The capture of Taiwan City and Chican City means the complete capture of Taiwan.

All the power of the Dutch Navy was concentrated in these places, including the wealth accumulated by the Dutch Navy, which was basically in these cities. The moment the Denglai Navy captured the city was the moment when the Dutch Navy completely surrendered.

Keelung Port was captured without any suspense. The Denglai Navy did not suffer any casualties, but the casualties of the Dutch Navy were not large. The main reason was that the ten Dutch warships patrolling were attacked and their command ship suffered heavy damage. As for the

It is said that the Dutch warships staying in Keelung Port accepted the advice and surrendered without resistance.

Qiao Mingjun did not waste time. He made a bold decision. He divided his troops into two groups and launched an attack on Taiwan City and Chican City at the same time. Only fifty Denglai Navy warships were left in Keelung Port.

All Dutch naval warships and merchant ships are staying at Keelung Port, waiting for dispatch orders. All captured Dutch naval officers and soldiers are being held in Keelung Port. After Taiwan Island is completely captured, these people will be escorted to the mainland.

to dispose of.

Qiao Mingjun's No. 1 command ship led the warship formation to attack Taiwan City, while his deputy led the warship formation to Chichan City to attack.

The small-scale attack that occurred at sea should have been informed by the surrounding merchant ships, and the news would inevitably be passed on. However, Qiao Mingjun was no longer in a hurry. In this battle at sea, the Denglai Navy showed strong combat effectiveness and fought.

The Dutch navy was unable to fight back.

In the battle on the Penghu Islands, as well as the battle at the ports of Taiwan City and Chican City, the Denglai Navy won an overwhelming victory, with almost negligible casualties.

The only thing that made Qiao Mingjun feel confused was that once the Dutch navy found that the situation was uncontrollable, they stopped making unnecessary resistance and quickly surrendered. This also made the battle not particularly fierce.

Qiao Mingjun knew very well that if this was a battle between the Denglai navy and the Zheng family navy, it would definitely not be that easy. The Zheng family navy would definitely resist desperately, and the Zheng family navy had previously

They are pirates. They have been fighting at sea all year round and are familiar with the sea. Their combat effectiveness is definitely extraordinary.

The Denglai Navy's victory over the Zheng Family Navy mainly relied on artillery.

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Taiwan City is a city mainly occupied by the Dutch navy and the Dutch army. It is also a city where the Dutch army is mainly stationed.

When Qiao Mingjun put down the telescope, a sneer appeared on his face.

The city wall of Taiwan City does look very strong from the outside. The city is not built according to the pattern of inland cities. There is no moat and no suspension bridge. In front of the city wall is a long series of stone ladders. If you want to attack the city, you must step on the stone ladder.

Launch an attack on the stairs so that the sergeants above the city wall can shoot from a commanding height.

Many sergeants in the Dutch army also use flintlock muskets. This is a firearm that is much behind the impact flintlock musket. However, the lethality of the flintlock musket is still good, especially when garrisoning a city, shooting from top to bottom.

It can frighten the attacking soldiers.

This type of city wall can also be a good defense against bows and arrows. Bows and crossbows must be shot in the upward direction. Bows and arrows are shot too high and are easily erratic. When they fall, their accuracy is much worse. As for bows,

Crossbows are even more difficult to fire. The crossbow's line is relatively straight, and there is almost no accuracy when firing in terrain with too big a drop.

It is a pity that compared with the firearms owned by the Dutch army and the new army of Denglai, the difference between strong men and young children is that.

One hundred red barbarian cannons have been deployed. Qiao Mingjun will not let the sergeants attack by force. He will use the red barbarian cannons to completely blast open the city wall of Taiwan City. At least the Dutch sergeants stationed on the wall will be frightened. That would make the Denglai Navy

As a sergeant, you can contribute to the city of Taiwan in one go.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, all artillery deployments have been completed and awaiting your orders..."

Qiao Mingjun nodded, looked at the messenger beside him, and spoke expressionlessly.

"Start the attack. The bombing must be accurate. After the artillery bombardment, the sergeant launches an attack on the city."

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In the sky, roaring sounds came and went.

The Dutch sergeants on the city wall widened their eyes and looked ahead. They were horrified and frightened in their hearts. The Keelung Port was completely lost, the Penghu Islands were captured, and the news of the fall of the ports outside the city came. It was very sudden.

Before the commanders in the city could react, Taiwan City was attacked.

The commander in the city thought that the attack was launched by the navy of the Zheng family, and lost his temper, asking what the scouts had done. Could it be that the navy of the Zheng family flew over the Penghu Islands to launch an attack on Keelung Port, all the way to Taiwan?

An hour or two before the city was besieged, the commander knew that it was the Denglai Navy of the Great Wu Kingdom that launched the attack.

The Dutch army stationed in Taiwan is divided into the Dutch Navy and the Dutch Army. The Dutch Navy has 200 warships and 5,000 sergeants. The Dutch army stationed in the city has 3,000 sergeants, of which 2,000 are stationed in Taiwan City.

Thousands of people garrisoned Chiqian City.

The commander of the Dutch army knew a little about the Wu court, mainly from the information brought back by the Dutch and Spaniards who went to Dengzhou to do business. They said that the business there was very developed and the court supported trade transactions.

It's just that the commander of the Dutch army didn't know what the Wu court's navy was like.

Now he knows, but it's too late.

The Dutch army commander is still confident. The Denglai Navy of the Wu Dynasty is very powerful at sea, but this is not necessarily the case on land. After all, the navy is different from the army on land.

Relying on the Hongyi cannon on the city wall, the flintlock guns in the hands of the sergeants, and the large number of rockets, the commander was confident of sniping the attack of the Denglai Navy and causing large-scale damage.

In Taiwan City, a large amount of money and food have been gathered, which is the wealth accumulated by the commanders of the Dutch army at all levels. In recent years, they have exploited local people in Taiwan, encircled and suppressed merchant ships that did not obey their orders, and obtained a large amount of money. If Taiwan City was captured

Not only were they unable to save their lives, but their wealth was also completely lost.

Therefore, the commander made up his mind to defend Taiwan City to the death.

The commander still has confidence. Taiwan Island is very barren, the number of people is not very large, and food crops are even less. Now is the lean season, and it is almost impossible for the Denglai Navy to raise food. Once the attack on Taiwan City is unfavorable,

Too much food is consumed and the Denglai Navy will be forced to evacuate.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The dense sound of bomb explosions stunned the commander for a moment.

"Quick, go to the city wall and see. Has Denglai Navy moved the artillery from the warships to attack the city..."

The dense explosion of shells made the commander a little anxious...

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The whistling bombs landed on the city wall. The Dutch sergeants who were familiar with the Hongyi cannon did not deliberately avoid it. They just paid attention to the direction of the cannonballs. What they never expected was that the cannonballs that landed on the ground exploded.

On the city wall where there were already some fans, blood and flesh flew everywhere in an instant...

Some sergeants were thrown into the air by the blast of the explosion, and when they fell down there was no breath at all. The Hongyi cannons placed on the city wall were blown up and down, and the smell of blood instantly spread on the city wall.

The frightened sergeants could no longer heed the officers' shouts and began to flee in all directions. Unfortunately, no matter which direction they fled, what was waiting for them were shells falling to the ground. When the officers on the city wall were blown away by the shells, some sergeants finally woke up.

They ran desperately towards the bottom of the city wall. At this time, what they thought of was to save their lives...

Qiao Mingjun, who was holding a telescope, once again had a smile on his face. The scouts had already detected the news in Taiwan City. The number of Dutch sergeants stationed in Taiwan City was not very large, only about two thousand to three thousand at most. The strength of the Dutch Navy

, had been completely annihilated by the Denglai Navy. Almost all the Dutch Navy sergeants were killed or captured, and had no chance to escape to the city.

There were only 2,000 to 3,000 sergeants stationed in the city. Qiao Mingjun was confident enough to take the city, but he did not want to cause too many casualties to the sergeants, so he launched an attack with artillery at all costs.

The artillery shells used for bombing are worth silver. Each artillery shell produced by Dengzhou Firearms Bureau is worth about twenty taels of silver. The bombing of hundreds of artillery shells is worth nearly ten thousand taels of silver. Counting other expenses, this is not a small amount.

number.

The Dutch soldiers were no longer visible on the city wall, and the city gate was blown open by artillery shells.

Putting down the telescope, Qiao Mingjun spoke.

"Order the sergeant to start charging..."

The sound of shouting appeared instantly, and the sergeants of Denglai Navy charged towards the city gate...

The shells still accurately landed on the city wall. Although they knew that the sergeants of the Denglai Navy had launched a charge, the sergeants of the Dutch army did not dare to go to the city wall. They could only watch the bombs on the city wall continue to explode.

, clouds of smoke rise...

...

The sky is getting dark.

Qiao Mingjun has entered Taiwan City.

The commander of the Dutch army stationed in the city surrendered the sword he wore and surrendered to Qiao Mingjun.

Like the sergeant of the Dutch Navy, when he saw that he could no longer resist, the commander of the Dutch army decisively chose to surrender. Behind him was the Dutch sergeant who stood neatly with no weapons in his hands.

Qiao Mingjun could only sigh slightly. He didn't understand why the Zheng family navy couldn't take down such an army. Maybe the Dutch warships' cannons were too sharp, leaving the Zheng family navy at a loss.

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It was from this time on that Qiao Mingjun began to have a slight contempt for Western armies. This kind of army without a tenacious fighting style was no match for the Denglai New Army.

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In early April, Denglai Navy occupied and controlled the entire Taiwan Island and obtained a large amount of money, food and ships.
Chapter completed!