Daming Town Haiwang

The Port of Rotterdam is one of the most important commercial ports in Western Europe. The shipbuilding and trade industries here have always been very popular, because it is backed by the hinterland of the European continent, and there are many rivers such as the Rhine River. Extremely convenient, and the location is very superior.

In addition, the lowland area has always had a strong commercial atmosphere, which has contributed to the prosperity and excitement of the Port of Rotterdam.

However, at this moment, along with the outer waters of Rotterdam Port, a series of large ships formed in a row, and their ferocious gun barrels were aimed at Rotterdam Port. Suddenly, the sound of alarms in the entire port resounded one after another, resounding through the sky.

"Clang~clang!"

"The Spaniards are coming!"

"Quick, quick! Prepare to fight!"

All of a sudden, the entire port of Rotterdam was in chaos.

"Dongdong! Dongdong!"

Soon, with the sound of rumbling shelling from above the sea area, billowing white smoke continued to rise from the warships, and shells roared in the sky and then smashed heavily towards Rotterdam.

"boom!"

These breech-loading bombs purchased from the Ming Empire were extremely powerful, and they were accompanied by violent explosions and terrible impacts wherever they landed.

The whole of Rotterdam was covered by artillery fire, and it became ruins in just a blink of an eye, no longer the prosperity and excitement of the previous moment.

"Counterattack, counterattack!"

Duke William, who came to the city wall urgently after receiving the news, angrily issued an order to counterattack.

"Winter!"

Accompanied by the billowing white smoke, the gun towers on the top of the city continued to launch counterattacks against the Spanish warships on the sea. The fight between the two sides was very lively.

"General, how do you think you can quickly take down Rotterdam in front of you?"

On a warship, Alfred put down the binoculars in his hand and asked a Ming man beside him.

"The warship bombarded the front, and the army landed on both wings. Taking it was nothing at all."

Fan Mindao carefully observed the terrain and topography around Rotterdam Port, and said very confidently.

Fan Mindao graduated from the Daming Royal Military Academy and served in the Ming army for more than ten years. He could have continued to stay, but he was tired of the boring life in the army, so he also applied for discharge and went overseas.

Overseas, he worked as a bodyguard, opened a business firm, worked as a bodyguard, explorer, and navigator, but in the end he didn't make a name for himself, and he was very depressed.

Finally, on the recommendation of a friend, he went to Spain to help the King of Spain train his new army. This time, he was also entrusted to come here together as a staff officer to advise Alfred.

"Um!"

Alfred nodded, and then gave an order.

Soon, dozens of warships bombarded the port of Rotterdam in the front, and the same troop carrier began to land in other places, continuously sending a large number of troops to the shore, and quickly attacked the port of Rotterdam.

"Withstand! Withstand!"

On the head of the city of Rotterdam, Duke William kept roaring, urging his soldiers to guard the city wall. Once the city was breached, he would die.

Charles V had already announced that he would send people like himself to the guillotine. Once he was caught, he would definitely die.

"Soldiers of the Netherlands, listen up. If you surrender now, we will guarantee that you can return to your family safely in the name of Emperor Charles V."

"But if you are going to persevere, you will die when the city is broken!"

"Listen up, everyone. As long as you can catch Duke William, you will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver. No matter who you are, you can be reused."

"Now Emperor Charles V is vigorously reforming and reusing capable people, no matter whether they are nobles or not, they only look at ability and contribution."

"What are you waiting for, surrender now, escort your chief out now, and you can make a great contribution!"

While the Spanish army was attacking, Mingren kept shouting at the Dutch soldiers in the city with iron horns. The psychological warfare was also quite slippery. There is no doubt that this was also a strategy from Fan Mindao.

Accompanied by the shouting, coupled with the oppression of the mighty army outside, the counterattack in the entire Netherlands began to become sporadic.

Many soldiers even looked at their officers one after another, causing the nobles to break out in a cold sweat. When they looked at the people around them, they were very scared, fearing that these people would kill themselves and take them to the Spaniards to receive rewards.

"Fire me, fire me!"

"The Spaniards can't be trusted, we Netherlanders, don't listen to these Spaniards' bullshit."

Duke William's eyes were bloodshot, and he kept roaring.

At the same time, when looking at the soldiers around him, there was vigilance in their eyes.

Maybe someone will kill him to claim credit and receive a reward. He will be promoted to three ranks, regardless of his background, and there will be a reward of ten thousand taels of silver.
"Everyone in the city is listening!"

"The great Charles V reformed for the benefit of ordinary people and provided them with a lot of opportunities. In the future, the children of ordinary people will also have the opportunity to become nobles and officials."

"Charles the Great will also significantly reduce taxes, promote employment, increase everyone's income, and improve everyone's living standards. The future of following Charlemagne is bright."

"Everyone, stop working for these corrupt nobles!"

The yelling outside the city continued, and the loudspeaker amplified the sound, and they were all looking for people with loud voices, and everyone in Rotterdam could hear them clearly.

The effect of the shouting was very good. Rotterdam's defense became weaker, and many soldiers only counterattacked a few times symbolically.

In less than an hour, at some city gates, many soldiers raised the white flag together and opened the city gates. Suddenly, Spanish soldiers poured in like a tide.

"Oh, God!"

"Why help the dictator Charles V!"

Duke William was desperate when he received the news, and was about to commit suicide, but the soldiers around him immediately controlled him, tied him up, and went to the Spaniards to receive the reward after holding him down.

"Haha, your method is still easy to use, General, and you have taken Rotterdam in just one hour."

After Alfred saw the changes here in Rotterdam, he couldn't help laughing happily.

"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

Fan Mindao's old face couldn't help but blush slightly, what is this?

There is a lot to learn in the military academy, and the tricks in front of him are just a drop in the bucket.

That is to say, people on the European side can’t fight wars. Small countries are too small, and the cities are relatively small and short. If this kind of city was placed on the side of the Ming Empire, it would have been destroyed for a long time in history. how many times.

I don't know what the Europeans think. There are many big and small duchies, states, etc. in big places, and there are some autonomous cities. No one has unified them all?

Putting it on the east side, the military lords of all dynasties will find ways to unify the whole world, and they will never allow this kind of fragmented situation to appear.

Fighting here, in Fan Mindao's view, should not have much technical content.

Alfred got off the boat, rode on his tall horse, and walked into the port of Rotterdam with his head held high.

Under the training of Fan Mindao, the Spanish army is well-trained. The key is that the discipline is very good. No one went to the homes of ordinary people to rob. Instead, they stood guard here and there to maintain order. At the same time, they kept posting safety notices. .

There are also people holding tin trumpets and shouting in the streets everywhere, telling the residents of Rotterdam not to be afraid, not to worry, the Spanish soldiers will not touch everyone, and if any soldiers violate discipline, everyone can go to sue them. them.

This set was obviously brought by Fan Mindao from the east, and the effect is naturally very good. The order of the entire Rotterdam was quickly restored, and the residents in the city looked at these Spaniards curiously from the cracks in the doors. .

To be honest, they and the Spaniards can't urinate in the same pot at all, because they are not a country and nation in themselves, and it is only because of the complicated marriage of the royal family that they have become the territory of the King of Spain, but this does not mean that they and the Spaniards is a family.

But now seeing that these Spanish soldiers are well-disciplined and do not disturb the people in the slightest, and looking at the uniformly dressed Spanish army, they immediately feel that these Spaniards seem to be very good.

Here and there in the open space of the city, a large number of Dutch soldiers were gathered together. They had already surrendered. The Spaniards kept their promise and did not harm them, but only temporarily detained them.

At the same time, on the other side, Alfred is holding a public trial meeting, inviting some people of status and status here in Rotterdam and a large number of ordinary people to come to an open place to try some nobles headed by Duke William.

Here in the huge open space, the Spanish soldiers stood upright, forming a phalanx to maintain the order on the scene. A large number of citizens of the Netherlands were politely invited here by the Spanish soldiers.

This made many citizens very scared, afraid that these Spaniards would suddenly kill themselves or something, but fortunately Spain did not do anything to them, and really just invited them to come here to watch the show.

In addition to these people, some Rotterdam soldiers who voluntarily surrendered and made contributions have also been invited here. They will receive the rewards they deserve. For officials and nobles, responsible for assisting Spanish officials to quickly restore the rule of the Netherlands.

Undoubtedly, this set was also proposed by Fan Mindao.