Blood from Daming

Chapter 501 Artillery Battle
Luo Erwa smiled and said: "Isn't that North Korean woman a foreigner last time? Now I heard that the young master favors her very much. This Dutch woman is also very fond of the young master. Don't you know that the young master likes chess? This shows that the young master's taste is not the same as It's different, we rough people who entered the pheasant shop didn't understand it, if you offend your future empress, you should deserve it."

Wang Baoguo said with a bitter face: "Captain, listen to what you say, how can we fight these Dutch people?"

Luo Erwa said: "You pighead, don't you know how to be more concealed, maybe you killed someone, you must know it to be enjoyable."

Wang Baoguo nodded thoughtfully. Luo Erwa looked at the beach behind and saw Yu Qianzong's team of the Xuejia Army Firearms Battalion landing, so she said to Wang Baoguo, "I'm going to support Maocai. Your lord has arrived, hand over the artillery and prisoners to him, and come immediately to join the marines."

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The Marine Corps and the Dutch on the other side conducted another round of shelling. Don't say that the Dutch knew that their compatriots were bombed. This time they hit high and sideways. The team didn't touch a hair, but two artillery pieces from the Marine Corps fired over, and one of the artillery pieces passed by the Dutchman's emplacement, which shocked the Dutchman.

Luo Erwa checked that there was no hit, shook her head and led the marines to chase Luo Maocai. Wang Baoguo ran to the fort and continued to direct his men to fire on the opposite bank. At this time, the marines beside Wang Baoguo pointed to the opposite bank and said, "Captain Wang! , our Xue family army has landed on the other side."

When Wang Baoguo saw it, he saw that a large number of Xue Jiajun was rushing to land on the beach on the other side, and the firearms battalion of Xue Jiajun Yu Qianzong on his side had almost arrived. Wang Baoguo said excitedly: "Brothers, hurry up and shoot a few shots, or the main force will be killed." When the troops arrive, you will have no chance to shoot."

"Boom" "Boom"

The marines may have been inspired this time, one of the guns hit the pedestal of the fort and tipped over a Fran cannon, which fell and killed one and injured several Dutchmen , Wang Baoguo and his marines cheered happily after seeing it.

When Xue Yun led the first fleet to the sea area in front of Promincia Castle, the soldiers of Promincia Castle were entering the fortifications outside the castle to prepare for the battle. The Dutch warships in Dagang also anchored one after another, and began to sail towards the outside of Dagang. General Xue The naval battle between the Second Fleet and the Dutch warships at Dagang Port was imminent.

Xue Yun ordered Wang Erwa's 6000 elite cavalry and [-] marines, Lian Xiong Weiqian, and Ji Tianenqian to have [-] officers and soldiers from the Xue Family Army Firearms Battalion. Covered by the Xue Family Army's Third Fleet, they moved ten miles southward to land on the beach. Threatening Promincia Castle, the Fifth Fleet blocked the waterway of Luermen Port, and the cavalry of Fang Qianzong and You Qianzong also went ashore on the left side of Luermen Port.

Xue Yun ordered the First Fleet to sail to the sea of ​​Dagang and prepare to fight side by side with the Second Fleet. At this time, the governor Wu Dahai came to tell Xue Yun: "General, you see that there are four three-masted warships in the inner sea of ​​Hejiang River, not the two ships mentioned by the captives. A three-masted battleship."

Xue Yun looked into the bay of Dagang and said: "The captives said they were two three-masted warships. The two extra three-masted warships should be the fleet that came to Promincia Castle recently. It would save us from looking for them again. , destroy them together in Dagang.”

Wu Dahai said: "General, this big port has a wide sea, even a sunken ship may not be able to block the way out of the Dutch fleet."

Xue Yun smiled wryly and said: "The plan didn't change so quickly, even if the ship sank, it would be too late. It seems that there is a tough battle to be fought, and the advantage of our Xue family army may lie in the jumping gang and "burning explosives"."

Wu Dahai knows that the biggest advantage of the Xue family's navy is the navy formed by General Xue Yun. They use short shields, sharp knives, grenades, and explosives as their main weapons. "Burning explosive bombs" is the biggest cost for the Xue family army to fight the Dutch fleet. Besides, the Xue family army navy really has no means of winning.

The battleships "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" of the Xue family's army crossed their hulls. At this time, the Dutch navy fleet had just entered the range. Xue Yun saw the dense formation of the Dutch fleet's ships in the binoculars. The gunners of Xue's army, who had been on standby for a long time, launched shelling to the inland sea of ​​Dagang in turn.

Xue Jiajun's "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" warships had two layers of gun bays, and fired more than 40 solid shells. The roaring shells hit seven or eight Dutch warships. The most unlucky thing was the three-masted battleship Jacques. One solid bullet, one broken sail and one broken hull, one took the lives of three Dutch navies, and five Dutch navies were injured. Other Dutch ships that were hit by solid bullets from Xue's army also suffered losses to varying degrees.

The reason why the "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" warships were able to fire two layers of gun bays was that Wu Dahai and Wu Yang believed that the "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" battleships had insufficient firepower, so they moved the guns of the battleships to one side overnight and used ballast on the other side. In this way, one side of the "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" warships is completely incapable of combat. If they are attacked, the consequences will be very serious. However, in order to win the battle, Xue's army, which lacks artillery, has to take risks. on.

The furious Dutch navy also fired shells. The warships "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" in the middle of the Dagang channel bore the brunt. Injured, but fortunately no soldiers were killed.

The second round of artillery fire from the warships "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" caused even greater losses to the Dutch Navy. In addition to some losses to the ships, there were more than a dozen Dutch Navy casualties; this forced the Dutch fleet to disperse. Fleet, slow down the speed of the follow-up ships to avoid the attack of Xue Jiajun's navy.

The four powerful three-masted warships of the Dutch Navy, after firing the cannons at the bow, also began to attack the Xue family's army with the cannons in the cabin. The three-masted battleship dumped shells.

The soldiers of Promincia Castle watched Daming's ship go along the coast and landed ten miles away from Promincia Castle. The Dutch army's defensive team outside the castle was only about 700 people, and they were planning to stop the Ming army. , but seeing the tide of the Ming army rushing to the beach, the general of the Dutch army wisely gave up this dangerous action. After hesitating for a while, the army got the consent of the chief of the castle and quickly withdrew the troops back to Promincia Castle.

The appearance of the Ming Navy made Matty Sunke, the chief executive of the Dutch Indian Company stationed in Taiwan Island, sweating all over his head. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty say it well, and let the island of Taiwan be used by us Dutch? Why are the people of the Ming Dynasty always gentle and elegant? You can't be treacherous anymore, and you didn't declare war without even saying hello.

Mattisunke was in a hurry to discuss countermeasures with his officials. The staff officer Gao Wenlu, who had been staying idle in Promincia Castle, arrived. Gao Wenlu was unwilling to return to China after being captured in the Penghu naval battle in the Netherlands against the Ming Dynasty. Mattisunke also It was not easy to assign him a position, so Gao Wenlu was given the position of senior staff officer.

Gao Wenlu came in and told the chief Marty Sun Ke: "My lord, the commander of the fortress, General Ryerson, has led his troops out of the castle to fight."

Mattisunke's face turned red when he heard this. He is the commander of the entire island of Taiwan. This General Raelson is so rude that he sent troops without even saying hello. What is his prestige in Promincia Castle? Ti Sunk cursed this damn Lei Shengsheng in his heart.

Mattisunke couldn't sit still anymore, he left the executive office and went to the semi-circular castle facing the sea. When he saw the densely packed Ming fleet on the sea, he knew that the crisis of Promincia Castle was coming, and sweat dripped from his head Flowing down from his body, Mattisunke seemed to have taken a sauna.

It took a while for Matisunk to calm down. He looked down at the stupid commander of the fortress, General Lelson, who was still building fortifications in front of the castle, as if he wanted to destroy the Ming army on the beach. Mattisunke thought maliciously in his heart, after this battle is over, General Ryerson may have a defeated general in his hands. At that time, let's see how arrogant you are as a general who is short of major generals.

Gao Wenlu took a binoculars to observe the situation of the Ming army, and after a long time, he said to Matty Sunke: "My lord, the number of Ming army ships is estimated to be more than [-], and there is another bad news to tell my lord. The two capital ships of the East India Company are the two three-masted warships that our East India Company went to trade in Hirado, Japan."

"What?" After hearing Gao Wenlu's words, Matty Sunke slid to the ground as soon as his feet softened. Fortunately, Gao Wenlu supported him in time, so Matty Sunke didn't make a fool of himself. After a closer look through the telescope, Matty Sunke confirmed that the two three-masted warships of the Ming Army were sailed out of Promincia Castle. Liya also had an accident.

Mattisunk knew that no matter what the result of this battle was, his position as the governor of Taiwan Island would not be kept, and he might be sent to the judgment seat of the Netherlands by the shareholders of the East India Company.

Matty Sunke howled to Gao Wenlu: "What is your staff doing? Why didn't you know that the navy of the Ming Dynasty attacked our Promincia Castle? This is a serious dereliction of duty and extremely irresponsible to the East India Company. .”

(End of this chapter)