Chongzhen Undergraduates

To change the contempt for the sea for thousands of years, Taiwan is very suitable for this pilot.It is most appropriate to influence Fujian, Zhejiang and even the entire eastern coast through the success of Taiwan's pilot project.

As for Guangdong and Hainan, the direction they are facing is another matter.

From another perspective, Zhu Youjian's first step in reaching overseas was to take over the Dutch East India Company, and their trade with Japan was naturally a pawn in the first step.

"Your Majesty, there is a military report from Taiwan." Ji Biao handed over a memorial, and then stepped back cautiously.

Zhu Youjian knew it must not be a good thing just by looking at Ji Biao's actions.

Sure enough, in Zheng Chenggong's memorial, he directly wrote about the difficulty of attacking the city of Zeelandia.The three-day storm caused the Ming army to suffer nearly a thousand casualties.The city of Zeelandia was so strong that even if the Ming army bombarded it day and night with cannons, it could not be blown down.

Then Zheng Chenggong, with the help of Guo Huaiyi and others, built a trench and wall along Zeelandia, and completely surrounded the small castle, which prevented the castle cannon from harming the Ming army.

"This Zheng Chenggong is still too young. After all, he has gone the old way!" Zhu Youjian said helplessly.

"What are the other troops doing?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"According to the wounded sent back to Siming, other troops are advancing north along the coastline, and there are some small strongholds that need to be cleared."

With the current strength of the Ming army, why would it be necessary to dispatch tens of thousands of people to fight against a small Zeelandzha? It is because of some well-known reasons, which will not be explained here.

All in all, the troops dispatched to attack Taiwan this time are to clear the way for the imminent immigrant development.According to Zhu Youjian's estimation, the total number of Han people in Taiwan should not exceed 5000.Detailed records show that the number of people paying poll tax to the Dutch is only about [-].

It was Zheng Chenggong who developed Taiwan's first real large-scale immigration in official history.

"Tell Zheng Chenggong not to pay too much attention to Zhe Lanzhe. Surrounding them in one group is enough to save face. Everyone else will hunt deer for me. I like deerskin boots very much, and mullet roe from Tainan."

"Your Majesty, is this the only way to spread the word?" Ji Biao asked.

"Just tell him like this, and he will know." Zhu Youjian will definitely not say some words clearly, but the meaning in the words is already very clear.

"Your Majesty, what is mullet roe?" Xiong Lijing had never watched "A Bite of the Tongue", so of course she didn't know the delicacy in Taiwan.

"It's a delicacy, and it's very fragrant after baking." In fact, Zhu Youjian has never eaten it himself, but he really wants to go to Taiwan to try it himself.

"Is Taiwan beautiful?" Xiong Lijing couldn't help asking when Zhu Youjian kept talking about Taiwan recently.

"It's beautiful, there are Alishan and Sun Moon Lake. A long time ago..."

A beautiful fairy tale, which is always the favorite of women.Of course Zhu Youjian would not let go of a chance to flirt with a girl, especially such a moving legend.

"Is the emperor going to make Taiwan a vassal state?" Xiong Lijing only knew about the Penghu Inspection Department.

"No, Taiwan has been part of China since ancient times. I have appointed the governor of Taiwan." Of course, Zhu Youjian would not give up on this sentence.

"I also want to eat mullet roe." Xiong Lijing said.

"Zheng Chenggong will present this delicious dish at our wedding." Zhu Youjian smiled strangely.

"Who is going to marry you?" Xiong Lijing, who was sophistry, still blushed a little, but in her heart she wished she could have a bridal chamber tonight.

"The wedding date has been announced to the world, it's too late for you to regret it now. Haha..." Zhu Youjian laughed lewdly.

The marriage of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty must of course be announced to the world, especially now that the Ming Dynasty is showing signs of rejuvenation, and some foreign countries need to come to congratulate them.Even if it is not a country, it should be congratulated.At this time, we can see the attitudes of some countries towards Daming.

It is also a happy event for the Ming Dynasty. Only countries whose national strength is gradually rising have the strength to hold a happy event.Although some of Daming's homeland has not yet been recovered, this does not prevent the world from having a basic judgment on the situation.

However, not all countries see it this way, especially the Dutch East India Company, which has achieved equal status in trade with Japan and Ming Dynasty, and is also in full swing. They are a group of colonists who ignore any national sovereignty and prohibitions.

And now the governor of Batavia is the most famous Anthony Van Diemen. It is absolutely impossible for this person to abandon Taiwan.

After receiving information that Taiwan had been attacked at the end of May, the Dutch East India Company decided to give Ming a little flair, or at least drive him away. He didn't want to do business at a loss.

In late June, South China Sea Admiral Shi Lang sent a military intelligence report that a fleet of twelve Dutch warships was heading north from Batavia.

Zhu Youjian judged based on intelligence that the opponent will arrive soon, and the East China Sea Fleet must prepare for the battle in advance.

"Has the fifth batch of supplies already departed?" Zhu Youjian asked Yu Dahai. In this battle against Taiwan, the former commander of the Sichuan Navy was changed to the head of logistics of the East China Sea Navy.

Fighting in the Yangtze River is completely different from fighting in the sea, and it is also very difficult for Yu Dahai to cope.Resupply every half a month is a must, and the end of June is the preparation time for the fifth batch of resupply.

"It hasn't set off yet, it's under preparation," Yu Dahai replied.

"Send all Siming's ammunition reserves as soon as possible. I predict that there will be a big war on Taiwan." Zhu Youjian didn't expect this, but this naval battle in the official history was already very fierce.

"National transportation?" Yu Dahai was a little surprised. Siming's ammunition reserves were prepared for the enemy's attack on the Jinmen base. If they were all sent over, what would happen to the coastal defense here?

"Fortune. The Dutch still can't land on the coast of Ming Dynasty, and if they want to fight, they will fight in Taiwan. Even if their fleet is not in Taiwan for a decisive battle, using these munitions to bomb Zeelandia will blow me up." Zhu Youjian said before The attitude of besieging Zelandia showed fierce eyes.

In fact, Daming is really capable of capturing Zelanzhe now, but Zhu Youjian has been holding down the use of picric acid explosives.The use of a little hack technology does not represent the overall strength of Daming, on the contrary, it can only arouse the vigilance of the enemy.

You must know that in the Netherlands in this era, there are thousands of ocean-going ships sailing all over the world. They are larger than the Spanish Armada, and the title of sea coachman is by no means unfounded.

The Dutch East India Company alone can mobilize [-] sea-going ships. If the Dutch find out that Daming has something good and send [-] fleets over, what will happen?

Of course, this is just an assumption, but the Netherlands in this era is indeed the most open and self-contained country, and Ming is not yet ready to fully provoke the Dutch.

"There are [-] sea-going ships, but now I only have [-]. The gap is too big!" Zhu Youjian said to himself.

"Your Majesty, we have twelve warships against twelve Dutch warships. This battle is not easy." Yu Dahai thought that Zhu Youjian was talking about the upcoming Taiwan naval battle. The [-] ships he heard were equivalent to It is a warship like the Yangtze River Navy.I thought I would continue to play with fire and attack.

"I will go with the supply fleet, twelve against twelve. If all the western-style warships are exhausted, then send fire to attack them." Zhu Youjian is also very much looking forward to this battle, he wants to see Daming's What is the combat power of the Western-style warships after facing the Dutch warships.

Chapter 458: Van der Laan's Arrogant Battle Strait

Van der Laan sat in the captain's cabin, resting triumphantly, in his admiral's uniform and shoulders.

Twelve warships lined up, cutting through the wind and waves all the way to the north, and even seabirds flew around the white sails non-stop.The general didn't think that Mingren had the strength to defeat him. He had two tasks on this trip: one was to relieve the siege of Zeelandia; the other was to rob Macau along the way to make up for the company's losses in Taiwan.

Since the latter part of the Thirty Years War in Europe, the entire Protestant power has risen sharply. In the ocean of East Asia, Spain and Portugal, which are dominated by Catholicism, have lost their glory. Japan, Vietnam, and India have successively fallen into the hands of Britain and the Netherlands.The size of the East India Company is comparable to that of a medium-sized country.

Van der Laan understood the Ming people, especially the Zheng family. In his eyes, the combat power of the Zheng family's navy was at most at the level of 200 years ago. The number of cannons was up.

As for the Mingren new-style battleship reported by the communication ship, Van der Laan thought that the other party was frightened by the Mingren and was just talking nonsense.

"Mr. Van der Laan..." The captain respectfully saluted the general.

"Please call me general, my captain." Van der Laan didn't like the contempt for soldiers in the company, he preferred to be called general, even though he was only employed by the company.

"Okay, my respected general. The sea off Zeelandia is ahead, and you will be able to see the city of Zeelandia through the telescope in two hours." The captain of the flagship of the fleet said.

"Look, I know those cowardly Ming people dare not show their faces. As long as our Dutch warships appear, they will only be scared to death..." Van der Laan was spitting and gushing.

"Dang, clang, clang." However, soon, the light battlefield at the forefront of the fleet sent back a semaphore, and sails appeared in front of it.The flagship immediately called the police.

In naval warfare in this era, lookout posts on the mast are very necessary, and the Europeans did better than the Ming army in this regard.It took the Dutch army a quarter of an hour to discover the Ming army before the Ming army discovered the opponent.The distance between the two sides is still relatively far, at least half an hour before they can enter the shelling range.

On the side of the Ming army, there were only twelve warships captured together, and the largest warship was not as big as the flagship of the Dutch army.