The Malacca fleet of the Great Ming Naval Division.

This is a military flag hanging on the mast of Zhong Guozhu's flagship, with a line of large gold characters on a red background.

This military flag was given to Zhong Guozhu by the military advisor Wan Lian, who ordered him to hang it after the capture of Famosha Castle.

When the sun was rising, Famosha Castle had already been successfully controlled by Zhou Laosi and them to control all the forts on the city wall.

When the fort on the city wall re-opened fire, although it was not accurate, but the target was the Portuguese battleship, it was already clear at a glance.

Their greatest bulwark had become the enemy's, and the three remaining ships of the Portuguese had fled south with full sails.

Zhong Guozhu's sailors sank and damaged five Portuguese warships in this battle, but also lost nine of them.

A total of seventeen battleships came, and now there are eight, but fortunately, the two five-masted main battleships are not damaged much, and they still have the strength to fight.

Zhong Guozhu did not pursue the fleeing Portuguese, but while rescuing the officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water, he commanded eight warships to approach Famosha Castle, and then formed a column along the coastline, facing the Strait of Malacca.

This was the position of the fortified city, and it was also the last battle of the day, and the enemy was the Dutch warships slowly approaching from the north.

For the past few years, the Dutch have been digging their way to capture Famosa Castle, and the action has not stopped.

But later, it was tricked by the Ming people, and the cooked duck also flew into the mouths of the Ming people.

The Dutch did not flank Zhong Guozhu's sailors, not because they wanted to be good people, but because they wanted to be fishermen and pick up cheap.

Fish and mussels compete, and fishermen profit.

It seems that the Dutch not only robbed the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but also learned the Chinese civilization and made some progress.

The Dutch had a complete eleven ships with four five-masted ships and seven three-masted ships.

Although Zhong Guozhu still had eight warships in his hands, they were all covered in bruises and their sails and oars were uneven.

Fortunately, there is no need for deep-sea warfare, but it is placed on the shore as a battery, plus the four batteries on the top of Famosha Castle and 32 five-inch cannons, there is still the power of a battle in front of him.

Zhou Laosi was finally able to occupy Famosha Castle, and the key was that the follow-up troops led by Xiong Kaishan came up, and the camp of Aso Rize also came up.

Acho Rize's camp began the pursuit from Selangor City, and finally blocked the Portuguese army of more than 700 men and a mountain of supplies south of Seremban.

However, in addition to the Portuguese, Achirize's enemies also included more than 300 remnants of the Johor army, and they were much more difficult than the Portuguese.

In order to snatch supplies, the remnants of Johor always carry out sneak attacks in the nearby dense forests, and they do whatever it takes, causing huge casualties to the gangsters of Acho Rize.

Xiong Kaishan and Sima Cheng were divided into two routes, Xiong Kaishan led 1,000 men to reinforce Famosha Castle, and Sima Cheng led 2,000 men to pursue the Portuguese who fled south.

The battle did not end until dawn the next day, and in the end, there were only more than 120 of the more than 800 people led by Zhou Laosi, and more than 350 people left of the 2,000 people led by Captain Mo Dongnian.

In order to capture Famosha Castle, more than 1,800 people were killed and more than 400 were wounded.

Zhong Guozhu had more than 3,000 sailors, and now there are more than 1,900 left, nine warships and more than 1,100 soldiers killed.

Acho Rize's camp undertook the pursuit mission, fighting the Portuguese and entangled with the remnants of Johor along the way, losing more than 400 men before and after.

In addition to the more than 700 people killed in the march in the dense forest, nearly 6,000 troops had been lost in the middle of the entire campaign, more than 60% of the total strength.

In fact, only more than 1,700 Portuguese people were annihilated, and more than 400 remnants of the Johor State were destroyed.

The battle loss was almost one to five, and Mo Dongnian was also killed, so Xiong Kaishan has not spoken since then.

"In order to recover the country, Mo Dongnian and his brothers died well, and there is no need for senior brothers to be overly sad. Zhou Laosi's eyes were also blood-red, but he still tried his best to persuade: "At present, the Dutch want to take advantage of the fire to rob and take advantage, and whether the Portuguese Borneo headquarters will fight back with all their strength requires you to make a judgment." ”

Xiong Kaishan's hands grabbed his hair vigorously: "Do you know that this time the elite troops who participated in the battle were all the elite troops that my father and the military advisor had painstakingly managed? The four main forces took out two, and as a result, the entire trapped camp was already crippled in the middle of the battle." ”

"The brothers who fell into the camp began to follow my father to fight in all directions from Shuozhou City, Shanxi, and they fought against Nurhachi, crossed Mobei, swept through the Western Regions Corridor, and pacified Zhennan Province, all the way through bloody battles, and never suffered such huge casualties. I'm sorry for my father and military advisor, and I'm even more sorry for Mo Dongnian's eldest brother and brothers. ”

Zhou Laosi wiped a handful of tears and nodded: "Masters and military advisors often say that the siege battle is the most worth the loss, and besides, this Famosha castle is so strong, and the enemy is so crazy that the fire counterattack, casualties are of course inevitable." ”

"Although we have paid a huge sacrifice, we have finally won this strategic point, and the city of Malacca is in our hands from now on, and the Strait of Malacca is also under our control, which is a huge victory!"

After half an hour of Zhou Laosi's explanation, Xiong Kaishan finally returned to reality.

The fundamental reason for returning to reality is that because the two twelve-tall watchtowers in the northwest and southwest corners of the castle have sounded the horn, and the Dutch have begun to attack.

From the besieging side to the defending side, the process of changing roles in the middle adds up to a cruel reality in an hour.

"Order all the batteries to use chain and submunitions. Xiong Kaishan held the city wall, and said to Zhou Laosi with a gloomy face: "We are condescending, the range of the cannon should be more than eight miles, as long as we destroy the sails of the enemy's warships and make them lose their mobility." ”

When standing on the seashore, the five-masted warships look huge, but when viewed from the castle towering over St. Paul's Hill, the enemy's eleven warships appear to be sparse on the sea.

It was only at this time that Xiong Kaishan understood why Famosha Castle had such a high strategic position.

Originally, the so-called St. Paul's Hill was a hill that stretched into the sea, the protrusion of the place, controlling the waterway that was more than fifty miles long from north to south.

The eight warships of Zhong Guozhu's sailors were arranged on the north and south sides of Famosha Castle, and the fleet of the Dutch was spread out in a wild goose formation.

Seeing this formation, Xiong Kaishan understood why Zhong Guozhu's sailors suffered heavy losses a few days ago, and now if the Dutch dare to attack, they will repeat the same mistakes.

Because Zhong Guozhu's warships don't need to fire at all now, the range of the thirty-two cannons in Famosha Castle has already covered all the sea areas in the vicinity.

If the Dutch had to attack Zhong Guozhu's ships from the north and south, the two forts on the north side and the two batteries on the south side of the castle would also be useful.

By that time, there were eight batteries capable of fighting head-on, and a total of sixty-four cannons had protected their ships.

Xiong Kaishan looked at the Dutch fleet that was slowly approaching, and pondered for a long time before saying to Zhou Laosi: "Each battery fires with a cannon, tell the Dutch where our defense line is!"

Zhou Laosi was a little puzzled: "Senior brother, if we fire the cannon in advance, wouldn't that be a warning to the enemy to be prepared in advance? ”

"Of course I know that what you said makes sense, but have you thought about a fatal question?" Xiong Kaishan turned his head to look at the forts on the left and right, and said with a wry smile: "See for yourself, we are not professional gunners here, all of them are nonsense laymen." ”

"If we wait until the enemy presses too hard, and then our reload speed, firepower density, and coverage accuracy can't keep up, Zhong Guozhu below will have to withstand a face-to-face attack. If you look at Zhong Guozhu's warships are already close to the coastline, it means that they are no longer able to fight. ”

"Otherwise, Zhong Guozhu's warship will definitely have to be deployed in the deep water area, so that it can be flexible and maneuverable. Now turn the warship into a mere battery, and then it will become a dead target for the enemy's warship. Now firing a cannon only indicates the strike distance of the cannon, and does not need to show the accuracy of the strike, which may be able to deter the enemy. ”

Zhou Laosi finally understood: "It turns out that Senior Brother doesn't want to fight this battle at all, but hopes that the enemy will retreat in the face of difficulties." ”

"It's good to see, my purpose is not to want the enemy to find out that all the guns on the battery are not gunners. Xiong Kaishan's expression was very solemn: "If the Dutch find that the castle fort is almost an ornament, we may have to annihilate the whole army, at least Zhong Guozhu's eight warships will all be sunk." ”

This is the improvisation of the situation on the battlefield, Zhou Laosi had to admire Xiong Kaishan's thoughtfulness, so he hurried down to convey the order: "The maximum charge, a single iron ball is loaded, the maximum elevation angle is fired, and the fire is ignited!"

The deterrence of artillery is, of course, effective.

Four five-inch diameter iron balls fell into the deep sea, and suddenly stirred up a huge column of water. Regardless of the actual effect, it still looks spectacular.

According to the normal mode, the cannon of the fixed turret can be easily aimed and has more room for maneuvering, so the reloading speed is definitely faster than that of the warship. And the battery is condescending, the firing range is longer, and the deterrent power is, of course, doubled.

Seeing that the Dutchman's warship had a tendency to turn in place, Xiong Kaishan hurriedly said to Zhou Laosi: "Fight another round to strengthen the enemy's confidence!"

Xiong Kaishan's deterrent measures finally worked, and the Dutch warships did not continue to come up, but turned in place, and the full sails retreated in a southwesterly direction.

In fact, Xiong Kaishan has another gambling capital.

Even if the Dutch had sunk all eight of their ships, they would have nothing to gain in the end, because they would not have been able to go ashore without a landing force.

Besides, even if there is a landing force now, the Dutch don't know how many people there are in Xiong Kaishan, and it is still a huge unknown whether they can capture Famosa Castle in the end.

Forcibly launching an attack now that everything is unclear is completely a gamble battle without the slightest calculation.

As the Dutch, who plundered the world, they left their homeland to get rich, not just to be angry. In particular, it is not easy to replenish troops, and of course we dare not take too many risks.

The reason why the Portuguese fled in a hurry was actually due to these factors.

Far from their own homeland, even if all the people are combined, there are less than 20,000 people. Completely fighting for manpower consumption, it is certainly not an opponent of the locals.

Once the local Turks discovered the loophole, and then the whole people began to rebel and besiege their headquarters, all the Portuguese and Dutch would be driven into the sea to feed the sharks.

This consequence is understood by any colonizer.

Although Xiong Kaishan didn't understand, he just wanted to threaten his opponent to try it, and he succeeded, which was a miracle.

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