June 18, morning.

A few miles southeast of Kinmen Island, the Dutch fleet had completed its build-up.

Eighteen large galen ships were unfolded into a horizontal formation, the largest of which had more than 800 tons of tonnage and the smallest of which had more than 400 tons.

In addition, each Galen ship has two to more decks, and each layer can be equipped with three to twelve heavy guns (i.e., Hongyi cannons), so that the total number of guns on the ship ranges from 12 to 72, and the firepower is very terrifying.

And the eighteen Galen ships are like eighteen hills on the sea.

The total number of heavy artillery pieces exceeded five hundred.

With such a powerful fleet, it is more than enough to sweep the east, and there is no challenge to defeat the Zheng family.

Hans Putman, a middle-aged white man with a hooked nose and brown hair, was the supreme commander of the Arada, a shareholder and manager of the Dutch East India Company, and a businessman at heart.

Stand high on deck in the ship's building.

With a telescope in hand, he observes the islands and the land coastline ahead.

Putman's yellow eyes are full of endless greed, yearning and longing, as well as sadness and loss that he has repeatedly asked for, just like a sling who has chased the goddess for many years, but what he gets is disdain, rejection and rejection, and even one ear scraper.

Even so, the Dutch, including Putman, remained obsessed with and longed for the land.

Although it is about to launch raids and strikes on this land.

Putman still thinks that he is peace-loving, he is an absolute pacifist, a businessman who only wants to make money, and the fundamental reason why he is forced to raise a butcher's knife and set up an artillery cannon today is that he was forced to do it as a last resort!

Because tea, silk, porcelain and other products whose prices are equivalent to gold, only the Ming Dynasty has them, but he can't buy them as he wants, he can't go to the place of origin to buy, and he has to be stuck by the Zheng family and charge high intermediary fees.

In the past two years, there have been an endless stream of artifacts such as mechanical watches, soaps, glass mirrors, lighters, and bicycles, which have spread to Europa through merchant ships, and have aroused the greed of countless Dutch people.

Want.

They want, they want it very much, they want it like crazy, they want to buy as much as they want, and they don't care about the price for the time being.

It's just that......

Like traditional oriental specialties such as tea, silk, and porcelain, new oriental products such as mechanical watches, soaps, and glass mirrors are equally expensive, not to mention, they must also accept the exploitation of the Zheng family, an intermediary, and they cannot buy as much as they want, and it is difficult to cross the strait controlled by the Zheng family fleet (that is, the Taiwan Strait), go directly to the place called Xujiazhuang, and buy them at a cheap wholesale price, resulting in a greatly reduced profit margin.

I can't stand it.

I really can't bear it this time!

It's all the fault of the Zheng family, and they were all forced by the Zheng family, so that they were forced to come to this point, and they had to use this way to deal with producers of countless oriental specialties.

"This time, we are going to teach the Zheng family a painful lesson, force them to submit, and then let them become our hunting dogs and slaves, obediently purchasing goods for us, as for how many bones can be rewarded, it all depends on their performance and our mood."

"It's a pity, it's a pity that we only have the force to defeat others, but we can't produce such exquisite goods, so we can only cooperate with them, instead of controlling the production area and craftsmen in our hands to maximize profits."

"But the population of the Ming Dynasty is too large, and the population of the seven provinces of the Netherlands is only a million in total, and if my country has 10 million people and more than 500,000 troops, we are willing to give up everything we have, under the inspiration of God, to conquer this eastern country and control the infinite wealth, even if it is possible to fail, we are willing to try."

Putman stroked the mechanical watch on his left wrist and muttered what was on his mind.

That's right, he is not really peace-loving, but the strength of the Netherlands is insufficient, and it is no problem to conquer some backward island countries, if you want to conquer the Ming Dynasty, you have to unite the whole of Europa, but how can Europe be united?

The conquest of the Ming Dynasty was just an impossible dream.

"Master, the negotiator we sent to the Zheng family was killed, and our request was denied." An adjutant came in and reported.

"They're choosing failure and death!"

Putman was furious, and immediately ordered: "Don't wait any longer, attack, attack immediately, and be sure to fight until the Zheng family repents and begs for mercy, and then find someone to replace them!" ”

"But today it's a north wind, and the direction of the wind is not good for us." The adjutant was taken aback and said.

"Even if it is a headwind, we must destroy the Zheng family, we have eighteen ships, this is the strength we can destroy the Zheng family!"

"Yes!" Adjutant said.

……

The Dutch fleet acted.

Putman was furious, and even in the face of headwinds, he had to lead the fleet north, heading straight for Quanzhou Bay, about two hundred miles away.

In headwind conditions, the sail warship can only move forward in a zigzag course, so the advance speed is very slow, only two or three knots.

It was not until noon on 19 June that it reached the open sea of Quanzhou Bay, and then sailed from west to east, speeding into Quanzhou Bay.

Putman made people play the flag: After defeating the Zheng family's fleet, you can go ashore and loot for three days, regardless of murder, strong X, or robbery, you are not guilty, and those who can capture Zheng Zhilong will be rewarded with 10,000 silver dollars!

After this flag was played.

The morale of the Dutch fleet was immediately boosted, and countless wolf howls and ghost howls sounded:

"Kill!"

"This time, I will enter at least five fragrant Daming women."

"Snatch all the Zheng family's treasures!"

"It's long overdue, this is the revenge and punishment of civilized people against barbarians!"

……

Now.

In Quanzhou Bay.

Face the menacing Dutch fleet.

Through the beacon whistle set up on the seaside, the Zheng Group had already noticed the attacking opponent, made preparations in advance, prepared for the battle, and put on a formation against the enemy.

On the Zheng family fleet, there are more than 200 large ships, more than 500 small and medium-sized ships, and more than 300 specially designed fireships.

There are thousands of large and small ships in total, and the number is more than fifty times that of the incoming Galen ships, occupying a clear numerical advantage.

But......

Zheng Zhilong, who was wearing iron armor and hanging a long sword from his waist, he had just turned thirty years old this year, standing on the deck with a fairly young and heroic image, as the backbone of the Zheng family, he led the Zheng family fleet to countless victories.

But with a high-powered telescope, I saw the Dutch fleet more than 20 miles away, and it was overwhelming.

Zheng Zhilong's heart was shrouded in a huge shadow and he felt a great deal of discomfort.

Although there are not many Galen ships of eighteen ships, because of the success of the ship design, this type of ship has tonnage advantages, firepower advantages, and speed advantages, and there is no big ship in the Zheng family fleet that can match them.

Once the Dutch fleet adopts the kite flying tactic, the Zheng fleet will fall into the disadvantage of being unable to catch up, unable to hit, weak firepower, and brittle defense, and will be consumed and dragged to death little by little, and no matter how many there are, it will be useless.

Half an hour later.

The distance between the two fleets in a straight line was less than fifteen miles, and they would soon be able to get into firing distance.

"All fireships are attacking!"

"Burn a Dutch ship for 200 taels of silver, and get a Dutchman's head for 50 taels of silver!"

"If you unfortunately die in battle, each family member of the deceased can get 100 taels of pension silver, and you will never owe half a penny!"

Zheng Zhilong also asked people to play flags and publicize the reward rules.

In order to boost morale, in order to win this naval battle, Zheng Zhilong had to spend blood, because more than 300 arson ships, each ship has 16 sailors, that is, a death squad of more than 5,000 people.

But there is no way, if you lose, there is nothing, in order to win, no matter how much the price, no matter how much silver taels he has to spend!

"Woo woo woo~"

The horn of the attack sounded.

After hearing this voice.

The front of the Zheng family's fleet.

On a fire boat like a small dragon boat, Zheng Cai, who was shirtless with a towel tied to his head, roared: "Paddle! Paddle as fast as you can! ”

Whoa~

Then, including Zheng Cai, all the sailors held a wooden oar, desperately plucking the seawater, like an arrow shot, so that the fireship could move forward quickly, carrying out this extremely dangerous mission.

At this moment, Zheng Cai, who was a member of the death squad and led the boat to the front, did not feel afraid of being afraid, because it was useless to be afraid of death, as a sailor, if he was unfortunately killed by a cannon next, he was the hero enshrined in the Zheng ancestral hall, if he escaped from the battle, or jumped into the sea in time, in the waves five or six feet high, even if he was very good in water, if there was no one to rescue, he would soon drown and die of cold.

Even if they are lucky enough to be rescued, they will be sentenced to death as deserters, and they will be spurned after death, they will not be able to enter the ancestral hall, they will not be able to enjoy the incense, and their families will not be able to get a pension, but they will be implicated and cannot raise their heads.

So he had no choice, no way out, he could only go out and work hard!

"Rush!"

"You can only survive if you row as fast as possible!"

"Don't be afraid of dying in battle, the pension of one hundred taels is enough for the family to enjoy a few years, and our filial piety has been fulfilled!"

Zheng Cai said with a roar, cheering up the crew.

Thirteen miles.

Ten miles.

Nine miles.

Eight miles.

Soon to enter the range of the guns of the Dutch ship.

At this time, in order to deal with these hundreds of fireboats, the eighteen Galen ships had slowed down, lined up their hulls horizontally, opened the cannon windows, and launched the Hongyi cannon with one door and the muzzle of the black hole, all aimed at Zheng Cai, the fireship running at the front.

It was aimed at more than 200 artillery pieces, and with the accuracy of Western-style Hongyi cannons.

An extremely strong sense of death loomed.

One hundred percent.

Zheng Cai had a hunch that as long as he was attacked by these Dutch ships, the probability of his death was 100 percent, and there was no chance of survival.

Boom Boom Boom!

After hearing this voice, Zheng Cai couldn't help but close his eyes, regret, his heart was full of regrets, Xujiazhuang's steamship, let alone owning one, even if there was no chance to see each other again, and those impossible ambitions and dreams were all turned into regrets at this moment.

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"Several Dutch ships have been shot!"

"Someone was helping us, someone was attacking the back of the Dutch ship."

"Shot again, those Dutch ships shot again!"

Boom boom boom~

There was also a Galen ship of the Dutch fleet, because of the gunpowder explosion, it was instantly blown to pieces, this scene made countless sailors on the fire ship cheer.

Zheng Caimeng's eyes widened.

It wasn't until he saw three tall pillars of smoke appear behind the Dutch fleet that he thought of after he contacted Xujiazhuang three days ago, and the other party promised to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

"Steamship, Xujiazhuang's steamship!"

"Xujiazhuang reinforcements are here, they are here to save us!"

"Win, we will win this big battle!"

A feeding frenzy.

At this moment, Zheng Cai turned into the most fanatical Xu Chui and fell into an almost crazy state.

……

In the rear of the Dutch fleet.

Xujiazhuang's support fleet did come, and arrived at the periphery of Quanzhou Bay yesterday afternoon, and then found a place to repair for the night, and the next day in accordance with the intelligence instructions, at the most appropriate time, caught up with this naval battle.

At this moment.

The Yaowu took the lead, running at the front, and a reinforced company of semi-mortars on the deck, totaling 40 80mm mortars, divided into two groups to carry out a rapid concentrated fire attack on the two Galen ships eight miles away.

Haihai 7 and Haihai 8 followed behind, in an isosceles triangle layout, and 15 mortars were also arranged on the deck, each aimed at a Galen ship, and also carried out rapid fire.

That is, four Dutch ships at the same time, covered by mortar fire, withstood the shells that fell overhead.

Not only are these shells precisely targeted, extremely difficult to dodge, and explode when they hit the deck, but they also have special incendiary shells that cause wood and canvas to burn violently and cannot be extinguished.

Just four or five attacks would put a Galen ship in flames.

In just half a moment, the three large steam ships of Xujiazhuang's support fleet had already changed their targets for two rounds, causing the twelve Galen ships to ignite a fire or cause a martyrdom.

The slaughter, this one-sided slaughter at sea!