After adjusting some of the generals and troops of the military, Xiao Fei and Xuanyuan Longfei's corps began to fiercely attack Shang Kexi's and Wu Sangui's troops.

Wei Wuji was in charge of all this, Zhang Qiang just looked at the intelligence and progress every day, and then he mainly focused on the South China Sea.

Zheng Chenggong sent his son Zheng Zhi to take charge of the base in Palawan, and brought fifty merchant ships, fifty warships, ten warships, and 10,000 regular army troops, and soon occupied Palawan, for which he also fought a battle with the Dutch fleet.

Although the Dutch fleet was small in tonnage and fast, it was limited in number, eight warships, five of three hundred tons, all of which were Karak galleons, two of which were Caravel ships of one hundred and eighty tons, and one British Galen ship of five hundred and eighty tons, and what was facing them was a thousand-ton warship with five decommissioned warships of the Huaxia Kingdom that were sold to Zheng Chenggong, eight six-hundred-ton warships for escort, five warships of three hundred tons, and one patrol ship of one hundred and eighty tons.

A total of twenty warships, the two sides met at sea, and the Dutch, apparently looking for trouble, went straight to war.

The two sides began to bombard each other from a distance of 600 meters, and nearly 100 shells did not hit each other, and if you want to hit each other in the exchange of fire with solid shells at sea, you can only try your luck in the undulating waves, and now there is no fire control system, not even a simple optical sight, and you can only use quantity to ensure quality, and the solid shells of both sides will definitely not be able to hit the opponent at a distance of 600 meters.

The two sides were close to each other, and at a distance of five hundred meters, because the Zheng family's fleet had too many ships and the formation of the fleet was too dense, the enemy's blind cat ran into a dead mouse and hit a shot, which directly broke one of the back masts of a thousand-ton battleship, which was also too lucky.

The Dutch cheered with joy.

The reason why it can be hit is because the Dutch ship is small, under the same sailing power, it is more flexible and faster, and the latest of these ships equipped by the Zheng family is also a ship of the Huaxia Kingdom fifteen years ago, the model is relatively old, after years of use, the strength of the hull has undergone a fundamental change, and it has become fragile, resulting in unfast maneuverability and speed, in order to take care of the speed of several thousand-ton warships, other flexible small warships and his formation have to slow down, Otherwise, it will not be able to form its protection, it will not be possible to form a battle line, and with the guns of a thousand-ton battleship, it will form a fire cover for the enemy and reach the maximum density.

In order to take care of the old ships of these ships, when each ship was actually delivered, the Huaxia Navy Division dismantled some of the old guns, there were not as many guns as before, and many of the gun emplacements were actually empty, so that the guns on the other remaining gun emplacements were re-proportioned, so that the artillery could take care of the structure of these ships, so that the whole ship would not be damaged somewhere in a single salvo.

It is equivalent to these warships, and the warships have actually been reduced, just like when a certain country in later generations bought weapons from the United States and the Soviet Union, these weapons were actually not their advanced weapons, even if they were weapons with advanced performance, they could not be original, they had to keep some too advanced things for their own use, and what was handed over to the buyers was some castrated simplified versions.

In this regard, the Huaxia Kingdom was not like this, but the ships were too old, so they discussed with the Zheng family to take down some of the guns and redistribute the ship's artillery counterweight ratio.

The battle continued, the Zheng family's ships fell to the ground with a numerical advantage, maybe they didn't have much experience in advanced naval battles, but they still suppressed the enemy with ferocious artillery fire, and when the distance between the two sides reached a distance of 480 meters, a salvo from a thousand-ton battleship, 160 guns, and three solid shells hit the Dutch a Carak 300-ton sailboat, and suddenly the sailboat was beaten in a mess, spinning in place, the canvas was broken, and one sail fell, hitting five or six sailors who operated the sailboat's cables, An eighteen-pounder cannon was knocked out of the cabin and fell into the water from the other side, with which three gunners fell, and the rest lost more than twenty people.

When the two sides were close to 450 meters, they began to fire directly, and in the roar of gunfire, a 180-ton Caravel ship of the Dutch was hit, and immediately the mast collapsed, the deck was in disarray, and the ship lost the operation of the crew and stopped in circles.

The wounded thousand-ton battleship that followed in the rear immediately seized the opportunity and fired a salvo at it, and in an instant nearly fifteen shells hit the ship, and the sound of a piece of wood cracking came, and before the Dutch sailors who could react jumped into the water, the whole ship disintegrated.

Three hundred and ninety meters, although the ships of both sides were constantly hit by each other, but the Dutch ships after all because of the small hull, and the losses were even heavier, after an hour and a half, both sides opened up the distance, ran towards the smoke outside, a gun battle, the area of the two sides was full of smoke, no one could see the other.

The Dutch tried to get close to the Zheng family's fleet, and the Zheng family's fleet pulled away and bombarded them with artillery, and in two hours, the Dutch's 580-ton ship was sunk, and in two and a half hours, the two sides were entangled and engaged in a battle on the sea of thirty nautical miles, and the Dutch ships were destroyed three and two were wounded.

began to prepare to escape, and the Zheng family's ships were wounded three, the others were lightly wounded, and one was seriously wounded, that is, the thousand-ton warship with a mast missing, and he was hit by at least fifteen shells by the enemy.

The hull was badly damaged, and its speed had dropped to the point where it was slow to walk.

Two 180-ton Dutch warships besieged it, but were damaged from the side by three 300-ton ships, and had to turn around and flee, at this time the 180-ton Zheng family patrol ship used its speed to catch up with them, and in only ten minutes, it sank them.

In the end, only a 300-ton Dutch warship dragged its wounded body and staggered away.

The Zheng family's ships won a great victory, although they were seriously wounded two, a thousand-ton warship, a three-hundred-ton warship, and the other warships were more or less shelled, but they could continue to fight, and the Zheng family pursued until the evening of the next day before they had to return because they were far from their own territory.

This victory increased the Zheng family's confidence in the Dutch, who had been annoyed to death when the Dutch sent warships to track them, but now they won the battle against the Dutch and completely annihilated almost one of their fleets, and they had nearly three hundred eight-hundred-ton and thousand-ton warships in their hands, and nearly a thousand other warships and merchant ships. Such strength is enough to make them all over the world.

It's just that these ships are a little older and slower, and if they can introduce the warships and warships produced by the Huaxia Army in the last seven years, then the overall speed of their fleet will increase by one point.

Don't look at this section, if a single warship may not have an obvious advantage, but when fighting in formation, with the speed of this section, how many shells can they dodge, and how long can they use this speed to get close to or circle with the enemy, without being hit by the enemy, and have the ability to bombard the enemy, defeat the enemy, improve the probability of defeating the enemy, or when escaping, they can run faster than the enemy, a section, with current tactics, can almost 90% escape successfully.

They bought Zhang Qiang's nearly sixty percent of the old ships of the Huaxia Kingdom's sailors that were more than 20 years old and less than 15 years old, and the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Army's sailors was increased by at least one percent, although there were many fewer warships, but the troops were more streamlined, eliminating the old and weak, leaving the young and more elite troops, and also letting many sailors retire, how much did the huge sailors of the Huaxia Kingdom reduce their military spending, and how much did they reduce the financial expenditure for the Huaxia Kingdom.

It can be said that the Ryukyu Kingdom of the third prince and the Zheng family, as well as the Xinlu Mansion and the Shiguo Mansion, a total of four, let the huge sailors of the Huaxia Army before nearly 6,000 lose half of it, of course, this time will not be all at once, it took nearly three years to complete, and Zhang Qiang's purpose is to use another two years to make the sailors slim down and complete half of it, leaving 1,500 of the latest warships built in five years, and the rest are sold, and then gradually use ten years to replace these warships with newer internal steel skeletons, a new type of battleship with iron sheets that is not attached to the outside, increases displacement, increases weight, and increases defense.

So when Zheng Keshuang took people to transport the goods back, and before he arrived, his brother Zheng Zhi came to Zhang Qiang's palace and asked for an audience.

Of course, Zhang Qiang wants to see Zheng Chenggong's sons, Zheng Chenggong has a pivotal position in the history of later generations, our country blew him into a national hero, recovered Taiwan, and then betrayed Shi Lang took Zheng Chenggong's heroic achievements, recovered the treasure island, and gave the foreign Qing Manchus, within a certain range, this person and his family did make contributions to China.

But later it was taken away by Lao Jiang, and he died without repentance, and Baodao became an eternal pain in the hearts of all Chinese.

However, now Zhang Qiang didn't have time to discuss any historical achievements with them, and as soon as the other party met, he said to Zhang Qiang straight to the point: "Your Majesty, we hope to buy some more of your warships and warships, Australia is too far from here, we only have fifty warships and warships now, and this sailor ship is completely unable to defend against the threat of the Taixi people."

You know, the Tessians are not only the Dutch, there are also Portuguese here, and there are Spaniards not far from us, I heard that the Spaniards have been in a miserable situation in recent years, their trade with the Chinese mainland because of your non-cooperation, so that they can only smuggle some, and can not open trade, trade with the Japanese because of your blockade of the Treasure Island Strait and the ocean and the war with Japan, they can only do business with Siam, India, business profits are far from enough, They want to go to war against you and can't find an excuse, or they can't beat you and can't do anything about it. ”

Zheng Zhidao.

Zhang Qiang frowned, "You mean you can help us resist the Spaniards' attack?" The Spaniards are ready to go to war against us? ”

(End of chapter)