Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 401 Fierce Battle

Seeing that two third-tier battleships were sunk by the Ming army, Bolton panicked and hurriedly issued an order:

"Quickly, concentrate your firepower on the Hongwu, which is the flagship of the Ming army."

Although two ships of the line were sunk, the Dutch still had eight ships of the line, each carrying a hundred guns.

He believed that as long as the flagship of the Ming army was sunk, the Dutch fleet would at least remain invincible.

As soon as Bolton gave an order, Hongmao concentrated artillery fire on the flagship of the Ming army.

However, the warships of the Ming army were all iron-clad warships, and the caliber of the guns of the red-haired warships was not large.

Although Hongmao has the upper hand in the number of naval guns, the Ming army's warship guns have larger calibers, and their firepower is not inferior to that of the Dutch.

Under the mutual bombardment, the red-haired battleship was bombarded by Ming warships, and the sawdust was flying, causing heavy casualties.

However, the iron-clad warships of the Ming army were not damaged at all, and it was just wishful thinking that they wanted to sink the Hongwu.

Hearing the thumping sound of the battleship Hongwu being bombarded by the opponent, Li Dingguo's face was a little ugly. He was really worried that the Hongwu would be severely damaged or sunk.

"Captain, the red-haired ghost is under heavy shelling, can the Hongwu withstand it?"

Zheng Chenggong smiled confidently:
"For the time being, it's okay, send an order to concentrate artillery fire on the Hongmaofan battleship.

Order Zhang Huangyan, Huang Fei, and Shi Lang to encircle immediately on three sides and bombard the waterline of the red-haired warship with solid bullets.

Didn't they hit my flagship?Now we fight fire with fire and sink them as quickly as possible. "

"Yes"

After Zheng Chenggong gave an order, Zhang Huangyan and Huang Fei Shi Lang immediately commanded the warship to advance at full speed.

In this way, another six Ming warships joined the battle.

Zhang Huangyan commanded the two warships on the right, Shi Lang commanded the two warships on the left, and Huang Fei commanded the two warships in the center.

As a result, the Dutch fleet was surrounded by Ming warships and became a turtle in a urn.

A red-haired warship had finished shelling and just turned its rudder to prepare for loading.

Shi Lang immediately commanded the Wendi to bombard it violently.

Wendi's 48 64-pound naval guns poured all the shells onto the strings of the battleship Hongmao in an instant.

Immediately, the battleship Red Hair was blasted out many big holes, and dozens of sailors were killed after the solid bullets penetrated the hull.

"Change the shells and continue the bombardment!"

Shi Lang was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly ordered to change the ammunition.

The Wendi immediately loaded the shells, then turned the rudder and fired.

"Rumble..."

48 flower bombs bombarded the red-haired battleship one after another.

Among them, several flowering bombs penetrated into the interior of the battleship through the holes, not only killing more than a dozen red-haired soldiers, but also coincidentally hitting the ammunition depot of the battleship.

"Boom bang..."

"Rumble..."

The Hongmaofan, a first-class battleship, suddenly exploded, and a raging fire ignited on the battleship.

The red-haired soldiers fled desperately in the fire, and many of them jumped into the sea directly to avoid being burned to death.

Their battleship was also severely damaged by the explosion, and the battleship gradually sank into the water.

This scene was just seen by Zhang Huangyan:

"Fuck, that kid Shi Lang killed a red-haired warship when he came up, can we show weakness?"

All the soldiers on the Wanli shouted in unison:
"No, we have to kill two Hongmaofan warships."

Zhang Huangyan laughed loudly:

"Hahaha, that's good, fill the solid shell and incendiary bomb at the same time, listen to my order."

"Yes"

The soldiers of the Ming army immediately began to load various shells according to Zhang Huangyan's request.

Soon the solid bullets and incendiary bombs were pushed into the barrel respectively.

"Captain, you are ready."

"Okay, use incendiary bombs in the first round, target the sail on the red-haired battleship, fire!"

"Rumble..."

With Zhang Huangyan's order, 48 artillery pieces fired at the same time, and 48 incendiary bombs flew towards the sail of the red-haired battleship.

The incendiary bomb exploded and caught fire immediately when it hit the mast, and soon the sails of the battleship caught fire.

Sail warships rely entirely on sails to sail. If the sails are burned, it is equivalent to breaking both legs and completely losing the ability to move.

Looking at the current battle situation, the Dutch feel that their fleet is estimated to be defeated.

Once defeated, but the battleship lost its ability to move, how would they escape?

Of course the sail cannot be burned, Hongmao immediately shouted to put out the fire.

Under the leadership of the captain officer, many red-haired fans ran out of the cabin to fight the fire.

"The sail is on fire, hurry up and put out the fire!"

Zhang Huangyan smiled coldly:
"Flower bombs, fire!"

"Rumble..."

With the sound of the cannon, countless flowering shells fell on the deck and exploded immediately.

The red-haired people who had just rushed to the deck to fight the fire were killed and injured by the blast.

Huang Feizai also saw Zhang Huangyan's masterpiece, and immediately ordered the navy soldiers to do it.

This time it was fun, the sails of the Dutch fleet caught fire, and even two warships collided and sank in a panic.

Bolton originally wanted to kill the Hongwu first, even if two more warships were sunk, he would not hesitate.

Suddenly, violent gunfire sounded from behind and from the left and right directions, and Bolton was taken aback:
"what happened?"

The observation post only cares about the frontal battle, and has no scruples about the rear of the battlefield.

It wasn't until the sound of gunfire that it was discovered that it had been surrounded by warships of the Ming army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly slipped off the mast and fled into the command room of the Batavia.

"The captain is in trouble. We are surrounded by the Ming army fleet, and four warships have sunk."

"Hey, what were you doing, ordering the fleet to retreat towards Batavia."

Bolton's face was livid with anger, he slapped the sentry severely, and then ordered the fleet to retreat.

Before his order could be conveyed, suddenly a shell pierced through the hull and flew to the command room of the Batavia.

"Boom..."

With a loud noise, several officers around Bolton were blasted into meatloaf by solid bullets.

"God..."

Bolton was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, screaming desperately to make the only seven remaining warships retreat.

retreat?How can it be so easy, their fleet has been surrounded.

Zheng Chenggong looked at the Dutch fleet coldly, and issued another order:
"All the battleships concentrated their firepower and sank all the battleships like Hong Maofan."

"Yes"

"Boom"

"bang bang bang"

The Ming warships bombarded the Dutch fleet fiercely. What kind of explosive bombs, solid bombs, and incendiary bombs all greeted the Dutch sailing warships.

After all, it was a wooden warship. After several rounds of bombardment, the Dutch fleet sank two more warships, and the other warships almost lost their combat effectiveness.

The sides of the Hongmao Fan were almost shattered by shells, and all the gun ports were pierced. There were not many soldiers alive in the battleship.

Bolton still had some integrity, and ordered the five remaining warships to rush towards the Ming warships.

Anyway, sooner or later, he was going to die, and he was going to die with the iron-clad battleship of the Ming army.

Seeing the Batavia crashing towards him quickly, the corners of Zheng Chenggong's mouth curved upwards.

He reached out to former Taiwan Governor Anthony:
"Red-haired ghosts, come and see your warships, they are actually going to commit suicide, please pray to God for blessing..."

"Hahaha, God bless, Lord, let us die together with these damn smart people..."

Li Dingguo looked at Anthony speechlessly, really wanting to blow his head off with a single shot.

(End of this chapter)