Zheng Zhilong promised to mobilize 20,000 troops to attack the city of Relanja, and at the same time, he could gather at least 400 warships at sea to annihilate the Hongyi fleet.
Strive to defeat Hongyi within three months and force them to sign an alliance under the city. This is the most economical method for him. Including food and danyao, the cost of the war will not exceed one million taels of silver.
It would be great if the city of Relanja could be captured within a month. Although this possibility is very small, but in the early stages of the war, when the morale of the Ming army is at its peak, launching a fierce attack might actually have some effect. Capture.
The cost was to force the soldiers to fight bravely, which was a bit of a loss for Zheng Zhilong, so he largely supported the strategy of siege and bombardment suggested by the prince.
It can not only weaken Hongyi's city defenses, but also reduce casualties. If they can blast open the city wall, they can take advantage of the situation and enter the city. If they can't succeed, then they can consider the long term.
With the help of Zhenguo's weapon, Zheng Zhilong is relatively sure of breaking the city in three months. Not to mention that Hongyi will take the initiative to attack. Even if he sticks to the fortress, he will be blasted by Zhenguo's weapon to death.
Taking into account the need to assemble troops and warships, and transport grain, grass and danyao, the campaign should be launched in late May at the earliest.
Hu Dawei's troops are still repairing and replenishing their troops and equipment after returning from Datong. The departure time has to be postponed. It will take about ten days to depart from the capital and board the ship in Dagu.
Zheng Zhilong was also prepared for the ministry. When he returned, he would order the mobilization of dozens of merchant ships to transport all the luggage. This would be his siege ram to break open the Hongyi Fortress.
Yaoji believed that launching a surprise attack on the Dutch during this time period did not make any mistakes in strategic judgment, and it seemed to be the best time.
As long as Zheng Laofi's fleet avoids the typhoon and is not "snapped" by natural phenomena, then it will be a sure win to deal with the Dutch army in and around Relanja City.
The first Ming-Dutch War was initiated by the Dutch. In order to attack the Ming Navy, the Dutch specially colluded with the pirates in an attempt to carve up the trading rights in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.
This was a great shame for the Ming Empire. Fortunately, they won the battle, but it only limited the ambitions of the Dutch to the Treasure Island area.
As long as the time is right, the lingering Dutch will come back and use the treasure island as a base to join forces with the "Qing Dynasty King Division" to launch a counterattack.
Before this group of Western Europeans attacked the Ming Dynasty for the second time, a certain prince had to completely eliminate this hidden danger, leaving no chance for the enemy to make a comeback.
It is necessary to uproot the old nest that the Dutch have operated on Baodao for many years, so that they no longer have a base where warships can dock within the Ming Dynasty.
Only in this way will the rebellious Dutch finally succumb, leaving them with no place to stand in the vast area north of Borneo.
If the defeat of Baodao still fails to change the stubborn Dutch, then after the second-generation anti-ship missile of the "Whale Haron" is developed, let Zheng Laofi's fleet seize Batavia!
After occupying the East Indies, the Ming Dynasty not only occupied the spice producing area, but also guarded the strategic link from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.
Going south from here is Australia, which is very suitable for grazing. There are very few indigenous people in Australia, and the threat to the Ming Dynasty King's Division is almost zero.
Winning Australia is equivalent to having a super horse farm for raising war horses. The number of war horses that can be supplied to the court every year will not be less than tens of thousands.
The campaign expenses were naturally reimbursed by the Grasberg Gold Mine. This gold mine on the island of New Guinea was a huge treasure, and it was necessary to keep it as one's own as much as possible.
Mastering the Grasberg gold mine is equivalent to having a place to reimburse the Liao's salary for the past twenty years, and the court's expenses in the next twenty years will also be relied on.
Assuming that the Ministry of Household Affairs will spend an annual income of 50 million taels from next year, then relying on this gold mine alone, the annual income can account for one-fifth of the annual income, or even more.
Therefore, it is impossible for a certain prince not to be interested in him. Not only can the court be fed and drunk, but he can also drink some soup by the way.
There are only a few places in the world where you can stay full by drinking soup, and the Grasberg Gold Mine is one of them. Its importance is self-evident...
"My dear, the first step of my grand strategy is to recover the treasure island and move over five million people here to turn this beautiful and rich island into the granary of our Ming Dynasty. It will not only alleviate the problem of poverty in southern Fujian. The disaster can also support the local food shortage. The second step is to go south to capture the Dutch East Indies, defeat the Dutch, and then completely occupy them, gain control over the spice trade and access to and from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In this way, My Ming Dynasty will be invincible. The third step is to use this place as a base to move south and occupy the vast Australian continent. The land area here is larger than that of the Ming Dynasty itself. The south is suitable for farming and grazing. You can go here Tens of millions of people have been moved from place to place, and from then on, I, the Ming Dynasty Zimin, will no longer have to worry about having no land to farm!"
The main task this year is to recover the treasure island, and start marching into Batavia next year, and then go south to capture the Australian mainland the year after. One step a year, and a steady attack, we can more than double the territory of the Ming Empire.
The first and third steps are relatively easy to achieve, but the second step is the most difficult. The Dutch will not give up the most precious East Indies in their hands easily.
Relying on ocean trade, the East India Company became the largest and richest company in the world. If someone wanted to seize their wealth, the Dutch would certainly not sit still and wait for death.
The possibility of an unprecedented super naval battle between the two sides is very high, so a certain prince must take precautions and vigorously support the Academy of Sciences and armor factories to develop second-generation "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles with longer range, greater power, and higher accuracy. .
By the time of the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, the distance between the warships of both sides was only a few kilometers. In this era, if you want to seriously damage the opponent's warships, you have to shoot face-to-face.
Although the firing range of the Hongyi cannon can reach two or three kilometers, for a huge ocean-going warship, being hit by more than a dozen solid rounds is not a problem at all, and it is far from the point of damaging the muscles and bones.
But if a warship is hit by three or four "Harpoon" second-generation anti-ship missiles weighing nearly a hundred kilograms, I'm afraid they will have to abandon the ship and jump into the sea, otherwise they will be burned alive on the ship.
Not to mention the second-generation "harpoon", even the Zheng family fleet equipped with the first-generation "harpoon" will no longer be afraid of the same number of Dutch warships.
No matter in any era, artillery and missiles are two different levels of weapons. Warships equipped with missiles represent the one with more advanced technology.
The talented scholar Bo originally wanted to use the "Congreve Rocket" to develop his own flying aircraft, but under the deception of a certain prince, the flying aircraft turned into a heavier version of the "Congreve Rocket" plus!
Although the second-generation anti-ship missile "Harpoon" weighing nearly 100 kilograms is very troublesome to install, it is a true naval warfare weapon and can intimidate enemy ships.
Except that the navigation and flight trajectory are still the same as those of the previous generation, other shortcomings have been greatly improved. After continuous evolution, the "Harpoon"-ii has almost reached mass production standards.
However, it will not be equipped on naval warships in a short period of time. According to the standards of a certain prince, this missile seems to have room for improvement.
Whether it is against the sea or the land, it has great potential. Although it has not been tested in simulated naval battles, it is probably enough for any warship to be directly hit by a barrel of huoyao.
A certain prince still wants to make the "harpoon"-ii more perfect. It cannot be treated the same as the crudely made thing of the first generation. The mass production time can be postponed.
The cost is not a problem, even if it reaches a hundred taels of silver, it will not hesitate. As long as it can sink a Dutch ocean-going warship with five "whaling harks", it will be considered a profit for the Ming army.
A certain prince believed that the Dutch navy could assemble at most about a hundred warships in the waters of the South China Sea, and the rest were armed merchant ships. As long as their main fleet was severely damaged first, it would be much easier to deal with the armed merchant ships.
There is an astonishing disparity in the number of warships and merchant ships under the East India Company's jurisdiction. Merchant ships are almost a hundred times as many as warships. This is because the shareholders of the East India Company believe that there is no need to retain a large fleet in Southeast Asian waters.
The company was jointly established by five coastal provinces and was headquartered in Amsterdam. It had the authority to fight wars, make treaties, rule, and collect taxes in overseas territories. Therefore, based on the principle of commercial supremacy, the size of its army could not be equal to that of the Dutch regular army.
Especially in the Nanyang area, the strength of the Portuguese and the British was inferior to that of the East India Company. With only a small number of warships and a large number of armed merchant ships, the East India Company was able to win many battles.
In 1621, he took control of the Banda Islands and monopolized the nutmeg trade.
In 1634, he occupied the Maluku Islands and monopolized the clove trade.
The Portuguese will be defeated the year after tomorrow and completely control the Strait of Malacca.
Therefore, a certain prince believed that it would be very appropriate to march into the Nanyang region in the next year. Portugal, Ming's ally, also needed capable foreign aid to help in the war.
Such a fleet can be used to deal with the Portuguese army, the British army and the local indigenous people, but it is completely unfeasible to deal with the Zheng fleet.
The East India Company, which was good at bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, was no match for Zheng Laofi. It had to add the Dutch navy to compete.
The East India Company was fairly professional in ocean-going trade. Including the Dutch navy, naval warfare was nothing more than that. Otherwise, it would not have been unable to defeat even the up-and-coming British navy.
The Ming Dynasty's demand for spices was not as strong as that of the Dutch. What they needed most was rice produced in Nanyang. As long as they could buy food, a certain prince did not mind cooperating with local indigenous people in some places.
At present, the Ming Dynasty does not have the conditions to send a large number of combat troops to the Nanyang region for expansion. Going south to defeat the Dutch is at best an action to ensure its own safety circle.
If we really wanted to occupy the entire Nanyang region, we would need at least 50,000 troops. Counting the frontier troops, the imperial court would not be able to find such a large number of troops. We could only use the Zheng fleet as a vanguard to knock on the door of Nanyang and then slowly plan for it.
As for Zheng Laofi, it depends on his performance in regaining the treasure island to judge whether to give him more advanced weapons. If he just does his job but does not put in effort, then there is nothing to say.
A certain prince's established strategy is to stabilize the home front, occupy more land to the north, and expand influence to the south, a two-pronged approach, advancing from the north to the south.
In this way, the local war will be tense, and even after being defeated by the "Qing Dynasty King's Division", just like the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty, they will not even have a foothold to escape.
"Your Highness has far-reaching vision and great ambitions. I am determined to serve His Highness faithfully and faithfully!"
Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he heard the strategic steps stated by the prince. He was still young, but his ambitions even exceeded those of the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu.
Even Emperor Chengzu only sent the Sanbao eunuchs to patrol the Western Seas. He did not wipe out all the countries along the way, but vigorously traded with them.
The prince did the opposite. Not only did he want to send a fleet south to conquer the Dutch, he also wanted to incorporate this area into the Ming Dynasty. His ambition was not small.
The overall plan has been made, and the recovery of the treasure island is the beginning. Compared with the previous emperors, this prince is far-sighted.
Zheng Zhilong promised with all his words, but in his heart he could only take one step at a time. He had to judge Hongyi's combat strength based on the process of recovering the treasure island, and then decide whether to follow the prince's suggestion and implement the second step of the battle plan.
With the help of Zhenguo's sharp weapons, Zheng Zhilong believed that defeating Hongyi and conquering Relanzhe City in one fell swoop was a sure thing, so there wouldn't be any big surprises.
Zheng Zhilong believed that it would be best to force Hongyi to surrender and negotiate peace in a way that would cause fewer casualties among his troops, so that both sides would be able to survive in terms of face.
He was also afraid that the Zheng family's merchant ship going south to purchase rice would be retaliated by Hongyi, but the war was imminent and he couldn't care about that much for the time being.
"This battle is the second confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands. I look forward to the heroic performance of Aiqing's troops!"
With careful planning, rigorous organization, and superior strength and weapons, victory is just a formality.
It is impossible to lose, unless Zheng Laofi's fleet is wiped out by the typhoon.
Later, a certain prince called Bo Jue and gave the Zhenhai Bo a bicycle!
This is considered the first "spinning bicycle" produced by Daming!
Since pneumatic inner tubes often leak air and are still far from mature, they simply change to thicker outer tubes.
In this way, you will feel violent vibrations when riding, which is more painful for your hands and buttocks...
The flaws in other aspects are very small, and chain drops don't happen very often.
After the debugging was completed, Bo Jue became the first cyclist in the world.
Perhaps due to lack of immortal power, the first ride was not successful, and Bo Da Caizi was thrown to the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
However, Bo Jue did not give up or even be afraid, but worked harder.
In order to prove that he has enough immortal power, this guy will ride again and again without hesitation.
Finally, he finally reached the point where he could slip away without anyone protecting him, which fulfilled a certain prince's previous hypothesis.
Wang Zheng looked at Bo Jue who was showing off his outstanding immortal power in the yard and was confused.
He still hasn't figured out how to maintain balance on an unsupported bicycle.
But that's not important. What's important is that Bo Jue really rode up, and he still didn't fall after riding for a hundred steps.
Bo Dacaizi was relieved. These days, in addition to researching anti-ship missiles, he was manufacturing bicycles.
Almost all of his personal rest time was taken up by this fairy machine, but the fruitful results really made him convinced.
And it proved that what the prince said was no child's play. After riding on it, you can really maintain your balance without relying on it.
There was only one car like this in the entire Academy of Sciences, and everyone from the academicians to the craftsmen were astonished.
Before his butt was warm and his riding skills hadn't improved much, this bicycle was given to Zheng Zhilong as a gift by a certain prince.
Bo Jue was very reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey the prince's orders.
But after hearing that the count could buy hundreds or thousands of barrels of rubber from Nanyang, Bo Dacai immediately turned from anger to joy.
Rubber is not only the only raw material for tires, but also one of the casings of telegraph cables. Without rubber, these two fairyland objects cannot be made. 11... Friends who read books, you can search for "Blue Chinese Network" and you will find this site as soon as possible.
