When the Dutch mercenaries gradually fled in embarrassment, the governor of Batavia at this time, Vizos, had a gloomy look, and Ning Chu's sudden declaration of war caught him more or less off guard.

Obviously, the anti-China incident promoted by Vizos this time itself gave Ning Chu an excellent reason, and their reactions also showed a problem, that is, the other party had grasped Vizos's intentions very early and prepared early, otherwise it would be impossible to rush all the way from Guangzhou to Batavia in such a short time.

Although De Vries had already led all the naval warships stationed in Batavia to attack, Governor Vizos always felt a little uneasy in his heart, and this uneasiness also came from the worry of the battle at sea, because this time the Ningchu navy was too confident.

The other side didn't seem to think about defeat at all, not only did they come to Batavia with a large number of warships, but even behind the fleet were huge transport ships, which were obviously all army soldiers who needed to log in, if it wasn't for self-confidence, how could they dare to take such a risk?

But what drove Vizos mad the most was that he didn't know the origin of the other party's self-confidence, as if they had already eaten themselves, and he couldn't come up with a countermeasure.

However, at this time, Liu Rulong broke into the governor's palace with a panicked face, he knelt in front of Wei Vizos with a pale expression, and stammered in Dutch: "Defeated, defeated......."

"What? Didn't I tell you to just check it out? What is defeated? ”

When Vizos was in an extremely bad mood, he saw Liu Rulong's appearance, and suddenly felt a little unhappy, he glared at Liu Rulong coldly, "Tell me, what is the situation?" ”

Liu Rulong involuntarily wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Lord Governor, didn't you ask me to supervise the war, but I went to supervise the war, and I originally fought well, but I don't know why, I was suddenly defeated in front......"

It turned out that when Huang Chu led people to revolt, Liu Rulong took the initiative to ask Vizos for an errand because he hated Huang Chu deeply, and asked to go to supervise the battle to avoid letting Huang Chu, the leader of the bandits, escape, but he didn't expect that not long after he went to supervise the war, he caught up with the scene of the rebel army's counterattack, not only the Dutch mercenaries broke up directly, but he was almost caught by Huang Chu.

But even if Liu Rulong fled back to Batavia, his heart was also cold at this time, because the Dutch, who had always been regarded as his master, were actually only bright on the surface, and they were poked by the rebels lightly, which made Liu Rulong feel deep fear, because once Batavia fell into the hands of the Chinese, not only would he not be able to survive as a traitor, but I am afraid that their Liu family would not survive.

You must know that the Chinese people hate traitors the most, even if they deal with the Dutch, they will not be more cruel than traitors.

At this time, Liu Rulong hurriedly ran to the Governor's Palace, on the one hand, he loyally reported the situation of the war to Vizos, and on the other hand, he also wanted to inquire if Vizos had any way back, at least let his family run with him.

However, when Liu Rulong stammered the whole process, Wizos was also a little confused, he knew that the Dutch mercenaries were not strong in combat, but after all, they were also an army, and it was as easy as stretching out their fingers to crush ants to deal with the so-called rebel army, but the current result was that the rebel army changed from ants to big tigers, and bit the Dutch mercenaries to death at once.

However, Wizos did not believe in the Chinese in front of him very much, and he soon sent his henchmen to check, only to find that the Dutch mercenaries had fled to Batavia, so he had to believe in the result of this defeat.

"It seems that behind this rebel army, there should be the shadow of the Chu army, and this uprising is really premeditated......"

Wizos didn't reflect on his policy issues at all, but subconsciously thought that this was Ning Chu behind his back, he slapped his palm on the table fiercely, and sneered: "If we had known that these damn pigs had this idea, we should have killed them all earlier!" ”

"That's right, Lord Governor, now we should send troops to kill those rebels outside the city!"

Liu Rulong hurriedly instigated on the side, he didn't care that he had also become a member of the pig, after all, after the fall of Batavia, he was afraid that he would not even have the qualifications to be a pig.

Although Vizos was aggressive, he was more or less hesitant at this time, after all, the real Dutch army in Batavia was only 1,500 people, and it was naturally enough to defend Batavia, but once he went out of the city to quell the chaos, Batavia would really become an empty city, and what should he do if the city's defense was lost?

"Let me think first, think first......."

........

Above the blue waves, the sails are heavy, and the Da Chu fleet at this time finally got closer to the Dutch fleet to a very close distance, and the two sides were only separated by more than two hundred yards, which was naturally an incredible combat distance in later generations, but in this era, it was the real mainstream warfare.

"Boom—"

A series of cannon roars soon sounded, and the tactics of the four third-class battleships of the Dachu fleet were very appropriate, they almost arrogantly entered the formation of the Dutch fleet, and by virtue of the advantage of the superior position, they used the guns on the side of the battleship to preemptively attack several third-class battleships of the Dutch fleet.

At such a close distance, although most of the projectiles fired by the Da Chu battleship fell into the seawater, there were still a few projectiles that hit the Dutch naval fleet, and three of the third-class ships were hit by solid projectiles, and a large number of wood fragments flew up and down with the projectiles, creating patches of blood mist on the battleship.

As mentioned earlier, naval operations in this era will be seriously limited by wind direction and ocean currents, especially the warships in the downwind position are difficult to adjust in time, so it is easy to become a live target for the upwind battleship, and the intention of the Dachu Navy to seize the upper hand position this time was perfectly realized, but it caught the Dutch fleet off guard.

Looking at the few projectiles that had been hit, Qiu Ze couldn't help but applaud loudly at this time, although these few projectiles could not decide anything, and even did not cause a serious blow to those third-class ships, but it was a great encouragement to the morale of the naval soldiers.

"The brave wins!"

Qiu Ze read silently, this sentence was originally said by Ning Yu in front of the army, and everyone only felt extremely inspiring when they heard it, and they didn't think too deeply, but for Qiu Ze in this matter, he felt that this sentence was extremely suitable for naval combat, because when fighting at sea at this time, he couldn't escape quickly because of the wind, so he could only rely on a courage to fight at this time.

When the four warships led by Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, and Jingyuan rushed into the Dutch fleet, dozens of other warships also passed through the pungent smoke and fired at the Dutch warships, but these warships were all traditional warships, so although there were many of them, the firepower was not dense enough.

Fortunately, in the Dutch fleet at this time, there were only nine third-class warships, and the remaining forty-odd warships were all armed merchant ships, and they were not particularly fierce in terms of firepower, so they did not put too much pressure on the Dachu naval fleet.

As time continued, a large amount of artillery fire poured frantically as the distance between the two sides continued to close, and from time to time a large number of warships were sunk under a large number of projectiles, and for the third-class warships of the main forces of both sides, although these firepower were not enough to sink them, they were gradually affecting their combat effectiveness.

For De Vries, the commander of the Dutch fleet at this time, the flagship Batavia where he is now has become the target of the Great Chu Navy, and I saw that the two third-class warships of the Great Chu fleet, Laiyuan and Zhiyuan, were frantically besieging the Batavia, and under the siege of two third-class warships, the Batavia had begun to become scarred.

"The tactic seems simple, but the level of skillful coordination makes it effective enough........ At least without the command of the flagship, it will be difficult for our other warships to exert their due power. ”

De Vries couldn't help but have a headache, he glanced at the six third-class sail warships that rushed to the front, and then looked at the more than a hundred Chinese warships besieging on the flanks, and quickly made up his mind.

"Raise the signal flag! Order other warships to besiege the opponent's sail warships with all their might, you can choose to jump off the side to fight, as long as we pack up these six sail warships, we can slowly clean up the remaining more than 100 old warships! ”

In fact, in the eyes of the Dutch, they will only care about the six Western-style third-class warships, but they will not worry about the huge number of traditional Chinese warships - the naval battle with the Ming Zheng fleet in Taiwan has proved that Zheng Chenggong, who has more than 60 Chinese-style warships, could not even completely take down the four armed merchant ships of the Dutch, and his own losses were extremely heavy.

De Vries's mind at the moment is very simple, you don't expect to use six third-class battleships to hold back our main force? Okay, I'll just kill your six third-level warships first, then your remaining more than 100 old warships won't pose any threat, and they can be completely wiped out at that time.

As the signal flag on the Batavia was raised, the other Dutch warships also began to adjust their positions in an orderly manner, a total of nine third-class warships were too rich, relying on these warships alone was enough to completely crush these Great Chu warships in front of them and completely wipe them out, just like those pirates they had dealt with in the past.

That's right, in front of the outrageously experienced Dutch navy, the opponent they can really look at is nothing more than the British and French navies, and jerky novices like the Da Chu navy seem to be no different from the "pirates" they have encountered in the past.

Soon, when the old and cunning Dutch battleships began to gradually adjust their formations, the advantages that the Dachu Navy had from the beginning began to slowly disappear, and the advantages of the Dutch fleet began to become clear, and almost all the nine third-class battleships began to find suitable targets to launch a siege, and the Batavia, as the flagship of the Dutch Navy, also slowly got rid of the siege and began to show the power of their artillery skills with ease.

If the naval battle continues along this change, then it will not be dark at all, and the Great Chu Navy will be completely defeated, and all the warships will probably not be able to escape the end of the battle.

The Dutch fleet proved one point with its own strength, in the era of the sail fleet, they were still the strongest in the ocean, even if there were more challengers, it seemed difficult to completely overthrow this empire that had been sitting on the hegemony for more than a hundred years.

Qiu Ze's expression gradually became solemn, he understood his current situation, but he did not panic, but directly issued an order, only to see a red signal flag slowly rising from the Dingyuan.

And on the battleships that were fighting at this time, all the battleship pipes who saw the information of this flag suddenly had a thrill all over their bodies, and they knew the meaning of this order - all the warships of the fleet immediately attacked the enemy ships, even the old warships.

Don't say anything about heavy casualties, as long as there is no battle sinking, you can only rush forward!

When this order, which was almost equivalent to death, was issued, the Dingyuan ship rushed to the front with the other warships, like a sharp arrow, and plunged into the Dutch fleet, and then the other warships also divided into two wings, and cut into the Dutch battleship that was downwind from the flank.

"Our generation should fight this battle, there is advance and no retreat, there is death and no life!"

As the pipe belt of the Zhenyuan ship, Deng Yunfang pulled out the naval sword he was wearing on his waist, and the snow-white blade reflected the faces of people in the sun, those were the officers and men of the Dachu Navy who were standing on the Zhenyuan ship at this time, they were also resolute at this time, and they stood in their positions without the slightest wavering.

In just a moment, all the warships had almost rushed over, and between the rippling blue waves, whether it was the formation of the Great Chu Navy or the formation of the Dutch Navy, they had been completely disrupted, and a melee that was visible to the naked eye was about to break out.

"What are they doing here? Suicide? ”

De Vries couldn't help but laugh dumbly, what was the use of using these old warships to launch a mortal attack? Their guns were limited in number, and they were all scattered, so that even if they rushed in, they would not pose any threat to the Dutch ships.

As long as the six sail warships are dealt with, these seemingly magnificent old warships are just lambs to the slaughter.

De Vries didn't care in the slightest, he just quietly watched the magnificent picture of the naval battle in front of him, the victory or defeat had already been decided, and all that remained was the vain stubborn resistance of the enemy, like a mouse under the paws of a cat, no matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape the fate of death.

It's just that De Vries is a little regretful that there is one less painter at this moment, and he can record the picture in front of him, so that his prestige of Lord De Vries will continue to spread, and it is really a little unwilling to think about it.