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Now it was the turn of the Dutch to shell them.

At this time, there are no big waves on the sea surface, and the posture of the ship is relatively stable, which is very conducive to shooting and aiming.

The Dutch sailors began to furl the sails to stabilize the ship, while the gunners aimed their guns at the sails and masts of Liang Yao's fleet, and then fired the cannons.

I have to admit that the crew of the Dutch East India Fleet cooperated very tacitly and executed orders very efficiently.

The first round of shelling by the Dutch was actually a chain bomb!

This was unexpected by many crew members of Liang Yao's fleet.

I saw hundreds of chain bombs spraying out from the muzzle, sweeping towards the white sails.

The sail that was hit was quickly torn by the Dutch chain bullets and was riddled with holes, leaking wind everywhere.

The power of the sailboat comes from the sail, which is the engine of the sailboat.

The purpose of the Dutch sailing is self-evident. They hope to damage the sails and even the masts of the Liang Yao fleet, paralyze their power system, and then get stuck in the shooting blind spot of these sailing ships that have lost their mobility, and use these sailing ships as Target ships, and then eat these sailing ships.

The gunners of the Dutch gunners were very skilled. After two rounds of shooting, the mast of a clipper ship was even directly interrupted by the Dutch.

The broken mast tore the cable like a big tree felled by a lumberjack and fell into the sea.

Liang Yao secretly rejoiced that his fleet had enough steam ships. The 4 main warships and 11 loach-class ships were all steam ships. This tactic of the Dutch was not effective for all ships in Liang Yao's fleet.

If Liang Yao led a pure sailing team at this time, the outcome might have been known.

The technical advantages also brought Liang Yao a higher fault tolerance rate.

The Dutch's maritime strength should not be underestimated. The crew of the colonial fleet all have such high tactical literacy.

Of course, the Dutch's bombardment was not easy. The Sacramento gun fired extremely fast, especially the naval gun mounted on Liang Yao's ship was a small 6-pound gun. Although the power was not good, the rate of fire was amazing.

For every round of bombardment by the Dutch, clipper boats and loach boats can often fire at least three rounds of bombardment.

Relying on the technical advantages of naval guns, Liang Yao's fleet still has a slight upper hand in the artillery battle with the Dutch East Indies fleet for the time being.

In the distance, the British Governor of Hong Kong, Wenham, watched the naval battle at the turn of the age of sail and the age of steam from afar.

The major newspapers in Europa rumored that the Sinop naval battle between the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Empire and the fleet of the Ottoman Empire, which broke out in the Black Sea last November, would be the last swan song of sailing warships.

The naval battle that is breaking out before his eyes is a rare duel between a new steam warship and an old-fashioned sail warship?
As the former rival of the British Empire, the Netherlands still has remarkable maritime strength.

Wenham was a little surprised that this emerging force rising on the west coast of the United States was able to fight back and forth with the East Indies Fleet of the Dutch and Indian colonial authorities.

Although Liang Yao's fleet performed well, in Wen Xian's view, they were just a bunch of rookies in naval warfare.

Liang Yao's fleet's organizational skills and tactical literacy are relatively low. If it weren't for having more steamships and gaining an advantage in technology, Liang Yao's fleet should probably be flying the white flag or fleeing. …

If the crew of the British Royal Navy were to fight this naval battle, the Dutch would not even be able to win the first round, let alone maintain an evenly matched situation with this fleet.

After all, Liang Yao's sea force lacked actual combat experience.

The most embarrassing thing at this time is the Guangdong navy and pirates who came to build momentum and support the scene.

They can't fight the Dutch in maneuvering, and they can't fight the guns even more.

In addition to the three Loach-class ships of the Guangdong Navy, whether the other small sampans older than Hong Mingxiang can withstand one or two rounds of shelling by the Dutch is another matter.

"Junmen, we are here to support the situation, there is no need to work hard."

The brutality of the naval battle has exceeded the imagination of the officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Navy. Hong Mingxiang's lieutenant Kang Enze suggested that Hong Mingxiang withdraw from the battlefield to preserve his strength.

"Withdraw a fart! Liang Yao still owes us 5 US dollars in the final payment! If we withdraw now, what face would I have to ask Liang Yao for the final payment later!
Before the pirates ran away, our officers and soldiers ran first. You can't afford to lose this man, but I can't afford to lose him!Anyone who dares to retreat will be shot on the spot! "

Hong Mingxiang picked up the Colt revolver on his waist and shouted.

"Guangdong navy listens to the order! All ships, move closer to the red-haired ghost's ship, prepare the hook and rope, and prepare to jump into battle! I haven't snatched the red-haired ghost's boat yet, so I will grab a red-haired ghost's boat today Open! The first climber will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver and thirty acres of paddy fields! Come with me!"

After speaking, Hong Mingxiang commanded the ships of the Guangdong Navy to rush towards the nearby Dutch ships.

Being able to hold a ship is the only thing that Hong Mingxiang can do for Liang Yao at present.

As for whether he can win, it depends on Liang Yao. After all, his Guangdong navy is just a supporting role.

Liang Yao is the protagonist of this naval battle.

When the pirates saw the Guangdong navy jumping into battle, they also bit the bullet and locked the armed merchant ships of the Dutch nearby, readying their hooks and locks to rush up to fight the Dutch.

It's not that they are too loyal, but that Liang Yao also owes them the final payment, and they are still waiting to find Liang Yao to settle the final payment after the war.

The sound of gunfire on the Java Sea was endless, and the smoke filled the air.

From the date when the Boldness fired its first shot, the two sides have engaged in a [-]-minute artillery battle.

The losses on both sides were not small. A fifth-tier sailing warship on the Dutch side was sunk, which is the only Dutch sailing warship sunk by Liang Yao's side so far.

This sunken sailing warship was exactly the Agamemnon that was paralyzed in place when the Roland broke through below the waterline at the beginning of the war, lost its maneuverability, and was paralyzed in place.

In addition to the Agamemnon, the Dutch side also sank two armed merchant ships.

On Liang Yao's side, a loach-class ship was sunk by the opponent's flagship Rotterdam, and one ship was penetrated below the waterline and was about to sink.

The losses of the clipper ships were even greater. The Dutch directly sank three clipper ships, and the masts of two clipper ships were beaten by the Dutch, leaving only one mast, which basically lost their source of power.

Three Dutch armed merchant ships were continuing to lay siege to the bombarders' two powerless clipper ships, which were only a matter of time before they sank.

Fortunately, Liang Yao's four main warships, because the hulls were covered with iron sheets, withstood multiple rounds of fire from the Dutch, did not suffer fatal injuries, and were able to continue fighting. …

As long as the four main warships can continue to fight, Liang Yao still has hope of victory.

Although Liang Yao could afford to lose this naval battle, he didn't want to lose.

Once he loses, he will no longer be able to organize a decent sea force in the short term to seize command of the sea in Southeast Asia and project his land power to the island of Borneo.

Once the Chinese resistance forces on Borneo were wiped out by the Dutch and Indian authorities, it would be very difficult for Liang Yao to get involved in the East Indies.

Although the exchange ratio was ugly and completely exceeded Liang Yao's expectations before the war, Liang Yao believed that the Dutch East India Fleet would not fight easily, and the casualties were not necessarily smaller than his own.

The artillery shells fired by Liang Yao's fleet are mainly explosive shells, which are more inclined to kill the enemy's vital force, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing the combat effectiveness of the enemy ship, rather than directly sinking the enemy ship.

Three to four hundred meters away, a fifth-tier sailing warship with a double-layer gun deck of the Dutch East India Fleet maneuvered to the shooting position, and exposed its belly to the Boldness. .

The gunnery of the Dutch gunners was very precise. The fifth-tier sailing warship that fired on the Boldness fired a total of 19 shots, and 19 of the 15 shots hit the side of the Boldness.

Fortunately, the sides of the Bold are wrapped in cast iron, and the exposed wooden hull area is very small.

Most of the shells fired by the guns of the fifth-tier sailing warship hit the bold's cast iron armor, and did not cause much damage to the brave.

The co-gunner on the Boldness quickly responded, and the three 76mm sub-guns quickly fired a torrential rain of metal bullets at the double-deck sailing battleship with its belly exposed.

The side of the fifth-tier ship was quickly punched out by the three secondary guns on the Daredevil along the gun window with a diameter of more than one meter.

"What are you doing for the gun window! Show your belly and hit the waterline! Hit the waterline! You idiots!"

The gunner quickly ran over from the revolving platform of the main gun, and slammed the shoulder of a secondary gunner with the scabbard of his saber.

Seeing them miss the opportunity to shoot the enemy ship below the waterline and call the second gunners stupid.

The opponent exposed the hull below the waterline, and these raw melon eggs did not directly hit the opponent's hull below the waterline, but hit the gunner inside the opponent's gun window.
As long as the opponent's hull below the waterline is pierced, the opponent's ship will lose its maneuverability for at least a short period of time, and it will have to dispatch personnel to pump water to block the water. At that time, the opponent's firepower will be much weaker and it will become a living target.

Such a simple truth, these melon eggs can't figure it out.

The gunner was pissed off by the behavior of these deputy gunners, but now is not the time to be angry.

Even though the sails were lowered, the enemy ship speeded up and wanted to slip away, escaping from the bold's range.

However, the naval guns of the Boldness were all installed on movable swivel platforms, and the gunner hurriedly directed the deputy gunner to aim directly below the opponent's waterline and fire directly.

The trajectory of the Sacramento gun is straight, and the distance of three to four hundred meters basically refers to where to hit.

The three secondary guns quickly smashed three holes the size of a sea bowl below the waterline of the enemy ship.

These deputy gunners could vaguely hear the shouts from the enemy ship.

The loaders of the secondary guns quickly finished loading and prepared for the second round of firing.

However, the psychological quality of the crew of the enemy ship was so strong that they were able to calmly manipulate the sails and control the rudder to quickly leave the range of the Boldness when the ship was leaking.

Seeing this, Lin Sen, the captain of the Bold, did not rashly order to pursue, but just let the gunner of the tail gun shoot at the fleeing enemy ship.

The rotation angle of the secondary guns of the Bold is only 135°, but the two main guns at the bow and stern can rotate 360°, and there is basically no shooting blind spot.

Therefore, although the enemy ship, the sneak attacking enemy ship, escaped from the firing range of the Boldness's secondary guns, it did not pull out the firing range of the main guns.The main guns on the Audacious can still hit it.