Chapter 334: The Capture of the Dutch Fleet
d Ming sailors unfurled flags to the Dutch.
"Lord Viscount, what are the Ming people talking about? Have they already accepted our surrender! "The Dutch did not understand the Ming banner, and their main concern was whether the Ming would accept their surrender.
"I can't understand the flag language played by the Ming people!" Viscount Lester frowned, he couldn't read the banner of the Ming Dynasty.
Viscount Lester was a little anxious, his forehead began to sweat, although he knew that the Ming people saw the meaning of their surrender, but if they couldn't understand the flag played by the Ming people, and did not act according to the other party's requirements, it was likely to cause the other party's miscalculation, and then they might continue to fire at them, then they would be in danger!
Viscount Leicester was so anxious that all the Dutch were also a little anxious, and the standard-bearers kept playing the so-called 'international' flag, but unfortunately their so-called 'international' flag was only relative to O'Barro and the countries that had just been recognized in the South Seas, and the Zheng family might also understand it, but no one in the Ming Navy could understand it!
"Damn, our flag language is different from theirs, they can't understand it at all, and we can't understand theirs, what should we do!" For a moment, the Dutch didn't know what to do.
Daming side.
Shen Jingchao was slow to see the Dutchman's movements.
Watching the Dutchman's flag bearer keep waving flags they couldn't understand, Shen Jingchao began to be a little annoyed, what is this? A group of barbarians, sure enough, can't understand the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and they still throw a fart if they go on like this!
Shen Jingchao wanted to scold, if it weren't for the fact that the three warships of the Dutch were really hot, and wanted to be included in the Ming Navy sequence, Shen Jingchao wanted to directly order the cannon to sink the other party!
"Make some demonstration actions for those ghosts, if they can understand it, forget it, if they can't understand it, they don't care, shoot and sink them, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu doesn't want those three broken ships!" Shen Jingchao said decisively.
Although Shen Jingchao wanted the three ships of the Dutch, he didn't want to waste time playing dumb riddles with the Dutch all the time, because through the 'clairvoyance' Shen Jingchao saw that dozens of Dutch cargo ships that had been avoiding the battle farther away had begun to turn their bows, and it seemed that they saw Viscount Leicester and others defeated and surrendered, and planned to escape.
At this time, the Ming Navy and those Dutch cargo ships are more than six kilometers apart, as long as it is half a minute later, they will lose the traces of those Dutch cargo ships, and it is impossible to catch up if they want to, compared to only three Dutch warships, Shen Jingchao is not stupid, and naturally knows that more than 30 Dutch cargo ships are more important.
"It's my lord!" The admiral received the order and immediately ordered people to start demonstrating to the Dutch!
The admiral ordered a box of gunpowder and a cannonball to stand at the bow of the ship.
"Fire!" The admiral pointed to a cannon next to him and ordered.
"Boom!" A cannon rang out, and a column of water exploded in the distance.
"Throw!" The admiral gave the order again, and the sailors immediately threw a box of gunpowder and a cannonball into the sea in their hands!
Such an example has made it abundantly clear that the Dutch are not all stupid after all.
Viscount Lester understood the meaning of the Ming Admiral at once through the 'clairvoyance'.
"God, those Ming people are too careful, they seem to want us to throw away all the gunpowder and shells, and empty the shells in the barrel, not a single one is left!" Viscount Lester sighed bitterly.
"Lord Viscount, it seems that we must do what they say!" The Dutch could understand such conditions, after all, they had already surrendered, and they really didn't need any strength to resist.
The Dutch was sighing and did not start to act immediately, but Da Ming's side was impatient and began to deter.
"Lord Viscount, the muzzles of the Ming people are starting to aim at us again!" A Dutchman suddenly shouted in horror.
Viscount Lester immediately observed with 'clairvoyance', and sure enough, Da Ming's side had already begun to impatiently adjust the muzzle of the cannon, and it was possible to fire the cannon at any time.
"Quick, do as they ask, throw all the gunpowder and shells, and all the shells in the barrel out, and we surrender!" Viscount Lester was hairy and said eagerly.
Now that he has decided to surrender, Viscount Lester definitely doesn't want to see God, he surrenders without any psychological burden, and the process of surrender is better than anyone else.
The Dutch took out all the gunpowder and shells and threw them into the sea.
"Knock knock>
The sea splashed, Viscount Lester's heart ached, these are all money, although this money can never be his, but watching these 'money' continue to sink into the sea, he is heartbroken.
"Boom Boom" not only all the shells of gunpowder were thrown, but all the shells inside all the cannons were also shot.
On the side of the Ming Navy, Shen Jingchao saw the actions of the Dutch and immediately smiled.
"Count those ghosts!"
"Order, the second ship will receive the three Dutch ships, and the other third and fourth ships will pursue the Dutch merchant ships with Admiral's flagship, and be sure to take all those who upload them prisoner!" Shen Jingchao ordered.
More than thirty Dutch cargo ships in the distance had already begun to turn around and escape, and it was too late to chase them.
In addition to leaving one warship to receive the Dutch prisoners, Shen Jingchao personally led three other warships to pursue more than thirty Dutch cargo ships.
The Ming naval warships advanced at full speed, and three of them directly passed the surrendered Dutch warships and chased wildly towards more than 30 Dutch cargo ships.
"God, they are also planning to pursue the cargo ship, may God bless them!" Viscount Lester said with a glare, he felt very shocked. But he had no choice but to pray verbally for the Dutch on those cargo ships!
"Now, let's surrender to this mysterious Eastern Empire!" Viscount Leicester sighed, stopped paying attention to those cargo ships, and took the rest of the Dutch to raise his hands and surrender to the Ming Navy warship that was slowly approaching!
The Dutch on all three Dutch ships surrendered.
The Ming navy did not tie up all the Dutch, but sent people on their ships to carefully inspect them, to make sure that the Dutch did not leave any gunpowder and shells, and collected all the muskets and axes on them, and then still let the Dutch control their ships, and the Ming navy warships escorted them a hundred meters away.
Shen Jingchao took three naval warships to chase after more than 30 escaped Dutch cargo ships.
Because it was sailing with the wind, and each Dutch cargo ship was loaded with hundreds of tons of cargo, the sailing speed was slightly slower than that of the Ming warships, and Shen Jingchao and the others gradually pursued it. From the initial separation of more than 6,000 meters, UU Reading (s) gradually included all Dutch cargo ships within the firing range of more than 5,000 meters of the Shenwu cannon.
The process was very simple, the Ming warships shelled several rounds and hit several cargo ships, and these cargo ships that had no ability to fight back surrendered, and all the Dutch on it seemed to have lost their souls one by one.
Originally, the defeat of the seventeen warships of the great Netherlands was difficult for them to accept, and now their lives are also threatened, they can only choose to surrender, after all, they can't escape, even if they are lucky enough to escape, the cargo ship that loses the protection of the warship usually ends up very tragically, and will encounter pirates or some other forces, those will not let them go, in this case, it is better to surrender directly.
More than thirty Dutch cargo ships all stopped their advance, waiting for the capture of the Ming navy.
It was a great victory, the Ming navy won the first battle, with four warships heavily damaged seventeen Dutch warships, sunk fourteen, captured three, and captured thirty-three cargo ships and a large amount of cargo on board!
The Ming Navy stepped on the proud head of the Dutch, like the sun moving its glory again, showing the glory of the Ming invincible navy in the Yongle period.