Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 624 The army and the people work together to open up the road, and a hundred guns unleash to shock Heyi!

The person who suspected he was dreaming pinched his thigh severely.

hiss~
pain!
It's not a dream!
On the other hand, the follow-up words of the "general" and the actions of the soldiers of the Ming army also proved that they were indeed not dreaming.

"Next, everyone will line up under the leadership of the village chief for registration. We will give you today's wages first, and then everyone will just listen to the assignment and work."

Then, under the guidance of Ming army officers and soldiers, Chang Lin and other villagers lined up for registration.

After registration, the money will be sent directly!
However, when Zhang Lin registered and received the money, he found that what was issued was not Chongzhen Tongbao, but a very exquisite Shiwen big money.

"This is Zhaowu Tongbao, the top hard currency in the mainland, fellow villagers, feel free to use it."

Chang Lin thought to himself, don't be a fool for such a good money.

Immediately bowed his hands, said words of thanks, and moved away with the money.

After registration, the Ming army served them another meal.

That is, coarse multigrain cakes, plus a large bowl of vegetable soup with a little bit of oil, but the villagers such as Zhang Lin eat it extraordinarily sweet.

It's free, and it's given by the government. Can it be sweet?
After dinner, Lin Dazhuang selected more than a dozen team leaders to wait for assignment.

After a while, Lin Dazhuang and others came back with the task, took everyone to get the tools, and then started working.

It's not too heavy a job, just follow the path that used to lead to Dayuan, cut down the trees on both sides, level the ground, and open up a road that is convenient for the army to march.

Lin Dazhuang and other village leaders took the lead in working and encouraged everyone.

"Folks, we have eaten the imperial court's meals, so we have to work hard for the imperial court.

Moreover, after the road has been repaired, it is now for the officers and soldiers to walk, isn't it for us to walk by ourselves in the future?

The road is wider and flatter. Wouldn’t it be more convenient for us to walk back and forth with donkey carts and ox carts? "

Someone joked after hearing this: "Lin Dazhuang, not everyone has cows, donkeys, and carts like yours. Why do we walk differently on the soles of our feet?"

Lin Dazhuang said with a smile: "There will be - everyone has seen how the government and the army treat the common people today.

It is said that the current emperor is a fairy who descended to earth to protect Daming.This Dongfan Island will become Fujian Dongfan Mansion in the future, and everyone will surely live a good life! "

Lin Dazhuang's words, as well as everyone's full stomach and the real Zhaowu Tongbao in their hands, made everyone full of energy.

Village by village, shouting the trumpets, followed the garrison and quickly opened up the road...
In order to implement the plan of using Zeelandia to attract the attack of the Ming army, the Dutch drove the officials and the Han people near Chikan to the villages near the castle to guard them within a few days.

At the same time, the orders given to each stronghold are also to abide by the rules, and if they cannot be kept, they will withdraw to Dayuan and Chikan in time to preserve their strength.

On the sea, the fleet of ten battleships from Batavia did not rush to attack the Nanyang Navy's fleet, but watched from a distance, allowing the Nanyang Navy's fleet to approach the waters near Da Yuan.

May 27.

The Nanyang Navy received the news from Dongfan Island, and learned that the forward of the garrison had marched to Xiaolong farmland and Xingang River, not far from Chikan (where Chikan City is located).

The large army behind has also passed Ouwang, and can cooperate with the navy to cross the sea from the northern sandbar to attack Luermen.

Zheng Hongkui, the acting admiral of the Nanyang Navy, ordered to approach Dayuan Island and attack the city of Relandia.

If it is the armies of other countries at this time, it is difficult to achieve simultaneous operations and close cooperation on land and sea.

However, the Ming army not only had walkie-talkies, but also a desk clock that had shrunk to be smaller than a human head.

Although the Nanyang Navy cannot have a clock on every warship, the generals of the generals and guerrilla levels basically have one.

As a result, on the morning of May 28th, a land-sea coordinated operation that seemed quite unbelievable to the Dutch took place...
At several key points on the northern sandbanks stood Dutch forts and stone forts.

This kind of stone fort is not for people to live in for a long time. It is only about five or six meters in diameter, or even narrower. There are only a circle of spiral upward stairs inside, and some gun holes and shooting holes.

Of course, the gun holes of the stone castle can accommodate small-caliber artillery of less than ten pounds, and the artillery with a slightly larger caliber is placed on the outer fort.

Because preparations had been made to deal with Ming's attack three months ago, there were now five stone fortresses and 23 forts on these sandbars, firmly sealing off this piece of sea area.

Although the water here is shallow and there are many hidden reefs, it is impossible to sail large ships, but if there are a large number of small boats from here to the bay of the inner harbor, and attack the city of Zeelandia together with the outer harbor, it will also make the city defenders quite uncomfortable.

Therefore, Connor, the supreme military commander of Dongfan Island, arranged more than 200 Dutch soldiers here, ensuring that each stone fort would have forty or fifty soldiers.

Based on the strong stone forts and forts, these soldiers are completely sufficient to guard the northern roadway leading to the bay of the inner harbor in Connor's opinion.

It was almost eight o'clock in the morning, the sun was not strong, and the sea breeze was cool.

Most of the Dutch soldiers who had just had breakfast were blowing outside the stone fort—in May and June, even in the morning, the stone fort was relatively hot. in.

Of course, the lookout post on the top of the stone castle and the fort are manned.

"The warships of the Ming people appeared!"

The soldier on the top of the stone castle who was in charge of watching the enemy's situation suddenly shouted.

Soon, these Dutch soldiers saw a large piece of sail emerging from the sea, and quickly approached here.

"Isn't it expected that the people of the Ming Dynasty would take the northern alleyway?" The sergeant captain who was the commander of this stone fort seemed relaxed and said with a smile, "Otherwise, what do the higher ups arrange for us to do here?"

Another corporal captain said: "Don't be nervous, it's not high tide now, the big ships of the Ming people can't get close, and the artillery on the big ships can't hit here.

They can only come by boat, and how much cannon can the boat carry?Ten-pound guns probably won't work.

And the boat has no protection against our artillery shells, and it will only be our artillery target at that time! "

After hearing what the two said, the Dutch soldiers who were a little nervous just now relaxed.

Then, as they expected, the larger warships of the Ming people had to stop when they were out of range of the warship's artillery.

Immediately, a large number of small boats passed the big boat and came to this side.

Seeing this, the sergeant captain shouted, "Boys, cheer up and get ready to shoot!"

After finishing speaking, the sergeant captain quickly climbed to the top of the stone fort, holding a binoculars and preparing to command the soldiers below to fire while watching the enemy's situation.

Seeing that the larger warships of the Ming Dynasty continued to sail for a while, but the nearest one was three miles away from Shadao, the sergeant captain was basically relieved.

According to his understanding, the Ming Dynasty may have cannons with a range of more than three miles, such as 18-pound guns or larger-caliber 24-pound guns, but they are generally used for city defense or as coastal defense guns, and they are basically not installed on warships. .

Even if it is installed, at most one or two doors will be placed on the bow and stern of a large warship. The number is scarce and it cannot form a fire coverage.

After all, this kind of 24-pound super-heavy gun, even their third- and fourth-tier battleships of the Dutch, only installed four to six guns, and the rest were more than ten-pound cannons.

Therefore, when he put down the binoculars, the sergeant captain suddenly smiled at the soldiers beside him: "Don't worry, young man, the Ming people's cannons really can't hit here."

As a result, he hadn't finished speaking when one of the Ming warships let out a roar of artillery fire, and a live ammunition crossed a graceful arc and landed on the sandbar.

Seeing the strange eyes of the soldiers next to him, the sergeant felt that he couldn't hold back his face, so he said loudly: "I dare to guarantee my piety to the Lord, Ming people must have very few heavy artillery that can shoot so far, so even if they can hit Shadao, The chances of hitting the stone fort accurately are pitifully slim."

As soon as he finished speaking, as many as a dozen Ming warships with more than a thousand materials on the sea roared in unison.

However, the gun ports on the side strings are all exposed, and each large ship has as many as ten gun ports on one side.

This time, hundreds of shells fell towards the easternmost sand island!

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)