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"There is an enemy situation." Gan Hui hurried to the side of the boat to watch.

"Bang bang~" Immediately afterwards, several signal rockets rose into the sky.

"Quick, change formation and prepare to meet the enemy." A white sail has appeared in Gan Hui's telescope, and the huge white sail fills the image of his telescope, and the area of ​​the main sail is getting bigger and bigger.

In just a quarter of an hour, there was the sound of cannons in the distance. Before the sound of the cannons, the dots of fire showed that the small Fuchuan were being attacked by a large group of white-sailed warships.

"The Dutch warships are too fast. Hurry up and order the ships to disperse and withdraw quickly." Gan Hui is not timid, he really thinks he can't beat them.

Gan Hui really didn't expect that he would be so lucky when he came out with this bait, and he ran into the Dutch main fleet all at once.The thirty or forty lucky boats he brought with him were not enough for the Dutch to bite their teeth.

"It's definitely not okay to run away like this, we have to send an arson boat to block it." Yang Yi quickly suggested.

"I'm afraid the arson boat is not enough, so I might as well tie the smaller sand boat with the arson boat and let them out to stop it." Gan Hui had already watched a sand boat in the distance being blown into flames under the enemy's artillery fire. God, broken.

Gan Hui ran desperately, but the speed of the Dutchman behind him was getting faster and faster.However, the Ming army was not weak. Relying on their familiarity with the water conditions, the Ming army always kept a safe distance from the Dutch warships.

"The Dutch have separated, and they seem to want to intercept us." Yang Yi pointed to the east.

Gan Hui took a look through the binoculars, and there were some masts faintly protruding from the far sea to the east. They must be the squadron of the Dutch fleet. It was obvious that the opponent was planning to overtake Gan Hui and the others at full speed and prepare to outflank them.

"Don't panic, our boat can't run by jogging, we can only wait until dark." Gan Hui said.

A puff of green smoke rose high, and a sea of ​​flames appeared on the sea behind. It was the arson ship of the Ming army fleet that was ignited.

This method of arson would definitely have a good effect if it was on a bay or a river, but today it seems ridiculous on this wide sea.

It looks like a large fire field, but in fact there are many holes and gaps inside. Some Dutch warships passed through the flames and smoke easily, like monsters rushing out, opening their mouths wide to eat people.

"How long will it be dark?" Gan Hui looked at the sky knowingly and knowingly, the sun was hanging high.

"There are still three hours," replied one of the sailors.

"Three hours, how to hide in three hours?" Gan Hui was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.With the speed of the Dutchman's boat, it would have caught up with the Ming army fleet in three hours.

"Hand up the command flag." Another stick of incense time passed, and Gan Hui still couldn't think of a way, but he ordered suddenly.

"General, what are you doing?" Yang Yi shouted hastily.

This handsome flag represents the South China Sea Fleet. Is it because the Dutch don't know that they are going to fight the main force of the Ming army?

"With our fleet alone, can we beat it?" Gan Hui said, "Although it's a bait, we set the fishing line too long this time. I'm afraid we won't be able to keep the bait. Give it up!"

"But general, are you still on board?" Yang Yi said.

"Don't worry, my little fleet commander is probably just a joke in the eyes of these red-haired ghosts. Look at the comparison of our strength with theirs. The disparity in power is too great. I guess what they want is to destroy our warships. These soldiers are not interested at all," Gan Hui said.

"What is the general going to do?" Yang Yi asked.

"Lead them to the reef beach, and then fight for a while. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, just think about the retreat in advance." Gan Hui said.

A submerged reef area, twenty Fuchuan were finally surrounded here.The Dutch didn't dare to come in rashly, but Gan Hui and the others drove the boat into the reef area without fear of death.

"General, we have entered a dead end." Yang Yi said.

"How long will it be before the high tide?" Gan Hui asked.

"Four more hours," replied a sailor.

"They will definitely attack when the tide rises. Let's evacuate everyone except the gunners to the shore." Gan Hui calmed down.

"General, let's all withdraw together! Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the battle is fought or not." A staff officer said.

"Fuck your motherfuckers. I brought the boat here because of the disparity between the enemy and us, and if we flee without fighting, how dare we call ourselves soldiers?" Gan Hui scolded.

In the evening of this day, the cannons on the reef shoal rumbled, and the fighting continued until late at night before it gradually subsided.

Because it is a reef area, there are very few tactics that the two sides can play, and the ships can only face each other head-on.It is true that Fuchuan has less firepower than Dutch ships, but its defense is not low.

Gan Hui almost exchanged a lucky boat for a Dutch warship. The exchange ratio of this kind of battle was not disadvantageous, and the battle was fierce enough to make the Dutch believe that they had wiped out the main fleet of the Ming army.

Calculated in this way, Ming's Guangzhou was exposed in front of the Dutch fleet.

"God-sent opportunity." Vice Admiral De Knight of the Dutch Army's eyes lit up.

"Europeans have similar tastes." Zhu Youjian, who was in Taipei, had already received a letter from Feige, which clearly stated that the main force of the Dutch army was heading to Guangzhou.

The signature is Gan Hui.

Chapter 595: The Dutch attack the Pearl River Estuary

De Knight, born in Flushing (Flissingen) in 1607 in an ordinary family of beer workers, became a sailor on a ship at the age of 11.

(In 1622, he became a musketeer in the battle of the Dutch army attacking Bergen. In the same year, he joined the Dutch merchant fleet as a business agent, and then began to make a fortune. In 1637, Ruyt became the captain of a Dutch merchant frigate. Captain. In 1642, he bought his own fleet and started doing business. In the Anglo-Dutch War, he led a private fleet to participate in combat and joined the Dutch Navy.)

Unlike the traditional old European empires, the Dutch do not pay attention to their origins. Similar to the British, this person is an armed businessman on the surface, but in fact he is an experienced pirate leader. It is not at all difficult for him to lead the East India Company. Not unusual.

After the Battle of Lingshui, Dennett believed that the main force of the South China Sea Navy of the Ming Army had been wiped out. This can be concluded from the intelligence of the Dutch's exploration of the entire sea off Guangzhou.

The Dutch are no strangers to the military strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and even the forces in Southeast Asia know that the Zheng family in Fujian is the boss, and the real strength of the navy of the Ming Dynasty government is very weak.Of course, this is based on the experience of recent decades.At the same time, no one would think that in just a few years, the Ming Dynasty would develop the navy's strength to an exaggerated level, which violated the law of naval development.

The purpose of Dennett's trip is not just to avenge Batavia, but to honor the powerful Dutch navy, defeat the Zheng family, and re-establish the Dutch maritime hegemony.

Guangzhou is very fat. Now Guangzhou is even fatter than Fujian. Otherwise, the Portuguese will stay in Macau?

"Lieutenant general, according to the report of the Portuguese spies: the navy of the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong has only dozens of lucky ships all year round, and no other warships have appeared. According to recent news reports, the navy of the Ming Dynasty has come out in full force, and has already It’s gone. I think it’s the Ming army that our army destroyed the day before yesterday.”

Dennett stood proudly on the bow of a battleship. From here, he could see the battlefield of the day before yesterday. There were still many warships that had not completely sunk into the bottom of the reef and were stuck upside down above the water. Some masts looked like spears. Intertwined horizontally and obliquely.

In the shallow sea, this is the grave of the warship, but most of the crew of both sides survived the war.The Dutch crew escaped to their own warships, while the Ming army fled into the deep mountains and dense forests of Qiongzhou Island.

"Notify everyone, go at full speed and go straight to Guangzhou." Delight pinched his mustache with his fingers with his beer belly, and then proudly raised half of his eyebrows.

According to European habits, before the war, the Dutch will send a letter of persuasion to the Guangzhou government.

Dennett basically followed suit.

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The layout of the fort at the Pearl River Estuary is basically the same as that of 200 years later, because there is almost no major breakthrough in the range of the cannon, and the Qing government has no technological innovation except to desperately increase the caliber of the cannon.

With Humen as the headquarters of the defense, and Xiaojiaoshan as the firepower point of the cross-shore defense fort, it controls the entire Pearl River.

Basically, the layout of the Humen defense has not changed from that during the Opium War. This is not because the Ming army is stupid, but with the existing level of weapons and equipment, such a defense is reasonable.

The difference is that the Ming army built solid artillery fortifications, and the technology of coastal anti-aircraft artillery was more advanced than that of Lin Zexu's era.The discipline and combat effectiveness of the troops are not necessarily stronger. You must know that the Ming army in Guangdong cannot compare with the troops in the north. They have not fought for many years.

Thinking that Guangdong's position is too important, Zhu Youjian sent three important officials in Guangdong to manage the entire Guangdong affairs.Zhang Guowei, the governor of Guangdong, Xia Yunyi, the chief envoy, and Zhang Tongchang, the prefect of Guangzhou.