At this time, in the Dutch fleet, except for some lightly wounded ships still holding the battle line, many other ships that were seriously damaged had to slow down and leave the battle line because their sails were broken or because of the flooding of their hulls.

And the battleships in the corresponding positions of Liu Pei's fleet either maintained the battle line, or took the initiative to reduce their speed, trying to go around the stern of the opponent's slowing warship to carry out a fatal blow. So for a time there was chaos at sea, and most of the battleships were out of formation!

There were only 12 Dutch warships left to hold the battle line, and these warships had long since lost sight of their slowing down companions, and they desperately maintained their formation and fled south. And Liu Pei did not relax to track the opponent, and at the same time kept bombarding the opponent.

The rest of the ships had to slow down for various reasons. At this time, they had become targets for the enemy's practice of artillery bombardment. Their opponents have made detours around the stern of the ship, constantly searching for the weak points of the battleship and attacking them!

All the captains under Liu Pei were very clever to say that the ships went around the stern of the other party and desperately bombarded the tail tower. This is the biggest weakness of the entire Western ship, which is in the stern. There were no heavy planks to block the shells, and as soon as those weak layers of planks were blown open, the entire interior of the hull would be exposed.

By this time, Song Ke, who had been carried to the cabin by the sailors, had completely lost his ability to command. He was now sitting on the filthy floor with blank eyes, and his mouth was constantly muttering, "It's terrible! This must be the devil's weapon! ”

Although Song Ke behaves badly, it is a normal reaction of human beings when they encounter something they cannot understand. It's like the German soldiers of World War I, who fled in fear in the face of invulnerable British tanks.

At this moment, an unusually terrible explosion sounded on the sea! The explosion woke Song Ke up. He got up and looked through the firing port on the side of the ship, and saw a blazing bonfire on the sea.

Song Ke recognized that the ship was the Giant. His waterline was partially punctured, and a large amount of seawater poured into the ship's hold, forcing him to slow down and repair the ship's side. But his opponent took advantage of this to close in behind him and slam his stern at a distance of less than 100 meters.

In the shattered

Behind the aft tower of the Giant, a flowering bullet shot into the inside of the hull along the huge gap in the stern and exploded! The blast wave and fragments of the explosion swept across the entire artillery deck! The sailors in the artillery deck were either dead or wounded! And the explosion also ignited the gunpowder that was piled up on the artillery deck!

As a result, there was a big explosion in the artillery deck! The explosion swept off the upper deck of most of the ships! Large puffs of smoke erupted from the breach in the upper deck, and from a distance, the Giant looked like a small volcano erupting!

Song Ke closed his eyes in pain, moved away, and pressed his back against the wall of the boat. He knew the Giant was finished! This means that the opponent can free up one ship to attack other opponents, which will further accelerate the collapse of the Dutch fleet.

Song Ke, who had come to his senses at this time, pulled a sailor and yelled at him: "Go and tell the disbanding flag to be raised above, and let all the ships break through separately!" Someone must send the news of this battle back! ”

At this time, the naval battle has become a one-sided slaughter! But the sailors of the Dutch fleet were not discouraged by this. They showed the demeanor of a maritime power that it should be!

The gunners responsible for firing the guns were still nervously loading and firing, trying to inflict more damage and losses on their opponents. There were also sailors wielding hammers and nails in the broken hull of the ship, trying to save the battleship. There were also sailors who climbed high masts and mended sails with thick iron needles and twine.

You know, the most dangerous place on a battleship right now is the deck! After Liu Pei approached his opponent, he had already ordered his fleet to alternately use shotguns and chain shells on light artillery. Now those flying shrapnel balls are the biggest threat to sailors!

Many of the sailors on the mast were mending the sails when they were hit by a shotgun and fell off the mast. But the Dutch sailors continued to rush to the deck and mast one after the other. Their heroic efforts delayed the destruction of the fleet.

Moreover, the counterattack of the Dutch fleet also caused a lot of damage to Liu Pei's fleet. Many sailors and deck sailors in Liu Pei's fleet were also killed and wounded. But they showed willpower that was not inferior to that of the Dutchmen! They are still risking their opponents

Dense shotguns to mend sails, to adjust ropes. In the breached, sailors rushed over to repair the hull of the ship against the waves.

Sailors on both sides showed fearless heroism! At least for these sailors, they are all victors! Because they overcame the fear of death with their thirst for victory!

Shortly after the Giant's doom, two more warships burst into flames and exploded. This completely shattered the confidence of the Dutch sailors! In previous naval battles, few ships caught fire and exploded. Because at that time, solid shells were at most just holes in the ship's board. Even if the opponent uses a red-hot cannonball, that is, a bucket of water, there will be no problems.

But the flowering bomb is different, after the flowering bomb explodes, it ignites everything that can be burned in the surrounding area! And the gunpowder that can be found everywhere on the artillery deck can easily catch fire and burn, and then cause a terrible explosion! Once this happens, the sailors on board hardly have any room to escape.

So the Dutch fleet, which had lost its morale, turned to flee to its own devices. The strategic line that had been struggling to maintain it also completely collapsed. The Dutch sailors, desperately fleeing, threw everything they could, and some even pushed their guns out of the gap they had made into the sea, trying to lighten the weight of their ships and speed up their escape. But their efforts didn't make much of a difference.

The biggest reason is that their speed is relatively low, and they can't get rid of the pursuit of Liu Pei's fleet. Liu Pei spared no expense to wrap copper skin on the bottom of the ship for all his fleet. This is very effective in hindering the growth of attached organisms and greatly increasing the speed of the voyage.

Most of the ships in the Dutch fleet are old ships, and the bottom of the ships has long been overgrown with barnacles, seaweed, and the like, and the resistance is very great. Obviously, it can't outrun Liu Pei's new ship. So they could only support themselves under the blows of Liu Pei's fleet.

In such a situation, some Dutch sailors are still desperately fighting back, but with little success. The sailors of Liu Pei's fleet became more and more demoralized, biting their opponents to the death, refusing to let them escape. There have even been ships trying to get close to the enemy's fleet and fight a broadside battle to capture the opposing ship.