Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 480 Bloody Battle ([-])

As the saying goes: There is no book without a coincidence.There are always many coincidences in this world. In fact, only [-] rounds of shelling from the "Yanming" hit the "Rotterdam", and more than half of the shells hit the empty space. There was not much to gain, even the shells that hit it were nothing more than drilling a dozen bowl-sized holes in the huge hull of the "Rotterdam", killing and wounding a dozen Dutch sailors, that's all. As for the six shells hit by the "Yanhe" which was immediately behind the "Yanming", they did not achieve much results. They only made a few holes in the "Rotterdam", but they fired at the end. Because the "Shenglong" was relatively far away from the "Rotterdam", it had to raise its muzzle and took the form of projectiles. It only hit two shots on the "Rotterdam", one of which was hit on the rear deck. A shallow crater was blown in the thick deck of the "Rotterdam" without even penetrating the deck, and another hit shell hit a transom on the "Rotterdam" without any coincidence, knocking out a sidesail down.

The sidesail fell as soon as it fell, and it didn't have much impact on the "Rotterdam" which had nearly ten sets of sidesails. Admiral Lites Leiming, commander-in-chief of the Dutch Far East Fleet, beat Admiral Leiming's head so bloody that he fell into a coma. The officers and soldiers of the "Rotterdam" were so busy Wandering around the commander of his family, first aid, first aid, yelling, completely forgetting that we are on the battlefield at this moment.Without a unified command, the Dutch fleet suddenly became a little at a loss. The artillery fire of each ship did not stop, but the coordination between the ships was much worse. They fired indiscriminately, even though they also hit the death fleet of the Qing army. A lot of shells were fired, but they did not achieve the goal of immediately annihilating the death fleet of the Qing army. They also forgot that the main task of the fleet at this time was to attack the main fleet of the Qing army that was being adjusted. The battleships fought.

Although the Dutch fleet has no unified command, the number of artillery is dozens of times that of the Qing army's death fleet. The "Shengwei", which was badly damaged and extremely slow, could not even survive a round of shelling, and was beaten up by three Dutch second-class warships. The whole ship caught fire and turned over. , the whole ship turned upside down, sank to the bottom of the sea after bouncing a few times on the sea surface, and more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the whole ship died with the ship, and none survived.The next thing to suffer was the "Yanhe", which was unscathed by the first round of bombardment by the Dutch army, and was crushed by the "Dutchman" and a second-class warship named "Golden Tulip". After one pass, the ship's side of the "Yanhe" was pierced with hundreds of holes, and a fire broke out on the ship. What's more terrible was that a shell fired from the "Golden Tulip" just penetrated the lower deck of the ship. , fell into the cabin where the gunpowder packs were placed in the bilge, and after a huge explosion, the huge hull of the "Yanhe" was literally blown into two pieces, and sank to the bottom before even a signal was sent out. Except for a dozen of Yu officers and soldiers who escaped by chance and were ups and downs on the sea, all the rest died.

Although the "Yanming" was hit by another five or six shells, it was not seriously damaged on the whole. It kept biting the side of the "Rotterdam" and kept firing at the "Rotterdam". After three rounds of artillery battle, It also hit the "Rotterdam" with more than [-] shells, and set the "Rotterdam" on fire in many places, which made the "Rotterdam" even more chaotic because the fleet commander was in a coma.The luck of the "Vielong" was good this time. After three rounds of artillery battle, it only hit two shots, and they were all hit in places where there was no one. Except for two holes left on the side, There was no real damage. At this time, seeing that two of the four ships of our side had sunk in battle, the "Vielong" did not turn around and escape. Instead, it accelerated the speed of the ship and caught up with the "Rotterdam". The "Yanhe", which was in full swing, also aimed a dozen artillery pieces on the side of the "Rotterdam" and attacked continuously.

Compared with the huge hull of the "Rotterdam", the combination of the "Yanming" and the "Veyron", which are almost stern to the bow, are not as long as the hull of the "Rotterdam". The total number of artillery pieces is only two-thirds of that of the "Rotterdam". However, in the battle, the two warships of the Qing army not only did not lose, but instead beat the "Rotterdam" into a mess. In addition to being faster than the "Rotterdam", what is more important is that the training level and ability of the officers and soldiers of the Qing army is much higher than that of the Dutch army that has not fought for a long time-the Qing army can launch once every 2 minutes, while the Dutch army The Chinese army can only fire once every 4 to 5 minutes, and the gap is obvious. In addition, since the two ships of the Qing army are very close at this time, except for the "Rotterdam", the warships of the Qing army can be attacked. Only the two warships "Dutchman" and "Solomon" were left. Due to the distance and the absence of the unified command of Admiral Lei Ming, the other Dutch warships were in the middle of such fierce artillery battles. As a spectator, it can be seen that the training level and adaptability of the Dutch army are not good enough.

The artillery battle at that end was still going on vigorously, and the main fleet of the Qing army had already completed its formation adjustment. Xiao Sanlang, who was angered by the sneak attack of the Dutch fleet, was not fighting on the deck at this moment, but climbed up the tall mast. Standing next to the lookout post, a pair of eagle eyes stared at the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke and the sound of cannons not far away, and the fire in his heart was surging, especially when he saw the "Yanhe" and "Shenghe". Xiao Sanlang's complexion was already as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Decree: The supply ship stays, the whole army obeys the order, head southwest, advance at full speed, be sure to cut off the Dutch army at the waist, and wipe out the Dutch army in one fell swoop!" Xiao Sanlang clenched his teeth viciously, and squeezed out from between his teeth. After a series of orders, with the wave of the signal flag in the hands of the signal soldiers, the Qing warships, which had already been divided into two columns, immediately sailed with full sail, made a circle on the sea, and seized the upperwind course, like two sharp knives He rushed straight to the battlefield.

At the same time when the main force fleet of the Qing army launched an attack, Admiral Lei Ming finally woke up from his coma. He was supported by a group of Dutch officers and soldiers and just stood up straight. The lookout post on the mast of the "Rotterdam" let out a desperate scream: "Southwest, ninety degrees, the Qing fleet is coming!"

"What?" Admiral Lei Ming was in a hurry, and he pushed away the officers and soldiers of the Dutch army surrounding him, regardless of the fierce battle between the "Yanming" and "Vailong" and the "Rotterdam" at the moment, he took out his binoculars and boarded. On the small platform under the upper mast, without even using the binoculars, I caught sight of the two fleets of the Qing army rushing towards me at a glance. I panicked, and my tall body shook violently. If it wasn't for the support of the adjutant beside me Lei Ming boarded Yizhun and fell to the ground.

"It's too late! It's too late!" Admiral Lei Ming felt desolate, muttered a few words in his mouth, suddenly raised the volume, and ordered in a loud voice: "The whole fleet is ordered: the 'Dutchman' will take over from this ship. The ship is the flagship, and the 'Rotterdam', 'Golden Tulip', and 'Solomon' stay behind to cover the entire fleet, and the rest of the ships turn to sixty degrees, sail at full sail, and retreat to Batavia!" After the admiral's order was issued, all the ships of the Dutch army turned around one after another, hoisted their full sails, and tried to escape the way they came, and the battlefield suddenly became chaotic.

How can the actions of the Dutch army be concealed from Xiao Sanlang who lives on the tall mast of the "Weihai"? Seeing the clumsy steering movement of the Dutch army, Xiao Sanlang's face twitched and he sneered. The Qing Fleet lined up in column drove at high speed and killed the already chaotic Dutch army array. Most likely, the two large warships "Weixiu" and "Wei Nan" who took the lead in the charge rushed into it. After the formation of the Dutch army, bright flames erupted from the black hole muzzles in the portholes on both sides of the two warships, and hundreds of shells whizzed out in bursts of roaring sounds, and the generals were turning around. The Dutch fleet was defeated.The first unlucky one was the "Poseidon" of the Dutch army. This poor second-class battleship was shot into a huge torch by the half-solid shells of the "Vieshow" and the artillery configuration of ordinary flower shells. There were flames all over the ship from the bow to the stern, and groups of officers and soldiers of the Dutch army with flames on their bodies jumped into the sea desperately like dumplings. No one thought about putting out the fire on the ship at all; It was even more unlucky to hit the "Sparta" at close range. The side of the entire ship was full of holes, and more than [-] shells were shot up and down the waterline, and the sea water poured into the "Sparta" The huge "Sparta" just swayed on the sea surface for a while, then turned over, bounced a few times, and sank to the bottom of the sea like a stone.

The result of scrambling to escape was that no one could escape. The Dutch fleet, which was eager to escape, had no time to sail at full sail and was divided into three sections by the main fleet of the Qing army. It became a ball, and even the courage to fire and counterattack disappeared.The "Rotterdam", which was entangled with the "Yanming" and "Shenglong", was already on fire at this time. Amidst the billowing smoke, Admiral Lei Ming looked up to the sky with a long sigh, and a pair of old eyes flowed out. She shed two lines of turbid tears, waved his hands and said, "Hang up the white flag, surrender!"

"Master Xiao, look quickly, the red-haired ghost has hoisted the white flag." The signalman on the mast of the "Weihai" saw the white flag hoisted on the "Rotterdam", and immediately shouted excitedly.

"Hey, happy!" Xiao Sanlang smiled joyfully on his ashen face, glanced at the white flag on the "Rotterdam", and ordered loudly: "Order: All ships cease fire immediately and clean up the battlefield. Anyone who dares to escape from the battlefield The enemy ships are all sunk, and all ships pay attention to searching for the officers and men of the 'Yanhe' and 'Shengwei' who fell into the water."

The Dutch fleet, which was rushing around, saw the white flag hoisted on the "Rotterdam". The officers and soldiers of the Dutch army stopped resisting and stood silently on the deck of the ship waiting for the Qing army to take over. The sea encounter came to an end. The Qing army sank a medium-sized warship and a small warship as the price. The Batavia fleet of the Dutch army was completely wiped out, and even Admiral Lei Ming, commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet, became a prisoner of the Qing army.

The Qing fleet disarmed all the officers and soldiers on the Dutch warships. Except for some sailors who were left to drive the captured warships under the supervision of the Qing army officers and soldiers, all the officers and soldiers of the other Dutch warships were concentrated and detained in the unloaded ship. The "Rotterdam" and "Dutchman" who had gone to the artillery, escorted by the Qing army warships, headed towards Batavia in a mighty way...

The two second-tier battleships and three cruisers of the Dutch Batakan Squadron failed to catch up with the melee. They saw the powerful fleet lineup of the Qing army from a distance on the way, and they didn't even have the courage to fight, so they fled back quickly. In the port of Batavia, the Dutch Governor Glinka was informed of the annihilation of the main force of the Dutch fleet.The Dutch officials, who were gathering at the Governor's Mansion to wait for the good news, were in a mess when they heard the news that the main force of their own fleet had been wiped out. Facing the surging Qing fleet, the Dutch army was in chaos. The entire governor's mansion became a quarrel, not knowing whether to fight or send someone to sue for peace.

"Be quiet, be quiet!" The fat on Glinka's face was shaking up and down, and he yelled for a long time before suppressing everyone's chatter. Davia Army Commander Lieutenant General Shaw Van Trish asked: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, can your people hold the port?"

"Your Excellency, Governor, it depends on whether the Qing army will be so stupid as to rush to die in front of our army's fort. To be honest, if the Qing army attacks Batavia Port head-on, I can try it. Unfortunately, There are so many places to land on Java Island, if the Qing army landed from other places, there is nothing I can do." Lieutenant General Van Trish shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Oh, well, now we can only wait, God bless." Glinka crossed himself and said helplessly.

(End of this chapter)