Chapter 252: We will win
Outside Zhangzhou Port, after suffering the painful lessons of the vanguard fleet, Yu Zizao learned from his mistakes, changed his tactics in time, and gave up the previous combat method that mainly used wolves to board the boarding tactics.
The assault boat and the Fire Dragon boat were each hit together, mainly responsible for using their huge numerical advantage to besiege nine Dutch warships, including the Galen warship, near the sea of Zhangzhou Port.
In fact, Yu Zizao made considerable preparations before the war. He went to ask some missionaries and learned about the excellent combat ability of the galleys near the sea.
The tactical intention of sieging Dutch warships near Fujian was also the result of Yu Zizao's careful consideration.
Compared with the eight sailboats with similar sizes as Cangshan warships, but with a slightly dense firepower, how to limit the Garen warship has obviously become the key to winning the battle situation quickly.
Once the Dutch fleet is besieged near the sea, with the advantages of the Fujian Navy's numerous ships, the combat capability of the Garen warship will be minimized.
Correspondingly, fighting outside of its own port, improving morale, timely replenishing strategic materials, and reinforcement from the Ming army on the shore all had significant gains in the combat of the Fujian Navy.
Yu Zizao is the main general of this battle. He also regards the success or failure of the battle, as well as the casualties of the navy, which is very important.
With such a huge advantage, even if you have backward privacy of weapons and equipment, if you can't beat the Dutch fleet, you, as the general of Fujian, can commit suicide to apologize to the Emperor Aoki who is in the Forbidden City.
Therefore, this battle must be won!
The Ming army outside Zhangzhou Port implemented a new tactic and began to focus on the main force of Cangshan warships and Fu Ship. They actually gave up the traditional way of platoon combat and instead focused on artillery bombardment.
Obviously, this also made the Dutch beaten, but Commander Lawn still had deep contempt for the indigenous navy in front of him.
Even if he received a warning from the ship of the Garen warship that he could not turn around and could not exert all his combat capabilities, he would remain indifferent and continue to implement what he called the crushing tactic.
Lawen's contempt for the Fujian Navy has been a long time. In the past six months, the poor combat effectiveness of the Fujian Navy has caused him to now insist on his own and not intend to evacuate Zhangzhou Port.
He wants to use his decisive combat ability to crush these yellow-skinned monkeys who claim to be the Eastern Empire!
On the battlefield, whether on land or on sea, fighter jets are often fleeting. Yu Zizao was born into a general and was influenced by his father and famous anti-Japanese general Yu Dayou since childhood, so he naturally knew this truth well.
He stood on the flagship with the Ming Dynasty flag flying, constantly ordered dispatching, and did not dare to slack or relax for a moment.
"Main Town, the Dutch are trapped!" Penghu Sea Defense Battalion sent General Hong Yingdou, with a crying voice in his voice:
"What about Hong Jiyuan?"
"In order to attract firepower, he and all the officers and soldiers on the ship died in battle..." Hong Yingdou half-kneeled on the ground, with red eyes and cried:
"Main Town, you must not let one of these red bamboos run out!"
"I want to avenge my brother and my brothers!!"
Yu Zizao's heart was touched, and his eyes were wet for a moment. He pressed his sword and said:
"After this battle, our town will request the capital to show His Majesty Hong Jiyuan's combat achievements, but we must win this battle!"
"It will win!"
"It will win!"
After besieging the Dutch fleet, the next one will be easier.
The numerous assault boats cooperated with the Fire Dragon Boat to confuse the Dutch's eyeliner, and the Cangshan warship equipped with heavy Franc aircraft and red artillery artillery. The Xiaofu boat sailed into the encirclement and opened fire on eight galleys first.
For a moment, there were rumbling cannons on the coast. The Fujian Navy seemed to turn the entire battlefield into its home court, and from time to time there were also sounds of the hull being blown up and screams.
The Fujian Navy became more and more courageous as the battles fought. The people of Zhangzhou Port hid at home, listening to the earth-shaking sound, as if the cannons were close to each other, all curled up at home, trembling.
Soon, they heard someone knocking from door to door, but Fujian Governor Nan Juyi mobilized a large number of soldiers from the coastal defense camp to personally come to Zhangzhou Port to assist in the war.
Although they could not go into the sea to fight, they could transfer artillery with long ranges as much as possible, set up artillery batteries on the shore to support the navy's battle.
Hearing the footsteps passing by at the door and the clanging sound of armor leaves intersecting each other, they carefully opened the door and saw a scene that they would never forget for life.
Not far away, countless officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy were fighting against the Dutch colonists for the sake of this country and people.
They were not afraid of sacrifice, and even the assault boats of two to four people were trying their best to approach and harass the Dutch fleet.
Although, the next moment, both people and boats may die.
The more the Dutch fight, the more shocking they feel. They will never understand this spirit of sacrifice for their country and family. This is why their invasion of the East will inevitably fail.
At this moment, the fleet commander Lawn seemed a little trembling when he spoke. He trembled and threw away the monocular lens he was holding and stammered:
"Are they devils from hell?"
The first mate looked at the commander who was completely different from each other and sighed silently.
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Half an hour ago, Zhangzhou Port and Penghu Fort were separated by the sea.
A fleet of more than 60 ships was quietly parked here with the Zheng-word flag. At this time, the latest news just came from behind.
After hearing this, Zheng Yiguan sneered and said:
"I expected that the Pioneer fleet would collapse at a touch, but Yu Zizao had some skills and shouldn't have been defeated like this."
At this time, Huang Cheng suddenly thought of a particularly serious problem:
"One official, if Yu Zizao withdraws from Zhangzhou Port at this time, then we will be attacked from both sides. We must be careful!"
Zheng Yiguan was obviously not completely at ease with the court's faith. He thought for a while, but slowly shook his head: "It shouldn't be..."
"As soon as we were invited, we were put together. Isn't the court afraid that it will break its trust in the world?"
"Besides, without the help of our Zheng family fleet, they would have to spend at least two years in Penghu if they wanted to repel the Dutch and capture the Garen ship."
"Two years! Can the current imperial court afford to lose?"
At this time, Gao Wenlu, the commander-in-chief of the Netherlands on Penghu, finally couldn't bear it under Xu Xinsu's instigation and sent a second fleet to Zhangzhou Port in advance.
Of course, they were not here to reinforce Lawn.
Like Lawn, Gao Wenlu and Bush, the commander of the Second Fleet, did not agree with the battle of the Fujian Navy.
Gao Wenlu was very confident. He felt that at this time, outside Zhangzhou Port, with the level of Naval War, these numerous indigenous peoples should have completely defeated.
Therefore, the second fleet led by Bush was to receive the spoils and forcibly occupy Zhangzhou Port to give Daming a warning.
On the way to Zhangzhou Port, Bush did not prepare for the fleet to fight, and there were no Garen warships in his fleet, only nine three-masted sailboats.
While Bush and the first mate were discussing how to plunder Zhangzhou on the flagship, the sailor on the watchtower rang the alarm bell, and he shouted down frantically:
"Your Excellency Commander, we have been fooled. Zheng Yiguan's fleet is ahead!"
Chapter completed!