Seeing that all the merchants had run away and the money he was about to receive had also flown away, Tang Lu naturally felt unhappy. He vowed to increase investment in the research institute in the future and let Song Yingxing develop a steel cannon, the most important of which was a breech-loading cannon. Of course, Tang Lu also understood that there were many difficulties involved, the most difficult of which was the problem of processing the gun barrel, and the second most difficult thing was that the quality of the steel had to be improved.
Tang Qi was unhappy, but Liu Xiang was very happy in his heart, because this time three Dutch warships participated in the operation. Liu Xiang believed that with the seventy cannons on the Dutch ships, they would be able to defeat the Ming army in Xiaocang City quickly. Then, it would be his time to get rich. Thinking about the white silver that was about to come in his hands, Liu Xiang's heart became more eager. He glanced at the distant coastline, and then began to ravage the woman in his arms.
De Wet was the first Dutch military commander in Taiwan and was deeply trusted by President Reyaux. However, because De Wet failed to achieve an overwhelming victory in the battle with Zheng Zhilong, President Reyaux was dissatisfied with him. If De Wet did not achieve good results in this military operation against the Ming army in Japan, President Reyaux might remove him from this position and replace him with that damn Putsman.
DeWitt felt a little annoyed thinking about this. He raised the telescope and looked ahead again. Finally, the shadow of land appeared in the telescope. This made DeWitt breathe a sigh of relief and he ordered his men to prepare for battle.
At the same time, Tang Xiao, who was standing on the observation deck, also saw the fleet appearing on the sea. Seeing the other side's large formation, Tang Xiao couldn't help but spit out a loud "Damn, these Western devils and traitors really think highly of me. They actually sent so many ships."
"Sir, there are three ships in front that look very big. They are probably those Dutch devils." Zhao Yapeng was also watching with a telescope at the side. When he saw the three big ships, he couldn't help but blink.
"Yes, but this time, we want him to come but not leave. The most important thing is that he captures these three ships. These are real sea ships, much stronger than our ships." Tang Yu said with some envy.
In fact, the ships of the Ming Dynasty at this time were not inferior to those of the Dutch. At least Zheng Zhilong had nearly a hundred ships of this level, half of which were equipped with fourteen and thirty red-haired cannons. Their firepower was no worse than that of the Dutch. Only newcomers like Tang Yu had never seen them and would be a little envious.
"Sir, if you want these ships of the Western devils, why don't we just lure them ashore and fight them." Xu Yuanyu on the side said with a smile. After Tang Yi signed the contract, Tang Yi brought Xu Yuanyu here to help him manage it.
"I'm afraid they left people behind to guard the ship, and as soon as they see something's wrong, they'll just run away. Our ship went to the Ming Dynasty and hasn't come back so quickly. It's not easy to capture those ships." Tang Lu put down the telescope and sighed with some regret.
"Sir, I don't think those people are aware of the power of our muskets. We will first use artillery to shoot down some of the ships under the traitor Liu, and then use the 5,000 Japanese to lure them ashore, give those Japanese a knife, and promise them some rewards. I think these Japanese will fight to the death, at least for the time being, they should be able to deal with the traitor Liu who is only armed with cold weapons. Then our people will go around the enemy's rear from the trenches on both sides, use 1,000 veterans to block the enemy from behind, and let the 1,500 new recruits seize the ships. Even if those new recruits suffer some casualties while seizing the ships, it is not a pity." Xu Yuanyi narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that Tang Yu was very caring for his soldiers, but at this time, Xu Yuanyi thought that it was still very cost-effective to sacrifice some Japanese and new recruits to seize the other side's ships.
Tang Qi was silent for a moment and nodded. If he wanted to have a strong navy, it would not be enough to rely on the little money he had. The best way out was to seize as many enemy warships as possible so that he could grow stronger quickly. To be honest, in this era, the least valuable thing was human life. More than a decade later, more than 30 million people died at the hands of the Jiannu in the Ming Dynasty, and tens of millions of people in Sichuan alone were slaughtered by the Jiannu.
The Dutch and Liu Xiang's combined fleet gradually approached the coast. De Wet also looked through the telescope at the observation tower on the coast, but he did not see the forty cannons camouflaged on the coast.
Seeing that the coast seemed to be undefended, De Wet couldn't help but smile happily.
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