Chapter 504 Blocking the port gate [2 more]
Not to mention other things, there are many talents proficient in several languages among the maritime businessmen. For the benefit of maritime trade, these people almost took the strength to take the exam for scholarship.
As it was getting late, dozens of ships from the Portuguese fleet docked in the most eye-catching position among the ports.
The smoke from the cooking stove was curling, and thousands of sailors on the boat were eating dinner, while Lawrence, Daliqis and several officers were tasting red wine.
One officer smiled and said, "Kolde sent someone to send a message not long ago that he had found the hiding place of the Ming general. This time he would definitely capture the other party alive. At that time, we can cut off the head of this man and avenge those soldiers who died unjustly."
It can be seen that the crowd is in a very good mood. After all, they have been attacked by Qi Jingtong in the past few days. Whether it is these ordinary officers or Daliqisi, Lawrence and others are tired of Qi Jingtong, and they want to tear him to pieces.
Now Kolde sent someone to send news that he would be able to catch Qi Jingtong immediately. Everyone was tasting wine while discussing how to deal with Qi Jingtong later.
At this moment, a soldier was stumbled towards him with a pale face and stopped him from afar by several soldiers.
"I want to meet the Governor, I want to meet the Governor!"
Hearing the movement here, Daliqi, in a good mood, couldn't help but frowned, stood up, and walked towards him, "If I remember correctly, you should be Cold's subordinate. Could it be that he had captured the Ming general alive and ordered you to come first to report the victory?"
The soldier shook his head when he heard this, "Governor General, send troops to rescue General Korde..."
"What?"
"What the hell is going on, tell me clearly!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Daliqisi even grabbed the soldier, stared at the other party with wide eyes and shouted.
The soldier trembled with fear to how Kold and others found Qi Jingtong's hiding place and how he was resisted by the Japanese. Then Qi Jingtong brought a group of elite Ming troops from somewhere and surrounded Kold and others. After a detailed explanation.
"Hiss, if that's true, it means that the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty have arrived!"
Lawrence shouted softly, looked up at Daliqisi and said, "Governor General, please give a quick order. Everyone boarded the ship immediately, set sail, and stayed away from the port..."
Obviously, Lawrence was not optimistic that they could defend the port. If it were before, Lawrence was still wondering whether he could fight the Ming Dynasty.
But now Lawrence suddenly felt that he and Daliqisi had underestimated the ancient Eastern country of the Ming Dynasty.
Daliqisi couldn't help but look at Lawrence and said, "Lawrence, you..."
Lawrence shook his head at Daliqisi with a wry smile and said, "Governor General, although he is unwilling to admit it, he has to say that if the opponent's reinforcements really arrive, we may not be his opponent."
An officer looked at Lawrence with a little puzzled look, then looked at Daliqisi. He seemed to understand something, and his face also became ugly and said to Daliqisi: "Governor, we cannot abandon General Corde and the others. That is more than a thousand soldiers. If something happens to them, we are afraid that most of our combat power will be lost."
After a few times, the army, which originally had more than 2,000 people, is now only four or five hundred people left, and is still in charge of the port, and more than a thousand of them are with Kold to chase and kill Qi Jingtong.
It can be said that if something happened to the thousands of people Kold took away, there would be only a few hundred infantry left in the entire fleet, which would definitely be a damaging blow to the fleet.
"What are you afraid of? Unless there are other ships in the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming army is so elite, it is impossible to fight with us at sea!"
An officer yelled loudly in the alcohol.
Daliqisi's eyes lit up after hearing this, saying, "Yes, the other party must have many people to help from reinforcements. It is reasonable that Kolde is not their opponent, but our strongest one is not the army, but the navy. As long as the Ming Dynasty did not mobilize the fleet, we are fearless at all!"
Lawrence heard what Daliqisi and the officer said, and a little hesitant appeared on his face. At this moment, a sentry responsible for looking around and monitoring the sea surface around suddenly came hurriedly to Daliqisi and others, and then said: "Governor General, a fleet is suspected to have appeared several miles away from the port..."
"This is impossible..."
Like instinct, Daliqisi stood up suddenly, his face full of solemnity.
Even when Daliqisi heard that Kold was surrounded, he was not so panicked. After all, their roots were the navy, not the army. Even if the army was completely destroyed, it would not affect the fundamentals of the fleet.
Now the sentry actually told him that a fleet appeared on the sea outside the port, which made Daliqisi think of the first thing that appeared was the Ming naval fleet.
In fact, Daliqi's heart was unwilling to admit the Changning and Changping firepower, but he also knew that the Ming Dynasty was not inferior to them in terms of shipbuilding, and both sides could be regarded as having their own strengths.
In this case, the difference in combat power between the two sides is not too large, which means that the biggest advantage of the Portuguese fleet no longer exists.
The reason why the Portuguese fleet was able to scatter the ocean and slaughtered a group of indigenous people was relying on that invincible fleet.
Daliqisi, who realized this, almost shouted: "Hurry, hurry, send everyone to board the ship immediately, tell them that if there are still people who have not boarded the ship within a quarter of an hour, then stay here for me forever!"
Almost in an instant, the entire port fell into chaos. Except for the soldiers who stayed on the ships, most of the entire fleet got off the ship and moved in the port.
At this moment, Daliqisi's order was issued, and a group of people rushed towards the port and began to board the ship with the help of a small boat.
There was chaos in the port. After all, thousands of people boarded the ship together, especially Daliqisi still required it to be completed within a quarter of an hour, which made the situation a little messy.
A sound of horse hooves came, and soon countless Ming soldiers appeared on the port. Who was the leader?
Riding on a tall horse, Chu Yi looked at the Portuguese soldiers on the port shore from afar and said a cold look flashing in his eyes: "Tell me the order to let Li Degong and Pang Shiqi launch an attack on me, and be sure to block these Western barbarian fleets in the port."
The fleet that appeared on the sea outside the port was the Ming fleet led by Li Degong and Pang Shiqi.
This fleet can be said to have gathered most of the essence of the Ming Dynasty's fleet in Japan. Almost most of the fifty ships were newly built warships, equipped with the latest artillery, and each one was no worse than the Changning and Changping.
When a wave of wolf smoke rolled up, even on the sea more than ten miles away, Li Degong, who was drifting on the ocean, and Pang Shiqi and two generals immediately ordered the fleet to come towards Shijian Port.
Except for a few supply ships, all the others are warships, including nearly 30 new warships. Although the remaining warships are older, they also have some combat power. At least there is no problem in besieging those Portuguese fleets.
Li Degong and Pang Shiqi immediately ordered when they saw the rolling wolf smoke. Dozens of ships scattered and blocked the port exit of Ishimi Port in a surround manner.
At this moment, the Portuguese warships in the port have also started, and more than a dozen warships took the lead, appearing first in the sight of Li Degong, Pang Shiqi and others.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Daliqisi, who was standing on the flagship, stood with Lawrence, and they were also looking at the fleet opposite.
With a rumbling sound, a water column soared into the sky, which was a shell fired from the Ming fleet.
"Hiss, this... are these ships like the Changning and Changping that were sunk by us?"
After all, Changning and Changping impressed them too deeply. You should know that the guns on their ships can fire at a limited distance. Compared with the Jetty-People, the shooting distance of Changning's artillery is about one mile away.
Although the distance of one mile is not too far, this gap often plays an extremely important role in the war.
Just like now, the Ming Fleet can shell the Portuguese fleet, but the Portuguese fleet is because the range of artillery loaded on its own ship is insufficient. Faced with the artillery bombardment of the Ming Fleet, even if they wish they could launch the shells immediately to fight back, they would have no choice but to do anything.
Who made their artillery range not so far? Before the Ming fleet entered their range, they could only passively accept the attack and could not fight back.
Daliqisi gritted his teeth and said, "Send the order, all warships will rush out as fast as possible!"
Just looking at the dozens of warships outside the port blocking the port's estuary like open pockets, Daliqis didn't understand the other party's intentions.
The shells exploded around the warship, perhaps because of luck. Many warships were bombarded by the artillery of the Ming Fleet during this teapot. Although the flagship where Daliqisi was located was targeted by two warships, dozens of shells came down but failed to hit them.
As the distance between the two sides approached, Daliqisi couldn't help but feel happy as the Ming warship finally entered the range: "Retaliation, fight back, fight back, sank them, and sank them all for this Governor..."
Chapter completed!