In the second year of Tianwu, on April 16, the great member of the city of Gelan covered the city.

The city of Geranza was the political, economic, and military center of the East India Company in Dongfan, and the main hub of Dutch rule over the entire island and foreign trade.

In the Governor's Office, the Taiwanese governor of the Dutch East India Company, Maier, was sipping fine wine, holding a paintbrush, and in front of him was a red-haired woman with no clothes.

Mel has a wide range of hobbies, in addition to counting gold, he also likes to sketch the human body, although his painting skills are terrible, but this does not hinder his love of sketching.

However, there was a hint of unease in Meier's otherwise comfortable mood.

Since the accession to the throne of the warlike Tianwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the turmoil in the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty, the East India Company has been concerned about the development of the situation, whether it will affect the company's trade and even its position in the East.

In response to this, the board of directors of 17 members, the company's highest decision-making body, decided that even in times of peace, more than 2,000 soldiers must be maintained to protect the company's property in Dongfan.

However, the Ming Emperor quickly quelled the civil unrest, began to turn his attention to the sea, broke with the Netherlands in a strong manner, finally broke off the trade between the two countries, and threatened to send troops to attack the city of Geranza.

Dayuan Shangguan found that the local Chinese merchants had successively transferred their property to the mainland, and the number of Chinese ships coming to trade had also decreased sharply, and it had already judged that the Ming Dynasty should play seriously.

Mel hurriedly reported to the governor of Batavia, asking for reinforcements, and urgently preparing for battle.

He demanded that all localities strengthen reconnaissance and arming, forbid the Chinese to sell grain in the city of Pu Minza, and put all Chinese under house arrest in the city of Geranza to avoid collaborating with the enemy.

Maier also ordered the burning of all unharvested rice in the surrounding fields, clearing the wilderness, burning as many as 10,000 sacks of grain, and causing a large number of Chinese casualties in the conflict.

Seeing that the Ming army had not attacked Dongfan for a long time, Maier decided to send an envoy to Kinmen to meet Zhu Chenggong, delay time, and find out the truth.

It's just that the messenger sent out hasn't come back for several days, and I don't know if he fell into the sea to feed the sharks.

Just a few days earlier, the governor of Batavia had sent his commander Garon, with a fleet of 1,500 men carrying 1,500 men to the city of Geranza, and Mel's confidence was greatly increased.

Knowing that the Ming army had arrived in Penghu, Maier did not panic at all.

The Netherlands had two fortified fortresses in the east, Chikanlou (the city of Puruminsha) and the city of Geranza.

The two fortresses are built near the sea, the coast here is tortuous, there is an inner harbor between the two cities, called Taijiang Port, with Taijiang River as the port to the east of the sea, Luermen Island as the screen in the north, and Qikun Yu as the barrier in the south.

Chikanlou is located on the east side of Taijiang Port, Relan covers the city on the west side of Taijiang Port, the two cities are horns of each other, a large number of forts are built on both sides of Taijiang, and the sea is locked horizontally, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The two routes that enter the Taijiang River from the open sea, the mouth of the south channel is wide and deep, and the ship is easy to enter, but the port is defended by many warships of the company, and there are heavy artillery views on the land, and the Ming army can only kill itself by attacking.

The northern channel of Luermena is shallow and narrow, and can only pass by small boats, and large ships must pass at high tide, and it is very difficult to grasp the time, and the ships of the East India Company hardly go there.

The impregnable city of Geranza, and the arrival of reinforcements, gave Mel confidence.

However, in this self-confidence, there is also a trace of unconfidence.

Because his old boss Anthony sold the company's large warship drawings to Ming Guo, if they built this thing, the company's power in Dongfan would not be able to compete with it no matter what.

On the couch, the red-haired woman kept making her head, and Mel stopped unconsciously as she painted.

"My God, why are you so beautiful, it's hard for me to control!"

Mel walked over a little reveling, leaving only a lying pig on the drawing board behind him.....

I just untied a few holes in my coat, and my pants hadn't been taken off, but I heard the knock on the door of the office, just like the ward rounds in later generations.

Maier was angry in his heart, and just wanted to scold, but he heard a shout outside the door: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Ming army is coming!" ”

"How is this possible?"

Maier almost blurted out, he obviously couldn't understand how the Ming army entered the inner harbor of Taijiang!

The governor's mansion was only a few dozen paces from the western wall of Geranza, and he hurried up the steps with two of his servants.

At this time, the terrain is extremely high, and the city of Geranza is a three-story castle, standing at the head of the city facing the sea, more than ten miles of sea can be seen.

Thinking that he might be dazzled, Maier rubbed his eyes in disbelief and took out his binoculars again.

Suddenly, his complexion froze, and on the vast and boundless sea, dense warships appeared, and all the dragon flags of the Ming army fluttered on them!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

In the midst of a warning sound, the entire city defense soldiers of the city of Geranza moved, reorienting the cannons and clearing the chambers, while at the same time pushing the powder kegs and projectiles out of the warehouse......

The infantrymen checked their muskets and were ready for the ensuing battle.

Mel shouted anxiously: "Order the fleet to attack immediately and intercept them!" ”

Hundreds of Ming warships blocked the entrance to the sea, and a vicious battle was inevitable.

In the inland waters of the Taijiang River, all the Dutch warships were dispatched one after another, among which the four main warships of the Hector, Sgraflan, Egret and Maria were the most reckless.

The Hector and the Sgraflan are both six-hundred-ton giants and are three-masted battleships of the Dutch Navy.

In particular, the Hector, 56 meters long, armed with 36 guns, and 340 sailors, was the main warship of the Dutch occupation forces during the invasion of Dongfan during the Apocalypse, and has been active in the sea area near Chikan City and Geranza City.

"These red ghosts, look at Lao Tzu and turn them over every day!"

Zhu Chenggong, who had followed Emperor Tianwu for several years, was very confident, and immediately ordered to focus on taking care of the awesome-looking Hector.

More than a dozen main battleships of the Pingfan fleet were lined up in a line, all of which greeted the Hector.

There is no way, the Taijiang Inland Sea is so big, and it can't be used at all.

On the surface of the sea, there was a sudden earth-shaking loud noise, and the sound was like the sky falling apart!

I saw that on the sea in the distance, the huge hull of the Hector suddenly exploded, emitting a flash of fire, which almost broke in two, and slowly sank amid the screams of the sailors.

"What's the situation? The powder magazine on the opposite side exploded? The soldiers of the Ming army looked at each other.

Several gunners who used flowering shells were also shocked, and secretly sighed that this flowering shell was really awesome, and it was blown up to deal with the powder magazine!

Garon, the commander of the Hector, only felt a buzzing in his ears, he had lived most of his life, experienced countless battle formations, and had never fought such a battle, and the opening was wonderful!

He had no chance, and as the Hector slowly sank into the sea, he could only flutter in the sea.

The explosion of the Hector caused huge waves, and the Sgraflan not far behind the side was violently swayed by the waves, and before it could stabilize its posture, the main battleship of the Netherlands was covered with cannonballs like rain!

There were more than 20 Dutch warships, all of which ranged in tonnage between 300 and 600 tons, which was slightly larger than the warships of the Pingfan fleet.

However, today's Pingfan fleet is not the Zheng family sailor of the past, not only has the firepower of each warship increased a lot, but also added several large warships, which are not a little smaller than the Hector that was just killed in seconds.

The small tonnage of the ships did not have a huge advantage, and the Dutch warships could only be blocked in the inland sea and beaten.

In order to encircle the Dutch Army stationed in Taiwan, defeating the Dutch fleet in the open sea became the primary task of the Pingban fleet.

Zhu Chenggong gave an order, and hundreds of warships surrounded the remaining Dutch warships like wolves and forcibly sank them physically.

The crackling of masts, the sound of drums, shouts, howls, the clashing of battleships, the sound of white-knuckle fighting, and the noise of the waves mingled in the blazing firelight.

In addition to the unfortunate Hector's opening seconds, the Sgraflan was surrounded by ten warships of the Ming army, and was hit by dozens of cannons, and was beaten all over the body, and it only took ten minutes to be sunk.

The Maria and the Egret were hit by more than 100 Dongfeng rockets, and in the blink of an eye, they were engulfed in flames, and the red-haired sailors on them were all roasted.

The remaining dozen or so ships saw that the situation was not good and wanted to retreat, but due to the large and bulky hull, they were pursued and approached by one hundred and ten nimble small warships of the Ming army.

The sailors of the Jinghai Fleet jumped onto the enemy ships one after another and engaged the Dutch in the best of the hand-to-side battles.

The battle lasted less than half an hour before it ended, and the Dutch navy was wiped out except for a few ships that raised their white flags and surrendered.