Volume 18 Chapter 18 Encirclement and reinforcements, the class gate gets the axe

The reason why Zheng Chenggong got off the ship here, of course, was not as simple as saying hello to everyone, after crossing the Eurasian Canal, he would enter the European land boundary, and the battle could start at any time, and he came here to arrange the overall strategic layout.

After a simple welcome ceremony, Zheng Chenggong led a group of generals to enter the largest fortress here with Li Mingfu and others, and after a simple lunch, a combat meeting to decide the fate of the European continent was held in the simple conference room of this fortress.

This war can be said to be a world war that came ahead of schedule, due to Zhu Cijiong's crossing, the entire world pattern has undergone great changes, the Ming Empire rose strongly, not only seized the entire South Asia and North Asia, but also protected the two old colonial powers, now, the most valuable colonies in the whole world are almost in the hands of the Ming Habsburg Alliance, how can the anti-Habsburg Alliance be willing.

The first world war in history was also because of the intensification of the contradiction between the old and new colonialism, a world-class war broke out by the great powers in order to re-divide the colonies and compete for global hegemony, and this time, it was also to re-divide the colonies, the only difference was that the Ming Empire from the east became a member of the great powers, and it was a great power among the great powers.

The First World War was the final victory of the Entente led by Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia, while the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later the Ottoman Empire, which inherited most of the Holy Roman Empire, were defeated.

So, this time, will the Ming Habsburg Alliance, led by the Ming Empire, lose to the Anti-Habsburg Alliance led by Britain, France and the Netherlands?

It is really unknown who will kill the deer, because this time it is mainly a battle for hegemony at sea, and the naval strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance has not been fully exposed, and the Spanish and Portuguese navies of the Daming Habsburg Union have been disabled, the navy of the Ottoman Empire has not yet developed, and the Holy Roman Empire is now taking care of itself, besides, they have no navy at all at this time, that is to say, at this time, the naval strength of the Ming Empire almost represents the naval strength of the entire Daming Habsburg Alliance!

Now, the number two person of the Ming Empire, the royal brother of the Ming Empire, the future king of Zhennan, and the current generalissimo of the navy, Zheng Chenggong, is here, and the allies naturally have to obey his orders, so the real power of the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Vizier Suyman, is here, as for the Holy Roman Empire, it is actually the same whether they come or not, it is good that they can manage themselves, and in this war, they can't help at all.

In this combat meeting, the main seat was naturally Zheng Chenggong, the generalissimo of the Ming Empire.

His head to the left is the Grand Vizier Suyman of the Ottoman Empire;

Prime Minister of Portugal Serva Svera;

Spanish Admiral Oquindo;

Admiral Zheng Xing, commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet;

General Li Mingfu, commander of the Wuwei Army;

These are all representatives of the European continent, or those who have been stationed in the European continent for a long time, are familiar with the European continent, and can be regarded as managers in charge of logistics.

His right head is Huang Long, Vice Marshal of the Navy and Commander of the Beiyang Fleet;

Vice Marshal of the Navy and Commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Zheng Zhihu;

Deputy Marshal of the Army, Cao Wenzhao, Commander of the Guanning Army;

General Mao Wenlong, commander of the Dongjiang Army;

General Qin Gongming, commander of the Dingliao Army;

Admiral Yang Geng, commander-in-chief of the North Sea Fleet;

These are the generals of the legion brought by Zheng Chenggong, and they can be regarded as front-line commanders who directly participated in the war.

Sitting down on both sides, Zheng Chenggong began to inquire about the specific situation on the battlefield, which was relatively cumbersome and could not be clearly described in the telegram.

He asked Svera directly on the left: "Count Svera, how is the defense of the Spanish and Portuguese satrapies, and how long do you estimate the defenders will last?" “

Why did Zheng Chenggong ask Schvila, he was not a general? Of course, it's because this product's Chinese learning is good, better than what the translator says, don't ask who he asks!

Sure enough, when Schvera heard this, he immediately exchanged opinions with Okundo, and then replied in standard Chinese: "Your Royal Highness, our governor's jurisdiction has built a lot of fortresses in the past two years, and the four jurisdictions have at least five and a maximum of eight, and the defenders in them are all more than 3,000. “

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong nodded, and then asked, "How did your navy get ambushed?" “

Schvera didn't need to discuss this with Okundo, because this was what they talked about the most in the past few days, and he immediately replied: "At the beginning, the anti-Habsburg coalition did not invest too many troops, it seems that it is a little worse than our naval strength, and we think that with the assistance of the defenders, it is easy to repel the enemy, so we just briefly discussed it and sent the main naval force to support, but as a result, they all encountered the enemy's ambush halfway through." “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Sure enough, it is a siege point to send reinforcements, it seems that they should have learned the art of war of the Ming Dynasty, and they dare to get an axe, hum." “

Although Shi Weila learned Chinese well, he still couldn't understand such meaningful words as encircling points and sending aids, and he couldn't help but ask: "Your Royal Highness, what is the meaning of encirclement and aid?" “

Zheng Chenggong rolled his eyes and explained helplessly: "It is to surround your salvation place, and then set up an ambush on the way to besiege your reinforcements." “

Schvera said as if he had been treasured: "Oh, that's what it means, they are indeed encircling the point to send reinforcements. “

Zheng Chenggong shook his head helplessly, and then said confidently: "It seems that they are mainly for reinforcements, and there should be no danger in your several governor's districts for the time being, and it is impossible for them to invest a large number of troops to attack the fortress regardless of losses." “

When Schvera heard this, he quickly told Okundo the good news, and immediately, both of them showed expressions of relief on their faces.

Since it has been determined that the anti-Habsburg coalition is to send reinforcements at the encirclement point, then this coastal fort will be built even more, Zheng Chenggong asked people to take a map, spread it on the table, and then pointed to the mouth of the Guadiana River at the junction of Spain and Portugal and said: "We are going to build three large fort groups here, these pieces of land will be lent to us first, and the nearby civilians please move all of them, is there a problem?" “

It's a good thing to build forts, as soon as the Ming army withdraws, these forts will be theirs, and, with the Ming Empire's consistent and generous style, it is estimated that most of the artillery will not be dismantled at that time, and there are three huge coastal forts in vain, why not, Schvera and Okundo said hello, and then nodded again and again: "No problem, no problem, His Royal Highness the Prince only needs to demarcate the specific area, and the civilians will move away immediately." “

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Chenggong began to discuss with Su Yiman, roughly meaning that the current Eurasian railway would be rerouted directly to the Mediterranean coast, and then a port would be established there to transport grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition by land, and then transported to the front line by armed ships.

Naturally, there is no problem with this, Su Yiman is now also the lord of the government and the opposition, and a small place like a port city is just a matter of his words.

Subsequently, Zheng Chenggong explained everyone's tasks in detail, and a combat meeting lasted nearly two hours.

At the end of the meeting, Zheng Chenggong immediately took Schwira and Okundo to his flagship, led the Ming army soldiers, and went straight to the mouth of the Guadiana River.