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"General, the Qing army has been completely defeated by the Mawei Army, and the Qing army is finished!" Zheng Jundu, the commander of Yang Xiang, said faintly, they could have taken advantage of the situation to send troops, but if they missed it, they missed it!

Shi Lang was also lacking in interest, but his eyes were still focused: "The Qing army is finished, but I didn't expect the Mawei Army to be so powerful." In fact, the retreat of the Qing army had expected an enemy attack, and the speed of the formation was not slow, but it was still quickly defeated by the Mawei army, which shows that the attack power of the Mawei army is far stronger than ours. ”

Originally, Shi Lang wanted the Qing army and the Mawei army to fight each other, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and after the Qing army and the Mawei army were both defeated, he came out to clean up the mess. This is to eliminate this Qing army, and second, to weaken the strength of the Mawei army. As for the excuse that the troops were not sent in time, hehe, since it is an excuse, it is naturally very easy to make up. If Tula's Qing army is eliminated, their threat in northern Zhejiang will be completely eliminated, even if there are still more than 20,000 Qing troops on the Huzhou side, but as soon as the pressure on this side disappears, there will be no pressure on the Huzhou side. The biggest possibility is that the Qing army in Anhui Province learned the news that the Tula army was wiped out, and did not dare to continue to attack Huzhou, and it is very likely that they will take the initiative to withdraw their troops and take a defensive posture.

"The Mawei Army Navy has outperformed us, and this infantry army is so strong, now the Mawei Army is about to occupy Jiangsu and may even take most of Anhui, and we will be surrounded by the Mawei Army on all sides in the future, so does it still make sense for us to occupy this northern Zhejiang region?" Yang Xiang asked worriedly.

"I was thinking about this just now." Shi Lang's originally relaxed mood was aroused by Yang Xiang like this, and he suddenly became heavy. "Let's see what's going on next. I think their main direction of attack is in Jiangsu. That's the case. We can concentrate our efforts on marching to Guangde. On the Jiaxing side, we have been able to free up our hands, and the Qing army stationed in Guangde will not be the opponent of our two armies combined. The territory we have won now is not inferior to Taiwan, and the wealth here is not comparable to Taiwan, let's stick to the territory and develop well, don't think about the rest for the time being! ”

"Yes, the wealth here is by no means comparable to Taiwan, but Taiwan is fundamental, and the king of Yanping will never put all his troops here. Hey, the population is a hard wound in Taiwan! Yang Xiang sighed and said. They also know in their hearts that Taiwan's military strength is insufficient. It was impossible to participate in the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, and it was best to hold on to the territory obtained at that time. At this time, after more than ten years of development under Zheng Jing and his command, Taiwan's population is only just over 300,000, which can send more than 40,000 infantry troops and 15,000 naval divisions with a total of nearly 60,000 troops is already the limit.

"Liu Weizi (Liu Guoxuan) is not transporting people to Taiwan. It is important for us to stick to the good management of northern Zhejiang, but we must also fully support Liu Weizi to send people to Taiwan. In any case, Taiwan is fundamental. Even if we fail to establish ourselves on the mainland this time, we must make use of this opportunity to enrich Taiwan as much as possible. There is no shortage of land in Taiwan, what is lacking is population, therefore, during the operation of northern Zhejiang, we must also vigorously send people to Taiwan. We can learn from the Mawei Army, we can lure the landless people, and those local gentry who are rich and unkind do not have to show mercy, and then Jiang will all send them to Taiwan! ”

On the Yangtze River, the Mawei battleship marched slowly, and it took two days to arrive at Shuangshan Island in Jiangyin and temporarily anchor at this wharf. Three detachments and a formation of 25,000 men on 150 large and small warships were densely scattered on this wide river. This width is only relative to the inland river, and compared to the sea, it can only be regarded as a small ditch! There are three kilometers of river in front and behind Shuangshan Island and there are warships of the Mawei Army, and the sail warships of the Mawei Army are far from being comparable to Liu Guoxuan's Taiwanese sailors in terms of size and configuration.

"Hey, Brother Ning, the Taiwanese sailor was defeated in the previous section, you said that we cleaned up the water master of the dog when you turned around, so should Zheng Jing and the others thank us! Hahaha" Shen Tu Ye, who easily took the Wusongkou Fort, and Ning Wu, who had taken the Wusongkou Fort, were chatting, and couldn't help laughing when they were happy, he was full of confidence in the upcoming water battle.

"This is not bad, but Zheng Jing will never be grateful to us, but will have a grudge against us, and feel that it is a shame!" Ning Wu took a puff of his cigarette and shook the ashes of the cigarette: "But we also have to be careful in this battle, the Qing army played a sweet spot last time, this time I am afraid that it will be a repeat of the old tricks, they have many ships, although none of them are as big as our third-level battleships, but there are some comparable to fourth-level battleships, and there are hundreds of more than fifth-level battleships, and there are countless smaller ones." And like the last battle with the Taiwanese sailors, all the ships rushed up, which is really a threat to us. ”

"Well, there is another possibility that the Qing army saw that we had so many large warships and sent a large number of fireships to attack, so the price they paid was very small, and it was indeed possible to cause huge losses to us!" Shen Tu Ye got up from his seat and walked to the deck, there were frigates in front and behind the Zhenyuan, but the view to the west was not blocked, and he could see the scenery of the river on the west side.

"Don't worry too much about this, the Ministry of Intelligence has already sent news that the Jiangning Naval Division of the Qing Army is heading towards us, and they should arrive at the latest that is, the day after tomorrow. The number of ships they have is indeed a problem, but when they were conquering the Japanese, the Shimazu family also had a lot of warships, and they couldn't withstand our intensive artillery fire, not to mention that our naval guns at the moment were more powerful and faster than before. Also, eight hundred meters ahead, the commander has ordered the fleet to lay down the 'Underwater Dragon King Cannon', that thing has been improved by the madmen in Shishi (a valley northwest of the Mawei barracks), and the power is terrifying, even if a third-class battleship encounters one, it will also be blown out of a hole the size of a foot, and those small boats with unstable structures can completely fall apart at once! "Ning Wu is not too worried, since he already knows that the Qing army has a large number of ships, it is either a wolf pack tactic or a fire attack strategy, how can the Mawei army not take precautions in advance.

Shen Tu Ye became interested: "That's true, but my brother and I have been staying on Pingtan Island before, but I haven't had the opportunity to see the power of this "underwater dragon king cannon", if it is really as you said, lay hundreds or thousands of them on this not wide river, then we don't need to fire the Qing army and it will be over!" Hahaha! ”

"You think too much, the purpose of our trip is to eliminate the Qing army's Jiangning Water Division and control the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, if it is full of this "underwater dragon king cannon", then we can't move, and the vanguard of the Qing army will definitely not continue to move if they suffer losses, do we want to spend time with them here? ”

"Okay, in this way, it is really not appropriate to lay too many "underwater dragon king cannons", but as long as the vanguard of the Qing army can be frustrated, it is also good, so that our naval artillery will have a chance to show its skills! Hehehe, no matter what tactics the Qing army uses, as long as they come here, they will definitely be sent to the bottom of the river to feed the fish! Shen Tuye reached out and patted the guardrail and said.

"Oops, alright, it's time to go back!" Ning Wu got up from the small chair and stretched: "Let's go, it's not early, and the Metropolitan Governor will have a pre-war meeting in the evening, so it's not too late!" ”

(To be continued......)

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