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

Chapter 780
"That is to say, Zheng's fleet took the lead and launched an attack on Wusongkou Fortress, and was beaten back?"

In the combat command center of the Cybertron, Yang Menglong's habitual eyes lit up and he asked with great interest.

Shen Tingyang said meticulously: "All the confessions of the prisoners have confirmed this. Just yesterday, Zheng Zhibao commanded more than 200 warships to attack Wusongkou, but our army repelled them, and lost more than 30 large warships, with [-] soldiers. The sailor will either become a prisoner of our army, or become the son-in-law of the Sea Dragon King."

Yang Menglong was amazed: "Xue Siming, the boy, starts with everyone than anyone else, and beat others to death!"

Shen Tingyang said: "The prisoners of war all claimed that they were completely fooled by our army's cannons. They have never seen cannons fired so fast and so accurately."

Yang Menglong said: "Nonsense, rear-mounted rifled guns, if you can't even compare with front-loaded smooth-bore guns, let's not mess around!" With his chin on his hand, he looked in the direction of Zheng's fleet, and suddenly said: "Zheng Zhibao must now It’s very distressing, I dream of finding an opportunity to bite us back, so I can get angry, right? What do you think will happen to them if we take the initiative to kill them?”

Shen Tingyang said: "It goes without saying that they will definitely pounce on us like a weasel upon seeing a chicken, as if relying on their numerical advantage to eat up our army!"

Yang Menglong smiled: "If this is the case, I will be thankful. What I am most afraid of is not Zheng's fleet head-on confrontation with me, but that they will disperse and play guerrilla warfare with me at sea! Pass my order and sail to Wusongkou at full speed. Meet Zheng Zhibao!"

Shen Tingyang raised his eyebrows: "Master Hou, don't you think about it? Zheng Zhibao's number of warships is three or four times that of ours!"

Yang Menglong curled his lips in disdain: "Most of them are just armed merchant ships and the like. For the warships that can really be pulled out to fight us, thank God if there are [-] Zheng Zhibao! Old Shen, the ones who have the advantage in numbers now It's not Zheng Zhibao, it's us! We have such a big advantage, why are you still hesitating?"

Shen Tingyang gave a wry smile, saying that boss, your algorithm is really amazing, and I am so ignorant and incomprehensible.However, he also wanted to meet Zheng's Fleet. The most important thing is that since he joined the Heluo New Army, he has never had a chance to show his face. The semaphore was raised: "Full speed to Wusongkou, ready to fight!"

All the warships responded immediately, with full sails, and aggressively rushed straight to the Wusongkou Fortress.

Over at Wusongkou Fortress, Zheng Zhibao was still having a headache about how to find his place.The losses in yesterday's battle were too great. If he didn't regain his position, his reputation would be ruined. The most terrible thing was that he wouldn't be able to explain it to Zheng Zhilong.The idiots Li Jie and Gao Jianfeng kept urging him to withdraw immediately for fear of suffering greater losses. Zheng Zhibao refused to accept their suggestion, "Fuck you, if I really go back in such a dejected state, will I still have the nerve to be stupid?"No, no matter what, you must bite the Heluo New Army hard, otherwise you will never retreat!

But, how to bite Heluo Xinjun back?

The idea he came up with was to bypass Wusongkou, land at a place where the Heluo New Army had no defenses, and flank it from behind... Your fortress artillery fire is very fierce, but no matter how fierce it is, it is impossible to resist the attack from the back Bar?Zheng Zhibao believes that the probability of success is very high, and most importantly, even if it fails, the battleship will not be lost, so why not do it?However, those armed sailors seemed to be frightened by the ferocity of Heluo's new army who killed [-] Japanese warriors like chickens and dogs. So many generals, none of them dared to stand up and accept this glorious and arduous task. Task.At the meeting, the generals looked around, either looking up at the sky as if to see if there were any UFOs flying by, or looking down for ants, or staring at their nails with relish, in short, there was no sound.Zheng Zhibao made these guys angry. It seems that these years have been really comfortable. These guys have lost the fierceness and sharpness at the beginning of their business. They just want to keep their own family property and dare not take any more risks risk.

Just when Zheng Zhibao was full of anger, wondering if he should kill one or two chickens to make an example to the monkeys, a light boat rushed over and brought a frightening news...

"What? The Denglai Navy is here!?" Zheng Zhibao's eyes were as wide as a pair of copper bells, in disbelief.

The subordinates reported: "Here we come! There are 64 warships in total, almost all of which are brand new, with high speed and strong firepower. A patrol fleet led by Huang Bazong has been wiped out by them!"

Everyone was amazed. The Heluo new army's actions were really thorough. Several large armies set off at the same time, and launched an attack at the same time within a day or two. This overall planning ability is really amazing.Zheng Zhibao's eyes lit up, he clapped his fists, and exclaimed excitedly: "Great! I finally got the chance to beat them up hard!" He looked around the crowd with pride, and shouted: "Everyone, yesterday's defeat is unnecessary. Mind you, this land battle is not our specialty, and the Wusongkou Fortress is like a fortress, so it is reasonable to suffer a small loss. However, this sea battle is our strong point. We have traveled across the sea for more than ten years and have never met an opponent. ! And what about the Denglai Navy? It’s just a group of mobs who have been in the army for two years. This time we will kill them without leaving any armor, so that they will not return!”

Hearing that the Heluo New Army only had about sixty warships, Li Jie, Gao Jianfeng and other Ostrich generals who strongly advocated an immediate retreat suddenly felt like they had taken a shot of chicken blood and swallowed ten packs of Viagra. They were all in high spirits and wailing. He shouted: "Yes, we can't defeat them in land battle, but they are absolutely no match for us in sea battle. They are here to die!" Gao Jianfeng shouted even more enthusiastically: "When this fleet is annihilated, we will follow the instructions of the eldest son. He proposed to use the fleet to block the Yangtze River waterway and trap Xue Siming to death in Wusongkou!"

Everyone unified their opinions at an astonishing speed, Zheng Zhibao immediately ordered to unleash the bloody banner of the main battle, and the flagship took the lead and rushed north.The fleet, which was still listless, was very excited. One followed by the other to form a combat formation and headed north.If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that more than 200 warships are forming two arrows, one large and one small, cutting through the sea and rushing towards each other.The difference is that the Heluo New Army is in order, and all the warships are using semaphore to communicate and convey orders, while Zheng's fleet appears to be more chaotic. Roaring, the fleet has sailed for several kilometers, and some warships don't know where the enemy is, how many are there, and from which direction they are coming, they just mechanically follow the main force.

In terms of command, Zheng's fleet lost first.

After sailing for more than ten kilometers and passing a landmark reef, Zheng's fleet found a black spot emerging from the junction of sea and sky. When they got closer, they could see it clearly. It was... it was...

It's a huge balloon!
As soon as the originally aggressive sailors saw this thing, there was a commotion. Everyone pointed at the balloon and screamed.They had seen this ghost thing yesterday. It was floating high in the sky. It was very scary. But no one knew what it was exactly. Anyway, they just thought it was very powerful.Zheng Zhibao yelled: "It's this piece of shit again! Can you come up with something new!?"

On the balloon, two lookouts held up their binoculars to inspect it. While watching, they quickly drew on the white paper with a quill pen, marking the location and number of the fleet one by one.The balloon is connected to the battleship with a rope, so there is no need to worry about being blown to the ends of the earth by the sea breeze. These two obviously enjoy the feeling of overlooking the sea at an altitude of 300 meters, and chatted while working:

"Hey, boss, do you think Zheng's fleet has found us?"

"Nonsense, of course I found out, didn't you see that they were pointing at us and cursing their mothers?"

"What do you think we'll bring a few bundles of grenades and fly over their heads and drop them?"

"Forget it, this thing can't control the direction at all. Once the rope is loosened, the devil knows where the sea breeze will blow us! Have you forgotten the lesson of Master Hou when he took the hot air balloon for the first time?"

"Uh... I'm just talking casually, don't take it seriously."

The first time Yang Menglong took a hot air balloon, he stole the limelight, but at the same time he made a fool of himself... Blown by the wind to a place [-] to [-] miles away from the urban area, he stayed in the mountains for a whole night before he was found.I don't know how that bastard felt, but Fang Yizhi and Zhu Yujian, who were riding the balloon together, were gnashing their teeth in hatred, wanting to strangle him to death!Balloons are good for everything, but there is no way to control the direction. Unless you want to taste the experience of crossing the ocean, don't try balloon bombing rashly-this is the sea, but there is no place for them to land of!
When the painting was almost done, the balloon landed and handed the information to the flagship.

Yang Menglong opened the drawing, and seeing the densely packed ships gave him a headache. This is not his specialty!He handed over the blueprint to Shen Tingyang, and Shen Tingyang smiled when he saw it: "Zheng Zhibao really gave us face, and brought all his warships here... Is he so eager to get back the place?"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "This is a good thing. The thicker the grass, the easier it is to cut!"

Shen Tingyang is not so optimistic. He used to make a living at sea, and he knows the strength of the Zheng family very well. He knows that the strength of the Zheng family is by no means comparable to those small groups of pirates and Japanese pirates who were wiped out by the Denglai Navy.This is the maritime overlord who has ruled the South China Sea for more than ten years. Any behavior that despises them will be met with bloody revenge!With so many warships swarming over, he really had a headache, but he had no choice but to attack. This was the first battle between the Denglai Navy and Zheng's fleet, and he couldn't be allowed to back down!He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Ren Bao, you lead [-] warships around Yang Yezhou to attack the enemy's left flank! Zeng Hu, you lead [-] warships around Starfish Reef to attack the enemy's right flank, the main force of the fleet is deployed in two rows. , to meet Zheng's fleet head-on!"

Immediately, 33 frigates of the 31-ton to [-]-ton class spread out their wings, more than ten kilometers apart, and went straight to the left and right wings of Zheng's fleet.The remaining [-] battleships are centered on eleven [-]-ton sailing battleships, lined up in two rows and marching side by side.Carrying hard from the front and outflanking the two wings is exactly what the Heluo New Army is good at. Now the Denglai Navy has transplanted this tactic into naval warfare. As for whether it will work... To be honest, Shen Tingyang has no idea.

Zheng Zhibao didn't know anything about it. He suffered too much in terms of reconnaissance methods. He didn't have hot air balloons, and the quality of the telescope was far inferior to the opponent's. The Heluo New Army had already seen his fleet, but he still didn't know it. Still commanding the fleet to march forward bravely.

So, half an hour later, his forward fleet saw the Denglai Navy in a neat formation - 31 warships lined up in two formations, in a canine shape, as if two rows of sharp teeth were waiting for them.

Doom has struck.

(End of this chapter)