Chapter 184 The war at sea resumes
Whether these armies can fight or not is not yet known. But this method did greatly reduce the court's cost of maintaining these troops.
Now is the time to test the combat effectiveness of these armies.
Qu Liangcai sat at the back and stared at the front.
But I saw these Japanese risking their lives to attack Penghu City. I fought hard all afternoon. But there was no result, and two battalion officers were even killed.
Qu Liangcai withdrew four battalions, and the battalion with the battalion officer killed in the battle, the Yamana Camp and the Ouchi Camp were abolished and merged into the Shimazu Camp and the Maori Camp.
Qu Liangcai himself felt that there were too many battalion-level units. Although he had never thought of building a large camp of five thousand people. But I feel that the number of battalions below is too small. It won't come in handy at the critical moment.
As for how to merge, it naturally depends on who can survive.
Then Qu Liangcai mobilized again, Chisong Camp, Nanmu Camp, Hosokawa Camp, and Tuqi Camp. Go on the attack.
This time, Penghu City could not withstand the attack.
In the final analysis, they were still poorly prepared, and they were still able to persist at the beginning, and the Confederate army even fought hand-to-hand at the city gate. But after fighting for half a day, he was exhausted.
And Qu Liangcai still has a lot of chips, so there is no reason why he can't break through such turns.
Once Penghu City was conquered, Penghu Island was captured. After Penghu Island was captured, other islands besides Penghu Island were no longer a problem.
Qu Liangcai immediately sent someone to help Fang Chengfeng win.
At the same time, Fang Chengfeng also won a great victory.
This great victory was against the Fujian Navy.
To be honest, the Fujian Navy is not weak. In terms of quantity and quality, they are the most important branch of the Southern Dynasties Navy, even higher than the Shandong Navy, but nothing can be done. Their fighting philosophy is too backward.
The Fujian Navy is addicted to the artillery suppression of opponents and the tactics of getting close to jumping gangs. The Liaodong Navy has already advanced to the idea of using artillery to destroy enemy ships.
It is true that today's artillery is somewhat weak.
In addition, wooden ships are naturally buoyant, so it is not easy to use artillery to sink the ship.
It may even appear and be bombarded with hundreds of cannons, while the ship remains afloat.
However, although the ship did not sink, it lost control during the battle. Whether the artillery bombarded key parts of the ship, such as the rudder, or too many people died on the ship. The ship may not sink. But the people on the boat were made of flesh and blood.
These out-of-control ships are likely to drift along with the wind and current. In this case, it makes no difference whether they sink or not, and they will not be able to participate in the following battle.
Not to mention, the power of cannons is increasing year by year, and sinking wooden ships in the future is just around the corner.
In this battle, Fang Chengfeng outnumbered the enemy and took the initiative to attack the Fujian Navy. .
Crossed the Fujian Navy fleet several times.
He looks like a hero, but in fact, Fang Chengfeng is very calculating. Because the Fujian Navy has insufficient artillery.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on the Fujian Navy. It can even be said that the Fujian Navy's artillery supply was actually very sufficient before the war between the north and the south. But sufficiency is relative. Rather than absolute.
Not to mention, during the Hongwu period, Liaodong and Beijing had become the main bases for artillery production. At that time, the Liaodong navy was closest to the water tower and got the moon first. More than anyone else in artillery equipment.
After the war between the north and the south, under He Xi's organization, the north began to explode its production capacity, and artillery was produced like an assembly line. Not just naval guns, infantry guns, city defense guns, tiger crouching guns, and other types of artillery. Tens of thousands of doors are produced every year, but that’s not all.
Nanjing lags far behind in this regard.
Originally, the Taiping Iron Works' artillery production was slow and orderly, with hundreds of guns produced every year. But after the war started, Fu Youde felt the importance of artillery, and it was like urging him to ask for artillery from behind.
But was the artillery something that Fu Youde had immediately after asking for it?
It is not that the Taiping Steel Plant has not expanded
Production means just increasing the output, which is also a process. The reason why Beijing is so prone to overcapacity is actually because before the overcapacity was exceeded, Beijing's construction projects allowed factories to have already reached full capacity. The so-called explosive production capacity. It's just a matter of changing the previous production of steel for construction into the production of artillery. So the transition is very fast. But Taiping Iron Works has no such advantage.
His explosive production capacity must come step by step.
Moreover, it is subject to various restrictions, so there will be no problems with the iron ore for a while. But there is a problem in the coal mine. On the one hand, there is the transportation problem of a large amount of coal mines transported along the Yangtze River. On the other hand, the coal mines themselves are not large coal mines. Increasing production capacity in coal mines is more difficult than in iron ore mines.
After all, iron ore is an open-pit mine.
But the coal mines in Wuhu are no longer the same.
These are all problems. It's just that Fu Youde doesn't care about these, he only wants artillery.
Then we can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Who is Dongqiang? Except for the Northern Expedition Army, everyone is the Eastern Wall. It goes without saying who is the Western Wall. Naturally, it was Fu Youde's command.
Even if the artillery of the Fujian Navy is organized according to organization, it cannot compare with that of the Northern Army.
Today, the artillery establishment of the Fujian Navy still lacks a lot.
It goes without saying what kind of result this will have.
The Fujian Navy was at a firepower disadvantage when facing Chengfeng. And Fang Chengfeng made three brave advances, and then another. It even beat the Fujian Navy to a pulp, especially when the two sides were close to a distance of dozens of steps. When the Fujian navy was about to join forces, Fang Chengfeng used artillery to fire off shotgun shells and wash the deck.
It was so miserable to look like that.
There was almost no place without blood on the entire deck.
It's like hell on earth.
After this several times, several generals died in battle, and the morale of the Fujian Navy completely collapsed. He voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield.
Fang Chengfeng pursued all the way until he saw Xiamen Island. Just returned. It was also at this time that Fang Chengfeng learned about Qu Liangcai's good news.
Fang Chengfeng thought to himself, "Jingjiang is in my hands."
Although it is said that there are still 10,000 to 20,000 Confederate troops on the island of Taiwan. But Fang Chengfeng didn't take it seriously at all. Without him, he only needs to control the Taiwan Strait. These people are like trees without roots and water without sources.
No matter how long you persist, no matter how tenacious you fight, it can't change the outcome.
The navy and the army are different.
As long as the army has money and people, it can recruit troops at any time. The navy is different. The navy relies on ships to fight. As for a ship, production requires cycles. Replenishing artillery also takes time. And it takes time to train sailors who can skillfully operate ships.
In this battle, Fang Chengfeng only sank two ships. Even one of them, Fang Chengfeng didn't know whether he sank it or lost control and hit the rocks on his own.
But there were a lot of killings.
Every ship of the Fujian Navy was stained with blood. Fang Chengfeng didn't know exactly how many people died. But it is definitely not a small number, and although there are not many shipwrecks. But most of the ships were riddled with holes.
In this situation. It will take several months for the Fujian Navy to regain its original combat effectiveness. This still restores the original combat effectiveness. If you want to develop combat power that surpasses Fang Chengfeng. To replenish enough ships, artillery and sailors, one year is too little.
This is with the strong support from the rear and uncompromising support at all. Once the rear has its own ideas, make its own calculations. It is hard to say whether the Fujian Navy can recover.
Even if we use the minimum time, three to five months. Fang Chengfeng fully believed that Jingjiang City could be captured during this time period.
This situation has opened up.
After Jingjiang City is captured, a line will be formed from Liaodong, North Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Luzon, and Nanyang. The trade between the north and Southeast Asia is completely open and is still under Beijing's control. This will bring too many advantages.
For example, the kings of Nanyang recognized ***. The advantage of this legitimacy.
For example, if the Nanjing regime is completely expelled from maritime trade, Nanjing's customs taxes will suddenly disappear. Even if there were, it would not be hundreds of dollars per year
Yun Xiyue asked, "Are you okay? Did you encounter any trouble when you came to Zilan Continent?"
"Can I still sit here if something happens?" Yun Xiyue asked coldly.
Seeing her attitude, Xiaoye quickly smoothed things over, "Mom, it's hard for us to meet daddy once, don't be angry with him!"
"Mom is angry?" Xiao Sen looked at Yun Xiyue and asked curiously: "Because we saw dad's fiancée, are you angry?"
Yun Xiyue said with a straight face, "Not angry!".
Feng Jianxi's face also turned cold, "She is not my fiancée, I have nothing to do with her."
Xiao Ye suddenly remembered something, "Dad, were you responsible for Uncle Nangong's chopsticks just now?"
Feng Jianxi denied it unnaturally, "That's none of my business."
Xiao Ye and Xiao Sen looked at each other and both covered their mouths and laughed.
"It seems that both father and mother are jealous!" The little girl's eyes were full of joy. She looked at this and then that, and her smile became even brighter.
Because of Feng Jianxi's arrival, the two little nuggets were quite good at being human, so they packed some food and went back to space.
After they returned to the space, the place became quiet.
Yun Xiyue glanced sideways at Feng Jianxi, who had a cold face, "You didn't stay in the inn with your fiancée, weren't you afraid that she would be angry?"
Feng Jianxi didn't look at her. Although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, the resentment in his eyes could not be hidden, "I said, I have nothing to do with her!"
"It's you who found Nangong Bubai so quickly."
Yun Xiyue was stunned for a moment, was he... jealous?
Who just teased Nangong Bubai like a child?
Isn't it him?
Yun Xiyue glanced at him with a half-smile, "I met Nangong Bubai in the square."
This time it was Feng Jianxi's turn to be stunned.
"My family is very powerful, so I can only tell you that I am here by holding a thaumaturgy competition."
Feng Jianxi was silent for a while and then continued, "I have learned a lot in the past month, so I learned the short-term clone method, but it can only last for half an hour. The body left in the inn half an hour later It will disappear."
"Xiao Jinglu is the fiancée my parents have made since I was in my mother's womb. You don't have to take her seriously."
Yun Xiyue snorted, "I don't take her to heart."
"Then you were still angry with me just now?" Feng Jianxi's tone softened and he looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you jealous?"
Yun Xiyue raised her eyebrows, "Who just teased Nangong Bubai like a child? Fengjian Xi, are you jealous?"
Fengjian Xi coughed unnaturally, "Who makes him so annoying!"
At this time, the door was suddenly kicked open, "Fengjian Xi, it turns out to be you!"
Nangong Bubai came back, and he heard what Feng Jianxi just said.
He strode in furiously and struck Feng Jianxi with one palm.
It's a pity that with his little strength, in front of Feng Jianxi, he is like a young child.
"Nangong Bubai, even if you practice for a hundred years, you will not be my opponent." Feng Jianxi was extremely cold. He raised his hand and fixed Nangong Bubai there.
Nangong Bubai's eyes widened and he cursed angrily: "Fengjian Xi! You coward! Don't you dare resist the marriage arranged by your family..."
Before he could finish his words, Feng Jianxi pinned his acupuncture point.
"Let's eat together!" Feng Jianxi stopped looking at him, calmly sat down next to Yun Xiyue, and gave her a piece of roasted chicken with his own hands.
