I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The technique is roughly the same, they all fire the cannon from a long distance, and leave after a while.

However, after all, the Queen's fleet defeated Spain's larger Armada head-on on the battlefield of the Spice Islands.

Most of the sailors in the fleet are ex-merchant sailors who have been with the ship for many years, and they are very experienced.

There are a total of 29 sailors on the [-] main Galen battleships docked in Jilong Harbor. Holland does not believe that he will lose if he confronts the Daming Navy head-on.

Unless the strength of the Daming Navy is stronger than the Armada.

Whether it is strong or not, the fight has not started yet, and no one knows.

One thing is certain, the number of ships of the Denley Navy must be much, much more than that of the Spanish Armada in the Spice Islands.

As for the cannon that kept pouring firepower above his head, Holland didn't take it too seriously.

He is an experienced naval admiral, and he can only hear from the roaring cannons that the main warships of the Ming Navy do not have many guns on board.

This point is the weakness of the Daming Navy.

In fact, Holland thought well. Although the Fuchuan is already the galley galleon battleship most used by the Dutch Federation Fleet at this stage, and belongs to the ranks of the fifth-tier warships, but because of the structure of the hull, the Fuchuan cannot withstand As many shipboard guns as a Galenian battleship.

The most powerful Hongyi heavy artillery can weigh up to one ton, and the entire Cangshan ship is only three to four tons in size, which cannot bear it at all.

As for the Fuchuan, at most it can only carry one Hongyi heavy artillery on the bow.

At this stage, the Ming army puts Hongyi heavy artillery on the top of the city more to defend the city. The effect of equipment on warships for sea battles is really not as good as imagined.

At present, the main Fuchuan of the Denglai Navy has a double deck, which is one less than that of the Galen sailboat, but the bottom layer is not used for carrying guns.

The Fu ship has a deck on the left and right sides, which can be used to carry the ship-borne guns. There are nine gun positions in each direction, which is much less than the fifteen gun positions on one side of the Galen sailing ship.

The suppressing guns that can be used in naval battles can be called [-]-pound guns, which can be pulled out to fight. Each ship carries [-] guns, which are now the standard equipment of Fuchuan.

The rest of the Franco cannons are large and small copper and iron cannons. There are also such cannons, but they are basically useless. The reason why they are kept is because this kind of cannon has excellent short-range firepower and has miraculous effects in side-to-side battles.

If it doesn't work, rushing forward to fight onboard is also one of the desirable tactics.

This is why Holland thinks it is possible to fight. Although his Queen's fleet is not as good as the opponent's ships, the ship's guns are several times that of the opponent's.

As long as the opponent dares to rush over to meet the ship, the thirty cannons on board the galleon will definitely give them a taste of gunpowder.

The Spanish Armada still adopted boarding tactics as a whole. In the Battle of the Spice Islands, it lost to the Queen's fleet, which used more advanced "walking the dog" tactics.

But Holland never imagined how many ships Daming has now.

"Pass on my order! Our number of sailors is inferior to the opponent's. Abandon the boarding battle. All ships should immediately fight back with broadside guns!"

Holland's order is very wise, and it is also one of the current tactics used by the Dutch Inter-Provincial Fleet, broadside artillery battle.

A proud naval admiral like him doesn't even bother to use backward boarding tactics.

It's just that the Dutch navy has not yet developed battle line tactics, and just feels that the side-to-side battle is very backward, but the artillery battle can give full play to the advantages of their warships.

In the distance, Shen Yourong, the commander-in-chief of Dengzhou, led the Dengzhou water battalion in the northwest sea.

There are more than [-] ships, all flying the "Shen" flag and the Daming Ling flag, among which there are more than [-] Fuchuan that can be called fifth-tier warships.

The remaining ships are sand ships responsible for transporting soldiers, each capable of carrying 200 soldiers, but except for the guns in the hands of the soldiers, the sand ships have almost no combat capabilities.

That is, there must be frigates.

Since he brought a sand boat, it meant that he hadn't completely abandoned the old ideas, and that he really couldn't go to the side to snatch the enemy's ship.

At this time, more than half an hour had passed since the shelling, Shen Yourong's pale beard trembled as he looked at the collapsing fort with a binoculars.

"Bang bang bang-!"

There was a splash of water in the distance, and some Dutch warships had turned their sides and started to fight back.

It seems that the attack range of the Dutchman's artillery is no closer than his own, Shen Yourong sneered, put down the binoculars, and said:

"Order, withdraw."

Holland had just stood on the deck of the Queen's flagship, ready to fight the incoming Daming navy, and the fleet also turned around, planning to fight back.

But the news that followed made him flush with anger.

The other party actually ran away like this!

Injured more than 200 sailors, and smashed the fortress that had been built for a month into a piece of rubble, and then they ran away so gracefully?

Holland's eyes widened, and he once again aimed his gaze at the two pirates behind him.

Angry, so irritating!

Chapter 665 Yuan Keli's new tactics

"Hahaha, I'm thinking, those red-haired people will turn green with anger when they see the letter of war!" A general of the Dengzhou battalion jumped off the warship and laughed.

Someone also said: "The governor is really, what tactics are you going to use? If I say, just go all-in and let them see how powerful our Daming Navy is."

"You don't understand, what the governor wants is to defeat these red-haired people in a naval battle with dignity, to prove that our navy's ability is no worse than theirs!"

The Dengzhou camp retreated from the chicken coop, laughing and laughing all the way.

This battle was not only a blow to the Dutch, but also a test. It seemed that they were not as powerful as they thought.

Just as he was talking, there were dozens of boats berthing on the shore in the distance.

But the sailors from the Laizhou battalion also came back, Shen Yourong led people to meet them, and asked with a smile: "How is it? Are there any casualties?"

Zhang Pan laughed loudly, "There is a fart casualty!"

"Those red-haired warships just reacted, and we immediately ordered to withdraw. They may have been scared, but they didn't catch up."

"Hmph, catch up? They also have to have the guts!" Shen Yourong sneered, and then said, "The governor has been waiting for us in the lobby for a long time, let's go together."

"Master Shen, please!" Zhang Pan said.

He was promoted by Yuan Keli, and he was a general under Shen Yourong's command earlier. When he joined the army, Shen Yourong was already famous in the southeast.

Now, although he has the same status as him, he always remembers the friendship he had back then, and he is willing to take the second place.

For many years, the two of them have been doing this.

Shen Yourong didn't say much, and walked directly in front.

When the generals arrived at the lobby, they saw Yuan Keli frowning.

Yuan Keli is different from those governors who eat and drink in the mainland, he really has two talents, seeing his expression, the voices of the generals of Dengzhou Camp and Laizhou Camp gradually became quieter.

Shen Yourong asked: "Your Excellency, you should be happy to have won the first battle, but why are you so frowning?"

Yuan Keli sighed, and replied:

"I originally wanted to take this opportunity to test out the tactics used by the Hongmaofan fleet, so that they could respond during the war, but they were so cautious and didn't chase them out of the port."

"Could it be that too many ships were sent out, scaring them?"

Zhang Pan laughed again: "It's really possible!"

"The general just observed on the deck just now. The warships of our Dengzhou camp and Laizhou camp together should be more than all the warships of the red hairs."

"Besides, Shen Shuai and I have also taken a rough look at their tactics."

"Oh?" Yuan Keli cheered up and said:

"Tell me in detail!"

Zhang Pan didn't continue, looking at Shen Yourong, the latter understood and said:

"Governor, the red-haired ghost's first reaction was not to send warships to chase us, but to set up artillery in the harbor and fire back with the broadside."

"The guns mounted on the side of the red-haired ghost warship are extremely dense and powerful. If we hadn't retreated quickly, there would have been more casualties."

When the words fell to the ground, Zhang Pan continued, "Yes, Shuai Shen is right, and we are in the same situation."

Yuan Keli nodded and said: "From this point of view, the number of guns on board the Fuchuan is far inferior to that of the Red-haired warship. I am afraid that we will be at a disadvantage in the artillery battle with the opponent."

"Looking at the situation, boarding battles are unavoidable, and the Fujian navy is the best example." Shen Yourong said with lingering fear:

"Judging from the level of firepower just now, their broadsides must have about twenty guns on each side. Under such circumstances, trying to catch the ship in vain is simply asking the soldiers to die."

Zhang Pan also said: "No warship can withstand the salvo of twenty suppressing cannons at such a close range, let alone the red-haired warship is equipped with [-]-pound heavy cannons, which are even more powerful."

"How could they put so many twelve-pound guns on board?" Yuan Keli was very curious, and murmured:

"What I mean by the governor is to give up the use of small boats. Although our Fuchuan's on-board guns are not as good as the Red-haired warships, we have more ships."

"Get out of your stance and have a bombardment with the opponent, it's not a bad idea!"

"Only use big ships for artillery battles..." Shen Yourong looked shocked, looked at Yuan Keli and said:

"Your Excellency, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, naval battles have always been carried out with various ships, and only large ships are used. There is no such precedent!"

"Then let's set a precedent and show it to future generations." Yuan Keli said, "At this moment, no matter how many boats we go to, it will not be of much use."

"The chance to win is to take advantage of our navy's ship guns and concentrate our firepower to head-to-head with the red hairs!"

In the past, naval battles in the Ming Dynasty often focused on the cooperation and coordination of multiple types of ships, which is the same as the multi-army on land.

In addition to the main warships, a large number of sea-going ships for transporting material reserves, warships for transporting troops, and small and medium-sized warships such as ships commanded by officials are also required.

To put it bluntly, Yuan Keli's strategy proposed this time is to use only the 360 ​​and [-] fuel boats to go into battle, and the rest of the small boats are not used at all.

This method of warfare can be said to be an innovation.

Before Yuan Keli, naval forces from all over the world still used old and backward tactics, including Yu Zizao, the Fujian general, and the same after this famous general.

Undoubtedly, the tactics proposed by Yuan Keli immediately aroused fierce debate among the generals and officials.

Many people are not used to not using the usual boarding tactics at all.

However, Yuan Keli's prestige in the army is extremely high. Under his strong support, the Denglai Navy still used this brand new method of warfare in the Chicken Coop naval battle.

This battle is not just about lifting the blockade of Fujian's coastline, Yuan Keli has great ambitions.

He wanted to use one battle to completely annihilate the invading Dutch fleet and recover the chicken coop. Although all the Fuchuan were used in the decisive battle, the rest of the small and medium-sized warships also had their role.

Warships can fight at sea, but they cannot reclaim land on land.

Recover chicken coops and destroy pirate lairs on various islands, suitable for troop carriers and the rest of small and medium warships, because they are fast at sea.

In addition to making the battalions prepare to recover Ryukyu and fight against pirates, Yuan Keli also sent a document to Zheng Zhilong in Kinmen, ordering him to lead the Zheng family's fleet to take the lead.

The imperial court recruited the Zheng family's fleet not to let them develop with peace of mind by relying on the big tree. If something happened, they needed to go to battle to reduce their own casualties.

Yuan Keli could guess all about Zheng Zhilong's thoughts.

During this month, the Dutch made such a fuss, but they couldn't see the Zheng family's fleet at all, which is enough to explain some problems.

And Zheng Zhilong, after receiving Yuan Keli's order in Jinmen, directly ordered the Zheng family's fleet to assemble in Jinmen without saying a word.

This made Zheng Zhihu, who was in charge of Qianhu in Tongshanhai Defense Qianhu, very puzzled. The court obviously wanted Zheng's fleet to consume the Dutch and reap the benefits of the fisherman himself.

He could see it, but Zheng Zhilong might not be able to see it.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong's mood is very complicated now, and he only knows one thing, the Zheng family fleet does not have the strength to wrestle with the Denglai Navy.

The development speed of the Denglai Navy in the past three years has greatly surpassed his Zheng's fleet.

Chapter 666 Force Zheng Zhilong to go to sea

It is very strange that this time the decisive battle between Ming and Holland is still in Penghu.

This is related to the geographical location of Penghu. If the chicken coop controls the southeast direction, then whoever controls Penghu has the right to speak in the Ryukyu Strait.

Yuan Keli knew that if he wanted to restore Ryukyu, he had to take Penghu first.

The Dutch admiral Herlander's vision was also vicious. He knew the importance of Penghu to the entire Ryukyu. The two sides agreed to send the main force of the fleet to Penghu.

On that day three years ago, the Fujian Navy and Zheng's fleet beat off the Dutch advance fleet that had come to colonize Penghu.

Today, three years later, the Denglei Navy and the combined fleet of the Queen of the Netherlands fought a decisive battle in Penghu.

Under the heavy twilight, the Ryukyu Strait was peaceful.

The Denglai Navy has nearly [-] large and small warships, with the Navy Battalion as the unit, setting sail from Yongningwei, Zhenhaiwei, and Chongwu Haifang Qianhu Station.

At the same time, Yang Tiansheng and Li Kuiqi, the two largest pirates who "occupied the mountain as king" on the nearby islands, also went out to sea from Diaoyuyu Island.

They were going in a different direction from the Dutch Inter-Provincial Fleet that set off from the chicken coop not long ago. Obviously, Holland had other arrangements for them.

On the Penghu Islands, seagulls screamed "quack", hovered at low altitude, and fell vertically from time to time, taking away an unlucky egg among the fish in the sea.