Daming Military Empire

Chapter 634

At this time, the three generals of the navy, Generalissimo Zheng Chenggong was staring at the map and thinking, and Deputy Marshals Huang Long and Zheng Zhihu looked eager to try, Zhu Cijiong simply skipped over Zheng Chenggong and turned his attention to Huanglong, motioning him to speak first.

Seeing this, Huanglong bowed his hands immediately, then pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, I think that we don't necessarily need to occupy its territory or cities to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Burning the port, bombing the factory, and destroying it no matter what, it made them restless, forcing them to come to seize control of the Mediterranean Sea, so that the geographical advantage will be transferred to our Daming Habsburg Alliance."

Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, special operations!

Not bad, not bad, he couldn't help admiring: "Yeah, your proposal is very good, even if you can't lure them to the Mediterranean Sea, you can still stir up chaos behind them, hehe, just use the sniper rifle, the sniper rifle is here It is not very useful on the frontal battlefield, but it is very useful in this small group of elite sneak attack operations, you can try it, you can try it.”

It was a beauty in Huanglong's heart to be praised by the emperor. It seemed that everyone had put forward so many suggestions, but his emperor accepted it, and it felt so flattering.

Zhu Cijiong praised Huang Long and then looked at Zheng Zhihu. Seeing that this guy looked impatient, he must have some good idea.

Seeing that the emperor had seen it, Zheng Zhihu hurriedly bowed his hands, and then pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you first concentrate your forces to help Portugal regain the Gold Coast, which is closer to Portugal and Spain than to the anti-Habsburg alliance. Guoyuan is the most ideal battlefield, here, we can take advantage of the geographical advantage to beat them to the north."

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback. This move is naturally a good strategy if he knows himself and the enemy, but the problem is that he still doesn't know the specific strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

This guy is fierce and fierce, sometimes he just doesn't have a brain, and nine times out of ten he will suffer a big loss if he rushes forward so stupidly.

He nodded, and said tactfully: "Well, we must fight in the end, but we must first find out the specific situation of the enemy before fighting. If it succeeds, what do you think?"

At this moment, among all the generals, Zheng Chenggong remained silent. The suggestions made by others were not very timely. Now it is up to Zheng Chenggong.

After Zheng Chenggong heard the words, he thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, I think everyone's suggestions are very good, as long as they are combined together, it will be a very good tactic."

Knead together, how to knead?What everyone said didn't seem to have much connection, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but asked curiously: "Oh, can they be combined? Tell me quickly, what kind of tactic is it to combine?"

Zheng Chenggong nodded, and said wisely: "Our biggest problem now is that we don't know how many warships the enemy has. In the vast sea, it is definitely unrealistic to go and investigate. The only way is to lure them out."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words. The west of Europe is the Atlantic Ocean. Looking for the enemy's fleet in such a large area is no different from finding a needle in a haystack. The hope of finding it is very slim. However, how to lure the enemy's fleet out?

Under Zhu Cijiong's curious eyes, Zheng Chenggong slowly pointed his finger at the map, but the place he was pointing at was a bit strange, not the Mediterranean Sea, nor the Atlantic Ocean, but the Strait of Gibraltar where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet, and he was not pointing at the main point of the Strait. In the middle, it is outside the strait, the arc-shaped coast on the European side.

What does this mean?Immediately afterwards, he explained: "We can build a large fort near the sea here first, and put the army's artillery on it first."

What does it mean to build a fort here?Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking: "Is it useful to build a fort here?"

Zheng Chenggong explained: "Your Majesty, for the sake of safety, the navy must have a base to rely on. Here is the port built by our Ming Dynasty. After building a large fort on both sides, there will be no problem in terms of safety. It can be used as a temporary base."

Grand Marshal Lu Xiangsheng looked at the location, and couldn't help asking: "If the army is stationed here, can they keep up with food, supplies, weapons and ammunition? The nearest base here is thousands of miles away from Daming!"

Zheng Chenggong pointed to the sign on the map and said: "Marshal Lu, don't worry, there is our Ming trade zone here, the traffic is very developed, food, grass and supplies can be purchased on the spot, weapons and ammunition can also be transferred by railway, it is not possible to station several army corps questionable."

Most of the people also had such doubts in their hearts. After Zheng Chenggong's explanation, they all nodded in agreement, and no one objected to the establishment of a temporary base.

Zheng Chenggong pointed to the map and continued: "I guess, the anti-Habsburg alliance must have ambushed a large number of warships at sea, just wait for us to take the bait, we will touch their hook and go straight to the Gold Coast, if they don't come to attack , we will take back the Gold Coast, and if they come to siege, we will directly retreat to the temporary base, so that their strength will be exposed."

What a clever plan, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but praised: "Okay, it's successful, this plan is very clever, let's do it like this!"

The crowd also followed behind them and kept nodding their heads in admiration. For a while, there was so much flattery that Zheng Chenggong was a little overwhelmed.

The plan has been decided, and it seems that the only thing left is to deploy troops and generals. However, Zhu Cijiong is studying "36 Strategies" at this time. What kind of strategy Zheng Chenggong used in this tactic, he didn't think about it for a long time.

Everyone complimented for a while, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help raising his hand to interrupt: "Success, which of the 36 tricks did you use?"

Zheng Chenggong was taken aback when he heard the words. Of course, he had studied "36 Strategies" carefully, but the tactics this time were not just a single strategy, but a combination of many strategies. He thought about it and explained in detail: "Your Majesty, This time, the tactician did not apply 36 tricks mechanically, but a countermeasure that he came up with based on the actual situation. The previous method was to scare the enemy. When the enemy’s strength is not exposed, his whereabouts are secretive, and his intention is unknown, he can only scare the enemy out. As for the latter, if the enemy does not come to attack, then there is no strategy at all, just go straight to the past, if the enemy comes to attack, we retreat, and we have the meaning of waiting for work."

Zhu Cijiong savored it carefully, and couldn't help but praised: "Okay, what a surprise, what a waiter."

Everyone savored the words carefully, the more they savored, the more they felt that Zheng Chenggong was great. It is considered good for general generals who can copy the strategies in the military books mechanically, but the generals who are more advanced can only use the strategies in the military books flexibly, and this Zheng Chenggong The generalissimo can combine the strategy in the book of war with the actual situation, and it has infinite uses, which is really amazing!

Zheng Chenggong is indeed an outstanding talent. Unfortunately, the desperate situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty in history has little to do with strategy and tactics. But for the world's most powerful powers, the problem of subjugation does not exist at all. What he has to consider is how to lead the Ming Navy to seize maritime supremacy.

It is a good time for him to show his skills to fight fiercely against the great powers and fight for hegemony at sea!
(End of this chapter)