Five months have passed, and the time has come to May of the 27th year of Chongzhen. In terms of the navy, two colonial strongholds have been established in Somalia and Madagascar. Since the Ming Dynasty has already pointed out the cement technology, it can be used to establish overseas colonial strongholds.
Using reinforced concrete structures, the time cost can be greatly shortened.
Otherwise, if we still use earth and stone to build cities, it will take at least several years. And if we use wooden structures to save time, we will be vulnerable to attacks. Colonial strongholds in Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands were not less likely to be attacked by local indigenous residents.
attack.
For example, in the Zulu War, 50 British troops massacred 5,000 Zulus. The cause was that the Zulus attacked a local colonial stronghold built by the British troops and killed several British troops, and then the British troops retaliated.
Chongzhen attached great importance to the human resources of the Ming Dynasty as never before, and naturally he did not want the Ming army to suffer accidents. Therefore, colonial strongholds built on the outer sea must have complete and sound defense facilities, including tall city walls.
In addition to complete facilities, Chongzhen also left an infantry regiment garrison in each colonial stronghold to ensure safety.
With an infantry regiment, supplemented by complete city defenses, and heavy machine guns, it is safe even if it is attacked by an indigenous army of more than 100,000 people.
After establishing the Mogadishu stronghold in Somalia and the Suarez stronghold in Madagascar, Chongzhen led the three fleets of the Ming Dynasty Navy and the 4th Army Division to Cape Town, South Africa, and arrived in Cape Town in late May, and then launched an attack.
They destroyed the Cape Town stronghold which had just been built by the Dutch.
Then, the Ming army built its own stronghold based on the Dutch stronghold. While building the stronghold, Chongzhen also named the stronghold Haijiao City.
By the way, Mogadishu in Somalia is now not called Mogadishu, but Zheng Zhilong City. The reason why Chongzhen did this was to commemorate Zheng Zhilong, the father of the navy who had just died of illness.
The city of Suarez in Madagascar was also renamed Zheng He City by Chongzhen. The reason was of course to commemorate the famous general Zheng He, the founder of the Ming Dynasty navy.
In short, the navy is advancing in an orderly manner as planned. If no accidents occur, it will be able to reach Morocco in the second half of this year.
Then by the beginning of next year, we will be able to launch a cross-sea attack on Rome... Then in terms of the army, six local towns and ten overseas towns have been reorganized, and the 100,000 soldiers who have been reorganized have been sent to Yinli.
, and was incorporated into the Dragoon Corps.
The Dragoon Corps has also become the only mobile combat corps of the Ming Dynasty. The Dragoon Corps has two cavalry corps, and each cavalry corps has four cavalry divisions.
After Zhu Cijiong and Li Yan arrived at Yinli, it took them two full months to finally complete the reorganization of the entire dragoon regiment, and the troops also formed combat effectiveness.
Just at this time, the Turguts sent news that the Cossack cavalry from the Volga River had entered the Kyrgyz steppe.
After Zhu Cijiong discussed with Li Yan and others, he immediately led the 1st Cavalry Corps to rush to the aid of the Torgut tribe who were nomadic in the Kazakh grassland. Li Yan led the main force of the 2nd Cavalry Corps to Samarkand, first with the troops originally stationed in the area.
The other two cavalry divisions there merged and then faced the Savi army from the Persian plateau.
Yes, the Sawifa Empire on the Persian Plateau has launched the Eastern Expedition in advance. Although the Sawifa Empire's Emperor Abbas II is young, his ambitions are not small.
Taking advantage of the God-given opportunity that the imperial prime minister had just died and that there were no restrictions in the court, Abbas II mobilized almost all the standing troops that the Sawifa Empire could mobilize, a total of 80,000 standing troops plus 120,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians, to launch a massive eastward expedition. .
Moreover, Abbas II played a trick. On the surface, he spread the news that he wanted to attack Samarkand, but in fact, he aimed the Eastern Expedition at Kandahar. Abbas II wanted to imitate his ancestors and capture Kandahar, and then Entered India from the Kelber Pass and recaptured the fertile Ganges plain from the Mongols.
Yes, Abbas's real target is actually India. The so-called Eastern Expedition of a certain army is just an excuse.
However, Abbas II's move really worked. Due to the poor intelligence work of the Arabs, Zhu Cijiong and Li Yan both misjudged that the target of a certain coalition composed of Ottoman and Sawifa was Samarkand, so Li Yan led the 2nd Cavalry Corps to station in Samarkand, but Kandahar and the Kelbar Pass were left open.
But then again, the problem is actually not that big. Because from Kandahar to the Kelber Pass, this area is the hometown of the Bukhara Khanate and the Kokand Khanate. This area has almost been killed by Zhu Cijiong. There were not many people left at all.
Therefore, if the Sawifa army really marches from this direction, its logistics supply will face unprecedented challenges. This is equivalent to the Ming army adopting a strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. Just these more than 3,000 miles of logistics supply lines can bring down the Sawifa army. military.
Moreover, even if the Sawi French army overcame many difficulties and finally crossed the Kelber Pass and reached the city of Peshawar, they would still be attacked head-on by the Mughal defenders.
The Mughal Empire is now a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. The Mughal army will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army, but it will be at least 50-50 better than the Savi army.
Therefore, Abbas II's little idea was harmful to a certain army, but gave Li Yan's troops the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
...In short, the battlefield in Central Asia is still calm. But the war in the Kazakh grassland has officially begun.
The scout cavalry led by Zhu Cijiong personally encountered a reconnaissance team of Cossack cavalry on the edge of the Kazakh grassland, and a small-scale encounter broke out.
At this time, the captain of the soldiers following Zhu Cijiong was Zhou Peigong. Zhou Peigong said, "King Ding, the number of enemies is several times ours, why don't we retreat first?"
"Withdraw? Why are you withdrawing? It's just several times our number." Zhu Cijiong was not afraid at all and said casually,
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "These few people are not enough for us to fill our teeth." Zhou Peigong was a little confused, "But..."
"It's nothing." Zhu Cijiong interrupted him,
"Give me the order to draw up the formation to meet them." Zhou Peigong had no choice but to order the formation. Soon, more than a hundred scout cavalry spread out left and right, forming a huge front, and then urged the horses to face the Cossacks in front. cavalry.
Upon seeing this, the Cossack cavalry on the opposite side also spread out their cavalry formation, forming a wider cavalry line, with three lines in front and behind, and then slowly approached with sabers and spears in hand.
A few Cossack cavalry also carry a matchlock gun on their shoulders. Cavalry in the Western world has been generally equipped with matchlock guns, such as the cavalry of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of France. The matchlock gun has completely replaced the spear used by the cavalry. The standard of the cavalry
The equipment became a saber and a matchlock.
However, the Cossack cavalry preferred spears and sabers, so the number of matchlocks was very small. Only the Cossack cavalry that entered Siberia and the Far East were equipped with a large number of matchlocks.
Therefore, the Cossack cavalry is a traditional cold-weapon cavalry. There is a generation difference between them and the Ming army cavalry, and there is a full generation difference, not in the same plane.
Zhou Peigong was not worried about being unable to defeat the Cossack cavalry. He was simply worried about Zhu Cijiong's safety.
After all, swords and guns have no eyesight. You are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. But Zhu Cijiong didn't care, there was no word "fear" in his dictionary.
Soon, the distance between the two cavalrymen was shortened to one thousand meters. For the cavalry, the perfect charging distance is one hundred steps, which is 160 meters.
If it is light cavalry, the charging distance can be appropriately lengthened, but it cannot be too far. Therefore, the Cossack cavalry is not in a hurry to charge, and the Ming army will naturally not charge.
After entering five hundred meters, the Ming cavalry even stopped. Then Zhou Peigong gave an order, and more than a hundred Ming cavalry on horseback raised their rifles, all of them sniper rifles.
The rifles equipped by the Ming army to the scouts were all new sniper rifles equipped with scopes. Zhu Cijiong also raised his sniper rifle and locked onto a cavalryman on the opposite side through the scope.
Seeing the Ming cavalry raise their rifles, the Cossack cavalry opposite them were not afraid, but instead laughed unbridled. These ignorant Cossack cavalry mistook the rifles in the hands of the Ming cavalry for smoothbore muskets.
The accuracy of smoothbore muskets is extremely low, and the hit rate beyond 50 meters is basically impossible to measure. Now that the two sides are 500 meters apart, the Ming army's rifles can't even hit the horses under their crotches.
Amid the jeers, the Cossack cavalry continued to pull apart and slowly approached the Ming cavalry. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was less than 400 meters, and Zhu Cijiong decisively pulled the trigger.
Just listen
There was a "bang" sound, and a Cossack cavalry fell from his horse four hundred meters away from the opposite side. This distance was nothing for Zhu Cijiong, a super shooter, and he could hit it with his eyes closed.
Zhu Cijiong's gunshot was an order, and the next moment, more than a hundred Ming army scout cavalry lined up opened fire one after another.
Intensive gunshots rang out, and the Cossack cavalry on the opposite side fell instantly. Two-thirds of the more than 150 Cossacks in the front row were gone in an instant. God!
The Cossack cavalry was instantly stunned. How could the Ming army's muskets be so accurate? However, Zhu Cijiong and more than a hundred Ming army scout cavalry pulled the bolt and ejected the shell as quickly as possible, then pushed the bullet into the chamber, then raised their rifles and aimed at the second row of Cossacks.
cavalry.
Another burst of intensive gunfire rang out. Most of the second row of Cossack cavalry also fell. At this time, the surviving Cossack cavalry finally reacted.
However, these Cossack cavalry were really brave. Even though they were like this, they did not run away. Instead, they launched a direct charge and urged their horses to rush towards the Ming army. Apparently they wanted to fight in front of the Ming army.
Unfortunately, the Ming army would not give them this chance at all. The rate of fire of the bolt-action rifle was also fatal to the cavalry.
[The beginning of the new book has been approved by the editor, and is currently being compiled at the rate of half a chapter per day. The subject matter is still in the late Ming Dynasty, and the starting point is the bloody battle of Hunhe River in 1621. In addition, due to the long-term sub-health state of the body, it is currently being
Drink Chinese medicine for conditioning, and then open a new book after your body recovers a little]
