Volume 18 Chapter 16 Fight the grass and startle the snake, and wait for work
At this time, the three generals of the navy, Generalissimo Zheng Chenggong were staring at the map and thinking, Vice Marshal Huang Long and Zheng Zhihu looked eager to try, Zhu Cijiong simply skipped Zheng Chenggong and turned his gaze to Huang Long, signaling him to speak first.
Seeing this, Huang Long immediately bowed, and then pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is not necessary to occupy its territory or city to save Zhao by encircling Wei, we can organize a small group of elite troops to constantly harass the southern region of France, assassination, poisoning, burning ports, bombing factories, how to destroy Dahe, make them uneasy, and force them to come and seize control of the Mediterranean, so that the geographical advantage will be transferred to our side of the Daming Habsburg Alliance." “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyes lit up, special operations!
Yes, yes, he couldn't help but appreciate: "Mmmm, your proposal is very good, even if you can't lead them to the Mediterranean, you can stir up chaos in their rear, hehe, just use the sniper rifle, the sniper rifle has little effect on the frontal battlefield, and it can be of great use in this kind of small elite sneak attack operations, you can try it, you can try it." “
Huang Long got the emperor's praise and called it a beauty in his heart, it seems that everyone has put forward so many suggestions, and his emperor has adopted it, and the feeling of coming out on top is really beautiful.
Zhu Cijiong praised Huang Long and looked at Zheng Zhihu again, seeing that this guy looked impatient, there should be some good idea.
Zheng Zhihu saw that the emperor had seen it, and hurriedly bowed his hand, and then pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that we first concentrate our forces to help Portugal recapture the Gold Coast, which is close to Portugal and Spain and far away from the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance, which is the most ideal battlefield. “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, this move is naturally a good strategy if he knows himself and his opponent, but the problem is that the specific strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance is not yet known.
This guy is fierce and fierce, sometimes he just doesn't have a brain, and nine times out of ten he will suffer a big loss if he rushes up so stupidly.
He nodded and said euphemistically: "Well, the fight will definitely be fought in the end, but you must first find out the specific situation of the enemy before fighting, if it is successful, what do you think?" “
At this time, among all the generals, Zheng Chenggong was left without speaking, and the suggestions made by others were not very appropriate, now it depends on Zheng Chenggong.
When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he thought about it: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the suggestions made by everyone are very good, as long as they are mixed together, it is a very good tactic." “
Kneaded together, how to knead? What everyone said didn't seem to have much to do with it, and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but say curiously: "Oh, can it still be blended together?" Let's talk about it, what is the tactic of blending it together? “
Zheng Chenggong nodded, and said wisely: "Now our biggest problem is that we don't know how many warships the enemy has, and in the vast sea, it is definitely unrealistic to run to investigate, and the only way to lure them out is to lure them out." “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, the west of the European continent is the Atlantic Ocean, and looking for the enemy's fleet on such a large scale is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack, and the hope of finding it is very slim, but how to lure the enemy's fleet out?
In Zhu Cijiong's curious gaze, Zheng Chenggong slowly pointed to the map, but the place he pointed to was a little strange, not the Mediterranean, nor the Atlantic, but the Strait of Gibraltar at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, and he was not pointing to the middle of the strait, but the outside of the strait, on the arc-shaped coast on the European side.
What does this mean? Immediately afterwards, he explained: "We can build a large area of batteries near the sea here first, and put the army's artillery on it first." “
What does it mean to build a fort here? Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but ask: "Is it useful to build a fort here?" “
Zheng Chenggong explained: "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, the navy must have a base as a support, here is the port built by our Ming Dynasty, after building a large area of forts on both sides, there will be no problem in safety, and it can be used as a temporary base." “
Generalissimo Lu Xiangsheng looked at this position and couldn't help asking: "The army is stationed here, can the grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition keep up?" The closest base to Daming here is thousands of miles! “
Zheng Chenggong pointed to the mark on the map and said: "Generalissimo Lu, please rest assured, there is our Ming trade area here, the transportation is very developed, grain and grass can be purchased on the spot, weapons and ammunition can also be transferred by rail, and it is not a problem to station a few army corps." “
Most of the people also had such doubts in their hearts, and after Zheng Chenggong's explanation, they all nodded in approval, and no one objected to the establishment of a temporary base.
Zheng Chenggong pointed to the map and continued: "I guess, the anti-Habsburg alliance must have ambushed a large number of warships at sea, just wait for us to take the bait, we will touch their hooks, and go straight to the Gold Coast, if they don't come to besiege, we will take back the Gold Coast, if they come to besiege, we will directly retreat to the temporary base, in this way, their strength will be exposed." “
What a clever plan, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but praise: "Okay, success, this plan is very good, just do it!" “
Everyone also followed behind them and nodded in admiration, and for a while, the sycophants were like a tide, and Zheng Chenggong was a little overwhelmed.
The plan has been decided, and it seems that there is only one thing left to transfer troops and send generals, but Zhu Cijiong is studying "Thirty-six Strategies" during this time, and what kind of strategy Zheng Chenggong uses for this set of tactics, he has not come up with it for a long time.
Everyone complimented for a while, and Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but raise his hand to interrupt: "Success, which of the thirty-six strategies are you using?" “
Zheng Chenggong was stunned when he heard this, he naturally studied "Thirty-six Strategies" carefully, but this time's tactics were not just a single strategy, but a comprehensive number of strategies, he thought about it and explained in detail: "Your Majesty, this time's tactics Weichen did not copy the thirty-six strategies, but came up with countermeasures based on the actual situation. The previous use is to fight the grass and scare the snake, the enemy's strength is not exposed, the whereabouts are secret, and the intention is unclear, only to scare the snake to provoke the enemy out. Later, if the enemy does not come to surround and fight, then there is no tactic at all, just rush straight over, if the enemy comes to besiege and we retreat, then there is a sense of waiting for work. “
Zhu Cijiong tasted it carefully, and couldn't help but praise: "Okay, it's a good thing to startle the snake, and it's a good thing to wait for work." “
Everyone heard the words and tasted them carefully, the more they tasted it, the more they felt that Zheng Chenggong was amazing, and it was good for ordinary generals to be able to copy the strategies in the military book, and no matter how advanced the generals were, they only flexibly used the strategies in the military book, and this Generalissimo Zheng can combine the strategies in the military book with the actual situation, and the magic is endless, which is really amazing!
Zheng Chenggong is indeed a handsome talent, but unfortunately the desperate situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty in history has little to do with strategy and tactics, even if he is powerful, he is powerless to return to the sky, Chongzheng Dynasty is different, at this time the Ming Dynasty is a number of powers in the world, the problem of dying does not exist at all, what he has to consider is how to lead the Ming Navy to seize maritime supremacy.
Fierce battles against the great powers and supremacy at sea are a good time for him to show his talents!