vs 27 Assault on the city of Orunge (1)
The sound of cannons woke up Yan Changwu in the cabin, and when he woke up, he realized that he was on the ship, exactly.
Yesterday the boat traveled for a day, but at night it was not a good night's sleep, the boat shook and did not count, the place was too smelly, except for the strong salty smell in the sea breeze, the place where the red hairy fan lived even the bed bugs would be smoked to death!
He now lives in the captain's room of the former Andrew, now known as the "North Harbor One", and the conditions are okay, and the others are even worse.
Yan Changwu then understood that it was really not good to leave Shuang'er, Shuang'er took care of him meticulously, the place was neat and clean, and it was gently smoked with sandalwood or ambergris, the smell was fragrant, and it was a good dream to sleep.
He stood up sleepily and called someone, and immediately Zhang Shouyun and two horses rushed forward with a basin of water and a face towel, and Zhang Shouyun asked, "Master, are you awake?" ”
"What time is it?"
"It's seven o'clock!" Zhang Shouyun glanced at Zhong Dao in the cabin.
"Seven o'clock?" Yan Changwu frowned slightly, washed up under Ma Ben's service, and then left the cabin.
The deck was in full swing, and the sailor battalion, together with the brethren battalion and the grenadiers, were all practicing according to their subjects, especially the sailor battalion, which was shelled from time to time, and all the men were full of energy.
Seeing him come up, all the people saluted him, and Yan Changwu returned the military salute and said, "Everyone is busy!" Ignore me! ”
So everyone acted according to the order, Yan Changwu went up to the top of the cabin, and Li Yingzheng, the commander of the sailor battalion, was there to command and greet him.
Yan Changwu looked at the gunboat of the former Batavia next to him, now known as "Beigang No. 2", both of which were excellent warships with three masts and one floor (gun deck), which were fast and sailed on the sea.
Followed by six merchant ships, in order not to show the stuffing, except for the first one loaded with rice, the rest of the ships were ballasted with stones, showing the appearance of heavy loads.
The Sailor Battalion had a great deal of training for long voyages, and after being instructed by the captured Dutchman, they were soon able to steer the two gunboats, which were not yet heavy sail battleships.
Li Ying complimented Yan Changwu: "The big dragon head is born with a sailing life, he is not dizzy at all, and he eats more, many people are not used to it when they first arrive on the ship!" ”
"I'm still a little unaccustomed to it, I slept a little late last night!" Yan Changwu said humbly.
He asked, "How are you doing on these two boats now?" ”
"It can only be called sailing, and it is far from being used to fight!" Li Ying shook his head.
Fighting a sail warship is a complex system engineering, and it depends on the direction of the wind and the current, as well as the estimation of the situation of both the enemy and us, and the judgment of countless situations, and it has to go through a lot of training, and only the officers and men who have grown up in bloody battles can truly become the masters of the warship!
"Then wait and see! Train more, and, fight more! Yan Changwu smiled coldly.
In the future, there will be a fight for territory, and there will be many enemies, so I am not afraid of not fighting.
"We're downwind now, the boat is moving fast, there's still an hour's trip to the big guy, are you ready to act?" Li Ying asked.
"You have the right to dispose of it, you don't have to ask me!" Yan Changwu said.
"Okay!" Li Ying ordered the flagship to raise a small red flag and told the ships to prepare for battle.
And Yan Changwu went down to a merchant ship as planned, and he was ready to land and command the operation after the war.
Commanding operations on gunboats is exempt, and at this time gunboats are strong in the outside and in the middle, and they are not useful at all.
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Oyuan Island!
The Dutch flag fluttered high, and Storm's mouth was full of bitterness as he looked at the familiar flag.
When he left, he was the commander of the high-spirited fleet, and when he returned, he was reduced to a prisoner, and he had to become a leading party, leading the Ming people to break through his own fortress!
But he didn't dare to disobey, his two arms were strung together, his arms were shackled, his feet were also shackled, the two Ming people next to him controlled him, and there was a poisonous knife behind him, he had to be careful, in case the other party made a mistake...
What made his heart sink and the Beigang soldiers were happy was that there were two other fifth-rank battleships parked at the anchorage of Dayuan Island, tied side by side, and except for a few sentries, the others were nowhere to be found.
This is in trouble!
The men on the battleship went ashore.
According to the military order, the crew of the warship cannot easily leave the ship, but in the anchorage, it is often impossible to do it, which is cheaper and wiser.
"Mazu bless!" Li Ying exclaimed secretly.
On the docks of the harbor are a few small boats, with two galleons a bit eye-catching, moored in the middle of the harbor.
In 1624, after eight months of fierce fighting with the Chinese Ming Dynasty, the Dutch and Chinese officials agreed to destroy the fortresses and forts at Penghu and transfer them to the island of Taiwan in 1624, with China not interfering in the Dutch occupation of Taiwan. After the Dutch occupied Taiwan, the large-scale castle "Orange" was rebuilt on the site of the original castle, and in 1627, it was renamed "Zeelandia" after the name of the Dutch province Zeeland, and the first phase of the fort construction was completed in 1632.
Now it's still under construction, and it looks like it's not small, but it's not going to happen!
This is an opportunity, Yan Changwu is naturally very concerned about such a "neighbor", he has already sent people to reconnoitre, so as soon as the time is ripe, he will attack immediately!
Because it was their own warship returning to port, and it seemed that it was safe and sound, of course, the Dutch did not expect that anyone would have the courage to brush the tiger's whiskers, but lazily sent a small boat carrying more than ten soldiers to come forward for a little inspection.
According to the rules, all ships returning to the port were to be inspected, but the North Harbor soldiers entered the harbor with two large ships at the head, and they went on a rampage, and saw Storm shouting at them from the bridge, and the dinghy dared not say anything, not even to come forward, lest it be sunk.
Although it is a little strange that there are more Ming people around Storm, the Dutch on the boat thought that the commander had surrendered Ming people, and they never dreamed that their commander would be held against him with a poisonous knife, so he had to speak against his will, and he didn't even dare to sound the alarm!
He pinched a cold sweat, if Mingren used the wrong force, then he would go to God.
Successfully entering the port, Uncle Zhang smiled, took back the poison knife against Storm, and said in a good mood: "Thank you for your cooperation!" ”
One of the two large ships entering the harbor headed towards the other two large ships stationed in the harbor, and the other crossed and headed towards the harbor.
The dinghy approached a merchant ship, and waited for the boat to throw a rope ladder down for inspection, and the rope ladder was thrown down, and the Dutch officer boarded the merchant ship, and saw rows of black holes on the ship, with the muzzles pointed at him and the dinghy
Someone whispered in Dutch: "Get on board if you don't want to die!" ”
Everyone did as they could, and the Dutch at the docks didn't find out what was going on.
Five merchant ships docked one after another, and a large number of Beigang soldiers poured out of the cabin, and the people in the port were stunned!
What shocked them even more was that one of the large ships that had just entered the harbor opened its guns and opened fire on the city of Orange in the distance!
Rumble!
The sound of cannons echoed in the harbor!
There is another big ship that landed on the two big ships in the port, and I don't know how many people killed those two big ships!
For a time, there was a lot of gunfire and cannon roaring in the port area!