Just when the battle in the Taiwan Strait was in full swing, a fleet was heading towards the Taiwan Strait.

On the "Yue Fei" at the front of the fleet, Zheng Chenggong was chatting with Lu Wei in high spirits.

"Brother Weisheng, our trip to Europa this time is so smooth, I really didn't expect it." Zheng Chenggong said.

"Hehe, Damu, we made so many preparations before we set off, it would be strange if it didn't go well." Lu Wei said.

"But to be honest, this voyage is much more difficult than our trip to the Americas, if it weren't for those Dutch pilots, it is estimated that we have several merchant ships that would not be able to cross the Cape of Good Hope, or Brother Weisheng, you have foresight." Zheng Chenggong said with a sigh.

"Our ships are designed to adapt to sea navigation, and it is not surprising to be able to withstand these wind and waves, I heard that the Metropolitan Governor said that in the future, we will design tens of millions of tons of ships, and I really want to take this kind of big ship to sea." Lu Wei said.

"Brother Weisheng, then who doesn't want to? I heard my father say that the Naval Research Institute is studying ironclad ships, and the ironclad ships they designed are much larger than our current warships, Brother Weisheng, you don't know how much I'm looking forward to it. Zheng Chenggong said with longing.

"Yes, Da Mu, you weren't in Yangzhou at the time, don't you know, six years ago, when Duoduo led the Manchu army to the city, even the superintendent was already desperate, who would have thought that in just six years, we not only drove the Manchu Tartars away, but we have already laid a world in North America thousands of miles away. Ohki, do you know when I first came into contact with the Grand Duke? Lu Wei said very emotionally.

"That's right, Brother Weisheng, why did the Metropolitan Governor take a fancy to you?" Zheng Chenggong asked with a smile.

"It's a long story, that's because the Governor wants to contact the Dashun Army as a response to the Yangzhou Army, and the Governor recommends me to go, and the Governor has a long talk with me. I was thinking. If the Metropolitan Governor had been a few years earlier, the first emperor would not have been... Now it seems that God has already calculated it. Lu Wei looked up at the sky and said leisurely.

"Brother Weisheng, the Metropolitan Governor repeatedly told us before we set off to prevent the Europa people from acting ill to us, but we still went very well this time?" Zheng Chenggong said.

"I said Damu, and what the Governor said was prepared and safe. If we don't have so many warships to escort us this time, not to mention those Europa countries, can those pirates let us go? Lu Wei said with a smile.

"By the way, Brother Weisheng, before leaving, the Metropolitan Governor said that he was going to start recovering Taiwan, this time he had to pass through the strait anyway, let's go to the coast to explore their reality? Anyway, they can't do anything about us. Zheng Chenggong suggested.

"Da Mu, this is a good idea, it is better to let the 'Anqing' and 'Fengyang' escort the merchant ships to go first. Let's take a look? Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong hit it off.

The "Anqing" and "Fengyang" led dozens of merchant ships along their original routes and continued toward Nanjing, while the "Yue Fei" and "Ran Min" reversed course and headed for the island of Taiwan.

Shi Lang had completely seen that the "Kdenhof" had no intention of surrendering at all, because the gun doors on the side of the "Kdenhof" were all open, and just as Shi Lang was about to give the order to open fire, the observation post on the watchtower suddenly shouted: "Our 'Yue Fei', our 'Yue Fei' is back!" Yes! There is also the 'Ran Min'. ”

"Good! Let's put a cannon battle to welcome our warship back from its long voyage! Call me! Shi Lang laughed, and after laughing, he ordered the smoothbore cannon on the "Huo Quai" to immediately open fire.

With several loud bangs, the four smoothbore guns on the side of the "Huo Quai" opened fire one after another. At this distance, for smoothbore guns with new ******. It was basically similar to shooting with a rifle, not to mention that the "Kedenhof" had completely stopped.

All four shells hit the right hull of the "Kedenhof", and after four explosions, the right side of the "Kedenhof" was completely rotten.

"Keep fighting! If you don't sink it, they don't know that we're not easy to mess with! Shi Lang ordered loudly.

Four more shells directly hit the "Kedenhof", only to see the "Kedenhof" cut directly in two from the middle. It began to sink into the sea.

The "Yue Fei" had already discovered the battle that was taking place in front of it, and as the cannon sounded, Zheng Chenggong ordered the whole ship to enter a state of readiness.

"Brother Weisheng, it can't be that we have already started a war against Taiwan, right? Then it's better for us to come early than to come at a good time! Zheng Chenggong asked suspiciously.

"Oh Mu, look. There are so many ships over there, why don't you fight so many ships from Taiwan? This is the 'Huo Quai', let's go up and ask. Lu Wei looked carefully ahead with a telescope, and the scene in front of him really surprised him a little.

Shi Lang had already reported the news of the return of the "Yue Fei" and "Ran Min" to Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he heard it, standing on the main deck of the "Qi Jiguang" and laughing.

Wang Qiang also heard the news of the return of the expeditionary fleet on the walkie-talkie, and sighed in his heart that Zheng Chenggong's luck was really good, he thought that he was going to miss the battle to recover Taiwan, who expected that he would not come back sooner or later, but he arrived today.

Shi Lang rushed directly to the "Yue Fei" in a small boat and informed Zheng Chenggong and Lu Wei of the ongoing battle to recover Taiwan.

With the addition of the two main ships, the attack plan previously formulated seemed more secure, which made Zheng Zhilong and Wang Qiang extremely happy.

Although the Dutch fleet was eliminated, it didn't take long, Wang Qiang looked at his watch, from seven o'clock in the morning to the start of the battle, it only took more than two hours now, it seems that today can directly carry out the island combat operation.

Wang Qiang, Zheng Chenggong, and Shi Lang all arrived at the "Qi Jiguang", and everyone simply asked about the safety of the expedition fleet, and then turned their attention to the upcoming landing operation.

Zheng Chenggong suggested that people should be sent to the island of Taiwan to persuade them to surrender first, and if the Dutch were no longer ignorant of the current affairs, they would drive four warships directly to the outside of the city of Geranza to bombard them, so as to make sure that the Dutch were hurt and forced to surrender, so as to avoid casualties caused by direct landing on the island.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong's suggestion is also one of the previous combat plans, but now with the addition of the two main warships, the firepower of the shelling of the city of Gelanza will be greatly strengthened, and this plan is more valued by everyone.

Wang Qiang added that the fleet was limited before, and did not consider the escape of the Dutch from the sea, but now it is different, Wang Qiang thought that the shelling of the city of Geranza only needed three capital ships was enough, and suggested that the "Huo Quai" lead a formation of five gunboats to be ready to intercept the Dutch escape.

Persuasion before the attack was also essential, but the question of who to send was hotly discussed.

Because of Zheng Chenggong, Wang Qiang carefully looked at the detailed process of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan in another time and space on Luo Jian's computer, and knew that Zheng Chenggong had sent a Dutchman named Ladis to persuade him to surrender, but he was later rejected by Yu Yi, so he began to forcibly attack.

Wang Qiang asked people to ask if there was a person named Ladis among the captives, and when he asked, there were a few, one of which was the captain of the "White Egret".

"That's him! Let him go and make it clear to Yu Yi and the hard thing that if they don't surrender, we will not guarantee the safety of the Dutch on the island of Taiwan. Wang Qiang said.

Everyone didn't know why Wang Qiang had to choose a Dutchman named "Ladis" to persuade him to surrender, but they still agreed to his suggestion.

After the discussion was decided, the three capital ships and five gunboats restarted the formation, and the landing ships behind followed closely, and the huge ship formation headed towards the island of Yikun, on which the city of Geranza was built.

The city of Geranza is the main hub of the Dutch rule over the whole island of Taiwan and foreign trade, and its location is the easiest castle for the current Chinese fleet to attack with naval guns, and most of the Dutch forces are also concentrated in the city of Geranza, and it is natural that this castle has become the primary target of the fleet.

Wang Qiang's choice of Radis for a long time did not come in handy, just when the fleet was still about ten kilometers away from the city of Geranza, the city of Geranza sent people to meet the fleet on a merchant ship.

The Dutch merchant ships did not fly the white flag, and everyone knew that they were not here to surrender.

It is true that the envoys sent by the Dutch did not surrender, they came to negotiate, and the negotiators were still difficult to describe.

The negotiations were carried out on the "Qi Jiguang", and the weather was fine, Zheng Zhilong asked people to put a row of dismantled tables and chairs on the main deck of the "Qi Jiguang", and the negotiations officially began.

The opening remarks made everyone angry and amused, because they first condemned and regretted the "war of aggression" launched by the Chinese fleet against Taiwan.

"You told him that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and that Chinese soldiers have come to their own territory, so how can they say that they will invade?" Zheng Zhilong first said that although he also spoke Dutch, he should obviously speak his native language on such occasions.

Listening to the translator translating Zheng Zhilong's words, the description was difficult and began to speak at length again, and Wang Qiang was really impatient to listen.

"You tell him that the Dutch must surrender unconditionally, otherwise not a single Dutch will want to leave Taiwan, either go to God, or all of them will mine for me." Wang Qiang didn't wait for the description to finish, he slapped the table and stood up, and said to the interpreter.

Of course, he knew Zheng Zhilong, he had met many times in Nanjing, and knew that he was a high-ranking official of the Nanjing government, but he didn't know Wang Qiang and Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Zhilong and others didn't introduce him to him at all.

In his impression, the main officials led by the Chinese did not speak, and other officials generally did not speak, but when several people sat down, he felt that Wang Qiang was a little different, because Wang Qiang's eyes were full of disdain when he looked at him.

"May I ask who this general is?" He asked.

"Don't ask me who I am, now is not the time for us to make friends, we don't have so much time to talk to you slowly, we ask you to surrender unconditionally, just this one, you go back and tell your commander, agree to everything is good, if you don't agree, let's use artillery to talk." Wang Qiang said with a sneer. (To be continued.) )