There are also a lot of aquatic products in Nandu, which are cooked very well by the imperial chefs, especially the Yangtze River saury and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, which are extremely delicious.
After all, being reliable in rivers and lakes is not as good as eating from the sea. The taste of seafood is far from comparable to that of most river seafood. Moreover, eating seafood during an expedition to Myanmar feels very different from when I eat it at home.
Especially eating seafood and barbecue near the coast, enjoying the sea breeze, drinking and chatting with a group of civil servants and military generals, it is really a great pleasure in life!
At first, Chongzhen thought that such a meal was very indecent and undermined the majesty of the royal family. However, after hearing that a certain filial son had already behaved like this during the Northern Expedition, Chongzhen thought that he was trying to win people's hearts.
Since the traitor can do this, he can copy it, and it is extremely hot and stuffy in the big tent, which is far less comfortable than dining on the beach.
Chongzhen also understood now why the traitor had to recruit a large number of fishing boats to follow the Northern Expedition every time.
At first Chongzhen thought it was unnecessary, but now it seems that it is indeed necessary.
Originally, the climate in Myanmar was much hotter and humid than that in the mainland, and the soldiers were bitten by mosquitoes for a long time. In addition, the food was poor. In the long run, morale and combat effectiveness were difficult to guarantee.
Among the 10,000 miners who accompanied the army on the expedition, about 2,000 were fishermen. Their task was to catch fish, and just like when the Northern Army left the country, fishermen could get corresponding rewards for catching seafood.
All kinds of seafood are clearly priced and purchased by the pound. The more fishermen catch, the more money they make.
Since there are not many soldiers and horses from the King's Division coming to conquer this time, there are enough auxiliary ships, and Myanmar's fishing industry is not developed and the fishery resources are very rich, there is no problem in ensuring the supply of seafood for less than 70,000 soldiers. .
The Zheng army is basically composed of Fujian soldiers. Many soldiers are good at fishing, not to mention the sailors and gunners on the ships. That is their special skill.
In the absence of combat missions and transportation missions, each ship is basically self-sufficient in catching seafood at sea.
Before setting off for the expedition, a certain new emperor presented the disciple with a pile of new fishing nets in addition to a personal letter and a pile of arms.
The number is as high as ten big bird ships. This is the reward Zheng Chenggong received before his expedition to Burma, and it is the best gift.
With this kind of fishing net that is very tough and strong, and with the right method, the fleet can get twice the result with half the effort when fishing for seafood.
Unless you encounter a school of fish during the day, it is difficult to make a big catch. At night, take advantage of the fish’s preference for light.
Zheng Jun used a generator at sea and dropped strings of light bulbs near the ironclad ship to attract fish.
I worked back and forth for nearly three hours, and my hard work was not in vain. I caught more than 100,000 kilograms of various fish.
Ironclad fishing?
That's right!
Because there are really no enemy ships to fight...
The so-called warships of the Myanmar Navy cannot even defeat Zheng Jun's bird ships.
In the past, ironclad ships were completely overqualified and wasted shells, coal and water. They would be better off fishing along the coast.
If twenty ironclad ships moved, it would mean that coal worth thousands of taels of silver had been burned.
The boiler starts the steam engine very slowly, usually taking more than half an hour.
By the time the heavy ironclad ship began to move forward slowly, the engine room had not even burned a pile of coal...
Zheng Chenggong didn't bother to do anything without seeing any reward.
All matters of sealing off the coast were left to wooden warships. Each group of four ships and three groups formed a team, and they could wander around the coast at will.
It would be great to be able to detect enemy ships and sink them, otherwise it would just be a walk on the coast of Myanmar...
Besides, even in coastal areas, the daytime temperature is very high and the radiation intensity is very high.
Fortunately, everyone in the fleet has changed their schedule. They sleep during the day and start working on dinner at four or five o'clock.
In fact, everyone hopes that Mangbai can send a fleet to attack them, so that they can make money.
Even if there is no cost for sinking an enemy ship, the entire ship's supplies can still be recovered through seizure.
But the other party had clearly given up on the naval battle, and it was just a dead fish that landed on the beach. This left Zheng Chenggong's fleet useless.
The same is true for Zhang Mingzhen's fleet. It is almost more leisurely than patrolling in the river. When they see a place with beautiful scenery, they simply drop anchor and start fishing...
The Mangbai army seemed to have lost the courage to attack the Ming Dynasty fleet, perhaps because their elephants could not go to the sea.
On the seashore, which is about fifty miles wide, there are almost all Ming soldiers. Some are lying and chatting under the palm trees on the beach, some are touching coconuts in the trees, and some are simply fast asleep.
But as long as a warship anchors nearby, the Burmese army will not dare to act rashly, because even if a sneak attack is successful, it will not be able to escape the range of the naval gun.
How lonely is it to be invincible?
This is probably what it looks like now!
This does not mean that the Ming Dynasty King relaxed his guard, put his swords and guns in the warehouse, and released his horses in Nanshan.
The outermost circle on the shore is full of reconnaissance cavalry. Due to the difficulty of transporting war horses, the number is very small. Most of the cavalry, together with the captured donkey-shaped horses, are used as reconnaissance cavalry.
On the inside are patrols organized in squads and platoons. Once an enemy situation is discovered, they can quickly take out the fireworks in their waistbands and light them as an early warning.
When warships anchor near the shore, they always lay horizontally. The purpose is to use broadside firepower to block enemy attacks. However, most of the time it is useless because there is no enemy soldier to bombard.
If the Burmese army could attack the Ming army's camp in one go, that would be exactly what Song Ji and other generals wanted to see. This would save them the trouble of attacking the city of Handawady...
The current situation makes it clear that whoever attacks first will suffer much greater losses than the other party.
The Ming army had already won a decisive victory, wiping out no less than ten thousand Burmese soldiers.
If it continues like this, Mangbai's capital city may be threatened at any time.
It is not difficult for Nanting to provide 50,000 troops to fight in Burma, so it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
What's more, Mangbai's main force has been attracted to the south, and Mu Tianbo and Ma Shiying can lead the chieftains in the north to attack the city and capture the territory.
Song Ji now intends to retreat in order to advance, mainly to oppose the enemy, and strike later.
It seemed that the whole army retreated after making a lot of gains, but the army was stationed on the shore near the city of Handawady.
Although there are very few cavalry, if the distance is close enough, infantry can push them all the way to the bottom of the city.
I believe this is what Mang Bai is most worried about...
The waiting time for Mang Bai to get reinforcements was so long that Emperor Chongzhen even caught a cold!
That's right!
I caught a cold in the hot Myanmar and kept sneezing.
This is not a filial son complaining about his father thousands of miles away, but Chongzhen ate too much ice cream!
Chongzhen was born in the north and lived in the north for a long time. Even if he later moved to the southern capital, he had no choice but to do so.
Chongzhen complained more than once about the sultry weather in Nandu, and it was not much better when he came to Myanmar.
Although camping on the beach can get the sea breeze, the sound of the waves is so loud that it is difficult for Chongzhen, who is accustomed to the tranquility of the city, to have a good rest.
Chongzhen looked around at the soldiers who were fast asleep on the beach, and in the end he could only feel envious...
If you can't sleep, your brain will feel dizzy and you want to cool down so that you can fall asleep as soon as possible.
Since Mang Bai couldn't be captured quickly, Chongzhen made a very wise decision and started packing the ice cream in the refrigerator!
In addition to seafood barbecue, it is this kind of food that makes Chongzhen feel most comfortable and comfortable.
A certain filial son temporarily leased an armored ship to the Nanting Navy, which almost became Chongzhen's own grocery store.
There are ten large refrigerators alone, one of which is used to refrigerate the ice cream just made by the royal chefs.
Chongzhen did not just eat alone, but also used ice cream to shorten the distance between himself and the civil servants and generals during the meal.
but……
But Chongzhen was the one who ate the most ice cream, so he caught a cold!
When the imperial doctor said that he could not eat ice cream in the near future, Chongzhen felt as unhappy as a child.
But in order to avoid further deterioration of the condition and fever, Chongzhen made a difficult decision not to eat ice cream for three days!
Come to think of it, it's all that treacherous son's fault. Why did he invent ice cream and the refrigerator?
Isn't this intentional to make me sick?
But just thinking about it in his heart, Chongzhen never told outsiders, not even to the fifth prince who was accompanying him.
I couldn't eat it myself, but luckily I did a good deed and gave ice cream to the soldiers who had been injured in the previous battle.
While visiting wounded soldiers in a field hospital, the Ming Emperor sneezed and declared that he was not acclimatized to the soil and environment...
The emperor was able to drag his sick body to visit him and let himself eat ice cream, which greatly moved the wounded soldiers who did not know the truth.
Zheng Chenggong had roughly guessed what was going on, but he didn't mention it at all. Seeing through without telling the truth is the way of the dragon, which he learned from Emperor Haojing for a long time.
It took two months for Mang Bai to receive support from King Qin's troops from all over the country.
The number of available troops now reached 70,000, which exceeded the previous strength. They also obtained many war elephants and artillery, which gave Mang Bai the confidence to defeat the invading enemy.
However, because the fierce firepower of the Ming army had a certain psychological impact on Mang Bai, Mang Bai decided to formulate tactics based on the actual situation.
The Ming army camped on the seaside, which decided that unless the opponent took the initiative to attack, our infantry would have to advance against artillery fire with a range of thousands of steps during the attack.
It would be okay if there were dozens of artillery pieces, but it is no joke to have hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces attacking you. In the blink of an eye, you can kill and wound hundreds of infantrymen.
Therefore, Mangbai decided to use night attack tactics and abandon the war elephants that were large and easily discovered.
This time, mainly cavalry, infantry, and artillery, the participating units quietly approached the enemy camp and then attacked suddenly.
The time of the attack must also be chosen very appropriately. It was raining continuously that night, but it was light rain, which would not have much impact on the Burmese army's attack.
On the contrary, it will make the Ming army relax their vigilance, and the clouds will cover the moonlight, reducing visibility and increasing the chance of success of the raid.
"Brigadier! Wake up! Barbarians have robbed the camp!"
"Huh? Camp robbery? Seriously?"
"The red flares are rising into the sky!"
Wanli was pushed awake by his own soldiers, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, but suddenly he heard that barbarians were coming to rob the camp, and he didn't believe it at first.
But as soon as I got out of the tent, I saw as many red flares as fireworks gliding in the night sky. I couldn't believe it anymore.
This is no joke. Zheng Chenggong, his junior brother and boss, has deployed elite special forces outside.
Unless the special forces dared to make a joke about taking off their heads, it would be certain that the barbarians would rob the camp.
The three marine brigades are all Zheng Jun's ace troops. After many trainings and actual combat, their reaction speed is very fast even when resting.
Wan Li was a disciple of a certain new emperor, but he was also a fellow disciple of Zheng Chenggong. Like Gan Hui, he was seconded by Zheng Chenggong from a certain new emperor.
Zheng Chenggong just wanted these two senior brothers to lead his troops well, because General Zheng Jun had not received instructions from his master, and his command level was very different from Wanli and Gan Hui.
In order to attack the Spanish mainland in a few years, the Marine Brigade must be trained to the same level in Burma.
A certain new emperor also half-jokingly promised that he would not let the first and second disciples swallow up these two brigades.
The reason is very simple, because you have to match the equipment upside down, which is really not worth it...
The marines under Jiexuan were each armed with a revolver rifle, and the officers were also issued additional revolver blunderbuss.
The expenditure alone is extremely staggering, and the equipment standards of individual weapons are almost catching up with those of special forces.
After so many years of development, there are only three marine brigades. One of the reasons is that the cost of feeding is too high.
The 3rd Marine Brigade was established not long ago, and its personnel were transferred from the 1st and 2nd Marine Brigades. It is permanently stationed in Lushun and forms a triangle defense state with the Tianjin and Dengzhou bases.
If there are more, Beiting really can't afford it. In addition to armed marines, it also has to purchase more expensive ironclad ships for the fleet.
Zheng Chenggong was not short of money, but what was lacking in his generals was military knowledge.
Compared with the two senior brothers, the goods at home are no different than illiterate.
Zheng Chenggong could not personally command each marine brigade to conduct operations, so he entrusted the responsibility to his two senior brothers.
Anyone in the entire brigade who dares to disobey his senior brother will be disobeying his own orders. At that time, military regulations and family laws will serve together...
When Wan Li and Gan Hui came over, they only had people from one battalion, but because Zheng Chenggong had spoken first, and many people in the two battalions were from the south, and there were also many locals from Fujian, so they cooperated very well. Nothing big went wrong, and I wasn't deliberately excluded.
"ah……"
Some Burmese infantrymen who participated in the sneak attack only looked at the movement on the opposite side and the fireworks in the sky. They did not pay attention to their feet and sank directly into the sand pit and twisted their ankles.
Digging holes in the soil is very troublesome, but when digging holes in soft sandy soil, if the shovel is larger, it will really be a hole with a shovel, and the holes will kill you!
When they got close to the Ming army's hard drive, the Burmese army infantry and cavalry realized that there was no way to charge forward. A closer look revealed that the front was densely filled with pits.
Not to mention the night attack, I was simply jumping into pits. As long as I moved forward, I had to repeat similar actions, otherwise I had to pull my feet out of one pit and put them in another pit.
Opposite the pile of pits was the Ming army's artillery position, which deployed weapons that could shoot directly as well as weapons that could shoot in a straight direction.
Because the Burmese soldiers found shells coming towards them and shells falling from the sky.
Zheng Chenggong's camp was some distance away from the camp of the Nanting soldiers and horses. In order to prevent unnecessary trouble and avoid accidental injuries during the war, Zheng Chenggong and Song Ji took charge of their own affairs.
This made the Burmese army think that Zheng Chenggong was weak, so they planned to attack here first, and then wait for an opportunity to destroy Chongzhen's main formation.
I never expected that the opponent turned out to be a pile of frozen persimmons...
