Chapter 399 Dutch Fleet
After Zheng Chenggong arranged the defense of Relan Chacheng, he said to Li Dingguo:
"General Li, take Anthony to the Ming Dynasty Iron Armored Battleship to let him see the good show."
Li Dingguo smiled:
"Governor, will we charge for this red-haired ghost to watch the show?"
Zheng Chenggong laughed confidently:
"Hahaha, no, no, no, you will not receive any free money!"
Li Dingguo immediately sent an order:
"Okay, the Dragon Flag Army brings Anthony with us, and we follow the governor to board the warship."
"yes"
Soon, Anthony was brought to Zheng Chenggong.
To compensate the Ming Dynasty for 10 million taels of silver, it would be better to kill Anthony directly.
The Dutch were known as the sea coachman, and when did they win a battle?
Now, not only are all the Dutch people on Taiwan Island killed, but they also have to compensate the Ming Dynasty for huge amounts of silver.
Anthony knew that the country would not give it out so much money. Even if he could take it out, he would not pay it out to Daming.
He didn't dare to go back and speak, as this was a great insult to the Netherlands.
If the Ming Dynasty really wanted the Dutch to compensate, he should be let go back and report the news immediately, but the Ming army did not do that.
If Ming Jun doesn't let him come back, he will definitely kill him because he has no value anymore.
As a result, Ming Jun was still serving him with delicious food and drink, and had no intention of killing him.
This situation made Anthony even more anxious and was waiting for the boot to land.
When brought to Zheng Chenggong, Anthony thought the deadline had come.
But this time the Ming army still did not kill him and was taken to the armored warship.
The moment he stepped onto the armored warship, Anthony was completely shocked.
He discovered that the Ming army warship was not armored, but a real iron shell warship.
Think about the armor of Dutch warships, at most, they just installed a few iron plates on the warships, and the gap is not a little bit big.
Anthony finally knew now that it was normal for them to lose to the Ming army.
Compared with the current strength of the Ming army, their so-called invincible fleet is almost no different from those natives on the deserted islands.
He could be sure of one thing. As long as the Ming army was willing to fight the so-called sea coachman, they would have no power to fight back.
Anthony's shocked expression was cut into his eyes by Zheng Chenggong, and he was secretly amused in his heart.
"Anthony, are you shocked by my Ming Iron Armored Battleship? To tell you the truth, what is shocked is still behind?
Soon you will see with your own eyes how your so-called invincible fleet of the Netherlands was sunk by our Ming Dynasty iron armored warship, hahahaha..."
Now Anthony finally understood what was going on. It turned out that the Ming army brought him on the warship with a purpose, and wanted him to see with his own eyes how his compatriots sank to the bottom of the sea to feed the turtle.
"You can't do this, God will punish you..."
Li Dingguo laughed wildly:
"Hahaha, it's a joke. Your God dares to punish me for the Ming Dynasty? As long as he dares to come, believe it or not, we will send your God to the West."
"You...you are shameless..."
Anthony suddenly felt powerless, and he was so eager for his reinforcements to come.
Now he hopes that reinforcements will not come. In front of the powerful Ming army warships, they are completely "moths to the flames."
At this time, the army came to report:
"Report to the Governor, the Red-haired Ghost's battleship is only two nautical miles away."
Zheng Chenggong laughed:
"Good come, order, Wanli, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Wu drive to the left.
The Chongzhen, Yongle, and Zhengde were heading to the front right.
Once the Red Haired Fleet was discovered, immediately encircle and cut off their retreat.
The other four warships accelerated head-on under the leadership of the Hongwu, and they must sink all of them in the waters near Taiwan."
"yes"
With Zheng Chenggong's order, eleven warships immediately left the port.
Anthony's eyes closed:
"It's over. How many warships come today are all giving away their heads. When was the Ming Dynasty so powerful? Why didn't we notice it at all? It's so sad."
When the Ming Dynasty issued an ultimatum to Jelanzha, Anthony reported the matter to Batavia.
They did not think that the Ming Navy had the strength to defeat Jelanzha.
But if the Ming Dynasty tried its best and decided to recover Taiwan at all costs, then Taiwan would be in danger.
They are still very afraid of the overall strength of the Ming Dynasty, after all, there are limited numbers of people in Relanzha City.
So Batavia held a special meeting to discuss the consequences of the war.
If the Taiwan War fails, it will bring shame to the Dutch East India Company.
This is the biggest failure that Western colonists have suffered in the past hundred years of sweeping the world.
The arrogant and arrogant Dutch obviously couldn't accept such a result.
The East India Company headquarters, located in Batavia, is even more unacceptable.
They believe that if the war fails, it will be an incalculable disaster for the East India Company.
The East India Company not only lost a treasure land of wealth, but also its maritime trade was curbed by the Ming Dynasty.
In the eyes of the Batavian authorities, the Ming Dynasty has now become the most dangerous opponent in the Netherlands.
In order to avoid the damage to the trade interests of the East India Company and prevent the Ming Dynasty from expanding at sea.
The East India Company decided to deal with a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty, not only to protect Taiwan, but also to destroy the Ming Dynasty's maritime power as much as possible.
He even wanted to destroy the Ming bases and warships in Fujian and Guangzhou together, so that the Ming Dynasty could not turn over within 20 years.
These colonists shouted:
"We must use God's help to attack the Ming Dynasty from the sea, attack the Ming Dynasty's coast, and seize his trade.
To this end, they sent a main fleet to assist in defense of Taiwan.
As long as the Ming army dares to cross the Taiwan Strait, they will teach the Ming Dynasty a profound lesson, so that the Ming Dynasty will never dare to attack Taiwan.
This time, the Dutch fleet rushed to the city of Jelancha, a total of twelve warships.
Four first-class battleships, three-layer deck 104 artillery pieces.
Four second-class battleships, 90 artillery pieces on the third deck.
Two third-level battleships, 75 artillery pieces on the three-layer deck.
The other two warships are supply ships. There are not many artillery on the supply ships and generally do not participate in the war.
These twelve warships are almost their main maritime power in Asia.
When they received the report of the Ming army's war to attack Taiwan, they only left five third-level battleships to guard their homes, and other warships came out in full swing.
The commander of the Red-Haired Fleet who rescued Taiwan this time was named Bolton, and he was full of confidence in the rescue.
In his eyes, the Daming Navy was more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, Zheng He's fleet of voyages to the West was indeed powerful, and the largest warship in the Netherlands at that time was not as large as the smallest fleet of Zheng He's fleet.
Many of the nautical charts used by the Dutch now are still Zheng He nautical charts.
It’s a pity that the Ming Navy after Zheng He was already much behind the West.
Bolton believes that the Garen ship Batavia where he is located is no longer comparable to the Ming army warship.
Bolton didn't know that Taiwan had been recovered by the Ming Dynasty, and no one who reported the news appeared.
If it is said that the army has completely wiped out the red-haired men in the city of Relanzha, none of them escaped.
Even if Bolton was killed, he would not believe this.
Chapter completed!