"Is this considered a port?" The bearded captain of a certain Spanish expeditionary fleet warship muttered and sent a signal to his companion ship.
The two ships broke away from the fleet and calmly turned all their guns towards the crowds of people running around on the shore like a nest of bombs. With the eyesight of the bearded captain, he couldn't even distinguish these people who were panicking everywhere.
Among the crowd, which ones are ordinary barbarians and which ones are barbarian soldiers.
"Forget it, never mind it!" He muttered to himself and waved his arm downwards, which was a signal for free fire. At that moment, he felt funny that he had such an idea. These savages differentiated
Are the ordinary people and soldiers among them meaningful? No matter what kind of people they are, they are nothing more than a group of ants under the fire of his beloved battleship.
This is not the first port he has bombarded, but among the ports he has bombarded, this port is definitely the one with the most barbarians. What do these barbarians have in their minds? Do they think these thousands of barbarians are there?
Can soldiers holding axes and spears withstand this indestructible artillery fire? With so much manpower available, even if they build a strong city here, it is better than piling these people here to die!
Although a fortified city may not be able to stop the heroic and noble Spaniards from conquering, at least they can make the fleet consume more cannonballs. As the value of their existence, that's all.
For the people on the shore, the shelling may seem like a nightmare that they will never wake up from. However, for the people on the ship, it is only a short period of time. The supply of artillery shells is not a problem in the East.
It’s a very easy thing. If you can save a little, just save a little.
"Captain!" The messenger hurried over, conveying the latest order received. The bearded captain smacked his lips and waved his hands somewhat depressedly: "Change the course and follow the fleet formation!"
If he had known that the Lord had not planned to send people ashore, but would leave the follow-up matters to the colonial regiment, he should not have fired freely just now, wasting so many shells, and would have to be exploited by that fat quartermaster again.
I don’t know if this damn fat man knows about the bottles of Ming Dynasty’s fine wine that I have collected. I hope these guys who come ashore will not let down their efforts.
"There are not even a few decent warships. This place is not worthy of us stopping for him!" On St. Anqi's flagship, St. Anqi sat in his cabin, elegantly smoking his pipe,
Filled with a bunch of golden tobacco: "Gentlemen, try this. This is good stuff from our colony on the other side of the sea. Sir March, send me some to see if it can become a best-selling product in the kingdom."
!”
A burst of fragrant smoke slowly filled the cabin, and then the gentlemen he spoke of coughed one after another, while Saint Anqi looked at the subordinates who were teased by him with a narrow expression on his face.
"It's like this at the beginning, but once you get used to it, gentlemen, you won't be able to stop!" St. Anqi said with a smile. No one cared whether this was true or not. Anyway, they were choked with snot flowing from their noses.
I have made up my mind that next time, I will never be fooled by your Lordship again.
"This Siam is said to be bigger than Malacca. Your Excellency, if we just let it go and let the colonial group go ashore, wouldn't it be a little too rash?"
"Compared to the ferocious lions, cows are also big!" St. Anqi waved his hand disapprovingly, "Within the artillery range, it is the fleet's business, but outside the range, they should not rely entirely on us. Our
The opponent is the Ming Empire, and I will not waste my precious combat power here!"
"According to the voyage, in five days at most, our fleet can reach the coastline of the Ming Empire. Your Excellency, have you chosen a breakthrough point?"
"Breakthrough?"
Saint Anqi laughed loudly: "Gentlemen, you have followed me for so long, haven't you figured out the character of your commander? As long as there are threats on the sea, the soldiers of the fleet will not go ashore. Since
Before sending our soldiers to our unknown land, I must be 100% sure that I can bring our soldiers back intact!"
"Your prudence is really a blessing to the soldiers!" the officers sighed sincerely, comparing themselves with each other. If he knew that he might stay on a land he was unfamiliar with and might stay on it forever, they thought, their combat effectiveness would be much worse.
It would be nice to have half left, but the other half is probably just trying to survive. No one likes to become food in the belly of barbarians.
"No, no, you must learn to respect your enemies. The Ming people are not cannibal barbarians. A cannibal civilization cannot see these exquisite porcelain and silk as virgin skin!" Saint Anqi shook his head:
"Although, in the near future, these will all be ours, but before that, we must not confuse them with the people outside the port shouting garbage at the moment!"
Everyone in the cabin nodded silently. Some people disagreed, but some people were thoughtful.
"In the future, there is no need to ask me for instructions on this matter. When encountering such a small port, the fleet can clear the obstacles for the subsequent colonial group. I hope that our real battle will be with the navy of the Ming Empire instead of using these rubbish
, sapping our courage!”
"One more thing, Your Excellency, our intelligence shows that there are a certain number of Kingdom soldiers serving in the Ming Empire's navy. Although, before they joined the Ming Navy, they were just a group of despised liars and thieves.
Criminals such as thieves, but after all, they once lived under the grace of the kingdom. If we capture these people in the future, sir, how will we deal with them, should we regard them as prisoners of war or traitors?"
"Hang them, hang them in front of everyone, and let those dissatisfied people see the consequences of betraying the kingdom!" Saint Anqi almost without thinking, sent all the Hispanic soldiers in the Four Seas Fleet to
Sentenced to death.
If Qian Wubing knew that his opponent was thinking like this at this moment, he would probably smile knowingly. I am afraid that any two-minded and half-hearted people would work for him wholeheartedly. Their last retreat has been
They were completely blocked by their former compatriots.
Two days later, the fleet arrived outside Champa. The port of Champa was empty. The news of the arrival of the Spanish had already almost wiped out the merchant ships here, and the withdrawal of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards made people in the city panic even more.
Panluo took over the defense of the city, and he did an even better job. In terms of implementation, it is wrong to underestimate anyone's IQ. Panluo may not be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and he will use the ordnance left by the Ming Dynasty.
He carefully hid it and took as many people as possible from the city to the jungle to live temporarily. Then, with a group of subordinates who were loyal to him, he stood in an almost empty city and looked at the Spanish people.
movement.
He had already witnessed the bombardment of a powerful maritime force on a ship of the Sihai Fleet, and it was said that the Spanish had more gunboats than the Ming people. He didn't think he could stop the Ming people from occupying the city.
The Spanish attack, in fact, he now has a deep sense of identification with the Dai Viet people who abandoned the city and fled. It is really the best choice to escape as much as possible from a force that is too powerful for him to resist.
Woolen cloth.
Two warships broke away from the huge Spanish fleet and fired a barrage of artillery towards Champa. Probably because they could not see any resistance on the shore, they were very interested. Soon, the two warships
He returned to the ranks of the fleet and continued to sail forward mightily.
Panluo didn't think that Spain would just let it go. In fact, his hunch was correct. The last huge Spanish sailing ship approached the port, and then put down a hundred cautious Spanish people and did it.
After all this was done, the Spanish galleon, along with the two warships that went ahead and fired their cannons, chased the group.
"There are less than a hundred people!" He counted secretly, and he couldn't help but feel surprised instead of happy. Could it be that these Spaniards thought that they could occupy my city with less than a hundred people?
To fight or not to fight? If he wanted to fight, he really wasn't afraid of this enemy at all. The firearms left by the Ming people alone gave him no pressure, not to mention that he had far more men at his disposal than the enemy!
However, after this attack, their fleet was called back, and the occupation of the city was really over.
The Spaniards who came ashore obviously did not care about his feelings at all. As soon as they landed, they began to organize their queues and headed towards the city. Even though these colonists who had no way out in Spain were all refugees,
Bankrupts or gamblers eager to get rich overnight, however, they still received simple military training. Not to mention that every colonial regiment will be equipped with a certain number of retired soldiers. Therefore, their attack formation is laid out like
The appearance is decent, which puts a lot of pressure on Panluo.
"Sir, they are coming!"
"Sir, they are approaching the city gate!"
"Sir, they are shouting at us!"
"Don't make any noise. Does anyone understand this Western language!?" Panluo first smiled at the Spanish who were shouting outside the city, then turned around and yelled at his men angrily.
Damn it, you must be bullying me so you don't dare to fight! If I hadn't compromised, I could have knocked down all of you bastards with just one volley from those dozens of squatting tiger cannons. What a miracle!
"It seems like there are a few people from Chenla who understand. They have dealt with these Westerners!"