Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 721
"Enemy attack!—Enemy attack!——(Dutch)" Felix said with wide-eyed horror.

No one knows how the fleet in the fog got here through the Zeeland Line, but maybe the Dutch on the city of Prominza didn't have time to think at all, and the Battle of Ryukyu started in the early morning of the fog.

Boom—boom boom—the No. 24 Fuchuan Jingyuan was the first to fire. As the main battleship of the Beiyang Navy, No. [-] Fuchuan was [-] feet long and had [-] cannons on the upper and lower floors, [-] on the left and right. .

"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! Quick! Quick!" Inside the Jingyuan, the captain Cui Geng and the first officer commanded the operation of the huge battleship with a loud voice.

After the artillery on one side of the battleship is fired, the experienced captain can complete the steering action faster by virtue of the huge impact of the artillery, which is crucial in naval battles.

Almost at the same time, the three No. [-] Fuchuan and six No. [-] Fuchuan in the front row of the Zhongbeiyang Navy in the Taijiang Inland Sea completed their shelling and steering movements, and the warships in the back row also fired successively.

In just half a quarter of an hour, all the warships of the Beiyang Navy within range poured their artillery fire on Promincia Castle.

The roar of the cannon was deafening, but the effect was extremely limited, which can be said to be very disappointing. It would take several days for a solid shell to bombard an ordinary city wall, let alone a guy like Europa who likes to pile up city walls with huge stones.

Hundreds of shells hit the city wall, and only a few stones were blasted off the city wall. The defense of the city wall was hopeless.

It's just strange that the bombardment went on for nearly a quarter of an hour, but no shots were fired on the city of Prominence, which made the captains, including Cui Geng, baffled.

You must know that although the surface of their battleships is covered with steel armor, the battleships are facing the concentrated fire of the entire castle's heavy artillery. The heavy artillery on the castle is not comparable to that of the battleships. Many captains have doubts about the defense of the iron-clad ships. manner.

Although the Beiyang Navy's artillery had no effect on the dark city walls of the general public, the flagship did not issue an order to stop the attack, and all the soldiers of the Beiyang Navy still fired, turned, and fired in an orderly manner.

"Jin Song, it's up to you now." On the flagship of the Beiyang Navy, Liu Hongjian rushed to Qin Gongming, the commander of Quanzhou on the troop carrier not far away, and Jin Song was his nickname.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will take this city and dedicate it to my lord!" Qin Gongming, who had lost his left arm, bowed to Liu Hongjian, and then waved his hand, fourteen troop transport ships landed on the stage under the cover of several winter ships Landing on the Jiangxi side.

"My lord, you were really amazing just now, but how did you know that the water level in Luermen would rise so much today?" Niu Dabang said, holding a heavy shield in his hand, protecting Liu Hongjian.

Although Niu Dabangchui has long been familiar with Liu Hongjian's greatness in recent years, this is too amazing. Could it be that his master really fell from the sky?

It is not surprising that the sea water rises and ebbs twice a day, which is not uncommon for fishermen along the coast.

There are many shallow waters and reefs in the Luermen channel, and the draft of warships is too deep to enter at all, even when the tide is high every day. The Dutch must have not imposed a blockade on Luermen because of this.

Not only Niu Dabangchui, but also He Bin who was most surprised. He has lived in Ryukyu for more than ten years and he doesn't even know that the tide rises the highest on the first day of each month.

Also, who in power would go to the beach to measure the water level before dawn?

"Hehe, the secret must not be revealed. This time it all depends on General Qin's white-armed soldiers." Liu Hongjian said with a slight smile.

Except for Liu Hongjian, only Qi Yuangong thought of the same thing with him - the tide, and only with the help of the tide can he secretly hide Chen Cang.

Within a day, except for the north and south poles and some areas on the earth, the tides everywhere have two ups and downs, each cycle is twelve hours and 25 minutes, twice a day, a total of 24 hours and 10 minutes, the tide rises and falls The time of the day will be pushed back five or ten minutes every day.

He had mediocre qualifications in his previous life, so of course Liu Hongjian couldn't figure out which month, day, and time the tide rose, but he did know that the tide rose to the highest at [-]:[-] am and [-]:[-] pm on the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month.

Six o'clock in the afternoon is daytime, which is not conducive to the fleet's cover, so Liu Hongjian set the timing of the attack in the early morning of the next day, which is today.

Although the time is very short, but it takes a thousand days to raise troops, Penghu City left behind the fourteen warships that were damaged and could not continue to fight, and the thousand wounded. Anchor set sail.

The reason for rushing so fast was that besides the second day being the first day of June, the other reason was the deployment of the city of Prominza.

He Bin told Liu Hongjian that the governor of the Netherlands, Owat, was so confident in the fortifications of the Zeelandia-Dagang waterway that the later repaired Prominja was only used for civilian purposes, and most of the people living in it were Dutch businessmen and the East India Company. The family members of the employees, and did not set up any heavy artillery.

Liu Hongjian was worried that the Dutch would notice the movements of the Beiyang Navy. After all, although there were not many people in Penghu City, it was very mixed.

The battleship's continuous bombardment of the city of Pulanmin was just Liu Hongjian's cover-up. If he wanted to use artillery to bombard the Europa Fortress, it would be useless if all the shells on the battleship were fired.

The real highlight is the white-armed soldiers of the one-armed general Qin Gongming. Although some soldiers of the White-armed Corps replaced their weapons with muskets due to the popularity of firearms, the white-armed soldiers themselves are mountain army, and most soldiers still maintain The original weapons and equipment are a long white spear, and each soldier is equipped with a short pistol and two grenades.

Since it was foggy again at dawn, the white pole soldiers did not encounter any resistance at all during the landing process. Even so, Qin Zuoming still did not dare to waste time.

After the first six troop carriers were assembled on the beach, Qin Zuoming personally rushed to the city of Prominza with three thousand white soldiers after leaving his deputy to continue to assist the follow-up warships to land.

The city wall of Prominza was more than three feet high. Upon hearing the news, more than 300 Dutch soldiers rushed to the city wall, which was almost equivalent to half of the guarding force of Prominja.

It is precisely because of his overconfidence in the Zhelan defense line that Ouwat did not waste too many troops in Prominza.

The Daming navy sent troops from the sky to the city of Puluominzha, which shocked them too much. The city of Puluominzha has never encountered an enemy since its establishment.

The south of the city was full of artillery fire, and an unknown number of infantry rushed to the west of the city. Captain Caton of the Dutch Army frowned when he saw that the enemy army below the city was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, they stopped hundreds of meters away from the city.

"Felix, lead someone to bring the weapons distributed by Governor Owat, hurry up!" Captain Caton put down the binoculars and said loudly.

There were at least two or three thousand people under the city, and they certainly could not be resting when they stopped, but they were probably preparing siege equipment.

No one knows better than him how many guards there are in the city of Prominza. The most serious problem is that although there are cannons in the city, there are no artillery. Governor Owat did not deploy precious artillery on the city of Prominza.

300 people guarding 3000 people, even with the protection of the city wall, it is basically impossible to defend, the defense line is too long, only God knows that the enemy will attack from that side.

Fortunately, Major Dum applied for a batch of newly developed domestic firearms from Governor Owat two months ago, which made Captain Carton somewhat confident.

Qin Gongming at the bottom of the city was also looking at the city of Puluominzha. According to the plan made in advance, the 3000 people would be divided into one hundred teams, with 30 people in each team climbing the city wall. Except for the climbing soldiers, the rest of the soldiers covered.

There is only one task, climb to the top of the city to control the city wall, and then open the city gate.

"Charge!" Seeing that his subordinates were all ready, Qin Zuoming roared, and a hundred teams carried the assembled long white pole ladders and charged towards the city wall of Prominza.

Rows of white poles were buckled on the wall, and then two people climbed up the ladder, and one began to climb, and the remaining twenty or so people held short guns and shot freely on the wall as a cover.

There are not many defenders at the top of the city, and it is estimated that the city will change hands in a quarter of an hour at most, Qin Zuoming clenched his fists and said in his heart.

Boom—boom boom—

At this moment, there were bursts of explosions under the city wall ahead, and an accident happened.

"This...is a grenade!" Qin Zuoming gritted his teeth tightly, his brows furrowed instantly.

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(End of this chapter)