Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Prince Kang and Wang Jie, who received Zheng Jun's naval division from Guangdong, who were actually strong outside and middle-class, suddenly became full of confidence, so the negotiation between Qing and He came to a stalemate again. Since the typhoon season had arrived, the Dutch, who were unwilling to delay in Quanzhou Port, finally lost Therefore, in the early morning of June [-], two Dutch ships loaded with silk, tea, and porcelain left Quanzhou Port and headed for Nagasaki quietly.

The Dutch were very shrewd in their calculations. They chose to go north to Nagasaki instead of going south to Batavia. On the one hand, it was because they could obtain excess profits from the entrepot trade, and on the other hand, it was a feint to ensure When going south, they will not be intercepted by Zheng's army. Of course, they may encounter the main force of Zheng's army when going north. But at this time, the south wind is prevailing, and the Dutch naturally think that their speed is faster and they can easily get rid of Zheng's pursuit.

"Sir!" However, the Dutch made a mistake in their calculations. Before they crossed the Nanri Islands south of Haitan, the two Dutch ships were discovered by the newly-built thousand material notification ship Warrior. "Look, there's a schooner following our ship all the time!"

"Up to red and down to blue, damn it, it should be the Zheng family's ship." Now the mark of Zheng Jun's navy has been spread through the merchant ships of various countries traveling to and from Penghu, so the businessmen on board ordered it as a matter of course. "Let the Neptune sink it!" After receiving the order, the [-]-gun notification ship Neptune immediately turned around and approached the Warrior after going around a circle, but the Warrior didn't intend to face the opponent, and turned the rudder in the same way Speeding away in the direction of Taiwan. "Damn it, they're reporting it." The businessman shouted hysterically. "Mr. Captain, how long is it before we arrive in Nagasaki?"

"Your Excellency, the other party should not have found their accomplice so quickly. We still have a chance to cross the strait." The words of the captain of the Dongfang Huo Encha made the businessman's face relaxed, but the next sentence made him almost jump up. "However, Your Excellency, our ship is too heavy, should we discard some supplies to speed up?"

"Abandon the ship's cargo? My God, Mr. Captain, don't you know how much these fine silks and china are worth?" Since the East India Company has always treated sailors, captains and even businessmen very harshly, these people If you want to make a fortune, you can only rely on some private goods you carry. "When you arrive in Amsterdam, these can be exchanged for tens of thousands of gold coins. No, don't talk about shipping them to Europe, just ship them to Nagasaki. These goods alone can allow you and me to set up several plantations in Batavia and live a high life." No, I will never give the stupid order to throw it in the sea." The light blue eyes of the businessman are full of desire for wealth. "Believe me, Mr. Captain, as long as we break out of the strait, the sea is boundless, and the Zheng family's fleet will definitely not find us."

The decision of the businessman is actually quite normal. However, another Zheng Jun notification ship, the Jiashi, reappeared in the sight of the Dutch fleet more than an hour later, which made Hornza The captain was very disturbed: "Your Excellency, the situation is now very clear. The Zheng family's troops have set up multiple blockades on the strait. If we don't abandon the cargo, the main force of their fleet will soon catch up."

"No," the clerk refused again. "We are about to leave the strait, and they may not be able to catch up"

"Then turn back to Fuzhou immediately." Captain Huo Encha did not dare to take the risk, so he suggested. "The Zheng family's boat would never dare to sail into the Majiang River. As long as the typhoon comes, they must go back to shelter from the wind. In this way, we have a chance"

"Do you mean to let us take refuge under the protection of the Tatars?" The businessman remembered his duty at this time. "This time, there is no promise from the Tatars to bring back the chief executive. Do you still want the company to suffer their humiliation again? No, Almighty God will bless us across the ocean to Asia, and the same will Bless us from Zheng Jun's pursuit, so, Mr. Captain, don't panic too much."

After saying this, the businessman went back to his cabin and prayed devoutly to God. The helpless Captain Hornza had no choice but to continue sailing towards Nagasaki. In order to prevent Zheng Jun from catching up with him in the first place, he also tried to change the route In order to avoid the approaching enemies, God seemed to be asleep, but only 15 minutes later, three two-masted fast gunboats of about 200 tons followed closely like hyenas smelling of carrion, and at the same time The notification boat that I saw at first just passed the Dutch queue, and traveled very quickly to the distance.

"Damn, this is going to contact more enemies." Captain Huo Encha roared angrily, but the number of Zheng Jun warships behind him was limited, and the tonnage was much larger than that of Dongfang, which made Captain Huo Encha make a bold decision idea. "Give the flag to the Neptune, let's turn around and kill the enemies behind first"

The two Dutch ships then made a bend on the sea, and the gun doors on the side facing Zheng Jun opened one after another.Seeing this scene, the three gunboats of the third team of the dog fighting team headed by the new ship Feihua also changed their angles under the leadership of the branch commander Chu Jin. In this way, the two sides continued to maintain long-distance parallel sailing, but made Captain Hornza's plan was completely in vain.

"Lord, this is how Huang Pizhu became smarter." Captain Hornza roared angrily. Originally, he was heading northeast, which was heading towards Nagasaki. In order to grab the T prefix, he was forced to sail east. , Now that the plan has failed, if the course is not corrected, it will sail into the coastal waters of Taiwan in four to 10 minutes, which is undoubtedly self-defeating. "Flag the Neptune, correct its course, and forget about the Gadfly behind it."

Captain Hornza's decision may be correct, but in this way, time was wasted. Just as he corrected the course and drove for less than 10 minutes, three ships with the same specifications as the enemy behind him appeared again in the sight of the lookout post. Zheng Jun gunboat.

In fact, Zheng Jun has set up multiple blocking lines on the Taiwan Strait. In the south, the Flying Rhinoceros, Flying Bears, and Flying Stars of the Second Squadron of the Fighting Dogs, which are based in Penghu, and the newly built [-]-gun ships. It is expected that the reporting ship Ruishi will never be able to catch up with this battle, and the three gunboats of the first team of the Dog Fighting Team, Feihu, Feiling, and Feiwei, and the reporting ship Jiashi are also stranded at the base of Bintonglong. The cruise on the west side of the South China Sea did not see this battle. As for the dog fighting team led by Gong Tian, ​​​​the team is still waiting in the northern waters, so what appeared in front of the Dutch was not even as good as the dog fighting team dispatched during the sea battle outside Xiangshanao quantity.

Of course, the Dutch didn't know all this. Out of fear of Zheng Jun's incoming reinforcements, Captain Hornza first ordered: "Tell the Neptune to maintain formation, and we will go up."

The naval battle broke out after 10 minutes. The Vostok with a full load displacement of 470 tons---the habit of the Dutch is also Galen. The deadweight tonnage of the Dutch ship has shrunk by a circle compared with that of the British, French and Spanish countries. Its thinking is similar to the current Zheng Junshui. The division is similar, but the Zheng army is not capable of building large ships, but the Dutch deliberately built them this way. It is said that because the smaller tonnage can be more flexible in naval battles--by virtue of their own size, they look like a ship. Like heavy armored knights rampaging in the enemy's formation, the three new ships of the Taijiang team who were coming against the wind were forced to flee in all directions.

But Zheng Jun's goal is very clear, first kill the smaller notification ship Neptune, and then come back to gang up on Dongfang.And the poor Neptune is just an 21-gun notification ship. It is not at all an opponent of Feihua, Feixi, and Feidian with a total of 10 cannons on one side, so it ate the first one within less than [-] minutes after the start of the battle. shells.

Half an hour after the start of the battle, the Taijiang team's Saltwater Creek ignited a raging fire, but Captain Hornza was not happy at all. It turned out that the Neptune was already paralyzed under Zheng Jun's artillery fire at this time.

Now that the Neptune has fallen, the three warships of the Zheng army, which have not yet had their fill, have shifted their targets. Now, the Dongfang is facing a joint attack from two directions.However, what is even more detrimental to the Dongfang is that the Dagou team, which received the notification from the Dapaigang notification ship of the Taijiang team, can already faintly hear the sound of artillery from the battlefield.

"Your Excellency, we must surrender." We couldn't run away from our opponents, and our heavy punches often fell short in front of opponents who would walk away with one blow. Rao, after more than 40 minutes, when more and more enemies and being shot by hot bullets In the face of the fire caused by it, Captain Hornza no longer reported that he had the confidence to successfully break through. In order to save the lives of the entire ship's sailors, he had to report frankly to the merchants. "Otherwise the sailors will rebel."

Captain Hornza is not trying to intimidate ignorant businessmen. You must know that only one-third of the weak sailors on the Vostok are Dutch, and the rest are not European fugitives, liars, thieves, and adventurers wandering in East Asia. The natives of Asia and even black slaves and Han people, so it is not a problem to let them fight with the wind, but it is as difficult as asking God to issue a miracle in an instant if they are to fight to the death in a mortal environment.

When the matter came to an end, the businessman calmed down instead, and asked with puffy eyes: "Haven't you heard of what happened to the Portuguese? A ship just disappeared, doesn't that dispel your fantasy? No, these strange people The believers will never let us go, for the sake of the company, I order you to persevere, even if the ship is destroyed!"

The businessman's calculation is that being defeated and captured is more likely to ruin his future than surrendering. What's more, he doesn't want to see his wealth fall into the hands of others. Perhaps from this point of view, he There is no difference from the Jews understood by European society at that time.

"Your Excellency, do you know what you're talking about?" Captain Hornza looked at the trader in front of him dumbfounded. "Your Excellency, do you know the consequences of this? If you don't get it, the Zheng family's army will kill all of us." The salary paid by the United East India Company is not enough for Horncha and the sailors Sacrifice his life for it, so Hornza ordered over the merchants to some eager sailors. "Raise the white flag and tell the Zheng family's fleet, we, we declare our surrender."

"Bastard, you are betraying!" The businessman was furious. "I will report your cowardice to the company." But the threat could not stop Captain Hornza's actions, so the merchant, who was the supreme commander of the fleet according to the regulations of the East India Company, ordered to the remaining neutral sailors. "Catch him, and the rest keep firing!"

"What's the matter? The Dutch are fighting by themselves?" Gong Tian, ​​who had rushed to see the cannibalism on the deck of Dongfang, couldn't help being a little puzzled. "Could it be that the Dutch are cheating? Tell the brethren on the ships that they will be regarded as still resisting unless the Dutch close the gun doors and lower the sails."