There were two war horses, one rider was Mo Qiufeng, and the other was a heroic female general, she was Ma Jin's wife Zhang Ziting.

Gongsun Hao hurriedly stepped forward and helped his wife to dismount, and asked Mo Qiufeng: "Why did you come back so quickly?" ”

Mo Qiufeng said: "I haven't even walked to Chang'an City, but I met the commander and his wife. ”

Zhang Ziting said: "The commander and I were about to go to the dock, and we ran into Company Commander Mo halfway, so we came over directly." ”

Gongsun Hao said: "It's really disturbing to have Mrs. Lao come in person. ”

Zhang Ziting said: "I am happy to contribute to the construction of Chang'an, not to mention disturbing." ”

Gongsun Hao said: "Let's go over immediately, time waits for no one!" ”

"Good!" Zhang Ziting picked up a simple medicine box and followed Gongsun Hao.

Mo Qiufeng said: "I'll bring a few people to protect you." ”

Gongsun Hao said: "It's not to fight, you don't need so many people, Commander Mo, you bring two people, don't bring guns, and go with us." ”

……

The city planning and management office has once again launched a plan to find coal, and geologists can now safely enter the areas inhabited by the Indians, and the areas controlled by the Huaxia State are also allowed to enter and exit freely.

On the coast of Long Island, there is even a small fishing village of the Hindians.

Because of the lack of labor, Gao Junshan instructed Ma Jin that it was acceptable for the Indians to do some heavy physical work on Long Island, and the Indians were also willing to engage in these heavy physical labors, because they could get paid for their labor, and because they had a regular income, their livelihood was also secure.

……

One day in August, speedboats patrolling near Long Island spotted a convoy on the distant horizon, and the officers and men on duty on the speedboats were immediately alerted.

The captain was monitoring the fleet with a telescope, and the captain, who had had many encounters with the Dutch, could tell at a glance that it was a Dutch fleet.

"Immediately report to the captain that in my north-east direction, a Dutch fleet has been discovered, thirty nautical miles from the pier." The captain shouted an order to the operator.

After a while, the conductor reported to the captain: "The captain asked, how many ships are there?" ”

The captain said: "The situation is unknown, it is under observation." ”

After a while, the operator announced: "Captain's order, report the speed of the Dutch fleet." ”

The captain said: "The speed is 5 knots, and it is heading towards my dock." ”

After a while, the operator reported: "The captain ordered us to return to the sea. ”

"Homecoming!" The captain ordered.

……

Zhao Zhengnan, the captain of the battleship "Zheng He No. 6", was in full charge of the coastal defense of Long Island, and the battleships currently on Long Island had one Zheng He-class battleship and two Wuchang-class battleships, and it would not be much of a problem to deal with a sail fleet, so Zhao Zhengnan was not flustered.

He first judged that this Dutch fleet should be a transport fleet, and their purpose must have been to send supplies to the Dutch here, and they did not know that this place had been occupied by the Chinese army.

They must have crossed the ocean to come here, and they must have wanted to dock at the port as soon as possible to recuperate, and we would be able to deal with a tired army at ease.

Zhao Zhengnan reported his idea to Ma Jin, who agreed with his analysis and transferred the 5th Marine Division to the first line of defense at the dock to prevent the Dutch from forcibly landing.

The three battleships marched in unison, heading northeast to meet the Dutch fleet, with "Zheng He No. 6" in the center and moving forward at full speed......

This sudden appearance of the fleet was the Dutch West India Company.

At this time, the Netherlands did not have a national navy in the strict sense of the word, and each of the five coastal provinces in the Netherlands had its own admiralty: Amsterdam, FrieslandCampina, the Northern Province, Rotterdam and Sealand.

The Dutch East India Company and the West India Company also had their own navies, and the fleet that now appeared near Long Island was the fleet of the Dutch West India Company, which consisted of thirty battleships and one hundred and twenty merchant ships.

The Dutch merchant ships are all escorted by the navy, with the escort of the navy, they do not need to install cannons on each Dutch merchant ship, do not need to fire cannons, the deck does not need to be built too strong, the construction cost of the ship can be reduced, and without gunners, relatively speaking, the sailors on the ship can also be reduced, so a 300-ton Dutch merchant ship only needs nine sailors to control freely, while a 300-ton Chinese sail merchant ship needs twice as many sailors to control, because the Chinese merchant ships are equipped with cannons, the weight of the hull is more than that of the Dutch merchant ships.

Dutch merchant ships also had the advantage of not having cannons, which was that they had enough space to carry cargo, food, and drinking water to ensure the duration of the merchant ships.

At this time, the fleet was already at the limit of its sailing, and the food and water on board had been cut off for two days, and it was in urgent need of a port to rest.

The Dutch spotted the Huaxia warships rushing towards them, and the three steam engine battleships of Huaxia came with billowing black smoke, and it was difficult for the Dutch not to be discovered, to the surprise of the Dutch, how could the Huaxia battleships appear at the docks of their West India Company.

This Dutch fleet, after many hardships, finally reached its destination, and before it had time to rejoice, it was about to face a big battle.

The commander of the West India Company, Horden, hoped that what appeared in front of him was not the enemy, because he knew very well the morale of his side, and after fighting the wind and waves, they were exhausted and could not fight the Chinese navy at all.

"General Holden, the enemy has only three battleships." The first mate seemed to see hope of victory.

Commander Horden shook his head weakly and said, "Our navy is no longer able to fight. ”

The first mate did not give up and said: "If you don't fight to the death, how can you know that the enemy is invincible?" ”

"That's it, get ready to fight!" Commander Horden said this without confidence.

Thirty Dutch battleships left the convoy and formed two columns to outflank the three battleships of the Huaxia Navy.

The huge cannon of the steam engine battleship spewed out fierce flames, the fire reflected the sea red, and the rumbling cannon sound shook the sky, the Dutch battleship only had two large battleships of the third class, and the rest were battleships of the fourth or even fifth rank, these two large battleships of the third class were hit by cannonballs first, and the hull of the ship burst into flames, and the first to catch fire was the large sails, which were caused by being hit by incendiary bombs.

The Dutch battleship was also heroic, and organized a counterattack, and the "Boom Boom" third class battleship opened fire one after another, and the shells flew out on the burning battleship, and after flying on the sea surface for 500 meters, they landed on the vast sea, and the sea water rose up one after another.

"Reach in! Lean in! Commander Holden shouted desperately, "Let's fight more and less!" Fight more and fight less! ”

The first mate faced the commander who was almost crazy and said, "General Holden, the tail rudder has been blown up, and the battleship can't get close to the Huaxia warship." ”

Hoden looked at the raging fire on the battleship and shouted, "Hurry up and put out the fire!" Hurry up and put out the fire! ”

The first mate poured cold water on him and said: "The fire is too big, the fire is difficult to extinguish for a while, it seems that we are going to abandon the ship." ”

"Where's our Black Wind?" Commander Holden still had a glimmer of hope, and he asked the first mate beside him.

The first mate showed Horden with his finger: "General Horden, look, our 'Black Wind' is sinking. ”

Horgan looked in the direction the first mate was pointing, and another third-class battleship was even more fire-fighting than his side, and had begun to roll over and sink.

Hoden fainted on deck in despair.