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Chapter 710 Super Era Warship Crushed
"There are about fourteen ships in the Eastern fleet!"

"Are there any other ambush fleets in the nearby waters?"

"Report wind direction and speed!"

"The opponent is approaching, and some enemy ships have begun to turn!"

"Please, the governor, give the order to attack!"

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The Netherlands fleet was suddenly attacked by the Kyushu Army fleet in the northeast waters of the Java Sea, and they mobilized nervously. The deck and cabin were full of sailors and soldiers in a hurry.

They are already one of the most elite maritime forces in Nanyang except the Kyushu Army Navy, and they can be quickly mobilized when they suddenly encounter the Kyushu Army Fleet.If it was an ordinary indigenous fleet, it would probably be in a mess by now.

The supreme military commander of the East India Company, Governor of Batavia Cohen took off his three-cornered hat, stared in disbelief at the huge fleet of the Kyushu Army appearing in the sea ahead, and was dumbfounded.

Fourteen warships, the smallest warship is larger than the 700-ton Orange main ship he is currently on.Three of the warships are like three moving castles on the sea, like a dwarf looking up at a giant.

"Deal with them in column formation! Seize the downwind side and prepare to retreat!" After all, Cohen is a veteran of the East India Company. Although he was panicked, he still put on a calm look on the surface.

The Dutch fleet quickly divided into two columns, upper and lower, and began to sail in the direction they had come from.

The sails on the mast of the Victory are fully spread, full speed ahead!
"Commander, they have seized the leeward side, and they are trying to escape." A naval officer of the Kyushu Army said.

"They seized the downwind side. Aren't we on the upwind side? Let the USS Constitution catch up and hold them back. None of them will try to escape." Nelson put down the binoculars and said.

He hadn't been on the battlefield in person for several years, but he still didn't think it was very interesting to go into battle again this time.When he led the British navy to fight against the Spanish and French navies in the Mediterranean Sea, his enemy had a powerful fleet of 33 sailing battleships, and the battleships alone had more than 2000 artillery pieces. era.In this era, most of the East India Company warships he dealt with were armed merchant ships equipped with more than 10 artillery pieces, which made it difficult for him to lift his spirits.

The flag on the main ship Victory was raised, and the semaphore soldiers on the deck of the Constitution who communicated with the main ship were instructed to report to the captain of the Constitution.

"Blow up all sails, move forward at full speed, and be sure to catch up with them!" The commander of the USS Constitution immediately issued an order.

The USS Constitution is not positioned as a sailing battleship, but a sailing destroyer. The independent formation composed of the USS Constitution consists of four sailing cruisers.Their firepower is far less fierce than that of sailing battleship formations. For example, the Constitution has only 38 artillery pieces, which is incomparable with the 80-cannon Poseidon and the 100-cannon Victory, but their speed is extremely fast. Battleships are nearly half as fast.Moreover, the 38 cannons are compared with the big guys like the Victory and the Poseidon, and compared with the warships of this era, the Constitution, which is more than 60 meters long and has a displacement of 2000 tons, is undoubtedly a giant!
I saw that the Constitution took the other three sail cruisers out of the main fleet and approached the Dutch column at an extremely fast speed!Different from the Nanyang Fleet fighting in Malacca, the Zhili Fleet has such a fast-moving formation, just like the eagle dog raised by the hunter. When it finds the prey, it rushes up immediately, entangles and tears the enemy !
"The fleet of the Easterners is at full sail. They are on the windward side, and their speed will remain close to ours. It may be very difficult to get rid of them... No, did I see the hell! Several Easterners' warships have separated from them The main force is approaching us! Damn, they are faster than us!"

"Quickly, tell the fleet in front that four warships from the East are approaching, and their speed is extremely fast!"

The armed merchant ship at the end of the Netherlands fleet discovered that the independent formation of the USS Constitution was attacking rapidly, like a pack of wolves at sea, and anxiously issued a warning to the fleet ahead.

"Your Excellency, an alarm is coming from the rear lower column. An oriental warship formation is approaching at a very fast speed. It is expected to catch up with the rearmost lower column soon!" The semaphore soldiers came to the commander of the front column Officer Cohen said.

"How many ships does the opponent have?" Cohen asked.

"Four ships." Banner soldiers said.

"Slow down all the ships in the upper column, gather with the lower column, and destroy this formation of the Kyushu Army that is actively chasing up!" Cohen was driven into a hurry, so he planned to destroy the four warships that were alone.

In his opinion, if there are only four warships of the Kyushu Army, relying on the upper and lower columns to conduct parallel artillery battles with them, they should be able to destroy the four chasing enemy ships during the movement, and they will not be destroyed by the rear fortress. The Victory Formation and the Poseidon Formation caught up.

The upper column at the front turned to the right and then slowly lowered its speed. After being parallel to the lower column, all sails were opened again.In this way, no matter which direction the Constitution column chasing the Dutch appears from, it may be flanked by the two Dutch columns.

"Will they catch up from the left or the right?" Cohen only felt that his mouthpiece was dry, which turned out to be caused by too much nervousness.

This is the first time he has fought against the fleet of the Kyushu Army!

"They're coming from the right!!" screamed the observer.

The four cruisers of the USS Constitution gradually pursued from the right, and the upper column of the Dutch was on the right!

When the Constitution, the first warship in the formation of the Constitution, was separated from the last armed merchant ship in the upper column in parallel, it was the moment when the artillery battle broke out!
"Calm down, calm down!" The captain of the Dutch armed merchant ship at the rear shouted calmly, but his voice was already too sharp to be distorted! !
He saw a distance of almost a hundred meters, a huge sail cruiser that made him desperate pop out of the bow, parallel to their armed merchant ship.The speed of the sail cruiser was extremely fast. After the bow appeared, the hull was gradually exposed. The 12-pound artillery and 24-pound artillery on the port side of the Constitution aimed at their armed merchant ship!
The captain of the Dutch armed merchant ship gasped, as if the breath in his chest suddenly exploded!Almost at the same time, he issued an order with the officer on the opposite USS Constitution: "Fire, fire!"

"Fire!!!" The gunner also shouted with a piercing voice!

Boom boom boom! ! !The Constitution and the armed merchant ship fired almost at the same time, the artillery roared at the same time, and white smoke filled the air!
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