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- "Report!" Bunuco and his adjutant were discussing the number of each other's teeth on the top floor of the bridge. A messenger climbed up. The guard turned a blind eye to the scene in front of him, patted his chest with his hand and saluted. He said loudly: "Your Majesty Governor, the Cavin fleet heading to Lotus City sent someone to report that the little pirate named Ping Hailong saw dozens of our invincible warships approaching. He did not make any resistance and evacuated with his men. We arrived at Lotus City and fled towards the Ryukyu Islands; Earl Cavan sent someone to ask, what should we do next?¡±
"Oh?" Bunuco let go of his beautiful adjutant, stroked his chin with his hand and thought about it.
Speaking of which, the former Dutch governor Carlos was a guy who didn¡¯t want to go in. His main purpose of coming to Taiwan was just to make money. Therefore, he did not actively attack Lotus City and Shoufeng City. Even if he later came to Dafeng Village, it was only for the so-called gold mine.
But the new Governor-General Bunuco is a guy with huge ambitions, and more importantly, he is also a military genius. Bunuco is the second son of a minor nobleman and does not have a strong background.
At the age of sixteen, while still a baron, he led five second-class battleships and defeated a Spanish mixed fleet consisting of one first-class battleship and seven second-class battleships. In the same year, he was awarded the title of Viscount by the Dutch royal family. He became the youngest person in Dutch history to be promoted to viscount for military merit. In the next fifteen years, he commanded a total of twenty-three battles, large and small, and achieved remarkable results of annihilating his opponents six times, defeating them thirteen times, and defeating more with less on four occasions.
Now, at the age of 31, he has become the new Marquis of the Netherlands, and has even been entrusted with the important task of serving as the Governor of Keelung.
It is no exaggeration to say that if he had been older and his background stronger, he would have already become a Duke of the Netherlands and a famous general who shocked Europe.
Now, what he wants is to eradicate all the forces on Taiwan Island, and then use it as a base to expand the Dutch power in Southeast Asia, and finally become the uncrowned king of Southeast Asia.
Therefore, he has always been dismissive of Carlos; compared with several small forces on the island of Taiwan, the Dutch warships have an overwhelming advantage in both quality and quantity, and the Dutch soldiers have also passed through Strictly trained and armed with a sharp matchlock gun, Carlos failed to truly control the northern part of Taiwan for two full years. The empire's top officials had long had objections to him, so the news of Carlos' capture this time When word spread back to the country, his family was completely defeated.
With Bunuco's leadership ability and keen sense of smell, Bunuco has long understood that in order to control the northern region of Taiwan, he must bulldoze Lotus City and Shoufeng City, as well as the newly emerged Dafeng Village, so there was This time, fifty first-class battleships and more than 30,000 troops were assembled in a large-scale operation.
In his plan, although Dafeng Village looks the weakest, it is the only force that has fought a large-scale battle with the Dutch Empire and won a victory.
Therefore, Bunuco surrounded Dafeng Village instead of attacking it. Instead, he left ten sail warships on high alert, waiting for the huge warship that disappeared without a trace. In his opinion, as long as the opponent's only warship is destroyed, Dafeng Village will be tied to the land. Sit back and wait for the attack from above.
Although the other two forces seem to be stronger than Dafeng Village, they have no experience in large-scale battles with the Dutch Empire, and these two forces are still hostile to each other.
I just didn't expect this little pirate from Lotus City to be so cowardly and cunning. When his invincible fleet arrived, he didn't even fire a single shot, abandoned the base camp that he had occupied for decades, and just ran away in despair. .
This is somewhat beyond Bunuco's expectations. So many warships and so many troops were dispatched this time, but in the end only two-thirds of the plan was completed. This operation will become a nightmare for Bunuco. The stain will make him the laughing stock of the imperial nobles. How can Bunuco, who wants to become a great general, accept this? ?
"Order" Thinking of this, Bunuco has already made a decision. This operation must be completed 100%, and no mistakes will be allowed: "All marines will log in at Lotus City, leaving two thousand people to guard Lotus." City, other marines immediately set off to attack Shoufeng City from the direction of Lotus City; anothersent fifteen first-class warships to pursue the pirate Ping Hailong. No matter where they are pursued, this pirate must be wiped out."
Bunuco waved his hand, and the orderly soldier repeated the order to make sure there were no mistakes before saluting and leaving.
It was now past four o'clock in the afternoon. Buonuco lost all interest and stopped harassing his adjutant. Instead, he frowned and remembered the matter Suddenly, Buonuo thought?As if he had made some important decision, he shouted loudly: "Come here!"
A messenger quickly climbed to the top and said loudly: "My Lord Governor, what are your orders?"
"Order! All marines log in, all artillery is loaded and ready, prepare for a storm I want to see how they can capture Carlos"
Bunuco finally had no patience to wait any longer. The huge battleship he had been guarding against never appeared. He thought that the opponent must be afraid; one battleship, no matter how huge it was, could not be the opponent of ten first-class battleships. What is the concept of a first-class battleship? A first-class battleship means that each side of each battleship has more than forty heavy artillery pieces. Ten battleships fire together and can instantly fire 400 nearly thirty-pound lead bullets, which can hit thirty centimeters. The thick battleship hull was riddled with holes.
War is such a wonderful thing, it never follows the route you set! ¡ª¡ªThis is what a reporter said when he interviewed Alliance Marshal Liang Yong fifty years later.
When the topic came back to the present, Bunuco suddenly changed his decision and launched a strong attack on Dafeng Village in advance.
He came well prepared this time. The ten battleships only carried 3,500 marines, and the rest of the space was used to carry wooden shields. With Carlos's experience, no matter how proud Bunuko was, He won't make the same mistake, so these shields that have been withdrawn from the battlefield come in handy again.
Under the cover of fierce solid lead bullets from ten warships, 3,500 marine soldiers boarded the beach one after another, regardless of the fact that it was getting dark soon. Two soldiers were in groups, with shields in front for defense and hands behind. Attack with a matchlock gun.
The second defensive battle against the Dutch became really fierce
The two sides were going back and forth, and the fight was extremely lively.
Unknowingly, the battle had been going on for almost twenty hours. The two sides fought very fiercely, but this time both sides took adequate defenses, so there were not many casualties. Even the Dutch on the attacking side did not suffer more than five casualties. Hundred.
As for Dafeng Village, the defender, the number of casualties was even smaller. However, after a night of continuous firefights, Dafeng Village's crossbows consumed a lot of arrows.
At this point in the battle, Bunuco also experienced the helplessness of Carlos everywhere. Facing a position built like a hedgehog, other than desperately attacking and using human lives to fill it, he could only find a way to consume the opponent's crossbow arrows. It's just that neither of these two options is what Buonuco wants. The first one requires a lot of casualties. For Bunuo, who wants to perfectly achieve this mopping up operation, this method is completely unacceptable to him. The second type requires a lot of time, but the longer the time, the more variables.
In the captain's cabin, Buonuco stayed up all night. He stared at a map on the wall with a gloomy face and said nothing. Although he had known for a long time that Dafeng Village was not that easy to fight, the difficulty of fighting it was still beyond his imagination.
"Report!" The messenger pushed open the door and walked in: "Mr. Governor, this is the news that just came from Lotus City Lotus City has been completely controlled by us The marines have arrived in Shoufeng City and are preparing. Attack, in addition We captured an island in Lianhua City who did not escape. He said that he knew the destination of Ping Hailong's escape. In order to win our trust, he also told us a route from Lianhua City to Dafeng Village, and Willing to lead the way for us¡¡±
Looking at the information in his hand, Bunuco's gloomy face finally showed a burst of joy. After a while, he strode to the map, compared the information in his hand, and made heavy strokes on the map with a pen. .
"You can walk four hours west from Lianhua City, then go around a valley, and walk east for another six hours, and then you can reach the side of Dafeng Village from the land?"
"Great!" The worry on Buonuco's face disappeared without a trace, and he exhaled softly and said: "There is such a way!Immediately send an order to Earl Cavan. , let him send an exploration team of 500 people to explore along this road to find out whether this road is true. If it is true let him transfer the sailors from the battleship docked in Lotus City. Come out, form a 3,000-strong army, and take this path to the back of Dafeng Village. When the time comes, I will attack from both sides and defeat this nasty village in one fell swoop."
"yes!"
"Wait!" Just as the messenger was about to turn around and leave, Bunuco stopped him again, then stared at him and said in a cold voice: "Tell the exploration team to deal with all the residents they encounter along the way. Don¡¯t want our plans to get leaked out of bullshit kindness.¡±
"yes"
"Wait a minute!" Seeing the messenger walking out, Bunuco stopped him again. Bunuco lowered his head and thought for a while before continuing: "Forget it I'll go to Lotus in person." city, ???Go and send an order to Count Matthew, asking him to command the fleet here. Remember, ask him to give up attacking and instead harass Be sure to maintain your physical strength and be ready to attack at any time"
"Yes!" This time the messenger finally walked out
After the messengers went out, Buonuco turned his head and gave the order in an unhurried manner: "Order the flagship Black Rose to immediately set sail, break away from the fleet, and sail to Lotus City"
¡° Bunuko didn¡¯t know that his last change of order had temporarily escaped him from a huge danger
Because, not only is he the only one who knows the importance of intelligence, his opponent Wu Yiping also knows the importance of intelligence and does it better than him
At the same time, the steel battleship that he thought was powered by human power and could only charge for a short period of time, but in fact was completely beyond his imagination, did not escape because of fear of them, but went to sneak attack after learning that his large force had left the base camp. His base camp, and has already defeated his base camp
After several hours of high-speed sailing, the Dafeng now appears again less than twenty nautical miles away from Dafeng Village.
What¡¯s more, what surprised him even more was that this battleship had already made contact with the besieged Dafeng Village through a method that he could not imagine at all.
"all the marines aboard the ten warships have landed ashore. Under Bunuco's personal command, they attacked our village all night long. In order to reduce the casualties of the escort soldiers, Liang Yong has taken the initiative to give up the first line of defense It's just that this time the enemy is more cautious, and the sailors on the battleship are on standby! The battleship can be launched at any time Lotus City is far away from Dafeng Village Too far, we still don¡¯t know what the situation is. However, we have set up an observation point 70 kilometers away from Lotus City. If a warship comes, we can know it immediately This is the situation. "
Zhang Yunshan held a notebook and read the contents attentively, while Wu Yiping and others listened with expressionless faces.
"Everyone understands" Wu Yiping's voice came from the cockpit: "We didn't find Bunuco in Keelung, but unexpectedly we met him here; we can continue our beheading operation. "
Wu Yiping stood up from his seat, gently moved his body that was stiff from sitting for several hours, and said firmly: "There are ten first-class battleships this time, let us move around and let those who Big enemy, see what a real battleship is."
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Bunuco left, and the number of battleships in front of Dafeng Village increased from ten to nine. Count Matthew was also an excellent commander. He had participated in four battles with Bunuco. He now strictly carried out Bunuco's orders, no longer attacking by force, but constantly harassing them.
On the calm sea, nine warships were lined up in a line, with one side facing the beach. They fired several cannons and hit a few lead bullets on the yellow-brown land, stirring up dust. Then a pair of Dutch soldiers screamed and rushed forward for a distance, firing "bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,"" and then swarmed back again regardless of where the lead bullets hit.
The new fleet commander, Count Matthew, climbed to the top of the bridge. He grabbed the railing on the side and asked, "Is there anything new?"
"Report" A tall observer turned his head, saluted and said: "There is no new situation."
"What a boring job." Earl Matthew muttered twice, took the monocular and looked in the direction of Dafeng Village: "I'm sure the Governor left because it was too boring."
The tall observer did not dare to continue speaking. If Bunuco knew that he was talking behind his back, the end would be tragic. So he changed the subject and said: "This village's defense is good, but it's just not bad. If we leave the position and have a head-on confrontation, we will definitely be able to defeat them easily." After saying this, he said with a puzzled look: " I really don¡¯t know how Carlos was captured by them here.¡±
"Yes!" Earl Matthew responded casually. He did not put down the telescope he raised, but began to turn his body and look to the side. "But I heard that they have a battleship that can rely on manpower to carry out short-range charges. Carlos made another big mistake, so he was captured."
Having said this, Matthew said proudly: "Now we have nine battleships. I think that bullshit battleship will not dare to come no matter what."
As Matthew spoke, he continued to turn his body. The target of the telescope had slowly moved from Dafeng Village to the nearby rocks, and then to the sea
"If you ask me, this must be a reason for failure. What will be there"
"Hmm! What is this?"
Suddenly, he slowly turned his body??Stopped, and then immediately moved back a little.
In his eyes, a wooden wall composed of many broken boards filled the entire field of view of the telescope.
Matthew put down the telescope suddenly, and the sight in front of him made him jump up and retreat to the edge of the observation platform.
"Damn"
"Commander!" The tall observer was jumped by Matthew's action. He asked and turned around. "how"
The second half of his sentence could not be understood, because in their sight, a huge sailless battleship appeared. It was rushing towards the fleet at a diagonal speed beyond their imagination
"God!!" The observer was stunned!
Matthew suddenly got excited and shouted in a shrill voice: "The enemy is attackingraise the sails!!!"
As soon as Matthew's voice fell, he saw a fire cloud rising from those huge battleships, and then the fire cloud drew a curved arc and flew towards the sail battleship closest to the huge battleship. .
There was an extremely dense and heart-wrenching sound of "Duh! Chi! Chi". The sail warship at the edge was instantly covered with countless crossbow arrows. Each crossbow arrow was wrapped with a ball of fire. These fireballs had a huge impact on the hull. It probably won't do anything.
But the lowered sails were piled together, which was the best burning material, and the two sailors on duty on the deck were just hit by crossbow arrows; when other sailors rushed to the deck to prepare to put out the fire, the sails had already been set alight. For a moment, the battleship was filled with thick smoke; it looked like even if the fire was extinguished, the sails would be riddled with holes and completely lose power.
There is heaven on one side and hell on the other. In just a few minutes, the cards of fate have flipped.
"Asshole!" Matthew's hands almost crushed the wooden handrail. He felt like he had been slapped hard. Just now he vowed that the enemy's warships would not dare to come, but in less than a minute, the enemy The battleship appeared, and under his gaze, it fired a burst of rockets and burned the sail of a battleship into rags. This made him more ashamed than slapping him in public.
"Raise the sails! Idiot raise the sails quickly," Matthew roared, urging the sailors out: "Do you want the enemy to burn all our sails?"
"Although this time is not as perfect as last time, it is good to have a good start." Wu Yiping stood steadily in front of the command platform, staring at the sail warship that was raising its sails with bright eyes.
Based on the experience of dealing with five sail warships last time, Wu Yiping already knew that the most perfect way to deal with such enemies is to quickly approach them and then knock off their sails. In this way, the enemy becomes a tightly bound enchanting beauty, at your mercy.
For this reason, Wu Yiping had already arranged the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion on the deck, and each of them prepared a large number of rockets. As soon as they got close, they would ignite all the rags. He originally thought that he would be able to reach within a few hundred meters of the enemy like last time; but unexpectedly he was discovered in advance, and even more unexpectedly, through the standards on the flagship, he found that Bunuco was not here. . Wu Yiping's dream of beheading was once again shattered
Wu Yiping ordered into the communicator: "Maintain the maximum steam pressure in the boiler room; the helmsman turns the rudder to the left twice and the warship moves forward at full speed."
Having said this, Wu Yiping turned around, pulled Carlos to his side, pointed at the microphone and said: "My translator, please look here and ask them to surrender. I will ensure their safety."
Having said this, Wu Yiping stared at Carlos with a half-smile, and continued: "After getting to know each other for such a long time, you should know very well how powerful my battleships are! If fifty battleships are here, I am sure They will stay far away, because if they swarm up and crowd around me, they will definitely surround me to death;"
"But there are only 9 warships here, and one of them has lost the ability to move You don't want the Dutch to die in vain, right? I guarantee that as long as they surrender, all of you Dutch will not have to dig anymore. Mine"
The corners of Carlos' mouth twitched, and after struggling in his mind for a long time, he finally yelled into the microphone.
He understood clearly that the guy in front of him who once beat him up was definitely a real barbarian. There was absolutely no aristocracy, no privileges, and no respect for the old and the young in his head. It was just hatred for the Dutch and harsh demands on the Dutch prisoners like themselves. If he dares not to do as he says, the result will definitely be very tragic. Not only will his family be miserable, but the nine battleships in front of him and the more than a thousand prisoners in Dafeng Village will also be miserable.
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¡°I am the former governor, Count Carlos.??Commander of the fleet on the opposite side, listen, you must surrender immediately so that your lives can be guaranteed. "
"I am the former governor, Count Carlos. The fleet commander opposite, listen, you surrender immediately, so that your lives can be guaranteed."
Carlos¡¯s voice, through the loudspeaker, echoed across the sea surface for several kilometers.
The sailor who was working hard to raise the sail, the gunner who was loading the gun, and the messenger who was waving the flag, heard the words on the sea, moved for a moment, and then showed an incredible expression on their faces. Finally, their expressions turned into contempt and contempt.
They never thought that the former Governor of Keelung, the former Fleet Commander, an extremely proud and chivalrous Earl of the Netherlands, could suddenly become a lackey of a yellow-skinned monkey? ?
"Fart you bastard." Matthew on the flagship was furious. His voice almost covered Carlos's voice in the tweeter. He roared loudly: "Carlos, you are a shame to us Dutch people. I I must personally take you to the gallows and let you confess in hell the mistakes you made today. I must"
After roaring vigorously, Matthew grabbed the messenger and shouted at him: "Immediately give the order, all warships turn around, follow me in line, prepare to meet the enemy, I will send this rag in front of me to the bottom of the sea. Feed the sharks.¡±
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