400 Sea Battle
In ancient times, there was no radar, and the earth was round. If you want to find enemy warships in the distance, you have to climb up the mast and observe.

Almost every sailor can climb a tall mast, which is also a must-have skill for sailors.

The red-haired sentinel climbed onto Batavia's tall mast and looked around with a single-tube telescope.

Not long after the typhoon, there were very few merchant ships and fishing boats on the sea, and there was not a single ship in the distance at a glance.

Whistling in his mouth, he began to admire the beautiful scenery of the sea.

Thinking of the plump body of the big ocean horse beside the captain, the sentry pointed the telescope at the captain's cabin out of boredom.

The captain's cabin is on the second deck, and you can't see anything from the mast under normal circumstances.

Maybe Captain Bolton was as bored as the sentinel, and he actually brought the big ocean horse to the deck.

Looking around, the two sat down on a sunny place on the deck, it seemed that the captain wanted to bask in the sun.

Seeing the captain undo the belt on the back of the big ocean horse, the sentinel stared straight at that moment.

Under normal circumstances, women would not be brought onboard warships, but these colonists had never encountered a strong enemy, and they completely relaxed their vigilance, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.

Wherever they go, they always take two playthings with them.

The sentinel started watching adult movies like this, and forgot to observe the enemy's situation for a moment.

"Sentry, have you noticed any problems, Taiwan is not far ahead."

At this time, a captain walked up to the deck and looked in the direction the sentinel binoculars were looking at.

When he saw the captain, he knew what was going on. This kind of thing was normal for Bolton, and the captain was not surprised.

The sudden appearance of the captain startled the sentinel and almost fell off the high mast. He turned the binoculars and looked towards the sea.

Suddenly, a few dark things appeared in front of him, and the sentinel's eyes widened.

"I'll go, what the hell..."

The sentry shook his head, rubbed his eyes, and looked through the binoculars again.

As the distance gets closer, those things in the distance gradually become clearer.

It looks like a ship, but it is not a ship, because there are no masts or sails on it, only two huge chimneys still billowing black smoke.

Looking in other directions, I saw several similar strange ships in the left and right directions of their fleet.

The sentinel was dumbfounded at the time, and hurriedly called to the captain:
"Captain, there is an unknown strange ship ahead, approaching our Netherlands fleet, come up and have a look!"

The captain looked up at the sentry:

"Calm down, what strange ship? What a fuss, I'll go up and have a look."

The red-haired captain moved swiftly, and quickly climbed to where the sentinel was.

He raised his binoculars and looked around. When he saw five warships approaching with wind and waves, the red-haired captain immediately screamed.

However, he still didn't connect the monster he saw with the Daming battleship.

Adjusting some binoculars, and looking carefully, he saw the 84-pound naval gun on the strange ship in the distance.

"Not good, report to the captain, there are naval guns on the strange ship..."

In fact, there is no need to climb up to the mast to observe, and you can see the situation in front of you clearly. Standing on the mast to observe at such a close distance is completely superfluous.

The warship of the Ming army was not far away from them, about five miles away.

Standing on the deck can be seen with the naked eye.

The two men slid down the mast hastily, and hurried to Captain Bolton.

"Look, captain, a strange ship is approaching our fleet."

Captain Bolton of Batavia was stroking his beloved toy, and he was very upset when he saw the two of them disturbing him.

"Why all the fuss, is the sky going to collapse?"

"Captain, go and have a look, the target of the strange ship seems to be our fleet..."

Bolton shook his head helplessly, got up and walked to the bow of the ship and raised the binoculars.

As soon as he glanced at it, Bolton yelled:

"God, it's actually a warship of the Ming army. Quickly, notify the other fleets and get ready to fight..."

It turned out that he saw the Daming Dragon Flag being raised on the so-called strange ship.

In the command room of the Ming warship, Zheng Chenggong was also observing the red-haired fleet with a telescope in his hand.

At first they didn't raise the flag, the purpose was to confuse the red-haired observation post.

When the fleet was about two kilometers away from the Hongmaofan Fleet, Zheng Chenggong immediately issued an order:

"Raise the Great Ming Dragon Flag, and the fleet is ready to fight."

"Yes"

The Daming dragon flag was slowly raised, and the bow artillery of the five warships had already aimed at the sailing warship at the forefront of the red-haired fleet.

"fire"

"Rumble..."

With Zheng Chenggong's order, the giant guns on the bows of the five battleships fired at the same time, and the five shells quickly shot at the first-class battleship Batavia.

"Boom bang bang..."

Two shells missed the target, and the other three shells accurately bombarded the Batavia.

The red-haired battleships are all made of wood, and they can't resist the bombardment of heavy artillery. The deck of the battleship is directly penetrated,

The huge hull of the Batavia was shaken for a while, and when the shells landed on the second deck, they penetrated the bodies of the two red hairs.

"Hiss...quick, help your lord into the cabin to escape."

Bolton, the captain, and the sentinel witnessed three shells penetrate the deck of the Batavia.

At that time, he almost fainted, the captain and the sentinel could not help but help Bolton into the cabin on the second floor.

As soon as Bolton entered the command room, he immediately issued an order:

"Order, all warships turn right and line up, wait for the Ming warships to come into range, and fire together to sink the Ming warships."

"Yes"

The red-haired fleet immediately turned its rudder and formed an array. Except for the supply ship, all warships faced the Ming warships and were ready to fire at any time.

He told the truth, the red-haired ghost did have crazy capital, and the four first-tier battleships had more than 50 cannons on one side.

The four second-tier battleships also have fifty naval guns on one side, and there are also third-tier battleships.

On the side of the Ming army, for the safety of the soldiers, the Ming army who fired on the deck just now all entered the cabin at this time.

Li Dingguo didn't understand naval warfare, and when he saw the battle formation of the Red-haired Fleet, he couldn't help laughing and said:
"Captain, look at the formation of the red-haired fleet. This is clearly a suicide. The battleship has exposed such a large area. Is it because we are afraid that our shells will not be able to penetrate their hulls?"

Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly:
"There is no other way to do this. The battleship's guns are all on the side, that's the only way to go."

Zheng Chenggong said, reaching out to pick up the walkie-talkie:

"Pass my order, the battleship turns right and uses solid bullets to bombard the waterline of the red-haired battleship."

"Yes"

The warship of the Ming army immediately turned its rudder and turned its sidestring to face the red-haired warship.

Each battleship has forty naval guns on both sides, and five battleships have two hundred naval guns.

"fire"

"Rumble..."

Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and more than 200 naval guns began to bombard the red-haired fleet.

At the same time Bolton gave the order to fire:
"fire"

"Boom"

In the past, they used to fight at a close distance, but now it is completely different. They are all lined up and bombarded each other.

"Boom bang..."

The artillery shells from both sides kept bombarding the opponent's battleship, making loud noises, as if a large hailstone was falling.

Although the red-haired naval guns were much more than those of the Ming Dynasty, they could only leave a trace when they bombarded the Ming warships, and could not damage the iron-clad warships.

However, compared with the iron-clad warships of the Ming army, the Dutch Fengfan suffered a big loss.

Their battleships were all made of wood and could not withstand the bombardment of the Red Army's warships.

The waterline parts of two warships were penetrated many times by solid bullets.

Not long after the battle started, two of Hong Mao's warships slowly sank into the sea.

(End of this chapter)

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