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A few days ago, a steam-powered reconnaissance ship had come here and had a major battle with the Dutch, killing and wounding a dozen Dutchmen, and nearly sinking a Dutch sailboat.

A group of people led by Haraojie analyzed that Zhang Feng would definitely send people over, and a war was inevitable, so Haraojie dispatched troops and mobilized personnel from Tamsui, Chichi and other places to strengthen the defense around the chicken coop, with a force of more than 1,000 troops.

For the Dutch, a force of more than 1,000 people is considered a large number of troops, and under normal circumstances, there are hundreds of Dutch people in the area of the chicken coop.

In the eyes of Haraut, Anthony and others, there are more than 1,000 of them, using flintlock muskets and shore fire artillery, and even if tens of thousands of people come to the Chinese side, they will not want to capture the chicken coop.

At this moment, Harrowner, Anthony and others are inspecting the northern end of Heping Island near Joncoop Harbor, where a large number of marine fire cannons have been deployed, the largest of which has a caliber of 32 pounds.

In this era, the West is accustomed to measuring the level of artillery by the weight of shells, and the classification of artillery is more systematic, with 6 pounds, 9 pounds, 12 pounds, 18 pounds, 24 pounds, 32 pounds, 42 pounds and other artillery, of which 24 pounds are the mainstream artillery of large naval warships.

The typical 24-pounder gun in the West is also a 5.83-inch (148mm) calibre, 5.54-inch in diameter, a barrel length of 9.5 feet (2.9 m), a total gun weight of about 2500kg, requiring 6 to 14 people to operate, a gunpowder consumption of 4 to 6 pounds, a maximum range of 1600 meters, an effective range of 400 meters to 1200 meters, and a generally cast iron barrel.

In addition to the two 32-pounder guns, the most deployed at the northern tip of Peace Island is a 24-pounder gun, no wonder Harautie, Anthony and others are full of confidence.

Undoubtedly, such artillery is a very advanced Western artillery, and the largest is actually 32 pounds in size, with ferocious firepower.

Anthony said confidently: "Mr. Governor, we have so many sea defense cannons, they don't want to get close to Chicken Coop Harbor, don't think about it. ”

Haraojie condescended, looked at the huge coastal defense artillery position, saw this artillery one by one, and saw the perfect and solid coastal defense fortifications, and couldn't help but point a little, full of confidence.

"Come, come, let you all die under our artillery, and sink all your ships." Haraut thought fiercely.

Not only Haraury, Anthony and the others, but also the Dutch soldiers below, all of them looked relaxed, either chatting and farting, or looking at the sea in the distance boredly.

Zheng Chenggong led the Second Fleet, which was magnificent, and after several days of sailing, finally arrived at the sea off Jilong Harbor and was heading towards Jilong Harbor.

On the ironclad ship "Tianjin", Zheng Chenggong took a monocular and looked into the distance, which was in the direction of Heping Island, and learned through reconnaissance that the Dutch had deployed a large number of naval defense guns there, some of which were large-caliber guns, and the effective range was estimated to be more than one kilometer.

"Commander, ahead is Peace Island, less than five nautical miles away."

Zheng Chenggong nodded and ordered: "Hold the formation, prepare for battle, shell the positions of the Dutch on Heping Island, and destroy all their coastal defense artillery." ”

Needless to say, the caliber of the main guns of the Second Fleet, these ironclad ships, is relatively large, and the caliber of the main guns of the "Tianjin" has reached 200 mm.

In addition to the ironclad ships, the main warships of the Second Fleet are more than 20 3,000-material warships, and the main guns of the 3,000-material warships are 100 mm breech-loading guns, using copper-shelled shells of smokeless guns, such main guns, the effective range is farther than the 24-pounder guns of the Dutch, and the shooting is accurate.

Because the more powerful smokeless gunpowder and rifled artillery are used, and the copper-shelled shells are a quantitative charge, so that the ballistics are stable, the range is long, and the shooting is accurate.

"Yes!"

Immediately, a signal corpsman went to give the order, the flag-whispering soldier sounded the flag, and the Second Fleet set up a position, maintained formation, and approached Heping Island, the distance from five nautical miles to four nautical miles, and three nautical miles......

The Second Fleet came over, and the movement was too great, and so many large warships were probably stunned when they looked at the sea in the distance on Heping Island.

Because looking at it, it is too scary, the ironclad ships plus the 3,000 material warships are more than 30, plus several 3,000 material transport ships, the total number is more than 40.

Scary, scary!

The Dutch on the island of peace soon discovered the Second Fleet, and it was impossible not to find it, the movement was too great and the momentum was too majestic.

The Second Fleet approached Peace Island.

"Oh God, no!"

Haraut yelled, I couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe it, I didn't believe it, when did the Chinese side have such a huge fleet, in Haraucher's impression, it is estimated that only the East India Company, or its own country, or Spain, the British Royal Navy has such a big battle.

Anthony was also stunned, with a look of extreme shock.

Whether it is Haraojie, or Anthony and others, all of them have fought with the Ming Dynasty sailors many times, and there are many warships of the Ming Dynasty sailors, yes, but they are generally very small, unlike the fleet in front of them, all of them are big warships.

"God!"

Anthony screamed, thinking to himself, hoping they didn't have advanced artillery. Anthony still knows a lot about the Ming Dynasty naval division, and knows that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty naval division is very backward, not his opponent, and there is a big gap between him and his own artillery.

Anthony pinned his hopes on the lagging artillery of the Second Fleet, and Anthony hurriedly gave the order to prepare for an artillery bombardment.

On Peace Island, the Dutch coastal defense guns were ready one by one, aimed at the sea in the distance, and as soon as the warships of the Second Fleet came into range of these guns, there was no doubt that these coastal defense guns would fire.

However, the warships of the Second Fleet slowed down significantly, and even stopped, and this position was at least more than a nautical mile away from the island of peace.

That is, at this position, at this distance, the artillery of the Dutch could not reach the warships of the Second Fleet, and already exceeded the maximum firing range.

On the ironclad ship "Tianjin", Zheng Chenggong held a telescope and looked at the direction of Heping Island, Zheng Chenggong knew that in order to take the chicken coop, he must first take Heping Island, as long as he took Heping Island, the fleet could drive into the chicken coop port, and then shell the fortified city built by the Dutch in the chicken coop.

"Pass the order, get ready to fire!"

On the ironclad ship "Tianjin", two 200-mm main guns were ready, the shells were already loaded, and several 150-mm secondary guns were also ready.

The remaining three ironclad ships, belonging to the "012A type", have a displacement of 1,800 tons, and the main guns are twin-mounted 150-mm guns, and the 150-mm guns have been able to completely hit the Peace Mountain, which is more than enough.

The 3,000-material warship, with a main gun caliber of 100 mm, can basically hit the shells on Heping Island at a distance of about one nautical mile in this position, that is to say, the effective range of the 100 mm gun is about 1,500 meters, and the maximum range is nearly two thousand meters.

This is also because there is no large-scale forging press, and the forging process cannot be used to produce the barrel, and the barrel can only be produced by the casting process, so that the barrel diameter cannot be very large, and it cannot be compared with modern artillery.

At present, all the guns produced by the artillery factory are cast barrels, and after the barrels are manufactured, a series of machining of the barrels are carried out, and even rifling is processed.

The 100-mm gun has an effective firing range of 1500 meters, which should be considered the most advanced level of this era and absolutely leading in the world.

One gun at a time, shells were ready, even the 70-mm breech-loading guns on each battleship were ready, and the shells were loaded, of course, in this position, at such a distance, that 70-mm guns could not hit the island of peace.

But wait a minute, when the distance is closer, these 70mm guns can be used, and every 3,000-material warship, in addition to the 100mm caliber main gun, there are a lot of 70mm guns.

"Fire!"

On the ironclad of the "Tianjin", the captain personally shouted, and the 200-millimeter gun that had been prepared fired the first shot, only to see a loud "boom", and the ironclad ship was obviously shocked, because of the normal reaction under the huge recoil.

Two shells, which flew out of the barrels at the same time, whistled in the air with a sharp whistling sound, flew towards the island of peace in the distance, hitting the target.

Zheng Chenggong held the telescope and saw more clearly, the two shells fell not far from each other, and exploded violently, and one of the shells blew up one of the Dutch guns directly, reflecting a great and amazing power.

Peace Island.

Haraut was stunned again and screamed loudly, "Oh God, this can't be! ”

Haraut had never seen such a powerful artillery, capable of hitting such a long distance, with such great power, and the power of this shell was much greater than that of a 42-pounder gun.

This is a 200 mm caliber shell, and instead of black powder, it uses more powerful smokeless gunpowder, which is not very powerful.

The explosion of such an artillery shell affected a range of tens of meters, within a radius of 20 meters, and it is estimated that there are no people or animals at all, and if they are not directly killed, they will be shocked to death.

The seemingly very strong fortifications built by the Dutch were as vulnerable as papier-mâché under the blows of these two shells.

There are not even cement steel bars, so naturally they can't withstand the blow of 200 mm caliber shells.

As the highest military commander here, Anthony was also taken aback, but soon shouted and ordered the artillery to return fire.

These Dutchmen had been prepared for a long time, and as soon as they heard the order, they fired back with artillery, and the whole island of peace, the cannons roared, and the Dutch returned fire, and one by one the shells flew out and flew to the sea in the distance.

It's a pity that the thunder is loud, the rain is small, and the range is not enough!

All the shells fell on the surface of the sea and exploded on the surface of the sea, blowing up columns of water.

On the ironclad ship of the "Tianjin", seeing that the shells of the Dutch could not reach their own warship at all, Zheng Chenggong smiled, at this moment, whether it was an ironclad ship or a 3,000-material warship, everyone began to fire guns one after another.

With so many artillery pieces firing, the scene became spectacular, it was simply a rumbling of cannonballs, one by one shells whistling sharply, flying towards the island of peace, and then exploding violently.

It's just devastating!

"Pretty, so pretty!"

"It's spectacular!"

Seeing the situation on Heping Island in the distance, many officers of the Second Fleet waved their fists excitedly, and Zheng Chenggong also shouted loudly, "Lean over and shell intensively." ”

Under the heavy artillery fire, it was impossible for the Dutch on Heping Island to return fire, Zheng Chenggong immediately made a decision, commanded everyone to lean over, and approached the more fierce artillery bombardment.

The warships of the Second Fleet, while firing their guns, approached the island of peace.

As the distance got closer, even the 70-mm guns on the warship began to fire, and suddenly, the entire coastal defense artillery position of the Dutch on Heping Island was almost completely covered by artillery fire.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Haraujie shouted loudly, thinking sadly in his heart, what kind of terrifying existence did he provoke, and he actually had such a fierce artillery fire.

The Dutch on the island of peace, who are not yet dead, are in a hurry, retreat in horror, and if they do not run again, one will die.

Haraught, Anthony and others, also embarrassed, had no image, and quickly fled from Heping Island, and at this time, several 3,000 warships, under the cover of artillery fire, quickly approached Heping Island, and the Second Fleet Marines began to land.

………

Capital.

The news reached Zhang Feng, and Zhao Weibin entered the palace with an excited face and reported to Zhang Feng in person.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Chenggong's Second Fleet has won several battles in Taiwan and has successfully recovered Taiwan, and at present, the Second Fleet has been stationed in Taiwan."

Zhang Feng said happily: "Order Zheng Chenggong to build a naval base in Taiwan, and after the construction is completed, the headquarters of the Second Fleet can also be relocated from Naha to Taiwan." ”

Zhang Feng's plan is very obvious: The Second Fleet will mainly develop to the south, with Taiwan's military port as its home port, as the headquarters of the Second Fleet, and to Luzon and even the Malay Peninsula.

Zhang Feng said slowly: "Manila is a good place, Malacca is also good, if the Second Fleet can have a military port there, our influence will be even greater." ”

Zhao Weibin immediately understood what Zhang Feng meant, and immediately nodded: "Your Majesty, although the Westerners in that area have a lot of power, we are not vegetarians, and we must establish a military port there." ”

The Dutch set up the Governor's House in Jakarta, and the Spaniards, the British, and the East India Company, etc., infiltrated each other, and various forces were intricate, which was a difficult bone to gnaw, but Zhang Feng was ready to gnaw on it.

Such a big fat meat can't be eaten by Westerners, and that area must be under Zhang Feng's control. This is also the first step taken by the Navy to the world and to the ocean.

Instructed Zhao Weibin, Zhao Weibin was ordered to go out, in the imperial study, Zhang Feng thought about it, governing a big country, such as cooking Xiaoxian, to step by step, build a railway, reform education, this is only the first step.

The most important thing is to solve the problem of food for the common people, Zhang Feng has introduced many measures for agricultural development, such as encouraging reclamation, reducing land rent, and encouraging the cultivation of high-yield crops such as vassals, potatoes, and corn.

The newly established Ministry of Agriculture also received a task from Zhang Feng to work hard to improve rice, wheat, and so on, and increase the yield of these crops.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Outside the imperial study, there was a knock on the door, and Zhang Feng smiled slightly when he heard it, knowing who was coming.

……… (To be continued.) )