It is said that his daughter is his father's little lover in his previous life, Zhang Bin has a deep understanding of this, since he has a daughter, he feels that his whole heart is about to be filled with his daughter.

Whatever he did, he would think of his daughter, and whenever he had time, he couldn't help but want to see her daughter, her lovely little face, her big eyes; As soon as he had free time, he couldn't help but want to coax his daughter and hear her innocent laughter.

During this time, he basically never left the Governor's Palace, he went to the front hall to deal with something else, and teased his daughter in the backyard when he had nothing to do.

The time of happiness is always short-lived, and on this day he was holding his daughter in a circle in the yard, when Xie Zhenggang's voice suddenly came from outside: "My lord, Batavia is urgent." ”

Batavia urgently, could it be that reinforcements from the Dutch are coming!

This matter could not be delayed, he hurriedly handed his giggling daughter back into Qi Fanghua's arms carefully, and then walked out quickly.

When I came to the front hall, I heard the report, and sure enough, it was the reinforcements of the Dutch who came, but the reinforcements of the Dutch were a little strange, it turned out to be ten super battleships plus more than fifty armed merchant ships, so that the Dutch were likely to invest hundreds of armed merchant ships at one time!

The armed merchant ships of the Dutch are not easy to deal with, and one of their armed merchant ships can at least top two warships of the Ming Dynasty, and more than 50 armed merchant ships are enough to change the tide of the war, how should this battle be fought?

Zhang Bin thought hard for a long time, still didn't come up with any good plan, this time seeing that it was getting dark, Zhang Bin thought that it would take a few days for the Dutch to assemble and set off, this relaxation, and ran back to the backyard to tease his daughter, as a result, the next morning, he just got up to tease his daughter for a while, Xie Zhenggang played the report outside: "My lord, Batavia urgent." ”

There is also an urgent report, this Dutch reinforcement will not come over half a day later!

He hurriedly ran to the front hall to listen to the report, this news is more amazing than the Dutch called, the Dutch actually sent an admiral, two vice admirals, this is really a big trouble, the Netherlands has such a small population, it is estimated that there is no marshal, this admiral should be the most capable of fighting!

Zhang Bin didn't dare to relax at this time, he hurriedly ordered to convene a meeting of all the generals to discuss how to deal with the Dutch fleet, he estimated that this time the Dutch would gather at least fifty super battleships, one hundred armed merchant ships, such a huge fleet, if they ran to attack Yuegang or Zhuhai, according to the previous arrangement, they would not be able to resist at all!

It will take about a day to gather all the generals, Zhang Bin took advantage of this time, ran back to the study, took out the map and thought about it, the biggest problem now is that the enemy's reinforced fleet is too large, what if they run to attack Yuegang and Zhuhai.

He was thinking about it for a long time, when Zhao Ru, who was on duty outside, suddenly said aloud: "Report, my lord, Batavia is urgent." ”

There was another urgent report, Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, and then said loudly: "Transmission." ”

Soon, an elite of a special operations battalion walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said: "My lord, I received an urgent report from Batavia, the Dutch fleet had set off five days ago, with a total of forty-three super battleships and eighty-two armed merchant ships. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was dumbfounded, he was so anxious, something was wrong, what was the point of being anxious these days, did he want to make a surprise attack, it didn't exist, it would take at least half a month for the Dutch fleet to rush over, how could he attack suddenly?

It's a bit confusing what the enemy means by this, but forty-three super battleships and eighty-two armed merchant ships are about the same number as the strength he has now.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered the elite of the special operations battalion to retreat, and then thought about it again.

After thinking about it for a day, he already had a general plan, that is, to arrange all the steamers with strong mobility to hide between Yuegang and Zhuhai, and then closely monitor the movements of the Dutch navy.

There was no word all night, and the next morning, all the generals arrived, and at midnight, the battle meeting was held on time in the lobby of the Governor's Palace.

Zhang Bin gave a detailed account of the reinforcements of the Dutch, and then said directly: "The biggest problem now is that the enemy's reinforced fleet is too large, what if they run to attack Yuegang and Zhuhai." I thought about it yesterday and came up with a preliminary plan, that is, to gather all the steamers with relatively strong mobility between Yuegang and Zhuhai, and the small arsonist ships are still stationed near the fortresses in Yuegang and Zhuhai, if the enemy attacks these two places, first use the arsonist ships to cooperate with the fortress to delay time, and when the support of the steamers arrives, the arsonist ships and the steamers will cooperate with the fortress to delay time, and then all the other warships will gather together and concentrate all their forces to have a decisive battle with the enemy. Do you have any other suggestions, if so, please put them forward and discuss them, and see which method is better. ”

He's focused on fighting the enemy with all his might, and what else else can he suggest.

Seeing that no one made suggestions, Zhang Bin continued: "Since there is no better tactic, then follow this tactic, now we need to recruit a place between Yuegang and Zhuhai to hide more than 200 wheels, more than 20 Weiyuan battleships, and more than 10 Zhenyuan cruisers, it is best to hide there. ”

Zhang Bin is indeed not as familiar with this problem as the generals below, he has not carefully observed all the way along the coast, and it is impossible to know all the terrain of the entire southeast coast, so he can only brainstorm and choose a place to come out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, Meng Zou Wei, the commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, stood up and said: "My lord, the last general suggested that all the warships be hidden in the harbor on the inner side of Nanao Island, Nanao Island is located at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong. ”

This Zhang Bin didn't pay attention to it, because the Japanese were all decades ago, and the chief military officer of South Australia had long been canceled, and he didn't expect that there was such a place between Guangdong and Fujian.

This is obviously the best place to hide, and he tentatively asked, "Do you have any better advice?" ”

Sure enough, no one spoke, and he immediately clapped his hand and said, "Okay, just choose Nanao Island." ”

The hiding location has been selected, and the next thing is how to deal with more than 100 armed merchant ships, this, the generals present have some suggestions, everyone is discussing, Zhang Cha who is on duty outside suddenly said loudly: "Report, my lord, Batavia urgent report." ”

There was also an urgent report, Zhang Bin was almost dumbfounded when he heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then said loudly: "Pass." ”

Soon, a soldier of the special operations battalion ran in and knelt down on one knee and said: "Report, my lord, I received an urgent report from Batavia that the Dutch fleet did not go to Daming, they just practiced near Batavia for a day and went back." ”

It turned out to be a drill, no wonder I felt that something was wrong, just say that an experienced general can't be so anxious.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will win all battles, Zhang Bin thought about it, and then ordered: "As quickly as possible, send an order to Batavia, and ask Zhao Xing to find a way to find out what the enemy is rehearsing." ”

When the soldiers of the special operations battalion heard this, they obeyed the order, and then retreated.

Zhang Bin then said aloud: "Since the enemy is still rehearsing, let's go back and prepare first, and then discuss countermeasures when we find out the enemy's tactics of the drill or the news of the enemy's departure. ”

When the generals heard this, they retreated one after another, Zhang Bin couldn't help but look into the distance, hoping that the enemy could practice for a few more days, so that Zhao Xing would have the opportunity to find out their tactics, so that his chances of victory would be greater.

In fact, Zhao Xing didn't need to be reminded, his task was to spy on intelligence, and when he saw the enemy rehearsing, he naturally had to find a way to spy on it.

Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, he ordered two soldiers of the special operations battalion to disguise themselves as fishermen, and drove a broken fishing boat rented at a high price to the coast near the port of Batavia, pretending to fish, while he hid in the shadow of the cabin and watched the sea in the distance with binoculars.

In fact, the place where the Dutch practiced was not far from the coast, about four or five miles, and it was naturally impossible to see it with the naked eye when standing on the shore, but it was clear to see it clearly with a telescope on the sea surface nearly a mile from the coast, and I hope that the Dutch can continue to practice as they did yesterday.

Naturally, this drill could not be completed in one day, and besides, Brower still had to wait for super battleships and armed merchant ships from other places to come and assemble, and he was afraid that he would not be able to assemble in more than ten days.

That morning, shortly after the hour, he led his fleet to the sea not far from the port of Batavia to practice.

After he learned about the specific situation of the last battle with the Ming Empire, he misjudged that the Ming Naval Division did not have much artillery, and could only rely on the most primitive tactics of receiving and burning ships to get up and fight hard, so he practiced a two-headed hammer formation.

Specifically, fifty super battleships are lined up in a single or double column, and four to fifty armed merchant ships are assembled in front and rear, and a square array is discharged, as long as the arson ships in the front and rear directions are blocked, how many people die on the left and right sides, you must know that more than 50 super battleships are more than 2,000 shells in a salvo on the side, and the shells on both sides are just like rain, and no matter how many arson ships of the enemy are bombarded, they will be blown to pieces!

Of course, he didn't just practice these, what fine sand, wet quilts, buckets or something, he made a lot of preparations, even if the enemy came up, it was not so easy to set fire to the ship, as for the side battle, it could only rely on the advantage of numbers to fight.

He believed that with this formation he discharged, even if all the warships of the Ming Imperial Navy rushed up, there would not be many who could come up to pick up the side in the end, and his side should be able to occupy an absolute advantage in terms of numbers.

The method he practiced was the tricolor flag command system commonly used in the European continent, that is, the entire fleet was divided into three sub-fleets, and the red, yellow and blue flag was distinguished, so that there would be no confusion in command.

The tactics he formulated were also very suitable for command by the tricolor command system, and the three detachments were also very well divided, he himself led more than 50 super battleships in the center, and Van Dimen and Heckman each led more than 50 armed warships to live in the front and rear flanks, which was simple and clear, easy to command, and a few days of training was almost enough.

He was commanding three detachments to constantly change directions, change formations, and deal with various hypothetical situations, but he didn't notice that two or three miles away on the sea, in a dilapidated fishing boat, someone was looking hard with binoculars.

Zhao Xing was not a general of the sailors, so he naturally didn't know what it meant for Brower to put up this strange formation, but he could draw the formation of Brower and draw a rough sketch and send it back.

He observed for a long time, and saw that the Dutch fleet changed back and forth like that, nothing more than a change of direction, a change of queue, and the general shape did not change, and he immediately understood that the Dutch might be in such a formation, at least this day was like this.

So, at noon, he ordered the two soldiers of the special operations battalion to row the fishing boats back to the fishing village, and then ran back to his rented house, drew the enemy's formation according to his memory, made some simple marks, and gave a brief introduction to the enemy's training, and then ordered someone to quickly send it back to the Dongfan Governor's Palace.

Zhang Bin really didn't expect that his order had only been passed a day ago, and Zhao Xing had passed back the enemy's drill formation, this kid was really smart, he must have found a way to get close to investigate without receiving the order.

However, this guy's sketch is really a bit flattering, the armed merchant ship he drew is a simple oval, and the super battleship is a simple circle, if he doesn't mark it, no one really understands what the hell he draws.

The formation discharged by the Dutch, Zhang Bin understood what it meant after looking at it for a while, this was purely to prevent himself from setting fire to the ship!

How can such a strange formation be broken, in fact, there are many ways to break it, because he does not only have simple warships in his hands, he also has many warships and warships that the Dutch did not expect, and it is very easy to break such a simple formation.

For example, he can use a super battleship to bombard the enemy's armed merchant ships from the front or rear, ten rounds of sideside salvos down, fifty armed merchant ships are estimated to be almost useless, and after letting the warships rush up later, they can rush to the front or rear of the super battleship at once.

For example, he can make the wheels line up in one or two columns, insert them horizontally from the side of the super-battleship, and then disperse when they are within two or three miles of each other, so that the super-battleship will only have one chance to fire a volley from the sideboard, and it can only hit a few wheels.

After receiving the information, Zhang Bin immediately organized the naval division warships and warships to start drilling, at this time he happened to have more than 20 super battleships and more than 20 armed merchant ships in his hands, and it was no problem to put on a small half of the enemy's formation, and even he had learned the enemy's tricolor flag command system, which was really much more convenient to command.

Both sides were practicing, but Brower didn't know that Zhang Bin was conducting targeted training according to the formation he discharged, and the information he had about the Ming Army's sailors was not comprehensive at all.

Brower may not have studied "The Art of War", and he does not know the truth of knowing himself and knowing that he will win all battles, at least, he has done a very poor job in understanding the enemy's situation.