Thanks to my relatives and friends of Ma Jia, and the reward from Emperor Huangdi of China, thank you!
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The sea in February is like a girl's body, with undulating waves, charming curves, and delicate and smooth. The wind that changes direction from time to time is more like the girl's temper, which is hard to understand.
The rain stopped and the clouds cleared at sea. The sun shone through the sea of clouds and fell onto the sea. The golden light danced like thousands of stars.
Ying Cai'er, a female medical officer who accompanied the army on the expedition, was dressed in a white robe and stood on the bow singing a water-blue song. Her voice had the charm of the Jiangnan water town and drifted to the sea with the wind. Waves surged on the sea, and the cries of seagulls echoed with each other, like the distant sound of immortals.
Hai Rufeng heard the singing and walked out of the cabin. He saw Sun Shisan and others staring blankly at Ying Caier on the bow, as if they were infatuated and their eyes were full of halberds.
"Damn it, I was wondering why our boat is so slow. I feel like I'm drowning in saliva." Hai Rufeng kicked Sun Shisan on the butt, then tilted his neck and said to Ying Cai'er, "Cai'er, come over and help me take a look."
Ying Caier turned around and asked, "General Hai, what's wrong with you?" Ying Caier was like a beautiful girl from a small family, and her gentle temperament made the men on the warship intoxicated.
"Cai'er, I've told you so many times, don't call me General, just call me Brother Hai." Hai Rufeng rubbed his neck and said with a frown, "I don't know what happened last night. When I woke up, my neck hurt every time I moved. Cai'er, help me check what's going on."
"Oh, maybe he has a stiff neck. I'll go get some hot water to apply it to Brother Hai." Ying Caier's voice is as sweet as her singing.
"Hiss... Then I'll have to trouble Cai'er."
Sun Shisan said in a lost voice: "Hey, General, you were fine when you left the cabin just now, why did your neck become crooked when you saw Miss Cai'er?"
Ying Caier was about to go to the rear cabin to get some hot water, but after hearing what Sun Shisan said, she couldn't help but glance at Hai Rufeng, and her pretty face turned slightly red as if she had realized something.
Hai Rufeng's old face couldn't help but turn red, and he said awkwardly: "Cai'er, don't listen to his nonsense. My neck was only a little painful when I got up this morning, so I didn't pay much attention to it. But the longer it lasted, the more painful it became, and that's when... ... Ahem, Sun Shisan. The fish in the bottom of the cabin haven't been processed yet, what are you still standing there for? Go and scrape the scales and cut open the belly so we can make dinner!"
"No way, General, you must be mistaken. I am the artillery commander and I must be ready to fight at any time..."
"Scraping fish scales is also a battle. Do you dare to disobey?"
"I dare not. I dare not!" Sun Shisan knew that he had poked the door, so he quickly ran to the bottom cabin.
Ying Caier covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Hai, does your neck really hurt?"
"It hurts so much. It hurts so much. Cai'er, I really didn't lie to you... Ouch, it hurts so much."
"It hurts so much, hot water won't work. I'll let Sister Feng rub it for you, she's very strong."
"Ah! Don't... don't... It doesn't hurt that much anymore, it doesn't hurt that much anymore." Hai Rufeng waved his hands hurriedly. Sister Feng was already in her thirties, and she still looked like that.
"Hehe!" Cai'er laughed and left.
Looking at General Hai's annoyed look, the soldiers couldn't help but burst into strange laughter... Sailing on the sea is boring, and the graceful figure of the female medical officer accompanying the army undoubtedly added a lot of joy to the boring voyage and played an unexpected role in maintaining morale.
On the vast ocean, six hundred large and small warships were sailing majestically, cutting through the waves, and their black sails formed a large dark cloud.
At the northern tip of Luzon Island, Spanish Navy Captain Thomas rushed out of Cagoyan Port with two large Fragata-class warships.
The sea was calm, and Thomas smoothed out the wrinkles on his uniform to make it look straighter.
The soldiers made him a cup of fine Chinese tea. Thomas took a sip and took out a battle plan from the drawer to look at it carefully.
This battle plan was formulated by the then Governor-General of the Philippines, the bishop, and the senior generals stationed in the Philippines after many discussions and repeated studies. The general contents are as follows:
1. Operational objectives:
Politics: Conquer China, establish a global empire, and become the king of kings.
Military: Conquer China, use China as a base, and expand to other parts of Asia. Then use Chinese manpower and war resources to support the European mainland military to attack the enemies in Northern Europe and control the world island.
Religion: Conquer China, make peace with the northern Tatars, advance from China, attack the Ottoman Muslim Empire that hinders trade between the East and the West, and advance into the Holy Land of the Archbishop of Maristan.
Economy: Conquer China, develop its rich resources, and transplant Chinese manpower to develop colonial undertakings, such as migrating a large number of Chinese to settle in North and South America via the Pacific Ocean, saving the Spanish Empire from the economic crisis, and consolidating the vast territory of Spanish America from the covetousness of northern European countries.
Culture: Convert the Chinese to Catholicism. The ultimate goal is to attract a large number of immigrants from Spain and its European territories to Spain, and introduce Western-style education (from an early age) so that they can accept and identify with Spanish culture and develop a sense of national identity with Spain.
Second, the operational strategy:
The Imperial Navy will use its fleet to control Japan, Taiwan, Liguria and other islands relative to the mainland as landing platforms.
The navy and army from the strategic base of Kaguya Port at the northern tip of Luzon in the Philippines attacked and landed in Jingzhou and Macau, with the former being the main force of the attack.
Conquer the mainland before China and the Ottoman Empire join forces, and then manage and develop China in preparation for the future march into the Holy Land.
3. Organization of forces.
Supreme Commander: General of the Western Army. Army: Governor-General of the Philippines: Commander of the Canadian Navy of Cigas.
The Spanish Army had 10,000 to 12,000 troops (including Italian and Allied troops).
Recruit 5,000 to 6,000 elite soldiers from Japan.
Bisaga (Philippine natives).
Four ships of Spanish and Portuguese prisoners and other European explorers and exiles.
Five hundred American slaves.
Total: 25,000 people. Reinforcements will be provided if necessary.
Navy: Commander: Governor-General of Bandits. Ten to twelve large Fragada-class warships. Several transport ships.
4. Joint services.
Military expenditure: 200,000 pesos, which can be increased depending on the war situation.
Weapons: In addition to the weapons and equipment carried by the Western Army, there are 500 helmets, a considerable number of dry guns, and a number of cannons. (It is best to be able to use various ammunition).
Ammunition supply: Establish an munitions factory in the Philippines. Use local materials to manufacture gunpowder needed for landing attacks, and purchase saltpeter and brass from Chinese merchants.
Food supplies: The Philippines has stockpiled 80,000 kilograms of rice, meat, fish, and wine, which is enough to sustain the navy and army to complete the landing operation.
Clothing supplies: Purchase nylon from Central America to make coats for soldiers, and prepare military blankets for the wounded and sick
5. Psychological warfare: Focus: Using colonial policies and Catholic doctrine to enforce justice.
This battle plan to conquer China had been prepared for a long time. King Philip II at the time even set up a special committee in Madrid to further review and formulate a detailed plan to attack China from the aspects of policy, strategy, tactics, action plan, logistics mobilization and public opinion propaganda, and finally approved it.
After reading it, Thomas couldn't help but sigh, what a grand and perfect plan!
Unfortunately, in the same year that Philip II approved the plan, the Spanish Armada was defeated by the British Navy, causing this grand combat plan to be stranded, which made Thomas feel extremely regretful.
He was thinking about the possibility of restarting the plan when an alarm suddenly sounded on the battleship and sailors shouted that they had discovered a large number of warships of unknown origin.
As the commander, Thomas did not dare to delay. He quickly stuffed the battle plan in his hand into the drawer, picked up the telescope and walked out of the cabin quickly.
Almost at the same time, the lookout on the tall mast of the Great Qin Royal Navy Fleet also blew the alarm. Upon hearing the sound, the naval soldiers who were leisurely basking in the sun on the deck jumped up and quickly ran to their combat posts, and there was a lot of shouting on the ship.
Two Western warships jumped out from the sea in the distance. Judging from the flag, there was a big red cross drawn on the white flag. They were undoubtedly Spanish warships.
Zheng Sihai gave orders via flag signals, asking Hai Rufeng's 9th Battalion and Wang Guichen's 10th Battalion to go forward together.
According to the organization of the Daqin Navy, each battalion of the navy had 2 patrols, a total of 510 people. It was equipped with two gunboats, eight medium and small eagle ships and bluff ships, and was equipped with a total of 4 red cannons, 40 thousand-jin Portuguese cannons, 30 bowl-mouth guns (small artillery), and 500 guns.
The two battalions, that is, 20 large and small warships, headed towards the Spanish warships from the left and right, especially the eagle ships, bluff ships, and sand ships, which were moving at a very fast speed, like a pack of wolves leaping on the sea.
Thomas, who was on the other side, looked through the telescope and saw the dark cloud-like fleet cutting through the waves. He was horrified. Oh my God! Where did so many warships come from
"Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"
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P.S.: October has passed, and I finally managed to keep the eighth place in the category, because two books in the history category entered the top ten of the overall list, which allowed me to pick up a 1,000 yuan monthly ticket award. Haoyuan would like to bow to thank every friend who has given support, thank you for your monthly tickets. Thank you!
November is here, I present a chapter in the early morning, and ask for the guaranteed monthly ticket from my brothers. This is a brand new sea journey, I will do my best to write a magnificent picture, please brothers and sisters vote for your guaranteed monthly ticket, we need more supplies to conquer a wider world, please vote for the guaranteed monthly ticket!
.(To be continued..)
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