But this was only a situation known within the Xinghai Kingdom. For Zheng Chenggong, looking at the three-story artillery deck and densely packed gun windows on the giant transport ship, he felt so beautiful in his heart, just like when his father had just become a groom.
You know, although these Napoleon cannons are far inferior to the cannons of the Star Sea Battleship, there are enough of them to transform these five giant transport ships into sea monsters!
In fact, even if the Helan people's first-class battleships came over to challenge them, they would not be able to do well in front of such a giant gunboat at sea.
After taking over five warships, Zheng Chenggong asked his men to practice for more than half a month under the guidance of the instructors, and then he set off with the fleet.
For those old sea dogs, although they have never operated this kind of Western-style warship before, they have lived at sea for so long and with a little practice, there is no big problem.
The first battle when Zheng Chenggong led his fleet was to bombard Xiamen, which was occupied by the Qing army.
Xiamen was originally the home base of the Zheng Jiajun. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Xiamen became the navy camp of the Qing army, which usually caused trouble for the Zheng Jiajun.
After all, the distance between the two sides is too close.
As a result, the hatred between the two sides became more and more intense.
This is also the main reason why after Zheng Chenggong obtained the giant ship and became more proficient in training, he turned around and caused trouble for the Qing army.
After all, there is room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!
Five huge ships and a row of small boats were approaching the lower gate. The Qing navy was not completely vegetarian. After all, many of them were old friends from Zheng Zhilong's time. However, after following Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they changed their lives. Became an official of the Qing Dynasty!
In fact, this kind of guy who has changed his identity is often the most ruthless when dealing with his former selves.
This is one of the reasons why Guan Ning's cavalry escaped from the enemy before, but after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, they became brave and moved forward.
The navy of the Qing army was no exception. A cannon sounded, and immediately hundreds of warships, large and small, poured out of the water stronghold and headed towards the Zheng family's army.
But a moment later, what was waiting for them was shells falling like rain.
Well, although these cannonballs are only solid cannonballs, when the number of solid cannonballs increases and they hit them, it is quite scary.
In the blink of an eye, the smaller warship was riddled with holes and sank directly. Although the larger ship could still withstand a few more blows, its mast and so on were broken, and it lost its combat effectiveness.
After sinking or capturing hundreds of enemy ships, the Zheng family's fleet swaggered in front of the Qing army's water stronghold. After a burst of shelling, the sailors holding Thunderbolt 1646 were put down.
After a wave of charges, Zheng Jiajun regained his water stronghold.
Not to mention that the Zheng Jiajun frequently launched attacks on Qing coastal targets for a period of time. It is only said that after half a month of slight repairs, the southbound fleet immediately left the port and sailed straight to Malacca as the fleet from Xinghai City arrived. And go.
The fleet coming from Xinghai City was fully loaded with the 3,000-strong fifth division that had moved to defense, as well as 5,000 coolies drawn from mines and other places.
In addition, three newly launched warships also came with them to join the fleet going south.
Well, the fleet also carries a large amount of selected coal, grain, ammunition and other materials.
It can be said that in order to ensure the smooth development of this southbound plan, Xinghai Kingdom has deployed more than half of its existing transport ships.
Under the huge power provided by steam engines, the murderous southward fleet quickly arrived at the Malacca Castle built by the Dutch.
The Dutch have been building this Malacca Castle for six years. In fact, even now, it has not been completely completed.
The Dutch planned to build this castle into the most powerful castle in the entire Far East.
The overall structure consists of eight large forts and thirty-six small forts. More than 100 artillery pieces and more than 3,000 musketeers have been deployed.
In the words of the Governor of Malacca, Malacca Castle can never be captured!
In fact, this statement was indeed true before the emergence of explosive bombs.
The Kingdom of Johor had previously dispatched more than 200,000 troops to besiege the Malacca Castle. Unfortunately, after 15 days of siege, they had to withdraw due to food shortages. During the withdrawal process, the Helan people took the opportunity to beat them violently and lost their troops. It can be said to be extremely miserable.
Because of this, the Helan people never thought that anyone would dare to attack the Malacca Castle.
Following the defeat of the last naval battle, the Helan people's remaining fleet remnants had to disband after returning to Malacca and go back to their respective homes to find their mothers.
After all, this fleet is composed of warships and merchant ships drawn from various ports. If they are away for too long, it will have a great impact on the security and trade of each port.
Even the Governor of Malacca did not dare to take responsibility for the problems that arose.
But what the Governor of Malacca and Lieutenant General Wilster never expected was that within a month, the Xinghai people would rush to their doorstep with murderous intent!
With the notification of merchant ships hurriedly escaping back to the port, the entire Malacca port and castle were boiling.
The Xinghai people are coming!
In fact, the Governor of Malacca and Lieutenant General Wilster standing on the castle saw the arrival of the Star Sea Fleet earlier than the people at the port.
Nearly 30 warships lined up outside the port exit, firmly blocking all ships in the port.
Whenever a ship tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape, it would be greeted by several cannonballs, and then the ship would be blown into two pieces and sink into the sea.
After this happened several times, no one on those merchant ships dared to flee.
If you rush again, you will lose both money and people.
However, the Helan people have experienced a lot. After receiving the news that the Star Sea Fleet was coming, the forts near the port immediately entered a state of combat readiness.
But what the Helan soldiers on the fort never expected was that the enemy ship actually launched an attack outside the range of the fort.
You know, the heavy artillery equipped on the fort at Malacca Port are all 48-pound heavy artillery. Since the endurance of the hull does not need to be considered, the maximum range of these heavy artillery can reach more than 600 meters.
For those heavy naval guns with a range of mostly 300-400 meters, these forts are nearly invincible in defensive battles.
No fleet could attack the port against the heavy bombardment of these forts.
This is one of the reasons why the Helan people are not worried about their home base being taken away.
But this time, the Xinghai people's fleet exceeded their imagination.
Thousands of meters away, exploding artillery shells rained down on them.
The focus of the cannonball landing is on the fort.
After half an hour of non-stop shelling, the forts that originally guarded the port turned into ruins.
