Chongzhen Undergraduates

"The Dutch are too bullying." Liu Guoxuan said angrily, standing on the deck of the ship and looking at the Dutch warship.

"You're right, the Dutch are here to bully us. That's why we can't withdraw. If we escape, we will only be looked down upon by these Westerners. Besides, if our Fujian Navy can't do anything to them, we will lose money in the future." No one in the entire Central Plains can do anything about it.”

Zheng Chenggong looked at the Dutch warship, although he wished to bite the opponent off with his teeth, but he still sighed.At this time, Zheng Chenggong has not yet felt the shame of backwardness in technology.But he already had a premonition of the shamelessness of the Westerners.

"Come up quickly." Zheng Chenggong decided to face the Dutch warship and lead the main battleship to go straight forward. He will no longer avoid it, but will rush forward abruptly.

Zheng Chenggong is not a coward, he wants to prove his bravery to everyone!

This time, the Zheng family dispatched a total of fifty warships, forming an arrow formation to chase the Dutch fleet.The Zheng family still doesn't understand the naval battle tactics of battle lines, they use traditional formations.

Seeing that the Zheng family used this tactic, the Dutch immediately retreated northward with the wind, and hung the Zheng family's fleet far away.

"Damn it, he's a grandson again. They don't dare to fight us face to face." Gan Hui scolded his mother angrily when he saw that the other party ran away again.

"Don't care about them, charge against the gunfire." Zheng Chenggong still decided that no matter how the opponent ran, he wanted to decide the winner today.

The speed of the opponent's ship is faster, and the cannon is farther away, but generally speaking, they do not have the strength to fully adjust the attack, and the technological level of the two sides is not so bad that one can reach the other in seconds.

Go up and take a few shots at most, as long as you get close, you can still cause damage to the opponent.There are too many ships on our side, so we can afford to lose them temporarily.

Naturally, the Dutch also saw the Zheng family's desperate posture, and immediately headed north at full speed. They didn't want to be forced up by the Zheng family's navy.

At this time, it was the Zheng family who had the advantage, because the Dutch warships relied on side artillery fire, and they could not take advantage of the artillery fire when they were advancing at full speed.Most of the Zheng family's ships only have cannons in the bow. Although they have few cannons, they can't support many ships.

The two sides ran one by one and chased each other for a long time. Until the sun was about to set, there was still no formal battle.

"Chasing!" Zheng Chenggong was still relentless, he was really desperate.

The fleet has already entered the sea off Quanzhou. If Zheng Chenggong withdraws at this time, the Dutch will withdraw immediately.It's going to be another fruitless day.Zheng Chenggong was indeed in a hurry, and the speed of the boat at night was much slower, but Zheng Chenggong still bit the Dutchman tightly.

After chasing for three days and three nights like this, to the north is the sea off Taizhou, and a dazzling sun is rising from the east.

Liu Guoxuan rubbed his eyes. He had been on duty all night on the deck of the ship, and he couldn't open his eyes at this moment.That's it, he still didn't let the shadow of the Dutch fleet out of his sight.If it weren't for the Zheng family's desperate pursuit every time at night, the Dutch would have slipped away long ago.And the Dutch don't seem to have plans to slip away, otherwise why bother to go north? !

"Boom! Boom!..." Liu Guoxuan thought it was the Dutch cannon firing when the sound of a cannon was heard, but the sound was too low, as if it was far away. The sea is thundering.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The second cannon shot was very loud, and it was confirmed that the Dutch were firing.

"Enemy attack!" Liu Guoxuan shouted, and desperately blew the horn on the bow of the ship.

Zheng Chenggong quickly ran out of the cabin, his hair was messy, obviously he slept with his clothes on last night.

"Did the Dutch fire?" Zheng Chenggong spoke with a joyful expression. As long as the Dutch fired, it meant that the opponent no longer went north at full speed, but turned the ship sideways.

"Look, Guoxing, the Dutch are turning, and their hull has already started to turn sideways." Liu Guoxuan excitedly handed the binoculars to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong took a look through the binoculars, and as expected, the Dutchman had already started to turn.But after looking at it for a while, he found that something was wrong. The Dutchman's ship had turned, but the gunfire fired from the side was directed towards the northwest, and the target was not the Zheng family in the south at all.

Zheng Chenggong was stunned when the fleet moved forward again and looked northwest.

I saw two Western-style battleships with white sails flying against the Dutch. The smoke had covered the entire hull, and it was connected with the sails from a distance, like clouds.

"Whose boat is that?" Zheng Chenggong was not sure who the other party would be.It is impossible for Hou Jin, who does not have such warships.It is even less likely to be the Dutch, the Dutch will not beat themselves.

"Give me the order to go up at full speed. No matter who it is, the enemy's enemy is our friend!" Zheng Chenggong roared.

If you don't rush up to take a bite at this time, you will be really sorry for Zheng Chenggong, a famous naval fighter.He also wants to come and kill you while you are sick!

Chapter 287: Rescue Zheng Chenggong

When Zheng Chenggong's fleet leaned up and took a look, where there were two warships facing the Dutch, it was clear that only one ship was firing.

The difference is that the firepower of that battleship is fierce, the range of the cannons is actually farther than that of the Dutch, and there are eighteen cannons firing at a time.As far as the speed of the ship is concerned, the Dutch did not take advantage of it at all, and the opponent could still maintain an advantageous distance.But this advantage is about to be exhausted. After all, the Dutch have much more ships.

Fortunately, the Zheng family's navy rushed up, otherwise the warship might suffer a loss, and the Dutch were already preparing to besiege the warship.

"Fire!" Zheng Chenggong was wrapped in bandages and stood majestically at the bow of the ship. He personally held the command flag and directed the fleet to shoot at the Dutch.

Just get closer, and the Zheng family's navy can lean up to meet the board. When the time comes, the Dutch will not be able to escape if they want to. Zheng Chenggong seems to see the dawn of eliminating these Dutchmen.

But the Dutch are not stupid. The reason why they confronted the opposite battleship was because there were Westerners standing on that battleship.That warship didn't fly a flag at all, just like a pirate ship.

Judging from the style of the battleship, it looks like a British warship, but the Dutch know that now that Britain is their ally, it is impossible to attack them.Unless there are Spaniards on the opposite side, but the style of the Spanish warship is different from this one, is it really a pirate ship? Why would the pirate ship help the Zheng family navy?

Since they failed to capture the opponent before the Zheng family navy rushed up, the Dutch fleet had no choice but to retreat.If you don't run, you will die here, and the Dutch fleet immediately played the banner of retreat.

Zheng Chenggong has gone crazy, how could he let the other party run away for nothing?

"Shoot the rocket, set the ship on fire." The distance between the two sides is not far away, but it is not enough for the boarding battle.Seeing that the Dutchman was about to run away, Zheng Chenggong was anxious to show his housekeeping skills.

The so-called rockets are swarms, similar to the flying cannons played by later generations during the Chinese New Year.And the arson boats are nothing more than some rowing boats filled with inflammable materials, but there are many of them.

A burst of rockets flew out immediately, "swish!" and filled the hulls and sails of the two Dutch ships. There was no damage to the hulls, but the sails immediately burst into flames.As for the incendiary ships, the first ones were sunk by the Dutch, and before the rest could get close, the enemy had already run away.

The European-style sails were extremely flammable, and soon the sails of the two Dutch ships were set on fire. The speed of the ships became slower and slower, and they were unable to escape from the battlefield at all. They could only watch Zheng's ship approaching.

"Kill!" Gan Hui jumped up, took the lead to jump over the side of the ship, and was the first to jump onto the deck of the local ship.An officer holding a sword immediately slashed at him. Gan Hui took the first step, followed by Liu Guoxuan who jumped over and pierced the officer's body with a long spear.

"Good boy, he's skilled." Gan Hui praised Liu Guoxuan, but Liu Guoxuan still grinned.

The fight on the deck of the ship was a one-sided slaughter. There were too many Zheng family members, and the crowd rushed over like ants.Not to mention that there are many musketeers in the Netherlands, but although Europe is equipped with flintlock guns in this era, the quality is also very average.

When Zheng's navy looked triumphantly at the two captured Dutch warships, Zheng Chenggong stared at the two Western warships in the distance.The other party obviously had no malicious intentions. All the muzzles on the battleship had been retracted, and the smoke covering the hull had already dissipated.

The Dutch warships also fled. How could they dare to stay here? Zheng Chenggong saw that one of their warships was sunk, and the other two were already billowing with smoke, as if something was burning on the deck of the ship. .

It was the warship parked not far away that sank the Dutch warship, but the other victories were all done by the Zheng family.But having said that, if it weren't for someone's help, the Zheng family wouldn't have achieved such a great result.

"Master Guoxing, do you want to send someone over there to ask? We can't snatch the captured warship." Zhou Quanbin looked happily at the two Dutch ships. This was something the Zheng family had always dreamed of, especially the cannons on board. , It is estimated that all the forces in the Central Plains are salivating.You must know that the Great General Cannons of Ming Dynasty are all imitations of others, and there is no place to buy genuine cannons.

"Signature, ask the other party who it is." Zheng Chenggong is not as optimistic as Zhou Quanbin thought. He has been observing the other party and found that the two warships of the other party have approached. The entire fleet of the Zheng family is estimated to be damaged a lot.It was a battleship with 36 cannons on one side, and the Zheng family did not have a ship that could withstand the simultaneous bombardment of [-] cannons.

The semaphore on the Zheng family's side had just finished playing, but there was no semaphore response on the other side. Instead, a strange trumpet sounded, which was long and loud.

The other generals of the Zheng family were baffled when they heard it, but when Zheng Chenggong heard it, he immediately became excited. He was a Yangtze River navy officer, so how could he not understand Zhu Youjian's bugle number? !

"Quick! Order all the warships to lower their sails, unload their guns, and immediately gather all the soldiers on the deck." Zheng Chenggong was so excited that he couldn't speak.

When people are in the most difficult time, their hearts are very fragile, and Zheng Chenggong is now.He has gone through the Battle of Anping and been bullied by the Dutch one after another. Coupled with his desperation to control the remaining Zheng family navy, he has almost pushed him to the brink of collapse. After all, he is only a young man in his 20s.

At this time, a person came to help, a person he is very familiar with and can rely on, can he not be moved!

"Guo Xingye, if the other party is an enemy if you do this..." Although the Zheng family has just won a battle and Zheng Chenggong's prestige has also been established, isn't it a bit too much to just capture him without a fight?Zhou Quanbin wondered if Zheng Chenggong was afraid of the warships on the opposite side. After all, there were only two ships.

"Follow the order. Gather all the chiefs of the towns on the flagship, and go to meet the distinguished guests later." Zheng Chenggong could not help saying that he had already begun to prepare to dress again.

"Honored guest?" The people around were all staring, wondering what kind of honored guest it was, did the Zheng family have any honored guests who commanded Western warships?