Daming Military Empire

Chapter 650 Meticulously Planning a Protracted War

Jin Yiwei's communication system in Europe is very fast. It takes less than two days to send a telegram from Madrid to Valencia, and then send people to the Ming army base on the Eurasian Canal in less than two days. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong arrived in Madrid. On the third day, Zhu Cijiong received his telegram.

There are many contents in the telegram, not only the problems of large shipyards and telegraph lines, Zheng Chenggong also mentioned the problem of Princess Maria by the way.

Zhu Cijiong didn't even have to think about the problem of large shipyards, he just got it right.

He originally proposed to build a large shipyard with an annual output of [-] super battleships for Spain and Portugal, not because he wanted to limit their production of only [-] super battleships a year, but because he was afraid that they would not be able to build more.

You must know that shipbuilding is not only a matter of having a shipyard, but also workers and materials. Spain and Portugal do not rely on colonial supplies, and even materials for a hundred super battleships are a problem, let alone workers. Compared with Daming's population, that population is simply not in the same order of magnitude.

It is very difficult for Daming to gather skilled workers who can produce [-] super battleships a year. He thought that Spain and Portugal could gather skilled workers who could produce [-] super battleships a year. That would be the limit. He never thought that Philip IV I also want to build [-] ships a year.

It’s good to build [-] ships a year. In this way, with the addition of Ming’s and Portugal’s, the annual production capacity of the entire Daming Habsburg Alliance will reach [-] super battleships, which must exceed the annual production of warships of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. Production, so the advantage is obvious in a war of attrition.

As for whether the Spanish Navy will surpass the Ming Empire, Zhu Cijiong is not worried at all. Ming Dynasty plans to produce [-] super battleships a year. Besides, even if the output of Spanish super battleships increases, so what? Their population base is at There, there are as many warships as the Ming Dynasty, and there is no navy like the Ming Dynasty to drive them!
As for the issue of the telegraph line, let alone, Zhu Cijiong had planned for a long time to directly pull the telegraph line to the Strait of Gibraltar through the colonies of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa, and then lay submarine cables to pull the telegraph line to Spain and connect it. The telegraph line over there.

It’s just that the planning of the telegraph line and the Eurasian Railway are together. Now even the railway to the Holy Roman Empire has not been completed. Of course, the telegraph line in North Africa has not yet started. He just extended the telegraph line to the Eurasian Canal for the convenience of communication. The Ming army base.

Now, the battle with the anti-Habsburg alliance had begun, and the telegraph line had become the most important communication tool. Naturally, he couldn't wait any longer, and he decided to send people to lay a special line to Spain immediately.

The question of Zheng Chenggong's desire to marry Princess Maria was even more of a surprise to Zhu Cijiong. This kid is finally getting married. It seems that he should be very satisfied with that Princess Maria, otherwise he wouldn't be so eager to ask himself for instructions .

This is a good thing. Marriage was originally the most commonly used and most important means of communication between countries during this period. Zheng Chenggong took the initiative to marry the Spanish royal family, which he naturally wished for.

This kind of good deed not only needs to be approved, but also has to come up with something as a betrothal gift. After all, Zheng Chenggong is his younger brother, so if he doesn't express it, it will appear that he is stingy as a big brother.

What should I use as a dowry gift?Zhu Cijiong really couldn't make up his mind for a while.

money?It seems inappropriate, Zheng Chenggong is not short of money, and he has to pay for him as a dowry, which makes him feel a little embarrassed.

What about other things?It seems that Zheng Chenggong has everything he lacks, and it is really troublesome to take out what he doesn't have!
Just as he was thinking hard about what to take as a dowry gift, Zheng Chenggong's second telegram arrived again.

This telegram was sent after he beat Gaston violently. It is obvious that France is playing tricks on it again.

Zhu Cijiong was also angry when he saw the telegram. It was his fault. Every time it was this Richey who stayed behind to play tricks and tricks. He really thought that the Ming Empire was made of mud!
They couldn't reach them before, but now they can. Zhu Cijiong decided to give them some color!

He took out the map and looked at it carefully, a bold tactic suddenly appeared in his mind.

This tactic is actually the tactic Richelieu used to deal with Daming back then. To put it simply, it bloomed everywhere, making them overwhelmed.

Now, there is a point where Zheng Chenggong is. Zhu Cijiong is going to let Zheng Chenggong rely on the base at the mouth of the Guadiana River, and continue to make a gesture of attacking the Gold Coast to consume the forces of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Also, at the beginning of the year, he had planned to open up a new battlefield in North America, and directly sent the army there to wipe out the powers there. This is another point.

Also, Lu Xiangsheng's tactic of besieging Wei and saving Zhao and Huang Long's tactic of harassment of small-scale elite troops can also be implemented together, but the tactic of encircling Wei and saving Zhao was implemented by the Spanish Army, and Ming Dynasty only produced small-scale elite troops.

Speaking of which, how could Spain listen to Ming Ming's stance and attack the south of France?
It's very simple. Wasn't Zhu Cijiong thinking about the dowry just now? He thought it over, that is, to refurbish all the various field howitzers of the three first-class legions and send them to Spain as a dowry. The condition is to let them put on a posture to attack southern France .

Now the first-class legion has started to install the Shenwei cannon, and those howitzers can only be used for the second-class and third-class legion to re-equip, it is better to send it to Spain, anyway, all the legions will be equipped with the Shenwei cannon in the future, saving money. Come and go troublesome.

As for the small group of elite troops, they were selected from the Guanning Army, Dongjiang Army, and Dingliao Army. Each legion selected [-] elite troops to keep them relying on the defense line in northern Spain to harass southern France. Anyway, their current task is to garrison The forts and bastions at the mouth of the Guadiana River do not matter much if they take away some people.

In short, this point is to make the whole of southern France have no peace, make them worry every day, and have a bad life.

Another point is the Siberian Plain, where there are currently five regular army regiments stationed there. Anyway, they are idle anyway. After the ice and snow melt, let them assume an offensive posture and threaten Tsarist Russia. , advance slowly; if the big powers come to support, that's just right, at least they will spend at least 30 to [-] troops to garrison here, and the food, grass and supplies are enough for them to drink a pot.

Also, the Eurasian Railway will be built next year to the Holy Roman Empire. By then, Ming will be able to directly send troops to threaten the Netherlands by land. The Dutch navy is very powerful, but the army is far behind. At that time, two or three legions will be sent there. Let's see what they do.

The protracted war is all about consumption. Daming now has so many regular legions, and they will consume food and grass when they are idle. It is better to let them harass everywhere and consume the manpower and material resources of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

The current Ming Dynasty has a territory several times larger than that of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, and a population more than ten times larger than that of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. Playing with consumption will definitely kill them!
PS: I recommend Xian Qingzhu's new work "Marquis of the Ming Dynasty", killing aliens, guarding the border, avenging the family, defending Daming, how strong I am the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty!It is not a time-travel article, but it describes the military career of the natives of the Ming Dynasty. Interested readers should not miss it.

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