Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1085
(The anti-theft chapter has been refreshed and can be read normally, and an additional 400 words will be given, thank you for your understanding.)
The Jinghua Expeditionary Fleet turned around and headed towards the direction the Spaniards came from. Gao Jing issued various orders while guessing what Huang Zhiting was thinking.

Does she want to fight the Spaniards in the South China Sea, or is she just planning to show off her military power and hope that the Spaniards will retreat in spite of difficulties?

Huang Zhiting didn't explain, and Gao Jing couldn't make a judgment, but he still decided to take it as a big fight with the Spaniard, and even counted the Portuguese.

Obviously, this is planning for the worst.

Gao Jing first left six armed transport ships in two groups, organized into three small formations, and acted as patrol ships for cruising and reconnaissance near Wansheng Island, in order to prevent the Portuguese from appearing behind the main force of the fleet without warning.

Then he ordered to notify the original rearguard fleet to switch to the forward formation on the spot, continue to investigate the movement of the Spanish fleet, and if necessary—such as being expelled or attacked by the Spaniards—the formation was allowed to counterattack by force, but at the same time he also allowed When the formation believed that nothing could be done, it chose to retreat to the main fleet to preserve its strength.

Finally, he called the captains of the main fleet to the flagship for a meeting to discuss and arrange tactics.

What Gao Jing can understand now is that the Spanish fleet may have a single-ship advantage, but it is obviously weaker than the own fleet in terms of numbers.At the same time, there is another question that must be clarified, which is who is more dominant in the artillery of the two sides.

Gao Jing's nautical level is of course far superior to Gao Pragmatism, but he is deeply influenced by Gao Pragmatism on the issue of artillery application-after all, Gao Jing is the one who made the decision to turn Jinghua's fleet into an "artillery fleet". Founded the Jinghua Artillery Factory.

Jinghua's northern and southern ocean fleets may even be the most firmly believed in the "big cannon doctrine" in the world today.Therefore, after discussing with these captains, Gao Jing urgently sent a supplementary order to the forward formation: "If there is a suitable opportunity, you can try to conduct an artillery battle with the Spanish fleet. If you do, you need to clarify the range of the other side's artillery And play weight is the primary purpose."

The importance of artillery range does not need to be explained, but to clarify the weight of the opponent’s shells is actually to clarify the power of the opponent’s artillery, because there are no highly professional shells such as explosive shells, high-explosive shells, and armor-piercing shells in later generations. Mostly iron bullets and chain bullets.

The so-called chain bombs usually use a chain to connect two small shells smaller than the bore of the gun in series. After firing in this way, one shell will drag the other shell and fly out centrifugally.In this way, once it hits a target such as a sail, a large hole will be torn out in the sail, or the rigging will be torn, which will seriously reduce the power of the enemy warship.

If you are lucky enough, you can even tear off the mast, making the enemy ship almost completely powerless and paralyzed on the water.

However, the hit rate of weapons such as chain bombs is too low, and generally it does not require artillery to be fired with a full charge, so it is difficult to measure the power, so the strength of the opponent's firepower can only be judged by the size of the opponent's solid iron bullet.

In other words, if you know the range of the opponent's artillery and the weight of the projectile, you basically know the power of the opponent's artillery.

It is precisely because the artillery level of the Spanish fleet is still unclear, Gao Jing's combat tactical arrangements can only temporarily set a rough framework.To put it simply, once a battle occurs, try to rely on the numerical advantage of your own fleet to form a two-on-one or even three-on-one situation.

Moreover, since naval warfare in the age of sails has high requirements for tactical actions such as fighting for the wind direction and grabbing the T-head position, many times it needs to be performed by the commander on the spot. Therefore, after Gao Jing informed the captains of this decision, he could only remind When the time comes, they must strictly follow the usual training to fight.

The usual training of the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet is manipulated by a group of guys who have "traveled the sea for generations". In fact, the big boss Gao Yushi rarely intervenes, but he has put forward several strategic-level principled requirements.

As an important imaginary enemy in Gao Yushi's mind, he recalled as much as possible the advantages and disadvantages of the Spanish fleet at this time.Especially based on the famous defeat history of the "Invincible Fleet", Gao Pragmatism put forward two key requirements:
It is required that the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet always develop and use artillery as the core force of the fleet, especially long-range heavy artillery, which must play the most core and important role.

The Jinghua Liangyang Fleet is required to abandon the long-standing team-jumping combat tactics, and create and strengthen the fleet's line-of-line artillery warfare tactics. When battles inevitably occur, they must try to avoid team-hopping operations and adopt line-of-line artillery warfare to avoid personnel losses. .

In view of the fact that the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet itself is a "commercialized" fleet, not a national army, Gao Pragmatism specifically emphasized "avoiding personnel loss" so as not to prevent these people from fighting in waves—in Jinghua, the personnel loss is too large Once the battle is determined to be a command error afterwards, what awaits the commander is demotion, fine and confinement——the elegant and easy-going third company of the Gao family.

The reason why it is "elegant and easy-going" is because compared with the Daming Navy, this punishment of neither fighting nor killing seems to be a model of humanitarianism.However, the fact is that the fines for violating the rules set by Gao Yushi can sometimes be so fine that the offender's offenders will be enslaved as slaves for three generations collectively.

Therefore, although the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet had almost no chance to make a move after the previous annihilation of the Fujian Sea Pirate Alliance, their overall maritime combat method has basically been fixed: battle line artillery battle.

After the meeting, the captains of each ship returned to their own ships in small boats, while Gao Jing personally went to the deck to check various preparations for navigation and combat, such as whether the rigging was clean (the sea environment determines that they are easy to grow moss) skidding), whether the sail surface is complete and tough, etc.

Then check the gunpowder compartment and the shell compartment, especially personally check whether the gunpowder is damp and so on.

It can be seen that since Gao Yushi had been vaccinated many times with the Liangyang Fleet long ago, Gao Jing was still very cautious about fighting the "Overlord of the Four Seas" Spaniards, and did not rest on the previous record of defeating the Annan Navy Get a good night's sleep.

And in all fairness, he really didn't think that defeating the Annan navy was a terrible record. If he really wanted to talk about the record, it would be better to talk about the naval battle against the Portuguese in the Bandulang sea battle.

However, neither side was a main fleet at that time, and they just fought a small-scale encounter.Although according to the rules of naval battles, the Portuguese retreated first, it should be regarded as his victory for Gao Jing.But in fact, he didn't feel the joy of victory, because his loss was slightly more serious than that of the Portuguese.

In Gao Jing's mind, since the Spaniards are more powerful than the Portuguese, according to the current strength of the two fleets, this battle is very dangerous, at least not sure of the so-called victory.In this way, the preparation work is of course the more complete the better.

When he returned to his command room, he realized that Huang Zhiting was there, and she seemed to be waiting for him.

Gao Jing couldn't help tidying up her appearance in a hurry, and said hurriedly, "Did you not rest yet?"

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said, "It's still early, Commander Gao..."

"The little ones don't dare, just call me Gao Jing."

Just kidding, even if the person in front of him is not the deputy governor of Annan, Gao Jing only dares to call himself a "little one"-he is likely to be the wife of Jinghua in the future, and there is a natural barrier between the identities of the two parties. commander?

Besides, the "Annan Squadron" is not the fleet of the Annan Metropolitan Commander's Division. Its full name is "Jinghua Nanyang Fleet Annan Squadron". Bigger than the future wife?
"Is there a sign?"

Huang Zhiting also seemed to have acquiesced in the status gap between the two parties, but since he was asked for his name, it could be seen that he was more valued.

Gao Jing's expression froze slightly, she lowered her head and said, "Go back to Dutong, the master hasn't given me the word yet."

Huang Zhiting turned her beautiful eyes and smiled: "Well... If this expedition goes well, I'll help you intercede with Senior High School Cheng, and ask him to give you a word."

Gao Jing was shocked, hesitated for a moment, knelt down on one knee and thanked: "Thank you for your love."

Give the word!
The members of the Gao family in Jinghua, even Gao Xiaozhuang, who was the first to follow Gao Yushi, were only named Gao Rui. Now he controls the entire Kaiping "Industrial Zone", which is the core industrial area of ​​Jinghua. No matter how you look at it, he is a meritorious "old man" , I didn't get a gift, if everything goes well this time, I can be the first to get the gift from the master, what an honor is this?

Especially my master is not an ordinary merchant, he is the top six!With his gift, even if I face those scholars in the future, I can speak with a straight chest!
Therefore, it is always a shortcut to take the wife's route. Whether I can become the first member of the Gao family under Jinghua's banner this time depends on whether this expedition can achieve the results that the future wife wants.

Seeing him like this, Huang Zhiting was also very satisfied.In fact, she has always been worried that these high-level members of the Gao family will not listen to her, an outsider's command, especially since she is a woman.

You know, Jinghua's high-level servants in Annan, such as Gao Yu, the military seat of the Shenglong Guard, are people who can walk sideways in the office of the Annan Metropolitan Government. Mo Maoqia, the Annan Metropolitan Envoy, met Gao Yu I can't wait to nod my head and talk to him.

And Cen Ling, whose status was almost the same as his own before, didn't dare to put on airs in front of Gao Yu, and kept talking with his peers—don't care about Gao Yu's status as a servant, that status only has practical significance when Gao Yu is in Annan , as long as Gao Yushi is absent, Gao Yu represents the [-] well-equipped Thang Long Guards.

High-level servants like Gao Yu and Gao Jing, even Gao Mengnan's pragmatic cousin, and even Gao Wuqin's pragmatic younger brother have to give them face. Of course, Huang Zhiting is worried about his unruly attitude, or his obedience to others.

But Huang Zhiting also knows that Gao Jing's attitude is probably not because of her official position, but because of...

Her face was slightly hot, and she tried her best to calm herself down, not thinking of someone, and then she said: "There is no need to be too polite. Gao Jing, originally, according to Senior High School Cheng's confession, I will not intervene in sea battles, but because these ships are after all There are a full [-] soldiers, so I still want you to tell me how you plan to fight this battle. I also want to ask you if you need the assistance of Master Lu at that time."

Gao Jing stood up and replied: "If the battle goes well after the battle, there is no need for the help of the Lu division, because the combat tactics of our Jinghua fleet are different from those of the ordinary navy. Line artillery battle'."

As he spoke, he gave Huang Zhiting a brief introduction to the general meaning of battle line artillery tactics.

After hearing this, Huang Zhiting suddenly realized something, nodded and said: "It seems that Gao Gaocheng's land and sea tactics have quite a lot in common, they all rely on a strict formation and powerful long-range firepower to win."

It was the first time Gao Jing heard this statement, and he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that it really was the case.

The essence of Jinghua's land combat training lies in the coordination of the line infantry's musket salvo and artillery fire. The real priority is the "strict formation and powerful long-range firepower" summarized by Huang Zhiting just now. By analogy, at the fleet level, Isn't the battle line artillery battle also a replica of land?

Gao Jing is the person who actually commands naval battles. He knows how big the difference is between executing orders and understanding the meaning of orders. And the Deputy Commander Huang in front of him can see at a glance the common points of land and sea tactics of the "Gao Family Army". This level is comparable to that of Ming Dynasty. Most generals are tall.

It seems that the master chose her to command the expedition to southern Burma, not just because of the simple relationship between them.

"Dutong's eyes are as bright as a torch, and the little ones are extremely admired."

Huang Zhiting didn't answer this question, just nodded slightly, stood up at the same time, and said: "Although this tactic probably won't be used by Lu Division, but for the sake of caution, you should send an order to each department of Lu Division on my behalf to get them ready. It is possible to jump from side to side and fight on board, so as not to have an accident and ruin the high school's major event."

"Yes, the little leader."

Huang Zhiting stopped talking, left the commander, and headed for her room. Two maids in military uniform followed immediately, and four wolf guards standing outside also followed.

Nothing happened on the side of the main fleet that night, but in the waters about [-] miles northeast of the main fleet, the Jinghua fleet, which changed from rear guard to forward, received an order from Gao Jing the next morning.

The commander of this squadron is named Gao Musan, who was recruited by Jinghua after taking over Guangzhou Port from the Ministry of Industry.

Takagi-san's ancestors for five or six generations were all shipwrights, because they had excellent carpentry skills, especially good at splicing keels and ribs on sea-going ships.

It's a pity that his father's generation was unlucky. Once his father was attacked by Japanese pirates when he accompanied Gao Musan's mother to her mother's house. Take away.Later, his father died in the Japanese pirates' lair, and he himself finally found an opportunity to escape by taking advantage of the opportunity to accompany the Japanese pirates to the coast to plunder wood and repair ships. In the end, he was suspected by the magistrate of collaborating with Japanese pirates and almost died in prison.

Fortunately, it was not long before he was taken into captivity, and his family's property was still there. Gao Musan was able to get out of prison after going bankrupt. Gao Musan did not dare to use him, so Gao Musan had no choice but to rely on his craftsmanship to sell himself into Jinghua as a housekeeper. He also gave up his original name and changed his name to Gao Musan from then on.

As for how he climbed to his current position, that is another story, which will not be shown here for the time being.

At this moment, Gao Musan was standing on the bridge, looking at Gao Jing's order, he couldn't help scratching his head.

The fleet under his command, whether it is a rear guard or a forward, is actually just a nominal change. In fact, the mission is similar, and it is used as a scout ship.

Since the main duty is nothing more than reconnaissance, the formation is not large. It is the same size as the fleet that Gao Jing left behind when he turned around to welcome the Spaniards to monitor movements near Wansheng Island. There are only six armed transport ships in total. Divided into three two-ship formations.

Therefore, now Gao Jing asked him to test the power of the Spaniard's artillery when he had the opportunity, which made him a little embarrassed.

He has seen the size of the Spanish fleet with his own eyes, it is dozens of Western Galen!Each of them is half the size of his own ship. With this little capital in his hand, going up to provoke them, wouldn't it be the old birthday star eating arsenic-tired of living?
Can you not go?It's okay to do it, after all, Commander Gao didn't say anything dead, but if you don't go, such a good opportunity to make meritorious service will be wasted...

Gao Musan was hesitating on the bridge, when the sailors on the watchtower suddenly waved the small flag in their hands vigorously, and shouted at the top of their voices: "Report——Franch fleet is speeding towards us!"
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PS: Yesterday this chapter was an anti-theft chapter posted on a mobile phone, so I forgot to mark the title of the chapter (Part [-])... This chapter is actually "Battle of the Forwards (Part [-])".Khan, I really don't know how to deal with this writer's mobile phone...but this time I seem to be able to divide it into sections.

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