The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 602 The Turning Point of Strategy
Zheng Du led people to the shore of Laizhou Port, and when he looked up, he saw that the center of the port was already in a mess, especially the outer warships, almost all of which were bombarded by the Ming army's artillery fire, and many of them were still burning. , thick smoke billowed.

He was responsible for guarding the port, and the scene in front of him made his clothes drenched in cold sweat in an instant——unless the Ming warships that were showing off their might on the water could be wiped out, such a huge loss to the navy would be enough to knock him out of his head. times.

He simply threw all his men and horses to Li Dechun, took his confidants and generals and hurried to Haicangkou, and boarded his own merchant ship there the next day, intending to flee to the vicinity of the Wa Kingdom first, and return after the limelight passed. .

Li Dechun hurriedly sent people to board the fort on the west bank, but found that all the cannons on it were sealed and the gunpowder was thrown into the sea.The cannon he brought had a range of less than one mile, and he could only hit his own warship when fired on the shore. The heavy artillery that could pose a threat to the Ming army on the sea was still on the way, and it might be difficult to arrive after dark.

He walked around the shore several times, and suddenly found that the people on the "Qiansheng" not far from the shore looked like Ming soldiers!He hurriedly mobilized all the cannons nearby and blasted at his warship.

Liu Guoxuan had too few sailors in his hands, and he was the only one who could steer the boat, so even though he grabbed the boat, he moved very slowly.In fact, if it wasn't for Zheng Zhilong's people who had already tied the sails, he might not even be able to raise the sails.

Soon, there was the muffled sound of shells hitting the side of the ship from the starboard side.Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong planned to use the "Qiansheng" as his flagship, and the hull was fairly solid.When the entire warship turned its head awkwardly and started heading towards the middle of Laizhou Port, only one nine-pound shell penetrated the deck at the stern, but fortunately no casualties were caused.

With 4000 troops, Li Dechun watched the Ming army slaughter all directions on the shore, and then robbed the navy's flagship carelessly, his heart twitched suddenly.Laizhou is his defense area, and now he has been exposed to such a big basket, how can the court let him go? !It seems that for the current plan, the only way to protect ourselves is to put all the blame on Mr. Zheng...

After the "Qiansheng" made a lot of effort to merge with the Guangzhou and other warships, the main warships of the Daming Navy began to withdraw from Laizhou Port one by one, leaving only Zhang Guoxuan's more than 30 very small shuttle boats and three cover ships. their corvettes.

The cabins of these shuttle boats have long been filled with sulfur, kerosene, etc., and barbed rams are added to the bows of the boats. Each boat has only six people driving it.

Following Zhang Guoxuan's order, these unremarkable small boats immediately sailed towards the Laizhou Port according to the pre-arranged arrangement, and then used the bow ram to stab the target enemy ship fiercely.

Some sailors on board checked whether the enemy ship was hooked tightly, and some pushed the "raft" made of rubber into the water.Soon, the six people on board jumped into the escape raft, lit a large pile of firelighters, and rowed vigorously towards the corresponding frigate.

It didn't take long for Laizhou Port to burst into flames from south to north.

As the outermost warships in the mooring area were all destroyed, the inner ships were all blocked in the port, allowing the fire to gradually burn over.The warships of this era were all made of wood, so the fire spread extremely quickly. In less than half an hour, the entire port was burnt red.

Outside Laizhou Port.

Standing at the stern of the Pei Xingjian, Zhang Guoxuan felt the heat waves coming from the harbor, but there was no excitement on his face—the process of commanding the arson ship just now was far from what he expected. Burning the enemy is simply more boring than lighting a stove at home...

South Zhili, Wusongkou Navy Camp.

It is located on the north side of Shanghai, the famous economic center of China in later generations, and it is also the outlet of Huangpu River and Wusong River.But right now there is only a small military port here. The reason why warships were stationed here at the beginning was because it was easy to land here, and it was repeatedly violated by Japanese pirates.

After Zhu Linmi got the news of the navy's victory in Laizhou, she has been waiting here for the navy's triumphant return.

A new archway more than four feet high was built on the wharf, with a large gold-plated plaque hanging on the front, with four characters "Spirit of the Navy" written on it.

On both sides of the archway, there are more than a thousand soldiers of the Dragon Guards holding guns, surrounded by officials and people from Taicang, Songjiang, and even Suzhou Prefecture. There are six to seven thousand people here to welcome the navy.

At noon, the drums at Wusongkou sounded in unison, and the naval warship headed by the Shaowu sailed slowly into the military port from the northeast, and the crowd erupted in loud cheers.

In fact, due to the limitations of traditional concepts, the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty for the navy is far less than that of the infantry. Otherwise, such a big victory that wiped out the main force of the Jianlu navy would not have come to welcome these thousands of people.

Among them, only Zhu Linmi knew the great significance of this battle best—from then on, there was no strong enemy to watch from the north, and Daming could finally unleash his ambitions, sail the ocean, bring back a huge amount of supplies and wealth from overseas, and compete with Western countries. Naval Powers Compete Globally!

At the same time, in the war against Jianlu, Ming, which has absolute command over the sea, will gain greater military advantages.Whether it is supply, troop transport, or harassment, the navy can greatly assist land warfare. In the future, Jianlu will be restrained everywhere and stretched.At this time, Zhu Linmi already had several plans in mind to use the advantage of the water to attack Jianlu asymmetrically.

As the Shaowu sailed less than one mile away from the port, the salute on the shore began to roar, and it didn't stop until the naval warship moored at the pier, and there were as many as a hundred shots from the front and back!

For this most important strategic turning point in the history of Ming Dynasty, no amount of salutes can be overstated!
Zhu Linmi, who was dressed in a big red python robe, led hundreds of officials and walked quickly to the pier.The people behind him looked at the warships at anchor, but they were all very surprised-the navy destroyed more than [-] Jianlu warships in this battle. It is not surprising that the navy lost more than half of them, but now Not only did the Daming Navy not lose a single warship, but it also had more than a dozen ships!

How did they know that it was Zheng Chenggong who thought that the captured Jianlu warships were seriously damaged or moving too slowly, so he selected [-] of them carefully, otherwise the North Korean navy alone would have captured as many as [-] enemy ships.

Zhu Lin waited for the sailors to go ashore, first read the congratulations aloud, toasted all the officers and soldiers, and then began to award honors and rewards on the spot.

The first is to award the "Laizhou Great Victory" pennant to the entire navy.After Zheng Chenggong took over the red flag bearing the national seal, Zhu Linmi then announced loudly, "Everyone in the navy will be paid half a year's salary."

Then he motioned to the military attache behind him, who hurriedly took out a booklet and read out the names on it one by one, there were more than 400 people.

Those whose names had been called went out and stood in another five rows. Immediately, more than a dozen military officials stepped forward holding wooden trays full of golden medals.

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