[250] Chase to the South Seas 1

When the news of Taiwan's victory reached Fuzhou, the entire Fujian Province was boiling, and then the people of the coastal provinces spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate. Song Youliang held a grand welcoming ceremony for Zheng Zhilong and his entourage in Xiamen, and at the same time announced the establishment of a Taiwan government in Taiwan, which was subordinate to Fujian Province, with He Bin as the first Taiwan prefect and Guo Huaiyi as the first Taiwan guerrilla general.

Song Youliang stood on the high platform and said loudly in front of the tens of thousands of people in the audience: "The people of the Ming Dynasty have a glorious and indomitable tradition of struggle, no matter how rampant the foreign captives are for a while, how good they are at playing intrigues and tricks, but after all, they will get out of the territory of our Ming Dynasty." The heroic deeds of Hai Weihou and the patriotic spirit of the people of Taiwan against the red-haired devils will always be an example for all the people of the Ming Dynasty to learn. ”

"Long live Daming!" Song Youliang raised his arms and shouted

"Long live Daming!" Zheng Zhilong also raised his arms and shouted

"Long live Daming!" Zheng Sen, Gu San Mazi, Shi Daxuan and others also raised their arms and shouted

The people in the audience were shouting long live, when suddenly there was a rumbling cannon sound from the sea

"What's going on?" Song Youliang was surprised

Zheng Zhilong also felt that the sound of the cannon disturbed his mood, so he immediately sent someone to inquire, and after a while, Shi Lang came to report, saying that a large number of red-haired warships appeared on the southern sea, in addition to the Dutch red-haired people, it seems that there are also Franco-man!

"Furlong?" Song Youliang was taken aback, and secretly said in his heart that this Francois was a Spaniard or a Portuguese? So he immediately said to Michel, who was always with him: "Go and see if there are any of your Portuguese ships besides the Dutch!" ”

"Obey the order, sir!" So Michel immediately boarded a small boat, and then boarded the big ship and went out to sea, and about a quarter of an hour later Michel sent the news through the herald that it was not the Portuguese but the Spaniards who had come with the Dutch battleship

"The Francos of Luzon?" Zheng Zhilong also received Shi Lang's return, "What are they doing here?" Zheng Zhilong said: "Grandpa, this Luzon Francois is not a good type, a few years ago he wantonly killed our Ming people in Luzon, and today he is in collusion with the Dutch red hair~~~" Zheng Zhilong patted his chest and said: "Weichen is willing to fight them off for his grandfather!" ”

Song Youliang said indignantly: "How can it be enough to retreat? These two red-haired devils tortured and killed my people like this, I want you to kill all the way to Luzon and all the way to Nanyang. Kill these red-haired devils~~ From now on, there is only my Ming banner in this 10,000-mile sea frontier! ”

Zheng Zhilong wanted to monopolize the maritime trade between the South Seas and the East China Sea, so Zhengse said: "As long as the grandfather trusts his subordinates, he will kill him in the country of Franc Ji, and I, Zheng Zhilong, am also willing!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Song Youliang laughed loudly, "There will be that day!" After that, Song Youliang raised his glass high and said, "Today's celebration banquet should be practiced for you." ”

Zheng Zhilong drank all the wine in the cup and said, "The last general is willing to smear the liver and brain of the grandfather and Daming!" With that, he threw off his cloak, jumped off the platform, and headed straight for the big ship

Because of the feud between the Netherlands and Spain, the Netherlands was ruled by the Spanish Habsburgs in 1556, and the Spanish rulers Charles I and Philip II and the Catholic Church under their control implemented **ism, arbitrarily destroying the privileges of the Dutch provinces and cities, and extorting large taxes; The Inquisition was set up to brutally persecute Protestants. In August 1566 a campaign against the iconoclasm of the Catholic Church broke out. In the spring of 1567 the movement was suppressed. In August of the same year, .de Alfa became the governor of the Netherlands, and bloodily suppressed the Dutch revolutionaries. On 9 January 1609, King Philip III of Spain was forced to sign the Twelve-Year Armistice with the Netherlands, which de facto recognized the independence of the Netherlands. The Dutch revolution was completely victorious in the north, establishing the first bourgeois republic in Europe. Moreover, not long ago, the Dutch also defeated the Spaniards and monopolized the island of Taiwan, so in fact, the Dutch and the Spaniards did not trust each other, and they were afraid that the opponent would bite back and eat themselves after victory. It was only because the Spaniards reluctantly agreed to form a combined fleet because they believed that the next target of the Ming army was likely to be the Philippines, which they occupied. Therefore, although there were as many as 53 warships of the Combined Fleet this time, their actions were disjointed, and no unified command was established and the actions of the entire fleet could not be coordinated.

"Open the gun~"

rumble

With Shi Lang's sound of zero

There was a loud bang from the Ming warship, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. I saw that the thousand-pound cannons on the Ming warships were like roaring beasts, spitting out tongues of fire, and twenty-five pound shells rushed out of the barrel in response, penetrating the thick smoke at the muzzle, and whistling towards the enemy ship. I saw that the cannonball broke the rear mainmast of the Dutch ship, and then fell into the sea, and the hot cannonball suddenly made the sea rise several meters high, and frightened the Dutch sailors to panic.

After the first shot, the morale of the officers and soldiers on the side of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and the original awe of the red-haired ghost cannon was of course gone. The smoke was blown back by the sea breeze, and Shi Lang couldn't help coughing a few times after inhaling the gunsmoke, in fact, he liked to smell the smell of gunpowder

"Good fight!" Shi Lang shouted excitedly: "Change~~ Immediately change the Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers (Shotgun)"

"Order!" The gunner was very pleased with Shi Lang's praise, and his fighting spirit was immediately high, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to quickly clean the gun chamber and change the shell into a grenade.

About two minutes later, the Ming artillery roared again.

呠~呠

In an instant, tens of thousands of balls and steel bullets were shot at the enemy ship, which was indeed like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers. Since the angle and distance of the live ammunition have just passed, the effect of attacking with marbles scattered at a large area and angle is very good. Seeing that the starboard bow of the Dutch ship was covered, there was a crackling sound. When it hit the boat, the sawdust flew wildly, and when it hit the sea, it caused a splash of waves. Some of the unprepared Dutch sailors were beaten to a bloody pulp, screaming in a terrible voice.

The smoke was quickly blown away by the sea breeze, and Shi Lang stood on a high place and observed the enemy ship with clairvoyance. I saw that many Dutch sailors on the enemy ship were wounded, and the original black hull was mottled with white spots everywhere at this time, which was obviously the effect of steel balls. Looking further up, some of the sails under the mast were riddled with holes, and the sunlight penetrated directly onto the deck.

"Hahaha~" Shi Lang laughed with a sense of accomplishment, so he shouted again: "Give them a mother-son heart~ (hinge bullet specializing in sails and masts)"

"Order!"

There was a loud bang, the fire in the cannon door flickered, and the chain shells designed to deal with the sails and masts of the enemy ships were fired.

"Fuck ~ missed!" Shi Lang observed with a clairvoyant eye and found that the hinge shell had only grazed next to the foremast sail of the Dutch battleship, and two cables had been broken.

"Three feet to the right, hit its foremast!" Shi Lang decisively ordered

"My lord, you can't beat that way!" The gunner commander hurriedly said

"Then turn the rudder right~" Shi Lang roared

"Order!"

"Turn the rudder right!"

After a rattling sound, the warship turned to the right about five degrees again, and the bow of the Dutch battleship once again entered the fire of the Ming artillery

Hit the angle within.

"Fire!"

The gunner's fire rope ignited, and with a bang, the chain bullet was fired again.

Shi Lang hurriedly observed from the clairvoyant. I saw that the front sail cable of the Dutch battleship had been twisted and severed, and there were many pulls

The ropes were entwined with chains, and the whole huge spinnaker was swept upside down, and the mast was tilted to one side

"Hit~" The gunner cheered excitedly

"Hahaha! You can't run away with these~" Shi Lang also shouted excitedly: "Brothers, send these red-haired ghosts to see the Dragon King!" ”

"Deling~"

A dramatic scene took place

A Dutch gunner, in a state of extreme panic and frenzy, did not have time to think about what was going on, drew his cannon, and opened fire on the battleship opposite his gun. I saw that the shell accurately hit the hull of the opponent, and then, the ammunition depot in the cabin was ignited, and after a loud bang, the battleship broke in two. The Dutch gunner was about to cheer, only to find that the battleship he had hit was not the natives of the East, but one of the main ships of his friendly Spaniards.

When the Spaniards saw that the Dutch army had opened fire on them, they were furious, believing that this was a trick set by the Dutch in collusion with China, in order to lure their fleet out to sea and then annihilate it. The further goal was to seize the Philippine colony.

"Yes, it must be so, these damned, lowly lowlanders!" The commander of the Spanish fleet, Aragonto, angrily scolded: "These lowlanders and Chinese Yankees, I swear to punish you!" ”

Therefore, the Spaniards did not care whether there was a misunderstanding, nor did they care about the Ming army on the periphery, which was a great enemy, and began to retreat towards the Philippines on the one hand, and shelled the Dutch warships on the other.

Frederick, the Dutch governor who had finally come to his senses, wanted to cry without tears, and he ordered the reckless artilleryman to be executed, and led the bruised Dutch fleet to flee in a hurry and go straight to Batavia.

After Zheng Zhilong went to the sea from all the way to the south, to Qiongzhou Mansion to supplement the anchorage, but one way to the stone pond of Wanli Shitang through the Shixing Stone Pond, Zengmu group of reefs, after sailing at sea for six days, the fleet has arrived at the port of Darussalam in the country of Bo Ni, the total population of Bo Ni is only more than 100,000, the population of the capital Darussalam Port is about 30,000 people, and the water power of Bo Ni is only 100 fishing boats, however, because Zheng He has stayed here twice when he went to the Western Ocean, it can dock the warships of the Ming army.

The sultan of Bo Ni at this time was Bolkiah, and he was frightened when he heard that there was a big warship coming from the sea, and Bolkiah was so frightened that he was about to flee with the palace guards, and the Portuguese only sent hundreds of people when they conquered Bo Ni, and now the fleet is said to be a sail covering the sky and the sun, and the number of ships is so large that it cannot be seen at a glance. It would be fine if it was just a change of master, but what if the red-haired man didn't let him continue to be a sultan, or made more demanding demands.

Just when Bolkiah was in a panic, his subordinates reported that it was not the fleet of the red-haired people, but the fleet of the Ming Kingdom, and Bolkiah's heart hanging in his throat finally returned to his stomach. "It turned out to be from the Ming Kingdom~" Bolkiah let out a long breath