The Sun Never Sets Great China

Seeing their frighteningly fast-moving black-smoky warships coming from a distance, Constantine was terrified. He felt abandoned by God, and he finally knew why he was robbed by "pirates" The main reason for the lack of any news from the ships was that no ship could fend off or escape at such a speed.

The Xiaobao and the Tanzanbua, Farah and Dalaria chased after three, and the ships of both sides chased and fled. After a quarter of an hour, they quickly approached from a few nautical miles to within two nautical miles. Today is a clear sky Wanli, the visibility on the sea is very good, at such a short distance, the faces of both sides can be clearly seen through the telescope. The navy officers and soldiers arrived at the artillery positions on the lower floor and began to prepare for the attack.

Seeing that there were basically white people on the deck, Constantine believed that the other party was a Spanish or British pirate: "Damn Spanish or British, they are really despicable and shameless, even sending the latest warships to Asia, don't they? Do you know that your two countries are the main rivals between you? Why are you here to deal with us? God will punish you.” He didn’t want to think about it, but now the Dutch navy makes the British and Spaniards very afraid.

However, seeing that the opponent's warship was getting closer and closer, cursing was useless. God would not obey Constantine. Seeing that the battle was inevitable, Constantine had to order: "Soldiers, our speed Obviously not fast enough, the only way to survive is to defeat them and prepare to fight."

The first mate of the Tanzanbuya faithfully passed on his orders, and the sailors began to lower the half-sail. The Tanzanbuya slowly adjusted its angle, and aimed its side at the chasing Xiaobao. Ding has decided to throw all his eggs in one basket. Since he can't escape, he will fight to the death.

The Tanzanbuya chose to fight, and the Farah and Dalaria were also ready for battle and began to adjust their angles to face the enemy. They formed a queue with the Tanzabuya. This is a ship that has never been seen before. The latest warships they have seen, no one knows how powerful the latest warships are. If the gap between the two sides is not too big, the three armed merchant ships have 84 cannons in total. Maybe they can win with 84 cannons.

Seeing that the opponent had stopped fleeing, under Wei Xiaobao's order, the Xiaobao also began to slow down. The observer kept reporting the distance between the two sides, and he said, "My lord, we have entered two thousand meters."

"45 degrees on the side, and the artillery fire is ready." The bow of the Xiaobao, which was advancing with its head held high, began to tilt, and pointed forward with the left side. With 36 black muzzles coming, this Wei Xiaobao's first warship immediately exposed half of its shackles.

"700 meters, 500 meters and [-] meters, Mr. Wei Xiaobao."

"Spicy mother, if you don't give me some color, you won't know why the flowers are so red, little ones, fuck me!"

The sound of "rumbling" sounded in bursts, and the 36 cannons that had been prepared for a long time were arranged in an orderly manner, and the flames were exposed. Flew with the three Dutch fleets Dalaria.

A burst of water splashes popped up one by one in the distance, and the observer reported the effect and angle of the first batch of shelling: "Four rounds hit the opponent, nineteen rounds nearly missed, and the falling angles of the thirteen rounds were respectively Gunners, please quickly adjust the angle according to the distance, the current distance is 900 meters."

The Tanzanbuya shook for a while, and a splash of water poured over Constantine's head: "Damn, this is not in compliance with the regulations. Why do their shells hit so far and still be so accurate."

The sea is too vast and flat, without any reference objects. Although the artillery has a maximum range of more than ten kilometers, no one will randomly fire shells when the opponent enters the range. The probability of hitting the opponent will not be bought by future generations. How high is the lottery jackpot? Generally speaking, it is normal for western fleets to shoot guns two or three miles above the river. But when at sea, in order to improve the accuracy, the artillery of the western fleet is generally fired at a distance of about 500 meters. Shooting at such a distance, the accuracy is about It will be increased to [-]% to [-]%, but the quality and accuracy of the artillery must be good, otherwise it will not even reach that accuracy.

The artillery of the Little Treasure has the guiding positions of professional observers from the technical class, and the crosshairs of the artillery fire. The artillery of the Chinese Empire has a certain movement angle, so the accuracy rate is relatively high. The artillery shells of the Little Treasure One shot was fired at the Farah, and three at the Dalaria. Both merchant ships were blown apart by the high-explosive bomb. A large number of sailors were killed and injured, especially the Dalaria began to leak water. , The Dutch sailors on the bombed ship suddenly became flustered. They began to treat the wounded and plug the leak.

Before the Dutch could react, the second round of firing from the artillery on the Xiaobao flew over again. The Tanzanbuya was hit by two shells, one shell hit the stern, and the other shell hit the ship. In the middle of the deck, the corpses of several soldiers were blown up, and the water splashed by the shells hit the ship one after another.

The Dalaria was hit by two more shells, and the Farah was also hit by three shells. They both began to leak a lot of water. The Dutch sailors and sailors were busy plugging the leak, and they couldn't fight back for a while. Dara Both the Ria and the Farah are also plugging the leak, and there is no time to launch a counterattack. Seeing the water rushing in, if it is not blocked, they can only wait for the fate of sinking. The sailors are busy, fighting for their own fate. And worried, they were so busy that no one took care of the wounded.

The chief mate of the Tanzanbuya screamed: "My God, that is a powerful new capital ship, only a few flagships in our country have so many artillery, sir, we can't be his opponent. "

Judging from the overwhelming bombardment of the opponent, the opponent's warships are equipped with at least 500 cannons on both sides, and although the total number of artillery pieces of the three ships of our own side is more than the opponent's, the Dalaria and Farah No. It seems that he is too busy to fight anymore. The opponent dared to fire at a distance of [-] meters, and the accuracy rate is very high. Obviously, the accuracy rate of the artillery is also relatively advanced, and the level of the gunner is also very high. The first officer quickly Judge your own fate of failure.

"Shut up, you idiot, give me my order and fire! Fire!" Constantine yelled loudly.

"Yes." The gunner, regardless of how many meters the opponent was within, manipulated the artillery and began to load the shells. The artillery on the Tanzanbuya finally started to show its power, and the twelve artillery on the right side flashed a burst of gunpowder smoke. Said that the Dutch gunners on the Tanzanbuya were of extremely high quality. Without the advanced equipment of the Xiaobao and the reports from the observers, three of the twelve shells fired at a distance of more than 1000 meters were near misses, and Another shot was hit, and that shell fell on the upper deck of the Xiaobao and exploded. The force of the explosion opened a crack in the iron deck of the Xiaobao, exposing black sawdust, but there were no big ones. Injury, but the flying shrapnel wounded several Portuguese.

The sailors of the Tanzanbuya cheered when the lucky one hit the other side with a single shot. The fact that they were able to hit the other side with one shot from 1000 meters away is not a bad achievement. It can be described as a sharpshooter. The chief mate who had been watching the opponent's situation with clairvoyance was ashen-faced. He saw that the shell that hit the opponent's deck just now had no damage to the hull at all except for the opponent's person.

"Spicy mother, pay attention to me. Concentrate all artillery fire and attack the ship on the far left. The other two ships are already overwhelmed. We can't sink them, or our treasure will be gone. Shoot me quickly!" Shoot, shoot, shoot." Wei Xiaobao shouted angrily.

The cheers on the Tanzanbuya disappeared all of a sudden, and all the opponent's cannons were concentrated on the Tanzanbuya, and the whistling sound of the shells came in bursts. They threw themselves down in a hurry, the rumbling sound continued, and the Tanzabuya produced continuous explosions, and at least five or six shells hit the Tanzabuya.

After the sound disappeared, the Tanzanbuya was in a miserable state, with broken legs and limbs everywhere, large holes everywhere on the deck, and the ship cabin was flooding with water. Constantine pushed away to save himself. A soldier, this soldier had several pieces of shrapnel stuck in his back, when he stretched out his hand, he was already out of breath.

Constantine didn't care about the soldiers who had saved him just now. He saw the ship swaying and started to flood with water. He yelled: "Idiots, quickly plug the leak."

The rest of the soldiers didn't care about the corpses and wounded lying everywhere on the deck. They were all scrambling to plug the leaks. If the water ingress was not blocked in time, it would only expand.It's too late to wait until the gap widens.

The first officer scrambled to come to Constantine.Hissed as hard as possible: "Sir, retreat, retreat quickly, we can't beat them." "Shut up, cowards, gunners, keep firing the artillery! The bannerman ordered the cowards of the Farawheel and Dalaria to give me an order!" If I fire a cannon, even if the ship leaks, there is no need for a gunner to plug the leak."

"Booming." The sound of ground guns continued, and the Farah and Dalaria finally started to fight back. The two sides fought back and forth, but Xiaobao had the upper hand with one enemy and three.

After some bombing, the Tanzanbuya was shot more than a dozen times in a row, water leaked everywhere in the cabin, and even the mast was hit by a shell and broke in two. The gunner suffered heavy casualties, and several cannons were overturned on the side.

At this time, the Tanzanbuya could not escape even if it wanted to. The Farah and the Dalaria were slightly better than the Tanzanbuya, but the advantages were limited. Ya’s number was up, and he began to pull away the sail while plugging the leak while dangling and trying to escape.

Constantine with a dark face staggered up from the deck, looking at the Tanzabuya, which had lost its resistance, his heart was at a loss. If the two armies were at war, he could still surrender. You can redeem yourself with money, but since the other party is pretending to be a pirate, I am afraid it is impossible to surrender.

A total of three shells hit the Xiaobao, and two of them landed on the deck, causing three deaths and seven injuries to the Xiaobao. One hit the side of the Xiaobao, but it could only damage the Xiaobao Scratch the skin, after all, the steel armor on the outer skin is on the new armor package, but it is very thick. In fact, the level of Dutch gunners is higher than that of Wei Xiaobao's gunners, but due to the advanced technology and operation, Xiaobao has a large number Take advantage.

This is only against the three western escort ships with relatively strong firepower. If the performance of the warships on both sides is similar and there are advanced steel armor to protect the ships, Wei Xiaobao's troops may not be the opponents of the Dutch at all, but since they have rifles and artillery, they cannot be used. Saber and spear, otherwise it is a fool.

Wei Xiaobao looked at the Tanzanbuya that could no longer move, and said with a chuckle: "Hurry up and bring back those two turtles that escaped, and want to run away with my treasure? Let alone, I don't even have a window." , Brothers, rush to me and get our treasure back!" The observer was secretly surprised, the good guy, this officer doesn't look like an army, he is simply a real pirate.The Little Treasure began to speed up and chased after the two merchant ships, the Faralun and the Dalaria, which wanted to escape. Wei Xiaobao would not let go of any of these three ships, and took away everything on board, and sold everyone into slaves. What a sum of money!Wei Xiaobao's eyes glowed golden.

When the news of the frequent disappearance of Dutch ships reached the Malacca area occupied by the Dutch, a great battle was going on in the Strait of Malacca at this time. More than 40 Dutch warships and more than 60 Portuguese warships were fighting on the sea outside Malacca. The artillery on the ground roared from time to time, and the ships of both sides also bombarded the fortifications on the other side's shore from time to time. From time to time, a cannon hit a water column on the sea surface, the ground was also filled with smoke, and the gunfire continued. The war between the Netherlands and Portugal for the control of this trade must be started again.

In the headquarters of the Portuguese Army, Governor Raphael, who commanded the battle, looked at the fire and smoke in the distance with his clairvoyance, and couldn't help but think of the scene where he lost here.

The predecessor of Malacca was also called Mancijia. It was once a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty many times. Later, it was renamed Malacca after being occupied by the Portuguese. The Portuguese controlled this trade route for 130 years.

Later, as the strength of the Portuguese weakened and the sea power of the Netherlands increased step by step, they finally couldn't help but began to fight for the control of this golden strait. Dare to be careless, almost mobilized all the power of the East India Company in Asia, and even the army occupying Taiwan at that time was reduced by half and deployed to deal with the Portuguese.

The Dutch had fierce firepower and powerful troops. In the Governor's Palace in the Portuguese city of Malacca, Raphael, who was the Governor of Malacca at that time, was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. He can be said to be the most unlucky Governor. In less than a year, the Dutch attacked Tanzi with all their strength. If they failed, even if they could get out of the Dutch prisoner-of-war camp for the rest of their lives, they would probably have to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The country would definitely regard loss as so important. The fault of the position is all pushed on him.

Portugal’s trade in the past few years can be said to be unfavorable. First, Japan closed the country and expelled all the Portuguese, making Portugal completely lose this market that can bring huge income every year. Then Macau was attacked to the south a few days ago. The troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army were defeated by force.

If Malacca is taken by the Dutch, Portugal will no longer have a stronghold in Asia, not to mention that Malacca controls the trade channel. If there is a loss, the loss in that year will be millions of taels of silver.

"No, Malacca must not fall into the hands of the Dutch, otherwise those guys in the country may hang me." Thinking of the anger of the nobles in the country after losing Malacca, Raphael couldn't help but fight a cold war.

It’s just that although Malacca is managed like an iron bucket, the actual number of guards is only more than 2000 Portuguese regular troops. Facing the Dutch attack scale of at least [-] people, even if all the people of Malacca are sent out to participate in the war, they may not be able to defend. No matter how strong the fortifications are, there is no counterattack force. If the Dutch come to a long-term siege, it will still fall into the hands of the Dutch sooner or later.

"Since I can't get it, neither can the Dutch." Raphael muttered viciously, and then shouted: "Come on, please come over to Major Mascarenia, I have something important to do with him." talk over."

The two guards who were ordered hurried out of the gate of the Governor's Mansion. After Macau was captured by the Chinese Revolutionary Army, Mascarenia, as the highest military officer of the Portuguese in Macau, could no longer stay in Macau, so he had to be transferred to Malacca as a major Now he is directing the resistance against the Dutch invasion force on the city wall. When he heard the governor's call, he suddenly handed over the command to his deputy and hurried to the governor's mansion.

As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, Mascareni said impatiently: "My lord, the Dutch are in a hurry to attack the city. The situation is critical, so what's the rush for the governor to call his subordinates down?"

"Major, let's see if we can defend the Dutch attack this time." "Don't worry, Governor, Malacca's defense is strong, and the subordinates are fully confident that they can defend for more than fifteen days."

Raphael's face remained silent, and he said, "What about in fifteen days?" Mascareni started to groan immediately, if the Dutch really attacked for fifteen days, they would be able to consume all the soldiers of the Portuguese army. Death, in fact, fifteen days is his best plan. It is estimated that in ten days, the Portuguese soldiers who are afraid of annihilating the entire army will probably surrender.

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