East Factory Governor

Chapter 789 Benefits Are Eternal

Boom boom boom!
Outside the port of Zeelandia, eight battleships and more than 50 small and medium-sized warships of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Army lined up. Liu Xiang, who came from the east, fought a fierce battle with the combined Dutch fleet.

As for the United Fleet, since there are about [-] battleships, normally the firepower should be much stronger than that of Zheng Zhilong's Nanyang Navy.

However, the Nanyang Navy took advantage of the first formation - when the opponent entered the range, all the warships of the Nanyang Navy had already lined up in the shape of "1", and the United Fleet had just rushed over, so they lined up in "[-]" In this way, the two sides actually formed an out-and-out "T"-shaped confrontation. Anyone who is familiar with naval warfare knows that the Nanyang navy at the head of the "T" shape must have taken advantage of it.

why?

Because the main artillery positions of battleships are all on the side, such as the battleships of the Nanyang Navy, the two sides of the hull are equipped with eight Francophones and eight Hongyi cannons, and there is only one Hongyi cannon at the bow of the ship.

The same is true for the joint fleet of the Dutch and Liu Xiang. Now that their bows are facing the Nanyang Navy, most ships can only fire one gun, even the largest Schmidt-class battleship.

In this way, although the United Fleet has as many as a hundred warships, during the period when the firefight just started, the firepower density is completely inferior to that of the Nanyang Navy.

In order to reverse the disadvantage, the United Fleet immediately turned the bow of the ship and set up a formation after entering the range, trying to make the flank of the hull face the Nanyang Navy as quickly as possible.

Taking advantage of this time, the Nanyang Navy launched a fierce bombardment.

Boom boom boom!
The dense shells hit the Super United Fleet, and the range of the cannons at that time was not far, so the two sides were relatively close to each other, and the formation was relatively tight, so the chance of being shot was very high.

Most of the gunners of the Nanyang Navy are old pirates who followed Zheng Zhilong to the sea all the year round, and their accuracy is quite amazing.There are also a small number of student soldiers who have just joined the army, relying on the money of the imperial court, and usually don't feel sorry for the shells that let them shoot targets, so their accuracy is not low.

All of a sudden, many warships in the United Fleet were shot, exploded and caught fire, and the crew on board jumped off the ship crying.

Puffs of thick smoke rise from the sea, just like farmers burning straw in the fields after the autumn harvest. It can be said that fireworks are everywhere, which is extremely spectacular.

After five or six rounds of bombardment by the Nanyang Navy, the United Fleet set up its formation-in the era of relying on wind kinetic energy, it is very slow to turn the hull to a specified angle.

At this time, the United Fleet had lost more than 20 small ships, five Galen ships, and five Junk ships. Even one of the Schmidborg-class battleships was on fire, but it was quickly extinguished.

Next, is the counterattack of the United Fleet.

Although they suffered heavy losses, the total number of warships was still more than that of the Nanyang Navy on the scene, so after the counterattack, the Nanyang Navy immediately lost the wind.

Moreover, at this time, the remaining 20 Galen ships and [-] Junk ships of the United Fleet played a huge role. Although they were smaller than battleships, they were more flexible and were used to deal with the Nanyang Navy. The small clippers had a great advantage. After just a few rounds of shelling, they seriously injured more than [-] Ming warships.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had fifteen Junk boats in his hands, and they had to move their positions when they saw that they were wrong, and went to block them.However, because the number is smaller than the other party, the effect is not great.

On a Galen ship, Liu Xiang was very excited.

If the fight continues like this, he is likely to win this naval battle.

Especially when Wang Wang told him that the Spanish fleet had entered the range of the Ming army from the north, he felt that this battle must be won!
Let's say that the Spanish fleet composed of seven Galen ships and more than [-] fast ships, under the leadership of Velasco, rushed to the battlefield quickly.

However, the strange thing is that when they entered the range of the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Army, their cannons were still inside the hull and did not protrude from the gun holes.

The same is true for the Ming army fleet, and the cannons pointed at the opponent have all retracted into the gun holes.

In this way, the Spanish fleet came from the north and passed the Ming army.

Neither side fired a single shot.

Standing in the command room, Liu Xiang saw this weird scene through the long binoculars.

He was shocked.

Why didn't the Spaniards fire?
Didn't the fucking Dutch say that the Spaniards have agreed to fight the Nanyang Navy with them?
He roared loudly and cursed!
"Dutch red hair, I hate your grandma! You fucking old man!"

And while he was roaring, the Spanish fleet had quietly come to his flank!

No matter how stupid Liu Xiang is, she knows that the Spaniard is going to help Zheng Zhilong!
They ran here at this time, and they didn't hit Zheng Zhilong. Could it be that they came here to watch the excitement?
Sure enough, after the Spanish fleet sailed to a position one mile south of Liu Xiang's fleet, all the cannons on the sides of the battleships stretched out, pointing faintly at Liu Xiang's warships.

On a galleon, Velasco was proud of his wise decision.

Stupid Dutch, do they really think that the Great Spanish Fleet, the sworn enemy, will help him?

They can't see the situation in the Far East clearly because they have an idiot in charge!

And I would never do that stupid thing.

In the future, the Far East will inevitably be controlled by this ancient empire called "Ming". Not to mention the Dutch, even the whole of Europe will not be able to shake this empire!
why?
Just because they can build fifty such behemoths within a year, and they can build thousands of heavy cannons within a year, and this empire has only just risen!
If they are given another five years, their warships will be all over the Far East, and the Far East is their doorstep. Who in the whole of Europe can compete with them here?

Spain's presence in the Far East is not strong at all. If it offends such an empire, it will have no foothold in the future!

That's why idiots will contend against Ming!
Spain, whose national power is declining, has long lost the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty in the Far East-not to mention the country, even the Netherlands can't compete.

Since it is impossible to compete, it is better to make friends with Ming.

From now on, Spain will not seek any colonization in the Far East, but will fully aim at obtaining greater trade rights and chartered routes.

And to achieve this goal, it is necessary to send a big gift to the future overlord Ming Kingdom!
Assisting Ming Guo in defeating Liu Xiang and the Dutchman is the great gift he wants to give!
Because it was wrapped from the flanks, the Spanish fleet didn't need to adjust the hull at all, and could directly use the sides to align with Liu Xiang's department.

"Boom boom boom!"

Without any warning, Spain went to war without declaring it, and all the artillery of the fleet opened fire on the fleet under Liu Xiang!
Liu Xiang cried out!

The Dutch shouted too!

Because just last night, Velasco wrote a letter to Oran, saying that he was willing to cooperate with the Netherlands to attack the Ming fleet!

But in Europe in this day and age, it is clear that honesty is not worth a penny at all.

Benefits, only benefits are eternal!

In this era of great navigation, which European country is not a pirate in essence?Have you ever heard of a pirate who was honest?
The sudden rebellion of the Spaniards left the United Fleet unprepared and overwhelmed!

Fortunately, the strength of the Spanish fleet is not strong. Liu Xiang gritted his teeth and planned to resist a wave. While overtaking the Dutch for help, he commanded the fleet to counterattack the Spanish fleet.

But at this moment, Wang Wang scrambled again to report that a huge Ming fleet had appeared to the south, and it looked like there were at least fifteen junk ships and more than 30 fast ships.

Liu Xiang broke out in a cold sweat, he knew he was surrounded!

(End of this chapter)