Lord of Ming Dynasty

What's more, there is Du Ge, a traitor, who constantly advises them.

Your own people know your own people best.

On Feng Quan's side, following the defeat of the second prince, the Japanese stopped attacking after losing more than 1 cannon fodder soldiers. From this point of view, their attack was simply to cooperate with the sneak attack of the second prince. To a certain extent, their goal has been achieved, because they basically caused Xinlu Mansion to lose more than 60.00% of the aid given by the Huaxia Army. The transportation capacity was also reduced by 20%, which slowed down the speed of the Huaxia Army's support to Xinlu Mansion, and the blow to Xinlu Mansion was almost devastating.

How could Feng Quan swallow such a loss.

In less than a week, Feng Quan obtained from Kong Youxing [-] regular soldiers who had undergone actual combat training, of which [-] were key veterans, and [-] were elite soldiers from the original Lu State.

After borrowing [-] elite soldiers from the Marine Corps from Zhang Qiang, Feng Quan integrated the remaining troops in Kagoshima County and obtained [-] militia soldiers who had experienced war and had a certain combat effectiveness.

After promising the benefits of three thousand captured Japanese samurai, these Japanese samurai became their leading party, the puppet army.

After that, 1 poor people from the entire Xinlu Mansion were recruited to serve as civilian husbands and cannon fodder troops.

Feng Quan assembled [-] soldiers and horses in Kagoshima County.

Sai selected some naval warships capable of fighting, leaving a small half to patrol and guard the seas of Kagoshima County and Xinlu Prefecture, and recruited [-] merchant ships of more than [-] tons from other ports. Feng Quan brought [-] Soldiers, [-] warships, and [-] merchant ships sent out mighty troops in the middle of the night to attack the island where the second prince was located from the sea.

Kochi County, the capital of the second prince's forces, is also a port city. The second prince stares at the Kyushu Island on the left, the other eye on the shortcut area on the right, and the Chinese island on the opposite side with his eyes straight. For them, it is necessary to guard against Feng Quan and others in the Kyushu Island of the new Lu Prefecture with their backing support, and compete with them for the power and territory of the Lu Kingdom, and also guard against the population and military strength, which are too much larger than theirs. The Japanese suddenly attacked and annexed them .

They are also afraid of gaining a population of more than 400 million at once. The resistance in their territory is not without, and the Japanese are not good at it. The resistance one after another made them unable to concentrate on development before. Hong Chengchou's sons are not stupid. , Of course I know the importance of development.

This is also why they have not troubled Xinlu Mansion before, allowing Xinlu Mansion to develop steadily and steadily for a few months. During this time, they only infiltrated and instigated Xinlu Mansion in the early stage, causing some small troubles , and did not carry out a major military offensive until they also developed for a few months and slightly stabilized the situation in the territory.

And the Qing Dynasty also sent people to contact and bring them back to restore relations with the Japanese, and they rejoined the team against Feng Quan and the others. It was just like the hostile relationship between Zhang Qiang's Huaxia Kingdom and Japan. From time to time, some low-key commercial transactions are also carried out. The warships of both sides beat each other to death when they saw each other, but the merchant ships saw each other, but they were able to make friendly transactions and greet each other.

Before this, they have been focusing on developing and dealing with the Japanese. They are not stupid. The Japanese are big in size. The bloody battle they fought with Feng Quan will only make the Japanese cheaper. In dealing with the Japanese.

After the relationship improved, they received the support of the Dutch. The Dutch sent troops to train their sailors, soldiers and horses, and helped them establish factories for the production of weapons, armor, swords, swords and halberds. Japan also withdrew its claims and claims on their territory. With a hostile attitude, he lowered his head and cooperated with them, giving them supplies and food, and doing business with them.

In this way, the development of Shikoku Island has improved, and the military establishment of Shikoku Island has entered the right track.

In the four large counties on Shikoku Island ruled by the second prince, there are a total of 50 militia troops, [-] in Kochi County, [-] in Kochi County where Kochi County is located, and [-] militia in the other three counties. , Why do you say militia, because Hong Chengchou's army organization was learned from the Huaxia Kingdom, and the Huaxia Kingdom called these soldiers militias, and they called them accordingly, because they were used to calling them that way.

The 10 militiamen are actually equivalent to 10 high-grade cannon fodder, equipped with cold weapons, and the complicated weapons are all weapons they brought from Lu. If they want to fight the Huaxia Army, these [-] people are mobs, but if they want to deal with the Japanese, These [-] people are also a headache for Japan, because the Japanese are still fighting in the same way Zhang Qiang used to drive cannon fodder to drown the enemy, and then use elite troops and firearms troops to smash the enemy formation and attack the enemy, which makes the enemy's morale low , the troops collapse, and then let the cavalry chase the enemy's combat mode,

These [-] soldiers and horses can just cope with the Japanese attack.

For this reason, the Japanese are also very troubled. If there is a war of attrition, there are not 100 million Japanese who cannot compete with the power of the second prince.

In fact, not all of the 10 militiamen are mobs. There are about [-] soldiers and horses, which are elite militias composed of elite and capable warriors selected from the [-] people. The selected troops were sent to the barracks where the elite soldiers of Lu State brought by the original second prince were selected, trained, and finally supplemented by the second prince's own elite regular soldiers.

After two wars with the Japanese, he landed on Shikoku Island to fight. In fact, the elite soldiers of Lu State brought by the second prince and his loyal family soldiers were running out. The second prince supplemented his regular army soldiers in this way.

In the past year, his regular army soldiers have grown to 1 soldiers and horses, with [-] artillerymen controlled by the Dutch. They are equipped with cannons originally brought from the Lu State, as well as the cannons produced by the Qing army sold to them by the Qing army. Cannon, and old guns from the ships that the Taisians, English and Dutch sold them.

That is to say, the population of Shikoku Island is 400 million, and he has produced nearly 60 troops, which is a bit militaristic.

But the second prince has no choice. He implements a system where all the people on the island are soldiers, a militarized management system.

What was implemented was the strict ethnic and hierarchical system of the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of people he brought in were not as good as the officials and people who were loyal to him and took over from the State of Lu one after another. The Han Chinese in Kagoshima County are powerful.

How can we manage millions of Japanese people?

For some reason, the second prince and his son hated the Huaxia Kingdom, not only because of the years of fighting between the Huaxia Kingdom and their father, but also because of the successful dismantling of the Lu Kingdom by the Huaxia Kingdom and driving the Lu Kingdom to this small island. The boss didn't give any peace of mind, as soon as the three brothers separated and fought for power and profit, the Huaxia Kingdom rushed forward again. This made the second prince very disgusted, and even hated the Huaxia Kingdom.

At the same time, I also feel that Lu State was under the pressure of the Chinese Kingdom to turn against Japan. At the same time, I sympathized with Japan. If it weren’t for the Chinese Kingdom, the Japanese could still live in peace and stability. So many things have happened, his father is at the top of the court, and they will be able to become high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty in the future. They will also be oppressed by the Huaxia Kingdom, and the Japanese are watching them covetously.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good, the Huaxia Army, the Huaxia Army is here."

Chapter 739 The Misfortune of Shikoku Island 2

The second prince will never believe that the Huaxia Army will kill them. In recent years, the Huaxia Army has a kind of old-fashioned spirit of cherishing feathers, which surprised the surrounding forces, and then got used to the style of the Huaxia Army. Anyway, the Huaxia Army does not Thank God for hitting yourself, let the Huaxia Army stop for a while, the Huaxia Army will surely destroy the country if it moves, no one wants their kingdom to become the next target of the Huaxia Army.

The second prince took the little prince who had just returned from Xinlu Mansion, and a group of ministers, to a mountain peak in Kochi County, and used a telescope, of course, a European copper monocular with three segments, which is slightly better than a flat mirror. Some monoculars observe the sea surface.

When he climbed the mountain, fortifications built like Feng Quan in Xinlu Mansion abounded. At this time, a large number of soldiers began to explode like a beehive. The densely packed militia team came from the barracks, the county town, and all directions. Flock to nearby beaches, docks, and various towns, streets, and forts that need to be defended.

"Hurry up, quickly push out the Qing 32-jin cannon we got, push out the [-]-pound cannon that the Dutch found for us, push out all the cannons, get ready, get ready, the new Lu government is going to hit us .”

It was a mess below, and the second prince stood on the mountain and carefully observed the opposite fleet. There were nearly 120 thousand-ton warships, [-] [-]-ton warships, [-] [-]-ton warships, and many [-]-ton warships behind. Ships and [-]-ton transportation ships, as well as many thousand-ton troop-carrying merchant ships, this force is almost twice that of all the fleets in their ports. How can this be fought.

The naval general who knows naval warfare by his side shouted loudly: "The enemy fleet still has 25 nautical miles to reach the port channel, and it has been confirmed that it is the fleet of the Xinlu family. , there are two flags hanging on the left and right, namely the Feng character flag of Feng Quan, the prefect of Xinlu Prefecture, and the battle flag of Xinlu Prefecture Navy.

The enemy is traveling at a speed of six knots, and it is estimated that they will reach the outside of the channel in four hours. Your Highness, what should we do?Do you want sailors to play? "

"Father, let's go to battle. If they don't fight and let them rush to the shore and bombard them like the previous few times, almost 80.00% of our county will be destroyed." The little prince stood up and said to his father.

The second prince glanced at the little prince, and said worriedly: "However, our fleet is small in the first place. After all previous damages, our fleet no longer has much combat effectiveness. The ships are broken, the sailors are few, and the speed is still slow. It has been a ship for several years, and its speed may only be four or five knots, so it cannot beat the enemy."

The little prince said angrily: "Father, we have to go to war, and even if we lose all the fleet, we must protect the safety of the coastal county. We can take advantage of the stability of shore artillery over sea artillery and use shore artillery to bombard enemy ships, and we can reduce losses by at least 50.00%."

The general of the navy said to the second prince: "We can mobilize the fishermen and turn their fishing boats into fire boats to attack. Now we attack, we can seize the upper hand, and then go downwind and release many fire boats. The enemy panicked and lost their formation, we can fight more with less, maybe we can keep half of the fleet and defeat the enemy."

The second prince looked at the envoy of the Qing Dynasty next to him. The envoy of the Qing Dynasty was a clan, Aixinjueluo Zongdai. Looking at the eyes of the second prince looking over, he didn't express anything, as if it was none of his business, his expression was normal, and he looked at the enemy fleet gradually approaching on the sea, not knowing what he was thinking.

The second prince had no choice, and said to the general of the navy: "You lead the navy to attack, you must block the enemy in the open sea, and don't let the enemy approach our shore. Even if the navy is completely wiped out, you have to drag me a few backs." .”

Then he said to the little prince: "You immediately organize your people to sail all the official ships from the Qing Dynasty, the Dutch ships, and our merchant ships out of the open sea, and enter the inner bay from the bay to take shelter."

Everyone on the shore was busy. At sea, Feng Quan was also staring at the shore from the bow. The fleet began to expand. Two thousand-ton warships led thirteen eight-hundred-ton warships, and twenty three-hundred-ton warships began to chase after them. Follow the fleet behind to form a fleet ready to land.

Eighty [-]-ton traffic boats quickly raised their sails, and flew towards the shore at a speed of as fast as eleven knots.

They are to scout the enemy's situation.

From the remaining warships, twelve thousand-ton warships were divided to follow the main ship, surrounded by twelve eight-hundred-ton warships, 36 six-hundred-ton warships, 45 three-hundred-ton warships, and 78 180-ton warships. The army slowly approached the shore, and at the same time began to speed up, reaching a speed of just over six knots per hour.

At this speed, it takes about three and a half hours to reach the sea outside Kochi County. The other warships are divided into two groups, each of which is stronger than the Chinese army, and their speed has soared to seven and a half knots. It can reach the open sea at a speed of only two and a half hours. Of course, this is impossible, because they have seen the enemy fleet sailing out of the port at high speed. The fleets would meet in an hour and then engage at a distance of a little over twelve nautical miles from Kochi.

The sea is cloudless, and if you look around, you can see thirty nautical miles away even without a telescope. The shadow of war is quickly approaching Shikoku Island. They just dealt a heavy blow to Kagoshima County, and the enemy came to retaliate up.

From the current point of view, the enemy's military strength, at least the strength of the fleet, is two or three times the strength of their existing fleet that can fight.

Zhao Hui stood beside Feng Quan, "Master Feng, it seems that the enemy is prepared. You can see that the enemy fleet came out so quickly, and there were not many merchant ships and fishing boats in the port. Now those merchant ships and fishing boats are going to the bay north of the land. If we move inside, if we don't land, we may not hurt them much, at most we will destroy some of their buildings in the distance, and destroy some shore fortifications. If they are smarter, they will retreat some people and soldiers, so as to Due to the sea conditions around Shikoku Island, our fleet cannot get close to the shore to conduct in-depth bombardment of their inland areas."

Feng Quan clenched his fists, his eyes were firm, "Even if the old man is buried here, the Hong family will have to pay a heavy price, and he must be beaten so badly."

An hour and a half later, the Chinese army reached twelve nautical miles from the shore, and the enemy was already in full formation at eight nautical miles from the shore. Many Japanese Ataka boats also spread to both sides, and were fighting with the Chinese army's transportation ships. Cannon fire burst from the traffic boat.

The [-]-ton transportation ship is a relatively small model of Guangzhou Shipyard. When Zhang Qiang changed the navy of the Huaxia Army, he remodeled these transportation ships, which were actually the former naval warships of the Ming Dynasty, and changed them to be similar to Galen. The boat looks like a small boat, with soft sails and hard sails. There are twenty sailors on board, three captains, first mates and second mates, four maintenance workers, one doctor, and the sailors who jumped to fight. There are fifteen officers and soldiers in the division, and twelve gunners. They are equipped with four six-pound guns, six three-pounder guns, and one twelve-pound gun. Reset, the gunner measures the enemy's distance and adjusts the cannon, all of these people are commanded by the second officer.

The sailor is the first mate to command, and the captain is responsible for commanding the ship's actions, commanding the helmsman, engineer, and all crew members.

Eighty traffic boats kept shuttling inside the enemy's small boats, destroying many of the enemy's intercepted small boats, and then passed through the small boats to continuously send news of the enemy's shore and fleet to the commanding flagships of the various fleets in the rear, for general Officials decide.

7 Chapter 3: Misfortune of Shikoku Island [-]