But this is only the situation known within the Xinghai Kingdom. For Zheng Chenggong, looking at the three-story artillery deck and densely packed gun windows on the large transport ship, he felt so beautiful in his heart, just like when his father had just become a groom.
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You must know that although these Napoleon naval guns are far inferior to the cannons of the Star Sea Battleships, there are enough of them to transform these five giant transport ships into sea monsters!
In fact, even if the first-class battleships of the Helan people were brought over to challenge them, they would really not be able to do well in the face of such a giant gunboat at sea.
After taking over five battleships, Zheng Chenggong asked his men to practice for more than half a month under the guidance of instructors, and then he set off with the fleet.
For those old sea dogs, although they have never operated this kind of Western-style warship before, they have lived at sea for so long and have a little practice, so there is no big problem.
The first battle when Zheng Chenggong led his fleet was to bombard Xiamen, which was occupied by the Qing army.
Xiamen was originally the home base of the Zheng Jiajun. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Xiamen became the navy camp of the Qing army, which usually caused trouble for the Zheng Jiajun.
After all, the distance between the two sides is too close.
As a result, the hatred between the two sides became more and more intense.
This is also the main reason why after Zheng Chenggong obtained the huge ship and became more proficient in maneuvering it, he turned around and caused trouble for the Qing army.
After all, there is room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!
Five giant ships and a row of small boats were approaching the lower gate. The Qing navy was not completely vegetarian. After all, many of them were old friends from Zheng Zhilong's time. However, after following Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they changed their lives.
Became an official of the Qing Dynasty!
Actually, people who have changed their identities are often the most ruthless when dealing with their former selves.
This is one of the reasons why Guan Ning's cavalry escaped from the enemy before, but became brave and moved forward after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.
This Qing navy was no exception. A cannon sounded, and immediately hundreds of warships, large and small, poured out of the water stronghold and headed towards the Zheng family's army.
But a moment later, what was waiting for them was shells falling like rain.
Well, although these cannonballs are only solid cannonballs, when the number of solid cannonballs increases and they hit them, it is quite scary.
In the blink of an eye, the smaller warship was riddled with holes and sank directly. Although the larger ship could withstand a few more hits, its masts and so on were broken, and it lost its combat effectiveness.
After sinking or capturing hundreds of enemy ships, the Zheng family's fleet swaggered in front of the Qing army's water stronghold. After a burst of shelling, the sailors holding Thunderbolt 1646 were put down.
After a wave of charges, the Zheng Jiajun regained their water stronghold.
Not to mention that the Zheng Jiajun frequently launched attacks on Qing coastal targets for a period of time. It is only said that after half a month of slight repairs, the southbound fleet left the port and sailed straight to Malacca as the fleet from Xinghai City arrived.
And go.
The fleet coming from Xinghai City was fully loaded with the 5th Division that had moved to defense, 3,000 men, and 5,000 coolies drawn from mines and other places.
In addition, three newly launched warships also came with them and joined the fleet heading south.
Well, the fleet also carries a large amount of selected coal, grain, ammunition and other materials.
It can be said that in order to ensure the smooth implementation of this southbound plan, Xinghai Kingdom has deployed more than half of its existing transport ships.
The murderous southward fleet, powered by the huge power provided by steam engines, quickly arrived at the Malacca Castle built by the Dutch.
This Malacca Castle has been built by the Dutch for six years. In fact, even now, it has not been completely completed.
The Dutch planned to build this castle into the most powerful castle in the entire Far East.
It is composed of eight large forts and thirty-six small forts. More than one hundred artillery pieces and more than three thousand musketeers have been deployed.
In the words of the Governor of Malacca, Malacca Castle can never be captured!
Actually, this statement was true before the emergence of explosive bombs.
The Kingdom of Johor had previously dispatched more than 200,000 troops to besiege the Malacca Castle. Unfortunately, after 15 days of siege, they had to withdraw due to food shortages. During the withdrawal process, the Helan people took the opportunity to beat them violently and lost their troops.
It can be said to be extremely miserable.
Because of this, the Helan people never thought that anyone would dare to attack the Malacca Castle.
Following the defeat of the last naval battle, the remaining remnants of the Helan fleet returned to Malacca and had to disband and go back to their respective homes to find their mothers.
After all, this fleet is composed of warships and merchant ships drawn from various ports. Being away for too long will have a great impact on the security and trade of each port.
Even the Governor of Malacca did not dare to take responsibility for the problems that arose.
What the Governor of Malacca and Lieutenant General Wilster never expected was that within a month, the Xinghai people would rush to their doorstep with murderous intent!
With the notification of merchant ships hurriedly escaping back to the port, the entire Malacca port and castle were boiling.
The Xinghai people are coming to kill!
In fact, the Governor of Malacca and Lieutenant General Wilster standing on the castle saw the arrival of the Star Sea Fleet earlier than the people at the port.
Nearly 30 warships lined up outside the port exit, blocking all ships in the port.
Whenever a ship tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape, it would be greeted by several cannonballs, and then the ship would be blown into two pieces and sink into the sea.
After this happened several times, no one on those merchant ships dared to escape anymore.
If you rush again, you will lose both money and people.
However, the Helan people have experienced a lot. After receiving the news that the Star Sea Fleet was coming, the forts near the port immediately entered a state of combat readiness.
What the Helan soldiers on the fort never expected was that the enemy ship actually launched an attack outside the range of the fort.
You must know that the heavy artillery equipped on the fort at Malacca Port are all 48-pound heavy artillery. Since the endurance of the ship's hull does not need to be considered, the maximum range of these heavy artillery can reach more than 600 meters.
For those heavy naval guns with a range of mostly 300-400 meters, these forts are nearly invincible in defensive battles.
No fleet could attack the port against the heavy bombardment of these forts.
This is one of the reasons why the Helan people are not worried about their home base being taken away.
But this time, the Xinghai people’s fleet exceeded their imagination.
Thousands of meters away, exploding artillery shells rained down on us.
The focus of the cannonball landing is on the fort.
After half an hour of non-stop shelling, the forts that originally guarded the port were turned into ruins.