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Baron Eiffel was pulled out of the water by Qin Mu. He was lucky not to be injured. He even accidentally caught his own hat while in the sea.
His armed merchant ship did not sink, but because the bow was blown up and it was flooded, the buttocks of the ship were raised high, which was a bit indecent. Just like a naked woman with her buttocks raised...
He was taken to the huge warship and personally boarded this huge warship that was more than 100 meters long and dozens of meters wide. Baron Eiffel felt as if he was in a dream. He even temporarily forgot the fact that he was a prisoner and looked at the behemoth under his feet with curiosity.
Oh my God, the Qin Empire could actually build ships so big, and there were four of them, just like islands floating on the sea. In such a near sea, you can't feel the hull shaking at all. Standing on the deck feels like standing on land.
The forty clippers around them were sixty meters long and nearly twenty meters wide. Their slender hulls looked like the graceful bodies of women.
The slanting bow is as sharp as a blade, gently cutting through the waves. There is almost no spray on the bow when sailing. The tall masts pierce the clouds with such a graceful posture that people can't help but want to go up and kiss them.
"It would be even more beautiful if it were white," Baron Eiffel exclaimed sincerely. If it were a white hull and white sails, it would not be so deep and mysterious, and he would not be able to help but exclaim in amazement.
Baron Eiffel was soon brought before Hai Rufeng. Although he was soaked with sea water, he still tried hard to maintain the demeanor of a knight.
Hai Rufeng held the hilt of his command knife, and the cloak behind him fluttered in the sea breeze.
"Interpreter, why don't you ask him how many Dutch people and warships there are in the port of Paradip?"
Daqin's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a Foreign Languages College that specializes in teaching languages and scripts of various countries. This time, the ocean-going fleet was accompanied by not only translators, but also six diplomats led by Lin Jing, a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The translator Zhou Qisheng repeated Hai Rufeng's words to Baron Eiffel in fluent Dutch.
Baron Eiffel thought that it was very rude that he asked about the situation of the Port of Paradib without asking his name and title, which was an insult to him, so he refused to answer any questions.
Hai Rufeng didn't expect to meet such an interesting person and couldn't help laughing.
Vice Admiral Ke Chenshu looked at Baron Eiffel, who was soaked like a drowned rat and trying hard to maintain his composure, and said with a humorous smile: "Admiral Hai, it seems that in the eyes of others, we are all barbarians."
"Hahaha..." Hai Rufeng laughed and asked, "Then how do civilized people interrogate prisoners?"
The staff officer Wan Shu beside him smiled and said, "Admiral Hai, I think this is very simple. As long as we make him more barbaric, we will be civilized people. How civilized people interrogate is civilized."
"So how do you make him more brutal?"
"Well, Admiral Hai, you know this."
"Hahaha... ... ... ."
Hai Rufeng was too lazy to bother Eiffel. There were twenty or thirty mercenaries captured from the armed merchant ship. He could just ask any one of them and get a clear picture of the situation in the port of Baladib.
Paradip Port is located at the mouth of the Mohanadi River. Surrounded by green mountains, it is a good natural harbor. The port waterway is about one mile wide and six miles deep. There are six forts built by the Dutch on both sides.
As for the port, there are currently only a few Dutch armed merchant ships anchored, with a total of about two to three hundred people.
The easiest way to deal with the artillery batteries near the entrance channel is to bombard them with aviation.
At Hai Rufeng's command, thirty gliders took off from the "Jinghai" among the four treasure ships, carrying rockets and flying towards the artillery positions on the shore.
The vast ocean, the azure sky, thirty hang gliders, led by Captain Wei An, flew over the sea and flew away with the wind.
Looking down from the sky, the coast is covered with lush green trees, the wind blowing from the Indian Ocean has remained unchanged for thousands of years, the white waves repeatedly wash the beaches and rocks, flocks of seabirds fly, singing and whistling, and the sea and sky are infinitely vast.
For the Qin Dynasty's naval aviation force, war has risen to an art and a pleasure.
Everyone admires their graceful flying posture and envies their joy of flying in the blue sky. Some even forget that they can also bring death.
Because of the previous artillery fire, the Dutch guarding the fort had been alerted and were preparing for battle.
But when he saw Wei An and the others coming with the wind, gracefully gliding across the sky above his head, he could not help but look up in amazement. He also forgot that danger was approaching until he saw dazzling flames falling from the sky, and then he woke up from his dream.
Boom! Boom boom boom...
The flames rising from the mountain are like a fireworks display. From the warships on the sea, you can't see the bloody scene, but only the beautiful picture, the flying wings, the rising fireworks, the vast Indian Ocean, and your heart is as broad as the world...
At this moment, the Qin army elevated the war to a beautiful realm.
Several artillery batteries disappeared in the beautiful fireworks. Wei An even had someone hover two meters above the artillery batteries. Only after confirming that the artillery batteries had been destroyed did he return to the Jinghai mothership.
Afterwards, the ocean-going fleet slowly sailed into the waterway of the Port of Paradip. Upon learning that the artillery position had been destroyed, several armed merchant ships in the port were trying to flee in a panic.
When they encountered dozens of Qin warships, they were instantly frightened by the huge hull of the treasure ship. The Dutch on the ship opened their mouths and looked at the fleet slowly approaching... They looked and looked, and they no longer had the slightest desire to fight.
Fight? What a joke, you little shrimps want to fight against the giant Qin army, that's like lighting a lantern in the toilet, you will die.
Several armed merchant ships raised the white flag without firing a single shot. Baron Eiffel was heartbroken. Although he had not fired a single shot before, he at least fired a few shots. Unlike these cowards, they surrendered without firing a single shot.
When did the Netherlands, known as the coachman of the sea, become so cowardly
At this moment, Baron Eiffel felt a little sad. He vaguely saw that the Netherlands was declining and slowly losing its position as the overlord of the ocean.
After Hai Rufeng easily occupied the port of Baladi, he immediately sent the Marine Commander Hu Dahai with 500 troops to attack Cuttack City along the south bank of the Mohanadi River.
Cuttack was originally the capital of a small country established by the Otra people. The city has a population of more than 40,000 and has been controlled by the Dutch for nearly 30 years. It is located on the south bank of the mighty Mohanadi River.
Otsa has always been known as the home of the purest Hinduism, a holy place for Hinduism, and also known as the "holy country" and "a place where sins can be redeemed."
After Cuttack was occupied by the Dutch, the Otsas retreated to the western mountains and made Purbani their temporary capital. Over the past 30 years, the Otsas have never given up their efforts to retake Cuttack. Although they have united with some small Hindu countries in the surrounding areas, their efforts have been thwarted time and time again by the Dutch's guns and cannons.
Now the Mughal Empire has raised a large army to invade again, and the country is on the verge of being destroyed. It has no energy left to retake the "holy land".
Hu Dahai led 500 marines and easily advanced to the city of Cuttack in half an hour.
The city of Cuttack is located on the river bank, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, vast tracts of rice fields, and villages dotted around the hills, mostly with thatched houses.
The Dutch and their vassal troops in Cuttack numbered no more than 800 people. There were artillery batteries at all four gates. The entire city was about two miles long and one and a half miles wide, but the wall was only about 13 feet high, with a three-foot-wide moat outside.
Deputy General Liao Shangzhi led his men to conduct a reconnaissance and reported the situation to the commander Hu Dahai. He then asked, "General, tell me, how should we fight this battle?"
Hu Dahai chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter how we fight. I have only one request. Don't let those bastards in the air force laugh at us. Remember, we have to be more artistic and graceful. Damn it, why do I feel a little awkward..."
"General, this is not going to be easy. The enemy has installed artillery on every city gate. They are not vegetarians. Why don't we wait until night to attack the city?"
As soon as Liao Shangzhi finished speaking, he heard a commotion among the soldiers. He and Hu Dahai looked back and were shocked...
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ps: First of all, I would like to wish all my female compatriots a happy holiday today. The world is beautiful because of you.
I also wish all my male compatriots a happy holiday. It is your hard work and sweat that have turned the girls into women. You have made an indelible contribution.
Finally, I wish all bachelors a happy life. Your silent endurance and your willingness to sacrifice at all times have made male compatriots on duty aware of potential dangers and greatly improved the status of women. In the end, you have ensured the harmony of society and the stability of the country with your tenacious perseverance and great restraint, so that the Celestial Empire can proudly declare: We are a country of etiquette, and China will not become India.
Well, I have praised so many people today, but I really don’t want to... ... ... ask for monthly tickets, no, no... ... .(To be continued...)
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