Just when Zhu Youdong was weaving a large net and preparing to choose a day to go south to close the net in person. On May 20, the attack on Saigon Port to show off his muscles, frighten Annan and cover up the Ming Dynasty's true strategic intentions, was officially launched.

In the early morning of this day, at 6:40 a.m. local time, the sky had just turned bright. On the six-kilometer-long front line in charge of the Ming army, dozens of signal bombs rose into the sky, and then Liu Zhaosun gave an order, and hundreds of Ming troops

The artillery on the front roared in unison.

The sound of the artillery was so loud, and the chorus of hundreds of cannons was so shocking. With the Ming Army artillery position as the center, the ground with a radius of one or two kilometers trembled obviously. As for thunder, dragon-like sound,

The roaring sound of cannons reached up to the sky and spread beyond the entire battlefield...

The Siamese had three defense lines outside the Saigon Fortress, which were composed of trenches, wooden piles and even a small amount of barbed wire. Such defense lines combined fusiliers and near-peak front-loaded smoothbore cannons. The commander here, Ashin, originally

I am confident that I can stick to it for at least three months.

However, under such a dense and terrifying artillery attack, the Siamese's first line of defense only lasted less than half a day!

Limited to the communication methods of this era, the Ming army was unable to use barrages, infantry and artillery coordination. But the Siamese did not know elastic defense, reverse slope and other corresponding defense methods. Therefore, in the first round of the Ming army's concentrated artillery bombardment

During the attack, the Siamese defenders on the front line were either directly blown to death or were shocked to death by the huge sound waves. The dense defenses even broke numerous large holes. When the bombardment paused, the Ming army infantry rushed forward.

, the battle that took place was not even intense.

"Brilliant! Liu Shuai, although the emperor also described such a scene in a letter, only by being there in person can you feel the power of this concentration of artillery!"

"Hahaha, yes!" Liu Zhaosun took out the small cork in his ear and let out a long breath: "This method is good, but it is a bit expensive. I don't know, after this battle is over, the general will go again

I got scolded by President Cao."

"Hmph! That tofu merchant Cao Sanxi is so short-sighted. What is this battle? Let me show my great power to the surrounding barbarians! This battle cannot be just about cash. In the words of the emperor, it cannot be just about economics.

There are still political scores to settle!"

After spraying Cao Sanxi with his usual contemptuous tone, Xiong Tingbi said: "Liu Shuai, will you continue to push forward?"

"Hahaha, Zhijun, today I will be ready to knock down the city wall in one go. Then, based on the range of the enemy's fortress artillery, we will determine whether we need to do soil work or continue to wash the ground like this. Well! Washing the ground, the emperor's word, will be the end of the city wall."

I really like it.”

"Well..." He held up his binoculars and looked at the infantry advancing bravely on the front line, as well as the artillerymen not far away who were struggling to push the artillery carriage forward. Xiong Tingbi put down his binoculars and turned around: "Liu Shuai, if the enemy

The artillery of the military fortress is powerful, and our army will have to resort to digging trenches. Just in this place?"

"Ah? Hiss~ Hey, this is really troublesome. This is the outlet of the Mekong River. If you dig it with a hoe, you will see springs everywhere. If you really need to dig trenches to control the army, you will have to come forward to organize the Annan family.

The princes need to send people and help."

"Hehehe, that's easy to say. Isn't that what I do? Well~~" Taking a deep breath of the smoke, Xiong Tingbi said: "Liu Shuai continues to command at the front, while I have gone to the back. I don't think I can do it anymore.

How long will it take for those guys to arrive?"

"Hehehehe, please control the army by yourself. The general must clear the three lines of defense outside the city before the sun goes down today."

Speaking of which, this means that once the sea route is connected, everyone will be alive.

The victory in the Great Battle of the East China Sea and the acquisition of sea control completely reversed the war situation between the Ming Dynasty and Siam and Japan. From then on, the ports in Siam were no longer springboards, but became dead ends. And the Ming Dynasty

But it can be shipped by sea, and you can hit wherever you want.

In this battle, Liu Zhaosun's Second Army entered Annam from Guangxi on foot. The soldiers only had flintlock rifles, a small amount of bullets, bayonets and other items. Food was naturally provided by the Mo family, Zheng family, and Ruan Phuc family.

The artillery and its shells were shipped all the way by sea.

In terms of history, when describing the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, Western missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries said that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world, and the ships he owned could reach from Macau to Manila one after another.

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty government in history was unable to mobilize these tens of thousands of private ships.

However, Zhu Youdong did it.

The establishment of the War Foundation made the wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty crazy and eager for their country to win this war as soon as possible. In order to achieve this goal, they did not hesitate to do anything, but they did not hesitate to do so.

A large number of ships were completely mobilized, whether it was transporting soldiers and equipment from two towns in Liaodong from the north to the south, or transporting tens of thousands of soldiers and their equipment from Taiwan directly to the Gulf of Siam. They were even transporting from the artillery factories in the two capitals.

A large number of cannons and ammunition arrived in Annan, and the transportation capacity was extremely abundant.

Cao Sanxi, who was controlling and dispatching behind the scenes, used this method to accurately grasp the energy of the Ming Dynasty merchants, and accumulated detailed data for the future Ming Customs to fully collect commercial taxes.

What's more, although the Ming Dynasty still hadn't found the formula for smokeless gunpowder at this time, Dala explosives already existed. Then Sun Yuanhua, who had grown into an explosives maniac, under the guidance of Zhu Youdong, came up with a formula that was so popular even in the 20th century.

A heartless cannon that scares the enemy.

The propellant is not smokeless gunpowder. Will it leave residue at the bottom of the gun cabin after one use? It doesn't matter. The diameter of the gun barrel is wide enough. After one shot is fired, can I have someone climb in and clean the gun chamber?

The range is only 50 to 100 meters? That doesn't matter. I use the traditional front-loading cannon to clear the ground, the fusiliers to guard the front, and finally use the unscrupulous cannon and the increased amount of Dara explosive packs.

Such a black-hearted arrangement led to the fact that on June 1st, of the 30,000 Siamese soldiers in the three defense lines outside the Saigon Fortress, less than 1,000 were actually killed by the bombing. More than 3,000 were shocked to death!

Therefore, this day's battle began in the early morning of June 1st. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Shilong, who was in charge of specific command on the front line, came to report: Our army has broken through three enemy lines of defense and was about 300 meters away from the city wall.

Under enemy artillery fire.

Then Liu Zhaosun, after arranging the security troops, withdrew his troops and returned to the camp with great satisfaction.

He was satisfied, but the heads of the Annan clans who were watching the battle on the surrounding fronts were all frightened!

The Siamese people are already strong enough. They built such a majestic fortress in more than half a year. If we build it, we may not be able to complete it in ten years, right?

Yes, Siam is really strong, and our Nguyen Phuc family is very professional in defense. But half a year ago, 3,000 people were stationed here, and they were killed by the opponent with a single charge!

But Siam, which was so powerful, had no power to fight back against the Ming Dynasty?

We originally thought that such a strong fortress could not be taken down in three to five years. Who knew that it looked like it could only be taken down in three to five months, right?

This, this is the Ming Dynasty?

Is Ming already so powerful?

No, you must not offend the Ming Dynasty at this time, no, it is the Celestial Empire!

We must make good friends with Governor Xiong and Marshal Liu of the Chinese Empire. If the Chinese Empire can sell us those weapons just now, we will surely be able to unify Vietnam quickly!

Yes, even if China doesn’t give it to us, it must not be sold to the other two companies!

Suddenly, the Mo family, the Ruan Phuc family, and the Zheng family all thought of this issue at the same time. Even the emperor Li, who had been a puppet for many years, had other thoughts at this moment.
Chapter completed!