The Navy had long had the intention of extermination against Li Dan, the pirates who had been rampant in the sea and could not be judged. However, Li Dan slipped too fast. According to the information obtained by the Navy, Li Dan had already run to Jawa Island and defected to the Dutch.&1t;/p>

Because pirates such as Li Dan were swept away by the navy in their bases in Taiwan, these pirates naturally had to go to Nanyang.&1t;/p>

Pirates are popular in an area and must need to hide places, so that they can replenish supplies, sell stolen goods, and stay. The Zhoushan Islands in the north are obviously untenable. There are no good offshore islands in the north. Changshan Islands are military areas where the Dongjiang Army is active, and there are no big maritime interests in the north to support them.&1t;/p>

Just like the famous Pirates of the Caribbean, it is based on the Caribbean region with islands everywhere.&1t;/p>

Penghu and Taiwan were the hiding places for these pirates before. If they lost this hiding place, they naturally had to go to Southeast Asia.&1t;/p>

Nanyang islands are numerous and very complex.&1t;/p>

Of course, these pirates are obviously not easy to get along in Nanyang! They must rely on others and rely on the Dutch and Spanish, after all, they are not their home court.&1t;/p>

Moreover, the Dutch and the Spanish were very careful about these pirates, especially the Spanish. When the pirate Lin Feng was struggling to attack the Philippines, it caused a lot of trouble for the Spaniards. Because of this, when Li Dan started his business, he was almost killed by the troupe.&1t;/p>

Therefore, Li Dan could not surrender to the Spaniards, but the pirate group had a split due to the loss of Taiwan's base. The pirates, who were Liu Xiang, surrendered to the Spaniards, while Li Dan surrendered to the Dutch.&1t;/p>

Liu Xiang died as soon as she appeared. This guy was bold enough to go to Taiwan to cause trouble, and was directly destroyed by the court.&1t;/p>

Li Dan was smarter and went to Hainan to cause trouble. The imperial court did not have much defense in Hainan, but let these pirates massacre several fishing villages.&1t;/p>

When those maritime merchants contacted Li Dan, the Dutch were about to make trouble.&1t;/p>

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Dutch transferred 20 thousand-ton gunboats from the local area in one go. With the cooperation of Li Dan, they decided to invade the coastal areas of Fujian again.&1t;/p>

This time Li Dan has an intimate role, and just log in to Fujian can cause trouble.&1t;/p>

This is a life-and-death struggle. If the government insists on cracking down on pirates and imposes high tariffs, then Li Dan will not be able to surrender to the government.&1t;/p>

If the Dutch could not trade with the Ming Dynasty, the trade profit of the East India Company would also drop significantly. And now it is not a simple issue of trade with the Ming Dynasty, but the trade with Japan has been cut off by the Ming Dynasty. It has had an extremely serious impact on the trade profit of the East India Company.&1t;/p>

Just say that the Dutch colonized on Jawa Island, how much profit can it generate? At most, it is the output of some sugar, rice and cotton. They cannot obtain gold and silver through trade. They cannot obtain porcelain, tea, raw silk and silk through trade, as well as other commodities produced by the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Then, when the southeast monsoon arrived in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Song Ke, the commander of the East India Company fleet, once again led a warship to a fleet of twenty-five ships, brazenly heading north to the Taiwan Strait.&1t;/p>

"The Ming Dynasty's colonial activities in Taiwan are so fast. If our East India Company can snatch Taiwan, it will create a considerable benefit." Song Ke saw that there were many ships coming and going to Taiwan at this time, and many of them were heading to Taiwan, and he immediately salivated at Taiwan. So he immediately changed his original plan and decided to attack Taiwan.&1t;/p>

Compared to Fujian, attacking Taiwan is obviously more reliable.&1t;/p>

Fujian is located in Great 6. The power that the Ming Dynasty could call could be continuously and was not a place that the Dutch could occupy at all. If it harassed Fujian just to force the Ming Dynasty to surrender and agree to trade with the Netherlands, then attacking Taiwan is different. If it could capture Taiwan, then the Netherlands could occupy Taiwan for a long time with its powerful naval power, and it could continue to force the Ming Dynasty to trade with them, and even reopen the trade route with Japan.&1t;/p>

Song Ke made sufficient preparations for this attack. I dealt with the 29-pound cannons owned by the Ming Dynasty. This time, Song Ke felt that the 25 gunboats in his hand could be handled, because the gunboats of the Ming Dynasty were all from the Netherlands, and at most only 6 were only.&1t;/p>

Even if the Ming Dynasty dispatched all gunboats this time, the East India Company could have a huge advantage over the Ming Dynasty's gunboats, and there was no reason to fail again.&1t;/p>

Moreover, Song Ke did not think that the Ming Dynasty could make more gunboats. Because the Ming people's ships were not suitable for use as gunboats, their ships used watertight compartments. Therefore, the hull was not so strong, and the ship type was completely unsuitable.&1t;/p>

European ships do not have watertight compartments, but they can be made more solid. Although their safety is worse, they either have unknown leakage or are too big to save. However, during naval battles, the stronger hull can be more resistant to combat and is also suitable for the arrangement of artillery.&1t;/p>

Obviously, Song Ke's contempt for the Ming Dynasty made him pay a heavy price next.&1t;/p>

Because Song Ke was fearless, he did not attack other strongholds in Taiwan, but ran to attack Anping Fort. As a result, the old birthday boy was naturally worried that he had a long life after eating arsenic. As soon as he arrived at the outer port of Anping Fort, he was discovered by the Ming army. Then the fort in the port blew up at the Dutch gunboat.&1t;/p>

Under hundreds of heavy artillery fire, several Dutch warships were hit on the spot, and large holes were blasted out by the 30-pound cannons in the port.&1t;/p>

A warship could not be blocked and slowly sank into the port on the spot.&1t;/p>

"Oh God! How come these Orientals have so many heavy artillery!"&1t;/p>

"Sir, let's retreat quickly! We can't break through here at all."&1t;/p>

Suddenly, there were ghosts and wolves howling in the fleet. Faced with such a fierce heavy artillery strike, the Dutch were unprepared in advance, and there was no information on this.&1t;/p>

It is really fearless. If the Dutch were not too arrogant, they would not have come here. But this kind of arrogance was by no means formed overnight. Since the Dutch began to expand everywhere in the ocean, even the Spaniards, known as the invincible fleet, had no choice but to do anything to them. In the process of bullying weak nations around the world, no nation can fight against them on the ocean. Naturally, it has developed a kind of arrogance.&1t;/p>

So much so that these Dutch people rushed over without even understanding the information about Taiwan, and were beaten to death on the spot.&1t;/p>

"Retreat, retreat quickly." Song Ke issued a retreat order in a mess.&1t;/p>

But at this moment, a few Shuikang suddenly screamed in panic. Following their eyes, they saw more than a dozen Ming warships flying the dragon flag appeared outside the port.&1t;/p>

What a close call to beat the dog!&1t;/p>

The East India Company fleet, which was retreating in a mess, was in a mess. Facing the sudden emergence of the Ming Dynasty Royal Fleet, I was stunned on the spot.&1t;/p>

The Royal Fleet of Ming Dynasty leaned directly up. It was shelled when there was still 50 meters away. The Dutch were beaten to no avail.&1t;/p>

At this distance, the Dutch's 1o-pound cannon has poor lethality and no accurate head. However, the 29-pound cannon of the Royal Fleet of the Ming Dynasty is different. At this distance, the lethality is very good. It is very easy to deal with this thousand-ton gunboat, and it is also OK in terms of accurate head.&1t;/p>

Song Ke almost squirted out an old blood on the spot, which was so bullying.&1t;/p>

"Look. That Ming people's warship, God! He is too big."&1t;/p>

"I've never seen such a large warship..."&1t;/p>

A group of Dutch sailors exclaimed again at this time, and saw a warship with a displacement of 1,500 tons heading towards them.&1t;/p>

All the Dutch people were heartbroken when they saw this warship.&1t;/p>

Song Ke finally knew how stupid he was. Mingguo obviously had the technology to make gunboats, and he also made larger gunboats.&1t;/p>

At this time, there were wolves and tigers in the back, and Song Ke felt bad.&1t;/p>

The morale of a group of Dutch sailors fell wildly. After one round of artillery, two Dutch warships were severely damaged. They floated on the sea and stopped moving. A group of sailors began to block the leak and drain the water. They could only barely maintain the warships' sinking, but the flight turned into a tortoise.&1t;/p>

The Royal Fleet of Ming Dynasty continued to approach. The distance between the two sides was still getting closer.&1t;/p>

A powerful force of oppression hits the face, and many Dutch sailors looked pale when the scene was pale. They were used to bullying the weak, which also made them lose enough courage in the face of powerful forces.&1t;/p>

They just want to make money, not like losing their lives, nor have any faith.&1t;/p>

Obviously, the Royal Fleet of the Ming Dynasty could not let these Dutchmen go because they were afraid, but leaned forward ruthlessly and then fired a volley.&1t;/p>

Boom boom boom boom...&1t;/p>

The smoke of gunpowder rose, and the shells roared out, piercing through the hull of the Dutch warship like a shattering blow. The Dutch were also fighting back, and in despair a crazy mood.&1t;/p>

The shells from both sides roared and were pouring wildly into each other's hull.&1t;/p>

It’s a pity that the Dutch shells were not very lethal. Before they could sink the warships of the Royal Fleet of Ming Dynasty, their warships had been knocked into honeycombs. One by one, one by one, sank into the sea.&1t;/p>

The Imperial Power rushed into the battle and fired a close-range volley at a Dutch warship.&1t;/p>

Dozens of side guns bombed hot shells, and dozens of holes were punched out of the Dutch warship a hundred meters away on the spot. Then the hull began to inject a large amount of water, and then slowly sank.&1t;/p>

This naval battle was like a massacre. If the only thing that could make the Dutch happy was that all the warships of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty were not present.&1t;/p>

The Royal Fleet of Ming Dynasty already has twenty-two gunboats, only twelve were present this time, and ten were still going to find trouble for the Spaniards.&1t;/p>

Obviously, the Dutch came to Taiwan to make trouble, which was somewhat beyond the expectations of the top naval leaders. The Dutch fleet had been spotted by the navy's express ships before it arrived at the Taiwan Strait. The Navy received the news and immediately set off from Penghu and rushed to Tainan. It was originally thought that the Dutch would harass the southernmost part of Taiwan, because the land had just begun to be renovated and the port fortress had not been fully built.&1t;/p>

As a result, the Dutch ran to Anpingburg to cause trouble. The navy that passed by blocked the Dutch directly into the port.&1t;/p>

What's even better is that these Dutch warships have a very poor formation. And there is a group of pirate ships that are worse than their formation. These pirate ships are naturally Li Dan and the others. These ships are not gunboats, but things for platoon combat.&1t;/p>

As a result, this naval battle turned into a slaughter-like battle. The Dutch formation was too poor, and it turned into a tactic of adding fuel to it.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!