The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 241 South China Sea Metal Storm
While Chen Dajiang was observing the Dutch fleet, Joseph, the commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet, was also observing the Black Dragon Fleet with binoculars.

Although he has experienced naval battles, the actions of the other party confuse him. Could it be that the other party is only planning to dispatch sixty cruisers?
There are more than a hundred cruise ships here to watch the fun?Could it be that the other party has a brain cramp?
Although the actions of the Black Dragon Fleet are greatly beneficial to our own side, Joseph still felt uncomfortable and growled in his heart: "These damned people are too arrogant. Hmph, let's see how this general will deal with you."

"Go ahead, drive to 300 meters before firing. In this battle, the general wants to see the opponent's blood spattered." Joseph sneered. He had to fight. If the opponent blocked the port, the Dutch Far East Fleet would be lost. If you take the lead, you can only be beaten passively.

But this sentence scared the adjutants around and couldn't help shivering. The distance of 300 meters is indeed a bit close. Even a battleship can't stop the opponent's artillery, and it is very likely to be severely damaged. I hope the Dahua Empire will use it. What is the old-fashioned Buddha wolf machine artillery.

Everyone secretly criticized in their hearts: "Joseph, this lunatic, is about to go crazy again. Last time he went crazy and defeated the British, French and other multinational fleets, but his own damage was heavier than the opponent's. Such a victory! It's hard to say."

At this time, an adjutant suggested: "Should we use arson ships to harass the opponent's formation?"

"It's too late, and there's no need, because we have battleships, but the opponent's only three first-class battleships have not entered the battle. It seems that the opponent still can't control battleships. Hehe, there is no suspense in this battle. The soldiers just need to go all out Cannon." Joseph suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said with a straight face.

But the adjutants and the captain couldn't laugh. After all, this battle was weird, and it didn't make sense at all, and the other side had more than a hundred cruisers, and those were not decorations.

However, in a few minutes, at a distance of 400 meters, the Black Dragon Fleet turned its rudder ahead of time and was lining up in a straight line, while the Dutch Far East Fleet was still advancing.

When the Dutch fleet approached 300 meters, it also began to turn the rudder. The Black Dragon Fleet took the lead in seizing the formation, and Sea Lion No. [-] immediately started the first round of shooting.

dong dong dong...

As soon as 30 rounds of 24-jin iron bullets swept towards the enemy ship, the remaining 59 Sea Lion-class cruisers immediately fired one after another. Clean up the shells step by step, and load the gunpowder packs and shells separately.

The sound of the cannon roared, and the sound shook for tens of miles, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

1800 artillery shells weighing 28 catties streaked across the sky like black lightning, and smashed heavily with a long whistling sound.

Immediately, water columns several meters high were stirred up, the waves rolled, and the sea water splashed.

click...

Sawdust flew horizontally, blood splattered, and screams continued...

The poor Dutch cruiser was immediately smashed into a hole bigger than a washbasin, and some were even smashed upside down, the sea water poured back, and the hull began to tilt.

There were also some hot shells that sparked bursts of sparks on the hull, and flames burst out after a while.

And the tall and heavy battleships were even more miserable, and they were the most hit. At such a short distance, the thin iron skins couldn't stop the large-caliber cannons of the Dahua Empire.

The hot shells directly broke through the iron skin, squeezed into the wooden hull abruptly, and with a series of piercing explosions, the shells rushed directly into the deck, causing a bloody mess, and even the first-class battleship "The Great Hague" was directly martyred. , maybe the hot shells crashed directly into the ammunition depot, and all the more than 50 Dutch naval officers and soldiers inside were killed. The raging fire engulfed the entire battleship, and the flames shot up [-] meters along the mast. The clouds cover the sky and the sea.

However, it still took several minutes for her to sink, creating a huge vortex...

In the first round of shelling by the Black Dragon Fleet, the hit rate was as high as 13.00%. That is to say, at least 230 shells hit the Dutch fleet. There were very few lucky battleships that were not hit. Fortunately, except for one battleship that was sunk, the other battleships Can still fight.

The Dutch flagship "Oriental Overlord" was one of the lucky ones, but Joseph was dumbfounded, and tens of thousands of Dutch sailors were also shocked.

Is this a once weak opponent?

After all, Joseph was a veteran general in the army, so he woke up in an instant and shouted: "Fight back!"

However, he could see the strength of the opponent's battleship, because the opponent's warship used all large-caliber artillery, why didn't the opponent's warship fall apart?

Moreover, judging from the water column rising up around it, the opponent's naval gun is obviously more powerful than his own. Joseph stared at the opponent's warship with red eyes, and muttered to himself: "How is this possible? Could it be that the Dahua Empire has been hiding its clumsiness?" ? Oh no, it’s too scary, perhaps the biggest enemy of the Netherlands is this ancient empire, this information must be sent back to the country as soon as possible.”

dong dong dong...

The sound of artillery and thunder resounded through the sky, and the smoke filled the air and covered the sky and the sea.

The huge recoil pushed the Sea Lion-class cruisers away one after another, arousing countless sea wolves.

All kinds of shells hit the Sea Lion-class battleship, and were immediately bounced back, making a bang like a bell.

The long bells were mixed with the whistling shelling, playing the movement of the South China Sea.

The fleets of the two sides are like two black dragons, looming through the smoke and mist. The shells come and go on the sea, pass through layers of smoke, and shoot at the opposing fleet. The battlefield is suddenly heated.

However, the hull of the Black Dragon Fleet has a steel shield, and the shells from the Dutch side can't break it at all. They just smashed the black paint on the Sea Lion-class cruiser, revealing white marks and inconspicuous indentations. Only a handful of unlucky sailors was hit directly by the shell.

Of course, some masts and sails were hit, but it didn't hurt.

But the Dutch side does not have this advantage. As long as it is shot, it will be a hole, or it will bring countless sparks.

After half an hour of fierce fighting between the two sides, Joseph couldn't hold on anymore. During this period, the Dutch side's artillery fire has weakened by one-third, but the Black Dragon Fleet is still fierce as usual.

Moreover, more than ten warships from the Dutch side successively withdrew from the battle ranks and sank seven warships, including a first-class battleship.

Joseph's eyes widened. Although he didn't know why this happened, his intuition told him that this was not the time to get to the bottom of it. He should withdraw the troops as soon as possible while the gunpowder smoke was rising and his vision was blurred.

A few minutes later, there was no sound of retaliation from the other side. Only then did Chen Dajiang react. Taking advantage of the victory, he pursued and captured [-] more severely damaged enemy ships, but the main fleet of the other side still ran away.

Chen Dajiang sighed secretly, but it was too difficult to wipe out the opponent in a naval battle.

Next, the Sea Lion-class cruiser was repaired slightly, and the canvas was replaced, and ammunition and supplies were replenished. Finally, there were still seven Sea Lion-class cruisers that needed repairs and were ready to return to the port of Hainan Island.

The other warships were divided into two parts, one part consisted of [-] seal-class cruisers and several frigates and escort troop carriers to attack Xinjiapo, with Liu Guoxuan as the main commander.

The other part, led by Chen Dajiang, used 53 Sea Lion-class cruisers and [-] Seal-class cruisers, as well as several frigates and supply ships to attack the Batavia port, the Dutch base camp in Southeast Asia, and block and annihilate the Dutch side in Southeast Asia. main fleet.

According to intelligence, the remaining warships of the Dutch Far East Fleet fled here.

In fact, for this battle, the American fleet did not sail far at this time, but stayed in Hainan Island to protect the seas of the Great China Empire.

Among them are 50 Seal-class cruisers, 30 Seawolf-class cruisers, and several frigates. In order to prevent the Dutch side from being forced to jump the wall, they used the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and came to harass the coast of the empire.

It can be said that the empire has paid a lot for the success of this battle. If this battle cannot be won, or if it is delayed for too long, the empire's finances will be overwhelmed, and a series of adverse reactions will occur.

You must know that the Imperial Navy has reached 13 troops at this time, not including the Marine Corps, and has more than [-] warships of various types. The daily military expenditure is a huge figure, especially during the war.

All the naval admirals know that this battle must be resolved quickly, for the glory of the navy and the prosperity of the empire.

Therefore, the next day, Liu Guoxuan arrived outside Singapore with the squadron of the Black Dragon Fleet.

Singapore is the throat of the Strait of Malacca, and it is also a good safe haven. The location is extremely important.

The Dutch obviously also knew the importance of this place. In such a situation, they also deployed ten cruisers and twenty frigates. However, seeing the strength of the Dahua Empire Navy, they did not dare to leave the port to fight, and wanted to rely on more than two hundred ships. The fortress guns stood firm.

According to the intelligence of the empire, Liu Guoxuan knew that the opponent's shore artillery was a large-caliber artillery with a caliber of 150mm to 250mm, which was very powerful. The other party is saying, hey, the empire must occupy the port as soon as possible, otherwise, it is not an option to keep floating at sea, and it seems that losses are inevitable."

After a while, SEAL 59 led the other 800 SEAL-class cruisers. They were connected end to end and arranged in a straight line, parallel to the harbor of Singapore. The fleet was [-] meters away from the harbor.

The power of the 800-meter own artillery shells has not weakened much, but the opponent's artillery shells cannot seriously damage the Seal-class cruiser, except for the heavy fortress guns.

In an instant, the flames of the cruisers were shining, and countless shells burst out from the muzzles, and shot at the enemy ships and the coast across the sea.

Whoosh...

A round of shells whizzed towards the frigate of the Dutch Navy, and immediately smashed holes in the fragile hull, the sea water poured back, and the hull tilted.Some hit the edge of the ship, smashing the parapet, and the Dutch sailors behind were instantly sent flying by the powerful impact.

Several more shots hit those frigates at the same time. The powerful impact and inertia caused the frigates to shatter immediately, and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Dutch side also fired at almost the same time. Nearly 1400 artillery pieces burst out at the same time, which is quite powerful. However, according to the Black Dragon Fleet, it is more than a step weaker, because the Black Dragon Fleet can fire more than [-] shells at a time.

However, the Netherlands has large-caliber fortress guns. Fortunately, these large-caliber fortress guns take four to five minutes to fire a round, while the Black Dragon Fleet has fired five rounds during this period.

After a fierce battle for a quarter of an hour, the Black Dragon Fleet's gunners and sailors who cleaned the barrels immediately changed a group, only the gunners who fired the guns did not change, and the opponent was a fixed target. However, the opponent's fortress guns had a slower rate of fire due to the decline in the gunner's physical strength.

dong dong dong...

Cannons roared, like lightning and thunder.The sea breeze is blowing, and the air is filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Another quarter of an hour later, at this time, the Black Dragon Fleet had poured at least 25 rounds of shelling at the opponent, that is, fired at least more than 30000 shells, but the opponent was still stubbornly resisting.

Liu Guoxuan didn't expect such a fierce battle, he almost gave up and led the team to retreat. Even if the soldiers could withstand it, the cannon couldn't. This is a new type of artillery. If the bronze runs, at most ten rounds, it will stop.

dong dong dong...

There was another round of bombardment, and there were continuous explosions from the harbor side, and boundless flames splashed up to a height of more than ten meters, and the Dutch side's bombardment was also stagnant because of this. Liu Guoxuan was overjoyed, although he didn't know What happened there, but the overall situation is settled.

(End of this chapter)