Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 507

In particular, food, a strategic material that is related to whether it can last for a long time, should not be consumed by the residents of the city.

Zheng Zhilong killed decisively, and many of his subordinates were pirates, and he didn't even bat an eye when he killed anyone. For a while, the city of Manjaga was full of blood.In just one day, including the Portuguese, tens of thousands of people in the city of Managa were almost killed.

After setting the corpses on fire, Zheng Zhilong began to deploy his defenses, distributing [-] soldiers in several key locations, and then displayed the ships in the Managa Strait.

It can be said that Zheng Zhilong's defense was not timely. Zheng Zhilong was just getting ready when the Dutch fleet arrived.

After notifying the governor of Batavia about Zheng Zhilong's situation, the governor of Batavia, Madbeer, mobilized all the ships and formed a fleet of more than [-] ships with the Taiwan fleet, sailing towards Manga.

With more than [-] warships against hundreds of warships, the Dutch are not crazy, they dare to do so, of course they are sure.

You must know that the Netherlands was known as the Sea Coachman at that time. In the first half of the seventeenth century, the Netherlands was the most powerful maritime overlord in the world.At that time, the Dutch navy had almost twice as many ships as the British and French navies.These ships cruise the world's oceans, protecting their own merchant ships while engaging in overseas colonization and plunder.

The Netherlands is powerful at sea, not only because it has the largest number of ships, but also because the Dutch ship technology is the best in the world at that time, and its artillery is also the most powerful.

At that time, the main battleships of the Netherlands were generally about 50 meters long, with a displacement of more than 24 tons. Each ship was equipped with [-]-pounder guns, [-]-pounder guns, and [-]-pounder guns. The total number of naval guns was generally more than [-].

Zheng Zhilong's main ships are mainly Fuchuan, most of which are between 30 meters and 40 meters in length, with a displacement of only a few hundred tons.

Due to the use of watertight compartment technology, ribs are rarely used, and the lateral strength of the hull is not enough to bear the recoil when large artillery is fired, even if the number of artillery is too large.

It can only be equipped with artillery under [-] pounds, which is the Hongyi cannon at that time.Zheng Zhilong's main battleship is only equipped with eight Hongyi cannons, and the rest are Qianjin Franglers, about forty.

In the face of nine-pound guns and larger artillery, the power of the Jack Frangler is almost negligible.

The strength of the ships of the two sides is very different. If fighting alone, Zheng Zhilong's ships are far from the opponents of the Dutch warships.

It is precisely based on this that the Dutch dared to challenge Zheng Zhilong with only more than [-] warships.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong is also very familiar with the strength of the Dutch's ships. After all, the two sides have dealt with each other for so many years, and everyone knows the strength of the opponent's ships.

Zheng Zhilong knew very well that if the two sides fought head-on and fired at each other with artillery, one Dutch ship would be as powerful as ten of their own.

But Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of the Dutch fleet, because fighting is all about tactics, and it is a reckless act to cut each other with a knife and a gun.Although the Dutch ships are powerful, their own ships and soldiers are far superior to the Netherlands. As long as the tactics are proper, the Dutch fleet can be defeated.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong can't back down now. The Dutch have been coveting Manchuria for many years. Even if they give in, the Dutch will occupy Manjaga. Give in?

Therefore, after knowing that the Dutch fleet was approaching Manga, Zheng Zhilong ordered to meet the enemy.

On the seventh day of October in the tenth year of Chongzhen, the first naval battle between China and the Netherlands broke out.

The Dutch army used 140 main warships to confront Zheng Zhilong's [-] main warships and more than [-] small and medium-sized warships.

At the beginning of the battle, the Dutch army gave full play to the advantage of fast ships and quickly gained the upper hand. Then they relied on powerful firepower to inflict heavy damage on Zheng Zhilong's troops. Soon after the battle began, they sank more than [-] small and medium-sized ships of Zheng Zhilong's troops.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Zheng Zhilong decisively dragged down the enemy ships with the main battleships, scattered the small and medium ships to seize the limelight, and then adopted wolf pack tactics to launch a desperate charge against the Dutch army.

More than ten years ago, Zheng Zhilong used this tactic to defeat the Dutch and pirate coalition forces in Liuluo Bay, and now this tactic has worked again.

The strength of the Dutch fleet is indeed strong, but Zheng Zhilong has an absolute advantage in quantity. After the quantity reaches a certain level, he can make up for the gap in quality.

Hundreds of ships of Zheng Zhilong's Department rushed forward and fought desperately. After paying the painful price of more than ten main battleships being sunk, more than [-] main battleships being severely damaged, and more than [-] small and medium-sized ships being sunk and seriously injured, Zheng Zhilong's Department Finally managed to get close to the Dutch fleet, and then set fire to the ship.

(Although the dominance of artillery in naval battles has been established since Britain defeated the attack of the Spanish Armada, at this time naval guns mainly fired solid bullets, and even a large number of salvos were still not enough to completely sink a ship Therefore, not many of Zheng Zhilong's main battleships were sunk, and the ability of small and medium-sized warships to resist attacks had to be investigated, so many more were sunk.)
Zheng Zhilong's ships swarmed up, immediately disrupting the formation of the Dutch fleet.

Seeing the chaotic formation of the Dutch fleet, Zheng Zhilong seized the favorable opportunity and ordered all the ships to attack and carry out a boarding battle. Zheng Zhilong even led the soldiers to board the enemy ships.

When the firearms technology was not yet fully mature and its ferocious features had not yet been revealed, the firepower superiority of Western ships was obviously immature in front of Zheng Zhilong's troops who were good at jumping gangs on water.

Under the desperate tactics of Zheng Zhilong's fleet, the Dutch fleet finally couldn't support it and began to disperse and break through.

In the end, eleven of the main warships of the Dutch fleet were burned, one was sunk, four were captured, and only fourteen warships fled the battlefield.

The naval battle of Manlajia ended with Zheng Zhilong's victory.

However, Zheng Zhilong also paid a very painful price in the end. In this battle, more than ten main battleships were sunk and more than [-] were seriously injured. More than [-] medium-sized ships were sunk and more than [-] were seriously injured. More than [-] ships were sunk, more than [-] ships were damaged, and more than [-] soldiers were killed or injured. It can be described as a miserable victory.

After receiving such a blow, how could Zheng Zhilong let it go?After reorganizing the fleet, Zheng Zhilong left a part of the warships stationed in Manga, and led the fleet to chase the remaining Dutch ships.

Zheng Zhilong has led the army for many years, and he knows that at this time, the remaining Dutch fleet must not be given a chance to breathe. Once the Dutch fleet has a breather, it will definitely attack Manga again. Zheng Zhilong does not want to continue to fight with the Dutch.

The Dutch ship was fast, but Zheng Zhilong's ship was slow, so naturally they couldn't catch up with the Dutch fleet.

But being slow has its advantages. Since Zheng Zhilong's ship was not seen on the sea, the Dutch had no idea that Zheng Zhilong was leading the ship to pursue them.

The next day, the Dutch fleet arrived at the port of Batavia and sent the damaged ship to the shipyard for repairs.

The Zheng Zhilong fleet, which was not as fast as the Dutch ships, rushed to Batavia at night the next day. Seeing the tranquility of the Batavia port, Zheng Zhilong ordered the fleet to attack the Batavia port without taking any rest.

Zheng Zhilong's goal was not to capture Batavia, but to destroy Batavia's port and destroy the ships in Batavia's port.He wants to make the Dutch in Southeast Asia completely incapable of fighting, and can no longer pose a threat to him.

Although the Dutch fleet was severely damaged, they knew that Zheng Zhilong's fleet suffered even more severe losses. They never expected that Zheng Zhilong would lead the fleet to attack them after suffering such heavy losses.

The Dutchman, who was not on guard, once again tasted the power of Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong once again rushed into the port with a small boat and set fire to the ship. When the port was engulfed in flames and the Dutch panicked, Zheng Zhilong lined up all the ships and fired at the port of Batavia.

Although the naval guns fired solid bullets with limited lethality, their destructive power was astonishing. The forts and shore artillery built by the Dutch in the port were almost completely destroyed.

However, the Dutch fought back before the fort was destroyed. Although they did not cause much damage to Zheng Zhilong's ships, they bought time for the ships anchored in the port to break through, and finally five ships successfully broke through.

When Zheng Zhilong ordered the evacuation, the Dutch ships moored in the port were still burning, and the Batavia port, which took several years and countless manpower and money to build, was in ruins.

So far, the Dutch fleet in Southeast Asia has only the five ships that escaped.

The Dutch warship, which lost its port and shipyard, had no choice but to sail to Taiwan, hoping to repair it in Taiwan's shipyard.

But they did not expect that the Zeelandia city they built in Taiwan had been captured by the Ming army at this time.

When they came to the port of Luermen and tried to enter the port, they were attacked by heavy artillery fire from the shore before they realized that the city of Zeelandia had fallen, and they became homeless orphans.

The Battle of Managa and the Batavia Raid that followed soon spread to Beijing.

Hearing this news, Li Jing was shocked.

Li Jingwan didn't expect Zheng Zhilong to be able to do such a great job.

But Li Jing soon understood Zheng Zhilong's intentions.

Zheng Zhilong is trying to block the trade channel of Malawi, so that he cannot conduct overseas trade.

Moreover, Li Jing knew that as long as Zheng Zhilong could hold on to Manjajia, then Zheng Zhilong's strategy would be successful before he was able to capture Manjajia.

At this moment, Li Jing couldn't help but began to reflect on whether his tough attitude towards Zheng Zhilong was correct.

The reason why Li Jing took a tough attitude towards Zheng Zhilong at the beginning was because Li Jing knew that Zheng Zhilong had surrendered to the Qing court in his previous life.

In Li Jing's view, Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing court must be because he was nostalgic for his official position, so he would definitely succumb to his own strong pressure, but he didn't want Zheng Zhilong to take such a way to fight back after losing.

After thinking for a long time, Li Jing finally figured out why Zheng Zhilong's reaction in this life was different from his previous life.

Because of Zheng Zhilong's age.

When Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing court in his previous life, he was just in his early forties, less than 45 years old, and now Zheng Zhilong is less than 40 years old.

(End of this chapter)