Chapter 468: An Eventful Summer (2)

Liu Yao's question is purely a pot that does not open and which pot, He Zhen has always regarded the fact that he has never been able to fully enter Shan Ma Xi as a regret in his life, and he really does not want to mention it in front of everyone, but this is a pre-war meeting of senior officers of the whole army, and Liu Yao is not only a general but also the deputy marshal of the expeditionary force, but the question he asked He Zhen could not help but answer, helpless, He Zhen had no choice but to spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Most of the Chinese in Shan Ma Xi are from Guangdong and Fujian, and they are basically descendants of the remnants of the defeated generals of the former Ming Dynasty. There are also many descendants of the defeated soldiers of the Zheng family, who claim to be the remnants of the Celestial Empire, and have always been hostile to our Qing Dynasty. ”

Qianming, Zheng Chenggong and so on are taboo topics in the Qing Dynasty, as soon as He Zhen's words came out, many generals who had been listening quietly were suddenly in an uproar, and the sound of each other sounding loudly. Xiao Sanlang, the commander of the second squadron with a grumpy temperament, was the first to jump out and scolded: "A group of bastards without a king and a father would rather be a dog of barbarians than a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, what are these scumbags kept?" Laid down a single Ma Xi and completely wiped out this group of scum! ”

"That's it, a bunch of bastards, kill them all!"

"A bunch of dog stuff, living impatiently! Let's see how the guys clean them up! ”

…… As soon as Xiao Sanlang started scolding, all the generals and officials were excited, and they all immediately scolded. Yun Yu saw that the situation was a little out of control, so he snorted coldly, waved his hand and said: "This matter will be discussed later, how to deal with those bastards, or wait until the single Ma Xi is laid, what we want to discuss today is how to fight this battle!" ”

Liu Yao is Yinzuo's cronies, and he has been following Yinzuo for a long time, although he does not have a thorough understanding of the significance of the establishment of the Chinese nation advocated by Yinzuo, he also understands that Yinzuo intends to knead the entire Chinese descendants into a unified nation, so as to build a powerful empire. It is by no means something that can be decided by the front-line commander, so as soon as Yun Yu's words fell, Liu Yao continued: "What the prince said is extremely true, when you win Shan Maxi, how to deal with your own saint is in charge, and we only need to think about how to take the Strait of Malacca." ”

Yunyu is a killer star, and he has never cared about what life is at stake. For the so-called remnants of the Celestial Empire, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and he didn't care whether he killed or kept Yunyu, at this time, he saw that Liu Yao's words were a little weird, and he was a little confused, but he didn't go to his heart, glanced at the generals, and said with a serious face: "You have already understood the enemy's situation." Now let's have an idea of how to fight this battle. "The tradition of the navy has always been to express their opinions at military seminars, and at this time, Yun Yu and Liu Yao, the two marshals, both spoke, and the big guys began to offer suggestions unceremoniously.

"Lord Wang, Lord Liu, the lower officials think that this battle must not be attacked. The only way to do this is to outwit it, and the general thinks that he must try to transfer the main force of the English fleet of the single horse and destroy it in the open sea. Xiao Saburo, who was anxious, was the first to stand up again and said loudly.

", Lord Wang. Lord Liu, a certain general thinks that what Lord Xiao said is reasonable, but how to transfer the main fleet of England is a difficult problem, and a certain general thinks that it is better to send part of the fleet to single Ma Xi to provoke, deliberately make a gesture of attacking single Ma Xi, and then feint defeat, lead the English fleet to pursue, and provoke the English fleet to chase out of the ocean. Then the main forces of our army gathered into a fist and wiped out the main fleet of England on the ocean. Liu Tianlong, deputy commander of the Second Fleet, stood up and loudly seconded his own commander's proposal.

Liu Ninghai, the new commander of the First Squadron, immediately objected: "The two commanders, the last general thinks that the suggestions of Xiao and Liu are not sound, and there are three reasons: First, the number of fleets that our army goes to provoke will disturb the English fleet, so that it will not dare to come out to meet the enemy, but will take the opportunity to withdraw to the poison. Less to say. One possibility is to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, and the second possibility is that the English fleet only sent some warships into battle. And the main forces remained unmoved, and our troops could not achieve the intended operational goal of transferring out the English fleet. Second, after passing Scarborough Shoal, there are many battlefields suitable for the operation of the Grand Fleet, but the locations suitable for the ambush of our main fleet are very limited, only the waters of Bacao Island, the waters of Datuna Island, the waters of Medai Island and the waters of Serasan Island, in addition, although there are countless small islands, it is unlikely that our army's huge fleet can be hidden in them, and it will take about ten hours to sail from Shan Ma Xi to the nearest Bacao Island in the above four sea areas, and it will take about a day and a half to reach the farthest point of Serasan Island. It is difficult to say whether our army will be able to lure the enemy fleet without being overtaken by the enemy's main fleet in the case of crosswinds for such a long time, and if it is encircled and our main fleet cannot arrive in time, it will lose its strength in vain and gain nothing. Thirdly, our army is now taking advantage of the monsoon, and the monsoon is about to change, and once the direction of the wind changes and the English fleet never appears, our army will be in a state of complete passivity, and then there will be only one way to attack. ”

Liu Ninghai was originally the deputy commander of the first squadron, but he was promoted after the former commander Qiao Hailong was transferred, and he had the least seniority among the commanders of the three major squadrons, and the relationship between the first squadron and the second squadron has always been delicate. ”

Liu Ninghai said unhurriedly: "Lord Xiao has misunderstood, the waterways in the area of Shan Ma Xi are complicated, if you insist on attacking it, I am afraid that our army will suffer heavy losses, if so, wouldn't it be asking for hardship?" The last general thinks that it is better to outwit than to attack. Ladies and gentlemen, the Strait of Malacca is extremely long and narrow, and there are three main points in it, as long as two of them can be defended, the English fleet can be restrained from escaping back to the poison, once Malacca and Klang fall into the hands of our army, the main force of the English fleet will only be afraid that it will be difficult to go back through the Strait of Malacca, even if it is barely forced to rush through the artillery blockade, I am afraid that the losses will not be small. If our army takes Malacca and Klang, the main fleet of the whole army will be blocked in the waters of Tamberan, and then there will be no reason why the English fleet will not come out to fight a decisive battle with our army. ”

". Xiao Saburo snorted coldly and said: "The two ports of Malacca and Klang are behind Shan Ma Xi, if you want to take those two ports, you have to pass through Shan Ma Xi, can our fleet still grow wings and fly over?" Haha, that's funny! The admirals of the Second Squadron burst into laughter, and the laughter was full of ridicule.

"Our fleet can't fly over, but our amphibious combat units can. As long as you can win Malacca, it doesn't matter if you don't win Klang! Liu Ninghai picked up a thin wooden strip for command, pointed to the huge combat model on the ground, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is Kotarin, except for some local natives, there is no Dutch army, as long as our army rushes to land on the beach from here and walks along the coastline, it will not be more than 40 kilometers to reach a small town opposite Danmaxi - Johor Bahru." After taking Johor Bahru, our army can be stationed here in a division to prevent the English army from cutting off our way back, because this place is behind the port of Shan Maxi, there are no English batteries, the water is not too deep, and it is impossible to take large ships, and only a few small ships such as cruisers in the English fleet can attack our army through the shallow strait. As long as our garrison can grit its teeth and hold on, the enemy will have nothing to do with me; And the main force of our amphibious forces can rush all the way to Malacca along the road from Johor Bahru to Malacca, and with the cooperation of the local shadows, they can take Malacca in one fell swoop and completely cut off the return route of the English fleet. At that time, why worry that the main fleet of England will not come out to fight a decisive battle with our army! ”

Liu Ninghai's generous statement immediately attracted the attention of many generals, and all of them stared at the narrow terrain of the Mara Peninsula. This set of tactics is not surprising, it is just a reproduction of the battlefield in Nagasaki back then. It is also to soothe the enemy's back and cut off the enemy's way back, all the generals in the field have participated in the naval battle of Nagasaki, and naturally understand the meaning of this tactic, the big guy immediately discussed and praised it, but the commander of the third fleet, Sauronso, raised a question: "Lord Liu, your idea is certainly good. It is no problem to surprise Kota Ting, but the problem is that all the way from Kota Ding to Johor Bahru is full of forests and cliffs, and there is no road on this chart, if my amphibious troops go ashore but cannot reach the new mountain, not only will the intention of the main fleet be exposed, but also the amphibious forces may be trapped in Kotarin because of this, has Lord Liu ever considered this? ”

"This ......" Liu Haining, who was patronizing the joy, was stunned for a moment, looking at the combat model on the ground. I was speechless. After a long time, he said with a wry smile: "Maybe there is a trail that leads to Johor Bahru. ”

When Xiao Saburo heard this, he immediately sneered: "Maybe? Can you use the power of war to command local affairs? Maybe if not? It's still a trifle for amphibious forces to be trapped. If the main fleet of England escapes, who will bear the responsibility? ”

"yes, it's a pity a good idea. ”

"That's it, it's a pity!"

"Alas, alas!"

…… The generals looked at the terrain and suddenly became a little discouraged. Yun Yu frowned and looked at He Zhen and said, "Lord He, do the shadows under your command know the roads around Kotadin?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, there is no such news in the hands of the lower officials, if necessary, the lower officials can contact Shadow Three immediately, well, it may take a few days to get a reply. He Zhen bowed and replied.

Yun Yu smiled bitterly and said, "A few days? I'm afraid that the king doesn't have many days to wait, there are still three days of sea from here to Shan Maxi, the monsoon is going to change, this king really can't be delayed, so it's okay, Lord He immediately released the pigeons, as soon as there is news, come to report immediately, and at the same time let the Shadow immediately go into the combat state, if there is a road in Kotarin, let the Shadow immediately send someone to Kotarin at the same time as the reply, waiting for the arrival of our army. ”

"Yes, the subordinate obeys the order!" He Zhen naturally understood the importance of this move, and immediately rushed out of the war room and began to deploy related matters.

Seeing that the generals were still discussing Liu Ninghai's plan, Yun Yu couldn't help but raise his face and said calmly: "What? If you die Butcher Zhang, will you eat mixed pigs? Well? Don't tell Ben Wang and the others that they have only learned such a little thing from the naval school, let's talk about it, what other good ideas are there? ”

The commander of the Third Fleet, Zo Longsuo, pondered his tone and said, "Lord Wang, if it is a strong attack and it is not possible to outwit it, the lower officer thinks that a surprise attack can be considered." ”

"Surprise attack? Let's talk about how to attack. Yun Yu frowned tightly, and asked in a flat tone.

Solon so replied respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, the English instructor brought by the prince last year once said that there is a kind of fire attack ship tactic, and now it is a westward monsoon in Shan Ma Xi, if our army enters from the sea area of Tammillan Island and marches towards Single Ma Xi, it is exactly westward, if we can take advantage of the night to advance at full speed, we can set off at the time of unitary, and we can reach the sea near Shan Ma Xi when we are ugly, if we can get the help of a shadow who is familiar with the local water lines, and quietly approach the port of Shan Ma Xi with a small fleet around the complex waterway, Then put a number of logistics supply ships full of fodder on the embankment and release them with the wind, which will surely rush into the anchorage of the English fleet with the wind, because the fire borrows from the wind, as long as the English fleet is in the harbor, it will be difficult to escape, and when the remnants of the English fleet try to break out of the fire, our detachment will definitely be able to take advantage of the chaos to kill in it, although it cannot completely annihilate the English fleet, but it is no problem to take advantage of the situation to send the amphibious combat troops ashore, as long as the amphibious troops can take one or two batteries, our army can win the victory. ”

"What Master Suo said is certainly wonderful, but the last general has an unclear point: as long as our army passes through the waters of Huangyan Island, the front is where the frequent routes of merchant ships come and go, and our army's actions cannot have any concealment at all, even if all the merchant ships along the line are detained, they cannot hide from the residents of those islands, if it is unfortunate that they also have means of communication such as flying pigeons and sending messages, and every move of our army is exposed under the noses of the enemy, how can we surprise the enemy fleet?" Chen Chengwen, chief of staff of the First Fleet, unceremoniously pointed out the loopholes in Solonso's strategy, and all the generals on the field fell into deep thought......

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