Although the large number of people is not something to boast about, since thousands of years ago, China has been such a unified country with a large population, accounting for 30% of the world's population.

At this time, the population of the Netherlands was less than two million, how could it be possible to compete with the Ming at the door of the Ming Dynasty?

There were 2,800 Dutch on the island of Taiwan, of which 1,400 operated warships, 500 at Chikan Fort, 200 on Beiwei Island, 700 at Fort Geranza, and nearly 5,000 sailors and recruited pirates from the small Sudanese.

Last night, 200 people on the island of the North Tail Line were completely annihilated, and another 100 of those who were later sent up to seize the island died, and the Chikan Fort side also lost 200, the loss was close to 20%, and the situation was already very clear.

In the West, Denmark, which is about the size of the Netherlands, has more than 20,000 troops. Although Kaowu knew that there were many Chinese, Zheng Chenggong gave him 25,000 people, he was still a little shocked, a little overwhelmed, did not expect that a Chinese prince, the troops that can be dispatched, comparable to a European country, this has exceeded his imagination.

At present, the Dutch are all cowering in two fortresses, and it is completely impossible to defeat the Chinese in a land battle, and the Dutch can only hope that the naval battle will annihilate the Chinese fleet, and then consume it with the Chinese.

In the early morning, Zheng Chenggong led more than 20,000 righteous people to help the war, and the Gaoshan people in Taiwan saw the arrival of the Ming army, and they also rushed out to greet them, and used trucks and other tools to help the Ming army land, build a camp, and prepare to attack Chikan.

At this time, the Westerners did not represent any civilization, but barbarism, conquest, killing and plundering, not advanced at all, not noble at all, and some were just ugly in human nature.

The Dutch enslaved the people in Taiwan, collected high taxes, and killed the mountain people at will, making them unpopular, and most of the people on the island were Zheng Zhilong's people who sent them to the island Tuntian, and they had a lot of feelings for the Zheng family.

Now there are only more than 300 Dutch people left in Chikan Fort, how can they resist the attack of nearly 10,000 Ming troops, the officer hurriedly sent a messenger to ask for help from Fort Geranza.

Seeing the crisis in Chikan City, Kawu could only lead the fleet to fight against the Ming army, intending to open up the connection between Fort Geranza and Fort Chikan, and a sea battle was inevitable.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, and its national strength was already declining, but in the battle of Liuluo Bay, it defeated the Dutch, who were independent from the Spanish rule and their national strength was thriving.

Now, more than ten years have passed, and in Dayuan Bay, the sailors of the two countries have clashed again.

At noon, Kaowu took ten three-masted gunboats, lined up in a single horizontal formation, nearly 350 side guns aimed at the Ming army, and 70 large and small warships, one in front and one behind, to protect the two ends, hoping to defeat the Ming army by virtue of the artillery advantage of the main warship.

Eight three-masted warships of the Ming army, also in a single horizontal formation, aimed at the Dutch ships on the side sides, and fired at them, and more than 500 large and small ships lined up on both wings, ready to charge directly.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong stood on the ship's floor, his hands pressed on his sword, his eyes were like electricity, his father defeated the Dutch more than ten years ago, and he can do the same today.

"Pass the order, sink or capture a three-masted enemy ship, reward 3,000 taels of silver, kill one Hongmaoyi, reward 20 taels of silver, win this battle, and the whole army will be paid!"

The non-commissioned officers on the deck immediately cheered, and the non-commissioned officers began to prepare, and the gunners would load the ammunition for the red-coated cannons, and then lift the baffle and push the guns to the gun doors.

The two fleets pointed their sides at each other, and as if they were about to meet in a straight line, they got closer and closer, and the non-commissioned officers standing on the lookout kept observing the distance with their clairvoyant mirrors, and reported in a loud voice: "The enemy ships are in a horizontal formation, five nautical miles from me!" ”

As the sound of the lookout came, the soldiers on the deck seemed to be in a hurry, and the soldiers with spears and firearms all crouched down, and they could not help in the long-distance artillery battle, so they had to protect themselves and prepare for the final battle.

"The enemy ship is four nautical miles away from me..."

On the lookout, the soldier shouted downward, and just as his words fell, the "boom" cannon rang out in a row.

The Dutch, who were far away, took the lead in firing by virtue of their superiority in artillery performance and more refined artillery handling techniques.

Ten gunboats, in a roaring sound, raised a cloud of white smoke in turn, the entire side of the ship was filled with smoke, and the ships shook and sprayed iron bullets one after another, sticking to the sea, whistling and smashing towards the Ming army.

For a time, the sound of cannons on the sea was rolling, like muffled thunder, and countless cannonballs were shot out of the white smoke, and the momentum was earth-shattering.

Ten gunboats, one erupted 350 iron bullets, the momentum was monstrous, the shells flew rapidly, some fell into the water in advance, splashed a huge column of water, some roared over the head of the fleet, smashed into the sea behind, also splashed a large splash, the rest of the shells, hit the Ming ship, some tore the white sails, some hit the guard, the Ming army ship screamed.

With a "bang", Zheng Chenggong's ship was hit, and the guard plate on the side of the ship suddenly exploded, and the iron ball was wrapped in countless wood chips and splashed in all directions.

After a redcoat cannon was hit by an iron bullet, it was directly overturned, flew up and knocked down a gunner next to him, and then pressed heavily on his leg, causing the gunner to cry out in pain.

The iron bullet was blocked by the red-coat cannon, made a loud "dang" sound, changed a little trajectory, and swept diagonally towards the deck, a dodging firecracker just straightened up, just hit by the iron bullet, with a muffled snort, his body bent, by the huge inertia of the cannonball, flew out upside down, broke through the guard on the other side, and fell into the sea with the bullet.

The interval between the firing of the red-coat cannon was long, and after a round of cannons, the rumbling was gone, replaced by the wails of the ship's wounded, who were wounded by flying wood chips, and one of the soldiers was bleeding profusely from a broken log pierced through the thigh.

For the wounded soldiers, immediately stepped forward and dragged away the wounded soldiers on the deck one by one, so as not to disturb the morale of the army with wailing.

Zheng Chenggong turned a blind eye to the tragic situation on the ship, and was unmoved by the bombardment of the Dutch, he raised his head and shouted to the signal soldiers on the bucket: "Hang the flag to counterattack, and then order the Guangdong Navy Division to rush over directly." ”

On the flagship, the command flag was hoisted, and the bows of the ships in the array were aimed at the more than 500 warships of all sizes of the enemy ships, and they immediately charged with full sails.

There was a loud "boom", the cannon body retreated suddenly, the deck trembled, and the eight three-masted gunboats of the Ming army roared in turn.