Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 510
The warships in Matalan are all small sailing ships, so they are called armed ships, and they are not called warships at all.

Communications were not developed at that time, and after the Ming army captured Batavia, some merchant ships still entered the port.

Zhu Youjian did not ask the Ming army to drive them away, but instead ordered the merchant ships to dock temporarily, and then discuss how to do business with them after the situation stabilized.

This is also one of the reasons why Mataram armed ships can only pretend to be grain ships and enter the port.

All merchant ships docked at the outer port, while several warships of Ming Dynasty docked at the inner port.

Seeing a grain ship breaking into the inner harbor, the Ming army on duty on the battleship immediately sent a signal to the Mataram armed ship.

But the Matalan armed ships ignored it at all, and continued to approach the Ming warship.

The guard on duty will be Zheng Hongji, who is also Zheng Chenggong's uncle.

They are all ruthless characters. After receiving the report, he immediately picked up the binoculars.

It was soon discovered that something was wrong with the eleven grain transport ships, and there were armed men on board.

Zheng Hongji's face darkened:
"Order that if they approach the Daming warship again, they will directly fire and sink it."

"Yes"

When Zheng Hongji gave an order, the naval guns on the Wendi opened the gun ports and immediately aimed at the Matalan armed ship.

The signal flag once again signaled Mataram armed vessels to stop advancing.

But people still ignored him, and Zheng Hongji was furious:
"Ignorant natives, shoot and sink them!"

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

More than a dozen naval guns fired at the Matalan armed ships almost simultaneously.

How could Ma Dalan's armed ships block the bombardment of the Ming warship? Nine ships were blasted to pieces immediately.

The other two ships escaped unharmed, but they still did not know whether they were dead or alive, and they jumped into the sea one after another under the leadership of Schmidt.

There were more than 50 soldiers who jumped into the sea, and they were all the best natives in Matalan.

These aborigines hang around the seaside all year round, and they can hold their breath for half a stick of incense in the water, that is, the kind that can breathe.

They didn't have weapons in their hands, but they all held tools such as a hammer and chisel. They wanted to penetrate the rhythm of the bottom of the Ming warship.

It has to be said that the idea of ​​the Matalan people is unusual. They don't have large warships, and they will actually adopt the tactic of penetrating the bottom of the Ming warship and sinking the warship to the bottom of the sea.

More than fifty people quickly swam to the bottom of the Wanli battleship, and they raised their tools and began to destroy the battleship.

With so many people working together, I thought we would be able to penetrate the bottom of the ship soon.

But the Ming battleship is destined to disappoint them, they are all real iron-clad battleships.

"Dong dong..."

"Dong dong..."

Time passed by half a stick of incense, but they had nothing to gain, and the bottom of the boat could not be penetrated at all.

"General, that's not right. The bottoms of the warships of the Ming army are covered with thick iron sheets, and they can't be moved at all. We are about to suffocate to death."

This result surprised Schmidt. They never thought that the bottom of the Ming warship was still covered with iron sheets.

In fact, the whole warship is made of iron, so they think it is covered with iron.

If the Ming army knew what they were thinking, they would probably die of laughter.

Schmidt had no choice but to ask his subordinates to stop. They had to rise up to breathe as soon as possible, otherwise they would all suffocate to death.

Under the leadership of Schmidt, fifty Matalan soldiers quietly surfaced along the battleship.

You can't stay up there for too long, or you will be discovered by the Ming army.

After a while, they sank again, and continued to pick up the hammer to make a hole, which was a task that had to be completed.

When more than 500 people came, they were bombarded by the Ming warship and sank nine ships, causing more than 400 casualties.

If they don't scuttle a Ming warship, they will all be hanged when they go back.

More than [-] people began drilling holes on the Wanli.

The steam engines of the ironclad battleship were all in the bilge, and the sound of their drilling was finally heard by the sailors on board.

Worried that there was a problem with the boiler, they reported the sound to Zheng Hongji.

Zheng Hongji hurried into the cabin, if he heard the sound of thumping from below.

A few years ago, Zheng used the tactic of scuttling Dutch warships from the bottom of the water during the Dutch war.

Zheng Hongji immediately realized something, so he called two hundred households and said:

"There is no problem with the battleship. The sound should come from the water. It must be the sailors of the warship that was just sunk trying to penetrate the bottom of our ship.

Don't worry, my Ming warships are all real iron-clad warships, they are just futile.

Immediately, you each lead a team of hundreds of households and guard the two sides of the battleship. I don't believe that they won't come out to breathe. Once you find them floating up to breathe, kill them immediately. "

"Yes, deputy governor, don't worry, we will definitely blow their heads off."

Immediately after the two hundred households gave the order, they led two centurions to lie on both sides of the battleship, and aimed two hundred rifled guns at the sea surface at the same time.

As long as someone appeared in the water, they would shoot and kill without hesitation.

The Matalan soldiers in the water were busy again for a while, and there was not even a trace of the iron plate on the bottom of the battleship.

They couldn't take it anymore, and their morale was extremely low. Schmidt was also helpless about this.

There is really no way to deal with the Ming warship, they can't keep working in vain like this, so let's take a breath and think of a way.

But when their port emerged from the water, a sudden burst of gunfire rang out, and the heads of Matalan soldiers were blown off one after another.

Schmidt was the first to emerge from the water, and of course he was not spared.

The Ming army killed 48 people at one time, and the remaining two hurried into the water again?
They didn't dare to stay under the battleship anymore, and hurried to the distance.

However, Ming Jun's eyes were fixed on the sea all the time, not daring to relax at all.

When the last two Matalan soldiers showed their heads 200 meters away.

Immediately, they were shot by dozens of rifled guns, and the two were instantly smashed into a sieve.

The Ming army didn't know how many people they had come, and their guns were still pointing at the sea.

Until no more people could be seen, they left a dozen people to continue searching, and the rest returned to the team.

The two hundred households completed the task and immediately went to report to Zheng Hongji:

"Deputy Governor, there are indeed people in the water, and we have killed them all, but their identities are unknown."

"Oh, I see, you step back and continue to be vigilant."

"Yes"

Such a big thing happened.It is impossible for Zheng Hongji to have nothing in his room.

After the two hundred households withdrew, Zheng Hongji picked up the walkie-talkie and reported to Zheng Chenggong, the naval commander:

"Call the governor, I'm Zheng Hongji, an unidentified armed ship entered the port just now, and it has been sunk by us."

Zheng Chenggong grabbed the walkie-talkie:

"I'm Zheng Chenggong, you should check the ships entering the port immediately, and if you find armed ships, detain them immediately."

"Yes"

Zheng Chenggong put down the walkie-talkie and asked Zhu Youjian for instructions:

"Your Majesty, someone sneaked into the port to take the opportunity to scuttle the warship. Unfortunately, they chose the wrong target. Now they have all been wiped out by our navy. Look..."

Zhu Youjian smiled coldly:
"There is no excuse for wanting to beat them, and now I just gave Daming an excuse. It seems that we must not be lenient when dealing with these natives."

(End of this chapter)