Chapter 271: Port bombing
The soft night sky under densely covered stars reflects the exceptionally black land of that era.
The ocean is also as dark as a black screen, and two boats are rowing towards the harbor amid the slight agitation.
Five days after the Battle of Batavia, the night was already deep, the noise of the day was long gone, and the Batavia port was silent, and there were only three or five lights.
After the armistice between the two sides, the Dutch returned to Hong Kong to supply supplies and dispatched again.
Naturally, they were out of the air, and the Clippers sent out finally found the corroboration—a merchant ship said that it saw them heading north. The Clippers tracked them for a day, but failed to find out that Ming Ren should retreat.
So the Dutch celebrated one day. This victory was not easy. Although Ming Ren had a stake, he didn't get rid of it!
After , the port returned to its original state, loading and unloading, busy doing business diligently, and lazily taking advantage of this opportunity to go to the bar to have a good drink, drink and revel for several days in a row, this is a rare opportunity to celebrate the victory.
Anyway, we Dutch are strong enough that no one dares to mess with it.
Unexpectedly, someone really wanted to touch the tiger's ass. Zuo Liangyu on the Kaohsiung 8 took two small boats by night and sneaked into the Batavia port, wanting to blow up the boat!
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Let’s also say that the two militants, Hong Xiguan Yan Zhang of Kaohsiung 8th, happily drove Kaohsiung 8th with a Luzon Chinese shipowner who had been to Batavia. He led the way and rushed to Batavia. After participating in the war, it was too late. The main force fleet was withdrawn long ago. They neither saw the main force fleet nor were able to contact them. Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Batavia, Yan Zhang was even more awkward and asked about Hong Xi nervously. Official said: "Brother Hong, we can't single out the Dutch, right?"
"Of course it's impossible, but it's okay to do damage!" Hong Xiguan calmly said, making up his mind that he can't come in vain anyway.
This man decided to attack Batavia Port!
In the daytime off Batavia, they caught a sloop fishing boat and got the information they wanted to know from the fishermen. They had already visited, but they had already withdrawn from the Batavia port.
"I want to attack Batavia port!"
"At dawn, as soon as we can see it, we drove into the port and fired at them, letting them know how good we are!"
At the officer's meeting, when he said his idea, all the officers were taken aback and excited about it!
Fight against the enemy!
No matter how strong the enemy is, our Southeast Army soldiers will continue to fight them and be able to save themselves.
The soldiers of the Southeast Mansion in that period were very heroic, and there was nothing they were afraid to do. They were not afraid of danger or sacrifice.
Moreover, Hong Xiguan’s plan has a great success rate, and he is a Tier 6 cruiser, which is fast and runs as soon as it hits. Those Dutch ships with big RU houses (forehouse) and big buttocks (forehouse) can Can catch up with us?
Most of the officers thought it was feasible, but Zuo Liangyu, the only Marine Captain, shook his head and thought it was not good.
"I would like to hear from you!" Hong Xiguan was not angry, and listened to what he said.
"The artillery fire of your cruise ship is too weak. One-on-one. If people don't fight back, you may not be able to sink an enemy merchant ship after three hours!" Zuo Liangyu opened his mouth to clarify the facts.
The sailing warships of that period used mostly solid bullets, relying on kinetic energy to strike. A projectile is a bowl-sized pit. Think about the area of a ship and how many pits should be smashed?
"We rushed into the port and fought for a while. At most, we will give you half an hour. You can't sink a boat. This kind of sneak attack is called mischief!" Zuo Liangyu gushed: "It is better to break one of the ten fingers. Means, I have an idea, I don’t know if it is appropriate or not!"
"Please speak!" Hong Xiguan raised his hand to let him say.
"We have grenadiers, and one throw is a bomb weighing ten catties. This time we will make a bomb weighing over a hundred catties. I will bring some people into the port of Batavia in a small boat, find a big ship, and put it on. Big bomb, detonate it, send it to the sky, what the captain sees!" Zuo Liangyu said.
"This method makes you so!" Hong Xiguan patted his thigh excitedly.
"You photographed my leg!" Yan Zhang rolled his eyes and said.
"Oh, I'm sorry!"
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The officers watched the non-commissioned officer make a big bomb. They first found a gunpowder barrel, which weighs a hundred catties and can be ignited directly, but it is too heavy and sinks when water enters it. Even if there is a gunpowder barrel, it is easy to get water.
I found a large thin-skinned wooden box, and wanted to fill the gap with putty to keep it out of water, and then stuff it with gunpowder...
Zuo Liangyu thought: "The power is too small! I think so, we drive two small boats, each carrying three barrels of gunpowder, after arriving, everyone got into a small boat and concentrated the gunpowder on one small boat. Another boat pretends to retreat!"
"What should I do if I am found?" someone asked.
"If it is discovered, we will send a signal, and you will drive in the warship to meet us, and do whatever you want!" Zuo Liangyu said nonchalantly.
"it is good!"
After everyone discussed the detailed rules, they just did what they said. Riding the night, Kaohsiung set off on the 8th.
The Chinese businessman responsible for leading the way is called Song Yueqiao. He is a fellow of southern Fujian with Hong Xiguan. He is quite bold and keeps pushing the cruise ship straight out of the Batavia port!
Then put down the two small boats on board, loaded with gunpowder, each with eleven people, ten people paddling, one person steering the rudder, and rowing to the port.
They were all dressed in black, the boat was painted black, tied to the oars with cloth, guided by the lights in the harbor, and rowed vigorously.
The port of Batavia is very large, and the small boats are advancing through the sea, almost silently and hard to find.
There was a fort at the entrance of the port, and there were people on duty, but there were no searchlights at that time, and the defender had no such awareness at all!
The big boat comes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ will be discovered by them, how can the boat come in damage?
Even in the era of high-power electric searchlights, the light was brilliant, and the water ghosts were also successful in touching the military port.
The night is dark and visibility is very low. It is the time of the sneak attack of the moon and the black wind.
There are at least 30 ships moored in the port, and the small boats pass through them, as if entering an uninhabited land!
All the people and ships are sleeping, but there is no guard sentry.
too careless! On the warships of the Southeast Fleet, there will be people on duty at any time, and the officers will lead the sailors, the officers are responsible for inspections, and the sailors are responsible for guarding, and they will never be sloppy.
But it’s no wonder that the Dutch are careless, after all, they are merchant ships, and they are in the port, and the system is not well implemented (
With the glimmer of light coming from nowhere, they found the largest ship, and later learned that it was the unfortunate "Poseidon", the battleship of the Batavia battle, with 54 artillery, which is the third-tier battleship. level.
First row the small boat under its rudder, two small boats side by side, flip the powder barrel to the other small boat, then open the lid of the six hundred-jin powder barrels (opened in advance), and connect them in series with the fuse. Then cover it thickly with a few layers of military blankets (the sealed black powder is more powerful).
Zuo Liangyu and the three officers and men worked together. They used an iron drill to drill a big nail into the ship, and then tied the gunpowder boat to the big nail, hitting a few nails, and tied a few ropes.
ignited a long fuse, and then the crowded manned boat stretched out its oars and slashed away desperately.
The fuse was ignited in the slightest, and those Dutch people slept comfortably, but no one knew that the Killing Star had arrived.
When they had drawn fifty meters away, a loud thunderbolt broke out in the Batavia port!
