Chapter 27: Assault on Orange City (1)
The bursts of cannons awakened Yan Changwu in the cabin. When he woke up, he realized that he was on the ship, exactly.
Yesterday, the boat went for a day, but at night I couldn’t sleep well. The boat shook and it didn’t count. The place was too stinky. In addition to the strong salty taste in the sea breeze, even the bugs in the places where the red hairs lived would be smoked to death!
He now lives in the captain's room of the former Andrew, now known as "Beigang One". The conditions are okay, but the others are even worse.
Yan Changwu realized that it was really impossible to leave Shuang'er. Shuang'er took good care of him. The place was neat and clean and not to be counted. It was also lightly smoked with sandalwood or ambergris. The smell was fragrant, and sleeping was a good dream.
He got up with sleepy eyes and called people, and immediately Zhang Shouyun and the two horses carried the water basin and the face towel into one file. Zhang Shouyun asked peacefully, "Master, are you awake?"
"When is it?"
"It's seven o'clock!" Zhang Shouyun looked at the bell in the cabin.
"It's seven?" Yan Changwu frowned slightly, washed a bit under the service of Ma Bian, and then left the cabin.
The deck was in full swing. The navy battalion, along with the musket battalion, and the grenadier brothers, were all training by subject, especially the navy battalion, which fired artillery bombardment from time to time, and everyone was full of energy.
Seeing him coming up, everyone saluted him. Yan Changwu paid the military salute and said, "Everyone is busy! Leave me alone!"
So everyone acted according to the order, and Yan Changwu went up to the top of the cabin, where Li Ying, the commander of the navy battalion, was directing and greeted him.
Yan Changwu looked at the gunship of the former Batavia, now named "Beigang II" next to him. The two ships are all three-mast (gun-deck) fine warships. They are fast, and they are advancing through the waves when driving on the sea.
was followed by six merchant ships. In order not to reveal anything, except for the first one that was filled with rice, all the other ships were ballasted with stones, showing a heavy load.
The naval battalion has a lot of training for long voyages. After being instructed by the captured Dutch, they will soon be able to pilot these two gunboats. After all, they are not considered heavy firepower sailing battleships.
Li Ying complimented Yan Changwu: "The big dragon head is born to sail. It is not dizzy at all and eats more. Many people are not used to it when they first arrive on the boat!"
"I'm still a bit uncomfortable, I went to bed a little late last night!" Yan Changwu said self-effacingly.
He asked, "How are you doing on these two boats?"
"It can only be called sailing, and it is far from being used for battle!" Li Ying shook her head.
Sailing warship combat is a complex system engineering. It depends on the wind and current, and also assesses the situation of the enemy and the enemy, judges countless situations, and requires a lot of training. Only officers and soldiers who have grown up in **** battles can truly become the masters of warships!
"Then wait and see! Train more, and fight more!" Yan Changwu smiled coldly.
In the future, the territory will be contended, and there will be too many enemies, so I am not afraid of fighting without a fight.
"We are going downwind now, the boat is moving fast, and there is still an hour's journey from the sir. Are you ready to act?" Li Ying asked.
"You have the right to dispose of it, don't ask me!" Yan Changwu said.
"Okay!" Li Ying ordered the flagship to raise a small red flag to inform the ships to prepare for battle.
And Yan Changwu got off to a merchant ship as planned. He was going to land and command operations after the war.
Commanding battles on the gunboat is exempt. At this time, the gunboat is strong outside and in the middle, so it's not useful at all.
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Dayuan Island!
The Dutch flag was flying high, looking at this familiar flag, Storm's mouth was full of bitterness.
When left, he was the energetic commander of the fleet. When he returned, he was reduced to a prisoner and not counted. He had to become a leader and lead the Mingren to break through his own fortress!
But he didn’t dare not follow. His arm sleeves were tied together, his arms were shackled, and his feet were shackled. Two wise men next to him were controlling him, and there was a poisoned knife behind him. He had to be careful, just in case. If the other party makes a wrong hand. . .
made his heart sink, and Beigang soldiers were pleased that two other Tier 5 battleships were parked on the Dayuan Island anchorage and tied together side by side. Except for a few sentries, no one was seen.
This is troublesome!
The people on the battleship have all gone ashore.
According to the military order, the crew on a warship cannot easily leave the ship, but it is often impossible to do it in the anchorage. This is cheap and clear.
"Mazu bless you!" Li Ying cried secretly.
There are some small boats on the pier of the port. There are two big sailboats that are a bit eye-catching, moored in the middle of the port.
In the distance is Orange City, whose predecessor was a simple walled city (a temporary stone city). In 1624, after eight months of fierce battle with the Ming Dynasty army in China, the Dutch and the Chinese officials reached an agreement and agreed Destroyed the fortresses and forts set up in Penghu and transferred them to Taiwan Island in 1624. China did not interfere in the Dutch occupation of Taiwan. After the Dutch occupied the platform, a large-scale castle "Orange" was rebuilt on the site of the original Walled City. It was named after the Dutch province Zeeland (or Transgelland) in 1627. "Relanzhe City" (), the first phase of the fort base project was completed in 1632.
It is still under construction. It seems to be not small in scale, but it hasn't become a climate!
This is an opportunity. Yan Changwu is naturally very concerned about such a "neighbor". He has already sent someone to detect, so when the time is right, he will attack immediately!
Because it is their own warship returning to Hong Kong, and it seems safe and sound, the Dutch certainly did not expect anyone to be brave enough to scratch the tiger's beard. UU read www.uukanshu. com just lazily sent a small boat with more than a dozen soldiers to come forward for a little inspection.
According to the rules, all ships returning to Hong Kong must be inspected, but the North Harbor soldiers entered the port with two large ships. They rushed into the port and saw Storm screaming at them on the bridge. How dare the boat say What, I didn't even dare to step forward, so as not to be knocked down.
Although it’s a little strange that Storm’s side has a lot of bright people, but the Dutch on the small boat thought that the commander had surrendered the bright people. They never dreamed that they, the commander, would be hit by someone with a poisonous knife and had to act against their will. Yeah, I didn't even dare to sound the alarm!
He squeezed a cold sweat. If Ming Ren uses the wrong force, then he will go to see God.
Smoothly entered the port, Uncle Zhang smiled, retracted the poison knife against Storm, and said in a good mood: "Thank you for your cooperation!"
One of the two large ships entering the port headed towards the other two large ships berthed in the port, and the other went sideways and headed into the port.
The small boat approached a merchant ship and waited for the rope ladder to be thrown down to be inspected. The rope ladder was thrown down. The Dutch officer boarded the merchant ship and saw rows of black holes pointed at him and the small boat.
Someone said solemnly in Dutch, "Get on the ship if you don't want to die!"
All the people obeyed honestly, but the Dutchman at the port terminal did not realize what was going on.
Five merchant ships docked one after another, and a large number of Beigang soldiers gushed out from the cabins, and the people in the harbor were shocked!
What shocked them even more was that one of the large ships that had just entered the port opened its muzzle and fired a bombardment towards the distant city of Orange!
Boom!
The sound of artillery echoes in the port!
Another big ship approached the two big ships in the harbor. I don’t know how many people killed those two big ships!
For a while, gunfire broke out in the port area, and gunfire rumbling!
