Chapter 581 chopped off his head and sent back to his hometown: "This is not artillery, this is a mine!"
”"Mines?"
This is not after World War II, there has not been a generation gap between European technology and the Ming Dynasty, but the gap has appeared, especially in artillery.Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly: "Yes, I can be sure that this is a mine!"
We didn't see the fire of the battery, did we?
Now it's better for us not to move, the whole sea is full of floating wooden blocks, and we simply can't find out where the debris is, where the mines are!
”"If we don't leave, the whole family army and navy will catch up!""
We don't know how many mines there are around us!""
I can't care so much now, either desperately or desperately!"
Pirates are not good men and women, they all have murderous and crazy genes.The experienced pirate captains, acting as spearheads, began to grope their way into the dark night sky, but fortunately they were familiar with this part of the sea.In fact, the combined European navy was frightened by the battery strikes of the whole army, and there were batteries in the port of Katsushu, so the port of Toyosu actually had them, and there were more than the port of Katsushu, which had only eighteen batteries, but the port of Toyosu had a staggering fifty-four batteries.The real reason for this situation is that Toyosu is closer to the south of Katsushu, and if Westerners come from the Strait of Malacca and pounce on Luzon, the first stop should actually be Toyoshu, not the port of Katsushu.The port of Toyosu is a concave natural harbor, which is more convenient for the construction of forts.Zheng Zhilong did not have much say in the European Combined Fleet, however, after losing the battle, his status inevitably improved.This is mainly because the lessons of God's whip have not yet been forgotten by the Europeans, their strong ships and cannons have not yet had time to knock on the door of China, and the yellow race is more afraid than contempt in their eyes.The representative of the Dutch East India Company, Peter Nuwis, who was the third governor of Taiwan of the Dutch East India Company and the bitter master of the Japanese Hamada Yabei incident, would have been deceived into Japan and arrested and imprisoned if it had not been for the raid on the Japanese island of Kyushu by his whole family.However, he now serves as the governor of Malaysia, has a certain status, he has certain connections with various families, and can be regarded as an eight-sided and exquisite communicator.Through his contacts, representatives of 53 families from 15 European countries, including the Capes, who had lost all their warships and merchant ships, were also invited to the "Batavia" armed merchant ship.The armed merchant ship Batavia was a 1,500-class merchant ship, no more than five years old, and Peter Nuis invited everyone to the Batavia in the name of a dinner.Peter Nuis prepared a wealth of dishes, such as canned luncheon meat, canned yellow croaker, canned braised hairtail, canned lychee, canned yellow peaches, foie gras, pine nut dew, caviar and other high-end ingredients, which are rarely seen in the top luxury banquets in Europe.Of course, eating is definitely not the theme, everyone is inseparable from the ongoing war, and now more and more people accept that the Ming Navy has reached the first-class level of the civilized world, this unacceptable reality.There was no way, it hurt.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Peter raised his glass and looked at the delegates and said: "Gentlemen, we must put aside our differences, or we will usher in another fiasco, think of your family, relatives, and lovely children in Europe, we must face this war solemnly!"
”"Peter, what do you want to do, surrender to Daming?""
No, no, no!"
Peter hurriedly shook his head and said: "We lost the war, even if we surrender, we won't get anything, our last copper plate may not be saved, even if we want to negotiate, we must have bargaining chips!"
”Defeating the whole family army and navy has become unrealistic, they can escape, but with the huge naval force of the whole family army, where can they flee to?
With the size of the whole family navy, even if they return to Europe, the whole family navy will really dare to chase after Europe."
What do you say?""
This is a question that needs to be answered by Colonel Juan Carlos, Colonel!"
Colonel Juan Carlos looked at everyone lightly: "We don't have the strength to capture the port of Batangas now, the Ming army there is also heavily defended, compared with the Ming Dynasty, in terms of artillery, we are too far behind, the only chance to win, that is, here!"
”He took out a map, this is a map of Luzon: "About ten miles from here, there is a cliff here, the cliff is not too high, we have investigated, to set up a port here, but the depth of the water here is only three to four meters, during the high tide, it can reach eight to ten meters, now is the high tide period, as long as we approach slowly, we can take advantage of this broken shore, land on Luzon!"
”"To put it lightly, are you crazy to land in a place where there are no ports and docks?""
This is our only chance, if we can take this city of almost 50,000 people before the main fleet of the Ming arrives in Batangas, we will have the capital to negotiate with the Ming!"
Peter Nuis continued: "If you are willing to give up, you can leave on your own, in the future, the Ming will be held responsible, you will bear your own responsibilities, don't forget, the current Sir Hono is still in the hands of the Ming people, he will definitely confess all of us, you don't want to stay out of the matter!"
”Quanxu arrived at the port of Shengzhou in the middle of the night, of course, Quanxu did not take the warship anymore, but went ashore directly at the port of Shengzhou, and at the same time, disembarked to rest.There is no way, Quan Xu found out that his existence has seriously interfered with the battle of the whole family army and navy, because his flagship Zheng He was dismantled from the naval guns and lost any combat effectiveness, just to prevent Quan Xu from risking a battle.At the same time, in order to protect the whole family, eight main warships served as guards with knives, and sixty Exocet warships guarded Quanxu's Zheng He, so that he alone occupied almost one-third of the strength of the entire family's navy.By the time Jeon Wook arrived at the port of Seungju, the battle had long since come to an end, and the battle was not long, but it was extremely fierce.In just over an hour, the Combined European Fleet poured thousands of shells at the docks, batteries, and fortresses of the port of Shengzhou, and the artillery of the whole family army also smashed thousands of high-explosive incendiary bombs at them in return.After the battle, the port of Shengzhou was full of lead balls embedded in sandbags or stuck on the ground, and the entire fortress resembled the head of Shakyamuni.The situation on the sea was even more miserable, the wreckage of more than two dozen warships was still burning there, and three or four others had been shattered by the explosion, and the fragments of the hull were scattered with the waves, sinking and floating.More than 3,000 pirates, mercenaries, sailors, and a considerable number of Japanese samurai struggled on the surface of the sea with everything that could float, crying out for help from the small boat that came to catch people, and even took out all the valuable things on their bodies and handed them to others.Now they have abandoned all pride, forgotten the arrogance of swallowing the whole family army like a whale eating small shrimp, they just want to live, and they are willing to pay all the price in order to get rid of this bitter and salty sea as soon as possible.However, the problem is that they did not wait for help, but waited for the warship to be crushed.That's right, the whole family army Zheng He ignored everyone on the sea, docked directly at the berth of the dock, and came to the dock from the warship, and the brightly lit dock was full of mottled blood stains and corpses."
I'm waiting to welcome you!""
The soldiers have worked hard!""
I am willing to die for the handsome!""
The soldiers are doing well!"
When Quan Xu came to the dock, Wang Zhongning and Li Xin were eating hot pot, and it was a red oil hot pot, Wang Zhongning didn't even have time to wipe his mouth, and hurriedly greeted Quan Xu."
What about the soldiers' losses?"
Wang Zhongning looked serious: "The defenders of the fort were killed nineteen people and wounded fifty-seven, and on the dock, thirty-three people were killed and sixteen were wounded!"
”The number of casualties is less than the number of people killed in battle, which can only show one problem, this kind of solid shot put shell, it is good not to hit, and if it hits, it is almost dead or alive, and those wounded and wounded are actually encountered ricochet, and it is a ricochet with exhaustive kinetic energy, otherwise, they will also die honorably.On the contrary, the losses of the combined fleet of the fifteen European countries were large, and the more than 2,000 Japanese samurai led by Maeda Mitsutaka, as well as the pirate mercenaries behind, totaled more than 3,000, which was the first wave of landing troops.The Japanese samurai, who had the ability to bear super casualties, were also considered elite troops in the armies of European countries, however, in the face of the combined strike of the new muskets and mortars and hand-held bullets of the whole family army, they were all annihilated cleanly, and even Maeda Mitsutaka, this time he did not continue his luck in Kyushu.After the attack failed, he originally wanted to take the opportunity to retreat, but the ship he was on was hit by an incendiary bomb, which caused a fire and Mitsutaka Maeda was also killed.However, no one cares about a little minion like this, and Quan Xu doesn't even know that there is such a person, I have to say, this is really a tragedy.At this moment, a flag general came over and told Wang Zhongning: "Regiment commander, what should you do with these prisoners?"
”There were not many captives, just over a hundred people, mostly Japanese samurai and Indian mercenaries, who knelt on the ground anxiously, waiting for their final fate.Quan Xu looked at a Japanese samurai with a resentful look in his eyes, and he sneered: "Chop off their heads, send them back to their hometown!"
To reiterate one last time, I don't want to see a Japanese dwarf with a knife and still be able to catch his breath after stepping on the land of Daming!
”Li Xin was taken aback: "Quan Shuai, killing prisoners is ominous!"
”Quan Xu said with a cold face: "Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this, kill them all!"
”Quan Xu's cold tone and hateful gaze startled Li Xin."
Poof!"
With a muffled sound, Sanniang raised her knife and cut off the head of a Japanese samurai, with a flick of her wrist, the knife flashed, and three big heads rolled to the ground.Li Xin looked at Sanniang's figure, she and the female soldiers had already rushed to those captives, her hand raised and fell, without hesitation, Li Xin opened his mouth and quickly closed it, he was afraid that Sanniang would kill him, and cut him down with a knife.