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Chapter 241 It's Over, I'm Going Bankrupt(2/2)



At the same time, on the "Liaoyang", the flagship of the Ning Navy's main fleet, Li Zhixiang was looking at the Subic port with a telescope.

Although Zheng Zhilong occupied Subic Port, Zheng Zhilong had no intention of operating Subic Port. At this time, Subic Port was a dilapidated dock, dilapidated facilities, and dilapidated buildings.

"Have a cup of coffee. It's said to be coffee. It can refresh you!"

"No, I like tea!"

Li Zhixiang put down the telescope and was really puzzled: "Why are the Dutch so stupid? Don't they know that our commander-in-chief will retaliate? I heard that people are still dead. I wonder how many Dutch people will die this time to calm the commander-in-chief's anger."

anger."

Xie Jinglin actually didn't know that the Dutch founded the Dutch Empire on the corpse of Spain. This country of future horsemen on the sea has become accustomed to defeating their sovereign country, Spain. Even if the Ning Navy defeated the Spanish and occupied Luzon, they

Ning Haijun was not given enough attention.

Of course, this is also because of the habits of the Dutch.

As early as after the defeat in the Penghu naval battle, the Dutch took possession of Taiyuan Island. This was simply unimaginable for the Dutch. They could take advantage of the defeat. You must know that compared with Penghu, Taiyuan Island is

Heaven.

What's more, there is another meaning. The Spanish Empire is unable to use troops in the east, so it proposed to the Dutch East India Company that as long as the Netherlands helps the Spanish Empire and recaptures Luzon, they can obtain all the power of the generals.

In other words, the Spanish Empire sold the chief executive to the Dutch, and one-third of the profits of the Dutch East India Company were provided by the chief executive, and they were determined to obtain the chief executive.

In this case, they decided to test Cheng Shijie's attitude.

To put it more carefully, the Dutch's method of ruling Southeast Asia was not very clever, and the Chinese were an important link.

The Chinese are more educated, easier to communicate with, and easier to rule. Therefore, the Dutch rely on the Chinese to rule the indigenous people in East India, and then continue to provoke conflicts between the indigenous people and the Chinese. When the conflict between the Chinese and the indigenous people breaks out

, the Dutch will appear as the arbiters, and over time, the Dutch, Chinese, and the natives of East India will form the current relationship of mutual dependence and mutual hostility.

In fact, the Chinese in the situation are not united. When the Chinese are massacred, there will always be Chinese families who take advantage of the situation and rise up. Just like the Wu Shangzhi family in Luzon, when the Spanish massacred the Chinese for the first time, Wu Dakuan was still the same family.

The famous waiter, you wouldn't know it from Wu Dakuan's name. He was not from a distinguished background, otherwise he wouldn't have been named Dakuan.

According to Ming Dynasty's custom, he always replenishes whatever he lacks. Being large and wide shows that he lacks money.

When Spain massacred the Chinese for the first time, Wu Dakuan spent six taels of silver from the Spanish, which was all Wu Dakuan's net worth.

As a result, Wu Dakuan owned the Wu family's first pot of gold, and in five or six years, he turned from abject poverty to a small fortune. In the 37th year of Wanli, when the Chinese were massacred for the second time, Wu Dakuan was saved from the Spanish.

Sixteen plantations and more than 500 shops were acquired.

Without Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun, the Wu family would have fallen in the 12th year of Chongzhen, that is, the third massacre of Chinese in Luzon in 1639 AD.

All over Southeast Asia, including the Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese, adopted this set of management methods.

"Now it depends on their performance!"

Li Zhixiang picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "First Squadron!"

"First Squadron received it!"

"The bow cannons fired one after another to tell them that we are coming!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Following Li Zhixiang's order, the artillery fire of the First Squadron rang out, and the artillery shells hit Subic Port.

Zheng Zhilong, who is located in Subic Port City, heard the sound of cannons and laughed: "These black men, their heads were caught by the door, how dare they mess with the Dutch!"

The Dutch warships located in Subic Port were actually ready for battle, but they never expected that Ning Haijun would dare to take action.

As the senior commercial commissioner of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans' face turned pale: "Oh God, these Ming people actually struck first! These damn yellow-skinned monkeys actually dare to provoke the powerful Netherlands!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The commander of the Dutch East India Company's combined fleet, Captain Alfonso, did not think so much. Watching the Ning Navy open fire, he immediately ordered a counterattack.

To be fair, the Dutch's reaction was not slow. The side guns of the fifteen Dutch Combined Fleet warships opened fire at the same time, with a sound like rolling thunder. Hundreds of lead balls screamed all the way and slammed into the twelve ships of the Ning Navy's First Squadron!

Their movements were not slow either, but this time it was better, both sides were completely at odds!

"Boom boom..."

With two loud noises, two large holes were cut out on the left side of the hull of the Dutch "Giant" warship. The fire expanded and the Dutch sailors in the cabin were blown to pieces. The violent vibrations made the entire warship feel like cramps.

When the boat started to sway, many sailors suddenly became gourds on the ground.

And more than a dozen of the shells they fired hit Ning Haijun's warships, including twelve warships of the First Squadron. A total of six warships were hit. However, the six-pound solid shells were really heavy for warships with thousands of tons.

It's too childish.

More than a dozen shells hit the battleship of the Ning Navy's First Squadron and scattered sawdust from the ship's raft. Dozens of sailors were hit in the head by the bouncing lead balls, causing their brains to burst and they died on the spot.

"interesting!"

Li Zhixiang picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "The First Squadron retreats!"

Seeing that the Ning navy warship was turning around, the commander of the Dutch fleet exclaimed excitedly: "Damn yellow-skinned monkey,... fire! We must not let them escape! Use the starboard artillery to attack them, and we must not let them fire another shell!"

"

As the First Squadron retreated more than 500 meters, the hit rate of the Dutch naval gun shells was much lower. The shelling distance of the Dutch warships was actually between 300 meters and 500 meters. At this distance

, the Dutch's naval gun command was not low.

However, at a distance of more than 500 meters, the Dutch's artillery shell orders were too low. Although more than a hundred artillery shells were fired in the second round, there was only one artillery shell order, injuring one soldier, Captain Ning.

.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Second Squadron of the Ning Navy pushed forward and fired at the Dutch from a distance of 1,500 meters. At this time, two more Dutch warships were hit by the cannon.

One of the cannon shells penetrated the upper deck, and the Dutch became a little confused. They turned the hull in panic, trying to use the starboard cannon that had already been loaded to defeat the naval battleship.

However, before they could bring out the starboard cannon, the Second Squadron's naval gun opened fire. One shot landed on the deck and exploded. The canopy exploded with blue-white flames wrapped in acrid thick smoke.

After being hit by one shot, the deck of the Dutch battleship "Adventurer" that unfortunately came to my grandma's home was a sea of ​​fire. The Dutch sailors were covered in flames, which penetrated into their bones. They all screamed and wailed indifferently.

Everyone jumped from the deck and jumped into the sea. The rigging and sails burned violently, and the flames shot into the sky!

This round of shelling frightened Putmans: "Damn the Ming people, they are actually equipped with such advanced cannons, and the shells fired are powerful explosive shells."

Three salvos killed three thousand-ton warships of the United Fleet, namely the "Adventurer" and the "Giant". The one that distressed Putmans the most was the "Tulip" armed merchant ship. This ship had him.

Twelve percent of the shares: "It's over, I...I...bankrupt!"

As the senior commercial attaché and governor-general of the Dutch East India Company, Putmans's salary is not low. In the position of commercial attaché, he can earn 1,800 guilders per year. In the position of chief governor-general, he can earn

, you can earn 1,200 Dutch guilders.

At the same time, the income of a Dutch university teacher is only 260 Dutch guilders a year, and his annual income is ten university professors.

After making some money, he participated in the merchant ship of the Dutch East India Company. This was his savings for many years, but it suddenly sank with the Tulip.

Putmans fell to the ground and remained unresponsive for a long time.

In fact, the losses for the Dutch have just begun.

Alfonso's voice was broken: "We can't let them fire anymore, otherwise, all of us will feed the fish!"

But the problem is, it's useless no matter how anxious he is, there is no way to make up for the technological gap!
Chapter completed!
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