A discussion ended unhappily, and up to this point Putmans was confident in the fortified castle under his feet and the dozens of cannons installed on it.

Although the Tiance army has successively defeated its own fleet and the Zheng family's huge fleet, this is the city of Geranza, and Putmans intends to hold on for a while, at least to strive for a decent surrender, which can be regarded as an explanation to the country and the company.

"You're Zheng Cai?" Wang Yue looked at Zheng Cai in front of him, about twenty-three or fourteen years old, although embarrassed, but very energetic young man.

"It's Zheng Cai, who has seen Lord Wang!" Zheng Cai saluted on one knee.

Although Zheng Cai's surname is Zheng, he is not of the same clan as Zheng Zhilong, but he is capable, and he is the first person in the Zheng Zhilong Group second only to Zheng's brothers by relying on his own ability, which shows that the level is not ordinary.

"Get up." Wang Yue raised his hand slightly.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Zheng Cai stood still.

This is the dock landing ship meeting room, a large number of prisoners of the Zheng family are in the process of identity screening, Zheng Cai's identity was quickly recognized, so he was sent to Wang Yue.

Wang Yue said with a calm face: "Your Zheng family colluded with Xiyi to fight against the imperial army, Zheng Cai, tell me, what should be the crime of this?" ”

Zheng Cai immediately knelt down again and said: "Lord Wang, you have misunderstood, our eldest brother's loyalty to the court has never changed, and he was also prodded by the villain, so he made such a stupid act, and I hope that Lord Wang will forgive his sins." ”

Who is Zheng Zhilong, Wang Yue knows better than anyone else, national righteousness is nonsense, and interests are the core.

Wang Yue said noncommittally: "Let's talk about it, how did you send troops?" He was a little curious.

Zheng Cai had no choice but to tell Wang Yue the details of the meeting, not to tell the truth, there were many leaders who participated in the meeting, and some were also among the captives.

Wang Yue was very surprised after hearing this, it seems that although Zheng Sen is young, his knowledge is different from others.

He nodded and said, "Zheng Cai, this official will give you a chance to mend your ways." This time, a large number of prisoners of your Zheng family have been captured, and they will serve hard labor for three years, depending on the performance, they will be released after three years, and you, as one of the leaders, must cooperate with the work of our army, and may have the possibility of gaining freedom in advance. ”

Zheng Cai was overjoyed, this punishment was really too light: "Thank you Lord Wang for your magnanimity." ”

Wang Yue waved his hand and asked people to take him down.

There are really too many prisoners of the Zheng family captured this time, Wang Yue has urgently transferred the brigade of Huang San under Luo Kaiyuan, the chief captain of the prisoner camp, to Taiwan from the starting point city, and the professional things are handed over to professional people, these people have accumulated a lot of experience in the process of taking prisoners.

Some of these captives of the Zheng family will be absorbed into the navy or fleet of the Tiance Army in the future, especially the transport fleet will definitely be expanded to a large scale in the future, and the Zheng family still has a lot of experience at sea, which depends on the progress of ideological transformation in the future.

"Yuanshan, when you attack Gelanza City tomorrow, take all the leaders of the Zheng family to watch the battle." Wang Yue instructed Feng Yuanshan.

"Understood!"

For the Zheng family, these people still have to continue to stand up, after all, there are too many people.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1637), it was eight o'clock in the morning on September 29.

After breakfast, the Tiance army began to move, and the main direction of attack today was the south gate, and four self-propelled howitzers were placed two kilometers away from the city of Geranza, and mortar positions were also set up nearby.

Putmans, who came to the city early in the morning, looked at it for a long time and didn't see it, and finally saw the self-propelled howitzers that were raising the muzzle, and those camouflage-mounted mortars were ignored by him.

He turned his head and asked Krull, "Colonel, did you see that?" They only have four cannons, and they are still placed so far away, is it used to scare people? ”

Colonel Krull shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't understand, no cannon could have hit so far in his mind.

Putmans solemnly commanded: "Krul, you remember to me that you will fire at me as long as the other side is close to the range of our artillery, and we must not let them set up the cannon in front of us so smoothly." ”

"Don't worry, I'll let them know." Krull swore an oath, and then he suddenly pointed to the sky and said, "Oh, Your Excellency the Governor, look! What is that? ”

Putmans looked in the direction he was pointing and exclaimed, "Oh God, what is this?" ”

In the sky, three helicopters came in formation, of course, their formation is relatively loose, not as compact as the helicopter formation of later generations, the first is the Apache helicopter piloted by Wang Yue, the other two helicopters will hover after reaching the target, the main work is to provide coordinates for the shelling.

"Boom, boom, boom......!" The shelling began, and the first to speak were four one-five-five-mm self-propelled howitzers. At a high speed of more than 930 meters per second, the huge cannonballs roared and hit the yellow granite fortress of the city of Geranza, and the debris flew and immediately blew a large crater in the shell of the fortress, and more than a dozen gunners inside the fortress were killed on the spot, and the shrapnel and debris that flew out wounded or killed dozens of Dutch soldiers in the open air within a hundred meters nearby.

Four shells exploded in succession, one of which exploded eighty meters away from Putmans, and several soldiers standing near him were hit on the head by the rubble and bleeding, one of them had his thigh cut off by shrapnel, and he was bleeding profusely, lying on the ground wailing.

It was only then that Putmans came to his senses, and he tried to run away, but felt that his legs were filled with lead. The whole person froze in place as if someone had cast a spell, trying to shout but couldn't shout, allowing the whistling cannon to echo in his ears.

"Your Excellency, go quickly...... It's too dangerous here. ”

Colonel Krull was a veteran after all, and reacted quickly, immediately pulling the dazed Putmans back to hide.

It was only then that Putmans recovered from his panic, and he looked at his city defense commander gratefully: "Krull, thank you for saving me. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, now is not the time to talk about this, it looks like we're in big trouble." Colonel Krull said worriedly.

They had seen the power of the cannonballs just now, and it seemed that the city of Geranza was in danger.

Indeed, after the self-propelled howitzers opened fire, the three 76-mm naval guns of the landing ship and the two coast guard warships located on the sea also began to pour fire on the city of Geranza.

Now the gun uses armor-piercing shells, with a range of 17 kilometers and a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, which can be described as powerful, and the average modern frigate of 2,000 tons cannot withstand the continuous shelling of this gun, and of course it is not a problem to deal with the rock fortress of the city of Geranza.