Chapter 1187: No Silver Falls from the Heavens
"Yes, sir!"
The two of them hurriedly agreed, this time it was indeed a shame for the navy of the Ming Empire, the strength and weapons were urgently superior, and in the end, they ended up like this, and they didn't know how to give a message to the imperial court, did they really let the Inspector go to the thunder?
Qin Mufeng asked in a deep voice, "Haotian, Lord Yang, what is the situation of the other pirate, and how is the battle going?" β
Yang Geng hurriedly replied: "Inspector Qin, now that group of pirates has been confirmed to be red-haired devils, there is no doubt that these people are Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch and even the local natives of Nanyang, all of whom are sailors hired by the Dutch. β
"Cohen?"
Cha Xuan frowned and asked, "Lord Yang, what is this Cohen for?" β
Yang Geng said in a deep voice: "Lord Inspector, this Cohen's status in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is equivalent to the dispatch officer of our imperial court, and he is the governor of the Far East affairs sent by the King of the Netherlands to the Prime Minister of Nanyang, just like you and Governor Qin, but they hold all the powers of trade, administration, and military in their hands, and they are the highest representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Far East, and they are a count of the Netherlands, leading a Dutch army to unscrupulously seize and seize in the South Seas, and they have been entrenched in the South Seas for more than 20 years, and they are the leading overlords of the South Seas!" β
"Dog's day, what kind of overlord does he care about whether he is a hegemon or not? If you dare to provoke our brothers, let him die without a place to be buried! β
Qin Mufeng snorted coldly, "How is your battle going?" β
Zheng Haotian hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiyu, Xia Guan and Lord Yang are all trying to encircle it, however, this group of pirates is experienced, and they broke through with all their might, and finally they were rushed out by their main force, we sank one of their main warships, five small warships, and also captured two battleships, captured two hundred and twenty-seven foreigners, and the rest all fled, the Imperial Navy in the fierce battle, two more capital warships were damaged, but it was not a big problem, and it could be put into use with a little renovation, eight soldiers were martyred, and forty-five were wounded......"
Qin Mufeng and Cha Xuan glanced at each other, and a wry smile appeared on the corners of their mouths, their two brothers still lack experience in naval battles, this is not something that can mature in a day or two, but this tuition fee is expensive enough.
"Immediately send a fine cavalry to explain the reason to Inspector Yuan, and ask him to send seven hundred miles to expedite and play the imperial court, and we will ask the emperor for guilt together!"
Cha Xuan said in a deep voice, "Mu Feng, for the time being, you can't stay in Songjiang Mansion, something like this happens, the people of Nanjing City are panicking, you must go back to Nanjing Zuozhen first to help Inspector Yuan." β
Almost at the same time as the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Navy had just returned to Matsue Prefecture, and Zheng Cai led the sailors back to the Hirado Domain.
Tagawa Nanazaemon had been waiting at the dock for a long time, and from a distance, he saw the warships landing one by one, and the figures of Zheng Cai and Van der Vaart were revealed, and Tagawa Nanaemon ran up almost all the way.
"Cousin, Mr. van der Vaart, how are things?"
Tanagawa Nanazaemon asked urgently.
Van der Vaart smiled bitterly: "Mr. Tian Chuan, I have successfully snatched things out of Nanjing City, and escaped all the way to the mouth ......of the Yangtze River, I didn't expect the sailors of the Ming Dynasty to react so quickly and block the entire Yangtze River estuary with a fleet, if it weren't for General Zheng Cai's response with Soria, I'm afraid that this time, I would even throw my life in the Ming Dynasty."
"So, all the arms have been brought back?"
Tagawa Nanazaemon was overjoyed and asked repeatedly.
"Where is it so easy?"
Zheng Cai smiled bitterly: "Jiro, we underestimated the strength of the imperial court's sailors, even if there is no Fujian navy division merged into the imperial navy, now the strength of the imperial court's sailors is far beyond our imagination, at that time, the entire Yangtze River estuary, gathered nearly a hundred warships of the imperial court, and there are no less than 20 warships of more than 2,000 materials alone, and we and the fleet under the command of Soria, together, are only fifty or sixty warships, which are not people's opponents at all, if we don't break through with all our strength, I am afraid that there is a possibility of annihilation, but, Although we rushed out, but because our flagship was hit by the Ming army's flowering cannons and suffered heavy losses, the Ming army's pursuit was too fierce, so we had to burn the flagship, and I am afraid that the musket would have sunk into the sea......"
Forehead......
Tagawa Nanazaemon's mood fell from the peak to the bottom in an instant, I'll go, don't gasp for breath, this special thing will torture people to death!
"Damn, don't you know that you are going to protect the ships carrying munitions?"
Tagawa Nanazaemon shouted angrily.
Zheng Cai replied astringently: "Jiro, if you want to protect the flagship, where is it so easy?" Their rockets are too powerful, although we can quickly evade the artillery, but their rockets are too dense, and just fill the gap in the range of the artillery, there are almost no dead ends, a rocket down, the flagship's sails are all burned, our flagship can't run if it wants to, fortunately, the musket placed on the Canglong has returned safely, but I don't know how many ...... there are left"
When Tagawa Nanazaemon heard this, his heart calmed down a little, and he said hurriedly: "Let's go, take me over to see, the flintlock musket, that's the magic weapon of the Ming Dynasty......"
While a few people were talking, a fleet in the distance rushed over quickly!
"Huh? This isγThis is our East India Company fleet, how did it come to Dongying? β
Van der Vaart exclaimed.
Tagawa Nanazaemon's eyes froze, at this time, the fleet of the East India Company came over, but nothing good happened......
It didn't take long for more than a dozen warships to dock, and Soria went straight down the deck to the dock.
"Van der Vaart, what the hell is going on with you? Let Lao Tzu come to fight with you and cover for you, at the critical moment, you didn't even know a word, and ran away directly, if it weren't for the strength of Lao Tzu's fleet, this time it would have been dumplings made by the sailors of the Ming Empire! Even if you escape, you will lose more than a dozen warships, large and small, and such a big loss is caused by you, aren't you afraid of the thunderous anger of the Governor? β
Soria snapped.
Van der Vaart's face darkened, and his heart trembled, he didn't expect that the company's fleet losses would be so severe, but there is no way to do it, if you want to make money, where can you not take any risks? and no silver will fall from heaven......
(End of chapter)