Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 472

Early the next morning, staring at the dark circles under his eyes, Song Qingshu urged the fleet to go to sea in a hurry, and the army that had finally adapted was all stuffed into the ship, with horns flying all over the sky and flags flying, it was already exposed anyway, beg The living army fleet rushed towards the treasure island of Taiwan like a sea dragon with great fanfare.

"Everyone, work harder, since the thief is here today, tomorrow night, the commander-in-chief will take you to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan City, and give you moon cakes!"

The battleships were filled and sent into the sea. On the edge of the pier, Song Qingshu personally encouraged a group of soldiers. Hearing his shouts, the old army was the backbone. All with high morale, shouted and boarded the ship.

However, the soldiers have confidence, but the commander does not have much confidence. While accompanying Song Qingshu, Zhang Huangyan persuaded him impatiently: "Commander, this is too risky! Besides, the reinforcements from the Zheng family haven't arrived yet, so we have to wait anyway." Consolidate Zheng Zhilong's fleet, let's attack again? With our family alone, braving artillery fire to attack the fortifications, the casualties are too great!"

"Time doesn't wait! After today, it will take half a month to wait. Besides, who knows if Holland Mao will be prepared?"

After finally finding time to look back, Song Qingshu was full of anxiety, and he choked Zhang Huangyan back with a single sentence. Almost two-thirds of the army had boarded the ship at this time. Military orders are like mountains, and the most taboo is to change them day and night. Zhang Huangyan also had to say Hold back.

Sure enough, the Dutch were prepared. Thirty miles out to sea, they encountered a Dutch patrol ship, but there were no gunboats, just some hard-sailed oriental junks. Seeing the sails of the conquest from a long distance, they immediately shrank back At noon, the fleet arrived at Dayuanwaihai, and the Taiwan city that Zheng Duo described officially came into view.

Holding the binoculars, Song Qingshu's brows really twitched in hatred. As expected of the East India Company, this location is perfect!The seven islands blocking the harbor are steeper than imagined. When you are facing you, you can still see a Dutch castle built with stones on the cliffs of the islands among the lush trees. , Song Qingshu, who read it immediately, broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at it through the binoculars for a long time, before he breathed a sigh of relief, the fortress had collapsed, probably blown by a typhoon, and the Dutch did not have troops stationed there.

However, it seems that there is no need to station there. Although Luermen is quite wide, the waterway is very narrow, with large shoals exposed on both sides. Larger ships can't get in here, let alone the Dutchman Galen. The ship is comparable to a large ship with at least two thousand materials.

Compared with the narrowness in the north, the Neijiangkou waterway in the south is spacious enough, but now it is also tightly blocked, and the Dutch are really ruthless. It is obvious that the middle of the Neijiangkou is black, and the two masts are exposed. They are sunken ships to block the entrance. At the same time, behind the sunken ship, the right wing is densely packed with the Dutch fleet. There are about two main battleships of Galen sailing ships of about 50 meters, more than 30 armed Caravel merchant ships of more than 30 meters, and Hessian gun bays Just like the Qihuo army, no less than a hundred cannons were aimed at the entrance.

In front, it is facing the dark gun muzzle of the city head of Chixianbao.

The Red Inlaid Fort is only a military fortress. The most troublesome thing is the Taiwan City on the left, also known as the Zeelandia City. It is guarded by the castle, and several layers of city walls are layered on top of each other to form a three-dimensional defense. Even if the artillery is in front of a fortress of this scale, it is estimated that it will not be very effective. This is the main residence and stronghold of the Dutch, with the sea in front and the mountains behind. Defense is difficult to attack, but if you can't take here, you can't take Tainan. Looking at the height of the city, Shi Lang's scalp is numb, not to mention Zhang Huangyan.

This beggar army was looking inside, but the Dutch sent a small boat out with a white flag on the other end.

The three guys on board are typical European gentlemen, all wearing tuxedos and suspenders. The leader is probably learning the fashion of the French king. A big man actually wears high heels and walks on the sea like a penguin with a cane licking his stomach. First, I looked around in amazement at this huge battleship that was even more majestic than Western battleships, and then the fat man in high heels arrogantly pushed a pair of gold-rimmed binoculars on the bulbous nose, and spoke a lot of Dutch.

The envoy from the Netherlands came over, and the flamboyant little William didn't know where to hide, but now the main force of the British East India Company is still in India, Song Qingshu still hopes to dump goods to India, but he can't think of a way. He bared.

He Bin used to be a Dutch comprador in the early years, but now he stood up and listened for a while, and then bowed to Song Qingshu who was wearing a helmet.

"Commander, he said that he is Johan Besfreldord, the commercial commissioner of the East India Company. On behalf of the Governor of the Netherlands, Bedel, he came to question the commander. Why did he break the contract with the East India Company and attack?"

Hearing this, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sneered, stretched out his hand, pulled Shi Lang over, pointed at him and said, "Tell the Hongmao Fan that a year ago, their Dutch East India Company broke the alliance first and attacked my trip to Manila." The caravan besieged General Shi Lang, they started the war first, and now, our army is here to avenge our revenge!"

He Bin also laughed when he heard this. That time, he happened to be hit by it. Several Dutch warships were surrounded by water in the shallow sea near Nansha. Two of them sank, and the rest fled back with their tails between their legs. That battle was also He Bin's glorious history, full of pride, he translated the words into Dutch and handed them back.

Why do you really hear this? John Beth's red face became more red like a tomato, and a layer of wrinkles appeared on his face. He turned his head and discussed with the two Dutch business correspondents next to him. This time, his attitude was much more respectful. It was gua-la-gua-la speaking in Dutch again, and He Bin translated it again.

"Commander, he said that this is a matter of the headquarters of the East India Company in Batavia. They don't know about it. Why did Bess suggest that you retreat first, and he will report to the headquarters, and the headquarters will compensate you for it! "

Hearing this, Song Qingshu was immediately amused, regardless of him, a dozen waterway generals sneered together, and the three Dutchmen who heard the night owl-like laughter all grew up on their backs. After a while, Song Qingshu became gloomy and cold asked back.

"For a whole year, your East India Company didn't even give a shitty answer, and you still want me to wait? I also gave you two suggestions. You can either quit Taiwan City, go back to Batavia and ask to come back. See me, or I will blow you out of Taiwan!"

This is the end of the talk. Taiwan's profit in the Dutch East India Company is second only to Japan, and here it directly trades with Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. Losing here, the Chinese goods from many colonies, and the Japanese goods are all sold out, and the face is embarrassing. That fat man in high heels replied to Song Qingshu that you will regret it!Immediately disembarked.

It was in the interests of Eastern Shangguo, and Song Qingshu sneered and ordered the fleet to attack when the boat sailed back to Neijiang!
Five Hongyi cannons and heavy artillery ships lined up, and more than 100 heavy cannons were withdrawn from the gun bays one after another. With the roar of the gunner, they fired sequentially from north to south. The scene of cannons spraying shells is undoubtedly the most spectacular in this era. The heavy shot put shells made a piercing roar in the air, and finally hit the Neijiang Dutch fleet hard.

After the Great Battle between Britain and the West, although they have realized the change of naval warfare thinking, most of the Western colonial ships are still equipped with Fran cannons of about [-] to [-] catties. After all, heavy cannons such as the Hongyi Cannon The requirements on the deck are extremely high, and with heavy artillery loaded, the ship's load capacity has dropped by a large margin.

I really didn't expect that there are heavy artillery battleships in the east that only belong to the Spanish Royal Navy or the British Royal Navy. This round of bombardment really hit the Neijiang Nei Dutch fleet in disgrace. , This is not bad, several of the armed merchant ships next to them were directly beaten up and down, and even an old caravel got on the ship and tilted its head forward, and it actually started to sink.

It was not until the [-]th century that Western fleets learned China’s watertight cabin technology. In fact, the anti-sinkability of the Dutch fleet was not as good as that of Zheng Zhilong’s. When the ship was in disaster, they flew separately, and retreated to the depths of the Neijiang River.

But before Song Qingshu finished laughing, the coastal defense artillery of Taiwan City and Chixian City bombarded over. The caliber of the coastal defense artillery of the Dutch was exactly double that of the Hongyi artillery of the Beggar Army, and it shot farther than the fleet artillery Some, heavy stone bombs whizzed and smashed hard at Song Qingshu's fleet below. Each of those things weighed at least 20 kilograms. The Haiquan was more unlucky. The center one just hit the deck, and there was only a click. , The thick main deck was blasted through two floors, and screams came up from the gunner's cabin below.

The other Tsunami was even more unlucky. Ten shots only hit two shots, but that shot hit the bow of the ship. The decorative ram, the navigator, and several navigators were beaten to pieces. It was a good ship. Like a broken nose, Song Qingshu glanced at the hole not far away from him with a sullen face. Song Qingshu roared angrily: "Adjust your position, aim at those coastal defense guns, and shoot me!"

The five heavy gunships that were originally fitted together began to disperse, lying on the sea, a burst of ammunition aimed at the towering city of Taiwan, and fought back fiercely. Falling rocks fell from above.

However, that's all. After more than ten minutes, the heavy coastal defense artillery fell down again, and the beggar fleet below was trembling...

(End of this chapter)