Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 707 The Wrath of the Inner Ghost (Please Subscribe!)

Relying on the high defense of the hull, the large galley of the Ming Dynasty actually took advantage of the opportunity of the Malayan speedboat and the Dutch galley to fight with each other, and launched a full-speed charge.

They rushed directly through the second Dutch blockade line, and pounced on five Dutch third-tier battleships!
To capture the thief, first capture the king, and beat the big one first.

In the absence of wind, the five third-tier battleships nestled in the strait had no maneuverability at all at this time.

Since humans entered the sea, natural wind power has been the main driving force for ships to sail. Wind power can theoretically allow ships to have unlimited endurance. Therefore, even in the classical era, navigators were able to complete great voyages.

However, the disadvantage of sail power is also quite obvious, that is, the sailing of the ship is heavily dependent on the wind force and direction at sea. Once the sea surface enters a calm state, the ship will stand still, and it is a big test for sailors in bad weather.

In the age of great voyages, many adventurers encountered danger because they were not familiar with the wind direction and climate in tropical areas.

This is why sailing ships were quickly eliminated after steam ships appeared.

The steaming process of Daming’s warships is relatively slow, because Daming built too many sailing warships in the past few years (the Anping Armory is too powerful), and they were eliminated so quickly, Zhu Kezang felt distressed.

However, Daming's first steam ironclad ship is expected to appear in a few years.

Back in the Great Strait, the current Dutch third-tier sailing battleships can only be towed by galleys.

Facing the fifteen large galleys of the Daming Maritime Merchant that swooped over, they had no choice but to fight back with artillery fire.

As for the Daming Maritime Merchant, the main firepower of their galleys is not shells, but ten rocket launchers!

A salvo of fifteen galleys can fire 150 rockets.

However, Daming Marine Merchant did not open fire immediately, but used the close-in shooting tactics of queuing up and shooting, and under the cover of night, approached against the constant shells!

Although three or four galleys were hit, none of them hit the vital point-now the ten ships are facing the enemy at the bow, so the oarsman's deck is not easy to be hit, and only the rocket turret at the bow is considered to be the key.

In order to keep this vital point, the folk sailors on Daming's side also built sandbags in front of the fort.

Even if it is directly hit by an explosive shell, it can keep the rocket launcher without any problems.

The professionalism of these sailors is very high, after all, they used to be pirates.

The captain of the Ming Marine Corps, who was swimming in the sea before, also boarded these galleys.

Since the Dutch were unable to cause fatal damage to them, the captain of the Marine Corps, who was in charge of commanding the Daming Maritime Merchant, became more courageous.

"Captain, are you still not firing?"

"What's the hurry, our rockets are easy to be inaccurate, and if we are unlucky, we will fry fish. Isn't this a waste of silver dollars from the treasury?"

Then the captain lowered his voice and said to his deputy: "Anyway, it's not a navy ship, so it can be a little rough!"

Therefore, he held back the order to fire and delayed until the fifteen galleys were about to collide with the enemy ship, and then he asked his deputy to fire a "fire" signal flare into the sky.

As the saying goes, with a cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet each other, and when they see the signal, all ships open fire quickly!
Nearly 150 rockets soared into the sky, uttering strange screams of "Jie Jie Jie", and flew towards the Dutch third-class warship more than a hundred steps away.

This scene looked much scarier than the salvo of the Dutch battleships!

Bentinck in the distance stared blankly!
Because the Qing Mongol Empire sold a total of one hundred magic rockets to the Eight-Power Allied Forces!

He also allocated ten to the Dutch as secret weapons.

The folk pirates of the Ming Dynasty saw more than a hundred of them in one volley.

How to fight this!

The third-tier battleships without wind power are floating targets, and each of them has been covered by the firepower of thirty rockets!
The rockets made of these smokeless gunpowder are amazingly destructive, and some of them directly penetrate the weak points of the ship's plank and penetrate into the battleship.

Some stuck to the thick oak baffle, and after a while, one after another exploded.

"Reload and fire them another volley!"

One wave after another, this time, the Dutch warship was in great trouble, and fireballs shot out one after another on the ship!

These five third-tier warships were turned into Muggles by two rounds of rockets, three of them completely lost their combat effectiveness, and two were still alive.

One by one, the Dutch sailors dived to escape.

Three kilometers away from the battlefield, the Ming Royal Navy led by Liu Guoxuan was watching a play.

Liu Guoxuan and his grandson Liu Junqing are observing the battlefield with high-powered binoculars.

"My lord admiral, let me tell you, without the intervention of the Royal Navy, our maritime merchants can conquer the whole world!"

Liu Junqing's strategy was successful, and he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed in front of his grandfather Liu Guoxuan.

"After all, it's not that the firearms developed by His Majesty are easy to use!"

Liu Guoxuan looked at his grandson with eyes full of admiration, but he still didn't admit it.

"Master Admiral, Your Majesty said that a good weapon requires a good user!"

"Also learned to talk back!"

Liu Guoxuan couldn't help but tapped his head.

Daming's father is kind and grandson filial piety, but the Dutch side is uncomfortable.

"It's over! It's over!"

Losing three three-piece battleships at once, the heart of Governor Kanfezis on the other side was almost broken.

Although the Dutch East India Company has many ships, there are not many third-tier warships!

There are only eight ships in total, and the others are weak Tier [-] warships.

The remaining two warships must be rescued, otherwise the Netherlands will not have to hang out in Asia.

Thinking of this, he ordered loudly: "Quickly, quickly order the galley warships of all countries to go to the west side of the Great Strait for support. We must repel the evil."

Halfway through his words, he froze!

Because he found that the British second-tier battleship Madras and other third-tier and fourth-tier battleships were moving to the north of the strait!
The British borne the brunt, followed by Spain, Portugal, and France.

The relationship between these four countries and the Netherlands is very average, and they often fight. Selling teammates at this time is simply normal.

Canfezis looked at the fleeing ships. They were dragged by the galleys of their respective countries and fled northward across the strait!
An angry Canfezis rushed down to the position of British Governor Thomas and grabbed him by the collar.

"Damn guy, are you playing tricks?"

"Shameless Dutch, I have been put under house arrest by you and you have wronged me. You have to know that the people on the Madras are authentic British people, unlike some people who sell their country in the name of the UK, and the UK is not in the country. Within the scope of the sanction order of the Ming Empire, why die with you Netherlands!"

Thomas was also angry. Although he was an insider, he was also very wronged. He was somehow tied to a warship by them.

So what he said meant something, and Bentinck, who was on the other side of the yin and yang, stayed out of the matter.

Bentinck, the commander-in-chief of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, pretended not to hear. He is now thinking: How to cut off from the Netherlands, and then run away on a galley!
(End of this chapter)