The city of Geranza is located at the bottom of a reverse "L" shaped bay, and the city is not large, only about one square kilometer.

Because the Dutch occupied it for a short time, and the Netherlands had not yet fully independent from Spanish colonial rule, so the East India Company's financial resources were not so strong, so most of the cities at this time were built with cheap mountain soil mixed with ash, plus some stone stones made of local materials, which were far less solid than when Zheng Chenggong attacked them in history (the city was only reinforced and expanded twice).

It can be said that the city of Geranza was only the solidity of ordinary dwellings at that time, so according to the standards of modern people, it is completely a tofu scum project.

The greatest obstacle to the attack on the city of Geranza was that the Dutch had set up more than 80 artillery points around the bay and were armed with all the shore defense cannons, a cannon of the same level as the Hongyi cannon.

In addition, there are seven Galen ships, one large Schmmiburg-class warship, and more than 20 small and medium-sized warships in the harbor. Among them, the Schmmiburg-class large battleships were of the same class as the Ming battleships, while the seven Galen ships were almost half the size of the Ming battleships.

However, these eight battleships were also equipped with heavy cannons of the same level as the Hongyi cannon.

But despite this, the Dutchman, who defended Géranza, was not in the slightest.

The next day, at dawn, Zheng Zhilong sent a small boat and carried a few Dutchmen to the city of Geranza.

These Dutchmen were the crew members of the two ships captured by Zheng Zhilong, and their mission was to convey Zheng Zhilong's ultimatum that the Dutch should withdraw from the city of Geranza within three days, otherwise the Ming fleet would sail into the bay and deal a devastating blow to it.

In other words, Zheng Chenggong obviously occupies an overwhelming advantage, why did he give the Dutch time to withdraw at this time?

He's playing a bigger game, of course.

Because the cities of Geranza and Chichicheng were important strongholds for the Dutch to maintain trade in the Far East, if they were to be lost, the route from Japan to the South Seas would be split in two, and not only would the Dutch no longer be able to support a complete golden route, but their ships would have to be terrified if they wanted to trade with the Ming, Japan, and Korea in the future—either they would be sunk at any time or heavily taxed.

In addition, the Dutch East India Company, which had just been established, had spent a lot of money in these two cities of the Eastern Domain, and if it was lost so easily, it would be difficult to explain it to the domestic shareholders.

Zheng Chenggong had dealt with the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese a lot earlier, and knew all of them well.

So, he thought that the Dutch would definitely fight on their backs.

And if the Dutch want to fight against the water, they will inevitably bring the fleet to defend the Red Embedded City, as well as the fleet of the pirate Liu Xiang - Liu Xiang's main force is in the port, which was originally Zheng Zhilong's territory, after Zheng Zhilong withdrew, the Dutch took the initiative to give up the port to him in order to befriend Liu Xiang.

And the port is also in the southern part of the Eastern Domain, not far from the city of Geranza, if the Dutch invite Liu Xiang, three days will be enough.

This is Zheng Zhilong's big chess, he wants to attract both the Dutch and Liu Xiang over, solve it at one time, and find it everywhere on the sea in the future - especially Liu Xiang, a pirate like Liu Xiang, who is running around the world, it is really not easy to find him.

It is said that the commander of the Dutch army stationed in the city of Geranza is named Oran, and after receiving Zheng Zhilong's handwritten letter, he was torn to pieces.

It was absolutely impossible for the Dutch to give up Geranza, because to give up Geranza would also mean to give up Chimosa, which was absolutely impossible.

Oran quickly had two letters written.

One was for Liu Xiang, while the other turned out to be for Velasco, the Spanish administrator in Taiwan in the north.

Since the bay was sealed, the two letters were delivered by land.

In the early hours of the next morning, both Liu Xiang and Velasco received letters from Oran.

In a letter to Liu Xiang, Oran told him that the Ming army was determined to gain the entire territory of the Eastern Domain, and if the Ming army won this battle, then it would be impossible for any force outside the Ming Kingdom to get involved in the Eastern Domain, the key point of trade in the Far East. Moreover, once the Netherlands withdrew from the Eastern Domain and the nearby waters, Liu Xiang's ship would not want to go to Japan, Korea, and Daming in the future.

In addition, there is another important point, that is, the Ming fleet so easily obtained the Eastern Domain, and then it will expand to Luzon, Annam and even Jawa and other places, because Liu Xiang is a pirate "certified" by the Ming Dynasty, so he will wait for the Ming fleet to hunt down in all directions in the future.

After Liu Xiang received the letter, he thought so.

Oran was right, if the Dutch lost power, he would be a stray dog floating on the sea.

Although they are pirates, who wants to be adrift at sea all day without even a lair?

didn't say it, as in history, Liu Xiang decided to follow the Dutch!

Now he has twenty junk ships, seven Galen-class warships, and more than thirty small speedships of various types that he can mobilize, and this amount of troops is naturally not enough to meet Zheng Zhilong head-on.

But don't forget, in addition to the seven Galen ships, one large Schmmiburg-class battleship, and more than 20 small and medium-sized warships in Geranza, the Dutch also had eleven Galen ships, two Schmmiburg-class large warships, and more than 30 small and medium-sized warships in Chichicheng.

In this way, they have a total of three super-large warships, twenty-five Galen-class warships, twenty junk ships, and nearly a hundred small speedboats, and more importantly, eighty shore defense cannons in the city of Geranza, which is stronger than twenty large warships - the shore defense guns are not sinking, and the muzzle is turned quickly, unlike the battleship that needs to adjust the hull to turn the muzzle.

In this way, it may not be impossible to bargain with the Ming army.

In Liu Xiang's view, in addition to the fifty super-large warships of the Ming army, the remaining more than 30 junk ships and more than 100 small clippers were not to worry at all.

And those fifty super-large warships, if they don't have the right wind direction and strength, that is, bulky fat people, as long as they are lured into the port, they may not be able to deal with them.

In short, instead of losing everything, it is better to fight against the odds and have a good fight with Zheng Zhilong!

What made Liu Xiang even more excited was that Oran told him that the Spaniards had agreed to join forces with them against the Ming fleet.

If the Spaniards had joined in, the chances of victory in this naval battle would have been greater.

So, Liu Xiang immediately replied, saying that he was willing to join forces with the Dutch and fight Zheng Zhilong.

At the same time, Velasco also received a letter from Oran.

The young administrator was not bewitched by Oran's blood-boiling words.

In the letter, Oran made a detailed analysis of the situation in the Eastern Domain, indicating that Spain and the Netherlands were now on the same boat, and that if the Netherlands were to withdraw from the Eastern Domain, then Spain would also withdraw from it.

Then, if the Ming fleet continues to be so arrogant, the interests of Spain and the Netherlands in the Far East will be greatly damaged in the future.

Even, in the most difficult case, they may have to abandon their plans for colonization in the Far East.

Oran felt that Velasco should be able to see the situation clearly and join forces with him. Therefore, he directly said in his letter to Liu Xiang that the Spaniards had agreed to unite.

Similarly, in his letter to Velasco, he stated that Liu Xiang had agreed to unite them and attack Zheng Zhilong together.

Velasco pondered for a long time after receiving the letter.

It has to be said that Oran's analysis is to the point, especially since the envoy he sent a day ago came back after a meeting with Zheng Zhilong and told him that Zheng Zhilong intended to completely occupy the Eastern Domain.

After a long time, Velasco picked up his pen and sent a letter back to Oran.

......

On the third day of the closure, after noon.

A clipper ship approached Zheng Zhilong's flagship, and then a dark-skinned sailor jumped up quickly.

"Lord Qiyu, the spies found a large number of warships of Liu Xiang's department in the sea ten miles away. ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled and asked, "How many?"

"I don't dare to get too close, I can't predict it for the time being. I was afraid of delaying the fighter, so I came to report first. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, "Keep exploring." ”

In fact, Zheng Zhilong can still estimate the number of troops that Liu Xiang can mobilize.

Zheng Zhilong was very pleased that Liu Xiangneng led a ship to help the Dutch.

Half an hour later, Zheng Zhilong ordered the flagship, ten battleships were responsible for continuing to blockade the port, and the other forty battleships were all approaching the bay, and after entering the range of Hongyi's cannons, they immediately opened fire on the shore.

In addition, ten junks and forty clippers immediately departed westward, and lay in ambush ten miles to the west.

Soon, forty behemoths drove in, and arrived at the predetermined position, locking on to the target.

At this time, they were still about three miles away from the outermost shore defense gun, but the improved Hongyi cannon was already able to hit the target more accurately.

The Dutch was stunned for a moment.

Didn't you say that you should give three days to think about it? Before the third day had passed, the war was about to begin?

Boom Boom!

The Hongyi cannons on forty battleships were the first to fire a salvo.

On the outer edge of the Gulf of Geranza, the Dutch placed twelve shore defense guns, because they were the outer edge of the "L" shaped bay, so they could not form a horn distribution, and could only be on the same side.

Twelve coastal defense guns immediately returned fire.

It's just that compared to the artillery fire of the Ming army, it is too insignificant.

Forty battleships, each ship could fire eight shells in one round, which added up to three hundred and twenty rounds in one round.

If all three hundred and twenty shells were aimed at one battery, you could think of what would happen to that battery with your toes.

Of course, the Ming army was not so wasteful.

They used to bombard one battery for every ten battleships.

Soon, the four outermost batteries were subjected to hellish artillery fire.

Boom! Boom!

It was only after two rounds of bombardment that the four batteries were completely muted.

Not to mention the people on the fort, even the cannons on it were all blown up.

At the same time, the Dutch shore defense artillery also fired two rounds.

A total of more than 20 shells came in a sparse manner, but five shells magically hit the Ming battleships, three of which hit the side of three battleships, and two on the decks of two battleships.

The huge battleship received this shot, and basically did not react much.

What was hit on the side was nothing more than a crack in the outer guard, and the one that was hit on the deck was a little unlucky, one was knocked out by a sailor, and the other started a small fire, but it was immediately extinguished.

The Ming battleships continued to fire, and immediately destroyed four more shore defense guns.

Inside the harbor, the Dutch warships and the rest of the shore defense guns were in a hurry.

The battleships did not dare to rush out to fight the Ming army, and the rest of the coastal defense artillery could not reach the Ming army.

It didn't take long for all the twelve shore defense guns on the outermost edge to be cleared by the Ming army, and the Ming army only lightly wounded one battleship, seriously wounded one, and lightly wounded two.

Inside the harbor, the Dutch were on standby.

If the Ming fleet comes in again, then it will enter the attack range of all the remaining shore defense guns, and it will also directly face the Dutch fleet!

At this time, ten miles away, Liu Xiang and the Dutch fleet in Chiji Harbor were converging together and slowly approaching the Ming army.

Their aim was to get within five miles of the Ming army, so that once the main force of the Ming army entered the bay, they could quickly take it from the outside.

At the same time, to the north, about ten miles away, the Spanish fleet was approaching.

The fleet consisted of seven Galen ships and more than twenty small clippers, almost all of Velasco's main force - two Galen ships arrived in port only yesterday.

After clearing the outer forts, Zheng Zhilong ordered all 40 warships to enter the harbor and fight a decisive battle with the enemy.

Soon, the real battle began.

After the forty battleships entered the port, they were soon subjected to heavy shelling by more than 70 shore defense guns and more than 30 Dutch warships.

But fortunately, the battleship has rough skin and thick flesh, and the key parts are covered with iron armor, so it is no big problem to take a few shots.

Rao so, there are still quite a few battleships that were hit by the mast and set on fire. And once people go to the deck to fight the fire, casualties will inevitably occur.

After receiving a rain of shells, three battleships of the Ming army were seriously wounded, two were slightly damaged, and sixty or seventy people were killed.

However, they also finally lined up their formation, adjusted their muzzles, and launched a more fierce counterattack.

According to the pre-war arrangement, twenty battleships were deployed against the Dutch battleships, and the rest were targeted to remove shore defense guns.

Boom Boom!

Bang bang bang!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The sound of cannons, explosions, and shells falling into the water suddenly became loud, and the small Gelanza Bay was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, as if a heavy fog had risen from it.

Due to the close proximity of both sides, the hit rate is high.

Seven Galen ships of the Dutch and one Schmmiburg-class super-large battleship were the first to be taken care of by the Ming army.

The Ming army used two battleships against one Galen ship and six battleships against one Schmmiburg density, and launched a heavy artillery bombardment on them.

The Dutch, on the other hand, fought back with a tactic of interspersing large ships with small boats.

However, when the battle was over, they found that their small ships were almost useless against such a behemoth.

First of all, in addition to the eighteen Hongyi cannons, the Ming battleships were also equipped with eighteen furlong cannons. What are these Furlong cannons for? They are designed to deal with the approach of small boats!

In other words, although the Dutch had more than 20 fast and nimble small warships, as soon as these small warships approached the Ming warships, they would face more than 700 Frankie guns of the Ming army.

What is the density of more than 700 doors? At least these little clippers will be covered by a web of fire no matter how close they are from any angle!

You're already brittle, and the firepower density can't compare to others, so what do you use to threaten others?

At this time, the Dutch knew the reason why Zheng Zhilong was so rampant!

In terms of size, although their super-large Fort Schmmi-class battleships can be on an equal footing with the Ming army, they are not at the same level in terms of firepower - the Fort Schmmi-class only has twelve cannons and eight Furlong close-in defense guns!

After about three rounds of artillery bombardment by both sides, the Ming army sank four Galen ships and seriously damaged three, while the Fort Schmmire was also battered because it was besieged by six large ships, and the ships were on fire everywhere.

But the losses of the Ming army were not light.

The more than seventy shore defense guns of the Dutch were not vegetarians, and if the density of one battleship was taken care of every ten, that battleship would be threatened by at least thirty shells in three rounds of bombardment, and according to the probability that thirty shells hit five shells, it would be easy.

Coupled with the counterattack of the battleship, this firepower density is not low.

The Ming army seriously wounded five battleships, and one of them caught fire and could not be saved. In addition, eleven ships were slightly damaged, but they were not serious.

Now the most critical thing is those shore defense guns in the bay. Some of the exposed shore defense guns were easier to deal with, and all of them were destroyed by battleships, but some of them were dug into the mountains along the coast, and this kind was particularly difficult to fight.

These coastal defense guns are the reason why the Dutch and Liu Xiang have a bit of luck.

At this time, through the signal fireworks transmitted layer by layer, Liu Xiang a few miles away and the Dutch fleet in Chichicheng had received the news of the all-out attack of the Ming army and were rushing at full speed.

To the north, the Spanish fleet is also at full speed!

The Ming fleet outside the port suddenly changed its formation.

Eight battleships were sent to the south of the formation, ready to meet Liu Xiang and the Dutch coalition.

Two to the north, guarding against Spanish warships.

In addition, about 30 junk ships and small and medium-sized warships slowly docked.

The elite infantry is finally about to land!

One by one, the decks were lowered one after another, and groups of Ming soldiers armed with firearms, sabers at their waists, and some with bows and arrows and crossbows on their backs, landed on the coast like wolves.

Because the outer edge of the battery was destroyed, their landing was smooth.

"Kill!"

Amid the roars, the Ming infantry rushed along the coastline towards the Dutch battery.

The Dutch were confused.

The total strength of their infantry in the port of Geranza was less than 1,000 - you must know that when Zheng Chenggong attacked the port of Geranza a few decades later, although the Dutch increased their number of troops, it was only 2,000.

Mercenaries are very expensive, and the Dutch East India Company cannot afford to garrison tens of thousands of people in one port, and if they do, they will need at least hundreds of thousands of troops in the Far East - please, how many soldiers are there in the whole of the Netherlands?

As soon as the Ming infantry had completed the landing, the combined fleet of Liu Xiang and the Dutch arrived.

From a distance, they found that there were only ten large warships and more than fifty small and medium-sized warships outside the port, and they were immediately relieved.

Well, it's good, the main force of the Ming army is really trapped in the bay.

The combined fleet of Liu Xiang and the Netherlands, consisting of two Fort Schmmy warships, eighteen Galen ships, twenty junk ships, and more than sixty small clippers, was not afraid of Zheng Zhilong's strength at all.

What's more, the Spanish fleet to the north had also arrived, and the lookout had clearly seen them.

Close! Close!

Rumble!

With the first shells fired from the Ming battleships, the battle at the mouth of the Gulf of Geranza began.

At the same time, on a small battleship half a mile away, a signal firework was raised on the horse.

Half a mile away, a small battleship saw this signal and raised it as well.

Passed layer by layer, like a beacon fire.

More than 50 Ming warships that were lying in ambush ten miles away immediately rushed at full speed!