Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 626 The governor throws the pot away and the Ming army besieges the city!
With a walkie-talkie and being the victor, the Ming army naturally received the news that the battle on Sand Island in the north was over.

Knowing the importance of this war, Zheng Hongkui, as an admiral, personally led the Nanyang Navy's seventh town and No.11 town to occupy the outer port of Dayuan Island.

The No. 12 town of the Nanyang Navy is responsible for attacking the sand islands in the north.

The town of No.13 confronted the Dutch fleet from Batavia far away in the outer sea.

Although he knew that his equipment was much better than what the Dutch knew, and the odds of victory were high, Zheng Hongkui also knew how difficult it was to fight against Sand Island in the north.

Even if it takes three days to get through the sand island in the north, it is within his acceptable range.

I never thought that the No.12 town water division and the garrison would get through it in one day.

Upon receiving this news, Zheng Hongkui couldn't help but beat his left palm with his right hand and said "Okay!".

Then he issued an order according to the prepared battle plan——

"Immediately inform the No. 12 Township Navy Division and the Guangdong Garrison that, while there are still three or four hours before dark, they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Weidao on the northern line, forming a pincer attack with our troops on Zeelandia!"

"Let's tell the Fujian garrison that there is no need to hesitate to attack Chikan City as soon as possible. The minimum requirement is to surround Chican City and cut off its communication with Zeelandia City!"

"Also inform the No.13 town of the navy to closely monitor the movement of the Dutch fleet in the open sea. If it intends to attack our department, it should be intercepted in time!"

Zheng Hongkui also studied at the Nanjing Military Academy, and is now a part-time lecturer at the Fujian Naval Academy, so his words also carry some of the combat thinking and terminology of later generations.

As he issued military orders one by one, the orderlies left one by one, or went to the communication group in charge of the walkie-talkie, or went directly to the order by sailing speedboat.

The Navy No.12 Town and the two towns of the Guangdong Garrison on Shadao in the north, because they are relatively close to the outer port of Dayuan Island, received the military order from Zheng Hongkui through the walkie-talkie.

So they immediately crossed the sea and attacked Ojima on the northern line.

The Dutch also built many forts and forts on Beiweixian Island, and even a small bastion that can accommodate a hundred people. The Dutch transliteration is "Rebufeilu Village", and the Han people simply call it Refort.

It is a pity that the Ming army has the northern sand island as a foothold, and its narrowest point is less than one mile away from Beiweixian Island. It can be supported by the artillery carried by the garrison, and the artillery left by the Dutch is also available. It is more ferocious than when attacking Sand Island.

Sand Island also allows the Guangdong Garrison to invest more soldiers in the offensive.

Therefore, even if there was a small bastion on Beiweixian Island, it was still captured by the Ming army with thunder before dark.

It can be said that this battle was carried out under the watchful eyes of the Dutch in Zeelandia - with binoculars, even if they couldn't see the details of the battle, they could see the general situation.

Coupled with the fact that less than [-] Dutch remnants escaped from Sand Island and Beiweixian Island, the decision-makers of Zeelandia City, such as Overward, finally had a clearer understanding of the firepower of the Ming army.

For this reason, Owald had no time to convene a board meeting, and quarreled with Connor and Gerd directly at the top of the city.

"Gerd, didn't you mean that the army's equipment is shallow? What's the matter with the Ming army's ships equipped with nearly twenty heavy artillery pieces? You must know that even our fourth-tier battleships are not equipped with so many heavy artillery pieces!"

"Colonel Connor, didn't you say that you should rely on the cities of Zeelandia and Chixian to make the Ming army meet with blood?

Now the Ming army is not bleeding, but we have killed more than 200 soldiers!Lost the northern sandbar and the northern end of the line island!Even Prowencha (Chixian City) will be surrounded by the Ming army, and contact will be severed! "

"I've said it a long time ago. In the past one or two years, some changes have taken place in Ming Kingdom. It's not easy to fight, but no one listens to me..."

"That's enough, Your Excellency Governor!" Gerd suddenly interrupted Owald, and said with a cold face: "What's the use of your Excellency saying this now? Are you shirking responsibility?
You are the governor, if Formosa is really lost, the best ending for you is to be fired from the company and return to the Netherlands with nothing to retire! "

Connor also came back to his senses at this time, his face was ugly.

He didn't confront Owald, but murmured: "The Ming people's attack is really too fast, and Rebufeilu fell too fast, otherwise we can send people to support.

With the support of naval guns and a 300-man musketeer team, Rebefeilu would not be so easy to fall. "

As he said that, his eyes gradually became sharper again, he turned to stare at Owald and Gerd and said: "However, even if the Ming people have fierce firepower, it is very difficult to break through the city of Zeelandia.

Zeelandia City is unique and has a strong defense function, which is not comparable to Shadao in the north and Rebefeilu Village.

What we have to do now is to send troops to support Chixian City, and we cannot let Chixian City be blocked or even breached by the Ming army! "

"No!" Owald directly rejected Connor's suggestion, "The soldiers in Zeelandia City may not be enough, and we can no longer divide our troops to rescue Chikan City. And now send people to Chikan City, are you sure you don't want Did the soldiers die?!"

Gerd, who was still complaining about Overward just now, also said at this time: "Colonel, I also don't recommend dividing troops to support Chixian City—this is a bad idea."

"We have to compete with the Ming people for every stronghold, and we can't just give up Chixian City so easily!" Connor tried to explain, blushing with anger.

Gerd pushed his glasses and said: "If you lose other places, you will lose them. As long as we can keep the city of Zeelandia, we will have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Overward said with a cold face: "Colonel, do you need me to hold a council meeting?"

Hearing this sentence again, Connor was so angry that he wanted to punch Overward's head with his fist.

The members of the board of judges were either from Overward's side or Gerd's side, and at most a few senior officers supported him.

So convening a board meeting will not make his proposals implemented at all, it will only humiliate him.

Knowing this, Connor became even angrier, and left the city wall with his hands away—it was already dark anyway, and it was impossible for the Ming people to attack the city of Zeelandia today.

The next day, that is, May 29.

Before eight o'clock, the Fujian garrison, who had eaten early, moved into action and surrounded Chixian City in an orderly manner.

The Dutch actually made a lot of military arrangements on the Chikan side.

First of all, there are [-] Dutch soldiers and dozens of cannons in Chixian City, which are more than enough to guard Chixian City, a small castle.

It should be noted that when Zheng Chenggong took this place in later history, he also surrounded Chixian City, but he did not choose to attack by force, but cut off its water source. After four or five days, the city was short of water, and the Dutch surrendered.

At that time, Zheng Chenggong also had an absolute advantage in military strength, but he was unwilling to attack by force. It can be seen that although the defense of Chixian City was not as good as Zeelandia City, it was equally difficult to attack.

Secondly, the Dutch had already ordered the nearby Fan tribes to attack the Ming army that appeared on the island.

In other words, while the Ming army besieged Chixian City, they also needed to guard against surprise attacks by the Fan people.

In the end, since Chixian City in this world has three months of preparation time, it has taken into account the situation of being surrounded and blocked, and has stored sufficient food and water in the city.

It can be said that compared with dealing with the Zheng army's attack in later generations, the Dutch in this life are much more prepared to deal with the Ming army.

It is a pity that the Ming army now surpasses the Zheng army in later history in terms of combat effectiveness and numbers, especially in terms of gun equipment.

The highest official of Chixian City and also the highest military commander, Lieutenant Colonel Basel.

Hearing that the Ming army had appeared outside the city, he hurried up the city wall without caring about the unfinished buttered toast.

Looking around, Basel couldn't help greeting his master.

"God, why did the Ming people have so many cannons, and how did they bring them here?"

A group of Dutch soldiers on the city wall were also shocked when they looked at the Ming army in formation outside.

Under the brilliance of the rising sun, there were countless soldiers of the Ming army wearing fiery red cloth face armor, forming a neat formation, as if a sea of ​​flames surrounded the city of Chixian.

At this time, the soldiers at the forefront of them were methodically pushing out cannons with cannon carriages and quickly setting up the gun positions.

Those cannons are neither yellow, orange, blue like copper, nor dark and heavy like iron, but shining silvery in the morning sun, reminding many Dutch soldiers of the missionary's chest silver cross.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)