Awesome!

Zuo Liangyu, who was sitting on the boat, could see clearly, a small mushroom cloud of fire rose up at the rudder, and the violent explosion almost lifted the boat out of the water!

A big hole was blown out of the rear of the ship, and 600 catties of gunpowder not only blew through the bilge, but also the storage deck on the upper floor, and the icy sea water poured in, because there was no watertight cabin, and there was no one to pump water to do damage management work, and the sea water unstoppably filled the bilge and storage compartment!

Even if the dinghy was a little away from the boat, it felt the air coming and the dinghy swayed.

When the dinghy rowed out a hundred meters, I saw that the boat began to sink!

The whole port of Batavia was alarmed, and the crews of the ships ran in panic onto the open deck, disheveled, armed with guns, lighting lamps and torches, trying to find out what was happening.

"Keep going!" Zuo Liangyu calmly said and commanded the boat to drive outside the light range of the opponent's boat, the other party was chaotic, and they couldn't find them to come in.

No one could be found, and what the Dutch saw was that the Poseidon was sinking!

The hole that was blown out was too big, and in a few moments the open deck of the Poseidon was already level with the water!

Luckily, half of them were on shore, but many of the people sleeping on the gun deck did not escape.

When entering the water, the captain of the Poseidon stayed in the captain's cabin and slept, he was so drunk that several people could not wake up and could not lift him, and as a result, he sank with his ship.

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When Governor Speke heard the news of the bombing of the Poseidon and said that he could not find the enemy, he might have sunk himself, and he shook his head and said, "It must be the Ming people who came to sabotage!" ”

He ordered the patrol boats to be dispatched immediately, and at the same time all the boats were to be on alert----- the order was conveyed, and the patrol boats were dispatched, but the boats were not so obedient, and most of the people went back to sleep when they looked at the darkness all around.

Even Governor Speke went back to sleep, what could he do if he didn't sleep.

The enemy is not so big, and he cannot go in place of rescue and patrol.

In fact, he wanted to ask the ship to go out of the port to search, but thinking of the virtue of his subordinates, he thought about it.

The two patrol boats, in vain circled the wreck, seeing that its mast was still on the water, and at that time there was no rescue ability, and they could only wait until dawn to see the situation.

Only a few escaped, at least two hundred, but the unfortunate ones were the inferior sailors, most of the Dutch officers escaped----- and when the ship lay in the harbor, they drank on the shore and went back to sleep at dawn.

The other two patrol boats were brightly lit in the harbor, but Zuo Liangyu was very clever enough to let the dinghy paddle lightly, and stayed out of the light and shadow of the other party, so that they could not detect it.

The port is very large, and the other party is not a professional army, so he was a little careless, and when he passed by, he didn't find a small boat with his head down.

It was as if a boat was blind with its eyes open, so that the Southeast Army all secretly shouted: "Mazu bless!" ”

"Mazu blindfolded them!"

"Be careful, paddle slowly!" Zuo Liangyu said in a low voice, teaching the two oars to paddle gently, and the others did not move, entered the water silently, and left in the direction of the patrol boat.

After the other party came and went for a few laps, he slacked off and actually returned to the shore, which made the Southeast Army very happy.

However, it was difficult to escape, because there were two patrol boats parked near the entrance to the port, their lights always shining on the exit, and there were always people standing guard there.

Zuo Liangyu paddled lightly and waited patiently.

It's almost dawn!

Just before dawn, Kaohsiung No. 8 arrived!

"Who?" The two patrol vessels guarding the harbor were only looking inside the harbor, and it was too late to hear the movement outside the harbor.

Under the command of Hong Xiguan, Kaohsiung No. 8 moved sideways, parallel to the two patrol boats, and then 14 broadside guns were fired in turn.

Under the 18-pounder gun, a patrol boat was shot on the bow!

They were excellent targets, the lights were bright, and they really looked like they were hitting a night target, and Kaohsiung No. 8 fired in a row, hitting twelve shots!

The patrol boat was in chaos, and when they saw the other party approaching, they were all shocked to reveal the figure of the cruiser.

The patrol ships were equipped with only small cannons, where they came in handy, not far from the shore, they simply jumped into the water to escape.

Kaohsiung No. 8 also ignored them, changed course, and swaggered in.

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed, and immediately asked everyone to paddle with all their might!

They lit small lamps and shook them.

The first task of Kaohsiung No. 8 was to receive them back, so both sides used force to bring the ship closer.

When the two sides were close, Zuo Liangyu and the others climbed up the rope ladder, how many people set off and how many people came back!

Hong Xiguan was so determined that he didn't even want a dinghy, and after he lost a waterproof document on the dinghy, he opened fire on both sides!

"Fire! Fire, free fire! ”

"Hit hit!"

It was a happy time, they drove into the harbor, and there were enemy ships moored everywhere, and they could fight whatever they wanted!

It's a rare opportunity!

Kaohsiung No. 8 launched a frantic artillery bombardment, and when it approached the enemy ship, it was a platoon of guns that bombarded it, and the middle one fell immediately!

Getting closer, Panzergrenadiers threw five-kilogram "bombs" that knocked down a large area of people on enemy ships.

Then Hong Xiguan shouted: "Dutch pig, your grandfather Hong has come to slaughter you!" ”

"Hong Xiguan of the Southeast Fleet of the Southeast Mansion of the Ming Dynasty is here, who dares to fight with my grandfather!"

The officers and soldiers on Kaohsiung No. 8 coaxed, shouting for the slaughter of Dutch pigs, they beat drums and gongs, shot and fired, and made a lot of noise!

The whole port of Batavia was panicked and chaotic, and the Dutch said that it was the veterans of the seafaring who sounded good, and the rabble that sounded bad!

Some of them left the ship and fled to the shore, while others set sail to try to leave the whirlpool of chaos, and in the confusion, the "Amststrong" with 40 cannons opened fire on the Kaohsiung 8, but accidentally damaged the "Ulisi Marsh", which had only 22 guns of small tonnage on the opposite side.

The officers and men on the Kaohsiung No. 8 saw the Amststrong firing and fired extremely fiercely.

It fully shows the ability of the artillery veteran!

Soon, the Dutch ship on the opposite side made a loud noise, and the hull exploded, like a fireworks explosion, which was extraordinarily spectacular, and all people and things flew into the sky!

Immediately afterwards, the bombed Dutch capsized at once, and the deck was at a forty-five degree angle to the water.

"It's been hit in the powder magazine!" The officers and soldiers on Kaohsiung No. 8 couldn't believe their eyes, and they asked Hong Xiguan: "Are you the son-in-law of Mazu Niangniang?" ”

Hong Xiguan himself was not sure and said: "Maybe, I have to go back and ask my mother-in-law what was the omen when her daughter was born......"

Not only that, but the big ship "Dolphin" escaped by seizing the way, but squeezed aside the "Parrott", which was also setting sail, and the Parrott couldn't help but crash headlong into the shore.

With a piercing grinding sound, it couldn't move and ran aground!

What is even more outrageous is that the Dutch ship "East" and the Dutch ship "Angel" fired at each other, it turned out that the "Easter" opened fire on Kaohsiung No. 8 and "mistakenly hit" the "Angel", the captains of the two ships were at odds before, and the captain of the "Angel" was furious, thinking that the other party intended to take the opportunity to fight the Taiping fist, and immediately fired back and attacked the "Easter"!

The captain of the "Easter" had not yet completely sobered up, and when he saw this, he was also on fire, and immediately fought with the "Angel"!

The officers and soldiers of Kaohsiung No. 8 looked at it dumbfounded: "Hey, hey, it's okay, your opponent is us!" ”

Thanks to Xu Jin, a reporter on Kaohsiung No. 8, he studied oil painting, painted the first draft here, and made his famous work "The Chaos of Batavia Ports" after his return, which realistically painted the ridiculous scene of Batavia's ports at that time.

In the painting, the "Easter" and the Dutch ship "Angel" are both firing guns, but their shots are directed at each other, while Kaohsiung 8 is on one side, and the "Poseidon" sinks, the "Ulisi Marsh" topples, the "Parrott" runs aground, and the "Dolphin" flees to the outside of the port, and there is no fire on the shore (its artillery position is facing overseas not in the port), and there are fires everywhere, some Dutch people are shouting when they fall into the water, and some only see their hands still on the sea......

In the midst of the Dutch's bitter cries, it was finally dawn!