Zhu Cijing was surprised to get the secret report from the East Fan. Such a great opportunity cannot be missed. The relevant generals were there. He simply turned this discussion-oriented imperial court meeting into a oath-taking meeting, and asked everyone to plan how to send troops. After the discussion, he immediately rushed to the East Fan!

The generals were also very excited. When they discussed it just now, there was a problem that could not be solved, that is, how to take down the city of Gerlandzha as fast as possible, so that the Dutch had no time to react. You should know that the Dutch's Eastern Second Fleet is in Manila now. If the Dutch cannot take down the city of Gerlandzha in a short period of time, the Dutch would definitely give up attacking Manila and directly reinforce the Eastern Front. It would be uncomfortable at that time. While siegeing the city, it would have to deal with the Dutch fleet, which would be equivalent to being attacked on both sides.

It's different now. The Dutch actually went to attack the Spaniards. There were only 500 defenders in the city of Geranzza, and He Bin offered a secret waterway map. As long as you are careful, it is not impossible to break through Geranzza in one fell swoop.

As for the issue of the Spaniards in the northern part of the Eastern Federation, Zhu Cijing was originally planning to completely drive the Dutch away before paying attention. Anyway, Spain no longer has much strength at sea. It may not be possible for the Ming Dynasty to go to Europe to fight him, but in the southeastern waters, the Spaniards are no longer afraid.

It's different now. While the Dutch are fighting in front, the Ming Dynasty can completely clean up with the Spaniards, once and for all!

In such a good situation, there is no need to make too much planning. Just seize the opportunity and rush forward, and the battle will definitely be resolved quickly.

The most discussed issue of timing is the issue of timing. Now the Spaniards have two castles in the East. It is best to take advantage of the Dutch to capture one castle and attack another castle to surround it from behind, and that will be foolproof.

This time point is a bit difficult to grasp, because there are no planes or satellites now, so you can only look at the enemy's situation by your eyes. There is no cover everywhere in the vast sea. Sending people to investigate will definitely be discovered. If you alarm the Dutch, it will be bad.

Finally, Xu Tianqi proposed a good idea. It is not possible at sea, but it can be investigated from within the Dongfan. His people have already familiarized themselves with the roads inside the Dongfan. They can find a hidden place to go ashore, and then pretend to be local civilians and approach the local civilians to investigate from land. Even if they are seen, it is nothing. They will not be afraid of even a few civilians.

After a while of discussion, the decision was soon made. The army of various groups of people rushed to Penghu to gather along the coast. Zheng Zhihu led the Nanyang Navy's 25 super battleships and more than 1,000 small boats to go first, and took Xu Tianqi and a group of Jinyiwei spies to find out the situation in Santo Domingo and San Saldoba.

As for the main force who set out in the future, the lineup was quite scary. There were 50,000 elite troops of the First Army of the Imperial Guard led by Qin Liangyu, 50,000 elite troops of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard led by Shi Kefa, and 100,000 Beiyang Navy and Zheng Xing led by Huang Long, and 50,000 Nanyang Navy led by Zheng Ming. There were 75 first-class sail battleships, more than 1,000 armed Dafu ships, and more than 1,000 other small warships!

This time, Zhu Cijing assembled all the Ming Dynasty navy and imperial guards to personally lead the army. It was necessary to recover the Eastern Ban in one fell swoop. At the same time, he also wanted to let the Dutch and Spanish know that the Ming Dynasty was no longer a feudal dynasty that could compete with them for the world!

Zheng Zhihu, on the Ming Dynasty, had already taken the lead in the army to Penghu, and Zhu Cijiu also gathered a large army in Dongdaying, waiting for fifty battleships to go out to sea, and took down the East Federation in one fell swoop, shocking the great powers at sea. So what happened to the Dutch and the Spanish?

Putmans and Liu Xiang were also gathering at this moment, but they were gathering on an island in the northwest of the East Fan. Putmans analyzed the defenses of Santo Domingo and San Saldoba, and was preparing to take down Santo Domingo near Tamsui first. Because Santo Domingo City is a lonely fortress and there are only a few low walls around it, it is easier to take down, but San Saldoba City is different. Not only are the main castle and fortresses are everywhere, but three free castles are also built around it. The attack is very difficult and it will not be taken down for a while.

Putmans is not a reckless person. He is more strategic. It is not difficult to get an isolated city like San Saldoba. It just consumes more cannon fodder. But he is still aware of Liu Xiang. If he wants to make him become cannon fodder, he will definitely not go. Besides, even if he deceives him into San Saldoba, if the loss is too high during the attack, Liu Xiang will definitely not rush to the front to be cannon fodder in San Saldoba. Therefore, he carefully planned before the attack, trying to win San Saldoba City with the minimum loss.

Liu Xiang can be said to be a combination of cunning and ruthlessness. Although he has gained a lot of benefits from the Dutch, it is impossible to send someone foolishly to be cannon fodder for the Dutch. After listening to Putmans' offensive plan for Santo Domingo City, he felt that he didn't seem to be cannon fodder, so he readily agreed to rush forward to be the "main force" of the attack.

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Chief Tamsui, the head of the Spanish city of Santo Domingo, was not having a good time now. Since the southeastern waters were basically controlled by the Dutch, he could say that he had no business here and could usually harvest some food from his jurisdiction. Even the soldiers' pay was allocated by Luzon. It was sad to be a colonist to do this.

He didn't know that this was not the saddest thing, and there were even more sad things waiting for him.

On that day, he was standing on the main fort in Santo Domingo City, bored looking at the sea view with a telescope. Suddenly, a row of black dots appeared on the sea in front of him. Is it a merchant ship? He was surprised that he had not had a business for a long time. He also heard about the robbery of Dutch merchant ships. Could it be that they really couldn't continue to do it, so these merchants took the risk of coming here to do business? If so, that would be great!

Ideals are beautiful, reality is cruel. When the row of black dots slowly approached, he finally saw clearly that there were merchant ships, but they were not here to do business. The leader was a Dutch super battleship, followed by a bunch of Dutch armed merchant ships. This posture was clearly coming to attack him in Santo Domingo!

O was so scared that he shivered and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, inform everyone to prepare for battle."

With his roar, several messengers ran down the fortress and shouted loudly as they ran: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare for battle."

After all, the regular Spanish troops stationed in the castle. When the messengers heard the shouts of the messengers, they immediately got out of the barracks to gather together. For a moment, the entire city of Santo Domingo suddenly became lively. Teams of musketeers ran up the city wall under the command of their respective leaders, spreading them out, loading bullets and preparing for battle. Teams of artillery soldiers also carried shells and gunpowder to their respective positions.

Au then looked at the Dutch fleet nervously with a telescope. Fortunately, they only had one super battleship, about ten armed merchant ships, and the troops were about 1,500, and he should have dealt with it.

The Dutch did not attack head-on as soon as they ran over. They stopped on the sea about five or six miles away from Santo Domingo City, and then all the merchant ships moved to the right, moved about four or five miles horizontally, and then drove directly to the coast.

Oh, Shoot, O couldn't help but curse, the Dutch were going to put down the musketeers and attack from the sea and land!

Sure enough, after the armed merchant ships approached the coast, countless landing boats were put down, and teams of musketeers began to land and gather.

Seeing this, Ao immediately ordered: "All musketeers go to the right wall to gather."

The armed merchant ships dropped about a thousand musketeers and began to return to the back of the super battleship.

O knew that the battle was about to begin, so he quickly ordered: "All artillery loaded with live ammunition and prepared to open fire."

The messenger waved the flag, and the artillery soldiers on and below the main fort began to load shells, and the battle was about to break out.

The Dutch did not hesitate. When all the merchant ships returned, the super battleship took them to Santo Domingo City. As soon as they approached about three miles away from the castle, they immediately turned around and swung.

O's order without hesitation: "All artillery fire, keep firing, don't stop."

"Boom boom boom" The cannons in the castle were the first to think of the roar. Hundreds of shells flew towards the Dutch fleet at the sea. The Dutch were not willing to be outdone. All ships opened fire, and "Boom boom" a denser splash cover towards the castle.

The hit rate of both sides was not high. The Spanish shells only hit a few dozen shots. On average, each ship only hit a few shells. It would be good to be able to make a few small holes on the side of the ship and sails; the Dutch shots did not have any effect. After all, this is a castle of tens of thousands of square meters, and the shots of more than one hundred artillery can not be covered at all.

Seeing this, Ao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A super battleship should not have much threat. He turned his eyes to the musketeers on the right. The Dutch musketeers had dispersed their formation and slowly approached the castle.

However, the Dutch's style of playing was a bit strange. After all, they stopped moving forward at about 500 meters, but scattered into several rows, standing there and roving guns and constantly putting them on the city wall. Naturally, the Spanish soldiers on the city wall were not to be outdone and began to fire and fight back.

O always feels something is wrong. What effect can the Dutch attack do? At most, it is to kill and injure a few people. As the attacker, will the casualties be greater. Play a war of attrition? Can they consume it?

Just when the Austrian was not clear, countless figures suddenly emerged from the dense forest two miles away on the left side of the castle, a large area of ​​blackness, with at least 20,000 to 30,000 people!

A messenger next to him immediately shouted in horror: "Sir, look at the left!"

Hearing this, Ao held up his telescope and scanned the left: "Oh, buy cakes, send an order quickly, and transfer three hundred musketeers to the city wall on the left, hurry up."

He knew that it was probably over now. Even if he could drive all the musketeers to death, he would just do his best to do his best.

Sure enough, the three hundred musketeers had just run to the left and before they could fire two shots, the enemy had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall. The zipline covered the city wall like a spider web, and countless pirates climbed up the city wall like an ants.

Seeing this, O'N closed his eyes in despair and ordered in pain: "I order, everyone, surrender!"
Chapter completed!