Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 536 Chapter 536 Chapter [-]
As gunpowder spread to the West, guns and artillery were gradually derived.

In particular, the emergence of artillery not only changed the form of warfare, those tall castles were no longer strong fortresses, but became artillery targets.

The higher the wall, the more damage the artillery will do to the wall. Unless the artillery of the defenders in the city is equal to the enemy, they will bombard the tall target and the wall will collapse soon.

Then the bastion appeared, and the bastion was generally not high, generally around five meters in height, and there were three protections.

The artillery has no parabola, and it is very difficult to bombard the bastion, but the people in the bastion can use artillery and guns to attack the enemies who have nowhere to hide outside the city.

After the enemy suffered heavy casualties, the enemy had no choice but to retreat.

This is what the Malacca Dutch think they can rely on to keep Santiago.

Of course, the first line of defense of the Dutch is not the bastion, but their navy.

The second line of defense is the coastal defense artillery, and the third line of defense is the San Diego Bastion.

The naval strength of the Netherlands was still number one in the territory at that time.

Not only do they have rich sailing experience, but the soldiers have been honed during the colonization process, and it can be said that all of them are experienced in battles.

These colonial soldiers, especially in the use of firearms, are even more comfortable.

The Malacca Dutch have only six battleships in total, two first-class battleships, two second-class battleships, and two third-class battleships.

Don't underestimate these six battleships. They were the ones who drove off the powerful Portuguese and began to colonize Malacca.

Upon receiving information about the arrival of the Ming Fleet, the Governor of Malacca, Bo Tuo, immediately ordered six warships to line up on the sea surface five kilometers away from the port, ready to attack the Ming Fleet at any time.

They knew that Ming Dynasty had iron-clad warships, but they were all wooden ships with armor, and their warships also had some armor.

But when the Ming iron-clad battleship cut through the waves, it appeared in the lens of the Netherlands Fleet's single-tube telescope.

Immediately, these foreign devils were a little confused, and only then did they realize that the Daming iron-clad battleship was not what they imagined.

Six Daming iron-clad warships came with billowing smoke, giving people a very shocking visual impact, completely like steel behemoths.

When a Dutch sentry saw the Daming ironclad warship, he felt a little unreal, and couldn't help screaming:
"Oh my God! Is this Daming's iron-clad warship? It's so mighty, how can I fight it..."

Seeing the iron-clad warship of Ming Dynasty, Juan, the captain of the Dutch Navy stationed in Malacca, was equally panicked.

But as the fleet commander, he certainly couldn't let his subordinates see it.

He stretched out his hand and gave the sentry a big mouth, and snapped:
"Shut up, that's the result of dyeing the wood. The purpose is to scare you ignorant fools, and tell all the soldiers to prepare for battle. Let's see how our Dutch naval guns teach Ming to be a man..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Before Colonel Netherland could finish his sentence, flames spewed out from the muzzle of the Ming battleship, and dozens of shells bombarded them at extremely high speed.

The shells fell into the water next to the Dutch battleship, immediately splashing huge waves.

Some of the shells hit their flagship deck and gunwale accurately.

There were loud noises from the deck and side of the battleship, and the hull began to shake violently.

Colonel Nederland, who was teaching the soldiers a lesson, was unprepared and almost fell to the ground because he couldn't stand steadily.

"Colonel be careful..."

Fortunately, the soldier beside him reacted quickly and reached out to support him.

Juan grabbed the armrest beside him and hurriedly sent an order:

"Fire, quickly fire and counterattack..."

"Yes"

The Dutch soldiers immediately started firing, and before their cannons sounded, another round of cannon fire roared from the Ming ironclad battleship.

This time there were more than [-] shells of various kinds, including solid shells, blooming shells, chain bombs and incendiary bombs.

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

The solid bullets penetrated many weak hulls and directly crushed the gunners on the deck of the Dutch sailing warship.

There were also flowering bullets that entered the cabin along the holes blasted by the solid bullets, and exploded in the cabin instantly.

The bombarded bodies of many Dutch gunners fell apart, their limbs and arms flew around, and the wailing and crying rang out.

And the artillery they ignited in panic had already lost their aim and missed the Daming Ironclad Battleship at all.

Even if shells occasionally hit the armored warship, it did not cause any damage to the warship of the Ming army.

The naval guns of ironclad battleships are not on the outer deck, but are almost all installed in the cabin deck, which gives the gunner great protection.

If the opponent's shells didn't happen to get into the gun ports of the iron-clad battleship, their damage to the Ming soldiers would be almost negligible.

"Rumble..."

Round after round of shelling by the Ming army, this time dealt a fatal blow to the Dutch, and they had no power to fight back.

"Boom"

"Boom"

As the cannons rang out one after another, sawdust flew across the steamship that the Dutch were proud of.

Splashing wooden blocks kept falling from the air, causing secondary damage to the Dutch soldiers again.

Lieutenant Commander Botuo of the Malacca Navy surrounded dozens of people, and a dozen of them were killed or injured immediately.

The deputy captain was also killed by an explosive bomb that accidentally got into the command room.

Fortunately, Botuo reacted to the block and got under the table to hide at the first time, thus escaping the catastrophe.

Just when the Dutchman was beaten a little bit at a loss, there were two more violent explosions.

"Boom"

The ammunition depots of two Dutch sailing warships were hit by Ming army shells, and violent explosions occurred instantly.

The huge explosion directly blasted the Dutch wooden warship into two parts from the middle, and then slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Dutch soldiers on the battleship who had not been bombed or burned to death jumped into the sea one after another to escape.

The other four warships were also severely damaged to varying degrees, and almost all of them were leaking.

However, there was nothing wrong with the iron-clad warships of the Ming army. Occasionally, a few shells hit the iron plate, but the hull of the warship shook slightly.

The Netherlands navy is rampant all over the world, and has never been rubbed against the ground by other countries like this.

There is no way to continue this one-sided battle, or they will all be sunk by Ming warships.

In order to save his own life, Botuo had no choice but to retreat, first to Santiago.

"Quick, withdraw."

The soldiers of the Netherlands had never obtained such a powerful warship as the Ming Dynasty, and they had already fled to Xiangyang.

When they heard the retreat order, they immediately turned the rudder to prepare to escape, but the sails had already been damaged by chain bombs and incendiary bombs of the Ming army, and the sail warship could not move without sails.

Zhang Huangyan saw that the Dutch wanted to run away, but their warships were disobedient and kept spinning in the sea. He couldn't help laughing:
"Haha, daring to fight against the Celestial Empire with a few broken ships is simply a dream, hitting them with firepower and sinking them."

"Yes"

"Rumble..."

More than 100 naval guns on the six ironclad warships of the Ming Dynasty fired almost simultaneously, and the burst bullets and solid bullets bombarded the four powerless warships in the Netherlands together.

"Boom bang bang..."

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(End of this chapter)