Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 321 Beating the Netherlanders
The number of these local guards in Fujian is about [-], just enough to form a guard, and the general who commands them is a local guerrilla general.

This guerrilla general is the highest-ranking local civil and military official in Fujian who went to fight on Baodao this time.

Those civil servants and senior generals in the commander's department are all used to enjoying the glory and wealth, and they are unwilling to take the risk to attack the Dutch on the island, even though the Dutch have only a few strongholds, only a few hundred people.

In a dangerous bay on Treasure Island, a western-style bastion was built on the endless golden sandy beach. This is the greatest achievement of the Westerners in city defense technology.

The bastion is similar to a Chinese-style city wall. The thickness of the city wall is very exaggerated. It is often at least a few meters thick, and the thickest point can even be ten meters. In modern times, it is difficult for artillery to destroy such a castle, because it is too thick. Even in the [-]th century, Modern artillery is also difficult to completely destroy it.

Moreover, this kind of castle has a great advantage compared to the previous east and west castles, that is, there are almost no dead spots and blind spots, and only a small amount of manpower is needed to defend the castle.

Especially in the face of the Asian, African and American natives with backward military technology, the bastions of these Westerners are simply impeccable.

Often hundreds of Western colonists, armed with muskets and bombs, can withstand the attack of thousands of native soldiers, and even an enemy a hundred times their own can do nothing to them.

However, that is all the confidence they have when facing backward civilizations. When the army of the dynasty comes, they will understand that the military technology they rely on to conquer the world is not that powerful.At the very least, the Ming army is no worse than them in many places.

There are several strongholds and fortresses on Treasure Island, with more than a thousand Western soldiers stationed, all of which belonged to the colonists of the Netherlands, that is, the Dutch East India Company. These companies were the pioneers of the colonial development of Western countries. The subcontinent also mostly relied on the East India Company.

Among these strongholds and fortresses, the most important one is the Chijian City. This is a small bastion. The Dutch people were very careful when building this stronghold, although the fortress occupies a small area. , not as good as an elementary school, but the fortress is very thick, the city defense system is very complete, and at the same time, a lot of food and fresh water are stored in the fortress.

Thanks to the fact that the Netherlands does not have too many troops stationed here, the defenders of Chixian City can defend for a few months at most when facing a siege. If preparations are made in advance before the siege, the time to resist the enemy's siege can even be longer.

And the commander of Chixian City, who is also the highest person in charge of the Dutch East India Company in the entire Far East, Governor Kui Yi, is in this strong fortress, tasting the special product of this ancient civilization bought from Ming Dynasty, tea .

It's a pity that Governor Kuiyi is destined not to enjoy this pot of tea made with tea bought for half a silver coin today, because the flag of the Ming army fleet has appeared on the waters around Chijian City, perhaps Governor Kuiyi After being locked up in Daming's prison, he had the opportunity to open his stomach and drink some tea.

"Your Excellency, a fleet of unknown flag has appeared on the sea. Their ships look a bit like ours. There are a lot of them, hundreds of them." A Dutch soldier wearing a breastplate ran away in a panic. Go to Kui Yi's room and report the enemy situation to him.

Perhaps it was because the warships of the soldiers of the Fujian Guards were too small, the Dutch soldier did not find them, but only reported the existence of Xu Hongji's Daming East Sea Division to Kui Yi.

"What?" Hearing the soldier's report, Kui Yi exclaimed, and in a panic, he accidentally dropped all the teacups he bought from the Ming merchants on the ground.

The tea in the cup fell to the ground, seeping into the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Quickly let the soldiers get up, take muskets and gunpowder, and go up to the city wall to defend." Although he didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend, Kui Yi, who had a high military quality, immediately ordered his men to prepare for defense.

As Kui Yi's order reached the ears of every Dutch soldier, a large crowd of people stood on the wall of Chixian City, and the artillery on the wall was aimed at the Ming ships on the sea. It seems that the Ming army will open fire and bombard them as long as there is a slight change.

However, Xu Hongji and the others sitting on the boat didn't know about it at all. Even if they knew, they wouldn't care. After all, the land of the Netherlands is thousands of miles away. How many soldiers can there be in this distant land? ?

Even if the Ming army could drown them all with a mouthful of saliva, it should be noted that, not counting the five thousand elite soldiers mobilized from all over Fujian, the tens of thousands of people in the fleet alone could easily crush everything.

After the warship arrived at the predetermined position, it stopped and aimed its guns at Chixian City, ready to fire at any time, and at the same time support the friendly forces fighting on land.

The warship just kept moving forward, until the boat rushed to the beach, and the soldiers jumped out of the warship in twos and threes, first assembled on the beach, and then prepared to charge Chixian City under the general's order.

But as soon as they landed, they stepped on the soft sand of Treasure Island, when a shell from the Dutch in Chijian City hit the sand.I saw the projectile made of cast iron hit the beach heavily, setting off a cloud of sand all over the sky, as if blowing a sandstorm out of nothing.

It seems that a group of robbers are announcing to the master that all your property belongs to me, and if you take a step forward, it is you who are invading me.

The sound of the cannon was like a gunpowder keg being lit. The Ming Navy fleet hurriedly fired in the direction of Chican City. Even the Fujian Ming Army who landed on the beach hurriedly raised their muskets to shoot, even though they were still far away from Chican City. There are six 700 meters away.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of shells hit the walls of Chixian City. Although the shells were all solid shells at that time, the steel flying at high speed was much harder than stones and flesh.

I saw those shells flying towards the direction of Chixian City, or smashed a piece of city bricks, or smashed the crenels, or brought some flesh and blood mixed with cloth and iron pieces into the air.

This burst of shells like flying feathers hit Chixian City is not over yet, from Liaodong to Dongying, and then to Baodao, the naval ships have not fired much along the way, and now they finally got a chance to fire , even if Xu Hongji wanted to stop shooting, those gunners would not agree.

The gunners on the navy ship seized the time to clean the gun bore after shooting, then loaded gunpowder and shells, and reset the gun, and then fired the second round of shells at Chixian City.

Pitiful for those Dutch colonists who slaughtered all directions in a backward civilization, when they encountered the Ming army, before they could beat the attacking Ming army, they were hit by the Ming army's cannonballs like flying feathers. power.

(End of this chapter)