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

Chapter 829 Meeting

There are strong southwesterly winds in the Taiwan Strait in late August, but the wind strength is only a little over Category [-], which is not harmful.Tropical cyclones, on the other hand, are a headache. They come every once in a while. You have to be extra careful when passing through the Taiwan Strait, otherwise the ship is very likely to be destroyed and people will be killed.However, Zheng Zhilong helped Yang Menglong choose an ideal day. When the fleet set off, the sky above the strait was clear blue and the sea breeze was blowing. Such good weather is rare only a few times a year. If we don't send troops to beat the Dutch, it will be really bad. Sorry God!

The huge fleet rendezvoused in Penghu, mighty and mighty, headed straight for Taiwan.

Catherine stayed on the Cybertron as always, and went out with the Transformers fleet, and by the way served as a staff officer for Yang Menglong, giving some small ideas or something.The Battle of the Haitan Strait made her see the astonishing power of strategies and tactics with Chinese characteristics. She vaguely felt that there seemed to be countless ingenious tactics hidden in Yang Menglong's eccentric head, and any one of them could be used to win the battle. The enemy was killed at a very small price, and the amazing power of the Transformers fleet's naval guns made her even more amazed. She was already fascinated by all this and made up her mind. On the Cybertron, you must learn Yang Menglong's unique skills!Now she is standing on the deck with Hong Niangzi and Li Qiang, admiring the beautiful scenery of the sea with binoculars, chatting happily and leisurely.Yang Menglong gave her a headache, and said: "I said, Miss Catherine, I have recovered the property you lost, and all the cannons and shells you asked for have been loaded on board. When will you return to Europe? "

Catherine turned her head and gave him a sweet smile: "Just leave the small things like transporting the goods back to Europe to my subordinates. I want to stay in China and have fun for a while."

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes straightly: "I have no problem with you wanting to stay in China to play, but...is there anyone like you who goes wherever there is a war like you?"

Catherine said confidently: "My lady is also a well-known naval officer in Europe. You are not satisfied with me as your staff for free?"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes and wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.Then again, this foreign girl did give him a lot of ideas and played a role that many advisers failed to play. Speaking of which, he took advantage.

The red lady said dissatisfied: "Catherine just wants to see the war, so don't be so stingy!"

Yang Menglong muttered: "It's not a matter of being petty, let her stay on the warship all the time, and leak the secret sooner or later..." Shaking his head, he felt quite a headache.Of course it's inappropriate for Catherine to stay on the flagship, but I'm too embarrassed to drive her off... Oh, what a big head!
In the most forward position of the fleet, Jiang Yan's Queen of the Wind took the lead, cutting through the waves and moving forward without hesitation.Jiang Yan stood on the watchtower and held up the binoculars to look at the sea in the distance. The sea breeze raised her long hair and cloak high, which was called a heroic figure.This female man from the Central Plains is now in high spirits. In the battle of Haitan Strait, she sank two enemy ships and captured one. She made great contributions and was praised by Yang Menglong who personally awarded her a silver medal Therefore, she became the No. 1 female soldier in the Heluo New Army to receive such a high-level medal, and she became famous in the first battle.The most astonishing thing is that Yang Menglong also rewarded her with the big ship she captured. It was a big ship of more than 800 tons. It was a first-class good ship in China, and it was worth a lot of money.Several sea merchants came to the door and asked for huge sums of money to buy this big ship. Jiang Yan refused without hesitation. She wanted to keep this precious trophy as her dowry. When she retired from the navy in the future, she would use this ship In the shipping business, with Miss Jiang's intelligence and her contacts, as long as she works hard, she might become a little rich woman!

It's just that I don't know which hero can stand her arrogance, dare to marry her at the risk of being hanged by her on the mast at any time, and accept her generous dowry by the way, so as to gain both money and sex?
Of course, Jiang Yan won't think about such a long-term for the time being. The queen of the wind who has made great achievements and received rewards is full of spirits. She is looking at the direction of Taiwan, hoping that one or two enemy ships will appear there quickly for her to bombard them. Cannon, then turned into a second silver medal.

It's a pity that the good luck didn't come this time. She stood on the watchtower until her legs were weak, and she didn't see the shadow of the enemy ship, so she had to beat her sore legs and get off the tower. After taking a few gulps of barley beer, he let out a mouthful of alcohol and said viciously, "Damn Xiyi, where did he hide? We are almost reaching Taiwan, why are they still silent?" !"

The deputy captain said calmly: "Be patient. Didn't the Marquis say that Xiyi made their fortune by relying on the sea, and they are very proficient in naval warfare. They saw that our army is powerful, so they hid a long time ago. They wanted to find them. Then eat them in one bite, and feel sad!"

Jiang Yan snorted: "I don't believe in this evil!" Rolling her eyes, she punched the deputy captain with a wicked smile: "I heard that Xiyi women's skin is better than snow, and they are extremely beautiful, you are still single Come on, when Taiwan is conquered, I will pick a few beauties from the captives and give them to you!"

The deputy captain trembled and said, "Don't, don't, don't!"

Jiang Yan hugged his shoulders affectionately and said, "Don't be polite to me, we are good brothers! How many do you want? Just ask, I promise to get it for you!"

The deputy captain said: "I don't want it! Those Xiyi women look at their skin white, but their pores are thick, their body hair is also thick, and they have body odor. The worst thing is that they don't like to take a bath. I can't stand them!"

Jiang Yan looked surprised: "How do you know so clearly?"

The deputy captain suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and quickly covered his mouth.

Unfortunately, it was too late, Jiang Yan stared at him, and asked: "How do you know so well about Xiyi women? Say, did you visit the cellar?"

The deputy captain said, "I didn't!"

Jiang Yan raised her fist: "Why don't you tell me the truth? You would know it so clearly if you didn't visit the cellar? Tell me, who did you go with? Don't tell me I'll beat you to death!"

———Miss Jiang is strict in running the army. She hates visiting cellars, a pastime that is loved by sailors all over the world and popular among the people.However, the sailors have been soaking in the sea for many years, and they are so lonely that they are going crazy. When they go ashore, it is inevitable to go to the brothel...

At this time, the watchman called out: "Captain, we found two large ships ahead!"

Jiang Yan snorted: "What a coincidence? You're not going to visit the cellar, are you trying to distract me?"

The lookout said seriously: "There are really two big ships heading towards us!"

Jiang Yan climbed up dubiously, and looked in the direction pointed by the watchman. Sure enough, two white sails plowed the sea from the junction of sea and sky, and they came head-on. They were really two big ships!She was so excited that her voice was fluttering, and she shouted: "I found two big ships, and I immediately sent a semaphore to notify the flagship!"

The reason she was so excited was that Yang Menglong had already issued an order to block navigation in the Taiwan Strait. During the battle, no merchant or fishing boat could go to sea without special permission to avoid capitalizing on the enemy. The fishermen were also very cooperative. For a whole month, not a single piece of wood went into the sea, and the ships of Xiyi did not know how to write the word "dead", and occasionally ventured out to sea.I don't know how others will deal with those ships that violated the ban on sailing, but Jiang Yan will never let them go if he catches these bold guys.Excited, the Queen of the Wind immediately put up a semaphore to inform the command ship of the vanguard reconnaissance fleet: Two large ships have been found and are coming head-on!
The command ship's response was very simple, just one word: go!

The Queen of the Wind immediately sailed towards the two big ships like an arrow leaving the string.

The two large ships knew nothing about this, and their sails were full and they were speeding towards the mainland.The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing, and Jiang Yan vaguely saw several smaller ships behind the two large ships, which seemed to be warships.However, these two large ships were out-and-out armed merchant ships. They could be recognized by their length-to-width ratio. She also saw that the two large ships were flying black tiger flags - they were her own!She commanded the Queen of the Wind to quickly approach the two large ships, and shouted: "We are the Denglai Navy who are carrying out combat missions in the Taiwan Strait! Who are you? Why did you violate the order to block navigation?"

The two big ships did not expect to encounter the warships of the Dunley Navy on the center line of the strait, and there were several more ships, and they were at a loss for a while.At this time, a strong man aged 37 or [-] stepped onto the deck, clasped his fists at Jiang Yan, and said: "This female general is invited. My surname is Shen and my name is Ting Yang. I led four ships to set off overseas last year. Expedition, it took nearly a year to go away, and I didn’t come back until now!”

Jiang Yan was shocked: "You are Mr. Shen!?" The story of Shen Tingyang leading the fleet to explore the sea was published in the newspapers, and it caused a huge impact. Even though Jiang Yan had her eyes set high, she still admired him very much. She never expected that He bumped into Shen Tingyang here!

Shen Tingyang smiled: "The female general knows Shen's name?"

Jiang Yan nodded again and again: "I know, I know! Mr. Shen, what can I do for you?"

Shen Tingyang pointed behind him: "Those Western Yi warships have been following Shen so much that they are very annoying. If the female general can drive them away, Shen will be grateful!"

Those warships are all light warships, small in tonnage, but very mixed. There are Dutch ships, Spanish ships, and British ships. I don’t know where they got the news. They followed them all the way from Luzon. Shen Tingyang didn't know how depressed he was when he couldn't drop and couldn't hit again and again.Fortunately, now that he met the Denglai Navy, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.Jiang Yan was also straightforward, shouting: "Snap the air immediately, load all the guns with shells, and send these Xiyi warships to the bottom of the sea!"

The sailors of the Queen of the Wind agreed in unison, the sails were full, and they went straight to the wind!

(End of this chapter)