The first battle of the Great China Fleet in the waters of Matsu Island.
The situation at this time pirates has been unlucky! You know that they were in this area in the past, they belonged to crabs, and they always walked sideways! Only they bully others, no one else bullies them! But now
Including Yang Shanlu doesn’t want to let them go. It’s very difficult for these pirates to escape. You must know that the speed of each of Yang Shanlu’s big ships is much faster than them, coupled with sharp artillery fire, so they still want to run.
So after being chased by these big ships, thirty or forty pirate ships sank! Only half an hour after the start of the war, the more than 100 pirate ships that came violently have already been wiped out!
In other words, these eliminated pirates have been transferred to subordinates. They were originally the subordinates of Zheng Zhilong, the dragon king of the South China Sea, but now, they have gone to take refuge in the real dragon king of the South China Sea, haha!
As for the rest of the pirates, life is obviously not easy, all of them are so scared and desperate to flee, and they are basically fleeing to one place... That is Matsu Island.
Then the commander of Jin Yiwei, Luo Yangxing, saw the awe-inspiring prestige of the Great China Fleet. After seeing this, he was eager to try: "Hou Ye, according to the next official, Mazu Island should be these seas. The bandit’s lair, do you think we have a victory and pursuit?"
After Yang Shanlu listened to it, he nodded. If you want to offend us, you must have the consciousness of being wiped out! Including this time, the fleet below has already captured many prisoners. After the interrogation, the news was also verified... The lair of these pirates is indeed on Matsu Island, and they usually entangled there to harm one party! In this case, Yang Shanlu immediately ordered the whole army to go to Mazu Island! Completely wipe out this group of pirates!
Anyway, Matsu Island is just a short time away from here. In addition, since we are going to attack Manchuga in the future, we can just use Matsu Island to practice hand skills. Everyone is the same island, so we can just practice the island strategy.
Now that Yang Shanlu gave the order, there is no need to say the next thing. The twenty big ships immediately sprinted towards Matsu Island with full power!
And those pirates who just escaped, it’s even worse... they were originally escaping from the dead, and then they felt that they had been beaten so badly, and they hadn’t caught anything. The officers and soldiers should be able to let go, but now What? They were actually chased directly to their lair by the officers and soldiers!
Can the Lao Lao give up? So the more than 1,000 pirates remaining on the island are desperately organizing resistance while sending people to send letters to the old thief, Zheng Zhilong, so that he can quickly send people to rescue!
It was only the final result, but it made these pirates want to cry without tears... Matsu Island is not far from Zheng Zhilong’s lair, which is more than a hundred nautical miles away, including some nearby islands, there are also Zheng Zhilong. The forces of the United States, so he can be very quick if he wants to come to the rescue, but the problem is, until their entire army is wiped out, they did not see the shadow of the reinforcements!
However, the five thousand Xuanjia army that launched the mission to land on the island, under the resistance of these pirates, can be regarded as an exercise on the island strategy.
For example, first find a port and land, and then unload the new artillery according to the combat steps (anyway, the new artillery has a gun mount, which is very convenient to move up and down), so that if the pirates have a strong cottage, they can practice infantry coordination and take them down together. .
However, Yang Shanlu discovered that he still looked at these pirates highly, even if he was covered with the skin of a great navy master, he was still a pirate! There is no strong fortress on the island at all, but some brick houses have been built. Besides, there are quite a few women who have been robbed.
Of course, thinking about this is very normal. The old thief Zheng Zhilong is already a soldier in Fujian, so in the coastal area of Fujian, he is the first king of the king, and he claims to be the second child. No one dares to call the boss! So who else would dare to touch these pirates? But now...
So after it took more than half an hour to capture all the remaining 1,000 pirates on the island, Yang Shanlu was still a little happy... Destroyed the enemy and tempered himself!
Moreover, although these pirates belonged to Zheng Zhilong’s subordinates, they usually have to hand in a copy of the property they robbed, but after all they are doing business without capital, so there is still a lot of property on the island. After the final search, it was found In total, there are more than 10,000 taels of gold and silver, and more than 100 cattle and sheep, but now, all these belong to Yang Shanlu.
After the final battle subsided, Yang Shanlu commanded the Great China Fleet, rested on the island for a while, and then proceeded.
What Yang Shanlu didn't notice, however, was that when he was at war with the pirates, on the farther sea, another force witnessed all this.
This is a large-scale fleet. Its overall power lies between the two sides. There are about thirty large Galen ships (better performance than Spanish sailing ships), and on the tall bows of these Galen ships , And even the St. George's flag with red letters on a blue background. Obviously this is a British fleet from afar.
We must know that Britain is now in a period of rising national power, in a period of transformation to become the world's hegemon!
For example, the British defeated the Spanish Invincible Fleet in 1588, and already had the confidence to expand to the Far East! So this fleet came to the Far East they had coveted for a long time... Because in Marco Polo's travel notes, they were described as a magical Eastern country, full of gold and ivory!
It was only after they arrived that they realized that getting rich was not as easy as they thought. There is indeed a huge empire here, but the trade with this empire has been jointly controlled by the Dutch East India Company and Zheng Zhilong, latecomers like them. It's already hard to get involved.
Not only that, they have also suffered severe'discrimination'. If they want to do business, they have to pay a protection fee of three thousand taels per ship! As a rising, future world hegemon, how can these British people be willing? So they are staying, looking for opportunities all over the world.
But this time they accidentally witnessed a naval battle, and these British guys keenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity! Although the result of the battle was really shocking to them! Especially for the fleet that looks'weird'!
Because the British sailed the Galen ship, they also called it the queen ship! (It was made during the time of Queen Elizabeth in England).
And this advanced Galen ship at that time brought them a series of honors, including defeating the invincible Spanish Invincible Fleet. It was also the merit of this kind of ship, so the British are very proud, but now? They actually saw a'variant' of the Galen ship!
And although they don't want to admit it, they have realized in the subconscious that these strange-looking Galen ships may be more advanced and scientific than the Galen ships of the British Empire!
So when they hid and wanted to see the actual combat performance of this weird Galen ship, the final result was that they were shocked by their jaws!
"My God! Am I dazzled? There is still such a fast ship in the world? Even the steering is so flexible?" In the face of the fact, even if he is as proud as an Englishman, he has to make such a surprise.
Including the flagship of this fleet, the British captain Dilnando, a blond and blue-eyed British nobleman with the status of a baron granted by the Queen, his eyes widened in shock as well! The proud Englishman couldn't help but crossed his head, but he cared about another aspect.
"Calm my old man, in my opinion, the magic of these Orientals is more than that! Didn't you find that their artillery, all kinds of performance far exceed the latest artillery developed by our British Empire? So it is so powerful The Easterners are indeed a mysterious Eastern country!"
In fact, they haven't discovered the mystery of that big iron ship! Because against these small characters, Yang Shanlu’s flagship did not attack at all. Otherwise, if these proud British people knew that there was still a big iron ship in the world that they simply couldn’t understand, they would not know what they would think, ( In the original history, the big iron ship would not be invented until more than a hundred years later).
Of course, even so, they have already discovered the opportunity.
Dilnando said to his first officer: "Old man, we have come with the Queen’s sacred mission, but we haven’t found any chance, but now it’s different. This weird fleet dares to fight Zheng. His subordinates compete with each other, and their combat effectiveness is so strong, it seems to be a potential ally that can be fought for. I think I can visit them!"
"Follow your will." First Mate Louis George had no objection to this. They came to the East this time and they actually played multiple roles. If the opponent is strong, then it is a well-mannered businessman, if the opponent is weak. , Then it can’t be said that you have to turn into pirates as well... Do you still have to trade fair with the natives who drink blood
Of course, their trip to the East did not go smoothly. Zheng Zhilong did not attack them at all, and was photographed by Zheng Zhilong's powerful force. They didn't dare to act rashly, but now... they just keenly discovered this opportunity.
So after such an agreement, the British fleet quietly followed Yang Shanlu, ready to find an opportunity to contact the owner of the fleet.
And these Yang Shanlu didn't know. After the fleet arrived in Fuzhou, he ordered the fleet to stop and rest, and then he sent someone to send the official document to the old thief Zheng Zhilong, and ordered him to come and see him! And let him explain why in Fujian under his rule, pirates came to rob the officer army! And the last thing he played was his banner!
On the contrary, Jin Yiwei commander Luo Yangxing saw that the official document sent by Yang Shanlu to Zheng Zhilong was so tough, and he was a little worried: "Master Hou, can you be tactful? Otherwise, it might force him to be forced!"
"Hehe, it's good for him to have this backbone!" Yang Shanlu smiled contemptuously when he heard it. For him who is familiar with the trend of history, he knows that a cartilage like the old thief Zheng Zhilong will never be forced! He wouldn't be killed!
Think about it, in the original history, the Manchu Dynasty entered the Central Plains. After the issue of the shave order, the world was boiling. He had such good conditions, but he refused to rebel. Instead, he directly surrendered. So according to the current situation Under the circumstance, at home and abroad, and Qingming at home and abroad, how could he rebel!
He even took a step back and said, even if he really rebelled, what about it? Didn't this just fulfill my own mind
You must know that Yang Shanlu was carrying five thousand Xuanjia army and three hundred special battalions. So don’t look at the old thief’s 200,000 horses. It seems that there are many people, but this is 200,000. Most of the people and horses are scattered everywhere to maintain order on the sea.
(That is to say, the old thief is now out of the category of low-level pirates and lives by selling flags, so most of his men and horses are cruising around the sea and checking ships)
So the number of people that can be mobilized directly by the old thief is only one to two thousand at most. One to two thousand is like fighting against five thousand Profound Armies? So Yang Shanlu is very relieved.
Even if there is a real war, there is no need to go to war. The old thief usually sits in the Fujian General Military Mansion. As long as a few special battalion sergeants are sent to execute the tactics of cutting the ship, it is estimated that he will be able to take off his head! Therefore, Yang Shanlu is very relieved.
So just like that, after all the calculations were made, this sternly worded official document was sent to the old thief.
The so-called stunned the snake, and now we have to see if we can alarm the snake!
Ps bowed and thanked the book friend tjy5483 for the reward! Still 888! And what makes Baima happy is that this is still a new friend, and now the total number of rewards has reached forty-nine! Baima thank you, because with your support all the way, Baima can go all the way on the road of creation... (End of this chapter)