Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 295 Desperate Strength

In the southeast waters of the Ming Dynasty, on the channel from Quanzhou Prefecture to Penghu Wei, twelve giant Dutch ships were fleeing in embarrassment.

Gao Wenlu was really in a panic right now, the warships he was commanding were all bombarded with holes everywhere, and his men suffered heavy casualties.

However, he did not turn around and return to Nanyang.

The same is true in history. At that time, he was also beaten to death in the waters near Quanzhou Prefecture, and several warships were burned.

But he did not choose to return to Nanyang, he chose to rush to Penghu to build a stronghold!

Perhaps, this is the plan they had made before they set off.

Or maybe it was because he still didn't give up and wanted to fight again.

In short, he did not return to Nanyang. He still wanted to go to Penghu to build a stronghold as in history.

At this moment, he has already thrown the Nanyang Navy fleet away, because the Dutch have improved the sails of ocean-going sailing ships. Under the same wind conditions, the Nanyang Navy fleet using old-fashioned sails is not as fast as them.

This may be another reason why he dared to go to Penghu to build a stronghold.

He may think that he can run anyway if he can't fight, and he doesn't need to be afraid of the warships of the Ming Empire.

Didn't he know that the Daming Navy now has not only sailboats but also steamships, and the whereabouts of his fleet has been closely monitored by the fast boats.

At this time, Taichang, which was far away in Penghu, had already received the battle report from the Nanyang Navy.

To be honest, he didn't expect the Dutch to be so stretched, and the Nanyang navy hadn't rushed up to do their best, but they turned around and ran away!
It's almost like punching a tofu.

You know, he tried his best to deal with the Dutch invasion.

He not only ordered people to build six acropolises in Dongfan and Penghu, but also ordered Wang Zheng to transfer more than 1000 artillery pieces that were originally equipped on the Longya battleship.

Just like this, the completion time of the 25 dragon teeth warships will be postponed by at least one month.

He was really worried that the firepower of the Dutch, the overlord of the sea, would cause heavy losses to the Nanyang Navy, Beiyang Navy, and even the Dongyang Navy.

Unexpectedly, the overlord of the sea would be so careless that all his preparations seemed to be in vain.

He handed the battle report to Yuan Keli, and then he couldn't laugh or cry: "It seems that I overestimated the strength of the Dutch people."

Yuan Keli took a look at the battle report, and was a little bit dumbfounded.

They really regard this maritime overlord as an enemy and are on guard. Who knows that they have such virtues.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Since they can't even beat the sailboats of the Nanyang Navy, there is no need for us to rely on Penghu Acropolis to fight them. Yuanfang, let's order the fleet to assemble. Let's go to the Netherlands. It's a head-on blow."

Zhang Yuanfang left without hesitation after hearing the words.

Yuan Keli was rather puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, if we let the Dutch fleet in and shut the door down, we should be able to wipe them all out here, right?"

It doesn't make much sense to wipe them all out!

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "We don't need to wipe out the Dutch fleet, let's save a few ships for the Spaniards. If they can fight, it will only be good for us and not bad for us."

It turned out to be the case.

Indeed, if the Dutch and the Spaniards fight because of this, Daming will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

When Yuan Keli heard this, he couldn't help but cupped his hands and said, "The emperor is wise."

Gao Wenlu didn't expect that Ming would build acropolis in Penghu and Dongfan, and he didn't expect that there was a stronger naval fleet waiting for them in Penghu.

Because his news comes from Wei Malang and Dongying people.

Wei Malang walked around here 20 years ago, so he doesn't understand the current situation at all.

And even if the Dongying people knew the situation here, they couldn't tell him.

So, he led the fleet to Penghu so foolishly.

As a result, they were still more than a hundred miles away from Penghu, and a huge fleet appeared in front of them.

This fleet is really weird, there are more than two hundred ships without a single sailboat.

Moreover, there is also a building gunboat, which has no sails!

Of course, no matter whether someone has sails or not, their boat must be able to move.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to drive towards them head-on.

What should we do now?
Someone was chasing after them, and someone was blocking them. The Ming Empire Navy obviously wanted to surround and beat them up!

Gao Wenlu couldn't help asking angrily: "Is this the small sampan you mentioned? Is the naval strength of the Ming Empire as bad as you said?"

Wei Malang simply spread his hands and said: "Your Excellency, I have already said that I came here nearly 20 years ago, and what I saw at that time were a bunch of small sampans. I did not deceive you, it was Dongying who deceived you. people."

Japanese people.

snort!
While they were wrangling, Taichang had already put down the binoculars, and ordered decisively: "Yuan Fang, send the Spike warship up, and leave those two buildings and gunboats behind, and let the other ordinary warships go if they can."

Hearing the words, Zhang Yuanfang hurriedly obeyed the order, and then commanded 150 Spike warships to form three arrows and rush straight to the Dutch fleet.

Spike warships have to charge like this against building gunboats, directly in front of them!
Because the gunboats of the building boats are mainly arranged on both sides, there is at most one main gun in the direction of the bow directly in front of the ship, and the attack received by rushing directly from the front is the smallest.

Of course, if you can outflank it from the rear, it will be safer and you will hardly be attacked.

However, at this moment they were meeting each other head-on, and the ordinary warships in the opponent's back row were not their target, so they didn't have to go around to steal other people's butts at all.

Gao Wenlu saw that the warships of the Ming Empire rushed up like crazy, and quickly ordered: "Quickly, all the warships turn their rudders to face south, and prepare to broadside salvo."

He was about to use the dense artillery shells on the side for a round before running away.

Right now he was completely desperate, he didn't plan to go to Penghu, and he didn't plan to go to Dongfan either, he just wanted to flee back to Nanyang.

Unfortunately, what happened next made him even more desperate.

Because the warships of the Ming Empire saw them turning, and immediately followed them. The three rows of arrow-shaped warships were still arrows that could turn, always facing the direction of their bows!
What kind of warship is this?

How could it be so flexible!

He ordered in horror: "Quick, all warships, head south at full speed, and hit them."

In this case, he had no choice but to force his way out with all the giant ships under his command.

As for making another U-turn, or even turning in a circle, there is no need to try.

Because the southwest wind was blowing on the sea at this moment, and it was a light wind, they turned around slowly, and it was even more impossible to turn around.

At this moment, he was in a panic, commanding blindly, and wanted to use the giant ship to hit other people's boats. He didn't even think about how flexible they were.

They are not only flexible, but also have a lot of artillery.

As soon as the two sides got close to the range of about three miles, three arrow-shaped Spike warships fired one after another.

"Booming", bursts of violent artillery roar sounded one after another, and the sound continued like rolling thunder.

The three arrows were fired in turn, fifty shells followed by fifty shells fell continuously, and the twelve warships of the Dutch were soon enveloped by the water column rising from the sky.

They should be thankful that the purpose of the Daming Navy was not to sink them all, so they didn't deliberately aim and shoot in the middle.

Otherwise, just three rows of Spike warships shooting down with five salvos would surely destroy some warships.

At this moment, most of the shells landed on both sides of the Dutch fleet, and not many actually hit the Dutch warships.

However, the entire Dutch fleet was already in disarray, because the continuous water column rising into the sky had already turned into a cloud of water mist and enveloped them, and they couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly at all.

This is the purpose of the Spike's continuous firing, so that they can't see anything clearly! !

Immediately afterwards, the two rows of the fifty Spike warships in front quickly turned into two rows, and they went straight up, quickly clamping the two frontmost building boats and gunboats.

They are about a hundred steps away from the two towering gunships, and they will definitely not be able to hit each other, and they will not be able to hit them, because the towering gunboats are much taller than the Spike warships, even if the artillery on both sides shoots flat, Cannonballs will also fly over the top of the Spike.

At this time, fifty Spike warships suddenly slowed down and approached the sides of the Louchuan gunboat, and then rows of musketeers stood up from behind the side of the ship and aimed at the sides of the Louchuan gunboat.

Immediately afterwards, an empty hook and lock flew out and buckled the side of the gunboat.

Boarding and seizing ships is an essential subject in naval battles these years, and the Dongyang Navy naturally prepared a lot of hooks and locks.

Gao Wenlu also knew that they were going to rush up to seize the boat, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Because there are too many families, at least thousands of people, and there are only more than 200 people on one of their buildings and gunboats.

Moreover, the family has a musket in their hands and is aiming at the ship's side. Whoever stands up will be beaten into a sieve!

His strength really made him despair!

(End of this chapter)