The Dutch army landed on the land of Singapore with almost no effort, more than 5,000 men. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, the roads on the island are not so easy to walk, Nanyang Company developed Singapore, but did not bulldoze the primeval forests on the island, and the wood used to build ships and houses was brought from the opposite peninsula.

This is not because Wang Xinyu is protecting the environment, but because he doesn't feel the need to cut down too much of the island's forests. With the exception of a few forests that have been developed and built along the southern and western coasts of the island, clearing up land to build houses, the rest of the island's pristine forests have remained untouched and have not been cut down.

This also created a situation where the Dutch were not easy to walk, and there were only difficult paths between the jungles. The Dutch struggled to find that after coming out of the path, the road was blocked by a castle in front of them!

De Knight's elaborate plan failed. The reluctant Dutch tried to pass through the jungle with no way out, but the road of the primeval forest was difficult to walk, not to mention the snakes, insects, leeches, poisonous spiders waiting for them along the way, and there were traps, boar traps and various traps in the jungle.

The hot climate and toxic miasma made it even more unbearable for the Dutch. The huge mosquito here is the size of a wasp, and when it is stung, it immediately grows a large bag, which is unbearable. The Dutch don't use Nanyang panacea as much as the locals here to prevent mosquito bites.

The mosquitoes in the rainforest alone made it difficult for the Dutch to move, not to mention other poisonous insects and traps.

"It's the road to death! What casualties we have to pay if we enter the city! I'm afraid that if I can pass, I don't know how many people will be lost. This battle is simply unfought! The Dutch officer who led the team, Schödel, said with a sad face.

In the end, Schladle made a decision: "Withdraw the troops!" There's really no way to go down this road! ”

Schladle had made the right decision, and if he had continued his head, he would have faced a street battle after paying a heavy price to bypass the Ming army's castle and enter the city of Singapore.

The buildings in the city were solid buildings made of concrete and stone, and more than 2,500 well-armed company guards were stationed in the city, and once the Dutch invaded the city, they would use the city's buildings to fight the Dutch, and they fought street battles in the city, and each house was a fortress to destroy the Dutch.

However, Schedel retreated, leaving the prepared Nanyang Company guards with no fight to fight.

The fact that the Nanyang Company escort has no battle to fight does not mean that tonight is a peaceful night.

Because of the Sumatra storm, the Dutch fleet stopped sailing at night and had to take shelter from the wind in a harbor that could shelter from the wind. In the past, de Knight dared to sail overnight, because the Sumatran hurricane came from the west, and the fleet sailed from west to east, and it sailed close to the northern shore, and if it detected a storm coming, the fleet could enter the bay at any time to take shelter. But once the fleet arrived in Singapore, it was impossible to anchor in the open sea south of Singapore, and had to anchor east of Singapore, using islands to stop the night storm that threatened the fleet.

De Knight's fleet was anchored in the bay between Koh Dek Kwong and Pulau Ubin, east of Singapore, to shelter from the potential night storm in Sumatra.

As night fell, a small fleet of canoes appeared in the Straits of Johor. This small fleet was the fleet of the special forces of the Marine Corps led by Hood Dedi, preparing for a night attack on the Dutch fleet.

The Marine Corps special forces have been holding back for a long time, and the Dutch have been sailing non-stop in the strait, and the catamaran clippers sent out to track the Dutch fleet from time to time come back every once in a while to report back and inform the special operations team that there is no chance of attack. So Emperor Hu Dedi and the others had to carry the canoe on the clipper ship and sail ahead of the Dutch fleet.

The special operations team retreated all the way to Singapore, and the Dutch fleet also happened to come to attack Singapore. However, the Dutch were unable to break through the forts and fortifications from the frontal south of Singapore, so they had to make a roundabout landing. As night fell, the Dutch fleet, which had taken refuge in the harbor, became the target of the special operations team.

"Brothers, hurry up! Tonight is our chance to make a difference! Once we've beaten the red-haired ghosts, we'll be able to go home and kill the tartars!" Hu Dedi opened his voice and shouted.

To tell the truth, the special combat team members are far more interested in killing the Tartars than dealing with the red-haired ghosts, they are all children of the Han family, and after the Tartars entered the customs, they slaughtered so many Han people, who among these special combat personnel does not have a blood feud with the Tartars? As for the red-haired ghost, it was just a Hongyi from the far west, and it didn't seem to have much conflict of interest with the Han people.

However, the special combat team members are also very clear about one thing, at present, the military salary of the Qiongzhou Army and the silver used to build weapons are all from the sea trade. The red-haired ghost threatens the safety of the Ming Dynasty Sea Trade, that is, it threatens the foundation of the Ming army, so this battle must be fought, and the red-haired ghost must be driven out of the east.

The Straits of Johor are very narrow, only about one kilometre wide and about six to seven metres deep. The strait is located between Singapore and the Indochina Peninsula, and due to the calm winds and waves, when Zheng He's fleet went to the Western Ocean, it passed through the middle of the Johor Strait, rather than through the southern waters of Sing Tao.

After Wang Xinyu occupied Sing Dao, he regarded the Strait of Johor as his own inland sea, arranged barrage ropes and underwater piles on both sides of the strait, and transported a large number of stones into the sea to construct artificial reefs, blocking the channel and preventing the passage of large ships from other countries through the Strait of Johor.

The Dutch also got information from all sides, so they did not pass through the middle of the Straits of Johor, but chose to go from the outside.

It was late at night, and most of the Dutch fleet anchored in the harbor had fallen asleep.

The canoe squad exited the Straits of Johor and entered the harbour. Under the cover of night, Hooddi's boat quietly rowed towards the moored Dutch fleet.

On the sea not far away, the large and small warships of the Dutch fleet were lit up, guiding the special operators to the targets of the attack. These special combat personnel have conducted many drills in this area of water, and they have long been familiar with the conditions of the waterway, rowing at night, and being able to navigate the waterway with ease.

The canoe crept close to the Dutch fleet, most of the Dutch soldiers on board were sleeping, and only a few were keeping watch on the ship. The task of the sentries was primarily to prevent someone from climbing on board at night to sneak attack, and it would not have occurred at all that someone would attack the fleet with mines.

"It's almost there, get in the water!" Emperor Hu De gave an order.

The special operators on the canoes jumped into the sea with mines in their arms and swam towards the Dutch warship dozens of meters away.

This kind of mine is a kind of mine with a specific gravity similar to that of seawater, and the special combat personnel bite the reed in their mouths and dive into the water, and the mine is also carried by them, and it hardly takes much more effort. A person carrying a 20-pound mine is actually very easy because of the buoyancy of the seawater.

The fuse of the mine is a sealed slow-burning fuse, because the gunpowder inside the fuse can allow the fuse to burn slowly in a sealed environment without the need for air. The fuse is lit in the same way as a grenade, as long as the string is pulled, the copper wire pulls the red phosphorus with glass shards, and it can ignite. After the fuse was lit, there was enough time for the special operators to retreat. A rope is attached to the mine, and the rope is nailed to the ship.

Against a cruiser, use four mines; Against a battleship, with eight to ten mines.

Hood personally carried a mine and approached a battleship. Arriving at the side of the boat, he emerged from the water. Because of the angle of the curve under the ship, the Dutch on board could not detect him.

"Bang bang bang" Hu Dedi took out the mallet and gently nailed the nail to the boat.

The sound of nailing nails to the seaweed-laden planks was not very loud, and the sound of the waves drowned out the sound of nails, and the Dutch on board had no idea that someone was manipulating the bottom of their boat.

After finishing the work, Hu Dedi looked at another special combat team member working near him, slapped the seawater, and sent a secret signal to the special combat member.

"Done!" The special operator sent a code.

After a while, the ten special combat team members who were working under this battleship all sent a code signal of "completion", so Hu Dedi sent a code signal of "pulling fire". Then he pulled the string that was exposed outside the mine, and ignited the fuse. It took ten minutes for the fuse to ignite into the fuse, enough for the special operators to retreat.

Hood Dedi, with his special operators, left the Dutch battleship and climbed into his own canoe.

Seeing that all ten members of the team got into the canoe, Hu Dedi ordered: "Let's go!" ”

The slow-burning fuse burns slowly inside the wax-sealed mine, and after ten minutes, the fuse burns into the mine fuse. The fuse was filled with powdered primers, and the sparks of the fuse ignited the primers. A loud bang followed, and the primer ignited the granular explosive gunpowder.

The gunpowder underwent a violent chemical action, which produced a large amount of gas, but it was bound by a solid thunder shell, and the violently expanding gas needed to break through the bondage, and an explosion occurred.

"Boom" a column of water rose on the surface of the sea.

Immediately after that, there was a loud "boom", and another column of water soared into the sky.

The sound of a violent explosion woke up the Dutch on board.

Trop was also woken up and heard a violent explosion outside, and he asked, "What's going on?" ”

De Knight also awoke, only to hear explosions on the sea, fires rising from the sea, columns of water rising from under the Dutch warships, some of which had already caught fire, and the flames spread to the decks, igniting the sails and illuminating the entire sea.

A number of Dutch warships were bombed and caught fire. A total of three battleships and eight cruisers caught fire, the bottom of the ship was blown open with several large holes, the fire of the explosion ignited the upper deck, and the eleven Dutch battleships that had been attacked were slowly sinking in the firelight, and in an instant the sea was on fire, and the bay was illuminated as if it were daylight.

With the help of the firelight, de Knight saw a number of canoes paddling towards the Straits of Johor.

"Attackers! It must have been these abominable attackers who hit us with mines! De Knight shouted anxiously, "Quick, hoist the sails, catch up, and destroy them!" ”

The sail of a Western-style warship is to pull the rope, and the sail falls from top to bottom, which is exactly the opposite of the sail of the Chinese-style sail, so the sail of the Western-style ship is fast, and the sail is slow. The Chinese boat is the opposite.

Seeing the signal from the flagship, two fourth-class cruisers raised their sails and quickly rushed out. Although the canoe has rowed some distance, it is not as fast as a sailboat. In a short time, two canoes were chased by the angry Dutch.

"Fire! Sink these abominable attackers! The officer on the Dutch battleship shouted anxiously.

The cannon roared, and fire spat out from the muzzle of the cannon door, and a canoe was shot and immediately shattered to pieces, and the special combat personnel on board fell into the water one after another.

On another canoe, the Dutch boat that the special operators were watching ran over and immediately jumped into the sea. Shortly after they were launched, the Dutch boat crashed headlong into the canoe and smashed it to pieces, crushing it to the bottom of the sea.

Annoyed and angry, the Dutch pursued and killed the canoes trying to escape back to the Straits of Johor, and many of the canoes were chased by the Dutch boats, sunk by artillery fire, or directly rammed and sunk, and more than a dozen special operators died in the sea on the spot. More than 30 special operators were taken prisoner by the boats laid down by the Dutch.

However, it was still safe to fall into the hands of the Dutch as a prisoner, which was different from falling into the hands of the Qing army as a prisoner, and if you fell into the hands of the Qing army as a prisoner, you would be killed if you did not surrender. Falling into the hands of the Dutch, prisoners could be exchanged in the future, so the Dutch would not do anything to these captured special operators.

For the Dutch, it was a disaster. Just as the Dutch were putting down a large number of small boats to rescue the officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water, two boats suddenly appeared on the sea.

"Boom" The two ships opened fire from a distance, and the shells fell into the sea, raising columns of water that soared into the sky.

"Damn! It's the clipper of the Orient again! Oh, my God! How can their guns hit so far! De Knight was stunned to find that a cruiser had been hit by a cannonball from a Ming warship!

What is even more terrifying is that the fast battleship rushed out by the Ming army did not skimp on expensive flowering shells at all this time, and the Dutch fourth-class cruiser that was hit by a flowering shell was hit by a flowering shell, and immediately exploded violently and ignited a fire. In the firelight, the planks of the ship flew in all directions, and the ship was full of cries.

"Could it be that a small boat like theirs can also be equipped with the terrifying cannons of their forts?" The Dutch were shocked.

Listening to the sound of the ships firing their cannons, although it is not as shocking as the battery guns, the whistling sound of the cannonballs is not small, and it sounds like it is only about half as powerful as the battery cannons. But according to de Knight and Troppe's idea, the battery cannon was a huge cannon of more than two hundred pounds, so this naval gun is estimated to be more than a hundred pounds!

Such a small ship can be equipped with a giant cannon of more than a hundred pounds, and the firing range is not a short-barreled gun, but a long-barreled cannon, which is also outrageous, right? (To be continued.) )