The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 723 Strategic Balance
What's more, the Ministry of War is really a jerk, and he opened his mouth to send troops and horses to the expedition, but he didn't send out his silver hair at all.

The generals who sent troops to fight for the country had to raise their own food and pay. Only Qin Liangyu, who was not concerned about gains and losses, would take care of them.

Li Zicheng didn't know that some of Qin Liangyu's elite went to Southeast Asia to fight, and some were escorting the common people to emigrate. Now less than half of the elite defenders left behind, Sichuan is actually empty of troops.

The white soldiers in the burglar's memory are not easy to mess with. They are also poor but fierce.

It is not worthwhile to fight against the white-armed soldiers. The burglars did not send their troops to take Sichuan, so as to avoid prematurely fighting with the most powerful army in the interior of the Ming Dynasty when they were fledgling. Therefore, the northeast of Sichuan and the adjacent areas of Shaanxi are still relatively peaceful.

Li Zicheng's choice was very wise. He chose not to go to Sichuan for the time being, but to go east to Henan. He defeated many fortified cities and got too many refugees. After all, Henan was repeatedly hit by natural disasters and military disasters.

But Sichuan is very different. Sichuan children are stubborn and tenacious, and too many people choose to fight foreign enemies to the end.

In history, Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan to carry out the massacre because the people of Sichuan refused to give in. The reason why the Manchus entered Sichuan and killed the Land of Abundance was because the stubborn Sichuan people refused to be slaves.

What's more, most places in the Central Plains are flat and easy to attack, but everyone knows that the road to Shu is difficult to go to the blue sky. The Sichuan army sticks to the danger, and the offensive and defensive battle is bound to be protracted. How can the rogues fight a protracted war?
Huang Sheng tried his best to immigrate to Sichuan, and asked his mother-in-law to send troops to escort him. In fact, there was a little plot to draw the bottom line, because he was worried that the honest and loyal Qin Liangyu would lead the white soldiers to fight Li Zicheng regardless.

Now most of the fierce generals under the mother-in-law's command have moved to Southeast Asia, and their strength has been reduced by more than half. Even if she has plans to die for the court, no one under her command can only do nothing?

The "Nanming" army is consolidating the vast territory it has won. Of course, the "Huaxia Navy" with strong ships, sharp guns and powerful forces cannot sit idle.

Huang Mingdao led the fleet and the Spanish Armada to go to the English Channel to find the British.

Spain and the United Kingdom have a feud, and there have been constant frictions in recent decades. Most of the Spaniards have lost their battles.

The "Nanming" navy's willingness to join forces with them to attack the English fleet was of course sought after. Spain was very active, sending more than [-] warships and transport ships, and the number of navy and army was as high as [-].

"Huaxia Development" is also unambiguous. It dispatched 150 warships and 14 merchant ships. The "Huaxia Navy" dispatched double the number of warships and transport ships.

Huang Sheng dispatched [-]% of his sea power in order to deal a severe blow to the newly rising England. Of course, he wanted to perfectly execute the tactical task of weakening England.

Huang Sheng knew that the result of allowing England to develop would be an empire on which the sun never sets.

This time, a large-scale invasion was launched to sink and capture their warships, plunder Southampton, where their largest shipyard is concentrated, loot all the equipment and raw materials there, and capture all the craftsmen to work in "Nanming" .

The British lacked talents, lost equipment, and lost a lot of funds and a large number of naval warships. They may not be able to develop at a high speed.

An unscrupulous bandit leader has weakened. Don't the many bandits he bullied before have some thoughts in their hearts?
Huang Sheng wanted to strike a strategic balance among Western Yi, and when he found a certain country was rising, he would fight head-on to make them the best. Of course, it would be even better if they were all in one pot.

The high-spirited Huang Mingdao has served as the supreme commander of the navy for many years, and he is always at a disadvantage in wars at sea.

Seeing that the Patriarch sent all the new warships to participate in the attack on England, he thought it would be an overkill. An island country about the size of Japan is just an island country. Dozens of warships should beat them all over the place.

The mood of underestimating the enemy is unacceptable, so Huang Sheng specially convened a meeting of senior navy generals. At the meeting, he described in detail the several wars after the rise of the English navy, especially emphasizing the example of the British defeating the Spanish Armada.

In order to show prudence, Huang Sheng sent Huang Dongshan to lead half of the Zanhua Department to go overseas with the army. Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng all made suggestions in the Zanhua Department. order of battle.

Huang Sheng gave these celebrities recorded in history the opportunity to prevent them from being buried due to historical rewriting, and to create conditions for them to make contributions as much as possible.

The head of the family is so serious, of course the senior naval officers under his command such as Huang Mingdao, Liu Liangcai, Ma Cheng, Guo Huaiyi dare not take it lightly.

The fleet of 450 new warships has a total of [-] guns, and a single salvo can pour nearly [-] tons of shells, which is naturally unmatched in today's world.

The combined expedition fleet of more than 650 ships was unprecedented. In the English Channel, the combined fleet and the English Navy fought the largest naval battle of this century.

Fortunately, Huang Mingdao did not underestimate the enemy, and the Spaniards were familiar with this sea area. The combined fleet fought a battle of encirclement and annihilation when the quality and quantity were far greater than the enemy.

The English Navy destroyed more than [-] warships, and captured more than [-] ships after being damaged. This battle wiped out the main force of the country's navy.

Huang Mingdao was furious because the biggest naval casualty occurred.

The "Nanming" navy also had a battleship seriously injured, three cruisers and two destroyers were sunk, although the rescue was timely, more than 600 naval personnel were killed.

The ship-to-ship ratio of artillery fire is indeed more tragic. Those warships that were not sunk but were damaged also suffered a lot of casualties. The final statistics show that more than [-] naval soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were killed in battle, and there were [-] more. wounded.

Although the actual loss of the British was more than ten times, Huang Mingdao couldn't bear it. The "Huaxia Navy" has not suffered such a large loss since its establishment, which is tolerable or unbearable.

Of course, Huang Mingdao wanted to retaliate fiercely. He led his troops into Southampton aggressively, ransacked the place without a single nail left, and felt puzzled. He entered London by sea at the strong request of the Spaniards.

The Spaniards knew the wealth and prosperity of London, and they had long coveted this big city, but their combat power was not enough, so they could only imagine it.

In the fierce naval battle in the English Channel, the Spaniards saw the strength of the fleet flying the dragon flag from the east, so of course they must try their best to go to London to make their dreams come true.

This time the Spanish army brought a lot of people, more than [-] people went ashore, and more than [-] marines from "Nanming" also went ashore. Two gangs of robbers robbed, murdered but did not set fire, and did evil in London for three whole weeks.

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