Zheng Chenggong copper oak
From 1998, Dutch colonialists harassed the coastal areas of China in the name of trade and commerce. In the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), it landed in Taijiang near Tainan and occupied Taiwan Province Province. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), the Dutch army defeated the Spanish colonial army in the northern part of Taiwan Province Province and occupied the whole of Taiwan Province Province. After the Dutch invaders invaded and occupied Taiwan Province Province, they imposed cruel colonial rule, imposed heavy taxes and plundered the people's wealth. The brutality of the colonists aroused the anger and resistance of the people in Taiwan Province Province. The resistance and struggle of Han nationality and Gaoshan nationality spread all over the island and never stopped.
On the first day of March in the 15th year of Li Yong (166 1), Zheng Chenggong held a grand swearing-in ceremony in Kinmen. At noon on the 23rd, Zheng Chenggong personally led the first echelon to set off from Luowan, Jinmen, and strode to the southeast. The next morning, Master Zhou arrived in Penghu and was quickly occupied by the Dutch army because of his weak strength. Three days later, Zheng Jun continued his crusade. When he entered the waters of Citrus Island, he was blocked by wind and rain and was forced to turn back. On the 30th, Zheng Chenggong left 3,000 people stationed in Penghu, led the fleet, braved the storm and crossed the Strait, and sailed out of Luermen Port at dawn on April 1. There are two routes to enter the port from Luermen offshore: one is Nanhang Channel, which is wide in mouth and deep in water, but defended by enemy ships. Taiwan Province Province is equipped with heavy artillery on land overlooking the channel, so it is difficult to pass. The other is the North Waterway, that is, the Luermen Waterway, which is only a few miles wide. The sand in the water is shallow, and the ship will break when touched. Only one line can accommodate three ships, and the waterway is dozens of miles long. You can go through it to Chikanta. Because the waterway is shallow, the Dutch invaders blocked it with broken boats in advance and could only pass at high tide. Zheng Chenggong decided to break through Beihang Road. At noon on the first day of April, the tide surged and Zheng Chenggong took the opportunity to lead the team. Large and small warships successfully passed through Dermene, entered the inland sea, and distributed their ships in Taijiang. The Dutch army in Taiwan Province thought that China's fleet would attack from the front, so they only prepared artillery on the shore of the southern channel. Zheng Chenggong avoided the enemy's gunfire and entered Taijiang from Deer Ear Gate. The Dutch army was panicked by Zheng Jun's unexpected action, and it was too late to adjust the guns, so it had to rush out of the plywood boat to stop the attack. Zheng Jun's navy crossed the Dutch defense line, first landed in the port of Heliao, north of Chikanta, and then landed successfully in the direction of Luermen. People from Taiwan Province Province rushed to meet Zheng Jun, who quickly gained a foothold.
After Zheng Jun landed successfully, the fortress of the Dutch invaders, Chikanta, Taiwan Province Province and only a few warships were exposed to Zheng Jun and were in a state of being divided and besieged. However, the Dutch invaders tried to separate their troops from the land and water by relying on the powerful artillery on board and the firmness of the castle, and took advantage of Zheng Jun's unstable position to fight back. At sea, the Dutch invaders blocked Zheng Jun with four ships, and Zheng Chenggong surrounded the Dutch ships with sixty warships. The two sides launched a fierce artillery battle. Although Zheng Jun's warships are not equipped as the Dutch army, the sailors are brave and tenacious. As a result, the enemy capital ship 1 ship was sunk, the deck ship 1 ship was blown up, and the rest escaped the net. On land, Dutch captain Budd led 240 soldiers to fight back against Zheng Jun. Zheng Jiang Chen Ze led 4000 people.
Zheng Chenggong recovered the map of Taiwan
Most of the troops met the enemy head-on, and 700 to 800 people bypassed the enemy's side and attacked from front to back. As a result, Bud was killed and the Dutch army was annihilated 180 people. Only a few people fled back to cities in Taiwan Province province. After the defeat of two wars, the Dutch invaders still tried to seize two isolated castles, Chikanta and Taiwan Province Province. Zheng Chenggong sent troops to cut off the land and water traffic of the Dutch army and attacked Chikanta. The people of Taiwan Province Province also automatically armed themselves to help Zheng Jun fight against the Dutch invaders. On the fourth day of April, Chikanta's water source was cut off by the people of Taiwan Province and forced to lead troops to surrender. On April 7, in addition to leaving an army to sweep away the remaining enemies in other places, Zheng Chenggong personally besieged the provincial capital of Taiwan.
On May 28th, the authorities in Batavia learned that the Dutch army was defeated in Taiwan Province province, that is, 700 soldiers and 10 warships were mobilized to Taiwan Province province for reinforcements, and they arrived in the waters of Taiwan Province province on July 5th. Zheng Chenggong noticed this situation and strengthened the siege and aid deployment. After the Dutch invaders were reinforced, they tried to quickly change the unfavorable situation of being besieged. They decided to drive Zheng Jun out of the urban area of Taiwan Province Province with newly arrived ships and soldiers, and destroy Zheng Jun's ships moored in the waterway near Chikanta. Its deployment is: after two warships detour to the urban area, destroy Zheng Jun's artillery position at sea, dispatch 300 or 400 infantry to attack the urban area, and send 20 ships of different sizes to attack Zheng Jun's warships. On July 23, the two sides fought at sea, and Zheng Chenggong used his warships to fight at sea and surrounded the enemy ships. After an hour of fierce fighting, two Dutch ships and three captured ships were destroyed and burned, and more than 65,438+000 enemies were killed. The rest of the Dutch ships fled to the open sea and never dared to go near Taiwan Province Province again. Due to the failure at sea, the Dutch army hastily withdrew and dared not attack on land. The besieged Dutch army was short of food and demoralized. Many soldiers died and starved to death because of moldy food poisoning. Zheng Jun, on the other hand, rested, constantly built fortifications and set up giant guns, ready to continue to attack the city. The people also helped Zheng Jun cut off the water source of the Dutch army. After besieging Taiwan Province Province for more than 8 months and making full preparations, Zheng Jun launched a general attack. 1Feb. 6, captured Fort Utley, an important stronghold outside the city, and then violently shelled the provincial capital from the commanding heights. Seeing that the tide had run out, he led the troops to surrender on1February 13. At this point, Taiwan Province Province, occupied for 38 years, returned to the embrace of the motherland, and Zheng Chenggong finally won the great struggle to expel the Dutch invaders.