Vanderbilt, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Formosa, was in a very unhappy mood, and in recent days his temper had been so great that the servants who were waiting for him were a little unbearable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Clear-eyed people know why, the Dutch people have just monopolized the trade route of the Japanese kingdom, not only can they not dominate, but there will be no more in the future, after the defeat of the Japanese kingdom, according to the instructions of the Ming people, the Dutch Zhu Nagasaki and other places have been abolished, and at the same time issued an order that the merchant ships of the Dutch can no longer land.

Unless the damned Ming fleet can be defeated and the Japanese generals can be relieved of their worries, the Japanese kingdom will disappear from the Dutch commercial map forever.

This was a bit of a blow, especially compared to his predecessor Nitz, who took advantage of the opportunity to dominate the maritime trade of the Japanese kingdom, and even the Ming people were driven out.

But not long after he took over, this accident happened, which made him unbearable, and Vanderbilt's thunderous outburst was a hopeless vent, after all, he couldn't see the hope of defeating the Ming people.

According to what they learned from the Wa Kingdom, this Ming had more than 100 Galen warships, and even if they sent all the warships in Jakarta, they were no match.

After noon, Vanderbilt went to the city of Geranza to relax on horseback and make himself feel a little better.

Returning to his residence on the east side of the second floor of the castle, Vanderbilt had just finished washing up when he heard several cannon shots over the castle, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps outside, and the attendants came to report that a large number of ships had been found in the open sea, which were Galen.

Vanderbilt immediately ascended to the top floor of the castle with his attendants, where Vander, the commander of the garrison, was already looking out into the open sea to the west with telescopes.

At this time, you can see countless ship shadows and sail shadows covering the open sea to the west without a telescope.

"Akito's warship." Vander lowered his telescope and looked at Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt was surprised to take the telescope and look into the distance.

Although it is still far away, I can still see the flag of the ship in front of me, and the flag of the big Chinese character. And that damn eagle head. Or show their identity. The Ming forces in the north are coming.

Of course, the array of so many warships brought people incomparably shock, and brought fear and oppression to Vanderbilt.

"Fandel, what now." Vanderbilt asked in surprise, he was not from the army, he was a governor sent from within the East India Company, and he was helpless in the face of the Ming people who came from the sea. After all, the gathering of these warships together is extremely impressive.

"These warships are unmatched by our warships," Van Del said, gesturing to the ten large and small ships anchored in the northern bay.

"Now it's stuck in the castle, our castle is built with boulders, there are dozens of big bags, more than a thousand defenders, and the Ming can't attack it. I just don't know how long Akito can stay here. ”

Vanderbilt nodded when he heard this, the remaining warships in the bay could not compete with the Ming people at all, he was a layman, and he knew this. As for whether he can defend the castle, he is also bottomless. After all, if the Ming people came with 10,000 people, they could capture the castle even if they were killed and wounded, after all, the defenders only had more than 1,000 people, which was too few.

"Chikan City is still not defending." Vanderbilt asked a crucial question.

The city was built on an outlying island in the open sea, which was the first castle built by the Dutch after arriving here, but with the development of inland expansion, especially after the Han people who opened up to Anping began to collect taxes, the location of the outlying island was extremely inconvenient, and every time they had to cross the sea into the inland.

Thus the Dutch built a new stronghold, Chikan City, on the north side of the bay and in the interior of the city of Geranza to the north and south, which was said to be a city, but now only the foundations and the bottom layer were built, and it was still far from completion.

There were 500 soldiers and a dozen artillery pieces stationed there, one for the convenience of collecting taxes, and the other for the purpose of forming a horn with the city of Geranza, which was conducive to defense.

"I immediately issued an order for them to return to the main city immediately, which has not yet been built, and the ground floor is too low to withstand the attack of the Ming people." Vander made a decision.

Vanderbilt was very much in agreement, and now he was eager to take back all his soldiers, as long as he saved the city of Geranza and his own life, and nothing else mattered to him, even the trade routes of the Japanese kingdom that had plagued him for a long time were left behind by him, and life was above all else at this time.

Vander immediately ordered all the soldiers to be on guard to enter the gun emplacements and the fortified points of the castle, and sent men to Chikan City by boat to withdraw their troops immediately.

"Are the sailors on the ships here also returning to the castle?" Vanderbilt pointed to the ships in the northern bay, he now hoped that more people would return to the castle to defend together, so that his heart could be more stable, after all, the Ming people were too powerful, and he felt a strong uneasiness.

"There's no hurry, our city of Geranza is built in the east of the island, and the east-facing cannons can cover these sea ships, and the sea ships can protect the beach, preventing the Ming from landing from the nearest place in the north, and the Ming people can only land from the farther west."

Fandel is old in the army, and he has a lot of experience in Jakarta to attack the natives, and he is not shocked by the honor and disgrace at this time, but in fact, he is also beating the drum in his heart, after all, the Ming people are not good, and he will not be surprised if these sea ships are the enemy army of 10,000 people.

Although he was very confident in the fortification of the city and the sharpness of the artillery, he also had to look at the number of Ming people, after all, if there were too many enemies, the city would not be able to hold it.

Vanderbilt, a layman, could only obey Vander's words, after all, he had never experienced a siege battle, and now Vander was in charge.

At this time, Qi Wei and Li Lu were also looking at the Dutch castle on the opposite island.

In the scorching afternoon sun, the red brick and stone city of Geranza was very conspicuous in the green, and the castle was built on a small hillside, and the castle was built into a three-story defense system by taking advantage of the mountain.

There are many cannon holes in the city, and at first glance there are a lot of cannons, plus the strong city walls, and a large number of defenders, it is indeed a difficult opponent.

"No wonder your lordship says that Dutch castles are not easy to attack, and it seems to be true." Seeing everything in front of him, Li Lu clicked his mouth, well, it's a hard bone.

"Indeed, from the upper two floors, you can attack the enemy attacking the lower city wall, and in addition, there are so many artillery, I am afraid that when attacking, the soldiers will not be able to advance intensively at all." Qi Wei is also staggered, this kind of castle is different from the city of the Ming Dynasty, but it is very practical.

"It seems that you have to follow the adult's method, it's just time-consuming." Li Lu shook his head helplessly.

"Tell me, let my brother cooperate with you." Qi Wei laughed.

"Sinking the enemy ships and not letting them give two shots to the landed infantry from behind will do a great favor." Li Lu grinned.

"No problem, Lao Li, look at it." Qi Wei is big bag, "Lao Li, where are your infantry plans to land?" ”

"According to the people of Macau, the red hair here has built two cities, and the adults and I have discussed the weaker ones first." Li Lu looked eastward, "Take your boat and take a good look in a while." ”

At this time, the five hundred soldiers of Chikan City were busy running towards the sea boats on the shore, and they had to race against time, because the small boat of the Ming people had already appeared at the mouth of the bay, and began to measure the depth of the water, and it was clear that they were about to enter the bay.

If the Ming warships swarmed in, then they would have to separate from the Geranza Brigade on the island, and their hundreds of men guarded the two-zhang high Chikan City, which was like looking for death, this was the Ming people they had fought many times, not the local natives who were poorly clothed.

Although he didn't fight with the Ming people in foot combat, if you think about it with your ass, you can also know that the Ming people can build so many warships, and the combat power of foot combat is probably not bad.

The leader shouted for all the men to get on board as soon as possible, and more than 500 people climbed onto the three sea ships as fast as they could, and the sea ships immediately set off for the west, heading straight for the city of Geranza.

At this time, Qi Wei received a report from the front that the Song-class battleship at the mouth of the bay could not pass.

"Lao Li, it seems that you still have to change to a sea ship to enter the bay, before you go where, I will send a ship in and sink the Dutch warship."

Qi Wei gloated.

"Feel free to go in with a boat." Li Lu rolled his eyes, although back then, the buddies were good, but now a foot army, a sailor, the two families are not very good at dealing with each other, so it is inevitable that they will meet and fight now.

Qi Wei and Li Lu changed into a patrol boat and entered the bay, and there were ten sea ships docked by the trestle on the west side of the bay, three of which were swallowing people out.

The Dutch who got off the ship ran like madness to the city of Geranza, a mile away, and only when they entered the city did they feel safe, and the huge ships behind them were too terrifying.

They had completely forgotten that the Dutch had terrorized the natives everywhere in this way.

"It looks like the Dutch have abandoned the castle." Li Lu pointed to the east, which was silently located in Chikan City.

"Well, that's true, I'm in trouble here, too."

Ziwey stared at the Dutch warship.

"What's the matter, what's the trouble, those red mammoths are like frightened rabbits, and you're in trouble too."

Li Lu sneered.

"You know what, not only do they have their own artillery, but they are also within the range of the artillery on the east side of the castle, and if our sailors approach and bombard them with Tiago's cannons, the artillery on both sides of the Netherlands will be right to flank us."

Qi Wei pointed to the three-story fortress road that stood on the west side.

Li Lu looked at it and nodded, indeed, it is not easy to do, the artillery close to the castle will be flanked, and there is basically no way to counterattack, such a masonry fortress, even if the forty-eight-pounder cannon goes up, it will not be able to attack. Far away, the long-barreled cannon is not as powerful as Thiago's can opener, and I don't know how many cannons can destroy the opposing ship.

"Take your time, Qi Wei can always think of a way." Li Lu smiled very unkindly.

"I think it's just for them to come behind your infantry team and shoot two shots, and you will be honest." (To be continued.) )

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