Chapter 2: Naval Battle
The warships of the Ming dynasty's naval forces were lined up in a row, and all the naval officers and soldiers were waiting quietly.
There was only one person sitting at the stern of the boat.
His name is Ding Yunyi.
Ding Yunyi never thought that he would actually travel through time and space because of a hand grenade, and even more surprisingly, he traveled to the Ming Dynasty and into the body of another person who had exactly the same name as him, "Ding Yunyi", and looked completely identical.
I've seen a ghost, I really have! Ding Yunyi never thought that such a thing would happen to himself.
Fortunately, the origin of this "Ding Yunyi" is still very good. His father... well, now it's his own father - Ding Yuanzhao! He was the Fujian Zanli Junwu, one level lower than Zhou Weiqun, who was in charge of Fujian and concurrently served as the military commander, and at least he could be considered a local official.
The Xunfu, Tidu Junwu and Zanli Junwu also developed slowly over time. Ding Yunyi remembered very clearly that in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the first Xunfu was appointed in the second year of Yongle. The Ming Chengzu Zhu Di appointed a seventh-grade official "Giveshi Zhong" Lei Tian to "Xunfu Guangxi". At that time, the so-called Xunfu was only a temporary task for central officials, and not a fixed official position, nor did it become the de facto highest provincial official like in the Qing Dynasty.
After the Xuanzong and Dezheng years of the Ming Dynasty, the number of touring censors gradually increased. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost every province had one, but the jurisdiction was large or small, and did not match the jurisdiction of the governor. In terms of duties, it also focused on military affairs, often with the words "Director of Military Affairs" or "Assistant Director of Military Affairs" added to the official title.
His own father is a standard military officer!
The bad news is that we have to fight as soon as we arrive!
Still fighting with Dutch people!
This is the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Great Ming Dynasty.
In July of this year, the Dutch Taiwan Governor Putmans led thirteen Dutch warships to launch a surprise attack on the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas. The Dutch proposed that China immediately stop trading with Spain, Portugal and other countries and only trade with the Dutch, otherwise they would continue to fight. This unreasonable demand was rejected by the Ming Dynasty.
On September 22 of the same year, Fujian Governor Zhou Weiqun received an imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen to severely punish the Dutch. On October 12, after consultation with Ding Yuxiang, Zhou appointed Zheng Zhilong as the vanguard, Gao Yingyue as the left wing, Zhang Yongchan as the right wing, and Wang Shangzhong as the mobile troops, preparing for battle.
While Ming was actively preparing for war, the Dutch did not dare to slack off and invited the great pirate Liu Xiang as reinforcements. Liu Xiang brought more than 50 warships.
Ding Yunyi was one of the members of the Ming dynasty's naval forces.
Ding Yunyi suspected that his previous life and Old Master Ding Yuanzhao's relationship was not good. The old master was a dignified provincial military commander, but his son was just an ordinary soldier on the ship. Moreover, with the big battle imminent, he actually put his son on Zheng Zhilong's vanguard ship! Was it to throw his own son onto the battlefield to die?
What's the difference between this and that?
"Departure, departure!" The hundred long Xiao Yi winds on the boat called out one by one to the brothers.
Ding Yunyi didn't take his superior, Bai Chang, too seriously at first, thinking he was just a minor official. However, after two days of interaction, he found that Xiao Yifeng took his work very seriously and treated Bai Chang with the same respect as a provincial governor.
The naval battle is about to begin.
On October 22, Chongzhen 6th year, the main force of the Ming army's 150 warships arrived quietly at the entrance of Liezhou Bay in the south of Jinmen Island, where the entire main force of the Dutch Liu Xiang joint fleet was anchored.
The Ming dynasty's navy was still quite powerful. The government had ordered the Fujian and Jiangsu coastal guards to build ships to resist the Japanese, which gave the navy a great deal of development. The navy's weapons and equipment were not only well-made cold weapons such as knives, bows, arrows, and crossbows, but also a large proportion of firearms, including copper cannons, iron cannons, landmines, and various types of artillery began to be equipped with troops.
When the Ming army was found to be approaching, the Dutch fleet formed a defensive formation with the Dutch warship in the center and the pirate ships scattered around. The Ming fleet deployed at the southeast corner of Liao Bay, with Zheng Zhilong's troops as the vanguard, adopting a two-pronged attack tactic with the east wind.
According to the previous deployment, the main force of the Ming army rushed straight to the Dutch fleet, and only used auxiliary troops to deal with pirate ships. At the same time, they adopted a sea of fire tactic that had never been seen on European battlefields.
Out of the 150 warships of Ming army, only 50 were cannon ships, and the remaining 100 small boats were all fire ships. With a single order, under the cover of the large ship's cannons, the 100 fire ships swarmed up to hook and set fire.
After a brief commotion, two of the large Dutch warships that had joined the battle were immediately boarded and burned by fire ships, while another two were sunk in the cannonade!
The sea surface is ablaze with flames, what a magnificent sight!
At this time, on the warship where Ding Yunyi was on board, with a loud order from the officer, it charged fiercely towards a Dutch warship that had not yet caught fire!
After the two ships came alongside each other, the Ming naval officers and soldiers rushed towards the Dutch warship.
Clang clang clash clash! The white blade battle begins!
A Dutch officer with a big beard was very brave, his sword continuously stabbed two Ming sailors, and he kept shouting "Holland" in their faces, seemingly boasting.
Xiao Yi Feng rushed forward, but under the fierce attack of the big bearded man, he retreated repeatedly. In a moment of inattention, he was stabbed in the ribs and fortunately dodged in time, so his injury was not severe.
The Dutch Big Beard stabbed another sword at Xiao Yi Feng, and just as he was about to hit him, suddenly there was a "dang" sound from the side, and someone held up his sword.
Xiao Yi Feng, who had narrowly escaped death, took a look and it was indeed Ding Yun Yi!
Ding Yunyi didn't intentionally want to save anyone, he just saw the Dutch big beard being ferocious and was indignant at the foreigners' arrogance, so he timely took action!
Ding Yunyi had fought countless times, and in his opinion, this was no different from fighting.
Swords clashed, and the two men exchanged blows for several rounds. Ding Yunwei had rich experience in fighting, and had been carefully trained by San Ge. He found that although Da Hu Zi was fierce, his lower body was not strong. Seizing the opportunity, he parried Da Hu Zi's incoming sword and suddenly kicked out with one foot, accurately hitting Da Hu Zi's groin.
Big Beard let out a loud cry and fell to the ground, writhing in agony on the ground, still shouting something from his mouth, as if accusing Ding Yunyi of not following the rules of fighting.
Ding Yunyi didn't waste any words with him and struck forward with one knife, ending the life of the big-bearded man.
Xiao Yi Feng stared blankly at the edge.
Most of the sailors on this ship were fighting for the first time, but who would have thought that Ding Yunyi, who usually looked gentle and quiet, was so fierce when he fought, and his hands were so ruthless!
Two Dutch soldiers rushed up shouting "Wah wah".
As they were about to rush forward, Ding Yunyi suddenly fell to the ground and swung his knife out. In the midst of a blood-curdling scream, one Dutch soldier's left foot was cut off at the ankle.
Another Dutch soldier saw such a terrible scene happening right in front of him and was frightened out of his wits, turning around to run away.
Ding Yunyi exerted himself and threw the knife in his hand, hitting the Dutch soldier's back. The Dutch soldier rushed forward a few steps before falling headfirst to the ground.
Ding Yunyi finally stood up and walked over to pull his knife out of the Dutch soldier's corpse.
In the brief moments of battle, Ding Yunyi had already killed two enemies and severely injured one. Not only did Xiao Yifeng, but all the Ming dynasty sailors on board were stunned.
Is this Ding Yunyi? Is this really the Ding Yunyi they know?
From the start of boarding combat, he was like a devil, killing people without mercy. When facing the Dutch, it was like cutting vegetables.
Ding Yunyi sneered, having himself been a man who had died once before. Killing these few Dutch people was no different from playing a game.
