Blood from Daming

Chapter 491 Victory
The three-masted battleship of the Dutch was already in danger. Suddenly, a group of burly Dutch men holding huge axes appeared from the deck ladder. These people all showed their muscles and waved their giant axes. When they came to kill, the soldiers of Xue's army on the side of the ship had no choice but to fight with short shields and sharp knives.

The Dutch used heavy weapons to deal with the light weapons of General Xue's soldiers, and attacked the soldiers of Xue's army who were standing on the three-masted battleship with absolute numbers. These Dutchmen with huge axes took advantage of it. The huge ax flew horizontally, cutting a soldier of the Xue family army in half.

Immediately afterwards, a dozen or so Dutch burly men rushing forward slashed wildly with their axes. Seven of the nine soldiers from the Xue family army who boarded the Dutch barque fell in a pool of blood, but the Dutch burly man holding the ax He also paid the price. A soldier of the Xue family dragged half of his body and detonated the explosives on his body. After a loud "boom", at least two Dutch burly men were killed on the spot, and four or five Dutch people were also affected. Injuried.

Just as the soldiers on board the Xue family army were fighting bloody battles with the burly man holding an ax in the Netherlands, the soldiers of the Xue family army who followed quickly boarded the Dutch three-masted warship, "boom", "boom", "boom", the soldiers on board threw a batch of grenades, In an instant, more than a dozen Dutchmen fell down. At this time, the Xue family army had changed from one place to three boarding points, and thirty or forty Xue family army soldiers rushed forward.

The number advantage of the Dutch on the deck of the three-masted battleship is shrinking, more and more Xue family army ships are approaching, the gun windows of the Dutch three-masted battleship are constantly being stuffed with explosives, and the explosion of Xue’s army’s explosives is constantly coming from the cabin of the battleship , the Dutch artillery can no longer play any role.

Dutchmen kept appearing on the deck. The soldiers of the Xue Family Army who got on the Dutch battleship threw all the grenades on their bodies at the Dutchmen, or threw them into the cabin of the battleship to explode. A batch was killed and wounded by the Xue family army, until no more Dutchmen emerged from the cabin. There were nearly 70 Dutchmen piled up on the entire deck, and there were [-] people who were able to vent their anger.

The Dutch couldn't hold on any longer, and began to shout surrender in Dutch, but the soldiers of Xue's army looked at at least 50 dead comrades who had fallen on the deck of the Dutch battleship, and no one paid attention to the strange screams of the Dutch. I went up to chop melons and vegetables for a while, and when the flagship behind us sent an order to accept the surrender, there were only a dozen survivors left.

The massacre of officers and soldiers of the Xue family army brought even greater difficulties to clearing the remaining enemies in the cabin of the three-masted warship in Holland. When the special forces went to execute it, Xue Yun explained to the generals of the Xue family army who had called for the battle that the Xue family army's marine corps was more professional in handling such complicated situations. The purpose of their establishment was to catch up with such technical tasks. The generals have a strong desire to fight.

Luo Erwa led the marines of the Xue family army and the remaining captives into the cabin through the windows of the ship. There were only a dozen Dutchmen in the upper gun bay, and the attacking captives shouted to surrender one after another. Two or three of them hid in the dark. The stubborn guy was dealt with by the Marine Corps soldiers.

After Luo Erwa took control of the upper gun compartment, she interrogated the captured captives. It was estimated that there were about a hundred Dutchmen hiding in the cabin below, so she ordered the captives to go down and let the Dutchmen come out and surrender, otherwise the Ming officers and soldiers were going to set fire to the ship. Yes, after nearly half an hour of negotiation, the Dutchmen under the cabin, after getting Luo Erwa's life guarantee, all agreed to surrender to the Ming Navy. In this way, Luo Erwa got the Dutch three-masted ship without sacrificing a single soldier. battleship.

After all the captives of the entire Dutch warship came to the top deck, Luo Erwa's marines took control of the cabin of the entire three-masted warship, and the soldiers of the Xue family army raised the flag of the Ming Xue family army on the Dutch warship, officially It shows that this Dutch three-masted warship has changed hands.

Another three-masted battleship besieged by the Second Fleet of the Xue Family Army was surprisingly similar to the First Fleet, except that the firepower of this three-masted battleship was slightly weaker. The naval officers and soldiers led by Wu Yang relatively smoothly occupied the three-masted battleship. On the deck, just when Wu Yang thought the overall situation was settled, an unexpected event happened.

After the Dutch three-masted warship and Xue Jiajun's second fleet each paid hundreds of soldiers' lives, the captain of the three-masted warship led more than 100 crew members and mercenaries to declare their surrender. The captain of the three-masted warship asked Xue's army to transport the surrendered Dutch off the three-masted warship as soon as possible.

Wang Erwa was a little baffled. After repeated inquiries, she learned that there were very few Dutch mercenaries and crew members in the cabin, so she chose to let the three-masted warship sink. Wang Erwa immediately asked the captain of the three-masted warship to stop the behavior of destroying spoils of war , but the captain was proud of the mercenaries and crew of the Netherlands, and refused to go down to the cabin to persuade the Dutch of the sinking ship.

At this time, Wang Erwa clearly felt the fall of the three-masted warship, and the Dutch in the cabin were indeed destroying the three-masted battleship, so Wang Erwa threatened the captain and others with the lives of these captives to get out of the cabin to stop the sinking of the ship. Honor rejected Wang Erwa's request, but instead urged Wang Erwa to fulfill his obligation to protect the captives as soon as possible.

This time, Wang Erwa was so angry that the three corpses jumped up and down, and then looked at the corpses of the soldiers of the Xue family army around him. For a moment, hatred grew from his heart, and evil grew from his guts, so he shouted: "Kill."

Half of the deck was occupied by Xue Jiajun's marines and Wang Erwa's subordinates. These people absolutely obeyed Wang Erwa's words, and immediately began to massacre the unarmed Dutch prisoners. Now it was time for revenge, the Dutch captain screamed a few times, and was stabbed to death by the soldiers of the Xue family army. In less than half a cup of tea, more than 100 Dutch prisoners on the deck went to see their ghost ancestors.

The governor of the Second Fleet, Wu Yang, was reluctant to let the three-masted warship sink, and immediately organized the warship to pull the three-masted warship with cables, and dragged it to the seaside of Changtu Island. The battleship began to move towards Changtu Island.

Wang Erwa also led the Marine Corps officers and soldiers to clear out the remaining enemies in the three-story gun bay, and quickly sealed the bottom bay to death, allowing the few Dutch mercenaries and crew members who sank to suffocate to death in the sea water, and also let the sea water try to delay the intrusion into the three-story gun bay. The speed of the mast battleship bought time for the Second Fleet to tow the battleship to the shore of Changtu Island.

The five Dutch merchant ships surrounded by the third, fourth, and fifth fleets of the Xue family army have been engaged in artillery battles with the third, fourth, and fifth fleets of the Xue family army. I was watching the outcome of the two three-masted battleships, so the battle in this area was not fierce.

When the flagship of the Dutch three-masted warship surrendered and another three-masted warship sank, it was time for these five Dutch merchant ships to decide their own destiny. Whether to surrender or self-sink must be decided as soon as possible. None of the warship's compatriots survived. The Orientals like Da Ming don't talk about chivalry, and self-sinking means the death of the entire ship.

With the addition of the first fleet of the Xue family army, the five Dutch merchant ships hesitated for a while, and then surrendered to the Xue family army navy. In the naval battle, the Xue Family Army of the Ming Dynasty captured a surrendered six Dutch ships, and won a complete victory in the Ming-Dutch naval battle.

Xu Zhifu, who had been watching Xue Yun's fear all the time, was still terrified until the whole battle was over. Xu Zhifu said: "Brother Xue, this battle at sea is far more dangerous than on land, and the strength of the Dutch is really good. If it weren't for If the willpower is weak, the casualties of our army will increase.”

Xue Yun said: "Brother is very right. People in the country think that building captives is the worst disaster. In fact, it won't be long before the enemies at sea will be even more terrifying. Our Ming's military strength is already far behind that of Western countries. Sitting in the well and looking at the sky, the bitter days of the people of Ming Dynasty will come in the future.”

Xu Zhifu asked: "Brother, how many three-masted warships like the Dutchman are there on Taiwan Island?"

Xue Yun said: "Brother, it is not easy to build such a three-masted warship. The entire Netherlands is estimated to have less than [-] ships. The Dutch East India Company in India only has more than ten of them. The Dutch will occupy the colonies all over the East and West. It is Taiwan's turn. I’m afraid there are only a few ships left on the Taiwan Island, and you’ll know if you ask the captives later, but if these two three-masted battleships are destroyed, the maritime combat capability of the Taiwan Island will be reduced by at least half.”

Xu Zhifu sighed: "Brother, if the Dutch three-masted warships attack from the east and the west, your navy may be very disadvantaged."

Xue Yun said: "That's right, but it's not easy for the Dutch to assemble a huge fleet. Anyway, my brother and the Dutch are about to start a war. A Dutch fleet can not only strengthen the strength of the navy, but also enable our own shipyards to have the opportunity to learn the advanced technology of the Dutch. At worst, our navy can greatly enhance its understanding of the Dutch three-masted warships through the understanding of these two three-masted warships. The actual combat level of the warship increases the chance of winning and reduces unnecessary casualties of soldiers."

At this time, the casualty statistics of the fleets of the Xue family army were handed over to Xue Yun. Xue Yun looked at them carefully. The First Fleet captured a three-masted warship, killed 170 people, injured 210 people, and captured 98 Dutchmen. 65 guns and a large number of flintlock guns, ammunition and other materials; the second fleet captured a three-masted battleship, 130 people were killed and 250 people were injured. 57. The Fourth and Fifth Fleets captured five Dutch medium-sized merchant ships, killed 53 people, injured 110 and four people, captured 980 and nine Dutch people, 220 six artillery pieces, and a large amount of military supplies such as flintlock guns and ammunition; The value of various materials shipped to Japan for trade should be worth millions of silver.

(End of this chapter)