At the end of the first month of the 26th year of Chongzhen (1653), 36 cruisers belonging to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd fleets of the Ming Navy arrived at Yuegang, Fujian, and rested in Yuegang.

Taking advantage of the break to recuperate, Chongzhen summoned Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, Shi Tianfu and other major generals of the navy to the flagship Zhou Yu and announced the entire battle plan.

The explanation is given to Nakae Tianyi from the staff section.

"Our whole battle plan is like this."

"First send a detachment to attack the city of Geranza."

"When the city of Geranza is attacked, it will inevitably turn to Batavia for help."

"If nothing else, the Dutch East India Company will mobilize all the naval forces of the Far East to come to the rescue."

"After discovering the whereabouts of the main force of the Dutch Navy, the detachment that attacked sent a telegram back while retreating, and the main forces of the three major fleets lurking in Moon Harbor attacked at full speed, and there is a high probability that the Dutch Navy can be gathered and annihilated near the Penghu Sea, and after gathering the main force of the Dutch Navy, it will be no problem to take the city of Geranza and Batavia and other colonial strongholds."

As soon as Jiang Tianyi finished speaking, Zheng Hongkui said in a deep voice: "With the strength of my Ming navy, even if the main force of the navy in the Netherlands is pouring into the nest, it doesn't matter, this is not a problem, the question now is whether to beat the rabbit with grass and destroy the colonial strongholds of the Francs and Spaniards in Macau, Manila, etc., as well as the Spanish colonies?" ”

Jiang Tianyi couldn't answer this question, so he immediately turned his gaze to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen said lightly: "Let's finish the battle of Relansha City and Penghu first." ”

As soon as the military meeting was over, Shi Lang immediately led a detachment of the 3rd Fleet to set out for the city of Geranza, about 300 kilometers from the port of the moon to the city of Geranza.

However, due to the Hongyi cannon at the head of the city, the Ming army did not launch a strong attack.

From the perspective of the Dutch, after the Ming Dynasty navy failed to attack Gerancha, they were forced to retreat to Penghu for a temporary stay.

……

When Batavia received the news, it was already early February.

By this time, 50 battleships of the Dutch Navy had gathered in Batavia, and more than 200 armed merchant ships of the East India Company had arrived in Batavia after delivering their cargo.

For a time, the ports of Batavia were almost crowded with ships of the Dutch Navy.

The indigenous prostitutes of the various wine towns in the port were too busy to stay open all night.

Batavia's permanent population was originally only one or two thousand, but now more than 20,000 people have poured in at once, and there are endless incidents of jealousy, fights, and even armed fires.

The newly arrived governor of Batavia, Matt Kosol, was very busy.

Having just subsided a fight with guns that day, Matecosol received a distress letter from the city of Geranza, and immediately had Trop and Reut summoned to his governor's palace.

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, I have bad news for you, Da Ming has made the first move."

Matecosol said with a solemn expression: "The Ming Navy dispatched a fleet to attack the city of Geranza, and there is no danger in the city of Geranza for the time being, but the Ming navy may not give up, and will definitely gather a larger naval fleet to make a comeback, so the city of Geranza asked Batavia to send troops to rescue." ”

"Reiter, what's your opinion?" Trop turned his gaze to Leut.

Leut's brow furrowed into a pimple, which disrupted their plans.

Reut said in a deep voice: "If there is no rescue, how long will the city of Geranza be able to hold out?" ”

"It's hard to say." Matkosol spread his hands and said, "It depends on how many people and how many cannons the Ming army dispatches?" If the Ming army dispatches an army of more than 10,000 people, I am afraid that the city of Gelansha will not last long. ”

"Then send troops." Leut said after a moment's silence.

Trop frowned and said: "But once the troops are dispatched, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably discover the main fleet of our Dutch Navy, and it will not be able to block the Ming Dynasty Navy in the port of Nanjing." ”

"It's inevitable." Leyter nodded, and then said, "But it doesn't matter, you can't gather and destroy in one fell swoop, it's also good to be able to break through each one, as long as our Dutch navy can ensure absolute superiority in strength and firepower on the battlefield, we can ensure victory, and the principle of firepower concentration is applicable at all times." ”

It is still a bit of a fact that Leut can become the most dangerous admiral in the history of Europe, and this person realized the superiority of the principle of concentration of fire, even more than a hundred years before Napoleon, and it is not simple.

Daming is also the principle of firepower concentration that Chongzhen has crossed over.

"Cheng, then send troops!" Trop immediately made up his mind.

……

The distance from Batavia to the city of Geranza is not close.

The messengers who came to ask for help were gone for almost a week, and the main fleet of the Dutch navy, which went north to rescue, walked for nearly ten days before reaching the city of Geranza.

Therefore, when the main force of the Dutch navy reached the sea off the city of Geranza, it was already late February.

At this time, the detachment of the 3rd Fleet led by Shi Lang had been wandering around the sea off the city of Geranza for nearly twenty days, and Shi Lang and the soldiers of the detachment were so bored that they wanted to find a fishing rod to catch sharks.

Early in the morning, Shi Lang set off from Penghu Port with a detachment.

As soon as he walked to the sea off the coast of Geranza, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded on the lookout post.

When Shi Lang looked up, he saw that the sentry was continuously signing downward.

"Dutch reinforcements have arrived!" Shi Lang's whole person immediately became excited, "There are already fifty or sixty warships that can be seen, and there are more warships behind, this must be the main force of the Netherlands' navy!" ”

"Roar, now I have work to do, and I have made a fortune!" The officers and men on the deck were overjoyed.

Under the encouragement of the military merit system and the bonus system, both the army and the navy officers and men of the Ming Dynasty are eager to fight, because only by fighting can they make meritorious contributions, and only by making meritorious contributions can they be rewarded.

And with the reward, they have everything.

What a favor to reward the field, and women, everything.

I heard that the town soldiers who were assigned to the Japanese land could each marry ten Japanese girls as concubines, which was really eye-catching.

Therefore, the naval officers and men are also looking forward to being able to conquer the South Seas, and they can also marry ten or eight indigenous women from the South Seas as their concubines like the soldiers of the Japanese land, which is not too beautiful.

After a while, Shi Lang also saw the Dutch fleet emerging from below the horizon.

Due to the curvature of the earth, Shi Lang could only see a small number of sail ships in front, and many more sail ships in the back were obscured by the sea level, so it was difficult to judge the size of the Dutch navy.

One thing is certain, though, that this is definitely the main force of the Dutch Navy.

Almost at the same time, the Dutch Navy also discovered the Ming naval detachment.

After discovering the Ming Navy, the Dutch Navy immediately reacted, divided into two teams, and detoured to the two wings, apparently intending to outflank and encircle the Ming Navy.

Shi Lang was not surprised when he saw this.

"Quick, send a report to Yuegang!"

"Let's just say that the main force of the Dutch Navy has been discovered."

"Our detachment is leading the main force of the Dutch Navy to the direction of Penghu."

Speaking of this, Shi Lang leaned in front of the communication hole and yelled at the bottom floor: "The power of the steam engine is eighty percent!" ”

After speaking, he raised his head and shouted at the flag soldiers on the lookout post: "Signal flag, all ships will immediately retreat in the direction of Penghu in a line formation, retreat!" ”

The flag-whisperers quickly waved flags at the ships.

The six Zhouyu-class cruisers of the detachment turned one after another.

……

At this time, in Yuegang, Chongzhen was reading today's newsletter.

Since the telegraph, Chongzhen could keep track of the movements of the entire empire at any time, no matter where he was, for example, the Buddhist army sent by the Ming Dynasty had arrived in Qinghai and Tibet and began to preach.

Originally, this Buddhist army was to be sent to Central Asia to give lectures.

It's a pity that before the Buddhist army of the Ming Dynasty could be mobilized, Zhu Cijiong launched a killing campaign in Central Asia.

In just a few months, Zhu Cijiong killed the entire Central Asia, and at this time, it was unnecessary for the Buddhist army to go to Central Asia to preach the scriptures.

It just so happened that Li Yan asked for help again.

Chongzhen sent the Buddhist army to Qinghai-Tibet.

Sure enough, when Buddhism arrived on the Tibetan Plateau, the situation immediately changed.

Under the "guidance" of the great monks' day and night preaching, the serfs of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau soon abandoned the Yellow Religion that they had believed in for hundreds of years and turned to Mahayana Buddhism.

The reason is very simple, Mahayana Buddhism can really benefit everyone.

Unlike those lamas of the Yellow Sect, they will only ask them to donate their property.

Without the support of the serfs, the nobles of the Heshute Khanate and the Zangba Khanate were also cut off, and in less than half a year, Li Yan's army completely pacified Qinghai-Tibet.

At the same time, the indigenous people of Central Asia were almost killed by Zhu Cijiong.

The Bukhara Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, the Kokand Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate in Central Asia combined, all of which had at least about 5 million people, were killed by Zhu Cijiong in just half a year, and these 500,000 natives were scattered and hid in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was difficult to find them.

In addition, the herders of the Turghut tribe also moved back to the riverine area.

After handing over Central Asia to the Turks, Zhu Cijiong led the 1st Cavalry Army into South Asia and began to point the finger at the Mughal dynasty in the South Asian subcontinent.

Also, the progress of the railway is also very fast.

The eastern section of the Yunxi Railway, that is, the section from Yuntiguan to Xi'an, has been completed and opened to traffic, and now the middle section from Xi'an to Hami is being built, and the railway will be connected to Central Asia in the future.

The Beijing-Shenyang Railway has been upgraded to the Far East Railway.

In the future, the Far Eastern Railway will be connected to Seoul in the south, Vladivostok in the east, and if necessary, even across the Bering Strait to North America.

Of course, the railway, if it is built, will have to wait decades to build.

Now there is almost no population in the entire Far East, so there is no need.

Chongzhen was reading the briefing, and Jiang Tianyi hurriedly walked in.

(End of chapter)