet and blew the whistle, the naval battle officially kicked off.

Monk Liu Meng, who was standing on the third deck of the Dingyuan battleship, looked at each other happily. Liu Meng waved his hand and said:
"Come on! General Shang, you will be in command of the naval battle. If it is not necessary, I will not interfere with your command! Give the order!"

Hearing this, Shang Kexi, who was still a little nervous at first, breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Liu Meng would interfere!

Gratefully glanced at Liu Meng, Shang Ke's demeanor changed, and after answering "yes" loudly to Liu Meng, he immediately ordered the battle preparations.

The messenger passed the order to the sentinel on the watchtower, and the sentry immediately waved the red and green flag to pass the order to all the warships.

Eleven battleships immediately turned around, and after neatly drawing a large line across the sea, the hulls turned around and spread out, lined up on the sea surface, and then there was a "plop, plop, plop" from every battleship. The sound of heavy objects falling into the water came.

Of course, this is the mine equipped on each battleship, which was put into the sea and covered the sea within a radius of five miles.

Watching this scene, Liu Meng and Shang Kexi believed that, not to mention the artillery battle, these mines alone were enough for Zheng Zhilong's combined fleet to have a good drink.

Farther away, Zheng Zhilong's fleet also spotted Liu Meng's fleet.

Seeing the eleven sailing warships on the opposite side that were much larger than all of their warships, Zheng Zhilong was a little bit disbelieving to be honest.

He had never heard of it before. The news about the warships in Phi Island was one, and the second was that he was surprised to see such a large warship.

　Thanks to: Qiankun Xiaoxia for their February ticket support!

　　
　
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