On the north bank of Majiang River, there is the main camp of the Ming-Mo Allied Forces.
Gao Pragmatic received two battle reports in succession, one happy and one worrying. The first one is, of course, the victory in the naval battle at Majiangkou and the capture of two large military Galenic warships made by the Portuguese, which was "a joy".
But the second piece of news was not so good. Shortly after entering Majiangkou, Gao Jing immediately discovered that the hydrological conditions were wrong, suspended the fleet's upstream journey, and withdrew from Majiangkou, sending someone to contact the Chinese army.
What are the hydrological conditions? The river is narrow and the water is shallow.
According to Gao Jing's report, although this Majiang River is known as a river, its channels are narrow. Most of them are only "less than a hundred feet" wide, and some river sections are even only "thirty feet" wide. The bottom of the river is sandy soil. There are shoals and the river is turbid and sandy, making it relatively unnavigable for seagoing ships.
What's more important is that the water is now shallow - according to the accompanying Mojun naval navigator, the flow of the Majiang River is very changeable, and large boats can be used in the summer, but now it is still spring around March, and the water flow is not enough. It seems We can only use some small and medium-sized boats.
As for why this problem was not discovered until Gao Jing entered the mouth of the Majiang River, it was because the Mozhi navy did not have large sea ships. According to their thinking, the Majiang River in spring is navigable...
Therefore, Gao Jing sent people now mainly to ask Gao Pragmatic to decide whether the entire fleet should give up entering the Majiang River, or whether the armed transport ships of Jinghua's main fleet should give up entering the river, and instead let those civilian ships carrying artillery and the Moskva Navy enter the river to fight.
It is impossible for the entire fleet to give up, otherwise this battle will become a head-on battle across the river, which will be quite troublesome. After a moment of hesitation, Gao Pragmatic ordered the second approach: the main fleet was waiting at the mouth of the Majiang River, and the accompanying artillery-carrying merchant ships and the Mozambican navy entered the river to cooperate in the battle.
Two hours later, a fleet of mainly small and medium-sized ships entered Majiangkou. Gao Jing left Jinghua's main fleet lingering at Majiangkou, with Captain Liang Sancai under temporary command, while she boarded Boss Hu's gun-carrying merchant ship. "Xinglong" is used as a temporary flagship to command operations.
For Gao Jing, although there were no large ships in this battle, these small and medium-sized ships were barely enough. Although the number of ship-borne artillery was reduced by more than half, they could still gather more than 600 large and small artillery pieces.
What’s funny is that among the more than 600 large and small artillery pieces, the Mok Navy only has more than 100. The other nearly 500 cannons are owned by the Ming Dynasty’s law-abiding and good maritime merchants.
It would be a waste if you didn't become a pirate. Perhaps the kind of "private ship" in Hongmao Fanzi's hometown that I occasionally mentioned before is very suitable for you to do.
His idea was really not a random thought. The famous Captain Drake's ship as a pirate, the Golden Deer, was just a small Galen ship of about 300 tons, but it did not prevent him from becoming famous in Europe.
Boss Hu's ship is a merchant ship with a thousand materials after all. It weighs 500 tons in total, which is much richer than Drake's capital.
Besides, there are 12 cannons on Boss Hu’s ship.
Not a moment later, the fleet that had finally contacted Gao Pragmatic launched an attack.
However, there was really nothing worth mentioning in this attack. The Zheng army to the west of Majiang had already abandoned its position along the river and retreated after seeing the fleet. If it had not left a small number of sentries to observe the enemy's situation, Now there is no one on the defense line along the river.
Gao Jing has already been notified of this situation by the Mo Jun sentry ship, but because his master has told him that he must bombard the opponent for at least two rounds regardless of whether he retreats or not, so he does not intend to save money for Gao Jingjing and command the fleet in its respective positions. , and then there were two rounds of fierce bombardment.
Thousands of cannons were fired in unison, but the power of hundreds of cannons was not too bad. Zheng Jun looked at the beachhead as if it had been plowed by cannons. After a few miles, countless jaws dropped - his mother Can this battle still be fought? No matter how strong your head is, you can't withstand a cannonball!
High pragmatic results were achieved.
He not only wanted to scare Zheng Jun, but also Mo Jun who had surrendered to him. Now, this "auxiliary fleet" without the main fleet has such an effect. If the main fleet with more artillery and larger guns fires a salvo, what is the concept?
The Red River is much wider than the Majiang River. If Jinghua's main fleet comes in such a wave towards Thang Long City, the capital of hundreds of years will only be left in ruins in one afternoon, right?
Gao Pragmatic, who had already reached the other side of the Ma River to command, did not have to worry about his unreliable tactical command this time. He ordered with satisfaction: "Generals, listen to the order and launch the cross-river battle!"
A group of generals who were aroused by the artillery shouted: "I have the order!"
Among the generals whose faces were flushed with excitement, there were even three female chieftains including Huang Zhiting.
Some Mozambique warships without artillery and Ming Dynasty merchant ships with only two guns had transformed into transport ships and began to launch cross-river operations under the cover of artillery fire from merchant ships carrying artillery.
Thousands of sails are racing, hundreds of boats are racing against each other.
Especially, now that the opponent has no resistance at all, what else is there to say? Under the command of the generals of the headquarters, they are rushing to get on the ship, ready to go and grab the credit!
There is no need for the highly pragmatic servants to step forward for the time being. The wolf soldiers have already crossed the river carried by the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty. As for the surrendered Mo army, some of them still need to rely on some collected civilian ships or even small sampans to row across. , in short, the opponent has no resistance now, so just fight to the other side of the Majiang River.
At the last moment, the former army arrived at the beachhead and consolidated the beachhead position according to a highly pragmatic plan.
At this time, Zheng Jun had gradually calmed down under the shouts of his superior generals, and then rushed forward with all his might.
The wolf soldiers of Siming Mansion under Huang Zhiting received the best treatment and were carried by Ming merchant ships. They were the first batch of Ming troops to arrive. At this time, seeing Zheng Jun dare to step forward, the eyes of these wolf soldiers were shining, really like Like a hungry wolf, he howled and rushed forward to meet the enemy.
They had received a reward order from Huang Zhiting: the reward for this battle was increased by half!
The Guangxi wolf soldiers from the Ming Dynasty fought against Zheng Jun for the first time.
These ordinary wolf soldiers don't know that the Zheng army defeated the Mo army some time ago. They only know that they are now the "soldiers of tomorrow", while the opponent is just a "barbarian barbarian", and they have obvious psychological advantages. Especially thinking about the rare and high reward, in addition to killing people, I just remind myself to remember to behead someone, and the rest... doesn't matter.
No matter whether you are Mo Jun or Zheng Jun, you are all Annan soldiers anyway. The heads of Annan soldiers are becoming more and more valuable now. That's great. Whether this wave can develop depends on whether your heads are enough for me to chop off!
The characteristic of the wolf soldiers is that their organization is divided according to regions. Almost all of the comrades around them are from the same area or even the same village. They are all old friends who cooperate well and do not need much command at all. Spontaneously, they rushed forward in small groups.
Some time ago, Zheng Jun suppressed Mo Jun and gave him a good beating. He was already used to running away from the other side. Now when he encountered an army that treated him as a meal, he was a little stunned for a moment, but they immediately became angry and raised all kinds of weapons. He came up to him.
However, in terms of real combat effectiveness, these Zheng soldiers who grew up in the plains are no match for the wolf soldiers who fought hard in the mountains of Guangxi? After going up and fighting for a while, I realized something was wrong - why were most of the people who died were my own family members?
At first, a general of the Zheng army rode forward on a pony and shouted for death. Suddenly, he heard a voice shouting: "Where does this bitch come from that is worthy of riding a horse? Get out of here!"
He subconsciously turned around and saw a Ming army general who, although not very tall, seemed to be full of explosive power in every inch of his body, stepped forward and a short bamboo spear in his hand was suddenly thrown towards him.
The Zheng Jun general was shocked, but he had no time to dodge. He watched the short spear directly pierce him from the joint of his chest and abdomen.
With a scream, General Zheng's army threw his head back and fell off his horse.
Huang Hu snorted coldly, turned around and shouted: "All the ministries of Siming Mansion, move closer to me, I am going to defeat the opponent's central army!"
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