Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 329 Recovering Dongfan Island ([-]) Three more warships
Liu Kongzhao heard the military order from Zheng Zhilong's flagship ahead, and couldn't help giving a piece of jade to the Zheng family next to him: "What is your uncle doing?"

The guards of the Zheng family beside him were rewarded by Liu Kongzhao and quickly explained to Liu Kongzhao: "If you go back to Sir, you can use water power to accelerate the landing when the tide is high, and these broken sailboards can be easily broken down, and basically the fence can also be broken directly! "

At that time, when the hull of the ship was shaking suddenly, Liu Kongzhao saw hundreds of warships suddenly rising in the wind, breaking through obstacles, and crashing directly into the inner sea. Cannons, and obviously there are many skilled gunners, the artillery was very accurate, and soon a pass called Chixian Fortress collapsed.

But I don't know when, the Zheng's officers and soldiers who had already been prepared rushed into the fort and seized Heliao Port.

Neither the Dutch defenders in the fort nor in the harbor were obviously not as brave as Zheng's officers and soldiers, and fled without firing a few shots.

Liu Kongzhao only had one feeling in his heart, that is, these officers and soldiers of the Zheng family were very experienced in fighting, and they charged without any fear in the midst of artillery fire.

"They are all elite soldiers! Why are these white people, black people, and Japanese pirates so willing to sacrifice their lives for Mr. Zheng!"

Liu Kongzhao had to sigh.

At that time, while Liu Kongzhao was still in a trance, a sailing warship appeared in the harbor and rushed out across the entire harbor, and started bombarding the warships of the Daming Zheng Group, intending to prevent the Zheng Group from further landing.

But Zheng's fleet was not afraid, and sixty large boats rushed up.

As mentioned earlier, this kind of large ship is the main warship of Zheng's family, which is manufactured based on the plywood structure of Western ships and the appearance of Fuchuan. It is light, fast, and has the ability to resist impacts. Cannons, so the siege, even the ace warships of the Dutch colonists could not stand up.

These big boats directly surrounded the sailing warship, and hundreds of cannons and thousands of guns fired at the sailing warship. Even the brave officers and soldiers of the Zheng family had already jumped onto the Dutch sailing warship. Melee with the Dutch.

The soldiers under Zheng's command are all desperadoes at sea, and they are used to fighting. Many of them are Africans. They are tall, brutal and fierce. In addition, Zheng's weapons and equipment are strong, and the Dutch colonists who only know how to bully the indigenous civilians are naturally unable to fight. Soldiers under Zheng's command.

Soon these Dutch colonists were defeated.

"This is the main battleship Hector under Kuiyi's command. It is their so-called third-tier battleship. It is much smaller than yours, but it is still very powerful. These red-haired ships are not very powerful. , it is good at building ships and guns.”

Liu Kongzhao listened to the explanation of Zheng's guard on the side.

"A tiger can't stand a pack of wolves!"

Liu Kongzhao only has this feeling now.

He thought that as long as his ship was big enough and the artillery was good enough, he would be able to surpass the Zheng Group one day.

But now he found that the gap between the Ming Navy and the Zheng Group's navy was not in warships and artillery, but in naval battle command tactics.

To put it bluntly, it is "people"!
Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but suddenly realized: "This lord understands why His Majesty established the Daming Ship Administration Bureau, and why you asked you, Mr. Zheng, to help the court train naval officers."

At this time, Kau, the fleet commander of the Hector, felt not only panic but also surprise.

Because he saw the figure of the strongest battleship "Stubborn John" of the Dutch East India Company.

"My God, what's going on here? Why is the Stubborn John in the hands of the Zheng family? Could it be that they have captured the city of Batavia, or did Van der Laan join the Zheng family!"

Seeing this, Kau, the fleet commander of the Hector, chose to give up resistance and began to raise the white flag to express his surrender.

There was no other way, he knew the strength of the "Stubborn John", if even this battleship was captured by Zheng, they would not have any foreign aid.

Coupled with such a powerful offensive from the Zheng family, he has no way to resist.

However, Kawu still ordered people to pass the news to Kuiichi, the chief officer of Dongfan Island.

Kui Yi also slapped the table angrily after knowing this: "Vander Laan! What are you doing!"

At the same time, Kuiyi had to express his willingness to surrender.

And the warship Sgrafland, the fast sailing ship Maria, and the communication ship Egret under Kui Yi's command immediately saw that they were defeated and even the first-class battleship "Stubborn John" appeared in Zheng's camp. Abandoned resistance and fled towards the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company.

However, at this time, Liu Kongzhao did not go ashore with the Zheng family to accept Hong Maofan's surrender, but chased after the fleeing Dutch sailing boats.

He had already noticed these few sailing ships that were too late to approach.

Now that he has a first-class battleship, he can naturally catch up immediately. The Zheng family's fleet is not easy to stop the actions of the Chief of the Navy, and even had to send a few warships to help him pursue.

In the end, Liu Kongzhao successfully stopped the warship Sgrafland and the communication ship Egret, and only the clipper Maria was able to escape due to its speed.

"I made it, I made it! I spent 45 silver dollars to earn three warships. According to Van der Laan's price, the warship Sgrafland should be worth [-] silver dollars, and the egret boat looks too small. Point, the total value of [-], plus Lao Tzu's first-class sailing warship, spending [-] silver dollars to earn back a battleship worth [-] silver dollars, hahaha, not bad! This Lord will report this matter to His Majesty!"

Liu Kongzhao vigorously touched the leather chair in the Stubborn John and smiled triumphantly.

"Your Majesty, there is another ship, the Hector just now. According to His Majesty's will, in the battle to regain Dongfan, the prisoners and warship equipment will be returned to the imperial navy, and the land of Dongfan will be under the control of General Zheng." Chu Huaisheng hurriedly reminded Liu Kongzhao at this time.

"That's right, there's also the Hector. It's a good thing you reminded me." Liu Kongzhao came out, and when he saw the Hector half lying on the sea and still burning, he couldn't help shouting :
"What's going on, why is no one in charge, go to put out the fire, go out to put out the fire, this warship is what His Majesty wants, if you let it burn down, how many of your heads will be chopped off!"

Liu Kongzhao jumped up anxiously, and the members of the Zheng Group didn't dare to disobey his intentions. When they heard that His Majesty wanted it, they rushed to bring dozens of people to put out the fire.

Not long after, the fire was also extinguished, and the Hector was also brought over. Liu Guoxuan, a general of the Zheng Group, reported to Liu Kongzhao: "My lord, the fire is extinguished, but the shell room and gunpowder compartment were burned out, but It can still be fired, but I’m afraid it won’t be able to shoot.”

"Can it be repaired?"

Liu Kongzhao hurriedly asked with concern.

"We can't, but these red-haired fans should be able to." After Liu Guoxuan replied, Liu Kongzhao hurriedly asked them to gather these captured red-haired fans and escort them to the Hector. Ask Chu Huaisheng to take someone to personally supervise.

(End of this chapter)