Chapter 1553: Air Scout
On the Baoqing Port Wharf, merchant ships were moored in the port, waiting for the troops above the wharf to board the ship. The flag of the Fire Death Camp fluttered high above the wharf. Anyone who saw this flag appeared would understand that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty must be here.
The Ming Emperor Qin Feng left the capital and went to Chu, which meant that the Ming Dynasty's battle against Chu was about to begin. All the merchants were happy. For them, every foreign war in the Ming Dynasty was an opportunity to make a fortune easily. Following closely behind the army, you could occupy the market there effortlessly.
Opportunities are limited, and only at this time did the Ming Dynasty ignore the actions taken by these merchants, and merchants can also use the might of the army to suppress the local merchants in the occupied areas to the death. Otherwise, after the Ming Dynasty ruled these places officially appeared, it would be less expensive to do this. In order to stabilize the place and win over local gentry, those newly appointed officials would never allow them to do this.
Even now, they can make a lot of money. The court requisitioned their fleet to transport the army, so naturally they had to pay. When the ship arrived in Quanzhou, where would it transport the silk back? As soon as it went, the profit was extremely considerable.
Outside the sea of Baoqing Port, the Ming warships were anchored in line on the sea. The two giant ships, the Ming and Daqin, were amazing. The three-layer warships of the sea monsters, had also become toy-like things in front of them. The Ming was Ning Zeyuan's flagship, while the Qin was borne by Zhou Baozhen.
The Ming Dynasty has been in the water for more than two years, but the Daqin is a new ship that was just launched at the end of last year. This time, the escort mission of escorting the troops to Chu was to be in charge of the Daqin command, with fifteen third-level warships accompanying them.
There was no need for so many warships, but this time there was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty on the ship, so the pattern was naturally different from usual.
On the Daqin, Qin Feng patted the military newspaper he had just delivered and looked at Ning Zeyuan and said, "The Fuyuan has sunk. This is our first warship to be sunk on the sea. Your brother is indeed a talented person."
Ning Zeyuan had a gloomy face, "Your Majesty, this is because they are lucky. If our warship had not been separated by a sea storm, if the Fuyuan had not been severely damaged, they would have never succeeded."
"It means it's sinking. The sea storm and ships are damaged. It is originally part of the battlefield. What's important is that the Qi army has now found a way to deal with our warships." Qin Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Wolf pack tactics, a very good idea. Is there any way to deal with the navy?"
Ning Zeyuan nodded: "The wolf pack tactics of the Qi army began in the beginning of this year. More than ten or dozens of small warships were used to raid our individual warships. From previous battle examples, our intact warship can effectively deal with this tactic. Although the ships will only be damaged during the battle, it will also cause a large amount of damage to the enemy. After discovering that the Qi army adopted this tactic, we no longer dispatched single warships to patrol to prevent unnecessary losses. Generally, two or three warships travel together. This time, it was purely an accident."
"Your Majesty, I really don't understand why Ning Zefeng took this suicide attack. If the Fuyuan was not seriously damaged, their attack would at most damage the Fuyuan, and the ships they attacked would suffer serious losses. This was to kill 800 enemies and damage one thousand of them." Zhou Baozhen shook his head and was puzzled.
" Raise Gu and train soldiers." Qin Feng said lightly: "If the Qi Ren Navy wants to have a naval force that can compete with us on the sea in a short period of time, it can only be filled with human lives. The attacks are just about refining soldiers. They don't care how many people die. Those who go back alive will naturally become the backbone of their navy."
Zhou Baozhen took a breath. According to Qiren's current loss rate, it was hard to imagine how many people they would die to have a navy team that could fight.
"Your Majesty, there will be no situation like the Fuyuan in the future." Ning Zeyuan gritted his teeth, "Next, the navy will conduct a major sweep and sweep all these ghosts into the sea to feed fish and turtles."
"I'm afraid I'm killing the chicken and getting a slaughter." Qin Feng chuckled: "You attack on a large scale, and they hide without a trace. What can you do to them? Can you attack their naval base in Laizhou on a large scale? This is not possible."
Zhou Baozhen suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I will be worried."
"Tell me what are you worried about?" Qin Feng asked.
"The Qi navy has tasted the sweetness and will definitely implement this tactic to the end. As long as my Ming naval warship is prepared, it is still unaware of him. In short, there are still advantages to take. I am worried that if the Qi navy sees that it is not easy to achieve its goal when attacking the warship, it will turn its target to our private merchant ships on the sea." Zhou Baozhen said. "Now, no matter whether it is the sea route from Chu to Ming, the Ming Dynasty, the passage from my Ming overseas is extremely busy. Countless merchant ships sail on the sea every day. The protection of these merchant ships is extremely weak. If they aim at these merchant ships, our losses will be difficult to estimate."
Ning Zeyuan's body was slightly shocked, "Your Majesty, General Baozhen is right. I suggest blocking the sea surface of Laizhou so that they can't go out to sea."
Qin Feng shook his head: "The blockade is not feasible. This time Cao Yun asked me to meet with me in Xiaoshi City, and what he wanted to discuss is the full ceasefire between the two countries. Our Ming Dynasty will also agree to their request, because there are more important things to do in our country. At this time, the army gathered in Laizhou and blocked the Qi Navy. Moreover, Laizhou is too far away from our Ming local area and the Navy base. Are you sure we can maintain pressure on them for a long time? How much money is needed to support you have calculated is useless. Don't think about this matter, and it will definitely not be possible for Geng Jingming, the Ministry of Revenue. Now at the sea, my Ming Navy is the dominant one. At the last meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, Geng Jingming was already ready to give your Navy fund. If you want to spend a lot of money to do this, he will definitely not do it."
After hearing Qin Feng's words, Ning Zeyuan couldn't help but remain silent. After a while, he said: "Then he can only send battleships, equipped with clutches, patrolling the seaway. It's just that he is passively defending, and the effect is not very good. The sea is vast, and it is difficult to find these warships of the Qi Navy. Tigers also take a nap, so it's difficult to ensure that the merchant ships are not disturbed."
"It is necessary to clear out. But you must first find a way to find the enemy. If you don't fight, you must be sure of one attack." Qin Feng said.
"Your Majesty, the sea is different from land. On land, the Eagle Nest can also provide some corresponding information. At sea, when the information comes, the fighter plane will be lost." Ning Zefeng said in embarrassment.
Qin Feng smiled, turned around and looked at a guard behind him, and shouted: "Jiang Sheng."
A guard strode over and bowed, "Your Majesty."
"Show your treasures to the two generals." Qin Feng said.
Jiang Sheng smiled and took out a red flag from his arms, raised it high and shook it in the air for a few times. When Ning Zeyuan and Zhou Baozhen were not sure about it, two birds circling high diving like arrows in the sky. The two were shocked, but they saw Jiang Sheng stretching out their arms. The two falcon eagles that were ashamed of the extreme divine horse had stopped on his arms, and the sharp grab firmly clamped against his armor.
"How is it?" Qin Feng asked with a smile at the two stupid generals.
"These two falcon eagles are actually favored? I saw them before, but I never thought of this." Ning Zeyuan murmured.
"The Eagle's Nest has always wanted to increase the speed of intelligence transmission, because sometimes some information was finally handed in hand, but when it was delivered, it lost most of its effect due to time. Therefore, rapid transmission became something they have been studying. Transmission with birds has become the most important research direction. They have experimented with many birds, and the most successful ones are pigeons and this kind of falcon. In comparison, falcon eagles are more reliable, flying fast, and have almost no natural enemies in the sky. However, it is extremely difficult to cultivate this kind of falcon eagle. It is good to have one or two out of ten, but pigeons are easy to train. Two of them have their own advantages."
"Your Majesty, isn't it very useful to convey information to us to wipe out the enemy?" Zhou Baozhen asked in confusion, "We can use him to strengthen the connection between our fleets and strengthen cooperation with each other."
Ning Zeyuan's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, are you saying that this falcon can be used as a scout?"
Qin Feng clapped his hands and laughed: "That's true. While training them to deliver letters, they found that this falcon eagle can also be used to reconnaise the enemy situation. You said that the sea is boundless, but this falcon eagle is extremely fast and is in the air. The situation below is clear at a glance. If you have it as a helper, will you be more confident to find the wolves hiding in the dark?"
"Your Majesty, please equip us with dozens of such falcon eagles!" Ning Zeyuan said excitedly.
Qin Feng stared at him with an idiot look at him: "Does? Your tone is really big. It's extremely difficult to train a falcon eagle. It's only in the past two years that I have finally trained some. The land troops learned the news from the kitten. They were lined up to ask for it. This time, the Eagle Nest was a chance. It was about to open the lion's mouth and knock on the Ministry of War. Do you actually want dozens of them?"
"Your Majesty, our navy needs them urgently at the moment. If the Ministry of War is biased, the army will find it difficult to get news from him. Our navy has not heard any letter. If it weren't for Your Majesty's talk, we would still be in the dark!" Ning Zeyuan said angrily.
Chapter completed!