Chapter 617 Battle of Nanri Island (4)

For Zheng Zhihu, the Shibazhi guard on the island, the news of the Haihan mission's visit to Fujian had reached here more than half a month ago. Even Zheng Xinzhi failed to organize an assassination operation in Zhangzhou City a few days ago.

As a result, the Fujian government began to arrest businessmen who worked for Shibazhi. Zheng Zhihu also had control over these situations.

The failure of the assassination would lead to revenge from the Haihan people and the Fujian government. This was almost a certainty. Zheng Zhihu was also mentally prepared for this, but he did not expect that the Haihan people would play such a big role and actually lead the Ming Navy directly.

They rushed to Nanri Island. When he received the warning and sent a ship to attack, Zheng Zhihu was actually a little confused - three warships wanted to attack Nanri Island? You must know that the navy used a lot of brains.

They failed to capture this place. Although the Haihan militia was very powerful, it was a bit too arrogant.

Zheng Zhihu very much hopes to defeat these uninvited guests on Nanri Island. When he returns to Penghu next time, he can also humiliate Liu Xiang who blew the Haihan people to the sky. Zheng Zhihu even announced a reward before going to the battle, as long as he can capture the real Haihan people.

He only offered a reward of 1,000 silver to live and 300 to death. He believed that such a high reward would definitely motivate his men to fight desperately on the battlefield.

However, the reality is still somewhat different from his expectation. These people under him tried their best, but they could not even touch the hair of the Haihan people. They were led in circles by the three big ships and bombarded with artillery. When these people realized

When the situation went wrong and they needed to retreat, the Haihan people had completely taken the initiative on the battlefield. As a result, of the twenty-five ships that went out, only thirteen returned in the end, and several of them were seriously damaged and needed to be repaired.

Only then can you devote yourself to the next battle.

The current situation is actually very clear. The opponent is obviously well-prepared for Nanri Island. If they want to defend, the remaining sailboats will definitely not be able to repel the opponent at sea. And if the remaining ships are allowed to

Withdrawing from the port of Nanri Island and conducting harassment battles on the periphery as before will probably not be effective - the Ming navy did not play in the previous battle at all, and was obviously just plundering the formation for the Haihan people on the periphery. If they follow the same pattern

, allowing the Ming army to guard the perimeter while the Haihan people were responsible for landing and attacking the camp, the remaining limited number of ships would also be unable to achieve the desired effect of harassment operations.

The only good thing is that according to the news that was sent back from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, there are only three warships in the Haihan mission that visited Fujian this time. Although it is not glorious to say, Zheng Zhihu does not have to worry about the sea.

Besides these three ships, the Han people had no other tricks they could use. However, even with the three Hai-Han warships at the moment, Zheng Zhihu felt that he was unable to deal with them.

At this time, Zheng Zhihu's staff gave him an idea and immediately sent a ship back to Penghu to report the news and move reinforcements. If he moved quickly enough, the reinforcements could reach Nanri Island in about five days.

The voyage from Nanri Island to Penghu is about a hundred nautical miles. Zheng Zhihu's clipper can arrive in more than a day. Counting the time required to mobilize troops and generals to make preparations after receiving the news, five days can be called

It can be said to be a very high operational efficiency. But the biggest uncertain factor in this plan is whether the pirates on Nanri Island can hold on until reinforcements arrive. If they are defeated by the coalition forces of Haihan and the Fujian government before then,

After conquering the camp, the hurried reinforcements might suffer a big loss on Nanri Island, and the consequences would be even more serious than losing Nanri Island.

However, Zheng Zhihu is relatively confident in the strength of the camp. After all, the Fujian Ming Army came to Nanri Island five or six times to attack Nanri Island, and each time they returned defeated outside the camp. Although the Haihan Militia's combat power is better than Shibazhi,

However, Zheng Zhihu believed that it was not that simple to conquer Nanri Village, which was almost like a small city. At least with the thousands of subordinates on the island, it should be no problem to defend it for ten days and a half.

This is the disadvantage of the place being too remote. If Zheng Zhihu often traveled to the two cities of Zhangquan, he should have heard about the past achievements of the Haihan Militia in attacking the Annan city. Even if he did not meet the Annan merchants, he must have heard about it.

He will also hear about the glorious results of the Haihan militia in quelling the banditry in the northern part of Qiongzhou Island within a month last year. Then at least he will know that the Haihan people are no weaker than them in fighting on land, especially in attacking cities.

Performance at sea.

However, the lack of news caused Zheng Zhihu to misjudge this link. He believed that with the island's defense strength, he should be able to hold on until reinforcements arrived, so he immediately dictated it, asked his staff to write a letter, and then sent a fast ship

The ship rushed to Penghu overnight to bring in reinforcements.

Zheng Zhihu's letter for help did not describe how critical the situation on the island was. Instead, he described the current situation as an opportunity to deal a major blow to the Fujian government and the Haihan people. This is not entirely Zheng Zhihu's arrogance.

He thought that he should take advantage of the fact that there were not many warships sent by Haihan to Fujian this time, seize the opponent's eagerness to attack Nanri Island, and use the advantage of military strength to block it here and slowly deal with it.

Although it was a loss of face that more than 20 ships could not defeat the opponent's three ships, Zheng Zhihu didn't care. He knew that Haihan was extremely strict on Fujian's arms sales. When the Ming army fought, they would count the shells and fire them.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to replenish ammunition and effectively maintain the Haihan warships in Fujian. If twenty-five ships cannot defeat them, what about the two hundred and fifty? No matter how powerful the Haihans are, the cannonballs and gunpowder on board are always limited.

Right? No matter how fast your ship runs, the people on board always have to rest, right? There is not much else in Shibazhi, but there are many people and ships. You can play with Haihan slowly. Haihan’s warship is indeed big.

But as soon as they run out of ammunition and have the slightest intention of retreating, Shibazhi's numerous small boats can swarm up and devour these large ships like ants eating elephants.

Zheng Zhihu's considerations are indeed very practical issues, and he can be considered smart to think of these aspects. However, what he doesn't know is that on the day the content of this joint military exercise was confirmed, the General Office of the People's Republic of China in Guangdong Province had already received a message from the mission from Fujian.

The telegram returned asked them to immediately organize a cargo ship to transport a batch of ammunition and coal from the munitions warehouse in Zhennan Port to Fujian, so that in case the war could not be resolved in a short time, these Haihan warships participating in the war

It can be replenished nearby. Haihan's material allocation capabilities can be said to be unparalleled in the world. Within twelve hours of receiving the telegram, a supply fleet consisting of five cargo ships had sailed out of Guangzhou and headed to Zhennan Port for shipment.

Supplies. Counting on the day after the combined fleet set off from Zhangzhou, this supply fleet should have arrived there.

Although the supplies shipped from Guangdong cannot support these ships in long-term operations in Fujian, if it is only a short-term small-scale battle lasting ten days and a half, Haihan's logistics supply capabilities can still be sufficient. Not to mention commanding in Haihan

In the officer's mind, the goal of conquering Nanri Island does not take that long. At the beginning, Shi Diwen said that it could be captured within a day or two. If it took too long, it would affect Haihan's face.

After the naval battle, the coalition fleet withdrew towards Quanzhou, and Zheng Zhihu also sent a ship to follow and monitor. The next day, the coalition fleet here had just raised its flag and sailed, and the pirate ship on the distant sea sent the news back to Nanri Island through signal relay.

Above - Obviously, the enemy is going to take advantage of the victory and attack Nanri Island.

Of course, Zheng Zhihu would not use the ten or twenty ships remaining on the island to block the coalition fleet. Doing so would not have much effect except increasing casualties. After all, all the elite on the island yesterday could only

It lasted less than an hour under the opponent's offensive. In order to preserve his strength, Zheng Zhihu ordered all the ships on the island to withdraw to the sea first, and then check the situation from the outside. If the Ming army and the Haihan militia really planned to land on the island, then say

Zheng Zhihu might have heard of basic tactics such as sneak attacks and half-crossing attacks.

As for the remaining thousand tribesmen on the island, Zheng Zhihu gathered them all in Nanri Village, and he personally commanded them. After yesterday's defeat, Zheng Zhihu smelled danger, and he had already asked the pirates on the island to attack the village.

The wall was reinforced again, and all kinds of artillery and muskets in the warehouse, no matter whether they fired or not, or how powerful they were, were moved to the top of the wall and set up first - even if they could not scare the enemy, they could embolden their subordinates.

Qi is also good.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong further increased the reward amount for military merit. As long as the enemy is killed and the head is taken in this battle, there will be a reward regardless of whether he is a Haihan or not. The soldiers of the Ming army will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and the short-haired soldiers of the Haihan militia will be rewarded.

Twelve taels of silver, while the level of Haihan's head has increased from three hundred taels to one thousand taels. If he can be captured alive, he will be rewarded with a heavy reward of three thousand taels!

However, the incentive effect of this bounty is obviously not as good as before the challenge to the opponent the day before, because many people have not been able to return to the island after yesterday's battle, and the speed of defeat also hit the pirates deeply. Although Zheng Zhihu had ordered

The pirates who fought yesterday were not allowed to talk publicly about the fighting process, but this did not really serve as a seal. The pirates quickly learned the general story of the naval battle from the survivors - it was just a single story from beginning to end.

It was just a beating.

It is really difficult for such achievements to give more confidence to the pirates on the island who have not yet fought against the Haihan Militia. If it were not for the big boss Zheng Zhihu sitting on the island, the pirates on the island might have dispersed after yesterday's defeat.

Escaped.

Early in the morning, the news of the joint fleet's departure from Dongqiao Bay reached back to the island. There was really no atmosphere of challenge in Nanri Village. What was more, the uneasiness was revealed on the faces of the pirates. Shibazhi said to

The Haihan Militia has never won a victory. In the past, these people would laugh at Liu Xiang and his men for not knowing how to fight. However, after actually encountering the Haihan Militia on the battlefield, they understood how terrifying this opponent's strength was.

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The ships of the combined fleet arrived faster than they imagined, and the frequency of receiving alarms became faster and faster, so that the pirates began to discuss whether the Haihan people came by ship or flew directly from the sky.

It will be so fast.

Zheng Zhihu was commanding on the front line at this time. Of course, he also heard these "disharmonious" sounds, and his face became very ugly because of this. However, he was a little lucky that he had sent out the ships on the island early, otherwise he would have to wait until the other party moved.

If you don't move until you are ready, a ship may be blocked in the harbor of Nanri Island because it moves too slowly.

Compared with Zheng Zhihu, Shi Diwen and Xu Xinsu on the "Prestige Signal" deck were in a much better mood. Shi Diwen smiled and said: "Sir Xu, it seems that the situation is as we expected. The battle yesterday

After that, Shibazhi no longer dares to send another ship to intercept us."

Xu Xinsu nodded and said: "As I expected, their ships probably no longer stop at Nanri Island. In the past few attacks on the island, Shibazhi used this tactic. When we land,

, and then looked for an opportunity to launch an attack."

Shi Diwen said: "Then the outer cover will be left to Master Xu's navy!"

Xu Xinsu clasped her fists and said, "Don't worry, I'm personally supervising the battle this time. I made my attitude clear to my soldiers last night. Anyone who dares to escape from the formation today will be immediately executed and exiled! If Shibazhi still dares to attack half-crossed,

His old tricks, I will fight him to the death today!"

Shi Diwen smiled and said: "It's not that serious. As long as the Navy can cover our militia to complete the landing and set up a beachhead position, it will be fine. When we free up our hands and feet, we can slowly deal with the remaining defeated soldiers at sea."

In the landing plan prepared by Shi Diwen and Morgan, attacking Nanri Village was secondary. The key point was to land and seize the beachhead position. This time, the Haihan Mission did not bring much land troops, so they had to recruit three battleships.

Some gunners and sailors were dispatched from the ship for landing operations. Even so, the number of militiamen who could participate in the battle to seize the island was only two to three hundred. After consulting with Xu Xinsu yesterday, another two hundred people were temporarily recruited from the Ming army to assist with logistics.

Login.

The fleet sailed smoothly to the northwest harbor of Nanri Island. Shi Diwen and Morgan confirmed the situation of the harbor through telescopes. There was not even a small sampan here. It was clear that Shiba Zhi

They still did a relatively thorough job of clearing the country. However, they did not destroy the piers and other dock facilities in the harbor. This is probably because they were still holding on to a bit of luck, thinking that they could hold on to this island attack and there would be no need to waste time in the future.

Efforts were made to rebuild dock facilities.

The Haihan militia was naturally happy to see this happen. They emptied the ship's space and left a trestle, which completely vacated the position for the Haihan warship to dock. The only thing that was a little inappropriate was Haihan's view of the water conditions in the port.

I'm not very familiar with it, so I can't approach the larger "Wei Signal" directly. I have to send a small boat to measure the water depth on the shore first.
Chapter completed!