Chapter 484: Race Against Time
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Wang Zhaohuan came to sit down opposite Zhu Daolin, and his trembling hands still did not return to normal: "General, my subordinates are full of confidence in this battle, the only thing that has no bottom is that after the war is over, how should the people of Fujian Province in Changhua Port and Anping be settled?" What about the Dutch who were killed, wounded or captured? ”
Zhu Daolin had great respect for this capable staff, so he made his decision without concealment: "The concept of the Min Township Party and clan is deep-rooted, and the whole clan is often mobilized to fight with weapons, and the reason why it is honest under the rule of the Dutch is that he is completely frightened by the bloody massacre of the Dutch. ”
"We can't do what the Dutch did, we can only send the people of Min Province back, otherwise there will be endless troubles, at least until we establish a perfect three-level regime, and then the army will give five taels of silver to each person according to the personnel, and then send them back to the ports of Min Province."
Wang Zhaohuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his two hands didn't tremble: "Okay!" The general's decision is very good, and what his subordinates and others are most worried about is the 50,000 people from Fujian Province scattered all over the south! ”
Zhu Daolin continued to report: "As for the Dutch, it is very simple to deal with, I expect that this battle will be very easy, after the naval fleet took the six Dutch warships staying in Anping Harbor, two divisions immediately surrounded the city of Geranza from the land and coast, and then transferred ten warships to aim at the city of Geranza to make a salvo, forcing the Dutch to lay down their arms and surrender unconditionally. ”
"We will bury the Dutch who died in battle, escort all the prisoners to Chongming Island, and wait for the Dutch governor of Batavia to come and negotiate."
"Sir, please rest assured, I am more familiar with the Dutch than anyone else, and I, as the general of the Ming Dragon and Tiger, are waging war against the Dutch under the banner of the Ming Dynasty. The nature of the war between the Yamen and the Fujian Provincial Navy and the Dutch is the same, and I will not fall into the grip of undeclared war, and I still have many ways to deal with them, and it will not cause a bigger war. ”
"The worst outcome is that they don't get war reparations, but they have to pay a large ransom to get the captives back. This is their traditional habit, not the harsh conditions that we impose on them. ”
Wang Zhaohuan and Wei Yuying were completely relieved, and Wei Yuying said with a smile: "Brother Yu has prepared 50 medical officers and a large number of first-aid medicines, and he can set off with the army at any time." ”
"Thank you, senior brother, it's so timely, these medical officers will be arranged to the main battlefield." Zhu Daolin was very happy.
The three of them continued to talk for more than half an hour, and seeing that the generals and colonels of various ministries kept coming to report and ask for instructions, Wang Zhaohuan and Wei Yuying had no choice but to go to various places to inspect and work with the local people to serve the soldiers who went out on the expedition.
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Midnight. After all the war materials were loaded, all the officers and men participating in the battle boarded the ship, and the huge fleet slowly sailed out of the port, sailed south under the bright moonlight, and arrived at Hsinchu Port on time at 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day to rest.
Hsinchu Port is only 250 kilometers away from Gelanza City in Tainan, and with the current wind direction and sea conditions, even at a moderate speed, fifteen hours is completely enough.
In the case of unfamiliarity with the terrain of the zone of engagement. Zhu Daolin chose to engage in the morning when the tide was relatively calm, and pressed the border with more than 20 times the number of troops. Pounce on it openly.
The generals and colonels of the navy and the army completely agreed with Zhu Daolin's decision, and returned to the various departments one after another to inform the officers and men to get off the ship to rest and recuperate.
Tang Zhenglin, the chief general of the Longtan Army, Zhao Wude, the deputy general, Li Yugang, the commander of the general town, Li Yaoting, the commander of the garrison battalion, Qian Shijun, the commander of the artillery battalion, Lai Jiusheng, the commander of the baggage battalion, Liao Jiyi, the commander of the cavalry battalion, and Ding Erxiong, the commander of the first musket battalion, were very excited to see Zhu Daolin, and Zhu Daolin's words made all the generals and colonels of the Longtan Army burst into tears:
"In my opinion. The Longtan Army is the most hard-working and persevering outstanding soldier among the 100,000 soldiers in the whole army, and your achievements are by no means inferior to all the meritorious units in the whole army! ”
"You are the first batch of overseas pioneers in my Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and you have taken root in Yingzhou, a wild land full of miasma and poisonous insects, and have paid a heavy price for sacrificing more than 400 brothers. Set up a monument for my descendants of the Ming Dynasty to open up the territory, history will remember you, generations of descendants will remember you, and I, Zhu Daolin and the soldiers of the whole army, will always remember you! ”
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Seabirds fly, the morning sun shines.
The city of Geranza, bathed in golden light, was no longer as peaceful as it once was, and the 1,200 Dutch colonial troops in blue shirts and white trousers were always in a state of readiness for war.
In contrast, the 800 German mercenaries transported from Batavia before the Battle of Liuluo Bay were much easier, their task was to assist the colonial army in defending the city of Geranza, and they did not need to board the battleship to find the short but desperate Ming soldiers, so they walked out of the dark and time-out barracks under the castle early in the morning, and scattered on the city to bask in the sun.
All the Dutch in the castle were in a state of high tension, the rhythm of life had long been disrupted with the defeat of the war, and the defeat at the Battle of Liuluo Bay caused the invincible Dutch navy to lose most of its warships, and all the Dutch, including the governor of Formosa, Pettmans, will never forget the scene:
Under the cover of the eight main warships, the three smoke-emitting naval warships fled back to the harbor in embarrassment, hundreds of Ming warships of all kinds pursued closely, the rumbling cannons and the burning fire of the warships reflected the red sea, and the "Kocak" that fell behind because of the fire of the sails burned like a huge torch, and in a blink of an eye it was besieged and shelled by four shameless large warships of the Ming Dynasty, and slowly shattered and sank under the noses of more than 2,000 Dutch people in the city of Geranza, and 156 outstanding Dutch naval officers and men did not survive.
If it weren't for the 42 artillery pieces at the head of the city to join the melee in time, 800 mercenaries bravely pushed 12 light guns to the coast, shelled the enemy clippers that were constantly rushing into the port waterway, and sank and shattered the more than 10 Ming arsonists and eight warships that were frantically rushing to the front of the pier with dense shells. I am afraid that the remaining two smoking battleships and two lightly damaged battleships will not escape the fate of being burned and sunk.
The defeat in the naval battle was like a thick dark cloud that weighed on the hearts of the more than 2,800 Dutch in the city of Geranza.
Without waiting for the naval officers and soldiers who had lost their sense of honor and hundreds of craftsmen to repair the two wounded warships, hundreds of strange-shaped Ming warships took advantage of the night to launch a sneak attack again, although they were finally sunk by the two naval warships and the city's guns, and they did not dare to attack again after fleeing back to the Penghu Islands, but the Dutch in the city of Geranza panicked, and the terrifying atmosphere of the war was even stronger.
In order to ensure the interests of the city of Geranza and the huge benefits brought by the strategically located colony of Formosa, the governor Putmans decided to take advantage of the fact that the main warships of the navy were leading the Daming Naval Division to the waters of Guangdong, and decisively sent messengers to Puerto Princesa in the south of Luzon, and urgently transferred four 500-ton warships to protect the city of Zheranza together with the four main warships of the navy that had been repaired, which made the Dutch in the entire Formosa settle down.
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