Country and Beauty

North and south horses are the most prominent regional characteristics of China. At this time, it was the rainy season in Jiangnan Province. The sky was drizzling, and people who were used to living in the north would more or less not get used to this kind of weather. After pacifying the south of the river and going through three months of teamwork, Xie Fei discovered that there were actually tens of thousands of excellent shipbuilders scattered all over the Yangtze River. Dozens of shipyards of different sizes, all stopped in their tracks due to lack of funds and raw materials.

Xie Fei did not hope to defeat the entire The Republic of Korea's fleet with just a few dozen gunboats. Xie Fei had ordered everyone in Jiangnan to waive three years of agricultural taxes. This simple policy of bribing the people's hearts was strongly supported by the people of various places in Jiangnan. Xie Fei's popularity among the people had also reached a new high. Xie Fei recruited a large number of Navy Soldiers from the citizens who were familiar with swimming in the south of the river, and started to intensify his training. At the same time, a large amount of gold and silver money was poured into the ship building stones that were on the verge of bankruptcy, bringing them back to the state.

Xie Fei knew that the consumption of resources in the navy was several times greater than that in the army, so he could not delay the war at all. In the end, Qin State's current base was still too thin. I can't stand this.

On June 25th, Xie Fei signed the imperial edict: "Founan State is a Subordinate Country of the Great Qin, the Central South Peninsula is an inseparable territory of the Qin State. Within a month, all the troops of the The Republic of Korea must leave the Central South Peninsula, otherwise, the army of the Great Qin will be expelled by force, and the consequences will be caused by the The Republic of Korea's conceit!"

As Xie Fei's tough attitude was displayed, the war machine of Great Qin began to operate very quickly. This was the final showdown between the two sides. At the same time, it also signified that both sides had entered the state of total war.

Shencheng was the Changjiang River's seaport city. Even later generations were the largest cities in China. Following the outbreak of the Opium Wars, the Shencheng was forcefully leased. This kind of place was called leased, but in reality, this form of separation and domination that belonged to conceding was still fresh in Xie Fei's memory. After unifying the world, the first thing Xie Fei did was to repair the Shencheng. Originally, the Shencheng that was destroyed by the Jin Army had disappeared, and a brand-new city rose up from the ground. The city had expanded in size by more than a fold, and the new Shencheng would become the military port and trade city that replaced Qu County as the biggest city in the Qin State.

On the second day after Xie Fei's order, i.e., Tai Ping, on the 25th day and 26th night, the entire military port of Shencheng was brightly lit. Ammunition ships, supply ships, troop carriers, and warships were being dispatched one by one. The pier was brightly lit, and soldiers were guarding the area five kilometers away, not allowing anyone to get close.

At present, the first army in Qin State, which was also the only one familiar with mountain and jungle battles, was made up of mercenaries with volunteer warriors from ethnic minorities as their main force. Being given the name of Trouble Soldiers by Xie Fei. A dark, rectangular bottom of gilded gold lettering "To relieve the annoyance of the king". Speaking of the Trouble Soldiers, there was also a story in history. In the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu failed greatly. Liu Bei Bai City sent troops to avenge his foster brother. Sun Quan was burning his eyebrows. In a moment of desperation, he had to let Hu Yuan recruit soldiers from all the counties in Wu Country. The nature of the army was to help Sun Quan solve Liu Bei's problem of the east conquest.

The purpose of Xie Fei's original intention was to solve the problem with the Yan Jun's army, which was formed mainly in the mountain forest, so even if there was a million strong army, it would still be useless in this place. Just like Yang Guang, the three battles with high beauties all ended in failure, so other than Xie Fei, the rest of the army was specially formed in the mountain forest and battle troops.

Right now, Xie Fei did not have the time to finish off the fresh and inferior Murong Tribe, but because the sudden appearance of the The Republic of Korea had messed up his plans, Xie Fei could only use this good steel on his blade.

The first general in command of the Trouble Soldiers was the former Qin general of the Sixteenth Nation of the Five Hu Nation, Shi Yue. After the Jizhou, Shi Yue had devoted herself to Qin, and had been very loyal to him for more than ten years. Xie Fei had placed Shi Yue as the general of the Trouble Soldiers to consider her intelligence and to understand how to judge the situation.

It was at this moment that the large ship "First Emperor", which had been hidden in snow by Xie Fei for three years, stealthily entered the Shencheng Port and docked on the surface of the sea. This super battleship that took 10 years to build, from Taiping up to five years to build, was mainly made of wood, the most important part was a hybrid battleship that had iron clad in armor. Due to the slow development of the steam engine not meeting Xie Fei's requirements, this battleship had to use sail as its power system, and because of this era's metallurgical technology and economic reasons, Xie Fei had also given up on using pure steel as its structure.

There were a total of thirty cannons on the lower deck and on the deck. On the upper deck, there were twenty-five cannons, and on the upper half of the deck, there were five cannons. Because of its wide hull, the ship had been remodeled at the front and back of the ship for the first time. Six cannons were installed at the front and back, as well as four cannons at the back. The boat was equipped with ten slapping poles, and they could throw boulders weighing three thousand Jin straight at a location forty meters in front of him. If it was a small or medium-sized battleship, they wouldn't be able to withstand a smack like this. In addition, the battleship was equipped with eighty improved Fire Dragon Cars, which could be used in all directions of the entire ship to stop any battleship or personnel that attempted to approach him within fifty steps.

In fact, the improved Fire Dragon Carriage was a Chinese version of Greek fire. He used a propulsion equipment similar to the strong crossbow, and instantly pushed out the air in the copper pipe, using the thrust of the air to push out the mixture of fire oil stored in the front. This kind of powerful thrust could throw fire oil fifty steps away, and it was not that much stronger than the later generations of fire injectors.

Although the Fowler cannon's firing speed was very fast, it was still lacking in power. Facing the bluestone structure of the city and those steel doors, he had no strength to fight back. After more than ten years of artillery research, Institute of Martial Studies technicians had designed a new type of artillery based on the Red Cannon, the Fowler Cannon and the Rockets (not a modern rocket cannon, as mentioned earlier, but actually a kind of rear artillery). Because of the improvement of metallurgy technology, they used an extremely long cannon tube of nearly three meters long, and in the sealed ammunition room, they fired cannonballs with a hard paper cover. These cannons weighed twenty-five kilograms, and their warheads were similar to those of the later generation.

However, there was another flaw in the "First Emperor". It was that its power system was obviously lacking, and its speed was much slower than the sailing ships of this period. If the enemy ships escaped, then it would be too late. He couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried.

At this moment, all kinds of warships carrying people and goods were sailing out of the port one by one. The "First Emperor" was riding the wind and waves, countless gas lamps hung from the mast of the warship in the night sky, guiding the path of the small warship behind. The massive hull, once out of the sea, seemed so small that at close range it caused enough waves to topple over a small two-masted boat, and from high altitude it only passed a faint mark on the slightly scaly surface of the sea.

This huge battleship was also the temporary headquarters of the Trouble Soldiers.

Shi Yue stood on the bow of the ship and gazed at the sea. He wore a helmet and a body of bright armor. His face was weathered and his eyes that were as black as diamonds emitted an overbearing glow. He subconsciously turned his head to look at the four generals behind him. They were Xie Shang, Xie An, Xie Gai and his foster son, Ran Min. The million strong masters of the Great Qin, was there no one else? The two of them were princes, one was the son of the god of wealth, Xie Kun, and the other was the son of a loyal official. If any of them made a mistake, even if they made a mistake, he would not know how to explain it to the emperor and the ministers.

There was a saying that made a man's heart difficult to fathom. If he couldn't figure it out, then he might as well not think about it.

When Shi Yue returned to the upper deck, he revealed a tired expression. At this time, the four lackeys also followed in. Shi Yue waved his hands and backed off, hurriedly stepping forward and saluting, "This general pays his respects to His Highness the Second and Third Princes." Greetings, Young Master Xie, Young Master Ran! "

Shi Yue was also gloomy, these few elders were not small, even the most humble Ran Min, he was also a noble. In terms of position, he was a first class general, but in terms of power, he was only a guard, but Ran Min was still a spirit villager, and was two ranks higher than him. Although Xie Shang didn't have a title, he was definitely someone from the sect.

Xie An was the leader of these few troops and he purposely pretended to be haughty and haughty, saying, "General Shi, there is no need to be courteous, there is no prince in the army and I am only a small soldier under the command of the general, there is nothing special about me. royal father has asked us to accompany him in the military to gain experience, so he will only treat us as equals! "

Perhaps he had noticed Shi Yue's unease, Xie An continued to speak: "General is already at sea, General does not need to worry about our safety, there is a rule that we will not be bestowed with the King's Crest. What General needs to consider the most right now is not to worry, but rather, to think about how to fight this battle well, how to build a career, and how to eliminate the enemies. rather than thinking about the consequences of failure. "

Shi Yue's forehead was already covered in cold sweat, "Damn, could this kid be a monster? How old is he to be able to see through my thoughts?" Right now, he's only thirteen or fourteen years old. If he grows up, what will happen to him? "

Shi Yue stood up and said, "This general understands!"

"Right now, we are still a month away from the combat zone. Second prince, third prince, you should go take a rest as well!" Shi Yue said.

Whether one could control the boat with ease or not, it would definitely affect the victory in the whole battle. In the Qin Army's navy, the technical staff who were in charge of controlling the warships and did not take out their weapons were also given quite good treatment. The military pay was even higher than that of the fighters. The Qin Army Navy Artillery quickly retreated from the battlefield, making the distant Toowoomba feel like she was hitting cotton with a fist, as if she was about to vomit blood.

A total of ten large warships, this was almost one tenth of the total size of their fleet, but in the South Asian subcontinent, one tenth of their power was enough to wipe out a small country. However, they were only slower than the vanguard fleet by half a day, which meant that the Qin Army's fleet had crippled their vanguard fleet within half a day. He even lost one of them. Toowoomba had the urge to pinch Sander to death.

He knew that his assistant general Sander, Sander, was a brave warrior and an adventurer. All his life, he had loved to take risks during battles, and liked to win by surprise. In the understanding of the Toowoomba, war should be decided by positive, formal means, and victory by using Elite Armaments. There were gambling factors, and the success factor always depended on the opponent's negligence.

This was the same as the battle tactics of Sun Zibing. A wonderful victory in a strange way.

When Toowoomba found out that there were only three warships in the Qin Army, he immediately ordered the fleet to stop their search and rescue work.

More than two thousand of Fleet of the Manchu fleet's big and small warships took on a formation similar to that of geese, chasing in the direction of the retreat of the Qin Army's warships. Toowoomba formed the entire fleet of forty ships into a formation, forming three rows of geese feathers, with each line being about three miles apart, he welcomed the retreat of the Qin Army.

The one in first position was not the large warship in the Fleet of the Manchu fleet, but a small warship that was usually tied together with iron chains and dragged along by the large ship. This small warship that looked like the Qin Army's small battleship was extremely agile, but its fighting strength was not weak. Toowoomba was an intelligent opponent. He wasn't a fruit seller. Usually, a fruit seller would sell the fruit to the best of their abilities. The largest fruit was placed at the front. But Toowoomba did the opposite. He was using this kind of small ship, whose combat power was lower than the main fleet, to test the tactical characteristics of the enemy and to find a way to win.

Right now, the southeast wind was blowing in the sky. They were on the same side as the wind, but the fleeing Qin Army Artillery Boat was also on the same side.

Chasing was about speed. They were different from the boat. If they failed, they would only lose a round. At most, they would just start from the beginning. Moreover, they were not elephants, their opponent this time was not a big stupid boat, but a nimble boat. Although the cannons would deal a lot of fatal damage to this boat, but the difficulty of hitting the target was also correspondingly higher. This time, the target was not a big stupid boat, but a small boat.

Cao Lu looked at Fleet of the Manchu fleet, whose speed had not decreased in the slightest, spitting out a few words. "Damn, he's really lingering like a ghost! Turn around and move towards the direction of the Qiongzhou Strait. The sea there is complicated, the sea is narrow, and their great fleet cannot be fully deployed.

The Qin Army Ocean Defense Fleet started to turn their heads. As the Qin Army's fleet was powered by a mixture of wheel pulp and sail, their paddling speed was much faster than the Fleet of the Manchu fleet's, so for now, the Fleet of the Manchu fleet could only eat the dust.

The guerrilla warfare on the sea began, the Fleet of the Manchu fleet began to chase after them, and the Qin Army began to run. In any case, they could not catch up to them, and with the airship acting as a lookout in the sky, Cao Lu was not worried that they would be ambushed by the Fleet of the Manchu fleet.

After running for more than ten days on end at sea, the Toowoomba was so angry that he was about to go crazy. He wished he could eat Cao Lu and the others alive.

But Toowoomba only had a satisfied mouth, and in fact, it was completely useless.

Just as the Toowoomba was about to run out of patience, a change occurred.

Originally, Zhou Yang's fleet had just met Cao Lu's group at sea in time through the messenger pigeons. Qin Army's main force of 40 large artillery ships had arrived.

When Zhou Yang found out that the Fleet of the Manchu fleet had chased him here, he was extremely furious. Don't tell me no one is bullying my Qin Army? Zhou Yang immediately gave the order, and the whole fleet of 40 plus cannons flew in a circular formation towards the The Republic of Korea's fleet.

There were more than 40 gunboats with more than 200 cannons on them. If all 40 cannons were fired at the same time, it would be enough to cause a huge storm.

However, because Zhou Yang was overly confident in the power of the cannons, he was finally able to make up for it.