650 Zheng Sen's plan, night crossing Luermen

[Today's chapter is presented, the Zheng family is going to fight with the red-haired ghost, this chapter is written and deleted, so slow! ] It's not too late, please collect and subscribe!! 】

The red-haired ghost's 'Sea Trailfinder', which was just launched last summer, can be regarded as the highest shipbuilding capacity of the Netherlands at this time.

It was only in the autumn of this year that the 'Maritime Pioneer' was taken over by the Dutch East India Company.

Subsequently, the Dutch East India Company used this ship as its flagship to form the Far East Fleet, and then rushed to Batavia, the central city of the red-haired ghost in Southwest Asia.

It can be said that this time Bruce led the Far East Fleet to support the red-haired ghosts on Ryukyu Island, which was the first actual battle of this 'sea pioneer' and their entire Far East Fleet.

Not only that, but the warships of the Red Haired Ghost Far East Fleet, in addition to being the latest and most advanced.

Even their fleet, from the commander to the sailors, are all experienced veterans, and they are all formed by the red-haired ghosts from other fleets.

In the face of such a group of enemies who are colonized and invaded all over the world, and the combat experience is extremely rich, if the Zheng family wants to win easily, it will never be so easy.

At this time, Bruce took advantage of the fast speed and fierce firepower of his fleet to not fight a decisive battle at sea with the Zheng family's fleet, but chose to retreat and strike at the enemy in the retreat.

After half a day of pursuit, the Zheng family suddenly discovered that they had sunk two battleships by the enemy, severely damaged three, and lightly damaged nearly ten.

Although the losses were all smaller ships, this was still difficult for the Zheng family to accept.

On the other hand, on the side of the red-haired ghost, there were only three warships, which were hit by the shells fired by the guns of the Zheng family's fleet, all of them were slightly injured, and they were still sailing fast on the sea.

"General, we can't chase like this, the enemy's ship is faster than ours, and if we can't catch up, if we continue to chase like this, it will only make us more passive."

On a three-masted gunboat in the Zheng family's main fleet behind, Zheng Zhilong was leading people to use a clairvoyant mirror to watch the fierce chase and battle on the sea in the distance ahead, and someone stood up to remind Zheng Zhilong and said.

"Hmph, didn't these red-haired ghosts take the initiative to provoke us before? Why is it cowardly now? ”

Zheng Zhilong's face was not very good-looking at this time, he put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, snorted coldly, turned his head to the subordinates around him, and said.

"I hate the feeling of being led by the nose." Immediately, Zheng Zhilong muttered in a low voice to himself.

That's right, in the battle at sea, the Zheng family's fleet did fall into the rhythm of the red-haired ghost.

Just this short half a day of fighting made Zheng Zhilong realize that it would not work to continue to fight according to the rhythm of the red-haired ghost fleet like this.

"Give an order to Hongkui, let him lead the third and fourth fleets, continue to deploy defenses in the southwest sea, and stop chasing the fleet of red-haired ghosts.

I personally led one or two fleets to attack the red-haired ghosts, attacked the red-haired ghosts' two castles in the big man, and forced the red-haired ghosts' fleet to come back. ”

Zheng Zhilong's idea was very simple, if he wanted to rely on the advantages of more warships and more troops in his hands, he would fight on two fronts.

Isn't it true that the red-haired ghost's fleet will not engage them head-on, then Lao Tzu will attack your two castles in Dayuan, and see if you can save them when you come back.

Once the red-haired ghost's fleet comes back, it will inevitably be intercepted by more than 100 warships led by Zheng Hongkui, which is the method that Zheng Zhilong came up with to crack the red-haired ghost's 'guerrilla warfare'.

And this time, Zheng Zhilong in order to attack the two forts of the red-haired ghost on Ryukyu Island, especially after the lesson of the last time, they also did their homework again.

In terms of soldiers alone, Zheng Zhilong brought a full 25,000 people, and the generals under him were basically all assembled.

This time, Zheng Zhilong decided to adopt his own Zheng Sen's proposal, with the help of the monthly tide, from Luermen to force the crossing, and then land at Heliao Port.

First attack the weakly defended Puluo Sha City (Chi Ji Castle), and then besiege the red-haired ghost defense force, and the more powerful Gelan Sha City (Anping City).

This is Zheng Zhilong's careful consideration from many of his generals, and he still feels that his son Zheng Sen's style of play is more reliable.

Even, Zheng Zhilong brought Zheng Sen with him when he went to war this time, and asked Zheng Sen to personally take charge of the landing plan of the Zheng family's army in Luermen and Heliao Port, which made Zheng Sen very happy.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong did this was also to test Zheng Sen.

After all, Zheng Sen is Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, and Zheng Zhilong is ready to hand over the Zheng Group to Zheng Sen in the future, and it is very necessary to take the opportunity to cultivate Zheng Sen.

What's more, Zheng Zhilong is always paying attention to him, even if Zheng Sen makes a mistake in command, Zheng Zhilong can correct it in time.

What Zheng Zhilong didn't know was that in the original time and space, when he was in charge of the Zheng family, he didn't have the courage to launch a war of expulsion against the red-haired ghosts on Ryukyu Island.

Twenty years later, his son Zheng Sen accomplished this feat, and Zheng Sen's offensive style at that time was very consistent with what he proposed today.

It's just that twenty years later, Zheng Sen attacked Ryukyu and drove away the red-haired ghosts.

But at that time, Zheng Sen was basically defeated several times by the Tartars who entered the customs in the southwest, and his strength was greatly reduced, far less powerful than the Zheng family at this time.

Zheng Sen's red-haired ghost who attacked Ryukyu was actually just feeling that he couldn't beat the Tartars in the southwest coast of the Ming Dynasty, so he chose Ryukyu Island in order to find a base for himself to attack, retreat and defend.

On the other hand, during this period, the Zheng family, controlled by Zheng Zhilong, has been in charge of Fujian for more than ten years.

After they recuperated, a group of fierce generals under their command still did not retreat, preserving the strong combat power they had when they were pirates.

At the same time, they have also absorbed a lot of fresh blood, their military strength is stronger, and they have sufficient logistical supplies.

At this time, the Zheng family under Zheng Zhilong had a solid foundation, sufficient money and food, and strong soldiers, which can be said to be the strongest period of the Zheng family.

With Zheng Zhilong's order issued, the entire huge Zheng family fleet was quickly divided into two, and one led by Zheng Hongkui was deployed in the southwest sea of Dayuan.

And Zheng Zhilong led a group, and went west, it seemed that he wanted to outflank the red-haired ghost fleet, but in fact, it was Zheng Zhilong who deliberately confused the red-haired ghost.

The speed of their fleet was not fast, and after it got dark, Zheng Sen ordered the fleet to return to the sea area west of Dayuan at full speed.

They prepared to take advantage of the high tide at night to force a crossing from Luermen Port at the northern end of the Taijiang Haibei Line.

According to Zheng Sen's previous homework, he knew that on the first day of the Lunar New Year or the sixteenth day of each month, there would be a high tide, which was the only key for them to be able to cross by surprise from Luermen Port.

And today happens to be the sixteenth, if they miss today, if they want to force the crossing in Luermen again, they will have to wait for another half a month.

As for why Zheng Sen had to choose to cross from Luermen Port, this place!

This is entirely because of the topography of Taijiang and the arming of red-haired ghosts here.

Don't think that it is so simple for the Zheng family to land in the Dayuan area.

At this time, the red-haired ghost has been operating for a longer time here than they have been in the northern Tamsui and chicken coop areas.

The red-haired ghosts have long relied on the Taijiang River and have done a good job of arming in the area of Anping City and Chiji City, and their batteries have blocked the inner harbor of Taijiang.

There are two fortified forts built by red-haired ghosts, and there is an inner harbor of Taijiang between Anping City and Chiji City, where the coastline is tortuous.

There are seven mountain islands connected to each other in the southwest of the Taijiang River, which is called the Seven Kun Body, that is, each mountain island is more than a mile apart, and it is adjacent to each other and protected.

There is a small island at the end of the north line across the Taijiang Sea in the north of the body, during which the sea surface is called Dayuan Port (also called Anping Port), and the north side of the end of the north line is Luermen Port.

Anping City, a castle built by red-haired ghosts, is on the west side of the Taijiang River, and the red embedded city is on the east side of the Taijiang River, and they are horns of each other.

The Zheng family wants to enter the Taijiang River from the open sea There are only two routes: one is to take Anping Port, that is, the southern channel, between the end of the northern line and the body of a kun.

The other is to take the North Channel, between the end of the North Line and Luermen, that is, the North Channel, also called the "Luermen Channel".

The mouth of the South Channel is wide and deep, and it is easy for ships to enter, and it is also the main port for ships to enter on weekdays, but the port is defended by a small number of red-haired ghost warships, and there are red-haired batteries on land.

If the Zheng Jiajun wants to pass through here, needless to say, it must go through a fierce battle.

And last time, after the Zheng family fleet eliminated the fleet of the red-haired ghosts, it was through the South Passage that they forcibly boarded Anping Port and attacked the red-haired ghost castle.

As a result, they paid the price of a dozen warships before they were able to land successfully.

Afterwards, the arming of the red-haired ghost in the southern channel was more tight, and at this time, the artillery of the two fortified forts of the red-haired ghost could cover here.

Even if Bruce led the main force of the fleet to leave the port, there were still many small boats on the south channel at this time, which were made by the red-haired ghost who had ordered people to rush to work recently.

Once the Zheng family army wants to pass through here again, their ships can carry a lot of flammable materials and fire oil, and block the channel with fire boats to prevent the Zheng family fleet from passing.

If that's the case, the red-haired ghost will block the South Passage with fireships, and then bombard the Zheng family fleet with artillery, and it is basically impossible for the Zheng family fleet to pass through the South Channel.

On the other hand, the North Channel is shallow and narrow, and only small boats can pass on weekdays, and large ships must pass at high tide, so the red-haired ghosts here are weak in their defenses.

They only built a tower fort here, and placed a few soldiers to keep an eye on it, believing that it was impossible for the enemy to land from here

Hongmao believed that with the "natural danger" on the north side of the Taiwan River, as long as the southern channel Haikou was blocked by ships and cooperated with the forts in Taiwan City and Chiji City, the enemy could be prevented from landing.

In this way, everyone must understand why Zheng Sen is so fond of Luermen here, Zheng Sen wants to land in the place where the enemy least expects it, and catch the enemy by surprise.

"Young master, the situation on the other side of Kagoshima has been clarified, there are almost no red-haired ghosts there, only a tower fort, on which are garrisoned by three red-haired ghost soldiers.

The three red-haired ghosts didn't expect us to come, the humidity was too heavy at night, and in order to drink to keep warm, they ended up getting drunk and had been killed by their subordinates.

At this time, the fleet entered the port, and it should have passed through Luermen smoothly. ”

With the help of the cover of night, the fleet led by Zheng Zhilong returned to the sea area east of Dayuan, and Zheng Sen immediately sent his elite soldiers to dive to Luermen to find out the situation inside.

"You're doing a great job, Chen Hu. When this battle is over, I will go and ask my father for instructions so that you can follow me in the future. ”

Zheng Sen was very satisfied with Chen Hu's quick decision.

"Thank you, young master."

"It's time for me to tell my father, it's high tide, it's time to act." Immediately, Zheng Sen turned around and went to find Zheng Zhilong.

When he arrived, Zheng Sen consulted Zheng Zhilong, and after obtaining permission, he immediately ordered the whole ship to sail into Luermen Harbor, and the red-haired ghost knew nothing about it.

After dawn, the Zheng family's fleet had basically passed through Luermen, and then chose to land in Heliao Harbor, and the red-haired ghosts found out.

"Lord Governor, it's not good, the Zheng family's fleet passed through Luermen at night, and now it's heading towards Heliao Port!"

After dawn, in the castle of Anping Castle, a red-haired ghost soldier hurriedly ran into a luxurious room and shouted to a man in the governor's costume.

This person is the governor of the red-haired ghost in the Ryukyus at this time, Paul.

"What! How is it possible, isn't the Zheng family's fleet going to pursue Bruce's fleet? Why did you come back and land from Luermen?

It's even more unlikely, there is no way to pass through large ships there, little Jack, do you know the consequences of playing with Bento? ”

When Paul heard the news at first glance, he instinctively chose not to believe it, stared at the red-haired ghost soldier in front of him, and shouted.

"Your Excellency the Governor, how dare I deceive you, if you don't believe it, you can see very clearly if you go to the watchtower now."

The red-haired ghost soldier was also anxious and argued.

Stomp, stomp!

At this moment, the sound of leather boots trampling the floor echoed outside Paul's room, and then a loud voice was heard: "Your Excellency, I am Colonel Byron, and I beg to see you." ”

When Paul heard the voices outside, he said, "Come in." ”

Soon, a tall white man in a military uniform with a colonel's epaulette walked in and saluted Paul.

To say that Governor Paul is the highest governor of Ryukyu Island at this time, and is in charge of all the affairs of the red-haired ghost.

And Byron is his number one general, responsible for all the military defense of the red-haired ghost.

"Byron, you're here, just in time to bring back little Jack, this kid dares to play with Bento, go back and teach him a good lesson.

Dare to say that Zheng Jiajun came from Luermen, if Ben Du believed him, he really thought that Ben Du was an idiot! Paul said angrily.

At this time, the soldier named Jack stood aside, looking anxious, but he did not dare to speak.

"Lord Governor, I asked Jack to inform you, Jack he didn't lie, Zheng Jiajun really landed from Luermen this time."

At this time, after Byron's words were finished, Paul was directly stunned, this news was simply a bolt from the blue!

"How is that possible!" Paul blushed and screamed.

Paul could not believe the Jack pawn, but he could not believe Colonel Byron.

"It's true, this morning our soldiers found on the watchtower that the Zheng family fleet actually passed through Luermen Port, and is now heading towards Heliao Port, it seems that they are going to choose to land there."

The situation seemed to be unfavorable to them, but Colonel Byron seemed calm and spoke to Paul.

(End of chapter)