Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1019 Where to Escape

Taichang couldn't help regretting receiving Zhang Yuanfang's memorial.

He had calculated so much that he missed the rocket bomb!
If the Flying Dragon battleship doesn't use rockets to attack, it will be exposed as soon as it fires, because Ming's artillery fires continuously.

At this time, he doesn't have to worry about the Continental Alliance tearing up with him because of this matter. Anyway, the African strategy is coming to an end, and the next step is to attack the Continental. It's no big deal if you tear up.

The problem is, he still doesn't want to expose the big killer of the dragon battleship.

This war is not about everyone ordering troops or ships fighting directly. The real commander is all about tactics. Even if his strength can crush others, he must find a way to minimize losses.

The kind of people who don't care about the casualties of their soldiers and only know how to charge can be a vanguard at most, and they are not worthy of being a commander at all.

A real commander must be able to strategize and use various tactics skillfully.

And good tactics rely on things that the enemy does not expect.

The Flying Dragon battleship is top-notch in terms of speed, attack power, and defense power. This is Daming's biggest weapon right now.

To put it simply, the Flying Dragon battleship is like the armored cavalry in the cold weapon era, which can determine the success or failure of a battle.

If he is exposed in advance, the enemy will probably try their best to deal with the dragon battleship.

The easiest way is not to fight naval battles, all warships hide in the port, and use coastal defense artillery to strictly guard against death.

If the enemy really plays like this, then they will have a hard time fighting.

Besides, it took at least three hours for Zhang Yuanfang to send people back to deliver the memorial, and it took another three hours for him to send people to deliver the decree.

It took six hours to go back and forth this time, and it would be dark by the time his order was delivered.

The coalition forces of the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, and Denmark are fleeing in a hurry, and they probably won't stop when it gets dark.

Can he let a baby like Feilong Battleship chase him overnight?

If it is a sea area they are familiar with, maybe they can try it.

The problem is that they are not familiar with South African waters at all.

Moreover, Luanda is only a thousand miles away from South Africa controlled by the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark. They ran back to their own territory and ran to any port at random. Could it be that he really ordered the Dragon Battleship to attack their ports?

Just kidding.

The Flying Dragon battleship is not a high-rise gunboat, and it would be quite a disadvantage to attack a port with coastal defense artillery.

Especially in the case of insufficient rockets, he let more than two hundred dragon warships rush to other people's territory rashly, and they might be surrounded and beaten.

Although the Dutch were smashed by them, they only sank five or six thousand sailboats.

In other words, the Dutch still have tens of thousands of sailing ships.

Even if the Flying Dragon warships were to fight again, more than 200 ships would be dangerous against tens of thousands of others.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then decided to forget it.

Anyway, the enemy only has so many troops left, and they are still stuck on the channel heading towards the continent, so they have no place to run.

In this case, there is no need for him to send the dragon battleship to take risks.

He could have assembled the land and water armies of the East African Kingdom and the West African Kingdom, and even dispatched the Aegis ships to overthrow them steadily.

Zhang Yuanfang could only sigh slightly after receiving Taichang's order, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to pursue.

What Taichang meant was for him to recuperate, and then send the Flying Dragon to continue patrolling the waters north of Luanda to prevent people from fleeing towards Europe.

The battle of Angola ended hastily like this, and the results of the battle were quickly counted.

The chariot soldiers led by Lin Chaojie also captured more than [-] prisoners.

The navy fleet led by Zheng Hongkui also captured more than [-] prisoners.

The 200 million army led by Zhang Hengchuan was the worst, and he captured less than [-] prisoners in total.

If you add those who were bombed to death by artillery, those who fell into the water and drowned, and those who were trampled to death, the total is only more than 40.

In other words, they worked hard to prepare, and originally wanted to come to a siege for reinforcements, but ended up gathering more than [-] reinforcements.

It can be said that this tactic of encircling the spot and attacking aid was not very successful, and it was a typical anticlimax.

However, fortunately, because the enemies were basically running away in a hurry and did not resist much at all, there were no casualties among the soldiers of the Black God Army.

When Taichang saw the battle report, he couldn't help laughing at himself and said: "Mingshi, it seems that I am not as good as you in playing tactics. You have wiped out nearly 60 troops from Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. I have prepared for several months, and finally I will clean up." More than 40 people were killed."

Oh, my majesty, don't make such jokes with me!
Zhang Mingshi hurriedly said modestly: "Your Majesty, this minister is purely lucky, plus, plus, Shuo Chuan desperately sniped the enemy's rear."

As he spoke, he actually choked up a little.

Seeing this, Taichang quickly comforted him: "Okay, let's forget it when the matter is over, Shuo Chuan has rested in peace, why are you still worrying about it?
Although the record this time was not very good, at least there were no casualties, which is considered good.

Let's discuss how to fight next. This is the real last battle on the African continent.

After this battle, you can go back to the Western Yindu Islands to recuperate. Next year we will use troops against Europe. I believe that the world will be peaceful in a short time.

At that time, I will give you a first-class duke, and you can choose where to seal the country.

Otherwise, you can tell me now, where you want to seal it, I will prepare it for you. "

Uh, how did you talk and talk and talk about the matter of Jin Fengguo Gong, and let me choose Fengguo!
Zhang Mingshi thought about it, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, I think Dakar is very good.

Weichen felt that Zuma and Atlanta might have a little difficulty in managing such a large territory. We have to station some troops here to help them deter Xiaoxiao.

Otherwise, once such a large site becomes chaotic, it will be difficult to clean up.

Moreover, Weichen got used to it after living in Dakar for a long time. "

This is very reasonable. How many dynasties in the Central Plains have not had a territory as large as the Kingdom of East Africa and the Kingdom of West Africa, and they are still changing dynasties constantly.

It is really not easy for this place in Africa to maintain long-term stability. It is a good idea for Ming to send troops to deter them, so that at least the relationship between the East African Kingdom, West African Kingdom and Ming can be maintained.

However, it seems that Dakar alone is not enough. Perhaps, he should seal a few more kingdoms here.

Thinking of this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, your proposal is very good, I will discuss it with Zuma and Atlanta.

However, let us concentrate on fighting the last battle on the African continent. "

Hearing this, Zhang Mingshi quickly looked at the map with a serious face.

He stared at the map for a long time, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, from this map, it seems that the southern part of Africa is densely covered with mountains, making it extremely difficult to travel.

This can also be seen from the terrain in the south of Angola.

It may be very difficult for us to open a passage by land this time. I dare you, Your Majesty, why don't we mobilize more ships, pull in 50 elite chariots and 50 elite cavalry, and sweep across the coastline directly.

Anyway, there are less than 50 people in the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, and Denmark left in the African continent. After the war, we will use troops against the European continent. It is no big deal for us to directly participate in the war. "

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help nodding his head and said: "Okay, Mingshi, this time you are going with Zhen Xiang.

The Netherlands, the UK, Sweden and Denmark only have this amount of troops left. We really don’t have to hide and grind, and the navy will go directly, and it is serious to end the battle here as soon as possible. "

Hearing this, Zhang Mingshi quickly cupped his hands and said, "The emperor is wise."

Then they began to discuss how many ships to mobilize.

In fact, there are quite a few naval ships near Angola at this moment. One hundred Aegis ships can pull 50 horses, plus four thousand Spike warships and one thousand armed merchant ships. 50 horses can be pulled down easily.

The key is that those horses and chariots take up too much space, and their existing ships simply cannot pull them down.

This is not a big problem. Xinma City has been building armed merchant ships. There are not many other warships in the Americas, but there are still many armed merchant ships.

Taichang made a rough estimate, and simply ordered Sun Chuanting to directly mobilize [-] armed merchant ships, including food, supplies, ammunition, and so on.

In this way, the chariot and horse can almost be loaded, and they can save themselves from mobilizing supplies everywhere.

While they were discussing how to attack South Africa, Moritz, Duke Weimar and Prince Hendrick were also discussing how to defend South Africa.

However, this seems to be an impossible task.

The Duke of Weimar stared at the map for a while, and still couldn't help sighing: "This time, the Ming Empire is probably going to wipe us all out and then attack Europe.

Even the army of the West African Kingdom can't stop us with this little force, let alone the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the West African Kingdom. "

What should I do?
Moritz heard this, and couldn't help frowning: "You mean we give up South Africa and return to Europe?"

To be honest, he really didn't want to go back to Europe, because their territory in Europe had long been occupied by the Ming Empire, and it was returned to Spain.

They don't even have a place to stay when they go back, let alone reproduce.

The Duke of Weimar said helplessly: "If we don't run away, we will definitely die. The Ming Empire will definitely not let us go."

Alas, if you don't run, you will die or become a prisoner. If you escape back to Europe, you still have personal freedom. How do you choose? Do you even need to think about it?

Prince Hendrick was helpless, and could only sigh slightly: "Let's go back to Europe, there is really only a dead end here."

Question, how to escape back to Europe?

Moritz pointed to the map and said, "Now the Kingdom of West Africa and the Ming Empire are in Angola, and the sea over there must be blocked by them.

Moreover, even if we can bypass Angola, there are Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, and even Prince Condé of the Canary Islands, we must be careful.

This road is a sea area controlled by others, how can we escape back to Europe? "

Prince Hendrick pointed directly at the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and said, "We can walk here, the vast sea, it is impossible for the Ming Empire to send ships to block it."

It's too dangerous to go this way!
Moritz heard the words and asked worriedly: "What if we encounter a storm at sea?"

But Prince Hendrick said leisurely: "That depends on luck, my luck was good last time, I didn't encounter a storm at sea.

Anyway, staying here is a dead end. If we are lucky, we can bring everyone back to Europe safely. "

How about this?

Luck is such a hard thing to say.

However, they are well aware of the strategic intentions of the West African Kingdom or the Ming Empire.

People just want to kill them all.

If you stay here and don't go, it is definitely a dead end.

This is not a joke, nor is it that they have suffered from persecution paranoia.

Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, France, Tsarist Russia, and the Ottoman Empire have all set good examples for them. Almost all of the more than 100 million troops who invaded Africa were wiped out!
This is the fact, and staying on the African continent is a dead end.

Moritz frowned and pondered for a while, finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Anyway, we have no choice, so let's take a gamble!"

(End of this chapter)