Chapter 511: The Struggle for Sea Power (3)
On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the huge fleet of the Fubo Division appeared off the coast of Chicken Coop Harbor.
Jonlong Harbor is a sunken bay, and the Jonlong Island on the east side of the bay is also the Peace Island of Houshi Bay Bay.
The Spaniards built the city of San Salvador here, and around the city of San Salvador, there were also several fortress strongholds such as the guard fort, the evacuation fort and the barrel square fort.
However, the Spaniards were also unlucky, and in the tenth year of Chongzhen, due to the seclusion of the Hontokugawa shogunate to the Spaniards, the colonization of Taiwan could not obtain sufficient benefits.
On the contrary, because of the garrison of troops, the Philippine Governor's Office also needed to spend a lot of money, and the former Philippine Governor Cocuella ordered the removal of the guard's fort, the removal of the fort and the barrel fort, and the reduction of the garrison in San Salvador.
Although the barrel fort was retained due to opposition from the Dominican missionaries, both the guard fort and the fort were removed.
As for the Spanish stronghold in Tamsui City, Santo Domingo City, which later became the Red Hair City, was captured because the Tamsui natives rebelled against the tyranny of the Spaniards.
A year later, Cocuella abandoned the city of Santo Domingo and moved all his forces to the chicken coop.
If there was no Liu Ximing, three years later, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Dutch, who had seen the reality of the Spaniards, would also send troops from Tainan to break through the castle of the Spaniards in the chicken coop, and then occupy Taipei.
At this time, although there were still more than 200 Spanish defenders in Jilong City, there were only some Han merchants smuggled from Fujian Province who occasionally stopped at the port, which had nothing to do with the prosperity.
The Spanish soldier Fidel had just eaten breakfast, and he was lying contented on the watchtower of the city wall, basking in the sun and picking his teeth.
Who knew that at this time, near the mouth of the sea in the distant strait, a longing black shadow stopped his movements.
"Hiss"
Fidel sat up straight suddenly, and the small stick in his mouth fell to the ground in shock.
"Enemy, enemy attack," Fidel didn't react at first, and only when he saw the huge gun doors of the huge ship in the bay did he shout in fright and want to ring the bell.
"When", "When", "When"
The dull sound of bells instantly spread throughout the small chicken coop city, and the Spanish soldiers and officers who were still repairing in the main castle of the castle ran up to the walls.
"Hiss"
"O God, are you going to throw up your people?"
"The Luzon people have finally come here!"
Hundreds of Spaniards on the city walls wailed.
Luzon had been occupied for more than a year, and it was only natural that the defenders knew about it.
For this reason, Rodriguez, the president of the Philippine Prosecutor's Court in Cebu, also ordered another 100 men from the chicken coop to return to Cebu for defense, and the defenders of the chicken coop were further reduced.
The current chief of the chicken coop was named Paromino, a tall white man with a golden beard.
Although more than 30 warships sailed on the strait, and his defenders were even more trembling, he still fulfilled his duty and shouted loudly into the city: "Enemy attack, prepare for battle!" ”
"O God, how can this be fought, they have more artillery than ours!"
Parumino's lieutenant, Botero, pulled him in fear and retorted loudly.
Paramino kicked him to the ground, his golden beard shaking with rage.
"Bastard, are we going to surrender directly if the enemy is strong, where is the dignity of the empire, I would rather die than bow to the damn yellow-skinned monkey."
"Boom", "Boom"
By this time, the three cruisers at the forefront of the fleet had come close to the range of five miles.
Since the narrowest part of the coop bay was only two miles wide, in order to avoid being injured by the castle's artillery, the fleet of the Fubo Division stayed directly on the open sea.
There was nothing fancy, the three ships sailed out of the fleet, drew a beautiful arc on the sea, and opened the doors of the seventy-two guns facing the chicken coop city, and balls of fireworks erupted from the muzzles.
The cruisers in Luzon were forty-eight guns each.
"Whoosh", "Whoosh"
Huge solid cannonballs whizzed down on the coast and near the castle, and several of them flew directly over the castle's walls.
"God is above, we cannot defeat them, for God's sake, sir, surrender! The Luzon didn't go on a killing spree in Manila, and we might be able to return to Spain alive. ”
Adjutant Botero shouted with tears that there seemed to be three cruisers on the sea not far away that wanted to join the bombardment.
"Sir, please give the order to surrender, the fort has been dismantled, and there is nothing we can do about them."
"Chief Botero is right, we want to get back to Spain alive."
The topography of Jonlong Island is surrounded by mountains to the north towards the Pacific Ocean and flat land to the south towards the bay.
In order to control the commanding heights, the Spaniards built a fort on the hill, but this fort had been demolished two years earlier, so the Spaniards could not effectively fight back against the bombardment of the Fubo Division.
At this time, what Liu Ximing did in Manila had an effect.
The outcome of the Manila trial had spread throughout the South China Seas, and the Spaniards, who knew that there was a good chance of survival at the hands of the Luzons, were discouraged.
No one can escape the law of true fragrance.
Paramino, who had sworn to hold on, looked at the more than 100 people on the city wall with a dazzled gaze, and then looked at the fleet covering the sky on the sea, and his head drooped.
"Let's Raise the White Flag"
"Roar"
The elated Spanish soldiers immediately cheered, and those who didn't know it thought they had won the battle.
On the sea outside the chicken coop, You Degao, who was watching the battle from the rear, took a telescope and saw a white flag raised over the chicken coop city, smiled and commanded to the side:
"Pass my command, stop the shelling, and prepare for surrender."
Zhao Jingyong, who was also wearing a navy uniform and a low barrel hat, put down the binoculars and muttered a little unhappily:
"Damn, these red-haired people are too cowardly, we haven't started fighting yet."
"Hahaha", You Degao slapped him on the shoulder, "This is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and the best strategy is also." ”
The fleet of the Fubo Division quickly divided into several warships, and nearly a thousand soldiers landed ashore in turn, taking control of the chicken coop city under the slightly terrified gaze of the Spaniards.
On the dock of Chicken Coop City, Paramino and a dozen other officers such as Botero waited quietly with their heads bowed.
You Degao did not personally get off the ship to surrender, and it was enough for the commander of the He Lao fleet to send a battalion commander to this kind of projectile land.
Under the burning gaze of a group of Luzon soldiers, Paramino presented a saber, a military flag and other items to Jiang Baolin, the captain of the Sun Wu, with a face full of shame, and the port of chicken coop was victorious without a fight.
"Your Excellency, we demand to be treated reasonably."
Although he was ashamed in his heart, Palomino still fought for the soldiers behind him.
Jiang Baolin smirked, "Just as we did in Luzon, we can only guarantee that you will get a fair trial." ”
Paromino was disgruntled and immediately tried to defend himself again, but the lieutenant next to him, Botro, tugged at the corner of his shirt.
"We have nothing to do with the Luzon people, so there shouldn't be any problems."
Paromino suddenly realized, closed his mouth and said no more.
As for the barrel square fort near Chicken Coop City, when he saw that it was his own people who came to persuade him to surrender, he also surrendered very cleanly.
"Governor, the head of the Golden Bag Society and the Big Chicken Coop Society has been found, can you see it?"
If Fubo Division wants to conquer Taiwan, he naturally has to deal with the local aborigines, and as soon as he heard this report, You Degao, who only got off the ship, was in high spirits.
"Quickly invite a few leaders!"
Soon, six female leaders, mainly white, with red and blue stripes embroidered on both sides of their shoulders, walked to the dock with some cringe, led by the soldiers of the Fubo Division.
All six wore braided hair, painted faces, and wore necklaces made of shark teeth around their necks.
The aborigines of the chicken coop are the Basai, who have become more docile after years of tame by the Spaniards, and are easier to deal with than their close Kamalam tribe.
With a smile on his face, You Degao was surrounded by nearly a hundred behemoth-like giant ships, which made several Basa leaders unforgettable.
"Do you all know how to speak Chinese?"
One of them, a medium-shaped, dark-faced and thin woman, boldly stepped forward, "This general, I know some Chinese. ”
Zhao Jingyong and others who were watching were all overjoyed, and it was good to know Chinese, at least they could communicate.