Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 540 Luzon.

In addition to defending Jinzhou, Denglaidao's minimum force, this time the navy is almost dispatched by the whole army. In addition to the battleships of Taiwan and Penghu, the main battleships have reached 200, and there are four treasure ships of [-] meters. Song Qingshu of the army also used half of them. There are many more, five divisions in Gezuo, five divisions in Fengyang, and the seventh and eighth divisions in Qihuo in two prefectures and six counties in Taiwan.

But Song Qingshu didn't come out with the whole army. The first wave only brought Haidayu No. [-] and No. [-], forty main battleships, Gezuo Division [-], Tai Division [-], Qihuo Division [-], Song Yongzhong's selection front army, and finally It’s Huang Degong’s [-] Chu soldiers. There’s no other way. Even if there are Zheng He’s charts, the beggar army knows too little about Manila. Song Qingshu didn't know that there was such a No. [-] sea monkey. In order to share the risk, the offensive was divided into waves. This is the first wave. After the preliminary results are obtained, the second wave will be launched. , the third wave of power.

The reason why the South China Sea issue is difficult to resolve in later generations is because the disputed area contested by the Philippines is relatively close to Taiwan, and Vietnam is on the left. Every time the navy is dispatched, the tension in these two areas will rise, making it very dangerous, but this is true. Song Qingshu didn't have any restrictions. He built Lanyu into a forward base, and the huge fleet headed straight to the south.

Between Taiwan and Luzon, there are still many sporadic islands of different sizes. Traveling along the island chain, I don’t worry too much about hurricanes or getting lost. After traveling for almost six days, the fleet has arrived at the northernmost point of Luzon Island. Rush Island, from here you can already see the main island of Luzon in the distance, and the smell of gunpowder before the war is also permeating.

"One-two, pull! One-two, pull!"

While chanting, a group of landing soldiers exhausted all their energy, pulling a huge boulder weighing several tons with dozens of ropes. With the sound of shouting, the long boulder was gradually pulled up, facing the colorful In the setting sun, a line of blood-red characters above faintly shone with golden light.

In the land of the Ming Dynasty, in [-] A.D., Song Qingshu, the general who conquered the Liao Dynasty, was established!

Isn't your Filipino maid in future generations arguing?Master, let me set up the historical evidence for you first!Full of complacency, standing under the long inscription, Song Qingshu looked into the distance with a telescope.

The news among the Western colonists is connected. This Song Qingshu sent people to Macau to find out the details of the Spaniards, and the other Spaniards also went to Macau to find out the movements of the Ming army. It is estimated that they have been prepared for a long time. Through the telescope, they can clearly see On the other side of the strait, a series of Spanish battleships along the seashore are also deployed along the coastline, and there are still dots of fire on the opposite coastline, which is estimated to be a large army.

The interior of the Ming Dynasty was turbulent and the situation was unstable. When he came out this time, Sun Chuanting, as the sub-commander who could best understand Song Qingshu's policies, was left in Songjiang to handle the overall situation. With the scarred face of the deputy commander, the navy is still under the command of Shi Lang, and there are more than 30 young staff officers following the headquarters, and Song Qingshu, they are also watching with binoculars.

On the far side, Hong Chengchou also looked into the distance with the binoculars, but his eyes turned enviously from time to time to the big stone cup that had just been erected. Song Qingshu has erected more than 20 such stones these days. There are three islands on each island from the island to here, two are placed in the north and south, and one is hidden in the mountain island, although it is really useless for these small islands that either have a dozen or so families, or are simply uninhabited islands. , but this can be regarded as leaving a name through the ages. Isn’t what scholars like Hong Chengchou pursue is leaving a name through the ages?

The sun is setting a little bit, and the soldiers on the island are still busy with fetching water, and the stream is endless. This place is not deserted, because Manila occupies an important position on international routes, and many businessmen from China, Japan and other Southeast Asian countries are here. A supply point has been built here, and it is operated seasonally. It can be regarded as a small town. However, after setting up the stele, Song Qingshu ordered to return to the ship.

In the past three months, the war against Manila has been carried out by the staff department thousands of times. The edges of the huge sand table are a little shiny due to the wear of the sleeves, but tomorrow is the time to officially start the war against these murderous monsters who slaughtered the Chinese. A group of The staff officer was still busy rearranging the sand table and putting down the model boats one by one.

"Tomorrow Commander Zhao Pu will lead the headquarters' Canghai, Kunshan and other twelve battleships to outflank from the left and block the Spanish Man's return route to the south. Commander Shi Lang personally leads the main battleships to attack from the front, defeating the Spanish Man's fleet and forcing him to go southwest. flee in the same direction, and then carry out two flanking attacks, trying to solve the Spanish barbarian fleet in the open sea, this is the position and attack order of each ship, each captain distributes information, and strictly remembers his position, so there must be no mistakes!"

After a long time of training, Li Xiangjun is quite military-minded at this time. As Song Qingshu's chief of staff, she methodically distributed materials to the captains below. Even Lu Shi Ma Shouying, Li Dingguo, Zheng Sen and others also got points accordingly. One, the Spanish navy will be repelled tomorrow, and their army will also have the opportunity to land and fight, so they have to prepare in advance.

However, in the captain's room, there were still these three idlers. Huang Degong and Cao Bianjiao leaned aside and dozed off in a daze. To them, sea and land coordinated operations were simply not a concept of the times. Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure out how to establish a stronghold, and they didn't plan to hand over the task to them tomorrow, and the two generals didn't even get the information.

The other one is Hong Chengchou. To be honest, Song Qingshu doesn’t trust him. No matter what, he is an important official of the court, and his official rank is much higher than himself. Taking Hong Chengchou to sea this time is actually an expression of this distrust. If Jiang Huai ruined his own business, it would be better to throw him out of the country and let him develop in the outer sea. On the one hand, he can make the best use of his talents, and on the other hand, it also prevents Hong Chengchou from planning himself with Chongzhen.

Let this old guy take down Manila and take charge of farming here, and tomorrow's battlefield has nothing to do with him.

However, unlike his two heartless subordinates, Hong Chengchou belongs to the type who has no chance and has to seize the opportunity he creates. Even if he can't understand a lot of professional words, he still makes do with the commanding table. Keep your ears up and listen as much as you can.

"Is Manila on the opposite side?"

Listening to this word these days, my ears are almost calloused. Seeing this concentrated appearance, Hong Chengchou couldn't help asking curiously. Unfortunately, no matter the staff officer, the captain or the commander-in-chief, everyone is busy with their own affairs. No matter, no one answered him.

After watching the simulated attack by Li Xiangjun commanding the staff drill on the sand table, after a moment of embarrassment, Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand to grab a boat and forcibly interrupted the drill.

But who knew that the troublemaker's next sentence made all the busy generals in the hall stiff.

"What if these Spanish barbarian warships do not flee to the southwest, but retreat to the southeast, or simply attack to the northeast, threatening our army's retreat?"

Naval battles are different from land battles, and there are various types of terrain. In the vast sea, what ambushes, what lies behind the scenes, bitter tricks, long-distance and short-range attacks are meaningless. The two armies are taking the postgraduate entrance exams. The boat is handy, and whoever has the biggest and hardest deck is the winner.

Similarly, the open sea also makes it difficult to achieve annihilation battles like land battles, unless the ships are all stuck together. If the battle is not good, you can pull out the sails and flee backwards. The sea is so big, and you can play hide-and-seek. .

The shape of Luzon Island is a bit like an irregular big waist, the waist is connected to the body parts, and the center of the west is concaved inwards with a Manila Bay. The corkscrew-shaped harbor forms a natural safe harbor, which is also the Spanish. The reason here is that the Qihuo army fleet has only arrived in Laoag in northern Luzon, which is at least 300 kilometers away from the Philippines. However, in order to prevent the Qihuo army from landing in Luzon, the Spanish fleet was still mobilized to the north.

This also gave Song Qingshu the opportunity to severely damage the Spanish fleet. This was the case when he attacked Tainan. The Dutch fleet was blocked in the Neijiang River and wiped out. Immediately after that, the Qihuo army could land and fight at will. The ports guarded by the fleet and the ports without the fleet guarded it. are two concepts.

The problem is that what Hong Chengchou said is correct. This battle plan is very idealized. Everything goes well. The Spanish fleet can be driven westward and blocked. But if they fail in the battle, they will flee southeast and circle the island. Back in Manila, Song Qingshu didn't even try to take it. The sea is the ground in Sun Tzu's Art of War. We can come and go freely, and the enemy can also come and go freely.

We can't separate another fleet to block the southeast, can we?The Spanish fleet also has more than 30 large and small battleships, and the tonnage is slightly smaller than that of the Qihuo Army Yingtian battleships. Dividing twelve to intercept is already weakening the combat power.
"Flee to the southeast, then chase to the southeast! Our military ships are fast and fast, and we can't drive out these barbarians to death!"

Shi Lang crossed his arms unwillingly and muttered, looking at Hong Chengchou with some annoyance, but he was a dead duck, the ocean currents were changing, and the gang of Westerners were familiar with the terrain, so they might not be able to catch up. If it is used to attack Manila, it will not be long.

"Does Master Hong have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Song Qingshu is not so arrogant, foreign monks like to chant scriptures!Frowning, he simply threw out the question.

However, this question made Hong Chengchou's back sweat for an instant. He knew nine out of ten senses about sea battles, but he didn't know anything about it. In Song Qingshu's mind, his role had to drop a lot. He didn't turn to Jiannu and was disappointed with the Ming Dynasty. Hong Chengchou was eager to find a high position in the Southern Dynasty after the fall of the capital, so he flattered Song Qingshu, a powerful figure in the south of the Yangtze River.

But after all, he was a competent supervisor, and he turned all his brains out of the summoning of the Chongzhen platform. Hong Chengchou was really quick-witted. A few seconds later, he suddenly pulled out the two large ship models heavily.

"It should be a plan to go up to the house and draw the ladder, to show the enemy a flaw, and to lure them to attack, and then the army will surround them on all sides. The hexagrams in "Book of Changes. Biting Kow" explain the meaning. The upper hexagram Li is fire, and the lower hexagram is thunder. Rong, thunder and fire combined, entering this formation, absolutely insane!"

Hong Chengchou said with joy, but a large group of generals and captains who could hear it had round eyes, full of confusion, even Song Qingshu blinked.

What the hell!

(End of this chapter)