Chapter 146: Ambush of the Dutch-Portuguese Navy
Dolgon did a really good job, all those who rebelled with Bomu Bogol, he and Shunzhi pardoned the past, and made the people involved in the rebellion move forward bravely, in order to attack Henan, regain the lost land, in order to atone for their sins. Therefore, these people have become very active, and Li Yan has a very hard time resisting because of this!
Although some of Zhang Biwu's men and horses led by Lu Xiangsheng have returned to Henan to strengthen the defense, Li Yan still took the initiative to give up Shanxi in order to keep Henan.
Zhang Biwu is much more relieved, if Lu Xiangsheng is there to help Li Yan, it is difficult for Dolgon to capture Henan, and now he heard that Dolgon is recruiting Mongolian people, and the Mongolian conscription is not as active as before, how to say that the Mongols have a relationship with Zhang Biwu, and the number of people they don't want to serve the Manchus anymore has increased.
Although Dolgon could not increase his strength through the Mongols, he felt helpless for this, and he was helpless!
Dolgon can still take advantage of the road, he has won Shanxi, he wants to seize Shaanxi again, play a role in encircling Henan on many sides, and then occupy the north. If he captures Shaanxi, he will be able to take the opportunity to enter Shu, which Zhang Biwu must guard.
Zhang Biwu had no choice but to let Li Guo and other remnants of the Dashun army return to Shaanxi, Shaanxi is their hometown, and they will resist the Qing army in Shaanxi, supplemented by Li Dingguo's words, they can resist the Manchu offensive, and wait until Zhang Biwu's whole army returns to the north.
So now Zhang Biwu is very stable, he is idle, waiting intently to see what the situation is on the Dutch and Portuguese sides.
Zhang Biwu heard the latest news, the Dutch and Portuguese fleets had sailed here, and they had gathered a hundred warships. It's menacing!
If you fight them at sea. There were not many ships on Zheng Chenggong's side. The certainty of naval warfare is not great, but it seems impossible to get the coalition forces ashore, and the enemy will only cruise along the coast to protect Macao, and relying on the sea, it will play a role in attacking the coastal areas, no matter where, as long as there is water, it will be attacked.
The long coast of the south will be defended everywhere. Everywhere is guarded. In the unfavorable situation of the war in the south, Zhang Biwu will be nailed to the south for longer and longer, and it will be difficult to go north to break the Manchu Qing Dynasty! At that time, the north may be lost, so it is natural to fight this naval battle with the Netherlands and Portugal.
The area around Qiongzhou Mansion was already densely packed with warships, and as soon as an enemy army was discovered, the sailors would be dispatched.
Zhang Biwu stationed troops in Qiongzhou Mansion because Hainan Island is a small island, and if the other party first captured Qiongzhou Mansion, which belongs to Guangdong, and used it as a base, it would be difficult at that time.
It would be a great thing if the Dutch and Portuguese navies set off from the Spratly Islands, the Zhongsha Islands, and the Paracel Islands together. There are many islands here, and the enemy navy does not know the terrain. If there is a fight, the most dominant one is none other than Zhang Junshui.
Moreover, the other side's navy wants to come to help, and the nearest one is this sea route, and if it bypasses the Sulu Islands to aid Macao, it will become very far, and at that time, the other side will drag on for a long time, and they are afraid that Macao will be lost.
At that time, Macao was known as the area where Western studies were spreading eastward, and the influence of Western studies on China was based on Macao, which played a key role.
Zhang Biwu's idea is that Macao will be returned, but it is only the role of learning from the West to the East, and he does not want to cancel it, and the matter of closing the country will never appear here in Zhang Biwu.
If you want to recover it, don't say much now, only if you fight this battle, so that the Netherlands does not dare to fight Taiwan and the southern coastal idea again!
At this time, Xia Wanchun came back, he came with seven fishermen from the Sulu Kingdom, and Xia Wanchun was tanned.
Zhang Biwu looked at him and asked, "Xia Wanchun, how is it?" ”
Xia Wanchun gave up his hand and said, "King Qi, I don't live up to my mission!" As soon as I went to the country of Sulu, the three kings of the country of Sulu -- the king of the east, the king of the west, and the king of the mountain, they had already gathered in the whole country, and there were five people who knew the sea well, and I asked them to take me to that area to inspect it. I know a lot about the sea in that area! ”
Xia Wanchun personally went there to check, Zhang Biwu was of course relieved, he knew that the fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal were approaching, and the big battle was triggered. Otherwise, he would not have personally gone to Qiongzhou Mansion to wait for him.
Just in case, Zhang Biwu will personally go to the waters of the Nansha Islands to personally check the terrain so that he can know it in his heart.
Xia Wanchun was the seven fishermen of the Sulu Kingdom, plus the people of Qiongzhou who had also gone to sea, and some merchants who had sailed to trade also set off together.
After they finished checking this area, they would naturally be able to know in their hearts, but one thing was very clear, there were not a lot of Dutch and Portuguese trade between here, and they would also know the sea here, but what they could do was to be surprising, and what the weather was like when they saw it, if it was stormy and rainy, it would be miserable!
And there is a point on the sea, even if there is no wind, there are big waves on the sea, you are not the sea, the sea is not strong enough, in the inland river, the inland river is not worried, but once you get to the sea, it is difficult not to capsize!
The role of ships and speedboats on the sea is not as great as that of inland rivers and inland rivers. Zhang Biwu knew this, and he could only decide to fight this battle.
He looked at Zheng Chenggong beside him, Zheng Chenggong waved his hand to him and said, "Let's do it!" We all have a determination to die to serve the country! Or beat these red-haired ghosts honestly! We can't safely go north to destroy the Tartars! ”
Zhang Biwu nodded firmly, how could he not fight?
Zhang Biwu also had to ask people to ambush the ships or assault boats in the coral reef area in advance, but due to the strong waves, I don't know if they will be washed away.
After all, there is no port in this area, and the small boats stop here, and if there is a big wind and waves, they will suffer from the catastrophe!
Zhang Biwu also found old sailors, who had been adrift at sea all their lives, and they knew more or less about the temper of the sea. They used to do business with Zheng Zhilong Oceanwide, and what they can guarantee is that there will be no big storms in these two days!
Zhang Biwu asked people to ambush all of these, and then give the other party a good look.
In the distance, a large group of warships lined up, these are the Portuguese and Dutch warships! They had just arrived in the Spratly Islands, which are home to many reefs and coral reefs.
When the coalition fleet passes here, it has to be accurate, and when they are passing through the Nansha Islands, when they are not in array, they suddenly attack, and it will work.
The lookout soldier on the lookout looked through his binoculars and shouted in panic: "Oh no! Oh no! A huge fleet has appeared ahead! ”
"What!" This time, the coalition forces were all panicked! According to their assumptions, it is impossible for Chinese sailors to appear here, and they have rarely been able to reach this place since Zheng He went to the South Seas. It is said that their ships are many backward, there are many small boats, and most of them sail in inland rivers and rivers, so why did they suddenly emerge on the sea?
And they are besieging Macao, and they are entangled by the Manchus, will they still think of setting up an ambush here?
Zhang Biwu was also holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, he saw that the opponent's fleet began to retreat, obviously they knew that the place they were in was extremely unfavorable to them, they had to withdraw from the unfavorable terrain, if Zhang Biwu's army pursued, in this place, they killed again, the situation would completely change.
"Hey!" Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "It seems that they still know naval warfare very well!" But I'm not going to let you escape! As soon as our army appears, then the ships and assault boats that are ambushing on the reef and the island will appear! ”
Sure enough, these boats appeared all around, and the red-haired ghost was surprised by the sudden appearance of assault boats and sterns.
It's just that because of the impact of the waves, the speed is far less than in the Neijiang, and even some ships and assault boats capsize.
The dragon boat also failed to play its full role, after all, as soon as the wind blew, the waves and water churned and the boat capsized immediately.
In addition, the other side opened fire, and under the indiscriminate bombardment of artillery, many ships and assault boats were sunk. When Zhang Biwu saw it, there were not many enemy ships that were fixed, and it seemed that the effect of the ambush was not great!
Thankfully, they took that into account, firebar! Yes! A wall of fire suspended above the sea was chained and barried in their back path, so that the coalition warships could not retreat quickly, but could only be annihilated between the islands.
No, one by one, the white strips in the waves jumped into the water, they pushed the pontoon boat forward, and then connected it with iron chains, and then a little fire, and it was successful! A wall of fire is formed.
It's just that some people were swept away by the strong current, and when they saw their hands held high, they were washed to the other side by the sea, and it was difficult to save them, but his task was not yet completed!
Someone else has come forward, they want to complete the task, obviously the water in this area is particularly fast, perhaps because it is under the pressure of several reefs, the terrain is slightly lower, and the water is big! Another person was washed away. Another was swept by the water, hit the emerging reef, broke his head and bleed, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.
Several warriors came hand in hand, and they had to set up the wall of fire, to lock up the enemy, so that not a single enemy could escape. They succeeded, and they cemented into a wall of fire.
Obviously, the other party was not reconciled, they opened fire, and one cannon after another bombarded, and suddenly the sea exploded, and one after another water columns rose into the sky!
Many people were killed by the bombing, and some people went to make up for it immediately, and they had to mend the wall of fire, and they absolutely couldn't let the other party escape. Suddenly, the wall of fire was reflected in the sea, and at the same time, the sea was also bloody, and these were heroic warriors who used their lives and blood to block the enemy's retreat. (To be continued......)