In Quanzhou Bay, the Zheng family fleet is on the side.

When I saw the Dutch warships, they suddenly caught fire one after another, and even died violently.

Zheng Zhilong and the others, who were paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield, were stunned.

"Why did the Dutchman's ship burn?"

"Reinforcements, there are reinforcements to help us!"

Zheng Hongkui said excitedly, through the telescope, he saw three small dots behind the Dutch Galen ship, the one led by it, the whole body was painted with red paint (steel plate anti-rust paint), there was no mast, and there was a smoking chimney on the top, with a strange shape, but the size was larger than all the Galen ships of the Dutch!

"Could it be that the Spaniards are helping us?"

Zheng Zhilong said, he is a master of interpersonal communication, except for the Dutch, he has a very good relationship with the Spaniards and the Portuguese, because he has been baptized by Catholicism, and has a Western name called Nicolas Yiguan, and the trade exchanges with the Spanish and Portuguese are very frequent, so these Westerners affectionately call him an official, and the relationship is not generally good.

For the sake of this relationship, the Spaniards, who had the strength to defeat the Dutch, sent a few large ships to support themselves, which is not very likely, but it does not mean that it is completely impossible.

"Big brother, fourth brother, I saw the big flag on their ship, there is a huge 'Xu' word on it, this is the reinforcement sent by Xujiazhuang!"

Zheng Zhibao put down the binoculars and said.

"Xujiazhuang?"

Zheng Zhilong was very surprised, Xu Jiazhuang, who killed his second brother Zhihu, actually put aside his grievances and rushed over to support the Zheng family, instead of waiting for the Zheng family to fight with the Dutch and then come to pick up the bargain, which really made him unbelievable.

What shocked him even more was the strength of the Xu family's fleet, in just such a moment, twelve of the eighteen Dutch Galen ships caught fire or exploded, and the remaining few were frightened and scattered, turning around and running, but depending on the situation, it was impossible to escape the pursuit of the Xu family's warships.

Meng's Zheng Zhilong remembered the two things in Xujiazhuang that his nephew Zheng Cai often boasted about: a steam ship and a flowering cannon.

Could it be that what Zheng Cai said is true, and there is not a single lie?

"Big brother, win, the Dutch have been defeated, and we will also attack with all our troops, let's go and beat the water dogs!" Zheng Hongkui reminded.

"Big brother, don't be in a daze, hurry up and raise the order!" Zheng Zhibao also urged.

"Yes, yes, raise the flag and give me a painful annihilation!"

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said.

……

Now.

On board the Fort Middle, the flagship of the Dutch fleet.

Fire.

Fire on all sides.

There are also terrible and earth-shattering ghost cries that have been burned by the flames.

and the sound of a plopping jumper.

Standing on the deck, Commander Hans Putmann watched all this in a daze, and still did not react.

What the hell is going on, it only took a moment for the situation to take a turn for the worse to become like this?

"God, is this your punishment for me?"

"Why should you quench my hope and take away my glory?"

"I am devout enough to the Lord, but you have protected my enemies and sent fire down for them."

Looking at the few soldiers rolling in the flames, Putman muttered.

"Master, this ship is coming to an end, let's jump ship, and then surrender to the Zheng family, Zheng Yiguan will not harm our lives." The blackened adjutant ran over and said.

Putman shook his head at him, still staring blankly ahead.

The adjutant had no choice but to jump into the sea.

Boom!

Eventually, the fire spread uncontrollably to the ammunition depot on the lower deck, and the flagship, Fort Middle, along with Commander Putman, were reduced to countless pieces of wood and debris in the explosion.

……

The other side.

Zheng Cai and others, who controlled the fireboat with the original purpose of launching a suicide attack, now do not need to carry out the fire attack mission, but instead capture prisoners.

"Those who dare to resist will be beheaded!"

"Give up the resistance and fish them all up, and not one of them will be killed!"

"These Dutch captives can also be exchanged for silver and ransom, not necessarily less than the head bounty."

Zheng Cai said loudly, handed the oar to a Dutch sailor who was struggling in the water, pulled him onto the boat like a lobster, and kept reminding him loudly not to kill the person who fell into the water and to take him as much as possible.

Because an experienced sailor takes a long time to cultivate, and any maritime power is willing to recruit and accept, Zheng Cai's subordinates now only have a dozen people, if he can catch hundreds of Heyi and then find a way to recruit them as subordinates, then he only needs to get another big ship, he will be the captain of the big ship.

If it doesn't work, he can also make a deal with Xujiazhuang, and sell these Heyi sailors to Xujiazhuang at a high price, two or three hundred silver dollars each, Xujiazhuang will definitely want it, he knows very well that Xujiazhuang is very short of professional sailors.

……

The perspective returns to the side of the Xujiazhuang support fleet.

The Dutch fleet, after a sudden blow like a catastrophe, was quickly set on fire by twelve ships, and the remaining six Galen ships could only turn around and flee in all directions.

But the wind at sea was northerly, and the side headwinds of these Galen ships were only about 8 knots, even with full sails.

Yaowu and other large steam ships, in the case of full pursuit, can run out of more than 20 knots of ultra-high speed, and soon caught up with the escaped Galen ship, boom, boom, mortar constantly attacked, but the high-speed situation is more bumpy, the mortar hit rate is significantly reduced, have to lower the angle of fire, take the way of free fire, and then continue to close the distance, in order to improve the hit rate.

After a period of pursuit.

The remaining six Dutchman Galen ships also emitted smoke, if it weren't for the desperate efforts of the sailors on board to fight the fire, I am afraid that they would all fall into the fire, unable to prevent the spread of the fire, if you want to survive, there is only one option left to jump ship.

"Surrender, we are willing to surrender!"

"Stop fighting, stop fighting."

"Your strength has earned our respect, and we are willing to surrender!"

The six Galen ships, which were found to have no escape, had to fly white flags and release a flag message that they were willing to surrender and ask for a ceasefire.

Yaowu, in the command room of the ship's building.

"Captain, the Dutch have surrendered, do you accept their surrender?" The first mate asked Zuo Xianfudao.

"If you have surrendered, why not lower the sails and show no signs of slowing down? You are cunning, you let the bannermen send out the banner, order them to lower the sails, and all the crew jump into the sea, and then salvage them, and if they do not listen, we will continue to attack until they are burned. "Zuo Xianfu Road.

"Yes!"

Obviously, in the face of these conditions put forward by Zuo Xianfu, three of the six Dutch Galen ships ignored them and still fled, but they were caught up and attacked by Yaowu, Haihai No. 7, and Haihai No. 8, and soon ignited an inextinguishable fire.

In the end, the three remaining Galen ships had to be obedient and knowledgeable, lowered their sails, and the crew all jumped into the sea, obediently raising their hands in surrender.

At five o'clock in the afternoon.

The sea battlefield on the periphery of Quanzhou Bay has been basically cleaned up, and the results of the naval battle have been counted——

In the Dutch fleet, eighteen Galen ships were burned fifteen, three were captured, more than 700 sailors were killed and drowned, and more than 1,500 were captured.

The Zheng family fleet was overturned by the wind and waves, lost dozens of sailors, and captured more than 900 prisoners.

Xujiazhuang supported the fleet, lost no personnel, captured more than 600 prisoners, and captured three Galen ships.

This is an incomparably brilliant victory for the Chinese people and will go down in history!

The fleet of the Western maritime powers was completely annihilated in the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming side suffered a slight loss of forces, ignoring it, and won a complete victory.

This undoubtedly proves that the era when the fleets of Western maritime powers could run rampant in the coastal waters of the Ming Dynasty is gone, and a new era of sea power belonging to the Chinese people has begun.

Among them, there is the credit of the Zheng family fleet, but it is mainly the credit of the Xujiazhuang fleet.

But today for the Zheng Group.

The defeat of the Dutch fleet was certainly a joy to be celebrated for three days in a row.

But at this moment, the senior management of the Zheng Group, including Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao and others, they are not more joy and joy, but fear and shock.

Because the three large steam ships of Xujiazhuang, under the guidance of the pilot, entered Quanzhou Port, slowly docked at the Quanzhou wharf, and stopped in front of Zheng Zhilong and others at close range, so that they could observe carefully.

First of all, it is large, the hull is very large, more than twice as large as the largest warship in the Zheng family's fleet.

The Dutchman's Galen ship could not be compared, unless it was a giant Galen cargo ship of more than 1,000 tons, it could be roughly comparable.

Secondly, the ship shape is smooth and beautiful, the structure is simple and atmospheric, and it is like a work of art.

There are also advantages such as smooth driving, extremely fast speed, and powerful firepower.

But there are two main ones that make the senior management of the Zheng Group curious and concerned the most: steam engines and mortars.

"As long as the steam engine is installed, such a huge warship can run two or three times faster than a sailing ship without the help of any sails, and once it is targeted, there is no possibility of escape, either it will be captured or it will die! No matter how big this sea is, there is no place for you to chase it. ”

"The power of the mortar is not weaker than that of heavy artillery, but the range is longer, the rate of fire is faster, and it can also fire flowering shells and incendiary bombs, which fall into the ship from above the head, even if it hits an incendiary bomb, if it is not dealt with in time, it is the result of the destruction of the ship and the death of people, which can be described as a one-hit kill."

"In the face of such a steam warship, we can't compare in terms of maneuverability, and we can't compare with firepower, if we want to win in battle, we can only close the distance, send more fireships, and pay heavier losses before we can defeat one."

Zheng Hongkui said with a disgraced face, to put it in his heart, although the opponent of the Dutch is strong, the Zheng family still has a certain possibility of defeat, but the Xujiazhuang fleet, which suddenly appeared across the river, the Zheng family still has a harder time accepting the appearance of the Xujiazhuang fleet, even if it is a temporary ally who has just helped them.

"Fourth Young Master, you are wrong, with the defense of the Yaowu, it is useless to send any number of fireships close to attack, I don't believe you came over to touch the shell of the Yaowu."

The Lin family, who is responsible for explaining these high-level Zheng family members, wants to correct a wrong concept of Zheng Hongkui.

"Isn't it just a layer of wood painted with red paint, can it be fireproof?"

Zheng Hongkui walked over and reached out and knocked on the surface of the Yaowu's hull.

His expression froze for a moment.

Those who don't believe in evil knocked again, and the sound of the bell was very crisp, and it was clearly a layer of iron plate painted with red paint!

"Iron armor, Xu Jiazhuang actually put a layer of iron armor on this ship?" Zheng Hongkui glared at the tiger and asked in a trembling voice.

"That's right, this is an ironclad ship, and a real military warship."

Lin Jiaquan raised his chin and said: "The No. 7 and No. 8 ships next to them are just steam cargo ships, and their defense is relatively weak, but even if they are used as warships, they are almost invincible, and such steam cargo ships, Xu Jiazhuang will build thousands of them in the future, and at least 100 ironclad ships for military use will be built......

"Enough is enough, don't say any more, let me slow down, let me take a breath!"

Zheng Hongkui interrupted him, at this moment he just wanted to cover his ears, or cover Lin Jiaquan's mouth, and he couldn't accept these messages that made him feel suffocated.

He lost his soul and felt like he had been stripped of his bones, and returned to Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and others, muttering like a sister-in-law: "It's over, the Zheng family is finished......"

"Fourth brother, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zheng Zhilong scolded him.

"Fourth brother, are you crazy?" Zheng Zhibao said.

Other high-ranking members of the Zheng family have accused Zheng Hongkui of not being able to speak, and it is not easy to get a big victory today, but he said such bad words.

"You can also touch that ship, and you will find out, it will only be more unbearable than me." Zheng Hongkui shook his head and said with a dejected expression.

"What's wrong with this hull?"

Zheng Zhilong walked over without believing in evil, and also reached out to knock and touch, and then felt that the world was spinning, and he almost fell headlong.

Zheng Zhibao walked over and touched and touched, his chest seemed to be attacked by a heavy hammer, his breath was not smooth, and his mouth began to mutter: "Dead, the Zheng family is dead!" ”

The other high-level officials of the Zheng family really performed even more unbearable, some were crazy and laughing, some knelt down on the spot and surrendered, some spit blood and had miserable faces, and some couldn't think of pulling out their swords to commit suicide, staging a very strange show of despair in life.