PFC Chapter 203 Armada
Chapter 203 Armada
After formulating strategies and tactics.
The central and western armies under Mao Wenlong.
Everyone is seizing the time to take action and dare not slack off in the slightest.
Even the naval officers and soldiers are about to start full-scale deployment.
Geng Zhongming and others from the Eastern Army would naturally not stand idly by.
Geng Zhongming always wanted to make a contribution.
Isn’t this a very good opportunity?
So Geng Zhongming left behind some troops to continue blockading the coastal areas.
Other officers and soldiers of the Eastern Army.
All of them were mobilized by Geng Zhongming and, together with the navy officers and soldiers, headed inland along the Yangtze River waterway.
In the turbulent and backward era at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, there was no prosperous Shanghai yet.
The site of the later Shanghai is still completely deserted.
There are only a few small fishing villages scattered along the seashore.
So here at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
The troops under Mao Wenlong did not encounter any resistance.
Li Jingxian and Geng Zhongming led the troops.
After entering the Yangtze River waterway, the first target of attack of a certain scale was Nantong City.
Nantong City has a very special geographical location.
It is very close to the river bank and is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
It is also a typical riverside city.
Moreover, the number of Ming Dynasty garrisons guarding this place was not large, totaling only three or four thousand people.
When the steel battleship driven by Li Jingxian and his men slowly approached Nantong City.
The Ming Dynasty defenders in the city.
Everyone was terrified by the scene before them!
These behemoth warships seem to have come out of mythology.
With an unparalleled sense of oppression.
Let those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty court.
I feel like I can't breathe...
……
Under the gathering clouds of war.
Many people have already started to flee.
And the soldiers who were strictly ordered to guard the city walls.
He was so frightened that his voice trembled: "What, what, what, what is that? Is this a monster?"
"What kind of monster is this? This is Mao Wenlong's warship. I heard that their warships are all made of steel!
I don’t know how they managed to make a steel warship sail in the river without sinking! ”
"Is that really a battleship? Why does it look like it's still emitting smoke?"
"You don't know this, do you? I heard from my second uncle's neighbor's cousin's brother-in-law that Mao Wenlong's steel battleships were not rowed by people.
Their warships are equipped with a very powerful machine. As long as they keep throwing coal in, the burning coal will make the machine turn, and the warships can move automatically!
That’s why their warships emit smoke, which is caused by burning a lot of coal…”
"So is this a warship or a monster? If it's a warship, why are they eating coal?"
"Yes, yes! If it can eat coal, it must be a monster! I heard that Mao Wenlong and his men have a divine beast that can fly to the sky. That one is even more powerful!"
"What kind of messed up mythical beasts and monsters are these? Don't scare yourself here. I only know that the enemy's artillery is very powerful.
Now they are not far from Nantong City. I think you should think about how to save your lives when their cannons come bombarding you later!"
"I heard that all the officials and rich people have run away. Why don't we run away too?"
"Did the official really run away?"
"Hey, what's there to doubt? Look at the walls above and below. The highest-ranking officials are the small flags and the general flags.
"Look at the other people with higher positions, where are they? They have already run away! Let's run too, or we will lose our lives!"
"The rich and the officials can run away, but we don't even have money for the journey, so where can we run to? I think we might as well just surrender!"
"Surrender? You don't want to die? I heard that the troops under Mao Wenlong are all murderous monsters. They kill everyone wherever they go!"
"Where did you hear this gossip? If you don't understand the situation, don't talk nonsense. People won't kill people randomly.
The troops under the command of Mao Wenlong did kill many people wherever they went, but they only killed corrupt officials, landlords, local tyrants and evil gentry, and they would not harm ordinary people at will. "
"Really? Then let's just surrender! I think the Ming Dynasty is hopeless at this time of war.
Those officials are actually withholding military pay. We have only scraps of copper and iron in our hands and we can't even fill our stomachs. What's the point of fighting a war?"
"This brother is right. It's only a few hundred copper coins a month. Why risk your life for it?"
"Surrender, surrender, raise the white flag quickly..."
……
On the surface of the Yangtze River.
The steel battleship sailing ahead.
The artillery is ready to fire.
Geng Daoming was excitedly holding a telescope and observing the enemy situation on the deck.
I thought to myself that this time it was finally my turn to make a contribution!
As a result, just when he was about to give the order to fire.
Geng Daoming saw a white flag suddenly raised on the top of the city wall of Nantong.
Geng Daoming: "What's going on? We haven't even started fighting yet, why did the enemy surrender?"
"Reporting to the deputy commander, the enemy may have been frightened by our warships, so they surrendered directly."
Geng Daoming: "If the enemy surrenders before we even start the battle, our contribution will be greatly reduced. How can I make achievements?
Send a squad of soldiers over immediately to take a look. If the enemy truly wants to surrender, let them lay down their weapons and gather outside the city.
If the enemy is not sincerely surrendering, then use the cannon to bombard him, and show no mercy to the enemy..."
Geng Daoming was very unhappy.
Send someone to log in and check the situation immediately.
It turned out that they really wanted to surrender and did exactly what they were told.
——He threw away his weapons and went outside the city, waiting to be dealt with by Geng Daoming and others.
Geng Daoming had no choice but to send people to take over Nantong City.
Then took a short break.
Then we continued to sail upstream of the Yangtze River.
As a result, the next few cities we encountered surrendered before the battle even started.
The fleet reached Jiangyin.
Finally, I encountered a tough problem.
Geng Daoming thought that the opportunity had finally come, so he quickly ordered the warship to dock and fire.
"Boom...boom..."
The warships are equipped with large-caliber artillery.
When the shells landed on the city wall, they immediately caused rocks to fly everywhere and blood to splatter.
The shells that landed inside the city were even more powerful.
One shell destroyed a group of houses.
Where had the Ming army, which used cold weapons, ever seen such powerful artillery?
The Ming army was so frightened that they lost their fighting spirit.
As a result, the toughness of the Jiangyin defenders soon softened.
Geng Daoming and his men just fired one round of artillery.
The enemy quickly raised the white flag, opened the city gate and surrendered!
When Geng Daoming led his men to accept the other side's surrender.
He also asked the enemy generals: "I see you are determined to fight to the death. Why do you surrender right after the battle?"
"This, this is because your warships are so powerful, sir. With your powerful artillery, you are an invincible fleet.
We don’t even have many red cannons, so we have no way to fight you! In addition, most of the officials have fled, so we can only surrender..."
Uh!
Is that so?
This made Geng Daoming wonder whether he should just give up the steel battleship and replace it with a wooden boat with a cannon to give it a try?