In this naval battle, the Datang Navy actually had a considerable advantage, not to mention its maneuverability. The nine capital ships were specially built for ocean warfare. The three-masted soft sails brought great power to these ships.
Huge power, and the hull is generally slender, so the speed is even faster.
There is also the total tonnage of the ships. There are nine warships in the Tang Dynasty Navy. The smallest is a frigate of more than 350 tons, and the largest is a cruiser of 550 tons. Just these nine battleships have a total tonnage of
It reached 3,800 tons, and there were more than 20 armed merchant ships of more than 200 tons or even more than 300 tons.
The Tang Dynasty mobile fleet participating in the war had a total tonnage of about 10,000 tons.
As for the Ming Navy, although there were more ships, their ships were generally small, with the largest being only over three hundred tons. The main battleships were all one to two hundred tons, and more were under one hundred tons.
The ships, as for the small fire ships, were not much in total. The total tonnage of more than a hundred Ming navy ships could only reach 8,000 tons.
As for firepower, the Ming army's disadvantage is even greater!
The nine warships of the Tang Navy plus more than 20 armed merchant ships had more than 350 long-barreled cannons and howitzers of various calibers.
However, on the Ming Army's side, the total number of large-caliber anti-ship artillery did not exceed thirty. Most of them were shotguns that focused on killing personnel, such as Folangjis and Wankou Cannons. On the other hand, on the Tang Navy's side,
, the two-pound and three-pound shotguns of the same level are not included in the statistical list of naval guns.
Even comparing these shotguns, the Tang Navy actually had an advantage. After all, those large-caliber and heavy cannons could be equipped with so many, and those light shotguns could be deployed in large numbers wherever possible.
In terms of protection, it goes without saying that the main warships of the Tang Navy are made of the finest wood and are extremely thick. At the same time, the ship shape is designed specifically for combat, so the protection capability is quite excellent.
The Ming Navy's warship protection capabilities are only at the level of armed merchant ships!
Therefore, despite the fact that the number of warships in the Datang Navy is smaller, whether it is in terms of mobility, firepower, protection, or total tonnage, the mobile fleet actually has an advantage, and it is a huge advantage.
Without this obvious advantage, the Tang Navy would not have deployed its main force to attack Nan'ao Island.
The next morning, Vice Admiral Ouyang Gui also met Army Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan, the leader of the First Mixed Regiment, who hurriedly arrived.
Then a military meeting involving the army, navy, and guards began, covering the three armed forces of the Tang Dynasty. Because the three parties were not subordinate to each other, and there was no priority among the three parties. In order to avoid military conflicts,
Affect the three armies' offensive on Nan'ao Island.
Ouyang Gui also specifically ordered the navy officers below to give sufficient respect to the representatives of the army and the Guards to reflect the navy's spirit of ownership.
Finally, even the layout in the conference room is not a traditional rectangular table, but a specially arranged large round table, with three seats without distinction.
Ouyang Gui brought four naval generals, the commanders of the four squadrons, to participate, wearing navy navy blue officer uniforms.
On the army side, Army Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan of the First Mixed Regiment took part with his chief of staff and two infantry battalions participating in the battle. They were wearing dark blue officer uniforms. Well, although the military uniforms of the army and navy are called
They are different, but they are actually the same color with very little difference.
Although there are fewer people in the Guards, the lineup is not inferior at all. The team is led by Brigadier General Chen Qutong, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Guards, Lieutenant Colonel Jin Chongshan, Commander of the Third Infantry Battalion of the Guards, and two Guards Lieutenant Colonels.
The color of their military uniforms is different from that of the army and navy. They are all pure black military uniforms.
The establishment, ranks, and uniforms of the Guards are different from those of the Army and Navy. The commander of an infantry battalion is a lieutenant colonel.
There are four people in the three parties, a total of twelve people sitting around this big round table!
Although there are different branches of the military, the person with the highest military rank is Ouyang Gui, so it is natural that he will preside over this meeting. He first simply said that the navy has eliminated the resistance of the Ming navy, although there are still dozens of Ming ships.
The military and naval vessels fled back to the port, but he said that the navy's main fleet would directly block the port after the battle began, and would never let these Ming naval forces rush out to disrupt the landing.
But how to conduct a land battle after landing and annihilate the tens of thousands of Ming troops on the island is obviously not the navy's strength. The authority in this area is naturally Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan, the commander of the Army's First Mixed Regiment.
Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan introduced the battle plan he prepared in detail. Ouyang Gui naturally couldn't tell the pros and cons, but Brigadier General Chen Qutong of the Guards Army expressed his approval.
So naturally the navy has no objections.
It was finally decided that according to the original plan, the blockade mission would continue to be carried out by the navy. At the same time, armed merchant ships under the navy would approach the landing site to support the landing force with artillery fire. After they landed ashore, small and medium-caliber naval guns would be removed directly from the navy's warships to form a
A temporary naval artillery battalion landed to join the battle.
Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan personally serves as the commander of the ground combat, Chen Qutong, deputy chief of staff of the Guards, serves as the deputy commander, and the artillery commander is the navy.
In short, all three parties must participate, and none of them will fail!
After the three parties completed their discussions, they prepared to go their own way. Ouyang Gui personally led eight battleships and ten armed merchant ships to directly block the Ming Navy Port on Nan'ao Island. At first, the Ming Navy
There were still ships trying to rush out, most of them were fire ships, and some ships tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but they were all shot back by hundreds of artillery pieces from the fleet commanded by Ouyang Gui!
At this time, the Ming Navy learned its lesson and stopped rushing out. However, it also prepared a large number of fire ships as standby. If Ouyang Gui dared to lead the fleet into the port, these fire ships would be put to great use.
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Ouyang Gui, who was in sight of victory, naturally would not take unnecessary risks, so he did not enter the port and stayed outside!
At the same time, the landing fleet consisting of more than ten armed merchant ships and dozens of various small and medium-sized boats also approached the other side of Nan'ao Island. Since there was no interference from the Ming Navy, the landing operation went extremely smoothly.
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After learning that the puppet Tang bandits had landed, Qin Zhifu's face instantly turned extremely pale!
"Sir, what should we do now? Should we go with General Chen and others to resist the attack of the puppet Tang rebels?" A Qianhu next to him said with a worried look on his face: "The puppet troops of the Tang Dynasty who landed are only 4,000 people. We
There are tens of thousands of troops on the island, so a fight may not be without a chance of victory!"
But as soon as this man finished speaking, he was slapped by Qin Zhifu!
"Shit, Mr. Zhang was in Huguang and Jiangxi's hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated miserably. This shows how powerful these pseudo-Tang thieves are. It is said that each of the Tang thieves can fight one against ten. We have to fight against these four thousand Tang thieves. No one is three or four."
Don't even think about it!" Qin Zhifu's face turned gloomy when he said this.
Qianhu on the side seemed to have thought of something, and then reacted with fear and said: "Yes, the navy of the Puppet Tang rebel army is indeed sharp, but their army is even more powerful. I heard that Yu Dayou said that some time ago
The tens of thousands of bandit troops and horses on the border are all suppressed and beaten by thousands of puppet Tang bandit troops!"
"Yu Dayou's bandit-breaking army is a new army equipped with guns and artillery. But on our island, we are all old guard soldiers. How can we defeat them?" Qin Zhifu's face turned pale when he said this.
The color of sadness is even stronger.
"Then, sir, what should we do? How about..." When Qianhu said this, he glanced at Qin Zhifu's expression, and then said boldly: "How about we surrender?"
Unexpectedly, he suddenly received another big slap from Qin Zhifu, who immediately spun him around in a circle. After being slapped, the Qianhu immediately fell to their knees and said, "Sir, please spare your life, little one."
You didn’t mean to drop it!”
"It's just a casual comment. Please forgive me, sir!"
Qin Zhifu glanced at him, then took a deep breath and said: "Surrender, that is impossible. If you don't see it, there are many Tang thieves who surrendered, but there are a few who fell. Okay, I am the president of the Ming Dynasty.
Soldier, if he is defeated and surrenders, I am afraid he will not be able to escape the fate of being placed under house arrest, so this surrender is impossible!"
"Don't surrender? Then let's fight to the death, sir. I'm willing to be the vanguard!" Qianhu suddenly shouted loudly.
However, Qin Zhifu showed a cold smile at this time and said: "Since they are unkind and make me lose face, then don't blame me for turning into a traitor!"
When they heard about surrendering to thieves, Qianhu felt that his brains were running out. He had just said he would not surrender, but how could he turn to surrendering to thieves in just one sentence?
Seeing the confused expressions of Qianhu under his command, Qin Zhifu said: "Idiot, surrendering directly is definitely not possible, but if we are in front of the battle anyway, we can even cooperate with the Tang Dynasty official army to kill a wave of those fake Ming thieves. That is different.
When we get to the Tang Dynasty, even if we cannot continue to hold power, we should still be able to guarantee our prosperity and wealth for the rest of our lives!"
After hearing this, the Qianhu family finally came to a realization!
"Your Majesty, you are wise. In this way, not only can we avoid this catastrophe, but we can also take the opportunity to ride on the carriage of the Tang Dynasty. The future prosperity and wealth will be just around the corner!" Those thousands of households seemed to have transformed after seeing themselves, and became...
The General of the Tang Dynasty whom everyone respected!
At this time, Qin Zhifu seemed to be the real commander-in-chief of real power, and he said with high spirits: "You must run for me immediately. You must see the person in charge of the Tang Army and inform me of your intention. I will also summon him immediately."
The soldiers and horses are preparing to seize the city, but I want to sacrifice the city anyway!"