Captain Van der Meer of the Netherlands was furious, pointed at the Japanese nose Sakai Tadashi and said angrily:

"You idiot! If it weren't for your people standing in the way, my cannon would have blown up the small artillery of the Ming army a long time ago! Your people will only kill their own people and run for their lives, and they don't know how to hold on!"

There is nothing wrong with this, if the Japanese army in ambush is really like their brainwashed descendants, it will indeed die and will not retreat.

The Dutch then supported with strong ships and artillery, and the Ming army had to retreat temporarily.

Sakai Tadashi knew that his Japanese army was too humiliating, and simply ignored Van der Meer's accusations.

Putmans proposed to attack Xiamen, but in the end, the Tokugawa shogunate had no courage and decided to return with the remaining ships of Ataka.

The Dutch simply split the fleet in two, with Putmans and Van der Meer leading 8 ships to raid the port of Xiamen, and another lieutenant colonel in the army leading the remaining 7 ships to escort the Japanese to Treasure Island and Ryukyu.

The eight Galen battleships, Putmans and Van der Meyer, soon headed south to Xiamen.

As they expected, there were many merchant ships taking refuge here. However, Nan Juyi sent a flying pigeon to pass a message, informing them that the Japanese army in Xiamen had suffered heavy losses and that the Dutch pirates had not participated in the battle and were unscathed, so that they should be vigilant.

At the critical moment, all the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were collected in the port, and the forts were tightly armed, so that the Dutch people had no advantage to take advantage of.

The Dutch fleet went to Quanzhou again, but there was no chance of success.

Such a toss consumed a lot of supplies and water, but there was no result at all, and morale was very low.

The hired pirates proposed to retreat immediately and join up with the Japanese to replenish supplies.

There are also Southeast Asian crews, saying that they should simply go back to Batavia, and don't follow the Japanese to fight against the invincible Ming.

Putmans, however, thought about it for a long time, and decided with Van der Meer to take the plunge and plunder the Ming kingdom.

The target is not to choose Fujian, which has been fought many times, but to choose Zhejiang, which is richer in the north.

There are many people who think it is inappropriate, the Ming army in Zhejiang is well guarded, and the Japanese have succeeded several times in Fujian, but they were completely annihilated by the Ming army in Zhejiang, and they are not asking for hardship when they go to Zhejiang?

Putmans smiled and said, "In the words of the Ming Kingdom, the arrogant army will be defeated, and I have decided to attack Zhejiang."

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Zhejiang is indeed a combination of military and civilian, and all the landed Japanese and ronin were defeated by ambushes, and they did not succeed once.

However, the main reason for this is that the Hunhe Army is powerful, that the middle- and lower-level officials in Zhejiang are reliable, and that the people and the battalion are very cooperative.

If it is really a high-level official, he is indeed already proud and feels that the enemy is vulnerable.

Especially Wang Qia, the governor of Zhejiang.

Wang Qia, the governor of Zhejiang, is known for loving the people, but he has a very good face and cares about his reputation very much.

I heard that the Dutch pirates had repeatedly failed in Fujian, and they actually ran to Zhejiang.

Zhejiang has better results than Fujian, and Zhejiang is richer than Fujian.

The pirates are deflated in Fujian, and they dare to come to Zhejiang, do they look down on me Wang Qia?

He decided to send the Zhejiang naval division into battle and annihilate the Dutch fleet directly at sea.

There are only 8 ships, Zhejiang originally had hundreds of naval warships, and recently built new warships, successfully building a Karak battleship and two Caravel warships.

It is an opportunity to kill the enemy and accumulate experience and combat exploits.

Hong Chengchou, the general of the Hunhe Army, Qin Minping, Qin Ling, Zhao Hannian, etc., strongly persuaded him.

They said that the number of new warships was still small, and the sailors were familiar with the old warships, and they were all novices to the new warships, and they had never gone out of the port for long-distance training. It is very irrational to rush into action.

Moreover, the imperial court also advised that all localities should be defended instead of fighting the enemy.

Wang Qia is stubborn and doesn't listen, and he has a very good face.

Its civil officials are very similar to Yuan Yingtai, Wang Huazhen, Xu Keqiu, etc.

No matter how others persuade them, they can't be persuaded at all.

The Hunhe Army immediately contacted Wang Hongyu.

Hong Chengchou was also ruthless in his eyes, and decided to collect evidence of Wang Qia's crimes, and if Wang Qia was undefeated, he would be impeached. If Wang Qia's war is unfavorable, he will add fuel and vinegar

, directly put the king to death, and then replace him.

He believes that he can replicate Hu Zongxian of the past, or even go further.

Wang Qia arranged for the sailor to attack in a hurry.

In order to ensure victory and undefeated, hundreds of old warships and three new warships were sent together, with nearly 10,000 sailors, led by a deputy commander-in-chief who had a good relationship with him.

The Dutch were also shocked to encounter such a large sailor.

But Galen was a sail warship, with three masted soft sails, and was very fast in the open ocean, which was very advantageous over the old ships with two-masted hard sails.

More than 100 old warships could not catch up at all, and among the three new warships, although the Caravel clipper was faster than Galen, it did not dare to break away from a large number of old warships.

Van der Meer had been a pirate for many years, and at a glance saw the embarrassing situation of the Ming army's sailors, and directly led them to the ocean.

The Ming army chased to the open ocean, encountered high winds and waves, and the old warships were of different sizes and inconvenient to operate, and it was risky to sail alone.

The big lucky boat is slower and there is nothing else to do, but the small sand boat is attacked by the wind and waves, and there are dangers such as water ingress.

As a last resort, the Ming army stopped the pursuit and began to return.

Some sailors thought that this could be regarded as a retreat from the enemy, and the deputy commander-in-chief also comforted everyone, saying that they would go back to tell Xiaozhan that they had injured the enemy.

But unexpectedly, the Dutch turned around and pursued again.

More than 100 warships of the Ming army changed formation and turned around to meet the enemy, but the Dutch people relied on speed to move again.

This has been repeated several times, coupled with the high winds and waves, and the situation is very bad.

The Fubune is a hard sailing ship, with a towering tail and a stern, with a total of three floors. Set up three floors on the top, its side are all guarded plates, protected by thatched bamboo, erected such as Huan. The middle is four floors, and the bottom layer is uninhabitable, but the earth and stone are solid to prevent the trouble of light drifting.

The second floor is the resting place of the soldiers, and the cabinet is hidden, and it must be stepped down from the top of the ladder.

The third layer is set up on the left and right of the water gate, the water tank in the middle, is the place where the sail cooks also, the front and back of the wooden pier are set up, tied to the brown cable, and the lower pier is all this layer.

The top floor is a terrace, which must be climbed from the third layer of cave stairs, and the wings on both sides are like railings, and people lean on it to attack the enemy, and the lost stone artillery is overlooked.

The third layer is the "lower pier and the anchorage" layer, which is essentially the deck layer, and the narcissus door is also on this floor.

That is, in addition to the stern, the hull is divided from the deck, with two floors of the hull, one floor of the ship, and one floor of the terrace of the upper shipbuilding, a total of four floors. That is, above the cabin deck, there are two levels of combat space.

Galen is a soft sailing ship that can sail against the wind, and this is the unique feature of soft sailing boats. The main power for sailboats to sail against the wind is suction.

According to the principle of aerodynamics, as the velocity of the fluid increases, the pressure decreases. In order for the air to bypass the outwardly curved sail, it has to pick up speed, so the pressure decreases, creating a suction force that pulls the sail to the side.

The suction force generated by the pressure drop on the leeward side of the sail is quite large, which can be 1 times greater than the force of the sail pushing the sail on the windward side. The suction and thrust created by the wind on both sides of the sail keeps the boat sideways.

In offshore combat, Fufu is not much worse than the other side.

But the far sea is completely at a disadvantage.