"Zhong Chuxiang, Keelung Port has arrived. I will send an order to keep the ships alert and be prepared for the fight!"

Zhu Youxiao pointed at Zhong Qiu not far away and ordered loudly.

"Abide by the order!"

Zhong Qiuxiang immediately became energetic and issued various orders to the messenger on the side.

A short and low command sounded on the ship of Zhu Youxiao's ship commander, and then the messenger fired a warning flag on the mast.

When the watchtowers on the other battleships saw the flagship's flag changing, the captains began to convey the orders in a hurry.

The sailors rushed to their respective positions, quickly lifted the oil cloth covering the cannons, took out the crossbows, guns, and shells stored in the cabin, and sent them to the deck, and distributed them to the soldiers at various posts on the warships.

The Royal Marines who came with the ship also took out their crossbows, muskets, caskets, and bullets, and lined up on the deck under the command of their respective squadron leaders, squadron leaders and squadron leaders.

Everyone began to increase their alert level and prepare to deal with all emergencies and attacks.

Zhu Youxiao ordered the fleet to line up at the entrance of Jilong Bay to raise vigilance.

"Go ahead and take a look."

He said to Zhong Chu and let the flagship head towards the island outside the bay entrance.

Zhu Youxiao is familiar with the name of this island.

Because he was curious in his previous life, he had read some information about Keelung Port online and also consulted some Taiwan information, so he still had some knowledge of this small island isolated outside Jilong Bay.

This island is the more famous Peace Island, commonly known as Sheliao Island.

It just guards the entrance of Jilong Bay and becomes a natural barrier to Jilong Bay.

It can effectively block the northeast monsoon in winter and its impact on the bay, making Jilong Bay a natural deep-water port.

Natural geographical advantages make this place the most important northern part of Taiwan Island and the most important fishing port in Taiwan.

In short, the excellent natural geographical advantages make this Jilong Bay the most important place in Taiwan in this era and also the place where merchant ships and pirates like to dock.

Many ships coming and going choose to rest, replenish water, and repair ships here...

Moreover, before being occupied by the Spanish, it was also one of the old nests of Japanese pirates when Japanese pirates were rampant.

The Japanese pirates hid here and used this place as a base to set out to the coast of China to promote robbery.

After being hit by the Ming Dynasty's official army, they fled back to Jilong Bay to hide, using this place as their paradise.

In recent years, as the Japanese pirates gradually declined, the place gradually became deserted.

Although there are still many pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and they are habitually called Japanese pirates by people on the mainland, most of these pirates are both pirates and businessmen, and the harm is far less powerful than that of the previous Japanese pirates.

The originally lively Jilong Bay has become less noticeable. Only the passing merchant ships or pirates will come here to moor, shelter from the wind or rest.

It was not until it was occupied by the Spanish and built into a huge and complete port that it became famous again.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the Peace Island outside Jilong Bay.

Since it was just early morning, the sky was just bright, the visibility on the sea surface was very low, and the distance was a little far away and I could not see clearly some of the situations on the shore of Heping Island.

The area of ​​this Peace Island is about three or four square kilometers, not large or small.

However, unlike the Peace Island he remembered, it is not just a small island at the moment. There are two small islands in the east and west, mainly Peace Island, and there are not connected to the slightly larger island in the middle.

Zhu Youxiao was a little confused about this, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt relieved.

The vicissitudes of life and the continuous accumulation and construction of people from later generations may have been linked together with the main island of Peace Island, which has formed a whole concept in the later generations.

At present, there is not much influence from man-made and natural places, so the three islands are not all connected together, so there is nothing strange about this.

But overall, Peace Island, as the main island, looks very conspicuous.

After carefully observing the surrounding terrain, Zhu Youxiao, it was roughly the same as the map depicted by Xiaohong and the intelligence collected by the intelligence department. This Jilong Bay is indeed a natural place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you control the power here and have strong strength, you only need to build dozens of turrets on Peace Island and the bay opposite, and set up hundreds of cannons to defend Jilong Bay, which is as solid as a decent place.

Then, if the enemy wants to attack Jilong Bay and don’t find a way to pull out these turrets first, it is basically a delusion.

These turrets can control all two waterways entering Jilong Bay.

Any ship or fleet that wants to forcibly rush into the bay will be bombarded with the crossbows of these turrets.

Even if the enemy can pull out the fortress in the Baykou area and enter Jilong Bay, it doesn’t matter.

Jilong Bay itself is also a natural dangerous place surrounded by mountains on three sides. In the bay, just choose a few places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack and build dozens of turrets.

Then, the security aspects here can be basically foolproof.

From the perspective of surrounding terrain, as long as you control a few points, no matter where the enemy lands from, it will cost a huge price to capture Jilong Bay.

Moreover, whether it can be taken down is still a matter of two reasons.

Of course, to do all this, you need to have enough manpower, financial and material resources to support it, and it is difficult for ordinary people and forces to do this.

But these are really too simple for the Royal Navy fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and this is not a big deal.

Since the Spanish occupied Jilong Bay, they established the so-called El Salvador city on Peace Island, and simply changed the name of Jilong Bay to Santiago Bay.ok Composition Network

The Spaniards were a maritime power that rose earlier in the West. Although they were defeated by the British during the Battle of Calais, their invincible fleet was almost wiped out.

However, the starving camels are bigger than horses. After all, the Spaniards were the maritime powers that were originally rampant in the world and accumulated huge wealth. Although they have declined rapidly, their strength is not weak.

The architectural model here is basically European-style bastion structure. Others don’t know about this thing, so how could Zhu Youxiao not know about it?

The fortress with a bastion structure is extremely strong and if ordinary artillery is not large, it is extremely difficult to destroy it.

This kind of bastion is not as simple as the various garrisons and hamlets of the Ming Empire in the past. It can be smashed out just a few shots and then it can be slaughtered at will.

Zhu Youxiao held a telescope in his hand, stood at the bow of the flagship, observing more than a dozen forts here.

He also found that these Spanish-built turrets were exquisitely set up and could form a firepower net between them, which firmly blocked the mouth of Jilong Bay.

The main castle of the Spanish is much larger in the bay of Jilong Bay than the castle on Peace Island.

Fired on the sea, except for the latest main gun on each Leopard cruiser, the rest of the artillery can't hit that far.

This shows that when the Spaniards built several bastions, they had expected that they might be attacked by powerful enemies, and built complete fortifications here.

While observing the terrain and landform of Heping Island and the surrounding waters, Zhu Youxiao continued to think about his plan in his mind.

Just as the huge fleet appeared outside Jilong Bay, a short while, an Espanyol Clipper suddenly sailed out of the entrance of the bay and faced the Royal Navy's fleet.

Obviously, this was the other party's guard post. After discovering the arrival of the mysterious and unknown large fleet, it was estimated that after hesitating for a while, he gritted the bullet and welcomed the Royal Fleet of the Ming Dynasty.

When the fast ship approached, a general dressed in a Spanish school official took out a simple loudspeaker and shouted at Zhu Youxiao and others on the nearest flagship in front:

"What are you here for? This is our Spanish territory, you can leave quickly!"

Although this guy shouted loudly and was speaking foreign language, no one could understand it.

However, anyone could hear that his shouting was a bit like being strong on the outside but doing it, making people feel that he didn't have much confidence.

"Your Majesty, this Westerner said..."

Huang Jianjie, who was standing beside him, immediately said to Zhu Youxiao's translator.

After listening to the retelling of Huang Jianjie, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Gadfly smiled sinisterly and asked the ship to step forward and let Huang Jianjie talk to him.

This former Dutch translator, because he was so talented, has always performed well after being reused by Zhu Youxiao.

In addition, he is very familiar with the customs and languages ​​of various countries and regions in Southeast Asia. Zhu Youxiao started a series of wars in the maritime attack this time, and it is impossible for him to bring this guy with him.

This is the time for him to come in handy.

Huang Jianjie, the once talented dog licking, is now full of energy.

A second-rank official is not something that ordinary people can get. He has been lucky enough and there is a blue smoke coming from his ancestral grave.

He walked to the side of the ship calmly, raised his hand and raised a copper-skinned trumpet.

Now this thing has become a standard general short-range communication equipment for the Royal Navy of the Ming Empire. Two or three are prepared on each warship.

In some cases, the soldiers who are far away will not be able to hear clearly.

"We are the fleet of the Ming Empire. When we pass here, we must enter Jilong Bay and stop to replenish water! Don't interfere with us, so as not to cause misunderstandings!"

This translator who was originally a Westerner was indeed a rare talent. He was well-founded when he opened his mouth. He was not like a guest at all, as if he was the owner of the place.

During this expedition, Huang Jianjie was taken by Zhu Youxiao and continued his translation work outside of his position as a part-time staff officer and intelligence officer.

He is now a villain who is successful and is confident as soon as he opens his mouth and is not polite.

Moreover, his voice seemed very loud with the gathering of copper horns. The sound was very far away, so the other party could naturally hear it clearly.

The other party was obviously startled by the loud voice, and was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was the person on the strange warship that was leading the way to speak, so he plucked up his courage and approached and shouted:

"I have already said that this is the territory of our Spanish Empire. No outsiders are allowed to enter. Since you are passing by, you can leave."

"Your Majesty, what he meant..."

Huang Jianjie nodded and bowed quickly, and quickly conveyed the Westerner's words to Zhu Youxiao without missing a word.

"These Westerners have always been arrogance and are simply ignorant!"

Zhu Youxiao sneered secretly, and stopped talking. Then he jumped down and jumped onto the other party's clutch.

His body flashed rapidly, and his big fist knocked all the Westerners on the Clippers unconscious on the ship in an instant.

"Several people came down and tied up these dogs to me!"

Zhu Youxiao moved his fists and felt very happy, so he continued to order, "Immediately divide the fleet into two, leave ten large warships, and follow me to take down the island outside!"

"Zhong Chuxiang, you will lead the rest of the warships and soldiers to attack Keelung Bay immediately, trying to catch the other party off guard!"

"You should use the main gun to bomb the enemy's base more often, and don't start a landing war casually!"

After saying that, he flew back to the flagship and directed the soldiers to prepare for the fight.

A moment later, the Royal Navy fleet divided into two, including ten large warships, led by Zhu Youxiao's flagship, rushed towards Heping Island like lightning.

Zhong Chuxiang ordered the remaining large warships to be divided into two rows, lined up in one line, and formed into a battle formation, and began to sail quickly along the left and right channels of Heping Island towards Jilong Bay.
Chapter completed!