The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 308

Shang Kexi pondered for a while, and said to the guards beside him.

"Go ask Mr. Kuiyi to come!"

After van der Laan and Brown signed the "Beijing Treaty" with the Qing court, it was agreed that the Netherlands and the United Kingdom would work together to help the Qing Dynasty rebuild the offshore navy.

Kui Yi, who has been by Van der Laan's side and advocated war against Ming, was sent to Shang Kexi's side!

Moreover, there are several armed merchant ships of Dutch nationality with him.

Faced with Shang Kexi's invitation, not long after, Kui Yi was brought in front of Shang Kexi.

With a thud, Kui Yi knelt down in front of Shang Kexi, and spoke in a fairly proficient Chinese.

"Kui once met King Pingnan!"

"I don't know why King Pingnan came to me?"

Kuiyi is a governor in Dayuan, and proficiency in Chinese is an essential skill for him.

Shang Kexi nodded for Kui Yi to excuse him, and then spoke.

"Mr. Kuiichi has some ships in his hands now, right?"

Kui nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Excellency King Pingnan, I do have several armed merchant ships here!"

Shang Kexi asked.

"I wonder if these armed merchant ships can help the Qing soldiers cross the sea and conquer Hong Kong Island?"

Kui thought for a while, then spoke.

"I don't know the firepower of the fort built by the Ming army in Hong Kong. I'm not sure whether the landing will be successful!"

In fact, it is not only a problem with the fort, but even the armed merchant ships in Kuiyi's hands may not be able to reach the firepower coverage of the Hong Kong fort.

Daming also has a fleet in Hong Kong!

If the Qing army wanted to land in Hong Kong, it had to go through the fleet first.

Although the Hong Kong fleet is small, the leader is a fourth-class sailing battleship, and the rest are some Chinese-style Dafu ships.

It can be used to deal with the several armed merchant ships in Kuiyi's hands. In fact, it is not a big problem!
The style of the armed merchant ship is a Clark ship, which belongs to the kind of merchant ship suitable for ocean-going routes, not a sailing battleship.

In terms of naval combat performance, it is not much better than the Chinese Fuchuan!

However, since this fleet has just been transferred from Luzon, the Qing court does not know the existence of the fleet.

It is thought that Hong Kong has only one coastal defense battery, which can be used to deal with incoming sea enemies.

Shang Kexi stroked the beard on his chin, and said in a strong tone.

"Try it!"

"The bandits stationed near the mouth of the Pearl River can go north along the Pearl River at any time and kill them all the way to Guangzhou!"

"It's like holding a sharp dagger on my king's chest. If you can't pull it out, it's like a stick in your throat!"

"This king can't even sleep peacefully!"

Kui Yi didn't dare to refuse Shang Kexi's request, so he spoke.

"As ordered!"

"But please wait a moment, my lord, I'm going to mobilize the fleet now!"

Shang Kexi nodded slightly, expressing his agreement.

Kuiyi turned around quickly and left without taking a second look at the screams coming from the direction of Macau.

It's just a massacre, he's seen too much!
Although the foreign colonization of the Netherlands is usually based on trade, it does not rely on massacres and plunder to colonize like the Spaniards.

But as colonists, they also did genocide overseas!
……

The Qing army's massacre in Macau lasted for two full days, instead of the ten-day unsealed knife ordered by Shang Kexi.

But the fundamental reason is not because the Qing army was merciful and lenient!

It was because the Portuguese in Macau were killed by the Qing army after only two days of massacre!

The rest are Portuguese women who have been charged as military discipline, so there is no need to kill any more!
Under the wanton massacre of the Qing army, the urban area of ​​Macau was completely turned into a white space!
……

In the early morning, the sea was filled with fog!

Visibility is only 300 meters!
The lookout upstairs in the Hong Kong Fort holds a telescope in his hand, and looks at the direction of the sea without blinking his eyes, but he can't see anything clearly.

Suddenly, the lookout noticed several huge Xiyi ships appeared in the thick sea fog!

The tall sails are too conspicuous!
If the current sea fog is not too thick, this fleet should have been discovered long ago.

The next moment, a rapid attack alarm sounded from the watchtower!
dang dang dang...

The piercing sound of metal clashing was very penetrating, waking up the entire Hong Kong Fort from the early morning confusion.

The next moment, the sun appeared in the sky!

The golden sunlight shone down, dispelled the thick sea fog, and increased the visibility, which was originally less than a few hundred meters, several times.

The triangular dragon flag of the Qing court and the Dutch tricolor flag hoisted on the Xiyi fleet became very obvious.

The fleet accelerated and approached Hong Kong Island, and began to rotate, aiming at the fort on the side, and launched a tentative shelling.

Amidst the rumble of shelling, a lot of gunpowder smoke was emitted from the side of the fleet.

But soon the gunpowder smoke and sea fog mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish each other!
Under the terrifying kinetic energy brought by the artillery fire, the ship shook violently, and the shells headed towards the fort in Hong Kong port as if they were free of money.

The shells of the naval gun hit the fort, but it didn't have the slightest effect!
The cement and masonry building is extremely strong, and the shells hit it, only a small dent can be made.

It is absolutely impossible to destroy the main structure of the fort!

In the captain's room of an armed merchant ship, Kui Yi held the binoculars firmly, observing the effect of the shelling through the binoculars.

Obviously, the effect of the shelling was not satisfactory.

"Damn it, is it a fort built with that building material called cement?"

Kui couldn't help but complain.

It has been a long time since the Liberation Army invented cement, and it has also begun to be used in various infrastructures on a large scale. It is no secret that cement is a building material.

Although the Dutch can't get the formula of cement, it is impossible not to know the name of cement.

It's just that Kuiyi didn't have time to do anything.

The next moment, the fort's counterattack began!

It took less than a quarter of an hour for the fort from being attacked to reacting to fight back.

It can be seen how fast the Liberation Army reacted!
boom!Boom!Boom boom boom!

The coastal defense artillery began to roar, and the shells drew arcs in the air and fell towards the sea.

A large number of shells fell into the water, splashing a large amount of water around the ship.

The kinetic energy of the cannonball was removed by the sea water, and the waves containing enormous power quickly rolled over.

Some smaller ships can even be moved by the waves, which greatly affects the accuracy of the artillery.

But not all the shells fell through!

Coastal defense turrets are different from warships, which will shake irregularly under the influence of wind and waves.

But coastal defense batteries will not!
Comparing the two, the shooting accuracy of the turret is much stronger than that of the warship.

Therefore, when warships and forts clash, the ones who suffer must be the warships!

Not only because the turret is more resistant to beating, but also because the shooting accuracy of the turret far exceeds that of a warship.

The turret only opened fire in the first round, and the side of an armed merchant ship was hit by shells.

The pointed bullets pierced fiercely into the thick side armor of the armed merchant ship!
The lead wire at the tail was burning rapidly!
Then the next moment, there was a loud bang.

The exploding flower bomb formed a violent flame, and the shock wave raged, even tearing a big hole in the side of the armed merchant ship.

Fortunately, it was not the waterline that was hit, otherwise the ship would have sunk!
When Kui saw this, his face was very ugly.

Although the two sides had just fought each other for a round, he found out very clearly that his own armed merchant ship would never be able to defeat the opposite fort.

(End of this chapter)