Chapter 1027 The Tiger Army Navy’s plan to draw snakes out of the cave (2)

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There is still a difference between ordinary navy and pirates. It is indeed a bit difficult for the sailors of the Hu Ben Navy to play a temporary guest appearance as a pirate. Later, Zhang Zhun thought of a solution, which is to draw sailors from the Zheng family fleet as much as possible, temporarily allocate them to Saiweila's pirate fleet, and return them to their respective establishments after the battle.

After all, the Zheng family fleet was also a pirate. The Zheng family fleet started with pirates. Although it was just a buzzer at the door, and although there was little experience in the ocean fighting, it could be said that it had some experience. It was always better than a piece of white paper. With Saiviara's temporary exercise, it should be able to use it barely.

In fact, this tactic is somewhat similar to the variant of the wolf pack tactics of later generations. The basic principle is to fight less and attack the enemy to the maximum extent on the battlefield they preset. However, Seviara is the bait that he actively throws out to attract the arrival of the enemy fleet. Therefore, whether the pirate fleet can successfully attract the arrival of the Dutch main fleet is the key to the success or failure of this Silver Snake dispatch plan.

"As long as I show up, the Dutch will definitely chase you."

Saveala said confidently.

"Um."

Zhang Zhun had no objection to this.

After deciding on the general direction, the details are the same headache. In the vast ocean, the most difficult one is probably the communication problem. But this communication problem seriously affects whether the news about Saiviara can be sent smoothly, whether the various fleets of the Hu Ben Navy can successfully reach the designated position, and whether they can successfully encircle.

Maritime communication mainly relies on the Clippers. Even if the speed of the Clippers is at its peak, it will be around 30 to 40 knots (about 54 kilometers to 72 kilometers per hour). If it is headwind, it may be less than ten knots (18 kilometers per hour). Such a speed is really time-consuming for the vast ocean.

Obviously, if Seviara reaches the designated position and the fleets of the Huben Navy have not arrived, then the opportunity will be missed. Even Seviara may be eaten. If Seviara has not reached the designated position, the fleets of the Huben Navy have appeared. Then, the Dutch will definitely retract immediately.

Considering comprehensively, the distance between the bait and the ambush cannot be too far, nor too close. If it is too far, the bait will be eaten. If it is too close, it will be easily discovered by the enemy fleet and the plan will be shattered. Finally, everyone agreed that the preset battlefield would be chosen to be about one hundred nautical miles south of the Penghu Islands.

The various fleets of the Hu Ben Navy were ambushed in the Penghu Islands in advance. Once Saiviara successfully attracted the Dutch people, when she arrived at the Dongsha Islands, she should be dispatched to go north quickly and inform the Hu Ben Navy to prepare. When Saiviara arrived at the ambush site, the Hu Ben Navy happened to arrive at the same time.

As long as there is no major mistake in the issue of mutual cooperation, then the next thing is the dialogue between cannons and cannons. The Hu Ben Navy concentrated all the main forces and rushed towards the Dutch fleet with lightning speed, first giving the opponent a warning, and then slowly dealing with the opponent until it forced the opponent to retreat.

Simply put, this plan is so simple and clear. However, it is complicated to really implement it in every fleet and every captain. The Navy Staff is the first time it is overloaded. Fortunately, among the British, there is an experienced chief of staff, Heberthomas, and the Tiger Army Navy, and there are a group of energetic young staff members. Now, Chen Taizhong, Han Li and other staff members have been transferred to the Navy Command and become senior staff members.

After half a month of hard work, the so-called "magnet" plan finally got a rough idea. After repeated research and modification by Zhang Zhun and Saiviara, it was finally basically improved. After another half a month, everything was basically ready. In mid-July, Saiviara quietly took the bait fleet south.

At this time, Formosa (Taiwan) was already on full alert. After the battle of Japan, Putman, the Dutch governor to Formosa, immediately felt something was wrong. He sensitively realized that after stabilizing the situation in Japan, the next target of the Hu Ben Army must be Formosa. He hurriedly ordered to mobilize all forces to strengthen Formosa's defense. At the same time, he sent people to quickly ask for help from Jakarta.

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In early August, the autumn weather is clear and cool.

There is no autumn scenery in Jilong Port in Formosa. Affected by the marine climate, there is still a little bit of heat in August in Jilong Port. The sun shines brightly, and many warships and merchant ships are shrouded in it. The near the port is green and the scenery is picturesque.

In fact, the name Formosa, in Portuguese, means "beautiful place". Almost a hundred years ago, the Portuguese colonists first climbed to Taiwan Island. Seeing the trees here green and green, the scenery was picturesque, they couldn't help but exclaim "Formosa". In the end, Formosa became the nickname of Taiwan Island.

"Dutch……"

Xiong Wencan quietly talked to himself.

As Zhang Zhun's special envoy, Xiong Wencan came to Formosa and prepared to treat the Dutch first and then fight. As a result, when he got off the ship, he actually saw many Dutch people basking in the sun lying on the vast silver-white beach. Judging from their leisurely appearance, it seemed that they had not realized that the war was about to come to their heads.

Such a scene became a way for the Dutch to show off when he fell in Xiong Wencan's eyes. He estimated that the Dutch did not take the Hu Ben Army seriously and felt that the Hu Ben Army could not defeat him, so he seemed so arrogant. He deserved the unluckyness of these Dutch people. When the Hu Ben Army defeated them, they would know how powerful the Hu Ben Army was.

"Wait!"

Xiong Wencan grumbled coldly.

Speaking of Xiong Wencan's experience, it was a bit sad. In the history of the late Ming Dynasty, Xiong Wencan was definitely a capable official. He successfully convinced the Zheng family fleet to surrender to the court and successfully induced the Shaanxi uprising army. There were very few such contributions in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

If it weren't for his innocence in certain things - yes, it was just innocence - perhaps Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others would have no longer existed. Xiong Wencan's greatest ability is his mouth. It would be no exaggeration to describe it with a tongue-glory and a lotus and a bead of witty words. Think about it, how bad can the tongue be convincing a great man like Zheng Yiguan, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong?

There is sufficient information to show that Xiong Wencan's ethics is much inferior to Lu Xiangsheng. He is a bit greedy for money and his hands and feet are not particularly clean. However, Zhang Zhun doesn't care much about this. As long as you have the ability and your ethics are not very bad, Zhang Zhun welcomes you to surrender. For example, Sun Chuanting was dug up by Zhang Zhun.

After poaching Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Zhun's eyes fell on Xiong Wencan. He knew Xiong Wencan's weaknesses and his strengths. As long as Xiong Wencan was not allowed to manage money, he would have no way to be greedy. Compared with Xiong Wencan, Mo Yu and others still seemed too petty. In the future, foreign ministers of the new empire would have to be someone like Xiong Wencan, which is more suitable.

Since the failure to deal with the Shaanxi rebel army, Xiong Wencan has been imprisoned. What is strange is that after he was imprisoned, the court has not tried it, as if he had forgotten him. He has been locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice and no one has paid attention to it. When the court withdrew from the capital, Zhang Zhun immediately took action and decisively brought Xiong Wencan over. Regardless of whether Xiong Wencan was mentally prepared enough, he was a member of the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, within the Ming Dynasty, there were not many court officials who sympathized with Xiong Wencan. The so-called things hurt their species. Emperor Chongzhen was so harsh to his ministers, which naturally caused many ministers to be disgusted and resisted from the heart. They did not have enough courage to fight against Emperor Chongzhen's orders on the surface, but there was no problem behind the scenes, especially inaction. For example, deliberately forgetting Xiong Wencan's existence.

Emperor Chongzhen had a lot of government affairs to deal with every day. As long as no one reminded him, he didn't remember many things at all. Xiong Wencan was deliberately "forgot" by the ministers. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen really forgot. The Hu Ben Army came and the people above "forgot" Xiong Wencan's existence. As a result, Xiong Wencan fell into the hands of the Hu Ben Army.

When he returned to Shandong in May, Zhang Zhun took the time to meet Xiong Wencan, and the two sides had open and honest negotiations. Like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, Xiong Wencan's conditions for joining the Hu Ben Army were not to face Emperor Chongzhen in person. It seems that people like them who read "Sages" all day long were always difficult to turn psychologically.

However, Xiong Wencan strongly supported the Dutch. Hearing that Zhang Zhun wanted to follow him to the Fujian frontline and give some advice on how to deal with the Dutch, Xiong Wencan immediately agreed readily. He also sincerely stated that he might be able to go to Dongfan Island in advance and persuade the Dutch to leave. If the Dutch refused to leave, it would not be too late for the Hu Ben Army to take action.

In fact, when he was the governor of Fujian, Xiong Wencan was thinking about whether he could drive the Dutch away. However, the Ming Kingdom at that time did not have such strength at all. Even the Zheng family fleet was not a match for the Dutch. Without enough strength, no matter how good the plan was, it could only be a castle in the air.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun agreed to Xiong Wencan's request.

Everyone knows that going to Dongfan Island is dangerous. The Dutch are definitely not vegetarian monks. They are covered with blood in Southeast Asia. However, Xiong Wencan is unrestrained. After staying in Zhao Prison for more than a year, he doesn't care about the dangers of the Dutch. At worst, he will die and you won't have to suffer any torture.

The person responsible for welcoming Xiong Wencan was Putman's special envoy Anita. Since the Hu Ben Navy gathered in Fujian frontlines, Putman's life has not been easy. The master's life is not easy, and the person responsible for running errands will naturally not have a good life.

"Are you here on behalf of the Hu Ben Army?"

Anita stared at Xiong Wencan with a gloomy look and said with a bad look.

The Dutch could still abide by the basic diplomatic concept of the two armies fighting and not killing them. However, when the Hu Ben Army sharpened its sword and wanted to attack Formosa, Anita felt quite uncomfortable. Therefore, as soon as the two met, Anita put on an aggressive posture, trying to curb the majesty of the Hu Ben Army.

"Yes."

Xiong Wencan said without moving.

Of course, he could tell at a glance when Anita tried to give him a warning. However, Xiong Wencan didn't care at all. It was simply unreasonable that the other party threatened him. With his Xiong Wencan's personality, would he be threatened by the Dutch?

In his heart, Xiong Wencan even had a bit of self-abuse. Once the Dutch killed him or insulted him, with Zhang Zhun's personality, he would definitely slaughter all the Dutch. Xiong Wencan would rather sacrifice his life, so that none of the Dutch in Formosa could escape. This was his lesson from the last time he persuaded surrender to succeed first and then fail. For these guys who are not my race, it is better to kill them all.

"I am in accordance with the order of the Grand Governor of the Huben Army of the Heavenly Kingdom, and I ask you to withdraw from Formosa."

Xiong Wencan said with condescending words and a clear and clear expression.

"you!"

Sure enough, Anita's face changed a little.

Xiong Wencan's words were so direct that Anita felt a little uncomfortable, and it felt like she was being stabbed by a needle. However, Anita was not an impulsive person. He would not be easily angered by Xiong Wencan, and would not order Xiong Wencan to be dragged out and shot. If he did this, he would have formed a private hatred with the Hu Ben Army.

In general, the Dutch and the Tiger Army had the upper hand. The Dutch had a large number of warships and sailors all over the world, and even the Spanish and British were not opponents of the Dutch. However, in Southeast Asia, especially in the waters around Formosa, the situation was a bit subtle.

Yes, the main fleet of the Dutch is indeed powerful. The Dutch merchant fleet is even stronger. However, there are only two main fleets of the Dutch in the Far East Sea, namely the 13th and 14th Fleets of the Dutch Navy. These two fleets are the basis for the existence and maintenance of the Dutch East India Company. Without these two fleets, the Dutch did not even have a chance to gain a foothold in the Far East. Therefore, the senior executives of the Dutch East India Company were very cautious in the use of these two fleets and did not dare to be careless at all.

Once the two main fleets of the Netherlands leave Nanyang, they will inevitably be exploited by their opponents. The Spaniards are like poisonous snakes, eyeing each other. However, it seems impossible not to launch the main fleet and fight with the Hu Ben Navy. It would be best if they want to quickly and completely defeat the Hu Ben Navy and the two main fleets are deployed together. But that risk will be even greater.
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