Today's Dongpeng Mansion is not an island group without soldiers stationed, and the number of soldiers has been increasing. The Ming Dynasty has even established a complete coastal defense system.
It's just that many of the Westerners who have always been accustomed to roaming the ocean have never been able to change their pirate ideas and have always maintained a conqueror attitude. Therefore, they will always break into a country's restricted areas wildly, and like bandits Just the same, robbing homes and homes in a crude and simple way.
When Huangshan Town encountered a large number of Western barbarian invasions, many Ming officers and soldiers quickly reacted and began to gather towards Huangshan.
First, more than fifty warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy, led by General Qian Li Cheng, moved towards Huangshan Town in an arc, and first surrounded the Xiyi warships parked at the ferry of Huangshan Town.
Boom!
The Xiyi soldiers who stayed behind in the Xiyi warships parked here had also noticed the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy. While they began to hurriedly send people to notify their own people who rushed into the town, they also began to fire artillery in an attempt to block the Ming Navy. .
"Fire! Kill these infidels!"
There was a Xiyi officer roaring on the boat.
The Ming Navy also used the bronze cannons on the bows to fight back, and at the same time took the initiative to approach these Western warships in the face of the cannonballs.
The sailing ships used by these Spanish colonists were the famous Manila galleons in history. The ships had huge cannons, which made people look frightened and chilled.
However, Li Cheng and the Ming Navy officers and soldiers under his command had had contact with such large ships, and they were not very afraid, so they did not hold back because of the other party's cannon fire.
Li Cheng himself also shouted at this time: "Come over! Don't be a fucking coward! Anyone who dares to retreat will kill the commander on board!"
The bird boats of the Ming army rippling on the sea waves were allowed to sail through the sea with their hard sails and masts hit, and they marched to the Huangshan Town ferry without hesitation, and it didn't take long for the three bird boats to be captured. The cost of sinking rushed into the offshore area of the port, squeezing these large sailing ships into a narrower area of activity.
At the same time, the Ming Navy also used divine fire and flying crows to burn the soft sails of these large sailing ships.
Then many officers and soldiers began to approach these large Western sailing ships in their own bird boats and boarded them to prepare for a follow-up battle.
The Westerners on the sailing ship were very panicked and hurriedly fired in line with heavy matchlock guns. Many Ming soldiers suffered big holes in their bodies when they were hit by the bullets. When they climbed onto these Manila sailing ships, they fell directly into the sea, like dumplings in the water. Generally speaking, it didn't take long for the sea area to turn red.
Li Cheng frowned when he saw this.
He only regrets that his level is not high enough and he is not qualified to carry a double-decker bird ship. The big bird ship uses tall pine wood from the Daxingan Mountains in Andong to make the keel. The bird ship can be as long as twenty feet, which is almost as long as Zheng He's The treasure ships in the West were as big as the treasure ships in the West, and were equipped with more than thirty cannons and muskets. There was no need for soldiers to climb aboard and fight because of the small hull of the ship.
That's right, the ships of Li Cheng's naval fleet responsible for coastal patrol are not very big.
The real big bird ships were either defending important ports such as Quanzhou, Dengzhou, Dinghai, Haojing, and Guangzhou, or they were used as ships for senior generals.
However, Ming Dynasty has also been building more large ships. However, because large ships require high technology and materials, only a few ships are launched every year.
The main warships responsible for coastal defense of non-important areas in the offshore are basically single-layer bird ships about seven feet long.
Therefore, many times, after the navy encounters a Western large sailing ship, it needs to board the ship and fight, which will increase a lot of casualties.
Although the Xiyi's Manila galleon was larger than the single-story bird ship under Li Cheng's command, the Xiyi musketeers were able to inflict great damage on the Ming army that was clinging to the ship. However, the Ming army's navy was particularly tenacious under the supervision of extremely strict military discipline. What's more, There are many of their relatives and family property here, so ants are constantly clinging to the boat.
At the same time, the artillery on the bird ship continued to bombard these large sailing ships. One large sailing ship could not bear it. Before the Ming army could climb up, a large hole was opened and a large amount of sea water was poured into it, and it began to sink into the sea.
On land, the Ming army infantry who came to Huangshan from other places had also exchanged fire with the Xiyi musketeers.
The banging sound of gunfire began to ring throughout Huangshan Town.
A Xiyi musketeer was massacring Han people from house to house on the north side of Huangshan Town. As a result, he was shot in the head by the Ming army firearmsman who arrived, and he lay stunned on the street.
A small group of Xiyi musketeers were also wiped out on the spot after encountering the Ming army's infantry squad in the Xiaosancai formation.
In addition, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also began to enter various private houses to rescue people. When they saw Western Yi musketeers killing people or raping women in private houses, they directly shot the Western Yi soldiers to death on the spot.
And Xiyi Colonel Pedro led 300 Xiyi musketeers and 1,500 Japanese mercenaries to the Ming army garrison in Huangshan Town. He had just fought with the Ming soldiers here, and defeated them with far fewer people. When he saw the Ming soldiers on his side and captured some Ming soldiers, he quickly withdrew to the sea because he saw the smoke.
After Pedro withdrew, he asked Captain Maquina to leave a hundred Spanish musketeers and a thousand Japanese mercenaries behind, while he led the rest of the officers and soldiers to board a ship that was still intact and waiting for him to board. Manila galleon.
The Manila galleon immediately rushed out first.
The other Manila galleons also turned around and prepared to escape.
"what a pity!"
"These pagans obviously have very complete coastal defenses. We have to leave before we can kill all the pagans here, capture all their soldiers, and ask about the situation!"
As he fled, Pedro punched the mast and expressed regret to Captain Velasco, the commander of the Manila galleon, for not being able to massacre the town of Juansan.
Velasco said helplessly at this time: "We hope to withdraw as soon as possible. We obviously underestimated the strength of these Ming pagans here. Of course, it is also more certain that they are indeed starting to prepare for an invasion." the dominions of our God throughout the world.”
Pedro nodded and looked at Maquina who was blocking the Ming soldiers on land.
At this time, Macquina and his infantry had formed a small Spanish phalanx, with spearmen and musketeers forming hollow formations. Among them, the musketeers holding heavy matchlocks stood at the front, and The heavy muskets were supported on poles, while the musketeers holding light muskets were behind, followed by the spearmen, holding their spears flat like the fangs of beasts, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army infantry.
Bang bang!
As soon as the infantry of the Ming army came over and saw this formation, they also began to change from the small Sancai formation to the Sancai formation. The heavy matchlock gun also invented by Zhao Shizhen, the wind-chasing gun, was placed at the front like a cannon. After rushing into the range, they attacked Xiyi launched an attack.
Here, the Xiyi Musketeers also opened fire after the Ming army entered the shooting range.
For a moment, both sides were covered in white smoke.
Officers and soldiers on both sides fell down, holding their wounds and rolling and howling in the thick smoke.
But the Ming army came in more and more numbers. At the same time, the French cannons pushed by chariots also pushed over at this time. They first violently bombarded the Manila galleon that was responsible for responding to these Western infantry. , in order to cut off the retreat of these Western infantry.
The divine fire flying crow was also ignited by the infantry behind the Sancai Formation at this time and shot at the Manila galleon.
Soon the Manila galleon's spinnaker began to burst into flames.
The Ming cavalry on both wings had already outflanked him. They picked up three-eyed blunderbuss and struck them, cutting off their way back.
The only Manila galleon that had not set sail yet, originally intended to meet Maquina and the others, saw this and set sail decisively. It gave up the rescue and attempted to escape as soon as possible before the jib burned out and the mast was hit by Ming army artillery. here.
To this end, the crew on the sailboat has begun desperately pouring water to put out the fire.
And at sea.
Li Chengzheng commanded the navy officers and soldiers under his command to board the ships and fight bloody battles with the Western Yi. However, he saw that two of the seven Manila galleons that had arrived were preparing to turn around and evacuate. Among them, the five that did not leave were because three of them were blocked. The divine fire flying crow burned the soft sails and lost speed, and allowed the Ming army to board the ship. One was still parked at the port to prepare for the response, and he immediately ordered to prevent these Manila galleons from escaping. Another one was sunk by gunfire.
As a result, more than 30 warships under Li Cheng chased after them. At the same time, when these Manila galleons turned around and prepared to withdraw, they launched a fierce bombardment on them and fired more divine fire flying crows. past.
Two Manila galleons were sunk as a result, before they could be evacuated.
When the last Manila galleon that was preparing to meet Maquina was about to turn around, it was blocked by more than a dozen fast centipede boats from the Ming Navy. They were surrounded in the middle and unable to move. In the end, they could only watch helplessly. More divine fire crows and cannonballs flew to his warship.
But the Manila galleon on which Pedro was riding and another galleon broke out and fled to deeper waters.
The warships of the Ming army immediately pursued them, and more than twenty small and convenient wave-riding boats chased the two large sailing ships like agile and fast sharks.
But Xiyi's soft sailing ship is indeed fast, really like an arrow leaving the string.
Therefore, in the end, only one soft sailing boat was blocked by the chasing wave boat, and the reason why this one was blocked was because he was unlucky. The flying crow fire fired by the catching wave boat By the end all his soft sails and masts were in flames, and a great deal of power was lost.
Only the boat in which Pedro was riding had a lucky escape.
Here Maquina is still resisting on land.
But his stubborn resistance was in vain. More and more Ming army infantry had surrounded him and his infantry.
At the same time, there was no ship of his own army on the sea.
At this time, the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, but only surrounded them, and sent an interpreter to call these Western barbarians to surrender.
Maquina finally chose to surrender, and after seeing the guerrillas Tong Yuanzhen and Li Cheng, he said: "I hope you can spare our lives, for the sake of my Majesty the Holy Roman Emperor."
(End of chapter)
