Chapter 144: Shooting directly (seeking a monthly ticket)
A few days later, the Polu came to the south of the Korean Strait in the East China Sea, not far from Nagasaki, Fusang Kingdom.
Their route is to walk from the Korean Strait to the Whale Sea and walk north along the East Asian coastline.
It was quite stable from the Bohai Sea to Dengzhou and near Nagasaki. There were no storms along the way, nor did I encounter pirates or other people.
However, a harsh whistle suddenly came on this day.
This is the alarm sound of an enemy attack.
"Alarm! There is a fleet approaching the southeast!"
The people on this ship, from gunners to sailors, were carefully selected, and were the real elites of the Denley Navy.
At this time, facing a sudden situation, the deployment was quickly completed.
Chen Anyu, Cao Bianjiao and others quickly took the elevator to the observation tower.
The crew next to him said: "The other fleet flew five-colored colorful flags, and according to its characteristics, it should be the Dutch fleet.
Its fleet is nearly forty ships, with a southeastern position and a speed of about nine knots, about thirty-four miles away from us.
Ten warships, the others are merchant ships.”
Entering the seventeenth century, the Portuguese and Spanish lost their hegemony over East Asian waters, and the Dutch gradually gained the right to trade with East Asia.
The Dutch discovered that East Asia trade was basically to solve the problem of understanding the demand for silver and fuso raw silk.
They correctly summarized the successful experience of the Portuguese in Fuso Country, transported the raw silk from the Ming Dynasty to Fuso, and then transported the silver from Fuso to the Ming Dynasty, thereby earning the difference.
The Netherlands itself lacks resources, and domestic products are limited to cheese, butter and other agricultural products.
Initially, the trade volume between Fuso and the Netherlands was small and profit was low, and the Netherlands could not shake the monopoly of Portugal over Fuso trade.
But later, Tokugawa shogunate came to power, and Fuso adopted a policy of closing the country to the outside world, excluding the Portuguese, giving the Dutch an opportunity to take advantage of it.
At this time, the Zheng Zhilong Pirates in Southeast Asia had not yet developed, and it was the golden period of their trade with Fusang.
Chen Anyu looked at the chart and listened to the data calculated by the crew next to him, and directed directly: "Towards the fourteenth degree southeast, advance at full speed! The main gun and the right string side gun, fill in ammunition, and have an elevation angle of 32 degrees, prepare to fire!
Report the location of enemy warships at any time!”
Cao Bianjiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this and asked in surprise: "I haven't confirmed whether the other party is hostile yet, can we just fire the fire?"
Chen Anyu said seriously after hearing this: "Your Majesty summoned the Marquis of Bohai and us and personally told us that within 300 miles of the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, they are all in the Ming Dynasty. Those who intrude without authorization will invade our territory, so that we must fight back if we have the conditions!
The Li Dynasty was a vassal of our Ming Dynasty, and its sea area was also the sea area of our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, these red-haired ghosts invaded our territorial waters and directly fired shells and sank them!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Cao Bianjiao was stunned when he heard this, and Li Zicheng and Li Guo on the other side were also excited.
This is the Ming Empire in their minds!
As orders were conveyed, the steam iron armored ship was like a black ferocious beast and rushed towards the fleet.
On the other side, the Dutch looked at the huge warship gradually approaching, and his heart was full of doubts.
I don't know where this is a monster that emerged.
It was not until they saw the Ming dragon flag with the word "Ming" hanging on the Polu that commander Ronald Koeman said in surprise: "It turned out to be a ship from the Ming Kingdom. This big ship is so strange that it has no sails, and the hull looks like it is made of steel!
Oh my God! Is this the magic of the Orientals? It actually made steel float on the water. A warship made of steel is really rich in Ming Dynasty!”
"How is this possible for Ming Dynasty warships? Didn't Ming Dynasty implement a maritime ban policy? How could warships appear in Nagasaki? Is Ming Dynasty going to attack Fusang?" the adjutant said in surprise.
Someone here reported: "His Excellency Commander, the warship is coming towards us, what should we do?"
"It's just a ship, surround it!" Koeman ordered.
The Dutch warships quickly approached under the command of the Red-haired Devils and gradually spread out to form a semicircular encirclement.
Soon, the two sides brought a long distance closer.
Following next to the Dutch, Oda Jiro Oda saw the huge warship clearly, looked at the huge cannon, and spoke in Dutch: "Your Excellency Commander, I don't think you should have a conflict with Mingguo."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise.
It turned out that the Ming army's warship fired!
In the blink of an eye, a Dutch warship rushing in front was shot. With a loud bang, the fire was dazzling and the smoke rolled.
The warship led by the leader was actually bombarded in two pieces. Under the gaze of the commander and a group of red-haired devils, it slowly tilted, smashed down the sea, splashing huge waves as high as 17 or 8 feet high.
"God! When did the Mingren's artillery become so powerful? The range is so far, it can even sink our main ship with one cannon!" Koman said with a trembling lips.
No one answered him, Oda Jiro next to him was already so scared that his face turned pale.
The next moment, there were three consecutive cannons.
Two Dutch warships were sunk, and the power of the 300mm main artillery made the Dutch extremely frightened, and their artillery could not even attack the warships on the opposite side.
The Polu did not roam long-range by relying on the advantage of artillery shooting distance, but continued to get closer.
The adjutant did not care about the somewhat dull commander Koeman, and the temporary commander said: "Hurry! Get close and fight back!"
Dutch warships continued to approach, but before they could launch a counterattack, more intense artillery fire was fired from the Polu deputy cannon.
Suddenly, four Dutch warships were sunk one after another, and a large number of red-haired Japanese fell into the sea.
Some of them kept cursing, while others were asking for help in horror.
In a blink of an eye, seven of the ten warships they were proud of were sunk by a warship in the Ming Dynasty, and they were unable to even resist.
Koman's defense line collapsed and he roared, "Hurry! Drop the sails and raise the white flag! We can't all die here!"
When Chen Anyu saw the other party raise a white flag, he ordered the gunners to temporarily stop firing, but asked them to stand on time and be ready to sink these warships at any time.
Cao Bianjiao's soldiers gathered, and the two thousand Jizhou troops had already had a certain ability to adapt to the shaking on the ship, and the queues were still standing very neatly.
In order to prevent shelling, they did not board the deck and waited until the Polu approached the Red-haired Ghost's main battleship.
After the towering and huge steel warship approached, the Dutch wooden warship, which originally looked quite grand and majestic, seemed a little disliked.
A lift ladder was placed from the Polu and landed steadily on the deck of the "Pearl". Then Cao Bianjiao led 300 people to line up and walk down.
The neat armor, new guns, and strict military discipline made Koeman unable to help but exclaim: "We have lost to such a powerful army and have not insulted the Pearl!"
Chapter completed!