Chapter 365 Landing
"Oh? Haha! I don't agree with the colonel's evaluation. Zheng is just a cunning and despicable hooligan! He only relies on the fact that there are too many people and are not afraid of death! If I set up an array to fight on the sea, I believe that my Xingdun will destroy most of his ships within three hours!"
Zheng Zhilong once caused great humiliation to the Dutch.
When the Dutch Navy, which claimed to be invincible, was competing with the Zheng family for the Southeastern route, several warships were parked in the port due to carelessness. When Zheng Zhilong sent thousands of fire ships to attack at night, the two warships were injured and fled. The other warship was severely damaged and more than 100 sailors were killed.
This incident caused a huge shock to the upper level of the Netherlands. After consultation by senior leaders, unanimous decision was made to maintain cooperation with Zheng on the sea surface of the Far East.
Everything is for high profits, and there is no need to break up with local forces like Zheng Zhilong. That will bring considerable trouble.
From then on, Zheng Zhilong's name spread throughout the sea in Southeast Asia. Although the Dutch Navy was very dissatisfied, under pressure from the government and Congress, it had to temporarily give up the idea of revenge.
"Mr. Captain, don't underestimate the wisdom of the Eastern people. The strength of the Ming Empire is not comparable to that of those stupid Indians, Luzons. However, our Netherlands, both the navy and the army are powerful existences in this world. Since your navy has suffered losses at the hands of the Ming people, let our army avenge you! Hahaha! Mr. Captain, I'm going to land, just wait for my good news! Hahaha!"
After Van Dyke finished speaking, he put away his telescope, saluted Link, who was sitting in the chair, and walked down the gangway with pride.
"The army raised by Miao Zi! Without our navy, would you come here by swimming thousands of miles?!"
The nameless fire Link cursed quietly in her mouth, raising her middle finger at Van Dyke's back.
Half an hour later, Van Dyke was already standing on land, and the expected situation of being blocked by the Ming army during the landing process did not appear.
"Report to Colonel, our scouts have searched within two kilometers of the surrounding area and found no trace of the Lizhang team!"
Major Van, who was responsible for landing on the beach, Lövdett reported to Van Dyke loudly.
"Good job, Major! Order the scouts to continue to expand the reconnaissance range until five kilometers, and the rest of the soldiers rest on the spot in companies and wait for orders!"
"Yes, Mr. Colonel!"
"It seems that the tactical thinking of the Ming team is still far behind this era. They did not expect to set up troops on the beach to block our landing. If they did that, my troops would increase a lot of casualties. It turns out that most of the weapons of the ** people are mainly big swords, spears, bows and arrows. Don't these foolish and backward troops know that muskets and cannons are the most destructive weapons? Haha, it seems that this time is another victory for civilization against backwardness!"
Van Dyke walked to the portable marching chair placed by the guards and sat down, and smiled at Fantoff, the combat staff member beside him.
"You are completely correct, Mr. Colonel! In this world, only Europe is the leader of civilization, and our Dutch army is one of the strongest troops! As long as we can defeat the army of the Ming Empire, we will become the only ruler in the Far East and Southeast Asia!"
"Back! Back! There are enemies!"
The top soldier reacted very quickly and immediately shouted that the remaining seven soldiers would retreat.
During this period, European troops still mainly fought with spears and convex guns. The scattered tactic of lying on the spot when they heard the sound of gunfire had not yet been developed.
Moreover, the European army now uses the method of head-on battle between the two sides' large corpses, and there is no tactical ideas and concepts such as ambush and sneak attacks. A series of modern individual tactics were gradually born after firearms completely replaced cold weapons.
"Damn it! This red-haired thief ran away so fuckingly, go! Let's retreat too!"
Looking at the Dutch army squad that was retreating in a hurry, Sun Sanshun, the official army in the dense forest, cursed and ordered.
"I've never seen a red-haired ghost in my life! I'll go on the road and see if I'll get a head cut by someone?"
A sergeant named Liu Qi looked up on the road and asked Sun Sanshun.
"Did the Red-haired Ghost Team see it?"
After thinking about it, Sun Sanshun looked up and shouted at a big tree.
Liu Qi's words also made him feel itchy.
It is said that the red-haired ghost is extremely brave, so why are there many people he brought to kill and hurt?
I couldn't see clearly what these red barbarians looked like just now, so it would be great if I could cut off my head and go back to show off.
"The team is in charge, the Red-haired Ghost Team is several miles away, and there are no cavalry! There is no sign of a defeated soldier!"
Seeing the soldiers including Liu Qi looking eager to try, Sun Sanshun ordered: "Liu Qi, take a soldier to search and cut off his head, and go back quickly!"
Chapter completed!