Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1018 Fleeing for Your Life
In the waters south of Luanda, thousands of sailing ships are slowly sailing northward, and the tens of miles long team looks quite spectacular.

Prince Hendrick stood on the bow of the flagship, looking at the vast sea ahead, but felt a little uneasy.

It may be that the shadow of him being ambushed by Prince Condé last time has not yet disappeared, and he always feels that there seems to be an ambush ahead.

This may be the sixth sense of human beings. Sometimes the sixth sense is very accurate, especially the perception of danger.

It's a pity that even if he felt that there was an ambush ahead, he had to go.

Because Angola is too important to the anti-Habsburg coalition, without Angola, they would have no rubber and copper mines, and without rubber and copper mines, they would have no hope of a comeback.

This, as a high-level anti-Habsburg alliance, he is naturally clear.

Fortunately, until the fleet arrived in Luanda, they didn't encounter any attacks. When he saw the Duke of Weimar and Turenne who were full of expectations, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

He felt that the voyage should be considered over. Anyway, his mission was to send people to Luanda. As for how they fought, it seemed that it had nothing to do with him.

There is no army in the Netherlands at this moment, and their car formation is at least six miles away from the coastline, and they can't reach it at all. The next step is to see how the Duke of Weimar and Turenne fight.

The three had a general discussion, and the Duke of Weimar began to command the 40 troops from Britain, Sweden, and Denmark to disembark and assemble, while Turenne went directly into the city, preparing to resist the counterattack.

None of them expected that there was a flying dragon warship hiding on the sea more than ten miles to the north.

Zhang Yuanfang stared at the port wharf with a binoculars and observed earnestly, still muttering incessantly: "One hundred ships, two hundred ships, three hundred ships, four hundred ships."

Alright, almost there.

He ordered without hesitation: "Order, all the dragon warships are loaded with incendiary bombs and come forward immediately."

After a wave of command flags, more than two hundred dragon battleships quickly approached.

Zhang Yuanfang immediately ordered the flagship to move forward, and when he was about ten miles away from the port, he ordered again loudly: "Order, all the dragon warships stop advancing, aim at the direction of the port, and prepare to launch."

Not long after, a standard-bearer said loudly: "Report, all ships are ready."

Zhang Yuanfang immediately ordered without hesitation: "Light it up, launch it."

"Swish, swish," more than [-] incendiary bombs quickly rose into the air, dragging a long tail flame and heading straight to the port pier.

If you are watching fireworks, the fireworks are really beautiful.

Unfortunately, these are not fireworks.

When Prince Hendrick saw the incendiary bombs coming down like a shower of meteors, his face immediately changed drastically.

He could tell at a glance that this was his secret weapon. Once it was hit, the ship would catch fire in an instant, and it couldn't be extinguished!
However, even if he saw it, it was useless, he didn't even have time to issue any orders, and more than two thousand rockets smashed into the outer sailing ships that had put down the army and were gathering for orders.

There was a crackling sound, and hundreds of sailing ships were immediately set ablaze.

The flames soared into the sky along the sails, and could be seen dozens of miles away.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Hongkui immediately ordered all ships to attack and head straight for Luanda Port.

"Swish, swish," more than [-] incendiary bombs soared into the air and smashed down with a long tail flame. Most of the [-] sailing ships that had just laid down the army were immediately set ablaze.

At this time, there was a faint thunderous sound of horseshoes from the south, and the ground trembled slightly.

Don't think about it, they are ambushing, and the enemy does not know how many people are ambushing around Luanda.

The Duke of Weimar was stunned for a moment, and then shouted as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Your Highness, hurry up and order the ships and warships to dock at the pier. There is an ambush among us, retreat quickly."

When Prince Hendrick heard the news, he immediately ran to the flagship and ordered the hundred sailing ships that were docking at the pier to retreat quickly, allowing the empty ships and warships to come up quickly.

At this time, there was another whistle sound from the top of the mast, and the sentry was desperately flying the flag in his hand.

Seeing this, Prince Hendrick's expression changed drastically. Thousands of ships were approaching rapidly from the north!
He just thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order, order the sailing ships that are already on fire to line up and drive north, and stop the enemy's fleet for me!"

At this time, although most of the five hundred sailing ships were on fire, none of them sank.

After all, the incendiary bomb is not an armor-piercing bomb, and it cannot penetrate the deck at all. Although it can set the battleship on fire in an instant, and it cannot be extinguished, it cannot directly sink the battleship.

These burning battleships can still last for a while.

What Prince Hendrick meant was to let these warships act as firewalls to block the enemy's fleet.

At this time, the more than [-] troops who had disembarked earlier were desperately squeezing onto a hundred ships and warships, and even hundreds of people were squeezed onto its flagship.

The entire port was in chaos, Turenne in the city had even rushed out of the city gate with his army, and everyone was desperately running towards the dock.

You are not good at fighting, but you are good at escaping. If you let you squeeze in, I am afraid that this pier will be crushed by you!

Seeing this, Prince Hendrick immediately ordered: "Order, all the warships that are docked at the dock should evacuate immediately, and let the more than 100 empty ships that are not on fire come to pick up people."

At this time, if he didn't run, he might not be able to escape. After all, the enemy's ships could turn, and it was impossible for them to hit the fire wall. A fire wall more than twenty miles wide could stop them for a while at most.

Anyway, most of the more than [-] soldiers who went down at this moment have squeezed onto the boat, and the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers have already squeezed onto the pier, and the empty boat behind will definitely be able to pick them up.

As for Turenne and the more than [-] people in the city, he can no longer control them.

After Prince Hendrick left the dock with hundreds of ships and warships, he immediately ordered the other [-] sailing ships that had not put the army down to immediately follow them to retreat!

Seeing this, Turenne was so angry that she just wanted to curse.

People obviously left them alone.

There are more than 30 people on the docks and in the city, how can more than 100 sailing ships hold it!
In fact, they are not the worst, the worst is the nearly [-] French army who came to support from the south.

Nearly 10 horses have been caught between the chariot formation and hundreds of thousands of cavalry, unable to move, they have nowhere to run if they want to run!

Lin Chaojie didn't expect that the city of Luanda would be in such chaos in an instant.

However, when the heads of the people on the city wall shrunk down, he understood that they probably ran away.

Because they didn't set up artillery to attack the city, why did the people on the wall shrink for no reason?

He only hesitated for a moment, and then decisively ordered: "Order, the vehicles at the north gate and west gate quickly line up in three rows, and immediately charge towards the city wall!"

There was a flutter of order flags on the high platform next to the commander's tent, and the formation of cars outside the north gate and west gate soon moved.

The two sides of the square car formation shrunk to the middle, and soon formed three rows.

Immediately afterwards, there was a roar like a tsunami, "Come on!"

In less than a quarter of an hour, the first row of chariots rushed to the city wall.

The city wall of Luanda seems to be higher than the city wall of Fort Arthur.

But it doesn't matter, this will not trouble the experienced chariot soldiers.

They directly leaned the chariot against the city wall, and then quickly handed the ammunition box in the chariot to the roof. Soon, steps were built one by one.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of chariot soldiers swarmed up, stepping on the steps and rushing up the city wall.

At this moment, the defenders in the city had already gone to the port, and the city walls were empty.

Soon, the chariots rushing up the north and west walls rushed towards the east and south walls like a torrent, and the city of Luanda was thus occupied.

Seeing this, Lin Chaojie immediately ran towards the city wall with his personal guards and horses.

He originally wanted to lead the chariot soldiers directly to the city wall, but the emperor had an order not to allow these generals to lead the charge indiscriminately.

He had no choice but to wait in the camp.

However, the camp was only about six miles away from the city wall, so he didn't waste much time.

After he boarded the west wall, he immediately ran towards the east wall.

At this moment, it turned out that the 25 defenders in the city and the tens of thousands of reinforcements who had just disembarked were still frantically crowding on more than 100 sailing ships.

The pier and the deck were densely packed with people.

Seeing this, Lin Chaojie immediately ordered without hesitation: "The artillery in the east is loaded with ammunition and ready to fire."

These guys ran too fast, not to mention the artillery hadn't been moved away, and the ammunition was neatly placed next to the artillery without moving.

Moreover, Luanda's city defense is quite good. There are more than 100 artillery pieces facing the port, which is really cheap for them.

Hundreds of chariot soldiers skillfully loaded gunpowder and shells into the artillery, and the ready flags were quickly erected.

Lin Chaojie still ordered without hesitation: "Light it up, fire it up!"

"Boom boom boom", there was a violent roar of artillery, and more than 100 shells mercilessly smashed into the densely packed crowd.

This was really miserable, because the crowd was too dense, and one shell could kill or injure at least a dozen people.

More than 100 shells go down, that is more than 100 blood tanks!

Seeing this, Turenne couldn't help but turn pale with fright.

How did these people rush up the city wall so quickly!
He looked at the soldiers below who were still frantically squeezing upwards, closed his eyes, and ordered through gritted teeth: "Order, all warships leave the dock immediately and retreat south!"

"Wow", the pier suddenly seemed to explode, and there were desperate howls and curses everywhere.

Many people even jumped into the water directly, chasing the battleship and trying to climb up.

These are sailing battleships with two thousand materials, how could they climb up.

However, the people on the pier kept jumping down like dumplings.

Seeing this, Lin Chaojie still ordered without hesitation: "Clear the barrel, load the ammunition, and prepare to fire."

In fact, it was too late for Turenne to run at this time, because Zheng Hongkui had already commanded the ship to bypass the firewall and rush towards the port pier.

The port of Luanda happened to be a north-facing port, that is to say, if they wanted to flee south, they had to leave the port from the north first, and then turn around and head south.

A sailing ship needs the help of the wind to reach the speed of an ordinary ship. This port was originally built to shelter from the wind. Where does the strong wind come from?
As a result, before they left the port, the waterway to the north was blocked by densely packed ships.

This time they had nowhere to run.

Seeing this, Turenne could only sigh helplessly: "Order, everyone put down their weapons and surrender!"

Well, the French have this advantage. If they can't fight, they will flee, and if they can't escape, they will surrender. World War II is an obvious example.

As soon as Zheng Hongkui saw that the white flags were raised, he naturally ordered all the Spike warships and armed merchant ships to surround them without hesitation.

This prisoner was captured very well, easily costing hundreds of thousands.

One captive is 100 taels, which is tens of millions of taels!
The sailors of the West African Kingdom and the East African Kingdom were all happy, but Zhang Yuanfang frowned slightly.

Because at this time, many warships that were set on fire had begun to sink, and he could see the situation in the port clearly.

At this moment, there are only about [-] ships in the port plus the burned ships, and the other ships are gone!

Obviously, the other battleships took advantage of the barrier of the firewall and fled south.

How to do?
He looked up at the flag on the watchtower, and his brows couldn't help but frown even deeper.

The north wind happened to be blowing at this moment, and the speed of their sailing ships was estimated to be about the same as that of ordinary ships. If Zheng Hongkui led armed merchant ships and Spike warships to chase them, they would most likely not be able to catch up.

The Flying Dragon battleship he led could catch up with them. The problem is, they only have more than 1000 incendiary bombs left, and only more than 8000 explosive bombs. boom.

In other words, incendiary bombs and explosive bombs will definitely not be able to solve many warships, and they will have to bombard them with artillery.

The problem, as soon as you bombard them with artillery, it will be exposed.

Once they are exposed, they will directly participate in the war on behalf of the Ming Empire, and even if the European Union does not want to tear their faces, they will officially start a war with the Ming Empire.

He didn't dare to decide this kind of thing without authorization, so he could only hastily wrote a memorial and ordered people to send it to the mouth of the Congo River as soon as possible, asking the emperor to make a decision.

(End of this chapter)