At this time, the Dutch on the shore were really dumbfounded. For a moment, no one spoke.
If there is a hit, it may be an accident; but if it hits again, unless it is so lucky that God would be jealous, otherwise it is impossible to have such luck.
At this time, the Dutch had vaguely felt that this was not a matter of luck, but something strange about the Ming Dynasty Navy's artillery!
Compared to them, the Dutch Governor-General Caron, who was looking through a telescope, could see things more clearly.
He could see that most of the Ming Navy's iron bullets landed near the Dutch warships. This meant that the Ming Navy's artillery not only had a far enough range, but also had high shooting accuracy.
After seeing this clearly, Caron was shocked: How could the Far East create artillery that was more powerful than those in the West?
You know, in the past, these Ming people bought their Western artillery, and at most they were just imitations.
At first, Cuaron thought it was the Portuguese who had developed a new type of artillery. However, when he observed carefully through the telescope, he found that the Portuguese warship basically did not fire at this distance, but was just trying to gain the upper hand.
This means that the Portuguese's artillery did not have enough range, so they did not fire. Therefore, their artillery is still the artillery in my impression.
Thinking of this, there is only one conclusion. Only the artillery on the Ming Dynasty warships are the kind of powerful artillery. In other words, was this new type of artillery really invented by the people of the Ming Dynasty?
For more than twenty years in the East, Caron has always believed that the West is much more advanced than the East. At most, there are more Easterners. However, this knowledge now broke his past impression.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Caron quickly comforted himself, "On the sea, the sailing battleship is still king, it's okay!"
While he was thinking about it, suddenly, the Dutch people beside him, or rather on the shore, cheered.
"Haha, the Ming Dynasty's warship is on fire!"
"Are they crazy? They started setting fire so far away. Do they think the arson boat can hit our Dutch warship?"
"You are stupid in fighting. On such a wide sea, you actually want to use an arson boat to attack?"
"..."
When those Ming people saw it, they all couldn't help but feel a little sad.
I thought that the imperial navy was powerful, but I didn't expect that even they could think of it. Can arson ships be used in naval battles on the sea? If you burn your own ship, the skin of the Dutch warship will not be scorched!
well……
They all let out a long sigh in their hearts.
However, Caron let out an extremely surprised "ah" sound!
I saw him put down the telescope, rubbed his eyes, and then immediately picked up the telescope and started looking.
I saw five warships in the Ming Dynasty fleet, emitting thick smoke, and had already emerged from the crowd, approaching the Dutch fleet.
He used his telescope to see clearly that the thick smoke that he thought was coming from the arson ship was actually not the arson ship at all, but coming from what seemed to be a chimney on the strange ship.
How is this going?
It was the first time Caron saw it, so he screamed in surprise. Then he made more discoveries. The five smoking Ming warships seemed to have a large protrusion on both sides of the ship. Compared with ordinary Ming warships, they were much different.
"Hey!" Caron suddenly exclaimed again as he could see more clearly.
He discovered that the five smoking battleships were still reflecting sunlight. Could it be that they were made of metal?
This realization made him feel like he had seen a ghost.
Before Cuaron could recover from his surprise and shock, he made another discovery.
I saw that the speed of the five ships was getting faster and faster. They were not afraid of the wind direction and went straight into the middle of the Dutch fleet. Amidst the roar of the ship's artillery, another Dutch warship had a big hole in its hull. People on the ship seemed to start jumping into the sea. It was obvious that the ship was hopeless.
As soon as the Dutch fleet was mixed up by these five strange Ming warships, it suddenly lost the calm response momentum, so that everyone on the shore could feel that they were in a hurry.
Behind those five strange Ming warships, there were also huge Ming warships following them. In addition, the five Portuguese sailing warships were restraining them. The situation seemed to be very unfavorable for the Dutch fleet.
At this time, the Dutch on the shore also saw it. Suddenly, everyone stared at the sea in shock. They couldn't figure out how it could be like this?
It didn't take long for the Dutch fleet to collapse. Most of the Dutch warships fled towards the city of Relandia. There were also a few that did not run this way, but fled to the depths of the sea.
As a result, people on the shore could clearly see that there were about eighteen Dutch warships escaping back, and behind them were the five strange warships emitting thick smoke chasing after them. One point is the Portuguese sailing warship. As for the last one, it was the mighty Ming Navy warship.
At some point, Cuaron turned livid, put down his telescope, and shouted to his men: "Quick, prepare for war, prepare for war..."
The Dutch fleet was unexpectedly defeated in the naval battle, which made the Dutch on the shore a little overwhelmed at first. After hearing the order from their governor, they rushed back to the city of Geranje.
Then, the working natives, including the Ming people, were immediately dumbfounded: What should we do next?
Finally, someone shouted, and then they dispersed.
Some of them quickly fled back to their tribes. However, more people, after fleeing far away, hid there and watched the aftermath.
How could you not eat such a big melon?
"Brother Wang, what's going on? How could the imperial navy defeat the Dutch fleet?" There was a young man whose ribs could be clearly seen on his bare upper body. But at this time, he asked the man next to him excitedly. asked the obviously stronger man.
Brother Wang didn't look back at him, and stared unblinkingly at the sea in the distance, but he still answered him: "Whatever, as long as he can defeat the Dutch, that's enough!"
At this point, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned around and said to the thin man: "Xiaosan, go back and tell your father that the imperial navy has become more powerful and is coming to fight the Dutch!"
When Xiao San heard this, he immediately asked: "Why, I won't go, I want to see the imperial navy beat these Westerners severely!"
After hearing this, Brother Wang immediately said to him: "Your father took you back from Luzon Island, and what he can't forget is revenge. Now it seems that the imperial navy has become stronger and is beating the Dutch and the Western Yi. You Dad will definitely feel better after seeing it."
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Spain in Luzon massacred the Ming people. At that time, some people fled from Luzon to Dajuan. Obviously, these people are probably the ones who escaped back in the first place.
When Xiao San heard this, he immediately nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll go right away. I'm just afraid that when I come back, the war will be over!"
"Impossible!" After hearing this, Brother Wang immediately shook his head and said: "I don't know if the imperial navy will go ashore. Even if it goes ashore, this Dutch castle is so strong that it cannot be defeated in ten and a half months. You use a car to push you Dad, come over, maybe you can see the imperial navy."
When the mistress heard this, she ran away immediately.
Brother Wang continued to stare at the sea, suddenly punched the ground and shouted: "Okay!"
It turned out that at this time, on the sea, the warships of the Ming Navy destroyed another Dutch warship.
In the mighty pursuit of the Ming Dynasty, a total of three Dutch warships were destroyed, especially the smoking Ming warship, which was the fastest. It clung to the escaping Dutch fleet and destroyed two of them.
Finally, twenty-five ships of the Dutch fleet went to battle, and probably only fifteen escaped. Among them were five Dutch warships, all of which had damaged hulls.
………………
Seeing the Dutch fleet hiding in the inland waters of the Taijiang River, Zheng Chenggong on the flagship ordered to stop the pursuit. Because if you chase it, you will be bombarded by the forts on the coastline.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong finally showed a smile on his face.
He did not expect that the warships improved by the imperial court would be so powerful, as well as the rifled artillery, although the loading was much slower. But the Ming Dynasty has many artillery, and its numerical advantage obviously makes up for the slow reloading speed of the artillery.
"Hahaha……"
Laughter came immediately. Zheng Chenggong turned around and found that Zheng Hongkui's flagship was approaching, looking at him laughing.
Obviously, this battle was also very enjoyable for him!
Seeing his nephew looking at him, Zheng Hongkui stopped laughing, pointed to a place with his hand, and said loudly to Zheng Chenggong: "When the sea water rises in a while, our warships can enter Taiwan through the Luermen Channel. Jiang Neihai, when the time comes, we will deal with these red barbarian warships ruthlessly."
Brother Zheng Zhilong and others came here often when they were pirates in their early years, so they are naturally familiar with the situation here.
In the original history, Zheng Chenggong also took advantage of the high tide to enter the inland sea of Taijiang River through the Luermen Waterway during his battle to regain the majority.
But at that time, the Dutch built the city of Prominja on this side in 1653. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong originally wanted to join the army and knock down this Prominent City.
However, at this point in time, the Dutch have not yet built the city of Prominja. Therefore, as long as you take advantage of the high tide, you can easily enter the Taijiang Inland Sea.
The countermeasure that Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui discussed was to destroy the Dutch fleet through the Luermen Waterway, and then use land and water to capture the city of Relanja!
This tactic is considered the optimal tactic. In the original history, Zheng Chenggong also did this.
So, on the top of the city, Kalon looked at the Ming Dynasty naval warships in amazement, then entered the inner sea of Taijiang River through the Luermen waterway.
The Dutchmen on the Dutch warships were still afraid, when the Ming Navy attacked again.
