"Go find a few Xiyi prisoners and ask them to persuade them to surrender."
"The other ships slowly approached each other."
Zhu Dinghai ordered.
"Which of you can speak the Ming Dynasty Mandarin?" On the Dinghai ship, the Ming Dynasty soldiers shouted to the group of tightly tied Xiyi people in front of them.
"I can, I can." Many Xiyi people responded in poor Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
The main purpose of these Xiyi people coming to Ming Dynasty was for trade.
There are not a few people who can speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
Although I don’t know the purpose of the Ming people, it doesn’t seem to be a bad thing at the moment.
Even if it is bad, can it be worse than the current situation?
"you you you......"
The leading soldier pointed at a few Xiyi people who had just spoken.
These accused Xiyi people followed the leading soldiers obediently.
"The general is kind and unwilling to cause more killings. Let you go and persuade the Western Yi fleet in front to surrender."
After that, the leading soldier untied the ropes of the six people and let them get on a lifeboat. Then the soldiers slowly lowered the lifeboat.
“Jullienederlanderssprekennietoverwut (You Dutch people really don’t have martial ethics)”
As soon as the boat was launched into the water, a Spaniard cursed loudly.
"Alsdeopgeroldekalverdrinkersnietwillensterven, houdmedanstil (If you don't want to die, just shut up)" Lando, a Dutchman on the ship, responded unceremoniously.
The Spanish man still wanted to continue to curse, but after seeing that everyone else was silent, he stopped what he was about to say.
"To survive, we must move quickly on our warships."
The Dutchman just said.
The sea is ruthless, and such a small boat is not suitable for long-term sailing at all. Even if the wind and waves are larger, such a small boat can be swallowed up.
Not to mention that the Ming army is still watching from behind.
.The whole army is ready to retreat. ..Naluo sent the order.
Naluo was quite clear about the situation of the Ming ships. He knew that the Ming army could not compare with its main fleet in terms of ships or cannons.
Although he didn't know what trick the Ming army used to defeat the coalition forces, Naluo still had a certain degree of confidence in his heart. After all, this is a vast sea. If you can’t fight, you can’t escape?
"Sir, look, the Ming army has sent a small boat down, and it's our people on board." The lookout shouted anxiously.
"Let our gunners prepare and aim at the Ming army. Attack immediately as soon as I give the order." Naji ordered.
Although he knew that the Ming army had sent out prisoners to persuade them to surrender, and to delay time and get closer to his warship, Naluo was not worried.
If you can't beat him, there's no problem in escaping.
The most important thing is to find out how the Ming army defeated the coalition forces.
If this was understood, the punishment would probably be lighter if he went back.
"My lord, the Xiyi fleet has turned around. Do we want to fire?"
"Take your time and wait and see. If you run away, just run away. But remember to catch Xiyi who was just released."
Zhu Dinghai said helplessly.
There is no way, who can let his own boat be faster than someone else's boat?
Most of these Xiyi warships are within the range of the super invincible general's artillery. As long as they have enough ammunition, they can definitely keep the opponent behind.
But what about being poor? There aren't that many shells.
Although he said it didn't matter, Zhu Youjian still wanted to keep the other party, so he ordered the fleet to speed up.
After 2 burning incense (30 minutes), the boat of Lando and others finally approached the Missi Fort.
At this time, the Dinghai was only less than 8 miles away from the Missibao.
As long as we move a little closer, we can pronounce the death sentence of Fort Missy.
"Can you hit that warship at this distance?" Zhu Dinghai pointed at the Missi Fort and said.
"Five shots. The opponent will be sunk within 5 shots."
"Okay, wait for half a stick of incense. If the other party escapes during this time, sink the warship I just pointed out. If the other party has not surrendered after half a stick of incense, give me the ship next to him. The battleship was sunk.”
Zhu Dinghai pointed to a battleship next to Missi Fort and said.
Now that the other party already knows something they shouldn't know, there are only two paths left in front of them.
Either sink to the bottom of the sea now to feed the fish, or devote the rest of your life to the Ming Dynasty.
"What trick did the Ming Dynasty use? The coalition forces were defeated so quickly?" Naluo of Missi Fort asked anxiously.
Although the Dutch suffered defeats here more than once or twice, they were mostly offshore.
This was the first naval defeat on the high seas.
"The Ming army has an exploding shell that will create a big hole if it hits the warship. We didn't check for a while and were approached by the Ming army. Then..." Lando reported to Naluo tremblingly.
As a soldier, Lando didn't know much about the situation. He only knew that the Ming army's artillery was powerful. The rest was told by several other crew members on the road.
"What did you say? The Ming army's artillery shells will explode." Naluo said in surprise.
Exploding artillery shells are not available in the West.
But Naluo has been to the Ming Dynasty and specifically asked about this kind of cannonball.
The length of the gunpowder twist inside is cut according to the local distance when firing. It's okay for hitting houses, but it's terrible for hitting moving targets.
The grenade has few fragments and low lethality. The violent impact of the shell can easily cause the fuze to malfunction and cause misfire. The actual combat performance is far inferior to that of the solid projectile.
The most important thing is that this kind of artillery shell requires a specialized cannon to use,
The cannon can't open the shells at all.
"boom"
"bump"
Only an explosion was heard, and a huge wave appeared next to the Mississippi on the west side of Fort Miss.
Before he could wait, Naluo gave the order.
With just a "boom", the Mississippi's bow was blown away.
The flying splinters of wood scared the Dutch on the surrounding warships.
Seeing the Mississippi sinking rapidly and the sailors who wanted to escape being swallowed by the whirlpool, the remaining captains of the Dutch warships could no longer sit still and hurriedly ordered the warships to retreat immediately regardless of Nalo's order.
"Boom." More than ten miles ahead, a wave of water several feet high suddenly exploded.
All the Dutch captains were stunned for a moment.
Anyone who can get along with the captain is not a fool.
The shot fired by the Ming army just now was definitely not a miss, but was intended to deter them. It's a naked threat.
Is your ship fast?
Our naval guns have such a long range. If you have the ability, try to see which one is faster, you or our cannonballs!
"What a powerful artillery piece." Naluo said tremblingly.
"Send the order, hang the white flag, pretend to surrender, and wait for the Ming army warship to get close, then mix directly with the opponent." Naluo ordered.
The opponent's artillery is powerful, has a long range, and is highly accurate, but as long as it mixes with you, I don't believe you will dare to attack.
I can't defeat you with artillery fire, but I can't defeat you in a boarding battle?
As long as there are prisoners of the Ming army, I don't believe that the proud Ming people will not let us go.
