Cutting 1719

Chapter 599

When the Dutch mercenaries were gradually fleeing in embarrassment, the governor of Batavia, Vizos, had a gloomy look on his face. Ning Chu's sudden declaration of war caught him by surprise.

Obviously, the anti-China incident promoted by Wei Zuos this time gave Ning Chu an excellent reason, and their reactions also showed a problem, that is, the other party had grasped Wei Zuos' intentions a long time ago, and also Prepared early, otherwise it would be impossible to rush all the way from Guangzhou to Batavia in such a short time.

Although De Vries has led all the naval warships stationed in Batavia to attack, in the heart of Governor Vizos, there is always some deep anxiety. This anxiety also comes from the worry about fighting at sea, because this The dispatch of the Ningchu Navy was really too confident.

The other party didn't seem to have considered the issue of failure at all. Not only did they bring a large number of warships to Batavia, but there was even a huge transport ship behind the fleet. Obviously, all of them were army soldiers who needed to log in. If it weren't for their confident Why, how dare you take such a risk?

But what made Vizos mad the most was that he didn't know the source of the other party's self-confidence, as if they had already determined him, but he couldn't come up with countermeasures.

However, at this moment, Liu Rulong broke into the governor's mansion with a look of panic on his face. He knelt down in front of Weizos with a pale expression, and stammered in Dutch: "Defeated, defeated!"

"What? Didn't I tell you to just go and see? What's the deal?"

When Wei Zuosi was in an extremely bad mood, seeing Liu Rulong's appearance, he felt a little uncomfortable, and he gave Liu Rulong a cold look, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Liu Rulong wiped the cold sweat off his forehead involuntarily, and said in a low voice: "My lord governor, didn't you ask me to supervise the battle, but when I went to supervise the battle, I fought well at first, but for some reason, I suddenly lost up"

It turned out that when Huang Chu led the uprising, because Liu Rulong hated Huang Chu deeply in his heart, he took the initiative to ask Wei Zuosi for an errand, asking to go to supervise the battle, so as to prevent Huang Chu, the leader of the bandit who made trouble, from escaping, but Unexpectedly, not long after he went to supervise the battle, he caught up with the scene of the counterattack of the rebel army. Not only did the Dutch mercenaries collapse directly, but he was almost caught by Huang Chu himself.

But even if Liu Rulong fled back to Batavia, his heart was still cold at this time, because the Dutchman, whom he had always regarded as his master, was actually only superficially glamorous, and was pierced by the rebel army with a light poke. This made Liu Rulong feel deep fear, because once Batavia fell into the hands of the Chinese, not only he, a traitor, would not be able to survive, but even the Liu family, big and small, would not be able to survive.

You must know that Chinese people hate traitors the most, even if they deal with the Dutch, they will not be more cruel than traitors.

At this time, Liu Rulong hurried to the Governor's Mansion. On the one hand, he expressed his loyalty to Wei Zuos and reported the situation of the war. On the other hand, he also wanted to find out if Wei Zuos had any way out. Just run together.

However, when Liu Rulong stammered and finished the whole process, Vizos was a little confused. He knew that the Dutch mercenaries were not strong in combat, but they were an army after all, used to deal with the so-called The rebel army was as easy as stretching out their fingers to crush an ant to death, but the result now is that the rebel army has changed from an ant to a big tiger, killing the Dutch mercenary at once.

However, Vizos didn't really believe in the Chinese in front of him. He quickly sent his confidants to check and found that all the Dutch mercenaries had fled to Batavia. result.

"It seems that behind this uprising army, there should be the shadow of Chu's army. This uprising was indeed premeditated."

Wei Zuos did not reflect on his own policy issues at all, but subconsciously thought that Ning Chu was playing tricks behind his back. He slapped his palm on the table and said with a sneer, "If I had known that these damned pigs had such thoughts, We should kill them all sooner!"

"That's right, Governor, right now we should send troops to kill those rebels outside the city!"

Liu Rulong hurriedly urged him aside, he didn't care that he became a member of the pigs, after all, after the fall of Batavia city, he might not even have the qualifications to be a pigs.

Although Vizos spoke aggressively, he was more or less hesitant at this time. After all, the real Dutch army in Batavia only had 500 people. It was naturally enough to guard Batavia, but once they left the city To pacify the chaos, Batavia will truly become an empty city. What if the city's defense fails?
"Let me think first, think first"

Above the blue waves, there are many sails. At this time, the Chu fleet and the Dutch fleet have finally come to a very close distance. In this era, it is the real mainstream method of warfare.

"Boom--"

A series of artillery roars sounded quickly, and the tactics of the four third-tier battleships of the Dachu Fleet were very appropriate. They wedged into the formation of the Dutch fleet almost arbitrarily, and took advantage of the advantage of the windward position to use the battleship's side. The artillery launched an attack on several third-tier battleships of the Dutch fleet first.

At such a close distance, although most of the projectiles fired by the Dachu battleship fell into the sea water, a few projectiles still hit the Dutch Navy fleet, and three of the third-tier ships were hit by solid projectiles. , A large number of wood fragments flew up and down with the projectiles, creating patches of blood mist on the battleship.

As I said before, naval operations in this era will be severely restricted by wind direction and ocean currents. In particular, it is difficult for warships in the downwind position to adjust in time, so it is easy to become a living target for warships in the upwind position. The intention of gaining the upper hand was perfectly realized, but it caught the Dutch fleet by surprise.

Looking at the few projectiles that had already hit, Qiu Ze couldn't help but applaud loudly at this time. Although these few projectiles can't decide anything, and they didn't even cause a serious blow to those third-tier ships, they still have great impact on the navy. The morale of the soldiers was a great encouragement.

"Meet the brave to win on the narrow road!"

Qiu Ze read silently. This sentence was originally said by Ning Yu before the army. After listening to it, everyone found it very inspiring and didn't think too much about it. But for Qiu Ze who was involved in this matter, he felt that this This sentence is very suitable for naval battles, because at this time when fighting at sea, you can't escape quickly because of the wind, and you can only fight with courage at this time.

When the four leading ships Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Jingyuan rushed into the Dutch fleet, dozens of other warships also passed through the pungent smoke and fired at the Dutch warships. They are some traditional warships, so although there are a large number of them, their firepower is not intensive enough.

Fortunately, in the Dutch fleet at this time, there were only nine third-tier warships, and the remaining more than 40 warships were armed merchant ships, and their firepower was not particularly fierce, so they did not put too much pressure on the Da Chu Navy fleet.

As time went on, a large amount of artillery fire poured out crazily as the distance between the two sides continued to narrow. From time to time, a large number of warships were sunk under a large number of projectiles. However, for the main third-level warships of both sides, the firepower is not enough. Sinking them will gradually affect their combat effectiveness.

For the Dutch fleet commander at this time, De Vries, his current flagship, the Batavia, has become the target of the Great Chu Navy. There are only two third-class warships, Laiyuan and Zhiyuan, of the Great Chu Fleet. The Batavia is being besieged frantically, and being besieged by two Tier [-] warships, the Batavia has already begun to become scarred.

"The tactics seem to be very simple, but the degree of proficiency in cooperation also makes this tactic effective enough. At least without the command of the flagship, it is difficult for our other warships to exert their due power."

De Vries couldn't help feeling a little headache. He glanced at the six third-tier sailing warships rushing ahead, and at the more than 100 Chinese warships besieged on the flanks, and quickly made up his mind.

"Raise the signal flag! Order other warships to besiege the opponent's sailing warships with all their strength. You can choose to jump overboard to fight. As long as these six sailing warships are cleaned up, we can slowly clean up the remaining more than 100 old warships!"

In fact, in the eyes of the Dutch, they only care about the six western-style third-tier warships, but they don’t worry about the large number of traditional Chinese warships—the naval battle with Ming Zheng’s fleet in Taiwan has already happened. It is enough to prove that Zheng Chenggong, who owned more than 60 Chinese-style warships, could not even take down the four armed merchant ships of the Dutch, and he himself suffered extremely heavy losses.

De Vries' thoughts right now are very simple, don't you expect to use six third-tier warships to hold back our main force?Well, I will directly kill your six third-tier warships first, then your remaining more than 100 old warships will not pose any threat, and they can be completely wiped out calmly and completely by then.

As the signal flag on the Batavia was raised, other Dutch warships also began to adjust their positions in an orderly manner. A total of nine third-tier warships were too rich, and relying on these warships alone was enough to completely overwhelm them. The big Chu warships in front of them were completely wiped out, just like the pirates they had dealt with in the past.

That's right, in front of the dreadfully experienced Dutch navy, the opponents they can really look up to are nothing more than the navies of Britain and France. A jerky novice like the Dachu navy is different from the "pirates" they encountered in the past. "It doesn't seem to make a difference.

Soon, when the old and cunning Dutch warships began to gradually adjust their formation, the advantages that the Dachu Navy had at the beginning began to slowly disappear, and the advantages of the Dutch fleet began to become clear. Almost all of the nine third-tier warships At the beginning, they found a suitable target and launched a siege, and the Batavia, the flagship of the Dutch Navy, slowly got rid of the siege, and began to demonstrate the power of its gunnery with ease.

If the naval battle continues along this change, then it will never be dark, and the Dachu Navy will be completely defeated. I am afraid that all warships will not be able to escape the sinking of the battle.

The Dutch fleet used their own strength to prove one point. In the era of the sailing fleet, they were still the strongest in the ocean. No matter how many challengers there were, it seemed difficult to completely overthrow the empire that had been firmly established for more than 100 years.

Qiu Ze's expression gradually became serious. He understood his current situation, but he did not panic, but directly issued an order, and saw a red signal flag slowly rising from the Dingyuan.

And on the battleships that were fighting at this time, all the battleship leaders who saw this flag information suddenly shuddered all over their bodies. They knew the meaning of this order-all warships in the fleet immediately moved towards the enemy. ships, even old warships.

Don't say that there are heavy casualties, as long as the battle is not sunk, you can only rush forward!

When this order, which was almost equivalent to death, was issued, the Dingyuan ship rushed to the front with other launching warships, and like a sharp arrow, it slammed into the Dutch fleet, and then the other warships were divided into two groups. The two wings cut into the Dutch battleship that was downwind from the flanks.

"Our generation is in this battle, there is no retreat, there is death but no life!"

As the belt of the Zhenyuan ship, Deng Yunfang pulled out the navy sword she was wearing on her waist. The snow-white blade reflected faces in the sun. Those were the big Chu who was standing on the Zhenyuan ship at this time. The officers and soldiers of the navy, they also had resolute faces at this time, and they stood firmly in their positions without wavering in the slightest.

In just a moment, all the battleships have almost rushed over. In the rippling blue waves, whether it is the formation of the Chu Navy or the Dutch Navy, they have been completely disrupted, and a melee visible to the naked eye is about to break out .

"What are they doing? Suicide?"

De Vries couldn't help laughing, what's the use of using these old warships to launch a death attack?The number of their artillery is limited, and they are all in a dispersed state. Even if they rush in, they cannot pose any threat to the Dutch warships.

As long as the six sailing warships are dealt with, these seemingly heroic old-fashioned warships are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

De Vries didn't care at all, he just watched the magnificent naval battle in front of him quietly, the outcome had already been decided, and the rest was just the futile resistance of the enemy, just like a mouse under the cat's paw, no matter what No struggle can escape the fate of death.

It's just that De Vries is slightly regretful that at this moment, there is one less artist who can record the picture in front of him, so that the reputation of Lord De Vries can be passed on.

(End of this chapter)