Li Pingzhi remained silent, watching the constant burst of fire and rumbling cannon sounds in the direction of the turret.

This is the real strong enemy!

Get closer, you can see the turret built by the Dutch. It is completely different from the small turret in Zhenhai Port. It has hundreds of steps in circumference, and it is equipped with multiple heavy artillery and a considerable number of small artillery. The turret is obviously made of huge rocks. From the shape, it is also very exquisitely constructed. If you get closer, five or six warships parked in the port also began to set off artillery. This time the artillery fire is even more powerful. Each warship is parked horizontally, with more than ten artillery on each side. After the porthole is opened, the cannons burst into flames one after another, and the sharp shells swept through the air. Li Ping couldn't help looking forward, as if he could see the flying shells in the air.

"A boat was shot!"

The ships in front of them called out flags, and someone on the central military ship screamed.

Going further forward, you can indeed see a black boat hit by a shell on the bow of the ship. Most of the hull was smashed by the shells of the giant cannon. The front mast and main mast can no longer be seen. It is probably lying on the side in the sea. This kind of small boat was originally a large fishing boat, but was changed to a transport ship or a warship by the navy. It was changed to a horizontal bar at the front of the warship. The iron ingots on both sides could collide or fire attack on the enemy ship. It is the main warship of the Fuchuan Navy. After all, large ships such as the central military ship are rare, and the eight-slurry ship or the four-slurry ship are too small. Medium-slurry ships such as the double-paned ship and the Linglong ship are rare. The black boat can be regarded as the main magic weapon for the navy to defeat the enemy.

The ship in front of me was almost broken, with its hull tilted into the sea water. More than a dozen navy officers and soldiers were swimming and paddling hard in the sea water. Dozens of arms were constantly swaying on the sea water. At this time, hundreds of fire light suddenly burst out from the castle in Baisha Port, and a large number of bullets were poured into the sea water very close to the beach. On the side of the Dutch warship above the left side, there were also many musketeers slamming into the sea.

"Dog Damn's heart is so vicious." A general on the central military ship scolded: "I've fallen into the water, can I still beat you to death?"

Li Pingzhi said calmly: "A few hundred steps apart, these guys are fighting blindly, deliberately trying to scare me into the water or to slaughter our morale."

Yu Zigao glanced at Li Pingzhi's eyes and showed an admiration.

As Li Pingzhi said, the Dutch stopped fighting after being furious. The officers and soldiers who fell into the water were surrounded by several four-slurry ships and picked them up one after another.

The cannon sound continued to roar, and the shells continued to roar. Yu Zigao looked for a while and saw that the warships on the side were struggling to hide, and another ship's mast was hit, losing its power, and was pulled away from the battlefield by several eight-spark ships.

Yu Zigao sighed and ordered: "The whole army retreats. You must not attack this port today. The whole army returns to Zhenhai Port to stay and standby."

Li Pingzhi thought something. Today he saw a real and cruel naval battle. The black ship that had just been shot had sank to the bottom of the sea. There were more than a dozen corpses of naval officers and soldiers floating on the sea. Of course, no one would restrain themselves. The naval soldiers fought at sea and died at sea. Even if they died of illness, they would be thrown directly into the sea. No family members would be resentful... This is the tradition of people who run to sea, and no one would feel resentful about it.

After that, the navy attacked several times several times, and each time he returned to kill the feather. The terrain of Fengweigui Island was too steep. The six routes could not attack and could not attack Baisha Port on the water. The Dutch warships sometimes took the initiative to attack and sank several ships. The number of officers and soldiers quickly exceeded one hundred and continued to rise. When the Ming warships launched real fire to pursue the enemy ships, these shameless Dutch people hid in the port again and suppressed them with the help of the artillery of the artillery.

During the attack of the Ming army, Yu Zigao fired real fire several times, intending to mobilize all warships to attack, but the Dutch's artillery firepower was too strong, and the largest shell weighed more than 20 kilograms. In each gun, the Ming navy boat almost instantly smashed the entire ship, and almost all the people on the ship were killed in battle. This was still at a considerable distance. If the distance was close, plus the naval guns on the Dutch ships and small artillery near the shore... Yu Zigao could not imagine the scene.

As a general, of course, at critical moments, he must have the determination and will to take all his family on the table, and also have the awareness of sacrificing all his hands to win. However, if all his family is betrayed and he will be defeated, that is another matter.

Yu Zigao's soldiers are no more than recruiting soldiers in border towns. Generals can regard the soldiers in the camp as cannon fodder, and it doesn't matter how much they die. His subordinates are all children from the coast of Fujian, and they are almost all related to their relatives. Once the casualties are too heavy, he, as a general, cannot explain the imperial court, even if he is a local military and public opinion in Fujian.

By early May, the Ming army began to increase its troops.

The Ministry of the Ministry of Public Affairs Gu Sizhong led ten warships and more than 500 soldiers to arrive first, and then the Governor Zheng Guochang personally summoned Zhangzhou and Quanzhou Road to mobilize the local treasury to send out silver and supplies, mobilized a large number of ships and soldiers to the sea. Sun Guozhen of the Haidang Road personally led the soldiers to guerrilla warriors with the water marks with the Supervisor, and drove the general Hong Jiyuan, Hong Yingdou and others to Penghu to meet with Yu Zigao and other troops.

So far, the Ming army mobilized more than 100 serious warships, various small boats and hundreds of fishing boats that were temporarily converted into transport ships, and more than 10,000 navy officers and soldiers who arrived ashore, and the military pay and supplies used were worth more than 100,000 taels of silver.

For a Southeastern province like Fujian, which has been peaceful after the Japanese riots and has not fought a big battle, this expenditure is simply a terrifying huge sum of money!

This also shows that Zheng Guochang's decisive behavior and his perseverance in character. If he had changed to an ordinary governor, he might not have dared to use such a thundering method to him, and he would have almost bet on military tactics.

With the support of warships and personnel, Yu Zigao began to block the passage of Fengwei Guest Island from both sides of Water 6.

Before this, the Dutch also transported reinforcements from the Dayuan Island and replaced the fleet commander from Lei Yuesheng to the more experienced Song Ke. The number of troops stationed in Penghu quickly exceeded 1,000, including nearly 900 well-trained white soldiers and more than 100 young soldiers who were undergoing training.

Generally speaking, more than a thousand regular troops from Europe could almost go sideways on this era. Whether it is Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia, North America, South America, or South America, more than a thousand Dutch soldiers were a force that should not be underestimated. In the 16th century, the Spaniards and Portuguese who destroyed several major empires in South America only had a few hundred people at the beginning of colonization.

In Luzon, Batavia, including India where the British are operating, has never had more than 10,000 troops, and one or two thousand people is enough to control a considerable territory.

But here in the Ming Dynasty, the garrison of a province surrounded more than a thousand white-skinned regular troops, and also surrounded several serious warships of the Dutch East India Company!

The Ming army gathered together, with numerous warships and strong morale. At the request of Sun Guozhen, the Haifang Road, Yu Zigao launched a large-scale attack from the sea again.

From morning to evening, the sound of artillery in Fengweiguiyu was constantly being fired, not only the Dutch guns, but also the Ming army's warship guns were constantly being fired.

The two sides went back and forth, bombarding each other with artillery. The Ming army attempted to rush the shore with a large number of small boats several times. However, once the sea was approaching, the castle's small firearms and more than a thousand muskets were suppressed with fire. The Ming army could not raise its head directly. From morning to evening, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, more than a hundred people died in battle, dozens of people were missing, hundreds of people were seriously or slightly injured, and nearly ten warships were destroyed by Dutch artillery.

At night, everyone understood that it was unlikely that the port and castle in front of them could be attacked with force.

Don’t say that the strength ratio between the army and the Dutch army is 10 to 1, but the Ming army’s warships only win a lot in the number of numbers. In terms of quality, the Dutch ships have many artillery guns, which cooperate with the turrets on the shore, and their firepower is extremely sharp. Although there are many warships in the Ming army, there are not many equipped artillery. The number of artillery is not only rare, but also mostly old old-style artillery. The firepower is too far different from that of the Dutch and is no match for them at all.

Even if the navy officers and soldiers dared to take advantage of the arrows and land on the beach, they could only place a small number of men at one time. The Dutch 6th Army had hundreds of people stationed on the shore and in the castle, and there were also 6 warriors on the ships. The Ming army took the risk of landing on the 6th, and the final outcome would be a complete defeat of annihilation.

As for attacking from 6, it is impossible. Fengwei Guiyu is only connected to the sixth island of Penghu. The terrain is very narrow. As long as dozens of people hold muskets, they can easily defend and cannot attack.

At this point, the Ming army and the Dutch began to stalemate in Penghu, and almost all the main forces of both sides fell into the Penghu battlefield and could not escape for a while.

...

“There is a ship.”

"It's a barbarian ship!"

The summer sea breeze blows away the sultry summer air a lot. Li Pingzhi has been living on Penghu Island for a month. He is an intermediary who is ordered to contact Zheng Guochang and Xu Xinsu and other Fujian bosses. He is running back and forth in Taiwan, Penghu, Zhangzhou and Fuzhou. After a few months, he has become very familiar with the local bosses.

In particular, the relationship with Yu Zigao was very smooth. This young man from the north showed many excellent qualities, not afraid of difficulties and was brave enough. He made jokes on the boat and on the island at the beginning. After a few months, the sea breeze blew Li Pingzhi's fair face a lot, and at the same time he was recognized by the officers and soldiers of the Ming army's naval army. As for Yu Zigao, he originally accepted Li Pingzhi on board for the sake of governor Zheng Guochang. After a few months, the old leader Yu also admired Li Pingzhi very much and his attitude was quite friendly and close.

Seeing that everyone was about to be nervous, Li Pingzhi smiled and said, "Don't panic, this is our Hunji sea ship."

He Yusheng's existence in the south is almost unknown to the northerners. What the court still knows is Li Dan, Li Guozhu, Liu Xiang and other giant sea bandits. He Yusheng only claims to have sea ships doing maritime trade in the south. This is not common among the big merchants in the north, but it is not without it. The court has not put its mind here... Everyone knows that the sea in the south is Li Dan's territory, so what tricks can He Yusheng make?

Only local people in Fujian know that Heyusheng has emerged clearly. In the past two or three months, Heyusheng's merchant ships and warships can be seen everywhere on the sea surface. Hutchison and Li Guozhu's maritime forces cooperate with each other, and have firmly controlled the routes along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang and to Japan.
Chapter completed!