The air is gloomy in the Governor's Mansion of Relanja City.
Governor Firburg looked at Captain Dank, Captain Malinas, Lieutenant Bedel and others and said: "Gentlemen, the Ming army has landed in Formosa. Tell me what you think."
"Your Majesty the Governor, the Ming army has more than 20,000 people. We should ask for help from Batavia as soon as possible and rely on the strong castle defense." Captain Malinas spoke first.
"Well", Felburg looked at Captain Dank, "Dank, what do you think?"
Danke was the greatest contributor to the suppression of Guo Huaiyi's uprising. He only led 120 Dutch soldiers and some Tufan soldiers to defeat the rebels. The people of the Ming Dynasty left him with the impression of being weak. "Twenty-five Ming soldiers"
The Chinese people together are not as good as a Dutch soldier." "As long as a volley of guns is fired and a few of them are hit, they will be frightened and run away, and they will all collapse." Such words were first spoken by this person.<
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"Your Majesty the Governor, if we allow the Ming army to occupy the last island on the northern line and surround Chican City without taking action, we will be in a miserable situation when the Ming army's fortifications are repaired. Although our army is small in number, its combat effectiveness is far greater.
Far higher than the Ming army. Holding on to the castle will demoralize the soldiers. I propose that the troops be divided into two groups to attack the Ming army, all the way to attack Wei Island on the northern line; all the way to the Taijiang River to rescue Chichan City; in addition, we should send out warships to attack the moored areas.
Ming Dynasty ships in Taijiang River".
After listening to Danke's words, Ferborg nodded with satisfaction. If he was trapped in a lonely city, he would lose the initiative in the war. He is a person who likes to take the initiative.
"Your Excellency, Governor, I was once stationed on the last island of the Northern Line, and I am willing to lead the army to attack the last island of the Northern Line." Lieutenant Bedell loudly asked for battle. This is a brave soldier. On the other hand, it also means that he has killed many people, and the Taiwanese people hate him.
After getting through to him, he was called "the devil".
Bedel's words further strengthened Verborg's determination to take the initiative. He ordered Captain Dank and Lieutenant Bedel to lead 300 Dutch soldiers and 1,500 Turkish soldiers to recapture the last island on the northern line; he also sent Luce Dunant.
Seven warships including the USS and some small boats attacked Luermen Port to cover Captain Danke's seizure of the island. Felburg had confidence in his fleet. He ordered the fleet to defeat the Ming navy in Luermen and then entered the Taijiang River to harass
The Ming army was attacking Chican City; on the south route, Captain Malinas was sent to lead 200 Dutch soldiers and 1,000 Turkish soldiers to land along the Taijiang River by boat to rescue Chican City.
"Gentlemen, the honor of the Republic and the interests of the company lie with you. I ask you to fight to defend the Prince of Orange flag," Felburg looked at everyone with bright eyes.
Everyone was refreshed and saluted: "Please rest assured, Governor, this is our responsibility."
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The island at the end of the northern line is said to be an island, but it is actually just a small sandbank with a small area. It is located between Luermen and Relanze City. Its southern end is opposite Relanze City and its northern end is adjacent to the Luermen Channel.
On April 3, the first year of Guangwu in the Ming Dynasty, 1,800 Dutch troops led by Captain Dank of the Dutch army landed on the last island of the northern line. His opponent was the 2,000 men of the Ming army guerrilla Chen Ze.
Chen Zebu is not a direct descendant of Zhu Hengjia, but an old general of Zhu Chenggong. His equipment is poor and he is not equipped with muskets. He mainly uses bows and arrows. However, Chen Ze is a brave general and is good at using a sword weighing more than forty kilograms. The most wonderful thing is that he is not a direct descendant of Zhu Hengjia.
It was his 300-strong army, each armed with a thick sword, so he got the nickname "Chen Dadao".
Lieutenant Bader led 500 soldiers to the front, "form up", he shouted.
The Dutch army was organized into a row of twenty-five people, with twenty rows spread out. They dispersed the battle formation and fired their guns while approaching the Ming army.
Different from the "men's romance" of "queuing up to be shot" that was staged on TV in later generations, the Dutch, as veteran colonists, were very skilled in the use of musket tactics.
They did not simply arrange their troops into a "three-stage attack", but lined up several infantry lines in a prismatic shape to shoot alternately. Each infantry line was arranged in six to eight rows. After the first row of soldiers fired, they squatted down and reloaded.
Ammunition, the second row of soldiers continue to shoot, squat, reload ammunition, then the third row??and so on.
This tactic requires extremely high quality of soldiers, requiring each row to be five feet apart, the marching speed of the queue to be unified to seventy-five steps per minute, and the shooting to strive to achieve five volleys per minute, etc.
Regular Dutch soldiers can naturally strictly follow the requirements of linear tactics. However, among the 1,800 Dutch troops attacking the island, there are only 300 regular Dutch soldiers, and the rest are local soldiers. Therefore, they cannot march shoulder to shoulder and densely, so they can only
Ability to line up in sparse formations and advance slowly.
To deal with the rebels, the pressure during the march and the terror of the dense barrage when they arrived at the shooting point were enough to collapse the rebels. But it was not enough to deal with the Ming army, which had experienced hundreds of battles.
"Set up the formation," Chen Ze shouted.
The Ming army, with their spears in front and swords and shields behind, began to set up a formation. Behind the formation, rows of archers began to shoot.
In this era, fire cannons could fire no more than five volleys per minute, and generally could only fire three rounds, while bows and arrows could shoot seven arrows, and the bows and arrows could be thrown farther.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The Ming army's arrows rained down like rain, and Dutch troops kept falling.
"Commander Li, please bring the sword team, go behind the red-haired ghosts, and chop them down." Chen Ze ordered the Chinese Army Commander Li Zhong.
Li Zhong heard the order and moved back to the rear of the Dutch army with 300 troops, each armed with a sword.
The Dutch army finally reached a distance of thirty steps from the Ming army and began to fire a volley.
"Bang bang bang!"
The dense rain of bullets knocked down a large number of Ming soldiers. Unfortunately, it was still not dense enough. According to the tactical requirements, the Dutch army should march shoulder to shoulder and fire volleys. The barrage formed in this way is terrifying. Most of this Dutch army was composed of Turkish soldiers.
Composition cannot do this.
The Ming army's formation braved the rain of bullets and remained motionless.
"The whole army assaults". Chen Ze has experienced hundreds of battles. Seeing the enemy approaching, he simply ordered an assault to fight hand-to-hand.
"Woo~woo~woo~"
The long marching horn sounded, and the Ming army lined up in small mandarin duck formations and rushed towards the Dutch army.
"Set up your spears." Captain Dank, the commander of the Dutch army, saw that the situation was not good and ordered the spearmen to set up their spears. The musketeers shot behind the grass and took out their swords, preparing for hand-to-hand combat. The two sides fought in a melee.
After a fierce battle for more than half an hour, Li Zhong's three hundred swordsmen, who were ordered to make a detour, arrived.
"Kill!"
Li Zhong roared and rushed into the enemy formation, his swords flying up and down. Three hundred elite Chinese soldiers with three hundred swords suddenly appeared behind the Dutch army, slashing them to pieces.
Captain Dank found himself surrounded by enemies from both sides and at a loss.
After the war, Chen Ze recalled in "Platform Record": "The morale of the red-haired ghosts was completely replaced by fear. Many people even threw away the blunderbuss before firing them. They fled like rats with their heads in their arms. Our army
Taking advantage of the victory, we attacked fiercely and wiped out the Dutch army with one blow."
"Come back, you cowards! Do you want to be court-martialed and hanged? Come back quickly and join the battle," Lieutenant Bader yelled.
Except for a few Dutch soldiers around him, almost no one listened to him. The Turkish soldiers fled in all directions, and they were not willing to lose their lives for the Dutch.
Seeing the excitement of his subordinates' killing, "Chen Dadao" suddenly felt itchy. He took out his famous sword and charged in to kill them himself.
When he saw Bedel, he said, "Huh? There's a barbarian general here!"
Chen Ze brandished the big knife, which weighed more than 40 kilograms, and struck at Bedel's head. The first blow knocked Bedel's Western sword away; the second blow split Bedel in half.
After the war, he proudly recalled in "Platform Record": "In this battle, our generals killed Bedel, the most brave red-haired ghost general in Taiwan, and all the remaining barbarians were killed."
The so-called "all the remaining barbarians were killed" was Chen Ze's bragging. The real result of the battle was that Captain Dank fled back to the city of Relanja with 500 remaining defeated soldiers, and the Dutch army was annihilated 1,300 people. ??
"Reporting to Vice Admiral Yang, our army's sentinel ship discovered the red-haired ghost's warship in the sea off Lu'ermen," the subordinates reported to Fujian Navy Vice Admiral Yang Chaodong.
The Ming Navy that attacked Taiwan this time consisted of Chen Qice's 7,000 Guangdong Navy and Yang Chaodong's 3,000 Fujian Navy. Although Yang Chaodong's men were small in number, they all attacked from Fujian, Zhejiang, and all the way to southern Zhili.
Veteran.
Hearing that the red-haired ghost's warship had arrived, Yang Chaodong was overjoyed. Finally, a battle was fought!
He divided his forty ships into five teams of eight ships each, and lined up to wait for the barbarian ships.
Pieces of sail shadows appeared on the sea level, "prepare for battle", and the Dutch commander Lieutenant Jacques issued a military order.
"Each team charged and fought at close range." Yang Chaodong also hung the command flag on the flagship.
After giving the order, he took the lead and rushed towards the Dutch.
Seeing the flagship charging ahead, all the ships of the Ming army were excited, filled up their sails, and charged hard against the Dutch.
Lieutenant Jacques was a little confused. As a "sea coachman", he usually took the initiative to attack other countries' fleets. Unexpectedly, the navy of the Ming Dynasty actually dared to attack him.
"Turn left and form a line", Jacques ordered, hoping to use his side's broadside artillery to bombard the Ming army.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
The deafening sound of cannons rang out in the waters of Luermen.
The fierce naval battle lasted for more than four hours and lasted until dark. The two sides could not decide the winner. The Ming army lost five warships, while the Dutch army lost the Naarden, Ronan and three small ships.
Boat.
The next day, Jacques received the news that his attack on Wei Island on the northern line had failed. He withdrew angrily and prepared to sail south into the Taijiang River to harass the Ming army who was attacking Chichan City.
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"Hurry, land quickly." Captain Malinas led 1,200 Dutch troops to land on the south bank of the Taijiang River. His mission was to rescue Chichan City.
"Captain, in front of you is Qi Kun Yu. After passing through Qi Kun Yu, you will reach Chican City," the subordinate reported.
Malinas nodded, "Tell the soldiers to move forward at full speed!"
Between Relanjia City and Chican City, there is a mountain peak every one or two miles, a total of seven, named Yikunyu to Qiqunyu respectively.
In Qikunyu Mountain, under orders from Gao Minggui, Zheng Cai and Yang Quan have been in ambush for three days with five thousand soldiers and horses.
"Deputy Commander, we have been in ambush for three days, and we haven't even seen a single person. The red-haired ghost will definitely come," Yang Quan said to Zheng Cai.
"Vice General Yang, be patient. The red-haired ghosts in Relanzhe City must pass through the Qikunyu Mountain to save Chican City. Just wait, I expect there will be movement soon." Zheng Cai was not in a hurry at all and smiled.
I tried to persuade Yang Quan.
"Deputy Commander, the red-haired ghost is here!"
Zheng Cai took a look and saw figures of the Dutch appearing in the mountain canyons. There were about a thousand people, and the dark military uniforms were beautiful. At this time, the Netherlands led the fashion trend in Europe until the "Sun King" Louis XIV came to power.
Later, it was replaced by France.
Captain Malinas was walking in the valley, feeling a little uneasy. God bless, please don't let anything happen to you!
"Attack", Zheng Cai issued the military order.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The Ming army brandished swords and spears and charged down from the mountains.
This sudden blow stunned the Dutch. They didn't even have time to line up their infantry lines and were rushed to pieces.
"Retreat, retreat quickly," Malinas yelled.
Captain Malinas was very experienced in escaping. On that day, Guo Huai led an uprising. As the horse driver of Chican City, he led three horsemen and successfully escaped from more than 10,000 rebels.
This time, he successfully escaped again. However, only half of his 1,200 subordinates were left.