Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 762 Secret Weapon
The news that Tashiro Wanyi's sneak attack on Wusongkou was defeated and completely wiped out by Heluo's new army soon spread to Zheng Zhilong.

Hundreds of fierce Japanese samurai died like this, which was considered a big loss for the Zheng Group and made Zheng Zhilong frown.It wasn't that he felt sorry for the Japanese samurai, but he was surprised by the combat effectiveness of the Heluo New Army.According to the information he had, those Japanese samurai fought with thousands of militiamen all night, and there were still [-] of them. Their number was not lower than that of the Heluo New Army. However, the Heluo New Army wiped them all out with just a cup of tea. up!You know, those who were killed were not those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were like beggars, but the Japanese soldiers who had been practicing martial arts since childhood. They all had good martial arts skills and were ruthless. They were also full of hatred for Yang Menglong. warrior!Such a force was enough to turn Jiangnan upside down, but it allowed the Heluo New Army to crush them all to death as easily as ants. What does this mean?
If the result of the Battle of Wusongkou made him frown, then the intelligence coming from Guangdong made him gasp!
————The more than [-] members of the Han Peng Legion assembled in Guangzhou also dispatched, passing through the Chaoshan and Meizhou areas towards Fujian!Because the Zheng Group firmly controls the sea routes, the Han Peng Army cannot take a boat and can only advance on foot... What surprised Zheng Zhilong the most is this. The Chaoshan area is mountainous and the roads are rugged. In addition, it is now summer. There was heavy rain at both ends, and the march was very difficult, but even so, Han Peng's army still maintained a marching speed of seventy to eighty miles a day, advancing furiously!
my darling!

This extremely exaggerated marching speed made the entire Zheng Group gasp.The combat effectiveness of an army can be seen by looking at its discipline and marching speed. It is hard to imagine that an army with loose discipline and slow marching can fight tough battles. An army with strict discipline and fast marching is by no means a fish Belly trip!And the Han Peng Legion has both, no matter how far they go, they always maintain a fairly neat queue, and no one leaves the team without authorization, which is rare in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Zheng Zhilong began to have a bad premonition, maybe he believed the nonsense of those in the cabinet, and it was not a good idea to provoke Yang Menglong... However, he didn't show it, he just smiled and said to his cronies: "He Luo Xin No matter how strong the army is, it's just a bunch of landlubbers, so what can I do?"

This is the truth, no matter how strong the infantry and cavalry army of the Heluo New Army is, they can only fight on land, but they are completely dumbfounded when they reach the sea, and he, Mr. Zheng, is the king of the sea!In the worst case, he would not want Xiamen, and retreat to the sea to fight with the Heluo New Army. What can the Heluo New Army do to him?

The idea is good, but the problem is that the Heluo New Army not only has an invincible cavalry army, but also a very powerful navy—of course, this point has not been recognized by everyone, because the navy's The scale is too small, and it has not fought any tough battles.

Now Yang Menglong is standing on the bow of the flagship, inspecting his little-known navy.

A total of 61 warships are lined up in three rows in the calm and deep Bohai Sea, and the pieces of white sails are like white clouds attached to the sea.At the bow and stern of the ship, on the port and starboard sides, the black muzzles rise high, like mouths full of blood, trying to swallow people.There are a total of thirteen large warships, 49 medium-sized warships between [-] and [-] tons, and all the wealth accumulated in two years is here.Compared with the Zheng Group with [-] ships, this sea force is too weak, similar to mosquitoes compared to the earth, but the morale of the sailors who were inspected was high, and pairs of young eyes were burning with fighting spirit. fight!

"How is the training of the fleet?" Yang Menglong asked Shen Tingyang.

Shen Tingyang said: "There are at least three live ammunition shootings every month, and each gunner has personally fired hundreds of shells... There are 30 days in a month, and at least 26 days are soaked in the sea, which makes them all complain. I would rather go to the battlefield and fight pirates than continue to train and suffer.”

Yang Menglong smiled: "They won't say that when they actually go to the battlefield."

Shen Tingyang said: "According to your orders, my lord, we have been training with combat for the past two years. When the training is almost done, we will take them to fight pirates, and even attack islands occupied by pirates..."

Yang Menglong was delighted: "What's the effect?"

Shen Tingyang smiled wryly: "I don't know how the training effect will be. Anyway, the pirates on the islands around the Bohai Sea have disappeared. Those pirates were frightened and collapsed on the ground after twenty or thirty shells passed. It looks like a mess, just looking at it gives me a headache!"

Yang Menglong was a little surprised: "Twenty or thirty shells were paralyzed in the past? These pirates are not sick, they are so timid, why are they pirates!"

If the pirates around the Bohai Sea heard this sentence, they might cry aloud.It's not that they are timid, it's that the power of the Denglai Navy's naval guns is too terrifying. Every row of shells feels like the sky is falling apart, as long as they are normal people, they can't stand it!When we meet a group of cheaters like you, do we have any other options besides surrendering?
Shen Tingyang said: "Anyone who can survive [-] or [-] shells before being paralyzed by fright is considered a man. Most of the pirates immediately hung up the white flag when they saw us approaching, and they didn't dare to exchange fire with us at all. Depressed, nowhere to use energy."

Yang Menglong smiled: "There is no need to be depressed, the next battle will be fought."

Shen Tingyang lowered his voice and asked, "My lord, are you really going to start a war with the Zheng family?"

Yang Menglong nodded: "Yes! We must fight!"

Shen Tingyang frowned and said: "But, we only have sixty warships, and each warship has to face at least fifty warships from the Zheng Group. It is impossible for us to defeat them!"

Yang Menglong smiled strangely: "Don't worry, I have a secret weapon, and I promise to overthrow the Zheng family!"

Shen Tingyang asked in surprise: "What secret weapon?"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Temporary secret, you will know when the time comes. Now, let everyone move!"

This guy was too tight, and Shen Tingyang had nothing to do with him, so he had to order the semaphore to be played. Immediately, dozens of warships responded quickly and began the exercise.I saw these warships in a formation of four, and each formation consisted of three medium-sized warships and one large warship, firing fiercely in a row, and the artillery shells flew to the target in rows. The firepower was dense, like hail.The sound of cannons on the sea was like rolling thunder, deafeningly deafening. In the surging smoke, formations of wolves bravely interspersed, desperately cutting into the formation of the enemy fleet to divide it, and then pouring artillery on both sides of the enemy fleet. Cannonballs are completely used by the fleet as cavalry!It can be seen that Shen Tingyang has trained this fleet very well. The sailors are quite proficient in boat handling and shelling skills. Although there are still many problems in coordination, there is no problem in pulling them out to fight.

Instructors from the Venetian Navy brought the European tactical system of naval warfare to the Dunley Navy.In the past, naval battles were mainly determined by jumping gangs, and artillery battles were only an auxiliary means. With regard to the insane accuracy, insane range, and even more insane lethality of the front-mounted smoothbore gun, I wanted to rely on artillery to destroy the enemy. The military fleet is really too difficult. Maybe the gunners are exhausted and the enemy ship is still intact. Letting a large number of fierce sailors jump on the enemy ship and destroy it has become the most effective method.However, in the British-Spanish sea battle, this tactic was overturned. The British fleet creatively adopted a large number of naval guns with a caliber smaller than the Spanish fleet, but with a range and rate of fire far superior to that of the opponent. Fierce cannon fire to smash opponents—whether flesh, will, or warships—this subversive tactical change won the life-and-death war for Britain and cost Spain its supremacy in the Atlantic.Seeing this, European countries followed suit one after another. Line array tactics replaced gang-jumping tactics. For the first time, artillery replaced infantry as the protagonist of naval battles, laying a solid foundation for European fleets to rule the oceans.Now the Venetians have also brought this tactic to the Denley navy. The sailors learn most about formation training and gunnery. Those who can fight in groups are definitely not singled out.I have to say that the scene of a dozen or even dozens of warships lining up in a long row and firing at the same time is really shocking, and it is gentle to describe it as "Thunderbolt"!
The red lady watched with her own eyes the sailors smashing the target ships to pieces with overwhelming artillery fire, her pretty face turned pale slightly, this scene was really horrifying, even as bold as she was, she was instinctively terrified.She instinctively grabbed Yang Menglong's sleeve, teeth chattering: "This...is this your fleet? This is the fleet you plan to use to deal with Zheng's?"

Yang Menglong said: "Yes, this is my fleet! These dozens of warships almost emptied my wallet!"

The red lady had a look of fear on her face: "It's so scary... I think even if Zheng's fleet is a hundred times larger than yours, once they meet on a narrow road, they will be crushed by you without any suspense, and there is no way to fight back!"

Yang Menglong grinned: "I think so too!"

At this time, the sound of the rumbling guns stopped temporarily, and the red lady calmed down a little. She let go of Yang Menglong's sleeve, looked around, and began to find fault: "Your fleet is very powerful, but unfortunately the number is too small. Really If you go head-to-head with Mrs. Zheng, you may suffer a loss, and the ants will kill the elephant!"

Yang Menglong said: "It is true that ants kill elephants more often, but it is not certain who is an elephant and who is an ant."

The red lady turned her beautiful eyes: "What do you mean? Could it be that you can build more warships?"

Yang Menglong shrugged and said: "How is it possible? Even if I want to build it, there will be no ship material to make it for a while. But to sink an enemy ship, you don't have to use a battleship... Just wait and see, my secret weapon will give you Zheng Zhilong is a big surprise!"

The red lady asked curiously: "What is the secret weapon?"

Yang Menglong said: "You can't say it, it won't work if you say it!"

The red lady was upset: "Huh, if you don't say it, don't say it, do I care?"

She didn't know that in Wuhan, dock workers were carrying slender and light boats like flying, sending them to the cargo ship.These small boats are about seven feet long, shaped like bullets, and are so light that two people can carry them around, but they can only hold one person when they are dead.

Along with these boats were a group of unusual Japanese prisoners of war. These impossibly small boats were the secret weapon that Yang Menglong placed high hopes on.

(End of this chapter)