Chapter 976: Recovering Taiwan (1)
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Three days later, the army marched.
This time, Su Tiancheng does not need to keep it secret, since Zheng Zhilong evacuated Taiwan, the Spanish colonists and the Dutch colonists tried their best to enter Taiwan and occupy Taiwan, the Spanish colonists and the Dutch colonists went through a fierce battle, and finally the Dutch colonists won the victory, completely occupied Taiwan, and also directly controlled Luzon and Nanyang and other places, you must know that Luzon and Nanyang and other places used to be subject countries of the Ming Dynasty, and the status of North Korea is about the same, but because of the neglect of sea power by the Ming Dynasty, As a result, these places were out of the control of the Ming court, and the court was not able to continue to control and take care of these subject countries, and the direct consequence was the loss of the resources of these subject countries, which were plundered by the Dutch colonists and Spanish colonists, even when Zheng Zhilong once occupied Taiwan, he did not notice the control of Luzon and Nanyang, after all, Zheng Zhilong's main mind was still in the family's wealth and strength.
Su Tiancheng is a traverser with an unusual vision, he is determined to recover Taiwan, and the purpose he needs to achieve is absolutely different.
When the 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers entered Fujian, the common people did not know what to do, and the time when they came to Fujian was a little special, it was during the Spring Festival, the common people were busy with the Spring Festival, and no one went to the sea to fish, and besides, winter basically belonged to the fishing moratorium, even if they went out to fish, there would not be much harvest. After coming to Quanzhou, Xiong Zijian had already arranged many medium-sized and small ships to transport many soldiers ashore, and the military camp and the port were surrounded by strict martial law, and the soldiers were stationed in the military camp, and the main task after that. It is training, the habit of the Jiangning battalion, is not to harass the surrounding people, so for more than a month, the surrounding people. I hardly know the existence of such an army as Lu Dao.
The situation is different with departures.
The warship formation approached the dock, and many soldiers lined up neatly, waiting for Su Tiancheng's review.
The Spring Festival has passed, and it has entered the busy season of farming, and there are many paddy fields in Fujian, and the common people have begun to get busy, but the sudden appearance of so many soldiers in the military camp makes them a little curious, especially the fishermen who are active at sea all year round. I was very surprised by the sudden appearance of the warship formation, and I couldn't help but be curious, and I also wanted to come and have a look.
In the early spring, the climate was still a little cold, and Su Tiancheng was neatly dressed and walked through the neatly lined queue one by one.
The officers and men of the Jiangning Battalion who are preparing to recover Taiwan are all the most elite personnel. Su Tiancheng is familiar with these soldiers. Once Taiwan is occupied, the families of these officers and men will also follow them to Taiwan, and they will become the main force in building Taiwan. In the first year of Chongzhen. Zheng Zhilong was attached to the imperial court, and there was a large-scale immigration activity, and many farmers in Fujian moved to Taiwan, but unfortunately these years. Taiwan was controlled by the Spanish colonizers and the Dutch colonists, the life of the common people was too hard, many people tried their best to return to Fujian, or drifted to Nanyang and Luzon and other places, there are not many people left, because of the long-term isolation from the mainland, has not been valued by the imperial court, Taiwan's productive forces are very backward, this is the actual situation, whether it is Zheng Zhilong, or the Spanish colonizers and the Dutch colonists, they occupied Taiwan, not thinking about building Taiwan, the purpose is to plunder, so for so many years, Taiwan has never been developed, and it has never been taken seriously by the imperial court.
Around the wharf, there are a lot of ordinary people standing in the distance, and there are some small fishing boats on the sea, which are separated by a long distance, and when the warship formation sets off, these small fishing boats must quickly avoid it, so as not to collide with the warship formation.
Su Tiancheng looked at the people around him, he almost didn't feel anything, the people of the Ming Dynasty were still very simple, and they couldn't be compared with hundreds of years later, the people were basically illiterate, they couldn't read big characters, there were too few people who could read, there was no compulsory education in this era, if you want to read and write, you need to take out the silver, the purpose of reading people is almost all to participate in the imperial examination, to be able to jump over the dragon gate, and completely change your identity, not to mention that you have won the examination and the Jinshi, even if it is a child and a talent, It also has some status in society.
Su Tiancheng vaguely remembered that before the crossing, he had read a lot of online novels and told a lot of stories about crossing, and there was no shortage of people who completely changed the social situation, maybe people had that ability, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, for example, changing the form of education, founding schools, so that the vast majority of people can read and go to school, can receive education, do these things, need the support of silver, when the people's awareness is not improved, you ask the children in his family to read, people need to ask what is the reason, whether it can change the identity, Is it possible to be an official, once reading is not such a purpose, others may not let their children study, it is better to do farm work at home, to be able to support the family, useless is a scholar.
It is not as simple as lip service to change this understanding and think about improving the overall quality of personnel.
When he boarded the warship, Su Tiancheng's expression was calm.
Following Su Tiancheng to board the command ship, there are Qu Qingze, Liu Tiehan, Wang Dazhi and Song Sijun and others, Sun Chuanting boarded another command ship, sea operations, mainly Sun Chuanting is responsible for command, Su Tiancheng is not very familiar with the many requirements of sea operations, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong also followed Sun Chuanting to board another command ship.
Although the warship Su Tiancheng took was the No. 1 warship, the more task was to issue combat orders, and as for how to attack Taiwan and what kind of preparations needed to be made, that was something that Sun Chuanting and others considered.
In order to be able to recover Taiwan smoothly, Su Tiancheng also made a lot of determination, when Sun Chuanting set off from Dengzhou, he carried a large number of artillery shells, and every Jiangning battalion soldier who participated in the battle to recover Taiwan was equipped with flintlock pistols and enough bullets.
This firearms duel is very different from hundreds of years later, the firearms owned by the Jiangning battalion can be said to be the most advanced firearms in the world, so many years, in order to be in a leading position in firearms, Su Tiancheng invested a lot of silver to develop and improve artillery and flintlock pistols. In terms of the advanced nature of weapons, the Ming Dynasty is far ahead of the world.
The flintlock pistol is unique to the Jiangning battalion, although the grassland tribes have also purchased a lot of flintlock pistols, but the ammunition is controlled by the Jiangning battalion, and the source of ammunition is lost, the flintlock pistol has no effect, the Spanish colonists and the Dutch colonists, although they were once leading in the research and development of firearms, many of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were imported from Europe, but after countless times of research and transformation, the Jiangning battalion has long been in the forefront, according to intelligence, the Dutch colonists who occupied Taiwan still use arquebuses, this kind of firearms, which cannot be compared with a flintlock pistol.
Speaking of artillery, the gap is even greater, the Jiangning battalion has a unique flowering projectile in the world, the lethality is huge, by no means a solid bullet can be compared, these artillery, is configured to the warship and patrol ship, and after landing, it can be moved, whether it is a sea battle, or a land battle, can exert great power.
Knowing that he was victorious in all battles, Qu Qingze mastered the strength of the Dutch through a large amount of intelligence.
The size of the Dutch warships is the same huge, and they are also equipped with corresponding artillery, but the number of warships is impossible to compare with the Jiangning battalion, and the power of the artillery is not worth mentioning, in the battle at sea, the Jiangning battalion is confident that the Dutch naval division will be annihilated, and it will not suffer great losses, followed by the battle on land, the Dutch and the Spaniards, after occupying Taiwan, according to their combat habits, built a lot of cities and fortresses, and used these cities and fortresses to control the whole of Taiwan and prevent foreign opponents, It's a pity that these cities and fortresses are vulnerable in front of the artillery of the Jiangning battalion.
When it comes to the military deployment of the Dutch, the Dutch stationed on the island of Taiwan are less than 3,000, and the strength of this point, in Su Tiancheng's opinion, is simply ridiculous, and it cannot withstand large-scale battles.
Now, not a few hundred years later, thousands of Europeans will be able to enter the capital and do whatever they want.
The Jiangning battalion has advanced firearms, a huge formation of warships, and a long-term conquest and familiarity with the combat situation, so it can be said that it has an absolute advantage, and the recovery of Taiwan is nothing more than a matter of probing.
Having mastered a lot of situations, Su Tiancheng was not nervous at all about this battle, what he needed to consider was how to build Taiwan after recovering Taiwan.
Not only Su Tiancheng, but also Sun Chuanting, Qu Qingze, Liu Tiehan, Wang Dazhi and others, all have sufficient self-confidence, about the situation of the Dutch stationed in Taiwan, they are all clear, defeating the Dutch and completely driving the Dutch out of Taiwan, it is only a matter of time, but among them, except for Qu Qingze and Song Sijun, the rest of the people do not understand very well, since the Jiangning battalion has sufficient certainty, why should they send 20,000 troops and more than 100 warship formations, taking advantage of such a huge consumption to recover Taiwan, Such a move does not seem to be a bit too cautious.
Sun Chuanting, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong and others, on the way to the voyage, did not forget to organize some training, so that the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion can be more familiar with the rules of sea warfare, and ensure that they are fully prepared for the upcoming battle. (To be continued......)