Daming Yinghua

Ruffin felt that those hazy fireballs, accompanied by the shouts of Ming people brought by the sea wind, were really a very pleasant symphony of sound and picture.

It is expected that the naval port of Luowan not only has the warships of the Fujian Navy of the Ming Army tonight, but also some ships of General Yan from Taiwan.

Because a few days ago, the sailors of the Victoria ship pretended to be merchants and heard news from Dayuan Port that several of Yan Siqi’s ships were dilapidated, and most of the trees on Taiwan Island were too flammable, so they were not suitable for port and starboard ships. Yan Siqi's boat sailed to Liuluowan, where teak wood was delivered from Xiamen for repairs.

In the Ming Dynasty dialect taught by Gullit, this is killing two birds with one stone.

After the massacre tonight, the Dutch fleet will leave behind the remains of Ming ships and corpses of the Ming army all over the harbor, turn the rudder and set sail, and after replenishing gunpowder in Penghu, continue to rush to Dayuan Harbor in the east, severely injuring General Yan over there. department.

Only when the Ming Kingdom experienced the power of the new Galen warships and cannons in several military ports along the coast of Fujian, would they realize that the Portuguese were already a thing of the past.

The national gate from Fujian to Guangdong must and can only be opened to the Dutch, and the entrepot trade from the entire Far East to Nanyang will be dominated by the Dutch!
Just as Lufen was thinking about it, there was a sudden "boom" on the sea not far away, setting off huge waves.

The splash of water that exploded in an instant hit the faces of Ruffin and Byrne with the downwind, more like a torrential rain, pouring their heads on the two Ahart assault ships in front of the Groningen, attracting the sailors on board, and The sergeants who were about to land on the beach were shouting and cursing.

The Arhat assault ship was smaller than the large galleon, but it weighed one or two hundred tons, but it still swayed from side to side due to the impact.

Bourne said loudly to Ruffin: "The Ming army finally woke up. It seems that the shell they fired is not small."

Zheng Zhilong was sitting on one of the boats, paddling hard together with more than a dozen middle-aged Ming soldiers on the left and right.

Historically, the Dutch would not wipe out the Spanish fleet, once the overlord of the sea, in the port of Antwerp until ten years later, and would not fight the British fleet in Dover and the English Channel until more than [-] years later.

A dozen Dutch soldiers fell into the water on the ship. On the sea surface reflected by the fire, the heads of those people could be seen undulating with the light and shadow, and then slowly approached the mother ship. They were rescued by the comrades on the ship and climbed onto the deck.

Galen's captains and Ahat's captains howled to encourage soldiers and sailors.And the latter, too, rejoiced.

At the beginning of the war, although he saw clearly that the so-called Ming warships bombarded by artillery fire at the foot of the mountain were just broken ships moored in the harbor, he also saw clearly the real gunboats of the Ming army, cruising out of the port from both sides to meet the Dutch warships. , but he secretly sneered.

The sea water was very cold, but Zheng Zhilong felt his cheeks were hot.

Lufen grinned, showing his teeth that were brightly illuminated by the fire: "Yes, they are not small, but listen, there is only this sound, this is the true face of the Ming army's warships, God, they are so rich, but they are so rich. Only one cannon is equipped on the bow. Bourne, have you ever seen a more ridiculous navy than the Ming army? Hahahaha."

Next, not only the Victoria, but all five Galen warships of the Dutch will taste the barbecue gift from the navy of the Ming Dynasty whom they despise.

Tonight, it was the first time they faced the coastal defense gate of a huge empire. They could drive strong ships and guns to break through it without any scruples, and killed the generals and soldiers inside. This is the same as they slaughtered sheep. Black slave or yellow slave labor is a completely different experience, and it is a victory with great pleasure.

"Row hard and aim at that big ship!"

The young Fujianese could even clearly see the frightened expression of the Dutch sailors on the nearest Ahat ship who suddenly faced the big fire ship.

"Boys, stop the oars, the wind is about to turn to the northwest, everyone is going to put down the cowhide, and check the iron rings and cables on the front and back of the board."

The sea surface around Zheng Zhilong became brilliant in an instant, as if the blood-like sunset glowed thousands of miles away, reflecting the sea water red.

He soon followed the first batch of Ming troops and swam to the beach of Liuluowan.

"Connection!"

On the top of Jinmen Mountain one kilometer away, Gullit, like the captains, couldn't believe his eyes.

Because, the first half of the scene he watched showed the undoubted superior firepower of his homeland fleet.

The movement of Kerala was also heard from the surrounding boats.

After the fleet came near Liuluo Bay, they lowered their sails to avoid being discovered by the Dutch in the fierce battle.

The shape of these boats is also very strange. The prow is nailed with cast iron spear points like geese, and the top of the canopy made of cowhide is supported by a wooden frame. , piled up as high as a hill.

In the northwest of Kinmen Island, on the surface of the sea between Guningtou and Lieyu, fifty small boats of the Ming army that have been refitted for a month are like poisonous snakes swimming in the muddy shadows in the dark night, silently crossing the narrow and long waterway, and burrowing into the material. In the thick fog west of the bay.

But ants can swallow elephants.

An Ahat ship was even severely tilted by the turbulent waves.

There was another loud noise nearby, and the Dutch carefully discerned that it was a shell fired from a different direction from the open ship that fired the cannon just now.This time the shells came closer, and while they still missed any of the five Galen ships effectively, they almost brushed several of the Arhat boats and exploded.

"ignition!"

Suddenly, a torch was lit on the leading pilot ship.In the bright light, the semaphore was accurately transmitted backwards.

He has never been in the regular army and has experienced naval battles. He really wants to swim forward for a while and see the first batch of burning open ships, hunting forward in the wind. The iron spear on the bow pierces the hull of the enemy ship. Then, like the line of fire from hell, it surrounded the two first unlucky Yahat ships.

"Fire!"

However, relying on human paddling did not slow down its speed too much.Because of its inherently small size, waves can still push it to move significantly.

"go ahead!"

Behind them, the Ming army on the second and third batches of fireships did the same, but aimed at the large Galenic warship behind the Arhat ship-the Victoria.

But after all, he was not impulsive enough to take his life as a joke after completing the military order.

……

Zheng Zhilong and the brothers on the same boat jumped from under the cowhide into the sea at the moment the oiled wooden sticks above their heads were ignited.

"Look, the Ming army is the most powerful. Yes, they have ships, but we have blown up many of them. They have cannons, but each ship has one. To the west of us, in the direction of Xiamen in Ming Dynasty, There are no reinforcement ships coming. The Ming people are slow and arrogant, and they are completely unprepared for tonight's sneak attack. Warriors, the beach is close at hand, and we will land soon!"

Zheng Zhilong wanted to listen to the screams of the invaders crying for their fathers and mothers, witnessed them jumping into the sea at a loss, enjoying the scene of the Dutch ships being burned to pieces, and then returned to the Golden Gate Guard to tell sister Azhu vividly .

If the Minghe battleships fighting each other in the distance are ligers and tigers fighting each other, the fifty ships in front of them are like tiny ants.

"Jump ship!"

In the fierce northwest wind that suddenly blew up in the second half of the night, five or six ships from the first camp took the lead.

In front of Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the ship turned his head and ordered his brothers.

These strong men, who are more familiar with the waves than the flat ground, cooperated with each other tacitly by virtue of their solid water skills and previous training, and accurately dragged the cables to connect with the neighboring boats.

At this time, the Dutch have just tasted the victory, but they have developed the small island of Batavia in the Indian Ocean into the company headquarters.

Immediately, it fell into silence again.

It never occurred to him that the so-called firepower is not just guns.

When witnessing the low but dense fireships of the Ming army besieging the tall and majestic Dutch Galen ship, Gullit stammered and exclaimed: "What are those? God, why are those ships like fire dragons with eyes? !"

Zheng Haizhu turned his head, glanced at him, and said in his heart, yes, you are in charge of the atmosphere group, and you are very applauded.

I will give you a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Note: Ming army fireboats attacking Dutch warships is a real case in history. In 1622 and 1633, in the naval battles of Penghu Island and Liuluo Bay, the Dutch were attacked by the Ming army with skilled fireboat technology. In 1622, Fujian governor Shang Zhou Zuo, in 1633 Xiamen guerrilla Zhang Yongchan, and the Five Tigers guerrilla Zheng Zhilong drove out the Dutch invaders twice with naval battles.