The shelling of the city of Geranza continued, with the sound of artillery rumbling from the sea, explosions in the city of Geranza, and in some places there were already fires.

The main gun on the "Qi Jiguang" was silent, and the pillar was still aiming carefully, and the pillar always firmly believed that good things were not busy.

Wang Qiang watched from afar as the pillar kept fine-tuning, waiting for the main cannon to fire, and when the pillar's eyes left the gun mirror, Wang Qiang covered his ears with both hands.

After a cannon rang out, Wang Qiang held a telescope and looked directly at the Dutch flag floating on the city of Geranza, and saw a fire rising next to the flagpole, and the sound of an explosion came after a while, but the Dutch flag was still floating.

"Pillar, you're crooked!" Wang Qiang shouted.

The pillar was silent, so that the gunners quickly loaded another shell, this 130mm caliber artillery shell weighed more than forty catties, and the loaders were all strong soldiers.

This time the aiming time was not too long, and it was just over a minute, the cannon sounded again, Wang Qiang raised the telescope at the same time to see, the Dutch flag was gone, and the sound of explosion came after a while.

"Well played! Well beaten pillars! Wang Qiang shouted excitedly, in fact, Wang Qiang also knew that if he could knock down the Dutch flag, I am afraid that luck is the main thing.

He had already taken refuge in the basement of the city of Geranza, the artillery fire of the Chinese army on the ground was too fierce, it was not safe to stay anywhere, more than half of the more than 2,000 soldiers defending the city had been killed or wounded, and the artillery fire of the Chinese fleet seemed to show no signs of stopping.

"Stop, don't fight!" Wang Qiang roared.

Zheng Zhilong heard Wang Qiang's roar and looked at Wang Qiang suspiciously. Or a few gestures to the herald. The herald waved a red flag. After a while, all the cannon fire stopped.

"Xiao Wang, why don't you fight?" Zheng Zhilong asked aloud suspiciously.

"Father, Xiao Wang is afraid that the city of Relan will be destroyed, and we will use it in the future." Zheng Chenggong shouted loudly beside him.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, understanding what Zheng Chenggong meant, if he wants to fight again, the city of Relansha will really be in ruins, and it would be a pity to do so. It costs money to rebuild it later.

"Send a captive over and give them another half an hour to decide, or we'll destroy the city of Geranza!" Zheng Zhilong ordered.

In the basement of the city of Geranza, Kai was also gathering the officers to discuss, but there were far fewer people coming now than just now, and it seemed that they had been killed in the shelling.

"This city can't be defended, the Chinese just don't attack the city, they will finish us with artillery bombardment." An officer said in frustration.

"The gunboats of the Chinese army have blocked the route of our retreat, and we can't retreat, I really didn't expect their artillery to be so powerful. There are only a dozen of my soldiers left. The other officer almost burst into tears as he spoke.

"Your Excellency, our casualties are more than half. Please, Your Excellency, Commander, decide. "Secretary Wayne? Liplun said bitterly to Kuichi.

After a long silence, he looked at the officers in front of him, who were almost half less than just now, and said in a deep voice: "Surrender!" ”

Just as he decided to surrender, the sound of the artillery stopped, as did the movements of several Dutch soldiers who were huddled under the city walls and ready to fly the white flag.

Looking at a small boat heading towards the shore, several Dutch soldiers hurried to the basement, where they wanted to report the new situation to Yuichi.

He walked out of the basement and went to the city wall, which had been blown to pieces, and raised his clairvoyant mirror to see that several warships of the Chinese army were turning their hulls, apparently preparing to shell again with the artillery on the other side.

While he was observing, the captives who had come to urge him to surrender were also brought to him.

After learning the information that the Chinese army was still demanding unconditional surrender, he shook his head and said to the soldiers who were about to fly the white flag: "Hurry up, if they fire again, we will have to kill many people." ”

"They raised the white flag, they surrendered!" Zheng Zhilong kept holding the binoculars and watched, and said excitedly when he saw the white flag displayed on the city of Relanza.

"You continue to monitor, the situation is not right, immediately open fire, I led the troops to land!" Wang Qiang said as he walked towards the side of the ship.

"Xiao Wang, I'll go with you." Zheng Chenggong followed behind.

Wang Qiang raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, so he had to hurry up, or it would be dark.

When Wang Qiang approached the shore with more than a dozen transport ships, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon. Xie Kui quickly landed on land with a group and ran towards the city of Geranza.

The iron gates of the city of Geranza had been opened, and he was standing outside with a dozen officers.

Shekwe ran at the front with a regiment and a battalion, and when he reached the iron gate, he glanced at the Dutch officers standing outside the gate, and continued to run with his troops towards the city of Geranza.

Entering the semi-circular fort, Shekwi saw that several thousand Dutch soldiers were concentrating on the square in front of the semi-circular fort, and the first battalion quickly took control of the entire square, and then the second battalion, which arrived in company, began to run towards various points in the city.

After the first regiment took control of the city, Xie Kui used the walkie-talkie to report to Wang Qiang, and Wang Qiang took the guard company and Zheng Chenggong to stride towards the city.

Seeing from a distance that a large group of soldiers surrounded a group of Chinese officers, he knew that this was the main general of the Chinese army, so he hurriedly greeted him with a Western sword.

"Your Excellency the General, please allow me to welcome the distinguished Chinese guests on behalf of the city of Geranza!" He stepped forward with his sword in his hand and said.

Wang Qiang glanced at Kuiyi and asked, "You are the Dutch commander in the city of Geranza?" ”

After listening to the translation, he quickly bowed down and nodded yes.

Wang Qiang took the sword in his hand, handed it to Qian Shun, who was following behind, and said to Xie Kui, who was coming out of the iron gate: "Take them all down!" ”

"Your Excellency General, you can't do this, please allow us to evacuate here with our troops!" As soon as he heard the words of Wang Qiang, the interpreter, he was anxious and roared loudly.

"Oh? Want to go? That's not good, any foreign soldier who sets foot on Chinese territory without the consent of the Chinese government cannot come and leave as soon as he wants! You are now a captive, watch your identity! You don't have any right to put things on demand! ”

Wang Qiang said to Kuiyi, and after speaking, he continued to walk towards the city of Relansha with Zheng Chenggong, leaving Kuiyi standing in a daze.

"Brother Damu, I can be regarded as giving you a bad breath, right? When you get back to Nanjing, you'll have to treat me to a drink. Wang Qiang said to Zheng Chenggong with a smile.

"Xiao Wang, where did you start? I didn't have a holiday with them, and it was almost the same as giving my father a bad breath, so it had to be my father's treat. Zheng Chenggong looked at Wang Qiang strangely and said.

Wang Qiang was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, and said with a smile: "Brother Damu, let me ask you if you are a Chinese soldier?" ”

"Of course it is!" Zheng Chenggong said without hesitation.

"Isn't that over, protecting the family and defending the country is the sacred duty of our soldiers, you came back so late, do you say you should have a treat, not to mention that I helped Uncle Zheng out of anger, who will treat you if you don't invite a treat as a son?" Wang Qiang said eloquently.

"Okay! Yes! When I go back to Nanjing, I'll please, you can say anything. Zheng Chenggong said with a smile.

The three warships and transport ships began to approach the pier, and after Zheng Zhilong gave some explanations, he landed on the island of Taiwan again.

After five o'clock, it was time to get off work in Nanjing, and the combat staff officers made several big signs and put them on the streets, and the news that the Chinese warships had captured the Dutch fleet soon spread in the city of Nanjing

Shi Kefa was still in the General Staff, and Luo Jian refused to call him home.

"Brother Xian, there will be no more news today, there will be news for them to send to their homes in the evening, let's go, or we will miss dinner." Luo Jian shouted.

"What's the point of a meal? I think they're going to take the city of Geranza today, and if you want to go, you can go first, I'm going to wait. Shi Kefa glanced at Luo Jian dissatisfiedly and said.

Luo Jian was about to walk out the door as he spoke, and the telegraph operator who almost followed the door bumped into his arms.

"I'll just say, there will definitely be good news coming today, you just don't believe it." Shi Kefa quickly jumped up from his chair, grabbed the folder in the telegraph operator's hand, opened it, and was immediately happy:

"Haha, the Dutch have surrendered again!"

Luo Jian took the folder from Shi Kefa's hand, read the signature, and returned it to the telegraph operator, saying:

"Record, telegraph to Zheng Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan front, that all the Dutch must be left on the island, and they must not be allowed to take their belongings away, and the follow-up will be arranged by Wang Qiang."

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian suspiciously, not knowing why Wang Qiang had to deal with the follow-up matters.

The Seventh Division outside the city of Geranza has all landed, including Wang Qiang, except for the garrison troops, no one lives in the city of Geranza, and all the troops have set up tents outside the city of Geranza.

After a hurried dinner, a group of generals gathered in the command tent again, although they took the city of Geranza and wiped out most of the Dutch forces on the island of Taiwan, but across the river from the city of Geranza was still in the city of Chichicheng, and there was also Dayuan City (Tainan City) to the east of the city of Chichi, and more than 2,000 Dutch troops were concentrated in these two cities.

According to Zheng Zhilong's opinion, the troops should rest in the city for a day, and then attack the city the day after tomorrow, but Wang Qiang resolutely disagreed, he was worried that the defenders of the city would abandon the city and flee, and the seventh division would have to pursue it hard.

"I don't think it's a big problem, although our warships can't enter the Taijiang River, but we have captured a lot of small Dutch ships in the city of Geranza, there should be no problem with them to cross the river, and the artillery of the Seventh Division can also be dismantled from the gunboats, although there is no mule to pull the horse, but the distance is not far, we have to push them in place." Zheng Chenggong supported Wang Qiang's opinion.

"It's better to send someone over to persuade you to surrender first, if it is difficult to describe the current affairs, we will save trouble." Zheng Zhilong said.

This opinion was agreed by everyone, and Captain Ladis, who had been taken prisoner for the second time, was first taken around the garrison of the Seventh Division, so that Radis had an intuitive impression of the attacking forces of the Chinese army.

"You go and tell him that if he chooses to surrender, he can still enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war, otherwise we will not guarantee the safety of his and his soldiers' lives!" Wang Qiang said to Ladis.

He was sent out again, and he had to take a small boat overnight to the city of Chichi, and persuaded him to surrender. (To be continued.) )