Why do less defeat more?

What a cunning strategy,

A battle between armies is a head-on decision.

The quality of the soldiers, the quality of the equipment, the military quality of the generals, and adequate logistics are the keys to victory on the battlefield.

The same is true for naval battles.

The reason why Qi Mingguang chose a direct battle was because conspiracy and conspiracy had no effect in such a naval battle involving 30 to 40 thousand people and more than 300 warships.

The Hongyi people have more experience in naval warfare than the Ming Navy. Their crews and sailors have more experience than the Ming Dynasty's sailors and are more adaptable to the wind and waves on the sea. Constant naval battles have sharpened their mentality and quality, allowing them to remain calm despite the sky full of artillery fire.

Clean the barrel, load the gunpowder shell and then aim and fire.

Since experience is not comparable and since quality is not high enough, then use other things to make up for it.

The Ming Navy has more warships than the Hongyi pirates, more sophisticated firearms, superior numbers and equipment, and the Weiyuan, the final killer weapon.

So, as long as this battle is a head-on collision, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty Navy to lose!

Just like what was happening in front of me, the clippers and Dafu ships of the Ming Dynasty were constantly hunting and suppressing the Hongyi warships, while the Weiyuan with its escort forcefully charged in, destroying the enemy's formation with brutal collisions.

Then what awaits the Hongyi people is the inevitable defeat.

The cloak on Qi Mingguang's shoulders rustled in the sea breeze. Above the clear, cloudless sky, the sun shone on the sea, reflecting on the water, the boat, and the armor.

The Red Yi people's battle lines were completely defeated, and their warships began to flee in panic. The Ming Navy was pursuing the victory and buried all these warships in the Java Sea with its absolute advantage in strength.

Boom boom boom boom!

A series of gunshots sounded, and in the gun cabin of the Weiyuan, the artillery protruding out of the gun emplacement blasted out explosive shells. The four-masted Hongyi ship on the flank of the Weiyuan, which was trying to evacuate the battlefield, was instantly

It was hit by several explosive bombs. Amidst the explosions, flames rose from the sky. After the four-masted ship shook, it immediately slowed down and its hull appeared.

It broke, and a mast fell straight into the sea. The splash turned into salty wind and rain and fell on the broken deck, extinguishing the hope of the Hongyi people trying to escape.

A long snake-breaking arrow with a fanged snake pattern and a strong steel prismatic armor-piercing cone roared out of the air and sank directly into a Red Yi warship that was trying to escape and then exploded.

The stern of the warship was exploded, and seawater poured in crazily from the crack in the stern of the warship, dragging the warship slower and slower until a large area of ​​the hull was filled with water.

Had to abandon ship and surrender.

"These firearms are indeed powerful weapons for breaking formations. It would be great if the imperial court could equip more of them.

Listening to the deputy general's emotion, Qi Mingguang was proud of his reputation in this battle. He also took advantage of his good mood and explained to the deputy general with a smile: "Don't underestimate the power of these long snake formation-breaking arrows, but these are specially modified for naval battles.

Didn’t you see that they are all fired at close range? It is said that these use the latest delayed fuses from General Workshop, so they can detonate after sinking into enemy warships."

"But this technology still has flaws, and the time is too short. If the distance is farther, these rockets will explode in the air."

The lieutenant general lamented: "The imperial court has more and more firearms, and they are becoming more and more powerful. I heard that His Majesty and Yuan Fu intend to expand the number of firearms in the generals to more than 70%. In the future, there may be fewer and fewer fights with real swords and guns."

Qi Mingguang used to be the staff general in Laizhou and commanded the imperial navy, and is now the naval admiral of the new army. With his official rank of third grade and the special geographical location of Laizhou Bay, he knows a lot about the situation.

For example, the new army is constantly eliminating guard posts, and infantry such as sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, etc. are being replaced by musketeers. Gunslingers can go into battle to kill enemies after a few months of training. They are also easy to train into an army, and the battle loss rate is also very low.

There are fewer sword, shield, and spear soldiers, but they can kill more enemies.

What's more, with the advancement of industrialization in the imperial court, it was too easy to build excellent firecrackers on the assembly line.

There has been news in the army that if the firecrackers had not been improved to the court's satisfaction, the gunmen holding the new firecrackers would have long replaced the traditional infantry.

That's why there are

In the future, firearms in the military will account for more than 70% of the sources of gossip, and the remaining 30% or so will naturally be cavalry.

Shaking his head, these things have little to do with their navy. The navy is mainly focused on long-range strikes. Heavy artillery, firecrackers, and various firearms are the main combat weapons of the navy. Whoever seems to be okay is playing with you.

In a gang fight, the best way to attack two ships when they meet is with muskets.

Looking at the Hongyi warships that were running aimlessly, Qi Mingguang grinned: "Chase, don't leave a single ship behind, sink them all!"

So, on the vast sea of ​​Southeast Asia, in the past, the red barbarians who used to show off their power and show off their power were unlucky. This city collected some protection fees, and the red barbarians who worked as mercenaries in that country were unlucky.

Their warships were sunk in batches, and the remaining Red Yi pirates were running for their lives, as if something terrible was chasing them.

At first, these small countries in Southeast Asia didn't know what was happening. It wasn't until the merchants brought back the news from the Ming Dynasty that all countries knew that the Ming Dynasty had launched another war. This time, it was against the Red Yi people entrenched in Southeast Asia.

Previously, the Annan Kingdom relied on its advantageous location in the southwest, with high mountains and poisonous rainforests. It thought that the Ming Dynasty could not deal with them, so it invaded the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, it failed to capture even half of Yunnan Province. The Ming court's countermeasures arrived.

The latter results were also seen by countries in Southeast Asia. Annan, who was once a powerful hegemon in Southeast Asia and had hundreds of thousands of troops, perished in an instant.

Just as Emperor Yongle issued an edict during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty to order 300,000 Ming troops to make peace with Nan, today's Emperor Qi of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict, and Annan was once again subjugated and turned into a blessing of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that this time Annan died relatively cleanly, and all the royal family and nobles became prisoners and had their heads chopped off in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, these small countries in Southeast Asia, the former vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, all looked at the Ming Dynasty in horror. They suddenly remembered the fear caused by the Ming Dynasty's condescension to Asia during the Yongle period, the unscrupulous warriors who conquered countless battles, and the rampant

The invincible fleet of the ocean, the giant dragon of the Ming Dynasty, has awakened again. The last time it awakened was during the Wanli period. The three great expeditions of Wanli reminded all countries of the majesty of the heavenly kingdom.

Nowadays, if the Ming Dynasty attacks Liaodong and flattens the grasslands, it is not a big deal. It is the destruction of Annan and the naval expedition to Nanyang that makes other countries wary.

On the small sea surface of Southeast Asia, merchant ships and navies from various countries all saw that the fleet of the once unscrupulous and terrifying Hongyi people was destroyed to pieces, and the Ming Dynasty King's Division hung in the air.

The flag-carrying warships surrounded and suppressed these Red Barbarian warships from all directions, using cannons and unknown terrifying firearms to send these Red Barbarian warships to check and balance Nanyang into the seabed.

This time, the countries in Southeast Asia completely remembered the majesty of the Celestial Kingdom, and the Ming Dynasty Navy, the iron-clad Weiyuan with a black and huge body like a hill, cruised around the Southeast Asia with many lucky ships to clean up the remaining enemies, which frightened all the countries.

Sincerely terrified.

The Ming Dynasty was too big, and the small countries tried their best to conquer a remote province of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was too powerful, with countless people and resources, and an unrivaled army.

Look at this warship made of steel. Its huge body is more than forty feet from head to tail. It is bigger than the treasure ship of the past. Its majestic size is like an island on the sea.

It was so unbridled, so powerful and fearless that the so-called cannons of the Hongyi people could not harm it at all, and the so-called strong ship groaned and shattered under its terrible crushing.

At this moment, the countries in Nanyang understood that the era when Ming Dynasty ruled Nanyang had returned.

So various small countries sent their envoys to the Weiyuan to express their country's surrender to the Ming Dynasty to Qi Mingguang. They sent their own small fleets to follow the Ming Navy to clean up the Red Yi people's warships.

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Qi Mingguang, who originally only brought 213 warships to Nanyang, was surprised to find that his fleet had been expanded twice. The extra warships were all vassals sent by these small countries in Nanyang.

The warships of these small countries also flew the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and followed the powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty to show off their power. Together with the Ming Dynasty, they beat up the drowned dogs and beat up the Hongyi people severely.

The Hongyi people were frightened and

Watching all this in despair, watching their powerful fleet sink to the bottom of the sea, watching their colonies facing resistance everywhere, they are afraid. Their ships can be rebuilt if they are lost, but if these colonies and cities are lost,

They are truly rootless.

In order to avoid the coming destruction, the Hongyi people had to send people to Qi Mingguang to beg for peace. "Hongyi people, do you want to talk to the governor for peace talks?" Qi Mingguang looked suspiciously at the Nanyang man in front of him as the envoy.

The Nanyang man nodded: "The general's divine power convinced those Hongyi people. They knew they were wrong and were willing to offer tribute. I hope the general will not attack again."

At present, the Ming Dynasty navy has wiped out the Hongyi fleet in Nanyang. Not only destroying the Hongyi warships with artillery, it has also captured a large number of Hongyi people.

It can be said that the Red Yi people are already short of manpower in Nanyang. After all, qualified warriors need to be trained.

Without the fleet, the natives in each colony began to resist. The few troops they had were not only used to defend the city and stabilize the mood in the city, but also to put out fires and suppress the rebellious natives. They also had to be used to resist the Ming's attack.

The Hongyi people were full of ambition but insufficient strength. They finally understood that the majesty of the Ming Dynasty was not something they could challenge.

Look at these small countries. In the past, they were just obedient and allowed them to tax and exploit them. However, the merchant ships of these small countries had to pay tribute to the Red Yi people. The Red Yi people had large colonies in Southeast Asia and drove the indigenous people to build

There were cities one after another, in which large numbers of Hongyi people lived.

If the Ming Dynasty really wanted to launch a land war attack, how many troops could the Ming Dynasty mobilize based on the Southeast Asian Peninsula?

The Hongyi people couldn't imagine it.

They only know that the Ming Dynasty has more than 30 million households, a huge population of more than 150 million, and a standing army of millions!

Look at this Ming navy that destroyed their powerful plundering fleet, with more than 200 warships and 20,000 Ming soldiers.

Is it much?

For the Ming Dynasty, which had millions of standing troops, it was simply insignificant!

Although the Hongyi people don't know that the current Daming Navy is no longer the powerful navy that dominated the world with more than 3,000 warships of various types during the Yongle period, and its number of warships is not even as good as the number of warships during the Wanli period, but Hongyi

The Yi people are very aware of the terrifying heritage that the Ming Dynasty possesses.

All kinds of terrifying advanced firearms, if it can be said that during the early Yongle period, the Eastern and Western firearms were still on par with each other, and during the Jiajing and Wanli periods, the Western firearms were ahead of the East, then by the Apocalypse period, the firearms of both sides were back to the same level again, and even the Ming Dynasty was ahead!

Cleanly and swiftly, the invasion was like fire, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, the powerful privateer fleet was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.

terrible!

The Hongyi people, also known as the Dutch, regretted their submission and wanted to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

The Hongyi people wanted to negotiate for peace, but Qi Mingguang didn't dare.

During the two hundred and sixty-four years since the Ming Dynasty, Guo Zuo has fought against enemies from all sides. He has succeeded and failed, and the failure has been so severe that the entire army has been wiped out. The loss of an army and a place is even more obvious.

But Ming Dynasty never had peace talks.

The Ming Dynasty had all kinds of stubborn diseases and problems. The literati were arrogant and empty talk and ruined the country, and the military generals were wasting their money and wasting their troops. These are all, but the backbone of the Ming Dynasty has always existed.

Fight the enemies who can beat them, drag them down or run away if they can't beat them, and try every means to find opportunities to start over.

In short, Ming Dynasty will never make peace with its enemies.
To be continued...