1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 320 Two Landings
Lerris Scarlet, the captain of the Portuguese armed merchant ship "Mirandra", suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. It was less than half a day before he sailed out of the river mouth and turned his head to the south.A light boat sailed far to the left of their convoy, and stayed with them for a long time.The Annan Navy, who was a little slow to react, took a long time to send seven or eight small boats to try to approach it slowly, but the other side rowed forward very lightly, and then marched to the left front of their fleet.

Obviously, this very fast boat did not pass here by accident, but aimed at their huge Annan attack fleet.Perhaps, this ship was sent by the forces on that small island. They actually detected the Annan people's actions in advance and followed them all the time.

Lerris Scarlet, the captain of the "Mirandra", had a doubt in his heart. The Guangnan Kingdom only said that they would attack the Ming forces entrenched on a small island in the south, but they never told them that these Ming forces Which side does it belong to?They just said that the Ming people on the island had nothing to do with the Ming country, and contemptuously implied that the Ming people on the island were just a group of pirates who had wandered here from the Ming country. There have been aggressive behaviors, so we are going to exterminate them.

Is the island really vulnerable to Ming pirates?But they seem to have defeated the army of Guangnan Kingdom two months ago, with such strength, I am afraid it is not easy!

He felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have accepted an additional 1 taels of silver from the Guangnan General because he was greedy for money. Maybe, on that small island, he would encounter some unpredictable risks.Turning his head to look at several Annan officers in the cabin, he secretly made up his mind.If he encountered a very dangerous situation, he would definitely instruct his sailors to subdue these Annans in advance, and then escape the danger by boat.It's a big deal, I won't come to Annan's place anymore.On the sea, the most important thing is to keep your own ship and everyone's life.

Six days later, in the sea area of ​​Xinsheng Island (now Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam), more than 100 warships of the Guangnan National Navy and five hired merchant ships filled the entire nearby sea, and the momentum was even stronger than before.

Ruan Yucheng stood at the bow of the boat and carefully observed the situation on the shore for a while.The so-called Hanzhou people on the small island had obviously already known of their army's arrival. Not only was the nearby sea empty, but there was no one on the shore.There is a city built about 900 meters away from the shore, which looks quite majestic in a vague way.

He couldn't help frowning, the island really built a city.Immediately, he couldn't help but feel a little rejoicing, fortunately, he asked the king for the artillery and the craftsman who made the siege equipment.

He turned his head and signaled the messenger to issue a landing signal. At the same time, he asked the navy ship and the Portuguese armed merchant ship to move forward, low to the shore, and cover the troops to rush to the island.

"I'm afraid there are more than 4000 people!" Hu Pingjiang stood at the head of Xinshengbao, looking at the Annan soldiers who had begun to defend the whole group on the shore, and there were still densely packed boats rushing towards the island on the sea, his face showing Surprised look.

"The Annan soldiers who landed earlier seem to be holding swords and spears, but the army looks relatively orderly, and many of them are still wearing leather armor and rattan armor. They are obviously strong soldiers who have experienced many battles." Niu Hu said softly. Said: "If we fight hand-to-hand, we may suffer from a small number of people."

"Who will fight with them!" Hu Pingjiang said: "When they all land, we will pull out the artillery. No matter how organized his team is, we can blow them up!"

Niu Hu thinks so. The First Marine Corps plus the soldiers of Xinxiangbao have a total of more than 700 soldiers. Although the more than 1000 civilians who fought last time can be regarded as having experienced battles, it was completely when Annan's army collapsed and fled. , followed behind to charge and kill.If the two armies were to confront each other and fight in front of the formation, most of them would be defeated by the Annan soldiers who came this time.

Therefore, when facing Annan's army, the only ones who can be truly relied on are the more than 700 soldiers, as well as the artillery in the city and the army formation.

"Wait until they finish landing before setting up camp. It may be at night." Niu Hu said, "I think the Annan people will not launch an attack today."

"I think so." Hu Pingjiang nodded and said, "Should we send troops out of the city to harass them at night?"

"The army from the other side, I heard that they were selected by elite soldiers who often fight on the northern border, so they must be very vigilant. And because they can't see clearly at night, they might fall into their ambush." ​​Niu Hu thought for a while, Then he said: "Tomorrow, we will have a grand battle with them!"

"... Tomorrow, are you sure?" Hu Pingjiang suddenly felt a little uncertain. There were more than 4000 troops from Guangnan, and they were elite soldiers selected by the middle school.What if, in the battle tomorrow, they are defeated by the Annan people, what should they do?

"Chief Qitian once said that hot weapons represented by muskets and cannons will eventually replace cold weapons such as spears and broadswords." Niu Hu said calmly: "There will be a huge gap between the two. The generational difference of force. And this kind of generational difference cannot rely on the increase in the number of people to bring the two sides closer to equal status."

"Annan's army is a little behind compared to our Hanzhou army. The result of tomorrow's battle is the best explanation for this. Therefore, we...will win!"

"We...will win!" Hu Pingjiang also showed a trace of determination on his face, "Tomorrow, you plan to equip the Marine Corps and the local soldiers with muskets?"

"Yes, all are equipped with muskets." Niu Hu said in a deep voice: "The artillery bombarded non-stop, and all soldiers lined up in a five-stage shooting formation. We must output the greatest firepower in the shortest time until Annan's army formation collapses." At that time, bring out all the horses in Xinsheng Castle, drag the artillery, and follow us to the shore."

"Then in this battle, we want to make the Annan people terrified, and dare not make any plans for my Xinsheng Island in the future!" Hu Pingjiang said fiercely.

"That's right, that's right!" Niu Hu patted the crenel on the city wall, and then said, "The defense tonight will be temporarily in charge of your minzhuang in Xinsheng Castle. I will take the boys to rest and relax first."
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"Get ready for the army to land." Colonel Dakman Barek, Commander of the Batavia Fleet of the Dutch East India Company, put down his binoculars, turned to his adjutant and said, "There should be no organized resistance on the pier of the natives." The troops are gone, it seems that they are not well prepared for our arrival."

"Yes, Colonel!" the adjutant saluted excitedly.

Five days ago, Colonel Dakman Barek led eight armed merchant ships, carrying more than 900 troops, including native servants, to the south side of Java Island according to the prior plan, and chose to approach the horses. They landed at the wharf near Karta (now Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and then drove [-] kilometers straight to attack their center.

The Dutch believed that during the offensive and defensive battle of Batavia, they continued to show weakness and lured the Kingdom of Mataland to gradually replenish domestic troops to the city of Batavia.Its country is bound to be empty, so it wants to land suddenly through the rear, directly attack the enemy's royal city, capture and kill their leaders, and then weaken and disintegrate the most powerful kingdom on this island.

After several months of fruitful work, the former acting fleet commander, Colonel Dachman Barek not only got promoted to a rank, but also removed the word "acting", officially becoming the new commander of the Batavia fleet .At this time, he was full of ambition and vowed to make a great achievement, not only trying to maintain the East India Company's maritime hegemony in the entire East Indies, but even expanding to the vicinity of the Ming Dynasty's sea area, and completely controlling the trade between Japan and Korea.

However, the series of difficulties that the Dutch East India Company is currently facing will severely test his wisdom and ability. The war with Hanzhou is still going on, but the East India Company seems to be somewhat helpless; the Portuguese in Malacca and Ceylon Continued to threaten their route to and from Europe; Zheng Zhilong of the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack their stronghold in Formosa, and the support fleet was also driven back by the Zheng family fleet and the Spaniards.Zheng Zhilong, who has always been strong, will definitely take advantage of the situation and cut off their trade channels to Japan and North Korea.

Everything requires the Dutch East India Company to face and solve it with the greatest perseverance and determination, and it also requires the Batavia fleet to work hard to eliminate these existing threats and shackles one by one.Of course, the first thing he is doing now is to cover and assist the mercenaries and native servants of the Dutch East India Company to land smoothly and maintain their logistical supplies.

After a not-so-intense battle just now, the Dutch fleet easily sank and knocked over a dozen small boats from the Kingdom of Mataland into the sea one by one, and then violently bombarded the pier of the natives. The hundreds of natives who tried to stop the Dutch landing scattered.So far, all obstacles to the Dutch landing force have been removed.Under the leadership of the native guides, they will go straight to the royal city of Karta and deal a heavy blow to the Kingdom of Mataland.

"Lieutenant Colonel Bacona, our fleet will always be stationed here, waiting for your triumphant return!" Colonel Dakman Barek looked solemnly at the commander of the landing attack force, Jemini Bako. Lieutenant Colonel Na.

"Colonel Barek, thank you for the support of the entire fleet." Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Bacona nodded to Dakman Barek, and said with a firm expression: "Our army will do everything we can to fight for the Attack Karta in the shortest possible time, capture the Sultan of Mataran Kingdom and their ministers, and end this war with our victory!"

"Very well, not only our Batavia fleet needs news of your victory, but the whole of Batavia, and even the entire East Indies, urgently needs news of your victory." Colonel Dakman Barek said.

Seeing the army landing troops successfully set foot on the pier and began to march inland, Colonel Dachman Barek said silently: "May God bless us!"

"Order Major Curtis Behrman to lead the squadron to patrol Timor Island, and replace the fleet that blocked Dili Port with Major Egan and the others." Colonel Dakman Barek turned his head and ordered the orderer.

"Obey, sir!" Hearing this, the orderly sent out a banner to the advance fleet.

"Oh, no, wait." Colonel Dachman Barek suddenly thought of something, "Order the advance fleet to inspect Hanzhou Jianye Port and their new township on the south side of Timor Island, and then turn to Dili port, to replace the Blockade Squadron there."

It has been more than a month since the blockade of Hanzhou mainland and Xinxiangbao was lifted. Maybe sending a patrol fleet to the past will bring unexpected gains.If God is on our side.

(End of this chapter)