Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 740 Fight, fight until his entire army is wiped out!
Qi Mingguang looked at Haitu in silence,

He is 40 years old this year, and it is not easy to jump from the guard to the admiral of the third-rank navy of the new army in his forties.

After all, we all know that today's emperor and the chief assistant always like to appoint new generals when they select new army generals.

The families of high-ranking officials and dignitaries are not the first choice at all. Those who are rich and small, the sons of merchants, and ordinary people are the favorites of the emperor and the chief minister. These young people have no roots. They are naturally grateful for being promoted by the emperor and the chief minister to become the new party members. The backbone, they are young and energetic, not influenced by the old ideas of the officialdom, and can adapt to new tactics and tactics after being taught by Datong Academy to broaden their horizons.

It can be said that these people are first-class in both knowledge and quality after training, and the difference is only in experience.

Now the new army has proved itself, there are two governors of the second rank, and there are more generals from the second rank to the third rank.

Cao Wenzhao, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Sun Yuanhua, Qi Yuangong, Fang Yunchu
Look at these generals of the new army. Generally, they have already commanded the first army at the age of 30 or [-]. These young people, who are about the same age as the emperor and the first assistant, are the future of the Ming military. Now they have established a firm foothold and a solid foundation. They used battle exploits to prove that their youth is not a weakness but an advantage.

Qi Mingguang knows that he is not young anymore. If he is counted according to the past, he is in the prime of his 40s, and his future will be wasted step by step. It is estimated that he will not be able to reach a higher level without accidents in this life.

But right now the opportunity is in front of him, if he seizes it, the future will be different.

In the end, it is based on stability, take it slowly, try not to make mistakes, or take the opportunity to let the government and the public see his ability of Qi Guangming?
Qi Mingguang, who was young and adventurous before, hesitated now. Looking at the expectant eyes of the three generals, Qi Mingguang sighed: "Everyone is tired after traveling all the way, let's go down and rest first."

Shen Yi, Han Yunzhi and Yu Huaiming looked at each other, knowing that Qi Mingguang wanted to think on his own right now, so they all left.

In the evening, the sun was setting and the blood-red sunset was reflected on the sea. The sea was shimmering with golden light and the red glow was pleasant. Qi Mingguang stood on the bow of the Weiyuan and looked at the sea.

Although they are currently mooring in Guangzhou Bay, the imperial court has a system. They are now in a state of war, and all ships are on duty. Qi Mingguang has never left the Weiyuan from the beginning to the end. What does it mean to lead by example.

Shen Yi accidentally looked at Qi Mingguang at the bow, and couldn't help but stepped forward: "Admiral."

Qi Mingguang turned his head to look at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "So it's General Shen, why don't you go to the shore to rest?"

Shen Yi smiled and said, "The admiral didn't even disembark to rest, how can the last general disembark?"

Qi Mingguang shook his head, Shen Yi saw this and said: "Admiral, you can't hesitate."

Qi Mingguang didn't care about Shen Yi's offensive words, but if anyone who is a general can't enjoy the battle, then there is a problem.

Looking at the setting sun like blood between the sea and the sky, and the scenery of the sunset glowing in the sky, watching those seabirds singing and dancing in the air before entering the sea to prey, Qi Mingguang finally said: "This battle is related to the court's majesty, if our army advances aggressively, , The danger is too great. The entire fleet size is 210, three warships, and the lives of [-] soldiers are tied to me."

Shen Yi said: "If you make every step of the way, these Hongyi people in the southeast sea area will naturally not be the opponents of the imperial court, and will be eaten away by us step by step, but in this way, your achievements will not be so conspicuous."

"It is said that a good fighter has no great achievements, but if there are no dazzling achievements, who in the world will remember you? In this battle, you have to show the prestige of the court."

Qi Mingguang was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I remember General Shen, is he from Yangzhou?"

Shen Yi chuckled: "Exactly."

Qi Mingguang continued: "If our army goes straight to the southeast, can General Shen Shen guarantee the intelligence of the fleet?"

Shen Yi straightened up immediately after hearing this: "Please rest assured, the admiral, the final general is willing to issue a military order to ensure that the fleet's intelligence is safe."

Qi Mingguang also smiled at this time: "What's the use of your head? What I want is to win this battle, and then I can bring these two thousand four thousand five hundred brothers back."

In the early morning of the next day, Qi Mingguang called Han Yunzhi and Yu Huaiming. He looked at the chart on the table and said, "This governor has decided to go to war on his own initiative, seek opportunities for combat, and do his best to complete the battle, so as to promote our great tomorrow. "

Han Yunzhi and Yu Huaiming were stunned for a moment, and then clasped their fists together: "The last general takes orders."

The navy fleet of the imperial court only stopped in Guangzhou Bay overnight to reload all the supplies, and then set sail again, heading for Sanfa and Ma Dalan.

In fact, other warships are fine. After all, Daming’s Fuchuan and other warships are all modified from Westerners’ warships. They are mainly wooden sailing warships, but the Weiyuan is not good. The Weiyuan needs to replenish coal. That's why it anchors in Guangzhou Bay.

The next place where we can replenish coal for Weiyuan is Jiaozhi.

The former Annan Kingdom was once again turned into Jiaozhi by Daming, and became one of the 24 provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. The new army general of the imperial court and the warring governor Huang Degong will provide them with supplies.

However, the Weiyuan does not need to be resupplied right now. With its sails, the Weiyuan can move forward at a moderate speed on the sea surface. When it finds the enemy, it can start the steam turbine and burst out the full speed of the Weiyuan. .

210 Three large and small warships lined up to cut through the waves on the blue sea. All the sails were painted with bright characters, and the Qinglong flag and the mountain, river, sun and moon flag of the Daming Navy were enough to show the identity of this fleet.

Looking from a distance, a fleet of warships of all sizes was running across the sea, with sails and flags covering the sky and the sun. The huge black warship was located in the center of the fleet, like a giant whale in the deep sea, cruising along with schools of fish.

Qi Mingguang stood at the bow and opened the binoculars to look at the sea, while Shen Yi stood on the side.

"Admiral, please rest assured that this sea area is safe. Now most of the warships of the Hongyi people are in Matalan. As long as we are fast enough to block them in the Java Sea, we can destroy them in one battle. There are no more Hongyi pirates." Shen Yi talked about the information he got.

Qi Mingguang nodded: "Inform General Han and General Yu that it's time for the last meeting."

Han Yunzhi and Yu Huaiming, who were ordered soon, came to the Weiyuan, and at the same time the generals of the various squadrons arrived one after another, and the last military meeting before the war was held.

"Colleagues, please take a look!"

"Nowadays, the Hongyi people have more than 150 warships in the southeast waters, more than ten of them are in Sanfa, and the rest are in Matalan. Sanfa is the outpost of the Hongyi people. As long as you find traces of merchant ships , they will attack from Matalam."

"Johor and Aceh are at the pass of the southeast strait. From Mataram to the pass, their fleet can reach it in one day."

"And if danger is discovered, they can escape from the Java Sea."

Shen Yi talked about the current situation. Looking at the complicated situation in the Southeast Asian waters, the generals couldn't help but frown. In this battle, it is the best choice to face the enemy head-on. Destroy the enemy directly. The reaction time of the Red Barbarians.

One person suggested: "If we send a team to detour from Sulu to Shrike, and then enter the Java Sea, will we be able to block all these Hongyi people in the Java Sea?"

Han Yunzhi shook his head: "One front, one back, how does the team grasp the time? Moreover, the detour from Sulu to Shrike is narrow, and the water situation is unknown. If there is a problem with the team, wouldn't it be delaying the fighter?"

Qi Mingguang nodded. Indeed, the most important part of the siege is communication. If the fleet is separated, how can they communicate with the various nations in Borneo?

Yu Huaiming looked at Shen Yi: "General Shen, what are your thoughts?"

Shen Yi said: "The main force of the fleet will attack Ma Dalan directly, and don't give the Hongyi people too much reaction time."

"Even if the Hongyi people find us and start to act, we will already be in front of them at this time. If they want to run, they have to see if our cannon will agree."

Han Yunzhi asked, "What if the Red Barbarians from the Indian Ocean are reinforcements?"

Shen Yi said with certainty: "The Hongyi people in the Indian Ocean are reinforcements, and they won't be able to get through for a while. We have more than three days. Three days are enough for us to defeat these Hongyi people."

The generals looked at Qi Mingguang, and Qi Mingguang nodded: "It is the way of the master to win the odds with righteousness. Since you can't block the back, then use all your strength to defeat the Hongyi people in one battle, and then slowly mop up the tail!"

After setting the tone, the generals began to discuss the battle formation. It is difficult for warships to exert their full firepower when fighting on a vast sea. The effect is very important.

Many of these naval battle generals have naval battle experience handed down from their families. Their experience may not be suitable for the moment, but there are always opinions that can be adopted.

After making all the plans, Qi Mingguang said: "My lords, the Hongyi sea bandits are raging and hurting our Ming subjects. We will order the holy decree, obey the will of heaven, respond to people's peace, punish the people and punish crimes, this battle will surely be won! Lord, glory and wealth depends on this battle!"

Everyone is an adult, and it is useless to say those falsehoods, just four words, glory and wealth, to show the rewards of winning to the fullest, money, women, official positions, status, winning this battle, everything is lacking!

This is the reputation accumulated by the New Deal in the past ten years. He won the battle in the Tianqi Dynasty, and the emperor has never been short of rewards.

All the generals raised their right fists to their hearts and said, "This battle must be won, the Ming army is mighty!"

The generals are done, and then the soldiers are encouraged before the battle.

Tell the soldiers that there is no need to be so polite, and directly say what rewards you will get if you win, how much money the court will give you, how many acres of land you can get, where your children can study in the future, and how the court will treat you if you are injured. works.

After the morale of the army was settled, the fleet dismounted with full sail and went straight to the blue. In this battle, Qi Mingguang wanted to make a name for himself.

Sanfa is not a big place in Borneo, it belongs to a small state.

The area of ​​Borneo is not small. Sanfa, Brunei, Sulu, Machen, and Shrike are all located in the coastal area of ​​Borneo. There are too many mountains and rainforests in the interior, and there are still mainly uncivilized indigenous people.

Sanfa was lucky enough to have their own civilization, with Brunei on their right and Johor across the sea on their left.

Sanfa was also unlucky, they were spotted by the Hongyi people.

The Dutch took a fancy to the geographical location of this small state, occupied it, worked three people here to build ports and cities, and then stationed a small fleet of them here.

During this period of time, as merchant ships from Ming Dynasty became less and less, Sanfa often received merchant ships from the West, which made Sanfa, which was very prosperous in the past, now mediocre.

But for the Dutch sailors stationed here, they are more relaxed. They can drink rum, eat barbecue, gamble and brag, and bully the three-shot people for fun, and the security work is also relaxed.

Until this day, some black dots were coming towards the third ship, and the Dutch defenders thought it was a merchant ship at first, until they saw the sails and banners covering the sky, and the words on the sails and banners, they knew, that The word is Ming.

"Mingren! Mingren's fleet is coming!" The guard shouted in horror, desperately shaking the bronze bell in the port.

When the three-shot Dutch rushed to the port with swords and muskets, they all saw the huge and unmatched fleet outside the port.

The fleet consisting of three large and small warships is too huge. There are even more people on this fleet than in Sanfa City. What can we do to resist it?

Many Dutch sailors couldn't help their panic and began to retreat. They couldn't help praying to God, praying that disaster would not happen to them.

Then, they were disappointed.

Qi Mingguang didn't care about the Dutch who fired three shots. He just ordered a squadron to destroy the warships of these Hongyi people and trap them here.

A squadron was in charge of this attack. Dozens of warships poured artillery fire and rumbling thunder lasted for half an hour. Countless shells smashed into the three-shot port, mooring the Dutch at the port. The sinking of the warship caused a lot of damage to the port city with three rounds.

Solid bullets fell in the city one after another. These mud houses and wooden houses could not resist the heavy solid shells. They were smashed down or made big holes one after another. The terrified Dutch began to flee in all directions. Today's Dutch , but it is somewhat similar to the former Sanfa natives.

After destroying the three Dutch warships, the squadron quickly caught up with the main fleet and headed towards Matalam together.

Different from Sanfa's small fleet of only a dozen ships, Matalan is the home of the Hongyi pirates. Their main force, more than 130 warships, are here, like a pack of wolves, blocking Ming's merchant ships. Southeast Asia.

When the naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty approached, the Dutch in Matalan had already known the news of the naval attack of the Ming Dynasty through the patrol boats.

They roughly estimated that the number of incoming Ming Dynasty navy ships was about the same as theirs, so the Dutch felt that this battle could be fought.

The most important thing is that they have too many ships, and it is not convenient to run now.

At noon, the bright sun was shining in the sky, casting infinite light and heat, and a large-scale naval battle was already brewing on the calm sea of ​​Java. The people in Palingpan on the island of Sumatra happened to witness it. An unimaginably large-scale naval battle.

Although these indigenous people living in Sumatra have their own small fishing boats and small canoes, those are too small. Their weapons are mainly stone and wood, and iron is still scarce.

And in the naval battles they have seen, there are hundreds of warships on both sides, the smallest is seven or eight feet long, and the people on these warships, the muskets and artillery they use are not terrible existences that the people of Palingang can resist. .

The difference in this world is so great. The neighbors have entered the firearms age, and you are still playing with stones in the stone age. It can be seen that every place within the radiation range of the Central Plains cultural circle is also different.

Qi Mingguang is not interested in those panicked small fishing boats and those dark-skinned natives, at least not for now.

Qi Mingguang, who was wearing a dark mountain-pattern iron armor, a bright iron helmet, and a red cloak, was holding a binoculars and looking at the Hongyi warship opposite.

The warships of the Hongyi people are mostly double-deck gunboats, which are fast and capable of cruising. Compared with these warships, the warships of the Ming Army navy that are seven or eight feet long and have only one layer of artillery appear Much weaker.

But fortunately, there are many lucky boats in the Ming army. These improved lucky boats have a huge body of [-] to [-] feet, and have more than [-] cannons.

Qi Mingguang began to order: "Order the squadrons to fight against the enemy according to the plan."

With the waving of command flags one after another, the huge Ming army navy began to change formation. This was originally composed of four fleets temporarily, so it is now easy to divide them for command.

Yu Huaiming and Han Yunzhi of the Southern Navy led their respective fleets to spread out from both sides. At the same time, Shen Yi's fleet and Qi Mingguang's fleet protruded like a zigzag. The three fleets were all centered with big blessing boats, and the fast boats were cruising around the blessing boats. , The goal of the fleet is to break in and take advantage of the Ming army's firearms.

As for those seven or eight feet fast boats, the most important firearms are not the cannons, but the fire dragon bombs in the cabin. What the fast boats want is to attack close!

As the Ming army's navy set up their formation and began to advance, the Dutch warships also hurriedly formed an array and advanced.

Right now is not the era of the ironclad warships of the later generations. The distance between the navies of the two sides is often within one or two nautical miles to ensure the accuracy and destructive power of the artillery, and this distance happens to be the range of a large number of firearms of the Ming army.

With the sound of the battle cannons, the Ming army scattered a large number of fast boats on both sides. These fast boats fired cannonballs and placed fire dragon bullets on the bow of the ship, preparing to approach and launch firearms to destroy the warships of the Hongyi people. The Dafu boat moved forward slowly, and began to suppress the Dutch's reaction with artillery fire.

The Dutch have been sailing the ocean for so many years, and they naturally have their own opinions in the face of naval battles. Seeing the fast ships of the Ming army navy advancing, the Dutch commander immediately knew that these fast ships were not good things.

In the past, the Dutch often faced some small boats rushing in and then ignited a fire to play the same game with themselves. Now facing these rushing Clippers, the Dutch also sent small boats to intercept them.

All of a sudden, the large and small ships on both sides opened fire intensively, and countless shells smashed water droplets on the calm water of the Java Sea.

(End of this chapter)