Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1531 The Eastern Expedition May Fail

In his past and present lives, Fang Jun was always an energetic person.

Under normal circumstances, energetic people have a lot of interests and a wide range of hobbies. Fang Jun was a BB party in his previous life, and he was also a believer in the multi-turret religion, and he was well-known in some military forums.

What is "BB Party"?

It is the follower of the giant ship cannon.

In the "BB Party" group, there is such a 25-word "mantra"—bigger hull, thicker armor, stronger main guns, more secondary guns, and higher speed!
Someone once said that the "BB Party" is obsessive-compulsive disorder, and has abnormal demands on the life around them. For example, they are used to stringing underwear of various colors into a string when drying clothes, using static pulleys to slowly pull them out of the window, and sometimes salute at the end; All cars smaller than yourself, bowing to the [-]-ton container truck, throwing stones at the opposite car at the highest speed when meeting the car and trying to form a straddle shot, even dreaming of setting up a corner in front of your own car...

So, as a fan of giant ship cannons, how can you not know the world's earliest sailing battleship "Sea Sovereignty"?
So, how to tell if you are a "BB Party"?

Someone once joked that you can clearly tell which kind of warship you are from the reaction of watching "Titanic":

BB Party: The armor is not strong, it should sink.

CV Party: Without an overall fleet, it would be silly to have an accident.

SS Party: There is a conspiracy!Must have been ambushed by a submarine!

DD Party: The boat is small and easy to turn around...

Now Fang Jun has cloned all the data of the "Sovereignty of the Sea" and plans to copy such a sailing battleship that is invincible at sea by the year 1000.Although the ship has not fought many battles for half a century, it was finally destroyed by a chef's wrong operation, causing the whole ship to burn down...

Although the "Sovereignty of the Sea" was born in Europe in the middle of the seventeenth century, Europe had not undergone the industrial revolution at that time, and the huge hull of the "Sovereignty of the Sea" was made of wood. According to the current shipbuilding level of Datang, there must be a lot of suffering, but It is entirely possible to make it.

As long as you imagine more than a dozen sailing battleships firing guns in a row, the rumble of gunpowder filled the air, as a "BB party", Fang Jun felt a little excited...

However, from Su Dingfang's point of view, not to mention whether such a huge warship can be built, even if it is built, how many sails would it take to propel him to sail on the sea?Moreover, such a huge hull greatly increases the area exposed to the wind, and I am afraid that it will be over in a gust of wind...

Seeing Su Dingfang's constipated expression, Fang Jun smiled and said, "Why, do you think this blueprint is purely idle nonsense?"

Su Dingfang's silence is tantamount to acquiescing.

Fang Jun is helpless, this ship is indeed a little too far ahead of the times. In this era when a warship of 30 meters is already considered a "monster", it really crushes people's cognition.

If I tell Su Dingfang that we will build iron-clad ships in the future... I wonder if Su Dingfang will treat him as a lunatic?
The iron lump still wants to float on the water?

Ha ha……

Fang Jun had no choice but to say: "You're not a boat builder, so you're not qualified to say whether it's okay or not. Take the blueprint back and let Zheng Kunchang and his father and son lead the boat builder to figure it out. It will definitely work."

Su Dingfang had no choice but to say: "The final general obeys orders."

When he closed the blueprint in his hand, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few words written on the next page, "Royal Princess"... Su Dingfang's eyelids twitched, feeling that Fang Jun was so persistent in building such a completely unreliable super ship. The motive of the battleship, is this to show the love of the emperor to win the favor of the emperor?
I have to say, it is indeed a good method.

As a father, seeing his son-in-law love his daughter so much, he even built an unparalleled super warship to please him... This kid looks like a stick, but his scheming is unfathomable!

……

The matter of the navy came to an end, and the two started chatting.

"How about the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Fang Jun motioned Su Dingfang to drink tea and asked.

Su Dingfang picked up his teacup and said: "At present, the mobilization of soldiers and horses is not too frequent. After all, the main force of the Eastern Expedition is the Sixteen Guards Army. Your Majesty will definitely go to the imperial conquest. Land is the main force of the Eastern Expedition. Presumably in the future, the army will surely Gathered in the two prefectures of Youying. The waterway is an auxiliary. On the one hand, it transports food, grass and luggage from the sea to bypass Dengzhou to supply the main army. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is easy, so the current mobilization of Jiangnan soldiers and horses is mainly responsible for transporting various supplies to various ports, so that they can be transported to sea in time after the war starts."

Fang Jun nodded.

This is the way the Central Plains Dynasty has fought for more than a thousand years. It is necessary to fight for every inch of land by attacking the city. Even if the main waterway can reach Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, and destroy the Goguryeo royal family with a thunderous force, it is impossible to be adopted. This is The "generation gap" in war perception.

Another important reason is that people all over the world believe that the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is bound to be successful in no time. Just a little bit of such a great feat is enough to make future generations rest on their laurels. How could those arrogant soldiers who followed His Majesty Li Er in the South and North Wars allow the navy to easily take away this great credit?
So even if the Royal Navy is ten times stronger, the main force of the eastward expedition to Goguryeo must be initiated by land, and the navy can only follow suit...

Fang Jun sighed, and said helplessly: "At the beginning, I never thought of calling you to the navy, so that you couldn't jump on horses and raise your swords to attack the city and pull out the stronghold. Seeing the great achievements, you can only float on the sea. Transporting luggage..."

Such a grand battle represents supreme merit, who would be willing to fight soy sauce?
Su Dingfang pondered for a while, raised his eyes and asked, "It seems that Lord Hou also thinks... Goguryeo is vulnerable?"

"Ok?"

Fang Jun was taken aback for a moment, and asked back, "What do you mean?"

In history, His Majesty Li Er's Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo did fail, but the current Tang Dynasty is by no means different from the Tang Dynasty in history!

Countless Linyi country rice was transported across the ocean to Datang, more than enough to supply the army, equipped with more sufficient and more sophisticated weapons and armor, and there are also siege artifacts such as thunder and artillery. How could it be possible to repeat the failure in history? scene?
Su Dingfang leaned his upper body slightly forward, and said in a low voice: "Please forgive me for being reckless... In the eyes of the general, Goguryeo may not be as weak as imagined, otherwise Emperor Sui Yang's three Eastern Expeditions, how could he be defeated every time? , Life and death exhausted the foundation of the empire? It is true that Goguryeo is like a weak dwarf compared with Datang, but it is by no means incapable of fighting. It would be fine if the army can drive straight in, but once it is blocked , it is extremely easy to let life go wrong..."

Speaking of this, Su Dingfang's eyes were burning, and he said word by word: "Arrogant soldiers must be defeated!"

Fang Jun was stunned.

The proud soldier must be defeated? !
Thinking about it carefully, what Su Dingfang said really makes sense...

In history, the reason why His Majesty Li Er's Eastern Expedition failed was because of his strength?
Absolutely not.

Compared with Goguryeo, which lives in a corner of the northeast, the Tang Dynasty has gone through the recuperation period of Zhenguan and worked hard to govern. His Majesty Li Er has set his sights on Goguryeo since the day he ascended the throne. The boats are like clouds and the luggage is as heavy as a mountain, but they are ruthlessly defeated by Goguryeo.

Such a result is definitely not the result of strength.

Only the morale of the army can explain...

Everyone in the Tang Dynasty confidently regarded Goguryeo as their possession, and what the Tang soldiers pointed out would be invincible. It is just around the corner to bring Goguryeo, a land that has never been conquered since ancient times, into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Meritorious deeds are regarded as interests, and groups fight for each other.

However, as Su Dingfang said, "A proud soldier must be defeated", from His Majesty Li Er to the generals in the army, no one has ever thought about what will happen if they fail. When encountering a sniper attack in the city, the morale of the army was immediately weakened, and the unfavorable factors such as the long distance and inconvenient transportation of supplies finally led to a defeat.

Therefore, even if the Great Tang in this life is stronger than in history, it is not without the possibility of failure...

Fang Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he said subconsciously: "So, our navy has a chance to turn the tide?"

Su Dingfang looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "According to the general's opinion, it is indeed possible, but the general would rather not have such a feat of turning the tide."

Because once the Eastern Expedition has to rely on the navy to drive straight into and annihilate Pyongyang City to determine the victory, it means that the land army has already been defeated and will not advance an inch, which means that it will inevitably suffer a series of defeats. Township……

(End of this chapter)