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Chapter 740 Sino-Dutch naval battle (8)

Li Quan led 100 death squads to kill ten Dutch warships, and started hand-to-hand combat on ten warships. This goal is not small.

Liu Guoxuan, who was a few miles away, could see clearly through the single-tube telescope. Seeing that the time was ripe, he gave an order and led ten ships and more than a thousand Ming Navy divisions to rush over.

This charge is different from the tentative charge just now. They ran away when the cannon fired, and came back when the cannon stopped. Now it is a real charge. The sailors tried their best, pulled up the sails, and ten warships stood at full speed. rush forward.

Moreover, these ten warships also had cannons. Although the Qianjin Flang machine was not as powerful as the red cannon, it could shoot several miles away. This was the regular artillery on the warships at that time.

Liu Guoxuan is commanding ten warships, charging forward while firing cannons. One of the charges this time is by surprise, and the other is that he and you, Li Quan, the hundred death squads are covering each other. In other words, Liu Guoxuan rushed over to cover Li Quan. They, but objectively, Li Quan's tossing on the Dutch battleship also served as a cover for Liu Guoxuan, so these ten battleships charged through the Dutch battleship's long-range artillery system.

Rushing to the vicinity of the Dutch ship, Liu Guoxuan shouted: "Fishing net array!"

He heard the rattling of the iron chains on his boat, and then several iron anchors flew out like celestial maidens scattering flowers, and the iron chain driven by each anchor was connected to a corner of the fishing net.

Such a large net was opened, and then it covered the Dutch battleship.These anchors fell, and a large fishing net covered all the Dutch warships and their crews.

This is the fishing net array developed by Zheng Jiajun. At first, it was specially used to deal with those fierce big fish, such as sharks, whales, etc. Now they have used this technology on the battlefield to deal with Dutch red-haired men.

After Hong Maozi was covered, the musket was useless.

At the same time as the fishing nets were thrown out, the soldiers of the Ming army on the ship had already prepared their javelins.

"Get ready, let go!"

They had received special training in throwing javelins, and they were accurate and far away. Countless javelins roared in. These Dutch red-haired boys were smashed to pieces by the javelins in the blink of an eye. How could they still have fighting power?

The warships of the Ming army were able to get close, and all rounds of swords and guns went up to the Dutch ships one after another, and then made up for the Dutch red-haired boys.

Using this method, Liu Guoxuan took care of a few more Dutch warships in the blink of an eye, and Li Quan over there with a hundred death squads also tossed ten Dutch warships to pieces.

The key point is that the command ship where Captain Vast was located is now under the control of Li Quan, and Captain Vast was kicked into the sea by Li Quan. Therefore, these dozens of ships were in chaos, and the entire Dutch fleet now lost command. Those who came to rescue, some dealt with the warships of the Ming army, and some ran away, and there was chaos.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, who was outside the range of the red cannon of the Dutch fleet, stood on the bow and looked through the binoculars. Li Quan and Liu Guoxuan's trick worked, and he gave the order for all to charge without losing the opportunity.

Hundreds of warships of the Ming army approached the Wanming army sailors and rushed over shouting, firing cannons while charging, and the earth-shattering cannons rang out again, but this time it was different from the shelling that the two armies had just started fighting.The current Dutch warships have basically become the targets of the Ming army.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's fleet charged and smashed these Dutch fleets.

Captain Vast, who was rescued from the sea and transferred to another warship, lost all his arrogance and arrogance just now, and was replaced by a panicked body, blood dripping from a knife at some point.

The subordinates watched him, and couldn't resist, so they retreated quickly.

With hundreds of warships, it is not easy to retreat, mainly because their fleet is now in a state of chaos and no command.

It is like a thousand troops, it is easy to charge, but if the organization is not good when fleeing, it is easy to trample on each other and cause casualties.

Therefore, during the retreat, many Dutch warships were either surrounded and controlled, or bombed and sunk.

Buster's ship escaped by luck. Like him, there are nearly a hundred Dutch warships. These are of course the rear and peripheral ships, and it is easier to turn around.

The Dutch fleet deserved to be the world's first-class navy at that time. It was not only capable of combat, but also capable of escaping.It is mainly reflected in their technology of controlling warships, which is unmatched by some other countries.

According to historical records, the Dutch warships at that time already had the technology of sailing against the wind, while the ships of other countries did not have this technology, including the Daming Navy.

Therefore, Buster, with nearly a hundred remnants of warships, fled.

But although they ran relatively faster, it does not mean that they got rid of the pursuers behind. Zheng Chenggong left [-] sailors to Liu Guoxuan and Li Quan to take charge of the battle here. Hundreds of Ming warships followed closely behind, firing cannons while chasing them back.

Zheng Chenggong has a very strategic vision. He is chasing them in a timely manner and it is very necessary. He will take advantage of the victory and pursue them, and strive to wipe them out. He must not let these red-haired boys slow down again.

Butters has suffered heavy casualties now, 500 warships, after this battle, less than 1/5 is left, 500 or [-] soldiers, and now there are at most [-] people left, and he has no morale. were badly wounded, so now they have nothing to fight back but run.

But being pursued by more than ten times the enemy, this is the vast sea, and there is nowhere to hide. The artillery of the Daming Navy is not much inferior to that of their Dutch fleet. The few Dutch ships were hit by the artillery fire of the Ming army, and the ship was destroyed and killed, or became a prisoner of others. Therefore, Vaste's fleet ran less and less, and the situation was quite critical.

In order not to annihilate the whole army, Watters had no choice but to send a speedboat to his Commander Fan for help while running.

But now Gast didn't know that their Commander Fan was too busy to take care of himself, and was defeated by Shi Lang, Yao Qisheng and He Jinwu. How could they send reinforcements?He also counted on Vaster to support them after winning the battle!
Therefore, there was no hope of reinforcements, and Vaster led the remnants of the defeated army and had no choice but to run blindly. After running for more than 50 miles, a team really came on the sea, and the ship was flying the flag of the Dutch. The commander of the fleet is their commander Van Persie.

However, Commander Fan did not personally lead the team to rescue Gast, but sympathized with Gast, and he was also a defeated soldier. Shi Lang, Yao Qisheng and He Jinwu led the fleet to chase like a dog.

The two ruined fleet joined together and fled together, and the two naval forces of Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong finally joined together to chase and wipe out the remnants of the enemy.

8000 Dutch navy and more than 1000 Dutch warships, after just a few hours of fighting, only 2000 people remained, and more than 300 warships fled back to Taiwan in embarrassment.

Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang led a navy of 2 and hundreds of warships, chasing after them, heading towards Taiwan.

(End of this chapter)