Chapter 413: The Arrows of the Blade

Several Dutch people looked excited, all red-faced, red-skinned and black-handed, but the words that warned Cohen turned out to be complaints and votes~

Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately knew the threatening words through an interpreter, and when he heard these innocuous contents, he almost laughed out of his big teeth.

He knew that Cohen was very interested in eradicating the Portuguese, but in fact he was also very keen to occupy one place in Malacca or Singapore, and the Netherlands to occupy the other, just to replace the Ming and Portugal.

Occupy this place, and there is a steady stream of silver.

So many ships had to dock for supplies, and so many goods had to pay taxes.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate had an unparalleled grain production advantage in the Wa Kingdom in relation to the Eastern Great Plains, silver had been very scarce since the conquest of southern Goryeo.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna also wanted to earn the Strait of Malacca for Tokugawa, and he looked forward to this land being given to him.

"Our Ataku ship can almost hit the Ming ship, right?"

"Yes, cannons and cannons can hit enemy ships."

"Then blow the trumpet, and let them attack! Let the cannons of the Dutch continue to support the attack on land!"

"Yes!"

The Japanese army had already had drummers and standard-bearers on Cohen's flagship, and at this time they immediately blew their horns, waved their flags and ordered a general attack.

"Both! Both!"

The horn sounded, and the horn responded in turn on the ship of the Wa Guo'an house, and the whole sea was full of momentum.

They have limited artillery, numerous arquebuses, and specialize in fighting within 100 paces, and because the Ataka ship as a building ship is higher than the centipede ship, it has a great advantage in firepower, so that the centipede ship loses many oarsmen and loses the advantage of flexibility.

The guns of the Galen battleship in the Netherlands bombarded the fortress on one side, and the guns on the other side also kept shelling the Ming warships in the distance.

The situation at sea is stalemate.

The situation on land is even more scorching.

The two sides fought over the Malacca fortress repeatedly.

Dutch musket salvos and naval artillery bombardment made it difficult for the defenders to raise their heads. The Ming army's flintlock rifle returned fire, as long as the enemy's naval guns were loaded, it was the absolute firepower advantage of the Ming army.

The Japanese army always saw that after the artillery bombardment, they suddenly launched a jade crushing charge. But the Ming flintlock muskets were quickly reloaded, and always when they rushed to 10 paces, a row of guns knocked out one piece.

Occasionally, the enemy rushed to the fortress and fought for the wreckage of various buildings, but the Ming army had bayonets and spears, and the spears were longer and the bayonets were denser in hand-to-hand combat, so that the katana could not exert the effect of close combat.

The scramble has reached a fever pitch.

The Dutch sent men to urge the army of the Kingdom of Johor to return.

Although Johor was defeated by the Ming army, after all, the army was huge, and as long as they regrouped and came back, they could flank the Ming army.

The beachhead seized by the Ming army still has the battalions of Liangguang landing, and as long as they also complete the landing, they will be able to completely seize the initiative in land warfare.

Both sides were exhausted, but they were desperate not to give their opponents more advantage.

A lieutenant colonel in the Netherlands was shot through the head.

Zhou Qiang, the general of the Shennong Army, fought heroically on the front line and unfortunately died in the artillery.

In this tragic battle, it was not clear for a while who won and who lost.

But the scales of victory have quietly tilted.

On the sea, Governor Cai Fuyi and Chief Soldier Cao Xibin observed the entire battle situation through binoculars.

The centipede ships of the Ming army were subjected to intensive musket fire from the Ataku boats, and the sailors lost more than half of them, and they were forced to retreat urgently, waiting for the opportunity to maneuver and approach.

The Hirobune at the tail of the goose-shaped formation, although with its artillery and better sailors, was powerless to fight the Ataka ship, but it was completely unable to shake the Galen battleship.

Nineteen new warships, although well coordinated, took advantage of their speed and artillery superiority to suppress the side of the Dutch fleet by fighting more and less locally.

But if you continue to fight like this, you can't win for the time being.

Cai Fu's eyes kept looking at the northeast direction, looking forward to the news over there.

Suddenly, a puff of black smoke flickered in the distance to the northeast.

The larger ships of the Ming army also lit one after another

Burning wolf smoke transmits signals that the enemy can't understand.

Cao Xibin was overjoyed and said, "The landing is basically complete! The hundreds of ships of all kinds that landed are now empty!"

Cai Fuyi nodded heavily, his eyes looked to the east, his eyes were full of determination.

"It's finally good! Let them assemble at once to the east side of the strait!"

Cai Fuyi roared angrily, and there seemed to be infinite strength in his thin body, at this moment he was not only a civil official, but also the commander who led the soldiers.

The Karak giant ship under his seat immediately raised its full sails and regained the upper hand in the east.

In a short time, hundreds of ships carrying a large number of Ming troops landed on the east side of Malacca from the northeast side to the east side.

Although the formation is chaotic, there are huge numbers.

The Dutch also saw through telescopes.

Cohen was a little panicked, but he found that the ships were very limited, and there was no Hongyi cannon that could pose a threat to their warships.

The types of ships are all ordinary Oriental merchant ships and cargo ships, which are simply the type that will rot as soon as they are sold.

Cohen said disdainfully: "I'll just say, it's impossible for the Ming army to come up with more artillery and new warships within a year~"

"Hahaha! These ships are targets!" A Dutch captain smiled contemptuously.

"If they dare to go up, we'll send them to feed the fish!"

"Give them a taste of my Dutch technology!"

"The Netherlands is a rule of all kinds of disobedience! The Netherlands beat all the backward barbarians!"

On the enemy warship, not only was he not afraid of this sight, but he was even more rampant.

Cai Fuyi was not in a hurry or impatient, and patiently commanded one hundred and fifty faster ships to line up in a sharp shape.

"It's time to fight hard! This Governor will lead the charge!"

His Karak battleship was at the forefront of the front.

That's the arrow.

The arrow that launches the charge to the decisive battle.

"Order, one hundred and fifty ships ready! When the governor takes the lead, follow along!

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The drums of war rumbled, and Cai Fuyi ordered Cao Xibin to take a small boat and command the other warships on one of the Galen battleships captured last time. He himself stood in the bow of the ship with great righteousness and awe, looking at the enemy ship that had not yet anchored.

On the sea, other new warships of the Ming Dynasty and the Canton ships were still fighting with the enemy.

The artillery of the Ming army was inferior to that of the enemy, and the enemy's ammunition reserves were inferior to those of the Ming army.

It is still a stalemate.

Cai Fuyi saw that one hundred and fifty ships of various types were already in place, and although they were not armed, the captain and sailors were resolute, waiting for his orders.

"Charge with me! Set yourself on fire when you get close to an enemy ship! Hit the enemy ship with the wind!

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"Roar! Roar!"

Cai Fuyi's flagship has set sail.

One hundred and fifty ships also accelerated with the sails.

The Dutch warships saw the Ming army coming, but in order to ensure the best shelling of the fortress, they still did not anchor.

"A few more rounds of artillery and you'll win on land!"

"Just killed a Ming general, don't move the ships, continue the shelling!"

Cohen gave the order firmly.

As the Ming army's front lost fleet got closer and closer, it entered the firing range of the cannon on the other side of the enemy's battleship.

Cai Fuyi roared angrily and let his flagship meet the enemy's artillery fire.