Chapter 486 Gambling
Jiangxia did not dare to divide his troops to guard the four ports from Fuzhou to Quanzhou. Similarly, the Folang Jiren... or Wang Zhi, they would not dare to divide their troops to attack the four ports from Fuzhou to Quanzhou at the same time.
Unless they already know that Jiangxia only sent troops to station one of the four ports, such a thing would never happen.
Because they divide their troops to attack, they will definitely win.
On Penghu Island, Gosming, who knew Wang Zhi's identity, simply appointed a war room for him and asked his five battalion commanders to obey Wang Zhi's command.
Gosmin did a good job in boldly employed people and delegating power. Perhaps this is also a unique quality that is unique to the Portuguese or even the entire Europeans. It is not good or bad, but in the end they would rather let people who are proficient in something take charge of that matter, and would not pretend to understand and a layman command the insider randomly.
After taking over the command power handed over by Gosming, Wang Zhi did not rush to choose which port before Fuzhou to attack, but instead asked someone to go outside the waters of Fuzhou to take a look.
The spy who went to inquire did not dare to get close to him, so he could only take a look from a distance.
After returning, he reported to Wang Zhi that the waters outside Fuzhou were tightly defended, and warships blocked the entire port's waters, and the ships were full of soldiers.
After hearing this news, Wang Zhi was very excited. He got up and walked to the Fujian coastal map that was hung in the war room, turned his head to the five battalion commanders in the room and said, "Look at it, we are now guarding Penghu Island and can launch an attack on any of the four ports in Fujian at any time.
If I was not wrong, the opponent must have arranged troops in all four ports to defend. However, their troops were insufficient, so we could defeat any port we could attack.
I guess the port of Fuzhou must be the most tightly defended now, so let’s choose Quanzhou Port first. It is closest to our Penghu Island and has a wide sea area. If the offense is not smooth, we can retreat calmly and there will be no big losses."
"The first target of attack is to choose Quanzhou Port, you can go and execute the orders." Wang Zhi said.
The five battalion commanders all stood up, saluted Wang Zhi and left the room.
Of course, one of the five of them would definitely go to Gosming to ask for instructions on whether he would really attack as Wang Zhi said.
Gosming quickly agreed to Wang Zhi's analysis and asked the five battalion commanders to immediately arrange an attack on Quanzhou port.
The distance between the two sides is not far apart.
Ma Yunlong set out one day in advance, so he arrived at Quanzhou Port faster than the Florians. This day was very precious, allowing Ma Yunlong to contact the Quanzhou defenders and set up defenses together.
On Penghu Island, Gosming and Wang Zhi were both standing on the dock. Although Gosming spoke a little awkward in Chinese, he could still understand his meaning by listening and guessing carefully.
Gosming said: "Mr. Wang Zhi, do you think our soldiers can come back with wealth, slaves and women this time?"
"Yes! Sure, it can!" Wang Zhi answered affirmatively without hesitation, and he said: "We gather all our troops and only attack one place. And they dispersed all their troops and extended the front line to defend everywhere. Their navy's troops were only eight thousand, and each port was only two thousand.
The largest Ming official in Fuzhou port, so it is certain that the troops will be invested more, so Fuzhou should have 5,000 troops. In this way, each other port should have only 1,000 troops. We will have 5,000 troops to fight 1,000 people, the ship is strong, and the shells are powerful. I can't find any reason to fail."
"I hope Mr. Wang Zhi is as you wish, but if we are unfortunately defeated, you will die." Gosming said simply and bluntly.
The Folangian fleet had just entered the waters of Quanzhou Port, but before he could react, he was hit by violent shelling.
The Folangjiren did not hesitate and immediately fought back.
The Ming Navy fought and retreated, and only after the Folang Jimen went deeper, they began to show their full strength and let go of the bombing.
Fujian is in Linhai, and the shipbuilding industry is developed. Although Fran cannons and artillery cannons may not be purchased temporarily in large quantities, shells are still easy to buy.
Even if you can't buy it, it won't take much time to temporarily make some black workshops in Fujian.
After the two sides fought and bombed each other, the mutual losses were almost the same. However, the Ming Navy had many people, ships, and many shells, so the loss was even greater in the calculation of the Flang roar.
The artillery battle stopped, and the Folangjimen chose to retreat without hesitation by playing flags.
With rich experience in naval battles, they do not need to engage in subsequent platoon battles. They can accurately judge by relying on the strength exerted by the opponent during artillery battles. The opponent's troops and warships are far more powerful than their own.
Wang Zhi and Gosming, who had been waiting on Penghu Island for five days, finally received news of the fleet's return on the morning of the sixth day.
The two of them immediately went to the dock and waited.
On the sea surface, the rising sun just rose from the sea level, shining through the thick fog that enveloped the entire sea.
The Flangji naval fleet with the Neptune trident slowly sailed towards the dock under the reflection of the rising sun.
This scene really feels like a warrior wins a great victory and returns in triumph.
Under the influence of such an atmosphere, Gosming couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful sunset, shining the heroic warriors returning. What a beautiful sea, transporting warships forward with waves. What a good sea breeze blows on the sails..."
Before Gosming finished chanting a poem, he suddenly became stunned.
The waterline of the fleet ahead was very shallow, and it didn't look like it was full of treasures. On the deck of the ship, the soldiers were depressed, and they didn't look like they had won a battle.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zhi's eyelids also twitched, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
The fleet quickly landed, and the five battalion commanders immediately jumped off the boat and walked to Gosming to pay a tribute report: "Reporting to the commander of the army, we were fooled. The naval forces at Quanzhou port are very sufficient, at least more than twice ours.
The number of warships is also sufficient, more than twice that of ours. Our fleet suffered heavy blows, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties!"
"What?" Gosming was so angry that he shivered all over.
He took a deep breath and pointed at Wang Zhi and ordered: "Catch this person immediately, put it on the stolen rack and roast it into charcoal!"
"Yes!" The five battalion commanders immediately walked towards Wang Zhi.
But who is Wang Zhi? How could he just surrender?
He turned his body in place, kicked several shots like lightning, and kicked the five battalion commanders backwards. Then Wang Zhi grabbed Gosming's throat and said, "Fujian's troops must not be enough, I didn't lie to you. If this happens now, Jiang Xia must have chosen to take the risk."
"Do you think I will trust you again? You liar, no matter how powerful you are, I want to see if you can be better than our muskets!"
As Gosming spoke, the Flangji soldiers who had just arrived ashore had already surrounded Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi said angrily: "Don't you understand yet? Jiang Xia is simply short of troops. He must have analyzed that Quanzhou Port will be our first target of attack, so he ignored the other three ports and directly placed all his troops in Quanzhou Port.
Now Fuzhou Port, Xiahu Port, and Daxing Port, these three ports are definitely not equipped with naval forces. We only need to choose the right empty port to attack, so we can drive straight into Fujian's abdomen, instead of just grabbing a little something and capturing a little people on the shore."
Wang Zhi is indeed amazing, and he guessed Jiang Xia’s response at once.
He said it carefully and it made sense. After a while, Gosming was silent, he finally said, "Okay, I will trust you again. Then what port do you think we will attack next?"
Wang Zhi couldn't think of which port to attack for a while. After thinking about it, he said, "Let me go to the war room and look at the navigation chart."
"Okay!" Gosming nodded and agreed.
Wang Zhi finally let go of him slowly. After his hand was completely released, Gosming accidentally slapped him in the face.
Gosming said angrily: "Remember, if you pinch my neck again in the future, I will kill you no matter what you say!"
Fuzhou, Manfu Building.
Before the Flang Machinery fleet had completely returned to Penghu Island, the letter of Fei Ge sent from Quanzhou had already reached Jiang Xia.
The first time, I had a bet.
But now everyone not only did not feel any relaxation at all, but looked heavy.
Because the first time, we can still guess the attack target of Folang Jiren by analysis. But what about this second time? Can we continue to bet right?
Jiang Xia stared at the four ports and stared at them for nearly two hours again.
Finally, Jiang Xia said: "Enterprise Penghu Island and attack Quanzhou Port first. This is impossible that the red-haired ghost himself can think of, and there must be experts behind it.
But when he failed his first attack, he would definitely be eager to show himself in front of the Florians in order to win back the game.
If you want to show yourself, you must gain a huge reward. Among the four ports, you can only win Fuzhou and get the most rewarding. In this second move, we will bet on Fuzhou! Immediately use a flying pigeon to send a letter to summon all the navy to return to Fuzhou!”
"Yes!" Feng Xiao responded and immediately retreated.
On Penghu Island, Wang Zhi finally made up his mind after looking at the navigation chart.
He told Gosming: "Captain of the Legion, we will attack Fuzhou next. Fuzhou is not only the largest official of the Ming Dynasty, but also has a lot of wealth.
How do you describe the amount of wealth to you? I will tell you this. Fuzhou's wealth is loaded with your fleet, and all the ships can only be filled with half of them when they are full."
When Gosming heard this, his breathing became rapid. He looked at Wang Zhi with some suspicion and said, "I hope you are not wrong this time."
Chapter completed!