"When did the European barbarians build warships with such a long range?" As he spoke, Zheng Sen used his binoculars to probe the Dutch-class battleship that had just opened fire.

It is clearly visible that the cannons on the Dutch-class battleships are much larger than ordinary cannons, and the muzzles are much larger.

Zheng Sen understood in an instant, thinking that he wanted to increase the range by increasing the weight of the cannon itself, which was actually a typical European pound gun.

Shen Jing also understood this.

Zheng Sen and Shen Jing both smiled disdainfully, the European barbarians might be able to increase the range of the cannon by doing this, but in the same way, the weight of the cannon would also increase exponentially, and the accuracy would not be talked about.

Such a class of warships with ordinary warships of medium and short distances may be able to increase some of the strength of the fleet, but it is extremely limited.

"Rush!"

In order to incorporate the warships of the European Combined Fleet into their range as soon as possible, the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty sailed in full sail, and the range of the Ming warships was three thousand meters, and as long as the battleships advanced by one thousand meters, they could return fire.

As for the European Combined Fleet, it was also sailing at full speed, but the Dutch-class battleships almost stopped sailing forward because they had to rotate their hulls and fire.

In about thirty breaths, the thirty Dutch battleships completed the rotation of their hulls and aimed the cannons of the other side of the ship that had not yet fired at the Ming fleet battleship, and the other forty ships also entered the range of four thousand meters, almost stopped sailing, and fired at the opposite Ming fleet battleship together.

"Boom, boom, boom" This round of 70 Dutch-class warships fired at the same time, and more than 1,300 shells were poured towards the battleships of the Ming fleet on the opposite side, and at this time, there were already more than 50 Daming warships within a range of 4,000 meters.

Twenty-two-pound solid bullets smashed into the hulls of the Ming warships, shattering the decks and flying wood chips.

A Shenwei cannon was directly hit by a twenty-two-pound solid bullet, and there was a loud sound of steel impact, and the Shenwei cannon that was hit flew into the sea, and the hull was also damaged, and the cannon slid into the sea by itself.

In this round of shelling of Dutch-class battleships, five or six more Ming warships were shot, and at this time, the distance between the two sides has also been shortened to a distance of less than 3,700 meters, that is to say, every round of artillery fire from the Dutch-class battleships, the distance between the two fleets is shortened by more than 300 meters.

On the flagship of the Dutch fleet, the Duke of Havelan lowered his binoculars.

"Order the ships to replace them with some bombs!"

In naval warfare, solid bullets are easier to penetrate the hull, and theoretically their power is no worse than that of flowering bullets, and more importantly, the cost of solid bullets is only a fraction of that of flowering bullets. In general, in naval warfare, European countries like to use solid bullets throughout the whole process, but the Dutch have long shown that if solid bullets and flowering bullets are used together in naval battles, the lethality is 20% greater than simply using solid bullets.

Immediately, while the other warships continued to sail forward and approach, the seventy Dutch-class battleships opened fire while replacing some flowering shells.

"Boom boom" is another salvo.

This time, eight Ming warships were shot, some of the cannons and Ming soldiers were killed and wounded, and at this time, the distance between the two fleets was also shortened to a distance of only more than 3,300 meters, and most of the 297 Daming warships also entered the range of Dutch-class warships.

"Boom boom" seventy Dutch battleships fired a salvo together, and this time they were doped with part of the flowering shells.

A Ming battleship was hit by two solid shells and a flowering shell, the solid bullet smashed the mast and smashed the deck as always, and the flowering shell exploded directly on the smashed deck.

"Ah" Several Ming Navy soldiers were killed, and the flames of the explosion shrouded the hull of the ship, and the blazing waves swept away a large amount of broken wood.

This time, about eight Ming warships were shot, more than the previous three rounds, and the total number of bullets also increased.

After all, the number of Daming warships that have entered the firing range is more, so naturally it is more dense, and the probability of being hit is greater.

However, after four rounds, although there are no less than 60 bullets in total, they can be distributed on more than ten or twenty Ming warships, but there are not many, although one or two are more unlucky, a total of more than five bullets, have been heavily damaged, but none of them have signs of sinking.

Similarly, after four rounds of bombardment by Dutch-class battleships, the battleships at the front of the two fleets were already less than 3,100 meters away, and they were about to enter the range of 3,000 meters of the Daming battleships.

"It's finally our turn!" Shen Jing put down the binoculars in his hand and smiled.

After a while, the six Ming warships that rushed to the front rushed into the range of three thousand meters.

The Ming Navy soldiers on the battleship had already been loaded with shells, and as soon as they rushed into the range of 3,000 meters, they immediately opened fire on the first batch of battleships of the European Combined Fleet.

"Boom, boom, boom" one by one, the muzzles of the guns spat out flames.

Nearly two hundred ninety-millimeter shells flew with the breath of death towards several battleships that rushed to the forefront of the European Combined Fleet.

"Boom!"

The flames of the "Ahh

The cannonballs used by the Shenwei cannons on the Ming battleship were amazingly powerful, especially when the object was the wooden battleship hull.

Basically, six or seven shells from Shenwei cannons are enough to destroy a European Combined Fleet warship.

The accuracy of the Great Ming Shenwei cannon was much more accurate than the four-thousand-meter cannon on the Dutch-class battleship, and although there were less than 200 shells in this round of cannonballs, nine shells also hit the European battleship.

One of the European warships hit three in a row, and half of the hull was shattered.

The first six ships had just finished firing, and more Ming battleships in the back also entered the range of three thousand meters.

"Boom, boom, boom" This time, a full twenty-three Ming warships opened fire.

Because of the different structures of the battleships, the same volume of battleships, the Ming Dynasty installed far fewer cannons than European warships, but the cannons on each of the Ming warships can be sailed forward at the same time, and the time to replace the shells is very short, and there is no need to almost stop sailing to rotate the hull to bombard like European warships.

In this round, more than 700 shells exploded in the European Combined Fleet.

A total of no less than 30 hits, the two European warships that had been hit once just now were hit several times in a row, and most of the wooden hulls were suddenly shattered, a large number of European Combined Fleet soldiers on board were blown into the sea, and the wreckage of the two battleships slowly sank into the sea.

The generals of the European Combined Fleet were shocked, although it was their combined fleet that fired the first cannon, but it was their battleship that sank first, which undoubtedly hit their morale.

What made them even more nervous was that the dozens of warships that rushed to the front were all battleships with the same combat effectiveness as the three Daming warships that were sunk by them first.

"All forward!" In any case, the naval battle has already begun, and most of their warships will be able to power only if they rush into the universal range of two thousand meters.