Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 981
Like the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands are an important transit point in the Atlantic Ocean.

However, the Azores are connected to the European continent and North America, and the Azores are about [-] miles away from the European coastline, so it is not very convenient to communicate with the European continent.

The Cape Verde Islands are different. Not only is it an important transit point for the African continent and South America, but it is also stuck on the waterway from the European continent to South Africa and even West Asia. Its geographical location is quite important.

At this moment, when the canal between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea has not been built, it can be said to be the throat of the Far East.

Moreover, the Cape Verde Islands are only about a thousand miles away from Dakar, and it is quite convenient to travel with the African continent.

Originally, it was also a Portuguese colony, and it was an important transfer station for the slave trade. Later, it was also occupied by the Spanish Navy and the Dutch Navy.

However, in the end it fell into the hands of the Ming Empire.

During the peace talks in Amsterdam, the reason why Taichang abandoned other colonies and wanted the Cape Verde Islands and French West Africa was to hold the necks of these colonial robbers in Europe.

It can be said that as long as the Suez Canal is not dug through, then Daming can cut off the waterway from the European continent to the Far East at any time.

Felipe IV gave up such an important place to Daming without even thinking about it, and he didn't know what was going on in this guy's mind.

Taichang looked at the map, then at the natural harbor ahead, and couldn't help showing a hint of satisfaction.

The Cape Verde Islands are really a good place. More than a dozen large and small islands are arranged in a fishhook shape. The harbor circled in the middle has a radius of several hundred miles. There are natural good harbors everywhere, and tens of thousands of ships are moored. question.

However, there are not many ships berthed here at the moment, and the newly built port seems to have parked a dreadnought, a few Aegis ships, a few unarmored dragon warships, and dozens of Spike warships. ferry.

Zhang Mingshi knew that someone would lead a fleet to support them in the next two days, so he brought Zheng Hongkui, Zuma and Atlanta here early and waited.

Taichang did not send the Clippers to notify, after all, it is a bit troublesome to cross the Atlantic.

Moreover, he can get here in a few days, there is absolutely no need for the sailors to work hard to and fro.

As a result, when he pulled Zhu Cihong off the flagship, Zhang Mingshi was startled.

Zhang Mingshi was stunned for a moment, walked up quickly, and said in a trembling voice on the ground: "Your Majesty, my minister is guilty. If I hadn't ordered Shuochuan to stop the retreat of the coalition forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, Shuochuan would not have done so." will die."

The other people on the pier were also so frightened that they hurriedly climbed up the mountain and shouted: "Welcome to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Seeing this, Taichang sighed slightly, and then stepped forward to support Zhang Mingshi's arm and said, "Mingshi, get up quickly, and everyone get up quickly."

Zhang Mingshi stood up tremblingly, and continued to confess: "Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty, and this humble minister shouldn't let Shuo Chuan go to die!"

Perhaps, he lost his beloved general and regretted it in his heart.

Or maybe, he felt that it was a bit too reckless for him to send such a senior general who was equivalent to the governor level to go all out.

After all, it was not easy to train such a high-level general. There were not many high-level generals in Ming Dynasty who could command millions of troops. In the end, he forcibly lost one of them.

Looking at his pale beard and hair, Taichang couldn't help sighing slightly: "Mingshi, you don't have to blame yourself, there is no one who survives a war.

The death of Shuo Chuan was not your fault, if you want to blame it, you can blame me for taking the enemy too lightly.

Your command of this encirclement and annihilation battle is very good. The merits of this battle are enough to make you a duke of the state. I will remember it for you first. When this war is over, I will give you a reward together. "

Enter Feng Guogong!

Zhang Mingshi didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Taichang simply waved his hands and said, "Hongkui, Zuma, Atlanta, come and talk to us on the boat."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Zhu Cihong back into the boat.

Who is this kid?

Zhang Mingshi was a little confused.

He has seen the good king Zhu Youfeng many times, this is definitely not the good king.

Question, the emperor seems to have only three princes, the crown prince and King Xin are not children anymore.

Besides, the emperor never dragged Liang Wang to participate in military and political affairs.

At this moment, the emperor actually dragged the child to sit beside the conference table where the map was placed, and Zhang Yuanfang and several staff generals who had been sitting on the side of the conference room in advance seemed to think that everything was quite normal.

Who is this kid?

Taichang raised his eyes to see Zhang Mingshi's puzzled expression, he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, "I forgot to tell you, this is my great-grandson, Xiao'er."

It turned out to be the grandson of the emperor, and everyone hurriedly bowed to salute.

Seeing this, Taichang slightly raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone sit down.

I have discussed with Boya for a few days, and I have already decided on a new strategy. Now, I will talk to you carefully. "

When everyone heard the words, they sat down quickly, straightened their waists, and pretended to listen carefully.

Taichang then introduced in detail: "This time I brought you a few sharp weapons.

You should have seen the two hundred flying dragon warships. These warships are painted with light blue water patterns and the camouflage effect is very good. As long as they keep a distance of about ten miles, the enemy can basically not find them with ordinary civilian binoculars.

In addition, these two hundred warships are equipped with rocket launchers, and two rounds of salvo can ignite at least a dozen ironclad warships. "

Is the rocket launcher so powerful?
Zheng Hongkui couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, how do you use this rocket launcher?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to worry about this, Yuan Fang knows how to use it, and Yuan Fang will command the two hundred dragon warships at that time.

You come to command the Spike Warship, by the way, how many Spike Warships does the West African Navy have? "

Zheng Hongkui said without hesitation: "In addition to the thousand Spike warships rewarded by the emperor, they also built about a thousand ships themselves, but they were all equipped with front-loading artillery."

A thousand ships is enough.

Taichang said decisively: "In this way, don't board the thousand Spike warships equipped with Thor cannons, as the firepower is too fierce and it will be false.

The [-] Spike warships I brought this time are also equipped with cannons loaded with ammunition in the front, so the total is [-] ships.

And I also brought you a thousand sets of flamethrowers, which can ignite wooden battleships in the blink of an eye at a distance of ten feet.

The flamethrower is also equipped with special sailors to control it, so you don't have to worry about it.

At that time, you can command the three thousand Spike warships and go aboard with Yuan Fang.

We first used long-range rockets to ignite their ironclad warships. If they didn't retreat, the Spike warships would swarm up and surround them and burn all their other warships. "

Uh, isn't this a sneak attack?
The so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, and it's okay to engage in sneak attacks. The problem, with such advanced weapons for sneak attacks, people must know that Daming provided them.

Zheng Hongkui asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, won't it be justified to use rockets and flamethrowers against them?"

Taichang calmly said: "You don't know much about this thing, can countries in continental Europe insist that we made it?
We can completely excuse ourselves by saying that we don’t know, that such a weapon has never been built.

If the Continental Union dares to turn around and do something, try it.

Even if we start a full-scale war with them now, we will only lose a little more troops, and winning will definitely not be a problem.

Now we are actually using time to kill their war potential and try to avoid too many casualties.

As for tearing up their faces, if they want to fight, then they will fight. "

Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui couldn't help nodding his head again and again and said: "The general will understand."

Uh, why doesn't it seem like we have nothing to do?

Zuma asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how will our Black God Army fight?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "It's very simple, just use chariots to pull people behind the navy fleet and push forward. After our navy fleet drives away the European Union fleet, you go up to recover the port and docks.

This time I also brought you five thousand city defense guns with bases, and you also brought them with you.

If you encounter a stronghold with strong defenses, you can directly put the artillery on it, and blast the stronghold of others before going up. "

Five thousand city defense guns!

When Zuma heard this, she couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, do you need so many cannons?
Our 200 million army is also equipped with [-] field guns. It shouldn't be a problem to attack the enemy's stronghold, right? "

Taichang shook his head slightly, then pointed to the Strait of Gibraltar and said: "Field artillery attacking a general stronghold will inevitably lead to casualties, but Ceuta is an important Spanish town in North Africa. If you attack with only field artillery, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Moreover, there are mountains around Ceuta, and the field artillery carriages are too heavy to be pulled up the mountains, and it won't be very effective for you to pull them up.

In the face of other people's city defense artillery, even if you pull the field artillery up to the top of the mountain, the range is not far from others, so you will suffer a big loss.

Therefore, I have equipped you with [-] city defense guns that can be pulled away. These [-] are only the first batch. When you hit the vicinity of Ceuta, another [-] will be delivered. "

My God, there are [-] city defense guns, and they can be dragged away. This battle should not be too easy!
Zuma hurriedly cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "Okay, the general tactics are like this, as for how to advance, Ming Shi, it's up to you to arrange.

By the way, Mingshi, where is the current defense line of the Black God Army? "

Zhang Mingshi quickly pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, the defense line of the Black God Army is on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. There was originally a temporary pier here. Not rebuilt."

This location is just right.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, the chariot soldiers of the Black God Army will gather near this temporary pier first, and tomorrow I will send the Spike warships to pull the artillery, gun mounts and sports cars over there.

The cannon and the gun mount had to be connected together before the cannon could be fired. The Zhenhui sent someone to teach the Black God Army soldiers how to connect.

Everyone prepare well. Three days later, we will advance by land and water and launch an attack. "

When everyone heard the words, they quickly got up and cupped their hands and said, "Observe the order."

Taichang waved his hand slightly, signaling everyone to back off, and then quickly stepped forward and patted Zhang Mingshi on the shoulder: "How is it, Mingshi, are you okay?
If it doesn't work, I'll find someone to replace you. "

He couldn't bear to see Zhang Mingshi's beard and hair all white.

After all, people are so old, and let them command the army to fight, it is killing people.

Commanding more than two million land and water troops to fight is not that simple. It is estimated that the commander in command will not be able to sleep after the war begins.

But Zhang Mingshi said with a firm face: "Don't worry, your majesty, this humble minister can still do it.

These days, Weichen is worried that the Black God Army will not be able to advance, so he is a little frustrated.

Now that the emperor has bestowed so many sharp weapons, there must be no problem for the Black God Army to advance.

Besides, another person may not be familiar with the Black God Army, and it may be a little inconvenient to command, so I don't feel at ease. "

Well, if someone else commands the Black God Army, there might be problems.

Taichang could only sigh slightly: "Mingshi, then you will work harder. After this battle is over, I will make you a first-class duke and seal the country for you."

Zhang Mingshi really didn't expect to get such a great honor when he was old.

He didn't know what to say, so he could only keep clapping his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

(End of this chapter)