Due to the desperate blockade of Zheng Zhifeng's fleet, Putmans' Trident tactics went bankrupt, and the center offensive was wiped out, resulting in huge losses.
Facing a large number of enemy arson boats, the five speedboats and eight returning ships at the end of the team had to make evasive actions in advance.
However, due to the headwind, it was still inevitable to be involved in this large-scale melee, although this was an approach that every Dutch captain was unwilling to accept.
The controllability of the returning ship is much lower than that of the speedboat, and it has serious deficiencies in turning around. It is usually only used as a transport ship and is not suitable for naval battles.
But this time when rushing to rescue the garrison, Putmans had to carry a lot of soldiers who needed to land for combat, and he had to add them to his fleet.
Otherwise, replacing them with the same number of similar "Hector"-class warships will not only ensure the advantage in firepower, but also be able to sail freely, which will be much better than the combat effectiveness of the returning ships.
Before these clumsy warships or armed merchant ships could achieve any decent results, two of them were unable to dodge and were directly hit by Zheng Jun's arson ship.
Now that the Zheng army had abandoned its two critical wings, and taking advantage of the favorable wind, the entire army charged forward, like a tiger descending from a mountain, rushing toward the rear of Putmans' fleet.
What Zheng Zhifeng had to do was to make the battlefield more chaotic so that he could lead his men to victory in the chaos.
Just relying on the two sides to shoot at each other at a certain distance, the Zheng Jun fleet, which is at a disadvantage in firepower, is definitely no match for its Dutch counterpart.
Therefore, Zheng Zhifeng wants to make the battlefield as chaotic as possible. The warships of both sides will be mixed together. You will have me, and I will have you.
The first is to fight in melee, the second is to fight in close combat, and the third is to fight bravely, which means don’t be afraid of death!
The combination of these three is Zheng Jun's magic weapon to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to defeat Hongyi!
Before today's battle, both Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhifeng made clear explanations to the sailors and gunners below.
There is nothing to fear from the Dutch Red Barbarians. They could win in Liaoluo Bay and Penghu, and now they can still win in the waters south of Danyuan.
The Zheng family has nothing else but more people, more ships, and more money!
If 10,000 doesn’t work, go to 20,000; if 20,000 doesn’t work, go to 50,000!
If a hundred ships don't work, use two hundred ships; if two hundred ships don't work, use five hundred ships!
As long as he can capture the important officers and repel Hongyi's reinforcement fleet, Zhenhaibo will be rewarded with a lot of silver!
If you can make Uncle Zhenhai happy with your achievements, Uncle Zhenhai can satisfy you with money!
It's that simple. Whether it can be done or not depends on whether everyone is afraid of Hong Yi or not!
Because of the advantage in past record, Zheng Jun had a certain psychological advantage in defeating Hongyi.
Although the battle was fought in the waters near Dayuan, it could also be regarded as a local battle.
Coupled with the large number of people and ships, Zheng's army had no fear of Hongyi.
Whether it is Fujian, Dongfan, or the sea areas in between, it is our territory.
The Dutch Red Barbarians want to interfere and seize food from the tiger's mouth, but there is no way out!
If Hongyi is capable, come over and fight. If you win, you can do whatever you want. If you don't win, you will have to be your grandson from now on!
On this basis, when the war started, Zheng Zhifeng ordered the fleet to concentrate its firepower, severely damaging three large Hongyi warships in a row and sinking one, which greatly boosted the morale of Zheng's army.
Then one ship was sunk again, and except for one that turned around and escaped, two of the six Hongyi ships that rushed over were sunk, and one of them was sinking slowly.
The remaining two ships were both burning with fire and billowing thick smoke. You can probably see this scene on the shore of Dayuan. It didn't take long before they were burned into wreckage floating on the sea.
"Don't hesitate, attack with all your troops!"
Zheng Zhifeng no longer intends to care about the affairs on the wings and behind him. He will now go all out to destroy many of Hongyi's battleships and put Putmans's battle plan in vain.
Destroy about half of the opponent's battleships and see how the opponent continues to deal with you.
Rather than losing three hundred or even more warships, Zheng Zhifeng would at all costs severely damage the largest warships in the enemy's formation.
According to the diagram of the types of Dutch warships drawn by the prince, the warship in front of him seems to be the "return ship". If Putmans plans to land the generals, the required soldiers will most likely be loaded on it.
If these big ships can be sunk in one fell swoop, let's see how Putmans can survive and whether he can move the warships to the island to relieve the siege of Bolger!
"Your Excellency, Commander, the current melee situation is extremely unfavorable to our fleet. Although our warships have extremely high combat effectiveness, they cannot withstand the sneak attacks of the enemy's arson ships. The enemy can also take advantage of the tailwind to launch attacks. We are really too passive. Got it!"
Thanks to this commander, the "Courageous" has been battered with holes. However, because the material used to build the warship is teak and the craftsmanship is excellent, and the crew put out the fire in a timely manner, the "Courageous" has been able to resist until now. .
But Captain Van Leer is not only worried about his own battleship, but the entire battle situation. Once their main fleet is defeated, it means that the entire fleet will also be defeated.
The loss of no less than ten large-tonnage capital ships, plus more than ten speedboats, meant that the support fleet was severely weakened, and it was impossible to fight Zheng Yiguan's fleet again.
It is expected that Putmans will lead the remaining warships to engage in guerrilla warfare in the triangular waters enclosed by Dayuan, Xiamen, and Qiongzhou, just like what Colonel Baker did before.
That was completely unable to reverse the situation of the battle. Guerrilla warfare could only play a supporting role and could not relieve the large defenders at all. Zheng Yiguan was not afraid of this move at all.
Can the company send more ships?
Theoretically it seems impossible!
Even if the company has thousands of merchant ships under its command, and each ship can be used as an armed merchant ship or a temporary warship, it will not be so squandered.
In order to fight Zheng Yiguan, hundreds of warships were lost. Even if we really won in the end, who would pay for the huge losses?
Let Zheng Yiguan take the responsibility. What if this former pirate leader hides inland?
Still want the company to send a large army to attack the hinterland of the Ming Empire to collect debts?
Not to mention that the company does not have so many troops, who is willing to do such an extremely dangerous job?
"Order the main fleet to turn around and use the favorable wind to increase the distance from the enemy ships!"
Putmans was very anxious and eager in his heart. He was eager to defeat this old rival.
But this time his old rival was equipped with a special weapon, which made him and every captain in the assault team miserable.
If the "Brave" hadn't been lucky, lucky, and fast, all six battleships in the assault team would have been sunk by Zheng Yiguan at this time.
In addition, the speedboat force suffered heavy losses. As many as thirteen speedboats were sunk, severely damaged, burned, or even directly captured by the enemy. This meant that the main fleet had lost more than half of its combat effectiveness.
Under such circumstances, many captains, including Van Leer, expressed concerns about the coming battle and expressed a willingness to retreat.
The battle plan was formulated by the company, but most of the warships participating in the war were armed merchant ships and belonged to the shipowners. As a price for participating in the war, each shipowner could receive a share of the trade from a new contract signed with Zheng Yiguan.
But judging from the current battle situation, it doesn’t look like a new contract can be signed?
Although the enemy's losses were heavy, far more warships were destroyed than our own.
But Zheng Yiguan's fleet was much larger than his own, and everyone knew that Zheng Yiguan was wealthy and didn't care about these losses at all.
Some shipowners only had one or two armed merchant ships under their command, and then one of them was sunk in this naval battle. How can this be compared with Zheng Yiguan?
The captains of the returning ship located at the rear of the fleet saw the tragedy ahead and were still unclear about how the enemy defeated them. They all thought it was the arson ship that was responsible, so they all stayed away from such gadgets.
However, the disadvantage of the headwind was very obvious at this time. There were too many arson ships coming from the opposite direction. Facing the situation where almost ten thousand arrows were fired, they were simply unable to guard against it.
Although the dozens of artillery pieces equipped on the ship can be used to fire fiercely and sink the approaching arson ship, this means that there is no time to take care of the enemy's manned warships that rush up later.
The two sides resumed close combat, which was the last thing the Dutch warships wanted to see.
Even if the pirates can't win in close combat, they become angry and set fire to their own warships, and then under the influence of the tailwind, they can bring disaster to their own warships.
This is equivalent to attacking the unmanned arson ship and then attacking the manned arson ship.
The opposite side is full of arson ships. Which fleet can tolerate this extremely shameless tactic? ? ?
With the advantage of having many ships, the pirate fleet can definitely play this way, but the company fleet absolutely cannot afford it.
A few small boats can be destroyed together with a huge ship. Isn't it a great deal for Zheng Yiguan?
Van Leer predicted that some battleships would soon have the same fate as the "Courageous", or even more tragic.
Putmans did not want to give up the attack, let alone admit defeat. If he could still win at this time, he would have to rely on the two squadrons that had already reached behind the opponent.
Looking down at the battlefield from the perspective of seagulls flying in the air, Zheng Jun was actually surrounded by the Dutch army.
It's just that this kind of encirclement is just a formality. As the main Dutch fleet begins to actively retreat, it can no longer be encircled.
Zheng Zhifeng's fleet pursued Putmans' fleet, and the fleets led by Baker and Mullen pursued Zheng Zhifeng's fleet.
It seems a little funny, but that's what happens.
Zheng Zhifeng now identified Putmans who was running away in front of him. He abandoned 300 warships and wanted to sink and cripple the few ships around this Hongyi.
These returning ships are the most dangerous warships in the Red Yi fleet. As long as they are allowed to get close to the officers, they may drop the Red Yi soldiers at any time for landing operations.
Zheng Zhilong, who was far away on the other side of Taiyuan Sandbank, was not idle either. He urgently ordered all warships in Taiyuan Bay and nearby waters to be sent to the battlefield.
Although there are only more than thirty ships, and each warship has weak firepower, and the sharpest weapon is the hairpin, and the rest are folangji, but it is still better than nothing.
It would be good to give the fourth brother some support. Zheng Zhilong has already sent people to Xiamen to mobilize the fleet there to assist in the battle.
If the fourth brother had not repelled the Hongyi fleet, the supporting fleet could still be of use!
×××××××× (The remaining 1,000 words will be made up in the next two days, please forgive me)
Due to the desperate blockade of Zheng Zhifeng's fleet, Putmans' Trident tactics went bankrupt, and the center offensive was wiped out, resulting in huge losses.
Facing a large number of enemy arson boats, the five speedboats and eight returning ships at the end of the team had to make evasive actions in advance.
However, due to the headwind, it was still inevitable to be involved in this large-scale melee, although this was an approach that every Dutch captain was unwilling to accept.
The controllability of the returning ship is much lower than that of the speedboat, and it has serious deficiencies in turning around. It is usually only used as a transport ship and is not suitable for naval battles.
But this time when rushing to rescue the garrison, Putmans had to carry a lot of soldiers who needed to land for combat, and he had to add them to his fleet.
Otherwise, replacing them with the same number of similar "Hector"-class warships will not only ensure the advantage in firepower, but also be able to sail freely, which will be much better than the combat effectiveness of the returning ships.
Before these clumsy warships or armed merchant ships could achieve any decent results, two of them were unable to dodge and were directly hit by Zheng Jun's arson ship.
Now that the Zheng army had abandoned its two critical wings, and taking advantage of the favorable wind, the entire army charged forward, like a tiger descending from a mountain, rushing toward the rear of Putmans' fleet.
What Zheng Zhifeng had to do was to make the battlefield more chaotic so that he could lead his men to victory in the chaos.
Just relying on the two sides to shoot at each other at a certain distance, the Zheng Jun fleet, which is at a disadvantage in firepower, is definitely no match for its Dutch counterpart.
Therefore, Zheng Zhifeng wants to make the battlefield as chaotic as possible, with both warships mixed together. You will have me, and I will have you.
The first is to fight in melee, the second is to fight in close combat, and the third is to fight bravely, which means don’t be afraid of death!
The combination of these three is Zheng Jun's magic weapon to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to defeat Hongyi!
Before today's battle, both Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhifeng made clear explanations to the sailors and gunners below.
There is nothing to fear from the Dutch Red Barbarians. They could win in Liaoluo Bay and Penghu, and now they can still win in the waters south of Danyuan.
The Zheng family has nothing but more people, more ships, and more money!
If 10,000 people don’t work, go to 20,000 people; if 20,000 people don’t work, go to 50,000 people!
If a hundred ships don't work, use two hundred ships; if two hundred ships don't work, use five hundred ships!
As long as he can capture the important officers and repel Hongyi's reinforcement fleet, Zhenhaibo will be rewarded with a lot of silver!
If you can make Uncle Zhenhai happy with your achievements, Uncle Zhenhai can satisfy you with money!
It's that simple. Whether it can be done or not depends on whether everyone is afraid of Hong Yi or not!
Because of the advantage in past record, Zheng Jun had a certain psychological advantage in defeating Hongyi.
Although the battle was fought in the waters near Dayuan, it could also be regarded as a local battle.
Coupled with the large number of people and ships, Zheng's army had no fear of Hongyi.
Whether it is Fujian, Dongfan, or the sea areas in between, it is our territory.
The Dutch Red Barbarians want to interfere and seize food from the tiger's mouth, but there is no way out!
If Hongyi is capable, come over and fight. If you win, you can do whatever you want. If you don't win, you will have to be your grandson from now on!
On this basis, when the war started, Zheng Zhifeng ordered the fleet to concentrate its firepower, severely damaging three Hongyi large warships in a row and sinking one, which greatly boosted the morale of Zheng's army.
Then one ship was sunk again, and except for one that turned around and escaped, two of the six Hongyi ships that rushed over were sunk, and one of them was sinking slowly.
The remaining two ships were burning with fire and billowing thick smoke. You can probably see this scene on the shore of Dayuan. It didn't take long before they were burned into wreckage floating on the sea.
