In the distance, the lonely figure of the Amsterdam, and in the distance, the Utrecht has almost completely sunk, leaving only a few deck buildings, and the nearby sea is littered with broken warship parts and Dutch soldiers struggling in the water.

In fact, the Amsterdam did not escape far at this time, with the speed of the Qingzhou and Yizhou, it was completely possible to catch up with the Amsterdam in half an hour, so Lei Meng asked Zhang Wei for an order to chase the Amsterdam and sink it.

But after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wei decided not to pursue the Amsterdam. Because this battle has been fought so far, the KPA Navy has fought against 6 Dutch warships with two warships, and sank 5 of them, which has already achieved a very brilliant victory, even if it escapes a warship, it will not affect the victory of the KPA; moreover, the Amsterdam is the strongest combat effectiveness in the Dutch fleet, and the caliber of the main gun has reached 240 mm, which is already the main gun caliber of the battleship class. The Yizhou is a considerable threat, in the battle just now, the Qingzhou was hit by two 210-mm shells, causing the two most damaged damage, and the power of the 240-mm shells is almost twice as strong as the 210-mm shells, even if it is only one shot, it is enough, in the case of a major victory, there is really no need to take any more risks; and this is just the beginning, there may be a battle ahead, in a short period of time, the waters of Java can only rely on these three warships, so it is still necessary to save a little strength.

So Zhang Wei ordered not to chase the last Dutch warship, so that the war was stopped, and he seized the time to repair the warship, treat the wounded crew, and also rescue the Dutch soldiers who fell into the sea, and of course, capture the prisoners. The Dutch soldiers who fell into the water were also very honest, and after being rescued on the warship, they did not resist at all, and even the Dutch soldiers who escaped into the lifeboat were captured.

This naval battle did not last long, only more than one hour, and the Dutch fleet was sunk 5 warships, only the flagship Amsterdam escaped back to port, 1,047 soldiers killed or captured, 27 wounded, of course, all the soldiers on the Amsterdam; and among the two warships of the People's Army Navy, the Yizhou was basically intact, and although the Qingzhou suffered some damage, it was able to maintain about 7 percent of its combat effectiveness, 31 soldiers were killed, 43 were wounded, and 267 Dutch soldiers were also captured, as well as 11 lifeboats。

This is also the first official naval battle in which the People's Army Navy participated in after its formal establishment, and it is also the first naval battle conducted by the traverser without the help of modern warships. However, such a victory has been achieved very successfully, and at the same time, this victory has also made a good start for the KPA Navy.

And while cleaning up the battlefield, Scheer said to Zhang Wei: "General Zhang, congratulations on your brilliant victory, I believe this will be a classic battle that can be recorded in history." ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "Major, you are too awarded, this is just an ordinary battle for yourself, and there is nothing to boast about." ”

Sher said: "But I have a question I would like to ask you, I remember that seven years ago, in the Sino-Japanese War between the Qing and Japan, a naval battle of Guanjian, the Qing Beiyang Fleet used the horizontal team tactics, with the bow of the ship against the enemy, and the Japanese Combined Fleet responded with linear column tactics, and the result of this war ended with a complete victory of the Japanese Combined Fleet. And after this naval battle, the linear column tactics replaced the horizontal bow against the enemy tactics and became the mainstream tactics of naval warfare, and in this battle, you did use the horizontal column tactics, but successfully defeated the Dutch fleet using the linear column tactics, so do you think the horizontal column tactics and column tactics are stronger?"

Zhang Wei said: "Tactics are dead, and people are alive; so there is no best tactic, only the most suitable tactics, and in our China there is an ancient saying, called 'soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent' means that the choice of tactics should be based on the actual situation of the battlefield. Taking this battle as an example, if we use the column tactics, it will certainly be unfavorable to us, so we should use the horizontal team tactics to give full play to the advantages of our warships in fast speed, and use the horizontal line tactics to quickly insert into the enemy's array, win by surprise, and disrupt the enemy's position, so that we can have a chance of victory. In the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson also went against the tide and divided the British fleet into two columns, which went straight into the column line of the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet, and as a result, the position of the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet was disrupted, and a brilliant victory was achieved with fewer victories. ”

Scheer also nodded again and again when he heard it, at this time he was already impressed by Zhang Wei's tactical arrangements and on-the-spot command ability, in fact, about the tactical reasons, Scheer himself could analyze a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, eight, but Zhang Wei was able to raise his tactics to the height of theory, and the Battle of Trafalgar also pulled out to prove his tactical theory.

The Battle of Trafalgar is, of course, a holy war in the minds of every naval officer of this era, and the significance and impact of this naval battle and the Battle of Trafalgar are of course fundamentally incomparable. One of the world's most important naval battles before World War II, in which the defeat of the Franco-Spanish combined fleet broke Napoleon's plan to attack the British mainland, and completely shattered Napoleon's dream of conquering Britain by force.

But the process and results of these two naval battles do have certain similarities, first of all, they both won more with less, and secondly, they both went against the tide, using recognized backward tactics against mainstream tactics and won the victory, so Zhang Wei pulled out the Battle of Trafalgar to prove his tactical theory, which also has a certain amount of truth, and his identity as a victor now seems more convincing.

Of course, in addition to tactics, Scheer admired Zhang Wei's command of the battle even more, because the two warships were divided and combined, the command and dispatch of attack, retreat, and strike were almost perfect, and the grasp of the fighters was just right; in naval warfare in this era, due to the backwardness of communication and planning, communication between warships was very difficult, and the commander's overall ability to control the battlefield was also insufficient. Another advantage of the column line tactic is that it is more commanding, anyway, the flagship leads the way in front, and the warships behind follow the warships in front.

However, there should be a set of effective communication methods between overseas Chinese warships, so that Zhang Wei can command like an arm, but this cannot deny Zhang Wei's command and dispatch ability. Of course, Scheer didn't know that overseas Chinese actually had aerial monitoring and command.

"Lao Wang, you can really brag about this guy, saying that he is the same as Nelson's reincarnation, and he takes all our credit for himself. ”

"Hehe, fooling foreigners, to the outside world, this also represents the image of our East China government, and we still can't see the light now. ”

It turned out that the voice of the command room could be heard on the helicopter, so Zhang Wei's words were heard by Wang Xinping and Zheng Zongming, so Zheng Zongming couldn't help but spit out.

At this time, Liu Guangqing's voice came from the radio: "Yinying, this is the Kunming ship." ”

Wang Xinping immediately said: "Kunming ship, Silver Eagle received." ”

Liu Guangqing said: "The battle on your side is over, you immediately return to the Kunming ship, and now you have a new mission." ”

Wang Xinping said: "Okay, let's return to the ship immediately." ”

After the communication ended, Wang Xinping immediately operated the helicopter and returned to the Kunming ship.

Zheng Zongming said: "Lao Wang, what new tasks do you have?" ”

Wang Xinping said: "I know, I'll talk about it when I go back." ”

Zheng Zongming glanced back at the battlefield on the sea and said, "It's a pity that we didn't put one*, in fact, the No. 1 ship escaped, we can catch up and give you one*, and annihilate all the enemy troops." ”

Wang Xinping said with a smile: "Save it, we don't have much, don't waste it on the Dutch, there will be a chance to use it in the future." Moreover, this tactic has proved the value of air command, and I think this will play a great role in promoting the development of fixed-wing aircraft. ”

Zheng Zongming said: "By the way, when did the Wright brothers fly for the first time? I remember that it seemed to be in this year or two. ”

Wang Xinping said: "It was this year, December 17, 1903. ”

Zheng Zongming said: "If we develop a fixed-wing aircraft, can we snatch the record of the first flight, the aircraft in this time and space was invented by us Chinese." ”

Wang Xinping said with a smile: "What can you do if you grab it, there is no practical significance in fighting for this kind of first, and it can't prove anything, or to develop a fixed-wing aircraft that can really be practical in a down-to-earth manner." ”

While the two were talking, they flew back over the Kunming ship and landed smoothly on the helicopter platform of the Kunming ship.

Before the two of them could get off the plane, the ship's ground crew immediately came over and took off the helicopter's mounted *, and a few people brought a Type 89 12.7 mm caliber heavy machine gun and mounts, which seemed to be ready to be installed on the helicopter.

And Liu Guangqing came directly to the door of the wheelhouse, Wang Xinping put down the glass of the window, Liu Guangqing handed him a USB flash drive, and said: "There is trouble on the shore, now there is a group of indigenous troops attacking the farm, I heard that there are thousands of people, the army has sent a company to rescue, but Captain Shang is worried that the troops are not enough, and he is afraid that the naval guns will accidentally hurt his own people, so he decided to send you to take a look, and help the army when the time comes, this is the route map." ”

Wang Xinping took the U disk, plugged it into the interface, imported the data of the U disk into the helicopter system, opened the side door of the engine room, and asked the ship's ground crew to install the machine gun.

Liu Guangqing said again: "Try to use machine guns, there are not many shells for machine guns, save a little use." ”

Wang Xinping pulled out the USB flash drive, handed it to Liu Guangqing, and said, "Understood." ”

By this time, the machine guns on the side had been installed, and four soldiers were on board. Then Wang Xinping and Zheng Zongming launched a helicopter, lifted off from the ship, and flew in the direction of land.