Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 487 Sinking the Queen

Seeing that the Deming Fleet was driving straight in without any sign of slowing down, Maiden was furious:
"Send an order to fire warning shots at the Ming battleship."

As the commander of the fleet, Maiden certainly knew that the current distance was not within the effective range of the Dutch naval guns, but he could definitely fire the guns to warn the Ming fleet.

"Yes"

The signalmen on the battleship Prince William immediately waved their signal flags, and the battleship Queen of the Netherlands fired three shots in the direction of the Ming fleet as a warning. "

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang..."

Three shells fell 200 meters in front of the Wanli, the lead ship of the Ming Fleet, splashing huge waves, but the Wanli did not stop advancing because of this.

This time, without waiting for the report from the observation post, Zheng Chenggong quickly grabbed the binoculars, and when they saw the landing of the Dutch naval guns, they immediately issued an order:

"Attention all warship captains, with the Wanli battleship as the terminal lineup, all battleships will immediately enter the combat state."

"Yes"

After receiving the order, the Wanli immediately stopped advancing, and turned its gun door to the Dutch battleship sideways. Other warships followed, lined up with the Wanli, and quickly opened the gun door.

"Haha, so what about the Daming ironclad warship, it was still warned by our warship's three guns and stopped advancing immediately, you are stupid!"

The captain of the Queen couldn't help laughing contemptuously when he saw that the Ming fleet stopped advancing immediately after he fired three shells.

Captain stop laughing, look at the Ming battleship seems to be firing.

Seeing the captain laughing, the other Dutch soldiers also laughed cheaply, but the deputy captain realized something was wrong. The gun door of the Ming battleship suddenly opened, and bursts of flames spewed out.

"Captain, don't laugh anymore, just watch the Ming warship open fire on us."

The captain completely ignored the words of the deputy captain, he snorted coldly:
"Fire, joke, our three shells just now can only reach 200 meters in front of them, even if they advance another 100 meters, it is impossible to hit us."

What the captain of the Queen said is not wrong. Under normal circumstances, it is true. At present, there is no country in the world whose naval guns can shoot 100 meters farther than the Dutch naval guns.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom bang bang..."

……

Before the captain finished speaking, suddenly several shells bombarded the battleship Queen, some shells hit the deck, and some shells bombarded the side of the battleship.

The Queen was shaken violently by the bombardment, and the captain hurriedly grabbed the command platform. He was stunned at the time, and it took a long time to react, and hastily ordered to fire back:
"How is this possible? This distance and this range... Nima, the Ming warship doesn't talk about martial arts... Quickly fire back..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

As soon as the order to fire back was delivered, several more shells hit the Queen. The gunners and soldiers on the Queen were hit by two rounds of lightning, killing and injuring more than 100 people.

A large hole was also blasted out on the port side of the battleship, and sea water was rushing into the cabin.

"Boom bang..."

"Boom bang..."

The Ming warship seemed to be staring at the Queen for bombardment, and then a round of shells struck. This time, there were not only solid shells but also incendiary shells.

Three solid bullets instantly pierced through the iron-covered side of the queen's command cabin, killing more than a dozen people on the spot, including the deputy captain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain hurriedly got under the command platform, but as soon as he got in, flower bombs and incendiary bombs were shot into the command cabin along the big hole blasted by the solid bullets.

"Rumble..."

The commanders who did not come to hide in the command cabin were killed by flowering bombs one after another, and after the incendiary bomb exploded, the command cabin burst into flames instantly.

"Come on, help me!"

Feeling that the temperature in the command cabin was gradually rising, and even breathing became difficult, the captain hurriedly got out from under the command platform again.

However, there were burning fires all around, and there was nowhere to escape. He hurriedly called for help, but no matter how he called for help, it was useless.

At the same time, other Dutch warships were bombarded by Ming warships.

Maiden didn't expect that the Ming fleet would suddenly open fire outside the range, and hastily ordered to fire back. If the Ming fleet's guns can hit them, they should be able to do the same.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

The Dutch battleship immediately began to fire back, but they suddenly found that their guns could not hit the Ming battleship at all, and the shells fell into the sea tens of meters in front of the Ming battleship.

"Hey...how is this possible?"

"Quickly, rush forward and fire the cannon, and those who retreat will be executed on the spot."

Maiden has been rampant across the ocean for many years and has never encountered such a thing. He couldn't help but gasped, but he knew very well that he couldn't back down.

Once Batavia is captured by Ming Dynasty, all the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Asia will be lost.

Without the support of Batavia's economy, the sea coachmen would fall into decline, and they would die if they fled back, so the fleet was ordered to approach the Ming fleet and fire.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong was staring at the Queen, because the Queen was the first to fire at the Ming Fleet, and he must be sunk to give the Dutch a blow.

"Wanli, hit all the firepower, and sink the Queen to Ben Dudu."

"Yes"

Following Zheng Chenggong's order, the captain of the Wanli immediately issued an order to sink the Queen:
"Soldiers, your majesty and the governor have ordered that all be replaced with solid bullets to bombard the Queen's waterline and sink him."

"Yes"

The emperor was watching with binoculars. The morale of the Ming navy officers was very high, and they quickly loaded solid bullets into the barrel of the gun.

With a deafening sound of gunfire, the 48 naval guns on the side of the Wanli spewed out a burst of anger, and fired a salvo at the waterline of the Queen of the Netherlands.

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Forty 48-pound heavy guns fired a salvo, and the sawdust from the bombardment of the Queen of the Netherlands, which was already in the water, was flying, and one side of the ship suddenly tore apart and plunged into the sea.

There were more than 100 surviving Dutch colonial soldiers on the battleship Queen, who also sank into the sea with their Queen.

These soldiers have lived at sea all year round, and the water quality is very good. Most of the soldiers surfaced quickly and swam desperately to other warships in the Netherlands.

However, someone suddenly screamed, and the sea around him was immediately stained red with blood. It turned out that there were many saltwater crocodiles lurking in the sea below them.

They smelled blood and quickly surfaced, attacking the Dutch soldiers in the water.

The soldiers who fell into the water could not resist the attack of these cold-water animals with their bare hands, and soon died in the belly of the fish, ending their sinful life.

The Dutch soldiers on other battleships were also powerless to save their companions. They were also being bombarded by the shells of the ironclad battleships at this time.

Seeing that the Queen of the Netherlands sank into the sea and the Dutch soldiers on the battleship were eaten by crocodiles again, Zhu Youjian was satisfied to turn the lens of the telescope to other Dutch warships.

At this time, under the command of Maiden, the Dutch battleship had advanced within the range of their naval guns, and began to confront the Ming warship.

Just now, after a short distance of less than [-] meters, two Dutch warships were severely damaged by the Ming warship. Not only did they lose their combat effectiveness, but they also lost their power. Now they can only spin around in the sea.

(End of this chapter)