Daming Military Empire

Chapter 198 Great Ming Shocks the World
The bastion that Europeans are proud of can be said to be the most difficult fortress to break through during the black powder period. For example, when Zheng Chenggong attacked the city of Zeelandia in the Southern Ming Dynasty, 5000 people surrounded more than 1000 people and attacked for more than nine months. Intimidating, persuading surrender, building earthen walls, and building blockhouses, all methods were used, and Zheng Chenggong who attacked was almost crazy before attacking.

Although there are only 500 people guarding the city of Zeelandia, Zhu Cijiong only sent 2000 people there, isn't it a bit too small?
In fact, there is not much at all, because the current Ming army has one thing that Zheng Chenggong did not have at that time, and this thing is the grenade.Although the explosive power of grenades in this period is not enough to kill, but it can temporarily lose combat effectiveness, so grenades are a very practical weapon no matter when defending the city or when attacking the city.

The Dutch didn't realize that the Ming army had grenades, so they underestimated the 2000 men sent by the Ming army to attack the city. They didn't send a single shot to the siege vehicle. Of course, they were still tied to the siege vehicle. colleagues, this is also a very important reason.

In short, as long as the Ming army approached the city wall unharmed, they are basically finished. When Zhu Cijiong estimated the loss at the beginning, he mainly calculated the casualties during the journey from five or six miles away to the city wall. If the Dutch Crazy bombardment with artillery, then these 2000 people are really not enough to watch, and adding another [-] people is probably not enough for them to bombard. At least tens of thousands of people need to rush forward in batches to cross this death distance.

When two hundred siege vehicles approached the city wall, the Ming army fleet at sea finally stopped running and bombarding, and retreated slowly. The Dutchmen on the city wall raised their muskets and poked their heads out.

The strange thing is that the soldiers of the Ming army did not get out from under the siege vehicles after approaching the city wall, and even the long ladders were thrown on the ground by them, as if they were tired from running and needed to rest.

The tall lieutenant was not too nervous. He ordered the musketeers to aim around the siege vehicle while searching among the tied captives. Soon he saw Putmans who was tied to the siege vehicle in the middle. Excitedly shouted: "Sir, you're fine, it's great, just wait a moment, I'll send someone down to rescue you when I wipe them all out."

The prisoners on the siege vehicle opened their eyes one after another when they heard the words. They were almost terrified. They closed their eyes and waited to die. They didn't expect that they were all under the city wall and they were fine. colleagues, there was finally some light in their eyes.

Putmans has been dead and alive several times, and he is used to dying and dying, so he was not scared stupid, and he even cared about the battle. No, the lieutenant on the city wall just finished speaking, He warned: "Be careful, their muskets are terrifying."

The Ming army was not only terrifying with muskets, but also their grenades. As soon as Putmans finished speaking, countless grenades flew out from under the siege vehicles, raining down on the city wall.

The Dutch musketeers on the city wall looked at the flying grenade in horror, what kind of thing is this!After all, this grenade is not a shell, and after flying to a high point, it does not fall fast, so most of the Dutch musketeers avoided it, and some even raised their guns to smash it, and they even hit it!

One can imagine how terrifying it would be for two thousand grenades to explode among 300 people. "Boom boom boom" followed by "Ah ah ah". It hurts, and it's not just one or two, each person has at least a dozen pierced in. The pain is beyond words.

It wasn't over yet, the screams on the city wall had just rang out, and the soldiers of the Ming army under the siege vehicle rushed out immediately, and another wave of grenades was aimed at the city wall. "Boom boom boom", after this wave, almost all the musketeers on the city wall rolled to the ground in pain, what does it feel like when dozens of steel needles pierce the flesh!
The Ming army under the city wall didn't care what the Dutch on the wall felt. After throwing the grenade, they quickly set up the ladder and climbed towards the city wall. Climbing up, there was a burst of gunshots, and almost all of the 200 people who showed their heads in the first wave were splashed with blood.There were two hundred Dutchmen in other places. Although they fired cannons, they also had arquebuses, but they were equally tragic.

Each of the two thousand elite guards carried more than two grenades, and the muskets at this time could not kill them with a single shot. Their sneak attack aroused the ferocity of the guards warriors, and all of them took out the grenades almost at the same time. , pulled out the pin, and threw it at the Dutch soldiers hiding in the corner. Suddenly, the explosion of grenades and the screams of the Dutch were heard everywhere in Zeelandia City. The Ming soldiers who came up also took out grenades and threw them in every corner. Soon, almost all of the two hundred Dutch soldiers turned into ground gourds.

A strong fortress was breached in such a dramatic way. No Ming army was killed, and no Dutchman was killed. The combined number of injured people on both sides was less than 800, and most of them were Dutch. It has to be said that this is A miracle!
Zhu Cijiong didn't seem too excited after knowing the result. He never thought that Zeelandia would be impenetrable. Just kidding, 15 people besieged 500 people, so what about a strong fortress, it was only a matter of time.Breaking through the city of Zeelandia has never been the main issue, but how to deal with the Dutch navy on Batavia's side is the most important.

In fact, before he set off, he had negotiated a bold plan with several regiment commanders, and now this plan can be said to have met the conditions for implementation, and Zheng Zhihu's Nanyang Navy was missing.

Zheng Zhihu didn't make him wait long. He arrived in the Taijiang Inner Sea that afternoon. The next morning, the Ming army's astonishing plan began to be implemented. Zhu Cijiong stood on the main castle of Zeelandia City, looking at the fleet going away. , I couldn't help but feel a little regretful, he originally wanted to follow, but Zheng Zhihu, Huang Long and Qin Liangyu were all desperately right, so he had to give up in the end.

About ten days after the Battle of Zeelandia City, more than 1000 huge sailboats suddenly appeared outside Manila Bay. Needless to say, this must be the fleet of Daming. In the southeast waters, only Daming can gather so many huge sailboats. The combined fleet of the Ming Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy came to implement the shocking plan!

After arriving at the outlet of Manila Bay, five hundred Daifuku ships separated from the fleet, and they lined up in five densely packed rows, completely blocking the outlet of Manila Bay.

The remaining [-] super battleships and [-] Dafu boats were arranged in six loose rows and pressed directly towards Manila City.

At this time, fierce battles were also going on outside Manila. The Dutch Navy’s Eastern Second Fleet, led by Admiral Van Diemen, had been attacking Manila for almost a month. The Spanish defenders in Manila were quite strong. Tenacious, the Dutch didn't even take down the fort in the south of the city when they had an absolute advantage in artillery and numbers!However, both sides suffered heavy losses. The 1000 Spanish Army in Manila had killed nearly 800 people, and countless wounded. The musketeers on the Dutch battleship also killed almost [-] people, and the injured were also not counted. its number.

The long tug-of-war made both sides very tired, so the two sides chose a truce in the past two days. The Spaniards are repairing the southern fort that was bombarded like a dog, and the Dutch are also repairing the battered shells. On the side of Kong's boat, both sides are so calm, as if the other two groups of people have been killing and killing here this month.

However, this tranquility was quickly broken. When six hundred huge sailboats appeared on the sea more than ten miles away from Manila, the entire Spaniard in Manila turned pale with fright, and made people feel uncomfortable. Alive, fifty super battleships almost crippled them, and now such a huge fleet has come, the Spanish Governor Coquian even ordered the messengers to secretly prepare the white flag!
However, their panic quickly turned into surprise. The huge fleet did not sail towards the city of Manila, but turned to the right and sailed south. Judging by the posture, it turned out to be preparing to surround the Dutch fleet!

The Eastern Second Fleet of the Dutch Navy was resting near the south shore of Manila Bay. When the huge fleet was approaching them, all the Dutch also showed expressions of horror. The galleons together are too scary!

When Van Diemen received the news and came to the bow of the ship, Da Ming's fleet was less than ten miles away from them. He quickly took out his binoculars and looked towards the opposite side. Soon he saw the two warships on the main masts in the middle of the opposite fleet. Two huge dragon flags fluttering in the wind.

dragon?It's the fleet of the Ming Empire!He hurriedly shouted: "Quickly, let all the battleships play flags and ask them what they want to do?"

The orderlies behind him hurriedly climbed up the mast and played a semaphore, and soon all the orderlies with flags appeared on the masts of all the Dutch warships, and they played the same semaphore: "What do you want to do, what do you want to do, what do you want to do ?”

It was you who did it, and the Ming United Fleet did not reply. The hundred super battleships quickly divided into two rows on the left and right, and sailed towards the two wings of the Dutch fleet. When the people's fleet was about the same size, they actually beat the Dutch fleet so directly!
Seeing this, Fan Dimen quickly ordered: "Quickly, load all the artillery with live ammunition and prepare for battle."

As soon as his order was conveyed, the super battleships of Da Ming on both sides had already entered the range of three miles to the left and right of his fleet. The Dutch battleship in the middle, all of a sudden, the entire Dutch fleet was in disarray, there were screams everywhere, and sawdust flying everywhere. They had just fought back one round, and the Ming warships on both sides had already bombarded for no less than five rounds. They just fought back for the second round, and the Ming warships on both sides have already fired ten rounds!

At this time, five hundred Dafu boats had already smashed into the Dutch fleet. Due to the slow speed of the ships, there was no situation where the warship was directly smashed. In the middle of the battleship, a hundred super battleships on both sides also stopped shelling, turned their bows directly, and squeezed in from both sides.

The Dutch warships were still resisting, and kept firing at the Ming warships on both sides, but the Da Ming warships leaned forward as if they were dying, just stuck to the Dutch warships so tightly, and then the hooks and bullets flew together!Numerous bullets were thrown over the side of the ship, scaring the Dutch who didn't even dare to lift their heads. Numerous hooks flew towards the side of the Dutch battleship, and soon countless Ming soldiers rushed onto their battleship.

The Ming soldiers on board the battleship didn't say anything, they took out their revolvers, and aimed at the Dutch soldiers on the battleship with a burst of "chug-chug" until they couldn't even get up, as for life and death, let alone!

Fan Diemen looked around desperately, hooligans, just relying on the number of people to charge hard, are you still talking about tactics?If it was on the ocean outside, hundreds of ships would not be able to encircle his fleet. The problem here is Manila Bay. They are coming from the north, and the beach is directly to the south. They have no room for maneuver!

By accident, the Dutch Eastern Second Fleet, just like the Spaniards' Armada, was taken over by the Ming Fleet for no apparent reason. Not a single warship escaped, and even their Admiral Van Diemen became a prisoner!
As soon as the news spread, all the great powers in the world were shocked. When did the Ming Empire become so vigorous, and it actually overthrew the overlord of the sea, the Netherlands, directly on the sea!

This battle was recognized by historians from all over the world as a symbol of the rise of the Ming Empire. Since then, the Ming Empire has become a world-recognized maritime power!
(End of this chapter)