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In addition, this time, the Spanish fleet also carried ten speedboats. These speedboats have a small tonnage, most of which are about dozens of tons. There are both speedboats with human paddles and sling boats that can be used as unloading cargo and personnel after their arrival at the site when there is no dock and trestle to docks. The tools on the shore are also equipped with light artillery when necessary, which can assist the main ships in fighting at sea.

In addition to loading and unloading personnel and goods, there is another very important reason why this kind of fleet sails and carries a large number of small boats, that is, there are too many pirates on the Chinese sea. Sometimes in case a large number of pirates try to intercept their fleets, although the Chinese pirates' ships have weak firepower, they Good at using fire attack methods to attack large ships.

Although the big ship has strong firepower, it can't hold back the wolves. When facing a large number of deadly enemies, they will take care of one and lose the other. Fire attacks will often cause them a lot of trouble. At this time, a certain number of speedboats are needed to protect the big ships from fireboats in the fleet.

In addition to carrying more than 700 sailors, this fleet is also equipped with about 600 infantry. The 600 infantry is composed of two companies, one company with exactly 300 people, mainly composed of spearmen and * hands.

When the Spaniards first rose, they relied on the prestige of the Spanish infantry phalanx they created. This phalanx is world-famous and has strong attack and self-defense capabilities, but with the passage of time, the composition of the Spanish army is also changing.

Nowadays, the proportion of infantry * hands in Spain has been greatly increased, but the number of spearmen has been greatly reduced. The proportion of * hands has occupied more than 60% of their infantry strength and become the absolute main force, while the number of spear soldiers has been compressed, and now it is only about 30%. Be responsible for protecting the phalanx from being broken by the enemy and covering * hands to kill the enemy in large numbers.

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

In addition, their fleet also carried a lot of craftsmen and locally recruited slaves, ready to help them build castles after their landing. The cargo ship was also loaded with a lot of ammunition and weapons, as well as various food, construction tools and building materials, and made full preparations.

From the point of view of the Spanish, it is enough for them to make such preparations. On the Asian side, they do not think that any army other than the Dutch can defeat such a powerful army as them.

So in early April, Schwar sent a man named Anthony as the fleet commander of the expedition to command the entire fleet and infantry, build their castle in the northern part of Taiwan Island and control the northern part 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, that is, because they looked at the Chicken Cage Bay, which could be used as a good port in advance. At this time, it had been occupied by the sea wolf. Before departure, they had made a decision. First, they negotiated to see if they could buy the chicken cage bay from the sea wolf and let the sea wolf withdraw from there.

But if the Chinese pirates who occupy Chickenlong wan refusing to give up Chickenlong wan, then Anthony, as the commander of the fleet, can forcibly expel these Chinese pirates and seize Chickenlong wan.

So after careful preparation, the Spanish fleet, full of personnel and supplies, finally sailed out of the port of Manila and headed for the northern part of Taiwan Island.

They chose a better time, because there were fewer typhoons on the sea, and the wind direction was also conducive to their sailing season, so they did not take much time along the way. After more than ten days of sailing, they arrived at Taiwan Island.

Of course, Anthony knows where the castle built by the Dutch is now, but with his current strength, it is not enough to capture the Dutch castle and expel the Dutch from Bay Island. Therefore, in order not to stimulate the Dutch to find trouble for them, he followed the eastern coast of Taiwan Island after the fleet arrived on Taiwan Island. The line went all the way north to the north of Taiwan.

Finally, after a few days of sailing, they appeared in the northeast corner of Taiwan Island, where they first met a Chinese ship fishing at sea.

Anthony immediately sent a ship to start chasing the Chinese fishing boat, and soon caught up with the boat. After a small-scale battle, they captured the ship. After interrogation, Anthony learned that the boat was the whaling ship of a group of Chinese pirates who called themselves sea wolves, but they encountered it. When the sea wolf's whaling ship, the whaler did not find the whale and was fishing, but it was caught by them.

And while they were interrogating the sea wolf's whaling ship, a Chinese pirate ship flying the sea wolf flag appeared near their fleet. The ship was the sea wolf's sentry ship in Keelung Fort. The sea wolf people on the ship immediately found the Spanish fleet and saw that they captured the sea wolf. A whaling ship immediately turned around and rushed back to Keelung Fort.

Before Commander Anthony commanded 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 rushed towards them aggressively.

Anthony knew their identity when he saw a wolf flag hanging on the masts of all the ships in the arriving fleet.

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

Originally, these Spaniards were not afraid of the fleet of Chinese pirates who came to find them, and immediately all the ships opened their guns and made a posture to go to war.

However, Anthony, the commander of the fleet, felt that it was not easy to go to war with this group of Chinese pirates immediately, because he had to negotiate with these Chinese pirates and pay for the chicken cage Bay they occupied, so he temporarily decided to take a step back and release the fishing boat of the pirates they captured.

So the Spaniards released the sea wolf's whaling ship and all the crew on board. After seeing the Spaniards release their whaling ships and sailors, the blackhead carefully observed the Spanish fleet and knew that with the current strength of their sea wolf ship in Fort Keelung, on the sea and this one The Spanish fleet has no chance of winning the war.

Although the sea wolf division has developed a must-fight style of fighting against the enemy, it also depends on the actual situation. If the strength gap between the two sides is not large, they must fight when they meet the enemy. If they don't fight, as the captain or the commander of the fleet, they will wait to go to the prison after they go back. If you report, you will be dismissed, and if you are heavy, you will stay in the labor camp!

But this does not mean moving blindly. If the enemy is too strong and insists on fighting when encountering the enemy, it will become suicide. Although Yu Xiaotian encourages his subordinates to be belligerent, he does not encourage them not to use their brains. Such suicide actions should be saved. When encountering such a situation, Hai The sailors of the wolf can choose to retreat, otherwise the patrol ship sent out will not have much chance of coming back!

sailors are not infantry and can be trained quickly. Many pirates fight with people and suffer a defeat, and they have been depressed since then. It is not because they have no money, boats, and they can't recruit people, but it is difficult for them to cultivate a group of qualified sailors in a very short time, so Yu Xiaotian will not let his men. They do brainless things easily.

After observing the strength of the Spanish fleet, Blackhead finally decided to give up fighting with it, withdrew his fleet to Chicken Cage Bay, and sent a flying fast ship to stay on the sea to monitor the activities of the Spanish fleet.

Anthony used a brass monocular and observed the sloop on the sea in the distance. He couldn't help but be surprised. He had never seen this kind of ship, and he knew at a glance that this kind of ship was not the Chinese Keron ships, but a kind of triangular sail sman used along the coast of Europe. Sailing, but it's a little different.

This kind of ship is definitely not a Chinese ship. It must be a European-style sailboat. The soft canvas sail is enough to explain everything. It is a bit like a kind of near-shore light sloop used by the British, but it is more beautiful than that kind of ship. The sail is simpler, but it looks easier to operate and fast, and And very flexible.

Anthony observed the Chinese pirate ship in the telescope and made his judgment, but his heart was also overshadowed.

Where did these Chinese pirates get this kind of ship? Although this kind of ship is not big, it is very flexible, fast, and has considerable firepower, which is very suitable for use as a pirate ship. As far as he knows, there is no ship that can easily get rid of it after being targeted by such a ship. Those clumsy Keron ships in China In front of this kind of boat, it is simply a meat chicken, which can only be caught and slaughtered by this boat at will.

Is it the Dutch who sold this kind of ship to this group of Chinese pirates? Anthony thought to himself, but he immediately rejected his idea. According to what he knew about the Dutch, the Dutch rarely used this kind of ship, and he had never heard of the Dutch bringing this kind of ship to the east. Even Batavia did not have such a boat.

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