Chapter 275: The Capture of the Old Port (Page 1/1)

The bow and arrow were shot at the hull of the enemy ship, leaving no trace and falling into the sea. At this time, the artillery on the Ming ship finally rang out, and the black cannonballs roared and landed on the Aceh warship in the distance, and the roaring sound came, and the ship was on fire.

As for the nearby Aceh warships, the Ming army was not willing to spend cannonballs at all, so they rushed over directly and smashed the opposite ships into chaos. The planks floated on the surface of the sea and were clung to by the Acehnese soldiers who fell into the sea, and when the three-masted gunboat behind passed by, the sailors on board took the guns and began to practice target shooting at sea.

The Acehnese who had escaped the Ming army's firearms practice were relieved, and the Johor fleet came, and the Johoreans took bows and arrows and began to shoot at the surviving Acehnese, and some even stabbed the Acehnese in the water with spears with iron tips at the front, laughing at the blood flowers that came out.

The elite of the Acehnese consisted of twenty galleys and twenty East Asian galleons equipped with artillery, which were the support of the Acehnese after they called for help from the Ottoman Sultan in Constantinople, as well as some arquebuses. Together, they surrounded the front of the Fukubun.

The commander of the Fu ship was Zheng Zha, who looked at the Aceh warship, which was more than one floor shorter than the Fu ship, and snorted coldly. As soon as he waved his flag, the ship's twenty-four guns began to roar, striking the mast of one of the galleys running at the front, and the sails burst into flames.

The East Asian sailing ships of Aceh also began to fire artillery, and the black solid bullets flew towards the lucky boat, but they were unwilling to fall into the sea. Zheng Zha said in surprise: "They also have artillery, fast, give priority to attacking warships with artillery." ”

Many windows were exposed on the sides of the ship, and the muzzle of the black hole oil stretched out from it, and the cannonballs fired by the eighteen-pound cannon flew towards the surrounding East Asian sailing ships, and when they hit one, a large fire ignited.

The schooners were a little more agile than the East Asian sailboats, and when the two sides were shelling, they finally reached the side of the Fukubune. The naval tactics of Aceh were learned from the Ottoman Empire, and the main idea was to jump the gang to fight, and as soon as they approached the Fufu, many sailors bit their knives, nailed the Fufu with hammers, and began to climb upward.

A whistle sounded on the ship, and a group of guards quickly rushed to the side of the ship, and opened fire with their muskets. At this time, a group of musketeers appeared on the pulp sailing boat, holding arquebuses and starting to shoot at the Ming troops on the Fu boat.

Seeing this, the commander of the Ming army shouted: "Pay attention to protect your head, and give priority to shooting the firearms on the opposite side first." ”

The arquebuses had a short range, slow rate of fire, and poor accuracy, but a large number of them also posed a certain threat, and the Ming army paid the price of five wounded men, knocking down about a hundred arquebusiers on the ship. At this time, some Aceh people had already climbed to the side of the deck, and some of the Ming soldiers shot with firearms, and some of them stabbed them with bayonets and drove them into the sea.

Soon more Ming warships rushed over, in front of the Ming artillery, the East Asian sailing ships of the Aceh country suffered heavy losses, twenty gunboats, except for one that was hit by a cannonball on the side without any problems, the other gunboats were greatly damaged, either the mast was broken, or the deck caught fire, and fled from the battlefield in embarrassment.

Seeing that the Ming warships behind them were not as tall as the Fu boats, but at most five or six feet taller than the big ships of the Acehnese, the Aceh people gave up climbing the Fu ships and approached these gunboats.

The three-masted gunboat quickly opened fire on the approaching Aceh warship, but it could not stand the number of Acehnese ships, and finally a ship approached a three-masted gunboat, and the Acehnese were so excited that they took the gangplank and took the Ming army's ship.

The Acehnese screamed and rushed over, and the Ming army tried to lift the gangplank, but found that there were nails firmly nailed to the boat, and there was no way to move them. The commander commanded the soldiers to retreat, trying to take advantage of the advantage of the firearms to get a distance, but it was exactly what the Acehnese wanted, and they brandished their weapons and jumped onto the Ming warship.

The Acehnese jumped on the Ming boat one after another, and only then did the commander realize the mistake of retreating, and he ordered: "With bayonets, advance slowly, without medicine." With that, he stabbed at one of the Acehnese people in front of him.

This is the first time that the Ming army encountered a jumping gang battle in a naval battle, and the battle was solved with artillery before, so it was not suitable for a while, but the navy was originally mixed with pirates under Yan Siqi, who often jumped to rob the gang, and under their drive, the Ming army also fought with the Acehnese, but casualties inevitably appeared.

Zheng Zha soon discovered this problem, and he ordered the guards to inform the ships with flags: "Try to repel the enemy ships with artillery, and do not let the enemy troops board the ships in case of jumping gang battles." ”

The mistakes of one or two ships of the Ming army could not change the situation that the Acehnese were at a disadvantage as a whole, the ships of the Ming army were stronger and taller than the Acehnese, and the artillery power was far superior to the small and slow solid bullets of the Acehnese, and the lethality of the firearms and bows and arrows and long knives was naturally incomparable, and after two hours of fierce fighting, the Acehnese finally could not hold on and began to retreat.

But where can you retreat? The Ming army followed the fleeing Aceh ships to the port of the Old Port, and the Acehnese launched another suicide attack, but the Ming army had learned their lesson and did not let them get close to the warships at all, and set fire to the Aceh ships one by one with artillery.

The topography of the old port is a bit strange, it is a funnel-shaped, there are a large number of Ming fleets on the outside, and the Aceh ships inside are constantly compressed, and finally they are huddled together and can no longer move. The scimitar star and moon flag on one of the tallest ships in the Aceh fleet was lowered, and a white flag was raised.

Zheng Zha smiled: "Have you finally surrendered?" So he asked the Johoreites to shout in front of the ship, asking those who could be the masters of Aceh to come to the Ming army flagship to discuss the surrender.

The next day, the Acehnese took a small boat to Zheng Zhan's flagship, and after being introduced by the Johoreshite, the person who came was Ulobarang of the Old Port, which is roughly equivalent to the meaning of waiting for the lord. Zheng Zhan said: "Can a Hou Ye be the master?" Why don't we go to Greater Aceh and let their sultan talk. ”

Johor said: "General Zheng, Greater Aceh is still far from here, Aceh is different from our Kingdom of Johor, their Sultan actually does not have much power, this person is Ullobarang of the Old Port, who is the most powerful person here, and the Sultan is also elected by the Ullobarangs. ”

Zheng Zha was willing to meet this person, and as soon as Ullobarang saw Zheng Zha, he knelt on the ground and said: "The old port of Urlobarang Ullahan is willing to surrender to the Ming general, and will always be loyal to the Ming Emperor from now on." ”

Seeing him on the road like this, Zheng Zha said happily: "Very good, this place in the old port can be handed over to you to govern, you send a guide to lead us to Great Aceh, we are going to ask your sultan, where is my Ming Old Port Propaganda Division." ”

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