Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 488
(Chapter 489) When the Dutch warship and the Ming warship drew closer, the two Dutch warships were severely damaged and lost their combat effectiveness.

Most of the soldiers on the battleship were also casualties, and the rest of the soldiers hid in the cabin and did not dare to go inside, let alone participate in the battle.

The sails of the battleship were burned, almost all the sailors died, and they completely lost power, so they could only let the battleship float on the battlefield.

Although the two warships were severely damaged, the Dutch soldiers did not lose anything, and the other warships took the opportunity to draw closer to the Ming warship.

Now that they could finally fight back effectively, Maiden's eyes were bloodshot and his teeth were gritting.

Although today's battle has not been defeated, it is already the biggest blow he has suffered in his life. He has not yet encountered the opponent's warship. He has already lost three warships, and one of them was completely sunk.

Now it is finally time for the Ming warship to taste the pain:

"All the battleships fire together, hit me hard, and they must be sunk or captured."

"Yes"

Maiden thought that they would have an advantage if they entered the firing range of the Dutch battleship, but he ignored a problem. This distance is the best shooting distance for the Ming warship.

"Rumble..."

With Maiden's order, the eight warships of the Netherlands turned their rudders and fired. Countless solid bullets bombarded the iron-clad warships, making the iron-clad warships of the Ming Dynasty bombard with bangs and bangs.

But the iron-clad battleship is a real iron-clad battleship, only the huge hull shakes a few times, it's not a big deal.

However, the artillery shells fired by the Ming battleship sent sawdust flying across the Dutch battleship, casualties soon began to appear, and some battleship hulls began to crack.

When Zheng Chenggong saw that the Dutch battleship dared to rush directly to the artillery battle, he immediately laughed:

"Your Majesty, the battle is about to end, and the Dutch dare to charge forward."

Zhu Youjian pointed to the flagship Prince William of the Netherlands and said:

"As the flagship of the Ming Dynasty, how can Dayu hide behind and immediately rush up to destroy the battleship Prince William. This should be the flagship of the Dutch."

Zhu Youjian's words almost frightened Zheng Chenggong to his knees. How could he dare to take such a risk? He clearly had the advantage, but the flagship drove out. If the emperor had any accident, no one could afford it.

"Your Majesty, no, the Ming warship has the upper hand now. For your safety, the Dayu must not attack..."

Zhu Youjian's face sank:
"Could it be that my personal expedition has become a burden to the fleet? Don't say too much, I've made up my mind, let's sail immediately!"

It's definitely not a burden for Zhu Youjian to fight with the army, it's just that Zheng Chenggong respects him too much. If the army is in desperate situation, Zhu Youjian is the emperor of the system who has the ability to defeat the opponent.

With Zhu Youjian's words, Zheng Chenggong trembled in fright, and hurriedly bowed to give a big gift:
"Abiding by the order! Your Majesty misunderstood, how dare I think that way, Your Majesty is the proud son of Heaven!"

Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to agree, it was too difficult for him, just be obedient, worried about the emperor's accident, if you don't listen to the emperor's words, it is disrespectful.

For the emperor's safety, Zheng Chenggong adopted the safest formation, first surrounded the Dutch battleship and bombarded it for a while, and the Dayu took advantage of the situation to attack.

"The fleet spread out and besieged the Netherlands fleet in a fan shape. Not a single one could be let go."

"Rumble..."

Relying on the strength of the ships and guns, the Ming fleet suddenly activated and quickly approached the Dutch warships. While operating, the naval guns did not stop bombarding the opponent's warships.

As soon as the Ming warship exerted its force, the Netherlands warship began to be hanged. Seeing that two more warships were sunk, the Ming fleet suffered no losses.

Maiden decides to make a last-ditch effort:
"Someone sent a signal to set fire to the boat and burn these hateful dogs to death."

The fire boat was prepared by the governor of Batavia, Van Dimension Maiden. The boat was filled with saltpeter, sulfur, gunpowder and hay, and the purpose was to deal with the iron-clad battleship of the Ming Dynasty.

After the shore received the signal flag from the fire ship, the twenty fire ships immediately left the port. Of course, they hadn't ignited yet, and they were going to use their boats to get close to the Ming warship and set it on fire.

At this time, the Dayu just rushed out of the battle formation and rushed directly to the flagship of the Netherlands, the Prinz Wilhelm.

"Boom"

"Boom..."

The 84-pound shell directly penetrated the command cabin of the Prince William, and a dozen soldiers, two captains, and the deputy captain were crushed into meatloaf on the spot.

Fortunately, Maiden was in the other direction, otherwise he would definitely turn into a meatloaf like everyone else. Looking at the giant shells that were still rolling slowly, Maiden, who had experienced naval battles, was almost scared to pee, and hurriedly howled loudly:

"Quick...quick retreat...the fireship ignites to cover the retreat of the battleship."

The Prince William quickly adjusted its sails and turned around.But the Ming Fleet launched another round of chain bombs, destroying all the sails of the Dutch warships except the Prince William.

At this moment, twenty fire boats were set ablaze, and the people on board quickly jumped into the sea and fled to the Prince William, but they forgot about the crocodiles in the sea when they arranged their tactics, and they were buried in the crocodiles.

And the twenty fireships were blown by the wind and rushed towards the fleet in the melee, at this moment a tragic scene appeared.

The Ming warship did not rely on sails to sail at all, and the captain immediately ordered the warship to leave the dangerous sea area when he found something was wrong.

The sails of most of the Dutch warships were destroyed, and they just collided with the fireship, and soon ignited a raging fire.

In order to survive, the Dutch soldiers on board shouted and jumped into the sea to escape, but the crocodiles in the sea had long been attracted by the smell of blood.

These Dutch soldiers who were not burned to death by the fire just jumped into the sea, and were torn apart by the saltwater crocodiles, and the sea was blood red.

Seeing with his own eyes that the soldiers under his command were either killed or fed to the crocodiles, the commander of the Navy of the Netherlands in Batavia was so frightened that his legs became weak, and an unknown liquid had flowed out of his trousers.

"Quick... run..."

Run, run in, Dayu, the flagship of the Ming Fleet, under the command of Emperor Zhu Youjian himself, and under the command of Zheng Chenggong, the captain of the Ming Navy, has already bypassed those fire boats and stopped the Prince William from the rear.

Almost at the same time, other warships of the Ming Fleet, after sinking the other two Dutch warships, also rushed from all directions, completely enclosing the flagship of the Netherlands Fleet.

At this time, Zhu Youjian no longer paid attention to this battleship, but looked at the coast of Batavia, where there were many forts, and the shore artillery was bombarding the two battleships of Ming Dynasty.

"Zheng Aiqing, dispatch six warships to bombard Batavia's coastal defense artillery, and let the army land as soon as possible. Li Dingguo and the others have already entered the city of Batavia."

"According to the purpose"

Zheng Chenggong led the order and immediately dispatched four warships to help the two warships sent in front, and the six warships bombarded the fort on the shore in turn.

The flagship of the Dutch warship, the Prince William, has been surrounded by the Ming fleet, and now it is difficult to protect itself. Of course, it has no ability to respond to the shore artillery. It can only watch the shore forts being destroyed one by one by the Ming warship.

The Ming Fleet did not fire on the Prince William. They all watched from the sidelines and left the flagship to the Dayu.

"Rumble..."

Another round of bombardment from Dayu came, the mast of Prince William collapsed, the command cabin was hit by several shells again, countless holes were blasted out of the starboard side of the ship, and sea water began to pour into Prince William.

(End of this chapter)