The "Three People's Principles for the Unification of China" facing the mainland, due to disrepair, has already peeled off its figures, and this has also aroused dissatisfaction on the other side.

On one occasion, ZF officials in Kinmen County received a telephone call from leaders on the other side of the strait, complaining that the words "Three People's Principles for the Unification of China" had fallen and they did not repair them. The Kinmen official asked rhetorically: "What is your business?" The leader on the other side of the strait said: "Tourists come to our side and see that your words are not complete, and they will complain to us!" ”

This is Ma Yingojiu's joke during a conversation, which shows how close Xiamen Island and Kinmen Island are.

The Tiance warships took advantage of the radar and evaded the patrol ships near Liaoluo Bay.

However, after such a large fleet of the Tiance Army Navy Fleet sailed between Xiamen Island and Kinmen Island, it was difficult not to be discovered, and the first to discover the figure of the Tiance Army was the Kinmen defenders.

The long conch horn was blown, and there was finally a commotion in the calm Liaoluo Bay, and the Zheng family warships in the harbor began to be crowded, and some ships had already begun to raise their sails, which looked like they were reacting quickly.

The movement in Liuluo Bay was clearly seen by the drone, and the two maritime surveillance warships then broke away from the fleet's main formation, drew a graceful arc on the sea, and headed towards Kinmen, their mission was to intercept the Zheng family warship in Liuluo Bay.

The naval fleet of the Tiance Army continued to rush towards Xiamen Island, and the speed of the voyage also increased to 25 knots, and then the sound of artillery in the direction of Kinmen was heard, which was the artillery bombardment of the Zheng family warship in Liaoluo Bay by the twelve 85-millimeter anti-aircraft guns on the two maritime surveillance warships.

The moon and stars in the sky were scarce, and it was the last moment of darkness before dawn, and the two maritime surveillance warships were spewing orange flames continuously, and after the firelight, several traces of light rushed towards the Zheng family warship that was raising sails in the harbor five kilometers away.

The sound of the explosion sounded in the harbor, and several sailing ships docked in dense numbers were immediately shot, and the fire of the explosion continued to sound, after which the connected sailboats turned into a ball of fire, and the sails rolled up towards the sky like mats, and some fragments flew over the firelight, burrowing into the unknowable darkness. Some warships were even hit several times, but the wooden hull could not withstand the violent explosion, and immediately broke into two pieces and sank under the water, and the flames floating on the surface of the water were quickly extinguished and dimmed.

The shelling of the warships immediately stunned the soldiers of the Zheng family, and such a fierce shelling was something they had never experienced before, so the shelling made their plan to sail against the enemy even more panicked.

Kinmen Island was the area where the Zheng family's fleet garrisoned the most, as it was the first line of defense for Xiamen and Anping. The number of three-masted Daifuku ships with a displacement of 1,000 tons alone is as high as 28, which basically accounts for half of the Zheng family's existing Daifuku ships.

There were more than 300 warships of 400 to 800 tons, and there were even more two-masted ships, Canton ships, Cangshan ships, and even more sand ships.

There were even European-style warships flying the flag of the Dutch East India Company, owned by the Dutch commercial commissioner in Fujian, and there were three such merchant ships, one in Kinmen and two in Xiamen. The Zheng family had very close business contacts with the Dutch, and due to the backward communication and the situation in Batavia, the commercial commissioner of Fujian did not know about it, but only learned from the mouth of the Zheng family that it had been occupied by the Tiance army.

Of course, it was impossible for the strike of the two maritime surveillance warships to completely stop the plans of several hundred sailing ships to raise their sails and go to sea. However, with the speed of the warships and the rate of fire of their guns, their plans to meet the enemy were of course doubly difficult.

The sound of artillery from the direction of Kinmen immediately alarmed Xiamen Island, and at the first moment of the cannon sound, Zheng Zhilong was woken up by his own soldiers.

Zheng Zhilong has been staying in Xiamen these days, and the battle with the Tiance Army made him feel that the gap between him and the Tiance Army in technology is too far, if there is no strong ship and artillery, the Zheng family will only gradually sink, so Zheng Zhilong urgently needs to rearm.

While the fortifications were being built in case the Tiance army might attack, an arms factory was built near the shipyard on Gulangyu Island.

Most of the technicians at this military factory were hired from Macau to build the so-called "new Hongyi cannon", a term touted by the Portuguese.

The rumbling sound of artillery came from the direction of Kinmen, and Zheng Zhilong's first reaction was that the Tiance army had called, because the deadline set by Wang Yue had arrived.

"Wang Yue deceived people too much, I am a guerrilla general of Fujian coastal defense, and I am the same official of the imperial court as you, attacking Fujian is like a rebellion, I see how you explain it to the imperial court." Zheng Zhilong, wearing only his underwear, roared angrily in the direction of Jinmen.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Zhifeng hurried over, and when they heard Zheng Zhilong roaring, Zheng Zhibao said hesitantly: "Hey, big brother, what's the use of talking about this now?" He Wang Yue doesn't even care about the emperor, so what kind of court does he care? You are now quickly back to the center and left to control the overall situation, my Zheng family still has more than 100,000 land troops, no matter how powerful the warships of his Tiance Army are, they can't go to land. ”

Zheng Zhifeng also said: "The third brother is right, the strong dragon is not yet the head snake. His Tiance army came across the sea, and his strength must be limited, so we will deal with him and let him retreat. ”

Zheng Zhilong settled down, began to dress his subordinates, and said while wearing: "Quickly send an order, let Tong'an's garrison immediately assemble to the center and left, and the Hulishan Fort will also strengthen the guard, and then order Anping to strengthen the guard, in case the goal of the Tiance army is not only Xiamen." ”

Zheng Zhifeng said: "Big brother, let my brother take the fleet in Xiamen to rescue Kinmen." ”

"Nope." Zheng Zhilong said categorically: "Fourth, you command the fleet to retreat into Wuyuan Bay in the north to keep Xiamen's retreat, if the Tiance army forcibly breaks in, this place is suitable for fire attack." ”

Wuyuan Bay is located between Xiamen Island and the mainland, about 500 meters wide, the bay road is long and narrow, the water level is not suitable for large modern ships to pass, but it is the only place for Xiamen to return to the mainland from the north.

"As for Kinmen's fleet, they can only rely on themselves." Thinking of the naval battle with the Tiance Army and the Navy, Zheng Zhilong shuddered, he knew that there was no chance of winning the naval battle, and it was better to rely on the terrain to compete with the Tiance Army on land.

Zheng Zhilong did not have a land battle with the Tiance army, so he did not evacuate immediately, but chose to stick to Xiamen.

After many years of operation by the Zheng family, Xiamen is now very prosperous, and many of the Zheng family's industries are spread all over the island, which they cannot give up.

There were more than 35,000 Zheng garrisons on the island, 60,000 troops in Tong'an on the other side of the island, and more than 50,000 troops near Anping, their hometown. The Zheng family started by the sea, and the huge fleet of warships made the Zheng family confident enough to threaten from the sea, so the coastal defense force was not strong.

The main object of the Zheng family's army is from the mainland, and the purpose is to prevent the imperial court from suddenly turning against him. However, Tong'an's 50,000 troops had to pass through the 500-meter-wide strait to the island, which was not a matter of a day and a half, and there was no cross-sea bridge in Wuyuan Bay now.

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