Chapter 423: Tit for tat, quick response
"There must be something strange about this!"
Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a deep voice, "Those black slaves are just some uncivilized savages. It is impossible for them to have such a strong racial talent."
"According to intelligence agencies, there are countless black people trafficked to various parts of the world by the Western world, but they are all treated like pigs and dogs. Very few of them can even become warriors. They are just slave laborers."
"In this eastern region, only the Zheng family army mentioned in the intelligence has an amazing group of black slave soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. They can be called invulnerable monsters. It is said that they can rival the Sauron dead soldiers."
"It's impossible to say there isn't a huge secret in this."
In this great world, the intelligence of those black people is very low. Under normal circumstances, how can they cultivate to a level comparable to the Sauron’s dead soldiers?
Without thinking too much, Li Dingguo had already guessed that this was caused by the Zheng family's special means.
However, this magical method makes people feel a little scary and beyond common sense.
"Humph!"
Wan'er sneered and said, "A black slave team comparable to the dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe, so what can they do?"
"With our current combat power, we can deal with even the real dead soldiers of the Sauron tribe, even if there are hundreds of thousands of them!"
"It is said that there are about 90,000 of these mysterious black slave soldiers in the Zheng family army. They are considered a very good elite force."
“Once we face them, I want to see how many critical hits they can withstand from my life-defining divine weapon, the Heaven Seal!”
This time, the Fuxing Army went south to seize the opportunity to engage in a major naval confrontation with the Zheng family army. Although only two fleets with 600,000 people were dispatched, these soldiers were all carefully selected elite naval soldiers.
Although most of them became regular army recruits only this year, they stood out from one recruit camp after another and participated in a lot of actual combat training this year, so they can already be called veterans.
In terms of training, this Fuxing Army is far superior to Zheng's Army.
Although Zheng's army is large in number and powerful, they still have the habits of pirates and are not much stronger than most of the Ming Dynasty's garrison troops.
Except for one or two hundred thousand elite troops, the rest are a mob.
Although these rabble are brave and fearless, they are still far inferior to the Fusion Army.
At this time, the Jin army that had gone out for reconnaissance flew over from the southern sky and landed in front of Li Dingguo in the blink of an eye. It communicated quickly with Li Dingguo through its powerful spiritual thoughts.
Any spiritual bird that has reached the Qi Refining Realm will have greatly awakened intelligence, be able to learn human language in a very short time, and have no obstacles in communicating with Qi Refining Realm practitioners through telepathy.
"Wan'er, the enemy's large fleet has reached 300 miles in the sea ahead and is about to encounter our army!"
After receiving the report from the Jin army, Li Dingguo said to Wan'er, "They have about a thousand treasure ships, and the number of top-quality and superior treasure ships is almost equal to that of our army."
"But the number of medium-quality treasure ships is several hundred more than ours, which is consistent with the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Department."
"This time, almost all of the Zheng family's troops came out, with more than 800,000 warriors and soldiers, 200,000 more than our army."
"In a nutshell, the strength of this Zheng family army is about the same as the million-strong army led by Huang Taiji that we encountered last year."
"The difference is that this time the enemy is the navy, so what's about to unfold is a naval battle instead of a land battle."
"The Great Jin also saw the mysterious black slave army, about 90,000 people, who looked terrifying and had strong combat power. They were lined up on the flagship of the Zheng family army, the Great Treasure Ship, and were waiting for orders."
"Pass the order down, have the soldiers immediately change into battle formation and prepare for battle!"
He had already arranged the battle plan, and now he just needed to give the order to start implementing it. "Let the soldiers of the firearms battalion of each treasure ship give full play to the speed and firepower advantages of our treasure ships. Before defeating the enemy's large fleet, we must maintain a good distance from the enemy fleet and use our artillery range to beat the enemy!"
Faced with the powerful maritime force like Zheng's army, Li Dingguo will not take it lightly, lest the soldiers be sacrificed in vain.
As long as we make the most of our equipment advantages, we will defeat the enemy.
He would not engage in boarding battle with the enemy until his large fleet had collapsed.
When the strength of the enemy and our side is similar, even if the Fusion Army has a considerable advantage, once close combat with the enemy is engaged, heavy casualties among the soldiers are inevitable.
There is no other reason. The scale of the two sides involved in this naval battle was too large, and it was difficult to control casualties.
On the sea, once a ship is destroyed, it is difficult for the soldiers on board to escape.
Li Dingguo is not stupid. How could he give up his huge advantage and go head-on with a strong enemy?
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"
When Wan'er heard that the Zheng family's fleet was about to encounter her, her eyes lit up immediately and she excitedly accepted the order and said, "Our two large fleets, this kite-flying tactic trained in a short time, is enough to give these Zheng family pirates a hard time!"
"Ha ha……"
She sneered, "You want to use our Renaissance Army as a stepping stone, try to defeat our army in one battle, and then take over the entire Qilu land?"
"The Zheng family is too optimistic. They don't even consider whether they have the ability to do it! This time they must shoot themselves in the foot!"
After saying this, she slipped away and conveyed Li Dingguo's battle order.
A distance of three hundred miles sounds far, but with the enemy's and our fleets moving towards each other, with the speed of the treasure ship, it would only take a quarter of an hour or so to cross the distance, so we must hurry.
……
“Chirp!”…
Under the blue sky and white clouds, six bald eagles that were traveling with the Zheng family fleet suddenly swooped down from the sky.
“Swoosh!”…
In the blink of an eye, they landed in front of the three brothers of the Zheng family on the flagship treasure ship and began a rapid telepathic communication with their master.
"A huge fleet appeared a hundred miles ahead, heading towards our own golden eagle?"
Zheng Zhilong laughed with great enthusiasm, "Great! We finally got the main naval force of the Restoration Army!"
"I was originally thinking that if they were to act like turtles, I would directly order an attack on Lingshan City and force them to come out of Lingshan Island for a decisive battle. Now there is no need to do that."
In the past few months, they have collected a large amount of intelligence and conducted detailed research on this powerful enemy, the Restoration Army, and naturally know the various means by which the opponent wins naval battles.
Directly attack the Restoration Army Navy Headquarters on Lingshan Island. To experience the opponent's protective formation?
Zheng Zhilong was not as stupid as the million-strong Tatar army led by Yuetuo to accept abuse voluntarily.
Let the enemy's powerful island protection formation consume a large amount of your own manpower and material resources, and then after half of your own soldiers' blood and energy have been consumed, the enemy takes the opportunity to counterattack and win?
How could Zheng Zhilong do such a stupid thing?
The intelligence showed that both the million-strong Tatar army led by Huang Taiji and Yuetuo were defeated by Li Dingguo using this method.
The Zheng family army will naturally not repeat the same mistakes.
The best option is to force the Restoration Army's large fleet out for a decisive battle, rendering the enemy's protective formation useless.
The Fuxing Army has now captured almost the entire Qilu land, and how many towns are under its jurisdiction along the coast? Using the flexible combat mode of its own fleet, it can casually choose a coastal town to land, which can make the Fuxing Army anxious and worried, so that it has to choose to dispatch the main force of the navy and take the initiative to come to the decisive battle.
"Is it finally here?"
"That's great! As long as we win this naval battle, all problems will be solved!"
Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, who were standing by, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and laughed out loud in unison.
Zheng Zhihu smiled and said, "Naval warfare is the specialty of our Zheng family army. It is a sure win to deal with the incoming Fuxing Army!"
"In the past few years, our Zheng family army has won all the naval battles without exception, and this time will be no exception!"
"Yes!" Zheng Zhibao waved his hand and smiled confidently, "Since the other party dared to come here to die, it saved us a lot of effort. The land of Qilu will soon belong to our Zheng family!"
"By then, if we manage the rich land of Qi and Lu well for a few years, who will dare to compete with our Zheng family?"
It has to be said that the imperial edict from the court completely inspired the ambitions of the three brothers of the Zheng family. It is not impossible for them to build a Zheng family dynasty in the future.
"My two brothers, you should go and command the fleets to fight immediately!"
Zheng Zhilong then looked solemn and ordered, "This battle is related to the future glory of our Zheng family for a thousand years, we must go all out!"
"I want to personally lead 90,000 black slave soldiers to learn from the legendary Li Dingguo and see how powerful he is and whether he is really invincible!"
"Today, the Fuxing Army's undefeated record will be broken by our Zheng Family Army!"
He has made full preparations for the army's march north this time. All the strength of the Zheng family army has been put into use, just to accomplish this major event that will surely shock the world and make the name of the Zheng family army resound throughout the world!
"Yes, big brother!"...
Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao immediately took the order and flew away from the flagship.
Although their fleet was large with many treasure ships and soldiers, they were ultimately just pirates who were used to being undisciplined.
In terms of enforcing orders and prohibitions, not only can it not compare with the Fuxing Army, it is also inferior to the imperial court's official army.
This requires their core generals to take command personally.
Otherwise, confusion can easily occur.
A quarter of an hour later, just as the Zheng family army's fleet was ready, the Fuxing Army's fleet, which was speeding towards them, had already arrived on the sea thirty miles away from the enemy.
"The three front rows of treasure ships of all levels that have entered the firing range are ready to launch a concentrated fire attack!"
"All the treasure ships that follow, once they enter the range of the psychic cannon, will also concentrate their fire on the Zheng family fleet!"
"preparation!"
"put!"
"Boom!"...
Following Wan'er's order, the Restoration Army fleet, which had already been arranged in six columns, began to fire a volley of psychic cannons while maintaining its speed!
The tactics for this round of naval battle had already been promulgated, and the officers and soldiers on the various treasure ships only needed to follow them.
Their trump card for bullying the other side is to rely on the range of their own psychic cannons, which is far beyond the enemy's fleet.
This classic tactic of beating the enemy hard was often used by the naval officers and soldiers of the Restoration Army in the past. They had already mastered it to perfection and could be said to be extremely skilled.
"boom!"……
The 300 large treasure ships arranged horizontally in the first three rows stretched for dozens of miles, blocking all vision of the enemy fleet in front.
Almost at the same time, the pitch-black muzzles on the large treasure ships spurted out dazzling white light, and hot white dazzling light balls shot out, instantly and continuously bombarding the protective light shields of all the treasure ships in the front row of the Zheng family fleet!
"Boom!"...
Amid the deafening explosions, countless Zheng family treasure ships were in a situation where they were being attacked but unable to fight back. The protective magic array shields covering the treasure ships were bombarded with flickering light.
Especially those mid-quality treasure ships, in just a moment, the protective light shield seemed to be shaky, as if it would shatter in the next moment.
"damn it!"
After experiencing the concentrated fire attack mode of the Renaissance Army's psychic cannon for the first time, Zheng Zhilong gnashed his teeth and couldn't help cursing, "What kind of inheritance did Li Dingguo get? How could the psychic cannon he built be so powerful?"
"If this continues, our large fleet won't be able to reach their range before the medium-quality treasure ships that are under continuous attack can no longer hold on!"
How rich was his experience in naval warfare? Naturally, he estimated at a glance the strength of the enemy's artillery salvo, which was simply not something a medium-quality treasure ship could withstand.
Even a top-grade treasure ship would not be able to hold out for long in the face of this level of concentrated fire, and its protective shield would be shattered.
The problem is that the two sides of the battle are now moving towards each other. If they retreat, chaos will inevitably occur. It is simply unavoidable and the only way is to move forward bravely.
"Zheng Xing!"
He hurriedly shouted to the brave general Zheng Xing who was waiting beside him, "Go and tell Zheng Ming, Yang Geng, Chen Hui, Zheng Cai and the others to speed up all the top-grade treasure ships and rush to the front of the fleet. Use the powerful defense capabilities of the top-grade treasure ships to block the enemy's artillery fire as much as possible!"
"The Fuxing Army's treasure ship is indeed worthy of its reputation. Not only does it have an advantage in artillery range, but it also has an advantage in ship speed. Now we can only move forward and endure it!"
"Hurry up! Otherwise, we will suffer huge losses if we wait a little longer!"
As an old pirate leader, he just thought about it for a moment and came up with a plan to deal with it.
"Yes!"
Zheng Xing was now getting anxious and angry, his eyes were red, and he quickly followed the order and flew away.
He has a cultivation level of late fifth grade, and uses telepathy to communicate with his soldiers, which is enough to cover an area of nearly ten miles in the sea.
This is the biggest difference between this big world and the ordinary historical world. It is very convenient for a commander to give orders in battle.
Not only Zheng Xing, but all the eighteen core generals of the Zheng family army are now in the late fifth level!
They are known as the "Eighteen Zhi" of Zheng's Army, and this is not a false reputation; it is a reputation they have earned through countless battles.
Although Zheng's army's large fleet stretched for dozens of miles on the sea, under the relay-style telepathic commands of the core generals of the "Eighteen Zhis", they all received Zheng Zhilong's latest orders in the blink of an eye.
"Whoosh!"
Nearly twenty top-quality treasure ships immediately moved forward quickly, like arrows shot from a bow, and shot towards the front of their own fleet, trying to break the Renaissance Army's overwhelming tactics.
As veteran thieves with rich experience in naval battles, they naturally knew Zheng Zhilong's intentions.
Under the current circumstances, this is the only way to inflict a huge loss on the Zheng family fleet.
(End of this chapter)
