As of now, the Dutch East India Company has only a total of more than fifty cruise gunboats of different tonnage left in the entire East, not even a single battleship.
The total number of warships in the Lanfang Navy's First Fleet and Second Fleet is one hundred and fifty, five heavy battleships, ten light battleships, and the rest are cruise gunboats of different tonnages.
In addition, there are dozens of troop transports and supply ships, and the entire fleet is quite large.
Facing such a powerful Lanfang navy, the navy of the Netherlands East India Company had almost no power to fight back.
What's even worse is that even at this point, Li Chuang still plays surprise.
He is a person who will hold on to any advantage he has. The most common saying he says is that if there is an advantage, don't take advantage of the bastard. When you see an advantage, you will rush to bite it and never let go.
The war between the two sides started on May 8. Li Chuang led a main fleet to raid the Dutch Navy's military port on Ceylon Island. At that time, there were more than 20 Dutch Navy gunboats parked in the port, but he did not pay attention. to the approach of the Lanfang navy.
By the time they noticed, Li Chuang had already ordered five heavy battleships and ten light battleships to form a long snake formation. Other battleships were skimming on both sides, ready to intercept Dutch warships that could break through the fire network.
Therefore, the situation at that time was that the Lanfang Navy was not only stronger, but also more prepared. When the Netherlands Navy realized the danger and prepared to take action, the Lanfang Navy's artillery was already rumbling.
Hundreds of artillery pieces adjusted their muzzles and fired rapidly towards the location of the Dutch naval warship in the harbor. The naval gunners carried the shells, fed them into the gun chambers, adjusted the firing angle, adjusted the gunpowder, lit the fuse, and then...
Boom! !
The navy's heavy general cannon and heavy hussar general cannon spit out tongues of fire ferociously. The shells weighing dozens of kilograms rushed out of the gun barrel with the explosive kinetic energy of the gunpowder, drew a beautiful ballistic trajectory in the air, and fell hard into the It entered the military port on Ceylon Island and steadily hit the gunboat of the Netherlands Navy.
A terrible hole just appeared.
What disappeared with it was not only part of the hull, but also a part of the unlucky Dutch sailors and their desperate shouts in the last stage of their lives.
"ah!!!!!!"
The sailors of the Dutch East India Company were suddenly attacked and were unable to raise their heads by extremely fierce warship fire.
Some people broke down in panic and hurriedly jumped into the sea and swam towards the dock, trying to escape. Others stabilized their emotions and called on their partners to operate the artillery, hoping to fight back.
It has to be said that even if the sun sets, the strong character of Sea Coachman has not completely faded.
Faced with the Lanfang Navy's overwhelming firepower advantage, the Dutch Navy still launched a counterattack with a certain intensity, and their artillery spit out tongues of fire angrily.
When they found that they were nesting in the military port and could only become a living target of the Lanfang Navy, there were actually several warships sailing out of the harbor in the face of fierce artillery fire, and bravely launched an attack on the Lanfang Navy, trying to get close to the Lanfang Navy. The battleship allows its own artillery to threaten Lanfang Navy more effectively.
Encountering such an opponent, Li Chuang praised him and ordered to concentrate firepower to bombard the opponent.
"Blow them all to the bottom of the sea for me! Blow them up! Blow them up for me! Blast them hard!!!!"
While Li Chuang was observing the battle with a telescope, his face turned red and he shouted loudly, veins popped out on his forehead, and his eyes were burning with angry flames.
There is no doubt that he went berserk.
Lanfang Navy also went berserk.
How dare you attack in front of our firepower network?
If you are brave, I will blow your courage to pieces now!
More ferocious firepower surged away. The Dutch Navy gunboat at the front was hit six times in a row. The hull broke from the middle and sank to the bottom of the sea. Within fifteen minutes, the three ships that launched the assault All the Dutch Navy gunboats were sunk by the Lanfang Navy, and all the ships and people sank to the bottom of the sea.
Half an hour later, seven gunboats of the Lanfang Navy took the lead in rushing into the Ceylon Island naval port and used ship-based artillery to sink the last Dutch gunboat that put up a stubborn resistance.
The Dutch shore defense firepower resisted, and the shore guns fired continuously, damaging three Lanfang gunboats, but they were all quickly wiped out by the superior Lanfang gunfire.
Therefore, two hours after the naval battle, at 11 a.m. on May 8, the 1st Infantry Mixed Battalion of the 1st Corps of the Lanfang Army officially landed with the arrival of the landing ship, and then quickly headed towards the Netherlands Military in the north of the military port. The camp attacks.
The goal is to capture the military camp and eliminate all resisters.
The Lanfang Army was originally divided into artillery and infantry. However, during the frequent wars, Zhao Xuening gradually changed the army's organization and tried to mix the infantry and artillery in one battalion, forming a mixed battalion organization, which enhanced a The battalion’s combat capability.
This attempt was a great success, so Zhao Xuening promoted this method and finally determined the organization of three mixed battalions in a corps. Each mixed battalion had a size of 3,000 people, making the mixed battalions the standard for Lanfang Army's independent operations. unit.
A mixed battalion has a specialized artillery team, which carries field cavalry general artillery, guerrilla general artillery and station cavalry general artillery with the army. During the army's field battle, the artillery's powerful firepower will provide sufficient cover and assistance to the infantry.
So when facing the chaotic Dutch military camp, the infantry of the Lanfang Army lined up neatly and formed infantry squares.
An infantry tactical strategy is often formed into three lines, but not all of them are attack lines, nor are they the legendary three-stage attack. Instead, the first two lines are the launching attack line, and the third line is the supplementary line.
When there are casualties in the first and second columns, the third column will automatically be replenished forward until the replenishment is completed.
This model is relatively common in Europe. Zhao Xuening recognized this model after training comparison and battlefield practice, so Lanfang's army also abandoned the initial three-stage attack and adopted this two-stage plus one supplementary strategy. Law.
The artillery quickly formed artillery positions, placed the artillery in different positions according to the range of the artillery held by them, and then adjusted the shooting angle and shooting direction under the instructions of the artillery commander, trying their best to ensure the accuracy of the artillery, and then used cavalry and general artillery and Mainly guerrilla general artillery, firing solid projectiles.
"Reload!"
"ignition!"
Boom!
A volley of solid shells was fired, and most of the shells hit the preset targets with relative accuracy. The fragile outer fences and earthen walls of the Dutch military camp were almost destroyed.
After the second volley of solid bullets, the fences shattered and the earthen walls collapsed, completely unable to provide any protection inside the military camp.
As a result, the artillerymen modified and loaded explosive bombs, and the cavalry general artillery temporarily stopped firing, and replaced it with guerrilla general artillery and station cavalry general artillery.
Limited by technical factors, the range of explosive bombs is generally relatively short, but after improvements in gunpowder technology, the power is still good. On the premise that there is no huge threat, using explosive bombs against enemies without obstacle protection is a good choice.
Boom!
After a volley of explosive bombs, the Dutch military camp was filled with flames. The armed personnel of the Netherlands were blown to pieces and fled in all directions.
Of course, there were people who wanted to resist, but they were not many in number. Under the threat of fierce firepower, they were smashed or blown to death before they could fight back.
Some brave gunners tried to fire back. After firing a few shots and causing some minor losses to the Lanfang infantry, they were put out by the superior artillery fire of Lanfang - even the people and the gun barrel were bombarded. It hit the sky, rolled over and fell to the ground, dead.
As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will be surrounded by enemies; if you are rich, you will be bombarded by me.
In the early days when the Lanfang Army was not very strong, Chu Teng also led the troops in many hand-to-hand battles without artillery support. At that time, he relied solely on the bayonet in his hand to win the battle with the enemy, resulting in considerable losses. Later, after the army artillery took shape, Chu Teng Finally feeling proud.
The thick barrel and fierce firepower of the artillery are the romance of men!
Romance for men!
"Blow me up!!!"
Chu Teng's face turned red, and his eyes seemed to be burning with fire. His expression was the same as Li Chuang's.
When the artillery fire was almost covered, and there were almost no people left standing in the Dutch military camp, Chu Teng ordered the infantry to advance in formation. As they advanced, they were ready to shoot whenever they saw someone standing. Then just shoot him with a volley and send him to see God.
The results speak for themselves.
During the entire advance, Lan Fang's army fired three volleys, and was shot several times, losing several soldiers.
When they entered the dilapidated military camp, all they saw were corpses strewn across the field. There were no more standing Dutch soldiers. Even those who were alive were still writhing in pain and shouting on the ground holding their wounds. .
Chu Teng has professional methods to deal with such people.
Just raise your bayonet and give him a good blow.
After the war, Lan Fangjun took stock of the results.
Thirty-one Dutch warships were sunk, 376 Dutch soldiers were killed, more than 500 related persons were captured, more than 1,000 guns, 20,000 kilograms of gunpowder, some gold and silver, and precious cargo were seized Several.
Anyway, the results are quite good.
Li Chuang and Chu Teng were overjoyed after winning the first battle. They immediately ordered the soldiers to carry all the seizures to the ship, take away everything they could, burn and smash everything they couldn't take away, and don't give anything useful. The Brits stay.
This was the first battle that took place on May 8th.
The second battle between the two armies took place on May 10th.
Otto, the highest commander of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon, led 500 Dutch soldiers in an attempt to launch a counterattack.
This guy is also brave. He didn't know the number of Lanfang Army, so he took the initiative to attack with 500 people. He also wanted to fight with Lanfang Army in the field, so he was surrounded by three battalions of Lanfang Army's First Corps. .
He got directly into the pocket formation of Lanfang's army.
Seeing the huge crowds of Lan Fang's troops, this guy made a wise choice - put down his weapons, raise the white flag, and surrender.
do not fight.
Five hundred Dutch soldiers became prisoners, surrendered all their weapons and ammunition, and were taken away by Lanfang's army.
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