1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 208 Timor Sea Shipwreck ([-])

"Broken Wave 3" pulled a boat full of immigrants from Batavia to the new village of Timor Island. After they unloaded all the immigrants here, they temporarily docked for two days for repairs, and then filled them with various types of wood. , and the sugar and cloisonne stored here, as well as swords, muskets and cannons, returned to Batavia.

Ke Baoyi is the captain of "Polang 3". As a former Cantonese citizen, he traveled thousands of miles and came to Hanzhou to settle down. He felt that he and his family finally lived like human beings.Although, I and a younger brother still have to go to sea with the ship for a long time to transport various supplies and immigrants for Hanzhou.

However, these Dan people are still very grateful to Hanzhou. After hundreds of years, their family can finally live on land.Their children can even receive basic education for free, can read and write, and maybe they will no longer engage in fishing or sailing in the sea that they once depended on for survival.

Looking at the terrain on the shore, Ke Baoyi knew that Xinxiang Castle was not far away, and it was estimated that it would arrive in another hour or so.Glancing at the "Polang 2" not far away from him, many breathless immigrants had gathered on their deck, pointing to the shore and his "Polang 3" seemed to be talking about something.

Ke Baoyi smiled. Newcomers would feel a little dazed and a little panicked, just like when he brought his family to Hanzhou, he was so terrified, not knowing what fate awaited him.These immigrants should be lucky. Except for a small part of them who will be transferred to Weihai Fort in the east, most of them will enrich the three towns in the north of Hanzhou and continue to cultivate and develop the local territory.

"Beep..., beep..." Suddenly, the "Polang 1" in front made a mournful warning horn.

Ke Baoyi raised his head and looked forward, his expression couldn't help but change.I saw a large western ship coming two miles ahead, heading towards their immigrant fleet quickly.

For more shipments and immigration, the Timor to Batavia route was under Dutch control.All immigrant ships removed artillery and other facilities that occupied the space, that is to say, when their ships encountered armed merchant ships, they had almost no force to resist.

The "Polang 1" in the lead gave a signal to each ship to break through on its own, because the large western ship coming from the opposite side obviously had bad intentions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The approaching Western ship fired, trying to intimidate the three immigrant ships to stop.

"Fucking shit, it's the Portuguese!" Niu Jinming spat and cursed unhappily. The mast of the large western ship on the opposite side was hung with the Portuguese flag, which basically looked the same as those Portuguese merchant ships in Haojing (Macau).

"Rush forward!" Niu Jinming felt that it was too late to turn and run away at this time. It was better to take a certain risk and rush directly from the side of the Portuguese armed merchant ship. The new castle is not far in front. If you run fast A little, maybe you can escape.

"A small merchant ship of the Dutch?" The armed merchant ship Newar is a warship belonging to the Portuguese Ceylon colony. A week ago, a ship of materials and personnel was transported from Ceylon to Dili Port on Timor Island to strengthen the local the strength of the colony.Because the surrounding Kingdom of Weihali continued to send small groups of armed personnel to attack Portugal's colonial points that gradually penetrated into the interior.

Rani Leitninger looked at the three Ming Dynasty-style merchant ships fleeing in a panic, but they were flying the flag of the Dutch East India Company's "VOC". probing?
Damned Netherlanders!Lani Leiteninger cursed in his heart, and ordered the ship to speed up and rush over to sink or capture the three merchant ships of more than 100 tons.

"Boom! Boom!..." When passing "Polang-1", the "Newar" fired another round of salvo, two of which hit the hull of "Polang-1" And the deck, three or four sailors were knocked down, but "Broken Wave 1" still stubbornly brushed past it, and fled quickly in the direction of the Portuguese warship.

Unwillingly, the "Nivale" fired two rounds of salvos with several artillery pieces at the stern, but none of them hit the "Breaking Wave 1" that was fleeing quickly.So, the "Nivale" continued to pounce on the next target.

After hearing the warning, "Polang 2" quickly turned around and fled to the south.

And "Polang 3" was the closest to the coast, and it was a lucky boat of more than 100 tons brought over by pirates when they took refuge in Hanzhou. Faced with the unexpected situation, they seemed a little flustered.Ke Baoyi was so angry that he scolded the former pirate sailors who were in a mess, and ordered them to quickly adjust their sails and flee in the direction of "Polang 2".

"Boom! Boom!..." Several shells landed around the "Polang 3", setting off several huge water jets.Ke Baoyi was also a little panicked at this time. Judging by the posture of the Portuguese warship, he wanted to sink them.

"Captain, the people on these ships seem to be from the Ming Dynasty." The first officer on the Newar said, "Could it be a merchant ship from the Ming Dynasty hired by the Dutch."

"So, we are going to try to capture one." Lani Leitninger said holding up the binoculars: "I have reason to believe that the Dutch are preparing to encroach on our sphere of influence. Their appetite seems to never be satisfied, with We fought for India, we fought for Ceylon, and we also wanted our Malacca. Now, they want to take all of this island."

"Polang 3" looked at the Portuguese warship getting closer to the left rear, and everyone was a little terrified. Our small boat seemed to run faster than it.

"They seem to be trying to struggle," said Lani Leiteninger with a smile; "knock off their masts and prepare to capture them!"

"Fire a round, prepare to replace the chain bomb!" The gunner on the Newar ordered loudly.

"Boom! Boom!..." There was a roar of artillery on the Portuguese warship, and seven or eight projectiles quickly flew towards the "Polang 3" in front.

"Boom! Boom!" Two sounds, under the surprised eyes of the Portuguese, two shells hit the "Polang 3" below the waterline. The whole hull began to tilt.

"Oh, God! We're going to sink it!" Captain Lani Leitninger said regretfully: "Go and get some people up!"

The sailors of "Broken Wave 3" began to jump into the sea with wooden barrels in their arms, while many immigrants on board were crying and shouting, leaning on the side of the ship, watching the ship slowly tilting and sliding into the sea in despair.

After a while, a huge vortex appeared where the "Broken Wave 3" was staying, and the struggling sailors and immigrants nearby were sucked into the sea.

The "Nivale" lowered two small boats and began to salvage those who were struggling near the sunken ship.After more than an hour of search and salvage, a total of 14 people were rescued.

"What, they are the immigration ship from Hanzhou!" Captain Lani Lightninger looked at the second officer in surprise, "You sure asked clearly."

"Yes, Captain. We have two sailors from Haojing who can speak a little Ming language. The three ships we were chasing just now are all immigration ships from Hanzhou, coming from Batavia and arriving here A place on the island called Xinxiangbao, and finally transferred to Hanzhou."

"Hanzhou...is that the Hanzhou that defeated the Spanish invasion?"

"I think it should be. Their Hanzhou should be on the big island to the south."

"How many people did they ship? Where is the new castle?"

"The ship that was just sunk carried 68 immigrants. Xinxiang Castle is in a bend of the river we once passed, very close to here."

"Gentlemen, let's go take a look at that new township." Captain Lani Leitninger looked at the forested coast on the right, "Damn Hanzhou, actually built a colony on this island."
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"Niu Da, what's the matter? It's so embarrassing!" Chen Dalang asked in surprise when he saw the "Polang 1" docked in the middle of the distant river.

"We have met the Portuguese!" Niu Jinming jumped onto the shore from the small boat, "Hurry up and organize people to unload the goods and immigrants."

"Portuguese?" Chen Dalang was taken aback, "They moved to our neighborhood again?"

"Isn't that right?" Niu Jinming sighed, "I was the only one who ran over among the three of us. I don't know what happened to the other two ships."

"They should be able to run away." Chen Dalang said worriedly: "It's not easy to capture a ship in the sea."

"I think... it's a bit difficult. It's not a flying fish boat, so I'm afraid something will happen."

"Then I'll send a small boat out to have a look first."

"Don't run away, just check on the coast. Xinxiang Castle, it's time to sound the siren."

Chen Dalang's heart trembled. After more than a year of preparation, Xinxiangbao finally ushered in the enemy's arrival.

"Blow the horn, everyone be alert!" Chen Dalang turned and said to a squadron leader of the township barracks.

The entire Xinxiang Fort now has more than 900 people, and a squadron of 150 soldiers, all equipped with "Han 1637-1" flintlock guns, and there are still a large number of firearms and artillery waiting to be transported in the warehouse in the city, as well as a huge number of swordsmen. spear.If all are mobilized, a garrison force of more than 500 people can be organized.

Generally, when a small group of enemies comes, they can be easily gathered and wiped out.Even if thousands of enemies come, Xinxiang Castle can be confidently defended for a year or so.

(End of this chapter)