Outside Haojing Port, there are many Western sailing ships, with as many white sails as clouds. Western sailors wearing tricorn hats are also densely packed in and out of Haojing Harbor.
It seems that this place has become the original home of Western fans.
There were even church bells and chants in Portuguese.
However, in a factory at the port, a group of shackled Han Chinese were moving wood, which made the place a bit incongruous.
"Hurry up! You are the slaves we bought. If you want to live, don't be lazy!"
And when the interpreters and supervisors around these Westerners were calling these Han people, many seagulls suddenly flew to the sea level outside Haojing Port, and then towering masts appeared on the sea level. Gradually, ten sides The big flag with the word "Ming" appeared and began to appear clearly on the sea, like a red sun, very bright.
At the same time, at the northern end of the Haojing Peninsula, there were also a large number of Ming army infantry and cavalry soldiers, red as fireworks, coming in overwhelming numbers.
These Western fans began to feel shocked and nervous.
"Get aboard! Prepare to fight!"
The captain of the Western Fleet, Tekedo, shouted, and many French sailors got on board.
boom!
boom!
boom!
The Ming warships soon opened fire directly.
The sound of cannons was loud.
Many Western warships were beaten to pieces, causing sawdust to fly across the sea and swaying on the sea. The Western warships on board also rolled into the sea like dumplings in soup.
Portugal's illegal leadership body in Haojing is the Haojing Council.
Not long after, the members of the Haojing Council also heard the sound of cannons from the sea, and after the reports from the Western Fan who arrived, they learned that everything that was happening now was because of the arrival of the Ming Dynasty.
"Damn it! This is already my territory, Fo Langji. How come these Ming people came without announcing it? How come the Ming officials in Guangdong didn't even send any news!"
Councilor Caddock spoke with some annoyance.
"It's too late to say this now. The Ming Dynasty Navy arrived too suddenly. We must respond immediately!"
Another council member Tellem said.
"Let the St. Francis Fort fire immediately, hoping to stop these Ming naval forces!"
Caddock said.
Because Haojing was attacked by the Dutch five years ago, the Portuguese have now strengthened their defenses in Haojing and forcibly built a city wall despite the opposition of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the Portuguese king also appointed the governor of Haojing without the consent of the Ming Dynasty, and added artillery and forts to Haojing.
It's just that the governor appointed by Portugal has not yet arrived, so the council still rules Haojing.
However, even if the Portuguese strengthened their defenses in Haojing, they were still not enough to compete in the face of a super empire like the Ming Dynasty.
In the past, it was because Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty focused on strengthening imperial power and internal affairs construction, so he did not take into account the loss of maritime interests.
But now, since Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty has turned his attention to the sea, it will be difficult for these Westerners to stop the Ming Dynasty.
After all, Ming Dynasty is still the super empire in this area.
The amount of troops that can be mobilized is not comparable to that of Portugal.
"Send the order to stop the cannon test, and the warships will move forward at top speed."
At this time, Chen Xin stood on the deck of the flagship "Dongou King", looking at Haojing City with a telescope, and issued the latest order.
The initial firing of the Guards Navy was indeed just a test cannon to test the range.
What surprised Chen Xin was that the newly installed Tianqi six-year-old cannon had an amazing range and accuracy.
Due to the proficient application of the crucible steelmaking method and the emergence of high-quality drill bits, the Ming Dynasty's cannons began to have two simple rotating riflings. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's artillery has also been updated from the iron-core copper tire cannons a few years ago to breech-loaded rifles. The cannon and artillery shells have also been upgraded to cylindrical shells.
And because this kind of cannon took several years to be manufactured until the sixth year of Apocalypse, it was called the Six-year Apocalypse System.
Now this kind of artillery is indeed at a very long distance, bombarding Haojing's St. Francis Fort with holes.
At this time, shortly after Chen Xinhua fell behind, the warships of the Ming Dynasty turned around and headed towards Haojing quickly.
When the ten warships of the Guards Navy came towards Haojing, the Portuguese who were still alive in Haojing's St. Francis Fort also began to fire back.
The Portuguese artillery was also dense and directly rammed into the Ming Dynasty's recent warships, causing many advancing Guards warships to be bombarded.
Even a giant ship like the "King of Eastern Europe" was bombarded, and many parts of the hull were damaged.
But the Guards naval warships are still advancing rapidly.
However, not long after, Chen Xin suddenly ordered: "The wind direction has changed, retreat as originally planned, retreat to the previous position, form a line again, and bombard the fort!"
Naturally, Chen Xin did this not because he was afraid of Portuguese artillery, but because he did it deliberately.
Because he had obtained Haojing's defense map through the information provided by Jinyiwei before attacking Haojing, and had formulated corresponding strategies. It was impossible for him to stupidly concentrate all his forces on a frontal attack on Haojing. In fact, he had already prepared The surprise troops landed at Jinshuitang east of Haojing, and now he bombarded and even attacked the St. Francis Fort and even retreated just to attract the attention of the Portuguese.
"The Ming warships have retreated!"
The unaware Portuguese cheered happily at the St. Francis Fort.
Tellem, who also came here, frowned and said: "The Ming people are not the Dutch. Just because they retreat does not mean they will give up. They will definitely deploy their troops in other areas, otherwise they will not be able to retreat before they are hit hard." Show your cowardice! I have to go back to the council and tell them that they have to guard against Ming people attacking from other directions."
The Marines of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Navy had indeed landed at Jinshui Pond east of Macau, and even the heavy long guns had been transported ashore with the help of black slaves.
The use of black slaves has become a common phenomenon among various maritime powers.
Because in this era, the black slave trade has been very developed, and the wealthy officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy will also buy a few black slaves to serve themselves. After all, they are at sea all year round and are less controlled by the court than the army, so they are more relaxed. What's more, the imperial court only prohibited the use of its own people as slaves.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory is too vast. To safeguard maritime interests, a lot of maritime power is needed. However, the regular military training of the Ming Dynasty Navy takes a long time, especially the training of officers, which requires rigorous training and ideological education in military schools. of.
But now, there are many forces competing with the Ming Dynasty for maritime interests, and they urgently need enough manpower to safeguard maritime interests.
Therefore, the navy officers and soldiers of the Ming Guards sometimes had to spend some money to buy foreign slaves as slaves.
Anyway, the Guards were not short of money, only manpower. In the foreign war, the lives of people like Japanese and black slaves were very cheap, so they naturally bought a group of foreign men as slaves.
Not only were black slaves, there were Japanese slaves among the slaves of the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps. However, because the Japanese were obedient in front of strong men and were not afraid of death when fighting, especially the Japanese ronin, so the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy He prefers to let the Japanese fight for him, that is, as cannon fodder.
Just like the Japanese rebellion during the Jiajing period, many Japanese were hired by pirates as soldiers to plunder the mainland.
At this time, the first armed force to land and rush towards the Haojing City defenders' position was the Japanese musketry team, which served as cannon fodder.
The defenders in the garrison position were actually Japanese, and it was impossible for the Portuguese to charge into the battle themselves. Moreover, the Portuguese had long had a tradition of hiring Japanese as musketeers. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Navy learned this from the Portuguese.
After all, in this era, the Japanese country was small and populated, so many Japanese people were in exile. Moreover, strong men liked to hire Japanese people to fight and kill for them, because Japanese people were influenced by the spirit of Bushido and were not afraid of death. They were also particularly loyal to their powerful masters. , very suitable for being a dog.
Therefore, at this time, the entire landing battlefield turned into two groups of Japanese fighting.
Guards naval officer Shen Zhaoyun was on the battleship some distance away from the shore. He was watching the two groups of dwarfs from both sides of the enemy and ours firing fiercely at each other, shouting.
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