Cheng Shijie looked at Cheng Jiayue who looked serious. His mood was very complicated. Cheng Jialong was already sensible and had a deep-seated hatred for Xiaoli. Cheng Shijie could understand.
But the problem is that Cheng Jiayue is only eight years old now.
An eight-year-old girl, where does her hatred for her little life come from?
Cheng Shijie's hatred for Xiaozhi is due to the blood feud between his family and his country, and of course, the blood feud between the Cheng family.
When Cheng Shijie was a child, he heard his grandfather Cheng Chuanli say that on May 12, 1938, the 104th Regiment (Sendai) of the 13th Division of the Central China Expeditionary Army of the Japanese invaders attacked Yongcheng, Henan Province and encountered Yu Xuezhong. The Ninth Company of a certain regiment of the Ninth Division blocked the attack. After eight hours of bloody battle, 128 people from the Ninth Company died heroically. Subsequently, more than 300 people from the first detachment and the second detachment of the security regiment blocked the attack. All of them died for their country and the city fell.
The Japanese invaders were so angry that they gathered in groups and massacred without restraint. His grandfather Cheng Chuanli had five brothers, namely Chuanren, Chuanzhi, Chuanxin and Chuanyi. Cheng Chuanli was the third. The family had no time to escape. The eldest brother Cheng Chuanren, the second brother Cheng Chuanzhi and the fifth brother Cheng Chuanyi were hit by Japanese artillery shells on the spot. Died tragically.
The Japanese invaders shelled Santai Pavilion, and the Cheng family compound in Dongguan was completely burned by fire. Only 17-year-old Cheng Chuanli and 14-year-old Cheng Chuanyi escaped because they were visiting relatives and were not at home. One calamity. Later, Cheng Chuanli took his younger brother Cheng Chuanyi and 14 members of his clan to join the New Fourth Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cheng Chuanli was injured in the Battle of Huaihai and stayed in the Northern Anhui District as the district chief.
Cheng Shijie's father named him Weiguo because Cheng Chuanli wanted his son to protect his family and the country. Cheng Shijie will always remember that the Japanese 104th Regiment killed nine members of their family, including three grandfathers, his grandma, and his wife Cheng Shijie had never met. There was also my sister-in-law who was only five years old at the time.
Cheng Shijie didn't know why Cheng Jiayue was like this, because he never told Cheng Jiayue about these things.
However, Cheng Jiayue's eyes were red and scary, and her gaze was very firm: "I want to kill the little devil!"
"You are still young, why do you kill little devils!"
Cheng Jiayue stretched out her hand behind her back, and saw a small knife with a silver handle in her little hand. The tail of the handle was a wind-tail style. This phoenix-tail knife obviously came from the palace, and it might also be from Zhu Weiti. For Cheng Jiayue.
Cheng Jiayue pulled out his knife: "Kill with a knife. If you can't kill with one knife, use two. If you can't kill with two, use three!"
Cheng Shijie picked up Cheng Jiayue and said: "Kill the Japanese, you have a father!"
"And I!"
Cheng Jialong was wearing cowhide-style armor, with a Tang Hengdao hanging on his waist, a dogleg knife in his hand, and four grenades hanging on his left and right waists.
"are not you tired?"
Cheng Shijie told Cheng Jialong about the blood feud of the Cheng family. Of course, at Cheng Jialong's current age, he already understood everything he should know. If he didn't understand, he was pretending not to understand.
Cheng Jialong sighed and said, "Dad, it's such a pity that we haven't invented a killer weapon yet, otherwise..."
"okay!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Cheng Jiayue and said, "How did you get on the boat?"
Cheng Jiayue pointed to the big box behind him. This was the luggage that Zhu Weiti packed for Cheng Shijie, including food, drink, and a change of clothes.
Cheng Jiayue was put on the ship mixed in such a big box.
Cheng Shijie looked panicked: "These are boxes made of mahogany. Aren't you afraid of being suffocated inside?"
"I'm not that stupid!"
Cheng Jiayue said with a smile: "I asked Sun Pu to drill a lot of holes in the bottom of the box so that the air can circulate."
"Jia Yue, you must never do this again, you know? If you sneak out, your aunt will definitely be anxious!"
"Jia Yue knows!"
Cheng Shijie had no choice but to have someone send a letter to Zhu Weiti. Otherwise, Cheng Jiayue's disappearance would definitely frighten Zhu Weiti into falling ill. In fact, fortunately, Cheng Shijie sent the letter in time, otherwise Zhu Weiti wouldn't know what to do. .
"Dad, how long will it take until we are little?"
Cheng Shijie looked at Li Zhixiang.
Li Zhixiang replied: At this speed, as long as the wind direction does not change, it will take up to seven days! "
Sun Kewang said: "Commander, the Japanese pirates have ravaged the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years and are still doing evil. It's time to settle this account with them!
Cheng Shijian smiled solemnly: "It will be clear... Aren't the bastard Tokugawa shogunate trying to isolate themselves from the country? I want to see how they can isolate themselves under my strong ships and cannons!"
Just as the Ning Navy's more than 350 transport ships, more than a hundred large and small warships, and five to six hundred ships were sailing towards Xiaoli on the sea, a fleet appeared on the sea.
The battleships of this fleet all hung golden lion flags. This was the fleet of the Venetian Navy. This time Catherine led the fleet to set off again. This time the fleet was larger than before, with as many as twenty-five escorting battleships alone. The third-level battleship was accompanied by a total of fifty-five armed merchant ships of the 1,200-ton class.
These merchant ships carried loads of gems, sulfur, ivory, valuable wood, fine war horses, and of course, gold, silver, etc.
After seeing the power of the Fire Dragon Water, the City-State Republic of Venice was full of praise for the Fire Dragon Water and couldn't put it down. They emptied almost half of the treasury in order to get more Fire Dragon Water.
After learning that Cheng Shijie had led the fleet to set off, Catherine ordered fifty-five armed merchant ships loaded with cargo to go to Liaodong. She led three warships to prepare to catch up with Ning Haijun's fleet.
They were intercepted when they were still more than twenty miles away from the Ning Navy warship. Of course, after Catherine revealed her identity, the Ning Navy warship used five Sea Shark-class warships to monitor Catherine and other warships.
This time Captain Agbe of the Venetian Navy followed Catherine to Liaodong. He was a Venetian noble. He commanded the fleet to participate in battles with the Ottomans many times and achieved impressive results. The ship was sunk by Agbe and his fleet. The Ottoman Empire had a total of one hundred and twenty-one warships. It can be said that his military exploits are quite outstanding.
This was not the first time Agbe saw the warships of the Ning Navy. In fact, he encountered the interception of the warships of the Ning Navy as soon as he entered the Strait of Malacca. He had seen armed merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company and accepted them honestly. During the inspection of the warships of the Ning Navy, we also saw the warships of the Ning Navy directly and violently ramming the fishing boats of the Batavia indigenous people.
However, he didn't realize until now that Ning Haijun's warships were so fast. As the saying goes, insiders look at the door and outsiders look at the excitement. Agbe carefully observed the warships of the Ning Navy with a telescope. The warships of the Ning Navy were far inferior to European warships in terms of the number of guns, but when it came to their power...
That's not an order of magnitude at all. A European battleship firing hundreds of guns at the same time may not be able to sink an enemy ship, but the Ning Navy can sink an enemy ship with just half of its guns in one salvo. Return the parts to condition!
Of course, the performance and power of these naval guns are highly confidential, and Colonel Agbe can't figure out the reason now. He just feels that these sailing ships are running very fast, almost two knots ahead of his warships. This discovery makes He was very surprised. He always thought that Venice's shipbuilding technology was the best in the world!
Agbe turned to ask Catherine beside him: "Major, what do you think?"
Catherine said: "Just stand and watch!"
"Their battleships... are really fast! And the caliber of their guns is much larger than ours. Although this fleet is not large, it is full of weirdness!"
Agbe murmured: "How can their ship run so fast? Look, their sails are not even fully deployed, but they are nearly two knots ahead of us. If they are fully deployed, they will definitely be able to run faster. How can they run faster?" How is it done?”
Catherine said: "How they did it, I don't know, but I know that four years ago, their fleet was still very weak. Against an offshore pirate group, they did not dare to fight openly. Instead, they tried through sneak attacks. The war was won.”
"How is this possible? They are very professional!"
"Yes, they are very professional!"
In fact, Ning Haijun built it based on the style of a clipper ship. Since the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding craftsmen have not yet fully understood the key technologies of a clipper ship, the warships they built have not yet been able to match the style of a clipper ship. The amazing speed is fully realized, but this is already a very amazing breakthrough.
Catherine said: "You haven't gotten to know their soldiers yet. The quality of their soldiers will surprise you. These soldiers are top-notch in terms of toughness and discipline."
When Cheng Shijie learned that Catherine was catching up, he deliberately slowed down and allowed the warship, which was two knots slower, to catch up with them. Unless they stopped at the shore on a small day, they would never be able to catch up.
Catherine took Agbe aboard the Eighth Princess, where Cheng Shijie was, because it was a ship without naval guns. Li Zhixiang wanted to prevent Cheng Shijie from participating in the battle. Without naval guns, how could Cheng Shijie fight?
In fact, Cheng Shijie did not object, because Cheng Shijie knew very well that Xiaozhi's navy had been almost sunk as early as the Wanli Korean War. If Xiaozhi did not close the country in isolation, it should be able to recover. But the problem is, as When the country was closed to the outside world during the small days, the navy no longer paid attention to it.
Even if you don't count the Ning Navy fleet, even the Ming Navy can easily take care of the navy in its small days.
"Dear Duke, on behalf of the Consul of the Republic of Venice, His Excellency Doge Francesco Elizzo, I would like to say hello to you!"
"Thanks!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Agbe behind Catherine. He felt the fierce murderous intent from Agbe. When he picked up Catherine, Cheng Jialong and Cheng Jiayue were both there. Cheng Jiayue seemed to be very afraid of Agbe and subconsciously hid behind Cheng Shijie. behind.
Catherine introduced to Cheng Shijie: "This is the naval captain Agbemo Rossini of the Venetian City-State Republic. Under his command, the war between Venice and the Ottoman Empire can achieve successive victories!"
"Nice to meet you!"
Catherine said excitedly: "Your Excellency, our Venice has adopted your valuable suggestions and hired more than 36,000 outstanding sailors and naval soldiers in the Holy Roman Empire and the friendly international talent market. We have also formed fourteen major A squadron of cavalry (equivalent to a company), and more than 23,000 infantry!”
Through Catherine's introduction, Cheng Shijie realized that the situation in Venice was far more severe than Cheng Shijie imagined. Currently, only 20% of the captains in the Navy and 15% of the army captains are from Venice. People, the rest are mercenaries.
Because there are too few people in Venice, they are different from the Empire where the sun never sets in the colonial servant army. The officers above second lieutenant and above are all British. This is because the highest military rank in the navy of the Republic of Venice is general, and a colonel is already considered a senior general. A force of fifty to sixty thousand people The Venetian army only numbered fifteen or six hundred people, and the rest were all mercenaries.
The mercenaries were willing to fight for Venice because of their good treatment. They were very willing to sacrifice their lives in order to obtain permanent residence in Venice.
Cheng Shijie and Catherine had a passionate conversation about the reform of the Venetian City-State Republic. Unknowingly, the main fleet of the Ning Navy arrived at Jeju Island. Jeju Island was originally managed by Shang Kexi, who was later transferred to the senior staff. However, Cheng Shijie decided to use Shang Kexi and transferred Shang Kexi back from the senior staff.
The real reason why Tiao Shang Kexi came back is because Shang Kexi is too ruthless and kills people without blinking an eye. In fact, facing countless civilians, he would not be able to kill without a heart of stone and a wolfish heart. Ning Haijun had absolutely no problem killing young soldiers, but they really couldn't do it to civilians, let alone the old, weak, women and children.
The fleet docked at Jeju Island to replenish fresh water and food.
However, at this time, Cheng Shijie discovered that the North Korean navy was actually waiting here. This fleet of about sixty or seventy old broken ships was asking to see Cheng Shijie under the banner of banner.
It turned out that Cheng Shijie mobilized the Ning Navy in Liaodong to prepare for the attack on Xiaori, and the North Korean King Li Ju also received the following report. After he learned that Cheng Shijie was preparing to lead a fleet to attack Xiaori, Li Ju hurriedly ordered the ministers to form a Korean expeditionary force to prepare for the attack. Little days.
The Ning Navy expedition fleet stayed on Jeju Island for two days. In just two days, Shang Keyi sent 500,000 boxes of canned meat, canned seafood, and hundreds of tons of vegetables and fruits on board.
Ning Haijun's organizational and dispatching capabilities opened our eyes for the first time.
Agbe said sourly in his heart: "The Ming Dynasty is so big that they can mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers in just two days!"
Yes, no amount of soldiers is too many for the attack on Xiaozhi. As the North Korean army joined the expeditionary force, North Korea dispatched 15,000 to 6,000 men, plus more than 5,000 men from Ning Haijun's Jeju Dusi. Ning Haijun's expeditionary force broke through 70,000 people, and the cavalry alone exceeded 10,000, including more than 7,500 Ning Haijun cavalry and more than 2,500 Korean cavalry.
Catherine laughed: "What you see is just the tip of the iceberg!"
"What?"
"Do you know how many troops they have?"
"One hundred thousand?"
"There won't be 150,000 people, right?"
"The entire Ming Empire has more than three million troops!"
"Oh, God, three million men, they are five or six times more than the army of the Spanish Empire!"
Agbe smiled bitterly and said: "Whoever wants to start a war with the Ming Dynasty must be mentally ill!"
"The Spanish Empire once clamored to conquer the Ming Dynasty with 20,000 people!"
“The Spanish are so crazy!”
Agbe said: "Too..."
Agbe didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at this time.
Catherine said: "What is very funny is that our Lord the Duke took back Luzon occupied by the Spanish with less than 10,000 people, and defeated the Dutch with less than 30,000 people. Sue for peace!"
"How did I offend His Excellency the Duke that little day!"
"This...it's a long story!"
After the fleet was replenished, the fleet continued to move forward, crossed the Tsushima Strait, and headed towards the mainland of Kojiri.
Two days later, Tsushima appeared in front of the Ming Dynasty coalition forces.
Tsushima Island is sandwiched in the middle line of Tsushima Strait, covering an area of less than 700 square kilometers and consisting of five islands.
If Jeju Island is the bridgehead for North Korea to resist the invasion of Xiaoli, then Tsushima Island is the outpost for Xiaoli to resist the invasion of the East Asian continent. For thousands of years, the enemies of North Korea and Xiaoli have repeatedly fought and fought on Tsushima Island, and a series of events have occurred. Wars big and small.
Of course, when the Yuan Dynasty conquered Xiaoli, they occupied Tsushima Island twice. In fact, Tsushima Island could only serve as a warning when facing a large army. After all, Tsushima Island was too small.
North Korea dreams of taking control of Tsushima Island and getting a springboard to attack the small island. However, the army always fails to live up to its expectations and cannot defeat it no matter what. From a daily perspective, losing Tsushima is intolerable. Using this place as a springboard, the North Korean navy can reach Kyushu in three days. Can they still survive?
Therefore, even though the king's flag was constantly changing at the top of Edo Castle, and the emperor and the shogun were sitting on the seesaw, going up and down, no matter whether the emperor or the shogun came to power, they would do everything possible to win over the Sou family, the leader of Tsushima Island, and not ask for anything else. , just ask this buddy to help them keep an eye on the door.
When the Japanese pirates were at their most serious, Tsushima Island was still an important nesting ground for Japanese pirates. There were mountains and little fields here, and most of the islanders made a living by fishing. When they got the chance, they picked up swords and guns, boarded fishing boats, and went to the Korean Peninsula to kill people. After setting fire, the North Korean navy chased them and went into the mountains and forests. It can be said that they can advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
North Korea regards it as a thorn in its side and dreams of removing it, but... again, if the army fails to live up to expectations, no matter how good the strategy and tactics are, it will be useless. When the Yuan army conquered Japan, the Korean navy relied on human strength and bloodbathed Tsushima Island twice. This has become one of the few good memories of the Korean army during the thousand-year confrontation between North Korea and Japan.
Apparently, North Korea's military is now trying to relive the dream.
In the Ming Dynasty, the fleet of the Restless Navy was infinitely stronger than the damn navy of the Yuan Dynasty. It would have been enough to bloodbath Tsushima Island.
General Jin Zidian, who led the North Korean navy, asked Cheng Shijie: "My lord, this Tsushima Island has always been a thorn in our side. We all want to pull it out in our dreams, but we are still weak. Please help us." Let’s help!”
Cheng Shijie was not surprised. On the Tsushima Island, with the power of Ning Navy naval guns and a concentrated bombardment of two to three thousand artillery pieces, the North Korean army went up to collect the corpses.
Cheng Shijie agreed to Jin Zidian's request.
Jin Zidian is also very good at life. He watched Cheng Shijie bring his daughter and son to conquer the small life. He brought his son to achieve military exploits and let Mr. Cheng gain popularity in the army. But with his daughter, he just Jin Zidian was a little confused.
However, Jin Zidian gave Cheng Jiayue two red coral trees. These two red coral trees are about one foot eight inches in diameter, two feet four tall, and weigh more than ninety-five kilograms. Together, the two red coral trees are, A total of two hundred and four kilograms. You must know that this is red coral. Red coral is more expensive than gold. In later generations, one gram will be sold for thousands of dollars.
Without reaching out to hit the smiling man, Jin Zidian wanted to rely on Ning Haijun to improve his record. Cheng Shijie naturally agreed: "You want to attack Tsushima Island, right? Well, let's fire the artillery to blast away the defense facilities on Tsushima Island. You attack them and kill them." Not even a scrap of his mother’s armor is left!”
Jin Zidian was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Mr. Guo, for your support. We will definitely kill all the Japanese aggressors on the island and leave no trace behind!"
Following Cheng Shijie's order, Ning Haijun's huge fleet began to disperse. There were no ports or docks. They first used small warships to test the water depth along the coast. While avoiding stranding, they began to set up formations along Tsushima Island.
As the warships arrived one after another, the guns on all the warships of Ning Haijun raised their black barrels, and the barrels were pointed at Tsushima Island. In fact, as early as when Ning Haijun appeared in sight, the small days on Tsushima Island The arrival of Ning Haijun has been discovered.
In fact, it is simply impossible for such a huge fleet to approach silently, not to mention that a person standing on the seashore can see up to 16 nautical miles. With the speed of warships in this era, it basically takes an hour to sail such a distance. Therefore, when Xiaori discovered Ning Haijun's warship, they still had more than an hour to prepare.
In Horsehead, the port of Tsushima Island, thousands of young samurai have already gathered. Now the big bell on Tsushima Island is ringing frantically, and islanders in rags are constantly coming with weapons to gather, preparing to fight against enemies who may invade them.
Cheng Shijie used a telescope to look at the young samurai on Tsushima Island. The weapons and equipment of the young islanders who came to gather can only be described as "horrible". High-end items such as samurai swords are only available to samurai from the clan. Ordinary islanders They were holding kitchen knives and axes, and more people were holding bamboo guns.
To be fair, the equipment of the small army on Tsushima Island is not even as good as that of the rogue bandits. At least two-thirds of Zhang Xianzhong's troops also have decent weapons.
However, Cheng Shijie will never show mercy. Every time Cheng Shijie thinks of his five-year-old sister-in-law who was burned alive by the Japanese invaders, Cheng Shijie asks: "Are you ready?"
"Ready!"
"Then let's get started!"
Cheng Shijie put the earplugs on Cheng Jiayue's ears, picked up the intercom and said: "I am Cheng Shijie. As the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, I order all Ning Navy officers and men to fire the cannons. You don't have to save money for me, just throw out the cannonballs!"
Cheng Shijie was very wealthy this time, and he definitely had enough artillery shells. He carried more than a thousand spare artillery barrels, and at the same time, he carried more than a hundred artillery shells on ships, and Ning Haijun's gunnery bureau began producing artillery shells at full speed.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of the artillery was like a midsummer thunder, exploding above the vast waves. A large black cloud instantly rose up on the blue sea. The muzzle fire erupted. Thousands of artillery shells roared out from the muzzle, slamming into the sky. pier!
There was a sudden uproar on the dock of Tsushima Island. I never dreamed in my little life on the island that Ning Haijun would fight whenever he said. He didn't even give a reason, didn't persuade him to surrender, didn't hold him accountable, he just beat him up.
The thunderous sound of the cannon that hit their eardrums shook them out of their wits. Many people's legs weakened and they sat on the ground, while more of them fled the dock by rolling and crawling on their hands and feet.
For Cheng Shijie, there is no need for a reason to beat up Xiaoli.
Big fists are the last word. (End of chapter)
