Li Qingmu saw that the Qin navy had completely wiped out the Xiyi fleet.
They pursued the victory and sent troops to occupy the Penghu Islands and eliminate the Xiyi people on the islands.
The location of the Penghu Islands is too important, if this island is controlled by the enemy.
They can send troops at any time to cut off the important routes between north and south of China.
Li Qingmu left the severely damaged warships, including the battleship Yue Fei, in Penghu, and sent craftsmen accompanying the army to repair them urgently.
These warships will then be sent to the Guangzhou Shipyard for overhaul.
Li Qingmu asked the elite soldiers of the Zheng family who came with them to dedicate part of their manpower to control the entire Penghu Islands.
These people from the Zheng family have all passed the examination and have joined the Qin Army.
But they have not yet gone through the training of the new barracks and can only be regarded as the reserve team of the Qin army.
To send this person to fight, you need to express your willingness to do so in person to King Su He of Qin. The procedure is very complicated.
If it weren't for the shortage of manpower, Li Qingmu wouldn't have used these people.
Li Qingmu led a large force and continued eastward, heading for Taiwan Island.
They have destroyed the Xiyi fleet and are going to take over Taiwan Island. This is the biggest result.
The battleship Qin Shihuang led the fleet and arrived outside the city of Relanja.
The fleet immediately launched a continuous bombardment of the forts on the coast.
The cannon continued to blast for twenty minutes, destroying all the forts on the shore.
Li Qingmu said to Zheng Zhihu: "General Zheng, I will leave the following matters to you.
You lead the troops to capture the city of Relanja and occupy all parts of Taiwan Island."
"Don't worry, Governor Li. We, the sons of the Zheng family, are all elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. We will definitely complete our mission."
Zheng Zhihu saluted with a military salute, and he immediately led his troops in a small boat and rushed to the shore.
These soldiers under him have all passed the selection of the Qin army.
You must show your abilities now so that you can develop better.
Some former veterans have learned to use rifles.
But there are still some people who are not used to it and rush to the front with steel knives.
Zheng Zhihu led 3,000 men, and he was confident that with these 3,000 men, he could capture the island of Taiwan.
Except for the city of Relancia, the rest of Taiwan Island is composed of small villages.
Many people on the island of Taiwan are their Zheng family, Han Chinese who immigrated to Taiwan before.
These people are basically located in the plain areas near the sea on the west coast of Taiwan.
In the mainland of Taiwan Island, there are squids, and they still retain the habit of cannibalism.
These tribes often attacked the gathering places of the Han people, and they needed unified organization by the government and the dispatch of troops to defend them in order to survive.
The Han people can accept the rule of the Dutch, and they will not object after the Qin army arrives.
As long as the city of Relanja is captured and Zheng Zhihu leads his troops in a circle, he can occupy the island of Taiwan.
Zheng Zhihu led his troops and destroyed all the Dutch soldiers and horses outside the city of Relanje.
A small number of them are real Dutch, and most of them are bastards who depend on the Dutch.
He looked at the bastion of Relanja City and saw that it would definitely not be possible to capture it in a short time using conventional siege methods.
Zheng Zhihu immediately sent troops and asked the navy for support.
He saw huge naval guns constantly hitting the walls of the city of Relanja.
There were several loud booms, and the wall of Relanja City was directly blown down.
Zheng Zhihu immediately led his troops and rushed into the city of Relanja.
He quickly took control of the city of Geranje and arrested all the Dutch.
Zheng Zhihu sent troops to garrison the city of Relanje, and he asked Zheng Cai to take two thousand people to clean up all the Dutch forces along the coastline.
The Dutch ruled Taiwan very crudely.
They built churches locally, and the pastor selected local believers as agents to rule a certain area.
Generally, they are only responsible for collecting taxes and do not assign people to directly manage them.
Only a few Dutch soldiers were stationed in a few key areas.
Zheng Zhihu came to the battleship Qin Shihuang and reported to Li Qingmuhui: "Governor Li, we have captured the city of Relanja.
Destroy all the Dutch soldiers in the city and capture all the Dutch in the city.
By occupying the city of Relanjia, we have occupied the island of Taiwan.
I have sent troops to clear out other forces on the island. These forces are dependent on the Dutch. They are very weak and will surrender immediately.
Governor Li, what should we do with these Dutch prisoners?"
Li Qingmu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Zheng Zhihu, you did a great job.
The affairs of the island of Taiwan will be left to you for the time being.
After you carefully identify these Dutch people according to the "Laws of the King of Qin".
Those who committed unforgivable crimes were executed directly in front of the people.
For others, men sent them to mines and other places to make them work to atone for their sins.
The women and children were asked to pay a fine and stay here.
I will suggest to the king to establish Fujian Taiwan Prefecture and send a prefect to manage the island.
Other issues will be resolved by the local government after they are established."
After capturing the city of Relanje and capturing all the Dutch, the Qin army consolidated the results of this victory.
Li Qingmu returned to Penghu and held a naval meeting to summarize the gains and losses of the naval battle.
"We won a great victory in the naval battle with the Western Yi people and recovered the Penghu Islands and Taiwan Island from the Dutch.
Special praise is given to Wang Doudou, whose idea of ​​naval gun salvo laid the foundation for our army's victory.
I will personally ask the king to give credit to these meritorious people.
However, in this naval battle, our army achieved great results, but it also exposed many problems.
Let me first make a review. The formation of the warships is unreasonable.
The cruisers were integrated into the battleship formation, but their firepower density was not enough, and the range of the naval guns was still extended.
The cruiser had basically no results and was attacked by enemy battleships.
As a result, the Wuzhou and Guilin were sunk. This time we went to war, and the only two warships we lost were the two.
It resulted in the death of 980 naval soldiers.
This is entirely a casualty caused by my inexperience."
The navy officers heard that Li Qingmu took the initiative to take responsibility.
They also knew that Li Qingmu was no longer responsible. They were all newcomers to the navy and were fumbling forward with all tactics without knowing which tactics would be effective.
They can only constantly sum up experience and explore the most suitable combat method for the navy.
After Li Qingmu finished speaking, Liu Guangsheng stood up and said:
"The basic performance of the battleship I designed exceeds the battleships of the Westerners.
But our artillery configuration is unreasonable. There are mainly two kinds of artillery of the Westerners.
The artillery that fires shotguns in close combat is equivalent to our 120 naval guns, and they are equipped with very few.
It is mainly equipped with a main gun, which is slightly worse than our 150 naval gun.
But one of their battleships has seventy or eighty main guns, while we only have fifteen main guns on the battleship Yue Fei.
The artillery configuration is too unreasonable and the number of main guns is too scarce. This is also the reason why our army's battle is extremely difficult.
To be continued...