In this naval battle, the original formation of the Dutch Navy was to present two horizontal formations, and there were more than 40 armed merchant ships on the flanks, mainly to use their smaller bodies to outflank the enemy warships, and because the main battlefleet has been entangled together, this tactic often exerts a very good power, so this is also the common formation of the navies of European countries.

However, in this battle, the victory or defeat between the Dachu Navy and the Dutch Navy did not depend on those third-class battleships, but on the contrary, it was necessary to see whether the covering fleets of both sides could achieve victory, which made it difficult for the main battleships to break away from the frontal battlefield and support the flanks.

By the time the Held, the Truid, and the Tulip reflexively came to their aid, the flank battlefield had already been a mess, with burning wreckage and rockets all over the sky, constituting an extremely cruel scene on the battlefield.

The squadron formation led by Xu Tonglong was originally in a relatively peripheral position, so when his order was issued, the four rushing ships and more than a dozen ships and fast sentry ships quickly broke away from the original battlefield and began to move in the direction of the three Dutch third-class battleships.

These veterans and veterans who were originally born in the Green Battalion Naval Division, although the warships they drove were all traditional small and medium-sized warships, but their helm skills were among the best, and under the leadership of Xu Tonglong, their control of the wind direction was very exquisite, and they soon crossed the front of the Dutch warships.

The three third-class battleships of the Held, the Truid and the Tulip naturally did not take these small ships in front of them seriously, they almost cut in with a brutal attitude, and did not even intend to open fire, but were ready to use their best tactics to rush and directly crush the small boats in front of them directly into the sea.

I have to say that in front of the double-decker third-class battleship with a length of more than 30 meters and a width of more than 20 meters, the ships of Xu Tonglong and others looked almost like young children, and there was almost no hope of resisting.

"Boom—"

As the distance got closer, the Helde burst straight in and slammed into a sentinel ship, and a violent crash followed, only to see that the sentinel ship in front of it quickly capsized, leaving only a whirlpool on the surface of the sea, and a few broken wooden edges.

"It's the old king, they ......"

The officer standing beside Xu Tonglong muttered that sea combat was often more brutal than land warfare, and once his ship sank, it was almost impossible to have any hope of survival, because the enemy would not lend a helping hand at all, and they preferred to use muskets to hit targets that were still struggling on the water.

Xu Tonglong's expression was a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense, go and prepare rockets...... And gunpowder! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone hurriedly ran, and they took out more than a dozen rockets from the cabin? Is this one of the few stocks in the end? Once the battle was over, they had to rely on the ship's two more ornamental guns.

The Holder, the Truid, and the Tulip rammed into each other more and more violently? The ramming angle on the bow of the ship has become the most powerful weapon at this time? With the help of the wind, they cut in at a very fast speed, and for Xu Tonglong's warships? It's a monster that can't fight head-on at all.

"Launch!"

The rest of the boats and ships launched their own rockets, carrying Xu Tonglong's hope? Bloom your own brilliance? And with the violent explosion, I saw that a huge hole had been cracked in the hull of the Held, which was rushing to the front, and the blazing flames soon swept the entire sail, and the Helder was under this blow? Finally, the war is about to be declared.

Seeing that the Hyulder has completely lost its combat effectiveness? Xu Tonglong and the others also showed a slight smile on their faces, but the smile only appeared for a moment, because there were still two third-class warships such as the Truid and the Tulip, which had not suffered a major damage, and their own rockets had been consumed.

And at this time, the Truid and the Tulip also seemed to have woken up from the sinking of the Holder? They didn't hesitate in the slightest, and they ignored the sentinels? rushed directly towards Xu Tonglong's boat, as if he was a heavy cavalryman in iron armor? He had already raised the spear in his hand, waiting for the moment to pierce the opponent's body.

Looking at the Dutch warships that are about to ram in? Xu Tonglong didn't seem to see it? He turned to look at his men? I saw that these young people were also looking at him like that, and there was only a faint regret and reluctance in everyone's eyes, but there was no fear.

"Boom—"

The sound of the explosion was so violent that the crash mingled, and the A-4 and the Tulip were like a couple in love with each other, intertwined with each other, neither of them leaving the other, and then slowly sank on the surface of the sea until there was no trace of them.

When such a tragic scene appeared on the battlefield, the Dutch battleship Truy, which was still colliding, slowly stopped, and did not continue to fight, but began to change direction, preparing to break away from the remaining warships of Xu Tonglong's group, and it was obvious that this battleship had fallen into great fear.

"Crazy people, they are all a bunch of unreasonable crazy people!"

"Why are we at war here with these madmen?"

The captain of the Treuil, Van Tri, looked at the Tulip that had sunk into the sea in disbelief, and he yelled wildly, for the first time in his previous naval career, such a situation had been seen, and it was impossible for him to understand the thoughts of the people on board.

As the Trouge turned away, De Vries, who was on the Batavia, was also angry, and now it seemed that there were still seven Dutch third-class warships, but six of them were trapped in this area, and one of the Truids did not want to face the enemy madmen at all.

At this stage, De Vries could only let out a long sigh, I was afraid that this battle would not be able to continue.

Of course, De Vries will not choose to surrender, he only hopes to be able to leave the battlefield for a while, and when he rests and fights again, he will have a better chance of victory.

However, in the era of sail warships, once the distance between the two sides is shortened, it will never be so easy to separate, at least when Qiu Ze found that the Dutch warships had a tendency to leave the battlefield, he quickly realized it and decisively issued an order for the traditional Chinese warships to hurry up and besiege the Dutch armed merchant ships.

As time slowly advanced, more and more Dutch armed merchant ships were sunk, and the remaining part of the merchant ships could not hold on to such a fierce attack and began to plan to escape, but the size of these merchant ships was much larger than that of the Great Chu Navy's rushing ships and ships, and naturally they were much slower in speed.

"Surround them and tell them to surrender quickly, and if they don't, they will all be sunk!"

On the A-2, a Navy Colonel had a bloody face and a lot of wounds from fine wood chips, but he didn't care about it and kept shouting.

Everyone can understand why he is so excited, and they can understand why he is so fierce and not afraid of death.

Because the name of this naval colonel is Xu Tongen, and just now, Colonel Xu Tonglong, the No. 4 pipe belt Xu Tonglong, who died in battle, is his brother-in-law.

"Knock knock—"

With the sound of rapid drums, more and more sentinel ships and ships rushed forward, although they were small in size, but at this time, they could also pose a considerable threat to the Dutch armed merchant ships, at least it was not a problem to drag these merchant ships that wanted to escape.

Xu Tongen's No. 2 under the command of Xu Tongen did not hesitate to cut into the Dutch merchant ships, and cooperated with other close-quarters of the ship and the ship, firing dozens of rockets one after another, but sinking several Dutch armed merchant ships.

So far, there were originally more than 40 Dutch armed merchant ships, but now less than half of them are left, and the rest of the merchant ships have disappeared into the vast ocean.

"Keep bombarding me, as long as they don't surrender, this battle won't end!"

Xu Tongen gave an order in a loud voice, he didn't care about these merchant ships in front of him, he just wanted to sink those entangled third-class warships, and only by achieving a complete victory could he comfort his brother's spirit in the sky.

When the time came to the afternoon, the Dutch armed merchant ships that had been under siege finally could not hold out any longer, and when the Dachu navy sank seven more armed merchant ships, the remaining fifteen armed merchant ships could no longer support it, raised the white flag, and chose to surrender.

After Xu Tongen sent people to take over the surrendered armed merchant ships, everyone on the battlefield realized one thing, that is, the turning point of victory and defeat had finally arrived, and in order to get this result, including more than 40 traditional Chinese warships of all sizes where the No. 4 was located, Xu Tonglong and more than 700 officers and soldiers were also killed, and finally disappeared into the ocean.

"Pass the order, raise the flag of the Governor, and this battle must completely eliminate the enemy!"

Qiu Ze looked at the changes in the situation in front of him, and couldn't help but let out a long breath, this thrilling naval battle was fought to this point, the Great Chu Navy was basically nine out of ten, and the third-class battleships that had lost the cover of armed merchant ships were impossible to escape, and if they wanted to launch a desperate fight, it also depended on whether they had the determination.

As Qiu Ze's handsome flag was raised, bursts of drums sounded, and large and small warships also launched the final siege of the Dutch warships, in addition to the more than 20 warships responsible for guarding the prisoners, the remaining more than 50 warships surrounded the six third-class warships under the command of Xu Tongen.

As for the Truy, which escaped from the beginning, it had long since left the battlefield, just staying far on the edge of the battlefield, and seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to re-enter, but at this time, no matter what choice the Troud made, it could not have the slightest impact on the overall situation.

De Vries' face was as gloomy as water, and he felt as if he and his entire fleet had become insects that had fallen into a spider's web, the stickiness on them was getting stronger and stronger, and their vitality was getting lower and lower - now there was only one choice in front of De Vries, and that was to choose to force a breakthrough.

If you want to forcibly break through, you need to kill these few Dachu third-level sail warships that can't be defeated or run!

Of course, no matter what, De Vries had no other choice, and he quickly issued an order, commanding six third-class sail warships to break away from the entanglement of the cannon fire of the Dachu third-class sail battleships, and prepare to break through the outside of the ship formation, through the form of battle lines, and fight in a new formation.

In fact, this is also the reason why De Vries has woken up now, he fell into a disadvantage from the beginning, and then although he turned the situation around, his vigilance in his heart was not so strong, so that since he was broken in by the Great Chu warship, he didn't think he would lose at all, so he didn't force the loss to regroup the front.

Now that De Vries has recognized the reality, he no longer holds the unrealistic illusions he had before, he would rather forcibly fight for the cost of the damage to the battleship, and hope to reorganize the formation and fight in the most combat-effective way of the Dutch Navy!

"Boom—"

When the Dutch third-class battleships began to adjust their positions, the third-class battleships of the Dachu Navy naturally did not let go of this opportunity, and a large number of shells were sent out directly from the side side, carrying out a fierce gunside bombardment of the Dutch battleships.

The warships on both sides were already glowing with dazzling fire, and a large number of wood chips were splattered directly, continuing to cause a large number of casualties, and when the cannon fire stopped, the commanders of both sides frowned at the same time, because they also discovered a problem that they had not discovered before.

That is, the number of guns on the third-class battleships of the Great Chu Navy is more, and the power of each salvo is greater, and the rate of fire is also faster, so the wounds distributed on the Dutch battleship are actually more, and the small pieces of fracture make the losses on the warship very serious, as for the Dutch, although the number of guns is small, in addition to some small guns, they are also equipped with some large-caliber guns, and once these shells hit, basically a cannon is a big hole.

Obviously, the design ideas of the warships of the two sides are vividly expressed in the structural differences and combat characteristics, but at present, it is difficult to judge which of the two methods is better or worse, so the commanders of both sides only frowned slightly, and did not say anything else.

In any case, this battle must be fought first.

It's just that when the war on the sea reaches this point, the cruelty is no less than the queue of shooting in a land battle, because the distance between the two sides is close enough, just like two people pointing guns at each other, and then pulling the trigger together, only those who survive can be regarded as real warriors.

However, don't forget that when fighting at close range, the Dachu Navy has rockets that kill as much, so artillery is only second at this time, only to see a large number of rockets being transported out of the cabin by the soldiers, and then mounted on the launcher, with a sharp and piercing whistling sound, a large number of rockets poured onto the Dutch battleship opposite.

When the war came to this point, the defeat of the Dutch Navy had become a sure thing, but the Dachu Navy, as the victorious side, did not feel too happy, because the price they paid for this battle was too great.