Chapter 213 Naval Battle Tactics
After deciding to build a three-deck battleship, Lin Chunhong made arrangements for recent operations, with the overall strategy being sea oppression and land searching for annihilation.
Oppression at sea? Are you mistaken? Liu Xiang’s strength is much stronger than Lin Chunhong!
That's right, it's a policy of oppression at sea, and this policy has been strongly supported by the pirate leaders.
Lin Chunhong analyzed the previous battles between Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong in detail and concluded that the purpose of Liu Xiang's battle was to go ashore to rob and obtain a large amount of food and goods, and each battle revealed the intention of preserving his strength.
At the same time, Liu Xiang had more than 600 warships, but the firepower of a single ship was far less than that of the Zhao Hehai Fleet, and Liu Xiang could not concentrate a large number of fleets to compete with Zhao Hehai every time.
In order to restrain Liu Xiang's fleet and make him dare not join the plunder with confidence, Lin Chunhong ordered Zhao Hehai to constantly seek opportunities to attack Liu Xiang, and wait for the three-deck warship to launch the water and sea trial before waiting for the opportunity to fight.
"Everyone! From now on, it is strictly forbidden to divide the troops! After capturing the fighter plane, be sure to seize the upper hand so that every sailor understands that there is no choice but to move forward! If anyone dares to disobey orders, kill them!"
Lin Chunhong's military order was so murderous that the pirate leaders were excited and swearing to compete with Liu Xiang.
As for the search for annihilation on land, it is based on the timely information of the Military Information Department. Once Liu Xiang comes ashore, he will beat him without hesitation and strive to cut off his fingers and gradually consume Liu Xiang's strength.
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you lose a few cities or even a palace. The sky is falling. I'm going to take care of you. Just kill the thief!"
Lin Chunhong held Di Wei with great care and said to Wu Tianhai.
After the deployment was completed, the leaders returned to their posts one after another. Only Zhao Hehai led a group of pirate leaders and felt itchy and kept surrounding Lin Chunhong.
"What? What's the difficulty?" Lin Chunhong asked.
Zhao Hehai scratched the back of his head and stammered: "This...that..."
Lin Chunhong laughed and scolded: "Speak quickly if you have something to do! Don't be like a sissy!"
Zhao Hehai gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and asked, "Has the military party made a living at sea before?"
Lin Chunhong laughed and said, "I have done it all up the mountains and down the river, but I have never been to the sea. I will rely on you in the future!"
"Then why are the military sects so familiar with naval warfare?" asked the pirates one after another.
Lin Chunhong grabbed a stack of official documents from his desk and said, "This is the official documents you handed to me before. I learned about it through this!"
"Ah?" The pirates exclaimed.
"Do you understand now? Why do I ask you to describe the process of each battle in detail? This is the intention!" Lin Chunhong paused and continued: "Of course, a lot of calculation knowledge is needed..."
Zhao Hehai smiled and said, "Yes, yes, the military is far-sighted. Can this... teach us some things on the sea?"
Lin Chunhong laughed: "It should be you who taught me. You are forcing you to learn literacy and learn arithmetic on weekdays. You object to it. Now you understand the benefits of literacy and arithmetic, right?"
Lin Chunhong grabbed a thin booklet from his desk and placed it in Zhao Hehai's hand. "This book "The Evolution of the Tactics of the Sea Sails and Battleships" was summarized after I thought about the battle examples. It is a paper talk. You can take a look first, give some suggestions, and then modify them, and place them as a textbook in the Naval Academy."
The pirates were inexplicably excited and put their heads in front of the booklet, "Let's take a look...Let's take a look..."
"You remember it. If you can't give any advice, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"
Zhao Hehai gave a military salute solemnly and shouted: "Don't worry, the military gate is playing with pens, and the military gate is playing with artillery, but we are still good. If we can't give any advice, we will be in vain at sea in the past few years!"
"The dog can't spit out ivory!"
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Lin Chunhong found that he felt close to these pirates in his bones, and he always talked about the topic and had similarities in his understanding of things. Could it be that he was a pirate in his previous life?
After thinking carefully, Lin Chunhong realized that in addition to being fearless and fearless, these pirates showed their heroic spirit of willingness to sacrifice themselves and dared to pull the emperor off. To put it bluntly, these men advocated zi and seduction, which was exactly what the entire Ming Dynasty lacked, and Lin Chunhong came from later generations, and of course he had a faint sense of confidant.
Of course, he was reluctant to let the pirates be killed or injured. The main purpose of asking pirates to seize the upper hand and carry out active attacks was to cut off the back of each battle and maximize the morale of the pirates.
It is very important to avoid Liu Xiang's main force siege and to timely grasp the traces of Liu Xiang's fleet. Therefore, after the meeting, Lin Chunhong focused his work on the Military Information Department.
Currently, the Military Intelligence Department has two institutions in Guangdong, namely the Navy Office and the Fujian-Guangdong Office. The scope of the two overlaps, and there are many disputes and inconveniences on weekdays. Lin Chunhong ordered the Navy Office to specialize in collecting maritime intelligence, mainly targeting Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, and will also include the Nanyang in the work scope in the near future. The Fujian-Guangdong Office mainly collects land intelligence, with bureaucrats from all over the country as the main target.
At the same time, Lin Chunhong also ordered Gao Long to send capable personnel to fill two places, and under the banner of the general camp, he openly extended his tentacles to the various military camps in Guangdong.
After strengthening the strength of the Military Intelligence Department, the traces of Liu Xiang's fleet continued to gather in the Navy's Military Intelligence Department. With the support of intelligence, Zhao Hehai led more than ten gunboats to attack Liu Xiang's fleet, specifically attacking Liu Xiang's fleet. Each battle was a quick battle. Often, Liu Xiang had just assembled a large-scale warship, and Zhao Hehai disappeared again.
This caused Liu Xiang a lot of trouble, and he had to concentrate a large number of troops to annihilate Zhao Hehai, greatly reducing the looting of land and oceans.
Through this strategy, Lin Chunhong finally stopped Liu Xiang and won precious time for the elite navy to form a military force.
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Liu Xiang has not had a good time these days.
According to the original history, Liu Xiang should have died in the past few days, but due to Lin Chunhong's interference, Zheng Zhilong was in trouble, and Liu Xiang was still alive.
A hero like Liu Xiang needs to consume a lot of resources to live and jump. For example, the food eaten by 40,000 or 50,000 people in his command can be piled up into a hill, the wine they drink can fill a pond, five or six hundred warships of all sizes need to be replaced continuously, and the cannons also need to swallow a large amount of gunpowder...
More importantly, 40,000 to 50,000 people followed Liu Xiang not to die in the battlefield, but to make money and beauty. Without enough tempting wealth and beauty, Liu Xiang's group may collapse instantly, like birds and beasts scattered.
What Liu Xiang lacks most now is food, artillery, gunpowder, and wealth... As for the beauties, all pirate leaders still have inventory for the time being, so the pressure of renewal is not great.
If Liu Xiang didn't know Lin Chunhong's background yet, it would be an insult to the IQ of the Ming Dynasty's heroes on the sea.
"A dozen warships dare to be so arrogant. Do you know how the word "death" is written?" Liu Xiang showed a contemptuous smile on the corner of her mouth. In fact, he did not realize that as an illiterate warship, he himself did not know how to write the word "death".
Although Liu Xiang looked down on Zheng Zhilong and was willing to be a hawk in the court, he never looked down on him during the battle. He used to be the "Eighteen Zhis" and they knew each other very well. However, Liu Xiang looked down on Zhao Hehai from the bottom of his heart.
"What's not easy to learn? I just have to learn to be a dog! I have the same virtue as Zheng Zhilong!"
Liu Xiang was cursing Zhao Hehai, and suddenly his general Zhou Linlao asked for a meeting.
"Let him get in..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Linlao really "get out" in, "Master, my subordinate..."
"Are you captured a few more ships?" Liu Xiang was furious and scolded sternly. Zhao Hehai has become more and more aggressive recently, and activities are becoming more and more rampant. Liu Xiang couldn't help but get angry and cursed at her subordinates.
Liu Xiang's random scolding is not unreasonable. Every time he fights with Zhao Hehai, his troops are stronger than Zhao Hehai. However, Zhao Hehai always seizes the upper hand, and the pirates are very determined to fight. On the other hand, Liu Xiang's squadron is in a low-level position and is very convenient to escape. If it is a slight disadvantage, he will run away and his morale is getting lower and lower.
Zhou Lin's face turned into pig's liver color, and he stuttered: "No this time, but..."
"It's good if you don't, but what... I'll let it go!"
Zhou Linlao dodged his eyes and replied carefully: "I found out that Zhao Hehai's nest is in the big bay of Suixi County..."
Liu Xiang was furious and interrupted Zhou Linlao and cursed: "You need to say this! Which brother doesn't know? Useless things are nonsense!"
Zhou Linlao was startled by Liu Xiang's high decibel scolding, and her teeth kept trembling, and even her words were not clear. Liu Xiang stared at Zhou Linlao, wondering. Zhou Linlao has always been fearless this time, he is a man, what's wrong today? Was he scared by Zhao Hehai? What's the useless thing? Zhao Hehai is what!
"I found out that in the big bay of Suixi, there were piles of wealth and goods. Lin Chunhong set up a money shop there, so there must be a lot of money!"
Zhou Linlao finally mustered up the courage to say something practical.
"Oh?..." Liu Xiang pondered silently.
Liu Xiang had long eliminated Zhao Hehai and quickly, which was also an inevitable choice to completely control the coastal areas of Guangdong. Zhou Linlao's words made Liu Xiang feel excited, and at the same time he was a little hesitant.
Since ancient times, the best target to attack enemy fleets is the fleet base, but Zhao Hehai is the Qiang General of the imperial court. Even if the base is destroyed into white land, as long as he has ships and sailors on hand, he can immediately find a suitable port as a base, and basically not affected. This is also the reason why Liu Xiang has not made up his mind to concentrate his troops to attack Suixi.
Now Zhao Hehai is weak and has always avoided a decisive battle with Liu Xiang. If he could force Zhao Hehai to fight a battle with a strait, Zhao Hehai would be destroyed in an instant. Will it be that the coast of Guangdong will be Liu Xiangxiaoyao?
The most effective way to force Zhao Hehai to fight to the decisive battle is to attack him and rescue him!
Chapter completed!