Chapter 547: The Sino-Dutch Treaty of Taiwan (Part II)
"The Dutch Mao Yi wants to take away our land under his nose, do you agree?"
"No!"
In the Taiwan Strait, hundreds of ships and boats of various sizes gathered together, waving flags to cover the sun, groups of Qi army sailors stood on the deck, and the blue background yellow dragon flag with the word "king" fluttered in the wind on the sea.
"Take Taiwan, kill all Mao Yi, for the king of Qi!"
"For the sake of King Qi, kill! Kill! Kill! ”
According to the original plan, the Qi army gathered troops and horses, and besieged Taiwan in four ways, and the Dutch Indian Company was not to be outdone, and the two sides first launched a naval battle in the Taiwan Strait, and more than 30 Dutch ships met the Shandong Naval Division.
This time, the Qi army sailors did not send small boats to board the ship to fight in close combat according to the previous combat style, Jiang Da wanted to see what the situation of the sailors was now and whether they could win the big battle.
After all, the sea is vast, and at first it is possible to win the battle in a disgraceful way, but in the end it is still not on the table, and the victory or defeat of a large-scale naval battle is determined by winning or losing.
Therefore, Jiang Da did not show weakness and let the warships attack, forming a circle to shoot at the Dutch fleet.
The two sides are now not only the difference in the number of ships, the Qi army sailors have a new look, not only are the ships equipped with Western-style improved cannon guns, but also have a large number of original Zheng sailors inside.
These ships and sailors of the Zheng Navy Division were all reorganized, scattered and recruited on the basis of merit, even if a ship of the same size fought, the Qi Army Sailor would not be inferior.
After annihilating the Taiwan fleet under the Dutch East India Company, Jiang Da's army joined up with the remaining three lines of soldiers and horses, and nearly 50,000 troops landed on the island of Taiwan.
The people of Taiwan were oppressed by the Dutch, and they were excited when they saw the banner of the imperial court on the other side, and they responded one after another.
However, this was not the whole of the campaign, and the Taiwanese fleet was only a small part of the Dutch East India Company.
Half a month later, the eighteen-member board of directors of the Dutch East India Company was furious when they heard of Taiwan's deed, and although the East India Company's colonies were spread over Southeast Asia, the total amount of global trade had hit both Taiwan and Japan, and the loss of Taiwan would be a great loss.
After deliberation by the board of directors, the Dutch East India Company organized a large-scale attack on the southeast sea fleet, and encountered the ships of the Qi army's patrol sailors.
There must be at least a few hundred large and small ships, more than 3,000 people, which is already quite a large fleet.
Hearing the attack of the Dutch, Jiang Da sneered, and said in his heart that he followed the king of Qi to fight in the south and the north, and he really didn't fear anyone on the water.
"Brothers, give Maozi a good look at the strength of our Qi army!"
Jiang Da was not afraid, Liu Si commanded Taiwan's foreign army, and Jiang Da personally led the Qi army stationed in Taiwan to meet the battle, and the two sides launched a naval battle in Kinmen that could be called a century.
In this battle, the two naval divisions dispatched by the Qi army had more than 100 giant warships, more than 600 small and medium-sized warships, and small boats shuttled back and forth, and there were countless of them.
The Dutch East India Company was thrilled to hear the news of the demise of its old enemy, the Zheng clan, and immediately dispatched more than 500 warships to regain control of the southeast seas.
After the Qi army unified Jiangnan, he supported King Lu to supervise the country in Nanjing and conquered Taiwan, which could be used to promote the prestige of the Qi army's naval and land army and deter the small group, and second, to seize the right to trade directly from Taiwan to Japan.
At present, Japan only cooperated with the Dutch, and after the Qi army took Taiwan, it could sell the original weapons that had been eliminated and replaced to the feudal lords in Japan, so as to make a huge war windfall and let a large amount of gold and silver in Japan flow into Jiangnan.
Therefore, it is reasonable that this battle must be won.
Both sides were careful with their own thoughts, and the navy dispatched was also the most force that could be used, so the battle was extremely fierce, and the two sides fought for three days in front of and back in the waters of Kinmen and many islands, and they all suffered heavy casualties.
During these three days, the two sides engaged in artillery battles, fleet groups firing at each other, retaking ships back and forth, and the Dutch army finally jumped over the wall to land and defend the village.
The Sino-Dutch Battle of Kinmen ended with a complete victory for the Qi army, and the Dutch East India Company suffered heavy losses, leaving less than 100 ships to escape, and the country surnamed King Qi fought for fame in the southeast sea.
Although it was claimed to be a complete victory, after the statistics came out, it was actually a crushing victory with the number of people and ships.
The Qi army suffered more losses than the Dutch, with more than 300 medium-sized ships sunk or unusable, and 23 giant warships sunk, almost one-third of all of them.
In addition, there were countless small boats, with a total of 20,000 casualties.
On the other hand, although the gap between the Qi army and the Dutch fleet in firearms has been filled, there is still a big gap between the ships of the two sides, and the Dutch fleet has been equipped with basic iron armor, which can be regarded as the first generation of iron ships.
Although there are many warships in the Qi army, they are still wooden, and because of many years of war, they can't find more good wood to make warships, and they will be heavily damaged if they are hit by one shot by the opponent.
Wang Zheng understood that this was a lesson that nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Qi army had exchanged for blood, so he was not complacent, but immediately ordered the Maritime Safety Bureau to step up the improvement of the warship.
However, in any case, for most of the Qi army generals and ministers, this was also the first large-scale naval battle conducted by the Navy Division only since its establishment, and it was also a signal sent by the Qi army to the Western powers.
No matter who will end up in the Central Plains, Wang Zheng will never allow any infringement of China's sovereignty!
Jiang Da, the chief general of the Qi army who was responsible for commanding the Second Naval Battle of Kinmen, finally became famous in the first war, and was listed as a first-class meritorious service, and then proposed by Wang Zheng, and Zhu Yihai of Lu Jianguo named him the governor of the Fujian Navy Division and commanded the world's naval division.
This person is one of the many famous generals of the Qi army known in later generations, but he is a well-deserved leader of the navy.
The Dutch were defeated, and when the eighteen-member board heard the news, one died of a heart attack on the spot, and the remaining seventeen were also shocked.
The Dutch could not have imagined that the Qi army, which had always been dominant on land, would be so powerful in the navy.
After this battle, the Dutch East India Company's fleet in the southeast sea suffered more than half of the casualties, and it could not control the colonies, so it had to send envoys to Nanjing again to ask for the help of the king of Qi in the east.
"It's still the same sentence!"
"The Dutch East India Company wants our army to help, that's easy, but the total trade volume is half of the king, and it will never violate our territorial waters, and pay tribute every year!"
Wang Zheng stood on the Wuying Palace, and Zhu Yihai of Lu Jianguo was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the dragon chair in the center, flanked by civil and military generals of the Qi army.
This time, the translator is not Jem, this kid is now the deputy director of the Maritime Safety Bureau, and he has moved his family to Anping, and he has been planning and improving day and night, wanting to turn the wooden warship of the current Qi army into an ironclad warship.
The subordinate personnel of the Maritime Safety Bureau are all the same, Wang Zheng said that the leader is listed as a first-class merit, and the subordinate is classified as a third-class merit.
At present, although the method of obtaining meritorious service for the Qi army is still based on military exploits, it is no longer this one, and the king of Qi said that improving guns and warships and even the most basic weapons and agricultural tools, these and so on will be described as appropriate.
These people with a skill finally have a place to use, compared to those soldiers who are desperately trying to seal their wives and children all day long, their mental work is a blessing that falls from the sky, how can they not tremble and catch it.
The translator standing next to her was also a Spaniard, a blonde and blue-eyed little girl recommended by Jem, who was said to have a very wild temperament, but she looked at Wang Zheng's eyes, and her awe was as continuous as a surging river.
His Royal Highness the King of Qi, not only is the army under his command the strongest in the world, but even the sailors who have been unknown all of a sudden have won an impossible victory, and there is really no shortage of cultural and martial arts.
In the Second Battle of Kinmen, the "sea coachman" Dutchman's southeast fleet was completely defeated, not only was it unable to control many of its subordinate colonies due to more than half of its casualties, but it was no longer easy to even enter the southeast coast.
This little foreign girl named Sophia translated this in a very strong tone, and after finishing speaking, she glanced back at Wang Zheng, who was standing beside Zhu Yihai of Lu Jianguo, with affection, and the meaning was simply self-evident.
But Wang Zheng still didn't squint as before, and didn't seem to be cold, seeing this scene, Dong Youyin below was secretly hey, and said in a low voice:
"You see, our King Qi is really a woman in the world, standing there and not moving, the Western girl can't wait to promise each other, why don't I have this blessing."
Hearing this, Gao Liang glanced at Dong Youyin in confusion, and said with contempt:
"Aren't you a little red in this house?"
Speaking of this, Gao Liang suddenly smiled: "Dong Chenghu's big fat boy is three and a half years old, what kind of foreign girl do you want to be a concubine, teach your son to fight well, and serve the prince well in the future is the most important thing!" ”
Dong Youyin glanced at Sophia's slender waist and fat buttocks, and swallowed his saliva:
"No, I'll leave for Anping tonight to find Jem and ask him to arrange two foreign girls to satisfy their hunger, this kind of thing has really never been played before."
Huang Yang, who was standing at the top of the generals, coughed a few times and said in a low voice:
"If you want to talk about it again, shut up."
Although the other party's face was full of shock after hearing it, but this time there was less anger in the shock, mixed with a lot of fear, and several messengers chirped and discussed for a while, and then a tall foreigner came out.
He saluted Wang Zheng and Zhu Yihai very gentlemanly, and said a few words, Sophia was pleasantly surprised when she heard it, and saw Wang Zheng's eyes coming, but she was more outgoing and arrogant, but she looked straight over.
"Your Royal Highness the King of Qi, the Dutch have agreed to your treaty."