Chapter 274 We must fight!
On the Indian Ocean, a blue sea, the monsoon wind blew the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty fleet flying. The flaming red flag was inlaid with the light of the rising sun from the Indian subcontinent on the opposite side.
In the command cabin of a Ming III-class sailing battleship equipped with 80 cannons, Wang Hong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who had not slept well all night, and his subordinate civil and military officials looked at the rising sun from a foreign country.
Not long after, Wang Hong turned around and looked at the sand table that had been promoted recently, and asked Jin Yiwei Chen Ding: "Chen Qianhu, I would like to confirm once again that the distribution of Folangji's troops and warehouses in Goa is really the same. As shown in the picture, did you make any mistakes?”
"I dare to guarantee with my life that in order to find out the authenticity of these Folangjis, one of my hundreds of households disguised himself as a bought Ming Dynasty citizen. He worked hard in Goa and was beaten to death by the Folangji people without exposing these. It’s all our Jin Yiwei brothers who sacrificed their lives for it! How can it be false?”
When Chen Ding thought of the humiliation that Fo Langji had given him when he was an undercover agent, Chen Ding was filled with hatred. Now that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Hong, was questioning himself, it made him even more agitated.
"You mean, there are people in Ming Dynasty who were enslaved by the Francois in Goa City? Some of them were even beaten to death?"
Wang Hong asked.
Chen Ding nodded: "Yes, there were no less than a hundred people who were humiliated and killed. Some were captured soldiers, and some were sold here to do cool labor by money-grubbing tribesmen!"
Bang!
Even though Wang Hong was a veteran official for many years, when he heard about his compatriots being enslaved by the barbarians, he couldn't help but hit the table with his fist, which made the pen and ink tremble.
But at this time, the sentry came to report: "Junmen (referring to Governor Wang Hong)! It is less than three hundred miles away from Goa!"
When Wang Hong heard this, he quickly calmed down, suppressed his emotions, and ordered: "Bang the drum! Remove the coats from all the artillery! Load the ammunition! Turn on the safety of all the muskets and load the ammunition! Get the Shenhuo flying crow ready! The sentry ship Set sail immediately to explore the nearby waters! ”
then.
It didn't take long.
The Ming Dynasty's expeditionary fleet across the Indian Ocean sounded drums to indicate that it was officially facing the Folangji fleet!
All windows are open!
The iron-core, copper-tyred cannon with its precise position and rear sight exposed its dark muzzle, facing only the blue sea!
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also raised their firing guns. The standard Ming Zhengde rifle, which has similar performance to the Springfield M1795 rifle and the Dreiser rifle that shone brightly in history, is now only waiting for the appearance of the Franco machine!
Because it is a percussion gun, the Ming Dynasty Zhengde rifle can continuously shoot enemies even in windy and rainy weather. What's more, the sun is still shining brightly, and it is February of the 14th year of Zhengde, the mildest climate in the Indian Ocean.
It is worth mentioning that the Ming Dynasty's Divine Fire Flying Crow has also been prepared at this time. This Ming Dynasty version of the original aircraft has shown great success in the Liaoluo Bay and Luliang naval battles in history, and can quickly ignite enemy ships and sailing ships. magic weapon.
Wang Hong and the entire officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fleet were waiting for the appearance of the Folangji fleet, and then sunk all the warships of the Folangji fleet.
Many of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who followed Wang Honglai on his expedition to Goa were the officers and soldiers who followed Xia Yan on his western tour. They clearly remembered the scene when they were attacked by Fo Langji here. They also remembered that many of their brothers were prisoners of Fo Langji. He has not forgotten the hatred that Fo Langji brought to him.
Therefore, it can be said that they came with hatred and the purpose was revenge.
Even Xia Yan, the prime minister for Nanyang maritime affairs, codenamed this military operation "revenge".
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Fo Langji's fleet has indeed appeared at this time.
Almost all of the more than twenty Franco Centipede warships were dispatched, surrounding the entire Goa Port in an arc. Each Centipede ship also had a Franco machine cannon that could be replaced with sub-cannons to achieve continuous firing.
But none of this scared the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy who followed Wang Hong or Xia Yan and fought against the Fo Langji fleet many times.
At this time, what really shocked the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty was that the warships and forts of these Franco fleets actually had their own compatriots tied to them!
Sentinel Zhou Guang put down the navy's special telescope, fell off the mast, and immediately ran to the command cabin: "Military gate! There are our brothers on the enemy ship! They are tied to the mast!"
"What! Why are these Folangji people so mean!" Deputy Inspector Lu Shen couldn't help but said in surprise.
Wang Hong calmly retracted the telescope, turned around and said: "I have seen it. There is no law of war. This despicable and cunning act by the Buddha Langji people is to deceive us. The Celestial Dynasty is a legitimate country and cannot bear to harm its own people. Therefore, there are other reasons for this." This is a bad behavior! Please pass on the order. No ships are allowed to fire their cannons without orders from their own officers, and they must be on standby!"
After saying that, Wang Hong walked onto the deck, looked at the large centipede boat of the Fo Lang machine lined up with thousands of oars in front, and thought about how to deal with it.
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at this time.
Amel, the governor of Folangji, also saw the semaphore on the Ming's main ship through the telescope he bought from the Ming smuggling gentry, and couldn't help but sneered:
"Sure enough, the Ming army issued an order not to fire artillery. It seems that our trick of taking their people as hostages worked. These stupid and dull Easterners, for the sake of their own morality and the thoughts of their compatriots, would rather Just sit back and watch the loss of the fighter plane, just a few captive civilians, die! God will not have mercy on these despicable unbelieving slaves!" "Governor's Pavilion! The following is that, in fact, their emperor is the most ridiculous, insisting on establishing a constitution so that their officials have to shoulder the obligation to protect the people of the country, and they will even be punished with serious crimes if they rashly sacrifice the interests of the people! A king who loves his people is definitely not a great emperor. In my opinion, he is suitable to be a priest, not an emperor! ”
Kirk also laughed in agreement.
"The king has decided to form a larger fleet to attack this empire. When the time comes, our fleet will make their emperor understand what kind of emperor is a truly great emperor!"
As Amel said, he suddenly slapped Zhang Chun: "Despicable yellow dog, I hate you looking at me like this! As a slave, you have no right to hate me!"
Zhang Chun endured the pain on his face and didn't understand what Amel said, but he knew that the leader of Franji, who was laughing and angry at times, must be uneasy because the Ming Dynasty's fleet was in front, even if Even he could see the dark cannon.
Zhang Chun also knows that the reason why the Ming fleet is not firing now is because his compatriots in the Ming Dynasty, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are unwilling to sacrifice compatriots like him. He is sincerely proud of having such an empire, and he misses his Ming Dynasty very much now. The empire, the empire that allowed him to live freely and have the rights of many people, especially after four years in Franji's colony, he felt this even more strongly.
He knew that he loved the country of Ming Dynasty deeply, and he could not help but secretly swear that if there was another life, he would continue to be a subject of Ming Dynasty and defend the dignity of Ming Dynasty to the death! Compatriots who love and protect the Ming Dynasty!
In fact, Zhang Chun now feels that as long as he can kill all the Fo Lang robots here, it doesn't matter even if he is killed by artillery shelling from his own empire.
Zhang Chun couldn't help but laugh. He was already prepared to be bombarded to death.
Like Zhang Chun, the other hostages were prepared to be bombarded to death, and they all laughed.
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"Military Gate, we can't delay any longer. Hurry up and order the artillery fire. The general will avenge the sacrificed brothers and people!"
General Zhai Peng couldn't help but say as he saw Fo Langji's warship getting closer and closer.
"No! Junmen, Ming officials cannot gain victory at the expense of their compatriots, because it is the responsibility of Ming officials to protect the lives of their compatriots. This is the constitution decreed by His Majesty. You cannot violate it, and you cannot violate it! Even for this expedition Return without success, and you cannot win at the expense of the people!”
Han Wen, who was demoted to a commoner but still had the status of a minister, hurriedly retorted.
"There are no casualties in battle. They are the people of our Ming Dynasty. Naturally, we are not willing to let them sacrifice. However, if we don't bombard them immediately, our entire fleet will miss the opportunity! By then, they will still not be in the Buddha. Survived in the hands of Lang Jiren! My lord, I think it should be bombarded immediately.”
Deputy Inspector Zhou Guang said.
"No! They all sacrificed their captured brothers in order to protect us. Dai will never fire artillery on his brothers! The army will either kill the general, but the general will never bombard his brothers!"< br>
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Dai Dabin said.
In short, there was a quarrel in the command cabin of the entire Ming fleet. Everyone had different opinions.
Only Wang Hong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has remained silent. He knows better than anyone else the importance of occupying Goa City. After all, only he and Xia Yan know that once the route from Goa City to Haojing is not controlled by the Ming Dynasty, what will happen to Guangdong and Guangxi? They will fall into a financial crisis, and those who need to sacrifice are not only the captured officers, soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty in front of them, but also themselves.
But Wang Hong also knew that if he rashly ordered the artillery fire to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, he would face not only the condemnation of his conscience, but also the impeachment from the Metropolitan Procuratorate system.
At some point, all the Ming Dynasty civil and military officials present fell silent and looked at Wang Hong.
Seeing this, Wang Hong couldn't help but walked to the middle and looked at everyone: "Have you finished talking? I've finished talking. I want to say a few words."
"This battle must be fought! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
When Wang Hong said this, several people who advocated going back, mainly in Korean, could not help but tremble and did not dare to speak anymore.
"But the captured brothers and people must also be saved! Our Ming Dynasty is not a country of barbarians, and our people are not just trash that can be sacrificed casually!"
When Wang Hong said this, several civil and military officials who were trying to protect the safety of the captured officers and soldiers and the people all laughed and began to sincerely respect Wang Hong.
"So, we must change our tactics! Abandon the battle line formation we have trained in the past, and change it to a boarding battle. You all come here, staff, overthrow the established plan, and now redefine the combat plan according to the requirements of this officer!"
After Wang Hong finished speaking, all the staff members came to the sand table. This form of command in which the staff members jointly come up with a combat plan was already familiar to most of the Ming Dynasty's army, so naturally they didn't find it strange.
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