Chapter 21: The Fleet Is Destroyed
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However, the speed of the iron ship was so amazing that it made them desperate. Only the legendary fastest Black Pearl has this kind of speed.
In short, when the gunboats, without guns, rushed over with a kind of rampage. The Dutch ships were so focused on escaping that they didn't even think to open fire......
In other words, with the tragic hit rate of the current artillery, if you want to hit a high-speed moving object, then the building is a fantasy! They are not the three legendary pirate ships.
"Woo ......"
With the brutal power of the steam engine, the gunboat finally rushed over. The alloy ramming angles that had been added to it suddenly slammed into the waist of a Dutch warship.
It was almost as if it had been struck by a brutal rhinoceros, and the poor wooden sailing ship was almost smashed in two by the waist and flipped straight into the sea.
At this time, the other three remaining warships not only did not stop to help, but ran faster and brighter.
It seems that they understand a very good truth, when they run, they don't need to run faster than the enemy, they just need to run faster than their partners, and that's it.
They pulled up the sails, put all their skills to use, and fled.
I didn't expect that if they turned back and counterattacked at this time, they would be able to sink this steel-hulled gunboat very easily, and it would be easy to even capture it.
The reason is simple, the boiler exploded. With the full power of the collision, the hot boiler that was originally burned by these natives who only knew how to heat could not bear it, and a boiler pipe exploded.
The scorching steam scalded one of the unlucky ghosts, and two of them were burned by Yanzhòng. The whole ship lost power completely.
After all, the boiler of this gunboat was also modified later, and from a congenital point of view, there are many problems. Not to mention, these have not yet manipulated familiar sailors.
However, no matter how many problems went wrong, the menacing and invincible Dutch fleet. Just ran away in disgrace.
It wasn't until this that Master Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief. A smile appeared on his face.
He was never afraid of danger, he was just afraid of the unpredictable! Therefore, this time the early instigation of the calamity actually made Master Wen Da not be surprised and happy in his heart.
The most feared is the unknowable danger, and the most feared is the critical time, the chain is dropped.
So there is nothing to be afraid of if you can know the danger. This is especially true in the hands of a guy like Wen Da Celestial Master, who has the resources of another world.
In fact, many days ago. Master Wen began to arrange, and at that time he felt that his only shortcoming was at sea.
All kinds of dangers that occur on land are sure to be dealt with by the Great Master Wen. But if it was a danger from the sea, Wenda Heavenly Master would be out of trouble for a while.
Therefore, he had long planned to abandon Parrot Island and give the enemy a hard blow. Even a small boat with explosives was ready to blow up the warship directly!
Although, Master Wen Da knows it clearly. In this cold winter weather, even if you jump into the water to escape, few can come back alive.
But Wenda Heavenly Master still didn't hesitate at all, Ci didn't take charge of the army, that's it.
The thousands of soldiers of the Feiyun Division, who had already been eager to try, let out a heaven-shattering cheer at this time.
At first, when the Dutch fleet arrived, they were shocked and silent. Such a ship, which was larger than a whale, was enough to shock these Indians, who had never imagined that there would be such a large artificial creation.
They even think that this is definitely not something that can be made by man. It's the devil, it's the evil spirit......
But in their eyes, these things are simply invincible. But it was easily handled by the Great Master Wen. The three remaining warships fled in a panic.
Such a scene doubled their confidence in Master Wenda. Any group will be filled with reverence and love for the leader who will lead them to victory. If it can bring benefits to the people below, then this prestige will be even more indestructible!
The Great Heavenly Master has already brought enough benefits to these people. And today, with this big victory, it has sent the prestige to the extreme.
He enjoyed the cheers of victory, and no one seemed to remember the warriors who drove the bomb boat and rammed the ship in order to achieve this seemingly glorious victory.
One will be a success, nothing more!
Wen Fei's eyes flickered, after this battle, I am afraid that in the short term, those Dutch will no longer have the ability to send a large number of reinforcements. After all, the roots of the Dutch are mainly in South America, the rich Caribbean coast.
"Let's go!" Wen Da Celestial Master waved his hand, and there was a cheer everywhere, even though it was snowy, it could freeze people's noses.
But these soldiers of the Feiyun Tribe, whose morale was high, were still cheering. These people are brave and good at fighting, and they live a primitive life, and they are far more able to endure hardships and adapt to the environment than those white ghosts.
And I'm afraid it's even more powerful than the Manchurian Eight Banners in Middle-earth!
As long as you have excellent weapons, complete organization, and qualified command. It will definitely be able to burst out with a lot of combat power that is stronger than the Eight Banners, and even stronger than the Mongols back then.
In this regard, Master Wen is convinced!
After the Dutch established the Fort Nassau Trading Post on the Hudson River, they founded Fort Orange nearby. It is only one or two hundred miles away from this new Hangzhou of Wenda Heavenly Master.
If you take a car in the next life, it will take you three hours at most. However, it would take several days to walk through this kind of snow on two legs.
Fortunately, it is these Indians who are tough and hardworking, and their ability to adapt to the environment is quite strong, so that they can persevere in this weather.
This point is even stronger than the elite soldiers led by Wen Da Tianshi when he was in the Northern Song Dynasty.
When they arrived at Orangeburg after a three-day arduous journey, the Dutch didn't even know anything.
Although they knew that there was a strong indigenous tribe that had taken over their New Amsterdam. But they would never have thought that in such a snowy weather, there would be people to attack.
Orangeburg has only been built for a few years, but it is much larger than New Amsterdam. It is full of Western style, but it is made of wood.
In this era, the banks of the Hudson River were full of endless forests. The big trees are everywhere, and they are built with thick trunks to form such a large fortress.
It's just that now it's freezing and the earth is snow-white. There is hardly a sentry on the wall.
At this time, in the middle of the night, the cold wind is howling. Even the sentry hid in the castle to keep warm, and poured a sip of whiskey from time to time.
Who would have thought that there were already many vague white shadows, which had quietly come to the city wall.
In the dead of night, when the people of Orangeburg had already burrowed into the warm bed, an earth-shattering explosion made many people jump off the bed in shock, almost thinking that there was an earthquake.
However, the sound of killing that followed shattered their illusions. It wasn't an earthquake at all, it was an attack.
Orangeburg is similar to Quebec, and in this era, it was mainly engaged in the fur trade. Trade with the Iroquois tribes in the vicinity, exchanging cheap goods for the precious furs in the hands of the natives, and selling them back to Europe for a staggering profit.
The Great Master had received word from the Lenapes that the Dutch had allied with the Iroquois tribe and were preparing to attack his Great Master of the Celestial Empire's new Hangzhou when the weather warmed up.
And the Wenda Heavenly Master, who deeply knows the principle of preemptive strike, where would he give them such an opportunity?
After dealing with the threat from the sea, he braved the heavy snow to attack Orangeburg.
Now in the territory occupied by the Dutch, the greatest power is not in New Amsterdam, but in this Orangeburg.
The destruction of Orangeburg would be equivalent to the complete destruction of the colonial power of the Dutch. When the time comes, the Great Celestial Master can use the policy of carrots and sticks to recover the Iroquois Alliance little by little.
But, no matter how much you say. Tonight we must cleanly destroy all the enemies in Fort Orange.
The sturdy walls and gates of the large wooden buildings were completely blown open by explosives.
Thousands of warriors from the Flying Cloud Tribes rushed in, slaughtering anyone who took up arms, men and women.
The garrison of Orangeburg was not very large, only seven or eight hundred. Belonging to the Orange family.
Now it has been attacked again, and it is a mess, and it is impossible to exert the power of the musket. In front of those brave Feiyun warriors, only the part of being slaughtered remained.
At dawn, when Master Wenda's boots stepped into Orangeburg. The first qiē has ended, and all resistance has been eliminated.
The rest were all pale-faced, crouched together, bound up by ropes, two or three hundred people.
Despite hearing about what happened to New Amsterdam, how their compatriots were brutally murdered by these barbarians after surrendering. But when it came to the end, there were still so many people who surrendered obediently.
With their eyes of fear and hatred, they looked at Wen Da Heavenly Master, the leader of this barbarian.
However, this kind of gaze, Master Wen saw too much, and he didn't care about it at all.
But at this time, in the midst of the commotion. A beautiful blonde girl in a nightgown, barefoot, was pushed in front of the Wenda Heavenly Master by a group of warriors from the Feiyun Clan.
Seeing such a scene, the captives were in a disturbing commotion. Let Master Wen Da Tianshi clearly see the extraordinary identity of this girl. rs