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603 The first battle of the steam paddlewheel

At this moment, the Dutch on the shore was really stunned. For a moment, no one spoke.

If one hit is once, it may be an accident; but if another hit is again, unless you are so lucky that God will be jealous, it is impossible to have such luck.

At this time, the Dutch had already vaguely felt that this was not a matter of luck, but the strange artillery of the Ming Navy's naval army!

Compared to them, the Dutch Governor Karon, who was looking at the telescope, saw it more clearly.

He could see that most of the iron bullet points of the Ming Navy fell near Dutch warships. This means that the Ming Navy's artillery not only had a long range, but also had high shooting accuracy.

After seeing this clearly, Karon was shocked: How could the Far East create artillery that is even more powerful than their Westerners?

You know, before, these Ming people bought their Western artillery, and at most they were imitations.

At first, Caron thought it was the Portuguese who developed a new type of artillery. However, when he carefully observed through the telescope, he found that the Portuguese warship had basically never fired at this distance, but was just grabbing the upper hand.

This means that the Portuguese artillery range was not enough, so they did not fire. So their artillery was still the artillery they remembered.

Thinking of this, there is only one conclusion: only the artillery on the Ming warships is that kind of powerful artillery. In other words, was this new artillery really invented by the Ming people?

In the East for more than 20 years, Caron has always believed that the West is much more advanced than the East. At most, there are more people in the East. However, this understanding has broken his past impression.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Karon quickly comforted himself, "On the sea, the sailing warship is still the king, it's okay!"

While he was thinking, suddenly, the Dutch people beside him, or on the shore, cheered.

"Haha, the Ming Dynasty warships are on fire!"

"Are they crazy? They started setting fires so far away, and they thought the arson ship could catch our Dutch warships?"

"I'm so stupid when fighting in war. I want to attack with a fireboat in such a vast sea?"

“…”

And when those wise people saw this, they couldn't help feeling a little sad.

I thought the imperial navy was powerful, but I didn't expect that even they could have thought of the naval battle on the sea, could arson ships be used? Burn away their ships, and the Dutch warships' skins would not be burned!

well……

There was a long sigh in their hearts.

However, Karon made a very surprised "ah" sound!

He put down the telescope, rubbed his eyes, and then immediately picked up the telescope and looked at it.

I saw that in the Ming fleet, five warships were emitting thick smoke, and they had already emerged from the crowd and headed towards the Dutch fleet.

He could see clearly the thick smoke from the arson ship I thought was just now. In fact, it was not the arson ship at all, but a strange ship, a place that seemed to be a chimney.

What's going on?

When Karon saw it for the first time, he screamed in surprise. Then he made more discoveries. The five smoked Ming warships seemed to be more different from ordinary Ming warships on both sides of the ship, and had a large protruding piece.

"Huh!" Karon saw it more clearly and immediately exclaimed again.

He found that the five smoked warships were actually reflecting the sunlight. Could it be that they were made of metal?

This perception made him feel a bit like a hell.

Before Caron recovered from surprise and shock, he made new discoveries.

The speed of the five ships was getting faster and faster, not afraid of the wind, and they penetrated directly into the Dutch fleet in the waist. As the cannons on the ship roared, another Dutch warship's hull was punched with a big hole, and the figures on the ship seemed to have begun to jump into the sea. It was obvious that the ship was beyond salvation.

When the Dutch fleet was mixed up by these five strange Ming warships, they immediately lost the free response momentum, which made everyone on the shore feel that they were in a hurry.

Behind the five strange Ming warships, there were huge Ming warships, and with the restraint of the five Portuguese sail warships, the situation seemed very bad against the Dutch fleet.

At this time, the Dutch people on the shore also saw it. Suddenly, they all stared at the sea in shock. They couldn't figure out how it turned out like this?

Not long after, the Dutch fleet collapsed, and most of the Dutch warships fled to the city of Jelanzha, and a few did not run here, but fled to the depths of the sea.

So, people on the shore could clearly see that about eighteen Dutch warships were fleeing back, and behind them were the five strange warships emitting thick smoke chasing, and a little behind them were the Portuguese sail warships. As for the end, it was the vast Ming Navy warship.

I saw that Caron had a blue face at some point, put down his telescope, and shouted to his subordinates: "Hurry up, prepare for war, prepare for war..."

The unexpected defeat of the Dutch fleet in the naval battle made the Dutch people on the shore a little at first. After hearing the orders of their Governor, they rushed back to the city of Relanzha.

Then, the natives who were working, including those wise men, were stunned: What should we do next?

Finally, I don't know who shouted, and then they scattered.

Some of them quickly fled back to their tribe. However, more people hid there and watched the follow-up after they fled far away.

How can you not eat such a big melon?

"Brother Wang, what's going on? How could the imperial navy defeat the Dutch fleet?" A young man could clearly see the ribs on his naked upper body, but at this time, he asked an obviously stronger man beside him with an excited look.

Brother Wang didn't look back at him, staring at the sea in the distance without blinking, but he still replied, "No matter what, as long as he can defeat the Dutch, that's enough!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned around and said to the thin man: "Missary, go back and tell your father quickly, and he said that the imperial navy has become more powerful and has come to beat the Dutch!"

When the mistress heard this, she immediately asked, "Why, I won't go, I want to see the imperial navy beat these Western barbarians hard!"

After hearing this, Brother Wang immediately said to him: "Your father took you back from Luzon Island, and what he never forgets is to take revenge. Now it seems that the imperial navy is strong and is beating the Dutch, and it is also Western barbarians. Your father will definitely relieve his hatred after seeing it."

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Spain in Luzon massacred the Ming people. At that time, some of them fled from Luzon to the senior officials. Obviously, they probably escaped back.

When the mistress heard this, she nodded immediately and said, "Okay, then I'll go immediately. I'm afraid that the war will be over when I come back!"

"Impossible!" Brother Wang shook his head and said, "I don't know if the imperial navy will go ashore. Even if it goes ashore, the strength of this Dutch castle will not be able to be defeated in ten days and half a month. If you push your father over with a car, you may even see the imperial navy."

When the mistress heard this, she ran away immediately.

Brother Wang continued to stare at the sea, suddenly punched the ground, shouting: "Okay!"

It turned out that at this time, on the sea, the Ming Navy's warship destroyed another Dutch warship.

In the mighty pursuit of the Ming navy, a total of three Dutch warships were destroyed, especially the smoked Ming warships. The fastest speed was that they bit the escaped Dutch fleet and destroyed two of them.

Finally, twenty-five Dutch fleets went to battle, and only about fifteen fled back. Among them, five Dutch warships, all of which were damaged in the hull.

……………………

Seeing the Dutch fleet hiding into the Taijiang Inland Sea, Zheng Chenggong on the flagship ordered the chasing to stop the pursuit. Because if he chased him, he would be bombarded by the turrets on the coastline.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong finally showed a smile on his face.

He did not expect that the warships improved by the court were so powerful, and the rifled cannon was much slower to load. However, the Ming Dynasty had many artillery, and its number advantage obviously made up for the shortcomings of slow artillery loading speed.

"Hahaha……"

The laughter came immediately. Zheng Chenggong turned his head and found that it was Zheng Hongkui's flagship coming, watching him laughing.

Obviously, this battle also made him very happy!

Seeing his nephew looking at him, Zheng Hongkui stopped laughing, pointed at a place and shouted to Zheng Chenggong: "When the sea water rises for a while, our warships can enter the Taijiang Inland Sea from this Luermen Waterway. At that time, we will deal with these Red Barbarian Warships."

When Zheng Zhilong and others were pirates in their early years, they also came here a lot, so they were naturally familiar with the situation here.

In the original history, in the war when Zheng Chenggong recovered the officials, he also took advantage of the high tide to enter the inland sea of ​​Taijiang.

However, at that time, the Dutch built the Promin Chat City on this side in 1653. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong had to go to the army and knock out the Promin Chat City.

However, at this point in time, the Dutch have not yet built the Prominent Cover City. Therefore, as long as you take advantage of the high tide, you can easily enter the Taijiang Inland Sea.

The countermeasure that Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui discussed was to destroy the Dutch fleet from this Luermen waterway, then take down the city of Relanzha!

This tactic is the best tactic. Zheng Chenggong did this in history.

So, Karon looked at the Ming Navy warship in shock at the top of the city, and rushed into the Taijiang Inland Sea from the Luermen Waterway.
Chapter completed!
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