I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

As soon as Zheng Zhibao set off on the front foot, Lu Guangzu got the news on the back foot.

Now in the Longwu court, there are too many civil servants willing to pass news to Dahua.

They don't have the power of Zheng Zhilong, so naturally they don't have the confidence to be as arrogant as Zheng Zhilong, and they dare to ask for treatment when they surrender.

For some civil officials, it is not bad that they can continue to be officials and keep their family property after surrendering.

For such a petty profit, they can all betray their own important military intelligence, just to show some filial piety for Dahua.

"The 30,000 army, plus the original 20,000 defenders, Ningde has hoarded 50,000 people now."

Lu Guangzu had a headache.

If the enemy supports 10,000 people, he will try to fight a dozen.

However, now that Ningde has assembled more than 50,000 people, and he is still on the defensive side, his 10,000 people seem to be completely insufficient.

Not to mention attacking, it is not bad to be able to defend and remain undefeated.

No way, Lu Guangzu could only report the situation and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

When the battle report was sent to Ningbo, Wang Dayong continued to upload the battle report and held a high-level meeting of the entire army to discuss the final battle together.

In the view of Wang Dayong and others, the Ningde battle will be the last decisive battle with Daming.

As long as the enemy's main force is defeated in this battle, Daming's will to resist will be disintegrated.

"Let's talk about how to fight this battle. Or, how to ensure a low casualty rate as much as possible while taking into account the efficiency."

Wang Dayong said.

It's easy to win this battle if you don't count casualties.

However, what Wang Dayong pursues is to spend as little cost as possible to complete the battle.

"Reducing casualties actually mainly depends on the transportation of materials and troops. If the artillery and air force can be transported to the front line, the attack will be much easier. If the navy can defeat Zheng Zhilong on the sea and open up the sea transportation line, the battle will be easier. "

Tao Dongcheng said.

They have absolute strength, and the question now is how to put this power into Ningde.

Although the land route has been opened, it would be very slow and costly to transport a large number of red-clothed cannons over land.

If there is no other option, then only this.

However, there is another option in front of Hua Jun now, and that is to take the water route.

As long as Zheng Zhilong's navy can be defeated on the sea, the safety of sea transportation can be guaranteed. Those cannons, materials, and soldiers can be continuously transported to the front line by water.

Water transportation is more than ten times easier than land transportation.

With those constant supplies of supplies, decisive battles are not a problem.

They rely on equipment to bully the enemy, their Dahua army has been playing relatively slippery.

"What does the navy say, are you sure you can beat Zheng Zhilong?"

Wang Dayong asked.

Zheng Zhilong's strength at sea is still very strong, and he has won many battles with the Dutch colonists.

There are thousands of sailboats under his command, including hundreds of large ships. The navy is about 50,000 people, plus some water at the helm

Auxiliary soldiers, the total number of at least seven or eighty thousand.

Although Dahua's navy is strong, its number is far less than that of Zheng Zhilong.

At present, Dahua's navy has more than 400 warships, of which less than 40 are equipped with steam engines.

The total strength of the navy was about 25,000 men, but not all of them were deployed in the south.

To maintain law and order in the Yangtze River Basin, as well as the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, it is also necessary to arrange a part of the navy. Around Songjiang, there is also a navy cruising.

There are less than 300 warships left for Wang Dayong, and there is no shortage of transport ships, and even some merchant ships can be temporarily recruited as transport ships.

Using more than 300 warships to fight Zheng Zhilong, the outcome is really hard to say.

"It's definitely okay to win, but the losses may be very large, and maybe the navy will be wiped out."

Wu Yi said.

If he had a thousand warships, as long as he defeated half of the enemy's warships, the enemy should almost collapse and flee.

However, he only has more than 300 ships now. Even if he can destroy half of the enemy's warships, the enemy's warships are still more than them, and it is impossible for them to collapse.

If the enemy does not collapse, then there will be a bloody battle, and there will inevitably be a large number of casualties.

Whether it is the army or the navy, if you want to win the battle with less casualties, you need to be much stronger than the enemy. Then frighten the enemy to death with absolute strength, and cannot expect to kill all the enemies.

If you want to kill all the enemies and force them to resist desperately, then the loss will definitely not be small.

The current strength of the Dahua Navy was not enough to scare Zheng Zhilong to death.

Therefore, once the decisive battle is bound to be a tragic struggle, or one's own side is defeated and flees, it is impossible to easily defeat the Ming army.

This......

Everyone didn't know what to say, everyone knew what Wu Yi meant, so it was difficult for everyone to make a decision.

If Wu Yi had to fight such a hard battle, maybe the navy would have opinions in his heart.

The lives of soldiers in the army are life, and the lives of soldiers in the navy are also very important.

"Commander Wu, are you willing to accept this task? If you are willing, I will ask His Majesty for some support. If not, then we will be fortunate, from

Troops and supplies were transported overland. As for Zheng Zhilong's navy, we will deal with it later. "

Wang Dayong said that although he is the commander of the Southern Military Region, he has no control over the navy.

In terms of position alone, Wu Yi is no lower than him.

Therefore, it is up to Wu Yi to make a decision whether the navy will fight or not.

Wu Yi was speechless when he heard the words. Wang Dayong's words sounded like he was greedy for life and fear of death if he didn't accept the task, and he was not willing to be loyal to His Majesty.

Even if he didn't want to fight Zheng Zhilong so early in his heart, he couldn't say it, lest he would be included in a book and say he was afraid of fighting.

"Since the army needs it, I, Wu, risked my life to open up the waterway."

Wu Yi said.

The meaning of what he said is also very obvious. It's okay to ask Lao Tzu to go, but you army bastards must remember this kind of favor. When dividing military expenses in the future, give more to the navy.

"Commander Wu is serious, do everything according to your ability and do your best. You are all doing things for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will naturally not forget Commander Wu's hardships."

The crowd is chatting haha.

Wu Yi agreed to fight with Zheng Zhilong, so the plan for this battle was roughly determined.

First, they had a head-to-head battle with Zheng Zhilong's navy, defeated them and opened up the sea transport line. If successful, the supplies are transported to the front by sea.

If they lose, it's not a big deal, it won't hurt their roots. It is nothing more than spending more time and energy to transport the materials by land.

Then, with one more effort, Ningde and Fuzhou were taken down.