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Chapter 633 The Plan to Conquer Luzon

The thunder is fierce, the lion fights the rabbit, what the emperor wants is absolute victory.

Unlike the previous emperors, the current Long Live is not only not stingy, but also very generous, especially for military investment.

For example, the generals below estimate that they will need [-] troops to attack Myanmar, and Wanzai will say, "I'm not sure, let's add another [-]."If it was changed to the search engine, you would have to say with a bitter face, "Aiqing, can you make it less, it will cost too much".

The same is true for the Spaniards who conquered Luzon. The navy believes that its strength is sufficient to complete the task.But the emperor is still cautious, the warships must be ten times that of the enemy, and the land forces must also have an absolute advantage.

"Long Live's ambition is not just a Luzon." Shen Yourong glanced at the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Ping Liao and the rebellion are all thanks to the army. Moreover, the army is expanding its territory, and the victory of conquering Burma is just around the corner. There is still a lot of land to occupy.”

"Compared to the army, although the navy is in its infancy, but Long Live is eagerly looking forward to it, and you all must be aware of it. The [-] marines are only in the early stages, and the meaning of Long Live will reach [-] in a few years."

Shen Yourong deliberately paused, and observed the expressions of everyone, either surprised or excited, and so on.

"As for actual combat experience, that's obtained by fighting. The Spaniards in Luzon are very good enemies. They are not strong, but they are not weak either. Besides, the Ministry of War will also recruit suitable officers and soldiers with combat experience from the army to enrich their strength. Come in."

The Spaniards, the Dutch, and later the British, the French, Luzon, Borneo, Batavia, Malacca, and even Dagon (Rangoon) in Myanmar will all be part of the war plan in the next few decades. Inside.

Thousands of warships and [-] marines are enough to support the emperor's expectation of being invincible in all directions.

"My official will play the Long Live, and launch it from March to April next year. At that time, the winter monsoon has not subsided, the summer monsoon has not yet started, and it is suitable to sail south. The military operation will be completed within two months. Luzon has entered the rainy season. Also started to rest."

Shen Yourong took a sip from the teacup, and continued: "The first phase of the combat mission is to capture Manila, destroy the Spanish ships and main force on land, and firmly control the Manila port."

"Afterwards, [-] marines and arming the local Chinese will be enough to control the situation. As for the Spaniards scattered in other places in Luzon, they can be wiped out and eliminated gradually."

Shen Yourong finished the deployment, glanced at the generals, and said slowly: "There are still four or five months at most, you may be ready? Do you have any suggestions for this battle plan?"

"My lord, are the two squadrons dispatched in turn and are familiar with the sea route?" Gan Hui asked, clasping his hands, "In the name of cruising, it is also a task assigned by the court to set a record on the unowned island."

Shen Yourong nodded, and said: "Going out to sea for training is a must, and cruises in all directions are required to become a norm."

"My lord, the equipment of the main gunship should be enhanced, and the number of long-range artillery is not enough."

Shen Yourong took out a document and showed it to the generals, and said: "Thirty heavy artillery pieces per month, there should be a hundred more before launching, and they will be allocated to the first and second squadrons first."

After a pause, he added: "According to the speed of shipbuilding, there will be more than [-] main warships joining the squadron before launching. Prepare sailors and gunners in advance."

The Guangdong Arms Bureau is already the second largest arsenal after the Beijing Normal University, and can produce cannons, Garland guns and various light artillery.

In the past few months, we have to work overtime to prepare sufficient weapons and ammunition for the expedition to Luzon.

As for shipbuilding, the Navy is still optimistic about medium-sized warships, which can achieve a relative balance of maneuverability, speed and firepower.Large and giant warships are rarely built, and basically each squadron is equipped with two or three ships, which are used as flagships.

Such a development model is not fixed, but it allows the navy to surge in the number of warships.

A medium-sized battleship can be equipped with eight heavy guns, or twenty cannons, relying on speed and maneuverability, it is extremely powerful when approaching the bombardment.

In the naval battle with the Dutch, such assault and bombardment tactics played a huge role.It was almost a round of bombardment, and the Dutch warship lost its fighting ability.

Even when encountering an opponent's giant ship, the medium-sized battleship can still fight with it relying on its advantages in numbers and maneuverability.

The key is that the navy is also equipped with a large number of rockets, which are comparable in range to heavy artillery, which can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings in range.

Moreover, the muzzle-mounted artillery at that time had a very slow rate of fire and poor accuracy, which created conditions for the assault and bombardment tactics.

To put it bluntly, advancing against the enemy's artillery fire, in fact, the enemy's artillery fire cannot be fired for a few rounds, and it is not so easy to hit a maneuvering warship.

On the contrary, rockets whose range and accuracy are similar to those of cannons, but whose density and firing speed far exceed those of cannons, are favored by the navy.

Light and flexible, fast firing, and multi-barrel superposition, each warship can be equipped with dozens or hundreds of barrels without occupying the artillery establishment.

In addition to explosive bombs containing only gunpowder, rockets also have deflagration bombs mixed with gunpowder and kerosene, which are divided into two types of application models: sea and land.

Rockets for attacking ships were fitted with iron arrowheads capable of driving into the planks or decks of the ship and either exploding or deflagrating.These are not considered when used on land, and the effect of rolling and bouncing on the ground does not affect the effect too much.

There is no way, until now, the trigger fuze has not yet entered the practical stage, and only time delay can be used.

It's not that it hasn't been developed, but the cost is too high.With the help of the development of precision machinery, using springs, gears, flints, etc., the contact fuze was made.

But just like the earliest flintlock guns invented in history, the structure is too complicated and the cost is too high to be used on a large scale.

Besides, the accuracy of the smoothbore gun installed in the past, the installation of a contact fuze may not have a better effect.

But anyway, miniguns, bullets, and detonating fuses were all invented.Next, it is to continue to improve and perfect along this direction.

As long as the path of climbing the technology tree is correct, technology leadership is certain.Even if it is not practical in the short term, and even requires a huge amount of capital and manpower, the emperor thinks it is worth it.

Now, the advantage of flintlock guns over matchlock guns enables the Ming army to defeat the army of any country without a particularly large disparity in military strength.

When other countries have also mastered the manufacturing technology of flintlock guns and imagined that they can compete with the Ming army, they will find that the Ming army may have a more advanced Mini gun, which still has a crushing advantage for them.

Hearing the data reported by Shen Yourong, the addition of guns and ships, the admirals were all excited, and they also understood how eager Long Live's expectations were.

From another point of view, the army and the navy will inevitably compete in expanding their territories.Whoever can bring more benefits to the country will get more resources, develop faster and have stronger strength.

(End of this chapter)