Daming pirates

In addition, this time the Spanish fleet also carried ten speedboats. These speedboats are not large in tonnage, mostly around dozens of tons. They include both human-rowed speedboats and single-masted boats. They can be used as their fleet's boats after arriving at the location.

When there are no piers or trestles to dock, it is used as a tool for unloading goods and people ashore. When necessary, it is also equipped with light artillery, which can assist the main ships in sea battles.

This kind of fleet sailing with a large number of small boats is not only used for loading and unloading people and cargo, but also has a very important reason. There are too many pirates on the Chinese sea. Sometimes, if they encounter a large group of pirates, they try to intercept them.

Although the Chinese pirate ships had weak firepower, they were good at using fire attacks to attack large ships.

Although the big ships have strong firepower, they cannot fight against the wolves. When facing too many enemies who are desperate for their lives, they will focus on one thing and not the other. Fire attacks will often cause them a lot of trouble. At this time, a certain number of speedboats are needed.

Come among the fleet and protect the ships from the fire ships.

In addition to carrying more than 700 sailors, this fleet also carried about 600 infantrymen. These 600 infantrymen were organized into two companies. Each company had exactly 300 men, mainly composed of

Composed of pikemen and musketeers.

When the Spanish first rose, they relied on the majesty of the Spanish infantry phalanx they created. This phalanx is world-famous and has strong attack power and self-defense capabilities. However, as time goes by, the Spanish army's arms

The composition is also changing.

Nowadays, the proportion of Spanish infantry musketeers has been greatly increased, but the number of pikemen has been greatly reduced. The proportion of musketeers has accounted for more than 60% of their infantry forces, becoming the absolute main force, while the number of pikemen has been greatly reduced.

The number has been shrinking, and is now only about 30%. They are mainly responsible for protecting the phalanx from being breached by the enemy, and covering the musketeers to kill a large number of enemies.

In addition to the infantry, they also equipped the infantry with some light artillery that can be used on land as the backbone of the infantry's firepower after landing.

In addition, their fleet also carried many craftsmen and local slaves who were forcibly recruited to help them build castles after they landed. The cargo ships also carried a lot of ammunition and weapons, as well as various foods and construction tools.

and building materials, and all kinds of adequate preparations have been made.

From the Spanish point of view, their preparations were sufficient. On the Asian side, they did not think that any army other than the Dutch could defeat such a powerful army.

So in early April, Shirwa sent a man named Anthony to serve as the fleet commander of this expedition, responsible for commanding the entire fleet and infantry, establishing their castle in the northern part of Taiwan Island, and controlling the northern area of ​​Taiwan.

Compared with the scale of the Spanish landing in the northern part of Taiwan Island in another time and space in history, the Spaniards in this time and space sent more manpower, material resources and ships to participate in this expedition.

There is no other reason than that the Chicken Cage Bay that they had chosen in advance as a good port has been occupied by Sea Wolf. Before setting off, they had already made a decision to negotiate first to see if they could move the Chicken Coop to the harbor.

Congwan was bought from Sea Wolf and asked Sea Wolf to withdraw from there.

But if the group of Chinese pirates who occupy Jilong Bay, calling themselves the Sea Wolves, refuse to give up Jilong Bay, then Anthony, as the fleet commander, can decide on his own to use force to expel these Chinese pirates and move Jilong Bay to Jilong Bay.

Wan was captured.

So after careful preparations, this Spanish fleet, loaded with personnel and materials, finally sailed out of Manila Port and headed towards the northern part of Taiwan Island.

They chose this time better. It was the season when there were fewer typhoons on the sea and the wind direction was conducive to their sailing. Therefore, they did not waste much trouble along the way. After more than ten days of sailing, they arrived at Taiwan Island.

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Of course Anthony knows where the castle built by the Dutch is now, but with his current military strength, it is simply not enough to capture the Dutch castle and drive the Dutch out of Taiwan Island. Therefore, in order not to provoke the Dutch to cause trouble for them, he

After his fleet arrived at Taiwan Island, he sailed all the way north along the eastern coastline of Taiwan Island to northern Taiwan.

Finally, after several days of sailing, they appeared at the northeastern corner of Taiwan Island, where they first encountered a Chinese ship engaged in fishing operations at sea.

Anthony immediately sent a boat to pursue the Chinese fishing boat, and soon caught up with the boat. After a small-scale battle, they captured the boat. After interrogation, Anthony learned that

This ship was the whaling ship of the group of Chinese pirates who called themselves Sea Wolf. However, when they encountered the whaling ship of Sea Wolf, the whaling ship did not find the whale and was engaged in fishing operations, but was killed by them.

Caught.

And when they were interrogating the Sea Wolf whaler, a Chinese pirate ship flying the Sea Wolf flag appeared near their fleet. That ship was the Sea Wolf patrol ship stationed in Keelung Fort. The Sea Wolf department on the ship

The crowd immediately discovered the Spanish fleet and saw that they had captured a whaler belonging to Sea Wolf, and they immediately turned around and rushed back to Fort Kilung.

Before Commander Anthony could command his fleet to find a temporary landing site, a fleet of about a dozen large and small ships appeared to the west of their fleet and headed towards them menacingly.

Pounced over.

When Antony saw that all the ships in the approaching fleet had a wolf's head flag hanging on the mast, he knew their identity.

The fleet immediately put up a fighting posture at sea and sent a small boat towards the Spanish fleet. The people on the boat shouted loudly and ordered the Spaniards to immediately release their whaling ships and release all the sailors on board.

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Originally, the Spaniards were not afraid of the Chinese pirate fleet that came to find them. They immediately opened their guns and prepared for war.

But the fleet commander Anthony felt that it was not easy to start a war with this group of Chinese pirates right now, because the next step was that he would have to negotiate with these Chinese pirates and pay for the purchase of Jilong Bay they occupied, so he temporarily decided to take a step back and first

Let’s talk about releasing the pirates’ fishing boat they captured.

So the Spanish released the whale ship and all the crew members of the sea wolf they had captured. After seeing the Spanish release their whale ship and sailors, Blackhead carefully observed the Spanish fleet and knew that

With the current strength of their Sea Wolf ships in Fort Keelung, there is no chance of winning in a battle with this Spanish fleet on the sea.

Although the Sea Wolf navy has developed a style of fighting the enemy when encountering it, the decision must be made based on the actual situation. If the strength gap between the two sides is not large, they must fight when encountering the enemy. If they do not fight, as the captain or

The commander of the fleet will wait to report to the execution hall after returning. At the best, he will be dismissed from office, and at worst, he will stay in the labor camp!

But this does not mean acting blindly. If the enemy is too strong when encountering the enemy, it would be suicide to insist on fighting when the enemy is encountered. Although Yu Xiaotian encourages his men to be warlike, he does not encourage them.

It’s a no-brainer. It’s better to save yourself from such a suicidal action. When encountering such a situation, Seawolf’s naval personnel can choose to retreat. Otherwise, the patrol boats sent out will probably have little chance of coming back.

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Sailors are not infantry and can be trained quickly. Many pirates fight against others, lose one battle, and then fail to recover. It is not because they have no money, no ships, and they cannot recruit men, but it is difficult for them to fight again in a short period of time.

Within a short period of time, a group of qualified sailors were trained, so Yu Xiaotian would not let his subordinates do mindless things easily.

After observing the strength of the Spanish fleet, Heitou finally decided to give up fighting with it, led the fleet back to Jilong Bay, and sent a Feizi clipper to stay on the sea to monitor the Spanish fleet.

activities.

Anthony used a brass telescope to observe the sloop on the sea in the distance. He couldn't help being surprised. He had never seen such a ship himself, and he knew this kind of ship at a glance.

This is not a Chinese-style Kron ship, but a kind of triangular sloop that has been used on the coast of Europe, but it is somewhat different.

This kind of ship is definitely not a Chinese-style ship, it is definitely a European-style sailing ship. The soft canvas sails are enough to explain everything. It is a bit like a coastal light sloop used by the British, but the linear shape of the ship is more precise than that of that kind of ship.

Beautiful, the sails are simpler, but the operation seems to be simpler, the speed is fast, and it is very flexible.

Anthony observed the Chinese pirate ship through the telescope and made his judgment, but this also cast a shadow in his heart.

Where did this group of Chinese pirates get this kind of ship? Although this kind of ship is not big, it is very flexible, fast, and has considerable firepower when operating along the coast, making it very suitable for use as a pirate ship.

, As far as he knows, there is no ship that can easily get rid of this kind of ship after being targeted. Those clumsy Chinese Keron ships are simply chickens in front of this kind of ship and can only

They can be caught and slaughtered by such ships at will.

Could it be that the Dutch sold this kind of ship to this group of Chinese pirates? Anthony thought to himself, but he immediately rejected his idea. According to his understanding of the Dutch, the Dutch rarely used this kind of ship, and

He had never heard of the Dutch bringing such ships to the East. Even Batavia did not have such ships.

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