Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 293 The Dutch Are Really Coming
The Dutch are here, and the Dutch really sent a fleet to attack Daming!
However, they are not as stupid as the Japanese people imagined, at least they don't think they are stupid.

They didn't think that they could destroy Daming with one move, or swallow this big piece of fat in one bite.

Because they still have a certain understanding of the population of the Ming Empire, the population of the Ming Empire is at least tens of millions!
With such a large population, no matter how small the number of troops is, it will not be too small.

And their population is there, it is obviously impossible to swallow this piece of fat in one bite.

Therefore, their goal this time is to defeat the Daming Navy and obtain a so-called treaty port, so as to use this as a breakthrough, gradually nibble away, and slowly swallow this piece of fat.

This is a common trick of the colonists. Facing a huge monster that they can't swallow in one bite, they will choose to open a hole first, and then slowly suck it slowly through various means, and finally swallow the huge monster.

These methods include supporting agents, cultivating indigenous forces, etc., allowing these people to mess up their own country, or even destroy their own country!

They have always been so despicable, and they will do anything to achieve their goals.

These despicable methods have even continued to later generations. Wherever the colonists went, there were wars of agents and chaotic wars between various forces.

The Dutch have selected the general of the Daming Navy, Xu Xinsu, as their agent, and they have also secretly cultivated a large group of pirates. This is actually the prelude to their invasion of Daming.

It's a pity that there was no sound before this prelude was played.

The agent Xu Xinsu lost contact for no reason, and the pirates they trained also disappeared.

What should we do at this time?

If the agent is gone, you can continue to look for it, and if the pirate is gone, you can train it again.

In short, the invasion plan cannot be stopped, and they cannot easily give up this big piece of fat.

Historically, they had the agent Xu Xinsu as an internal response, and Liu Xiang and other pirates assisted them, so they sent seven ordinary warships.

It was different now, the agent Xu Xinsu had disappeared, and the pirates they trained also disappeared, so they had no helpers.

So, they sent a whole fleet.

This fleet is composed of two large gunboats and ten ordinary warships. It is similar in number and scale to the Spanish ocean-going fleet. The only difference is that there are not many soldiers on the ten armed merchant ships of the Spanish ocean-going fleet. Each of their ordinary warships is equipped with hundreds of soldiers.

In other words, they sent a full twelve warships and nearly [-] soldiers this time.

This strength is more than twice as strong as when they first invaded Ming Dynasty in history.

Because at that time they sent seven ordinary warships and more than [-] soldiers.

Of course, no matter in history or now, they all think that the fleet under their hands is invincible, and the Daming Navy is a soft persimmon, which will be crushed if it is squeezed casually.

Moreover, it was the historical Rear Admiral Gao Wenlu who led the fleet this time.

This Gao Wenlu is not an ordinary madman, he is still the same as in the history, leading the army to go straight to Yuegang, the location of the shipping department in Fujian City, Ming Dynasty.

Because there is only a route leading to Moon Harbor on their nautical chart, and he also thinks that the Daming Navy is a soft persimmon, and there is no need to spend any thought or plan to deal with it carefully, just rush up and do it!

This morning, in the southeast sea area of ​​Ming Dynasty, on the sea between Nan'ao Island, Jinmen Shouyu Qianhusuo and Penghu Wei, more than ten giant ships with tricolor flags were slowly sailing northward.

Rear Admiral Gao Wenlu of the Dutch Navy looked at the chart in front of him, and roughly estimated the location of the fleet. His face, which was already flushed red, was as red as a monkey's butt.

The Ming Empire's port of contact with the outside world is coming!

This time, if he can win the Ming Empire's external contact ports in one fell swoop, and force the Ming Empire to sign a trade treaty, then he will be the number one hero for invading the Ming Empire!
If the Ming Empire becomes their colony in the future, he will be the first governor of the colony!

This is the rule of their colonization.

Whoever takes the lead in laying down the first foothold of this colony will be the first governor of this colony.

Of course, the premise is that this colony can be won.

Gao Wenlu didn't think they couldn't win this colony, so he felt that he was the first governor of the colony of the Ming Empire!

The Ming Empire is said to be a land full of gold. If he can become the first governor, then the gold he robbed would have to be packed in ships. One ship might not be enough, and ten ships might not be enough.

How many ships of gold can be grabbed by then?
He was daydreaming there, didn't he know that he had already entered the big net laid by the Daming Navy, and the sentry ships of the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy had already found their traces.

Now Taichang has received the news.

The Dutch fleet is here, about the same size as the Spaniard's ocean-going fleet, consisting of two gunboats and ten armed merchant ships!

At this time, all the warships of the Dongying Navy had assembled in Penghu Bay.

On the flagship, Yuan Keli and Zhang Yuanfang are constantly correcting the position of the Dutch fleet based on the detection reports from the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy.

Judging from the direction the Dutch fleet was traveling, their goal was indeed Yuegang, the location of Fujian Shipping Division!

Taichang stared at the chart for a while, then roughly estimated the time, and then said calmly: "With the speed of the Dutch fleet, they should be near the Kinmen Shouyu Qianhu by now, right?"

Yuan Keli carefully deduced it on the sea chart, then slowly nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, they should soon encounter the Nanyang Navy fleet."

What will happen after the Dutch fleet encounters the Nanyang Navy fleet? Will they start fighting directly?

This is really hard to say.

In terms of the strength of both sides, the Dutch fleet must not be able to compete with the Nanyang Navy.

Because the Nanyang Navy has too many warships, if they swarmed up desperately, two building gunboats and ten armed merchant ships would not be enough.

Question, do the Dutch think so?
What would the Dutch do if they realized this too?

This is really hard to say.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, and then said decisively: "Decree, order Shen Yourong to lead the Beiyang Navy fleet to copy over from the south, and block the Dutch's retreat first. In addition, tell Shen Yourong and Yu Zigao not to fight the Dutch Just force them to the direction of Penghu.”

The Dutch sent so many warships over, and they could win the battle with 150 Spike warships. Naturally, the Beiyang Navy and Nanyang Navy didn't need to rush up and fight desperately.

So, what will Gao Wenli do?

At this moment, Gao Wenlu was really excited, because he had already seen the coastline, which proved that the port of the Ming Empire was approaching.

He was holding up the binoculars and looking ahead vigorously.

However, his excitement soon turned into a look of shock.

Because he soon saw the densely packed warships on the sea.

Obviously, what appeared here were warships of the Ming Empire Navy.

Question, the navy of the Ming Empire not only had small sampans, but also large sailing ships!
Moreover, there are quite a few galleons.

How is this going?

He was stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth and asked, "Your Excellency, Trade Officer, is this the small sampan you mentioned?"

At this time, Wei Malang was also taken aback by the densely packed warships of the Nanyang Navy.

He put down the binoculars, and said awkwardly: "Your Excellency, it has been almost 20 years since I came here last time to test it out. It is not surprising that the Ming Empire built such a few sailboats!"

He was a trade representative of the East India Company, not a subordinate of the admiral.

This time he came here to be a guide, not to be assigned to Gao Wenlu's subordinates.

Therefore, he didn't have to look at other people's faces.

Gao Wenlu also had nothing to do with this guy, he could only snort coldly, and then ordered: "All warships slow down, line up, deflect to the right, and prepare for battle!"

(End of this chapter)