Chapter 245: The Horse Doesn't Know How Long His Face Is
Fujian, Quanzhou Prefecture, the sea near Kinmen Island.
The sea where the waves of flowers are tumbling endlessly, today once again ushered in an uninvited guest.
The previous Dutch fleet had only passed half an hour, and now on the sea less than ten miles away from Kinmen Island, there were dense and troublesome milky white ships.
"Your Majesty, less than ten miles ahead, is the gateway to Quanzhou Moon Port, Kinmen Island."
Zhong Jixiang had been staying on the flagship deck of the Royal East China Sea Fleet of the Guards for an hour, and had just received a report from the reconnaissance clipper that had gone out, and immediately walked quickly into the royal ship building to report to Zhu Youxiao.
At noon three days ago, the combined fleet, consisting of the Royal East Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet, had already set off to the south.
In order not to alarm the people along the coast and arouse the vigilance of the Southern Ming puppet dynasty, the huge fleet chose to travel about 50 miles away from the coastline.
Along the way, it was inevitable that they would encounter a lot of merchant ships of all kinds, but they were all temporarily detained by the Grand Fleet, and then let them go at full speed with the Daifuku ship of the transport brigade.
And these works were carried out by thirty Leopard cruisers, which were the vanguard of the combined fleet.
In order to maintain the huge cluster of transport ships in the rear, it will not delay the trip because of idle things.
The transport fleet composed of Daifuku ships in the rear was originally more than twice as slow as the Leopard cruisers, and if they were delayed by these miscellaneous matters again, it would be too late to rush to the Yuegang in Quanzhou, Fujian Province within the scheduled time.
In fact, if it was only a fast fleet of sixty Leopard cruisers, it would only take one day and one night to reach the Yuegang in Quanzhou, Fujian, from Jiaozhou Bay.
However, this mission is not just as simple as giving those Westerners, Zheng Zhilong, and the Southern Ming Puppet Dynasty a thunderous blow.
Because the light is to give them a heavy blow, and then ignore it, the Southern Ming puppet dynasty and Zheng Zhilong can still collude with the Westerners.
In that case, it would be impossible to block the Southern Ming Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong on land.
Therefore, this time, the United Fleet is rushing to clean up and control all the 100-mile radius of Yuegang and Putian Port in Fujian after giving these adults a thunderous blow.
Putian Port in Xinghua Prefecture, in the Southern Song Dynasty, was the largest port in the Southern Song Dynasty, nearly twice larger than Quanzhou Port, and was one of the rare large ports.
This kind of place, which is used to build a huge naval base, is the most suitable, and it is definitely necessary to take this opportunity to occupy it.
But a few days ago, Zhu Youxiao suddenly received a secret report from the personnel of the Imperial CIA of the Ming Dynasty, that the Southern Ming puppet dynasty, ordered Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, two sailors, together with Liu Zeqing in Yangzhou, to prepare for a surprise attack on the Shandong Peninsula in one fell swoop.
At that time, both Colonel Zhu You and the admirals of the two royal fleets couldn't help but scold.
MMP's!
Nima's really horse doesn't know how long his face is, and if we don't attack your Nanming puppet dynasty now, we will already give you a lot of face.
It's good now! People are coming to the door directly!
This...... It's just speechless.
Since Zhu Youxiao was reborn in August last year, he has only beaten others by himself, where is his turn to fight others?
Zhu Youxiao, who was almost so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, immediately gave Sun Chuanting and several regiment commanders a remote order with a big golden eagle.
The officers and soldiers of the Third Army of the Yongwei Army, who were still on the Shandong Peninsula, immediately launched a military operation to recover Fengyang Mansion.
The Northeast Battalion in the capital, which had already been formed and had completed three months of recruit training, immediately moved south, and Chen soldiers were on the north bank of the Yellow River.
As long as Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong dared to invade Shandong, they would immediately cross the river and launch a military operation to recover Henan.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also ordered Li Dingguo and Hao Shaoqi to each lead a Guards division to the southeast, the junction of Chen Bing and Shandong and Huai'an Prefecture. I read books
If Liu Zeqing dares to attack, let the two of them lead the two garrison corps of the local army and navy in Shandong, and immediately teach him a hard lesson and beat him to the ground!
However, he asked Li Dingguo and Hao Shaoqi not to launch an attack on Huai'an Mansion for the time being.
After all, today's Southern Ming puppet dynasty has just had some signs of boiling rebellion and losing the hearts of the people, and those peasant uprisings have not yet begun to break out.
It has to be left to these idle people, a large enough territory, so that they can let go of their hands and feet, so that they will not shrink their hands and feet, so that they can't achieve the effect of wanting to carry out a big reshuffle.
This series of military operations was under the sole responsibility of Sun Chuanting.
Zhu Youxiao has only one request: he must not let the enemy step into even an inch of land directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Empire!
Now in all the areas under the jurisdiction of the Ming Empire, the great construction has basically just come to an end, and it is the time to enjoy the joy of the harvest, where is the turn of the enemy to destroy?
It took a lot of hard work to basically complete the first major stage of transformation of all the direct areas of the Ming Empire, and Zhu Youxiao would never allow any enemy to rush in and destroy even a single grass and tree.
Zhu Youxiao was thinking wildly when he saw the "bandit" Zhong Jixiang and entered the shipbuilding to report.
"Good! Look at the time, it's just right. ”
Zhu Youxiao looked up at the sky, and then ordered: "Let all the soldiers on the armed Dafu ship immediately launch a landing battle against Kinmen Island and the nearby Baili area!" Be sure to lock up all the areas of this month's port export as soon as possible! ”
"Zhong Jixiang, you take an attack fleet composed of sixty Leopard cruisers, immediately advance to Moon Harbor, and bombard the Westerners, Zheng Zhilong, Liu Xiang's fleet, and the 300,000 rebel army there!"
"Remember! Be sure to attack according to the previously agreed plan and try not to fight the enemy in close quarters! ”
Colonel Zhu You knew that the enemy this time was different from the previous enemies, they were all primary firearms troops, and they were already able to pose a great threat to the officers and men of the Royal Navy.
His own soldiers, his life is very expensive!
You can't just pay some undeserved casualties.
Now that you have muskets and artillery that crush your enemies, why do you have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with your enemies?
That's a fool, not a hero.
Lao Tzu just likes to oppress people with power, and if you don't accept it, Lao Tzu will send you to the West Heaven to sue the Buddha!
"Especially those Western warships, give me the first time, and destroy them! The artillery fire of those Westerners is still quite powerful, and it is not uncommon for a single cannon to hit five or six miles. ”
After Zhu Youxiao emphasized again, he waved his hand and asked Zhong Jixiang, the commander in charge of the general attack, to immediately go down and arrange for the immediate attack.
Time is running out right now and there is no time to waste.
It is estimated that the enemy who was observing from the watchtower on Kinmen Island had already found themselves in a large fleet that was rapidly approaching.
After a while, the huge combined fleet, split into two, rushed towards their respective intended attack targets!
In this surprise attack, the attack fleet of 60 Leopard cruisers was under the unified command of the commander of the Royal Guard's East China Sea Fleet, Chung Ji-sang.
He will lead sixty Leopard cruisers and 60,000 soldiers to kill directly towards Moon Harbor.
The remaining 700 Daifuku ships, as well as 120,000 naval officers, took Kinmen Island as the center, and in the shortest possible time, cleaned up all the areas within a radius of 100 miles around Kinmen Island, and completely controlled them.
The two commanders of the Royal Fleet, each with a clear mission, and the officers and men had long been mentally prepared and prepared for our actions, and they acted extremely quickly.
Now on the sea near Kinmen Island, before the order for the general attack has been delivered, the milky white warships, like huge arrows off the string, are drawing white waves on the sea surface and shooting at targets everywhere!
The huge joint naval operation, which has been preparing for several months, finally fired the first shot against the Southern Ming puppet dynasty!