Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 616 Steam and Sail Dual Power Battleship
On this day, it was midsummer, and the sky over the Pacific Ocean was very blue, as if the entire sky was covered with blue paint, only dotted with white clouds like gauze feathers, cruising in the blue sky.

And under the sky, it is also boundless blue.

More than [-] warships of the Ming Dynasty straddled the blue sky and the blue ocean in the form of a battle line.

The white sails are connected into lines, like sharp blades standing proudly between the water and the sky, flying against the wind.

And the black iron cannon on the battleship poked out its cold mouth, facing the coast ahead.

On the coast, the sea water with a fishy-sweet smell is not blue, but red, and there are even floating corpses of Han people and wooden sails broken by Dutch warships.

It should be that the Han people who were eager to flee for their lives were intercepted by Dutch warships and returned and were killed here!

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Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
The dull whistle began to sound.

This is the iconic sound of the era of the steam industry of the Ming Dynasty. The sound formed by the use of steam stamping is very sharp and piercing, like a drum of war, arousing the fighting spirit and endless hatred of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the vast ocean.

A super battleship in the center of the Great Ming South Sea Fleet was like a giant dragon, cut through the huge waves, and suddenly rushed out from the Great Wall-style battle line with a shake of its head.

This is the flagship of the Ming Dynasty South China Sea Fleet - the "Dongou King"!

The imperial warship is named after the title of famous general of the Ming Dynasty to commemorate the heroes who have made immortal achievements for the Ming Dynasty, and also to inspire the soldiers who are now fighting for the world for the Ming Dynasty.

And this "Eastern Ou King" is naturally commemorating Tang He, the founding father of the country. This man was the first naval commander of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the flagship named after his title should not be underestimated.

According to the customary classification of sailing warships today, the first-class warships are the strongest, and the artillery is generally equipped with ninety to one hundred artillery pieces.

The "Dongou King" is equipped with a total of 120 artillery pieces! ,

Among them, there were 45 25-jin cannons, 25 37-jin cannons, 33 22-jin cannons, [-] six-jin cannons, and three three-jin cannons.

Just the artillery configuration, the "East Ou King" is already a top warship far surpassing ordinary first-class warships.

But the top-notch feature of the "Dongou King" is not only here, it is also a dual-powered warship combining steam power and sails. Although sails are still the main source of power, it is undoubtedly faster and more displacement with steam power. It reached [-] tons!
Moreover, the entire "East Ou King" is wrapped with a layer of alloy iron because of its sufficient power, so as to avoid the defect that wooden sailboats are easily corroded by marine organisms, and also reduce the demand for precious wood, save production costs, and improve Improve production efficiency, after all, there is no need to look for good wood processing with strong corrosion resistance.

In addition, this iron sheet is painted with anti-rust paint, and the entire battleship is light blue-gray in order to increase its concealment on the ocean.

Light blue-gray hull, white sails, blue steam from the towering black chimneys, a square stern that helps to sail against the wind, plus paddle wheels and propellers hidden in the sea.

The Daming "Eastern Ou King" condenses the 30-year steam industry crystallization of Chongzhen, and it is like a sea giant, pushing flat on the waves.

Behind him, ten second-class sailing warships and twenty third-class sailing warships formed the left and right wings, first bypassing the flagship like two sharp pincers to encircle the east and west sides of the sea area of ​​Batavia City.

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The Dutch warships retreating from Jinzhou informed the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Masek, about the appearance of the large-scale navy of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Netherlands and the Ming Empire fought a naval battle before, which ended in the defeat of the Netherlands, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Masiike, did not ignore the Ming Empire, and immediately ordered forty warships to gather in Batavia. At the same time, a hundred merchant ships entered the port of Batavia to avoid being attacked by the Ming army.

In Masiike's eyes, forty sailing warships are not small enough to withstand any most powerful navy in the world.

But obviously he doesn't know Daming well enough.

When the Ming South Sea Fleet appeared in Batavia with hundreds of battleships, Masiike took a few steps back in surprise.

Masek, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would dispatch such a large-scale army, nor did he expect that the Ming Empire now had such a large-scale naval force.

"My God, when did the Ming Empire have sailing warships of this size? More than 30 years ago, they were just hard sailing ships. How can we fight this?"

Ma Suike nervously put down the binoculars in his hand.

"Your Excellency, Batavia is the headquarters of our East India Company, where most of our wealth is concentrated, and even we have only recently established our town hall, church, school, castle and market area here. It is already the home of our East India Company, we cannot evacuate, no matter how powerful the Ming Empire is, we can only fight recklessly."

East India Company mercenary chief Tasman said.

"Even if we want to withdraw now, we can't withdraw. The Ming army is coming fiercely, and once we lose this place, we can't explain it to our shareholders, but now we have to figure out their purpose. If they are only asking for property, we can compromise and give up. Some benefits, Chu Lu, you go!"

Therefore, the Dutchman Chu Lin took a third-class sailing warship "Xidavia" and walked towards the Ming Fleet, and played the semaphore for negotiation.

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"Captain, they want to negotiate!"

At this time, a messenger came up to Zheng Chenggong and reported.

"Don't worry about them, Your Majesty has a purpose. This expedition is for revenge, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, have you seen those smelly corpses on the coast that even sharks don't want to eat? Those are the people of our Han family. When the beasts have any qualifications to negotiate with us, the left and right wings of the forward battalion continue to advance, and when the wind changes, they immediately bombard their warships, and the middle battalion speeds up, preparing to complete the encirclement, and the rear battalion responds!"

Not long after Zheng Chenggong gave the order, the battleship "East Ou King" in the center of the vanguard battalion did not choose to stop advancing because of the semaphore of the third-level battleship "Hidavia" originally built by the Dutch. When the sails were opened, as soon as the wind direction changed and the Dutch third-class battleship "Hidavia" entered the range, it immediately turned around to meet the enemy on the side, and bombarded it with 45-jin lead bullets.

With the development of the chemical and mechanical industries of the Ming Dynasty and the popularization of nitrification explosives, the 45-pound long-range howitzer of the Ming Dynasty Navy also has super explosive power. The wooden hut-like Dutch third-class battleship "Hedavia" smashed in front of the giant mountain.

As long as this 45-jin iron bullet hits the ship's side, it can detonate the nitrification explosive due to the strong momentum collision, so that the 45-jin lead bullet can generate strong explosive kinetic energy to break the hull when it hits the ship's side.

"The Ming army did not intend to accept the peace talks. They even fired directly, turned around and evacuated immediately!"

The Dutchman yelled at first, but as soon as he yelled, the grenade hit the side of his "Sidavia".

A loud bang!
The entire "Hildavia" was torn apart like a thin piece of paper.

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