Zhu Daolin motioned for Wang Fengwu, head of the East China Sea Fleet's military command department, to sit down.

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied with the fleet's response speed in emergency situations and the continuous improvement of the officers' military quality, and nodded approvingly: "The brothers have done a good job, and the next thing is to see the performance of the Marine Division." ”

"Don't worry, general, our First Marine Division is not inferior to Wu Jicheng's Dongjiang Army in terms of equipment, training, or combat, and if we fight on a ship or on an island, the Dongjiang Army is only worthy of us as auxiliaries."

Shi Qingyang's words immediately attracted a burst of proud laughter, this fierce general who first followed Zhu Daolin has now been successfully promoted to the post of military affairs minister of the Navy General Headquarters, but he is unwilling to resign from the post of commander of the First Marine Division, so he shoulders two heavy responsibilities.

Zhu Daolin reminded: "Don't talk too much...... The father and son of the Yuan family have operated on Chongming Sand Island for three generations, and there are strong camps on the three wharves in the north and south and the southeast, and there are only 500 troops in the entire Chongming Sand Island Thousand Households on the surface, but in fact, all the people are soldiers. ”

"As long as the bell of the Yuan family ancestral hall rings, the eight surrounding villages will soon be able to dispatch 3,000 brave and fierce young men, if your 1st Marine Division moves slowly, is blocked by three camps when it lands, or if the cavalry battalion that landed first at the fish wharf in the northeast is in trouble, it is likely that the Yuan family father and son will have time to gather the crowd to resist or escape."

Shi Qingyang immediately restrained his smile, straightened his waist, and said loudly: "The average strength of the three camps above the dock is less than 100 people, and they will definitely not be able to stop the sudden attack launched by our army at night...... Even if you can't break through the three camps for a while, won't there still be naval guns to help? ”

"The three barracks built on the shore, all of which were made of green bricks and wood, could not withstand the bombardment of naval artillery at all, after the battalions of our division landed on the north pier. Ignoring the barracks on the dock, the first and second battalions will surround the barracks of the second elder of the Yuan family as quickly as possible. ”

"Under the fierce blow of a thousand flintlock pistols and explosives packs, ten minutes can wipe out more than 200 Ding troops in the barracks, and the other seven battalions can control more than enough to control seven villages."

"The subordinates have issued an order to the brothers in the whole army that 'those who resist will be killed', and even if the Yuan family father and son gather 10,000 troops, they can only be sent to death in vain. Under the blockade and attack of the naval and land armies, the father and son of the Yuan family could not escape even if they put on their wings! ”

The generals nodded frequently, picked up the combat plan submitted by the Marine Division and read it carefully again, Shi Qingyang and his two assistants did not dare to be negligent, and lay in front of the map to discuss possible accidents and countermeasures in a low voice.

Zhu Daolin was quite satisfied with Shi Qingyang's operational arrangements.

Today's Chongming Sha Island has not yet been connected with Chongming Middle Island, Sansha Island and Nansha Island in the east, it is about 22 kilometers long from east to west, about 9 kilometers wide from north to south, surrounded by water, and the terrain is flat. Nearly half of the island's land is uncultivated, and it is all dense with reeds and aquatic plants.

The old nest of the Yuan family father and son is less than 2 kilometers away from the north wharf, 3.2 kilometers away from the unprotected fish wharf in the northeast, as long as the cavalry battalion lands smoothly, a charge can kill the Yuan family compound, surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of rice fields and vegetable fields, surrounded by all sides, the Yuan family father and son have no way to escape.

What reassures Zhu Daolin even more. The battle started suddenly, without any warning. The father and son of the Yuan family, who have the strong support of the Jiangnan family, must also be defenseless, and at this time, they are probably still proud and think that there is nothing they can do with him. Therefore, there is hardly any suspense about winning this battle.

Simeno took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, turned to Zhu Daolin, who was drinking tea, and reported in a low voice: "General, the number of warships in the East China Sea Fleet is still too small. Last month, two 500-ton warships, three 500-ton transport ships, and 16 small and medium-sized ships were handed over to the North Sea Fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet now has only four 550-ton capital warships, two 300-ton fast warships, four 800-ton transport ships, 44 inland river patrol ships, and small transport ships. We are going to be in a very dangerous situation! ”

Zhu Daolin also had a headache about this.

The stall is too big, resulting in loopholes everywhere, and he is now like a gambler, and the biggest gamble is that the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong will fight quickly, and he has no time to take care of himself. This was the fundamental reason for his alliance with Saïd and the Portuguese, who could change their position at any moment, just as a precaution.

In order to gain valuable time for development, Zhu Daolin had to try his best to maintain relations with the Spaniards, pretending to turn a blind eye to the Spaniards' increase in troops in Keelung Port and the occupation of Hualien, Yilan and other places.

But he couldn't tell Simeno about these intricacies, let alone say that in two and a half months there would be a life-and-death naval battle between the Dutch and the Hokkienes.

"I know all these situations, but so far, Zheng Zhilong is still attacking the Liu Xiang pirate gang supported by the Dutch, and the two sides have no sign of reaching a settlement, at least within half a year, the two sides cannot reconcile, but there are more and more conflicts of interest in the southern part of Yingzhou Island, the Penghu Islands, the coastal areas of Fujian and the coastal areas of Guangdong, and the scale of the fighting is getting bigger and bigger."

"From this, I conclude that in the next six months, we will not have to worry about the Tamsui Port and the newly occupied Hsinchu area. According to the current manufacturing capacity of the above-yuan shipyard, five docks and 7,000 skilled craftsmen should be able to build 7-9 new 800-ton armed cargo ships within half a year, and all of these armed cargo ships will be allocated to the East China Sea Fleet, and one rotating gun mount will be installed in the bow, using advanced 150mm caliber cast steel guns, and 12 125mm caliber bronze guns will be added to the two upper decks. ”

"Such a firepower configuration is enough to deal with the Dutch's 500-ton warships, and once the high-power rockets being developed by the Nanjing Firearms Bureau are successful, we will also add 2-4 four-barrel rocket launchers to launch new rockets on all warships."

"European countries have used rockets as early as decades ago, but the power is not large, the range is less than 300 meters, and the flight trajectory of the rocket is difficult to control, our admirals have repeatedly discussed whether rockets can be used in naval warfare, unfortunately, the Ming Army is equipped with those divine fire crows, fire dragons out of the water, a swarm of bees and other rockets are very unreliable, can only be used in urban defense warfare, can not be used on warships at all."

After receiving the promise of adding nine new armed merchant ships within six months, Simeno finally completely relieved himself, but he was still skeptical of the rockets mentioned by Zhu Daolin.

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