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

Chapter 833 Landing 1
Yang Menglong followed his usual vigorous and vigorous style, once he was ready, he attacked with a thunderous force, heading straight for the enemy's base camp, regardless of how the enemy would respond.It was the same this time. While the Dutch were in a hurry to dispatch troops, the fleet he led had passed through the Penghu Islands, only one step away from Tainan.

The Penghu Islands are natural harbors, so named because of the turbulent waves outside the harbor and the tranquility of a lake inside the harbor.When Zheng Zhilong dominated the South China Sea, he made great efforts to manage Penghu, built many port facilities here, immigrated from Fujian to settle on the island, and stationed some troops.The Dutch and the Spaniards took advantage of his fight with Yang Menglong to plunder the land of Taiwanese aborigines and mainland immigrants, but did not send troops to attack his stronghold in the Penghu Islands, which made Yang Menglong, Qi Hu, Li Yan and others feel uncomfortable. incredible.But thinking about it carefully, they seem to have left no room for the Europeans to snatch the Penghu Islands. This war broke out suddenly and ended very suddenly. When the war ended, the Europeans were still busy snatching the land of the aborigines. By the time they reacted and prepared to use troops against the Penghu Islands, the war was over, and then the entire Tainan area was turned upside down by Shi Tianbao. The endless attacks of the aborigines alone were enough for the Dutch. Are you in the mood to fight for the Penghu Islands? The Spaniards are salivating over the Penghu Islands, but that is the sphere of influence of the Dutch, right at the door of the Dutch. They sent troops to fight for it. Didn’t they make wedding dresses for the Dutch? , Taiwan Island was turned upside down, but Penghu was still calm.

This is cheaper Yang Menglong.When passing through the Penghu Islands, according to the pre-established combat plan, most of the warships transporting ammunition, supplies, and civilian husbands stayed in Penghu Port to rest. Eighteen transport ships full of marines, artillery, and bullets headed straight for the Tainan area.This is Zheng Zhilong's suggestion. He believes that whether it is the Keelung Port in Taipei or the Heliao Port in Tainan, the port facilities are very backward and cannot accommodate so many warships. Moreover, it is very difficult to land on the beach. The more warships involved, the more difficult the situation will be. The more chaotic, more ships will only add to the chaos. It is better to leave these ships that cannot help in the landing battle in Penghu, and then flexibly move them according to the actual situation. Anyway, the Penghu Islands are less than a hundred miles away from Taiwan. It is very convenient for the auxiliary fleet to stay here, so why not do it?
The light-packed Transformers fleet quickly and greatly accelerated, starting from Penghu and approaching Tainan in just three hours.The persimmons should be pinched softly. The Dutch made Shi Tianbao suffer from seven tuberculosis and five injuries, and his combat power was greatly reduced. Of course, they should be pinched first!
So far, the Heluo New Army's first cross-sea battle has gone smoothly, even beyond Qi Hu and Li Yan's expectations.However, when the fleet approached Tainan, an accident happened.The forward reconnaissance formation found a column of smoke rising in the distance, hurried over to see what was going on, and then encountered a canoe with two soldiers in green camouflage uniforms, claiming that they were mountain The soldiers of the battalion have important information to report to Yang Menglong.The mountain camp is Yang Menglong's heart and soul, so Ren Bao didn't dare to neglect them, so he picked them up on the boat and sent them to Yang Menglong himself.

When the two scouts saw Yang Menglong, they saluted him excitedly: "See General!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't be too polite, you have worked hard... Where is Deputy General Shi? Where is he?"

The scout said: "Vice General Shi has led some troops to lurk near Heliao Port, preparing to cooperate with the army to land!"

Another scout said: "We suddenly discovered three hours ago that the Dutch fleet had left Heliao Port and sailed northward!"

This situation was beyond everyone's expectation. According to the plan made in advance, they would continue to stabilize the Spanish, concentrate all their efforts on destroying the Dutch fleet, then land at Heliao Port, capture Chican City and Taiwan City, and then go north To deal with the Spaniards, in order to achieve this goal, they have used the four words "soldiers are more valuable and faster" to the extreme. Unexpectedly, the Dutch have such smart ears and eyes, but they still missed the point!

The two scouts said: "Deputy General Shi judged that they might go north to meet the Spaniards and unite against us. The matter is of great importance. He didn't dare to neglect, so he sent his subordinates to the sea to report this information to the general!"

Zheng Zhilong said angrily: "Where did the news leak? Damn it, damn it!" He used to be the overlord of the sea, and he knew how difficult it is to find a fleet at sea. It doesn't matter if you don't want to be annoyed.

Yang Menglong narrowed his eyes and asked, "You mean Heliao Port is empty now?"

The scout said, "There are only three patrol boats left!"

Yang Menglong snorted: "You're quite clever. You knew I was coming to deal with them, so you ran away early! Interesting!"

Li Yan said: "The Dutch and the Spaniards joined together, and the two Canadian warships add up to as many as [-] or [-] warships. If they rely on Taipei to continue to harass our army's sea transportation routes, even if our army takes Tainan, it will be difficult. Get a foothold!"

Zheng Zhilong also said: "Yes, Lord Hou, the outcome of this battle depends entirely on whether the naval battle can be won. If the Dutch and the Spaniards are allowed to join forces, there will be endless troubles!"

Yang Menglong raised his thick eyebrows and said: "I know this!" After walking back and forth for a few steps, he made up his mind and said to Shen Tingyang: "Old Shen, you take the Decepticon, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Hornet Leave it to me, and immediately bring all the main forces to the north to chase the Dutch!"

Shen Tingyang was a little worried: "There are only four battleships, is that enough?"

Yang Menglong said: "There are only three patrol ships left in Heliao Port, and four warships are more than enough." Looking at Zheng Zhilong, "Admiral Zheng, my fleet experience is not very sufficient. If you don't mind, I hope you can give me some help." Shen will serve as a consultant and give him ideas!"

Zheng Zhilong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and became excited.He is not afraid of the danger of the mission, but he is most afraid that Yang Menglong will not be of use to him. Now that it is all right, Yang Menglong has entrusted him with an important mission to assist Shen Tingyang in destroying the Xiyi Fleet!A big stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground. With the strength of the Transformers fleet, it is not a problem to destroy the same number of Xiyi battleships. As long as he does his best and helps Shen Tingyang complete the task, with this combat achievement as a foundation, he will be a leisurely man after the war. It is not a problem for a rich man to live his life in peace and contentment. If he performs well, he can even be reused!This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and of course he couldn't miss it. He took a deep breath, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Observe!"

It's completely a subordinate's gift.

Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao looked at each other, stepped forward, and said in unison: "Master Hou, the last general..."

Yang Menglong said generously: "Let's go together, brothers who are fighting tigers, I hope you three brothers can show your power and beat these Xiyi to death!"

The three Zheng brothers were overjoyed and said in unison: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your trust!"

Li Xu was jealous, and was about to get out of the crowd, when Yang Menglong said: "Others, follow me, go straight to Heliao Port!"

Li Xu immediately shrank back.Annihilating the Xiyi Fleet is very impressive, but it doesn't seem like it was glorious to fight bravely in front of Yang Menglong? Alas, it's a pity that Xiyi only left three patrol boats in Heliao Port, which is not enough to fill the gap between the teeth, and there is no chance to let He showed his superb naval command in front of Yang Menglong!
Therefore, the fleet was divided again. Shen Tingyang led 42 warships to chase the Dutch all the way north, while Yang Menglong led his already greatly shrunk Taiwan attack fleet to Heliao Port. This kind of lightning offensive is relatively rare in the history of European warfare. , that is, Alexander and Caesar played, and Stilicho, the last famous general of Western Rome—this buddy once led an army of 100 to gallop 1.5 kilometers in the Gaul mountains in eight days. Against the flag, he has already approached the city.After these famous generals passed away, Europeans rarely experienced the style of blitzkrieg. Throughout the Middle Ages, the European war mode was basically that everyone appeared on the battlefield after an appointment at a time and place. The soldiers fought in a scuffle, and after the fight, they went back to their homes, and each looked for his mother.The Mongol invasion taught Europeans the power of blitzkrieg. The Mongolian iron cavalry swept across like a whirlwind, and blood flowed into rivers on the European continent, so that Europeans fearfully called these Mongolian knights "yellow devils".But after having experienced it, Europeans still can’t play blitzkrieg. Until more than [-] years later, a dwarf who was a little more than [-] meters was born. It was the first time that Europeans had the ability to play blitzkrieg after the end of the classical era. strategy master.guess who is he
That's right, Napoleon.

Now Yang Menglong taught the Dutch this lesson in advance. His fleet took less than [-] hours from departure to arrival in Taiwan, and then divided up and launched an attack. The speed and efficiency are so fast that it is jaw-dropping .So, six hours after sending off their own fleet, the Dutch discovered to their horror that the Ming Fleet had already appeared within their field of vision.

The first to discover the Ming fleet was a patrol ship patrolling outside Heliao Port. When Yang Menglong's more than 20 warships appeared in front of them mightily, the dozen or so Dutch sailors on the patrol ship almost peed , everyone looked at the captain in a daze, and shouted: "No... Didn't it mean that the Chinese have to stay in Penghu for at least three or four days before they can start operations? Why did they call so quickly!"

The captain also had ten thousand mythical beasts roaring in his heart. That stupid pig governor, what are you giving random orders? The Ming fleet arrived in Tainan in the blink of an eye, and even asked the fleet to go north to meet the Spaniards and meet your sister!We should rely on Heliao Port to resist and delay the time, waiting for the Spaniards to come to support!But now it has been six or seven hours since the fleet left Heliao Port, and there is no way to catch them back. The only thing the captain can do is to command his pitiful patrol ship to turn back. Before the Transformers fleet can incorporate them into the ship, They escaped within the range of the cannon and brought this extremely unfortunate news to their Lord Governor...

(End of this chapter)