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

Chapter 778 Ambition
Zheng Zhibao had reason to be angry.This fleet is indeed not Zheng's private property, at most it is a partnership between everyone, Zheng is the chairman, Li Jie, Gao Jianfeng, etc. are the big and small shareholders, but the fleet has been victorious under the leadership of Zheng for so many years , and created a booming situation. The assets and strength of the shareholders have generally doubled several times. Is it not bad for them?Isn't it reasonable for them to repay each other with death?Why now that the fleet has only suffered a small setback, they are yelling to quit, and if they want to withdraw, they don't give him any face?
He can't figure it out!
General Chang Sheng was suddenly defeated by an opponent who had been insignificant before. He was already annoyed enough, but his subordinates shouted to quit and to withdraw. Zheng Zhibao was in an extremely bad mood. He would definitely not be able to sleep peacefully tonight.

Zheng Zhibao didn't know that if he continued to stay here, it would not be as simple as not being able to sleep peacefully.

Rest in peace is not impossible!
In addition to the great victory, the Heluo New Army did not have to be unreasonable. After all, their fleet has not arrived yet, and a group of infantry, no matter how fierce they are, there is no way to chase them to the sea to attack other fleets.Therefore, the Heluo New Army did not dispatch a large number of fireboats to attack Zheng Zhibao at night as described in the novel, but earnestly repaired the fortifications, treated the wounded, and replenished ammunition. Big, but the consumption of ammunition is astonishing, and the consumption of thousands of shells is enough for everyone to feel distressed for a while, so you have to replenish it quickly, otherwise, when the Zheng fleet launches another attack, you will have to fight with the bayonet!The fleets that hid in the Huangpu River sailed out one after another, and the civilian husbands yelled and ran on and off the boats, unloading the ammunition in boxes and boxes, and the shells were directly replenished to each gun position, and the bullets, explosives, etc. were sent first. Stored in the warehouse, the pier, which has just experienced a bloody battle, is extremely busy.

After a full meal, Xue Siming went to the dock to work as a supervisor to check the quantity of supplies.This guy is really too serious and responsible. No matter what the supplies are, they must match the amount. Want to take advantage of him.If the fleet in charge of transportation dared to prevaricate him with such a righteous reason as "drifting" like Daming Wenchen, he would [-]% throw him into the sea to feed the fish.

Yan Yingyuan watched the continuous unloading of various materials and resources, and once again marveled at the strength of the Heluo new army... How can the ordinary Ming army have such a strong logistical support?Even eating is a problem!It is not without reason that troops from various parts of the Ming army like to fight with the Heluo New Army. Fighting with them can eat well and sleep well, which is a comfort.But he had to remind Xue Siming: "General, although our army won the victory, the Zheng's fleet is not injured, so we have to guard against it!"

Xue Siming listened to his opinion and said: "What you said is true! In your opinion, what will the enemy army do next?"

Yan Yingyuan pointed to the high forts, and said: "During the battle during the day, Zheng's fleet has seen the strength of our army's artillery force. Frankly speaking, as long as these forts are not destroyed, even if Zheng's all the warships are brought up, it will not matter." use!"

Xue Siming nodded slightly.As long as these forts are not destroyed and the landing point is guarded by powerful infantry, no matter how many warships come over, they can only be used as targets for them. The big target shooting during the day has already proved this point.

Yan Yingyuan went on to say: "But the solidity of the Wusongkou Fortress does not mean that everything is going well. The weakness of our army is that there are too few troops. If Zheng's fleet bypasses the Wusongkou Fortress, lands elsewhere, and then comes to our army's back, and then The powerful fleet restrains our artillery force, no matter how powerful our army is, it will inevitably be in a hurry." Speaking of this, without thinking about it, he listed several places suitable for landing operations --- undoubtedly, These places are beyond the reach of the Heluo New Army. If we really have to divide our troops to defend them one by one, I am afraid that there will not be many people guarding the Wusongkou Fortress.But if you don't divide your troops to defend, it's easy for others to land on your back... Trouble, really big trouble!
Xue Siming pondered for a while, and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. If I were Zheng Zhibao, I would do the same. After all, the capital is limited, and it is absolutely useless to fight hard."

Yan Yingyuan cupped his hands and said: "So please prepare early, General! Even if you put 50 or [-] people in each possible landing place, you can buy a little time, which is better than being bypassed by the Zheng fleet without knowing it. Kill from behind to be strong!"

Xue Siming waved his hand and said: "No need, I have released all the light cavalry. They will patrol back and forth in various places suitable for landing. Once they find something, they will report it on horseback. It is whimsical to try to hide it from my eyes and ears. No matter what How many of them have bypassed the Wusongkou Fortress and landed, as long as they are not suddenly attacked, I can crush them to death. In terms of land battles, our Heluo New Army has never been afraid of anyone!"

When he said this, he was full of confidence, a kind of confidence that had not been defeated after hundreds of battles.

In the middle of the night, another fleet arrived at Wusongkou, and the first person to jump off the ship was a handsome scholar, which was beyond Yan Yingyuan's expectation.Xue Siming greeted him happily, and greeted him enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, didn't you say that you won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon at least, why are you here now?" He introduced to Yan Yingyuan: "This is the military adviser of our Lord Hou, Mr. Li Xin! "

Li Yan's name, Yan Yingyuan, has long been heard. He went deep into Yiluoxingu where the rogues were entrenched alone, and persuaded Yuan Zongdi, Luo Rucai, etc. to surrender. It's not big, compared with the scenes where Xue Siming wiped out Zhang Xianzhong and Tianxiong's army wiped out Gao Yingxiang's mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, it can be called harmonious.Yan Yingyuan hurriedly cupped his hands in salute: "I've seen Mr. Li!"

Li Yan returned the salute with a smile, then twitched his nose, frowned and asked Xue Siming, "Have you started a fight with Mrs. Zheng?"

Xue Siming said: "Sir, your nose is getting better and better... That's right, I just had a fierce battle with them during the day and sank more than 30 warships."

Immediately, an exclamation came from behind Li Yan, and Catherine popped up, her eyes widened in surprise, and she shouted, "More than 30 warships have been sunk!? My God, Xue, are you not lying? Are you sure it's not three? "

Xue Siming said: "35 or 36 ships are all big ships, and I don't like small ships!"

Catherine repeatedly shouted: "My God, my God!" She kept making the sign of the cross on her chest, as if she saw something incredible.It is no wonder that it is not easy to sink an enemy ship in a naval battle at this time. In the British-Spanish naval battle that shocked Europe 40 years ago, the Spanish Armada was beaten so badly, but only 30 warships were sunk. In the Trafalgar naval battle at the beginning of the ninth century, Britain took on a generation of famous general Nelson, and the commander of the French-Spanish combined fleet was a complete idiot. He only sank four enemy ships, but the captured and captured There are quite a lot of warships that self-destruct after being damaged.There is no way, it is too difficult to sink an enemy ship with a displacement of more than a thousand tons with a solid shot put. For such a large warship, a shot put weighing several kilograms is really too bad for them. Even if the cannon hits below the waterline, it will take a lot of effort to sink it.This side is good, more than [-] ships were sunk in one shot, it's terrible!

Xue Siming didn't care about the foreign girl's nagging. He pulled Li Yan and lowered his voice and asked, "Have all my three thousand infantry and cavalry troops arrived?"

Li Yan said: "Not yet, it will take another day to arrive."

Xue Siming lowered his voice: "What about our secret weapon? Has it arrived yet?"

Li Yan pointed at several large ships: "It's over there!"

Over there, the decks of the big ships were piled with arrow-shaped boats only six or seven feet long.

Xue Siming was a little disappointed: "That's all?"

Li Yan said: "There are still more in the future, and more than 400 ships have been ordered. If it is enough, you can rest assured."

"More than 400 ships..." Xue Siming showed an evil smile. He could already foresee the spectacle of Zheng's fleet when these super pocket boats rushed towards Zheng's fleet with flames trailing behind them.

Li Yan said with a smile: "Everything is ready, I only owe Dongfeng!"

Xue Siming said: "I just don't know when this unreliable 'Dongfeng' will arrive."

When mentioning that guy, both Xue Siming and Li Yan looked helpless and collapsed... There is no way, this "Dongfeng" has a criminal record for being unreliable.

"Dongfeng" is now leading his fleet straight to Shanghai.Both Xue Siming and Li Yan's hunch came true. This guy was as unreliable as ever. At this critical juncture, he went south to find troubles with pirates and smuggling merchant ships in the coastal areas of Shandong and Jiangsu. Islands and pirate ships, seizing goods from smuggled merchant ships... This devil incarnation hadn't even collided with Zheng Zhilong, and the entire East China Sea made him go crazy.Probably because the pirates and smugglers were having such a good time, he didn't notice that his itinerary was greatly delayed, and many old subordinates were secretly greeting his ancestors behind his back...

However, the ship is moving after all, and it can travel two to three hundred kilometers in a day. As long as the direction is correct, it can always reach the destination.Now, after successfully solving another smuggling caravan (actually the fleet of Wang Yingxiong's family), Yang Menglong, who was successfully snatching it, found with some regret that he was already close to the Shanghai area and had to fight with his pirate king. Dreams say goodbye!Now he is lying on the deck of the flagship looking at the sea with a depressed face, his face stretched like a bun.

By the way, the flagship is a new ship that has been launched for seven months. It is the largest and most powerful ship in the entire fleet, with an astonishing tonnage of [-] tons.He gave this domineering and leaky ship a name that is only leaky but not aggressive: Cybertron!
When they heard the name of the ship, which was only leaky but not domineering, all the captains of the Transformers fleet covered their faces with their hands, expressing that they had no face to face Jiangdong's elders... What kind of crappy names did you come up with!Yang Menglong plausibly said: "We are the Transformers fleet, the Transformers fleet! Where did the Transformers come from? From Cybertron! You said, the flagship of the Transformers fleet is not called Cybertron, what is it called?"

Shen Tingyang and others said that the amount of information is too large to analyze———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The Cybertron is good, with spacious space and good ventilation, and it can also pile up soil on the deck to create a small vegetable patch to grow vegetables. It is simply a five-star hotel.However, the conditions at sea are a bit harsh after all, and it is difficult to grow those delicate vegetables alive, so we can only grow some bean sprouts and garlic sprouts to try something new.Now the red lady is watering the bean sprouts with a shower. After watering, there is still a little water left. Seeing that Yang Menglong has been in a daze, she giggled and walked over lightly. Water poured onto Yang Meng's head.Yang Menglong jumped up like a puppy being drenched in boiling water, jumping and barking: "Why do you pour water on me!?"

The red lady looked surprised: "So you can still move? Just now I saw you lying here motionless, and thought you had turned into a log. I wanted to water you and see if you would grow buds!" "

Yang Menglong said angrily: "You just turned into a log! I was just thinking about something." He fell down again and continued to be in a daze.

The red lady put down the shower, leaned beside him and propped her chin with her hands, and asked with a smile, "What are you thinking?"

Yang Menglong said: "I'm thinking about what I should do after I retire."

The red lady almost burst into tears: "You...you are so expensive this year. You are thinking about things after retirement. Isn't it too early?"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "I have always been so far-sighted."

The red lady couldn't stop laughing: "Alright, alright, foresighted champion, have you thought about what you should do after retirement?"

Yang Menglong said: "Thought it out! When I retire, I will use all my savings to buy a fleet, travel across the world, trade with swords, and grab anyone who doesn't like it, especially Wang Yingxiong and Hou Xun. You bastard, you must steal them and go bankrupt! That’s right, I must be the Pirate King after I retire!”

The red lady was completely shocked by his lofty ambition. She looked at him blankly, with only one thought left in her mind: "Would Qi Hu, Xue Siming, Han Peng and other generals know about his lofty ambition? Spit blood?"

(End of this chapter)