Daming Military Empire

Chapter 196
Zheng Zhihu did not stop after defeating the Dutch fleet led by pirates Liu Xiangbu and Putmans in succession. Instead, he directly led forty super battleships to the north shore of Jilong Island, preparing to attack the Spanish city of San Salvador immediately.

Why is he in such a hurry? Could it be that he is eager for quick success and quick profit?Of course not, Tu is not in a hurry to express this awareness, mainly because he really can't afford to delay.

Speaking of it, it was Zhu Cijiong's fault. In places like Liaodong, it's fine for the imperial conquest. Anyway, even if you can't beat it, you can run away. Basically, there is no danger.This sea is different. If the Dutch Second Eastern Fleet gave up Manila and rushed from the south when they attacked the city of Zeelandia, there would be no place to run. If you run around in the sea, then Instead of running away, he threw himself into the water!

Although the Beiyang Navy may not be able to defeat the Dutch Second Eastern Fleet, the shells have no eyes when fighting. If a shell accidentally flies towards the emperor, the consequences will be unimaginable.Besides, I don't know if the fleet directly under the Dutch East India Company will come over. If the two Dutch fleets come together, the Beiyang Navy will definitely not be able to beat it.Therefore, just in case, Zheng Zhihu had to settle the matter in the north of Dongfan as soon as possible, and then ran to the south of Zeelandia City to help the emperor guard against the Dutch fleet from approaching the royal family.

The reason why Zheng Zhihu was in such a hurry was actually a more important reason, that is, the emperor brought Zheng Chenggong with him this time, and that was the prince of his Zheng family. Will peel off a piece of his leather!
Anyway, whether it was for the emperor or Zheng Chenggong, he had to fight quickly, so he didn't dare to stop for a moment. After beating the pirates, he immediately beat the Dutch, and after beating the Dutch, he started to fight the Spaniards.Fortunately, Putmans has thought of a good way for him to attack the city of San Salvador. When he saw through the binoculars that the northern city wall of San Salvador was bombarded like a dog, he looked at the still smoking He immediately understood the withdrawal of the fort, and then contacted the Dutch in a hurry to transport artillery to the battleship.

At this time, the Spaniards had sent a team of one hundred people to the 'original site' of the fortress. The Dutchman was really ruthless. The dozen or so cannons were thrown down to the foot of the mountain. The Spaniards were very helpless. The fixed cannons in the castle were not as light as those on the boat.

Just as the Spaniards looked at the bare cannon base and wanted to cry without tears, more than 1000 small warships of the Nanyang Navy were busy around the battleship and the Dafu boat, and a team of elites from the Second Corps of the Praetorian Guard carried field howitzers I started to board the ship, but a small boat can only carry more than ten people. If I force it to squeeze in, it will squeeze in at most ten more people. If it is to transport field artillery, then no one can fit. The main purpose of the ship was to transport guns, so the first batch of elite guards sent to the north shore of Jilong Island by small boats only had 6000 people, plus [-] field howitzers.

This number alone has frightened the Spaniards on the side of the fortress. When the first batch of Ming troops disembarked and landed, the hundred Spanish soldiers were ready to run away, but fortunately, the five or six thousand The Ming army just assembled on the beach, guarding the cannons, and did not immediately attack in the direction of the fortress, so they dared to stand there and watch the excitement.When the second batch of more than 1 people boarded the north bank, the Spaniards on the side of the fortress couldn't bear it anymore, and ran away, what a joke, there are almost 2 people, look at their posture There are still people behind, why are they still guarding, they ran directly to the foot of the mountain and threw a stone and buried them alive!

Not all of the remaining 8000 members of the Second Corps of the Imperial Guard landed on the north shore of Jilong Island, because the city of Santo Domingo on the Danshui side did not know what was going on. After discussing with Shi Kefa, Zheng Zhihu decided to let the deputy general Zheng Ming took ten battleships and one hundred lucky boats, sent [-] elite guards to land near the city of Santo Domingo, and then helped them capture the city of Santo Domingo in one fell swoop.

4 people landing on a small island is indeed terrifying enough, it feels like an unstoppable torrent, overwhelming people!The words are so terrifying, why don't the Spaniards surrender?

In fact, Romero, the Spanish chicken coop chief, wanted to surrender a long time ago, but he couldn't surrender right away, no matter in terms of military law or face. According to Western military law, he can surrender, but this surrender is conditional.

Romero can only wait now, whether it is the Dutch or the Ming army. Anyway, he can surrender as long as the northern city wall is blown down. This is force majeure. If the enemy surrenders without firing a single shot, you may be pulled out and shot.

Shi Kefa didn't know that there was still the possibility of surrender. Daming didn't have such a rule, so he arranged it carefully, with 1 musketeers on the left and [-] musketeers on the right, ready to go, as long as the city wall As soon as it was broken, they rushed in immediately, and more than [-] musketeers hid behind the hill to prevent the enemy from sneaking in.

The 120 cannons are more than three times stronger than the [-] or so cannons of the Dutch. After more than an hour of bombardment, several openings were finally blasted into the crumbling north wall of San Salvador. Shi Kefa let everyone The artillery was loaded with shotguns to test the range and range. The castle is so big, and the test results are very good. The shotguns can basically cover the entire city of San Salvador.

He was about to order all the artillery barrage to cover, and then [-] musketeers charged, and a white flag was suddenly raised on the main castle of San Salvador!

Shi Kefa was stunned. He originally thought it was a hard battle. After all, San Salvador City is full of forts, and there are two fortresses that can't be bombarded here. down.He was already mentally prepared to lose thousands of people, but he never thought that the battle would be over after just a few shots!

When more than 500 Spanish soldiers came out of the city in a neat line to surrender, he still felt so unreal. Isn't it said that the armies of the great powers are all good? Why did he feel like a group of lambs!

If Romero knew what he was thinking, he would probably spurt blood in anger. Nima, the cow also depends on the target. If he faces [-] natives carrying wooden sticks and spears, do you think he will surrender? The problem is Daming. Their guns and artillery are more advanced than theirs, so why not surrender?Court death!
In any case, the city of San Salvador has been taken down, and now only the city of Santo Domingo, which the Dutch just occupied, is left. What about the situation there?

In fact, the current city of Santo Domingo is easier to break than the Spanish defense. Putmans only left a hundred musketeers to guard Santo Domingo in order to concentrate his forces to attack Santo Domingo. As for the pirates, he also There are only a hundred pirates left, and there are many pirates, but Putmans is not at ease with Liu Xiang. If a few thousand pirates are left behind, and Liu Xiang turns his face at that time, wouldn’t the city of Santo Domingo be given to him for nothing? !

The 200 people who were suspicious of each other not only had to defend the city of Santo Domingo, but also guarded more than 400 Spanish prisoners. This defensive power can be imagined, so when Zheng Ming saw the situation in the city of Santo Domingo, he even went to the ladder. I didn't even bother to ask the elite of the Imperial Guard to build them, so I collected a thousand pairs of hook locks for them, and then put them on the beach five or six miles away from the city, and started attacking like that.

The firepower of the ten super battleships and one hundred remodeled Dafu boats was so fierce, the shotguns were like rain, without a break at all, and the Dutch and pirates on the city wall couldn't lift their heads under pressure. The elite guards were also equipped with revolver rifles, and the firepower was also extremely fierce. 5000 people stood in five rows directly two hundred steps away from the city wall. Climbed the wall with a hook lock.

The Dutch and pirates in Santo Domingo basically hid behind the parapet and waited for the Ming army to attack. They didn't even have the courage to stand up and raise the white flag to surrender. As soon as they stand up, they will be beaten into a sieve together with the white flag!

In fact, the great powers have always been able to bully and bully countries with backward weapons. Once other people’s weapons are similar to theirs, their shortcomings of insufficient personnel will be exposed immediately. Like the early Portugal and the current Netherlands, the total population of their countries is only over 100 million , Even if all men of the right age were soldiers, how many troops could be assembled, so Portugal soon declined, and the Netherlands was overthrown by the United Kingdom within a short time.No one, no matter how much territory they occupy, they can't hold it in the end. It's like a person with big eyes and small belly, regardless of the size of his stomach, eating desperately, eating desperately, and finally spit it all out.

100 people, 200 people, 500 people, 1000 people, Zheng Zhihu, Shi Kefa, and Zheng Ming were a little dumbfounded when faced with such a child's play number of people. They have an army of 15, and the enemy, except for 2000 to [-] garbage pirates, In fact, there are only more than [-] people with real combat effectiveness!
The sky was getting dark, and the battle in the northern part of Dongfan was all over. In the evening, Zheng Zhihu and Shi Kefa discussed it, and finally decided to leave all the Second Army Corps of the Imperial Guard in Danshui and the chicken coop, while all the Nanyang Navy rushed to Dongfan South.

Because there will be naval battles in the future, there is only one city of Zeelandia left, that is 3 vs. [-], it does not make any difference whether the Second Guards Corps goes or not, but there are nearly [-] soldiers in Danshui and Chicken Coop. The Spanish prisoners and more than [-] pirates were captured. Although most of the pirates were injured, the number of them was too many. If they did not send enough people to guard them, I was really afraid that they would cause some trouble.

In the early morning of the next day, Zheng Zhihu gathered all the ships of the Nanyang Navy and embarked on a journey. There will be a sea battle that will be recorded in history. The specific situation of the battle will be broken down in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)