Half an hour later, the dust finally settled in the port.

After this battle, the First Fleet captured two relatively complete Portuguese warships, and seven Dutch warships with decks and sails damaged.

A total of nine warships were captured!

The number of warships in the First Fleet soared to fifteen. With so many warships, Su Buheng felt so happy.

The nine warships captured this time were all very easy to repair. Although the two Portuguese warships looked relatively complete, they were actually the most difficult to repair.

Because these two warships were bombarded.

The Dutch warships were burned with rockets. Except for three that were directly burned to the bottom of the sea and sank hopelessly, the other seven were just burned down the decks and sails to varying degrees, which was very easy to repair.

Su Buheng also caught many Dutch people from the sea. Seeing that the fire on the warship could not be put out, the Dutch people on the ship jumped into the sea one after another, just like dumplings, which was so spectacular.

Those who were not drowned were all fished up.

On the ancient city not far away, a group of Japanese Catholics had long watched the battle above. After seeing the Dutch and Portuguese who were shelling them, they cheered enthusiastically.

Su Buheng looked at it and sneered, and ignored the Japanese. These people were just bargaining chips, but in fact, the military headquarters did not want these Japanese to rule Japan.

This group of rebels has a strong religious color. This religion is not like some low-level religions, but a religion with a very high brainwashing surname.

Once your head is washed, you will develop a strong will and cohesion, which will be difficult to deal with.

Su Buheng ignored those Japanese for a while, but counted the results.

A quarter of an hour later, the results of the captive warships had been reported to the flagship. After calculation, a total of 560 Portuguese and 2123 Dutch were captured in this battle.

Needless to say, the Dutch were just going to do hard labor.

As for the Portuguese, it was not something Su Buheng could determine. The Portuguese warships did not fire a shot at the First Fleet from beginning to end. The plot was not bad. In addition, they were barely considered ally in the Americas, and the two sides had trade relations. Therefore, the military decided to deal with these Portuguese.

In addition to the prisoners, there were some valuable things on the warship, which were probably hundreds of thousands of taels, and Su Buheng felt even more comfortable.

"Take an interpreter to contact those Japanese people and see what the combat situation is between the two sides." Su Buheng started to do the important things when he came.

Su Buheng sent people ashore just to see the situation between the two sides, and did not make arbitrary decisions about what to do and who to support.

These Japanese Catholics are just bargaining chips in their hands, and they can't be destroyed. There is no need to make their power too large. Once the goal is achieved, these bargaining chips can be abandoned.

The personnel of the First Fleet landed quickly and were immediately warmly welcomed by Shiro Yada and the following counselors. It was not pleasant to be bombarded. If these Catholics had a strong will, they would have collapsed long ago.

Entering this somewhat dilapidated ancient city, he took the translator to ashore to show his identity, and told Shiro Yada that he firmly stood on the side of Japanese Catholics, and at the same time strongly condemned the brutality of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

This immediately made Shiro Yada and his advisers fill their arms with enthusiasm and keep bowing to the people who are on the shore.

But when asked about the situation of the war, Shiro Mada told the truth.

There were only more than 13,000 people in the city, and there was not enough food supply. Even Tamsui was nervous, but under the city, there were 120,000 shogunate troops besieging them.

120,000 vs. 13,000. The strength comparison is too great. It is because it has not been bombarded. Once it is surrounded for a long time, it will definitely be wiped out by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Before the messenger left, Shiro Yada then thanked the First Fleet for their assistance.

Su Buheng received a reward and carefully considered the situation. He discussed countermeasures with Jiang Lianwen, the Education Commission of the First Fleet.

"From the current situation between the two sides, these Catholics will inevitably be wiped out, but once they are wiped out, the subsequent negotiations will not be easy." Su Buheng said, "So, we must give them some help so that the Tokugawa shogunate cannot be hit. What do you think Lao Jiang?"

"I think we should first give them some help in the food, and then support them with some weapons that can only be used at one time, such as rockets. Leave a few more armed merchant ships here. Once the Tokugawa Shogunate attacks, we will launch bombardment to ensure that the Catholics in the city cannot die or rush out. The Tokugawa Shogunate army outside the city cannot rush into the city, and even more can't destroy these Catholics. This is the most beneficial to us, and this is equivalent to capturing the eggs of the Tokugawa Shogunate." Jiang Lianwen proposed a specific support plan.

"Okay, that's it." Su Buheng nodded.

Soon, an armed merchant ship leaned on the pier under the ancient city, and the Catholics in the city quickly came down. After the contact between the two sides, Shiro Yada was overjoyed.

They complained just now that they actually received material assistance from the Celestial Navy, and they received a lot of assistance, with a full 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of food.

The eight ships of the First Fleet and the nine captured warships had a lot of food and fresh water. After all, they were all ocean-going ships, and the ships carried enough supplies to eat for several months.

Su Buheng took out most of these supplies, leaving only a small part. After all, this place is very close to North Korea. You can reach North Korea in just two or three days, and you can return to Qingdao or Longkou in seven or eight days. The fleet does not need so much supply at all.

In addition to supplies, the First Fleet also helped the ancient city's three thousand rockets, and the weapons seized from the Portuguese and the Dutch were all given to these Catholics.

In addition to the rockets, other firearms also gave some captured muskets, and some captured black gunpowder, and no cannons were given.

Weapons that can pose a threat to the Shandong Army are not given.

Although the Rockets fought far and had strong firepower, this was just a weapon. I guess these Catholics and Tokugawa Shogunate would use up their entire body after fighting a few times.

There are not many three thousand rockets.

At the same time, Japan is not able to imitate the rockets used by the Shandong Army.

The cold weapons and the mesh guns did not pose any threat to the Shandong army, so they were very refreshing, as long as these Catholics could withstand the attack of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

The First Fleet currently has no time to stay here to assist these Catholics in defense. They have just captured nine warships and dragged them back for repairs.

This naval battle can be said to be extraordinary. Except for the first shelling, there were not many artillery fires behind it. After the Dutch warship was covered by rockets in the port, it surrendered.

If it were in the past, the Dutch might have resisted stubbornly, because the Dutch were arrogant at sea, even the British could not compare with them. They not only had the best driving skills, but also were very good at melee combat.

However, it was the Dutch who inherited the Spanish's ideas and were better at melee combat, so they were defeated by the Shandong Navy, which had the ability to strike from a long range. Just like the Spanish and the British, the Spanish Invincible Fleet did not get any benefits in front of the British who had the advantage of artillery range.

This rule is the same in the future British-Dutch naval battle. The Dutch were defeated by Britain. Later, the Netherlands began to pay attention to the development of artillery and began to rectify naval discipline.

The Dutch were beaten by the Shandong Navy with fewer wins before, but now everyone in the Batavia company knows that the Shandong Navy is not easy to mess with, and the sense of superiority of being high and superior has been penetrated into the abyss.

This time, when he was hit by the overwhelming Rockets, his morale fell to the bottom and he surrendered in just a few seconds.

After the First Fleet threw the supplies to the Japanese Catholics in the ancient city, it began to repair the sails of the captured warships. If they could not be repaired, they were dragged back with ropes.

...In Shandong, Yan Ding, an inspector who usually takes on police tasks, began to crack down on the incense sect everywhere. Since Zhao Yan issued the order, all prefectures and counties have posted list documents, prohibiting the spread of religions other than Taoism and Buddhism.

Anyone who reports and hears about the incense sect will be rewarded.

As soon as the list article was released, reports were constantly reported from all over the country.

According to the report, Yan Ding, the inspector, arrested more than 500 backbones of the Winter Sect Sect in half a month. Through interrogation of these backbones, he learned that Zhang Shengtu, the leader of the Winter Sect, began to investigate the Winter Sect in Shandong and fled to Henan.

However, the court has never tried this type of case for how these scented scholars handled this kind of case, so it ran to Zhao Yan for advice.

"Behead, all backbone members will be executed." Zhao Yan received a request from the court and said murderously, "All those who spread cults will be killed! Those who spread illegal religions will be punished in a month to three years depending on the scale of the spread. Those who surrender will be treated with lenient treatment."

Zhao Yan wants to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Cults must be resolutely cracked down on, and there is nothing to say. As for other illegal religions that do not belong to cults, punishment can be relaxed.

But it is not to curb all religious spreads except Taoism and Buddhism.

As for those Western religions, both Catholic and Christianity are better, but Islam is the most extreme, which is firmly not allowed to exist.

The Asian religions such as Hinduism and Zoroastrianism have very high surnames similar to Taoism and Buddhism. Among Asian religions, these sects belong to the sect of practice.

Buddhism and Taoism are no longer different in practice. As for the religion of practice, the most essential point is meditation, which both exist.

The only difference between Taoism is that it practices qi and transforms the body. Since Buddhism introduced Taoist methods during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there is no difference between the two in practice.

It is just that there will be some differences in religious doctrines, which is undeniable.

Zhao Yan does not reject traditional Asian religions, but Western religions, whether Catholic, Christian, or Islam, are not allowed to be spread. At the same time, some extreme religions are also not allowed to exist in Asian religions.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!