Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 628 Fortunately, Chaoxin came today, Kuang Lu talked about the battleship

"What! Provenza has fallen?"

When the fleet in the Gulf (Taijiang River) sent the news that Chixian City had been breached by the Ming army, Dutch officials such as Overward, Gerd, and Connor were very surprised and even unwilling to believe it.

"It's only been three days. How did the Ming army break through Provencha?" Even though Overward repeatedly overestimated the fighting power of the Ming army, he was still puzzled. As the commander, the school has also stored sufficient food, water, ammunition and other materials, theoretically it can last for at least half a month, right?"

Gerd analyzed: "If the Ming army is still fighting like before, Provencha will have no problem persisting for three months.

Now that the Ming army broke through Prowencha in three days, it must have used tactics or weapons that we did not expect.

Your Excellency, we must send someone to clarify this issue, otherwise the city of Zeelandia is very likely to be breached by the Ming army in the same way. "

Owald frowned tightly, unable to make a decision for a while.

Connor said: "We must send someone to Provincha! Captain Bedell is a good candidate!"

Bedell Thomas is the chief of an elite musketeer, and the [-] musketeers he led were called the ghosts by the Han people. Spaniards are famous in Dongfan Island.

"What do you think, Gerd?" Feeling difficult to make a choice, Owald couldn't help asking Gerd again.

"You can let Bader try it, but if you are blocked by the Ming army, you must retreat in time." Gerd said, "Also, Your Excellency the Governor, I think we should notify Commander Marin and let his fleet do it." It is good to prepare for the attack on the Ming fleet in advance.

Because of the fall of Prowencha, we will soon be completely surrounded by the Ming army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to pass on information by then. "

Owald nodded, "Okay, I'll send the boat out tonight."

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Although the northern passage from the northern sandbar to Taijiang Bay is shallow and has many hidden reefs, it is not suitable for large ships.

However, there will be a few days in the first ten days of each month when the sea tide arrives in Taijiang Bay. During this time, the water in the northern channel will become deeper, allowing some large ships to pass through.

In the history of later generations, Zheng Chenggong took back Dongfan Island by taking advantage of the tide and leading the Zheng family's navy into Taijiang Bay from the northern channel, defeating a small Dutch fleet, and then successfully landed.

The Ming army naturally knew this important hydrological information, so they chose to launch the attack at the end of May.

On the second day after Chixian City was captured, the Ming army was also lucky enough to wait for the Taijiang tide, so most of the warships in No. 12 Town of the Navy sailed into the Taijiang Bay through the northern channel.

Although the Dutch prepared for three months, the Dutch East India Company had less than 40 battleships in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, and they were mainly fourth-tier battleships, with very few third-tier battleships.

The Dutch now have many important waterways to guard.

Therefore, on Dongfan Island, there were only two Tier [-] battleships and one Tier [-] battleship at first, supplemented by cruisers, arson boats and other small warships and even sampans.

In order to deal with the possible attack of the Ming Dynasty, the headquarters only added two Tier [-] battleships to Dongfan Island.

As for the fleet led by Marin at sea, there are ten battleships.

Although there are very few battleships on the Dutch side, they are actually nearly half of the battleships of the Dutch East India Company. It can be seen that the company headquarters attaches great importance to this war...

After the No. 12 warship of the Ming Army Navy entered Taijiang Bay, it soon fought with half of the Dutch fleet in the bay.

The Taijiang Bay was not big, and the Ming army blocked the Dayuan Outer Harbor outside the southern channel. As long as the Ming army entered the Taijiang Bay, it was destined to have a battle with the Dutch fleet inside.

This half of the Dutch fleet is obviously inferior to the No. 12 town of the Ming army navy in terms of quantity and firepower.If we have to talk about advantages, it is estimated that most of its naval soldiers are elite veterans with rich experience in naval warfare.

Therefore, the Dutch fleet chose to retreat to the southeast corner of the bay, relying on the coastal defense guns of Zeelandia on Dayuan Island to fight against the Ming navy fleet.

Naturally, the Ming army would not just sit back and watch the opponent attack Dayuan Island at the same time on Beiweixian Island and Outer Harbor with the help of the many artillery pieces of Zeelandia City.

The Fujian garrison in Chixian City will also look for opportunities to cross the sea and attack from the chain islands in the south of Dayuan Island with the cooperation of the Seventh Town and No.11 Town of the Navy.

As the governor of Nanyang, Chen Jitai was added the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. Under the order of the imperial court, he has the command of part of the army. He himself is indeed familiar with military affairs and has some war experience.

But today he still did not interfere with the battle of the army, but took Kuang Lu and other civil officials and officials to watch the Minghe naval battle in the bay near Chixian City.

As a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, Kuang Lu already knew a lot about maritime affairs. After being enlisted by the imperial court as a diplomatic envoy to be in charge of negotiating with the Dutch about Dongfan Island, she learned more about it through Jinyiwei.

At this time, he explained to Chen Jitai the situation of the Dutch warships and even the warships of other European countries.

This is what Chen Jitai requested - as the governor of Nanyang, he is destined to deal with many Western countries during his term of office, and naval warfare will also become an inevitable part of the "dealing" process.

"Let's take a look at the platform. Although the five warships of Heyi look quite tall, and the flagship even has two decks, all of which are equipped with artillery, but these warships are only third-tier battleships according to the standards of Western ships. .

The other four are Tier [-] battleships—in fact, Western countries did not divide Tier [-] battleships in the first place, and this standard was added only because the Dutch liked to use small battleships. "

This is a completely different system from the Ming warship, and Chen Jitai was very interested in hearing it.

He was still holding the binoculars in his hand, watching the battle in the bay, and said in his mouth: "Oh? Mr. Haixue (Kuang Lu), please tell me in detail."

Kuang Lu said: "We have to start with the battleships of the West—Westerners call sailing warships that can mount multiple cannons on the side strings called battleships.

When it participates in naval battles, it does not face the enemy with the bow or stern like the conventional warships of our Ming Dynasty, but a number of warships lined up to face the enemy with side strings.

Each battleship has dozens of Hongyi cannons weighing more than ten pounds, so if multiple battleships line up sideways to face the enemy, hundreds of Hongyi cannons can be fired at once, which is extremely ferocious. "

Speaking of this, Kuang Lu paused, as if imagining the shocking scene of many battleships facing the enemy and hundreds of red cannons firing all at once.

Then he continued: "At present, Western countries are used to classifying battleships by the number of deck layers and the number of cannons loaded.

A first-tier battleship generally has three decks and can carry hundreds of cannons; a second-tier battleship also has three decks, but because of its smaller hull, it can generally only hold seventy or eighty cannons.

As for the third-tier battleships, they have two decks and generally carry forty or fifty cannons. "

Hearing this, Chen Jitai couldn't help looking back, and said in shock, "Western warships are so powerful?"

Chen Jitai was surprised for a reason. According to his knowledge, the largest warship of the Ming army navy is the Heyi battleship originally copied by the Zheng family navy. It has more than 2000 materials and can only carry more than forty cannons.

This type of battleship was one of the few in the original Zheng family's navy, and they were all regarded as heavy weapons in naval warfare.

Unexpectedly, this kind of battleship is only a third-tier battleship in the West, and it sounds like it is still a weak existence among the third-tier battleships.

Kuang Lu smiled and said: "Futai thought badly, although the Westerners have one or two battleships, but the number is very small, and they are all used as ships for the royal families of various countries, or as the flagship of the main fleet.

Not only is it difficult to build a first- and second-tier battleship, and each ship is extremely expensive; it is also because although it can carry a large number of cannons, its movement is relatively slow, inflexible, and its performance is not stable enough in all aspects.

Therefore, Western maritime powers, such as Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, have only a handful of first- and second-tier battleships, and most of them are active in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas where these countries are located. Equipped with Tier [-] battleships.

Among the Western countries, the Netherlands is an outlier, and the configuration of naval warships is different from other countries. "

"Oh?" Chen Jitai showed curiosity when he heard the words, "How do you say that?"

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)