The fleet went all the way south.

It's a little slower.

It's not a problem with ironclads.

Instead, the sailboat at the back was a little slower.

The speed of an ironclad ship, if ten boilers work together, can reach the speed of fourteen knots per hour in a short time.

In this era, the fastest sailing ship was only 7 to 10 knots.

That's it...... There are also issues such as wind direction to consider.

Sometimes there is a bad wind direction, or the wave is strong, and even only 4 or 5 knots.

Of course, fast speed is not a big deal, the most important thing is stability.

The speed stability of the sailboat is really not high, and it is fine on weekdays, but once it comes to wartime, then the experience is even worse.

Ironclad ships only need to think about constantly adding coal.

In fact, even so, Zhang Jingyi was still very dissatisfied with the speed of the ironclad ship.

Because this thing is still too slow, in the future life, like a snail.

Who knew that this was the fastest fast ship today?

Along the way, we didn't encounter any enemy ships.

So much so that Liang Wenwu's tense heart finally let go.

Because of the original route to the Ryukyus, he expected that if the enemy sent some ships to patrol near this route, it was possible to discover the Liaodong Naval Division.

But the results were clearly surprising.

Of course, if you analyze and judge, the biggest possibility is that after a series of attacks on the Ming coast, these Europa people obviously already think that the Ming Dynasty has no power to fight back, and they only need to gather fleets and attack the ports along the Ming coast.

As for this important route, the Ming sea ships are not able to form a fleet above the scale for the time being, so there is no need to worry at all, and there is no need to consider the problems that will arise in the Ming fleet.

This actually saved their lives.

Because even if there will be enemy ships patrolling, Liang Wenwu can ensure that they are all killed in the ocean.

Seventeen days later.

The fleet that bypassed Quanzhou...... A slow entry into the strait has begun.

The hydrology of this strait, although it has been explored by thousands of households in Fujian and Guangdong, is ...... Whether it is accurate or not, it is still unknown.

The target of the fleet was the southern tip of the Ryukyus, located in the southern part of the city of Geranza.

It was a fortress built by the Dutch people, and it is said to be the center of Dutch rule in the Ryukyus, through a huge military fortress, and at the same time the establishment of a commercial area nearby, and a large number of lighthouses and turrets were set up on the coast, as well as a large number of ports, a large amount of grain, and gunpowder from Europe, as a base for the entire combined fleet to enter the Ming Dynasty.

As long as this place is taken, not only will the Ryukyus say goodbye to the Netherlands completely.

And the supply of the combined fleet was completely cut off.

In the command cabin, almost everyone was nervously moving in and out.

The communication between the ironclad and other ships, as well as the problems that have arisen on the ship after these days of sailing, need to be solved urgently.

Now the biggest problem is that the boilers on the ironclad ship burned out three.

That is, after a long voyage, only seven boilers remained.

When Zhang Jing heard the news, she was confused.

Can the boiler burn out?

However, if you think about it carefully, this ironclad ship is an experimental product in itself, and there are still many technical problems that need to be solved.

Therefore, people have recorded the bad causes, and when they are dragged back to their home port in the future, they will be able to solve it.

The most pressing task at the moment is to prepare for the next attack.

In the city of Geranza, there are already brocade guards who have infiltrated it.

A large number of messages have been transmitted a long time ago.

Inside and outside the city, there were only more than 600 guards, but ...... With the arrival of the Combined Fleet, their number of soldiers increased to 2,200, and in addition to 1,500 mercenaries hired from Luzon, Tianzhu, Sumatra, and the Wa Kingdom.

The fortress of the city of Geranza was extremely strong.

All of them are made of boulders, and the port is ...... More than seven warships were kept moored at any one time.

As soon as they detect movement, these warships may attack and intercept them at any time.

There were also quite a few soldiers in the battleship.

Therefore, the number of enemies is at least seven thousand.

Zhang Jingyi didn't dare to be careless about this, but he still let the fleet continue to speed towards the target.

Until dawn three days later......

When the mist slowly rises over the sea and dawns on...... Their goals...... It's just around the corner.

Their target was the port of Luermen, and then the city of Chichi, both of which were the gateways to Geranza.

Ironclads lead the way.

The loud noise of this ironclad ship startled countless seagulls.

Fortunately, the roar of the waves covered up the huge boom.

The ironclad ship followed the waterway and slowly entered the position of the bay.

Immediately after, almost everyone in the entire ironclad began to get busy.

Half an hour ago, all the staff were already waiting for the day.

Even those who are on duty to rest are woken up and told to prepare in advance.

Everyone has had a full meal.

And Zhang Jingyi has appeared on the deck with people.

In the gun hold, everyone began to open the shutter on the hull, and then pushed the heavy heavy cannon along the slide, and one by one the guns poked out of the hull.

Huge muzzle, dark and hideous.

Immediately after that, one by one, the shells were sent to the gun positions everywhere through the slide rails in the ironclad ship, along the carts.

Zhang Jingyi wore a scarlet cloak.

At this point he picked up the binoculars.

In fact, this mist rises up, and at such a distance, you can't see the land at all.

Merely...... It's like warming up before the game, and you always have to pretend to hold up the binoculars to see something, so that you can show your professionalism.

Of course...... Although it was a heavy mist.

It's actually quite easy to identify the direction of the port.

Because of the lighthouse at the port, the light is rising at this time.

The light pierced through the mist on the surface of the sea, clearly marking the location of the ironclad ship.

Zhang Jing said: "Let's attack, hurry up, the governor of Pontus is going to have dinner in the Red Embedded City." ”

"Whoa."

The military attache of the artillery corps, who had already carried out the range, and then ...... An order was given to the calibration of the guns.

One by one, the shells have been stuffed into the chamber.

And at this time...... Apparently the Dutch people in the harbor had noticed something strange on the surface of the sea.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of fire in the harbor.

Apparently the defenders here are trying to do something.

It's funny to say.

This first shot was actually fired by a battery on land.

A faint roar was heard.

Then...... Nothing happened.

The shells did not reach the position of the ironclad.

The iron ball of the cannonball fell directly into the icy water.

Zhang Jingyi was furious.

And Liang Wenwu was speechless.

Insulted.

Obviously, this gave Zhang Jingyi a very bad impression, this guy on the shore ...... The speed of the hand is faster than the artillery team under his command.

But he didn't say anything until a moment later.

The entire hull began to tremble violently.

Thundered...... Thundered......

Meteors pierced the mist of the sky.

Then, like a rain flower, it fell into the position of the lighthouse.

Rain fell all over the sky.

Immediately, intensive explosions began on the shore.

Because the distance is so far, no one knows what is happening on the shore.

"Is the range of the ship's guns so long?"

"Teacher...... All the artillery pieces are heavy artillery made by the Ordnance Bureau of the Lushun Water Division, which is extremely powerful and has a long range. Liang Wenwu replied immediately.

Zhang Jing nodded and expressed her satisfaction: "If you fight far, if you fight far, if you fight far, you won't see anyone's blood splashed, and your conscience will feel better, fry me two sticks of incense, it's almost over, let Li Dingguo go ashore for me." ”

"Whoa."

The sound of artillery was incessant.

From the deck, you can clearly see that on the land in the distance, clusters of flames are rising.

With the morning sun, piercing the sky and slowly expelling the morning mist, you can see that the land is full of flames, where there are not only ports and docks, but also countless warehouses, at this time, after countless shells have fallen, they have long been turned into a sea of fire.

The tragedy is...... The batteries on the shore could not reach the ironclad ship at all.

Zhang Jingyi had already seen the outlines of the seven or eight ships moored at the dock.

Originally, it was thought that these ships would immediately go out for a naval battle.

However, it was clear that he had miscalculated, and the ships were still moored there, three of which had been blown up by falling shells and slanted on the sea, apparently ...... The vast majority of sailors had already landed, and after a bombardment, the sailors did not dare to venture on the ship, let alone an earth-shattering naval battle.

It's almost a one-sided catharsis.

The cannon roared until as far as the eye could see, and there was a sea of fire.

Immediately afterwards, under the attack of artillery fire, dozens of sailing ships have slowly moved forward, they put down countless landing boats, and the overwhelming Donglin Army, under the command of Li Dingguo, took the squad as a unit, with countless baggage, along the tide, towards the land.

Li Dingguo also boarded a speedboat, at this time, dozens of people followed him, all the bullets were loaded, because the weather here is hot, everyone is not wearing overcoats, and the boat is hot, many people are only wearing cool short-sleeved military uniforms.

The artillery fire finally stopped.

And the first ship was washed directly on the beach by the big waves.

The beach was already a mess, full of devastation, with corpses that had been blown up, and various utensils that had been burned to ashes that could no longer be distinguished, and occasionally ...... A few panicked people can also be seen.

Bang bang...... The Donglin Army, which had long been on alert, had opened fire.

At this time, the mist had not yet cleared, so it was impossible to tell what was faintly moving in the distance.

And more and more small boats on this coastline that is several miles wide, from time to time burst into flames, and the sound of gunfire rises and falls from place to place.

Accompanied by screams and billowing smoke rising in the distance, under the cover of the soldiers sweeping in front, the people who landed in the rear began to carry a lot of baggage onto the beach, artillery and even horses, as well as boxes of shells and dry rations...... All at once piled up higher than a mountain.