Da Ming started to ascend the throne

The soldiers of the Ming army couldn't understand what she was calling, so they ignored him at all, thinking that this foreign devil was farting.

After the fleet seized the Salvador warship, it sailed towards Malacca at full speed.

The voyage of [-] nautical miles is not far, and in about three hours, the soldiers can already see the appearance of Malacca.

Zhang Huangyan immediately issued an order to prepare for battle:

"All the warships are ready to fight, first destroy their warships, and then destroy all the coastal forts, so that the army can land safely."

"Yes"

The five ironclad warships immediately began to load shells, the gun doors of the artillery opened quickly, and black holes protruded from the gun doors.

In Malacca, the Dutch were also ready for battle. Six Dutch warships had lined up, ready to fight to the death with the Ming warship.

For the Dutch, they are not sure of winning this naval battle, and it mainly consumes the vital strength of the Ming Fleet.

Their real reliance was the Castle of Santiago. As long as they stood firm on this bastion, the Ming army would have nothing to do with them.

Without the ability to break through the bastion, the Ming army either besieged the city or retreated, and the Dutch were absolutely invincible for the time being.

The Netherlands is so confident because of their knowledge of Santiago Castle.

They clearly know that the bastion has not been breached by the enemy until now.

Neither the Dutch nor the Portuguese or the English ever breached the castle of Santiago.

When gunpowder weapons developed to a certain period, when cannons began to dominate the battlefield, traditional city defense faced huge challenges.

With the gradual improvement of cannon technology, people began to wonder about the role of the city wall.

With the development of modern mathematics and engineering, city defense finally ushered in the spring of development in the 15th century.

The prismatic city defense began to qualify in Italy in the middle of the 15th century.

Bastion/star fort began to be used as a general term for a large number of new forts, especially when combined with Raveling-style fortifications, and other external works, to form complex polygonal forts.

The design of a fort is usually composed of pentagonal or hexagonal turrets and the main fortress walls.

This eliminates the blind spots of general city wall protection, the so-called "city defense dead zone".

Their predecessors, the medieval fortresses, were usually placed on high hills, from where bow and arrow guns were fired at the enemy.

The higher the fort, the farther the range.The enemy's hope was either to knock down the gates or climb the walls with ladders and overcome the defenders.

For the attacking side, these fortifications proved difficult to overcome, so the fort occupied a key position in the war.

Chapter 536

As gunpowder spread to the West, guns and artillery were gradually derived.

In particular, the emergence of artillery not only changed the form of warfare, those tall castles were no longer strong fortresses, but became artillery targets.

The higher the city wall, the greater the damage the artillery will do to the city wall. Unless the artillery of the defenders in the city is equal to the enemy, they will bombard the tall target and the city wall will soon collapse.

Then the bastion appeared, and the bastion was generally not high, generally around five meters in height, and there were three protections.

The artillery has no parabola, and it is very difficult to bombard the bastion, but the people in the bastion can use artillery and guns to attack the enemies who have nowhere to hide outside the city.

After the enemy suffered heavy casualties, the enemy had no choice but to retreat.

This is what the Malacca Dutch think they can rely on to keep Santiago.

Of course, the first line of defense of the Dutch is not the bastion, but their navy.

The second line of defense is the coastal defense artillery, and the third line of defense is the San Diego Bastion.Update the fastest.tv./ m.tv./

The naval strength of the Netherlands was still number one in the territory at that time.

Not only do they have rich sailing experience, but the soldiers have been honed during the colonization process, and it can be said that all of them are experienced in battles.

These colonial soldiers, especially in the use of firearms, are even more comfortable.

The Malacca Dutch have only six battleships in total, two first-class battleships, two second-class battleships, and two third-class battleships.

Don't underestimate these six battleships. They were the ones who drove off the powerful Portuguese and began to colonize Malacca.

Upon receiving information about the arrival of the Ming Fleet, the Governor of Malacca, Bo Tuo, immediately ordered six warships to line up on the sea surface five kilometers away from the port, ready to attack the Ming Fleet at any time.

They knew that Ming Dynasty had iron-clad warships, but they were all wooden ships with armor, and their warships also had some armor.

But when the Ming iron-clad battleship cut through the waves, it appeared in the lens of the Netherlands Fleet's single-tube telescope.

Immediately, these foreign devils were a little confused, and they realized that the Daming iron-clad battleship was not what they imagined.

Six Daming iron-clad battleships came with billowing smoke, giving people a very shocking visual impact, completely like steel giants.

When a Dutch sentry saw the Daming ironclad warship, he felt a little unreal, and couldn't help screaming:

"Oh my God! Is this Daming's iron-clad warship? It's so mighty, how can I fight it..."

Seeing the iron-clad warship of Ming Dynasty, Juan, the captain of the Dutch Navy stationed in Malacca, was equally panicked.

But as the fleet commander, he certainly couldn't let his subordinates see it.

He stretched out his hand and gave the sentry a big mouth, and snapped:

"Shut up, that's the result of dyeing the wood. The purpose is to scare you ignorant fools, and tell all the soldiers to prepare for battle. Let's see how our Dutch naval guns teach Ming to be a man..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Before Colonel Netherland could finish his sentence, flames spewed out from the muzzle of the Ming battleship, and dozens of shells bombarded them at extremely high speed.

The shells fell into the water next to the Dutch battleship, immediately splashing huge waves.

Some of the shells hit their flagship deck and gunwale accurately.

There were loud noises from the deck and side of the battleship, and the hull began to shake violently.

Colonel Nederland, who was teaching the soldiers a lesson, was unprepared and almost fell to the ground because he couldn't stand steadily.

"Colonel be careful..."

Fortunately, the soldier beside him reacted quickly and reached out to support him.

Juan grabbed the armrest beside him and hurriedly sent an order: