Lord of Ming Dynasty

Or like the Hundred Years War fought by Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain in the [-]th century, or the fortress battle between Napoleon of France and the anti-French coalition forces.

Zhao Hui, who was accompanying Zhang Qiang, frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, why are the Japanese so determined? Why don't they attack from other places?"

Before Zhang Qiang could figure out how to answer this question, Feng Quan who was beside him said, "Because we also have this gang in other places. Killed their 500 farmer cannon fodder troops, and captured [-] seriously injured people. Most of these seriously injured died the next day. Now only [-] people can survive. These people were put into the port construction by us. About half of them are dead now, and most of the people who can survive and recover from injuries, we give them good treatment, do some not very laborious work in the port, and pay them back wages, "

Hehe, Zhang Qiang knows that Feng Quan, an old fox, has a way of doing things. He can change the way to do what he wants. You are in great trouble, and then I will show you kindness, let you jump out of the dire straits, and watch me pick you out, shouldn't you be grateful to Dade for repaying me?

It was his method that quickly stabilized the situation and caused the rise of the new Lufu.

When several people were discussing, a fast traffic boat came from the rear, and several soldiers who were obviously in the role of messengers climbed up and whispered a few words to Feng Quan, Feng Quan looked ashen.

Zhang Qiang looked at him suspiciously, "What is it?"

Feng Quan said: "Your Majesty, the Second Prince's troops have landed directly from the Kagoshima pier, and are now fighting fiercely on the pier. The Chinese navy and marines are rushing to support them. Our militiamen have been defeated and are retreating to the city. They continued to attack the county seat, and the enemy came on several third prince's merchant ships, we were unprepared, and were successfully attacked by them."

Zhang Qiang was also very surprised. Suddenly he thought: "Where is the navy patrolling? Where are the navy's warships?"

Feng Quan smiled wryly, "Navy warships are patrolling the surrounding island waters, and now there are only three [-]-ton warships at the pier. Judging from the feedback, the surrounding warships are all entangled. The enemy fleet has gone after them, even those three warships are no exception, and the nearest one is fifty nautical miles away, and there is no time to return for help."

Zhang Qiang immediately said: "Then let's go immediately, Zhao Hui, and leave two ships here to monitor and support, and the rest will return to the aid dock to intercept the enemy's follow-up reinforcement ships. The Marine Corps immediately approached the shore, and rushed to reinforce the county from the land passage and Mr. Feng. The enemy should not have many people to go ashore. The Marine Corps has 3000 soldiers and horses, and the Guards have [-] soldiers. [-] people are enough to suppress the enemy. The defenders in Shangxian County and the troops mobilized along the road are enough to drive the enemy into the sea.

I will take the fleet to intercept the enemy's troop carrier fleet, and I will also send transportation ships to contact the warships that have been lured away by the enemy. We will assemble in groups, and then assemble in groups. Gather up as quickly as possible, and we cannot let the enemy destroy them one by one. Then we will win. If you do, you will lose a lot. "

The fleet of ten thousand-ton warships, thirty three-hundred-ton warships, and eighty sixty-ton warships immediately changed course and turned around from the hidden harbor to Kagoshima County. The Marine Corps followed the troops, as well as Feng Quan. They would go to the nearest barracks to borrow horses and carts, and then take the carts to quickly transport the soldiers to the vicinity of Kagoshima County to meet the enemy.

Since the road was built, many troops in Xinlu Mansion used carts, war horses, and even rough horses for fast movement, making the mobility of these garrison troops in Xinlu Mansion gradually approaching that of the Huaxia Kingdom.

The soldiers and horses of the Huaxia Kingdom are now mules and horses. Basically, every garrison battalion will be equipped with carts, poor horses, or some eliminated war horses, as long as they can be ridden. This is much easier and faster than walking. Horses must Running faster than people, on the exclusive post road, if something happens during the war, it can be immediately changed to a road for soldiers and horses to speed up the mobilization of soldiers and horses.

If it is said that the general Ming army can travel 55 miles a day at the fastest speed, then the infantry of the Huaxia Army can travel at least [-] miles a day. This is because the Huaxia Army basically relies on walking. Riding away on horses not only saves the physical strength of the soldiers, but also shortens the arrival time. It saves the soldiers from carrying packages and carrying long guns and walking for dozens of miles. After being overworked, they have to drag their tired bodies to fight the enemy. , Riding a mule can be five to ten miles faster than the fastest walking, and infantry riding a war horse is much faster than ordinary soldiers, riding a horse for twenty to thirty miles, that is, they can march eighty miles or more in a day.

If you add a carriage, then many war horses can be used less. The pack horse not only carries a heavy load, but also the speed is not slow at all. As long as it is well dispatched, it can basically travel at a speed of 65 kilometers or [-] kilometers a day. It's not like blowing a hundred kilometers.

Therefore, for a road that is only a little more than a hundred kilometers, it is still a cinder-hardened road that has been repaired. Feng Quan brought three thousand soldiers and horses, and then collected [-] militiamen from various places along the way. When it was dark, we returned to Kagoshima Prefecture.

Chapter 735 The reason for being attacked

There are fortifications on the beach around Kagoshima County, but Feng Quan obviously ignored the Huaxia Army Navy Station Wharf and the Xinlu Prefecture Police Navy Station Wharf, as well as the commercial wharf that was previously captured, which is also the same as Kagoshima County. The largest commercial pier with outside connections.

There are nearly a hundred merchant ships traded between the Huaxia Kingdom and Xinlu Mansion every day, as well as the Huaxia military caravans that continue to bring follow-up food supplies. Some overseas military supplies of the Huaxia Kingdom no longer need the Huaxia Army to worry about. In order to reduce the burden on the army , Some food and grass supplies and some living supplies have been outsourced to the maritime merchants of the Huaxia Kingdom.

This is also Zhang Qiang's naturalization of the policy made by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in order to support the maritime merchants of the Huaxia Kingdom. Of course, the maritime merchants of the Huaxia Kingdom who benefited from it, followed suit. Small merchants cooperate, two parties, three parties, or a combination of multiple parties. You contract the contract, and we are responsible for land transportation, or loading, or use ships to help you transport it out, reach the destination, and finally get back the bills, and work with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The relevant yamen of the Huaxia Ministry of National Defense was reimbursed and obtained the payment for the goods. In the end, everyone shared the benefits equally according to the contributions they made and the negotiated benefits.

These are some small merchants, some medium-sized merchants can hire ships to do it themselves, merchants who own ships can also do it themselves, and some million-dollar merchants transport, load and unload, ship, and pay back one-stop, and do it themselves.

The benefits of buying and selling from the government are not very big, the advantage is that the quantity is large and the profit is stable.

This is a compromise policy made by Zhang Qiang in order to cultivate the business of his own kingdom. It has greatly promoted the commercial development of the Huaxia Kingdom. He learned from later generations that small merchants have a fixed tax rate, medium-sized merchants have a low tax rate, large merchants have a high tax rate, and extra-large merchants have a very high tax rate. The extremely high tax rate and the floating tax rate for super large merchants are not only beneficial to the development of small merchants, but also beneficial to the tax revenue of the Huaxia Kingdom. .

The final ownership of these merchants must go to Xinlu Mansion, because Xinlu Mansion needs the support of the Huaxia Kingdom to grow stronger and resist the joint attack of Japan, the second prince, and the Qing Dynasty.

There is even the eldest prince who stabbed a knife in the back. He also joined the Qing Dynasty, the main force against the Huaxia Kingdom. The reason is nothing more than that the Thais and Westerners intertwined among them. Fear, as well as admiration and approval of their strength.

The main purpose of the merchants is to transport food and supplies to Xinlu Mansion where Feng Quan is located, and the other is to transport people, weapons, and supplies to the island where the third prince is located. Of course, such a busy port cannot be without loopholes to find, so Lu Er The island wharf was like the idiot who was tricked by the Eighth Route Army into attacking the Japanese barracks in an anti-Japanese drama.

This is something that Feng Quan cannot decide, and it is also something that Zhang Qiang can't think of, because Zhang Qiang's main energy and focus are actually on the construction of the Huaxia Kingdom, rather than these intrigues. Let's look at the cowardice and incompetence of our country in later generations, and we will know Well, it’s mainly about domestic construction, not surrounding fights. No matter how the surrounding area loses profits or loses people’s hearts, the domestic economy has always been centered on economic construction, with development and rise as the core. .

Of course Zhang Qiang is not that kind of person. At least 40.00% of his energy is devoted to how to deal with the enemy's invasion and erosion, constantly provoking and weakening the opponent, but the opponent is smart and capable, and there is a traitor who plays an important role in it , The chess pieces in his hand are relatively weak, so sometimes Zhang Qiang can't operate them with ease, forming an advantage of crushing.

As the support of the Huaxia Army increased for him, the third prince also fought back very hard, and Xinlu Mansion is now stable and developing, and at the same time defending against enemy attacks, because with their small population, they cannot generate a strong army. Against Japan, which has a population of tens of millions, there is still the enemy of the troublesome second prince. Even if they can win the battle, they will not be able to occupy the territory.

When Zhang Qiang arrived later with the fleet, Feng Quan's team was already fighting with the troops of the second prince who had landed.

The artillery on the shore roared, and the gunfire continued, resounding through the sky in the dark night.

At sea, the warships returning from the patrol line were fighting fiercely with the enemy's chasing warships, and the guns were rumbling, and the entanglement continued. In the distance, enemy warships continued to join in, as if the enemy's warships continued to flow. .

Zhang Qiang let the rest of the personal guards go ashore, and went ashore himself, and handed over the fleet to Zhao Hui's command to help the garrison navy of Xinlu Mansion.

People and soldiers who fled along the road were everywhere. Along with Zhang Qiang's [-] guards, the guards were heavily guarded, and they gathered the defeated soldiers along the way. The advantages and the fact that the soldiers of the second prince are also the elite of the Lu army, compared with the more than ten thousand militiamen Feng Quan placed in the city, their combat effectiveness is much higher.

On the pier, Feng Quan was leading a large army to fight fiercely with the landing troops. The flames were soaring into the sky. The enemy inside the city was fighting fiercely with the soldiers defending the city.

"Rush to the city wall and help the friendly army." Zhang Qiang waved his hand.

After so many years, Zhang Qiang has come to the battlefield again in person, and Zhang Qiang has a feeling of resurrection. He has a gene for killing and fighting in his bones.

Half of the pro-guards were holding lianzhu guns and bayonets hanging from their waists. They rushed up from the steps of the city gate on this side, raised their guns, and fired in one go. There was no need to stop to load bullets, because the bullets had already been loaded. There are five bullets in the gun, all of which are iron-cased bullets. The flexible mechanism can buckle the skylight gunpowder port behind the bullets. Pull the hammer on it with your hand, and the hammer will hit the raised flint next to the bullets. In a narrow space, sparks fly, and in the narrow space covered by the gunpowder cover, the sparks fall on the gunpowder in the primer window behind the bullet, directly ignite the primer, and the primer ignites the propelling powder in front, directly pushing the front of the bullet The lead bullet mixed with iron embedded in the bullet case was pushed out.

All the designs are very ingenious, except for the loaded bullets under the hammer, the complicated primer, and the flint box is a bit bigger, the lower one relies on the spring to push the next bullet up, and the side relies on the gunpowder gas to push the round to finish the warhead The shell casings are thrown out of the callback hook of this small box, and a powder cover with a skylight above it is pre-jacked on the callback hook.

After firing a shot, the soldier flicked the hammer quickly, and then the hammer retreated, pushing away the scraps of paper left behind by the bullet.

Then put down your hand again and pull the trigger. At this time, another bullet has entered the small box of the gun chamber under the pressure of the spring.

It sounds complicated, but what soldiers have to do is actually very simple. It is more complicated than the brown bass gun of later generations, but it is also simpler and faster than the matchlock gun, and it can be loaded with five bullets. The chance of error or jamming will be increased. The bullets make up for it. There is a depression on the side of the gun body, where there is a cleaning rod that can be pulled out to clean the gun chamber.

These are all the techniques that Zhang Qiang can think of to improve the function of the flintlock gun, because the guy from the system didn't give him too many benefits.

He was left to fend for himself.

The violent blows like a storm caused the enemies to fall to the ground one after another, their morale plummeted, and they all came out of the dark and surrendered.

Zhang Qiang and the commander of the personal guards of a small battalion led here will meet. The small battalion refers to the battalion level in the Huaxia Army with only more than 400 people, two hundred households, plus the battalion commander and others, but no more than 500 people. prepared by.

Chapter 736 Recovering the Dock

It seemed that there was no need to worry about things in the city. Zhang Qiang ran to the pier with 500 guards. The pier was more than seven miles away from the county seat. It took half an hour to run and take them away. Although the road was flat Now, all kinds of carriages can be walked, but now many people are walking, there are many checkpoints on both sides, patrolling, and the wounded are being transported back to the city, or put in a temporary camp.

At the pier, rows of flat houses have been blown into ruins by the artillery fire from both sides. Many ships are burning, and many piles of food and supplies have been ignited, and thick smoke is billowing.

The enemy guarded the fortifications of the wharf, built their own fortifications, guarded the two streets from the wharf, and watched the enemy's firepower and flag deployment in the fighting area. There were probably tens of thousands of people.

The southwest of the city is where the wharf is now, and there is a small hill in the southeast, near the sea. Where is part of the enemy's troops, Feng Quan is leading a thousand marines, three thousand militiamen, and five hundred artillery to besiege there.

At the intersection of the roads here, a commander of the Guards Corps is leading [-] officers and soldiers of the Guards Corps, [-] militiamen, and [-] Marine Corps officers and soldiers to attack the enemy's barricades.

On the other side, there are a thousand officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army Navy stationed here, together with a thousand Xinlu Mansion garrison soldiers, and a thousand civilians are forming a flanking situation against the enemy. They have already entered the street from another direction, and dozens of people are guarding the side. Huaxia Army Navy Wharf.

The flickering fire in the distance looks like the enemy fleet is trying to break through the defense of the Xinlu Navy Fleet from the sea and come in to meet the enemy.

By the sea, teams of militia troops holding torches are gathering towards the pier.

Zhang Qiang stood on the third-floor platform of a damaged wharf management office and observed the battlefield with binoculars.

Fifteen hundred guards soldiers surrounded him with a line of defense, and the line of defense expanded to 1000 meters.

"Come here, take a company of one hundred households to support the navy's wharf, and quickly form a breakthrough. You can borrow our navy's naval guns and use explosive bombs to bombard the enemy." Zhang Qiang said to a guard team leader beside him.