News that Dutch ships appeared outside Zhaojiagang reached Cai Qian's ears as soon as possible.

He hurried to the port fortress and looked at the four Dutch merchant ships on the sea that were constantly approaching, Cai Qian showed a cruel smile on his face.

Just four merchant ships also want to come to provoke Zhaojiagang. Who are you looking down on?

I really think that the seemingly ordinary Zhaojia Port, which seems to have only two small turrets, is there really only such a little defense?

"Come on, see how grandpa taught your grandson a lesson."

Cai Qian, who was muttering in a low voice, turned around and ordered to the left fort, "Fire the gun, the longest range, and warn them."

This also represents Zhaojiagang's attitude.

If the four merchant ships continue to approach, the port will be bombarded. In this way, even if there is a dispute in the future, the reason will be with Zhaojiagang.

"Boom..."

With two cannons, the sound of the closed cannons was even more amplified, and Cai Qian was really buzzing. At the same time, two heat waves also crossed the platform, making Cai Qian feel like a steaming hammam.

When he was training in Yunxiao, he enjoyed this kind of thing called Turkish bath. It was set up by Zhao Liang to relieve their fatigue and relieve their muscles and bones. There is also a training base in Ruzhou.

The port had already uttered the flags. Although the four Dutch merchant ships could see clearly, no one paid attention to them and even omitted the answers. Then, two screams came from far to near, and a column of water rose up from a hundred meters outside a merchant ship.

Cai Qian, holding the telescope, nodded with satisfaction, and the landing position of the cannon shot was very suitable.

The four Dutch merchant ships immediately expressed their attitude. They seemed to have been angry with the lion and issued flags to the port.

The four merchant ships naturally leaned over the hull as they advanced, and the muzzles that had been prepared were immediately sprayed out flames.

While making a zigzag shape at sea, tilt the hull and exert the power of the ship's side cannon. This is a tactic that every qualified seaman knows in the European world.

"Boom boom boom..."

In the blink of an eye, the smoke from the sea had already spread.

Cai Qian put down the telescope and yelled at everyone in the fort: "Fight! Fight hard!"

Two more cannons sounded, and a wave of heat swept through the turret again.

The left and right turrets of Zhaojiagang are only one floor, each with four gun holes, and the shooting angle can cover the entire outer sea.

The outer body of the fort is piled with stones, filled with lime glutinous rice slurry, with a strong structure, with pineapple lattice inside, and then the innermost is a teak.

Pineapple latte is a tree with relatively high hardness. It is mostly used to make floors in later generations, so it has some elasticity. It produces a lot in Nanyang and is considered a tree species with high quality.

The hardness of teak is far less than that of pineapple lattice, but teak is more tough, which can reduce the secondary damage to the human body after the wood cracks when it is subjected to a strong impact.

Why are European artificial sail warships so popular with oak?

That is because oak is not weak in hardness, it is slightly better than pineapple latte, much more than teak, and it is also elastic, which not only can better resist the bombardment of shells, but also reduce the secondary damage to the inner crew after the ship wall is broken.

Although there is no such thing as reinforced concrete, in today's era, such a specification of the turret is no longer bad.

Even European turrets are like this at most, and they are even worse than those in Manila and Batavia. For example, many of the turrets are open-air turrets.

"Boom! Boom!..."

A row of cannons exploded one by one, and the hull of more than 400 tons trembled again! The entire deck was covered by rolling smoke.

William Dris moaned comfortably, the smell of gunpowder really made him obsessed. Unfortunately, the war between the Dutch and Britain had ended, and his motherland was defeated and lost. Even if it weren't for the French's maintenance, the Netherlands would have surrendered with both hands.

This is a terrible result.

But as a small merchant ship gun captain, William Dris had no regrets even if he was angry.

He knew that the BT excitement that rose in his heart was wrong. He was passing his anger on the heads of honest and innocent Chinese people, which was a kind of cowardly monetization.

Escape from the strong and bully the weak.

He disliked himself now.

But he couldn't control his inner excitement. He knew that if he didn't vent his heart, he would definitely be suffocated.

Because he dared not shoot the shells at the British.

This year, the British lifted the blockade of Batavia, and even British merchant ships docked in Batavia. He had the opportunity to shoot shells, but he did not dare.

It was not because he was afraid of causing trouble for his motherland and gave the British a better excuse to squeeze the Netherlands, but because he did not dare to lose his life.

If such a shell is shot, he will die.

Neither the Netherlands nor the East India Company could spare him.

This sober cognition is even more called William Driss' pain.

So he can only release his negative emotions in his heart now, "May the Lord bless you, Amen."

William Dris clearly saw that two shells hit the fort, and he prayed for the Chinese inside.

Well, yes, praying sincerely so that he will be innocent.

At this time, a loud noise suddenly came from a merchant ship. Even though the four merchant ships were moving all the time, Zhaojiagang did not give it for nothing.

The turret has been built for two years. The gunners have been training and live-fire shooting again and again, and they are on land, and they are firing at a fixed point. The accurate head is much higher than that of the naval gun.

The first time the left fortress officially counterattacked, two shells hit near a merchant ship. The water column was estimated to be thirty or twenty meters, which was already very close. The fire was launched again, and it was indeed a hit.

Dris suddenly woke up.

The Chinese are not primitive people without backhand power. They also have cannons. It is too early to pray for them!

And depending on the other person's level, he hit a shot in the second round and must not be underestimated. Even if this shot is just a hit, it proves that the Chinese people are very lucky today.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, and four merchant ships attacked a fixed target. After several rounds, hundreds of shells were fired, so naturally some of them hit the left and right turrets.

"Boom! Boom!~~"

The messy shells kept slashing over the head of the turret or falling around.

Almost every time the interval is not long, and it has caused considerable losses to Zhaojiagang Wharf.

Of course, several shells hit the turret.

But what Cai Qian was worried about was that the hits of these shells had not caused substantial damage to the turret once.

Just these shells on merchant ships can really break through its protection.

...

Outside the sea, a fleet was heading towards Zhaojiagang.

"Uncle, it seems that fighting is taking place in the harbor." The lookout reported because he saw the rising smoke of gunpowder.
Chapter completed!