Chapter 284: The War Begins
Looking at Xiamen Port, which was groaning in pain in the midst of artillery fire, the corners of Putmans' mouth couldn't help but rise, "The legendary Eastern Empire is nothing more than that!" But just then, the hull of the Fort Middle, which he was on, suddenly shook, and Putmans, who was standing on the bow of the ship, almost fell into the sea. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"What's going on?!" Putmans asked.
"Report to the Commander! The bottom of our ship is under attack! Under the impact of the waves, that's why there was the shaking just now! The soldier reported.
"What? The bottom of the ship?! Putmans was stunned for a moment, and then carefully possessed and looked down, but because of the size of the hull and the bad light at night, he could only see a black and oppressive sea water, and nothing else.
"Put a gun in the water! In addition, the battleships began to retreat! Head in the direction of the port! Putmans ordered.
"Yes!" The soldiers gave a military salute and went to pass the word, and soon there were rows of Dutch soldiers on the sides of the ships on both sides of the ships, holding muskets and some arrows, harpoons and other sharp weapons and began to project them at the water.
At this time, under the surface of the water, the commander of the Ming army began to command the sailors to retreat, and it was only futile to continue, and in the end it would only increase casualties! At this time, the Ming army was scolding his mother one by one, "NND! What is the bottom of this red-haired boat made of?! You can't even chisel through it like this! β
"A numb target!" Zhang Yongchan couldn't help but burst out.
"Let the ships in ambush on both sides start attacking!" Zhang Yongchan ordered.
"Yes!" The soldier took the order and left.
With the sound of a cannon, soon those Dutch people noticed that many ships suddenly appeared around the port, and those ships were surrounded and quickly surrounded by the Dutch warships, looking at these suddenly appeared Ming warships, Putmans was stunned at first, but he still reacted quickly, and quickly compared the combat strength of the two sides and decisively ordered: "Order the other ships to protect the Fort Middle, and withdraw from the port at full speed!" β
"Commander! The Ming army is just a small boat, we can just smash them! The adjutant beside Putmans said.
"It's night now, it's not conducive to the play of our warships, and our ships are too big, the target is too obvious, although this Ming warship is small, there are too many of them, it won't be good for us to fight, and if Zheng Zhilong suddenly appears on the periphery, then we will be in trouble!" Putmans frowned.
"It's still the commander's thoughtfulness!" The adjutant on one side hurriedly complimented.
Soon, the other Dutch ships formed a circle around Fort Middle, protecting Fort Middle, and then all the ships were full of firepower, constantly bombarding the Ming warships, fortunately, the Ming warships were small and flexible, and most of them could fire more artillery attacks towards the Fort Middle, but there were still a lot of Ming warships that were smashed by the artillery!
"Fire! Fight back! "The Ming warships also began to let out the roar of artillery, although it can not be compared with the cannons of the Dutch warships, but even if the power is small, the number of artillery is more, the power should not be underestimated, the Dutch battleships also began to appear scars under the artillery attack of the Ming army, and some Dutch soldiers were unfortunately hit by the artillery and fell in a pool of blood.
"Accelerate! Hasten! On the Dutch warships, the commanders kept giving orders, and at the same time cooperated with the main ship to retreat quickly but steadily, while the warships of the Ming army were chasing the Dutch warships to the death, and the two sides staged a thrilling chase battle at sea, where there was no applause from the audience, as long as the rumbling cannons resounded through the heavens and the earth.
"Damn the red-haired fan! It's fast! Zhang Yongchan looked at the chase not far away, said indignantly, and then said: "Send a signal!" Let the brothers at the port join in! β
"Yes!" The soldier took the order and left.
Soon! "Whew!" A beam of fire rose into the sky, and the faint light of the fire seemed to illuminate the dark night sky.
"Brethren prepare!" Soon! The Ming army ambushed in the harbor saw the signal of attack, and then they skillfully removed the black cloth draped over the hull of the warship and began to march towards their prey, the Hanlan fleet!
"Kill!" The Ming soldiers roared angrily, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing seemed unusually loud in this silent night.
"The forward fleet concentrates fire! Blasting out a gap! Don't be in love! Putmans commanded calmly.
With the wave of the flag-bearer of the main ship, the warships on each side of the original moved to the front, and then began to launch a fierce artillery bombardment on the Ming warships that were coming towards them. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The originally dense Ming fleet was suddenly bombarded with several gaps.
"Don't stop! Go on! The flag was waving constantly.
The sea water hit the Ming soldiers, and under the impact of fierce artillery fire and huge waves, the warships of the Ming army were constantly smashed by the attack, and the soldiers of the Ming army were swallowed by the sea and torn away unwillingly. "Spread out! Scatter the attack! "The formation of the Ming army also began to change under the attack of the Helan fleet, but the speed of change could not catch up with the speed of the artillery, and soon, before the Ming army could close the gap, the Dutch fleet quickly rushed through the gap and sailed towards the ocean outside. And seeing the enemy slipping away under their noses like this, the Ming army certainly wouldn't give up so easily, and quickly chased after the Dutch fleetγγγγγγ
A few days later, Zheng Zhilong finally waited for the order of the imperial court, looking at the words on it, Zheng Zhilong pursed his lips, and then said to the people under his hands: "Go!" Dry red hairs go! The order of the imperial court has come down! Command me to be the striker! Fight the red hair! The imperial court has officially declared war on Hongmaofan! β
"Big brother! It's finally time to get started! Zheng Zhihu said with his hands in full swing.
"Big brother! A few days ago, the red-haired people attacked Xiamen Port again! I heard that the guerrilla Zhang Yongchan fought with Xiong Rulin of Anzhi County to supervise the army, but he still failed to kill the red hair, so he killed more than a dozen Dutchmen, and the imperial army suffered a lot of casualties, it seems that we have to avenge this revenge! Zheng Zhibao said with a smile on the side.
"That's it! Go out and don't chew on the root of your tongue!" Zheng Zhilong glared at Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Zhibao couldn't help shrinking his neck in fright.
"Where is the red hair fan now? Have you found out? Zheng Zhilong looked at Yang Geng and asked.
"Big brother! It's been checked! Now the main force of this red hair fan is in Liuluo Bay, and the support of Liu Xiang and Li Guozhu has also arrived in Liuluo Bay! Yang Geng said.
"Good! Then join up with the other armies and go to Liuluo Bay and annihilate them in one fell swoop! Zheng Zhilong ordered.
"Yes!" All the generals received the order at the same time.
In addition, a decree was issued, telling all the brethren that each of the fighters was to be given two taels of silver, and if the fighting was prolonged, an additional five taels were to be given. And they told the brethren who were in the ships of fire that if they burned the ships of the Netherland, they would give two hundred taels of silver, and a Dutchman head fifty taels of silver. Zheng Zhilong said.
"Haha! Big Brother is mighty! Everyone shouted, and soon, the news spread throughout the Zheng family's army, and the army was suddenly jubilantγγγγγγ