Trop refuses to admit defeat!

Standing at a strategic level, his decision was certainly correct!

Once he retreats, he is likely to surrender the victory of the Nanyang hegemony to the Ming Emperor.

Because as soon as he retreated, he did not retreat to the mouth of the Klang River, but to Ceylon. By the time he regrouped on Ceylon Island and came back, it would be at least a few months, and not only would the sultans on both sides of the Strait of Malacca be defeated by the Ming army, but even the Dashun army that came from the sea (he didn't know that Dashun had not come at all) would be defeated and lost because of the loss of sea support.

At that time, how could the Netherlands, having lost their land ally, retake the Strait of Malacca?

And after losing control of the Strait of Malacca, the Netherlands also lost the battle for hegemony in the South Seas!

With the loss of trade routes and spice islands in the South Seas, the Dutch, the coachman of the sea, lost his most lucrative source of profit. At that time, the Netherlands, which was founded on trade, will follow in the footsteps of Venice and Genoa, which are Italian maritime states, and will inevitably weaken.

Therefore, in order for the trading republic of the Netherlands to prosper for a long time, Tropp must fight to the end with his own fleet.

Even if there are heavy casualties!

And the Netherlands is not unaffordable, although the Netherlands has a population of only two or three million, the country has as many as 15,000 merchant ships (many sailors are foreigners), far more than the entire circle of civilization of the Celestial Empire has the total number of merchant ships.

In this era, the merchant ships were armed, and the sailors could be converted into the navy at any time.

Therefore, the sea power of the Netherlands can still withstand certain losses and compete with the behemoth of the Ming Empire.

Besides, didn't one of the Chinese sailing ships also get hit by a bullet and caught fire? It's 1-2, the Netherlands are only slightly behind, and there is still a chance to come back!

"Order the Seven Provincial Council detachments to continue their mission of cutting enemy ship formations!" Trop again ordered, "Order the detachment of the Dutch Provincial Council to continue trying to outflank the enemy formation!"

Order all the officers and soldiers of this formation to fight to the end for the sake of the United Provincial Republic! ”

He was going to lead the 11 warships of the Sealand Provincial Council formation to carry mines and create conditions for the cutting and outflanking of the other two formations.

In his opinion, as long as the division can be completed, there is still a high probability that this battle can be won.

But the intensity of the ensuing battle was so fierce and bloody that he and all the officers and men of the two navies who participated in the battle greatly exceeded his expectations!

And what made this naval battle bloody and tragic was Trop's insistence on outflanking and dividing him.

When the Seven Provincial Council Formation and the Dutch Provincial Council Formation began to change course according to Trop's order, Liu Guoxuan and Zheng Jing were reported as soon as possible.

"They're going to cut off our formation and surround one of them......" Zheng Jing quickly guessed Tropep's intentions - he was a good student taught by a Dutch teacher, and he was serious in class, and he never deserted.

"Their ships are faster than ours!" Liu Guoxuan shook his head, "I'm afraid that the four Thousand Households who are following behind will soon be eaten by the Dutch!" ”

Zheng Jing suggested: "Admiral, it's better to fight with them!" ”

"Fight? How to spell it? Liu Guoxuan glanced at the grandson of the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, and said in his heart: You kid has a kind!

Zheng Jing said: "Turn left five degrees, no, turn three degrees." ”

"You're going to close the distance quietly?" Liu Guoxuan frowned, "In this way, the hit rate of the shell will be greatly increased......"

The current shells are not solid shells, but exploding flowering shells! The power of the Ming Dynasty Navy's 15-pound flowering bomb is still small, but the Dutch use 30-40-pound large shells, so if you want a guy to hit the Wuhan Fu?

Zheng Jing gritted his teeth and said, "It's to increase the hit rate...... We have much more artillery than the enemy's first formation, and the rate of fire is also fast!

Admiral, now is the time for the brave to win! We...... Fight with them! If you don't fight, this battle will be lost! It's even more dangerous to lose! ”

Zheng Jing is still very fine, and now at this time, he fights and dies for a lifetime!

If you don't fight, you won't die!

Liu Guoxuan has nothing to say, the grandson of the richest man has fought hard, what reason does he have not to fight?

"Turn left three times......," Liu Guoxuan said, "Lao Tzu wants to see who God is on today!"

"God will help us!" Zheng Jing said, "Our artillery is twice as large as their first formation, and the rate of fire is twice as fast!" So he will definitely help us! ”

Zheng Jing's arithmetic was good, but he only counted the number and rate of fire of the cannons, not the charge...... It's terrible to count the charge! It's better to crouch behind the sandbag and wait for the results!

In fact, the formations of the two warring sides did not present parallel lines at this time, but were in the process of slowly approaching, and after the Ming army formation turned left three degrees, the speed of the two sides approaching was faster. Soon, the direct maximum distance between the two formations was reduced from the original more than 800 yards to 6 or 700 yards - this is more than 500 meters, which is already very close for a 15-pound cannon.

Trop and Dave. Jones, of course, noticed that the Ming formation was approaching, but they did not choose to turn either. Because the Ming army formation was already a little slower than the Dutchman's Sealand Provincial Council formation, and now it has turned three times, one slashing and the other straight, the Sealand Provincial Council is of course easier to lead, and soon ran in front of the terrible Wuhan Mansion.

At this time, the closest Dutch battleship to the Wuhan was no longer the Sealand Provincial Council, but the largest warship of the East India Company, the New Hector, a warship of the same class as the Flying Class, which was also refitted, with five gun bays and 10 36-pounder guns. On the side facing the Wuhan Fu, five 36-pounder guns were firing fiercely at the same time. And the 16 15-pound cannons on the port side of the Wuhan Mansion were all aimed at the New Hector!

However, the Wuhan Mansion is not so easy, and the four 40-pounder guns that can still fire on the Sealand Provincial Council in front of the new Hector are also firing at the Wuhan Mansion!

How is it 4 doors? Didn't you just destroy 2 doors?

It turned out that in the process of approaching the two sides, the Sealand Provincial Council was hit by three more nail head shells, two of which exploded, one blew up the stern and one blew up the No. 1 ammunition compartment - but there was no explosive ammunition, because the shock caused by the 15-pound flowering shell shattering the ship's board was too great, shattering the water bottle placed in the high place, and the clean water wet the box below where the shells and gunpowder were stored to avoid the ammunition from detonating. However, the Dutch soldiers in the ammunition compartment still suffered heavy casualties, and the equipment for transporting ammunition was also damaged, so there was no way to transport ammunition upwards for the time being, and the gun compartment above could not be fired.

But the Sealand Provincial Council still has four artillery compartments that can be used normally, so that there are 9 large-caliber bombardment guns bombarding the Wuhan Fu, and as the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, it is also a matter of time before the Wuhan Fu is shot!

That's a 36-pound and 40-pound bloom!

This navy really can't be a navy, it's too dangerous......

The mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company on the New Hertok were soon unlucky, and when the distance between it and the Wuhan Fu was reduced to more than 400 yards, three 15-pound nail head shells hit its stern, No. 1 gun room, and the deck of the ship's amidships. The shell that got into the stern didn't explode, and the other two exploded, turning the No. 1 gun room and the amidship deck into hell on earth! The East India Company's mercenaries were dead, and the deck was full of dead and badly wounded!

Just five minutes later, the Wuhan Fu suffered retribution when a 40-pound flowering shell hit its bow and blew a large hole in it, shattering a baffle in the No. 1 gun bay, but fortunately it did not cause a chain explosion (a cannon in the No. 1 gun had just been fired).

A minute later, the New Hertok was hit by three more 15-pound nail head shells, one of which hit the guard plate of the No. 3 gun compartment, and then caused terrible damage - the gunners in the cabin had just stuffed a lit wooden tube fuse into a 36-pound flowering shell, and were killed and injured by the 15 pound nail head bullet against the wooden fragments of the gun bay guard, and the survivors did not have time to pull out the fuse of the shell, and less than 2 minutes later, a large explosion occurred in the No. 3 gun compartment of the new Hertok ship. Directly destroyed the two artillery compartments next door!