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Under his order, the Zhiyuan broke away from the main fleet, and the single battleship moved to the southeast, heading straight for Bandar Seri Begawan and approaching at full speed.

At this time, there were only two old Dutch sail frigates in Bandar Seri Begaga Bay that could resist a little, and the rest of the so-called warships of the king of Tu were actually just broken wooden ships to decorate sailors.

The Netherlands was also a star country in the Age of Discovery, and in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Netherlands was the most important European power in Asia, replacing Portugal.

For a time, the island of Taiwan was under the control of the Dutch, until Zheng Chenggong liberated Taiwan.

The 19th century was the era of the decline of the Netherlands, and after the Anglo-Dutch naval battle, the Dutch maritime interests were greatly plundered by the British, and the sea coachmen no longer had the glory of the past.

However, the hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, and there were still some old Dutch people in those days, such as the East Indies, that is, the Indonesian generation, including southern Borneo and most of Malaysia.

In the minds of those uninformed earth kings, the Dutch colonists were undoubtedly very powerful, and if the Dutch could be invited to help in the war, they would win the war.

It's a pity that how did they know that the Chinese would dare to fight even France, and even the territory of Tsarist Russia would dare to move, so what is the use of inviting such a small country as the Netherlands to come out.

The Swordfish and the Flyer are two sail frigates that have been in service for almost 50 years, with teak decks with white sails, dense cables like spider webs, and even double-decked gun firing ports on both sides of the hull...... Judging from the long-term pulp of the wood, you can feel the vicissitudes of these two warships.

Even the oldest sailors on board had even seen the British main fleet of the First Opium War passing through the South China Sea, when both ships had been in service for more than two decades.

Old ships, veterans, veteran officers...... People say that people grow old and become fine, and this old object may be a little spiritual when it gets older, and Malvik, the captain of the Swordfish, is keenly aware of the strangeness of the warship under his feet.

Since yesterday, the Swordfish's manoeuvring has been a little unsmooth, and there has even been a strange rattling sound in the keel in the middle of the turn, and there was an accident in the morning when the sailman lowered the sail, and one sailor's ankle was entangled in a cable and fell in the air for a quarter of an hour.

It's so abnormal, everything is weird, among all the arms in the world, the navy is actually the most superstitious of all the arms, this superstitious tradition is inherited from the Age of Discovery, when sailors had their own set of experience.

It is the consensus of many sailors that old ships are spiritual, even Captain Malvik.

Since yesterday, he had an ominous premonition, until today, the Chinese launched a general attack in the heavy rain, which made the old captain feel a little chill in his heart.

When the battle began in the morning, the two captains hoisted their sails without the consent of the earth king and began to increase the speed of the ship as they cruised through the bay, gradually moving towards the entrance to the bay.

Although those earth kings will call them cowards, who cares about the curses of the native monkeys.

As the minutes ticked by, the spotter of the Flyer suddenly spotted a strange sound of a ship in the midst of the heavy rain in the sea.

"Eleven o'clock...... There are smoke bands...... It's a steamship...... Speed: 11 knots...... Visual inspection ......"

The two warships suddenly became a mess, and there have been no cruise ships passing by in the Brunei region for a long time due to the war, and now the steamships on the ocean are warships except for the cruise ships that transport tourists!

"Prepare for battle, prepare for battle! Full sail to the north...... Grab the T-prefix firing position...... The artillery commander was ready for battle...... "One order after another was given, and the Flyer and Swordfish rushed out of the mouth of the bay into the open sea, ready to maneuver the sea with the incoming ships.

This is actually a very correct tactic, the battle in the bay does not give full play to the mobility of the battleship, the Dutch battleship is old and weak, the artillery only has a few rifled guns, and the rest are smoothbore guns.

Such equipment and the enemy's firepower, even if they win, they will suffer heavy losses, and since the other party has pulled out the smoke belt, this shows that it is a steam-powered ship, and there is no comparison on its own side in terms of advanced nature.

Only by rushing out of the bay and maneuvering flexibly on the sea, now that the time is almost in the sky, as long as the sun sets, those employers who pay for it will have a chance to escape.

The chief engineer is only 3,000 ounces of gold, and he really thinks that we are going to help you win a big battle?

The Dutch felt that they were already very righteous, but those native kings did not understand this truth, and when they saw the two warships fleeing out of the bay, the first thought was that they were going to be deserters.

"Shameless! These European white-skinned dogs don't do anything for their money...... Bastards, shameless ......" The king of the earth and the soldiers who stayed behind on the seashore scolded bitterly.

Captain Malvik didn't care about the curses of the native monkeys, and his full attention was now on the black dot in the telescope, and as the outline became clearer, a terrifying guess came to him.

"Oh God, Captain, look...... This is a battleship...... How come there is a twin cannon in the bow of the ship...... It seems to be a pure steel battleship......"

The lookout's roar shattered Malvik's last illusions, and he dropped his binoculars and yelled "Not good...... It is the Zhiyuan ship, which lowers its sails and stops preparing for battle...... Flag-bearers send inquiries!"

One of Malvik's biggest fears finally happened, if there was any big news about the world's navy in 1868 and 1869, then the birth of the Zhiyuan was definitely an explosion.

As the captain of a warship, he was able to obtain all kinds of information about his home country at any time, and since the Netherlands was now neutral and had good relations with the major powers, their information was still very accurate.

Britain, France, the United States and other countries are also willing to share intelligence with the Netherlands, what kind of warship is the Zhiyuan, and what exactly it is doing, Captain Malvik knows too well in his heart.

"God, how can the Zhiyuan be used in such a war in Borneo? Isn't that the flagship of the Chinese people? Could it be that Xiao Lotian himself came?"

"Pure steel deck, 210 caliber rifled guns, steam power...... Hunting countless French merchant ships in the Atlantic, a battleship attacking Dakar at night, and turning the tide of the battle at Iquique in South America...... and fought an encounter with Tsarist Russia at the mouth of the Min River, and finally cooperated with the army to defeat the Tsarist Russian Empire......"

"Damn, why am I so unlucky, why did I come across this battleship!"

Looking at the squeaky sailboat at his feet, Malvik closed his eyes in pain, "This can't be fought at all......"