Chapter 179 Take down the Dutch mountain city of Malacca
A team of Dutch prisoners were transferred to warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The Dutch ships captured from the Dutch were left with necessary personnel. At this time, countless corpses were floating on the sea, and some soldiers fell into the water in the middle.
But they were still alive, and they were struggling desperately in the water. A staff officer next to Shi Lang suggested to Ma Shouying: "Sir, will you save them?"
Shi Lang smiled and said, "These blond and blue-eyed foreigners used to kill people, but now we can't send Liu Guoxuan's fleet to rescue people like them. We leave immediately, we can't waste time, we still have big things to do.
manage?"
The staff officer suddenly realized: "Sir, you mean the mountain city occupied by the Dutch in Malacca." Shi Lang nodded and said: "Yes, the Dutch are not weak. Although the Dutch's mountain city blocked the Portuguese's attack for more than ten days,
Their mountain city must be empty now, and there are more than 2,000 Portuguese troops there. If they do not take this opportunity to capture the Dutch mountain city and control it, it may be trouble in the future."
"Raphael is already our chairman. Can he still dare to renege?" The staff officer couldn't help but snorted. He swept the Dutch soldiers in the water and continued to lobby Shi Lang: "Sir, Liu Guoxuan's fleet," said:
I am still behind, afraid that some of these people will drown when they come to save these Dutch people. It is better to leave a few boats to save them now, which is a life."
Shi Lang was puzzled by his staff's sudden kindness. Considering that leaving a few ships would indeed not affect the plan, he nodded.
The staff officer saw that the commander-in-chief had doubts about his persistence, so he said to himself: "I heard that a middle-aged man in the north could sell hundreds of silver coins. These barbarians were tall, strong and powerful, and the price must be good."
Shi Lang knew what his staff had to do, so he couldn't help but glared at him. However, after hearing what he said, Shi Lang would not object. Although the Chinese Emperor's rule stipulates that everything was seized and returned to the public, he usually gave it to him after the war.
A part of the seized property is returned as a reward. The more you seize, the more rewards it will be. If you can save a thousand people, it will be worth 100,000 silver coins, and part of this money will flow into his pocket. It is still a legitimate income. Why not?
Shi Lang slapped the staff officer on the shoulder and laughed and said, "Good boy, there is a future." The staff officer said, "I learned this from Major Wei Xiaobao! He has sold a lot of strong Dutch people!" Hearing him
In other words, Shi Lang looked at the broken Xiaobao in the distance with a telescope, "This kid has made great contributions, and his ship has also been seriously damaged. Wait, this guy has a complicated composition, I wonder if he will
He will work in our fleet for a long time. If he can be left behind, he will be given a ironclad ship as a flagship and let him be the commander of the fleet," Shi Lang sighed.
After receiving Shi Lang's order, the naval soldiers on the fleet no longer sat on the sidelines to watch the Dutch drowned. Each ship threw down wooden barrels and other floating objects, allowing the people in the water to catch them and wait for rescue.
In order not to waste time, Shi Lang left ten ships as salvage personnel, and the rest of the ships continued to move towards Malacca in a mighty way, and the Fifth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet also began to join the back of the general fleet and continue to move forward.
The Chinese Empire Navy Fleet set off at around 7 o'clock during the day. After sailing for about three hours, it began a war with the Dutch Navy. The battle time of the two sides and cleaning the battlefield took about six hours. It is now past four o'clock in the afternoon.
It will be three hours before it will be dark, and it is still more than enough to arrive at the Dutch Mountain City before dark.
As for the more than ten Dutch fleets that fled, no one had to worry about the Junjie and the Guards. With the strength of the two armored warships, they could handle the more than ten fish that were rushing to escape. As for whether they could all take away the other side.
Staying is no longer within Shi Lang's consideration. This battle can change the entire military structure of the South China Sea, and the strength of the Chinese Navy will shock all the barbarians.
After traveling for about twenty miles, the fleet found some broken wood floating on the sea and colorful corpses. Everyone knew that a naval battle might have passed not far ahead, but no sound of cannons came.
, It seems that the naval battle has ended. Sure enough, after walking three or four miles, I saw several scrapped ships in the sea. One of them was still on fire, but the other two sank most of them, with only high masts.
Standing on the sea.
There were also people who fell into the water on these three ships. Seeing that there were living people there, Shi Lang remembered the advice of the staff officer, one person was worth one hundred silver coins, and he ordered two ships to temporarily fall behind, and rescue those who fell into the water and set off to chase after him.
With the enemy of the Netherlands, Shi Lang can boldly keep them behind him without worrying about the safety of the two ships.
After walking for more than twenty miles, the fleet discovered several Dutch warships that caught fire. Obviously, another battle must have passed here. Everyone could almost imagine the embarrassing scene of the Dutch, two new ironclad ships of the Chinese Empire were chasing rabbits.
They were chasing behind, but the Dutch could not beat them, and they had to prepare other people's large troops to come up at any time. The speed of escape was too slow, so they had to escape by breaking their tails.
Shi Lang didn't think about it, and left two more warships to salvage the alive. After several miles, there was another ship in front of him. However, although the ship had several big holes, it could still drive. I saw China.
A large fleet of the empire drove up, and a white flag was quickly raised on the ship.
Until the main fleet drove near Malacca, no wreck was found. Unexpectedly, the two armored ships disappeared. There was only one explanation. After leaving the Strait of Malacca, the Junjie and the Guard still bit each other and refused to let go.
The two ironclad ships had enough food, fresh water and fuel for more than half a month of navigation. As long as they did not chase them to India, probably no one had the strength to pose a threat to these two ironclad ships. Lieutenant General Hao Junjie on the ship was also experienced in naval battles.
The veteran generals are now, and Shi Lang doesn't have to worry about their safety.
The huge three and a half-mixed fleet of the Chinese Navy began to head towards the Dutch mountain city. In this war, the Chinese Empire lost only one small ship. It was when the two sides were entangled together and were knocked over by the Dutch warship that fled.
Although the Dutch warships were all wood, they could not stand the tonnage of others. Several battleships in the Netherlands reached more than 1,200 tons, and the small ships of the Chinese Empire were only more than 100 tons. When they were hit, they completely overturned.
However, the Dutch battleship that hit him was not much better. The small ship of the Chinese Empire also installed iron horns in front. When this hit, a big hole broke out on the Dutch battleship. How can the sea water be blocked?
It couldn't stop it, and finally followed the footsteps of the small ship of the Chinese Empire, sank into the water, and blocked the Dutch warship that was about to escape from behind.
In addition to two ironclad ships, the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire reduced the ships left behind to salvage prisoners. If more than twenty Dutch warships were seized, the fleet of the Chinese Empire's navy at this time was more than ten more than when they set out in the morning.
The appearance of such a huge fleet of warships outside the Dutch mountain city immediately caused panic in the city.
In the morning, the main Dutch forces suddenly left, and the Portuguese knew that the Chinese Empire must have come as agreed. They originally thought that the two sides would come in a battle of dragons and tigers in the Dutch mountain city, so that the Portuguese army might help, but they did not expect that the Dutch would not
I was willing to treat this place as a battlefield, but instead went up to me.
Now the Portuguese, especially Raphael, will inevitably be worried about gains and losses. If the army sent by Zhang Huahan wins, it would be fine. If the Dutch wins, it would be a big deal. The Portuguese more than 2,000 soldiers did not have
The few of them can go back. What they fear most is that the two sides are in a stalemate. After months of fierce fighting, the Portuguese are even worse. They have no money and food supply support, and they cannot fight the mountain city. Now the Johor army is eyeing them in the distance. If they are Johor people
If these Portuguese attacked the Portuguese positions, if these Portuguese fell into the hands of the Johors, according to the grudges that had accumulated over a hundred years of accumulation, even a Portuguese would not survive.
Therefore, Raphael did not feel relaxed because of the Dutch's departure. When he heard a huge fleet coming up from the strait, he was shocked and thought that the Dutch's were coming back. After receiving the report, he hurriedly left the position and arrived
On the wall on the hillside, he looked up and found that the ships on the sea were not the Dutch tricolor flag, and the number of ships was several times higher than that of the Dutch. He then breathed a sigh of relief and knew it was
The warships of the Chinese Empire are here.
Mala stroked his beard with half a face, his eyes were covered with bloodshot. When he saw Raphael, he rushed up and said hurriedly: "Governor General, it has been confirmed that it is the fleet of the Chinese Empire.
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Raphael was a little surprised. He said, "Where is the Dutch?" Mara knew where the Dutch went, so he had to shake his head and said, "I don't know."
In the early days, the Dutch fleet was still a huge Dutch fleet in the evening, and it became a larger fleet of the Chinese Empire. Raphael did not believe that only one day would be the huge Dutch fleet. If he saw China,
When the Imperial Navy ran after more than ten Dutch ships with only two ships, he was afraid that his eyes would fall off and he immediately abandoned his Portuguese nationality and really defected to Zhang Huahan.
"Governor General, do you want to cooperate with them to attack the city?" "Oh, of course, you and I will personally welcome the army of the Chinese Empire. We are ready to attack the city overnight." Raphael was looking forward to the stars and the moon, and he immediately said
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Raphael was in front, and Colonel Mala followed closely behind and walked only a few steps. Colonel Mala felt dizzy and his legs fell down as soon as they were weak. Fortunately, Colonel Mala's guards were quick and
He caught Mala's body and did not let him fall to the ground.
These days, the Dutch have been constantly attacking the positions of the Portuguese army. The positions are no more than castles. Although they have a good advantage in the territory, they are not a solid castle after all. Mara, who has been nervous for a long time, has never received a good rest in one day. Today,
After the Dutch withdrew, because he had no confidence in the Chinese Empire defeating the Dutch, Mara did not dare to rest for a moment. He seized all the time to direct everyone to repair the wall and dig the trenches deep. It can be said that his physical load had already reached its limit and was now in danger.
After being lifted, there is no longer the ability to support it.
When Raphael saw Mala fall down, he was shocked, retracted his steps towards the slope, and hurried to Mala. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Hearing a snoring sound from Colonel Mala's nose, Raphael suddenly realized, and he immediately ordered: "Please carry the Colonel down and let him rest."
Raphael brought a hundred Portuguese soldiers to welcome the army landed by the Chinese Empire. After seeing the commander-in-chief Shi Lang, Raphael bowed and said, "Dear Commander-in-chief, I am the governor of Portugal Raphael. What if you have any
Instruct me to do my best to serve you." "Raphael, your surname is La?" Shi Lang's face was indescribable.
Although the fleet of the Chinese Empire had hundreds of Europeans serving, most of them were managed by some subordinate officers. As the commander-in-chief of the navy, Shi Lang knew something about Europe, but never directly dealt with these Europeans. Naturally, he did not know the West.
People's names are very different from those of the Han people.
The translator didn't know how to tell Raphael this sentence. Just as he was about to explain, Shi Lang said again: "The surname is La, and this surname is given by his parents, so you can't blame him."
The translator quickly shut up, Raphael's face was confused, and Shi Lang said to Raphael: "You are the former governor of Malacca, and you are considered a landlord. Do you know how many troops the Dutch have in the city now?"
After hearing the translator's words, Raphael nodded and said, "Of course I know, of course I know, the Commander-in-Chief, there are less than a thousand Dutch people in the city now, and our cannons have no shells, otherwise, we
The Dutch mountain city has been captured."
The next thing surprised Raphael and others. They saw a large number of Dutch prisoners being taken out from ships. Seeing this situation, all the Portuguese were stunned. Raphael was careful.
Asked, "Governor, what are these?"
Shi Lang said, "Oh. These are our captives." "So the Dutch fleet was defeated." This was the biggest good news that Raphael heard.
Hearing his words, Shi Lang responded with a high voice: "Of course, it's a pity, pull... pull..." This surname is so strange. Shi Lang always feels awkward. Whatever pulls it always makes people unable to remember it.
"Raphael." Seeing that his chief officer forgot the other party's name, the staff officer next to Shi Lang quickly reminded him. "Yes, Governor Raphael, today our fleet fought with the Dutch fleet in the Strait of Malacca, and the Dutch fled.
The ships are less than one-tenth, and the rest of the ships are all annihilated by our army. From today on, you no longer have to worry about the Dutch sea fleet."
Hearing that this powerful opponent was gone, some Portuguese were somewhat dissatisfied with the decision Raphael made before. Westerners were used to being arrogant and never thought of relying on the army of an Asian country to save themselves and eliminate them.
It is the army of European maritime powers, but now when they hear the Dutch were defeated, everyone admires Raphael's wisdom. With this alliance of powerful powers, Portugal may be more brilliant in Asia than before.
Raphael was in awe of the heart. The loss of more than 20% of the troops in the naval battle was almost a failure. Unexpectedly, the fleet of the Chinese Empire was completely wiped out against the Dutch fleet. Raphael's combat effectiveness against the Dutch fleet
There are some numbers, of course he would not think that the fleet of the Chinese Empire would only lose one warship to wipe out such a fleet. Seeing more than 400 Chinese Empire naval warships, he doubted how much strength the Chinese Empire navy had deployed.
How powerful will the empire be?
Raphael had a more scruple in his heart. He wanted to be both sides, but could such a powerful empire allow him to be both sides please? When Zhang Huahan got angry, it would not matter if he was dissatisfied with Portugal. If he was dissatisfied with himself, he would be
That's it. People still have their own handle. Do you really want to betray Portugal and join Zhang Huahan? He was deeply embarrassed.
More than 400 warships of the Chinese Empire opened six or seven thousand black cannons and began to bombard them. Countless shells blew up many cracks in the Dutch mountain city. The Dutch prisoners of war under the city shouted and persuaded them to surrender.
The soldiers in the mountain city were Wei Xiaobao's idea. Although he didn't read many ancient books, he also knew some of the plots of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He knew that siege was the best and attacked the heart was the best. 1,500 Portuguese soldiers and 15,000
The Chinese Empire naval soldiers with live ammunition set off on the hem of the city. Seeing that the other party was delayed from opening the door and surrendering, Shi Lang and others were impatient. Wei Xiaobao was so anxious that he had already cursed. The Dutch were fired by fierce artillery on the top of the city.
It was so bombarded that it could not be lifted up and threw it. Many Dutch soldiers were hit by artillery shells, and their limbs and broken arms flew everywhere. The cannons on the city were also shot by countless artillery shells from warships, and several gunpowder boxes were also shot by dense artillery shells.
, a violent explosion was made, and more than 400 Dutch soldiers were killed and injured by dense artillery fire. The governor of Malacca had already escaped with the fleet, and a major, the highest Dutch chief here, ordered: "Open the city gate!
We surrender!”
The white flag was raised, and the gate of the Dutch mountain city creaked. The gate that the Portuguese died in battle and could not take down by more than 5,000 people was finally opened to the army of the just arrived in the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire naval soldiers in front of them.
They rushed in and almost dispersed the Portuguese army, and Raphael, in the front row of the Portuguese army, rushed to the side.
Raphael's face was filled with a smile and immediately ordered the Portuguese not to enter the city. The Chinese Emperor soldiers who entered took over the major defensive roads in the city. The Dutch in the city surrendered and became the Chinese Emperor.
** team captive.
There are less than 700 Dutch soldiers left in the city, and the army entering the Chinese Empire has reached 15,000, which can not accommodate 2,000 Portuguese to continue entering the city. Although they have some mental preparations,
Seeing his former territory from the Dutch to the Chinese Empire, I felt a little uncomfortable. This was the fruit of the lives of more than 5,000 Portuguese warriors. Raphael had a bitter face and could only let Portugal
The soldiers returned to their positions to rest first.
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