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Chapter 711 Super Era Warship Crushed
At a distance of 24 meters, the 12-pound gun and 24-pound gun equipped by the Constitution fired quickly at a horizontal angle of fire!The solid shells fired by the 5-pound guns can penetrate [-] feet thick oak!The howling shells fell on the hull of the Dutch armed merchant ship and smashed holes one by one!The solid bullets remained undiminished, smashing the sailors in the cabin into meat paste!
The white smoke gradually dissipated, and the Dutch armed merchant ship suffered a lot of damage under the shelling of the USS Constitution. One of the artillery misfired, and more than ten sailors died in the shelling!

"No...impossible, I clearly saw a shell hit their hull, why didn't it hurt at all!" A gunner yelled in surprise, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

Just now, the two sides shelled each other at a distance of [-] meters, and the hit rate was very low, but the armed merchant ship was hit twice, and the Constitution was hit once.It's just that the solid bullets from the Dutch hit the oak hull of the Constitution at a distance of [-] meters, but they couldn't cause substantial damage. They only left cracks on it and fell into the water.From a distance, it looks like the USS Constitution is intact!

"Is this giant ship an ironclad ship?!" The Dutch gunner became suspicious.

If the opponent is really an ironclad ship, and the speed is faster than them, how can we continue to fight!
"Don't be in a daze, continue to load gunpowder and shells!" The captain of the armed merchant ship of the Netherlands was also horrified that his artillery was ineffective against the huge warship of the Kyushu Army, but artillery was their only means of dealing with the Kyushu Army at present, and he could not get close Constitution melee?Regardless of the number of soldiers on the Constitution far more than the armed merchant ships, if they are caught up by the main force of the Kyushu Army fleet behind them in close combat, then they really don't want to escape.

Under the yelling of the captain, the surprised artilleryman continued to load the shells.

The captain waited anxiously for the gunners to load the guns, and it usually took them two minutes to organize a shot.

However, he was horrified to find that the Constitution had already loaded the ammunition in 1 minute.

boom! ! !The Constitution's artillery roared again while the Dutch gunners were busy loading shells, and the hull shook!
White smoke filled the air, and although the armed merchant ship was still facing off parallel to the Constitution, it was hit by two solid bullets.

The confidence of the captain of the armed merchant ship was about to collapse. He found that not only could his artillery not seriously damage the Constitution, but even the gunners were inexplicably slower than theirs in loading shells. The opponent could fire a salvo in just one minute!
The USS Constitution only fired three rounds of shelling on the armed merchant ship, and the hull passed the armed merchant ship because of its speed, and opened fire with the Dutch warship in front of the armed merchant ship!After the Constitution passed, the sail cruiser behind the Constitution replaced the Constitution and began to harvest armed merchant ships.Not only the Constitution, but the three sail cruisers led by the Constitution have also been summoned since the beginning of the 19th century. match.

Fighting broke out in the rear of the column, and Cohen, who was at the forefront, was like an ant on a hot pot.Now the entire fleet is sailing southeast, in the formation of two columns, and his warship in front cannot turn around.

"Slightly reduce the speed of the ship, let the lower column surpass us, become the upper column, and pinch them!" Cohen could only mobilize another column to cross from the front, so that the two columns could flank the Constitution formation from left to right.

The Dutch fleet was divided into two columns, while the Kyushu Army had three formations, all of which pursued in columns. Only one formation, the Constitution, carried out sea assaults with its superior mobility.The two sides pursued for an hour in the waters of Java.

The Dutch armed merchant ship that was hit first has been crushed by the following sail cruiser.The Dutch armed merchant ship that had slowed down was overtaken by the Victory and Poseidon formations behind, and was bombarded again. It was instantly swallowed by hundreds of shells and buried on the bottom of the sea.The Dutch sailors who fell into the water were estimated to have narrowly escaped death, because after some pursuit, they are now in the middle of the Java Sea, far away from the island.

The Victory Formation and Poseidon Formation were busy chasing the East India Company fleet ahead, and neither was in the mood to capture them.They could only hope for a merchant ship that might pass by.

More than 30 warships continued to chase in the waters of Java. After a series of tactical adjustments by the Dutch, the two columns finally pinched the Constitution formation in the middle.The warships of the two columns bombarded the formation of the USS Constitution at the same time, which turned into an artillery battle between three parallel lines.

Relying on its head iron, the Constitution was not afraid or retreated, but fired at the Dutch warships on the left and right at the same time!The four sail cruisers were sandwiched between two columns and nearly 20 Dutch warships in the middle sea area. There were no fancy tactics, just using fierce artillery!
The two Dutch battleship columns stretched out for a long time, and not all warships were able to attack the Constitution formation. In fact, less than ten warships were shelling each other with the four cruisers of the Constitution formation. The artillery on both sides can fire, as long as the opponent can't destroy it, it has the confidence to destroy the opponent!
The captains of the Dutch warships sandwiched the Constitution formation and kept bombarding the Constitution formation with cannons, but they were still unable to seriously damage them, and the captains stomped their feet in a hurry.

They found that the ten warships fired at the same time, which was not as powerful as the four opponents' warships. The artillery on the left and right sides of the four opponents' warships could fire, and the speed of loading gunpowder and shells was twice as fast as theirs. The ship is actually equivalent to sixteen Dutch warships fighting them!This is not counting the difference in the quality of the opponent's artillery!
During the chase, two Dutch warships were wiped out by the Constitution formation one after another. As long as their rudders or masts were destroyed by the Constitution formation's shells, once their speed slowed down, it would mean death.The formations of Victory and Poseidon, who are eyeing behind, will harvest the damaged single ships.

"My lord, three of our ships were damaged and destroyed by the enemy ships behind!" The sailors on the Orange reported the loss of the column to Cohen.

Cohen's eyes were full of despair. More than 20 warships sandwiched four enemy ships and bombarded each other for most of the day. They couldn't seriously damage one of the opponent's ships, but were killed by the opponent's three ships.The most depressing thing is that you can't escape, you can't fight, and it's useless to try to fight.

"Retreat to Batavia and stop them with the fort." Cohen said wearily. He could only hope that Batavia's fort could stop this terrifying fleet.

(End of this chapter)