Lu Ming

Chapter 624 Rebellion ([-])
It was different from the brutal and stalemate siege battle that was expected.This time the North Vietnamese army knocked on the pass, but the first battle in the true sense was not launched from land, but from sea.

On the morning of the third day after the Ming military observation team arrived in Zhengjiang, the sea was cloudy and windy, and the visibility was not good.

The two sides in the naval battle, first of all, the North Vietnamese Combined Fleet, which played provocatively despite the bad weather.

The combined fleet is centered on two Dutch armed merchant ships, the Qiwei and the Kendall Booker, supplemented by hundreds of local sea-going ships—most of them were temporary pirate teams, and most of them were pirate teams from the Ming Dynasty.

South Vietnam also did not show weakness.The core of its fleet is four Spanish sailing ships, and there are also a large number of contract pirates attached to its tail.

So in the slightly dark and muggy weather in the early morning, under the attention of countless pairs of eyes on land, the naval battle broke out outside the mouth of the Zhengjiang River.

Although the total number of sea ships that the North and the South participated in the war this time exceeded the previous ones, there is one thing to note: the sea ships of both sides are mercenaries without exception.

Since they are mercenaries, how to fulfill contractual obligations and preserve their own strength is an eternal topic.

So in general, the scale of this naval battle is okay, but the intensity is not enough.

From the moment the fleets of the two sides met, although they have maintained contact and the rumble of gunfire is loud and loud, this is just a grand scene.

Tactically, the warships on both sides mostly focused on shelling and tentative attacks, and the scenes of close-range bombardment of Chinese-style jumping gangs and Western-style naval guns that really needed to kill people did not appear.

To a certain extent, this Zhengjiangkou sea battle has subverted people's understanding of traditional pirates' undisciplined and chaotic battles. Maintaining a polite and embarrassing battle scene requires extremely high tactical literacy.

The crucial turning point in the naval battle occurred at noon.

At that time, the two Dutch ships of the Northern Fleet probably judged that a prolonged battle would not be good for their own side, so they released signal flags, intending to transfer the entire army in for future planning.

I didn't want to make this turn, but something went wrong.

It is now the end of March, and the coast of Vietnam is still blowing from the north most of the time.In the previous battle, Beichuan had actually taken advantage of the wind, but it was a pity that the two sides pushed Tai Chi to waste their advantage.

Sadly, now that the north boat wants to turn, it will become headwind, so the turning radius must be very large.

What's more dangerous is that the Dutch's operation is a turn in front of the enemy.The Spaniards are not fools. After realizing the intention of the Dutchman, they immediately sent out a signal to ask the large troops to come forward and besiege.

Who wouldn't like to beat a dog in the water?So a large number of Nanchuan changed their previous push-pull attitude and pressed forward.

The Northern Fleet headed by the Dutch ship is a bit in a dilemma.Keep turning, you will be mad at your side's flanks, don't turn, didn't you say it was easy to turn in before?

Next, facing the enemy ship pressing up, the Dutch seemed to have made a mistake in a hurry: they only turned halfway, and then used the side artillery to fight and retreat.

In this way, the armed merchant ships of the Dutch are equivalent to turning in the direction of the eastern Pacific Ocean, getting farther and farther away from the land.

Seeing that the two core red-haired plywood ships of the family accidentally hit and ran away to the open sea, the various northern pirate teams that were fairly organized before suddenly revealed their true colors to make a living.Some followed the Dutch to the Pacific Ocean, and some tried their best to turn back to the North Vietnamese port.There are also a few brave leaders who intend to take this opportunity to make a name for themselves, and put up a posture to intercept their counterparts in the south with the wind.

The scene on the sea was chaotic and chaotic for a while.

The Combined Confederate Fleet was overjoyed to see the Yankees scattered.The flagship "Ponte Vedra" immediately sent out flags and rockets again and again, asking its own core ships to pursue the Dutch and the pirate team to pursue their counterparts on the spot.

It didn't take long for the confusion to become clear.The scuffle outside the Zhengjiang Estuary gradually divided into two streams: the eastbound ship with white sails and the large group of local ships slowly moving north.

Seeing this scene, countless spectators on the shore also clamored, and the roar resounded on both sides of the Zhengjiang River, regardless of north and south.It's just that at this moment, the roar of the southerners is full of demonstrations and a sense of strength, while the northerners are purely disappointing and clamoring. It is similar to the scene where the national football team of later generations was fed N balls by some small country.

However, things in the world are unpredictable.The people who eat melons are frustrated, but the higher-ups who have more information may not necessarily see it that way.

It is still the small rocky mountain where the observation group camped.Today the scene was even bigger. Surrounding the foot of Xiaoshi Mountain were not only the 100-member Ming Kingdom Guard Company, but also thousands of North Vietnamese Imperial Forest Army in armor.

Now that the Imperial Forest Army has come, there will naturally be a king and a minister of power.

On the top of Xiaoshi Mountain, over sixty years old, Zheng Bing, King of Qingdu of North Vietnam in a brocade robe, is sitting on a wicker chair, talking with the head of the observation group Sheng Nan with a smile on his face.

North Vietnam poured out their country and went south to fight against rebellion. As the core of the Zheng Group, the Qing capital king of North Vietnam, Zheng Bing, naturally wanted to lead his troops to the expedition.

After all, this time it seems that the Houli court of North Vietnam is betting on the national destiny. In fact, it is the Zheng family who are really betting on everything.

Well, since Zheng Bing moved, the current ruler of the Houli Dynasty must also go south with the army. Zheng Bing, a living Cao Cao, keeps one eye on the ruler even in his dreams. How can he let the other party out of his sight?

So this time it can be regarded as a royal conquest.However, considering the need for propaganda, the puppet king himself was naturally ignored, and the main propaganda in the army was the power of Prince Zheng leading the troops south.

"General Sheng, I don't know about this arrangement, but do you agree with it?"

Seeing Bai Fan gradually disappearing from sight, Prince Zheng put down the binoculars in his hand, and asked Sheng Nan in standard Chinese with a southern accent.

At this moment, Sheng Nan felt from the bottom of his heart how the colonists of the old world behaved in the colony.At this moment, on the top of Xiaoshi Mountain, only he and Prince Zheng were sitting side by side, and the rest were surrounded by civil servants and military generals of the Hou Li Dynasty. The scene was very pleasant.

"My lord, please don't worry, since the thief boat has been caught in the trap, it is not far from being caught."

After consoling Prince Zheng, Sheng Nan turned to the signal soldier at the side and ordered: "Send a report and ask about the current location of Department X and the estimated time of contact with the enemy."

"Yes!"

At the same time as Sheng Nan asked about the location of Department X, another person anxiously asked about the exact location of Department X.

This person has red hair and blue eyes, wearing a three-cornered hat, white shirt and woolen shorts. He is the captain of the Dutch flagship Qiwei, Van der Poel.

At this moment, Mr. Van der Poel's figure fluctuated with the boat, his hair was messy and his eyes were red, he was pulling on the railing on the berth and stretching his neck to look desperately.

Only 1 nautical mile behind the Qiwei, four Spanish sailing ships were chasing after them with full sails.White smoke keeps rising, and soon there will be the sound of rumbling cannons.

Seeing the spray of shells hitting the stern of the ship getting closer and closer, Mr. Van der Poel couldn't bear it anymore. He once again stared fiercely at a short yellow-skinned young man beside him: "Captain Mao Wujian, you promise Where are the reinforcements? I need to remind you that if the Qiwei is sunk, you will not escape the fate of meeting God!"

The young man, who was short in stature, had a straight military posture even on the swaying deck, and was dressed in a bright white navy uniform, was not at all moved by the Dutch captain's harsh words.

After an imperceptible look of contempt flashed in his eyes, the short young man said calmly in mechanical Dutch: "My Yan navy is flying across the seven seas, and I will never break my promise to my Dutch friends. Please rest assured, Mr. De Boer."

"That's it again!" Van der Pole blushed when he heard the words, and pointed at the communicator who was carrying the telephony machine beside him and shouted: "What you need now is not to say nice words, but to at least use that damn thing to contact the reinforcements one more time. If this If the damn iron box really has that ability!"

The young navy captain named Mao Wujian didn't even bother to explain this time, he just simply replied "There is no need for tactics", and then he began to shut up.

In the end, Mr. Van der Poel, the captain of the Netherlands, had no choice but to turn his head angrily and turn his gaze to the direction of the stern of the ship in the end.

And at this moment, the walkie-talkie on the back of the signal soldier suddenly rang.The next moment, in the extremely clean electromagnetic environment of the 2th century, a clear male voice command came from the walkie-talkie: "T[-] attention, our troops have outflanked in place. Now order your troops to keep the same course, repeat, keep the same course !"

After hearing the command from the walkie-talkie, Mao Wujian picked up his hand and replied, "T2 understands, T2 understands, keep the course unchanged."

Mr. Van der Pole, who heard the voice of the walkie-talkie, also instantly transformed into a shadow dancer, flashed to Mao Wujian's side with an afterimage, grabbed his shoulder and shook desperately and shouted: "What did you say, tell me quickly, it's amazing! What did the baby say!?"

At the same moment, Sheng Nanbu on Xiaoshishan also received a telegram.The next moment, Sheng Nan smiled and said to the white-bearded Zheng Bing: "My lord, the ambush has already entered the arena, and the thief boat has no chance to escape!"

"So good!"

No matter from which point of view, it is a great thing to be able to eliminate the capital ships of the South Vietnamese Navy.Prince Zheng Zheng, who was under tremendous pressure, was overjoyed when he heard the words, patted his thigh in a rare way, and laughed loudly: "This battle depends on Master Sheng's strategizing!"

As a member of the society with regular assembly line production in the 21st century, Sheng Nan is no stranger to commercial bragging: "The prince who just arrived yesterday can order the whole army to go to sea today to be bait. This kind of determination is the real thing." It's amazing!"

Prince Zheng was scratched to the itch, and laughed again: "Hahaha, only after listening to Mr. Sheng's words, this king knows the beauty of sending troops on a cloudy day!"

The so-called happy few sad.The people on the shore and the bait were all happy, so it was natural that the previously domineering South Vietnam Fleet would be in trouble.

At the same time as some people were talking to each other commercially, on the Spanish ship that had been far away from the coast, according to the lookout post on the top of the mast, it finally realized that something was wrong, and pointed in one direction and rang the emergency bell.

The next moment, on the cloudy sea horizon, a strange white line rushed out from afar.If you look carefully, you can see four high-speed warships connected end to end.

These four streamlined high-speed battleships came from the north, all sails were full of wind, and they were emitting thick black smoke. They outflanked the rear of the four Spanish ships like flying arrows.

(End of this chapter)