The closer they approached the fortress on Magong Island, the more the blood of the soldiers belonging to the leopard department under Hong Tang belonged, and the weapons in their hands were pinched to death, and their expressions were indescribably hideous.

The warriors of the whale and shark divisions were much calmer, but their impatient movements and the sound of their gradually rough breathing still betrayed the fluctuations in their hearts.

"Hurry up and launch the boat and prepare to attack the island!!"

The sound of drums sounded between the warships, transmitting Wu Juren and Wu Daofu's orders to the ears of the captains of the surrounding warships at the same time.

Immediately, a group of fast boats carried by the ship appeared on the sea, and a group of soldiers crawled on the fast boats, paddling with their hands and feet, and quickly headed towards Magong Island in front.

The area of Magong Island is not small, but there are not many wharves that can accommodate sea ships to dock, and with the arrival of Hong Tang, there are 45 warships, which is not at all the wharf on Magong Island that can stop for a while.

Wu Juren and the others are not stupid, they will gather the warships in the sea near the dock in a daze, and become the target of dozens of cannons on the Hongcheng Fortress. When the distance between them was about the same, the three warships of Hongtang were scattered on the sea, fighting the Dutch back and forth, and on the other hand, the soldiers were transported to the island by fast boats and landed to attack the fortress.

"Fire, fire!!"

Hoarse, Lei Yaosheng watched as more and more Hongtang soldiers on the island landed on the island, braving the condescending bullets from the fortress, crawling and slowly moving forward.

The Dutch were already a little overwhelmed, and Hongtang's offensive was too rapid and fierce as soon as it came up, and there was no superfluous tentative action at all, which made the Dutch, who already lacked enough soldiers, tired to cope.

The craftsmen, cooks, and other manpower brought by the Dutch to make daily production were organized by Lejossen, and still could not meet the defense requirements of the entire fortress. In addition, the Hongcheng Fortress, which was built for only half a year, lacked building materials and construction manpower, so the entire defensive fortress, in addition to dozens of cannons, most of the other facilities were in a half-finished state, which made the Dutch's defense ability even more stretched.

"Is there still a chance for our ships to leave the port?" The frontal battle became more and more difficult, and at this time, Lei Yousheng was already preparing to think about the way back, and pulled the adjutant next to him and interrogated.

"This ...... Sir, now that the open sea has been blocked by Hongtang's warships, it is very difficult for our warships to rush out! The adjutant replied in embarrassment.

"No matter what, we must ensure the safety of the three warships, this is our last retreat after defeat!" Lei Yosheng's eyes darkened, but then he gave the adjutant a tough order, although he knew that this order would be difficult for the adjutant and the soldiers no matter how he looked at it.

"Yes!" Knowing that the task was arduous, the adjutant still agreed categorically, and then hurried down the city wall.

Of the three sea ships left behind on Magong Island, only two were actually Dutch warships, and the remaining one was a Portuguese merchant ship captured by them plundering the perimeter of the Daming Sea.

Rather than saying that these are three warships, in fact, it is better to say that these are three armed merchant ships, and the commander of the ocean-going fleet, Lai Jiechen, in order to capture Bengang in one go, drove all the battleships in his hands out, and the three armed merchant ships left behind were just in case, and he never thought that he would be really taken to the nest.

At this time, three armed merchant ships were cruising in the sea near the pier, and under the cover of artillery fire on the Hongcheng Fortress, they confronted dozens of Hongtang warships on the opposite side. However, as the Hongtang warships gradually approached, the space for the Dutch warships to move was compressed, forcing them to retreat towards the dock.

Due to the shortage of manpower, the manpower on the Dutch battleships could only barely maintain operation, which can be seen from the fact that they could only occasionally take the time to counterattack one or two shells, but more often than not, they had to operate the warships with difficulty to escape in all directions to avoid being blocked by the Hongtang warships.

Of course, this is also Wu Juren and them, did not take the three armed merchant ships as their main target as the premise, in their current opinion, the three Western warships, it can be said that they are already the turtle in their urn, after the naval battle with the Westerners, they are the boat operators, for the excellent performance of the Western warships are quite greedy, who doesn't want to have so many invincible warships under their command!

"Pass my order, the Whale Department and the Shark Department warship, press up, the target is the three Red Fan Ghost warships in front of us!!"

When there were enough Hongtang warriors on the island, the Dutch could no longer care about waiting for the Hongtang warship on the sea, and more energy was put into the dense crowd outside the fortress. At this time, Wu Daofu and the others could not continue to fire at Magong Island, so as not to accidentally injure their own team members by their own artillery fire, so when the two warships under his command were a little idle, he turned his attack on the three Dutch warships in front of him who were still struggling to escape.

When Wu Daofu made a move, Wu Juren, who put down nearly half of the soldiers in the warship and went to the island, also noticed it at this time, and scolded Wu Daofu for being insidious, and hurriedly shouted to the leopard soldiers who were a little bit scarce on the ship: "Brothers, have you seen the red ghost warship in front, rush up and take it down for me, if anyone grabs it, I will make him the captain of my warship!" ”

Wu Juren figured it out, at this time, the three Western warships with meat on the chopping board could be said to be at their mercy. However, if the three warships were taken down by Wu Daofu, then he would probably have to be cheeky to ask his little nephew, and his little nephew might not agree; If their own brothers grabbed it, then Wu Daofu and they wanted to ask for it, he could not give it at all, even if it was his little nephew, he could completely press it back in the name of his elders!

Obviously, Wu Daofu is also quite clear about this truth, no, he didn't even say hello to Wu Juren, his former boss, and quietly ordered his men to go down and rob the Westerners' warships.

When the eyes of Hongtang's fleet turned to the three foreign ships, the pressure on the Dutch sailors, who had been struggling to maintain it before, suddenly increased several times suddenly.

Although there was a death order from the deputy commander Lei Yousheng, the adjutant was really overwhelmed by the only dozen or so sailors on the ship at this time. was compressed to the limit of the activity space, so that their three warships even had some difficulty in turning, even if they wanted to break through at this time, but without the cover of the island's artillery batteries, the Hongtang warships surrounded from all sides, so that no matter which direction they fled, they would eventually be forced to come forward and fight hand-to-hand combat close to the boat.

(End of chapter)