"How many boats can the sailor use?"

Yang Qing said.

At this moment, he was no longer in Dengzhou City, and in front of him was a rectangular lagoon, surrounded by walls and masts in the lake......

This is Penglai Water Village.

This naval base, which began to be built in the Northern Song Dynasty, has been built by Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong successively, and can be called a real fortress. But it still can't catch up with the development speed of the Ming Navy, after all, its design goal is only to accommodate those old warships, when the largest warship of the Beiyang Naval Division has a draft of more than four meters, it is really impossible to accommodate here.

However, it was still home to the First Fleet and the Second Marine Army, and also served as a local commercial port.

"There are 20 Weihaiwei cruisers in Hong Kong, 5 local cruisers in Hong Kong, 3 communication ships, and 16 transport ships, and each of the 25 cruisers can carry an average of 100 marines, and the transport ships can carry 200, and the communication ships are negligible.

Zheng Chenggong said.

In fact, this is also the standard configuration of the Navy to carry the Marine Corps on the expedition, that is, to carry a Marine Brigade as the standard.

An army is an exaggeration.

The expeditionary operation of the Marine Corps is to first land with a brigade, rely on the cover of warships to establish a defensive circle at the destination, and then the navy's transport ships and requisitioned civilian ships carry the follow-up troops in batches.

"What kind of ships are those?"

Yang Qing pointed to a brig that was approaching in the distance and said.

"A folk whaling ship!"

Zheng Chenggong replied with a telescope.

The home port of the Beiyang Company's whaling is in Busan, and those large whaling ships will not be here, but the private whaling ships along the coast of Denglai are mainly whaling grounds in the offshore area, and their base is here. At this moment, there are several similar whaling ships in the harbor, and there are even a few whales on the shore that are decomposing, but these are small whales, and they have no other value than boiling lamp oil and canning whale meat. The most valuable thing in the whaling industry is the sperm whale, not to say ambergris, but the expensive whale brain oil, the special oil in the sperm whale brain hole that can be used as a candle, without any smell and can remain waxy at room temperature, the exclusive use of wealthy nobles, this is not what these whales can have along the coast. However, private whaling ships do not need to sail thousands or even tens of thousands of miles like the whaling ships of the Beiyang Company, and as soon as they go out, it will be counted in years, and it is enough for them to earn this low profit at their own doorstep.

Low margins are also substantial.

The lamp oil of millions of people in Shandong comes from here, and the canned whale meat eaten by the troops on the Jinan front line also comes from here.

"Requisition, all requisition! All civilian ships in the port, whether whaling ships or merchant ships, are also requisitioned for large trawlers, not only Penglai, but also all such ships along the coast of Denglai, at least to carry more than two brigades at one time.! ”

Yang Qing said.

Fishing trawlers can also carry a lot of soldiers.

And these trawlers are actually old centipede boats or galleys, this kind of work must be high-power, only the sails are obviously very unsafe, in the absence of mechanical power, a large number of hands rowing, dragging huge fishing nets around the bottom of the sea is an inevitable choice. Moreover, these trawlers themselves often go to the Dagukou area to fish, and the ban on the sea in Dolgon has banned the fishing industry in Beitang, which is just cheaper for these new trawlers in Denglai.

Don't underestimate this.

That's the real fishing.

The use of trawlers has brought the coastal fishing industry to the point of surplus, and a basket of rats and fish in Dengzhou City costs a few cents, and then greatly replenishes the nutrition of the army through dry goods and canned food......

It is said that until World War II, the Japanese army often used a piece of salted fish and a rice ball.

Two brigades will do.

After all, one brigade is still too few, and the Dagu Pass is not far from here, even if the wind direction is unfavorable for five days, as long as two brigades land to control the foothold, and then it will take less than a month for the entire Second Army of the Marine War to be transported over.

"How's the Jiannu defense?"

Yang Qing asked.

Zheng Chenggong beckoned, and the staff officer next to him immediately put the defense map of Dagukou, the most eye-catching on this map is the coastal Great Wall of Dolgon, and the other is the two forts in the north and south of Dagukou and the fort in Beitang. Dolgon was not unaware that the Ming army was very likely to land at the mouth of Dagu, bypassing the southern front and attacking Beijing from the flank, and in addition to building the Great Wall along the coast, he also spent a lot of money to build these forts in recent years. Even 10,000 catties of huge cannons were placed at Dagukou, and there were 15,000 Eight Banner Army stationed in Dagukou to Beitang, and another 10,000 in Tianjin, most of which were divine troops who would not surrender.

However, the core is still Dagukou.

In particular, the important Dagukou South Fort.

The 10,000-jin cannon is placed there, these 10,000-jin cannons are all fixed angles, facing the channel into the Haihe River, although the tube is short but the caliber is huge, the shell weighs 50 catties, and the range is more than five miles......

It's not the same as army artillery.

This range is actually the ultimate range, not a limited aiming range, but a fifty-pound shell falling from the sky, smashing on the cruiser is also terrifying, and the angle of trial and error locking makes it no longer need to care about the aiming problem. Anyway, the channel of Dagukou is so pointed, and the dispersion range of the cannonballs is enough to cover, and the army artillery must ensure accuracy and penetration of the city wall, so it is not to mention the effective range, and if the maximum elevation angle of the Shenwei invincible general cannon can shoot the cannonballs for nearly ten miles.

Of course, it is up to fate to fall wherever it falls.

"Our biggest obstacle is this battery."

Zheng Chenggong pointed to the South Fort and said.

"The maximum shell of our cruiser is only 18 catties, and there is a lot of sand at the mouth of Dagu, and the channel that can enter the cruiser is limited, so it must be bombarded within the range of its artillery, but the 18-pound cannon obviously can't bombard their 50-pound gun, and the power of the 18-pound gun is not enough to cause serious damage to the battery."

He continued.

"The offensive battery must rely on landing, and the naval artillery cannot bombard the shore defense artillery."

Yang Qing said.

That's the standard tactic.

Naval artillery can't bombard shore defense guns, not to mention that the Beiyang Naval Division has a maximum of 24 pounds, and it is impossible to bombard 68-pound guns, but landing flank attacks are different. The Qing army battery is still old-fashioned, and Dolgon has no money to repair the fortress, such a rammed earth platform is not very afraid of direct fire from solid bullets, but it is afraid that mortar shells will fall from the sky, not to mention that the Ming army not only mortars, but also heavy siege rockets!

"Then you'll have to face their Great Wall of the Coast."

Zheng Chenggong said.

The greatest value of this coastal Great Wall was not to block the advance of the Ming army, or to prevent the escape of those ordinary people, but to provide a highway for the Qing army, which could be mobilized to any landing point of the Ming army in a short period of time, and arrange defenses on the city wall. The landing of the Ming army would quickly attract the Qing army and incur their cannonballs from the city walls, which were basically at the end of the tide line, and the Ming army would not be able to gain a foothold on the beach for a long time, and the gentle sand of Dagu Pass would put the Ming army in a dilemma.

"Protector of the country, all of you, it is better to find some people who are familiar with the situation to lead the way, and let them lead some elite soldiers to sneak in and cross this Great Wall in advance."

A young staff officer next to him said.

"Lead?"

Yang Qing said suspiciously.

"It is the people who specially went to the occupied area, organized the people to flee, and crossed the coastal Great Wall, and then fled to our side by sea, they took back a court and there was a reward, and some people who were brave and familiar with the situation in Tianjin relied on this to make a fortune. They all have a route to sneak across the Great Wall, and almost no one knows about it except for their own group, and they can bring out a dozen or even dozens of people each time. If they are allowed to sneak over the Great Wall with some of their elites in advance, they will move on the other side after we launch an attack, and even mention a surprise attack to occupy a section of the Great Wall, which is indeed a good idea. ”

Zheng Chenggong said.

As long as a section of the Great Wall is opened, the Ming army can land and gain a foothold, and all that remains is to set up a 40-pound mortar to smash the fort, and it is impossible for the Qing army's 10,000-pound cannon to turn around.

"Not only that, but you can also let them contact the rebels, and even those heroes."

The staff officer added.

"Haoqiang in the occupied area is not dead set on Jiannu at this time, but he is afraid of the traitor crime of the imperial court, if the protector can pardon his crimes, they will definitely defect. In fact, many of these guides were related to Haoqiang, and the latter's life under the rule of Jiannu was not good, and these leaders not only brought out the fugitive people, but also brought some smuggled goods to trade with them. ”

Zheng Chenggong said cautiously.

He knew Yang Qing's attitude towards the crime of traitor, so this kind of thing had to be tested first.

"If they can turn against them and take Jiannu's head as evidence, especially the Eight Banners full of gods, then I can pardon them!"

Yang Qing said.

He pardoned, whether Li Zicheng will pardon or not is not his business, the purpose of his landing in Dagukou is only to attract Dolgon to empty Beijing, but before Li Zicheng takes Beijing, he will not take Tianjin. His plan was simply to break through to the Dagu Pass and then besiege Tianjin to attract Dolgon's rescue, so that Li Zicheng could take the opportunity to raid Beijing. Li Zicheng can play whatever he likes after he conquers Beijing, anyway, if he is so righteous at him, Yang Qing will let him have a good time in Beijing.

We'll have to wait until he's had enough.

It is said that Lao Li gritted his teeth with hatred for the officials and gentry in Beijing who betrayed him back then.

Just because these guys ate people back then and had to follow our Daqing to resist his glorious deeds, he will not spare these guys, since Lao Li can't live long, let him go against the grain, let him have a good time before he dies, and let him go in a happy mood. As for Yang Qing's pardon of a few traitors now, it is insignificant to ask for the Protector to pardon them, but it is not the King of Qin to pardon them, and the Protector of the Kingdom can't control the King of Qin, and the Protector promised them is not in conflict with the King of Qin taking a stick to clip them out of their brains......

What, the Protector broke his promise?

Don't damage my honor, what I promised was not what King Qin promised.