Blue sky and white clouds, with the turquoise sea, a beautiful picture, if the poet saw such a scene, it must be a great poetry, casually recited out the poems that have been passed down through the ages, it is difficult to imagine that in such a harmonious scene, a large-scale naval battle that has never been seen in ancient times is about to break out.

Standing on the deck, seeing such a beautiful scenery, Su Tiancheng's mood slowly calmed down, the habits he had developed over the years made him no longer nervous, the more the big battle was coming, the calmer his performance became.

The division of labor in this operation is very clear, Xiong Zijian and He Renlong led 10,000 cavalry to Quanzhou, Fujian, smashed Zheng Zhilong's lair, captured Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong alive, Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze, Wu Sangui, Liu Tiehan, Wang Dazhi and others, accompanied Su Tiancheng to meet the Zheng family's warship, Luo Chang was responsible for garrisoning Dengzhou, while taking into account Penglai City, Di Huaixiang was responsible for garrisoning Yantai to protect the safety of the base, Ma Xianglin was responsible for garrisoning Weihaiwei and protecting the safety of the dock, and the rest of the Jiangning battalion soldiers were on high alert. The officers and men of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Qingzhou divided 5,000 military horses and rushed to Andongwei, which was close to the sea to the south, and was responsible for receiving the formation of naval warships here.

The warship formation set off from the military port of Penglai City, without disturbing anyone, even some businessmen and residents living in Penglai City, did not know that the Ludao Naval Division had been opened, and there was still a warship formation left in Penglai City, after the sailor warship formation set off, in addition to the Qingzhou warship formation that stayed in Penglai City, the remaining Pingdu warship formation and Wendeng warship formation had to enter the Yantai base and Weihaiwei Wharf one after another, responsible for the task of guarding.

This time's combat deployment is absolutely confidential, not to mention the officers and military families of the water division, and even Su Tiancheng's family members are not clear about this combat deployment. When Su Tiancheng left the Dengzhou Governor's Mansion, he told his family that he needed to go down to inspect, and it was the Spring Festival soon. Although Chunping and the others were a little unhappy, the husband was concerned about the court and had a heavy responsibility, and there was no way to do it.

Once the warship formation sails into the sea, all the intelligence systems basically have little effect, everything is carried out according to the tactics set before departure, and now there is no radar and wireless equipment, which can transmit intelligence all the time, but the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division. Before setting off, he made detailed arrangements, basically grasped the information of the warship formation led by Zheng Hongkui, and formulated a specific combat plan in a targeted manner.

Su Tiancheng took the Penglai No. 1 warship, which was also the command ship of the entire battle, and basically would not participate in the attack. Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze, Wang Dazhi and others were all on this warship. There were not many sergeants on the ship, only two hundred, and the main task of these people was to issue orders.

The orders of naval battles relied on flags, war drums, and sea trumpets to make it clear, and shouting was of little use. With such a large warship formation, it is impossible to make it clear by shouting, and Su Tiancheng is also a little worried about such a command system, although he has undergone many trainings. However, when it comes to actual combat, it still needs to be tested how effective it is.

Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo should also be on the Penglai No. 1 warship, but before the departure consultation, they put forward a request, imploring to participate in the battle, considering that the three of them put forward a suggestion, and are also familiar with some water combat situations, Sun Chuanting agreed to their request, Liu Wenxiu led the sergeants under his jurisdiction and boarded the Yantai No. 1 warship, Ai Nengqi led the sergeants under his jurisdiction and boarded the Weihai No. 1 warship, and Li Dingguo led the sergeants under his jurisdiction and boarded the Dengzhou No. 1 warship.

In addition to the Penglai No. 1 warship, the rest of the Yantai No. 1 warship, Weihai No. 1 warship, Dengzhou No. 1 warship, and Laizhou No. 1 warship are the main warships of this battle, and will undertake the main offensive tasks.

The detailed battle plan has been imprinted into Su Tiancheng's mind.

The huge warship formation, after entering the open sea, compared with the vast sea, it seems a little insignificant, the warship formation sails at the speed required by the unified requirements, the speed of the giant warship used to be the most headache problem, once dominated the fortune ship, manpower can not drive, can only rely on the force of the waves to drive, the speed is particularly slow, and the hourly travel is even only a few nautical miles, but the warship and patrol ship developed by David and others rely on the technology of gear fit to drive the warship forward, This is the most advanced technique today, and it is also the only technique possessed by the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division, so it is not easy to say that the naval warship formation and the speed of navigation can maintain a speed of ten nautical miles per hour, that is, a speed of ten knots per hour.

One nautical mile is equal to 3.7 miles, that is to say, the speed of the warship formation reached a speed of 37 miles per hour, which is already a frightening speed.

The reason why Su Tiancheng has a strong self-confidence is because of the huge number of warships and patrol ships, which is equivalent to the aircraft carrier group after a few hundred years, on the sea, no one is invincible, this time the warships and patrol ships involved in the attack, reached a hundred, which is unbelievable, but also thanks to the efforts of David and others, with the opening of Weihaiwei, a lot of Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese technicians came to Dengzhou, entered the shipyard, the shipyard has more than 1,000 technical personnel, these people are divided into two parts, Some of them were engaged in research to find out the weaknesses of warships and patrol ships and improve them, and some of them were involved in the construction of warships, patrol ships, and other ships, and all the technicians from the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and other countries who came to the shipyards were impressed by the huge warships and patrol ships, and even regardless of the level of treatment, they had to stay and participate in the development and manufacturing work.

In fact, the tactics of naval division operations have been in existence since the Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court does not attach importance to them, and these ideas actually have the brilliance of modern and modern naval combat ideas, that is, "win small ships with big ships, win small ships with big guns, save ships with many ships, and win with many guns." ”

The so-called meaning of defeating small ships with big ships means that the opponent's warships are suppressed with huge warships, so that the opponent is daunted, and when necessary, they can completely use giant warships to ram the opponent's warships, and this reflects the decisive role of naval warfare, or lies in the combat effectiveness and size of the ships.

The so-called big guns to win small guns, fully embodies the intensity of firepower configuration, this is the tactic of winning with equipment, the intensity of the firepower of the two sides competition, the absolute advantage of firepower, can make the opponent have no power to fight back, this kind of thinking, modern people are very easy to understand, the earth gun cannon is not able to beat the aircraft artillery, this is the truth, even if you have a tenacious fighting spirit, but in a battle with a disparity in firepower, the fighting spirit can not represent everything, sometimes, may only increase casualties.

All these advantages are possessed by the Jiangning Battalion Water Division.

First of all, judging from the size of the warships and patrol ships, the largest warship owned by Zheng Zhilong's naval division is only two-thirds of the warships of the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division, and there are more than 50 such warships, and there are only ten large warships dispatched this time, and there is no room for fighting back in the face of a hundred giant warships, and secondly, from the comparison of the quantity and quality of artillery, Zheng Zhilong's naval division, the artillery is still a solid shell, this kind of cannonball, after hitting the opponent, can make a big hole, It is also possible to sink the opponent's small or medium-sized ships, or lose their combat effectiveness, this kind of solid bullet, the biggest problem, is that in the face of large or giant warships, it is impossible to defeat the enemy with one blow, but the artillery owned by the Jiangning Battalion Naval Division is a formidable flowering shell, and the ships that are hit are facing the situation of being shattered, and if they are hit by multiple shells, it is impossible to have a chance to escape.

At the same time, this battle, Zheng Zhilong did not put the Jiangning Battalion Sailor in his eyes, Zheng Zhilong lived in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to have any scientific and technological vision, his judgment of the army's combat effectiveness is limited to the understanding of experience, that is, the long-term army, the combat effectiveness must be strong, especially the Sailor, without a long-term run-in and actual combat, it is impossible to have much combat effectiveness The Jiangning Battalion Sailor was established for less than a year, and has never experienced actual combat, but it is an embroidered pillow, is not the opponent of the sailor under his jurisdiction at all, so this time, Zheng Zhilong has full confidence and a carefree attitude.

This can't be blamed Zheng Zhilong, he has lived in the south for a long time, and his main energy is on the sea, and what he always thinks about is to maintain hegemony on the sea and increase his family's income.

From these aspects, there is almost no suspense in this naval battle, and the only thing that needs to be concerned is how much victory the Jiangning Battalion Navy Division can get, whether it will sink all the 300 warships led by Zheng Hongkui, or whether it can capture some ships.

Su Tiancheng thinks so, but his thoughts will not be revealed, he needs the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to reflect the momentum of the soldiers in the battle, and the decisive role of science and technology in the war. (To be continued......)