An exchange of fire, or it can't be regarded as an exchange of fire at all, it was just a one-sided shelling of the Ming Dynasty big black ship on the Holland, anyway, it was six or seven kilometers away, the naval gun fire of the Ming Dynasty big black ship tore several big gaps on the starboard side of the Holland, and the mast on the deck was also destroyed.

Now the Holland will not be able to move.

In desperation, Troppe and Leut could only make people raise a white flag and announce their surrender.

Regarding surrender, there is still a clear difference between Eastern culture and Western culture.

In the context of Eastern culture, surrender is a treasonous march, which is to be spurned, and if it is surrendered to a barbarian regime like Jiannu, it will be stinking for thousands of years.

But in the context of Western culture, surrender is not a big deal.

So, realizing that they could not escape, the Dutch surrendered decisively.

Seeing that the Holland hoisted the white flag, the big black ship of the Ming Dynasty stopped shelling.

A moment later, the big black ship of the Ming Dynasty approached the front of the Holland, and at this time, the cabin of the Holland had been seriously flooded, and the hull had begun to roll badly, and it was already on the critical line of sinking.

Seeing this, the Ming army threw down the rope ladder from the side of the ship and began to rescue the Dutch sailors.

At the beginning, Trop and Leut still had a fluke mentality in their hearts, and said that they might be able to take advantage of the lack of defense of the Ming army to suddenly attack and take the big black ship of the Ming army.

But as soon as they climbed up the rope ladder to the deck of the big black ship, they immediately dispelled the idea.

Because the Ming army has long guarded against them, not only a team of loaded rifles on the deck responsible for guarding, but also several multi-barreled "flintlock guns", in the previous broadside battle, the Dutch navy has seen the ferocity of the Ming army's multi-barreled flintlock pistols, so Trop They no longer dare to act rashly, they can only obediently be prisoners.

……

After the battle, the cruisers of the three major fleets of the navy rushed to the sea off the port of Geranza.

Dutch Commander-in-Chief Trop and Rear Admiral Reutt were also sent aboard the Zheng He and brought to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen obviously lacked sufficient understanding of the maritime hegemony of the West in modern times, and had not even heard of Leut's murderous name, but only regarded him as an ordinary Dutch general.

Of course, even if you have heard of the name of Leut, it will not make a difference.

Because the world line of this world has been changed beyond recognition by Chongzhen, the so-called Western powers no longer exist in this world, and there is only one of the great powers in the world today, and that is the Ming Dynasty.

So people like Reut, the Ming Dynasty is not uncommon at all.

The only use is to build railways, and send them to the bitter cold land of the outer northeast to build the Far Eastern Railway.

Therefore, after a few words of interrogation, Chongzhen asked the two of them to be escorted down, and only waited for the arrival of the merchant ships of the Nanyang Merchant tomorrow, and then sent them to the northeast.

Chongzhen's current consideration is to destroy the city of Geranza.

Soon, the commanders of the three fleets and the senior generals gathered on the bridge of the Zheng He.

When everyone arrived, Chongzhen nodded at Jiang Tian and signaled that he could start explaining.

Jiang Tianyi immediately asked the two officers and students to hang up the map, which was drawn by the Dutch merchants before, and the accuracy was still very high, basically drawing the city defense deployment of Geranza City.

"Everyone, please see, this is the city of Geranza, since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch people have been illegally entrenched here for more than thirty years, before our Ming Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, so we didn't care about expelling the Dutch people, but now, my Ming Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and I can no longer sit idly by."

"The city of Geranza is actually a large platform."

"Of course, the Dutch call this a bastion."

"I don't need to say more about the characteristics of the fortress, everyone knows it very well."

Hearing this, the senior generals who participated in the meeting all looked a little solemn, and the characteristics of the fortress or the platform, of course, they knew very well, that is, they had extremely strong defensive power, and the effect was especially good when used with firearms.

The Huanghuai defense line of that year, as well as the Tianjin Wei and Gaizhou Wei later, all relied on such a platform.

If it weren't for this platform, Daming might not be able to block Jiannu's iron cavalry, and Daming would not be where it is today, I'm afraid it will be destroyed by Jiannu before Zhongxing has time.

After a pause, Jiang Tianyi said again: "However, you don't have to worry too much. ”

"The defense of the fortress is strong, and the defense against ground attacks is very strong."

"Due to the obstruction of the view and the coastline, the destructive power of the ship's guns will also be drastically reduced."

"Fortunately, we still have the Air Force, and the Air Force can attack from the air without any obstacles."

Hearing this, the eyes of all the senior admirals present turned to Zheng Sen.

Zheng Sen immediately got up and said, "Today's weather is very good, the wind is not strong, and the vision is wide. ”

Jiang Tian nodded, and said: "Let's talk about the whole plan, first of all, the air force will cooperate with the naval artillery group to destroy the Hongyi artillery at the head of the city of Geranza, and then the 3rd Division of the army will land, establish a divine artillery position on the beachhead, and after the divine artillery battalion washes the ground, then put in the infantry attack, and strive for a wave of attacks to take the city of Reshalan." ”

Chongzhen finally said: "Listen, this is the first joint operation of land, sea and air in the history of our Ming Dynasty or China, so the preparations must be done carefully, and there must be no major mistakes. ”

Chongzhen really attached great importance to this joint operation.

The reason is also very simple: this joint operation is an unprecedented attempt.

Chongzhen hoped to build this operation into an epoch-making classic example, and even more hoped to lay a good foundation for future battles and reduce casualties.

Chongzhen's goal is to take the city of Geranza with a single-digit or even zero casualty.

Of course, Chongzhen would not say this idea, otherwise it would cause pressure, but he really expected it in his heart, hoping that this time the battle of Geranza would be able to achieve zero casualties.

In another world, where the armies of the Western powers often took down China's coastal cities and even the capital with minimal or no casualties, Chongzhen wanted to return all this to the armies of the Western powers.

The city of Geranza was just the beginning, followed by the Western strongholds throughout Southeast Asia and even South Asia, then the Western strongholds in Africa, and then Latin America and Europe proper.

……

In fact, there are not many Dutch soldiers in the city of Geranza, less than 300, and the remaining more than 1,000 people are all mercenaries, among which most of them are Japanese ronin, and there are also a small number of Sikh natives.

That's right, the total number of defenders in the city of Geranza was just over a thousand.

But the number of various artillery pieces adds up to a lot, more than a hundred cannons.

And most of the defenders were armed with flintlock pistols, which can be said to be well-armed.

But it's only that it is well-equipped compared to other European powers, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to see it at all, and the weapons and equipment of the two sides are not in the same plane at all.

At this time, the defenders of the city of Geranza had received the news that the Ming army was about to attack, and more than 300 Dutch troops plus more than 1,000 foreign mercenaries had all ascended to the city and were waiting for it.

Kinoshita Hiroshi used to be a samurai in the Shimazu Domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate, but later absconded because he offended the lord of the domain, and ran to the city of Geranza with more than fifty ronins to become a mercenary, which was also considered a petty officer.

Kinoshita Kuan didn't care much about the upcoming Ming army, because his life in Geranza City was quite comfortable in the past few years, and he even married a wife and gave birth to a son, so Kinoshita Kuan didn't know much about the outside world, and he didn't know much about the Ming army, and he thought that the Ming Dynasty was still the Ming Dynasty five or six years ago, and the Ming army was still the Ming army during the Renchen War.

Therefore, when the Ming air force appeared in the sky over the city of Geranza, Kinoshita Kuan and other Japanese ronin were particularly shocked.

"What are these things?" Looking at the dozens of airships that appeared in the sky, Kinoshita Kuan was stunned on the spot, "These, could they be the heavenly soldiers borrowed by the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Heavenly soldiers?" The ronin behind him almost fell to his knees in worship.

"Shit, what a heavenly soldier, that's the flying car of the Ming Dynasty Air Force!" The Dutch officer who led the team shouted, "Listen, fucking cheer me up, and when the Ming army approaches, you will shoot me in the sky!" ”

The Ming Air Force has already appeared on the battlefield many times, and it is not surprising that the Dutch people know about it.

The Dutch even thought of a way to deal with it, which was to knock down the speeding car with a rifle.

Although the range of the cannon was longer than that of the flintlock gun, it could not shoot into the sky due to the pitch angle.

As a result, the Dutch and foreign mercenaries at the head of the city of Geranza raised their guns and aimed them at the sky.

After a while, the Ming army's flying car flew over the city of Geranza, and the Dutch soldiers and mercenaries opened fire one after another, and the dense gunfire rang out, and the head of the city of Geranza was filled with gunsmoke in an instant.

After a volley of fire, the gunfire stopped abruptly.

However, the Ming army's flying car in the sky was unscathed.

Obviously, the defenders' flintlock pistols could not hit that high.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming troops in the air cut the lanyard on the side of the hanging basket.

The next moment, 25-pound bombs tied to both sides of the gondola fell screaming.

After many improvements, the flying car of the Ming Air Force has reached a bomb load of 500 catties, and it can carry 20 high-explosive bombs of 25 catties in one sortie.

This time there were 96 flying cars.

It carried 1,920 high-explosive bombs of the 25-pound class.

In a few moments, one high-explosive bomb after another landed on the head of the city of Geranza, and in the next moment, the head of the city of Geranza burst into a cloud of red light, followed by thick smoke billowing up.

The smoke from the explosion obscured the city.

The hapless Kinoshita Kuan was torn to pieces in an instant by the air wave.

It was really torn apart, and the 25-pound high-explosive bomb exploded at close range, which was simply too ferocious!

In an instant, a continuous number of loud explosions rang out at the head of the city, mixed with the screams and wails of Dutch soldiers and foreign mercenaries.

(End of chapter)