Spex's suffocation in Zhuhai was quite upset, and he was going to go to Yuegang to try again, and if it didn't work, he would go straight to Formosa.

His ultimate goal was actually Formosa, because there was a huge harbor there, and the castle of Geranza, and more importantly, it was far from the Ming Empire proper.

If he occupies a place on the southeast coast of the Ming Empire, he doesn't think he can defend it, because he doesn't have any army in his hands, the Ming Empire has such a vast territory, there is no need to ask, there must be an army, and the number of troops is estimated to be too much to scary.

Therefore, he never thought of occupying a stronghold on the southeast coast of the Ming Empire, how good Formosa is, separated from the Ming Empire mainland by a strait hundreds of miles wide, as long as they defeat the navy under the southeast governor of the Ming Empire, they can sit back and relax as before.

He thought it was beautiful, he thought that Dongfan was still the same as before, only a few pirate nests and a little native, and there was no threat at all.

He must know that Dongfan has now built nine guards, and the foot soldiers of each guard can beat him to cry, and he probably will really cry.

The ignorant fearless, sailed all the way north, sailed for a day, and the next morning, he finally arrived at the mouth of the Kowloon River outside the Moon Harbor.

As a result, with a sweep of the binoculars, he instantly retreated a little.

The river here is not as wide as Zhuhai, so it is not easy for his super battleship to turn around, and even more hateful, the Ming army also built a fortress at the entrance of the river, and before entering the river, he had to be shelled.

What is especially annoying is that there are many small boats in the river, and there are no less than a hundred of them.

It would have been a disaster to encounter a paddle boat in such a narrow river, and it was probably a disaster before I turned around, and I was surrounded by someone's arsonboat, and there was nowhere to run.

Therefore, he just observed at the mouth of the sea, and then did not hesitate to give the order, and the fleet went to the right and went straight to the east.

Yuegang to Dongfan, about 400 miles, according to the normal speed of the sailboat, about a day and a half time, but, the sky is not beautiful, the wind direction is not right, the whole fleet arrived in Penghu until the evening of the next day, he originally wanted to enter Penghu Bay to rest for a night, as a result, came to the entrance of Penghu Bay to see, there is a fortress inside, and there are hundreds of arsonist boats!

Spex had no choice but to lead the fleet south, find a small island, and rest for the night.

Fortunately, it was only a hundred miles away from the castle of Formosa Geranza, which he had always dreamed of, and the fleet set out early the next morning, and at noon, they rushed to the sea outside the castle of Geranza.

He took a closer look with his binoculars, and no, there were no abominable boats near the castle of Geranza, not in front, on the left, not on the right, and as for the back, he could not see it, and he did not know if there was.

But it didn't matter, the boats had to go through that narrow exit to get around the back, and when the time came, the artillery fire was so heavy that a hundred or so boats could not withstand a round of broadside volleys.

He estimated that the main fleet of the Ming Empire was very likely to be in the harbor, and now it was developed, the exit was so wide, and it was on the same line as the Geranza Castle, and he would not be able to bombard the Geranza Castle if he bombarded it, just leave twenty super battleships ready to block the exit, and he could use thirty super battleships to slowly bombard the Geranza Castle outside, thirty search super battleships, and ten rounds of salvos on each side, which would definitely make the Geranza Castle dumb.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered excitedly: "Order the super battleships to stop in two detachments about six miles away directly opposite the castle of Geranza, and all the armed merchant ships to stop on the periphery of the two squadrons, ready to block the exit of the bay." ”

The whole fleet immediately split into two parts, twenty super battleships and sixty armed merchant ships, and stopped about six miles away from the castle of Geranza.

Spex then ordered: "Order the remaining super battleships to cruise back and forth, aiming at the castle of Géranza, and firing ten volleys on the port side and port." ”

At this time, Zhang Bin was standing on the watchtower on the third floor of the castle of Geranza and looking at the Dutch fleet with a telescope, the height here has exceeded the attack height of the naval guns, there is no danger at all, just suitable for commanding the battle.

As soon as he saw the enemy's fleet separated, he immediately understood that they were trying to block the exit, and if his men were all sailing ships, it would be really troublesome, because the speed of the sailing ships was slow, and hundreds of ships had to squeeze out of the exit less than a mile wide, at least a quarter of an hour.

In that case, as long as people lean over and fire a few volleys, it is estimated that the entire exit will be blocked by the sunken ship!

Fortunately, they have wheels, and when the time comes, they will have a surprise, Zhang Bin laughed evilly, and then raised his binoculars to observe the remaining thirty super battleships.

At this time, the thirty super battleships have slowly lined up and began to move slowly from south to north, they are about to shoot a salvo from the starboard side, Zhang Bin didn't care, because there is Qi Yuanbi under the command, and he doesn't need to worry about this little thing.

Sure enough, before the thirty super battleships had fired, the fortress remembered the roar of artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom", the thirty super battleships began to rise around the skyrocketing water columns, several shells hit the super battleship in the lead, and the sawdust on the super battleship flew sideways.

Soon, the thirty super battleships also opened fire one after another, and the two sides began to bombard, and the shells suddenly fell like rain.

There was a "popping" sound in the castle of Geranza, and rubble flew everywhere.

About a quarter of an hour later, a line of thirty super-battleships passed over the sea about five miles in front of the castle of Geranza, and a starboard salvo ended.

Immediately afterwards, the thirty super battleships made a large arc in the north, and began to slowly move from north to south, and they were about to fire a salvo from the port side.

Zhang Bin thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Order, Yu Chenglong led the wheels to assemble behind the castle of Geranza to prepare for the attack, and Zheng Zhilong led the main warship to follow. ”

As soon as he had given the order, the two sides began to bombard again, and the outer walls of the castle of Geranza were gradually bombarded, and the Dutch super battleships also suffered a lot of shells.

About a quarter of an hour later, a line of thirty super-battleships again sailed over the sea about five miles in front of the castle of Geranza, and a round of port salvo ended.

At this time, the thirty super battleships turned a big arc as Zhang Bin thought, and turned around to start a new round of starboard salvos.

The corners of Zhang Bin's mouth showed an arc, and he turned to look behind, at this time, more than two hundred wheels had already gathered behind the castle of Geranza, and further back, more than three hundred main warships were also slowly gathering.

A huge roar of artillery sounded in front of him, and a new round of bombardment began, shells continued to stagger in the air, and on both sides there was a burst of sawdust flying and debris scattering, and the damage to both the city walls and the hull of the super battleship was getting worse and worse.

The artillery battle of this era is like this, there is no explosive effect, it can only be smashed hard by iron lumps, so it is very difficult to sink a large ship tens of meters long, unless dozens of shells hit at the same time, and it is even more difficult to collapse the city wall, unless hundreds of shells hit an area at the same time.

About a quarter of an hour later, thirty super-battleships completed another starboard salvo and began to turn around, preparing for the next port salvo.

The smile on Zhang Bin's face became stronger and stronger, and sure enough, as he imagined, this stupid bi wanted to collapse all the walls outside the castle of Geranza, and then clean up the fort behind, but unfortunately, they didn't have this opportunity.

Soon, a new round of bombardment began between the two sides.

Zhang Bin kept a close eye on the last super battleship with a telescope, and finally, after a puff of white smoke, the last super battleship also finished pouring out shells, and the thirty super battleships continued to sail south, ready to turn around.

It was at this time that Zhang Bin shouted: "Order, Yu Chenglong led the wheel to rush out, hurry south, catch up, and seize the ship!" ”

The flag waved, and more than 200 wheels lined up in more than 20 columns, and suddenly turned out from behind the castle of Geranza, and went straight to the exit of the harbor.

When the first row of twenty wheels came out of the exit, the twenty super battleships guarding outside found out, and they immediately set sail and rushed to the exit.

"Boom boom" There was a roar of artillery, and one, two, three, and twenty super battleships swept through the exit of the inland sea of the Taijiang River in turn, and slowly sailed to the north, each super battleship frantically poured more than 50 shells towards the exit.

If it is a sailing ship, it will be a bad luck at this time, because it takes time for the sailboat to turn and accelerate, and six miles away from the exit there are sixty armed merchant ships that are preparing to fire on this side, and they will not be able to rush straight through, either to the north or to the south, and they must turn, and if the speed of the ship slows down as soon as they turn, they will be smashed by more than a thousand shells pouring over, and they do not know how much they will lose.

It's a pity that the Ming army is a steam-powered wheel, and the steering will not slow down at all, how fast the wheels are, the twenty super battleships over there have just started, and the ten rows of wheels here have already swarmed out, the first super battleship has just fired, and the ten rows of wheels have already braved the shells and turned the rudder to gallop towards the south.

On one side to the south, on the other hand, the two sides quickly staggered, only the three super battleships in front of more than 150 shells could be swept to the tail of the wheel fleet, more than ten wheel ships were smashed sawdust flying sideways, several ships were directly hit through the deck, and slowly sank down, hundreds of Ming soldiers jumped into the sea like dumplings.

That's all, there was no other effect, the Dutch admiral who commanded the twenty super battleships was dumbfounded, what kind of speed is this, why is it that as soon as this side starts, all the other side has already rushed out, and as soon as the first super battleship here fires, that side began to turn, without a trace of stagnation, without any slowdown, and ran quickly to the south.

His twenty super battleships were heading north, and it was impossible for him to command the battleships to go south to eat the shells of the fortress, and as a result, the two sides staggered in the blink of an eye, and he didn't know what to do when he looked at the empty harbor exit.

At this time, the thirty super battleships led by Spex had not yet turned around, and he was there thinking about what to do next after capturing the castle of Geranza, when suddenly there was a terrible whistle on the mast, and he hurriedly looked up to see that the sentry was pointing behind.

He raised his binoculars and swept back, lying in the groove, the back was densely packed with Ming warships, and the speed was very fast, and he was rushing towards this side at a high speed.

Do you still turn around?

I also turned around to find death, looking at the number of warships of the Ming army, there were at least more than two hundred, and I turned around and threw myself into their arms, if they surrounded and set fire, I am afraid that my thirty super battleships will be burned to the ground!

He hurriedly ordered: "Quick, turn the sails, disengage with the wind, fire the secondary guns behind, block it, let the remaining twenty super battleships follow quickly, and inform that idiot in Pradley, let him come over immediately with armed merchant ships, and stop these damn arsonist ships, otherwise military law will deal with them!" ”

He subconsciously thought that this was an arson ship sent by the Ming army to die together, but in fact, these were even more terrible than the arson boat, they were here to seize the ship, not to burn the ship!

The downwind direction is due right, which is the direction away from the coast, just to escape, if it is to the left, it is doomed, they have to hit the shore.

More than 200 wheels of the Ming army here were subjected to a round of artillery fire from the auxiliary guns of 30 super battleships, and at the cost of sinking several wheels, they quickly approached the super battleships that fled westward in a long line.

Sixty armed merchant ships over there received the order, and hurriedly turned their bows and inserted themselves to intercept the two hundred or so wheels, while the remaining twenty super battleships also began to turn around and leave the coast downwind.

If these wheels were the speed of ordinary rowing boats, they might really be intercepted by all sixty armed merchant ships, allowing all the super battleships to successfully break away, but unfortunately, the wheels are much faster than the rowing boats.

Before the sixty armed merchant ships had arrived, dozens of super-battleships had already been caught up on the rearmost super-battleships, and the commanders of these super-battleships had even begun to instruct their soldiers to carry water and take thick cloths to prepare for extinguishing the fire.

However, there was no oil canister thrown at all, and there was not a single fire in sight, and the wheels were not arson!

"Bang bang", there was a light sound, and there were suddenly countless more tails in the stern of several super battleships, and I don't know how many hook locks hooked onto the aft deck, and the commanders of these super battleships saw this and hurriedly ordered someone to cut the hook locks.

"Bang papa", this time it was a burst of muskets, and the people sent over were beaten into a sieve as soon as they ran to the stern of the boat, and many Ming soldiers with guns were standing on the top of many wheels below, aiming at this side and firing!

At this time, sixty armed merchant ships finally intervened, and they literally rushed directly into the two hundred wheels.

The commander of the detachment, Pradley, was first afraid of delaying the fighters, so Spex dragged him out and killed him, and then, he found that the Ming warships had not set fire at all, so he bravely led the detachment to rush up.

If these wheels are set on fire, he will never dare to lead the fleet to rush over, more than 200 warships surround his sixty armed merchant ships and set fire, it is very likely that none of them will be able to escape, and they will be burned to the ground!

He was not very afraid of the battle, don't look at the large number of people in the Ming Naval Division, but there are not as many people as there are on their side at this time, because at this time, the Ming army has a total of only two hundred and fifty warships to participate in the battle, and it seems that there are only about twenty people on each ship, and there are only about 5,000 people in total.

And the armed merchant ships under his command, there are nearly 100 people on one ship, 60 ships are about 6,000 people, and the super battleship is even more incredible, plus the gunners, there are two or three hundred people on a super battleship, and nearly 20,000 people on his side to deal with 5,000 Ming troops, he is afraid of a fart.

At this time, the sea outside the castle of Geranza was already in chaos, the Dutch super battleships were detaching from the coast to the west, and the wheels of the Ming army were biting their tails and chasing, but the armed merchant ships of the Dutch suddenly intervened again, and more than 300 ships were suddenly mixed together and started a melee.

Spex looked behind with a telescope, there was no fire, the Ming army obviously didn't come to set fire, do you want to fight a broadside battle, he casually glanced at a wheel, there were only a dozen or twenty people in total, broadside battle, it seems that his side has an absolute advantage in numbers!

He was about to order all the super battleships to turn around and join the battle group to support the battleships that were fighting with the Ming army in the back, when countless warships suddenly poured out from the exit of the inland sea of the Taijiang River in the distance, and the dense sails, I don't know how many.

It's over, the main fleet of the Ming army, how can you forget this!

His face changed miserably, he gritted his teeth, and roared unwillingly: "Quick, order all warships to break away as soon as possible with the wind to the west, quickly!" ”

Unfortunately, it was too late, and by this time, five super battleships had already been entangled, and nearly two hundred Ming soldiers rushed up on each of them.

The equipment of the soldiers of the Ming army is specially used to engage in battle, they are unified with crossbows on their waists, long knives on their backs, wearing wooden armor, and more importantly, they are brave and fearless, rushing up to do it, and don't think about anything else.

And the Dutch soldiers on the super battleship were already panicked at this time, they didn't care about the thick wooden armor on the chest of the Ming army, or greeted the chest part, and shot over, at most a hole in the wooden armor, the Ming soldiers basically had nothing to do, but as soon as they took out their crossbows and shot an arrow, the Dutch soldiers would immediately scream and roll on the deck!

The five super battleships couldn't run away, and there were more than 20 armed merchant ships that were also crawling with Ming soldiers, and they couldn't run away, Spex's eyes saw the hundreds of Ming warships behind him getting closer and closer, and he could only roar in despair: "Break away, break away, get out as soon as you can!" ”

This battle was fought, it was a hell, it was okay at the beginning, and in a blink of an eye, more than 200 Ming warships came out of the back, this was mixed together, who would dare to open fire, thousands of artillery pieces have become ornaments, and in the end he could only flee in a hurry with more than 40 super battleships and more than 30 armed merchant ships, if you really want to fight a broadside battle with the Ming army here, it is estimated that all the warships will have to be planted here!

In this situation, even Zhang Bin didn't expect it, he just wanted to grab one or two super battleships as samples, who knew that it would become like this, the warships behind had not fired a single shot, and the enemy ran away, this battle was really inexplicable!