Volume VIII Chapter 20 The Capture of the Captain
The battle of Chicken Coop Harbor has lasted for three or four days, the Dutch Formosa Governor and the pirate Liu Xiang attacked the Spanish city of San Salvador, fought hard for three days, and saw that victory was in sight, but the Ming Nanyang Navy Division suddenly surrounded it from the north and eliminated the peripheral pirate Liu Xiang in one fell swoop.
It is said that the Dutch and the pirate Liu Xiangbu are obviously allies, why did they not react at all when they watched the Daming sailors besiege Liu Xiang?
They wanted to react, but their commander Putmans had already led most of his men to attack the city of San Salvador on Chicken Coop Island, and there were dozens of sailors and dozens of gunners left on their warships and armed merchant ships, how to react?
In fact, they still reacted, but instead of helping the pirates to deal with the Daming Marine, they went to the north shore of Chicken Coop Island to pick up their prefect Putmans.
Seeing that so many Ming warships suddenly appeared, Putmans also lost interest in attacking the Spaniards for a while, so he hurriedly led more than a thousand Dutchmen and more than a thousand pirates with cannons to the north shore of Jilong Island.
He was soon back on the only super-battleship of the Dutch, but his 120-odd guns would take a long time to return to the battleship and the armed merchant ship. As a result, their artillery had just been transported back to the ship, and before they could be put back in place, the pirate Liu Xiangbu was wiped out by the Daming Naval Division!
In fact, Putmans was not very afraid of the Da Ming Sailor, if he was afraid, he would directly drop the more than 120 cannons and run away, the reason why he didn't run was because he didn't believe that the Da Ming Water Master would dare to do anything to him. Although the pirate Liu Xiang is their ally, but after all, they are pirates, it is natural for the Ming Navy to suppress the pirates, and he is not good at interfering when the strength is not as good as others, he thinks that the Ming Navy will fight the pirates, and he will not dare to attack his fleet, because he is a Dutchman, this is the Dutch fleet, the Netherlands is the current sea overlord, the Ming dare to fight his fleet, is not afraid of the Dutch Navy to retaliate!
This time he really guessed wrong, and it was ridiculously wrong, the Daming Sailor came to clean him up, and the pirate Liu Xiangbu was just cleaned up by the way!
No, Zheng Zhihu had just finished watching Liu Xiang's suicide performance, and immediately gathered fifty super battleships and forced them to the Dutch fleet near the north coast of Jilong Island.
Putmans felt that something was wrong, he quickly asked the herald to climb the mast and asked the Daming Mariner what he wanted to do in the language of the flag, but the Daming Mariner did not react at all and directly surrounded them. Putmans was so angry, he pointed to Daming's fleet and roared: "Go, tell them that this is the fleet of the Dutch East India Company, and let them get out of the way for me." ”
Another herald hurriedly climbed the mast, and a flag was struck, and the Daming Naval Division finally reacted, and all the battleships were all crossed, and the right side of the ship was facing them "boom boom" is a round of shelling, and the shells smashed like raindrops!
They had only a dozen or so large ships here, and they were stationary, and at least a third of the shells that flew in them fell on their warships and armed merchant ships.
Fifty super-battleships had fifty cannons on each side, which added up to two thousand five hundred cannons, and a third was also more than eight hundred shells, which means that the Dutch warships and armed merchant ships were each hit by seventy or eighty shells. This amount is a bit terrifying, for a time there were holes everywhere in the ship's side and sails, the deck crackled non-stop, and there were countless screams in between, Putmans did not order concealment, and the Daming Sailor suddenly smashed a round of shells, many Dutch and pirates who were carrying artillery were hit, and the deck was full of blood and flesh!
Puttmans couldn't believe his eyes, is the Ming Empire crazy? They are Dutch, and the two countries are not at war, so they will open fire without saying a word, aren't they afraid that the Dutch navy will come to clean them up!
"Boom boom" replied to him with another round of shells, and Putmans jumped up from the chair in the command room in shock, how is it possible, how is this possible, no need to reload ammunition? The same question as Liu Xiang popped up in his mind, but "boom, boom" answered him with another round of cannonballs!
"Lack of Ke, what an unreasonable thing to do!" Putmans roared, and "boom, boom" replied to him another round of shelling!
"Lack of knowledge, don't you know that we are Dutch!" Putmans continued to roar, "Boom Boom" replied to him with a round of shelling!
"Oh, shoot, prepare to shoot back!" Putmans couldn't bear it anymore and had to order a return fire, but "Boom Boom" replied to him with a round of shelling!
As soon as the sound of this round of artillery came, there was a loud "boom", and his command room was suddenly smashed into a hole, "Oh, buy cakes, pay attention to concealment." He was the first to burrow under the table, and several heralds followed suit.
"Boom boom" "Boom boom" "Boom boom" ......, the Daming Naval Division finally stopped after ten rounds of continuous shelling, at this time the Dutch super battleships and armed merchant ships were simply miserable, there were holes everywhere on the ship's side and sails, and a complete building could no longer be seen on the entire deck, and many gun ports on both sides were also smashed, and some shells even flew in from the gun ports, killing the artillery inside!
Putmans thought that the Ming army stopped to give him time to think about it, what else was there to consider, he hurriedly kicked a herald out from under the table, and then shouted: "Surrender, we surrender, go and tell them, we surrender!" “
The herald ran out and climbed up the mast with a few swishs, but this time he didn't need to say a flag, he pulled out a white cloth from his bosom and waved it vigorously.
Zheng Zhihu saw this situation from the telescope, and showed a disdainful smile, hum, aren't the Dutch very good, you also know surrender!
He carefully admired the tragic situation of the Dutch fleet for a while, and then he ordered: "Order, the left and right armies come up, control all their ships, and let them escort the commander over to me." ”
The heralds ran outside, climbed up the mast and waved a flag, and ten battleships on each side slowly approached the Dutch fleet, and in a short time they were close to the Dutch ships, and a group of musketeers took out their hooks, hung up the sliding ropes, and took advantage of the drop to slide onto the Dutch ships.
After they got on the ship, they were much more civilized than when they were pirates, but they got off the guns of the Dutch, tied their hands behind their backs, and did not beat or curse, and the Dutch soldiers were more cooperative, but there was no confusion, but when he tied up Putmans, he stopped doing it, and shouted loudly while pushing and blocking: "I am the Dutch commander in Formosa, you can't tie me!" ”
After all, Zheng Zhilong has been doing business with the Dutch for a long time, and many of these officers and soldiers of the Navy Division know a little bit of Dutch, so they are a little hesitant to tie it up or not?
At this time, Chen Zhang, the general of the Left Army, happened to get on the boat, and Mr. Qian, who was in charge of controlling the battleship, hurriedly ran up, gave a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "General Qiyu, what kind of commander does this person say, and he won't let us tie up, what do you think about it?" ”
When Chen Zhang heard this, he rolled his eyes, he was ordered to escort this commander to the flagship, what to tie up or not, he walked over directly, kicked Putmans to the deck, and then said to the guards beside him: "Tie up, take it, follow me to the flagship." ”
The two guards beside him immediately rushed forward, held down Putmans, skillfully tied his hands behind his back, and then set him up.
Putmans kept shouting, Chen Zhang actually understood it completely, but he was too lazy to talk to this thing, so he turned around and left, and the two guards hurriedly escorted Putmans to follow.
Until the flagship was still yelling there, Chen Zhang frowned, slapped his backhand directly, and scolded in Dutch: "Shut up, now take you to see my chief, you give me honesty." ”
The hero does not suffer the loss in front of him, although Putmans is angry, he still honestly closes his mouth, but as soon as he enters Zheng Zhihu's command room, he sees Chen Zhang saluting respectfully to Zheng Zhihu, and immediately knows that this is the commander of the Ming fleet, he directly protested: "Your Excellency this commander, your subordinates are too rude, he not only tied me up, but also beat people, you and I are both commanders, I ask for equal dialogue, I ask you to severely punish your rude subordinate." ”
When Zheng Zhihu heard this, he asked directly in Dutch: "Oh, what rank do you have?" ”
Putmans thought that Zheng Zhihu cared about the Dutch Navy and wanted to give him a chance to talk on an equal footing, so he immediately said proudly: "I am a captain of the Dutch Navy. ”
Zheng Zhihu glanced at his mouth and said jokingly: "A captain, you dare to ask me for an equal dialogue, you know what rank I have, your admirals are not as high as my rank, kneel down and talk to me." ”
Putmans wanted to protest, but Chen Zhang walked directly over and kicked him in the bend of his knee, kicking him to his knees with a whoop.
Zheng Zhihu nodded and said with a smile: "Well, this is about the same, in our Ming Dynasty, we despise Shangguan but want to cut off your head, I still have something for you to do, I don't want to cut off your head for the time being." ”
Putmans was about to say something cruel at this moment, but when he heard that he was going to cut off his head, he immediately stopped talking, and it was not worth it to lose his head for a moment.
Zheng Zhihu saw that he was honest, so he put away his playful expression and said seriously: "I now officially inform you that our Ming Dynasty is going to recover Formosa, if you can write a letter to your subordinates and ask them to withdraw from the city of Geranza immediately, I will release you and your men." ”
When Putmans heard this, he thought about it, no, his crime of losing merchant ships has not been punished, and if he wants to give up the city of Geranza to the Ming Empire, he will definitely be hanged when he goes back, and he will be killed horizontally and vertically, he simply replied quite toughly: "I won't write a letter, if you want to kill it, kill it." ”
Zheng Zhihu didn't expect this product to be so unafraid of death, so there was nothing to say, he said directly: "Chen Zhang, the general of the Left Army, listens to the order." ”
Chen Zhang hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "The last general." ”
Zheng Zhihu signed a general order and threw it to him, and then ordered: "Order you to lead ten battleships of the Left Army, together with two thousand musketeers of the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard, to escort all the Dutch captives to Chichi, and hand them over to Lord Huanglong, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division." ”
Putmans made it clear that he was unwilling to persuade the Dutch defenders in the city of Geranza to surrender, so what was the use of sending him there? At the end of this chapter, please see the next breakdown.