Chapter 372: Discovering the Enemy
Chen Zijian "left a thousand brothers to escort things back, there are still many ships here, all of them are requisitioned, some sunken ships in the port are salvaged, and those with repair value are used to load silver." ”
Zhang Wu: "Don't worry, the subordinates will arrange things." ”
Chen Zijian nodded, "I'll wait for you on the boat for an hour and arrange things to go to Taiwan Island." The Dutch there should be cleared, Asia is the place of the Chinese, it is not the turn of the Europeans to occupy the land, this is not the place where they scatter wild. Hmph, play artillery with Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will kill you with numbers. ”
At present, there is no generation difference between the artillery technology mastered by the Volunteers and the Dutch, at most the Dutch are a little more mature in artillery casting, after all, the Dutch artillery technology has been used for many years, and the Europeans have recorded the artillery technology in detail with numbers.
According to the development, artillery technology will surpass Huaxia more and more.
If the artillery technology of the volunteers is ignored, the artillery technology of the Europeans has already surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty, there is no way, the artillery manufacturing of the Chinese people depends on the master's personal talent, and the artillery technology will not be recorded, if something happens to this master, the artillery technology will be lost.
In fact, there may be no way to let the craftsmen of the late Ming Dynasty build the artillery during the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the reason is that of course these masters did not record the technology and lost it.
On the contrary, the Europeans kept a detailed record of various experiments, and as long as there were successful experiences, the weapons created later would only get better and better.
Of course, Master Huaxia did not record the creation of another one, and there is another reason, that is, most of the craftsmen who built Huaxia to create weapons did not know how to read and write, and they had no culture, so there was no way to record them.
As for the scholars, they either took the examination to become famous and became officials, or they looked down on the craftsmen, and they despised the craftsmen of this class, and they didn't think about helping at all.
The artillery of the Dutch, Chen Zijian admits that it must be more powerful than the artillery of the Volunteers, which is something that does not need to be argued.
But well, it's just a little bit more powerful, not too much.
In addition, this is the territory of the Chinese, Chen Zijian has hundreds of warships, and the Dutch want to maintain the global sea coachmen, and it is impossible to have too many ships in Asia.
Chen Zijian estimated that there would be no more than 20 Dutch gunboats in Taiwan.
After all, the Dutch country is a small country, and the population is there, and it is impossible to send too many people out.
The Dutch on the island of Taiwan have already died by reaching 1,000 people, and Chen Zijian has hundreds of warships, and the number is more than 10,000.
The island of Taiwan is considered to be in the palm of his hand, equipped with more than 10,000 mini guns and more than 200 artillery pieces, such strength cannot defeat the Dutch, which can only show that Chen Zijian is incompetent and will not lead good soldiers.
A day later.
A huge fleet appeared outside the waters southwest of the island of Taiwan.
"My lord, in front of me is the Chihkan City built by Hongmaofan, and Hongmaofan has captured a lot of Han people to do things for them."
Next to Chen Zijian, the wrinkled "old man" is less than forty years old, because he has been going to sea for a long time and is full of vicissitudes.
This person Zheng Hai originally worked in the Zheng family, and his work was similar to that of a tour guide, and to put it bluntly, he was the nature of a navigator.
Long-term going to sea, from the Wa Kingdom to the coast of the Ming Dynasty, is very familiar.
Zheng Hai and Zheng Zhilong have no blood relationship, at most they have the same surname, even if Zheng Zhilong, Chen Zijian does not mean to kill everything, and Chen Zijian has no intention of throwing him into the sea for a tour guide who has not done anything evil.
Chen Zijian didn't have a chance to be around Zheng Hai, who was trembling, of course he didn't listen to one person, and there was also the volunteer army's own navigator next to him, if Zheng Hai lied, there would be people who disagreed, since his own people didn't speak, Zheng Hai's words were quite credible.
Chen Zijian: "The red-haired fan you mentioned is that the Dutch built a city here, and we are probably located here now." ”
In front of Chen Zijian's eyes, a detailed map of Taiwan in later generations.
"My lord, this, this!"
Zheng Hai's heart is shocked, a detailed chart, for people who go to sea, no one knows the preciousness of it better than them.
Zheng Hai compared the map and finally nodded.
Because of the Penghu Islands that he passed by not long ago, Zheng Hai confirmed the correctness of the map.
The chart is a priceless treasure for Zheng Hai and a map for Chen Zijian.
"Chief, I found the situation ahead, it seems that it is a Dutch gunboat. Three ships came out on patrol. ”
Chen Zijian took the binoculars, looked at the sea in the distance and nodded in affirmation.
"It's the Dutch gunboat, Zhang Wu, I'll leave it to you."
Zhang Wu was full of confidence. "Rest assured, chief, make sure to knock out the Dutchman's dog brains."
Having dealt with the Dutch before, Zhang Wu was fully confident that he would destroy the opponent's three warships.
There was no generation difference between the chief's own warships and the Dutch gunboats, at most, a volunteer warship was equipped with fewer guns than the Dutch.
However, the Volunteers can erase such a small shortcoming with the number of warships, and in terms of the number of warships, the Volunteers have an absolute advantage.
The battleships that came this time, more than fifty, in the absence of a weapon generation difference, the fate of the Dutch was predictable.
Compared with Zhang Wu's calmness, Zheng Hai almost didn't kneel, full of fear for the red-haired fan.
However, when I saw Chen Zijian, as well as other volunteers coming and going, and the huge warship on my side, I remembered that he was not Zheng Zhilong's boat now, but a stronger volunteer.
In the past, when Zheng Zhilong's ships encountered the Dutch's gunboats, they generally made an evasive attitude and did not dare to misunderstand the Dutch.
There is no way, whoever has the big fist at sea has the final say, and those who don't want to die will flee for their lives early when they encounter the Dutch, unless their own side is far stronger than the Dutch.
It was another long time to wait, Chen Zijian really didn't have any interest in naval battles, it was too grinding, from the discovery of the Dutch gunboats, to the close to ten nautical miles.
It took five hours to move forward under the power of the wind, and the sun was ready to disappear.
"Please, chief, this is your dinner."
No matter where, Chen Zijian will not treat his stomach badly. Of course, everyone else's dinner is good, and the ocean lacks everything, just a variety of seafood.
Chen Zijian: "Sit down, there's no need to be polite with me." ”
Zhang Wu sat down with a smile, familiar with the chief's temper, and didn't care about such a thing, red tape or something, and he didn't need it at sea.
Chen Zijian: "Let you be responsible for the affairs at sea in the future, it's too boring." ”
Zhang Wu laughed beside him, "Chief, this is a normal thing, in the past, in order to chase a group of pirates, I fought with them for two days. ”
Chen Zijian: "There is still some afterlight, you see the coastline in front of you, what are you going to do?" ”
"Chief, if you're not in a hurry, your subordinates want to attack tomorrow."
Chen Zijian: "It's up to you, I don't care about a day or two, I'll get things done tomorrow." Hehe, the Dutch are bastards, Asia is the Asia of the Chinese. ”