Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 195 Recovering the Great Officials ([-])

Although Yikunshen is the largest of the seven islands, its area is only about three square kilometers.

In order to better control Dayuan Port, the Dutch deliberately built the city of Zeelandia in the northwest near Dayuan Port.

With a very good view, you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire Dayuan Port, and the forts on the city can also directly bombard ships intending to pass through the Dayuan Port.

The new army fleet approaching in the distance was also discovered by the Dutch army on the observation deck for the first time, and they were also deceived by the Dutch ship in front of the fleet and the Dutch flag on it.

After seeing that the ships in the port did not respond, they also instinctively believed that their own fleet was calling at the port, so they did not respond in time.

It wasn't until the alarm bell was sounded and an alarm came from the direction of the port that the soldiers on the watchtower began to observe seriously and found different ships hidden behind the fleet.

So the alarm bell was sounded quickly, and the new army no longer concealed it, and immediately launched shelling from a long distance, beyond the range of the cannons on the city.

Because the city of Zeelandia is still more than a mile away from the port, it is even farther away from the new army fleet.

Seeing the new army's artillery shells raining down on the port, the Dutch army in the city was in a hurry. The supreme officer Garon, who was informed of the news, rushed to the watchtower immediately.

The Dutch flag of the new army fleet was withdrawn, and the "new" flag representing the new army was hoisted.

Although Jia Long didn't know the word, he knew this fast-firing long-range cannon very well.

"Damn it, it's the new army. Didn't they go north? Why did they appear in Formosa..."

"It's only been one month since the "Fuzhou Agreement" came into effect, and they broke their promise, what a bastard..."

"It's all a conspiracy, a conspiracy, a shameful sneak attack..."

Jialong cursed angrily, but he didn't expect that the Dutch had launched two sneak attacks, and they had torn up the "Chaozhou Agreement" once.

Now, it's just a tooth for a tooth, using the other's way, and giving it back to the other body.

It was too late to say anything now, Jia Long immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for the battle urgently, but in the face of the water battle in Dayuan Port, he could only watch blankly, unable to help.

At this time, Dayuan Harbor was shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Some ships were billowing with smoke, some were sinking while tilting, and more were fleeing the port in a panic.

The counterattack of the Dutch army was very weak, because they knew that being suppressed in the port, the formation could not be deployed, and they could not truly display the combat effectiveness of the warships.

Therefore, they more hoped to escape from the right channel of Dayuan Port first. If the new army's fleet pursued them, they would definitely be blocked by the artillery on Zeelandia City.

After going out from the right channel of Dayuan Port, the team can fight again after the formation.

As for forcibly rushing out from the left channel for a decisive battle, that is the most stupid behavior.

Because there is no time to organize the formation, not only will it not be able to exert the combat effectiveness of the fleet, but it will also not be supported by the city of Zeelandia, which is purely suicidal.

Finally, after paying a considerable price, they stayed in the port, and all the Dutch warships that could escape raised their sails and fled, desperately rushing towards the right channel of Dayuan Port.

The new army fleet continued to approach the port, and continued to shell fiercely as it approached.

Finally, Jialong, who was sitting in Zeelandia City, roared angrily, "Fire the cannon..."

"Boom boom boom..." The artillery on the city wall immediately launched a counterattack, but this distance was already close to the limit range of these artillery, so many shells fell in front of the new army fleet without causing any threat.

Occasionally, it did not pose much threat, only one shell hit the bow of a new army warship.

Since the energy of the shell has been consumed almost, it did not cause much damage.

Jia Long also knew that this distance was not a big threat to the new army's fleet, and his purpose was not to attack the new army's fleet, but just to provide a certain amount of cover for his own fleet.

But he didn't expect that just after he gave the order to fire, several German artillery of the new army adjusted their muzzles, slowly locked their targets on the huge city of Zeelandia, and launched a counterattack.

"Boom boom boom..."

The shells hit the northern city wall at an extremely fast speed.

"Boom boom boom..." The shells slammed into the solid city wall like a meteorite, making a loud noise, bursting into flames, and the whole city wall seemed to be shaking.

With a "boom", a shell just hit the upper edge of the city wall.

This is the weakest part of the city wall. The powerful explosive force of the high-explosive bomb directly blasted a big gap, and the flying shrapnel flew out like sharp blades.

"Ahh..." A Dutch soldier fell down screaming while clutching his body.

"Ah..." Another Dutch soldier shouted with his mouth open, his eyes could see the shrapnel stuck in his face, he stretched out his hands and howled, wanting to touch his face, but he didn't dare to touch it, Very miserable.

Some shells passed directly over the city wall, continued to fly forward, and then plunged into the second or even third floor of the castle wall.

Because the architectural style of the Dutch castle is very different from that of the Ming Dynasty, it is a bit like a tower, with a total of three floors, the first floor is the largest, the third floor is the smallest, but it is the highest.

The Hope Tower is at the northwest corner of the third floor. It is the highest and has the best view. Jialong is here right now.

His expression changed slightly when he saw a burst of flames erupting from Zeelandia City from time to time.

"Your Excellency, the artillery of the new army is too powerful, get out of here quickly, this place is too dangerous." A Dutch army officer persuaded with a stern expression.

Jia Long roared resolutely: "I won't leave here, we have no way out, unless they blow up the city of Zeelandia, otherwise they will never want to occupy Formosa."

As soon as his words fell, there was a bang, and a shell exploded on the north wall.

The north side is on the left side of the watchtower, and the watchtower just protrudes, and the high-explosive shell fragments that exploded on the north wall are mixed with gravel and scattered.

"Ah..." Jia Long cried out in pain, it turned out that a piece of flying gravel hit his face.

Due to the distance, the power of the gravel has been greatly weakened, but a small hole was still smashed into his face, and blood flowed out.

Jialong was not the only one who was injured. Several people were hit by shrapnel and rubble, and screamed continuously for a while.

Fortunately, Jialong was surrounded by the crowd, so most of the shrapnel and gravel were blocked by others, but he suffered a slight injury to his face.

But even so, a group of people were shocked and did not dare to stay here any longer. Only a few soldiers were left here to continue observing, and the high-level officers and officers headed by Jia Long withdrew immediately.

It's just that the face was slapped a little too fast, and after saying that he would not leave, he ran away in a desperate manner the next moment.

Garon moved the headquarters directly to Fort Campbell, because it was difficult for the new army's artillery to shoot at this place.

"Boom boom boom..." The counterattack of the Dutch army became more and more violent.

After seeing that the remaining ships of the Dutch army had escaped from the right channel of Dayuan Port, the new navy fleet finally did not approach the port.

Instead, they distanced themselves from the city of Zeelandia, stopped the shelling, and started cruising around instead.

(End of this chapter)