I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Before he finished speaking, it was the Zheng family fleet on the other side that opened fire first.

"Fire the gun, fire."

Zheng Yiguan pressed one hand on the ship's wall, holding a binoculars bought from the Dutchman in his hand, staring at the chaotic and disorderly deck of the other party, and said indifferently.

One command.

In the more than [-] warships of the Zheng family fleet, countless sailors and soldiers got out of the cabin, came to the deck, and mounted hundreds of ship-borne aircraft guns that had already been equipped with shotguns on "U"-shaped gun mounts. .

In addition, some sailors took the tiger squatting guns purchased from the Fujian Navy, pushed them down on the openings in the bulwarks, and aimed at the Dutch three-masted galleons that were rapidly approaching them.

However, they did not open fire directly.

The Hudun cannon of the imperial court has a very short range. At sea, such a range is almost nonexistent, but since Zheng Yiguan brought it, he will not do useless work.

In the Zheng family fleet, there were three double-decker warships whose combat effectiveness was second only to the Galen warships, and they were all the main warships purchased from the Portuguese with a lot of money.

This kind of double-decked warship is gradually replacing the three-masted galley warship, vying for the status of the main warship in European naval battles.

Of course, now in Venice and other countries with extremely developed navies, there are also some sporadic three-deck warships appearing at a speed that leads the world.

This kind of warship is even more powerful, and its onboard artillery and other aspects are comparable to Galen warships, enough to shake the dominance of Galen warships.

The three-masted galley warships commonly used by the Dutch today are three or four meters lower than the double-decked warships of the Zheng family fleet.

Even the Hudun Cannon, with such an advantage, can play a very obvious role.

"God, we were fooled. The Zheng family actually has a double-decker warship. Cut off the cables, flee back to Penghu, and then use the heavy artillery on the fort to sink them."

With the shaking of the ground, Bush keenly noticed that among the more than 60 boats of the Zheng family, there were at least two Portuguese double-decker warships!

Two years ago, the Portuguese used this kind of warship as their main force, and easily defeated the Dutch ocean-going fleet twice as large as themselves at the Cape of Good Hope.

In that battle, the Portuguese defeated the Dutch as easily as the latter defeated the Fujian Navy's vanguard fleet today.

This is the era of great voyages. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. A gap of one level, in a war, means a series of failures like snowballing!

The former coachman empire was already at the end of its strength under the pincer attack of England, Portugal, Spain and other powers, so they urgently needed to open a new sea route in Asia and rebuild the glory of the empire.

This Daming, which was caught in internal and external disputes, natural disasters and man-made disasters, is still exhausting all its strength to pursue progress, and it is not something they can easily shake!

Bush howled angrily.

His excellent tactical skills and keen sense of smell kept warning him that he must not confront the opponent head-on, so soon, he made the most sensible decision at this time - "retreat".

As soon as the order was issued, a round of bombardment fell on the deck behind Bush, and a shot from a double-decked warship in the Zheng family's fleet exploded precisely on top of their heads.

Immediately, there was chaos on the Dutch flagship. The two stout sailors who were holding a big axe to cut off the cable were directly hit by the projectile at close range, and their heads exploded.

The Royal Dutch Navy soldier who was playing the semaphore fell straight into the sea due to a shaking.

At this time, a double-decked battleship of the Zheng family was very close.

Zheng Zhibao compared the distance, and with the advantage of condescending firing, he ordered decisively that more than [-] Hudun guns on the ship began to shoot at Bush's flagship.

Immediately, a series of bangs, like thunder, resounded in Bush's ears.

At the bulwark of the double-decker battleship, a black muzzle was exposed in a large hole about one meter in length, and flames spewed out one after another.

Because the deck was higher than the opponent's, the Zheng family's sailors almost held the tiger pistols and fired at the Dutchman under their eyes.

"Bang bang bang-"

Dense iron sand shotguns, like a hurricane, swept across the deck of the flagship where Bush was on. Countless Dutch soldiers and sailors howled and fell into the water, creating helpless waves.

As the double-decker battleship passed by mercilessly, these Dutchmen who fell into the water stopped struggling and sank into the silent and deep seabed.

The loyal first mate quickly pushed Bush down as soon as the muzzle came out of the Zheng family's double-decked battleship.

Bush survived, but the first officer was not so lucky. When he stood up in disgrace, he found that the first officer had already died on his back.

Bush shook his head, shaking some gunpowder and dust from his hair, as he began to hear voices in his ears again.

In an instant, the sound of wailing from the deck poured in.

Before he had time to react, another loud noise came from his ear, and the whole flagship trembled violently. Bush was horrified to find that it was Zheng's double-decked warship, which hooked his flagship.

Obviously, they planned to join forces and forcibly seize the flagship.

"This is simply a great shame!"

Bush knew that he had already lost. Facing the Zheng family's fleet, maybe it was because he was not prepared for battle, or maybe it was because of other reasons.

But in the end there is only one result: he, the proud admiral of the Royal Navy of the Dutch East India Company, suffered a crushing defeat in the Penghu naval battle.

Came to the stern in a daze, Bush looked at the distant land, took out the pistol he carried with him, and aimed it at his temple.

He knew that his hands were covered with countless blood, and it was impossible for him to go to heaven.

But he doesn't regret it.

"Long live Greater Holland, long live the Queen!!"

With such a last cry, Bush pulled the trigger without hesitation. Behind him fell, a large number of Dutch soldiers and sailors were knocked to the ground by the soldiers of the Zheng family who jumped onto the flagship.

In close combat, they are as weak as sheep.

Except for a small number of Dutch soldiers who were still stubbornly resisting, the vast majority of them chose to surrender in extreme shock and panic.

Of course, it's normal for them to surrender when they feel they can't beat them, and they don't feel humiliated.

……

Since Lawn's fleet was firmly besieged by Yu Zizao's Fujian navy in the offshore, the Zheng family fleet, which had been prepared, easily defeated the second main battleship of the Dutch, and even Bush committed suicide.

After that, the remaining three-masted galleys had no intention of fighting, and desperately turned to the Penghu fortress to escape.

After arriving at the shore, they didn't even have the intention of staying to cooperate with the fortress on the mountain to stop them. They threw down the boat, fled ashore, and ran back to the fortress.

In this way, Zheng Yiguan easily took down eight complete three-masted galleys.

With such a great harvest, Zheng Yiguan, who counted the fruits of victory after the war, laughed happily. He really did not expect that it would go so smoothly.

Of course, the annihilation of dozens of ships and hundreds of people in the vanguard fleet of the imperial court was nothing more than a trivial matter to him. After all, it was not his own direct line that was hurt.

He doesn't feel bad.

But who is distressed?It will only be the Emperor Apocalypse who heard the battle report in the Forbidden City!

Zheng Yiguan still doesn't know what the emperor's most likely decision is.

In some matters, Zhu Youxiao's court is completely shameless.

Chapter 255 History is going to fork

On the coast of Penghu after the war, there was silence.

Zheng Zhibao jumped off the double-decked battleship, looked at the eight three-masted galleys whose flags had been changed, and grinned.

"Hahaha, one official, a complete victory!"

Hearing this, Zheng Yiguan had a rare smile on his face, but he didn't speak.

Huang Cheng also said with a smile: "In this way, the imperial court's requirement to capture the Dutch warships has also been met. Let the imperial court do the rest of the siege of Penghu Fort!"

"Give me an order, let's go to Yizhou!" Zheng Yiguan nodded, walked on the shore with his hands behind his back, and said:

"Help the imperial court stop the Dutch and capture a battleship. Our Zheng family has done it all, and it's none of our business."

"Yes!"

Huang Cheng felt a little emotional, walked beside Zheng Yiguan, and said:

"It's still because you are good at scheduling. I didn't expect that this battle will have such an amazing result. Presumably, the imperial court will give you a promotion as well, right?"

Hearing this, Zheng Yiguan chuckled:

"I've never cared about this official position. Even if I give it to a guerrilla general, it's just a false name. What can I get?"

Huang Cheng agreed very much, nodded and said:

"Yes, the court will not give us military power!"

The two chatted and walked, talking about the key to how the Zheng family will gain a foothold in Yizhou and Fujian. As for Zheng Zhibao, he was directing the sailors and soldiers of the Zheng family to clean up these ships.

Because of the previous battles, the decks of these ships were stained red with the blood of the Dutch. They were in a mess, dead bodies were everywhere, and muskets and halberds were also down on the ground.

The best weapons need to be tidied up and used for their own use, and the decks and cabins full of blood and corpses must be cleaned up in time to prevent the breeding of diseases.

They never imagined that the Hudun Cannon, bought cheaply from the imperial court and used to fire at close range, would be so powerful that it was almost equivalent to plowing the deck of the Dutch!

For the Zheng family, this battle was undoubtedly a big victory.

With almost no casualties, they captured all the Dutch ships in this fleet, including the flagship, and a complete Dutch fleet. This harvest is really great.

Zheng Yiguan knew that without the Fujian navy holding him back, they would not have taken down Bush so easily. After all, this guy was also an experienced naval admiral of the East India Company.

If Lawn came to support, Zheng Yiguan had no chance of winning.

However, he would not thank Yu Zizao for anything.

What the imperial court wanted was a Dutch warship and the recovery of Penghu and Zhangzhou ports, but what their Zheng family wanted was to take the opportunity to gain a foothold and grow stronger!

……

"What, after Zheng Yiguan won the battle, he just left like this?"

Looking at the sea full of shipwrecks after the war, Yu Zizao, the general of Fujian, was a little surprised before he could be happy with the victory in the Penghu naval battle.

When Wang Mengxiong came, his face was very ugly:

"This is the victory report document sent by Zheng Yiguan, let's take a look."

After receiving the document that was cut first and played later, the more Yu Zizao looked at it, the more angry he became, he sneered again and again, and said:

"Send the document to the capital quickly, and let His Majesty take a look!"

With that said, he handed the document back to Wang Mengxiong's hand.

The latter saw it, and his face became even uglier, saying:

"Zheng Yiguan captured eight Dutch galleys, leaving only one for us, which is not Bush's flagship."

"This Zheng Yiguan is so calculating!"

"It's a dumb loss, should we just eat it?"

"Otherwise, can we go and beat the Zheng family?" Yu Zizao sneered, then turned around and asked, "How much did we lose in this battle?"

Hearing this, Wang Mengxiong's eyes dimmed, and he said:

"More than forty assault boats were sunk, twelve fire dragon boats were damaged, eight Cangshan warships were sunk, and the rest were damaged and needed repairs."

"As for the small blessing boat, there is only one left that can barely move. The number of naval officers and soldiers killed in battle is still being counted. Including Hong Jiyuan, eight officers above the general rank died in battle."

This is the difference in level, the result of forced naval battles, killing one thousand enemies, and self-defeating three thousand, I hope the casualties in today's battle are worth it!

Thinking of this, Yu Zizao sighed and asked:

"What about the harvest?"

Wang Mengxiong said: "Go back to the main town, capture three damaged three-masted galleys, they should be usable after repairs, sink the remaining five, the captain of the Galen warship surrendered, it is said that he had a conflict with Lawn. "

"The final general doesn't know the truth or falsehood, so stay here and wait for the general town to deal with it!"

Hearing this, Yu Zizao breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the Galenic warship was still there, which meant that all the things that the Dutchmen used to fight on the ship should still be there.

This is the capital of progress!

"Where's the enemy general named Lawn? Haven't found him yet?" Yu Zizao seemed distracted, wanting to take a look at the huge Galen warship immediately.

Wang Mengxiong followed behind, walking and saying:

"The thief disappeared after the battle. Right now, all the battalions of the navy are trying their best to search for him, but the sea is so big that he should have sunk to the bottom of the sea. That's not certain."

"Clean it up, report to the capital!" Yu Zizao nodded helplessly, suddenly found a black figure in front of him, looked up, and was stunned.

The Galen battleship in front of him was a few circles larger than the Fuchuan, the largest tonnage in the Fujian Navy, and stood in front of him like a hill.

This is not over yet, this ship has another huge advantage over the three-masted galley that is used for both military and commercial purposes, that is, this Galen battleship was designed as a complete warship at the beginning.

It is also the first battleship to appear in the world.

Yu Zizao was a little amazed, even a little rejoiced.

If it hadn't been forcibly driven into the coastal waters, it would be impossible to capture it based on the current strength of the Fujian Navy's warships. The only result would be to repel it after paying huge casualties.