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

Chapter 777 Zheng Zhibao's Anger

As night fell, the stars were shining, and the waves became gentle, beating the hull of the ship gently, making a soft sound. More than 100 warships lined up on the pitch-black sea. The lights of each warship were lit early, and the little lights merged into a sea of ​​lights. The entire fleet was like a floating city, which was spectacular.That bright sea of ​​lights silently warned everyone: Zheng's fleet is the most powerful sea force in this country, even if they just lost a big battle, they still are!
The night scene of lights on the sea is undoubtedly beautiful, even if it comes from a murderous fleet, it is still fascinating.However, this floating city is silent. The bold and bold sailors, the prostitutes, and the black uncle with his own entertainment nature are all silent. The captain and the others stay together and drink. Sailors who are not qualified to drink Then they huddled in a narrow, stuffy, foul-smelling cabin in a daze. Their morale, which was so high, was more demoralized than eating a lot of crotons, so that everyone was listless. like.

The loss of 32 warships, 1000 sailors were killed, wounded or captured, and [-] or [-] Japanese samurai and Miyamoto, a loyal, brave and skilled general, were all killed in battle. Such losses are of course very heavy, but the Zheng fleet is strong , it is not difficult to make up for such losses.What really made everyone so frustrated was not how many warships and manpower were lost, but the course of the battle.

There is no fighting back!

Regardless of whether it was a land battle or an artillery battle, there was no way to fight back, and he was completely beaten!
Land warfare is okay, after all, the Heluo New Army's infantry and cavalry are famous for their toughness. Mongolian Tatars, Manchurian slaves, northwest bandits, and Japanese pirates... Regardless of whether they are land or sea types, they have all been defeated. They are all over the place, and they occupy the advantageous location, and the precision of firearms is unmatched by anyone. Miyamoto's eyes are on his forehead, and he is arrogant. He underestimated the enemy and was overthrown by the Heluo New Army. Although it was unexpected, he was defeated. Also within reason.However, the Zheng fleet was still resentful of the failure of the artillery battle, like a thorn in the throat.They have always been the only ones who bully others with their fierce artillery fire. Whether it is the Dutch or the Daming Navy, they can only tremble in the face of their huge fleet that can cover the sea and the overwhelming artillery fire!However, this time they were completely beaten by the Heluo New Army with about twenty cannons. The Heluo New Army's cannons had a long range, high accuracy, and powerful power, which completely exceeded their most exaggerated plans. imagine!
My God, what kind of soft persimmon is this? It's clearly a thorn chestnut whose hands are bloodied by whoever touches it!
Recalling the astonishing rate of fire of the Heluo New Army artillery and the tragic scene of the battleship being hit by high-explosive incendiary bombs, everyone shuddered.The Wusongkou Fortress, which is equipped with only about twenty cannons, is so difficult to defeat. What about the Denglai Navy, which is packed like a hedgehog with such naval guns?Is it harder to deal with?

No one is willing to answer this question, and everyone is at a loss: Can we really defeat such an unfathomable opponent?
"Boom!"

A beautiful silver wine jug was thrown out with all the force, and it was deformed immediately when it hit the ship wall, turning into an ugly mess of broken metal.The culprit was breathing alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was hoarse, like a raging beast. He slapped the table and roared, "Bring me the wine! Bring me the wine!"

A maid slapped her pretty face in fright, and tremblingly came forward with a jug of wine on a silver plate, but she tripped because she was too nervous, but she was fine, but the jug rolled to the ground with a gurgle, splashing the wine.She was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground with a thud, and was about to beg when Zheng Zhibao kicked her so hard that she rolled several meters away, her complexion was pale, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding.Zheng Zhibao roared: "Useless trash! Someone, throw her into the sea and feed the fish!"

Immediately, two sailors came over, dragged the poor maid out like an eagle catching a chick, put it in a sack and threw it into the sea, and the poor woman became a scapegoat.

Men have been fond of blaming women for their failures since ancient times. For example, when it comes to the fall of the Xia Dynasty, they say that it was because Xia Jie doted on his younger sister Xi, a vixen. Absurd things such as dumping the palace exhausted the vitality of the Xia Dynasty; when it came to the demise of the Shang Dynasty, it was said that it was because the vixen Daji came out of the Shang Dynasty, and the King of Shang built a five-mile-high Lutai for her; when it came to the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was impossible Not to mention Baosi... In short, thousands of mistakes are the fault of foolish emperors and vixen. Those who replace the previous dynasty are all saints, and they all obey the destiny, and there will be absolutely no mistakes.As for the construction of a [-]-foot-high palace in an era when there were no bricks, and a [-]-foot-high Lutai, and a [-]-foot-high deer terrace, the saints said that they should not pay attention to these details, and just understand the spirit.Now Zheng Zhibao is in a bad mood, this maid was very unlucky and hit the muzzle of the gun, and he vented his anger on her——I said how could he lose so badly? You are such a broom star!
If you let me down, I will let you die, go into the sea and feed the fish!
But his current troubles can't be thrown into the sea together with that poor woman. Heluo Xinjun is like a sharp thorn stuck in his throat, unable to swallow or spit out, it is extremely uncomfortable.He sat down slumped, staring at the map for a long time in a daze, frustration and violence intertwined on his face, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, more than a dozen trusted generals walked in.They were also no better than Zheng Zhibao. They all looked depressed and smelled of alcohol. Obviously, their failure during the day also hit them quite hard.Although Zheng Zhibao was depressed, he managed to pull himself together in front of his cronies—he couldn't let these cronies see his frustration and lack of self-confidence, otherwise people's hearts would be lost and the team would be unable to lead.He pretended to be calm and asked, "What's the matter, generals?"

The number one confidant, Li Jie, exchanged glances with his companions for a long time, and seeing that no one was willing to be such an early bird, he had no choice but to put on a hard headband, grit his teeth, and with a tragic expression of "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", he opened his mouth slowly. "General, our army suffered heavy losses in today's battle! Just 36 warships were lost, and thousands of people were lost. This battle is full of evil spirits, and I'm afraid it will not be good for our army!"

Zheng Zhibao scolded inwardly: "Nonsense, even an idiot now knows that the situation is not good for our army, so I need you to remind me?" Of course, this complaint cannot be made, and it will be a big deal if it happens.Not only could he not complain, but he had to squeeze out a relaxed, nonchalant smile and said, "Well, you are too pessimistic. Our army suffered a little loss today, but the enemy army suffered heavy casualties as well... ...My Zheng family is very powerful, this little loss can't hurt us at all, those black skins want to defeat us? Go ahead and dream!"

Li Jie sneered: "What the general said is very true, what the general said is very true." Then he closed his mouth, no matter how much his friends gave him winks, they would not open their mouths.With his temperament, willing to volunteer to beat the opening gong is already a blowout of character, and now Zheng Zhibao is in such a bad mood, let him continue to provoke this leopard's anger?He hasn't lived enough yet, and he doesn't want to accompany that maid to roam the Dragon Palace!

Gao Jianfeng secretly greeted this cunning guy's family and women in his heart. Li Jie was unwilling to take advantage of the thunder, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet: "But, Third General, those black-skinned cannons are firing fast and fiercely. The firepower of the door cannon can withstand several of our cannons, and it is very accurate, and the power is even more amazing. If we have a head-on confrontation with them, our army will suffer a lot! The most disgusting thing is that those gangsters are focused on attacking our large warships. ..." He stopped here and carefully observed Zheng Zhibao's expression.Sure enough, when he mentioned "staring at our army's large warships and fighting them", Zheng Zhibao felt as if someone had stabbed him hard in the face, and his facial muscles trembled slightly.Also, most of the large battleships sunk by the Heluo New Army were the main battleships of the Zheng Group. They had solid hulls, a large number of cannons, and fierce firepower. There were not many such battleships.In fact, the Zheng Group has three thousand battleships in name. This number is scary. In fact, the number of main battleships that can actually be pulled out to engage in artillery battles with the enemy fleet is quite small. I am afraid it is only one-twentieth. Others Some battleships are also equipped with cannons, but they cannot be pulled out to fight the enemy fleet, but they can still be used to hit merchant ships.This is also related to the tactics and financial resources of the Zheng Group. They still rely on jumping gangs to seize ships to solve the battle. Artillery battles are only an auxiliary means. Besides, if each of the [-] warships is filled with cannons, then they will have to build How many guns are enough?Even if Zheng Zhi is extremely rich by robbing and collecting protection fees, she can't stand such a money-burning method.In other words, if you exclude those warships that join gangs and engage in transportation, Zheng Zhilong is actually not much stronger than Yang Menglong. It is not without reason that Yang Menglong despises him as the king of the sea.Having lost so many main warships at once, Zheng Zhibao couldn't help but feel a little upset.

Gao Jianfeng is good at observing facial expressions, and he knew what Zheng Zhibao was thinking when he saw Zheng Zhibao frowned, and struck while the iron was hot: "Now Heipi is running the Wusongkou Fortress like an iron barrel, and the artillery is extremely sharp. If we continue to storm Wusongkou, I'm afraid In the end, even if it can be captured, our army will suffer a lot of losses! Moreover, after a day of fierce fighting, the gunpowder and shells of our army's ships are quite depleted..."

Zheng Zhibao said impatiently: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Gao Jianfeng swallowed hard, and said: "The general thinks that a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Since Hei Pi has already prepared for it, our army may not be able to please us if we continue to attack Wusongkou. It is better to withdraw to Fujian first, and then make a long-term plan..."

Zheng Zhibao's face was stiffer than a dead pig's skin, and he gritted his teeth after a while and asked, "You all think so?"

All the generals nodded in unison: "Three generals, a hero does not suffer from immediate losses! Let's withdraw first!"

Zheng Zhibao's face turned blue, and he said firmly: "I will seriously consider it, you guys go out first."

The generals didn't dare to say more and walked out.

After they left, Zheng Zhibao suddenly kicked over the table on which the map was placed, and let out an extremely angry roar: "Cowards, trash! They are all a bunch of cowards, a bunch of trash! A bunch of gangsters will take advantage of the advantages, and they will go out if they see trouble." Shameless bastards, I misread you! Our Zheng family is better off raising a dog than you!"

He knows the meaning of these guys too well: this fleet does not belong to your family, it is all of us who put together together!Now that the Heluo New Army is so difficult to deal with and the losses are so great, we don't want to play anymore, so hurry up and let us retreat!This motherfucker is simply forcing the palace, no commander can tolerate such a thing!
(End of this chapter)