Chapter 403 Fuchuan is a ship more in line with the future!
Ren Shuangyou sat on the flagship of the fleet, looking at the blue sea in trance. The military command hall issued a military order, asking him to use the existing troops and horses to recover Songjiang Prefecture before July.
He didn't think there was any difficulty in regaining Songjiang. The difficulty was how to hold on to Songjiang after defeating it. This was the hinterland of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it was also the mouth of the Yangtze River. Those who occupied the southern part of the country couldn't be indifferent. It would be strange if they didn't fight tooth and nail.
With the current scale of the navy, he really isn't confident that it can sustain it. It sounds like the navy has about three hundred warships, but more than half of its transport capacity is rented from the Zheng family's old shabby ships. These guys are old men who can't do much work.
Every time the soldiers are used, it is very laborious. In order to maintain their independence, the Zheng family even occupied a special port near Aoshanwei in Jiaozhou for them to dock at ordinary times. The port is their independent kingdom, and it is difficult for any two friends to go there.
How can we ensure the security of Songjiang Prefecture's logistics supply with these guys who are in Cao's camp and have their hearts set on Han? Ren Shuangyou has been fighting for these years and has a deep understanding of the current army's logistics. As long as the logistics supply is worry-free, there are five or six
He is confident that he can withstand thousands of soldiers and even hundreds of thousands of enemy troops. But if there is a problem with the logistics supply, the firearms in the hands of the frontline soldiers are not much better than fire sticks.
Forget it, let’s defeat Songjiang first. The imperial shipyard’s speed this year is very impressive, and it is said that it will be able to deliver about fifty large and small ships by the end of the year. As long as we can survive the remaining half of this year, even if we don’t rely on him
The ship rented by the Zheng family has basically sufficient transport capacity.
"Ruocheng, how's your recent investigation with small fishing boats going?" Ren Shuangyou was in the command warehouse, asking Fang Ruocheng about the military situation they had been investigating these days.
"Commander, there are more than 3,000 defenders on the Songjiang front line, and their combat power is average. There is also a navy with about a hundred large and small warships at the mouth of the river. Judging from the situation of their ships, the situation is not great. The meaning of humble position is
Let’s take Songjiang Prefecture directly and then occupy other small counties.”
"Songjiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River. The Nanzhi people probably don't pay much attention to it. What is their deployment of troops and horses on the front line in Nantong Prefecture and Haimen?"
"There are some soldiers and horses over there. There are about five or six thousand soldiers in Nantong Prefecture. There are more than 3,000 troops on the Haimen front line. It is considered a key defense place. I heard that the heavy troops in this area are not to defend us, but to defend Fujian.
The Zheng family. The Zheng family now uses Tang Dynasty to supervise the country, and is quite powerful in the southeast."
"That's for sure! I didn't take the Zheng family's power seriously before. After a few months of contact, I discovered that they are indeed a serious problem for the imperial court, just as His Majesty had previously judged. They have the least amount of blessings in their hands.
There are five or six hundred ships. Five or six hundred large-scale ships can completely dominate the entire Ming Dynasty inland sea. Speaking of the Zheng family, I was a little hesitant about our plan to directly attack Songjiang. If we attack Songjiang so rashly, we will be defeated.
What should the Zheng family do if their escape route is cut off? I heard that there is an island in the middle of the river between Songjiang and Haimen. Although there are some fishermen on it, the official agency only has one inspection station. What if we occupy this island first? "
"Attack Jiangxin Island first? If so, will Songjiang Mansion be prepared in advance? What will they do if they mobilize a large army to garrison Songjiang?"
"When we enter Chongming Island, they may not strengthen the defense of Songjiang Prefecture! As long as their combat intentions are not exposed, they will focus their strategy on the Haimen and Nantong Prefecture lines, because the strategic location there is much more important than Songjiang."
Songjiang Prefecture is definitely not as important as Nantong Prefecture. You can tell this just by hearing the place names. Beitong Prefecture is the gateway to Beijing, and Nantong Prefecture is naturally the gateway to Nanjing. Haimen means the gate to the sea. From this point of view, it is so domineering
Its name can tell how important its status is, how can it be compared to a small Songjiang Prefecture.
"Why attack a small island like Chongming when we can directly attack Songjiang?"
"If the situation is good, I will definitely attack Songjiang first, but the current situation is not good. Once we mobilize the army, the Zheng family in Fujian will definitely know the news. What if they come to cut off my retreat? What will I do?
It means to defeat Chongming first, and then
Use the Zheng family's ships to transport the army to Chongming Island. When attacking Songjiang, we will only use our own ships. Anyway, even if the Zheng family's ships are not held back, they have no artillery and can only be used as troop transports. Apart from that, we still have to
Military supplies are being heavily stocked on Chongming Island just in case."
"Commander, do my family have the guts to fall out with the imperial court at this time?"
"If I were the head of the Zheng family, I would definitely choose this time to fall out with the imperial court. If we wait for our army to gain a firm foothold in Songjiang, they will soon face the imperial army. Instead of waiting for the imperial army to come to their doorstep.
, it’s better to strike first.”
"In this case, the situation may be quite dangerous for us. Can we face Nan Zhi's counterattack and the Zheng family's stabbing at the same time?"
"You have to face it even if you can't face it. So we have to plan ahead and make arrangements in advance. Also, when using the Zheng family's ships to transport troops, we must have sailors on each ship, and let the brothers on the ship
Wake up, and if necessary, take control of all the Zheng family's old ships and put their sailors under house arrest! If the Zheng family wants to turn against them, they can't let them take away these ships anymore."
"What's so special about these broken ships? It looks like they can shatter them with cannons mounted on them."
"The ship is broken, but it may not be useless to us. In fact, the imperial court has sent people to check the bottom of the ship. As long as it is towed back to the shipyard, it can be repaired until it is usable in a year. The shipyard cannot build so many ships in a year.
, with so much added to our team, we will be full in no time.”
"If this is true, it is indeed a good thing. My family saw that there were many ships, and their situation was actually the same. The ships with many ships were old fortune ships, which could not hold many cannons. Their cannons were also old cannons.
At most they can just get some red-haired cannons from Hongmao, but they are inferior to us in terms of range and power, and our ships can carry three times as many guns as theirs."
The Fu ship is a typical Chinese-style ship and the prototype of post-modern ships and warships. Europeans say they started by sailing, but the mainstream ship they currently use is actually a weirdo, and the ship type was eliminated in later generations.
The ship has many advantages and advanced structures, but the problem is that it also has its own design limitations, and artillery can only be placed on the deck. Generally, it is on the ship's deck.
Artillery was placed at the stern and bow of the ship. Those who are familiar with later generations know that most warships of later generations also placed firepower in these two places and on the deck. The Fu ship's cabin has a watertight warehouse, unlike European ships that have load-bearing beams, so
There is no way to put two rows of artillery in the cabin like European ships. They even have two layers of artillery, which is simply a crazy pursuit of firepower.
When the rate of fire and power of the artillery can't keep up, their crazy design has an advantage over the more advanced design of the Fuzhou ship. The Fuzhou ship produced by Tianjin Shipyard uses a large number of watertight layer beams.
The iron beams have strengthened the load-bearing capacity, so several artillery pieces can be placed in the ship's warehouse, which to a certain extent makes up for the lack of firepower of the Fuchuan. However, for the sake of load-bearing, the cannons used in the ship's warehouse are chambered.
Relatively low mortars have certain limitations in range.
