The dull sound of artillery kept ringing, and every time the artillery bombardment was like the ground was shaking, when the guns were fired, the battleships kept shaking on the water, and the sea water was shaken up by the ripples in circles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the fire splashed, the warships of the Ming army still kept moving forward, and occasionally a small boat was hit, and the hull of the ship was immediately shattered, and of course none of the people on board were spared.

Zheng Guochang stopped beating the drum for a while, and such a scene of drumming was a complete joke, and no one could hear the drumming.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the naval battle, compared to the power of the Dutch warships, the advantage of the Ming army was that the warships and personnel were far above the other side.

Zheng Guochang was also attracted by the naval battle, the surrounding mountains were densely packed with people watching the excitement, but people's faces were also very solemn, most of the people in the coastal areas had to make a living at sea, and the interests of defeating foreign strong enemies at sea were also closely related to their interests, and people were eager for the Ming army to win quickly.

Moreover, unlike the situation in other military towns, most of the soldiers and sailors on the naval division were recruited in Zhangfu and Fufu, at most in a slightly farther part of Fujian Province, but they must have been recruited from places near the sea, so in the eyes of the people, these officers and soldiers of the naval division are all soldiers, and the clan consciousness of the Fujian people is very strong, and the support received by the officers and soldiers of the naval division is of course completely different from that of the military towns in the north.

Zheng Guochang carefully experienced these differences, of course, what made him feel most thrilling was the fierceness and cruelty of the naval battle.

Almost no one survived the small boats that were hit, and of course there were lucky survivors, who looked like little black dots on the blue sea, and they rowed desperately on the sea to swim and then were rescued by the four-way boat.

"Are those two ships the main warships of the Dutch Hongyi?" Zheng Guochang saw with his own eyes that six small boats had been hit and sunk, and the Ming army had at least twenty or more dead, and in the face of the cruelty of naval warfare, the war between the north and the north seemed to be not so fierce. He unconsciously asked the staff members around him who had just been recruited in Fujian.

The staff smiled slightly, as if he didn't care about the fierce naval battle in front of him, and he replied respectfully: "Back to the old man, these two ships are ordinary merchant ships of the Dutch, and at this time they have been changed from merchant ships to warships. ”

"How so?"

"The displacement of these two ships is about one hundred and sixty tons, which can only be regarded as small merchant ships in the Dutch fleet, and the naval guns on both sides are only four per side, plus the bow and stern guns are exactly ten guns, and the number is too small. It is not only the wind and waves that are dangerous at sea, but the main threat is the rest of the sea ships, so there will also be gun emplacement on merchant ships. The tonnage of the Dutch ships was much larger than this, and there were also many gun emplacements, at least nearly thirty guns. ”

"More than thirty doors?" Zheng Guochang was surprised: "Such a heavy cannon, the so-called Hongyi cannon, actually has as many as thirty guns on one ship?" ”

"There are also fifty or sixty guns, or even nearly a hundred heavy artillery ships!"

"Amazing......" Zheng Guochang was speechless for a while, with his pure Chinese scholar's vision, everything in front of him was undoubtedly impacting all his old experience.

"No wonder Zhang Wenlan said that when I arrive in Fujian, my vision and experience will be completely different from before."

Zheng Guochang frowned again and said, "If that heavy artillery ship comes, will my sailor be able to defeat it?" ”

"Of course you can." The staff said: "General Yu is a family of generals, all his life has been at sea, he is very experienced, and his subordinates are also experienced sailors, in recent years, the imperial court has allocated a lot of food and salary to the sailors, and the morale is high, not to mention that this battle is won, even if the Dutch come to a few more big ships, we still won." ”

"I see." Zheng Guochang said.

In fact, the Ming Army's naval division, at least the Fujian naval division, did maintain considerable combat effectiveness during the Apocalypse, but later due to the defeat of Zheng Zhilong's naval battle, the Ming Dynasty was unable to maintain a dynamic and powerful naval division in the south because of the Liaodong dilemma...... That meant a lot of gold, silver, and material input, and the court was really powerless. This is the reason why Xiong Wencan recruited Zheng Zhilong, even if the imperial court knew that Zheng Zhilong was unreliable at all, but the maritime heroes were generally limited to the interests of the sea, and the most they harassed the land, such as the Japanese Kou in the past, mainly looted, compared to the Dongyu, the threat was not great, after appeasing Zheng Zhilong, the Zheng family sailor actually replaced the position of the official sailor of the Ming Dynasty, which was actually a good thing for the coastal defense security of the South China Sea.

The Zheng family also effectively maintained a fairly high level of combat power, and the Dutch who bullied them had not been recruited, and during the Zheng Chenggong period, they felt the threat of the Qing army on land, so they simply drove the Dutch in Taiwan away, and there was no other reason for doing all this, that is, the group beating tactics of the ants biting the elephant and not being afraid of death and injury were displayed in front of Zheng Guochang.

The Dutch really couldn't eat it soon, more Ming warships began to surround them, although there were not many firearms on each ship, but the victory was in a large number, the Dutch warships began to be shot non-stop, and there were constantly cannonballs hitting the warships, and the sawdust was all over the sky, the warships on both sides began to approach, and the Dutch battleships began to have musketeers on the side of the gunfire, the fire burst out, and the sound of guns rang out, and the Ming army also used the big guns on the small boat to hit the side of the ship, and those musketeers were knocked down from the big ship.

Several warships with angles of attack at the tips began to press, and the two Dutch ships, seeing that the situation was not good, began to turn and flee.

The mast of a ship was suddenly shot with a crisp snapping sound, and the Dutch on board let out a desperate cry. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other ship did not pause at all, and used the wind to shake off the Ming warship that rushed up, and soon ran away.

In terms of the use of wind power and the ability to steer, after all, the Ming army sailors are still inferior to these pirates who have traveled all over the ocean.

The ship, whose mast had been broken, quickly gave up its resistance, and the men on board raised their hands and knelt on the side of the ship.

As the Ming ships approached, a group of sailors rushed to the enemy ships, tied up the Dutch who had surrendered, and then the boats came over, tied up the cables, and towed the badly damaged Dutch ships back to the port.

A fierce skirmish naval battle was finally over.

There were bursts of cheers on the shore, and some people even set off firecrackers, which crackled like the sound of firecrackles just now.

A large number of small boats came to the shore, and people beat gongs and drums to meet them.

Zheng Guochang sighed very emotionally in his heart, the battle just a short time was very fierce, the sailors and the Dutch had already tried their best to fight, and the performance of both sides was remarkable, which seemed to be different from the land battle, and the naval battle was difficult to fight in the end to a one-sided situation in the land war.

"By the way," Zheng Guochang asked his staff, "the Dutch ship just now was built very solidly, and it seems that it did not sink after many shots?" ”

"What the military gate has seen is extremely true." The staff replied: "But this is the case in naval warfare, in addition to the immediate smashing or sinking of a small ship, it is difficult to sink a large ship with dozens of bullets, unless the enemy ship can be captured by jumping in hand-to-hand combat, or as is the case today, the enemy's ship's main mast is smashed by a cannonball, and the ships of our naval division are surrounded and have nowhere to escape, so we can only surrender on our own initiative." ”

"I see." The cannon in Zheng Guochang's memory has always been the sharpest weapon to defeat the enemy, who knew that any small warship at sea could take dozens of shells and be fine, which was an eye-opener for him.

"Report to the military gate," Yu Zhigao walked over energetically, hugged his fists and said: "My sailor defeated the invading Dutch Hongyi pirate ship on the sea, repelled one, captured one, counted ten cannons, sailors and seventy soldiers, the name of the captain of the first ship, the first mate Niu Wenlailu, how to deal with it, please send it to the military gate." ”

The Dutch's name is pronounced very strangely, and it is rare that Yu Zhigao has asked the number of prisoners and the name of the leader in a short period of time.

Zheng Guochang said: "Can its ship still be used?" ”

Yu Zhigao said: "The hull has suffered a lot of damage, the keel and mast are damaged, I am afraid it will take at least three or five months to repair, and the cost is not small, and the inner structure of the Dutch ship is very different from our Guangdong ship, sand ship, and Fu ship......

"Oh, let's put it first, someone wants to sell it. The cannon is remembered to be unloaded, and the captured personnel are imprisoned first, and the official will report to the court truthfully, and the court will send it down. ”

"Yes, Junmen."

"Also," Zheng Guochang looked at the vast boundless sea, Kinmen Island was clearly visible, and further ahead was Penghu, but unfortunately it was not visible to the naked eye. He pondered for a moment and said in a very firm tone: "Order martial law on the sea, from now on, all coastal places will strictly enforce the sea ban, and the pieces are not allowed to go to the sea, and those who violate the ban will be beheaded!" ”

Yu Zhigao's heart sank, and he said stubbornly: "Lord Junmen, if the sea is banned, it may affect the livelihood of the people. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zheng Guochang said: "The sea has been forbidden for 200 years, and no one has starved to death. What's more, this is a war against Hongmaoyi, and the time is only three months to half a year at most, and the official does not believe that the people on the coast can starve to death in this time. ”

As soon as he heard that the sea ban lasted only a few months, Yu Zhigao was relieved, and the governor seemed to know what to expect. As for the sea ban, of course, it is effective, after the Dutch occupied Penghu, there were still many people on the coast who did business with the Dutch, and after a few months, the Dutch also had several fixed trade channels along the coast, of course, the most important thing was to supply materials along the coast, including the recent construction of a city in Dayuan, which required a lot of building materials, and many materials were transported from Penghu, where did the materials in Penghu come from? Of course, it was purchased from coastal areas.

After the ban on the sea, the Dutch could not get a nail to replenish the coast of Fujian, and there was no way to supply food, and after a few months, the supplies stored in Penghu were depleted, and their supply began to be difficult.

After comprehensive consideration, it is indeed more suitable for the sea ban.

Yu Zhigao admired: "Although the Lord of the Military Gate is the first to come to Fujian, Zhang Chi has a lot of law, and the general will admire it." ”

"What matters is Penghu." Zheng Guochang said: "The next step is to go to the island and recapture Zhenhaigang!" ”