Chapter 257: Have You Seen the Emperor's Telegram?
By noon, the spies had returned, and they had no trouble finding out the movements of the Dutch.
When these Dutchmen heard that Zheng Chenggong was going to attack Taiwan, they were extremely frightened and sent people to rush back to the Netherlands overnight to move rescue troops. In order to prevent Zheng Chenggong's troops from landing on the island, they concentrated their troops in two castles in Taiwan and Chichi, and scuttled dozens of broken ships at the mouth of the sea in a vain attempt to prevent Zheng Chenggong's fleet from landing.
Now it is the high tide period, not to mention dozens of broken ships, even if you have a hundred or a thousand broken ships, it will not help, how can you stop the advance of the First Fleet?
The landing operation was carried out by the First Fleet as the main attack, and the Sixth Fleet as the countermeasure. The First Fleet, led by Zheng Chenggong, set out from Quanzhou, and the Sixth Fleet, led by Li Feixiong, dispatched a hundred warships and set off from Naha.
Let's put aside the First Fleet first, and show the situation of the Sixth Fleet departing from Naha.
Naha's Li Feixiong dispatched the capital ship "Wuchang VI" this time, and according to Gao Junshan's instructions, he left the "Wuchang VI" in Naha to serve as a guard mission.
"Wuchang VII" is a new type of warship, the difference is that the main turret is enlarged, so that the three main battle guns on the foredeck are greatly powerful, and the defense capability has also been strengthened.
Before leaving, Gao Chengjun's army repeatedly instructed Li Feixiong to be sure to annihilate the Dutch army, and never be merciful to the enemy who invaded Huaxia, and not to teach these robbers some lessons, and to think that our Huaxia is easy to bully.
Li Feixiong took the order to set out, and his Sixth Fleet did not encounter a lot of trouble like Zheng Chenggong, Li Feixiong had a copy of the nautical chart, and they set out from Naha according to the nautical chart, passing through Naki Island, Kume Island, Miyako Island, and Iriomote Island, and then crossed west to northern Taiwan, and reached the designated position very smoothly.
Li Feixiong had a marine battalion on his side, and a battalion was transferred to Zheng Chenggong's command.
At noon on 24 April, the visibility at sea was very good, and at this time, the battleship "Wuchang No. 7" had approached the island of Taiwan.
Li Feixiong ordered the fleet to slow down the advance.
"Report to the brigade commander, the island of Taiwan is ahead."
The lookout on the cockpit reported to Li Feixiong.
Li Feixiong raised his binoculars and looked at the island in front of him.
"Distance?" Li Feixiong asked the lookout.
"About twenty nautical miles."
"The fleet stopped advancing. Order a platoon, take a transmitter, and go island in a small boat to find out the enemy's situation. Li Feixiong immediately gave the order.
As a result, two small sampans were placed on the "Wuchang No. 7," and a platoon of 32 people from the Marine Battalion got on the two small sampans and rowed toward the island of Taiwan.
Li Feixiong watched the two small sampans go away, and there was no wind and waves on the sea, only seagulls flying in the distance.
In the torment of waiting, time always flies slowly.
Time passed little by little, however, the scouts on the island never called back. Li Feixiong waited anxiously in the newspaper room, worried about the lives of his comrades-in-arms.
The two small sampans went for an hour without replying, and when they heard the sound of heavy gunfire coming from the island, Li Feixiong could no longer sit still, and he ordered the fleet to immediately advance towards the island of Taiwan, and ordered the main battle guns to be ready to fire at any time.
When the "Wuchang No. 7" approached the seashore, the military flag of Huaxia was seen flying high from a distance. It turned out that this platoon that went up, after a fierce battle, had already occupied the coast.
Li Feixiong did not go ashore, because of the underwater situation, the battleship could only anchor in the deep sea area, and did not rashly approach the shallow water area.
In the evening, the troops who landed on the shore came back to report that there were only a hundred Dutch soldiers and a few Dutch merchants on the island, and that the Dutch soldiers had been completely wiped out, and the remaining merchants were also controlled.
Through telegraph contact with Zheng Chenggong, knowing that the First Fleet was fighting fiercely with the Dutch, Li Feixiong took a company and ordered the "Wuchang No. 7" to go south at full speed to support Zheng Chenggong, leaving 100 warships in place.
When Li Feixiong arrived at Jilong Harbor, it was already the early morning of the next day, and the fighting here had ended.
Ending the fight so soon? Didn't Zheng Chenggong fight for nearly nine months to recover Taiwan in history?
That's history, the high mountains have crossed, can history be rewritten?
The heavy artillery fire of the "Wuchang No. 1" sank a Dutch battleship "Hector", and the powerful firepower of the Marine battalion broke through the two castles of the Dutch, and after the enemy lost 1,600 men, the Dutch commander in Taiwan raised the white flag and surrendered.
The war ended so quickly.
In the ruins of the castle, more than 600 Dutch soldiers and nearly 100 merchants came out to surrender. How can there be so many businessmen?
Because the Dutch East India Company had a branch in Taiwan.
The Dutch East India Company was the first company to organize its own mercenaries, issue currency, and be the first company limited by shares, and was granted the right to enter into formal treaties with other nations, as well as to colonize and rule the land.
This company had the functions of the state, and was a commercial company that carried out colonial plunder and monopolized trade in the East.
Although the Dutch soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered, the Dutch governor in Taiwan asked for negotiations with Zheng Chenggong.
"Negotiations?" Zheng Chenggong said contemptuously, "What qualifications does he have to negotiate with us?" ”
Adjutant Zhou Wenbin said: "Commander, might as well listen to what they say?" ”
Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "It's okay." ”
The condition put forward by the Dutch governor in Taiwan was that he was willing to surrender the troops and return to China, and at the same time take away all their possessions on the island of Taiwan.
"Stuff your mother, think of your beauty!" Zheng Chenggong scolded, and then told the chief in righteous words, "Taiwan Island has always been the territory of our Huaxia Kingdom, and we must not only recover the right to use Taiwan Island, but also detain all goods on the island." ”
After listening to Zheng Chenggong's words, the Dutch governor in Taiwan howled arrogantly: "Aren't you afraid of my powerful Dutch Empire's fleet!?" ”
Zheng Chenggong said: "You are already our defeated general, is it useful for you to carry out your fleet?" To tell you the truth, not only are your possessions not to be taken away, but also your belongings, such as treasure beads and silver accumulation, cannot be taken away. ”
"I will accuse you, you are robbers!"
Zheng Chenggong said: "Stuff your mother!" You mad dog is still spraying here, and Lao Tzu will let you stay on the island of Taiwan forever to make fertilizer. ”
At this time, Li Feixiong also walked over, and he said to Zheng Chenggong: "Have you read the emperor's telegram?" The emperor demanded that we must resolutely, completely and cleanly exterminate the Dutch on the island! The Dutch were not allowed to take away a single cent of their property, and all the property on the island belonged to the Huaxia Kingdom. So, none of these people can live. ”
Zheng Chenggong ordered his troops to take all these Dutch prisoners, and then sent a telegram to Gao Junshan asking for instructions on how to deal with these Dutch invaders.