Chapter 17: The European navy turned into waste overnight!

"Turn?"

"this...."

"It's only more than four hundred meters, right?"

"Are you ready to shoot?"

"Small boats and big boats are shooting at each other, the people of the Zhu family must be crazy!!"

The spectators who were watching the battle also noticed the movements of the Ming army's warships.

"A four-hundred-meter turn?"

The actions of the Ming army greatly surprised Stekelen.

Before he could react.

On the side of the twenty-one Ming army warships, each had a cannon spitting out tongues of flame.

Immediately afterwards, an arrow-shaped cannonball flew over.

At a distance of four hundred meters, these shells flew over in less than a second.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Most missed.

Some flew over the mast, and some plunged into the sea not far from the side of the ship.

There was also a clang of two cannonballs, which missed the deck of a battleship.

"What kind of shell is this?"

On the side of the hit battleship, the Dutch sailors lay on the side of the ship and looked at the cannonballs embedded in the ship's planks.

It had a tail fin, a slender wine jar shape in the middle, and a spike on its head. At this time, the spike was deeply embedded in the ship's board. Some sailors tried to pull it out, but they couldn't pull it out even if they risked their lives. come out.

Actually.

This cannonball was originally wrapped in a wooden butt.

But the wooden stock separated from the shell after it was discharged.

...

"good!"

Zhu Daohua, holding the telescope, nodded with satisfaction.

This round of test firing went very well.

Two shells hit.

Most of the shells passed over the masts of the enemy ships.

and indicate that the enemy ship has been included in the range.

"Send the order! Change to high-explosive bombs and fire a salvo on one side of the ship!! The captains of each ship are responsible for commanding and fight at the highest rate of fire!"

"Change to high-explosive bombs and fire a salvo on one side of the ship!! The captains of each ship are responsible for the command and fight at the highest rate of fire!"

As the command is repeated over and over again.

The gunners of each ship carried out tactical actions in accordance with the orders.

Adjust the muzzle aiming based on the data from previous test firings.

"Report to Captain! Ready!"

Haiyan-class ship No. 013.

The deputy beside Gong Zhuman said loudly.

"Send the order! After a salvo, each gun can fire freely at the highest rate of fire!"

"After a salvo, each gun fires freely at the highest rate of fire!"

"Prepare to fire!"

"Prepare for salvo!!"

Various tactical orders came and went.

As the salvo command was given in the gun bay.

boom! !

Every battleship shook almost at the same time.

The tongue of fire is swallowing!

More than one hundred and twenty cannons roared simultaneously.

The wooden tail-fin arrow shell loaded with one kilogram of mercury fulminate explosive roared across the sky and rushed towards the Dutch fleet again!

Dodo, dodo, dodo....

Follow the salvo configuration of two ships aiming at an enemy ship.

The hit rate of the first salvo was extremely high!

Eleven battleships were targeted.

Every battleship was hit by at least one cannonball!

The cannonballs with arrow-like arrows on their heads pierced deeply into the oak decking of the battleship.

Thick oak planks.

An ordinary six-pounder can never penetrate at a distance of 400 meters.

At most, a crack will be left, and then the cannonball will lose its potential energy and fall into the sea.

Just when the Dutch sailors didn't understand why the Chinese cannonballs were spiked and hung on the ship's deck.

The Dutch sailors on the battleships that were not hit saw the most terrifying scene in their lives.

boom!

boom!

Boom boom boom! !

Cannonballs exploded one after another!

A battleship that was hit in the middle of the ship's side was exploded close to the waterline by a kilogram of high explosives!

Suddenly sawdust flew everywhere.

A huge gap opened in the side of the ship!

The power of a high explosive explosion.

No ship made of wood could withstand it.

An explosion.

It’s a terrifying gap! !

Such a violent explosion almost destroyed the entire ship!

soon.

The sea water poured in from the huge gap like a dam bursting.

The battleship's hull tilted rapidly.

The cannon in the cabin slid to one side.

The explosion caused the battleship to catch fire.

The tilting hull caused the gunpowder in the cabin where the gunpowder was stored to roll to one side.

soon....

A terrifying loud noise sounded.

A mushroom cloud rose in the middle of the battleship!

The fire caused the explosion.

moment.

A third-level battleship that is almost invincible across East Asia.

Buried in fire! !

.......

"..."

"!!!"

All the people on the Chinese boat group that had the Dutch flag were stunned.

They stared blankly at the balls of fire floating on the sea.

Those battleships that were hit.

Even if it's just a shell hit.

A big gap will be blown open.

Sea water poured in through the gap.

causing the ship to tilt.

Even if the flames caused by the explosion ignited the gunpowder in the cabin and caused the explosion.

Such a degree of inclination.

The battleship has been scrapped.

It’s a matter of time before the boat capsizes!

One shot....

Just destroy a ship!

Such a scene made the Chinese who came to Nanyang all have a chill in their necks.

After being stunned for a while.

Boom boom boom!

Another cannonball, with a shrill whistling sound, rushed towards the Dutch fleet...

"The Dutch are finished!"

This thought flashed through the minds of all those watching the battle.

.......

"It's over..."

Rear Admiral Stekelen, the commander of the Dutch fleet, had cold hands and feet and was weakly holding them on the side of the ship.

Even the commander is like this.

Dutch sailors at all levels were no better.

The scene before me was completely subversive.

Battleship shooting without passion.

Some are just relentless explosions.

Boom boom boom!

Another round of explosions brought Stekelen out of his trance.

Beside him, the Dutch Governor of Batavia, Kreutz, murmured: "It's over...The Dutch Southeast Asian colonies are over..."

Hearing this, Stekelen could not help but close his eyes in pain.

"Governor, the Chinese have acquired a reliable explosive...the days of the sailing battleship are over."

Stekelen forced himself to calm down.

"After this war, the entire European navy fell behind! The huge battleships became living targets at sea and coffins at sea..."

How ridiculous.

The sailing battleships that European countries relied on to control the world.

Overnight.

All turned into waste.

"But we are just a little behind... What we need now is time!"

"As long as we also build a large number of fast battleships, equipped with the same explosive ammunition as the Chinese... With Europe's powerful ship and artillery manufacturing capabilities, the overlord of the sea will not be Chinese!"

Stekelen held the side of the boat tightly with his hands and said through gritted teeth.

"But now the war can no longer be fought..."

Kreutz smiled bitterly.

"Surrender, we seek diplomatic mediation. The British will not be happy to see the Chinese occupying Southeast Asia..."

"No! Your Majesty the Governor." Stekelen raised his head, "The Chinese will not allow us to have so many battleships in Southeast Asia. They will not rest assured, so they will definitely take the opportunity to sink all our battleships... .”

"Only then will they negotiate."

"Send the order! Everyone get on the lifeboat...abandon the battleship!"

Stekelen gave the order.

"Mr. General, you..."

Stekelen turned around and said, "The captain wants to be with his battleship."