1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 169 War Preparation ([-])

At the end of the Hanzhou war preparation mobilization meeting, Yu Fukun pulled out the long knife at his waist and said murderously: "Everyone must act according to the orders of the chief executive. If anyone disobeys or delays, he will be killed." Forgive me!"

Fu Jinbiao led the horse and stood at the gate of the Commander's Mansion, looking at the big and small officials who came out one after another, feeling a little annoyed.When the enemy attacked, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard were called to arrange work, and even the township barracks participated.But why forget our cavalry alone?
At present, there are more than 110 horses of various kinds in Hanzhou, and a cavalry force of more than 20 people has been formed.In addition to patrolling the three places of Hanzhou to deter lawlessness, they also often go deep into the interior to explore suitable settlements and search for indigenous tribes.

Fu Jinbiao didn't dare to break into the Commander's Mansion without permission, so he could only walk up and down the gate of the Commander's Mansion during the meeting, causing the patrolmen standing guard at the gate to keep staring at him.If you hadn't seen you wearing a gray uniform of a country soldier, you would have called your companions to tie him up long ago.Does the Commander's Mansion just let people hang around?
"Hey, hey, little manager!" Fu Jinbiao suddenly saw Qi Yuanshan and several teenagers coming out of the commanding mansion in a hurry, and called him quickly.

Because Qi Yuanshan has been working with Qi Tian all the time, many people call him the little manager.

"Captain Fu, why are you looking for me?" Qi Yuanshan stood still and asked strangely.

"Little manager, the enemy is here to attack us. Everyone has a mission, why didn't our cavalry receive any instructions. Please ask me, have you forgotten us?" Fu Jinbiao grabbed Qi Yuanshan's arm, anxiously said.

When Qi Yuanshan heard it, he couldn't help being happy.The Spaniards attacked the mainland of Hanzhou, and there were three forts at the pier, which must not be easy to attack.Then, the Spaniards can only reach Jianye City by landing on the coast or shallows in other directions of Jianye City, and then going through the dense forest.

According to the initial combat strategy formulated by Qi Tian and Yu Fukun, the Spaniards were first led to Jianye City, and a township barracks guarded the city. With complete fortifications, a large number of Spaniards were killed and wounded.Meanwhile, two companies of marines and two battalions of the township waited for an opportunity outside the city to launch a final attack, gathering and annihilating the Spaniards under the city.

As for the cavalry, it seems that they are not very useful in the narrow battlefield of Jianye City.

As for the fact that the Spaniards rushed directly to Heishan City and New Huai'an City inland regardless of Jianye City's refusal to attack, it only means that the Spanish commander's brain was kicked by a donkey, and they threw their backs and supplies to Hanzhou .

"If the enemy is defeated, they must run away. The cavalry is just chasing them!" Fu Jinbiao said unwillingly after hearing Qi Yuanshan say that cavalry would not be needed on the battlefield for the time being.

"How about you go to Captain Niuhu of the Marine Corps. See if he can include you in their final attack sequence?" Qi Yuanshan thought for a while and said.

"Hey! I'm going to find him now!" Fu Jinbiao heard this, holding on to a glimmer of hope, he led his horse to find Niuhu.

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"Let's go, third brother!" Qi Tian stood up, smiled and said to Qi Dalu: "I'm back, I must not have eaten much. I'll make you grilled fish!"

"Xiao Tian, ​​can we really beat the Spaniard?" Qi Dalu asked.Half a month ago, when he and Cao Xiong heard that the Spaniards were going to aggressively attack the mainland of Hanzhou, they were panicked and felt that it was a very sad threshold.Hanzhou will suffer huge losses, and even face the point of being driven out of Hanzhou by the Spaniards.

But when he came back and notified Yu Fukun for the first time, the other party just nodded expressionlessly, and then sent a cavalry to find Qi Tian and come back.

After Qi Tian came back, he and Yu Fukun discussed how to send the offending Spaniards to the mines as coolies, without the slightest tension and panic of the enemy's invasion.

"Third Brother, you often go out to sea by boat, so you may not know the current strength of our Hanzhou." Qi Tian pulled Qi Dalu while walking and said, "Now, no force can defeat us in Hanzhou itself! Neither can the Dutch !"

If the Dutch can't do it, then it's even more impossible for the Spaniards to defeat us in Hanzhou!Qi Dalu suddenly felt a sense of pride. It turns out that our Hanzhou can completely protect itself.

"Then can we fight out?" Qi Dalu asked again.

"Shoot it out? Hehe..." Qi Tian laughed, "I can't do it at the moment. If I do it, I think it will kill everyone!"

With the few armed merchant ships in Hanzhou, it is estimated that they can bully the natives on those islands in Nanyang, but the premise is that the small wooden boats of the natives do not come too much.

"Then when can we fight out?"

"At least, we have to have more than 25 to [-] armed merchant ships, or about ten professional warships. It is estimated that by then, we can go out to fight little monsters."

"Little monster?"

"Well, it's a small country on the Nanyang Islands."

After Hanzhou received the news that Spain was about to attack the mainland, he immediately entered a state of war.

The earliest armed force to complete the establishment of the system was the township barracks.In less than five days, [-] rural soldiers had gathered at the Heishan City Barracks and started semi-military training (three days a week).The several forts on the pier roared continuously all day long, and the old and new gunners were trying to master the firing essentials and daily maintenance of the artillery in the fastest time.

The walls of Jianye City are gradually increasing and thickening every day, visible to the naked eye.The auxiliary bastion facilities outside the city also began to be excavated and arranged.In view of the fact that the southwest side of Jianye City is an expanded reservoir, and the dam is not far from the city wall. If the enemy attacks here, it will definitely not be able to launch.

To the northwest of Jianye City, a turret protection fortress was built, just opposite to Jianye City.In order to avoid being attacked on both sides, the enemy will not choose the direction of attack here.Then, the remaining two walls are the defense points of Jianye City.After the completion of the city wall, artillery of various specifications will be placed on the top of the city one by one, which will definitely let the Spaniards appreciate what a steel storm is.

Considering that the Spaniards may arrive at the end of April, when the wet season in Hanzhou is not over, this must take into account the waterproof and moisture-proof issues of artillery and gunpowder.However, at present, the Hanzhou Armament Workshop can already produce the finalized 1637-1 flintlock gun.Its performance is obviously much better than the flintlock provided by the Dutch, not only the operation steps are reduced, but also the stability and water resistance of the musket firing are also outstanding.It's just that the output is a bit low, only [-] branches per month.

As the Hanzhou Workshop enters a wartime state, if overtime production is done, the production of muskets can be estimated to increase to [-] to [-] guns.It is mainly the various parts of the gun, many of which are polished and made by hand, especially the grinding and drilling of the barrel.Qi Tian just took a look at the gun barrel manufacturing site, and then gave up the idea of ​​letting craftsmen try to pull out the rifling in the gun barrel.

Let's use the front-loading flintlock gun step by step. As for the rifled gun, let's wait.When Hanzhou's industrial technology has a breakthrough development, it may be considered to study it.If these craftsmen create a breech-loading flintlock sometime, Qi Tian should be overjoyed. —————————————

Port of Batavia.

Ludwig and the housekeeper, Anri Credo, stood on a big ship that was about to return to Europe, watching the natives on the pier busily carrying the goods, and then lifting them onto the ship one by one with pulley rods .

"Are the ships over there from Hanzhou?" Ludwig pointed to a few Ming Dynasty-style merchant ships in the distance, and asked his butler.

"Yes, that should be Hanzhou's Tuozhan No. 1. Look, the number 1 on the ship's side. Hehe, it seems that only Hanzhou likes to mark the number behind the name of the ship." Steward Anri Credo smiled Said.

"They seem to be shipping cloth, food, stuff like that."

"Yes, sir. They are preparing for battle."

"Tell me, Cao, will you hate me? I should have been the one to tell him that the Spaniards are coming to attack Hanzhou."

"Sir, you told him and you couldn't help him. This will make you..."

"Yeah, it will make me embarrassing and embarrassing. Hehe..."

"Sir, it's not your fault. After all, you are about to leave Batavia, and you cannot influence the company's policies."

"Governor Dayman is too eager to weaken the Spaniards so that he can deal with Manila during his tenure. I think this is unrealistic. The Spaniards have been operating in the Philippines for more than 60 years, so how could they be easily defeated by us. Ludwig said with a sigh.

"So, they want Cao to make a bait, a hard rock." Steward Anri Credo echoed, "It's for the purpose of weakening the Spaniards."

"They're not going to succeed. The Spaniards can't fail to think about it, there must be a way to deal with it. But we may have broken the heart of a good partner."

Anri Credo nodded. Cao Xiong was ruthlessly calculated by the Dutch East India Company when facing the threat of the Spaniards, so he will definitely hate the Dutch in the future.

"Our best method is actually to control Cao and the Hanzhou behind him, and let them rush to the front for the benefit of our Dutch. As long as we manage Batavia well and control the scale of his maritime armed forces, he will definitely be We are very good partners." Ludwild said softly, "The current situation may create some uncertain factors."

"Sir, you will not be a member of the East India Company in the future. You will be an important member of the decision-making process in Amsterdam. I am afraid that there will be no Batavia in our future itinerary." Anri Credo persuaded, He knew that Ludwig had some self-blame and regret.However, it will all pass.

"Anri, you're right. Our future is in Amsterdam, in The Hague."

"Yes, sir. Maybe in a few months, we'll forget everything here. We'll have a fresh start, won't we?"

"Yes. We will have power and wealth. Anli, do you know that I have entrusted my family to buy many expensive tulips and bought a large number of long futures contracts. When we arrive in Europe, what awaits us will be a Fantastic wealth!" Ludwig said with longing.

(End of this chapter)