RPAGF Chapter 638 Hell Demon
Chapter 638 Hell Demon
Chapter 638 Hellish Demons
Van der Si said helplessly, "Order to surrender! Layton, go and contact the Ming commander and ask him not to harm our surrendering soldiers."
"Yes!" Leiden nodded. Although he had been castrated by Wang Wenzhou and hated him, so many of his colleagues had surrendered that he had no choice but to obey orders and go talk to Wang Wenzhou. Moreover, among these Dutchmen, he was the only one who had ever been in contact with Wang Wenzhou.
Layton, carrying a white flag, was escorted by Ming soldiers to Wang Wenzhou.
At this moment, Wang Wenzhou was climbing onto the war elephant with the help of two guards.
“Your Excellency, we surrender!” Layton immediately stated his intentions.
Wang Wenzhou curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Surrender my ass! I haven't even gone into battle yet! Wait a minute, I'll personally kill a few enemies, then you can surrender!"
"Pfft..." Layton was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? He had served in the military for many years and had participated in wars between the Netherlands and Spain, England and other countries, but he had never seen a commander as unserious as Wang Wenzhou.
"Madam, could you please help persuade her?" Layton said cautiously to Daenerys in a low voice.
Although Daenerys wasn't Dutch, she and Leiden were fellow Europeans after all. She said with a wry smile, "How can I persuade him? My husband is too drunk. Why don't you wait a while before surrendering? My husband is rather willful. If you anger him, he might not accept surrender."
Layton had no choice but to watch helplessly as Wang Wenzhou climbed onto the war elephant, followed by Daenerys and Chen Yuanyuan.
"Pfft..." Layton felt like dying. This guy wasn't going to war; he was clearly taking a pretty girl on a picnic.
Daenerys thought for a moment, fearing that the Dutch might misunderstand and think that Wang Wenzhou did not accept surrender, so she quickly pointed at Layton and ordered, "You guys, take him and follow us."
"Yes!" The guard acknowledged the order and quickly escorted Layton behind him.
Although Wang Wenzhou did not accept the surrender, Van der Si had already ordered the surrender, and the Dutch also gave up resistance. At this time, the attacking Ming army also stopped killing and waited for Wang Wenzhou's orders.
Wang Wenzhou's war elephant reached the front of the battle.
Wang Wenzhou shouted, "Hurry up, send a few men. I want to test the power of the armored vehicle."
Van der Si was completely bewildered. We have already surrendered, so what does this Ming army commander want to do next?
Layton hurriedly ran to Vandersie and said with a wry smile, "Commander, this Ming general wants to kill a few enemies himself. Otherwise, he won't accept our surrender. What do you think, should we send a few men out for him to kill?"
This is outrageous! But when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. VanderSci said helplessly, "I entrust you with everything after Layton surrenders. I'll let him kill him."
"Huh?" Leiden was stunned. Van der Shee was not only the commander of the Dutch Second Fleet, but also a nobleman, and a count at that. He really couldn't understand why Van der Shee would go to his death.
“Commander, this defeat was not due to a lack of skill, you need not blame yourself…” Before Leighton could finish speaking, Vandersild interrupted him.
Van der Sie said with a bitter smile, "As captain of the Flying Dutchman, I should have died with the warship. I endured this humiliation for the sake of the Second Fleet soldiers, hoping to capture the Ming commander through land battles. Unexpectedly, in just half an hour, nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed, with most of them dead. This defeat is a complete disaster. How can I face living on? Don't try to persuade me!"
After Van der Sie finished speaking, he straightened his uniform, drew his sword, walked out, pointed at Wang Wenzhou, and said, "Commander of the Dutch Second Fleet..."
Wang Wenzhou thought to himself, "Damn it, the Dutch have sent warriors. I'm not going to back down." Before Daenerys could translate Van der Si's words, Wang Wenzhou ordered the war elephants to charge.
"Bang!" The war elephant, weighing several tons, crashed into Van der Si, sending him flying more than ten meters away, where he died instantly.
However, the war elephant's braking performance was not very good. After knocking Van der Si off its feet, it continued to run forward until it trampled Van der Si's corpse and stopped.
The Dutch soldiers' eyes were red with anger. Their commander had been brutally murdered by the Ming army's commander, who was nothing short of a demon from hell!
Layton jogged over, a wry smile on his face, and said, "Your Excellency, do you think you can accept our surrender now?"
Although Wang Wenzhou had never met Van der Sieu, he could tell from Van der Sieu's attire that he was most likely a Dutch commander. He killed Van der Sieu to vent his anger. Li Meibao's disappearance and unknown fate deeply saddened Wang Wenzhou.
"How boring! You Dutch are too weak. You surrendered after such a short time? Next time you must hold out longer. I regret not being able to fight on the battlefield myself!" Wang Wenzhou said seriously.
Leiden thought to himself, how could the Dutch Taiwan Fleet and the Second Fleet have been defeated by Wang Wenzhou? His words sounded like those of a complete idiot!
"Your Excellency, please accept our sneak attack!" Layton said, bowing deeply and respectfully raising his sword with both hands.
“Barbarians are barbarians, all cowards! Look at my Great Ming, scholars die for their principles, warriors die in battle, there is no reason for them to surrender!” Wang Wenzhou ordered impatiently, “Men, accept their surrender. Lock them all up.”
"Yes!" Jian Fengyu quickly accepted the order and relayed it to the various generals in charge of the troops.
At this moment, Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong rushed over one after the other.
Liu Xiang cupped his hands in greeting and said with a smile, "Congratulations on your great victory, sir!"
Zheng Zhilong echoed, "Your Excellency is a master strategist, a reincarnation of Zhuge Liang! I admire you wholeheartedly."
Wang Wenzhou said, "You two have come at the right time. Immediately send people to search the islands around Penghu Island and see if they can find Li Mei and Zheng Chenggong."
"Yes!" the two quickly replied.
Liu Xiang said, "My lord, there is no need to be sad. Lady Li Mei is a lucky person and will surely be safe. I have come here with some good news to tell you."
"Hmm? What is it?" Wang Wenzhou asked.
Zheng Zhilong quickly interjected, "Sir, the Dutch warships are all sunk in the harbor. Apart from the holes in the hull, the warships are basically intact. If they are salvaged and repaired, they can be used again."
Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang rushed over precisely because of these warships. Although the Dutch warships were smaller than those in Wang Wenzhou's main fleet, they were still giants to them.
Regardless of who they are, acquiring these warships would greatly increase their strength. Therefore, both of them want to salvage them.
Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "You two go and salvage it. You can each take half of the salvaged warship as a reward for this great victory. In addition, I will also write to the Emperor to recommend you two for credit."
"Thank you, sir!" the two men quickly expressed their gratitude.
……
At this moment, on the "Albert", the young hero Zheng Chenggong and Li Mei were lying on a hospital bed, with Dutch people taking care of and monitoring them.
The Albert was the only remaining warship in the Dutch Second Fleet. Last night, Wang Wenzhou led his fleet to attack Penghu Harbor, and Van der Sie sent all the female officers and their families on the Albert.
Under the cover of night, the "Albert" secretly escaped through the Penghu Harbor waterway, a passageway only wide enough for one warship to pass through.
On the way, the "Albert" happened to encounter two elderly men who were injured and weak, floating on the water.