Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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However, these soldiers who have "walked for more than 100 years" still look quite energetic, whether they are "adults" or "bearded children" (small, they look like babies from a distance, but when they get closer, they have already grown beards) All of them stood out in a neat formation with their chests and bellies raised.They were all wearing shiny breastplates, shiny silver helmets, and carried flintlock guns with bayonets.

The Western soldiers in Malacca and Batavia are nothing more than that!

Su Zhan Dao and Mahmud I, that is, Mahmud Shah, were separated by half a horse. Surrounded by a large group of Johor soldiers and Ming naval infantry, they walked majestically through the capital city of Johor. Pass.

The Malacca and Johor states are actually similar to the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty in China. They are two eras of one dynasty.The country of Malacca is "full form", while the country of Johor has lost half of the country to the west, and the old port of Longxing on the other side of the Strait of Malacca is also out of control.Although more than half of the land was lost, the territory left in the hands of the Johor State is actually the essence, which is roughly the later Singapore State plus the Johor State of Malaysia and the Riau Islands of Indonesia.Basically, the southeast exit of the Strait of Malacca was blocked tightly.

If the Sultan of Johor can still engage in the toll collection business in the Strait of Malacca like his ancestors, then he will win, and win!

It's a pity that after the Europeans came, the country of Johor could only guard the golden waterway of the Strait of Malacca to beg for food... and it cost less than a few bucks!Because Johor has not been the actual control country of the strait for a long time, before the arrival of Daming's "[-]-year reinforcements", the Dutch East India Company actually controlled the strait.The East India Company occupied the city of Malacca in the west of the Johor State, and had a large stronghold in Batavia in the east of the Johor State, and also stationed troops on Bintan Island, which is owned by the Johor State.

In addition, the Dutch also control the Banten Sultanate of Sumatra across Java Island and the Perak Sultanate of Malacca... If Johor is not obedient, they can support the Perak Sultanate and Banten at any time The Sultanate gives Johor a little color!Didn’t the Aceh Sultanate, which rose up when the Malacca state fell apart in the early years, was brought down by the Netherlands?Now all that remains is the westernmost tip of Sumatra.

In the past 100 years, the Dutch East India Company has relied on this method of pulling one faction to fight another faction and the command of the sea with strong ships and cannons to subdue the local states around the Strait of Malacca!

Can the "Hundred Years Reinforcement" of the Ming Dynasty who suddenly appeared now take care of those Westerners with strong boats and guns?

If they have the ability, after the Westerners are taken away...will there still be Johor or Malacca?Such a good "marine toll station", the Emperor Ming didn't want it himself, wouldn't it be good to send a son to do this business?

If Daming did not have this ability, after the Westerners drove away Daming, would they settle accounts with Johor?Even if there is still Johor at that time, I am afraid that there will be no such thing as the sultan of Mamo I.

Thinking that the result of Ming and Westerners competing for the Strait of Malacca would be to either change the country or change the Sudan... Ma Mo I's heart is almost broken!

Su Zhandao happily looked at the city in front of him—most of them were bamboo and wood huts, with only a few decent houses dotted among them.The streets are narrow, but crowded.The whole city has a poor look.Even the Sultan's palace in the distance has a petty air.

How can such a dilapidated and small capital compare to Malacca, which has been run by the Portuguese and the Dutch for more than 100 years?Presumably the Sultan of Johor is willing to exchange Johor State, Bintan Island and a series of islands at the southeast exit of the Strait of Malacca for the land in and around Malacca City?

It turned out that according to the explanation of the Grand Duke, the southeast exit of the Strait of Malacca, including Johor, Bintan Island, Batam Island, and Kiribun Island, was regarded as the reward for Ming to help the Malacca Sultanate restore its ancestral property.In the future, Daming will set up a Straits Mansion here as the capital of Nanyang Province, and Bintan Island, which blocks the exit of the Strait of Malacca, will be the capital of the Strait Mansion—compared with the Singapore Island, Bintan Island is not only two times larger in area. It is more than twice that, and there is a large area of ​​flat terrain on the island, with rich vegetation and abundant water resources.In fact, Bintan Island and the nearby Batam Island had been a bustling transit point for maritime trade until the British chose Singapore.

At this time, Su Zhandao had arrived at the gate of the Sultan's palace in Johor, accompanied by His Majesty Mamu I. Looking at the small and dilapidated palace in front of him, Su Zhandao smiled and said to Mamo I: "King Sultan , Your Majesty knows that your family has suffered in Johor these years. He told you not to worry, the Kingdom of Heaven will definitely make decisions for you, and sooner or later let you move back to Malacca to live in the Dutch palace!"

His words were translated into Malay by a Chinese businessman who acted as an interpreter. After hearing this, King Mahmud I was so excited that his heart beat faster... Malacca City is surrounded by fertile plains, while the terrain around Johor is dominated by mountainous islands , although guarding the exit of the strait, but the business of not being able to block the toll is zero!

Moreover, he can still go to Malacca to live in the palace, which shows that his sultan is still there!

This is really the mighty grace of the emperor!

Thinking of this, he quickly got off his horse, bowed to Su Zhandao, and said to Su Zhandao gratefully: "The great emperor's grace, the ministers and the officials and people of the country, will never be forgotten!"

Although Su Zhandao couldn't understand what he said, he could guess a little bit... The Sultan must have been happy early.He doesn't know that there is no free emperor's grace in the Ming Dynasty today, and Da Ming will charge you to help you restore the city of Malacca, and it is very expensive!

Of course, I can't show him the bill just yet... so as not to scare him.

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Holland's East Indies, Batavia, and Ceylon, England's Britannia, British India, and Madras, France's Pondicherry, French India, and Sweden's Baltic , ten warships with a displacement of more than [-] tons, including the Portuguese Goa, are forming a single file and slowly heading south along the coastline of the Malay Peninsula with the help of a weak northwest wind.Each large ship is escorted by a galley with a displacement of two to three hundred tons.

This tactic of centering the big ship and guarding the front, rear, left, and right with the speedboat is the most standard tactic of the navies of Western countries in the "low sugar" era.Because these Western countries don't have enough sugar supply... Even if Daming is willing to open up the sale, it is impossible for them to let go of the purchase!Otherwise, the neck of the military industry will be stuck by Daming, and if Daming sees anyone who dislikes an embargo, then how can this imperialism be treated?

Therefore, after entering the era of "low-sugarization", the navies of Western countries still focus on "anti-sugar" and strengthening the power of black powder weapons.And their "anti-sugar" method is to use speedboats to protect large warships, in case the warships are destroyed by enemy rocket boats that sneak up.

The main idea of ​​Western countries to strengthen black powder weapons is to develop powerful explosive bombs!The general method is to mix white sugar, fire nitrate, carbon powder, and sulfur powder together to make a blasting bomb between sugar bombs and black gunpowder bombs.As for the ratio of white sugar, fire nitrate, carbon powder, and sulfur powder, each has its own formula.

In addition, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire began to use brown sugar gunpowder in large quantities after the Battle of Vienna because they had a stable supply of brown sugar.

In addition, due to the lack of high-quality and shapeable sugar powder as a propellant for rockets, the rockets of Western countries are not very good, so most of their explosive bombs are fired from artillery.

The East Indies, Batavia, Ceylon, Britannia, British India, Madras, Pondicherry, French India, Baltic and Goa were originally A Tier III battleship with two gun decks and more than 60 cannons.

In the 17s, first- and second-tier battleships with three-layer gun decks and ninety to one hundred or more artillery pieces were treasures of the country, and they would not easily go to the battlefield.So in Europe, the third-tier battleships are almost the main force in naval battles.If it weren't for the sudden arrival of the "Sugar Age", these warships that rely on ships and guns to dominate the sea would become obsolete and obsolete overnight. In the Strait of Malacca, it would be impossible to see ten third-tier battleships forming the same battleship. Sailing in formation... But now there are also so-called "bombardment gunships" developed for the "sugar age" in Europe, which is a new type of battleship equipped with a small number of large-caliber heavy artillery.Therefore, the old-fashioned third-tier battleships became obsolete products. After a certain "sugar medicine" modification, they were sent to the East or the New World to perform missions.That's why there are ten third-tier battleships and forty speedboats in the joint fleet of five countries including Britain, France, Holland, Portugal, and Switzerland!

Such a huge fleet can be called "invincible" even if it is placed on the sea near Europe, not to mention in Southeast Asia... so much so that the sailors on these warships and speedboats are a little bit adrift.On the deck of every warship or speedboat, there are quite a few groups of sailors, lying on the railing of the side, blowing the gentle sea breeze, looking at the scenery on the sea, all of them have extremely relaxed expressions, It seems that they are not here to fight naval battles, but to travel.

However, Campos and John Churchill, who were standing on the bridge of the flagship Britannia of the Four Nations United Fleet, had faintly worried expressions on their faces.

The action they launched is not actually a war against the Ming Navy, but to put on a stance of fighting at all costs and break the "Heavenly Sanctions Order" issued by the Ming court against the Dutch East India Company—if Bintan Island The Ming Navy fleet over there did not dare to take action against the combined fleet of the four countries with fifty ships, but chose to let it go. Then the sanctions against the ships of the Dutch East India Company passing through the Strait of Malacca would be broken... The so-called The sanction order of the Celestial Dynasty has also been poked a hole!

But the question is... Will the Ming Navy really open fire?Their scale is not small, and they also have nearly [-] ships. If there is a fight, it is hard to say who will win!

Thinking of this, Campos sighed deeply. He is obviously a businessman, so why should he be a Dutch naval commander now?In case of losing...then the Dutch East India Company will really lose and go bankrupt!

John Churchill's ears were very good, and he immediately heard the Dutchman sigh, and there was a burst of contempt in his heart... Isn't it just bankruptcy!What's the big deal?For the collective benefit of the Western world, it is only natural for the Dutch East India Company to make a little sacrifice!

In fact, the Ming Empire, the public enemy of the civilized world, can develop to the present point, and the Dutch East India Company bears a lot of responsibility!If they hadn't sold silk, porcelain, sugar, perfume, sugar cane wine, ironware (including weapons), cotton cloth and other commodities produced by Ming Dynasty to the west year after year, it would be impossible for the Ming Empire to obtain sufficient military expenditure!

The Dutch East India Company wants to atone!

Just as he was about to explain the truth to the Dutchman, the alarm bell on the battleship Britannia was suddenly rang!

"Dangdangdangdang..."

Then some watchmen shouted loudly: "I found the Ming Dynasty fleet...to the north of Batam Island, there are more than [-] ships in number, and the distance is [-] yards!"

Campos immediately became nervous, "What, what should I do?"

John Churchill immediately offered advice: "How about rushing through? We're with the wind!"

"No, no... the wind is too weak, we can't increase the speed at all, and we don't dare to fire first!" Although Kemps is a profiteer, he is a big profiteer in the Netherlands these days who understands naval warfare, so he immediately pointed out that Churchill This army major general's approach is not feasible.

"Then what to do?" Churchill asked.

"We first went to Temasek Island to anchor, and then sent representatives to negotiate with the Ming fleet... Tell them that our combined fleet of eight western countries is carrying out missions in the Strait of Malacca. We have freedom of navigation here, so let them not obstruct it!"

"Eight-nation combined fleet?" Churchill was taken aback, "There are only five nations!"

Campos said solemnly: "The eight-nation fleet has three more countries than the five-nation fleet...it must have a stronger deterrent force!"

Chapter 793 Freedom of Navigation VS Freedom of Fire

"What? Eight-nation combined fleet?"

Zheng Kezang, chief of staff of the Nanyang Fleet, was given the title of "Eight-Nation Invincible Fleet"... Confused!

He is not the son of Prince Yanping now - he is just the eldest son of Zheng Jing, the king of Yanping, and strictly speaking, he was born in an evil way, because his mother Chen Zhaoniang was Zheng Jing's wet nurse and gave birth to Zheng Jing after having an affair with Zheng Jing Ke Zang.Although Zheng Jing has always loved the eldest son, under the patriarchal system of the Ming Dynasty, it is a bit too much to make an evil son as the prince's son when there is a son.

So although Zhu Hexi understands the love of Zheng Jingduo's wet nurse Chen Zhaoniang——Nurse, that must be big!But Emperor Zhu could not agree to Zheng Jingli and Zheng Kezang's request, otherwise others would suspect that he wanted to establish Zhu Yimei... and this matter did violate the "Law of Succession of Ming Dynasty" promulgated by Zhu Hechi himself.However, Zhu Heqi still promised Zheng Jing, who had the same hobbies as himself, to take care of his eldest son Kezang.

Therefore, Zheng Kezang arrived in Guangzhou not long before Zhu Heqi's northern expedition to the south of the Yangtze River, and entered the Third Academy of Guangfu, and later entered the Naval Academy.

This time he was sent by the Admiral Qiu Rong of the Nanyang Fleet and Zheng Cong (the younger brother of Zheng Jing) to the flagship Britannia of the Four Nations United Fleet moored on the shore of Temasek Island.

In the officer's rest cabin of the Britannia, Zheng Kezang heard that Krampus boasted that he had an "Eight-Nation Fleet". Combined Fleet, but I only saw the flag of St. George of England, the red, white and blue flag of the Netherlands, the fleur-de-lis flag of France, the cross flag of Sweden, and the shield flag of Portugal... Who are the three countries? Why? Didn't see their flag?"

As a professional naval officer, Zheng Kezang received systematic training from Western instructors headed by Battelle (the East India Company Fleet Commander who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty) and Figo when he was a student in the Naval Academy. Naval tactics and various flags and various ship types, also understand the rules of engagement of western navies...if they are going to play by the rules!

"There are also the Mongolian Navy, the Pope's Navy, and the Spanish Navy." Campus replied in Latin, "Although the warships of Mongolia, His Majesty the Pope, and the Kingdom of Spain have not reached the Strait of Malacca, they stand with us, Let's jointly oppose the so-called sanctions imposed by the Ming Empire that violate the basic rules of free trade! The sea power of our eight countries will jointly defend the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Malacca!"

Zheng Kezang could understand Krampus's Latin without a translator. He nodded, "Understood! The combined fleet of eight countries has actually arrived in five countries."

Glancing at the representatives of England, France, Portugal, and Sweden present, he said in Latin that everyone could understand: "The Ming Empire only sanctioned the Dutch East India Company. Since the domestic law of the Netherlands stipulates that all those entering the Indian Ocean and National ships in the Pacific Ocean must accept the jurisdiction of the East India Company, so all Dutch merchant ships and warships will be regarded as owned by the East India Company!

Ships from other countries can freely pass through the Strait of Malacca without violating sanctions!If other countries besides the Netherlands are willing to use force to defend the freedom of navigation of the Netherlands, then the Ming Navy will have [-]% freedom to fire!

If you want to make money, then the Ming Empire welcomes you to come and trade.

If you want to see God, the Ming Dynasty Navy will send you to meet God, our Ming Dynasty Navy is very good at this! "

After finishing speaking in Latin, Zheng Jing's precious son put on a serious face again, and said a sentence in Chinese: "Don't say that you are unpredictable!"

After showing that the Ming Navy was very good at sending people to God, Zheng Kezang handed over a pre-drawn ultimatum written in Chinese and Latin to Governor Campus, the commander of the coalition fleet.Then he left the Britannia with his entourage, boarded a gunboat and sailed in the direction of Batam Island-after discovering that the combined Western fleet had anchored near Temasek Island, Qiu Rong immediately He led his fleet into a bay in the north of Batam, and then sent Zheng Kezang to the enemy camp.

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"Admiral, join the army. The western fleet currently moored between the west coast of Temasek Island and the coast of Johor State is composed of five countries including the Netherlands, Britain, France, Sweden, and Portugal, but they claim that there are also Mongolia, the Pope, and Spain. Participating is the joint fleet of eight countries."

In the admiral's cabin of the Chaozhou, Zheng Kezang, who had just boarded the ship, was reporting his findings to Qiu Rong and Zheng Cong. He used a pencil to outline the Eight-Nation United Fleet on a fairly accurate chart. the approximate location of .

Then he reported to Qiu Rong and Zheng Cong: "According to my observation, the eight-nation combined fleet has ten third-class battleships and forty speedboats, a total of fifty warships, including three third-class battleships and ten The two speedboats belong to the Dutch...they are all arranged at the entrance of the strait. The flagship of the fleet is the Britannia of the British, which is located in the strait between the west side of Temasek Island and Johor State, west of the strait About three nautical miles from the entrance of the

Qiu Rong glanced at Zheng Cong again. Zheng Jing's brother was actually a classmate of the Naval Academy with Zheng Kezang. After graduating from the Naval Academy, he joined the Nanyang Trading Company as the fleet manager.Before the start of the Battle of the Philippines, he was transferred to the Nanyang Fleet with some warships of the Nanyang Trading Company and served as the commander of the army.

Although this Zheng Cong has been commanding warships in the trading company, the Nanyang Trading Company has had more combat missions than the entire Ming Navy combined, so Zheng Cong's experience in naval warfare is quite rich.

"Admiral, they should be waiting for the wind to blow on the sea." Zheng Cong said, "As long as the northwest wind, west wind or north wind blows on the sea, the ships of the Eight Nations Fleet can use the wind to rush through the Strait of Malacca. As long as they rush out of the strait, they will It's very difficult to catch...and this can be regarded as breaking our celestial sanctions! If there is a southeast, east or south wind blowing at sea, they may turn to the northwest and retreat, and then use their main force to attract our pursuit and cover the Dutch The warship of the warship bypassed Karimun Island and then passed through the waterway near Sumatra, rushing out of the Strait of Malacca."

Qiu Rong frowned, "That means they can run away as long as the wind blows...then what should we do?"

Zheng Cong said: "Admiral, we can raid their anchorage with a galley!"

"Using galleys?" Qiu Rong thought for a while, "But we don't have many galleys, there are only 48 in total... and we have to leave a few to guard the capital ships."

"Admiral," Zheng Cong said with a smile, "you can recruit civilian ships from Bintan Island and Batam Island to participate in the war. The civilian ships belonging to our own people in this area are all armed."

Bintan Island and Batam Island are actually "pirate islands".Because the Strait of Malacca is in a "windless zone" and there are a series of large and small islands "blocking the door" at the southeast entrance of the strait, the only channel to enter and exit is the narrow waterway on the north and south sides of Hainan near the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.Due to the low wind in the strait, large sailing ships that can only pass through at low speeds are easily attacked by pirates based on Bintan Island, Batam Island and other islands.

And the pirates in Nanyang... most of them are Chinese!Well, most of the sea merchants are Chinese, and of course most of the pirates are also Chinese. Of course, the native places of these Chinese pirates are Chaozhou or southern Fujian, that is, Xin Daming’s own people.

Before the rise of the Nanyang Trading Company, these pirates had contacts with the three "big pirates" Qiu Hui, Zheng Jing, and Chen Shangchuan.After the Nanyang Trading Company started, many big pirates in Nanyang became partners of the company.Even if they did not join the Nanyang Trading Company, this group of people had close contacts with the company.

Zheng Cong smiled and said again: "Let's send some sailors and naval infantry with rocket launchers on board, and we can turn these pirate ships into rocket ships!"

"Okay!" Qiu Rong said, "Let's do what we do... Pass on the general's order to recruit the pirates from Bintan Island and Batam Island... No, it's the sea merchants who volunteered to help the battle! Everyone who participates in the battle will be rewarded!"

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As night falls, lights are reflected on the sea near the western entrance of the narrow Johor Strait between Temasek Island and Johor State.In the strait, there are large and small western-style sailboats and galleys.There has been wind in the Straits of Malacca tonight, but the wind is not strong, and the wind direction keeps changing.Even if the large sailing ships of the Eight-Nation Fleet can sail out of the Strait of Malacca with this weak and changeable wind direction, they are easily ambushed and surrounded.To be on the safe side, Campos decided to hide in the Johor Strait.

However, he also thought of the possibility of being attacked by his opponents - such things as sneak attacks on anchorages and ports are what the Dutch navy is best at!They dealt a devastating blow to the Spanish Armada (Spain had many) at the Battle of Downs Anchorage in 1639!

And on June 1667, 6, the daring Dutch fleet even took advantage of the high tide to go upstream along the Thames River, attacked the Sheerness Fort, and then rushed to the city of London in one fell swoop, and gave London a meal Shells!After beating London, they were not satisfied. After exiting the Thames River, they turned into the Medway River next door and attacked Medway Port on the Medway River again, burning five warships in the port with a displacement of more than 19 tons. Also snatched a "Royal Charlie"!

The Dutch East India Company is also good at sneak attacks. They had fought a very successful sneak attack before the failed naval battle of Liuluo Bay-burning down [-] new warships that Zheng Zhilong placed in Xiamen!

Then of course the Dutchman Kramps, who is good at sneak attacks, will deploy his defenses carefully outside his anchorage.When he met Zheng Kezang on the Britannia, he immediately sent a speedboat to the nearby fishing villages to recruit many indigenous fishermen's boats, and used these fishing villages to form two floating boats at the west exit of the Strait of Johor. blockade line.After the two blockade lines, six Dutch speedboats were deployed each, and some artillery and officers and soldiers were unloaded from the third-tier battleships, and two artillery positions were deployed on the land of Temasek Island and Johor State.

At this time, light rain fell, and misty rain and fog rose from the Johor Strait. In such weather, even the sentinels on the fishing boat blockade were a little lazy, and they just walked back and forth along the wooden rafts laid on the fishing boats. I hurried back to the tent on the shore to shelter from the rain.But even if the sentinel stared at the water surface meticulously, how far could he see in this rainy and foggy environment?

Besides, everyone knows that sweet gunpowder is particularly afraid of tides. This kind of day when it rains and the sea is foggy is the most unfavorable for the Ming army who would not fight without sweet gunpowder...

In the Strait of Malacca outside the Strait of Johor, a group of light boats are leaving the sea and approaching quietly.

This team of light boats is composed of twelve Malayan clippers. This kind of Malayan clippers are pointed at both ends and have a long and narrow hull. They can hang one or two vertical sails. It is very suitable for sailing in the calm waters around Malacca, relying on paddles to move quickly.So this kind of ship has become the favorite of Malacca pirates!

The twelve Malayan fast boats were lightly loaded as much as possible, even the sails and masts were removed, there was no protective gear on the deck, and even the bow and stern guns were removed.There were only [-] shirtless and muscular men on the deck shaking the oars in order with the sound of the chant.Apart from the eighteen oar-rowing men, only the helmsman at the stern and two unarmed warriors squatting at the bow remained.

On the bow of a Malayan express fleet, there stood a short, stocky man who looked like an oak wine barrel.His name is Hu Huiqian, and he is from Xinhui, Guangdong. He was a young scholar when Guangdong was restored, and later he was admitted to the Third Academy of Guangfu.After graduating from the academy, he entered the Naval Academy. In fact, his age is about the same as Zheng Kezang, and his information is also almost the same, but his official career is not comparable.He is now a general, and he is still a captain of the naval infantry... Not to mention comparing with Yanping King's son, compared to other classmates of the same period, he is also considered to be a poor performer.

And today's night attack is his chance to turn around and counterattack!

According to the task entrusted to him by his superiors, the twelve Malayan clippers he led will be the first battle tonight... as long as they can break through the defense line set up by the Eight-Nation Fleet at the entrance of the strait, and prepare for the subsequent galley fleet and If the Malayan Clippers open the attack channel, then the task will be completed!

And at this time, he has already discovered the fishing boat defense line at the entrance of the strait and the western speedboat (actually a small gunboat) behind the fishing boat defense line... Those fishing boats tied together by ropes are soaked in butter The spent torches were burning in the rain and mist, emitting a dim yellow light.Not a single person can be seen on these fishing boats, but there is a western-style galley fast boat swimming slowly on the sea behind them!

Chapter 794 Anti-ship infantry, punch battleship!

Hu Huiqian, who has always been fearless, felt his heart beating wildly at this moment.He didn't expect that he would be so unlucky that he bumped into a western-style galley!

The entrance to the west of the Johor Strait is also quite wide, four or five miles wide. Where can this western-style galley go?Why did you meet him impartially?

Of course Hu Huiqian knew that most of these galley speedboats of the Westerners were built specifically to deal with rocket boats.These warships are not only equipped with slender barrels and sub-cannons that can quickly reload ammunition, but also 6-pound guns that can shoot shotguns...Look at the size of that western-style galley, one of its sideboards is equipped with The total number of mother-child guns and 6-pounder guns must be more than ten!

But Hu Huiqian only has a pair of fists in his hands to deal with this western-style galley!

Fighting a battleship with your fist... Can you beat it?

Thinking of this, he could only yell: "If you lose your mother... you will die! Put on the oars and charge up! After you go back, the bounty will be doubled!"

"Order!"

The group of pirates paddling below didn't know how powerful this kind of Western-style galleys specially used for speedboats is - pirates generally don't go to snatch warships, and in windless areas like the Strait of Malacca, galley speedboats can't go faster Malayan Clippers.So ordinary pirates have never fought against galleys... and those pirates who won the jackpot and really fought against galleys are generally dead, so there is not much information about western-style galleys. Great news came out.

Eighteen "Popeyes" worked together, and the speed of this Malayan clipper immediately increased. The sharp bow broke through the waves, and the clipper rushed forward as if it was flying. Hundreds of fishing boats were connected A blockade formed together.

Hu Huiqian also has a deputy, surnamed Li, who is a "martial arts enthusiast" and likes to fight. He is also known as "Fist Li". deal with.But he still held an unlit torch and approached Hu Huiqian and asked, "Zheng Ling, do you want to light a torch now?"

Of course, the purpose of lighting the torch is to ignite the fierce oil bottle.

According to the plan, Hu Huiqian's task is to clear the obstacles for the follow-up fleet... Burn iron chains when you encounter iron chains, burn pontoon bridges when you encounter pontoon bridges, and burn serial boats when you encounter serial ships.Therefore, the twelve Malayan clippers brought by Hu Huiqian were equipped with a lot of fierce fire oil bottles!

"Nod your head!" Hu Huiqian glared at him, "Don't you have eyes? That's a galley... It's just for us!"

"If you don't light the torch, how can you use the fuel bomb?" Fist Li asked.

"Don't worry about the fuel, bring two fists..." Hu Huiqian thought for a while, "Let's fight that galley!"

"Do you really want to use your fists?" Fist Li clenched his fists tightly, looking at the western-style speedboat that was rapidly approaching him, his eyeballs almost protruding.

This speedboat is not small in size. According to the division of the Dynamic India Company, a ship with a load of more than 200 tons can be called a speedboat.And the one in front of me seems to be such a "boat"... It seems a bit difficult to hit with fists!

When Fist Li Zheng felt embarrassed, Hu Huiqian suddenly shouted: "Listen to my order...Brothers from Bintan Island, jump into the water and swim to Temasek Island first, and everyone will be rewarded later!"

"Order!"

The paddling "Popeye" responded loudly, and the paddling speed increased a lot.